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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180363 | Communication apparatus preventing communication interference A game apparatus according to a preferred embodiment includes a first wireless communication module and a second wireless communication module. The first wireless communication module performs communication utilizing Bluetooth protocols, whereas the second wireless ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175612 | System and method for map-based radio spectrum allocation search A map-based system displays a map of spectrum allocation information in a multi-dimensional representation. The system may provide a two-dimensional or three-dimensional area map of a geographic location of interest from an aerial perspective. In another dimension i... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170576 | Network oriented spectrum sharing system There is provided a system and method for sharing a wireless spectrum compromising a first transceiver for establishing the communication channels within the allocated bandwidth using a first protocol, a broker for determining the unused bandwidth within the allocat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170577 | Method and system enabling use of white space radio spectrum using digital broadcast signals A system (10) and method (50 or 70) of dynamic allocation of spectrum for a communication device where a UHF band is currently unused for licensed television broadcasting involves determining (51) a location of a user device using GPS or ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8150414 | Method for maintaining the continuing existence of NPD in IEEE 802.22.1 operation Methods for maintaining continuing existence of a next-in-line protecting device in a beacon network including a primary protecting device (PPD), the next-in-line protecting device (NPD) and a plurality of secondary protecting devices (SPDs). In one method, a subset... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8095145 | Method and system of distributing transmissions in a wireless data transmission system A method and System for communicating between a mobile device, and first and second transceivers are described. The second transceiver is positioned in an area covered by the first transceiver. The first transceiver and the mobile device can exchange data on at leas... | 01/10/2012 |
| RE43066 | System and method for reuse of communications spectrum for fixed and mobile applications with efficient method to mitigate interference A communications system network that enables secondary use of spectrum on a non-interference basis is disclosed. Each secondary transceiver measures the background spectrum. The system uses a modulation method to measure the background signals that eliminates self-g... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8055269 | Time constrained signal MIMO wireless and wired communication method A method and system for receiving and processing in a wireless device a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) device generated signal and a sensor generated signal. Receiving and processing a data signal into a processed ultra narrowband (UNB) and a processed ultra ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8036676 | Frequency sharing method, receiving station and transmitting station In a frequency sharing radio system including a plurality of systems that share a specific frequency, upon establishment of a new system using a frequency that an existing system uses, a receiving station of the existing system receives a signal from a transmitting ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027690 | Methods and apparatus for sensing the presence of a transmission signal in a wireless channel Methods and apparatus for sensing the presence of a transmission signal type within a wireless channel in a wireless communication system, such as those including the use of wireless microphones, are described. Sensing the transmission signal type includes calculati... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014787 | System and method for discriminating radar transmissions from wireless network transmissions and wireless network having radar-avoidance capability For use in a wireless network, systems and methods for identifying radar signals and for giving the wireless network a radar-avoidance capability. The system for identifying radar signals includes: (1) a pulse analyzer, associated with a wireless device, configured ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8000718 | Spectrum management system for municipal spectrum using guided cognitive radio Described is a system and method for assigning a frequency to an access point in a wireless network comprising a plurality of access points. The system and method includes accessing a rule-base to obtain a set of rules for the wireless network, accessing a license d... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7949345 | Cognitive radio system and method A cognitive radio system and method for clear and idle channel survey in Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) are disclosed. Through computing average value of Received-Signal-Strength-Indicator (RSSI_AVG) in each channel, clear channels without interference from othe... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949344 | Uncoordinated microwave paths in coordinated frequency bands A system is described. The system includes a fixed microwave path pair between a first site and a second site and an additional microwave path between the first site and a third site. A transceiver portion of the first site and a transceiver portion of the second si... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7937091 | Method and apparatus for resource sharing over handset terminals A mechanism and supporting apparatus to enable resource sharing among groups of users over mobile terminals. The system presented leverages the carrier infrastructure to simplify the requirements at the terminals, and describes a graphical user interface binding mec... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7917150 | Method and system for receiving broadcast service and unicast service A method for receiving a broadcast service and a unicast service by a UE is provided. The method includes calculating a candidate interval for receiving the unicast service by referring to scheduling information of the broadcast service by the UE, when the unicast s... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7907954 | System and method for dynamic interface management A system and method for dynamically instantiating a communication interface between a requesting entity and a client entity. A requesting entity transmits a trigger signal to a control point, where the trigger signal includes a preferred communication configuration.... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899464 | Providing wireless information transportation using dual frequencies Wireless information transportation may be provided. An unlicensed radio frequency may be used to transmit information from a first point to a second point. Then, the unlicensed radio frequency may be determined to no longer provide a sufficient service level. Next,... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7881726 | Method and apparatus for spectrum sharing between an incumbent communications system and a cognitive radio system Efficient frequency spectrum sharing between at least one incumbent communication system(s) (102, 152) and at least one cognitive radio (CR) system (105) is provided. The incumbent system's system parameters and CR system's operational requirements are... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7738877 | Wireless network management with antenna control A method and apparatus for managing a wireless local area network are disclosed. The network includes one or more wireless access points, each including a radio frequency assembly having a variable power output, and an antenna assembly for transmitting and receiving... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7636573 | Multiple-access multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system Techniques to achieve better utilization of the available resources and robust performance for the downlink and uplink in a multiple-access MIMO system. Techniques are provided to adaptively process data prior to transmission, based on channel state information, to ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7627326 | Spectrum management system for municipal spectrum using guided cognitive radio Described is a system and method for assigning a frequency to an access point in a wireless network comprising a plurality of access points. The system and method includes accessing a rule-base to obtain a set of rules for the wireless network, accessing a license d... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7499708 | Millimeter microwave point-to-multipoint broadcasting systems, components and methods that monitor and rebroadcast data packets Selected data packets that were broadcast over millimeter microwave frequencies to millimeter microwave receiving stations in a millimeter microwave broadcasting system footprint are rebroadcast. Rebroadcasting is selected based upon an indication that is received f... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7466985 | Network element for implementing scheduled high-power PTP and low-power PTMP transmissions A network element is configured to implement scheduled high-power Point-To-Point (PTP) and low-power Point-To-MultiPoint (TMP) transmissions. The high-power PTP and low-power PTMP transmissions may be scheduled as bursts on an 802.16 network to occur in both the dow... | 12/16/2008 |
| RE40540 | Apparatus and methods for networking omni-modal radio devices A network and method of operating a network of wireless service providers adapted to interact with a plurality of omni-modal wireless products within a given geographic area in a manner to permit the wireless service providers to “borrow” radio frequencies from ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433708 | Variable bandwidth in a communication system A method, device, and system that use narrowband channels to provide higher re-use without multiplying the operator spectrum requirement. If a communication system supports variable carrier bandwidth channels, the narrow channel capacity can be divided among adjacen... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433692 | Method for dimensioning a mobile telecommunications network A method for assessing the characteristics obtainable in a network for mobile telecommunications apparatuses suitable for managing calls with both data traffic and/or voice and data traffic. On the basis of the performance requested for the quantity and characterist... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7415279 | Collaborative mechanism of enhanced coexistence of collocated wireless networks A digital device 310 with a plurality of collocated wireless networks encounters inter-network interference if the collocated wireless networks operate in a common operating frequency. A coordinator unit 510, coupled to the plurality of wireless networ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7398091 | Method and apparatus for providing a multimedia broadcast/multicast service in a visited network A communication system provides a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) to a roaming user equipment (UE) by receiving, at a first network, a request from the UE to subscribe to an MBMS service and, in response to receiving the request, conveying to the UE a ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7373136 | Method and system for data rating for wireless devices A method and system for rating a data communication session between a network and a wireless device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method monitors a series of events, namely, a setup event, a begin event and an end event, which take place during a com... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372866 | Wireless communication method for avoiding mutual interference between wireless communication systems, and apparatus thereof The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for avoiding mutual interference between wireless communication systems. A measurement unit measures the strength of a signal received through a channel to be used in a transmission slot for a switching time of... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369565 | Wireless communication system and method using the same A wireless communication system has a queue information search unit for searching a queue-status information provided in a packet unit, a communication priority decision unit for deciding communication priority of external devices based on the queue-status informati... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366464 | Access point operating with a smart antenna in a WLAN and associated methods An access point operates in an 802.11 wireless communication network communicating with a client station, and includes a smart antenna for generating directional antenna beams and an omni-directional antenna beam. An antenna steering algorithm scans the directional ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366178 | Method and apparatus for scheduling data packet transmission over a multihop wireless backhaul network A method and apparatus for scheduling the transmission of data packets over a multihop wireless backhaul network in which delay guarantees through the network may be advantageously ensured. Illustratively, a novel packet scheduling scheme is provided which is advant... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366542 | Wireless security Apparatus and method for securing a wireless communication medium are disclosed. The apparatus uses a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card. The method includes determining a SIM card insertion and if so, accessing SIM data and transmitting the SIM data to a base st... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363252 | Mobile telephone A portable telephone including a transmission and reception unit, a control unit, a speaker, a display unit, a code reader unit, an operation input section, a microphone and a storage unit. The storage unit includes a telephone number memory, a password-data memory,... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363051 | Dual mode wireless data communications A dual mode mobile unit is arranged to communicate in either a first or second data communications standard, such as combined Bluetooth and 802.11 operation. An interface unit converts received Bluetooth or 802.11 format signals into 802.11 frame format data signals... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363040 | Interference avoiding radio transmission unit An object of this invention is to avoid interfering from a radio LAN transmission unit and being interfered. This invention relates a radio transmission unit for transmitting according to a second radio transmission system which transmits/receives data signal under ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362269 | Undulating transmit patterns to support signal separation at a receiver A communications system includes a fixed transmitter and a mobile wireless communications device. The fixed transmitter transmits a source signal defined by a character set made up of symbols. At least one of the symbols in the character set is transmitted at a diff... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359351 | Wireless audio/video equipment and channel selecting method thereof An A/V equipment and a channel selecting method are disclosed, wherein the A/V equipment forms a wireless network by using information of each channel obtained by scanning each channel of a monitoring channel set to compute a predetermined parameter, and comparing t... | 04/15/2008 |
