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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7944845 | Application specific traffic optimization in a wireless link A packet data system such as a TCP/IP network transmits packets containing a variety of data types along links in the network. Packets are transmitted in a stream between nodes interconnected by the links, which conform to a transport layer protocol such as TCP, UDP... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7903614 | Method and apparatus for selecting link adaptation parameters for CDMA-based wireless communication systems A method and apparatus enhance the selection of transport block set size (TBSS), number of spreading codes, and modulation type, referred to collectively as transport format resource combination (TFRC), in a medium access control (MAC) layer for transmission of data... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7847842 | Preventing green non-uniformity in image sensors The present invention relates to digital image sensors and in particular to contour filters (ZSB, 7) preventing green non-uniformity in the contour signal of the RGB Bayer image sensors. A set of rules is specified for designing the filter coefficients in the filter... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7877359 | Backup executability judging system A problem of prior art is that normal backup data is lost as a result of taking a backup by overwriting the normal backup data with data that has been changed greatly from a virus infection or the like. This invention provides a computer system having a storage syst... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873328 | Subscriber unit for performing an access procedure A base station for controlling transmission power during the establishment of a communication channel utilizes the reception of a short code during initial power ramp-up. The short code is a sequence for detection by the base station which has a much shorter period ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7862783 | Separation process for methyl acetate hydrolysis and apparatus thereof A separation system for a methyl acetate hydrolysis is provided. The separation system comprises a reactive distillation system, a reflux system, a first separation system and a second separation. The reactive distillation system allows the hydrolysis of a methyl ac... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7787397 | Method and apparatus for mapping 3GPP service primitives to media independent handover event services A Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) media independent handover (MIH) service access point (SAP) is configured to provide MIH event services, (e.g., IEEE 802.21 event services), by mapping service primitives to the MIH event services. The service primitives... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7774200 | Method and apparatus for transmitting an encoded speech signal A method and apparatus for processing speech in a wireless communication system uses code excited linear prediction (CELP) speech encoded signals. A speech input receives samples of a speech signal and a codebook analysis block selects an index of a code from one or... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773681 | Method and apparatus for estimating signal-to-noise ratio, noise power, and signal power In a wireless communication system, a method and apparatus for noise estimation of a received OFDM communication signal, wherein the signal comprises a data frame with a preamble having at least one long training field (LTF) containing two substantially similar OFDM... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7768953 | System for improved power savings during full DTX mode of operation in the downlink A system and method that achieve power savings by turning off all or some of the baseband processing for codes and timeslots that have not been transmitted due to full DTX. When full DTX is detected by reception of a Special Burst (SB), the receiver is turned off fo... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7738508 | Packet switched connections using dedicated channels A temporary (temp) dedicated channel (DCH) is used to support communications. The temp-DCH channel is a channel that is assigned to a user having a set duration. After the duration expires, the channel is automatically released to the user. Embodiments of the invent... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733422 | Rapid channel signal identification An apparatus, for use in a receiver configured to receive electronic signals, for identifying digital signals that are available for reception, includes a timing recovery device configured to receive an incoming signal, related to a transmitted signal, the incoming ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7710930 | Method and apparatus for network management using periodic measurements of indicators A beacon signal used in data communications, such as the IEEE 802.11, is provided with data extensions. The data extensions permit additional information to be provided by the beacon signal, thereby reducing the traffic overhead of the network. The data extensions f... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7689235 | Unsuitable cell exclusion in wireless communication systems A method for performing initial cell search in wireless communication system wherein unsuitable cells includes searching stored frequencies exhaustively and initial frequencies non-exhaustively. Initial frequencies may be searched exhaustively in certain circumstanc... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7665958 | Heat accumulation segment A heat accumulation segment for local separation of a flow duct inside a turbo engine, from a stator housing that radially surrounds the flow duct is provided. The heat accumulation segment includes two axially opposed joining contoured elements that are engagable w... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7570921 | Systems and methods for improving range for multicast wireless communication Methods to optimize range of multicast signal communication in wireless communication applications that use range-enhanced techniques for directed signal communication. A multicast signal may be sent multiple times through each of a plurality of independent omnidire... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7568861 | Bend stiffener A bend stiffener to surround an end portion of an elongated, essentially cylindrical object, e.g. a flexible pipe or a cable, extending from a subsea installation to a surface vessel, and is connected to an end piece or end flange of the object at a connection to th... | 08/04/2009 |
| 6904066 | Optical parametric oscillator with distributed feedback grating or distributing Bragg reflector A simple and effective coherent radiation device generates laser-like radiation from an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) that is formed by a dielectric-modulation structure in a nonlinear optical material. The nonlinear optical material used in the OPO can be a b... | 06/07/2005 |
| 7502406 | Automatic power control system for a code division multiple access (CDMA) communications system A receiver receives signals and noise over a frequency spectrum of a desired received signal. The desired received signal is spread using code division multiple access. The received signals and noise are demodulated to produce a demodulated signal. The demodulated s... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7489672 | RLAN wireless telecommunication system with RAN IP gateway and methods Mobility management in a wireless network having a Radio Access Network Internet Protocol (RAN IP) gateway enabling voice connectivity to the public Internet is provided. The system may serve as a stand-alone system or be incorporated into a UMTS network with a conv... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7480280 | Fast acquisition of traffic channels for a highly variable data rate reverse link of a CDMA wireless communication system A subscriber access unit includes a transceiver for providing wireless communication of digital signals. The digital signals are communicated to a base station using at least one radio frequency (RF) channel via Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) modulated radio s... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7437177 | Method employed by a base station for controlling initial power ramp-up using short codes A base station for controlling transmission power during the establishment of a communication channel utilizes the reception of a short code during initial power ramp-up. The short code is a sequence for detection by the base station which has a much shorter period ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7356071 | Method and apparatus for estimating signal-to-noise ratio based on dedicated physical channel pilot symbols The present invention is related to a method and apparatus for estimating signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) based on dedicated physical channel (DPCH) pilot symbols in a wireless communication system. A receiver receives a DPCH transmission and a despreader despreads the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| D556324 | X-ray protection for internal organs in the pelvis area | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286847 | Method and apparatus for performing an access procedure A base station for controlling transmission power during the establishment of a communication channel utilizes the reception of a short code during initial power ramp-up. The short code is a sequence for detection by the base station which has a much shorter period ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7268738 | Beamforming using a backplane and passive antenna element An active antenna element to transmit and/or receive RF (Radio Frequency) signals is positioned in relation to a backplane that reflects RF signals. One or more passive antenna elements can be disposed on a similar side of the backplane as the active antenna element... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266168 | Groupwise successive interference cancellation for block transmission with reception diversity A plurality of data signals are received over an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements. The data signals are transmitted over a shared spectrum in a wireless communication system. A signal having each of the data signals is received over each antenna ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7245939 | Reducing the effect of signal interference in null areas caused by overlapping antenna patterns A wireless communication system for transmitting and receiving wireless communications using at least one beam is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of WTRUs, at least one beam-forming antenna, and at least one radio network controller (RNC). The antenna is... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239870 | Wireless communication method and apparatus with reconfigurable architecture for supporting an enhanced uplink soft handover operation A method and apparatus for supporting an enhanced uplink soft handover (EU-SHO) operation for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The apparatus may be a multi-cell wireless communication system including at least two EU-SHO Node-Bs and a radio network controlle... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239874 | Wireless communication method and system with controlled WTRU peer-to-peer communications A wireless network provides controlled wireless communications with multi-mode wireless WTRUs. The wireless network has at least one base station having a transceiver operating in an infrastructure communication mode with multi mode WTRUs and a controller that trans... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236785 | Seamless handoff system and method A multicellular communications system where transmission between a roving subscriber and multiple base station transceivers is maintained throughout the territory. Each mobile subscriber unit has global code seeds for the entire communications system or an updated n... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236793 | Queuing far/far service requests in wireless network A technique for coordinating the operation of subscriber units such as in a wireless communications system so that high-probability-of-interference communications do not take place at the same time in adjacent cell sites. A base station becomes aware of expected per... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233287 | Method and system for positioning mobile units based on angle measurements A method and system for positioning mobile units using angle measurements taken by neighboring mobile units is disclosed. A selected mobile unit and mobile units in the vicinity of the selected mobile unit are selectively instructed to measure and report information... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231220 | Location based method and system for wireless mobile unit communication A method and system for wireless mobile unit communication within a wireless network having geographic areas for preferred communication usage is provided. An estimated geographic location of a mobile unit is determined. The mobile unit is provided with relative pos... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227907 | Antenna adaptation comparison method for high mobility A system causes a scan angle of a directional antenna to change temporarily from a current scan angle to at least one trial scan angle during reception of predetermined portions of an information carrying signal. At the trial scan angle(s), a trial metric associated... | 06/05/2007 |
| D544047 | Paintball loader body | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218623 | Coded reverse link messages for closed-loop power control of forward link control messages Multiple field units in a CDMA system are synchronized for communication with a base station using shared forward and reverse link channels. In an illustrative embodiment, each field unit is assigned a time slot in a forward link channel to receive messages from the... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212499 | Method and apparatus for antenna steering for WLAN A Station Management Entity (SME) steers a directional antenna for a station to communicate with an Access Point (AP) in an 802.11 protocol system. The SME can steer the antenna before or after an 802.11 station has authenticated and associated with the Access Point... | 05/01/2007 |
| D541375 | Faucet fitting | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208929 | Power efficient startup circuit for activating a bandgap reference circuit A power efficient startup circuit for activating a bandgap reference circuit is disclosed. The startup circuit uses a voltage supply having a voltage level to initiate the flow of a startup current used to activate the bandgap reference circuit. When the bandgap ref... | 04/24/2007 |
