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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185062 | Configurable antenna assembly A configurable antenna assembly includes an antenna structure and a configurable antenna interface. The antenna structure is operable, in a first mode, to provide a first antenna structure and a second antenna structure, wherein the first antenna structure receives ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184679 | RF transceiver having adaptive modulation A modulation control module for use in an RF transceiver, the modulation control module includes a processing module and memory. The memory is operably coupled to the processing module, wherein the memory stores operational instructions that causes the processing mo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180285 | Millimeter wave near field communication device A device includes a processing module, a millimeter wave (MMW) oscillation module, a MMW beamforming module, and a plurality of amplifiers. The processing module determines activation of the device and thereafter modulates data to produce modulated data, determines ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175646 | Networking of multiple mode handheld computing unit A handheld computing unit includes a MMW transceiver, a hardware section, an operating system section, and an application section. When the handheld computing unit is in a extended mode: the hardware section is operably coupled to a hardware section of an extended c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175108 | Wirelessly configurable memory device A configurable memory includes an interface section, a plurality of memory modules, and an internal configuration section. The interface section includes a millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver and interfaces with one or more external components. Each the plurality of m... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170142 | Programmable hybrid transmit baseband module A programmable hybrid transmit baseband module includes a wireless protocol conversion module, a set of modules, and a mode select module. The wireless protocol conversion module is operable to convert outbound data into a complex signal having an in-phase (I) signa... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8145146 | RF transmitter front-end and applications thereof A radio frequency (RF) transmitter front-end includes a digital to analog conversion module and a power amplifier module. The digital to analog conversion module is coupled to convert amplitude information into analog amplitude adjust signals when a first mode is ac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8126396 | Wireless network that utilizes concurrent interfering transmission and MIMO techniques A wireless network infrastructure that adapts frame parameters of concurrent interfering and MIMO transmission and receptions in response to dynamically varying channel conditions. The channel conditions are determined by number of associated wireless end point devi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125959 | Handheld computing unit with power management A handheld computing unit includes a plurality of PHY units, a local wireless interface (LWI), and a processing module. When the unit is in a femtocell AP mode, the processing module performs one or more femtocell AP functions to facilitate conversion of a LWI downs... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120532 | Beamforming RF circuit and applications thereof A beamforming radio frequency (RF) circuit includes a plurality of antennas, a plurality of amplifiers and an adjust module. The plurality of antennas is operably coupled to interrelate a plurality of beamformed signal components with a beamformed signal. The plural... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115598 | Near field communication front-end A near field communication front-end includes an up conversion module, a plurality of coils, and a down conversion module. The up conversion module is coupled to convert an outbound symbol stream into a plurality of outbound signals based on a frequency-space encodi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108499 | Name registrar system and method A Name Registrar (NaR) system and method incorporating a separate software component that permits manipulation, control, and distribution of names/objects under direction of a distributed naming policy is disclosed. The present invention teaches creation of a separa... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107890 | Multiple frequency band multiple standard device with reduced blocker A device includes a transcevier and a processing module. The transceiver is operable to receive a wireless communication request from a requesting wireless communication device and to convert the wireless communication request into a baseband or near baseband reques... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8093990 | Far field RFID reader with blocking A far field radio frequency identification (RFID) reader includes a baseband processing module, a transmitter section, and a receiver section. The receiver section includes a low noise amplifier module, a down conversion module, and a current mode blocking circuit. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089890 | Transmitting high rate data within a MIMO WLAN A method for transmitting high rate data within a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless local area network (WLAN) begins by determining a data transmission rate. The method continues by, when the data transmission rate is between a first data rate and a sec... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078123 | RF transmission error detection and correction module A radio frequency (RF) transmission correction module includes an RF transmission error detection module and a correction module. The error detection module includes an RF envelope detector, a signal conversion module, and an error detection module. The RF envelope ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077810 | Apparatus for high data throughput reception in a WLAN An apparatus for high data throughput reception in a WLAN includes a receiving module, first and second determining modules, a generating module, and a producing module. The receiving module receives a symbol vector representing M streams of symbols transmitted via ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068550 | Initiation of a MIMO communication The present invention provides a method and apparatus for initiating a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication. The method and apparatus includes processing that begins by transmitting a frame formatted in accordance with a default MIMO active transmitte... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059740 | WLAN transmitter having high data throughput A wireless local area network (WLAN) transmitter includes a baseband processing module and a plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmitters. The baseband processing module is operably coupled to process data by scrambling the data in accordance with a pseudo random ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8041827 | Interoperability of a network interface protocol with an internet interface protocol A method for interoperability of a network interface protocol with an Internet interface protocol begins by receiving a scan channel request of a plurality of channels that are in accordance with the network interface protocol. The method then continues by determini... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032089 | Integrated circuit/printed circuit board substrate structure and communications A radio transceiver device includes circuitry for radiating electromagnetic signals at a very high radio frequency both through space, as well as through wave guides that are formed within a substrate material. In one embodiment, the substrate comprises a dielectric... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031806 | Mixed mode preamble for MIMO wireless communications A preamble of a frame for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication for a first transmit antenna of the MIMO communication includes a legacy preamble portion in accordance with a legacy wireless communication protocol. The preamble of the frame ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022825 | Multi-mode RFID tag architecture A multi-mode RFID tag includes a power generating and signal detection module, a baseband processing module, a transmit section, a configurable coupling circuit, and an antenna section. In near field mode, the configurable coupling circuit is operable to couple the ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7991379 | RF transmitter and receiver front-end A radio frequency receiver front-end includes a low noise amplifier, a mixing stage, and a selectable channel filter. The low noise amplifier is operably coupled to amplify inbound RF signals to produce amplified inbound RF signals. The mixing stage is operably coup... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979573 | Smart routing between peers in a point-to-point link based system Smart routing between peers in a point-to-point link based system begins when a device of a plurality of devices in a point-to-point link interconnected system receives a packet from an upstream link or a downstream link. The processing continues when the device int... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978789 | Frequency shift keying modulator and applications thereof An FSK modulator and applications thereof are disclosed. The FSK modulator comprises a phase-locked loop, a frequency divider module, an image rejection mixer and a summing module. The phase-locked loop is operably coupled to generate a first oscillation from a refe... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978729 | High data throughput WLAN frame format A frame format for high data throughput wireless local area network transmissions includes a first preamble segment, a second preamble segment, and a variable length data segment. The first preamble segment includes at least one training sequence and a high throughp... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7953193 | Sparse channel equalization Sparse channel equalization may be achieved by receiving a signal via a multi-path communication channel. The equalization then continues by extracting sparse information regarding the multiple path communication channel from the signal. Such sparse information gene... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7899066 | Distributed intelligence MAC protocols for DWDM ring networks A metropolitan access network (10) uses a variation of a MAC protocol, where each station (14) on a ring (12) is associated with one or more time slot (30). Each slot carries information regarding the associated station, basic connection ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7855968 | Alarm indication and suppression (AIS) mechanism in an ethernet OAM network A system and method for propagating fault information in an Ethernet OAM network having multiple levels of OAM domains. An Alarm Indication and Suppression (AIS) frame is generated by a Maintenance Intermediate Point (MIP) node upon detecting a fault condition in a ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7826547 | Mixed mode preamble for MIMO wireless communications A preamble of a frame for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication for a first transmit antenna of the MIMO communication includes a legacy preamble portion in accordance with a legacy wireless communication protocol. The preamble of the frame ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7756018 | System and method for implementing fast layer 2 protection in passive optical networks System and method for providing fast protection in a passive optical network (“PON”) including two central hubs and a plurality of network nodes, wherein the network nodes are connected to a first of the central hubs by a first optical path and to a second of th... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7738584 | Beamforming in a wireless communication with a partial estimation to reduce overhead A method for beamforming in a wireless communication begins by receiving a baseband signal. The method continues by receiving a feedback signal that includes a subset of angles, wherein a set of angles provide polar coordinates for a unitary matrix and wherein the s... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738583 | Reduced feedback for beamforming in a wireless communication A method for reduced feedback for beamforming in a wireless communication begins by receiving a baseband signal. The method continues by digitally beamforming the baseband signal using a unitary matrix having polar coordinates. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7737872 | DAC module and applications thereof A digital to analog conversion (DAC) module includes a digital to analog converter, a sample and hold circuit, and a switch module. The digital to analog converter is coupled to convert a digital signal into an analog signal. The sample and hold circuit is coupled t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734994 | RFID decoding subsystem with pre-decode module A radio frequency identification (RFID) decoding subsystem includes a pre-decode module and a decode module. The pre-decode module is coupled to process down-converted RFID signals into at least one of pre-decoded baseband data and corresponding decoding information... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7734258 | RF transmitter front-end and applications thereof A radio frequency (RF) transmitter front-end includes a digital to analog conversion module and a power amplifier module. The digital to analog conversion module is coupled to convert amplitude information into analog amplitude adjust signals when a first mode is ac... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7714780 | Beamforming RF circuit and applications thereof A beamforming radio frequency (RF) circuit includes a plurality of antennas, a plurality of amplifiers and an adjust module. The plurality of antennas is operably coupled to interrelate a plurality of beamformed signal components with a beamformed signal. The plural... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7697564 | Long range handshaking communication system for multiple xDSL A method for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) handshaking begins when a remote DSL transceiver transmits first signals containing even numbered carriers for a predetermined period of time to initiate the DSL handshaking to produce R-ETONES-REQ. The processing continues... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7679514 | Multi-mode RFID tag architecture A multi-mode RFID tag includes a power generating and signal detection module, a baseband processing module, a transmit section, a configurable coupling circuit, and an antenna section. In near field mode, the configurable coupling circuit is operable to couple the ... | 03/16/2010 |
