Patent ID: 7564828
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting a group of related and common-sized signaling information units (“SIUs”), comprising: a) determining N SIU values corresponding to each of N related SIUs to be transmitted; b) selecting, from among the N SIU values determined in step (a), a majority SIU value that is equal to at least two of the N SIUs determined in step (a), wherein no other SIU value is equal to more of the N SIU values than is the majority SIU value; c) indicating the majority SIU value in a MajoritySIU distinct from all of the N SIUs; and d) transmitting the N SIUs and the MajoritySIU to a receiver as a signaling message having N+1 corresponding distinct SIU spaces within the signaling message, including