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(11) EP 0 920 764 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
09.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/23

(21) Application number: 97942485.0

(22) Date of filing: 19.09.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04L 7/ 033( . )
H04L 25/ 06( . )
H04L 27/ 26( . )
H04L 25/ 03( . )
H04L 27/ 233( . )
H04L 27/ 00( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1997/016349
(87) International publication number:
WO 1998/012849 (26.03.1998 Gazette 1998/12)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
FR IT

(30) Priority: 20.09.1996 US 19960026431P

(71) Applicant: COMSAT Corporation
Bethesda, MD 20817 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • THOMAS, James, R.
    Sandy Spring, MD 20860 (US)
  • SAYEGH, Soheil, I.
    Gaithersburg, MD 20879 (US)

(74) Representative: CAPRI SARL 
94, avenue Mozart
75016 Paris
75016 Paris (FR)

   


(54) DEMODULATION OF ASYNCHRONOUSLY SAMPLED DATA BY MEANS OF DETECTION-TRANSITION SAMPLE ESTIMATION IN A SHARED MULTI-CARRIER ENVIRONMENT