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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8134984 | Conversion of access nodes to gateways within a wireless mesh network An apparatus and method of a method of a wireless mesh network proposing access nodes for conversion to gateways is disclosed. The method includes each access node of the wireless mesh network measuring wireless mesh network metrics. A server connected to the wirele... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134961 | Adaptively capping data throughput of client devices associated with a wireless network A methods and apparatuses of adaptively capping data throughput of client devices associated with a wireless network are disclosed. One method includes monitoring an air-time per bit efficiency of each client device associated with the wireless network. A data throu... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8064404 | Method of subnet roaming within a network Disclosed is an apparatus and method of client device roaming from a home subnet to a foreign subnet of a network. The method includes the client device accessing the network through a first access node of the home subnet, and the client device roaming to a second a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055759 | Determination of link qualities between an access point and a plurality of clients An apparatus and method of determining link qualities of a plurality of links between an access point and a plurality of client devices is disclosed. The method includes detecting all client devices associated with the access point. A list of the associated client d... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054784 | Wireless mesh network channel selection An apparatus and method of a gateway selecting transmission channels of a cluster of a wireless mesh network is disclosed. The cluster includes the gateway and a plurality of access nodes. The method includes the gateway cycling through a plurality of available tran... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8036186 | Adaptively setting transmission power levels of nodes within a wireless mesh network A method of adaptively setting a transmission power level of a node within a wireless mesh network is disclosed. The method includes monitoring a quality of a plurality of reverse direction links between the node and downstream nodes, and between the node and an ups... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036130 | Minimization of channel filters within wireless access nodes A wireless access node includes a first radio operable to transmit/receive on one of at least N transmission channels. A second radio is operable to transmit/receive on another one of the at least N transmission channels. A first filter bank, of less than N filters,... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031615 | Balancing clusters of a wireless mesh network An apparatus and method of propagating a size of a cluster within a wireless mesh network is disclosed. The method includes a gateway within the cluster maintaining information of access nodes within the cluster. The gateway determines a cluster size based on the ma... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8014486 | Generating a frequency switching local oscillator signal Methods and systems of generating a frequency switching local oscillator signal are disclosed. One method includes generating a reference clock signal, and clocking a counter with the reference clock signal. The counter controls selection of a one of a plurality of ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8000376 | Adjusting a transmit time of a wireless device Methods of adjusting a transmit time of a wireless device are disclosed. One method includes a receiver determining a frequency hopping sequence of an interfering signal. The receiver obtains an observed pattern of at least one of time and frequency overlap between ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7983225 | Wireless network beacon timing An apparatus and method of a wireless network timing transmission of multiple BSSID beacons is disclosed. The method includes identifying multiple personalities of the wireless network, wherein a separate MAC address corresponding with each of the personalities. A b... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978748 | Synchronization band selection of a frequency hopping wireless receiver Methods and systems of a receiver selecting a subset of plurality of frequency hopping bands for synchronization of the receiver are disclosed. One method includes the receiver determining a receive signal quality metric for each band of the plurality of frequency h... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970394 | Determining coverage of a wireless network An apparatus and method of determining coverage of a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes traveling to multiple locations around access points of the wireless network, and for a plurality of client applications, measuring a performance parameter betwee... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965787 | Receiving wireless signals with multiple diversity settings Methods and systems of receiving wireless signals are disclosed. One method includes a receiver characterizing signal quality parameters of receive signals for a plurality of receive diversity settings. The receiver selects a first receive diversity setting for sync... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7957456 | Selection of filter coefficients for tranceiver non-linearity signal cancellation Embodiments of a method and apparatus for selecting coefficients of a non-linear filter are disclosed. The non-linear filter receives a transmit signal and generates a non-linear replica signal of a transmit DAC of a transceiver. The method include applying a plural... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957337 | Air-time control of wireless networks A method and apparatus for controlling transmission air-time available to a wireless node within a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes occupied by transmission packets. The method includes the wireless node monitoring air-time available to the wireles... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7939747 | Solar heating method and apparatus Embodiments for methods and apparatuses for solar heating are disclosed. One solar heating apparatus includes an insulating layer adjacent to an exterior of a structure. A heat transfer plate is adjacent to the insulating layer. A fluid conduit is adjacent to the he... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7924749 | Identification of long links within a wireless network An apparatus and method of identifying long links within a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes identifying long links within a wireless network. The method includes a first node estimating a link quality of a wireless link between the first node and a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7881330 | Controlling activation of electronic circuitry of data ports of a communication system An apparatus and method of controlling activation of electronic circuitry of data ports of a communication system is disclosed. One method includes a first data port detecting a lack of data for transmission to a second data port. At least one of the first data port... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7845956 | Electrical component interface An apparatus and method of providing an electrical component interface is disclosed. For one embodiment, the electrical component interface includes an electrical component adapter. The electrical component adapter includes an electronic component solder pattern for... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7826860 | Synchronization of media access control (MAC) superframes A device and method for of synchronizing a MAC superframe of a wireless device is disclosed. The wireless device can be located within a chain of a plurality of other wireless devices. The method includes receiving beacons from at least one other device during a sup... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7813437 | Estimating frequency offset at a subscriber station receiver A method and system of estimating frequency offset at a subscriber station is disclosed. The method includes the subscriber station receiving a composite signal, in which the composite signal includes multi-carrier signals transmitted from a plurality of base statio... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7797605 | Managing storage of HARQ packets Methods of managing storage of HARQ packets are disclosed. One method includes a wireless device receiving variable length HARQ packets. The wireless device performing an error check on each received variable length HARQ packet, and storing within HARQ memory the HA... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7783293 | Method of training a communication system A method and system of training a communication system is disclosed. The method includes a first transceiver transmitting signals through one or more antennas of the first transceiver. A second transceiver selects a subset of a plurality of antennas of the second tr... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7782929 | Multiple transmission protocol transceiver A method and apparatus for receiving one of a plurality of Ethernet transmission protocol signals is disclosed. Each transmission protocol signal includes a plurality of transmission signal streams. The method includes determining which of the transmission protocol ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7782852 | Multiple modulation rate 10Gbase-T transmission A device and method of high-speed transmission is disclosed. The method includes computing a signal quality of a received signal, the received signal being transmitted with a modulation order required by a default transmission modulation format. The signal quality i... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7769040 | Multi-channel mesh network A method of selecting at least one routing path between an access node and a gateway is provided. The method includes the access node receiving over a plurality of channels, indicators from at least one upstream access node, the indicators providing information of s... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768738 | Mitigating the effects of disturbances of a disk drive Embodiments of mitigating the effects of disturbances of a disk drive are disclosed. One method includes sensing a position error signal of a transducer coupled to a surface of the disk drive, wherein the position error signal aids in control of an actuator of the d... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747923 | Low-power receiver decoding Embodiments of a method and apparatus for a transceiver decoding an Ethernet signal. The method includes receiving an Ethernet bit stream. The bit stream is at least one of low-complexity decoded by a low-complexity decoder of the transceiver or high-complexity deco... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7733979 | Average power control of wireless transmission having a variable duty cycle A method an apparatus for controlling a transmission signal power level of a transmitter is disclosed. The method includes receiving a root-mean-squared target power level. A duty cycle of a transmission signal is determined that indicates power on and power off per... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729464 | Aiding synchronization between master and slave transceivers An apparatus and method of aiding synchronization between a master transceiver and a slave transceiver is disclosed. The method includes the master transceiver transmitting data signals that are received by the slave transceiver. The slave transceiver locks a slave ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729278 | Wireless routing based on data packet classifications A method of wirelessly routing based on data packet type is disclosed. The method includes a wireless access node wirelessly receiving a data packet. The wireless access node classifies the data packet, and selects one of multiple node interfaces based on the classi... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720499 | Regulation of transmission power control in mitigate self interference by optimizing link transmission parameters in a wireless network A method of optimizing link transmission parameters between access nodes within a mesh network is disclosed. The method includes each access node within the mesh transmitting packets at N different combinations of data rates and power levels. Each receiving node tha... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720015 | Receiver ADC clock delay base on echo signals A device and method for a full-duplex transceiver is disclosed. The transceiver includes a transmitter DAC coupled to a transmission channel. The transmit DAC converting a digital transmission signal into an analog transmission signal. The transceiver further includ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719999 | Predicting link quality of a link A method and apparatus of predicting link quality of a link are disclosed. One exemplary method includes a receiver receiving multi-carrier modulated signals over a period of time. A signal to noise ratio (SNR) for each received sub-carrier is estimated. An ordered ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7706285 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and displaying routing metrics of a network The invention includes an apparatus and method for displaying path metrics associate with nodes and links within a network. The method includes determining path metric values associated with the network. The method further includes displaying only the path metric va... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7697504 | Mesh network that includes fixed and mobile access nodes An apparatus and method of selecting a routing path through a mesh network that includes a mobile access node is disclosed. The method includes each access node of the mesh network capable of receiving routing beacons from at least one upstream access node. The rout... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7688808 | Mobile access node routing selections through a mesh network An apparatus and method of a mobile access node selecting a routing path through a mesh network is disclosed. The method includes receiving routing packets from at least one upstream access node, the routing packets including information of at least one upstream acc... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7672396 | Reducing image spectral leakage due to I-Q imbalance Methods of reducing spectral leakage due to I-Q imbalance within a transmitter are disclosed. The method includes the transmitter receiving a data stream of coefficients of a multi-carrier modulation signal. The data stream is pre-processed by processing a set of th... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7649866 | Method of subnet roaming within a network Disclosed is an apparatus and method of client device roaming from a home subnet to a foreign subnet of a network. The method includes the client device accessing the network through a first access node of the home subnet, and the client device roaming to a second a... | 01/19/2010 |
