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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8094590 | Cross link multiplexer bus A cross link multiplexer bus comprising a plurality of cross link multiplexers and a plurality of interconnects. The plurality of cross link multiplexers has a destination port configured to receive a signal and an origin port configured to produce the signal. The p... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8059568 | Alternative timing source for low-cost-internet-base-station-(LCIB) systems Methods and systems are provided for implementing an alternative timing source for low-cost-Internet-base-station-(LCIB) systems. In accordance with an embodiment, an LCIB has an internal clock. The LCIB is arranged to receive a GPS signal, and to treat timing infor... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7450529 | Cross link multiplexer bus A cross link multiplexer bus comprising a plurality of cross link multiplexers and a plurality of interconnects. The plurality of cross link multiplexers has a destination port configured to receive a signal and an origin port configured to produce the signal. The p... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450530 | Cross link multiplexer bus configured to reduce cross-talk A cross link multiplexer bus comprising a plurality of cross link multiplexers and a plurality of interconnects. The plurality of cross link multiplexers has a destination port configured to receive a signal and an origin port configured to produce said signal. The ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7440462 | Quality of service (QOS) control mechanisms using mediation devices in an asynchronous network Mediation devices in an asynchronous network of low power consumption communication devices are leveraged through the use of new protocols (2500) that analyze relevant QoS parameters (2520) in order to provide a better than best effort service in the n... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7418070 | Signal generator In a signal generator, a peak value/peak position detection section detects value and position of an amplitude peak observed in modulation data coming from an orthogonal modulation section, and a peak carrier extraction section extracts L subcarriers capable of mini... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7352836 | System and method of cross-clock domain rate matching Described are a system and method for providing an interface to synchronize data transfers across clock domains. A first pulse converter receives a request signal in a first clock domain and converts the request signal into a synchronization signal in a second clock... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7302631 | Low overhead coding techniques A low overhead coding technique is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the low overhead coding technique may be realized as a method for coding information comprising receiving a block of information, and encoding the block of information such that a ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7275174 | Self-aligning data path converter for multiple clock systems A system and method for aligning an input signal (24) synchronized to a first clock signal (22) with a second clock signal (26) The invention includes a mechanism (106) for generating a third clock signal (354) and an arrangement (... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7187737 | Data transmitting unit, data communicating apparatus and data communicating method In a transmitting apparatus 101, there are provided PLL circuit 601 for generating high-speed clock signals up to 2m times (m being a positive integer) from a basic clock signal, and a clock generating circuit 600 for generating a com... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7120814 | System and method for aligning signals in multiple clock systems A system and method for aligning an input signal (24) synchronized to a first clock signal (22) with a second clock signal (26). The invention includes a mechanism (106) for generating a third clock signal (354) and an arrangement ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7003060 | High precision data and clock output circuit An output circuit of the present invention includes a data output circuit and a clock output circuit. The output circuit includes a first D-type flip-flop and a selector for selectively outputting an output from the first D-type flip-flop or second data according to... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6880097 | Method and device for checking the synchronization between two nodes Ni-1, Ni in a network The invention concerns a method of checking the synchronization between at least two nodes Ni−1, Ni, with i=1, . . . , n in a network, each of said nodes having respectively an internal clock having a respective clock frequency Fi−1, Fi, wherein said method incl... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6801791 | Cellular communications system and related methods A cellular communications system includes a base station and at least one mobile station communicating therewith. The base station may include a plurality of antennas and a modulator for providing a transmit signal for each antenna. The modulator may estimate a weig... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6745042 | Synchronization of wireless communication between devices A method of synchronizing wireless communication between computer (16) having a transmitter (24) and a peripheral device (50) having an amplitude modulated (AM) receiver (54) and at least one frequency modulated (FM) receiver (56) ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6298072 | Real-time transaction synchronization among peer authentication systems in a telecommunications network environment System and method for synchronizing transaction data in real-time within a network environment. The system and method include and involve a plurality of authentication subsystems. Each authentication subsystem has a data storage subsystem and a processor.... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6272153 | DVD audio decoder having a central sync-controller architecture An audio decoder architecture makes use of various component sharing techniques to conserve hardware and reduce implementation cost. In one embodiment, the audio decoder comprises a bitstreamer, a synchronization controller, a first and second decode cont... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6226284 | SPS synchronization method This invention refers to a synchronization method of a remote unit from a SPS timing signal (SPS) produced in a local unit. The SPS timing signal (SPS) is in the form of successive pulses (1) which are produced from signals received from satellites. The S... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6097775 | Method and apparatus for synchronously transferring signals between clock domains A method and apparatus of a synchronizer circuit for transferring signals between two clock domains in which a first synchronizer unit and a second synchronizer unit form a hand-shaking protocol. In particular, an input event from a source clock domain is... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5991307 | Method and apparatus for packet transmission In transmitting a packet string having variable packet intervals by converting the packet string into that having even packet intervals with each of the packets being attached with a time stamp as information for reproducing original packet string, when t... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5787132 | Data communication system having improved synchronization capability A data receiving unit includes a data receiving circuit for receiving, through a transmission path, transmission data which has been encoded into a predetermined transmission code by using a predetermined transmission clock signal and includes a reference... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5274628 | Multisignal synchronizer with shared last stage A N-stage synchronizer for generating a synchronous signal that is derived from multiple sources. The synchronizer has an edge detector and N-1 stages for each asynchronous source signal. The outputs of the N-1 the synchronizer stages are processed accord... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5140619 | Synchronization device for a sequence of variable length rasters Synchronization for a device receiving an input sequence of variable length rasters even in the presence of transmission errors. Each variable length raster is preceded by an N times identically repeated prefix, this prefix is composed of a fixed binary p... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5058106 | Flywheel circuit A system that provides a signal in an assigned time slot of a multi-time slot repetitive frame, the assigned time slot being determined by input data that changes only on occasion, includes a flywheel circuit for reducing the chance that intermittent erro... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4367549 | Method and apparatus for multiplexing a data signal and secondary signals A time-division multiplexing method and device are disclosed for combining a data signal and several secondary binary signals into a train of pulses, whereby data signals can be transmitted at various bit rates in synchronous or asynchronous mode. The dat... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4049910 | Digital signal transmission system A transmission system of the kind comprising, on emission, a code converter for coding said signals into variable length words according to their occurrence probabilities, the word rate being determined by an emission clock, a synchronizing word generator... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4045613 | Digital storage systems The apparatus is provided for inserting synchronizing data between blocks of serial data. A synchronizing data generating means produces a predetermined data sequence. Selector means are connected to said data generator and an input receives the serial da... | 08/30/1977 |