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| 7990943 | Establishing channels between a domain manager and managed nodes A device associated with a network receives a register request from a managed node connected to the network, where the register request requests registration of the managed node. The device also establishes a command channel, for sending one or more commands, with t... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7330480 | Adaptive network resource control An admissions control technique improves processing capacity utilization in a token-based admission control scheme by matching token allocation to actual processing requirements. In an exemplary application, the processing capacity of a processing entity is discrete... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7313110 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for allocating bandwidth in a radio packet data system based on data rate estimates determined for one or more idle transmitter/sector scenarios Bandwidth is allocated in a radio packet data system by sending achievable data rate estimate information from an access terminal to an access network. The achievable data rate estimate information is associated with scenarios corresponding to state combinations of ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7212594 | Methods and apparatus for canceling co-channel interference in a receiving system using spatio-temporal whitening Methods and apparatus for canceling co-channel interference in a receiving system using spatio-temporal whitening. In some embodiments, a spatio-temporal interference canceling method, and apparatus for carrying out the method are provided which effectively cancel c... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194000 | Methods and systems for provision of streaming data services in an internet protocol network Control of the transmission of streaming data between a first data processing system and a second data processing system in a packet network is provided. Priorities are assigned to packets of the streaming data based on characteristics of the packets of streaming da... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7154903 | System and method for management of data associated with a dormant mobile terminal A packet control function (PCF) within a wireless communication network, such as a network based on the TIA/EIA/IS-2000 family of standards, manages incoming data for dormant mobile terminals. In response to the PCF receiving incoming data for a dormant mobile termi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155655 | Adaptive hybrid ARQ algorithms A method and apparatus for communicating a message from a transmitting station to a remote receiving station by adaptively selecting a retransmission protocol from two or more retransmission protocols based on at least one changing transmission variable is described... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7133353 | CDMA system using quasi-orthogonal codes A CDMA communication system uses a set of quasi-orthogonal codes to supplement the standard set of Walsh codes used in conventional systems. Users are assigned a code selected from the set of Walsh codes, if available. If the number of users exceeds the number of av... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130627 | Management of neighbor lists Methods of maintaining neighbor list information in a wireless communication system and corresponding apparatus. The method may comprise maintaining a separate neighbor list for each of a plurality of cells, the neighbor lists indicating neighbor cells and correspon... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7116646 | CDMA internet protocol mobile telecommunications network architecture and methodology A system and methodology for implementing an all-Internet Protocol for voice and data communications on a code division multiple access (CDMA) network. An access control server is employed to handle packetized communications within the CDMA network. The methodology ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7103033 | Robust vocoder rate control in a packet network A vocoder control technique provides robust vocoder control allowing a radio access network (RAN) to reliably control remote vocoding functions in support of mobile station signaling. In some wireless communication network implementations, vocoding functions are rem... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7092381 | Delivery of broadcast teleservice messages over packet data networks A communication network comprises a broadcast teleservice message center generating broadcast teleservice messages. The broadcast teleservice message center is connected to a circuit-switched network over an interface that uses a first messaging protocol. The broadc... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092409 | Timing distribution redundacy in a wireless network A timing network for a wireless communication network includes first and second Timing Unit Board (TUB) and processor boards for processing speech channels of the radio network, each processor board having a local timer that is slave to “PSTN time” from a Public... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085370 | Ringback detection circuit A ringback detector determines whether ringback by comparing measurements of a characteristic of the received signal, such as the energy of the received signal, to a threshold. The threshold is set initially to a low value and then updated based on the measurements ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085581 | RPC channel power control in a HDR network In a communication network based on the TIA/EIA/IS-856 standard, or in other network types where forward link power control is desirable but where no reverse link channel or sub-channel to direct such power control is available, forward link rate request information... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081789 | Switched capacitor circuit compensation apparatus and method A compensated switched capacitor circuit comprises a switched capacitor circuit and a compensation circuit. The compensation circuit generates a reference current that varies under closed loop control to maintain a targeted slew rate for charging a reference capacit... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075930 | System and method for packet data servicing node (PDSN)initial assignment and reselection An method for PDSN (Packet Data Serving Node) initial assignment and re-selection in a wireless communication system is provided. The method is implemented in PCF (Packet Control Function) within a third-generation (3G) CDMA Radio Access Network (RAN). The methodolo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072626 | Polar modulation transmitter A polar modulation transmitter circuit provides reduced ACPR in its output signal by controlling the relative delay between its envelope and phase modulation operations based on direct or indirect feedback measurement the output signal's ACPR. Such measurement and a... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068984 | Systems and methods for amplification of a communication signal Bandwidth reduction of amplitude and/or phase components of relatively wide bandwidth composite signal. In an exemplary embodiment, an EER amplifier system for CDMA signal amplification includes an amplitude bandwidth reduction module included in an amplitude signal... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061880 | Systems and methods for multicast communications Systems and methods are provided to establish multicast capabilities for communication systems including wireless communication and internet protocol (IP). An exemplary communication system may include one or more content servers (CSs), IP network, packet data servi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061313 | Dual feedback linear amplifier A dual feedback topology imparts stability to a multistage linear amplifier, particularly by improving overall amplifier phase margin at higher signal frequencies. With dual feedback, an inner feedback loop is closed around the first amplifier stage, which stage is ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054290 | Methods and apparatus for dual mode operation in a wireless communication system A wireless network terminal tunes to a high data rate (“HDR”) HDR carrier when in an idle state. The terminal periodically scans a 1×RTT carrier for pages, SMS and other information. Should the scan detect an incoming communication on the 1×RTT carrier, any ex... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046640 | Software analysis tool for CDMA system A wireless network planning tool simulates wireless network operation, including subscriber admission processing, based on sophisticated reverse and forward link analyses that include data fall back procedures. Subscribers are associated with an application type, wh... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7035359 | Methods and apparatus for demodulation of a signal in a signal slot subject to a discontinuous interference signal Methods and systems are provided for processing a received signal including receiving the signal to provide a sequence of symbols associated with the received signal in respective ones of a plurality of symbol positions. A known block of the sequence of symbols cont... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7010332 | Wireless headset with automatic power control A wireless headset for use with a separate communications device, such as a cellular telephone, includes automatic on/off capabilities to maximize battery life. By detecting a user's interaction, such as picking up the headset or placing it upon the user's body, the... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996086 | Radio access network with meshed radio base stations A wireless communication network supporting mobile communications includes a mesh of radio base stations (RBSs) interconnected as packet data routing network. The RBSs are RF-coupled together so that adjacent ones may relay communications traffic to each other. By a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992699 | Camera device with selectable image paths A combination mobile terminal and camera with multiple light apertures in the housing. One aperture is disposed on a front side of the housing while another aperture is disposed on a rear side of the housing. The device has an image sensor disposed within the housin... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6985462 | System and method for user scheduling in a communication network A “primal ascent” technique for scheduling the shared use of a limited resource may be applied to scheduling users in a high data rate (HDR) communication network, such as in a HDR network based on the TIA/EIA/IS-856 air interface standard. In a HDR network, act... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985439 | System and method for wireless network admission control based on quality of service Admission to one or more shared resources in a wireless network is based on whether such admission would unduly comprise the network's ability to meet one or more Quality-of-Sevice (QoS) constraints associated with users of the shared resources. Therefore, use of a ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6982961 | Push-to-talk and push-to-conference in a CDMA wireless communications system A method of providing push-to-talk and push-to-conference functionality in a CDMA system. Participants, in one embodiment, may be divided into active and inactive participants with active participants assigned a private uplink/downlink channel pair by the communicat... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6975609 | Dynamic call admission A call admission policy is provided that has a dynamic operating point setting desired load levels for data calls and for voice calls. A request for a first call admission may be granted even though the desired load levels are exceeded if there is sufficient power t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975686 | IQ modulation systems and methods that use separate phase and amplitude signal paths A digital signal processor generates in-phase, quadrature-phase and amplitude signals from a baseband signal. A modulator modulates the in-phase and quadrature-phase signals to produce a modulated signal. A phase locked loop is responsive to the modulated signal. Th... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6947756 | Method of balancing backhaul delays for a series of daisy chained radio base stations A radio access network comprises a base station controller and a plurality of radio base stations. The radio base stations connect to the base station controller in a daisy chain configuration via a shared communication link. At least one radio base station in the c... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6937861 | Connection management for dual mode access terminals in a radio network A maximum suspension time defines the length of time that an access terminal may suspend communication with a supporting radio network before the network releases the communication resources assigned to the access terminal. In some environments, it may be necessary ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937980 | Speech recognition using microphone antenna array A system and method of audio processing provides enhanced speech recognition. Audio input is received at a plurality of microphones. The multi-channel audio signal from the microphones may be processed by a beamforming network to generate a single-channel enhanced a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934555 | Software analysis tool for CDMA system A wireless network planning tool simulates wireless network operation, including subscriber admission processing based resource reservation procedures. Simulated subscribers are associated with an application type. Application types are broadly categorized as either... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931257 | Fast forward power control during soft handoff A wireless communication network includes base stations that operate with variable transmit power adjustments during soft handoff of a mobile station. Base stations adjust current transmit powers up or down using variable step sizes responsive to power control comma... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6922567 | Systems, methods and computer program products for identifying items of interest that are geographically proximate to wireless communicator users Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying items of interest within a predetermined proximity of a geographic location of a user of a wireless communicator, or of geographic locations of interest to a user, are provided. A communications network... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920191 | Estimation and compensation of the pulse-shape response in wireless terminals A pulse-shape estimator calculates an impulse response for the transmit and receive pulse-shaping filters in a mobile wireless terminal. The pulse-shape estimator receives a training signal that has passed through the pulse-shaping filters and known training symbols... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6917810 | Optimization or circuit call setup and delivery associated with inter-MSC packet data handoff A serving MSC in a wireless communication network, such as an IS-2000 network, uses standard signaling messages in an unconventional manner to allow it to take on the role of an anchor MSC under certain inter-MSC handoff conditions. When a mobile station engaged in ... | 07/12/2005 |
