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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189650 | Startup protocol for high throughput communications systems A startup protocol is provided for use in a communications system having a communications line with a master transceiver at a first end and a slave transceiver at a second end, each transceiver having a noise reduction system, a timing recovery system and at least o... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184683 | Digital interface and related event manager for integrated circuits In one embodiment, the present invention includes a transceiver coupled to a baseband processor to receive digital control information that includes both event and schedule information, and which stores the digital control information in a storage of the transceiver... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179950 | Startup protocol for high throughput communications systems A startup protocol is provided for use in a communications system having a plurality of transceivers, one transceiver acting as a master and another transceiver acting as slave, each transceiver having a noise reduction system, a timing recovery system and at least ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8165189 | Dirty paper precoding with known interference structure at receiver A dirty paper precoding (“DPC”) method for broadcasting a signal is disclosed that takes advantage of knowledge of the structure of interference in order to avoid the quantization noise that results in the conventional DPC method. The proposed method modifies th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160126 | Method, device and system for upstream power back-off in digital subscriber line A method, a device and a system for Upstream Power Back-Off (UPBO) in a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) are provided. The method includes: collecting subscriber line information (S50); determining a reference line length according to the subscriber line informa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8130819 | Encoding uplink acknowledgments to downlink transmissions A portable device, such as a mobile terminal or user equipment, for encoding uplink acknowledgments to downlink transmissions. The portable device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of data blocks, such that each of the data blocks include an asso... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8116361 | Multimode multicarrier modem system and method of communication over the same An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for tha... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116360 | Method and apparatus for preventing loss of service from hardware failure in a network A spare receiver in a CMTS is used to prevent loss of service to subscribers during a failure of a receiver. The beginning of a mass modem de-registration event is detected by the operator or automatically by the CMTS. Upon detection of the beginning of the mass mod... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8085834 | System partitioning for multi-mobile devices A communication device partition for multiple device data standards to be received on one baseband integrated circuit is described. At least two interfaces are partitioned according to the data rate speed of various types of data standards and coupled to a multimode... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8050315 | Open collector / open drain integrated bidirectional digital isolator An open collector/open drain interface, such as I2C interface between two or more integrated circuit devices, employs isolation techniques to provide electrical isolation of a digital signal for transmission of the signal between the devices. Uni-directio... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8027377 | Differential driver with common-mode voltage tracking and method In a transceiver, a transmitter circuit is provided substantially the same common-mode voltage regardless of whether the transceiver is in a transmitting or receiving mode. In one embodiment, the transmitter circuit includes a driver circuit which, in the transmissi... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014441 | Communication channel establishing method, communication system, and communication apparatus A communication channel establishing method is provided that is used in a communication system including a base station that transmits a beacon on a predetermined communication channel and a communication apparatus that receives the beacon from the base station and ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014440 | Frequency adjusting method of a CDR circuit and apparatus thereof A frequency adjusting method of a CDR circuit and apparatus thereof are provided. The adjusting method is applied to a receiver apparatus connected to an outer apparatus. The outer apparatus, after actuated, sends out an outer data signal to the receiver apparatus a... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009725 | Translational switching system and signal distribution system employing same A translational switch system includes first and second translational switches, and a signal bus coupled therebetween. The first translational switch includes one or more inputs configured to receive a respective one or more first input signals, a first plurality of... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005131 | Delay compensation for transmit/receive chain calibration and multiuser MIMO Compensation is provided for errors in channel information that can result when there is a delay between the measurement of the channel information and the subsequent use of the channel information. In one embodiment, downlink channel prediction is performed within ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7986727 | In-band method to configure equalization levels An in-band configuration technique configures a data communications link for high-speed data communications between at least a first and second integrated circuit using in-band communications between the first and second integrated circuits. The technique configures... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983330 | Encoding uplink acknowledgments to downlink transmissions A portable device, such as a mobile terminal or user equipment, for encoding uplink acknowledgments to downlink transmissions. The portable device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of data blocks, such that each of the data blocks include an asso... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7936808 | Channel quantization for multiuser diversity A method and system for channel quantization for multiuser diversity are provided. A quantizer may utilize quantization levels determined based on an objective function J that corresponds to a performance metric for a finite-rate feedback multiuser downlink communic... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933319 | Signal processing circuit A signal processing system is disclosed. The system includes: a first synthesizer and a second synthesizer, for respectively generating a first frequency and a second frequency; a first RF circuit; a first analog front end (AFE); a second RF circuit; and a second AF... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933318 | Carrier re-activation in case of signal to noise ratio improvement The present invention relates to a first transceiver unit, acting as a receiver unit, and to a second transceiver unit, acting as a transmitter unit. The first transceiver unit measures the signal to noise ratio for each tone, and determine whether a tone shall be s... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7916775 | Encoding uplink acknowledgments to downlink transmissions A portable device, such as a mobile terminal or user equipment, for encoding uplink acknowledgments to downlink transmissions. The portable device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of data blocks, such that each of the data blocks include an asso... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912116 | Apparatus and method for transmitting data using relay station in a broadband wireless communication system A frame configuration method and apparatus for sending data via an RS in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. In the reception mode, the RS monitors reception of data in an (n−1)th frame from an MS and reception of data in an nth... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907657 | Digital interface and related event manager for integrated circuits In one embodiment, the present invention includes a transceiver coupled to a baseband processor to receive digital control information that includes both event and schedule information, and which stores the digital control information in a storage of the transceiver... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899111 | Link interface technique including data indicator symbols In some embodiments, a chip includes transmitters and generation circuitry to provide data symbols and special characters to the transmitters to be transmitted. The chip also includes match detection circuitry to detect when the data symbols match the special charac... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894511 | Multi-device coordinated audio playback A wireless device (100) provides coordinated audio playback. The device (100) includes a network interface (112) that receives a signal from a sending or originating device (401) and sends a reply to the signal. A network delay value is t... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7848397 | Frequency coherence within a location network Generating frequency coherence between a received reference positioning signal carrier component transmitted by at least one reference transmitter and a unique positioning signal carrier component generated by a positioning-unit device. The positioning-unit device r... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848396 | Methods, algorithms, software, circuits, receivers, and systems for increasing bandwidth and/or recording density in data communication and data storage systems Methods, circuits, and systems for increasing bandwidth and/or transition separation in data communications and data storage in the presence of potential intersymbol interference (ISI). The method includes writing L bits of serial data per data transition period to ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7787529 | Audio codec integrated with baseband processing and RF An audio codec integrated with baseband processing and RF on a single IC chip. The audio codec may be implemented in a variety of wireless transceivers, such as cell phones, to offer voice, data and/or music functions. The codec also has monaural and stereo channels... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782927 | Generating a transmission clock signal and a reception clock signal for a transceiver using an oscillator An arrangement for generating a transmission clock signal and a reception clock signal is proposed in which only a single voltage-controlled oscillator is used, the reception clock signal being generated by phase-adjusting means whereas the transmission clock signal... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778314 | Apparatus for and method of far-end crosstalk (FEXT) detection and estimation A novel and useful mechanism for the detection and estimation of far-end cross talk (FEXT) caused by transmissions over adjacent wire pairs or cables. The detection and estimation technique of the invention can be used to identify FET impairments in Ethernet and DSL... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7729416 | 1000Base-T transmission over 2-pair A method, an apparatus and a system for gigabit Ethernet (GbE) using only 2 pairs of wires for a single communications link are described. This network communication may be referred to as 2-pair 1000Base-T. GbE using only 2 wire pairs per link may offer increased po... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720136 | Adaptive coding and modulation based on link performance prediction A method for communication over a communication link, which includes a transmitter and a receiver, includes transmitting and receiving data, which is encoded using a specified forward error correction (FEC) code, modulated using a specified modulation scheme and tra... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715468 | QoS control method for transmission data for radio transmitter and radio receiver using the method A radio transmitter/receiver having a QoS control unit for outputting the transmission data in order taking the quality of service (QoS) into consideration. In the case where the information transmission rate for a radio section is not lower than a threshold value, ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7702004 | Simultaneous bidirectional differential signalling interface Bidirectional differential point to point simultaneous high speed signalling is provided between integrated circuits with highly effective echo canceling. Each integrated circuit comprises a transmitter for transmitting a first signal to another integrated circuit a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702005 | Method for transmitting and/or receiving audio data of a plurality of audio sources through a single SPDIF link, and related apparatus A method for transmitting audio data of a plurality of audio sources through a single SPDIF link, includes: sequencing and multiplexing the audio data of the plurality of audio sources to pack the audio data of the plurality of audio sources into a plurality of fram... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7664168 | Data carrier device, data carrier driving device, data communication system using data carrier driving device and data communication method The present invention has an object enabling stable data communication hard to perform a malfunction in a simple circuit configuration which can miniaturize a system and does not need any strict accuracy by executing data communication in a connection using two term... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664167 | Method and apparatus for managing modem sample rates on a digital audio interface within a direct access arrangement circuit An apparatus for managing modem sample rates within a direct access arrangement (DAA) circuit is disclosed. The DAA circuit includes a serial audio interface for providing communications between the DAA circuit and a host computer system. The serial audio interface ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7649929 | Method and apparatus for reducing modem command and status latency on a digital audio interface within a direct access arrangement circuit An apparatus for reducing modem command and status latency within a direct access arrangement (DAA) circuit is disclosed. The DAA circuit includes a serial audio interface for providing communications between the DAA circuit and the host computer system. The serial ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7643543 | Multiple high-speed bit stream interface circuit A high-speed bit stream interface module interfaces a high-speed communication media to a communication Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) via a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) or the communication ASIC to another communication ASIC. The high-speed bit strea... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7633998 | Wireless home repeater for satellite radio products A system for receiving a satellite digital radio signal, the system comprising: a repeater having a unibody housing and an antenna disposed within the housing, the antenna being configured for receiving the satellite digital radio signal; a repeater circuit for rece... | 12/15/2009 |
