Patent ID: 8134991
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of effecting a smooth transition between adjacent digital information bursts transmitted in different modulation formats, the method comprising: selecting a first code sequence for a first digital symbol burst to be transmitted, which first sequence comprises a set of end symbols with a first particular symbol pattern; selecting a second code sequence for a second digital symbol burst to be transmitted after the first digital symbol burst, which second sequence comprises a set of start symbols with a second particular symbol pattern; modulating, by a modulator, the first digital symbol burst in a first modulation format; modulating the second digital symbol burst in a second modulation format different than the first modulation format; and transmitting the modulated first and second digital symbol bursts, the transmission of the second digital symbol burst starting upon completion of the transmission of the first digital symbol burst at an instant so selected that transmission of the end set of bits of the first code sequence is synchronized in time with the start set of bits of the second code sequence.