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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7801071 | System and method for providing multi-beam scheduling Embodiments of the present invention relate to communication systems. Such communication systems may include a beamformer that is adapted to provide a plurality of beams, each of the plurality of beams providing communication for a corresponding coverage envelope, t... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7756071 | Multiple access spread spectrum switching methodology A low-cost, low-power, low-complexity, small, high-reliability, robust, seamless satellite communication network is described. The network performs encoding of a user signal at the customer premises to enable routing of the user signal to an appropriate destination ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7710910 | Wireless base station and wireless communication method A wireless base station that performs data communication using a plurality of sub carriers, and repeatedly generates frame patterns comprising one combination or more of at least two types of frames in which the number of common pilots in each is different, and tran... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7701894 | Switching system, a transmission device, a transmission method, and a switching method for satellites A data switching system for a satellite in a satellite data transmission system which relays from a terrestrial sending area to a terrestrial receiving area via the satellite data including payload data and associated control data which constitutes respective switch... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7499422 | Uplink/downlink synchronizing apparatus of mobile communication terminal An apparatus and method for synchronizing the transmission of uplink signals and reception of downlink signals by a terminal in a mobile communication system is disclosed, the apparatus and method allowing a terminal to adaptively compensate for deflection generated... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7417965 | Multiple access spread spectrum switching methodology A low-cost, low-power, low-complexity, small, high-reliability, robust, seamless satellite communication network is described. The network performs encoding of a user signal at the customer premises to enable routing of the user signal to an appropriate destination ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7352767 | Multicarrier wireless data communication method and apparatus, and transmission frame format therefor Provided are a wireless data communication apparatus and a method using a multicarrier, and a transmission frame format therefore, wherein through the wireless data communication method, a plurality of stations can transmit and receive burst data to and from a net a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7333557 | Adaptive controller for linearization of transmitter with impairments An adaptive controller for linearization of transmitters using predistortion of the input signal has reduced sensitivity to impairments such as gain variation, phase noise or modulation/demodulation frequency instability by linearizing an adaptively normalized gain ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7321332 | Device for measuring angle positions In a device for measuring angular positions by using radar pulses and mutually overlapping beam characteristics of at least two antenna elements, a switchable phase shifter is provided in the signal path of at least one antenna element which is switchable in the tim... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7308230 | Device and method to locally fill gaps in spotbeam satellite systems with frequency re-use Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving diverse signals across regions using a minimum of frequency capacity and maintaining compatibility with the heritage system. A system of the invention comprises at least one broadcast transmitter for transmitting a ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305211 | Satellite communications system using multiple earth stations A satellite communications system uses multiple ground stations and one or more satellites for communicating between mobile subscribers and a land-based communications network, such as the PSTN or the Internet. Multiple ground stations geographically dispersed minim... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295807 | Methods and systems for configuring satellite antenna cell patterns in response to terrestrial use of satellite frequencies Space-based wireless radiotelephone communications are provided in a satellite footprint over a satellite radiotelephone frequency band. The satellite footprint is divided into satellite cells in which satellite radiotelephone frequencies of the satellite radiotelep... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7266095 | Addressing method for use in an access network or a satellite infrastructure network that can support data transfer in non-connected mode A method in accordance with the invention applies to an access network or a satellite infrastructure network supporting sub-networks grouping different terminal stations in which each packet is associated with an addressing header and in which each terminal station ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266097 | Communication method and apparatus A set of formats and protocols is proposed for a satellite communications system. In these formats, a pilot signal (PS) is inserted after every 25 or 29 data symbols. The formats consist of SCPC frames (F) which may contain either data (D) and in-band signaling info... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257611 | Distributed nonstop architecture for an event processing system Methods and architectures for implementing a fault tolerant real time event processing system are provided. The system includes at least one satellite and at least one primary data center. The system remains operational when the primary data center is unavailable to... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7215954 | Resource allocation method for multi-platform communication system A mobile wireless communications system including a plurality of individual transponding nodes of various types, all in communication with a central processing hub. A local user signal is processed by the central processing hub and radiated through multiple paths to... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7187926 | Method and system for controlling the use of satellite transmission capacity in terrestrial networks A process and system for controlling the use of satellite transmission capacity in terrestrial networks for the substitution of out-of-order data lines. The circuit/process is characterized in that an independent, local control apparatus, which monitors a backup ter... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181163 | Multi-beam satellite communications payload with flexible power allocation A communications payload configuration comprising a multi-port amplifier that incorporates remotely controllable travelling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) for allowing their output power to be adjusted depending on the traffic demand and the payload operational condit... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180904 | Interface link layer device to build a distributed network An interface link layer device of an interface which allows the interconnection of different networks to build a distributed network, The interface link layer routes complete data packets directly to another interface link layer device that serves the destination vi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170908 | System and method of selecting sources for a network element having redundant sources A source selection system for a communication switch for selecting a primary datasource from a plurality of datasources is provided. The system includes a validation module associated with the plurality of datasources adapted to monitor each datasource of the plural... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170904 | Adaptive cell scheduling algorithm for wireless asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) systems A high speed wireless network for the access market where a scheduling algorithm adjusts the ratio of two contention modes used to allocate bandwidth from the Hub. The two contention modes, request and grant mode and contention mode, are utilized so that contention ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164661 | System and method for providing a two-way satellite system A two-way satellite communication system is disclosed. A transceiver transmit signals over a return channel to a satellite and receives signals over a downlink channel from the satellite. A hub communicates with the transceiver over the return channel, wherein the h... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7142522 | Device for managing resources for a satellite telecommunication system A satellite telecommunication system includes a plurality of user stations and at least one satellite. A resource manager for the satellite telecommunication system includes a congestion controller that assigns resources to uplinks, a demand assignment device that a... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139728 | Systems and methods for online selection of service providers and management of service accounts An interchange party computer system (IPCS) having means for presenting user interfaces to consumer computer systems and capturing data input through the user interfaces, the IPCS being associated with at least one database holding data representing a plurality of c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139258 | TDMA backbone for a mobile network An apparatus and method for a time division multiple access (TDMA) network backbone comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected by links. Each node has receive antennas and transmit antennas for communicating radio frequency (RF) bursts, and a node control for co... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7106727 | Method and apparatus for providing circuit and packet-switched calls on a network A method of providing circuit-switched and packet-switched calls on a single network comprises receiving (301), at a local switch, a plurality of calls that are comprised of at least one packet-switched call and at least one circuit-switched call and determin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103280 | Architecture for an optical satellite communication network A satellite constellation has a plurality of satellites. Each of the satellites has an RF ground link for communicating with a ground station and an optical link for communication with at least one of the plurality of satellites. Each of the satellites has a reconfi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095277 | Method and arrangement for a power amplifier The present invention relates to an arrangement and a method for amplifying high frequency RF signals having amplitude and phase variations. The objective problem of the present invention is to provide an efficient power amplifier for amplifying high frequency RF si... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7079505 | Satellite communication data delivery method and slave and master stations using the method In a satellite communication data delivery method, delivery data is transmitted from a master station to a slave station over a packet exchanging system communication channel 3 via a satellite. The slave station demodulates the packet ID appended to a packet ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7054641 | Communications system load control methods and apparatus A communication system (100) includes an aircraft (120) that acts as a repeater between ground equipment (101) and communication units (128) on the ground. The ground equipment (101) includes multiple base transceiver stations (... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043217 | Combining reception method and apparatus A method and apparatus is provided for calculating possible values of a combination ratio for signals received via a plurality of antennas (A1 to An) according to different algorithms by means of a plurality of algorithm units (31 to 33), calcul... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039119 | Method and apparatus for combining transponders on multiple satellites into virtual channels A satellite communications system provides an information channel between remotely located transmitters and receivers. A virtual satellite system provides the same service, but divides the signal either in power or in data content into subchannels such that any part... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035933 | System of distributing content data over a computer network and method of arranging nodes for distribution of data over a computer network The invention is a system for distributing content data over a computer network and a method of arranging receiver nodes in a computer network such that the capacity of the server is effectively multiplied many times over, and may even be increased exponentially. Th... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035634 | In-flight e-mail system Systems and methods for sending and receiving e-mail from a terminal on a vehicle are provided. According to one embodiment, a passenger in a vehicle, such as an airplane, has access to a terminal and can send and receive e-mail messages between the terminal and a f... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031653 | Switch matrix for satellite payloads with multiple uplink beams and on-board signal processing A method and apparatus for switching signals through a switch matrix are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an input module and an output module. The input module has a plurality of inputs typically equal to a number of cells in a reuse pattern, and the inputs recei... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024158 | Broadband communication satellite A satellite system is provided that includes a receive antenna system to receive one of C-band and/or Ku-band signals and a transmit antenna system to transmit one of C-band and/or Ku-band signals. A payload section may be coupled between the receive antenna system ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024469 | Medium access control (MAC) protocol with seamless polling/contention modes A high speed wireless network for the access market where a polling mode, a contention mode, a seamless transition between the two modes and an efficient contention resolution algorithm are utilized to coordinate user transmission while utilizing a splitting tree al... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020107 | Methods for reliable user switchback on a PHS spatial division multiple access channel An embodiment of the invention provides a method for effecting switchback on a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) PHS channel. A communication signal is broadcast over each of one or more SDMA channels of a multi-access channel to one or more corresponding user... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016682 | Hybrid wireless access bridge and mobile access router system and method The present invention provides systems and methods that allow mobile devices, such as PDAs, mobile telephones, and laptops to roam seamlessly between subnets of a mobile wireless network and communicate through the network with local mobile devices and/or Internet s... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013137 | Smaller aperture antenna for multiple spot beam satellites This disclosure describes a method to generate large numbers of spot beams for multiple-beam satellite systems using smaller apertures. This is done by dividing the basic spot beam that has 3 to 4 dB of gain drop within the beam into a number of smaller 1-dB sub-bea... | 03/14/2006 |
