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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090142052 | Monitoring of Optical Signals An apparatus and method for monitoring of optical signals 60 at a node (12, 14, 16) in a WDM telecommunications system 10 comprising the employment of photodiodes (54, 56, 58). Each of the photodiodes (54, 56, 58) has a short response ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141591 | System and Method for Extending GPS to Divers and Underwater Vehicles A navigation system extends satellite navigation to divers, underwater vehicles, and surface vessels. The navigation system comprises a location reference unit and a plurality of sub-surface beacon units. The location reference unit includes a receiver to receive naviga... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139667 | Blind With Pockets Forming, by weaving or warp knitting, a vertical blind comprising a single fabric sheet having a series of vertical panels. The vertical panels include at least one relatively translucent panel and a plurality of vertical pocket panels. The vertical blind can be formed ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139664 | Blind with Pockets A vertical blind comprising a single fabric sheet having a series of vertical panels. The vertical panels include at least one relatively translucent panel and a plurality of vertical pocket panels. Each vertical pocket panel includes a vertical pocket. A vane is dispos... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090135748 | Adaptive Scheduling for Half-Duplex Wireless Terminals Adaptation is introduced into allocation of uplink and downlink subframes in wireless communication systems that support full-duplex and half-duplex mobile terminals, thus reducing interference between mobile terminals. In an exemplary method for allocating uplink and d... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090130511 | Fuel Cell Module The present invention relates to fuel cell modules. The fuel cell module includes a housing that contains a plurality of fuel cell elements called unicells. Each unicell comprises a plurality of microcells. The housing is divided into a plurality of housing sections. A ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090119564 | Methods and Apparatus for Processing Error Control Messages in a Wireless Communication System Methods and apparatus for processing error control messages, such as RLC ARQ control messages, are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises signaling a medium access controller (MAC) that link resources are needed for transmitting data, receiving an indication from the ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116840 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEX (WDM) OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXER An optical demultiplexer (13, 30) for wavelength division multiplex WDM optical radiation comprising a plurality of wavelength channels (Ch1 . . . Ch16) spaced over a wavelength spectrum said demultiplexer being for separating the WDM radiat... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116568 | Method and Apparatus for Interference Rejection Combining and Detection A multi-branch OFDM receiver combines diversity signals received over different receiver branches using interference rejection combining. The receiver generates first channel estimates associated with a serving base station, second channel estimates associated with at l... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116455 | Method and Apparatus for Code Power Parameter Estimation for Received Signal Processing As taught herein channelization code power estimates are generated for a number of data channels in a received CDMA signal based on a joint determination process. Joint processing in this context yields improved estimation of data channel code powers and corresponding e... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116089 | Optical Logic Device An optical logic device comprising a first mirror confronting a second mirror, a saturable absorber located between the mirrors and radiation which is output from the device is output via the first mirror, and the reflectivity of the first mirror being such that, in use... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113940 | CROCHET TOOL AND KIT A crochet tool is designed to make the process of forming loops easier. The tool has a handle section and at least one working section that extends from the handle section along an axis. The working section has a hollow bore terminating at a end opening disposed general... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090110087 | Channel-Dependent Frequency-Domain Scheduling in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Communications System Methods and apparatus are disclosed for scheduling sub-carriers in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system. In an exemplary method, channel quality metric values for each of a plurality of sub-channels are determined, in view of a selec... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090103558 | Hybrid Contention-Based and Schedule-Based Access to a Communication Link One or more embodiments taught herein provide a hybrid access arrangement using a contention-based channel and a scheduled channel on a communication link. As a point of significant efficiency, given users transmit autonomously on the contention-based channel, without n... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090103498 | Adaptive Receiver Method and Apparatus Receiver resources are allocated based on how subframes are allocated within in a frame between downlink and uplink transmissions and how often the receiver is expected to report feedback information associated with the downlink transmissions. Additional time is availab... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090099952 | Trading System for Handling an Order Matrix An exchange system and a method for trading orders on an exchange market and a related broker workstation. One or more user defined order matrixes allows a user to design a trading strategy by manually, or by means of algorithms using current and/or historical market da... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090088849 | Intervertebral Implant The present application is directed to implants for positioned between vertebral members. The implant may include a superior surface to contact against a first vertebral member, and an inferior surface to contact against a second vertebral member. The implant may includ... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090088194 | Single Multi-Mode Clock Source for Wireless Devices The wireless device described herein uses a single crystal oscillator to generate the high and low frequency clock signals required by the wireless device during both active and inactive radio communications. An exemplary multi-mode clock unit comprises a single crystal... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090088085 | Apparatus and Methods for Frequency Control in a Multi-Output Frequency Synthesizer Methods and circuits for synthesizing two or more signals phase-locked to a common reference frequency signal are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises generating first and second output signals phase-locked to a reference clock signal, using first and second... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090086682 | Downlink Out of Sync Detection in Continuous Packet Connectivity Out-of-sync and in-sync detections and downlink power control by UTRAN user equipment are improved in Continuous Packet Connectivity mode featuring discontinuous UL DPCCH transmission by requiring all F-DPCH transmissions from a base station to the user equipment to be ... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090086189 | Clutter Rejection in Active Object Detection Systems According to a method and apparatus taught herein an active object detection system performs reliable object detection based on light pulse emissions and corresponding and time-of-flight based distance determination, while advantageously rejecting clutter. While not lim... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090082008 | Mobile Phone Code Debugging Method and Apparatus Code stored at a mobile phone is debugged using a remote web browser interface. According to one embodiment, the mobile phone comprises a web server and a code debugger. The web server is configured to process an HTTP request generated by a remote HTTP client, the HTTP ... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090082003 | Mobile Phone Code Editing Method and Apparatus Existing mobile phone code is edited or new code generated using a remote web browser interface. According to one embodiment, the mobile phone comprises a web server and a code editor. The web server is configured to process an HTTP request generated by a remote HTTP cl... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090080557 | Quality of Service Based Antenna Mapping for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Communication Systems The teachings presented herein provide methods and apparatus for use in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system transmitting a plurality of data substreams to a receiver employing ordered successive interference cancellation detection according to a predetermined... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090079487 | Time Delay Line with Low Sensitivity to Process Variations A time delay line comprises a plurality of delay elements connected in series. Each delay element comprises one or more transistors that exhibit a reverse short channel effect at channel lengths within a certain range. The transistors are configured to have a channel le... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090075647 | UE Measurement Scheduling Based on Measurement Bandwidth The method and apparatus described herein uses variable length snapshot periods to determine signal strength measurements. A mobile station determines the measurement bandwidth associated with a base station, and sets the snapshot period based on the measurement bandwid... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090074046 | Data Structure Boundary Synchronization Between a Transmitter and Receiver Synchronization between a transmitter and a receiver with respect to the boundary of higher-layer logical data structures is improved by considering both the statistical likelihood of the value of a transmitted boundary indicator and the quality of the channel during th... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090069057 | Power-Aware Link Adaptation with Variable Bandwidth Allocation Methods and apparatus are disclosed for reducing mobile terminal energy consumption during data transmissions by allocating resources and adapting link parameters in an energy-aware manner, based on throughput requirements and prevailing signal propagation conditions. A... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090069054 | Method and Apparatus for Linearly Precoding Downlink Transmissions to Reduce Temporal Variations in Interference According to one or more method and apparatus embodiments taught herein, network base stations reduce temporal variations in the interference perceived by mobile stations operating within the network by slowing down the rate at which they change or otherwise update the ... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090069042 | Outer Loop Transmit Power Control in Wireless Communication Systems Outer-loop power control methods and apparatus are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a short-term block error rate is measured for a received signal, and a coarse adjustment to a target signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) is calculated as a function of the short-ter... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090068969 | Power-Aware Selection of Radio Access Technology Methods and apparatus are disclosed for operating a multi-mode wireless communications device to select a radio access technology (RAT) requiring the lowest energy consumption by the device for a desired operating mode. An exemplary method comprises scanning a plurality... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090067355 | Power-Aware Link Adaptation in a Wideband CDMA System Methods and apparatus are disclosed for reducing mobile terminal energy consumption during data transmissions by allocating link resources and adapting link parameters in an energy-aware manner, based on throughput requirements and prevailing channel conditions. A combi... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090066316 | Electrokinetic Method for Determining the Electrostatic Charge State of a Porous Membrane During Filtering and the Use Thereof The invention relates to an electrokinetic method for determining the electrostatic charge state of a porous membrane during filtering by measuring trans-membrane variations of a flow potential. The use of the inventive method for controlling and characterising the filt... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090066308 | Switched Mode Power Supply Having Variable Minimum Switching Frequency In a switched mode power supply (SMPS) that regulates an output voltage in response to load conditions by switching an inductor circuit between a supply voltage and ground at a switching frequency, under light loading conditions, the switching frequency of the SMPS is r... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090061886 | System and Method for Activity-Based Power Control Target Adjustments in a Wireless Communication Network The teachings presented herein provide, among other things, improved power control stability and increased system capacity in a wireless communication network by raising signal quality targets for mobile stations engaged in scheduled uplink data transmissions and loweri... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090060501 | All Optical Batcher Banyan Switch, Batcher Switch, Banyan Switch and Contention Manager An all-optical contention manager includes at least two inputs and at least two outputs. The outputs are configured to output signals to a Banyan switch. The contention manager detects and resolves routing contentions between incoming optical signals prior to outputting... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090060063 | Method and Apparatus for Robust Control Signaling Distribution in OFDM Systems Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) systems distribute some number of pilot subcarriers within the larger set of subcarriers comprising an OFDM signal. In that context, according to teachings presented herein, control signaling is sent on subcarriers selected... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090059331 | Optical Circuit for Comparing Two N-Bit Binary Words An optical comparator circuit comprises a first stage comprising an optical gate which receives the signals applied to the two inputs and produces at its output an N bit signal with each bit being representative of the logical expression A XOR B for a respective pair of... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090058178 | Photoluminescent Element for Wheel Photoluminescent material is mated to a wheel using various approaches. The wheel may have a groove in the rim, with a photoluminescent insert in the groove. The groove may be at any location on the rim, with one advantageous location being on the sidewall radially inwa... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090058026 | Collapsible Stroller Frame A collapsible support frame has a front frame, a rear frame, and a locking mechanism connected to the front and rear frames. The locking mechanism has a lever and a base member. In the locked position, the lever and the base member engage to pull the front and rear fram... | 03/05/2009 |
