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| 8442068 | Apparatus for reduced mode transmission of DPCCH signaling and method thereof A telecommunication apparatus (100) enabled for high-speed packet access is disclosed. The apparatus (100) is arranged to operate according to a reduced and a further reduced mode of transmission of dedicated physical control channel transmission, and ... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8437367 | Method for changing service quality of a content adaptively The present invention relates to a method for changing service quality of a content adaptively. In the present method, when allowance of access to a network is requested, whether transfer speed demanded by the request of access allowance can be provided is checked. ... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8432934 | Multi-rate multi-receiver multi-response aggregation A method for sending a multi-rate multi-receiver message containing a multi-receiver multi-response aggregate. The multi-rate multi-receiver aggregate is transmitted until a multi-receiver multi-response aggregate embedded within the multi-rate multi-receiver aggreg... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8422511 | Systems and methods for multi-pair ATM over DSL At a transmitter, an ATM cell stream is received from the ATM layer and is distributed on a cell-by-cell bases across multiple DSL PHY's. At the receiver, the cells from each DSL PHY are re-combined in the appropriate order to recreate the original ATM cell stream, ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422512 | Method and system for an extended range ethernet line code Aspects of a method and system for an extended range Ethernet line code are provided. One or more ternary encoded bitstreams may be generated and transmitted. The generating may comprise mapping 3-bit binary IDLE patterns having a least significant bit of zero to a ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8416803 | Low latency interconnect bus protocol A device and method for transmitting data over a wireless network, based on a low latency interconnect bus protocol. The low latency interconnect bus protocol is a layered protocol containing a Wireless Medium Access Control (WMAC) layer for constructing a WMAC fram... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8401035 | One way SRS information transmission method An exemplary method of one way transmission of information is provided, the exemplary method steps preferably include partitioning a portion of each network device along a transmission path (based on a configuration of a source adaptive translation device), to form ... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8396073 | Voice relaying apparatus and voice relaying method A voice relaying apparatus includes a receiving section for receiving a cell from an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network, a plurality of cell assembling/disassembling units for assembling and disassembling the cells, and a transmitting section for transmitting ... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8391312 | Telecommunication and multimedia management method and apparatus An method for improving the ability of a recipient to review time-sensitive media upon receipt when network conditions are poor. The method includes ascertaining if media to be sent from a sending node to a receiving node is time-sensitive and ascertaining if there ... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8374197 | Method and system for link adaptation using metric feedback A method for link adaptation at a base station using metric feedback is disclosed. The method can include the steps of communicating with a mobile station over a communication link having one or more sub-channels and during the communication, receiving from the mobi... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8374196 | Methods and apparatus for a switchable balun for combined Bluetooth® and WLAN operation Methods and apparatus for a switchable balun for combined BLUETOOTH® and WLAN operation. A switchable balun is provided that includes an input circuit for receiving an amplified signal, the input circuit comprising first and second coils connected at a center tap, ... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8345708 | Method and system for increasing the switching capacity in telecommunications networks by transmission or activation of software A method and system for running and/or organizing at least one telecommunications network is provided. A software for organizing and/or carrying out the switching of telecommunications connections and/or services is run down by a central server of the telecommunicat... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8335233 | Base station apparatus and communication control method using an uplink shared channel A base station apparatus capable of communicating with a user equipment terminal using an uplink shared channel includes a calculation unit configured to calculate path loss between the user equipment terminal and the base station apparatus; an MCS selection unit co... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8335232 | Method and system of renegotiating end-to-end voice over internet protocol CODECs Systems and methods of Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) communication are provided. A particular system includes a VoIP endpoint. The VoIP endpoint is adapted to monitor a packet loss measure between the VoIP endpoint and a second VoIP endpoint during a VoIP comm... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8325757 | De-encapsulation of data streams into multiple links Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to de-encapsulation of data streams into multiple links. An embodiment of a method includes receiving a data stream including multiple data frames, the data stream being in a first mode having a multiple channels o... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8325756 | Method and system for a power reduction scheme for Ethernet PHYs Aspects of a method and system for a power reduction scheme for Ethernet PHYs are provided. An Ethernet PHY in a link partner may disable transmission via a transmit DAC integrated during an inactive connection, 10Base-T autonegotiation operation, and/or active 10Ba... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8320403 | Multiplexed sensor array A sensor array, comprising: a plurality of sensors electrically connected in series or in parallel, each of the plurality of sensors operable to generate an individual electrical signal; a multiplexing scheme generator operable to generate a multiplexing scheme; a m... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8320402 | Base station for allocating sub-channels to mobile station A base station for allocating one or more sub-channels to a mobile station to perform uplink wireless communication with the mobile station through the one or more sub-channels, including an estimation unit to estimate a propagation environment for radio waves from ... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8315273 | Bandwidth segmentation and multi-segment operation and control Bandwidth segmentation according to a one carrier approach conveyed in a main information block (MIB) supports a plurality of contiguous frequency segments with one frequency segment seen by legacy terminals and the whole bandwidth seen by advanced terminals. Contro... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8315272 | Systems and methods for digital interface translation Systems and methods of digital interface translation are described. One embodiment of the invention includes multiple receiver lanes, where at least one of the receiver lanes is configured to receive a data channel at a first data rate and encoded in accordance with... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8306055 | Method and system to support wireless multicast transmission A method and system may include a source station to provide wireless multicast transmission to a plurality of destination stations according to a protocol adaptation layer multicast management protocol. The protocol adaptation layer may lie above the MAC layer. The ... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8306054 | Apparatus and method for providing PDG information Provided is an apparatus and method for providing and updating PDG information. In a method for updating PDG information in a terminal, an instruction indicating an update of PDG information is received from a network apparatus. PDG information is received from the ... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8300658 | Apparatuses and methods for multi-antenna channel quality data acquisition in a broadcast/multicast service network using a multicast symbol Various methods and apparatuses provide unicast channel data acquisition, such as antenna information, from MBMS subframes. A method of operating a wireless communications network infrastructure entity is disclosed comprising defining a subframe (400) compris... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8295302 | Methods and apparatus for ensuring compatibility on a high performance serial bus A data communications system is disclosed having at least one Legacy cloud coupled to at least one Beta cloud. The system further having at least one BOSS node and at least one border node. A method for ensuring compatibility is disclosed comprising determining when... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8289993 | Logical node identification in an information transmission network A system for generating and sending a Logical Node identification signal as part of a data stream is disclosed. The system also includes subscriber stations capable of receiving and extracting Logical Node identification information from a data stream. The subscribe... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8289994 | System and method for wireless signal communication in an oil field environment A method is disclosed for transmitting data in a wireless oil field environment, the method comprising sensing a signal change rate for an input signal from an oil field apparatus; selecting a real time transmission mode when the signal change rate is less than a pr... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8284795 | Differential delay compensation and measurement in bonded systems A method for determining differential delay of at least two bonded links is described. The method comprises a step of providing, on the part of a transmitting entity, at least some of the data packets transmitted from the transmitting entity to a receiving entity wi... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8284796 | Method and apparatus for adaptive bandwidth control with defined priorities for different networks A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to receive data from a source at a plurality of gateways for distribution using a selected priority. The data is transmitted from the plurality of gateways to a plurality of receivers using t... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8279890 | Method and apparatus for supporting uplink protocol changes A method and apparatus for supporting uplink (UL) protocol changes includes reconfiguring a medium access control (MAC) protocol from a first MAC protocol to a second MAC protocol. A hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) process associated with the first MAC protoc... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8279889 | Systems and methods for dimming a first packet associated with a first bit rate to a second packet associated with a second bit rate A method for dimming a first packet associated with a first bit rate to a second packet associated with a second bit rate is described. A first packet is received. The first packet is analyzed to determine a first bit rate associated with the first packet. Bits asso... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8274993 | Fibre channel dynamic zoning Zone information is automatically and dynamically configured and managed in a fiber channel storage area network upon detection of network events. Some examples of events that trigger automatic dynamic zone updates include virtual port creation, intrusion/anomaly de... | 09/25/2012 |
| 8270432 | Method and system for rate selection algorithm to maximize throughput in close loop multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless local area network (WLAN) system Aspects of a method and system for rate selection algorithm to maximize throughput in closed loop multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless local area network (WLAN) system are provided and may comprise computing a maximum number of binary bits to be simultaneo... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8249099 | External memory data management with data regrouping and channel look ahead A device manages data for a digital signal processor. The device includes an external random access memory (RAM), configured to store channel specific data for plural different channels; and a microprocessor, in communication with the external RAM. When receiving th... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8249098 | Communication device and communication method thereof with allocation processing A first control data generation unit configured to generate first control data, a control data allocation processing unit configured to perform allocation processing for the first control data in order to reserve an area for the first control data in a frame memory,... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8243754 | Devices and methods for matching link speeds between controllers and controlled devices A controller system for detecting and matching link speeds. The present invention provides for a controller system. The controller system is a first controller and a first port. The first port is located in the first controller and has a first link speed. The first ... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8243752 | Long-reach ethernet for 1000BASE-T and 10GBASE-T A physical-layer device (PHY) having corresponding methods comprises: a data rate module to select a data rate divisor N, where N is at least one of a positive integer, or a real number greater than, or equal to, 1; and a PHY core comprising a PHY transmit module to... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8243753 | Data definition apparatus, systems, and methods An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to send a selected data type without self-definition information to a receiver if a state capable of interpreting the selected data type has been maintained by the receiver, and to send the sele... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8238364 | System and method for enabling radio operations on a wireless computing device Embodiments of the invention provide for a wireless computing device that comprises a set of one or more radio components to transmit and receive wireless communications on the device. Additionally, the wireless computing device includes processing and memory resour... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8238363 | Method and apparatus for a dual-stack MN to roaming in an IPv4 network The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for a dual-stack Mobile Node (MN) to roam in an IPv4 network. The apparatus mainly includes a Foreign Home Agent (FHA). The method mainly includes: acquiring, by the MN, a temporary IPv4 address THOA that the FHA assign... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8228941 | Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer program Random access operation is performed under a communication environment in which a plurality of communication modes having different transmission rate coexist with small overhead. A high-grade communication station spoofs information of a packet length and a rate in ... | 07/24/2012 |
