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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6449305 | Method and apparatus for performing handoff in a spread-spectrum communication system Handoff from a Code-Division, Multiple Access (CDMA) protocol to an Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) protocol occurs by comparing a remote unit's (405) phase shift measurement to a threshold (503) and determining a reference CDMA base station (401) fr... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6240100 | Cellular TDMA base station receiver with dynamic DC offset correction A receiver (10) corrects for dynamic DC offsets by utilizing an open loop predictive DC offset correction stage (18) to respond instantly to changes in AGC settings on a timeslot by timeslot basis. The receiver has an AC coupled baseband receiver and has ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6113653 | Method and apparatus for coding an information signal using delay contour adjustment An open-loop delay contour estimator (204) generates delay information during coding of an information signal. The delay contour is adjusted according to an error minimization criterion on a subframe basis, which allows a more precise estimate of the true... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6072778 | Method of controlling a communication system A code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system (100) has improved control by accurately characterizing coverage and loading parameters related to the CDMA communication system (100). To accurately characterize coverage and loading parameters ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6049537 | Method and system for controlling speech encoding in a communication system A method and system for controlling speech encoding in a communication system utilizes feedback information such as packet modification control data (154) sent from a communication link output controller, such as a network arbitor (142). The network arbit... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6018544 | Method and apparatus for subscriber power level adjustment in a communication system Subscriber power levels are adjusted to enhance interference cancellation in a DS-CDMA communication system. A base-station of the communication system receives signals from a plurality of subscribers and evaluates each signal. Based on the evaluation, pa... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5970058 | Method and apparatus for freeing a frame to aid in handoff determination in a code division multiple access communication system A mobile station (106) in a code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system (100) implements scanning of pilot channels on a different frequency by reserving a periodic frame on the forward channel to allow the mobile station (106) to change fre... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5949771 | Method and apparatus for providing synchronization during hard handoff in a communication system At the beginning of handoff processing at a target base-station, the duplicate message detection mechanism within the layer 2 (L2) signaling layer is disabled such that the target base-station processes all received messages. When the target base-station ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5923214 | Feedforward amplifier network with swept pilot tone for reducing distortion generated by a power amplifier A feedforward amplifier network (42) generates a fixed offset frequency swept pilot tone (46) over at least the same frequency band as an input signal (40). The fixed offset frequency swept pilot tone (46) is a function of a variable frequency reference s... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5905757 | Filter co-processor A filter co-processor within a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) takes advantage of the orthogonal nature of modulated signals during the equalization process. Since, after reception, only certain real/imaginary values of the received signal are useful for d... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5901354 | Method and apparatus for performing soft-handoff in a wireless communication system Generally stated, a method for performing soft-handoff within a wireless communication system 100 is described herein. The wireless communication system 100 includes, inter alia, a mobile station 104, a first base station 102 in communication with said mo... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5883897 | Method and apparatus for providing synchronization during transcoder switching in a communication system A mobile station (115) and its supporting infrastructure equipment negotiate service configurations based on the service option capabilities of both the mobile station (115) and the infrastructure equipment. This negotiation process is performed via a tra... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5881093 | Method of interleaving a convolutionally coded signal in a spread spectrum communication system A block interleaver (212) suitable for communication over fading channels with convolutionally coded signals as input is disclosed. The block interleaver (212) implements multiple interleaving distances which are matched to the particular convolutional co... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878098 | Method and apparatus for rate determination in a communication system A method of determining a rate associated with a received signal including the steps of detecting the received signal (40); decoding the received signal at a first rate, determining a first path metric associated with the first rate, decoding the received... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5862488 | Method and mobile station for activating a playback device in a communication system A controllable playback device is placed in a mobile station (125) which is capable of playing a recorded announcement to the user of the mobile station (125) when activated by the infrastructure equipment of the cellular communication system. The cellula... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5862190 | Method and apparatus for decoding an encoded signal A decoder (215) implemented in a receiver of a wireless communication system employs an improved method and apparatus for decoding an encoded signal. The receiver sums the energy values (156A, 156B, . . . 156N) from a plurality of fingers within to produc... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5854571 | Method and apparatus for controlling a peak envelope power of a power amplifier An apparatus and method of reducing a peak envelope power of a linear power amplifier (10) amplifying a plurality of channels is provided. The method includes the steps of measuring (104) the peak envelope power of the linear power amplifier, measuring a ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5854982 | Communication system architecture and method of routing therefor To alleviate the constraints imposed on communication system management by the assignment of dedicated ranges of MSISDNs and IMSIs to each particular home location register (HLR1, HLR2, HLRN), the present invention provide... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5855003 | Method and apparatus for establishing a link in a wireless communication system A base station system (203, 303) in a wireless communication system (208, 308) establishes a link between a mobile station (200, 300) and a speech recognition system (209, 312). When the base station system (203, 303) determines that such a connection is ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5838733 | Method and apparatus for mitigating signal distortion in a communication system A communication system mitigates signal distortion of output signals transmitted by a transmitter element (406). The communication system obtains parameters related to, inter alia, the number of traffic channels utilized by the system, the number of RF ch... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5828960 | Method for wireless communication system planning A method for wireless communication system planning includes, in a first embodiment, determining an image tree (500), based on a transmitter location (401) and the reflective (415) and diffractive (425) surfaces within a coverage region, and limiting the ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5822359 | Coherent random access channel in a spread-spectrum communication system and method A method and apparatus is provided to facilitate coherent communication in a random access channel. In encoding, reference symbols are inserted into a stream of access channel message data symbols and appended to a synchronization message to form a refere... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5805575 | Apparatus and method for providing a beacon signal in a wireless communication system A beacon signal (313) is provided in a wireless communication system using a hybrid matrix (303) and an inverse hybrid matrix (306). Using an unused port of the hybrid matrix (303), the beacon signal (313) is combined with traffic signals (316) intended f... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5801654 | Apparatus and method for frequency translation in a communication device A frequency translation device in a first embodiment includes a plurality of multiplying digital-to-analog converters (MDACs) that multiply an input signal by phase shifted digital sinewave approximation signals to perform frequency translation. In the pr... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5796722 | Method and apparatus for dynamic load balancing using handoff To mitigate the adverse affects of the load imbalance phenomenon prevalent in spread spectrum, multi-carrier wireless communication systems, the system beneficially employs the use of handoff as a means for balancing the call traffic (commonly referred to... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5790515 | Method and apparatus for sorting walsh indexes in a communication system receiver A communication system receiver sorts through potential Walsh indexes and determines survivors for use in subsequent processing. The sort process is implemented in parallel with the subsequent processing so that large amounts of memory to implement a stor... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5767738 | Apparatus and method for demodulating a modulated signal A receiver (156) includes both a coherent and noncoherent demodulator. When the confidence that estimates of the channel is high, the coherent demodulator is implemented. When the confidence that estimates of the channel is low, the noncoherent demodulato... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5764188 | Method and apparatus for location finding in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for determining the location of a communication unit in a CDMA system includes in a first embodiment, sending a location request via a spread spectrum signal to the subscriber (140), and receiving in return a subscriber signal inclu... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5761634 | Method and apparatus for group encoding signals A code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system reduces system self-interference and enhances system capacity by making rate selection decisions for individual speech encoders in concert with other speech encoders. The system utilizes perpetua... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5754599 | Method and apparatus for coherent channel estimation in a communication system Generally stated, a receiver in a communication system implements coherent channel estimation by first receiving an encoded signal and then generating a complex channel estimate from the encoded signal. The receiver then combines the complex channel estim... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5751763 | Method and apparatus for power control in a communication system Reverse channel power control in a CDMA system is accomplished by measuring a power-control group transmitted from a remote unit (403) and determining a transmission time of a next power-control bit. The measurement of the power-control group is discontin... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5742911 | Sectorized cellular radio base station antenna A sectorized cellular radio base station antenna is provided comprising: a plurality (e.g. six) of angularly separated directional transmit antennas (11), each transmit antenna having a central access of transmission, for serving mobile units located in s... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5736964 | Method and apparatus for location finding in a CDMA system A method and apparatus for determining the location of a communication unit in a CDMA system includes in a first embodiment, sending a location request via a spread spectrum signal to the subscriber (140), and receiving in return a subscriber signal inclu... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734967 | Method and apparatus for reducing self interference in a communication system A code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system reduces interference by reducing the encoding rate for selected mobiles. The system primarily uses link related characteristics such as, inter alia, distance measurements, physical resource power... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5726764 | Apparatus and method for providing data and facsimile services in a RF communication system A new data circuit equipment (DCE) coupled to an IWF and a terminal adapter (TA) coupled to a mobile station provide interconnection within a RF communication system such that Class 2 service common to wireline network equipment can be beneficially employ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5722072 | Handover based on measured time of signals received from neighboring cells A method for determining a handover for a mobile station in a multicellular communication system including the steps of measuring received signal parameters received from a serving cell and a plurality of neighboring cells, comparing received signal param... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5710763 | Filtered fast Fourier transmultiplexer and method A filter fast Fourier transmultiplexer divides a multi-channel communication signal into single channel communication signals through a cascade of filters and mixers. The output sample rate is maintained at the input sample rate and memory requirements an... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5708969 | Reduced interference through frequency partitioning A method of reducing interference within a cellular system (10) by partitioning a designated frequency spectrum within a service coverage area (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, or 17) into a first and at least second spectrum inclusive of the designated frequency ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5701297 | Data over cellular There is provided a mechanism for providing data services over a wireless cellular network. It comprises: establishing communications over the cellular network; upon a subscriber designating that it has a data communication, redirecting data traffic to th... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5697073 | Apparatus and method for shaping and power controlling a signal in a transmitter A transmitter architecture is disclosed which offers a new combination of signal shaping and power control which optimizes transmitter noise figure performance. The disclosed apparatus and method is implemented by separating the shaping element (303) from... | 12/09/1997 |
