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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185054 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention performing a bidirectional communication with another information processing apparatus through a plurality of channels in a predetermined frequency band, and including a selecti... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8155593 | Method for allocating a frequency for a wireless audio communication A method is provided for allocating a frequency for wireless audio communications. A request is received for a frequency for wireless audio communications. The request contains the location, the time period, the quantity of required wireless communications paths and... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145132 | Method and apparatus for reducing frequency space from frequency search A method and apparatus for reducing frequency space from code space search is disclosed in a wireless network. The method and apparatus reduces the frequency space without compromising the probability of detection, so that user equipment can expedite system acquisit... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140017 | Signal detection in cognitive radio systems A cognitive radio wireless device (114) dynamically manages signal detection in a cognitive radio system (100). Spectrum sensing is performed for a first sensing frame on at least one communication channel. At least one observed signal is received (... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131219 | Operation method and device for integrated modem having plurality of modems An operation method and device for an integrated modem having a plurality of modems is provided. The method includes connecting the integrated modem to a mobile terminal, supplying, by the mobile terminal, power to each modem of the integrated modem, performing boot... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8090319 | Method and system for automatic frequency control optimization A method and apparatus for automatic frequency control in a receiver of a wireless device, the method determining a channel estimation for a received signal; calculating a signal to noise ratio for the channel estimation; applying a weighting factor determined based... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8064835 | Antenna assignment system and method This specification describes, in part, a technique for dynamic assignment of multiple antennas to different radio subsystems in a wireless device. The technique may include using an adaptive algorithm to allocate antennas to different radio subsystems as a function ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064836 | Cognitive radio transceiver for dispersed spectrum utilization In accordance with the present invention, a system and method that exploits the efficiency of the spectrum utilization is provided. The proposed technique, which is referred to as dispersed spectrum utilization, is based on the idea of transmitting the information o... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8045923 | Detection of unoccupied frequency band An unoccupied frequency band (W) is detected in a telecommunications network by obtaining first values relating to a signal received (r(n)) for respective corresponding times, in this frequency band. Next, a compound signal is obtained in the form of vectors (Y... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8023896 | Radio communication device, receiver controller of a radio communication device, and method for searching for a radio cell Embodiments of the invention relate generally to a radio communication device, to a receiver controller of a radio communication device, and to a method for searching for a radio cell. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for searching for a radio cell is pro... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010049 | Sub-band notification method and terminal apparatus The present invention relates to a sub band notification method and apparatus in which a terminal notifies a base station of an optimum sub band that is determined based on radio link quality of a plurality of sub bands. The terminal apparatus measures the radio lin... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7991358 | Method for reducing an amount of feedback used in a mobile communication system A method for feeding back a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes determining a number of subchannels for which the MS feeds back CQIs based on a preset feedback efficiency factor, selecting the determined ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7835697 | Frequency agile radio system and method This invention provides a method for improved frequency agility and preferably includes transmitting and receiving data on a primary channel; finding a secondary channel substantially free from interference during a period between data transmissions on the primary c... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7796948 | Method and apparatus for optimizing radio performance through inferred knowledge of indoor-outdoor radio status Performance of a radio device is optimized by estimating if the device is inside a building. One or more sensors on the radio device are used to measure an environmental quantities relating to the environment of the radio device. The likelihood of the radio device b... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796947 | Display system and FM signal transferring method thereof Provided is a display system for transmitting FM signals to an external audio system having an FM reception function. The display system includes: a tuner for receiving an RF signal and dividing the RF signal into a video signal and an audio signal; an audio process... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7684757 | Wireless device and wireless network system When the communication channel is to be changed, a more optimal communication channel is determined by summing up the results of measuring communication states transmitted from individual wireless terminals A, B, and C and making a collective judgment. Weighting coe... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7636550 | System and method for determining channel quality in a wireless network A system and method for Access Point (AP) channel selection based upon a Channel Quality Index (CQI) is described. The Channel Quality Index (CQI) is a value which quantifies a transmission quality of a channel. The transmission quality is evaluated based on a combi... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7450904 | Escape mechanism for a wireless local area network A method for changing a channel in a wireless local area network (WLAN) to alleviate congestion and high interference levels, the WLAN having an access point (AP) and at least one station, begins by determining a list of candidate channels. A channel is selected fro... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444169 | Wireless base station apparatus and wireless communication control method A wireless base station apparatus (100) used in a wireless communications system includes a statistical processing unit (140) that performs statistical processing on downlink radio quality information reported from a wireless communications terminal de... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440728 | Use of separate control channel to mitigate interference problems in wireless networking Described is a system and method for transporting interference-related control data and other information between nodes in a wireless network, using a control channel that is distinct from a content channel used to transport content. The control channel may be a dif... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440760 | Methods and apparatus for allocating bandwidth to communication devices based on signal conditions experienced by the communication devices Techniques and systems for allocating bandwidth in a communication channel to devices using the communication channel are described. A communication system includes a central device and one or more remote devices. The central device may transmit information to and r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440730 | Device, system and method of multiple transceivers control Briefly, some embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems and methods of multiple transceivers control. For example, a method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention may include determining whether interference is expected between an intended act... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433335 | Method for selecting an access channel or a traffic channel for data transmission The present invention may provide a method of communication that includes selecting at least one access channel for transmission of data based on a channel condition. The present invention may also provide a method of communication that includes receiving data over ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426386 | Beam laydown for hopped satellite downlink with adaptable duty cycle A power gated variable hop cycle beam laydown (700) manifests itself as first cells (C, D) supported by a first hop cycle, second cells (G, H) supported by a second hop cycle, and transition cells (E, F) supported by a transition hop cycle. The transition hop... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424268 | System and method for management of a shared frequency band A system, method, software and related functions are provided for managing activity in a radio frequency band that is shared, both in frequency and time, by signals of multiple types. An example of such a frequency band is an unlicensed frequency band. Radio frequen... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415245 | Pulse shaping signals for ultrawideband communication An ultrawideband radio frequency pulse is generated by shaping a carrier signal having a selected frequency with a window function. The shaped carrier is gated to produce the ultrawideband pulse. In further embodiments, the window function comprises a sinusoidal fun... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411918 | Dynamic radio link adaptation for interference in cellular systems A method for performing dynamic link adaptation by a user equipment (UE) in a cellular system, the UE having two coded composite transport channels (CCTrCHs) in an uplink time slot begins by estimating a transmit power for a first transport format combination (TFC) ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7379430 | Dual band unidirectional scheme in a cellular mobile radio telecommunications system A cellular radio telecommunications system and method of operating the same is described which includes a first cellular radio telecommunications network for providing frequency division duplex radio transmissions over an air interface to one or more fixed or mobile... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373152 | Radio signal strength mapping through a telematics system The invention provides a method of and system for determining a radio-frequency signal strength at a mobile vehicle. A signal strength measurement request is received from a call center for a selected radio frequency, a signal strength of the selected radio frequenc... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372818 | Mobile vehicle quiescent cycle control method The present invention provides a method of accessing a quiescent mobile vehicle using a wireless communication system. At least one transmit power parameter of a vehicle communication device is determined. At least one sleep duration value is calculated based on the... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373150 | Method and system for allocating frequency resources based on multiple frequency reuse factors in cellular communication systems Disclosed are a system and a method of allocating frequency resource in a cellular communication system. The method includes the steps of dividing a predetermined time duration into at least two sub-time durations, and forming the frequency resource by applying mutu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369834 | Impedance-matched IQ network for an image rejection circuit An impedance-matched IQ network includes a phase shift circuit and a back termination. The phase shift circuit includes an in-phase mixer port for receiving the in-phase signal, a quadrature-phase mixer port for receiving the quadrature phase signal, a termination p... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366469 | Method and apparatus for transmitting high rate packet data over under-utilized virtual circuits A method for communicating data in a wireless communications system having a base station communicating to at least one of a plurality of terminals over a set of carrier frequencies, the method comprising periodically monitoring the carrier energy level of each said... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366663 | Measuring a talking quality of a telephone link in a telecommunications network For measuring the influence of noise on the talking quality of a telephone link in a telecommunications network, a talker speech signal (s(t)) and a degraded speech signal (s′(t)) are fed to an objective measurement device for obtaining an output signal (q) repres... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366169 | Apparatus for scanning radio frequency channels The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 04/29/2008 |
| RE40258 | Cellular radio routing system A routing system of call connection and call routing for radio telephone communications system including cellular radio systems wherein the mobiles transmit on channels in a first band, and the bases transmit on channels in a second band. The routes are selectable f... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359676 | Systems and methods for adaptively scanning for wireless communications This application is directed to systems and methods for adaptively scanning for wireless communications. Scan data associated with scanning one or more wireless network channels based upon a scan pattern is received. Each wireless channel has a designation of primar... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356390 | Systems and applications of lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms Innovative new methods in connection with lighter-than-air (LTA) free floating platforms, of facilitating legal transmitter operation, platform flight termination when appropriate, environmentally acceptable landing, and recovery of these devices are provided. The n... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346480 | Impedance mismatch modeling in a data flow or discrete time based system simulation This invention provides directional connectivity described by the interconnections of the blocks in the schematic or netlist that are used to propagate impedance data from one block to another. The propagation of impedance data for discrete time based simulation pro... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346350 | Method for selecting a preferable wireless communications service provider in a multi-service provider environment A communication device locates a preferable wireless service provider in a multi-service provider environment using a frequency or frequency band search schedule. Initially, the communication device registers with a less preferred service provider in a first frequen... | 03/18/2008 |
