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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
May. 06, 1999
Clarence C. Rudd, Noblesville, IN (US);
Linmei Shu, Carmel, IN (US);
Clarence C. Rudd, Noblesville, IN (US);
Linmei Shu, Carmel, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing S.A., Böulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to being able to adjust a time period of a time slot in a communication channel, depending on the information being sent in the time slot. In one embodiment of the present invention, a process and system for automatically adjusting a time period of a time slot in a communication channel is presented. The communication channel is monitored. A determination is made to see whether data are being transmitted in a time slot in the communication channel. The time slot is adjusted to a first time period if data are being transmitted in the time slot. The time slot is adjusted to a second time period if data are not being transmitted in the time slot.