Communication system with call quality indication and method of operation therein
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsSivakumar Muthuswamy, Anupama Ramamurthy
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Abstract
A communication system (10) for providing call quality indication includes a plurality of communication devices (75) and a system controller (40). The plurality of communication devices (75) includes a first communication device (62) for communicating using a first radio frequency channel having a first radio frequency channel quality, and a second communication device (62) for communicating using a second radio frequency channel having a second radio frequency channel quality. The system controller (40) communicates the first radio frequency channel quality and the second radio frequency-channel quality to the first communication device (62) and the second communication device (64).
Claims25
A communication system for providing call quality indication comprising:
- a first communication device allocated a first wireless channel for during a communication, the first wireless channel characterized by a first channel quality, and
- at least a second communication device allocated at least a second wireless channel for use during the communication, the second wireless channel characterized by a second channel quality;
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- a system controller operable to communicate the first channel quality and the second channel quality to both the first communication device and the second communication device.
A communication device operable to wireless communicate with a second communication device through a communication system that includes a system controller, the communication device comprising:
- a receiver operable to receive the communication from the communication system over a first wireless channel and further operable to receive a first channel quality and a second channel quality from the system coniroller, the first wireless channel being characterized by the first channel quality, the second channel quality characterizing a second wireless channel used by the second communication device;
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- a processor operably coupled to the receiver and operable to execute a call quality indicator application for providing feedback on an overall call quality of the communication based on the first channel quality and the second channel quality.
A method of providing call quality indication within a communication system, the method comprising:
- monitoring a communication between a first communication device and a second communication device, the first communication device participating in the communication over a first wireless channel and the second communication device participating in the communication over a second wireless channel;
- determining a first channel quality of the first wireless channel and a second channel quality of the second wireless channel;
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- communicating both the first channel quality and the second channel quality to both the first communication device end the second communication device.
A method for providing call quality indication within a communication device comprising:
- participating in a communication with at least one other communication device over a first wireless channel;
- receiving a first channel quality associated with the first wireless channel;
- receiving a second channel quality associated a second wireless channel over which the at least one other communication device is participating in the communication;
- displaying a first quality indicator based upon the first channel quality;
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- displaying a second quality indicator based upon the second channel quality.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.