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Correlation for combinational coded telemetry
Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
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Filing: 1990-03-26
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Granted: 1991-11-19
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Expires: 2010-03-26
Abstract
Abstract A unipolar, RZ, constant width pulse telemetry is achieved in the combinatorial set, or any desired subset of pulse sequences thereof. Each input datum W is in one-to-one correspondence with a particular pulse sequence and the correspondence of datum with pulse sequence and vice versa is implemented by any selected ordering of the pulse sequences of the combinatorial set together with a successive comparison of the magnitude of the datum with the cumulative combinatorial capacity of the set.
Inventors
- 👤 Louis H. Rorden
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 13:21
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L25/00; H04L25/38; H04L25/40; H04L25/49; H04L25/4902; E; E21; E21B; E21B47/00; E21B47/12; E21B47/14; E21B47/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
79 words
A method of reducing the effect of instabilities in the level of a baseline signal on the detection of a plurality of unipolar information pulses, each of which is separated on said baseline signal from an adjacent information pulse by at least its width, comprising the step of: correlating said baseline signal with a correlator signal having a zero moment and a plurality of convolutions, each of which has adjacent positive and negative values relative to a zero level.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
79 words
A method of reducing the effect of instabilities in the level of a baseline signal on the detection of a plurality of unipolar information pulses, each of which is separated on said baseline signal from an adjacent information pulse by at least its width, comprising the step of: correlating said baseline signal with a correlator signal having a zero moment and a plurality of convolutions, each of which has adjacent positive and negative values relative to a zero level.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 wherein each of said convolutions is generally symmetrical about said zero level.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said adjacent positive and negative values are individually generally the same width as the pulses to be detected.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the total amplitude of positive values of each of said convolutions is essentially equal to the total amplitude of negative values of said sequence.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 1 wherein each of said information pulses is separated on both sides thereof on said baseline signal from an adjacent information pulse by at least its width, and each of said convolutions has a positive and a negative value surrounded respectively by negative and positive values.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said information pulses are acoustic pressure pulses impressed on borehole drilling fluid in a measuring-while-drilling system.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
182 words
The method of communicating a datum, W, across a communication channel from a data source to a data receiver, by a sequence of time displaced, nonadjacent, constant width pulses within a fixed time interval T w , said time interval having beginning and final ends and being independent of said datum W, comprising the steps, (a) ordering a combinatorial set of said sequence of pulses, (b) determining from said datum, a particular one of said sequence of time displaced pulses of said combinatorial set, (c) generating and transmitting said determined sequence of time displaced pulses across said communication channel, (d) recovering said transmitted sequence of time displaced pulses from said communication channel, (e) performing the inverse of the determination of step (b) on the recovered sequence of pulses to obtain a representation of said datum W, and (f) said step of recovering including correlating a baseline signal having said determined sequence of time displayed pulses with a correlator signal having a zero moment and a plurality of convolutions, each of which has adjacent positive and negative values relative to a zero level.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
182 words
The method of communicating a datum, W, across a communication channel from a data source to a data receiver, by a sequence of time displaced, nonadjacent, constant width pulses within a fixed time interval T w , said time interval having beginning and final ends and being independent of said datum W, comprising the steps, (a) ordering a combinatorial set of said sequence of pulses, (b) determining from said datum, a particular one of said sequence of time displaced pulses of said combinatorial set, (c) generating and transmitting said determined sequence of time displaced pulses across said communication channel, (d) recovering said transmitted sequence of time displaced pulses from said communication channel, (e) performing the inverse of the determination of step (b) on the recovered sequence of pulses to obtain a representation of said datum W, and (f) said step of recovering including correlating a baseline signal having said determined sequence of time displayed pulses with a correlator signal having a zero moment and a plurality of convolutions, each of which has adjacent positive and negative values relative to a zero level.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
192 words
In borehole acoustic communication apparatus for communicating a datum, W, from a data source to a data receiver, by a data sequence of time displaced, nonadjacent constant width pulses within a fixed time interval T w , said time interval having beginning and final ends and being independent of said datum W, comprising: (a) means for ordering a combinatorial set of said data sequence of pulses; determining from said datum, a particular one of said data sequence of time displaced pulses of said combinatorial set; and generating and transmitting said determined data sequence of time displaced pulses from said data source to said data receiver; and (b) means for recovering said transmitted data sequence of time displaced pulses and performing the inverse on the recovered sequence of pulses of determining a particular one of said sequence of time displaced pulses, to obtain a representation of said datum W, said means including means for correlating a baseline signal having said data sequence of time displaced pulses with a correlator signal having a zero moment and a plurality of convolutions, each of which has adjacent positive and negative values relative to a zero level.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
192 words
In borehole acoustic communication apparatus for communicating a datum, W, from a data source to a data receiver, by a data sequence of time displaced, nonadjacent constant width pulses within a fixed time interval T w , said time interval having beginning and final ends and being independent of said datum W, comprising: (a) means for ordering a combinatorial set of said data sequence of pulses; determining from said datum, a particular one of said data sequence of time displaced pulses of said combinatorial set; and generating and transmitting said determined data sequence of time displaced pulses from said data source to said data receiver; and (b) means for recovering said transmitted data sequence of time displaced pulses and performing the inverse on the recovered sequence of pulses of determining a particular one of said sequence of time displaced pulses, to obtain a representation of said datum W, said means including means for correlating a baseline signal having said data sequence of time displaced pulses with a correlator signal having a zero moment and a plurality of convolutions, each of which has adjacent positive and negative values relative to a zero level.
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