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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8135371 | Receiving apparatus and receiving system A receiving apparatus (2) includes a radio unit (2a) and a main receiving unit (2b) detachably connected with each other, the radio unit (2a) stores radio unit ID information (12a) as identification info... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8064862 | Antenna diversity method with fallback and weighting In a radio communication station having N antennas an antenna diversity system and a gain controllable amplifier the gain of the gain controllable amplifier is set by using a first antenna, the signal levels of signals received at the antennas is measured, a group o... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8036621 | Receiving apparatus, signal processing circuit, and signal receiving method There is provided a receiving apparatus having a simple configuration and an excellent ability to eliminate multipath noise, in which an antenna in a good reception state can be instantly selected. A reception signal from an antenna is inputted to an intermediate-fr... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8023915 | Beamforming in wireless vehicular networks Beams are used to communicate in a wireless network including mobile and stationary receivers. The network operates according to the IEEE 802.11p in wireless access to vehicular environments (WAVE). A direction from the mobile transceiver to the stationary receiver ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7734269 | Control of receiver antenna diversity Control of receiver antenna diversity is described in relation to apparatuses, user radio terminals, a method, and a computer program. The apparatus comprises an interface configured to obtain information on a power control procedure of a radio receiver and a proces... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7660568 | Method and apparatus for generating a channel estimate using a non-pilot portion of a signal An apparatus and a method for generating a channel estimate using a non-pilot signal. More specifically, there is provided a receiver comprising a device configured to receive a transmitted signal having a pilot portion and non-pilot portion and a channel estimator ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7643813 | Diversity switch combiner A diversity switch combiner for use in systems for receiving multi-carrier wideband signals is arranged to determine, during a guard interval, which antenna provides the strongest carrier, for each of a plurality of carrier frequencies. A switch is then operated to ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7636561 | Diversity switch combiner A diversity switch combiner for use in systems for receiving wideband signals is arranged to split the received signal into separate channels each carrying a respective frequency band. Respective switch means are provided for each channel in order to switch the inpu... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7627301 | Spatial diversity receiving device and input channel switching method The invention relates to a spatial diversity receiving device and an input channel switching method. The device comprises a main control circuit and at least one receiving channel including a RF selective switch, wherein the circuit controls the switch, so as to sel... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7555277 | System for reception of digitally modulated radio signals to a vehicle, using antenna diversity A reception system for motor vehicles having a diversity antenna system with a plurality of antennas and an antenna switch coupled to a receiver for the reception of digital, MPSK-modulated satellite and terrestrially broadcast radio signals containing phrase refere... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7546104 | Receiving apparatus and receiving circuit The invention arranges an auxiliary antenna in the neighborhood of an antenna, and a voltage applied to the auxiliary antenna is changed based on the reception quality of a received signal received by the antenna. Thereby, the reception characteristic of the antenna... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7542750 | Diversity system with identification and evaluation of antenna properties This invention provides a diversity system with identification and evaluation of antenna properties. The application also provides a method for selecting an external receiving broadcast diversity antenna. The invention makes a selection of one of the diversity anten... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7515893 | Error vector magnitude selection diversity metric for OFDM Described herein is an apparatus for inclusion in a station of a wireless network, and a method implemented in a station of a wireless network. The method includes wirelessly receiving data via each of a plurality of antennas, the data corresponding to a packet of i... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7499691 | Systems and methods for selecting an antenna configuration in a mobile communication device An improved smart antenna reception method and devices are provided that determine when to select a new antenna configuration in a multiple antenna configuration system. One embodiment attempts to eliminate unneeded configuration searching. Unneeded configuration se... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7493096 | Apparatus and method for processing digital multimedia broadcast (DMB) signals An apparatus and method for processing DMB signals in a DMB receiver such as a mobile communication terminal are disclosed to simplify the DMB receiver. The apparatus for processing DMB signals received via at least two antennas includes: an antenna switching unit f... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7450922 | Data unit detection including antenna diversity A system adjusts a receiving device in response to sensing symbols. An automatic gain control is adjusted in response to receiving a first symbol of a data unit from a first antenna. After adjusting the automatic gain control at least a second and a third symbol of ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7432857 | Adaptive antenna apparatus provided with a plurality of pairs of bidirectional antennas An adaptive antenna apparatus is provided with a total of four or more, even number N of antennas including a plurality of pairs of antennas each having a bidirectional characteristic. The N antennas are provided respectively at vertexes of a polygon of the same num... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433725 | Dual purpose multi-brand monopole antenna A monopole antenna apparatus with dual purposes of being a multi-band mobile phone and a global positioning system. The antenna is formed on a substrate, and the substrate comprises a flat surface, a cambered surface, a first radiating metal line, including one high... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7400872 | Radio receiver for selecting appropriate diversity antennas by comparing correlation values and a method for the same In the diversity receiver, the RF switcher switches the received signals to supply them to the RSSI power detector equipped with diversity function. Subsequently, the RSSI power detector with diversity function feeds the RF switcher with an antenna switching signal.... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398068 | Dual antenna system having one phase lock loop A dual receive path for a wireless communication device having one synthesizer that drives one or two receive VCOs. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398098 | Radio base apparatus, transmission power control method, and transmission power control program In a mobile communication system having a plurality of terminals including a diversity terminal, an adaptive array base station controls a down-link transmitting power waveform for a terminal establishing access such that transmitting power is decreased at a timing ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392016 | Data transmission rate control A method includes monitoring a variable-rate data communication channel to determine its signal-to-noise ratio, and adjusting the data transmission rate of the variable rate data communication channel based on its signal-to-noise ratio. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389092 | Circuitry for a receiving system with improved directivity and signal to noise ratio A receive system, including special integrated circuits, for providing enhanced directivity in the form of a narrowed receive beam and a relatively small antenna with performance comparable to a much larger antenna at similar frequencies. Received signals are conver... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389102 | Method to improve CMFB phase margin of variable-output-bandwidth mixer An improved method and apparatus for using common mode feedback to maintain a predetermined DC level for an intermediate frequency output signal. A common mode feedback capacitor-select switch module is operable to use a bandwidth control signal from a radio interfa... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7369826 | Method for monitoring broadcast signals at alternative frequencies and gain control unit Many broadcast stations transmit their programs via a variety of different frequencies. The invention relates to monitoring alternative frequencies during the reception of a broadcast signal at a present frequency. Whenever the broadcast signal at an alternative fre... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369833 | Method and apparatus for improving the directivity of an antenna A receive system, including special integrated circuits, for providing enhanced directivity in the form of a narrowed receive beam and a relatively small antenna with performance comparable to a much larger antenna at similar frequencies. Received signals are conver... | 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 |
| 7366143 | Diversity receiving radio base station with high reception sensitivity and high time slot utilization efficiency The present invention aims to provide a radio base station that has equivalently high reception sensitivity without increasing the number of antenna elements while keeping the utilization efficiency of time slots high. The radio base station comprises a radio unit | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366263 | Radio communication terminal and radio signal receiving method When a radio communication terminal including an AGC receiver starts, a set gain of the AGC receiver is switched in a short updating period. At this time, the terminal switches among antennas, and calculates and stores a received power of a received radio signal thr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366139 | Switched combining antenna diversity technique An antenna diversity method and a corresponding communication device are disclosed that may be used in wireless LAN receivers. An AGC (Automatic Gain Control) unit controls a gain when processing signals received from antennae. A periodical switching process is perf... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363057 | Mobile communication system, mobile station, base station, communication path quality estimation method used for the same A mobile communication system capable of improving the system throughput. A base station (1) divides one cell into three sectors. A common pilot channel is transmitted to a plurality of mobile stations in the sectors by beams (101-103) whose dir... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359692 | Method of and device for antennae diversity switching The invention relates to the field of wireless communications, more particularly to a method of and device for switching between antennae in communication with a diversity receiver, each of the antennae receiving signals transmitted from a single source. A packet fr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356323 | Antenna selection for diversity combining A diversity combining receiver may employ a switching architecture that permits multiple receiver chains to be coupled to multiple antennas. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352729 | Wireless communication system for multi-hop connection, source station, radio station and pilot signal used therein A destination station in a wireless communication system for a multi-hop connection selects a transmission path having a minimum total of required transmission power values of respective stations on the transmission path among candidates of the transmission path fro... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340236 | System for operational coexistence of wireless communication technologies The present invention provides a system for providing simultaneous operation of disparate wireless telecommunication technologies within a single device (102). The device comprises a plurality of antennas (112, 114). The system provides an antenna swit... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330700 | Radio apparatus and method for determining the communication timing of a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on CQI update and CQI repetition count information When a CQI that is based on CQI update cycle information and a CQI that is based on repetition count information have an overlapping transmission timing, CQI transmission timing controller 110 and CQI transmission timing priority determiner 120 transmi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7320432 | Device for optical reading and radiofrequency encoding adaptable at the output of an identification labels printer The invention concerns a device (10) featuring an optical reader (12) for printed codes capable of transforming the information of a code printed on an object such as a label into digital data, the object being equipped with a radiofrequency system fea... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317906 | AM radio receiver An AM radio receiver comprises an RF amplifier, a first mixer that converts the RF signal to a first intermediate-frequency signal, a first bandpass filter that band-limits the first intermediate-frequency signal, a second mixer that converts the output from the fir... | 01/08/2008 |
