Patent ID: 7133377
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method of data multiplexing in a mobile telecommunications system in which a ground station is in communication with each of a plurality of user terminals via a respective logical channel, each logical channel capable of carrying link control data to a respective user terminal over diverse communication paths using a multiple access scheme which include time division, in which a frame comprises a sequence of time slots, each time slot being associated with a logical channel, the link control data being sent in bursts in selected time slots, the method comprising: for each channel, setting the data burst transmission time from the ground station such that data bursts carrying link control data relating to the same channel and traveling over diverse paths to the same user terminal, arrive at the user terminal within a predetermined number of frames, and distributing the ground station transmission time of data bursts carrying link control data for different channels over a plurality of frames, such that each frame which carries link control data includes link control data relating to a single logical channel only.