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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155036 | Portable multi-level security communications system A portable multi-level security communications system (system) provides a communications backbone for Internet Protocol (IP) based data at multiple levels of security and allows on-board users to communicate, with each other and an outside network, while maintaining... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144635 | Reduced pin gigabit media independent interface A first device comprising: a pin interface having a plurality of pins; a data signal transmitter configured to respectively transmit, to a second device, a first plurality of data signals over a first set of pins of the plurality of pins of the pin interface; an enc... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8040826 | Apparatus and method for supporting relay service in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system An apparatus and method for configuring a subframe to support a relay service in a multi-hop relay BWA communication system are provided, in which a first zone of a subframe is configured for at least one of communication between a BS and a first MS within the cover... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7986647 | Portable wireless repeater system for indoor wireless coverage enhancement of residential, small office, and vehicular applications A portable wireless signal repeater module having embedded integrated patch antennas is installed on a window of a house or office or the interior surface of a vehicle's windshield. The module has two sets of embedded patch antennas, which, when mounted on a window,... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7664060 | Information terminal and information terminal system An information terminal incorporates a network interface and an extension interface, and in the case of outside call, an audio send signal is modulated into an audio signal frequency band, and sent to the exchange through a private telephone line and a subscriber's ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7653015 | Local area network of serial intelligent cells A device for coupling signals between first and second coaxial cables, the first coaxial cable being connected to carry a first bi-directional digital data signal in a first digital data frequency band, and the second coaxial cable being connected to carry a second ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7486630 | Module for distributed network repeater A repeater, useable for connecting switches in a data communication network, is provided in a distributed and/or modular fashion. The repeater includes a plurality of separate and distinct components or modules connected to or at least partially housed in, the vario... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7466668 | Reduced pin-count system interface for gigabit ethernet physical layer devices A Gigabit Media Independent Interface (RGMII), which is adapted to also implement a ten bit interface (RTBI) that is intended to be an alternative to both the IEEE 802.3z GMII and the TBI is disclosed. The interface has a reduced number of input and output pins, i.e... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7415242 | Method and system for proximity detection for an in-building wireless repeater A repeater for a wireless network might use a first communication interface to detect the presence of a wireless device. Alternatively, another network element might use the first communication interface to detect the presence of the wireless device and then provide... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7397771 | Communication terminal and communication method A communication terminal that builds a wireless network includes a control-information transceiver that transmits and receives control information indicating number of times of forwarding required for a communication with the communication terminal, with respect to ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386036 | Wireless multi-hop system with macroscopic multiplexing A method, device, and system in which radio links between relays and users are optimized separately from the links between relays and base stations and in which multiple simultaneous data streams between relays and base stations are created. The system includes tran... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7353407 | Methods and apparatus for provisioning phantom power to remote devices An apparatus provisions power from a power budget to remote devices configured to obtain phantom power. The apparatus includes, among other things, a controller which is configured to identify a power demand for a remote device (e.g., a power demand based on an actu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343423 | Enhanced switchover for MPLS fast reroute A Fast Reroute implementation where switchover time to backup tunnels upon failure of a protected network element is independent of a number of entries corresponding to forwarding equivalence classes forwarding over LSPs using that element. During normal operation o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339902 | Repeater for performing auto-negotiation between two node devices in a network The present invention provides a repeater and associated method for performing auto-negotiation between two node devices in the Ethernet network. The repeater includes a receiver receiving related information of auto-negotiation of a first node device, a control uni... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7310497 | Radio communication repeater The invention proposes a repeater designed for indoor transmissions. The useful frequency band is split into two frequency bands and the repeater amplifies the signals from one of the bands and translates them to the other band. The transposition of frequency bands ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301440 | Power line communication system and method The present invention provides a device for providing communications through power lines comprised of multiple conductors by transmitting the data signals through a plurality of the conductors. One embodiment of the present invention may be comprised of a transmit c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302239 | Wireless receiving device A wireless receiving device of the present invention is so arranged that (i) a high-frequency circuit section is provided on a front surface of a printed board and (ii) a digital video signal processing section and a wireless LAN digital signal processing section ar... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299005 | Radio frequency repeater with automated block/channel selection A wireless repeater for receiving, amplifying and transmitting one or more wireless signals. The repeater comprises a signal processing device for determining one or more attributes of a wireless signal received from a mobile device and a memory for storing a refere... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7269041 | Multi-port memory device A multi-port memory device that prevents degradation of efficiency of a global data drive by turning off the switches, which do not discharge a global data bus. The multi-port memory device includes a global data bus, a banks, each bank including a transmitter and a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257125 | Quality of service half-duplex media access controller A computer program product, apparatus, and method for communicating on a half-duplex channel includes transmitting a first frame; terminating transmission of the first frame when a collision is detected during the transmission; and transmitting a second frame before... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254738 | Method for processing error of received packet in ethernet MAC layer A method for processing a received packet in a MAC (Medium Access Control) layer of an Ethernet which receives a packet from a physical layer and transmits the received packet to a switch. The method includes the steps of detecting an error while receiving the packe... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248977 | Phasor transducer apparatus and system for protection, control, and management of electricity distribution systems A system for measuring the delivery of electrical energy from an energy supplier to a consumer through an electric circuit is disclosed. The system includes devices coupled with the network. Each device comprises a sensor, an analog to digital converter, a processor... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228110 | Low cost high frequency device having compact mounting area, high frequency amplification method, wireless communication device and mobile telephone including low cost and high frequency circuit having compact mounting area A high frequency device includes a transmission/reception amplifier 13 that amplifies and outputs an input signal, and a transmission/reception switch 2 that gang switches internally so that during transmission an input of the transmission/reception am... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7199699 | Facilitating communication with power line communication devices The invention includes a method, system, and device for communicating a data signal with a low voltage premise network. The inventive method comprises communicating the data signal with the low voltage premise network, substantially reducing attenuation of the data ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194528 | Method and apparatus for processing inbound data within a powerline based communication system A powerline based communication system includes a powerline termination module, a plurality of powerline gateways, and a plurality of powerline nodes. The powerline termination module manages data for local area networks within the powerline based communication syst... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7187276 | Power line communication system and method of using the same The fiber optic isolator of the present invention transports data signals between high voltage power lines and a communications interface device, bypassing a step down transformer to low voltage power. The communication interface device includes a low voltage power ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176786 | Method of isolating data in a power line communications network The present invention provides isolation between a power line local area network and another network such as a power line wide area network. In one embodiment of the present invention, a filter device is installed on the power line supplying power to a structure in ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177643 | Wireless network for routing a signal without using a tower A wireless network is provided having a plurality of intermediate devices that can be dynamically added and removed from the wireless network. Each of the intermediate devices includes a transceiver operable to reproduce a signal and transmit the reproduced signal. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173942 | Chip-to-chip interface for 1000 base T gigabit physical layer device A network device includes a first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit includes a media access controller and a first serializer interface in communication with the media access controller. The second integrated circuit in... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164692 | Apparatus and method for transmitting 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN signals over a transport system A computer system and method for transmitting 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) LAN signals over transport systems. Standard 10GE LAN signals are generated in any client IEEE 802.3 10GE LAN compliant interface. A transceiver receives the client 10GE LAN signal in the LAN f... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7154866 | Message control protocol in a communications network having repeaters A wireless communications network which provides directed transmissions between components of the network is provided. The components within the wireless communications include a master apparatus, a plurality of remote devices, and a plurality of repeaters. The comp... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145885 | Method for delivering data resources A mobile terminal system transmits a request message to a delivering source system. The request message specifies resources to be delivered, and a relay system for receiving the resources. The delivering source system delivers the specified resources to the specifie... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146181 | Methods and systems for delivering presence information regarding push-to-talk subscribers Methods and system for delivering presence information regarding push-to-talk subscribers are disclosed. In one method, a short message gateway receives presence information from a first push-to-talk subscriber from a presence or push-to-talk server. The short messa... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132819 | Floating power supply and method of using the same A power supply of the present invention comprises a transducer having a transducer and a voltage regulator. The transducer is coupled to an electrically non-conductive medium, which may be a light pipe. The electrically non-conductive medium is coupled to a non-elec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123648 | Radio relay apparatus A radio relay apparatus including an outdoor relay unit formed of first and second receiving parts equipped out of doors and an indoor relay unit formed of third and fourth receiving parts, and a digital transmission line connecting the outdoor and indoor relay unit... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113134 | Transformer antenna device and method of using the same The invention contemplates an antenna device, system and method of installing the antenna device for receiving a wireless signal at a pad mounted electrical transformer. The novel device includes an antenna capable of communicating the wireless signal and a material... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111181 | Apparatus for discovering a powerability condition of a computer network The invention is directed to techniques for discovering a powerability condition of a computer network such as the existence of a remotely powerable device attached to a connecting medium of the computer network. Such detection can then control whether a remote powe... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110528 | Amplifier for unshielded twisted pair wire signals An analog electronic circuit is placed between the central office of a telecommunications provider and the customer premises equipment of a digital subscriber line system which uses unshielded twisted pair wires (“UTP”). The electronic circuit separates the down... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107017 | System and method for providing support services in push to talk communication platforms A system, apparatus, and method for introducing services into a Push to Talk (PTT) environment. Requests for services are generated and transmitted via requesting PTT clients. The request is received at a PTT server, which forwards the request to a PTT application s... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103240 | Method and apparatus for providing inductive coupling and decoupling of high-frequency, high-bandwidth data signals directly on and off of a high voltage power line The present invention is drawn to an electrically “closed” method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data signals over a high voltage power line. Inductive coupling is employed for coupling and decoupling the data signal directly on to and off of a sin... | 09/05/2006 |
