ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,543, issued on July 28, was assigned to ORANGE (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France).

"Data transmission method with variable puncturing between constellation symbols according to the location thereof" was invented by Isabelle Siaud (Chatillon Cedex, France) and Anne-Marie Ulmer-Moll (Chatillon Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data transmission method implemented by a first item of telecommunication equipment transmitting to a second item of telecommunication equipment. The method includes: encoding input data by using an encoder; and puncturing data after encoding; modulating with mapping of the data, after puncturing, on one ...