Bizarre Patents
Self Containing Enclosure for Protection from Killer Bees
A self contained protective enclosure with an opening for entry and egress and a screen for ventilation and viewing.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7965678 | Controlling access to a shared communication medium of a mobile network A method of controlling access of mobile users of a substantially infrastructureless communications network to a shared communication medium, wherein the shared communication medium is partitioned into a plurality of individual communication channels that can be ind... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965682 | WAP push over cell broadcast A system provides push services and information to mobile stations via broadcast messages. The broadcast messages are made on predetermined cell broadcast channels, which are associated with an inbox on the mobile stations. Contained within the messages are Uniform ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961680 | Method for processing NDI in random access procedure and a method for transmitting and receiving a signal using the same A method for a user equipment (UE) to transmit an uplink signal, and which includes receiving a first downlink control channel identified by a temporary cell identifier (Temporary C-RNTI) from a base station, the first downlink control channel including a first upli... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961678 | Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving connection identifier information in a communication system A method for transmitting Connection Identifier (CID) information by a Base Station (BS) in a communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a first message including information indicating a Transparent Connection Identifier (TCID) range express... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961677 | Wireless base station, mobile station, radio communication system, and radio communication method The object of the present invention is to achieve reduction of interference between cells and improvement of maximum throughput so as to improve spectrum efficiency. A wireless base station which transmits a radio signal between itself and a plurality of mobile stat... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961681 | Method, system and apparatus for performing mobile internet protocol deregistering A method, a system and an apparatus for performing mobile Internet protocol deregistering, includes that the network element in the ASN to which the terminal attaches detects whether the MS terminates unconventionally, and sends the message with the MS identifier of... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961679 | Methods and systems for broadcasting QoS information to assist admission control in wireless communication systems A base station may broadcast quality of service (QoS) and loading information to mobile stations. When a mobile station determines that there is demand for a new traffic connection, the mobile station may select a base station from which to request the desired traff... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961676 | Apparatus and method for providing call-processing service in GSM/GPRS mobile terminal Provided is an apparatus and method for providing a call-processing service in a mobile terminal. The apparatus includes a circuit processor that provides a Circuit Service (CS), a packet processor that provides a Packet Service (PS), a period measuring unit that me... | 06/14/2011 |
| RE42452 | Random access channel priorization scheme The present invention relates to a method and to devices for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (20) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for tran... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961675 | Generic trau frame structure There is disclosed a TRAU frame comprising, in sequence, a set of control bits, a set of class A bits, a set of error check bits, and a set of Class B bits, the set of control bits including at least one bit identifying the location of the other sets of bits in the ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957346 | Wireless communication apparatus for managing high throughput bandwidth channel availability According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a wireless communication apparatus for performing a first wireless communication with a first channel having a first bandwidth, and a second wireless communication with a second channel having a second bandw... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957345 | Adaptive HARQ in an OFDMA based communication system The present invention discloses constructs and methods for transmitting a HARQ re-transmission in an adaptive manner in a wireless communication system. The system of the present invention discloses: scheduling the re-transmission of a data packet, based on decoding... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957344 | Path setting method, mobile terminal, and path managing device A technique is disclosed, by which a mobile terminal (mobile node) performing handover can quickly and continuously receive after the handover the additional services as it has been receiving before the handover. According to this technique, MN (mobile node; mobile ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957347 | System and method for estimating bandwidth requirements of and allocating bandwidth to communication devices operating in a network A wireless network includes a base station and N stations where N is an integer greater than one. During a first period, M of the N stations transmit packets to the base station at M bandwidths, respectively, using carrier sense multiple access with collision avoida... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953039 | System and method for channel estimation in a delay diversity wireless communication system A method of controlling downlink transmissions to a subscriber station capable of communicating with a base station of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) network. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a first pilot signal from a first base s... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953040 | Channel assignment in wireless communication In a radio access network, an access terminal is assigned frequency channels for communication between the access terminal and a radio node of a radio access network based on a strength of a signal determined for the access terminal. ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953041 | Method for optimizing a wireless distribution system A method for configuring a wireless distribution system is provided. In the method, a target node starts a building procedure and begins to broadcast a building information. A joining node starts a scanning procedure for scanning all channels available and locks one... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948937 | Fast call setup method In according with the teachings of the present invention, a method and apparatus for performing fast call set-up in a wireless network is presented (FIG. 2). A number of efficiencies are implemented to diminish the time required for establishing a call in a p... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948943 | Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. The method includes receiving a data processing method includes receiving a broadcast signal in which main service data and mobile service data are multiplexed, acquiring transmission-paramete... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948940 | Method and apparatus for selecting frequency layer for connected mode UE in an MBMS mobile communication system A method and apparatus for selecting the PL of an interested MBMS service for a UE in an MBMS mobile communication system are provided. A connected mode UE receives FLC applicability information for an interested MBMS service and keeps a current frequency or reselec... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948941 | Method and apparatus for allocating communication resources using virtual circuit switching in a wireless communication system and method for transmitting and receiving data in a mobile station using the same A method and apparatus using Virtual Circuit Switching (VCS) in a new scheme are provided for allocating and employing resources by combining Circuit Switching (CS) and Packet Switching (PS), in which a base station allocates resources of a dedicated channel using t... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948938 | Wireless communication device with duress password protection and related method A wireless communication device (and its related method of operation) includes, if invoked, password protected access to data stored therewithin and/or to normal device operations and further includes duress password checking logic that automatically causes a duress... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948939 | Method and apparatus to perform synchronization in an AD-HOC network A wireless communication system in which each of communication stations performs networking operation in an autonomous, distributed manner, wherein each of the communication stations gathers information indicative of a band use situation in peripheral stations, gras... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948936 | Quality-of-service (QoS)-aware scheduling for uplink transmission on dedicated channels The invention relates to a method for scheduling in a mobile communication system where data of priority flows is transmitted by mobile terminals via dedicated uplink channels to a base station. Each mobile terminal transmits at least data of one priority flow via o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948942 | Method and system of using a wireless link in the backhaul connection One embodiment of the communication system includes a switch, at least one base station, and a backhaul connection including at least one wireless link connecting the at least one base station to the switch. The wireless link may include at least one of a WiMax carr... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944879 | Resource allocating apparatus and method in multihop relay wireless communication system An apparatus and a method for mitigating interference of a neighbor cell in a multihop relay wireless communication system are provided. The method includes constituting a subframe for a link affected by interference of a neighbor cell over a first frequency band of... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944880 | Method and arrangement for establishing a communication session for multimedia A method and arrangement for establishing a packet-switched multimedia session for a mobile terminal connected to a mobile access network. A first Radio Access Bearer RAB is obtained, and the multimedia session is started by communicating media over the first RAB. S... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944878 | Filtering in bandwidth sharing ad hoc networks Systems and methods for filtering in bandwidth sharing ad hoc networks. A method includes maintaining at least one filtering parameter associated with formation of a bandwidth sharing ad hoc network. The method further includes preventing data transfer across the ba... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944876 | Time slot interchange switch with bit error rate testing In accordance with the invention, time slot interchange switches (“TSIS”) with bit error rate testing are described. The bit error rate testing includes creating a channel of data appropriate for bit error rate testing and monitoring the bit error rate testing o... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944877 | Apparatus and method for allocating resources in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access mobile communication system A method for receiving resources allocated from a base station by a terminal in an OFDMA mobile communication system. The method includes receiving, for a data channel, a number of first components, which indicates an amount of resources used with a first resource a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944881 | Method for transmitting control channel in a mobile communication system In a mobile communication system using both a discontinuous transmission scheme and a compressed mode transmission scheme, if a preamble and/or a postamble of a channel including control information for transmitting a specific channel overlaps a compressed mode (CM)... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940722 | System and method for determining a network for processing applications for a communication session A method for selecting an IP address for an application used in a network environment may include receiving data of a network's capabilities, receiving data of a subscriber's applications, and receiving data of a subscriber's needs. The method may also include gener... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940721 | Power overload control method useful with enhanced dedicated channel traffic An exemplary method of controlling communications that may include enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) traffic includes setting a total uplink power limit below an allowable power limit. A minimum amount of uplink resources is allocated to each user requesting E-DCH ... | 05/10/2011 |
| RE42344 | Method and apparatus to manage RFID tags A method of establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising utilizing a tree search method to establish communications without collision between the interrogator and ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940723 | Dynamic/static transport channel to physical channel mapping in broadband wireless access systems Embodiments of the present invention provide for transport and logical channels to be used in wireless transmissions to and from mobile stations. In some embodiments, a mapper may be used to dynamically or statically map the transport channels to the physical channe... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940720 | Reverse link channel architecture for a wireless communication system A channel structure and mechanisms that support effective and efficient allocation and utilization of the reverse link resources. In one aspect, mechanisms are provided to quickly assign resources (e.g., a supplemental channel) as needed, and to quickly de-assign th... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936715 | Method and a device for reconfiguration in a wireless system A method and a device for reconfiguration in a wireless system utilizing flexible layer one (FLO). In proposed solution one TFC (Transport Format Combination) is selected and reserved (504) exclusively for signalling use. The TFC may contain only one active t... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936716 | Resource allocating apparatus and method for simplex communication in wideband wireless communication system A resource allocating apparatus and a method for a Push-To-Talk (PTT) service in a wideband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes, when a Floor Grant message is received from a PTT server, allocating an uplink resource to a corresponding te... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936714 | Spectrum allocation system and method for multi-band wireless RF data communications A dual band spectrum allocation system and method for wireless data communications uses discrete bands for upstream and downstream data communications. A preferred embodiment uses unlicensed UNII bands for license-free data transmissions from a subscriber to a hub, ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936717 | Apparatus and method for performing initial network entry in broadband wireless communication system An apparatus and method for performing initial network entry in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. A communication method includes broadcasting, by a Base Station (BS), a Downlink Channel Descriptor (DCD) message including information on a diffe... | 05/03/2011 |
