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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107412 | Gatelink startup controlled by ACARS CMU Methods and apparatus' for operating a communication system between an aircraft and a communication center are provided. One method includes using an aircraft communication addressing and reporting system (ACARS) of an aircraft to control a gatelink communication sy... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7843868 | Service quality management device and service quality management method A service quality management device, preventing deterioration of a quality of a communication service provided on a network while effectively utilizing network resources by managing the quality of the communication, comprises an information acquiring unit acquiring ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7715338 | Communication system In a communication system including an external maintenance terminal and a communication device in which boards including a maintenance-and-operation board and a switchboard are installed, the switchboard is directly connected to the external maintenance terminal, a... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706320 | Mesh based/tower based network Included are embodiments for providing communications services. At least one embodiment includes a first communications component configured to receive data from a first communications device and a second communications component configured to send at least a portio... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7444157 | Method and apparatus for beam selection in a smart antenna system A method of beam selection in a smart antenna system is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of uplink beams by a plurality of receivers, each corresponding with one of the plurality of uplink beams. Each uplink beam includes signals transmitted by a ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7356306 | Method and apparatus for code division switching of communication signals by trunk coding A method provides for trunk group satellite switching using a code division multiple access (CDMA) scheme. The method includes receiving inbound satellite beams carrying individually encoded user signals including a plurality of inbound trunk groups, processing and ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356304 | Subscription expiration notification date A system and method for providing subscription service notification at a mobile digital radio device is described. The method includes determining a digital radio subscription service expiration notice, communicating the subscription service expiration notice to a m... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349378 | Local area network resource manager Aspects of the invention provide a method and system for managing or coordinating data transmission in a Local Area Network (LAN) such that Quality of Service (QoS) concerns are met. A LAN resource manager (LRM) is provided for managing the LAN resources by providin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328006 | Method and communication system of associated phone calling A method for an associated phone calling is disclosed, that a mobile terminal needs to have association relationships with one or multiple communication terminals in a network. First, having received a call initiating by a mobile terminal which has an association re... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7289062 | Method and device for accurately pointing a satellite earth station antenna A device for measuring the received signal strength at an Earth station antenna has the capability to provide an accurate pointing indication when the frequency bands and other key characteristics of the satellite signals are not uniform over the coverage area. The ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7269657 | Method and system for providing a mobile IP network with non-path dependent intra domain quality of service A system and method for providing quality of service (QoS) service over a mobile IP network with dynamic domains, multiple or distributed QoS managers per domain and/or with network congestion feedback being used to establish an estimated total domain bandwidth whic... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266134 | Transmission circuit for a digital communication system A transmission circuit for realizing a rate adaptation layer of a digital communication system. The transmission circuit includes a processor and a format conversion circuit. The processor is capable of managing transmission rates of input and output digital signals... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7233584 | Group TDMA frame allocation method and apparatus A Group TDMA multiple destination, multiple node wireless network includes a first destination having a first group of nodes (Group 1) in communication range and a second destination having a second group of nodes (Group 2) in communication range. A th... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7215964 | Asymmetric radio access network, and associated method, for communicating data at high data rates Apparatus, and an associated method, for a radio communication system. Asymmetrically positioned downlink data transmitting stations and uplink data receiving stations are positioned defining downlink service areas and uplink service areas. A mobile terminal, when p... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215657 | Radio base station and frame configuration method using TDMA scheme and SDMA scheme In a radio base station, a plurality of time division multiplexed frames are transmitted through a plurality of space dividing beams such that it becomes possible for the radio base station to realize the radio communications with different radio terminals at the sa... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7197276 | Downstream adaptive modulation in broadband communications systems A downstream adaptive modulation system and method. The downstream adaptive modulation system comprises a wireless access termination system and one or more wireless modems. The wireless access termination system includes a plurality of queues and a parser. The pars... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7184431 | Rotator communication switch having redundant elements A rotator switch includes active and redundant tandem buffers used to switch information units through the switch. The tandem buffers are interconnected to inputs and outputs by way of commutators. Information provided to one or more of the active buffers is provide... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180873 | Spread spectrum code division destination access (SS-CDDA) for satellite communication system with distributed gateways A code division multiplexing system for a link between components of a satellite communications system is disclosed where, using spread spectrum techniques, channel blocks are each spread by a pre-assigned orthogonal chip-coded waveform. The pre-assigned orthogonal ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7177592 | Wireless communication system with split spot beam payload A wireless communication system includes multiple wireless communication platforms carrying reflectors for providing spot beams. By using multiple platforms, the payload can be split. Each platform carries only a part of the reflectors needed to provide coverage for... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164683 | Virtual path asynchronous transfer mode switching in a processing satellite communications system The present invention provides a method (100) for virtual path switching of an ATM cell on a processing communications satellite. The method includes establishing a set of VPIs (104) associated with output ports on the satellite and assigning one VPI t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161907 | System and method for dynamic rate flow control A system and method for providing dynamic rate flow control. An originating entity sets requested and target rates of communication within a communication sent to a destination entity. The requested and target rates may be expressed in terms of a “time to next com... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161941 | Wireless packet communications with extended addressing capability In packet communications, one existing address code in a predetermined address field (AM_ADDR) of a packet can be used to indicate that bits in another field (TYPE) of the packet represent additional address information. Additional address information can also be pr... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151781 | System and method for providing session admission control A system and method for providing session admission control are provided. Generally, a source of a communication request and a session director are utilized. The session director allocates bandwidth to accommodate a bandwidth allocation request from the source, ensu... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7142809 | 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 ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142164 | Low-loss reconfigurable reflector array antenna A reflector array antenna is divided into independent subarrays each comprising at least two radiating elements adapted firstly to collect signals delivered by a source and having at least one chosen first polarization and secondly to send phase-shifted signals havi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142519 | Cordless modem system having multiple base and remote stations which are interusable and secure A cordless modem system where a mobile station unit (MSU) is located in the computer and a base station unit (BSU) is connected to the telephone line. A radio frequency (RF) link is developed between the two units to allow a cordless connection. A series of commands... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139525 | Time synchronization system, satellite system applied to the time synchronization system, ground system applied in the time synchronization system, time synchronization method and a computer-readable recording medium with a program In a satellite system, a time frame to be used for establishing a time correlation between the satellite system and a ground station is inserted between the transmission frames at an arbitrary timing. The ground station computes the time at which the data was genera... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133373 | Wireless network with improved sharing of high power consumption tasks Protocols for ad-hoc wireless networks (200) that use mediation devices (202–210) to facilitate communication between low power, low duty cycle wireless devices (212–226) are provided. In order to avoid premature battery exhaustion in partic... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123936 | Cellular phone with expansion memory for audio and video storage A cellular telephone includes an internally integrated digital entertainment module. The telephone includes a transceiver unit and a headset which is connected to the transceiver unit by wired or wireless link. The entertainment module includes an interchangeable RO... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113493 | Active networking in communication satellites A communications network comprises a plurality of nodes including at least one earth station and at least one spacecraft. The spacecraft node is an active node of the network. A method for dynamically configuring a spacecraft to function as a node of a communication... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107050 | Resource manager for a satellite telecommunication system A resource manager for a satellite telecommunication system including user terminals sending data to spots via a satellite, all data streams from a given terminal to the same given destination spot constituting a virtual path comprising a set of uplinks from the ter... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099624 | Method for code division switching of communication signals by trunk coding in a satellite communication system A method provides for trunk group satellite switching using a code division multiple access (CDMA) scheme. The method includes receiving inbound satellite beams carrying individually encoded user signals including a plurality of inbound trunk groups, processing and ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088881 | Integrated optical switching device An integrated optical switching device includes a substrate formed with a plurality of optical input waveguides, a plurality of optical output waveguides, and a plurality of optical switching elements for selectively connecting the optical input waveguides to the op... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7072365 | System and method for multiplexing broadband signals A frequency agile cable modem termination system which is configured to receive cable TV or other broadband signals on a frequency allocated basis. Cable TV headend may receive cable TV modem or other signals via optical/electrical converters and other links, and ro... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065333 | Method and system for playing broadcasts with a mobile telecommunication device that includes multiple tuners The invention provides a method, system, and apparatus for finding, playing, and recording broadcasts on a mobile device (400) that includes two or more tuners and also works as a cellular telephone. The user can provide specific preferences or a pattern of u... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062001 | Adaptive multi-channel, multi-function An adaptive receiver for determining parameters of an incoming signal is provided. The adaptive receiver includes: a) a plurality of antenna channels; each of the antenna channels including a respective antenna element for receiving the incoming signal and for outpu... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7062254 | Method for operating a playback unit in a vehicle, for playing back data stored on a data medium A system for use in a motor vehicle includes a wireless receiver that receives, over a wireless communication channel, supplemental information representative of the characteristics of the contents of a playback media, and provides received supplemental information ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
