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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6996154 | Low power dual protocol transceiver The present invention discloses a low power spread spectrum transceiver capable of preserving power while selectively initiating data transmissions under a preferred spread spectrum protocol. The transceiver, while in a power preserving deep sleep mode, uses DSSS ci... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993065 | Multi-channel spread spectrum system A multi-channel spread-spectrum system separates a data stream, for example from a convolutional encoder and an interleaver, into sub-channel data-sequence signals. For each sub-channel data-sequence signal, m bits are translated to one code of a unique set of ortho... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993673 | Apparatus for frequency and timing recovery in a communication device Apparatus for recovering timing of data input to a receiver, the apparatus consisting of an interpolator which receives the input data and generates interpolated-data in response to an interpolation coefficient, and a feed-forward equalizer having at least three tap... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6990138 | Correlated spreading sequences for high rate non-coherent communication systems The invention relates notably to a method for modulating information symbols to be transmitted in a CDMA communication network by using a non-orthogonal modulation code comprising M spreading sequences (sm 1≦m≦M), each comprising in N chips (sm,n... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6990139 | System for, method of, transmitting data from a transmitter to a receiver and recovering the data at the receiver Data at a transmitter is modulated, in accordance with instructions from a receiver, to provide M different modulations in successive sequences. N spreading codes are also provided in successive sequences at the transmitter, in accordance with instructions from the ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6987795 | System and method for selecting spreading codes based on multipath delay profile estimation for wireless transceivers in a communication network A system and method for providing optimum wireless communication spreading code selection such that communication channel interpath interference is minimized. In Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum, the autocorrelation properties of a spreading code greatly affects the ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6985509 | Low cost DSSS communication system A method and apparatus for direct sequence spread spectrum communication having low complexity. In the transmitter, the data bit is spreaded by a code sequence, a reference code is interleaved with the code sequence, and together they are transmitted by the transmit... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985512 | Asynchronous spread-spectrum communications Communications from autonomous spread-spectrum transmitters are received by dynamically searching the communications band for messages having the same communications parameters, including the use of the same spreading code, but having potentially different code-phas... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6980591 | Adaptive method and arrangement for implementing incremental redundancy in reception A method and an arrangement are presented for processing received data blocks in a digital radio receiver. Received data blocks are equalized (306) and channel decoded, (309) after which they are checked (310) for errors. Additionally there is m... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980539 | Mobile communication system in multi-carrier CDMA scheme using short code and long code In the mobile communication system in the multi-carrier CDMA scheme, data to be transmitted by the radio base station are doubly spread by using a long code that is unique to each radio base station and to be used in identifying each radio base station, in addition ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6975665 | Low power, high resolution timing generator for ultra-wide bandwidth communication systems An ultra wide bandwidth communications system, method and computer program product including an ultra wide bandwidth timing generator. The timing generator includes a high frequency clock generation circuit having low phase noise; a low frequency control generation ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975668 | Adaptive weight update method and system for a discrete multitone spread spectrum communications system A new method makes the most efficient use of the scarce spectral bandwidth in a wireless discrete multitone spread spectrum communications system by updating the spectral and/or spatial spreading weights at a rate that is determined by the measured quality of the li... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6976102 | Integrated circuit with auto negotiation Method and apparatus for auto-negotiation of a programmable logic device for any of a plurality of communication protocols is described. The programmable logic device is programmed for auto negotiation to establish a communication session. The programmable logic dev... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6967940 | Dynamic forward error correction in UTRA systems A UE transmitter in a 3G UTRAN wireless communication system performs dynamic link adaptation (DLA) with dynamic semi-static parameters for overcoming RF propagation difficulties. Separate transport channels (DCH) are defined for each semi-static parameter, includin... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965632 | Method and apparatus for using adaptive threshold with initial acquisition A method and apparatus for initial acquisition using an adaptive threshold includes performing a sort operation of a plurality of full-length correlator outputs and updating the adaptive threshold. Partial-length correlator outputs are generated and compared with an... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961365 | Method for signal processing in user equipment of CDMA mobile communication system The invention discloses to a signal processing method for user equipment in a CDMA mobile communication system. The signal processing method is a combination of time diversity and joint detection in order to raise diversity gain of a receiver. The method comprises: ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956891 | Method and apparatus for non-linear code-division multiple access technology A class of n×l nonlinear block codes, termed Go-CDMA codes are constructed using column-reduced and row-reduced Hadamard orthogonal matrices, termed Go-CDMA matrices. Here n,l are positive integers: n chips of user data are transmitted in frames of size l≦αn, wh... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956841 | Receiver and method of receiving a desired signal The invention relates to a receiver for receiving a signal of a desired user, which signal may arrive at the receiver in different components along several different paths at several different delays. The receiver includes an antenna array, rake branches, and at lea... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956890 | Process and device for the generation of codes, for example channeling codes for CDMA applications The device can be used for generating, in the framework of a CDMA communications terminal, both Walsh-Hadamard channeling codes and OVSF channeling codes. The device comprises a code generator preferably configured for generating Walsh-Hadamard codes. When the devic... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954487 | Time division multiplexed rake finger for W-CDMA A method of recovering transmitted symbols in a receiver of a spread spectrum system, comprising: receiving a signal including multi-path components associated with transmitted symbols; de-spreading successive separate portions of the received signal to provide a sy... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6954486 | Early-late detection A rake receiver tracks a multi-path signal transmitted from a base station to a mobile station. The rake receiver comprises rake fingers each assigned to a multi-path component. Typically a rake finger performs an early late detection using early and late component ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952439 | System for, and method of, transmitting data from a transmitter to a receiver and recovering the data at the receiver Data at a transmitter is modulated, in accordance with instructions from a receiver, to provide M different modulations in successive sequences. N spreading codes are also provided in successive sequences at the transmitter, in accordance with instructions from the ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6950458 | Method and apparatus for acquiring slot timing and frequency offset correction and storage medium storing control program therefor A method and apparatus for acquiring slot timing and frequency offset correction of a local oscillator, provided for use in a direct sequence spread spectrum receiver. The received signals in such a system comprise a plurality of sequential slots of data. Some of th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950411 | Cancellation of pilot and traffic signals A mobile user receiver having a cancellation system for removing selected signals from a traffic signal prior to decoding includes a receiver having a system input for receiving communication signals from a transmitter over an air interface. The system input is supp... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950671 | Cellular system, base station, mobile station and communication control method therefor Growth of interference wave power resulting from the growth of transmission power of the DPCH is prevented to increase line capacity while increasing reliability of control information. When a base station compares the reception SIR of the DPCH 1 from ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950681 | Transmission of data by ultrasound An ultrasonic transmission system in which, for the purpose of transmission, a signal is used which generates a broadband signal by means of code spreading and is capable of eliminating any echoes by means of correlation. The transmission system exhibits a transmitt... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947468 | Apparatus and method for calculating and implementing a Fibonacci mask for a code generator An apparatus and method for calculating and implementing a Fibonacci mask for a code generator is disclosed herein. The first step receives a desired code offset from a reference code state in a Fibonacci field. Next, a field vector in a Galois field with the same c... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947471 | Method for using encoded spreading codes to achieve high bit densities in a direct-sequence spread spectrum communication system A method for achieving high bit densities in a direct-sequence spread spectrum communication system by using encoded spreading codes. An encoded pseudo-noise code is first created. This encoded pseudo-noise code is then used to spread an information signal by modula... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947489 | Combined preamble detection and information transmission method for burst-type digital communication systems Burst transmissions in a burst-type communication system include a preamble synchronization sequence which allows detection and synchronization a burst transmission while at the same time providing information to a receiver, for example, on the subsequent burst payl... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944422 | Method and device for detecting an interference condition A method of detecting a jamming signal (304) in a wireless device (102) includes providing a plurality of channels (401), wherein each of the plurality of channels has an NCO frequency (428, 429), and receiving a channel lock indicator ( | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944211 | Method and system for deriving dynamic data clocks from PN codes A method and system for generating a data clock having edge coincidence with an aggregate PN code is provided. The method includes providing an aggregate PN code generator having an epoch output for resetting a data clock generator when the aggregate PN code generat... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944210 | Method for receiving or sending messages A method for receiving or transmitting messages wherein the use of shortened spreading codes, especially in the paging channel, for the purpose of correlation in the reception of CDMA signals, provides for power-saving measures such as, for example, the intermittent... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940894 | Power estimation using weighted sum of pilot and non-pilot symbols In one embodiment, the invention is directed toward methods for estimating the power of a received signal encoded with both pilot and non-pilot symbols. The method may include separately accumulating the pilot symbols and the non-pilot symbols and then estimating si... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937646 | Leakage nulling receiver correlator structure and method for ultra wide bandwidth communication system A receiver correlator structure for an ultra wide bandwidth communication system includes an antenna, a mixer, a bandpass filter, and a convertor. The receiver receives, via the antenna, an ultra wide bandwidth signal comprising a sequence of wavelets of particular ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937643 | ROM-based PN generation for wireless communication A device includes a request arbitration unit that (1) receives a number of requests for PN vectors from a number of processing units and (2) provides a control indicative of each request selected for processing. An address generator provides one or more addresses (w... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934370 | System and method for communicating audio data signals via an audio communications medium A system for communicating audio data signals comprises a source computer that performs an action, generates an event message corresponding to the action, converts the event message into an audio data signal, and communicates the audio data signal through its speake... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934275 | Apparatus and method for providing separate forward dedicated and shared control channels in a communications system Separate forward dedicated and shared control channels are provided in a spread-spectrum communication. The forward dedicated control channel is used to communicate persistent control information and point to the shared control channel when further intermittent cont... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934271 | Support of multiuser detection in the downlink A wireless time division duplex communication system using code division multiple access has a base station and user equipments. The system communicates using communication bursts. Each communication burst has a unique channelization code and a midamble code. Each m... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934317 | Systems and methods for communicating spread spectrum signals using variable signal constellations According to embodiments of the invention, a communications system includes an error correction encoder that error correction encodes a bitstream according to an error correction code. The system also includes a variable symbol generator that generates a symbol acco... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931425 | Method and apparatus for generating random numbers based on filter coefficients of an adaptive filter A method and random number generator are provided for generating random numbers. Under the method, a filter coefficient value that is used by a filter to filter an input signal is set and then compared to a default value for the filter coefficient. At least one bit ... | 08/16/2005 |
