Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Why Are Modern-Day Wireless Speakers More Reliable Compared To Earlier Models?

By Michelle Jaeger


Wireless speakers are among the numerous gadgets which operate in one of the license-free ISM frequency bands. These types of frequency bands are restricted to a few frequency spaces at 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz and also 5.8 GHz. Growing rivalry within these frequency bands has caused suppliers to invent unique methods that can deal with the higher interference, one of which I will show you in the following paragraphs.

Adaptive frequency hopping is among the newest strategies utilized by wireless speakers that works by checking the complete frequency band for channels which are filled by different transmitters.

All frequency channels which are occupied are flagged as occupied. From the other vacant frequency channels, a hop set is specified which consists of a selection of the free channels. During the broadcast, every one of the hop-set channels are used. Each channel is utilized for a short time frame (also named "burst"). After that period, the transmitter and receiver change to the subsequent hop-set frequency channel. The cord-less receiver likewise switches to the subsequent frequency channel such that the transmitter as well as receiver are at all times transmitting and receiving on the same frequency channel. In order for the transmitter and receiver to be in sync, both transmitter and receiver correspond the hop set with one another.

In addition to the current hop set, the transmitter continues scanning all available frequency channels and also maintains a list of back-up frequency channels. One of these back-up frequency channels is put to use in the event that another transmitter commences using one of the current hop-set frequency channels in order to replace the hop-set frequency channel that has become filled. The catalog of backup frequency channels makes it possible for the transmitter to substitute an occupied channel with a free channel in a short amount of time. Consequently adaptive frequency hopping is beneficial in avoiding transmitting on occupied channels as well as in eliminating interference from other equipment.

Data buffering is a second method to improve the quality of service of cordless real-time music broadcast. Data buffering may make up for packets that are damaged or lost. Packets are frequently misplaced caused by bad receipt, interference or multipath fading. Audio data is split into packets in order to easier be able to organize the data as well as retrieve misplaced or impaired packets. Information packets which are sent are numbered. A checksum (generally known as CRC) is added to every packet. After transmission, the transmitter keeps recently sent data packets inside its internal buffer. This allows the receiver to check whether or not the packets it obtained have any errors. In the eventuality of a lost or impaired packets, the cord-less receiver sends a demand to the transmitter as a way for the transmitter to resend the packet that was not correctly obtained. Due to this, the receiver has to be in a position to send information back to the transmitter. In case of several wireless receivers, the protocol must have a good quantity of time slots so that each receiver can ask for packets from the transmitter. Due to the limited quantity of time slots for the back channel, these kinds of cord-less loudspeakers have a limit for how many wireless loudspeakers can function from one transmitter.




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