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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7933354 | Encoding and decoding architecture and method for pipelining encoded data or pipelining with a look-ahead strategy An encoding and/or decoding communication system comprises a framer interface, an encoder, a multiplexer, an output driver, and a clock multiplier unit (CMU). The encoder includes an input latch circuitry stage; an output latch circuitry stage; an intermediate latch... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7627053 | Apparatus and method for driving a pulse width modulation reference signal An apparatus for driving a pulse width modulation reference signal includes: (a) A converting unit receiving an input signal at an input locus and presenting an output current at an output locus. The input signal varies at a first frequency. The output current is su... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7415078 | Demodulation for phase modulation A method and pre-processor for processing a MCPM signal including a phase multiplier for multiplying a MCPM signal by a scaling factor. The pre-processor also includes a frequency shifter for shifting the scaled MCPM signal to create a frequency offset. The pre-proc... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7369623 | Apparatuses to simultaneously distribute clock signals and data on integrated circuits, interposers, and circuit boards A technique is described for simultaneously and synchronously transmitting digital data and a clock signal in a digital integrated circuit, circuit board, or system. The technique is based on the phase shift keying (PSK) modulation of an RF high frequency carrier wh... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366465 | Homodyne RFID receiver and method An RFID circuit comprises an RF carrier signal source, and a hybrid coupled thereto operable to generate first, second and third phase-shifted RF carrier signals. The circuit further comprises first, second, and third mixers coupled to the hybrid each operable to mu... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362827 | System and method for the demodulation of IFF signals A method for the decoding of a signal in an interrogation/response type of communications system, the received signal being formed by a video signal and a signal containing the data, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps: 1) transposing the recei... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349443 | Method and device for synchronizing data transfer devices A method and a device for synchronizing data-transmission devices, in which devices a data signal is transmitted in the form of a stream of data bursts between a first station and a second station. A reference signal is transmitted in connection with the specific da... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349380 | System and method for providing an addressing and proxy scheme for facilitating mobility of wireless nodes between wired access points on a core network of a communications network A communications network which is capable of effectively and efficiently handling mobility of wireless user terminals between access point nodes of a packet-switched network with minimal overhead and packet loss, and a method for using the same. The communications n... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342872 | Differential OFDM using multiple receiver antennas Systems and methods for optimally receiving differential encoded OFDM signals via multiple antennas. These techniques may exploit spatial diversity without knowledge of channel characteristics. Further systems and methods are provided for exploiting frequency divers... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339918 | Method for improving the quality of data transmission A method for improving the quality of data transmission in cellular radio systems utilizes time division multiple access, in which the strength of a signal received at a base station is measured and a decoder for soft decision-making is employed. The method includes... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7295118 | Low cost RFID system A low cost close range RFID Reader/Writer which is operatively connected to a control device which contains a transmitter and is configured to function as a homodyne receiver. The device can be constructed from low cost parts and can function in close ranges to othe... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286798 | Electronic shelf label An electronic shelf label with a modulated backscatter communication system which can actively transmit signals. The electronic shelf label includes a modulated backscatter receiver for receiving a first modulated radio frequency (RF) carrier signal, and a transmitt... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284268 | System and method for a routing device to securely share network data with a host utilizing a hardware firewall A system and method for providing the ability to selectively share data in a network routing device with an associated host. The system and method employs a hardware firewall in the routing device which restricts the host such that it can only access areas in shared... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280545 | Complex adaptive routing system and method for a nodal communication network A complex adaptive routing system and method for routing data packets in a nodal network, in particular, an ad-hoc nodal network. Each data packet contains data representing its routing strategy for routing to a destination node. When a node receives the data packet... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280555 | System and method employing algorithms and protocols for optimizing carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols in wireless networks A system and method for achieving enhanced CSMA/CA which improves channel availability and quality of service (QoS) in a wireless communications network. The system and method establish channels to enable communication between nodes in a communication network, based... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266104 | Time division protocol for an AD-HOC, peer-to-peer radio network having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels with separate reservation channel An ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system includes a series of radio terminals forming a service group, each radio terminal having a transceiver for communicating with terminals in the same service group, computer means, and memory for storing program software. Within th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253717 | Method and system for communicating with and tracking RFID transponders An RFID system and method for communicating between a host computer, one or more interrogators connected to the host computer, and a large body of transponders distributed within an area covered by the interrogators. Each transponder originally has a common identifi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248646 | Digital reconfigurable core for multi-mode base-band transmitter A reconfigurable communication transmitter core includes a digital pulse-shaping filter to perform pulse-shaping operations upon a digital modulated signal and a finite state machine to controls operation and reconfiguration of the digital pulse-shaping filter. A fi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7221664 | Transmittal of heartbeat signal at a lower level than heartbeat request A communication system, such as a wireless CDMA system, detects markers with fewer errors by having field units transmit the markers at different power levels (e.g., 9 dB for one marker and 11 dB for another marker). The difference in power levels of the markers all... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221686 | System and method for computing the signal propagation time and the clock correction for mobile stations in a wireless network A system and method for enabling a node, such as a mobile user terminal in a wireless communications network, such as an ad-hoc network, to effectively and efficiently determine a clock correction factor for its local clock relative to a local clock of at least one ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215638 | System and method to provide 911 access in voice over internet protocol systems without compromising network security A system and method to provide emergency call access in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems without compromising network security. The system and method enables VoIP emergency signal detection at a user device, and transmission of the VoIP emergency signal f... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212504 | Time division protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels with separate reservation channel A novel protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network that provides collision-free channel access with an emphasis on improving geographic reuse of the frequency spectrum. The protocol of the invention is executed on the reservation or control channel, and prov... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206294 | Movable access points and repeaters for minimizing coverage and capacity constraints in a wireless communications network and a method for using the same A system and method for improving the ability of a wireless communications network, such as a packet-switched data communications network, to provide service to mobile user terminals. The system and method employs a mobile access point, adapted for use with the pack... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200149 | System and method for identifying potential hidden node problems in multi-hop wireless ad-hoc networks for the purpose of avoiding such potentially problem nodes in route selection A system and method for identifying potential hidden node problems in a multi-hop wireless ad-hoc communication network, such as an 802.11 network. The system and method evaluates the relationship between the neighbors of each respective node to identify nodes of a ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197016 | Time division protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels with separate reservation channel A novel protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network that provides collision-free channel access with an emphasis on improving geographic reuse of the frequency spectrum. The protocol of the invention is executed on the reservation or control channel, and prov... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190736 | Technique to simultaneously distribute clock signals and data on integrated circuits, interposers, and circuit boards A technique is described for simultaneously and synchronously transmitting digital data and a clock signal in a digital integrated circuit, circuit board, or system. The technique is based on the phase shift keying (PSK) modulation of an RF high frequency carrier wh... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190672 | System and method for using destination-directed spreading codes in a multi-channel metropolitan area wireless communications network A system and method for enabling a node in a mobile wireless ad-hoc communications network to use a particular spreading code to spread a message to be transmitted to a destination node without having to provide information on the spreading code to the destination n... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181214 | System and method for determining the measure of mobility of a subscriber device in an ad-hoc wireless network with fixed wireless routers and wide area network (WAN) access points A system and method for determining the mobility of a node in a network, such as a wireless ad-hoc network that requires the node to share its information with other mobile and stationary nodes, such as fixed wireless routers and intelligent access points, so that t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180875 | System and method for performing macro-diversity selection and distribution of routes for routing data packets in Ad-Hoc networks A communications network which is capable of effectively and efficiently handling fading between mobile wireless user terminals of a packet-switched network with minimal overhead and packet loss, and a method for using the same. The communications network employs an... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167715 | System and method for determining relative positioning in AD-HOC networks A system and method for improving the ability of a portable voice and data wireless communications network to provide position information regarding mobile nodes located within a network. The system and method employs mobile access points, wireless routers, and mobi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158593 | Combining a clock signal and a data signal A method of transmitting data in a system including at least one data channel and a separate clock channel is disclosed. The method involves combining a clock signal to be transmitted on the clock channel with a data signal to generate a combined clock and data sign... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151769 | Prioritized-routing for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer, mobile radio access system based on battery-power levels and type of service An ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio access system having a series of remote terminals, where each remote terminal is capable of forming a node, or hop, of the routing of a call made by one of the series of terminals. The call is routed along a routing path of terminals ba... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149197 | Movable access points and repeaters for minimizing coverage and capacity constraints in a wireless communications network and a method for using the same A system and method for improving the ability of a wireless communications network, such as a packet-switched data communications network, to provide service to mobile user terminals. The system and method employs a mobile access point, adapted for use with the pack... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145966 | Signal quality estimation for continuous phase modulation A received continuous phase modulation (CPM) signal (which is formed with a set of pulse shaping functions) is approximated as a phase shift keying (PSK) modulated signal (which is formed with just the dominant pulse shaping function having the largest energy). Chan... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145903 | Multi-master bus architecture for system-on-chip designs A bus architecture system to provide concurrency, fabricated on an integrated circuit for a system on chip design, for connecting a plurality of bus masters to a plurality of bus slaves. The system includes a plurality of multiplexers in communication with each data... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142524 | System and method for using an ad-hoc routing algorithm based on activity detection in an ad-hoc network A system and method for detecting communication requirements in a network and placing nodes in various stages of activity where conditions allow. The system and method provides an algorithm to detect changes in node activity levels and alter operations, such as upda... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143013 | Reliable symbols as a means of improving the performance of information transmission systems All practical communication channels impose some type of corruption on received data through inter-symbol interference (ISI). ISI corruption is particularly acute in high-order constellation transmission. Although ISI effects of high-order constellation transmission... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136587 | System and method for providing simulated hardware-in-the-loop testing of wireless communications networks A system and method for efficiently and effectively simulating hardware-in-the-loop testing of a wireless communications network. The system and method employs an optical matrix-vector multiplier (MVM) for performing optical signal processing to simulate radio frequ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133391 | Time division protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels with separate reservation channel A novel protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network that provides collision-free channel access with an emphasis on improving geographic reuse of the frequency spectrum. The protocol of the invention is executed on the reservation or control channel, and prov... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130337 | Method and system for sample and recreation synchronization for digital transmission of analog modem signal A method and system for the synchronization of the transmission of digitally converted analog modem signals between two or more modems using either RF over-the-air or A/C power line communication channels. This invention provides for modem speed optimization my mini... | 10/31/2006 |
