Inventors:
Philip L Stephenson - Salt Lake City UT
Thomas R Giallorenzi - Herriman UT
Johnny M Harris - Centerville UT
Lee A Butterfield - Jordan UT
Michael J Hurst - Jordan UT
Dan M. Griffin - Bountiful UT
Rolf K. Thompson - Orem UT
Assignee:
L-3 Communications Corporation - New York NY
International Classification:
H04B 7216, H04B 1500, H04J 300, H04L 700
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for transmitting information in a CDMA communication system, the method including steps of (a) multiplexing data and control information into a data stream; (b) encoding the data stream to form a stream of encoded I/Q symbol pairs; (c) inserting synchronization information into the stream of encoded I/Q symbol pairs; and (d) spreading the encoded I/Q symbol pairs and the inserted synchronization information using a same pseudonoise (pn) spreading code prior to transmission as a frame. The preferred frame structure includes an unencoded synchronization field followed by a plurality of multi-byte data fields. Individual ones of the plurality of data fields are separated by a control message field. Individual ones of the control message fields contain a single byte of a multi-byte control message frame.