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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7289483 | Cell search apparatus and method in CDMA mobile communication system There is provided a cell search apparatus and method in a mobile communication system. The cell search apparatus is slot time-synchronized by receiving a first synchronization code in each slot of a P-SCH frame and in addition receives over the slots of an S-SCH fra... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289826 | Method and apparatus for beam selection in a smart antenna system A method of beam selection in a smart antenna system is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of uplink beams by a plurality of receivers, each corresponding with one of the plurality of uplink beams. Each uplink beam includes signals transmitted by a ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289588 | Apparatus and method for generating a preamble sequence in an OFDM communication system A method for generating a preamble sequence in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication system having A subcarriers in a frequency domain. The method comprises generating a length -M×N preamble sequence, where M×N is less than A, by using... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286508 | Signal format in multi-carrier CDMA transmission system A multi-carrier CDMA transmission system signal format that reproduces data symbols, aligns the reproduced data symbols along a frequency axis, multiplies the reproduced data symbols by a spreading code, and conducts multiplex transmission of data using a plurality ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286625 | High-speed clock and data recovery circuit A 40-Gb/s clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit incorporates a quarter-rate phase detector and a multi-phase voltage controlled oscillator to re-time and de-multiplex a 40-Gb/s input data signal into four 10-Gb/s output data signals. The circuit is fabricated in 0.1... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286519 | Method and device for synchronizing to a CDMA-signal that contains a pilot sequence A method for synchronizing to a CDMA-signal that contains a pilot sequence, overlaid with data sequences, comprises the following process steps: correlating the total signal consisting of the transmitted pilot sequence and transmitted data sequences with a reference... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284056 | Resolving host name data Host name data is “looped-back” from a native host name resolver included in a requesting computer system to a name resolution port that is also included in the requesting computer system. A replacement host name resolver monitors the name resolution port for ho... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283818 | Apparatus and method using page response messages to change the slot cycle index of a selected mobile station in a wireless network A wireless network base station for controlling use of the reduced slot cycle mode by a selected mobile station communicating with the base station. The base station comprises: 1) a message controller for transmitting a Page message to a first mobile station notifyi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283834 | Multi-radio unification protocol An invention is disclosed whereby a wireless network node, equipped with two or more radio transceivers statically tuned to non-interfering frequency channels, can make decisions regarding which channel to use when communicating with a neighboring wireless node. A m... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281174 | Diversity code combining scheme for turbo coded systems A diversity code transmission system is disclosed. The diversity code transmission system comprises an encoder encoding a set of bits. The system also comprises an interleaver receiving the encoded bits and providing an output. A coder or modulator for providing a f... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280522 | Method for preparing a profile in W-CDMA communication The method of this invention for preparing a profile in W-CDMA which, using a timer value and norm value, helps a mobile unit to synchronize its signals with those of a base station, comprising providing a profile data preparing portion which cumulatively adds a new... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280525 | Wireless communication device and method for selecting a multi-band A wireless communication device for adaptively selecting a multi-band that is an operational frequency band in accordance with a received frequency. The device includes a storage section for storing the frequency bands set for performing the wireless communication a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277454 | Arbitration of communication channel bandwidth A method for arbitrating channel bandwidth among a plurality of logical connections desiring access over a communication channel to transmit data is provided. The method includes detecting a connection desiring access through the communication channel and assigning ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277682 | RF passive mixer with DC offset tracking and local oscillator DC bias level-shifting network for reducing even-order distortion An apparatus and method for tracking a DC offset in a mixer circuit used in wireless communication systems and for providing local oscillator DC bias level-shifting to reduce even order distortion resulting from the DC offset is described. The apparatus has an input... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277380 | Synchronization of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver A method for frequency and time synchronization of a receiver for receiving Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signals is described. A quality criterion of a OFDM signal is determined during one of the frequency intervals (hops) for each point of one ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277420 | Temporal alignment of codec data with wireless local area network RF slots A wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiving integrated circuit services voice communications in a WLAN with at least one other WLAN device. The WLAN transceiving integrated circuit includes a WLAN interface, an input buffer, a transcoder, and a processor. The ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277509 | Low complexity frequency-offset correction method A receiver for use in a mobile communications network, the receiver comprising an input for receiving radio signals including control symbols and data symbols, a channel estimator arranged to use the control symbols to provide a channel estimate for correcting recei... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274757 | Autocorrelation threshold generation based on median filtering for symbol boundary detection in an OFDM receiver An OFDM receiver has an autocorrelation circuit configured for generating autocorrelated power values from samples of received short preamble symbols in a received data packet, and a median filter configured for generating a median autocorrelation value from at leas... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274950 | Method, apparatus and article to remotely associate wireless communications devices with subscriber identities and/or proxy wireless communications devices Apparatus and methods provide remote access to subscriber identity information and subscriber configuration information stored on one or more subscriber identity modules (SIMs), to allow remote configuration of wireless communications devices. A SIM server provides ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274939 | Cellular radio locator system A cellular radio network based positioning system for determining the position of a mobile station (16). For each base transceiver station (1 to 5) or cell of the network, a fixed list of base transceiver stations is stored by a Mobile Positioni... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275174 | Self-aligning data path converter for multiple clock systems A system and method for aligning an input signal (24) synchronized to a first clock signal (22) with a second clock signal (26) The invention includes a mechanism (106) for generating a third clock signal (354) and an arrangement (... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274907 | Wireless instrumentation system and power management scheme therefore A wireless instrumentation system enables a plurality of low power wireless transceivers to transmit measurement data from a plurality of remote station sensors to a central data station accurately and reliably. The system employs a relay based communications scheme... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274679 | Scalable virtual channel The present invention comprises aggregating a plurality of physical channels to a single logical channel, a scalable virtual channel (SVC). This may be implemented in a point to multipoint communications system. The present invention enables a variety of receivers, ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272376 | Look-up table implementation of WCDMA frame synchronization and cell group ID detection The present invention is directed towards a look-up table implementation of a WCDMA frame synchronization and a cell group ID detection (both of which are comprised within a “secondary search” process). The secondary search process receives a signal (which is fo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272132 | Wireless communication apparatus and method capable of adjusting beacon period A wireless communication apparatus capable of adjusting a time interval between slot sections in accordance with the amount of traffic in a piconet. The wireless communication apparatus has a transceiver for sending and receiving data to and from an external device,... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272399 | Method of recovering dropped call in mobile communication system There is provided a method of recovering a dropped call in a mobile communication system. When a call is dropped, a mobile station determines whether two consecutive good frames have been received on a traffic channel that was disconnected in relation to the dropped... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272187 | Filter circuit and radio apparatus A distributor 103 distributes an input signal into two lines of distributed signals with equal amplitudes and equal phases. Buffers 104, 105 suppress interference between distributed signals distributed into the two lines. A filter 106 performs ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272129 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing a node within an ad-hoc communication system A method and apparatus for synchronizing a node (200) within an ad-hoc communication system (100) is described herein. During operation all nodes periodically broadcast a synchronization beacon for other nodes to utilize for synchronization when a coor... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272125 | Channel switching method and mobile communication terminal using the same A network station sends a switching instruction to a mobile unit. The mobile unit has two receiving sections and a transmitting section operable in two data formats. Upon receipt of the switching instruction, the first receiving section switches from a first data fo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272126 | Method and apparatus for beacon discovery in a spread spectrum cellular radio communication system An improved apparatus (and corresponding methodology) for discovering beacon signals in a spread spectrum radio communication system is provided, wherein the beacon signals comprise a plurality of different code sequences having index values assigned thereto and hav... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272128 | Frame selection and distribution unit (SDU) and method for dynamically managing wireless call settings The present application describes various embodiments that address the need to dynamically manage wireless call settings to more optimally utilize system capacity. When a radio access network (RAN)(e.g., 105, 110, and 120) receives a data packet (e.g.,... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272358 | Channelization scheme for wireless local area networks A four channel wireless network channelization scheme is described that is particularly usable in the ISM frequency band between 2400 MHz and 2483.5 MHz. The preferred channelization scheme permits access points to be set at one of four frequencies in the ISM band, ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269421 | Control of frame timing on handover The uplink transmission timing from a mobile communications device is defined with reference to the downlink reception timing of signals from a particular reference cell. When that reference cell is removed from the active set, there is defined a virtual reference c... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269125 | Method and apparatus for timing recovery in an OFDM system A method (500) for timing recovery in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system includes the steps of detecting (502) a lack of a synchronization symbol and determining (504) a timing offset from calculating the average group d... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269524 | Delay lock loop delay adjusting method and apparatus Systems and methods for synchronizing communication between devices include using a test circuit to measure a propagation time through a delay circuit. The propagation time is used to determine an initial delay value within a delay lock loop. This delay value is the... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269164 | Wireless adjunct to PBX system A wireless adjunct for routing communications data between a switching unit and a radio transmit point over a packet based network. The wireless adjunct includes a switching unit interface, a network interface, and a processor. The switching unit interface is for co... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263292 | Methods and apparatus for controlling multiple infrared devices A method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of infrared devices (ICDs) is provided herein. A remote controller is used to generate an optical signal for controlling a plurality of ICDs. The optical signal generated by the remote controller is converted into a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263153 | Clock offset compensator A device communicates with a host and includes a transmitter, a receiver and a clock generator that generates a signal having a local clock frequency. A clock recovery circuit communicates with the receiver and recovers a host clock frequency from data received from... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263338 | Device and method for regulating a transmission moment of a continuous transmission signal A comparator unit is used to compare an actual transmission time signal with a nominal transmission time signal and to produce a difference signal from the discrepancy, from which difference signal a correction signal is produced in a control unit. This correction s... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263090 | System and method of timing and frequency control in TDM/TDMA networks A method and system of synchronizing two nodes of a network uses a demodulated output signal of a time division multiplex (TDM) demodulator to perform frequency and timing synchronization independently. Frequency synchronization is performed without using a program ... | 08/28/2007 |
