Patent ID: 8699545
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of embedding and transmitting a meta-data message in an original burst carrier signal for later message reassembly, the method comprising: spreading a meta-carrier signal using a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) spreading code having a Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) spreading code sequence thereby lowering a power spectral density (PSD) of the meta-carrier signal using the PRN spreading code such that interference with the original burst carrier signal is reduced, the meta-carrier signal comprising one or more bits of meta-data information of the meta-data message about the original burst carrier signal; combining the original burst carrier signal and the spread meta-carrier signal using a modulator such that a composite burst carrier signal results wherein the spread meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original burst carrier signal; and transmitting the composite burst carrier signal using a transmitting device over a telecommunications channel in which only one burst carrier signal is expected to be present within a predetermined frequency bandwidth at a single point in time.