Stephen Peter Nicolo from 344 W Mount Vernon St, Lansdale, PA 19446, age 37

Dynamic Selection Of An Optimum Signal From A Plurality Of Signal Sources
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US Patent:

20070217553, Sep 20, 2007
Filed:

Mar 9, 2007
Appl. No.:

11/684233
Inventors:

Roger A. Brown - Quakertown PA, US
John R. Carlson - Lansdale PA, US
Stephen J. Nicolo - Perkasie PA, US
Gary A. Thom - Lansdale PA, US
Assignee:

DELTA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. - Horsham PA
International Classification:

H04B 1/10
US Classification:

375349
Abstract:

An optimum signal is assembled from a set of data streams originating from a transmitter. Corresponding bits of the data streams are compared, and for each set of corresponding bits, an output bit is selected based on a majority vote of the data streams. If a majority vote does not yield a result, an output bit can be selected from a default stream, or from a stream which yielded a preceding output bit. Data streams having a signal quality below a predetermined limit are disregarded for purposes of conducting the majority vote. The output stream therefore includes bits taken from different data streams and different times, and has a quality greater than is achievable by any one of the original data streams.