Patent ID: 7145876

Claim:
A method for transmitting a message on a communication channel, comprising the steps of: determining boundary conditions for transmissions on the communication channel by obtaining a first estimate related to maximum bit error rate and a second estimate related to minimum bit error rate; determining first and second parameters using the first and second estimates and a function having a form, T=a0+a1*Log(1+L p ), where T represents the first or second estimate, a0 represents the first parameter, a1 represents the second parameter, and Lp is representative of frame size used for transmissions while determining the boundary conditions; obtaining the message for transmission of the communication channel; transmitting the message on the communication channel using a frame size adapted for channel conditions, comprising the steps of: obtaining a third estimate relating to expected bit error rate on the communication channel during transmission of the message; selecting the frame size, L, for channel transmission of the message according to a function of the form X=a0+a1*Log(1+L), where X is derived from the third estimate.