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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190083 | Methods and apparatus for communicating in a system including relay stations Methods and apparatus relating to communicating in a system including relay stations are described. Various described methods and apparatus are directed to improved performance and/or mitigating interference in relay station boundary areas. Relay station transmissio... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185043 | Wireless communication method, relay station apparatus, and wireless transmitting apparatus A wireless communication method and the like for improving the system throughput. The wireless communication method is used in a mobile communication system having a base station apparatus (BS), a relay station apparatus (RS) (100) and a mobile station appara... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180278 | Information processing system, communication terminal, information processing unit and program There is provided an information processing system including a service provider unit, a communication terminal and an information processing unit. The communication terminal includes a terminal first communication section, a terminal second communication section to ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175520 | Multi-hop communication system The present application relates to a wireless communication system and related methods and apparatuses for transmitting a signal from a source apparatus to a destination apparatus, via at least one intermediate apparatus. In particular, the present invention relates... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175521 | Repeater system for strong signal environments A repeater system combines co-located antennas, an intentional imbalance in signal amplification between downlink and uplink, stability management and an amplification indicator to create a user-installed solution to co-channel interference within cellular systems, ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170470 | On-channel repeater and on-channel repeating method Provided are an on-channel repeater for repeating an output signal the same as an input signal on channel by removing feedback signals caused by low isolation of a transmission/reception antenna by converting a transmitted Radio Frequency (RF) signal into a signal o... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165521 | Apparatus and method for selecting relay mode of relay station in multihop relay broadband wireless communication system A method for selecting a relay mode depending on channel status of relay links in a multihop relay broadband wireless communication system and a Relay Station (RS) apparatus for supporting the method. When signals are received from a Base Station (BS) and a Mobile S... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160490 | Apparatus and method for controlling power in wireless communication system using relaying An apparatus and method for controlling a mode transition of a mobile station (MS) in a relay station (RS) in a wireless communication system are provided, in which upon receipt of a mode transition request signal from at least one MS within a service area of the RS... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150309 | Stability recovery for an on-frequency RF repeater with adaptive echo cancellation A wireless repeater includes an internal feedback path for adaptively cancelling an echo between an output antenna and an input antenna. The internal feedback path employs an adaptive algorithm implementing a list having a plurality of list elements. Each list eleme... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150311 | Communication system The present application relates to a wireless communication system and related methods and apparatuses for transmitting a signal from a source apparatus to a destination apparatus, via at least one intermediate apparatus. In particular, the present invention relates... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150310 | Setting method of communication parameters, communicating apparatus, control method of communicating apparatus, and program It is difficult that a providing apparatus which provides communication parameters is decided by a receiving apparatus which receives the communication parameters from the providing apparatus. Based on a discrimination condition, a first communicating apparatus sele... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8135335 | Apparatus and method for processing transmission information of broadcast message constituted by relay station (RS) in multihop relay broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system An apparatus and a method for processing transmission information of a broadcast message constituted by a Relay Station (RS) in a multihop relay Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system are provided. A communication method of the RS includes composing a ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135336 | Repeater and follow-up notification method after broadcast communication thereof A repeater including a first wireless unit that performs transmission and reception using a frequency for communicating with a base station and a second wireless unit that performs transmission and reception using a frequency for communicating with a mobile station ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126393 | Gain adjustment apparatus, method, and tangible machine-readable medium thereof for a multiple input multiple output wireless communication system A gain adjustment apparatus, a gain adjustment method, and a tangible machine-readable medium thereof for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication system are provided. The MIMO wireless communication system comprises source antennas, destinatio... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126392 | System and method for implementing a multi-radio wireless network A system for implementing a multi-radio wireless network includes a plurality of endpoints wirelessly coupled to a relay station. The system also includes a base station wirelessly coupled to the relay station. The relay station includes a first radio operable to us... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8099041 | System and method for extension of wireless footprint A system and method for communicating through a host repeater. Data is received from a remote repeater communicating with a wireless device. The host repeater registers as the wireless device on a wireless network. The data is reformatted for transmission between th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090310 | Radio base station, relay station, and relay method A disclosed relay station is provided between a radio base station and a radio terminal for relaying a radio signal. The relay station includes a receiving unit configured to receive data transmitted from the radio base station or the radio terminal; a storage unit ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086173 | Method for implementing random access of new access node and communication system thereof A method for implementing a random access of a new access node and a system thereof are provided, which belong to a wireless communication field, and enable the new access node within the coverage of relay stations to implement the random access. In the application,... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078098 | Multi-path data dissemination method for magnetic diffusion wireless network and system thereof A multi-path data dissemination method for a magnetic diffusion wireless network and a system thereof overcome environmental interferences in wireless data transmissions. Each node of the network is provided for figuring out its good neighbors by broadcasting a good... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073384 | Optimization of redundancy and throughput in an automated meter data collection system using a wireless network Techniques for optimization of redundancy and throughput in an automated meter data collection system using a wireless network are disclosed herein. The wireless network comprises a central node, a plurality of bi-directional nodes, and a plurality of transmit-only ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064822 | Link synchronization method using received power in RF repeater Provided is a link synchronization method for a radio frequency repeater that can perform link route switching at an accurate time point by measuring reception signal power at a predetermined period for a predetermined time duration, accumulating and comparing them ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064821 | Mobile telephone network for communication between two communication sets The invention relates to a local communication network between a mobile telephone and a fixed-line telephone through a relay antenna and a connection for data transmission, connecting the antenna to a fixed radio-frequency station. The transmission connection is a w... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055188 | Relay system and data frame structure for the relay system A structure of a data frame for transmitting data via a relay, and a transmission apparatus and a relay using the data frame are provided. The relay includes: a receiver to receive, from a transmission apparatus, first radio resource allocation information with resp... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050618 | Apparatus and method for transmission and reception in multiple input multiple output system with relay station A multiple antenna system for using a relay station with multiple antennas is provided. The system includes a base station for determining encoded data processing procedure based on first and second channel state information, determining a relaying procedure of the ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050619 | Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method Provided is a mobile communication system capable of obtaining a diversity effect even when a signal received by a relay station has an error in a corporate relay to which time space encoding is applied. In this mobile communication system, when S1 has no err... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045917 | System and method for detection of mobile operating through a repeater A system and method for a network analysis system operating in a wireless communication system with repeaters is disclosed. Embodiments of the system and method enable the network analysis system to determine if signals being received by the network receivers arrive... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8023885 | Non-frequency translating repeater with downlink detection for uplink and downlink synchronization A non-frequency translating repeater (110, 210, 300) for use in a time division duplex (TDD) radio protocol communications system includes detection retransmission and automatic gain control. Detection is performed by detectors (309, 310) and a process... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023886 | Method and system for repeater with gain control and isolation via polarization A repeater device may be utilized to enable forwarding extreme high frequency (EHF) communication between EHF-enabled wireless devices. The repeater device may utilize polarization isolation to prevent and/or reduce interference between received and transmitted EHF ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010041 | Method and system for a reliable relay-associated and opportunistic cooperative transmission schemes A base station (BS) communicates with a mobile station (MS) through relay stations (RSs). In one exemplary reliable relay-associated transmission scheme, the BS transmits data to the RSs using multicast or unicast. From the received packets, each RS calculates its r... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005421 | Connecting apparatus, electronic apparatus and control method thereof Disclosed are a connecting apparatus, an electronic apparatus and a control method thereof, the connecting apparatus, including: at least one connecting unit connectable to an outside device; a wireless-communicating unit which transmits or receives a wireless signa... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000648 | Radio communications system and antenna pattern switching A radio communications system having a radio base station and a radio relay station is disclosed. A terminal performs radio communications through a link with the radio base station or a link with the radio base station via the radio relay station. The radio base st... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991351 | Extension of wired controller area networks to wireless personal area networks An architecture to extend a wired controller area network (CAN) to the wireless domain of a low rate wireless personal area network (PAN) network is described herein. Such architecture provides a low cost, low power, efficient, and secure wireless network interface ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986915 | Method and system for a wireless multi-hop relay network In a wireless multi-hop relay network arranged in a tree topology, the base station and one or more relay stations are associated as a virtual base station (VBS). The base station and each relay station have a unique virtual base station identifier (VBS-ID) associat... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7970343 | Method, wireless communication system, tangible machine-readable medium, and communication apparatus for transmitting and relaying channel descriptor based on a multi-hop relay standard A method, a wireless communication system, a tangible machine-readable medium, and a communication apparatus for transmitting and relaying a channel descriptor based on a multi-hop relay standard are provided. The wireless communication system comprises a BS and at ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965978 | Transmitting/receiving method, transmitter/receiver, and recording medium therefor A transmitting/receiving method that can easily detect an influence exerted in transmission channels at a transmitter/receiver is provided. An acquiring unit 12 acquires left audio data and right audio data of audio data received by a metadata calculator 1... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965977 | Remote antenna system Various methods, apparatuses, and systems are described in which a WAP is coupled to an antenna unit and provides a wireless LAN. In one embodiment, the antenna unit includes at least one remote antenna circuit having one or more ports to receive a control signal an... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962091 | Resource management and interference mitigation techniques for relay-based wireless networks Embodiments of a system and methods for “RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INTERFERENCE MITIGATION TECHNIQUES FOR RELAY-BASED WIRELESS NETWORKS” are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7933549 | Method and architecture for wireless communication networks using cooperative relaying The present invention relates to wireless networks using cooperative relaying which in a communication session involve more than one relay station. In the method according to the present invention, a transmitter 210′, a receiver 220′ and at least o... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929906 | Forward and reverse link automatic power controlled repeater and method A forward and reverse link automatic power controlled repeater in an apparatus for measuring a path loss between a base-station and a repeater, includes a repeater control part device for controlling a repeater run and for processing forward and reverse gain of the ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929905 | Method and system for implementing a multi-service repeater Disclosed herein is a method for selecting a location at which to implement a multi-service repeater in a radio access network. The multi-service repeater may provide service by repeating signals from multiple base stations including at least a first base station an... | 04/19/2011 |