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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2021
Esat Global, Inc., Solana Beach, CA (US);
Michael Parr, Solana Beach, CA (US);
ESAT GLOBAL, INC, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems are disclosed for a communication system optimized for low data volume communications. In embodiments of the invention, the energy used to transmit an acknowledgement message differs depending on whether the acknowledgement is an ACK or a NACK. The energy used to transmit an ACK is set to be significantly less than the energy used to transmit a NACK. Preferably, the energy used to transmit the acknowledgement message is negligible if the acknowledgement message is an ACK compared to if the acknowledgement message is a NACK. In one embodiment, the energy used to transmit an ACK is set near zero and the energy used to transmit a NACK is set approximately four times the energy of an acknowledgement message if the energy required to transmit a NACK and an ACK were equal.