Channel selection procedure for mobile communication devices

    公开(公告)号:GB0031174D0

    公开(公告)日:2001-01-31

    申请号:GB0031174

    申请日:2000-12-21

    Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile communication device, such as a mobile telephone, to operate at or over one or more pre-determined frequency values or ranges depending on the geographical location. The method includes the steps of determining where the mobile communication device is in terms of geographical location using GSM network information, identifying frequency values or ranges available in the geographical location at which the device can operate and configuring the mobile communication device to operate at one of the identified frequency values or ranges.

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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:GB0030609D0

    公开(公告)日:2001-01-31

    申请号:GB0030609

    申请日:2000-12-12

    Abstract: A method of indicating data quality provided to a digital data receiver. The digital data receiver is typically a broadcast data receiver or set top box receiving digital data from a remote location. The method employs a Forward Error Correction (FEC) method of turbo decoding of the received data, with received data being decoded and errors detected using one or more turbo code decoding stages. The method includes the steps of monitoring and/or measuring error output produced from each of the turbo code decoding stages to obtain an error value at each stage. The error value from each stage is used to calculate a bit error rate (BER) which in turn is used to indicate signal quality using BDR vs Eb/No relationship.

    Generation of font via a broadcast data receiver

    公开(公告)号:GB0023145D0

    公开(公告)日:2000-11-01

    申请号:GB0023145

    申请日:2000-09-21

    Abstract: The invention to which this application relates is to the generation of a font or text on a display screen such as, for example, a display screen of a television set. The present invention provides a means whereby a broadcast data receiver can be used to generate font or text on a "transparent" video background so that a video image on the screen is still viewable which moves yet still reduce the visible flicker of the font or text with respect to the video image. By following the present invention, there is provided a means whereby flickering text which conventionally occurs on transparent backgrounds can be eliminated or at least reduced.

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