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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1995
Torbjorn Ward, Montreal, CA;
Anders Sandell, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A system and method for dynamically adapting the user bit rate of a time division multiple access (TDMA) cellular telecommunication system to achieve optimum voice quality over a broad range of radio channel conditions are disclosed. The system continuously monitors radio channel quality on both the uplink and the downlink, and dynamically adapts the system's combination of speech coding, channel coding, modulation, and number of assignable time slots per call to optimize voice quality for the measured conditions. Various combinations of the system's speech coding, channel coding, modulation, and assignable time slots are identified as combination types and corresponding cost functions are defined. By identifying and selecting the cost function with the lowest cost for the measured radio channel conditions, the system provides the maximum voice quality achievable within the limits of the system design.