Patent ID: 6028849
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04W

Abstract:
For use in a duplex radio-frequency TDMA radio having receive signals communicated in contiguously arranged packets, a radio controller arrangement for controlling communication signal timing, comprising:a TDMA timer generating a receive timing signal;a radio-frequency receiver; anda microprocessor circuit including at least one processor and a program instruction set arranged to be accessed and executed by the processor to command the TDMA timer toactivate the radio-frequency receiver,synchronize a beginning of a data collection operation to a synchronization field of a packet received by the radio-frequency receiver,determine a beginning of a data field of the received packet as a function of an end of the synchronization field,collect data from the data field and detect an end of the data field, andcommand deactivation of the radio-frequency receiver after detecting the end of the data field.