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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116402 | Method and system for cognitive radio Systems and methods for cognitive radio are disclosed herein. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention may provide systems, methods and apparatuses for a cognitive radio which is operable to tailor its operation based on one or more criteria, which may per... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8018831 | Method and system for a scalable radio architecture Systems and methods for a scalable architecture for radio device and systems are disclosed. This architecture employs a scalable bandwidth to deliver higher data rates and transmission ranges to devices that need them, while still delivering lower power solutions fo... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7853277 | Method and system of piconet groups A set of piconets and corresponding methods and computer programs may reduce contention time between piconets. In one embodiment, a seven-length code architecture may be used with group(s) of bands so that contention time cannot exceed 1/7 of the time. Up to seven d... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7809069 | Method and system for sidelobe reduction using antipodal signaling Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for reducing the power of a UWB signal over a desired range of frequencies. Embodiments of the present invention reduce power over the desired range of frequencies by reducing the sidelobe power of ton... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7787513 | Transmitting and receiving spread spectrum signals using continuous waveforms Systems and methods are described for transmitting and receiving spread spectrum signals using continuous waveforms. A method of transmitting a spread spectrum signal includes: generating a plurality of substantially continuous waveforms; summing the plurality of su... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782924 | Method and system for windowing Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for reducing the power of a UWB signal over a desired range of frequencies. Embodiments of the present invention reduce power over the desired range of frequencies by reducing the sidelobe power of ton... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7764929 | Methods and apparatuses for reducing interference using frequency division multiple access Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described which are capable of mitigating interference between piconets. Devices on a piconet may detect a certain degree of interference. When this interference is deemed as arising from another piconet, the first piconet may c... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7746835 | System and method for an ultra wideband radio wireless local area network A virtual wireless local area network system and method utilizing impulse radio wherein transmission rates (bit rates) can vary according to the impulse radio transmission quality (signal to noise ratio) and wherein the position of the user can be determined and sai... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7675960 | Method for generating communication signal sequences having desirable correlation properties and system for using same A method for generating code sequences having good correlation properties comprising steps of selecting a code length comprising a number of chips, selecting a ruler which defines the position of non-zero values within the chips, and overlaying the non-zero values w... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7603488 | Systems and methods for efficient memory management Systems and methods for providing efficient memory allocation, reduced processor intervention and power consumption, and increased memory access bandwidth. One embodiment comprises a system including a plurality of memory units which are accessible in parallel, a dy... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7589690 | Method, system and apparatus for an antenna Embodiments of the present invention provide a microstrip-coupled dipole antenna. A microstrip of the antenna may be formed in a plane and coupled to a transmission line such that the microstrip is operable to transfer electromagnetic energy fed to it by the transmi... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7577415 | Method and apparatus for ultra wideband power control A method for power control in an ultra wideband impulse radio system includes: (a) transmitting an impulse radio signal from a first transceiver, (b) receiving the impulse radio signal at a second transceiver; (c) determining at least one performance measurement of ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7539237 | Fast locking mechanism for channelized ultrawide-band communications A receiver for acquisition and lock of an impulse radio signal comprising an adjustable time base to output a sliding periodic timing signal having an adjustable repetition rate, and a decode timing modulator to output a decode signal in response to the periodic tim... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7536282 | Method and system for statistical filters and design of statistical filters Systems and methods for the design or implementation of statistical filters for use in the spectral shaping of transmissions are disclosed. A desired power spectrum may be mapped to find pole locations that approximate the desired spectrum. These pole locations may ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7492811 | Method and system for fast acquisition of ultra-wideband signals A system and method are provided that can detect any part of a multipath impulse radio signal. More specifically, the method compares a template pulse train and the multipath impulse radio signal to obtain a comparison result. The system performs a threshold check o... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7477910 | Method and system of piconet groups A set of piconets and corresponding methods and computer programs may reduce contention time between piconets. In one embodiment, a seven-length code architecture may be used with group(s) of bands so that contention time cannot exceed 1/7 of the time. Up to seven d... | 01/13/2009 |
