US 7,606,536 B1
Temporal co-site interference reduction
Steven E. Koenck, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US); Demetri Tsamis, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US); Roger A. Dana, Marion, Iowa (US); Joel M. Wichgers, Urbana, Iowa (US); and David A. Gribble, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US)
Assigned to Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US)
Filed on Apr. 03, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/396,729.
Int. Cl. H04B 1/44 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—78  [370/229; 455/73] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for coordinating receive and transmit operations in a communication system, comprising:
recognizing an incomplete receive operation on a frequency that may be affected by a co-site transmit operation;
detecting the beginning of a speech message to be transmitted; and
delaying the speech message a time up to a maximum amount to allow receive and transmit operations to be coordinated, wherein the speech message delay is determined based upon the total system operational requirements including both receive and transmit functions, whereby the delay may be greater than approximately 0.50 seconds.