Patent ID: 6044084
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
In a random-access, multiple-path communication system having a plurality of transceiver terminals communicating with each other, and a packet routing controller for routing transmitted signals to a destination transceiver terminal, a method for detecting collision of signals transmitted from different terminals comprising the steps of:in each transmitting terminal, assembling a plurality of information packets into a transmit block, wherein each information packet comprises an address header identifying the destination terminal for the packet, and a data segment;self-addressing one of the plurality of information packets in each transmit block to the transmitting terminal;coding each transmit block so that failure of the routing controller to properly receive each of the plurality of packets causes the routing controller to discard the entire transmit block;transmitting each transmit block to the packet routing controller; anddetermining the occurrence of a collision-free transmission of the transmit block if the self-addressed information packet is received by the transmitting terminal.