CA2264617A1 - A digital communications system having an automatically selectable transmission rate - Google Patents

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CA2264617A1
CA2264617A1 CA002264617A CA2264617A CA2264617A1 CA 2264617 A1 CA2264617 A1 CA 2264617A1 CA 002264617 A CA002264617 A CA 002264617A CA 2264617 A CA2264617 A CA 2264617A CA 2264617 A1 CA2264617 A1 CA 2264617A1
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A system and method for maintaining communication between a paging base station (13) and a mobile paging unit (14) when the signal reception is below a level that would otherwise be unacceptable. The system changes from one data transmission rate to another depending upon the quality of the communication channel. In particular, the symbol rate of the transmissions remains the same, but the number of modulation states and bits per symbol is decreased or increased depending upon the bit error rate of the received signal. In some arrangements, the transceiver (13) transmits at the highest bit rate (46) for that particular system. If no response is received from the paging unit or the paging unit sends a response signal back to the transceiver (13) indicating the signal sent is unacceptable (43), the transceiver (13) retransmits at a lower bit rate (45). In other arrangements, the receiver (14) determines the highest data rate within the group of data rates available and transmits a signal representative of that data rate to the base station (13). In response to such a signal, the base station transmits at the requested data rate until a different data rate is requested (51).

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101520WO 98/19414CA 02264617 1999-03-08PCT/US97l19844-1-A DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM HAVING ANAUTOMATICALLY SELECTABLE TRANSMISSION RATE 1The present invention relates to a variable-rate communication system thatMoreparticularly the present invention is directed to a system for transmitting signals fromswitches to a lower transmission rate during periods of poor reception.a paging transceiver (base station) to a paging unit in a manner that automaticallycompensates for inadequate signal quality.Bac o v nt'High-speed data transmission has become very important in the businesscommunication environment. Designers of this technology have combinedmodulation techniques to obtain very high-speed data transmission over simplevoice-grade telephone lines. These systems have reached data transmission rateswell into the tens of thousands of bits per second.High speed data transmission also is very important in the field of pagingsystems where various problems are encountered. For example, as a paging receivermoves farther away from the transmitting base station, the average received powergradually degrades to a point where the bit error rate (BER) at the pager is too highfor efficient communication. Various attempts have been made to develop pagingproducts with improvements relative to complexity (size), range and cost to therebyprovide the highest level of service at marketable prices.1015202530WO 98/19414CA 02264617 1999-03-08PCT/U S97! 19844One way to reduce the bit error rate is to simply retransmit or provide higherpowered transmitters. However, there is little guarantee that the retransmission willwork and high powered transmitters are very costly.Another more advanced technique used is a retransmission scheme titledmultiple forward error correction (FEC). Multiple FEC schemes code transmissionmore "heavily" when the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) becomes poor. In other words,less data is sent but more error correcting bits are sent per data bit. This means thatthe data bits are better protected against errors. However, FEC schemes result inrelatively poor performance at low SNR.Another scheme is the multiple transmission speed scheme. This schemereduces the data transmission rate as the SNR becomes poor to ensure that the BERremains high. However, the front end of this receiver must accommodate this changein data transmission rate and therefore becomes unnecessarily complex andexpensive.The systems described above are inconsistent in their performance and alsoare unnecessarily complicated and expensive.Summary of the InventionThe present invention provides for the automatic retransmission of signals ata lower transmission rate when the quality of the signal received by a receiver isbelow an acceptable level. The automatic retransmission is performed at the samesymbol rate but uses fewer modulation states, with the constellation used forretransmission preferably being a subset of the constellation points used fortransmission at a higher data rate.In the invention, a base transmitter transmits a data signal using an initial setof constellation points. The data stream is divided into a series (sequence) of framesthat each contain a pilot symbol block and information symbols. A mobile receiverreceives the data signal and passes it through a demultiplexer that separates the pilotsymbol blocks from the information symbols. A pilot symbol block processor in thereceiver receives the separated pilot symbol blocks on a frarne-by—frame basis. Eachreceived pilot symbol block consists of a predetermined sequence of pilot symbolsthat was established by the transmitter. The pilot symbol sequence used by thetransmitter is stored in the receiver, so that the pilot symbol block processor in effectknows what the pilot symbol block pattern should be. By comparing the known pilotsymbol block pattern to the received pilot symbol block pattern, the pilot symbol101520253035CA 02264617 1999-03-08W0 98ll9414 PCT/US97/19844block processor produces a quality value that is indicative of the receiver bit errorrate or some other parameter that is representative of reception quality. In a two—waypaging system, a back-off signal is generated and sent to the system transmitter if thequality signal indicates that the received data signal is unacceptable according to apredetermined threshold. In response to the backoff or retransmission signal, thesystem transmitter retransmits the same information at a lower data rate, usingmodulation in which the signal constellation is a subset of the constellation used inthe original transmission. On the other hand, if the quality signal indicates that thereceived data signal is acceptable, the transmitter sends the next data signal at thesame data rate and a demodulator processes the received information symbols in aconventional manner.In accordance with other aspects of the present invention, the pilot symbolblock processor selects an acceptable constellation pattern rate and generates anacceptable constellation pattern rate signal representative of the selected acceptableconstellation pattern rate. The base transmitter transmits a subsequent frame of thedata stream using the acceptable constellation pattern rate if the acceptableconstellation pattern rate is not the same as the constellation pattern rate of the datasignal most recently processed by the pilot block processor.In accordance with yet other aspects of the present invention, the basetransmitter can be arranged to retransmit the data stream at a lower constellationpattern rate if the base transmitter fails to receive any response corresponding to thesignal from the mobile receiver.In accordance with still other aspects of the present invention, the system maytransmit each symbol twice in succession to achieve additional tolerance to weak andnoisy reception. The symbol rate and the data rate are reduced without any change oradjustment of the receiver front end. This improves intelligibility by allowingaveraging of the received signal over a longer period which allows a better estimateto be made of the transmitted symbol by the receiver.In accordance with still yet other aspects of this invention, a receiverestablishes the initial constellation pattern rate and transmits it to the transmitter.This allows the receiver to initially determine an acceptable initial constellationpattern rate.Receivers of the present invention also can be used advantageously with one-way paging systems. In particular, the pagers can receive data from a base station inone geographic region with the data being encoded with a particular constellation1015202530W0 98/19414CA 02264617 1999-03-08PCT/U S97/ 19844pattern and rate. When located in a different geographic region, the pager can alsoreceive data from a base station that uses a different constellation pattern, with theonly limitation being that one of the constellations be a subset of the other. One—waypaging with the receivers of the invention would be usefiil to provide service over anextended area where paging traffic is lighter using fewer transmitters. Moreover, apager configured in accordance with the invention could receive transmissions from abase station in a city at a high rate and a rural base station at a lower rate. Any pagerwhich finds itself close to the rural base station would itself be capable of receivingat a higher rate with an extended area of coverage if a lower rate is used with therural base station.In accordance with the invention, the pilot symbol block is encoded toidentify the constellation pattern of the received signal so that the demodulation _process is established with the proper processing rate (clock rate). In somesituations, the system data frame can be subdivided into two pilot symbol blocks andtwo blocks of information symbols. For example, in a system using twoconstellation patterns (e.g., 16 QAM and BPSK), the subdivided pilot block wouldallow encoding to designate four demodulation combinations, i.e., (BPSK, BPSK),(BPSK, 16 QAM), (16 QAM, BPSK), and (16 QAM, 16 QAM) for each subdividedblock of information symbols.It can be noted that each embodiment of the invention provides a moreefficient paging system. Battery life is longer because less time and energy arewasted demodulating unacceptable signals. Demodulation occurs when the signal isacceptable. However, if the signal is not acceptable, the demodulation rate ischanged in the receiver according to the received constellation pattern or a signal issent to the transmitter to retransmit at an acceptable modulation pattern.Brie ri i n he Drawi sThe foregoing aspects and many of the attendant advantages of this inventionwill become more readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood byreference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, wherein:FIGURE 1A represents a section of the symbol sequence of a signal sent bythe transmitter of this invention;FIGURES 1B-1D depict some of the various constellation patterns that canbe used in the practice of this invention;1015202530WO 98/19414CA 02264617 1999-03-08PCT/US97/ 19844FIGURE 2 is a block diagram. of a receiver arranged in accordance with thisinvention; andFIGURES 3-5 are exemplary flow diagrams of the decision process and dataflow in this invention.D'd " Preedb'etThe present invention provides for the automatic retransmission of signals ata lower transmission rate when the quality of the signal received by a receiver isbelow an acceptable level. FIGURE 1A depicts the data stream sent from thetransmitter to the receiver. As is shown in FIGURE 1A, the data stream is dividedinto a sequence of frames 12. Each frame includes a pilot symbol block (eachconsisting of a sequence of pilot symbols) 10 and a sequence of information symbolseach representing one or more data bits 11. The sequence of pilot symbols within apilot symbol block is a specific predetermined pattern and, thus, is known to thereceiver.FIGURES 2 and 3 illustrate operation of the invention within a paging systemor other environments that employ mobile receivers. First the transmitter sends thesignal to the receiver using an initial constellation pattern and bit rate (indicated atblock 20 in FIGURE 3). The initial constellation bit rate is known to the receiverand is considered a default after prolonged periods of inactivity in the system. Then,the receiver's demultiplexer 30 (FIGURE 2) processes the received signal to separatethe pilot symbol blocks 10 and the sequence of information symbols 1] (indicated atblock 22 in FIGURE 3).The invention uses a subset of the same constellation points when reducingrate. The change of rate involves using fewer points with greater separation betweenthe points to achieve higher noise immunity. To initiate a rate change, the inventionuses a decision threshold located between the constellation points. As noiseincreases, the points corresponding to demodulated data become indistinct and thereis an increased possibility that a received symbol will be incorrectly detected as anadjacent symbol of the constellation pattern. Using fewer points in the constellationplaces the thresholds further from the constellation points, allowing more noisebefore an error is produced.In the signal processing method of the invention, the receiver clock rate isunchanged, as is the receiver filtering, which avoids the need for switching betweenmultiple filters in the receiver. This contrasts with older schemes which require aW0 98/194141015202530CA 02264617 1999-03-08PCTIUS97/ 19844separate receiver filter for each data rate. The front end of the receiver is the samefor all of the rates when the system uses one or more subsets of the sameconstellation pattern and a constant receiver clock rate. For example, the highestconstellation pattern and data rate can be established with 16-ary quadratureamplitude modulation (16 QAM) pattern, see FIGURE IB, with a constellationpattern 13 which includes 16 points. Each point represents a 4 data bit modulationstate and each tick of the symbol transmission clock sees the transmitted signal passone of the points as a symbol of the data stream shown in FIGURE 1A. Improvedreception under increased noise conditions can be achieved relative to the 16 QAMmodulation indicated in FIGURE 1B by switching or backing off to a QPSKmodulation that uses the four corner symbols of the 16 QAM constellationpattern 13. Such a QPSK modulation pattern 14 is shown in FIGURE 1C. When anembodiment of the invention switches to QPSK modulation, the symbol clockremains constant. However, since each symbol in QPSK modulation consists of twodata bits, the data rate is halved. It should be noted that, since corner points ofthe 16 QAM constellation 13 are being used as the symbols of the QPSKconstellation pattern, operation of the receiver front end is not affected by the newdata rate. To accommodate even more severe noise conditions (or equivalently toincrease transmitter range), a system employing the invention can be arranged toFor example, FIGURE 1D depicts a BPSKpattern 15 in which each symbol is encoded with a single data bit. Thus, by usingdiagonally opposed symbols of the 16 QAM constellation of FIGURE 1C, a symbolclock rate can be maintained while the data rate is again halved.switch to an even lower data rate.Turning to the block diagram of the invention shown in FIGURE 2, a pilotsymbol block processor 31 in the receiver is coupled to the demultiplexer 30 forreceiving the separated pilot symbol block of each received frame. The processingperformed by pilot symbol block processor 31 is generally indicated at block 23 ofFIGURE 3 and can be expressed mathematically as:lR<k> - R'(k) I 2= can 5where R(k) and R'(k) represent the received and known pilot symbol for the kth pilotsymbol of the pilot symbol sequence. Thus, the value e(k) corresponds to the squareof the pilot symbol error for an individual pilot symbol. The sum of the individualsymbol errors for a complete pilot symbol block is given by N.W0 98/19414101520253035CA 02264617 1999-03-08PCT/U S97/ 19844XL. 60‘) = NIn the currently preferred embodiments of the invention, the value of N isused to determine whether the transmitter and receiver are operating at a low enoughdata rate to insure relative reception. In these embodiments, the receiver stores alook-up table (LUT) listing the acceptable N value for eachavailable constellation bitrate. In these embodiments, the system initially operates at the highest available datarate and the value of N determined by the receiver is compared with the acceptablevalue of N that is stored in the LUT (indicated at block 43 in FIGURE 3). If the Nvalue is acceptable at the initial constellation bit rate, the demodulator 33 ofFIGURE 2 is supplied with the information symbol ll of the data frame associatedwith the processed pilot symbols (indicated at blocks 42, 43 in FIGURE 3). If the Nvalue is unacceptable at the initial constellation bit rate, a back-off signal can betransmitted to the base transmitter to cause retransmission of the received signal atthe next lower bit rate (indicated at blocks 44, 45 in FIGURE 3). Processing of theretransmitted signal by the receiver begins again with the next lower bit ratebecoming the initial constellation bit rate.Although satisfactory in some situations, generating a retransmission signalfor requesting the next lowest data rate may not result in the most advantageous useof the invention. Specifically, in systems that are configured for operation at morethan two data rates, the N value for the next lowest data rate may not be acceptable.In that case, the receiver would not demodulate the information symbols, but wouldagain request retransmission at the next lowest data rate. The transmission of two (oreven more) transmissions at a data rate that does not result in an acceptable N valueresults in less than optimal system efficiency.To eliminate the possible need for repeated retransmission requests in order toestablish an acceptable data rate, the invention can be configured to search the LUTin decreasing data rate order until an acceptable N value is located. In such anembodiment of the invention, an indication of the data rate (or signal constellation)associated with the acceptable N value is included in the signal sent to the systemtransmitter so that data will be transmitted at a rate that insures reception. Forexample, in arrangements in which the highest data rate is achieved with 16 QAMmodulation, the pilot symbol block processor 31 may determine that the next lowestdata rate (e.g., QPSK) will not result in an acceptable N value. In that case, the pilotsymbol block processor continues searching the LUT until an acceptableconstellation pattern and bit rate is located (e.g., BPSK).101520253035CA 02264617 1999-03-08WO 98119414 PCT/US97/ 19844FIGURE 4 indicates processing with which the system finds the best possibleconstellation and bit rate regardless of whether that bit rate is greater or lesser thanthe data rate of a received signal. In this arrangement, if the receiver, clue to poorenvironment conditions, is operating at a low bit rate then suddenly moves into anarea of favorable environmental conditions, the receiver will indicate to the basetransmitter that a higher bit rate signal can be accepted.To locate the best data rate, the processor 31 can perform the LUT searchoperation in a number of different ways. One way is to always start the look-upfunction at the highest constellation pattern rate and search in decreasing order ofconstellation pattern rates until an acceptable constellation pattern rate is discovered(indicated at block 52 in FIGURE 4). Another way is to start the look-up function atthe constellation pattern rate that corresponds to the signal being processed by thepilot symbol block processor 31 (FIGURE 2). If the initial constellation pattern rateof the received signal is acceptable, the pilot symbol block processor searches theLUT in increasing order of constellation pattern rates until the highest acceptableconstellation pattern rate is located (indicated at block 47 in FIGURE 3). If the Nvalue for the signal being processed is unacceptable, the LUT is searched inincreasing order of constellation pattern rates in the previously described manner. Asnoted previously, if an acceptable constellation pattern rate higher than the currentconstellation pattern rate is located, the receiver requests that subsequent data framesbe supplied by the base transmitter at the higher rate, thus optimizing systemoperation. (indicated at block 46 in FIGURE 3).In the arrangement shown in FIGURE 2, the pilot symbol block processor 31typically processes the pilot symbol blocks to also provide a channel impulseresponse estimate, which is used by the demodulator 33 for equalization of thereceived information symbols. For example, in the currently preferred embodimentof the invention, decision feedback equalization is employed, with the channelimpulse response being used to determine equalizer tap coefficients. Regardless ofthe type of equalization employed, the demodulator 33 demodulates the signal inaccordance with the constellation information received from the pilot symbol blockprocessor 31.FIGURE 5 depicts an arrangement of the invention in which the basetransmitter retransmits a previously transmitted signal at a lower bit rate (at block 48)if the base transmitter does not receive a signal from the receiver within apredetermined period of time. The signal sent to the base transmitter by the receiver10W0 98/19414CA 02264617 1999-03-08PCT/U S97! 19844in this arrangement of the invention (identified in FIGURE 5 as a Feedback Signal)can be a retransmission signal of the previously discussed embodiments of theinvention or can be a simple receive acknowledgment signal. In any case, the basetransmitter automatically responds (at block 50 of FIGURE 5) if the feedback signalis not received by retransmitting at a lower bit rate.It is also possible for the receiver to establish the initial constellation patternrate. The receiver may retrieve from its memory, or by another determination, a lastknown or default acceptable constellation pattern rate and transmits this value to thetransmitter during start~up. The transmitter transmits at the acceptable constellationpattern rate received from the receiver.It will be recognized by those skilled in the art that various prior arttechniques can be used in combination with the invention. For example, receptionwill be improved at the lowest data rate for a particular arrangement of the inventionby conventional forward error correction techniques.While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated anddescribed, it will be appreciated that various changes can be made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

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The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A variable transmission rate communications system comprising:
(a) a base transmitter for transmitting a data signal at an initial constellation pattern and bit rate, said data signal being a digitally encoded data stream, that is divided into frames that include pilot symbol blocks and information symbols, said pilot symbol blocks each including a predetermined symbol sequence;
(b) said mobile receiver including means for receiving said transmitted signal;
(c) said mobile receiver further including a demultiplexer for separating said received signal into separate pilot symbol blocks and information symbols;
(d) said mobile receiver further including a pilot symbol block processor having means for:
(i) detecting the symbol sequence of a received pilot symbol block and comparing the detected symbol sequence to the predetermined pilot symbol block sequence used in said transmitted data stream;
(ii) producing a quality signal according to said comparison, said quality signal being representative of the acceptability of said received data signal; and (iii) generating a back-off signal if said quality signal indicates said received data signal is unacceptable and transmitting said back-off signal; and (e) a demodulator for receiving said information symbols, if said quality signal indicates the received data signal is acceptable; and (f) a retransmission means in said base transmitter for retransmitting the data signal at the next lower constellation pattern rate if said back-off signal is present.
2. The system according to Claim 1, wherein said mobile receiver further includes establishing and transmitting said initial signal representative of an initial constellation pattern rate expected by said receiver.
3. The system according to Claim 1, wherein said means for producing a quality signal includes a means for selecting the fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate available to the system.
4. The system according to Claim 3, wherein said means for generating a back-off signal includes generating a fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate signal according to said selected fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate and means for transmitting said selected fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate signal with said back-off signal.
5. The system according to Claim 4, wherein said retransmission means includes retransmitting said data stream at said selected fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate if said fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate signal is present with said back-off signal.
6. The system according to Claim 5, said base transmitter further comprising a means for transmitting the next frame of the data stream at the constellation pattern rate of the data signal transmitted by the base transmitter if said fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate signal is not present with said back-off signal.
7. The system according to Claim 4, wherein said retransmission means includes retransmitting said data signal at the next lower constellation pattern rate if the base transmitter fails to receive said acceptable constellation pattern rate signal after a preset period of time.
8. The system according to Claim 3, wherein said means for selecting a constellation pattern rate includes a LUT for storing quality signals associated with available constellation pattern rates and means for comparing said quality signal produced by said pilot symbol block processor means with the quality signals stored in said LUT to determine an acceptable constellation pattern rate.
9. A variable transmission rate communications method comprising the steps of:
(a) transmitting from a base transmitter a data signal at an initial constellation pattern rate, said data signal being a digitally encoded data stream, that is divided into frames that include pilot symbol blocks and information symbols, said pilot symbol blocks each including a predetermined symbol sequence;
(b) receiving at a mobile receiver said transmitted signal;
(c) separating said received signal into separate pilot symbol blocks and information symbols;
(d) detecting the symbol sequence of a received pilot symbol block and comparing that symbol sequence to a predetermined pilot symbol block sequence used in said transmitted data stream;
(e) producing a quality signal according to said comparison, said quality signal being representative of the acceptability of said received data signal;
(f) generating a back-off signal if said quality signal indicates said received data signal is unacceptable;
(g) transmitting said back-off signal to the base transmitter;
(h) supplying said information symbols to a demodulator if said quality signal indicates the received data signal is acceptable; and (i) retransmitting from said base transmitter the data signal at the next lower constellation pattern rate if said back-off signal is present.
10. The method according to Claim 9, further comprising the step of establishing and transmitting from said mobile receiver said initial signal representative of an initial constellation pattern rate expected by said receiver.
11. The method according to Claim 9, wherein said step of producing a quality signal includes selecting the fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate available to the system.
12. The method according to Claim 11, wherein said step of generating a back-off signal includes generating a fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate signal according to said selected fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate and transmitting said selected fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate signal with said back-off signal.
13. The method according to Claim 12, wherein said step of retransmitting includes retransmitting said data stream at said selected fastestacceptable constellation pattern rate if said fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate signal is present with said back-off signal.
14. The method according to Claim 13, further comprising the step of transmitting the next frame of the data stream at the constellation pattern rate of the data signal transmitted by the base transmitter if said fastest acceptable constellation pattern rate is not present with said back-off signal.
15. The method according to Claim 12, wherein said step of retransmitting includes retransmitting said data signal at the next lower constellation pattern rate if the base transmitter fails to receive said acceptable constellation pattern rate signal after a preset period of time.
16. The method according to Claim 11, wherein said step of selecting a constellation pattern rate includes storing quality signals associated with available constellation pattern rates in a LUT and comparing said quality signal with the quality signals stored in said LUT to determine an acceptable constellation pattern rate.
17. A variable transmission rate communications system comprising:
(a) a mobile receiver for transmitting an initial signal representative of an initial constellation pattern rate expected by said receiver;
(b) a base transmitter for receiving said initial signal and transmitting a data signal at any one of a plurality of constellation pattern rates, including said initial constellation pattern rate expected by said receiver, said data signal being a digitally encoded data stream, said data stream being divided into frames that include pilot symbol blocks and information symbols, said pilot symbol blocks each including a predetermined symbol sequence;
(c) said mobile receiver including means for receiving said transmitted signal;
(d) said mobile receiver further including a demultiplexer for separating said received signal into separate pilot symbol blocks and information symbols;
(e) said mobile receiver further including a pilot symbol block processor having means for:
(i) detecting the symbol sequence of a received pilot symbol block and comparing that symbol sequence to the predetermined pilot symbol block pattern used in said transmitted data stream;

(ii) selecting a constellation pattern rate according to said comparison, said selected constellation pattern rate corresponding to one of theconstellation pattern rates of said plurality of constellation rates; and (iii) sending a signal representative of said selected constellation pattern rate signal to said base transmitter;
(e) a demodulator for receiving said information symbols, if said quality signal indicates the received data signal is acceptable; and (f) a retransmission means in said base transmitter for initiating retransmission the data signal at said selected constellation pattern rate, if said selected constellation pattern rate is not the same as the current constellation rate of the transmitter.
18. The system according to Claim 17, wherein said selected constellation pattern rate of said retransmitted data signal is stored for later use as initial constellation pattern rate upon system deactivation.
19. A variable transmission rate communications base transmitter, comprising:
(a) a transmission means for transmitting a data signal at a predetermined constellation pattern rate; and (b) a retransmission means for retransmitting said data signal at the next lower constellation pattern rate if the base transmitter fails to receive a feedback signal after a preset period of time.
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