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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8150353 | Masthead amplifier unit An amplifier unit to be placed in an antenna mast and belonging to a two-way radio system. The amplifier unit comprises two front stages for implementing diversity, each front stage comprising a receiving branch with an amplifier and a transmitting branch including ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8126416 | Broadcast receiving apparatus With a power supply provided for a smart antenna, whether the antenna is connected is determined according to whether the power supply is connected. When it is determined that the smart antenna is not connected, power supply to units related only to controlling of t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126417 | Data processing device with beam steering and/or forming antennas A data processing device for processing signals received via a wireless link. The data processing device including a first beam steering and/or forming antenna arranged on the data processing device that receives data via the wireless link, a second beam steering an... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8099071 | Direct conversion pre-ADC frequency mixer A system for single path processing identical, substantially identical, close or interfering frequencies with a single analog-to-digital converter. The system receives a plurality of input signals at various frequencies and front end circuits filter out first and se... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8036620 | Receiving apparatus In order to restore synchronization quickly in the case where synchronization with a transmission signal is not established, when a synchronization signal is not received by an antenna selected in advance in a receiving apparatus (2), a selection controller (... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8000673 | Diversity receiving device and receiving scheme switching method It is a theme of the present invention to provide a diversity receiving device and a receiving scheme switching method, capable of attaining a power saving by executing a switching between a diversity reception and a single reception with high accuracy. A receiving ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7912435 | Mobile wireless communications device with diversity wireless local area network (LAN) antenna and related methods A mobile wireless LAN communications device may include a portable, handheld housing, and a wireless LAN transceiver carried by the housing. A polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may be included for cooperating with the wireless LAN transceiver to communicat... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912434 | Receiving system To realize a receiving system that can excellently receive radio signals before and after a body insertable device, which is a radio signal source, is inserted into a subject, the receiving system has a first receiving antenna (1), a second receiving antenna ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7869783 | Extended smart antenna system A communications device for receiving a propagating electromagnetic signal representing an information signal. The communications device comprises a first and a second radiator each comprising a plurality of structural elements; a controller for configuring one or m... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7813709 | MIMO antenna apparatus provided with variable impedance load element connected to parasitic element A MIMO antenna apparatus includes a plurality of feeding antenna elements, a parasitic element electromagnetically coupled to each feeding antenna element, and a variable impedance load element connected to the parasitic element. A signal level comparator circuit de... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7636560 | Apparatus and method for efficiently using antennas in a mobile communication terminal having Bluetooth and wireless local area network modules A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) module and a Bluetooth module for a mobile communication terminal. A baseband unit for WLAN and Bluetooth, generates a signal indicating whether WLAN and Bluetooth services are in progress. A switch switches the at least two ante... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7634246 | Method and system for blocker attenuation using multiple receive antennas Methods and systems for blocker attenuation using multiple receive antennas are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include receiving wideband signals multi-antenna receiver. The receiver may process received signals that may comprise blocking signals received via ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7623835 | Multi-band wireless communication device and method The present invention relates to a wireless communication device, such as a transponder, that has a plurality of antennas for multi-frequency usage. The wireless communication device comprises a control system, communication electronics, memory, and the aforemention... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7623834 | Multi-band wireless communication device and method The present invention relates to a wireless communication device, such as a transponder, that has a plurality of antennas for multi-frequency usage. The wireless communication device comprises a control system, communication electronics, memory, and the aforemention... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7590399 | Technique for reducing multipath interference in an FM receiver A technique for reducing multipath distortion in an FM receiver, with a plurality of switchable antennas, provides a fast distortion detector that monitors a received signal for significant distortion events of less than about 15 microseconds in duration. In respons... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7565126 | RF receiver system having switched antenna diversity module An RF receiver system is provided having a plurality of selectable antennas. The system includes a receiver for receiving RF signals from one of the plurality of antennas at a time. The receiver includes processing circuitry for processing the RF signals and generat... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7466969 | MIMO receiver, MIMO reception method and wireless communication system A MIMO receiver, a MIMO reception method and a wireless communication system capable of accurate MMSE control even when each transmit antenna uses a different chip power ratio in MIMO filter reception. A correction coefficient calculator receives as input the chip p... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7440785 | Method and apparatus for enhancing link range in a wireless network using self-configurable antenna Embodiments of the invention facilitate providing wireless links with longer link ranges and/or better suppression of interference than can be provided by the integrated antennas of a typical wireless network node. While, in some cases, it is possible to install int... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430190 | Systems and methods for resource allocation to multiple antenna arrays for maintaining a constant bit rate (CBR) channel A wireless communication system configured for the efficient allocation of resources is provided. The wireless communication system can include a transmit system having a first set of one or more antennas each configured to transmit a data signal over a region to a ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7411996 | Signal path searching method and apparatus thereof in mobile communication system provided with plurality of array antenna elements Disclosed is a signal path searching method in a mobile communication system provided with a plurality of array antenna elements. According to the method and apparatus, the path search is performed using a signal of a chip level or a signal of a symbol level, and it... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409228 | VOFDM receiver correlation matrix processing using factorization Vector orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (VOFDM) receiver correlation matrix processing using factorization. Efficient correlation matrix processing is used to combine multiple signals into a single combined signal. This single combined signal may be viewed... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403798 | Wireless base system, and directivity control method Antennas in an entire radio base station system are divided into two antenna groups so that each group has antennas in the number that allows convergence of reception directivity using a reference signal length. Reception weight vector calculators (112, 212) ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400871 | Multi-antenna receiving and processing circuit assembly A multi-antenna receiving and processing circuit assembly is disclosed to include multiple antennas for receiving wireless signals, multiple pre-processing units respectively electrically connected to the antennas, a matching circuit electrically connected to the pr... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392029 | Method and apparatus for true diversity reception with single antenna A system for wireless communication, particularly for receiving communication signals, said system comprising: A main antenna structure (330), said antenna structure adapted to receive a communication signal (325a) as a first internal signal; an... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7379741 | Sub-carrier allocation method for reducing inter-cell interference in OFDM cellular environment A sub-carrier allocation method including selecting a number of cells having a strongest inter-cell interference among cells in a multiple-cell environment, and selecting mutually exclusive sub-carrier sets for each cell selected having the strongest interference. | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376406 | Diversity reception apparatus A diversity reception apparatus having a simple configuration which includes only one AD conversion unit and receives analog modulated signals is provided. The diversity reception apparatus includes a switching unit that analog-multiplexes signals received by two an... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373126 | Receiving apparatus The gain control signal generating unit generates a gain control signal, using a signal yielding the greatest level among signals of the respective signal processing units. The gain standardizing unit stores, in the offset storage units, offsets corresponding to gai... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369877 | Multi-channel demodulation with blind digital beamforming A system and method for receiving communication signals is provided. According to the method, a plurality of communication signals is received, each communication signal comprising one or more source signals. The plurality of communication signals are multiplexed in... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369878 | Radio base station apparatus, radio terminal apparatus, mobile communication system, and reception operation control program In response to a connection request from a terminal, a base station provides a signal indicating a reception operation adapted to a transmission operation of the base station to the terminal. Based on the indicating signal, the terminal selects and performs the opti... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366247 | Adaptive transmit antenna diversity apparatus and method in a mobile communication system Apparatus and method are disclosed for selecting a transmit antenna diversity scheme according to a variation speed of a fading channel in a mobile communication system. A user equipment (UE) estimates a channel response of a pilot channel by receiving a pilot chann... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366248 | Optimized high rate space-time codes for wireless communication A space-time coding arrangement for wireless communications is disclosed where the codes are generated through stochastic approximation. The codes can be optimized over a wide range of performance metrics, receiver structures, and channel characteristics. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359734 | Compensating for radiation pattern in radio system, and radio system The invention relates to compensation of a radiation pattern in a radio system. The solution comprises forming a primary radiation pattern by weighting signals of antenna branches with primary weights. The primary radiation pattern is compensated with a compensating... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353013 | Mobile wireless communications device with polarization diversity wireless local area network (LAN) antenna and related methods A mobile wireless LAN communications device may include a portable, handheld housing, and a wireless LAN transceiver carried by the housing. A polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may be included for cooperating with the wireless LAN transceiver to communicat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346323 | Diversity reception for co-siting base stations A connection unit comprising a feeder port for connecting the connection unit to an antenna feeder, a first relay port for connecting the connection unit to a receiving and transmitting port of a first base station, and a second relay port for connecting the connect... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336961 | Method and system for determining location of a mobile station within a distributed antenna system According to an embodiment, a distributed antenna system (DAS) is provided with functionality for determining the location of a mobile station within the DAS. The DAS may be of the type that includes a plurality of antennas located within a multi-floor building, eac... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333831 | Interchangeable receive inputs for band and system swappability in communication systems and related methods Interchangeable high band low-noise-amplifiers (LNAs) and low band low-noise-amplifiers (LNAs) and related methods are disclosed that greatly enhance the efficiency of designing handsets for different combinations of frequency bands. The input signals to particular ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333056 | Adaptive antenna radio communication device An adaptive antenna radio communication device comprises a divided band direction estimating unit (4) for estimating the direction by calculating the cross correlations between a pilot signal and sub-carrier signals of the respective divided bands received by... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324794 | Phase combining diversity Embodiments of methods of receiving transmitted signals are disclosed. The methods include a first antenna receiving a second signal, a second antenna receiving a second signal, adjusting a phase relationship between the first signal and the second signal, combining... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319868 | Derivation of optimal antenna weights during soft handover Wireless communication method and system for improving optimal antenna weight derivation in transmit diversity mode during soft handover. The method and system use scale factors that depend on the reliability of the feedback information (FBI) detection on the uplink... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319849 | Radio-frequency tuner with differential converter A system for tuning a radio-frequency signal includes a first input path, a second input path, a common reference generator, a selector, a mixer, and a filter. The first input path and the second input path propagate a first single-ended input signal and a second si... | 01/15/2008 |
