Digital format U.S. commercial FM broadcast system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6831907
APP PUB NO 20030043769A1
SERIAL NO

09945001

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A method of broadcasting commercial FM services in a digital format in at least one bitstream comprises time-division multiplexing the bitstream(s) into one or more channels comprising a data frame, and frequency modulating the data frames around a single carrier frequency into a commercial FM broadcast signal. The modulation may comprise GMSK or 8-PSK, and multiple data frame types may be interleaved. The signal is transmitted on a commercial FM broadcast station such that substantially the entire spectrum of the transmission comprises the digital data frames. The bit rate(s) of the digital bitstream(s) may be monitored, and the bitstream(s) may be reallocated to channels in the data frames based on changes in the bit rate(s). Analog and digital formats may be broadcast simultaneously on non-adjacent commercial FM broadcast carrier channels. A receiver is operative to extract and decode content from a digital format FM broadcast signal.

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ERICSSON INC7001 DEVELOPMENT DRIVE RESEARCH TRIANGLE NC 27709

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dent, Paul W Pittsboro, NC 310 17776
Dolman, Rodney A Forest, VA 12 496

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