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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165228 | Non-coherent transmission method for uplink control signals using a constant amplitude zero-autocorrelation sequence In one embodiment of the instant invention, a non-coherent transmission method for uplink control signals is provided. The transmission methodology uses a constant amplitude zero-autocorrelation (CAZAC) sequence for relatively short control signal lengths. The metho... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165072 | Method for providing group paging and messaging The present invention provides a method of providing a group paging message. One embodiment of the method includes providing a first message during a first portion of a predetermined time period. The first message includes information indicating a second portion of ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8150412 | Interference mitigation in a wireless communication system The present invention provides a method of interference mitigation in a wireless communication system. The method that may include reducing transmission power associated with at least one first channel provided by at least one first base station associated with at l... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149684 | Code space sharing among multiple modes of operation The code space associated with the communication system is divided into at least two subspaces where each subspace is assigned to a different mode of operation. In one mode, such as a voice mode, each user is given full time access to a portion of the subspace assoc... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8125947 | Mapping control information to a dedicated physical control channel The present invention provides a method of wireless communication involving at least one mobile unit and at least one base station configured to transmit data over first and second data channels and corresponding first and second control channels. The method include... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116720 | Method and apparatus for emergency call routing using an end node A method is provided for routing an emergency call. The method comprises receiving an emergency call and identifying an end node associated with the call. The end node may be a communications device involved in establishing the emergency call that is geographically ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103284 | Method for reporting uplink load measurements The present invention provides a method for reporting load measurements. The method may include providing information indicative of a first load associated with at least one first channel type to a first scheduling unit. The first load represents a difference betwee... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102785 | Calibrating radiofrequency paths of a phased-array antenna The present invention provides a method of calibrating base station comprising a plurality of antennas and operating in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode. One embodiment of the method includes a method of calibrati... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098643 | Method of increasing the capacity of the forward link MAC channel in a wireless communication system In an H-ARQ system, when the AN is receiving packet data traffic on the RL from an AT and is generating ACKs and NAKs according to the ability of the AN to properly decode such data, the AN gates-off a DRCLock bit within in a sub-packet duration in which an ACK is t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8032183 | Architecture to support network-wide multiple-in-multiple-out wireless communication The present invention provides a method of coordinating transmission by and reception by a plurality of antennas associated with a plurality of radio heads. The method includes determining, at a controller, at least one relative time delay associated with a pluralit... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026762 | High efficiency transmitter for wireless communication The present invention provides an amplifier for a wireless transmitter. In one embodiment, the amplifier includes a signal separator for decomposing an input signal into constant envelope signals and amplifier circuits for amplifying the constant envelope signals. T... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8013693 | Meta-material for use in a base station of a wireless communication system A meta-material filter that may be used in constructing a duplex filter is provided. The metal-material filter is comprised of a substrate, a plurality of metal strips periodically positioned on the substrate, and a ground plane spaced from the plurality of metal st... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004977 | Method of implementing packet-based resource allocation and persistent resource allocation in a wireless communication system The present invention provides a method of allocating resources in a wireless communication system. The method includes requesting persistent allocation of resources for a data spurt in response to detecting the beginning of the data spurt and performing non-persist... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7991421 | Method of dynamic overhead channel power allocation The present invention provides a method for implementation in a base station that supports at least one downlink traffic channel and at least one overhead channel. The method includes determining power allocation(s) for overhead channel(s) based upon a measurement o... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7974228 | Method of signaling-free idle mode mobility for an integrated 3GPP and 3GPP2 network The present invention provides a method of operating a paging controller in a wireless communication system including a first network that operates according to a first radio access technology and a second network that operates according to a second radio access tec... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974197 | Method of prioritizing user throughput and user throughput limits for best-effort application in cdma2000 1xEV-DO wireless communication system The present invention provides a method implemented in a mobile unit configured to communicate with at least one base station over an uplink. The method includes receiving, at the mobile unit and from the base station, a first attribute indicative of a traffic-to-pi... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970428 | Monitoring and adjusting transmit power level(s) in a communications system A method and an apparatus is provided for monitoring and adjusting a power level of a transmitting component. The method comprises receiving a request from a remote unit to provide a power level associated with a transmitting component, wherein the request is transm... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965633 | Method of downlink rate control The present invention provides a method involving at least one base station and at least one mobile unit is provided. The method includes receiving rate control information associated with at least one wireless communication channel between the at least one base sta... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7957701 | Closed-loop multiple-input-multiple-output scheme for wireless communication based on hierarchical feedback The present invention provides methods implemented in a base station having a plurality of antennas and one or more user terminals. One embodiment of the method includes receiving feedback from at least one user in response to transmitting a first frame to said at l... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7903605 | Coordinating transmission scheduling among multiple base stations A method and an apparatus for scheduling transmissions of a plurality of cells in a wireless communications system including one or more base stations is provided. The method comprises providing a set of virtual channels to enable an intra-cell transmission orthogon... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7848292 | Method of dynamically populating a neighbor list in a wireless communication system The present invention provides a method of dynamically forming a neighbor list in a wireless communication system. Embodiments of the method may include forming a neighbor list associated with at least one sector based on information provided by at least one mobile ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7873070 | Determining a number of automatic request retransmissions based on block size The present invention provides a method of wireless telecommunication of a message having a block size. The method includes determining a number of retransmissions of the message based upon the block size. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7774014 | Reducing call drops in spread spectrum wireless communication systems The present invention provides a method and an apparatus of wireless communication with at least one wireless unit. The method includes detecting an indication of error in a plurality of traffic frames to control transmit power between at least a first and second fo... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769406 | Monitoring and adjusting transmit power level(s) in a communications system A method and an apparatus is provided for monitoring and adjusting a power level of a transmitting component. The method comprises receiving a request from a remote unit to provide a power level associated with a transmitting component, wherein the request is transm... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768976 | Method for selecting an inter-subnet idle hand-off technique The present invention provides a method that includes accessing a first identifier associated with an idle mobile unit having a first session with a first subnet and a second identifier associated with a second subnet and determining whether the idle mobile unit has... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7751354 | Methods of network-initiated partial session transfer The present invention provides a method involving a corresponding node and a mobile node having a first session for multimedia communication. The first session includes a plurality of streams having a corresponding plurality of endpoints. The method includes providi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7738905 | Dynamic power allocation for unicast-multicast superposition in wireless broadcasting The present invention provides a method for supplying unicast and multicast transmissions to a plurality of mobile devices in a wireless system. The method comprises supplying a multicast signal using a first portion of total available power, wherein the first porti... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738423 | Cell switching and packet combining in a wireless communication system A method is provided to allow a mobile station to communicate with two different cells during a handoff between the cells. During the handoff, the mobile station may controllably combine information received from both of the cells with which it is communicating.... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733831 | Detecting a wireless network air interface The present invention provides methods for detecting a wireless air interface. The method includes receiving information indicative of at least one wireless access type, determining whether the information indicative of the at least one wireless access type is withi... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7715844 | Spatial channel model with a three-dimensional cloud of scatterers The present invention provides a method for determining a spatial channel model. The method may include generating a three-dimensional scattering cloud model based on a scattering environment proximate a mobile unit and a configuration of a plurality of antennas. | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706262 | Identifying data and/or control packets in wireless communication The present invention provides a method of wireless communication. The method includes determining whether a packet includes a voice payload or control information based on at least one property of the packet. ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7697938 | Fuzzy logic scheduler for radio resource management The present invention provides a method of radio resource allocation. The method comprises associating a plurality of mobile units with a corresponding plurality of scheduling states based on at least one radio resource parameter and at least one rule, associating e... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697618 | Multiplexing scheme for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system A method is provided for controlling transmissions between a base station and a mobile station in a wireless system using a plurality of subcarriers. A subcarrier allocation scheme is proposed where a total scheduling interval is divided into at least two sub-interv... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7696714 | Method and apparatus for active noise reduction in fans The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing power to a fan motor. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a boost regulator configured to provide an output current to a fan motor using an input current provided at an input voltage by a power... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7679622 | Foveation-based error resilience algorithm A method for improving real-time video communications using a Foveation-based unequal error protection scheme (UEP) and error resilience. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a real time processing module partitions a video image into at least two dat... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676240 | Power control based on estimates of cumulative received energy The present invention provides a method for power control based on estimates of cumulative received energy. The method includes accessing a plurality of slot detection metrics associated with a plurality of slots, combining the plurality of slot detection metrics, a... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7676223 | Method for controlling a flow of information between secondary agents and a mobile device in a wireless communications system In one aspect of the present invention, a method for controlling a communications session with a mobile device is provided. The method comprises selecting a plurality of base stations, where at least a portion of the base stations are adapted to operate as a seconda... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675895 | Method and apparatus for wireless communication using voice over internet protocol The present invention provides a method of wireless telecommunication is provided. The method includes accessing a plurality of first data packets having a first size, accessing at least one second data packet having a second size, the second size being larger than ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7668140 | Roaming between wireless access point The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for roaming between wireless access points with relatively less disruptions to a service in handovers. In one embodiment, a method of communication in a wireless network that includes an access point and a tar... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664467 | Method for coordinated control of radio resources for multicasting in a distributed wireless system A method for coordinating control of radio resources for multicast/broadcast services in distributed radio resource management. The method includes communicating information between a plurality of units having radio resource management responsibilities. The communic... | 02/16/2010 |
