Patent ID: 8774252

Claim:
A method of transmitting a signal, comprising: generating a quasi-periodic pulse sequence based on a substantially periodic pulse sequence, wherein the quasi-periodic pulse sequence is based on pulses of the substantially periodic pulse sequence that occur once within respective defined periodic time intervals, and wherein the defined periodic time intervals include an interval period different than a pulse period of the substantially periodic pulse sequence; and transmitting the signal comprising the quasi-periodic pulse sequence, wherein generating the quasi-periodic pulse sequence comprises: for each time interval of the defined periodic time intervals, performing the following: determining a number of pulses of the substantially periodic pulse sequence that fall within the time interval; in response to determining that only one pulse falling within the time interval, including the one pulse as part of the quasi-periodic pulse sequence; in response to determining that two or more pulses fall within the time interval, including only one of the two or more pulses as part of the quasi-periodic pulse sequence, and discarding the remaining one or more pulses; and in response to determining that no pulses fall within the time interval, adding a dummy pulse to the time interval and including the dummy pulse as part of the quasi-periodic pulse sequence.