The Economical Design of Radio Communication Systems by Matching the Message Urgency to the Fading Conditions

A "matched-traffic technique" is proposed to control the hourly traffic volume so that the capability of the system is designed only to carry the urgent messages that require immediate transmission at the desired reliability. The urgent messages carried by preferred channels will be transmitted as usual all the times while the nonurgent messages carried by delayed channels will be transmitted when the fading conditions improve. This technique may permit reductions in required transmitter power and antenna size.