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| 8190185 | Method and system for decoding SACCH control channels in GSM-based systems with partial combining Methods and systems for signal processing are disclosed herein and may include storing bit sequences for a plurality of previously received control channels. A bit sequence for a currently received control channel may be correlated with at least one of the bit seque... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190085 | Signal power summation using satellite transponders having orthogonal polarizations A method for communication includes transmitting first and second copies of a signal toward first and second satellite transponders, respectively, so as to cause the first and second satellite transponders to transmit respective first and second downlink signals wit... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190186 | Wireless communication system, weak radio wave communication device, mobile terminal device, base station device, and program In a communication system environment, access points which transmit/receive information by wireless communication, a mobile terminal which moves in a utilization environment and transmits/receives information by wireless communication, and a wireless tag of a weak r... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190100 | Radio frequency circuit for a wireless signal transceiver and related wireless signal transceiver A radio-frequency circuit for a wireless signal transceiver is disclosed. The wireless signal transceiver is utilized for receiving a first wireless signal and transforming the first wireless signal into a second wireless signal. The radio-frequency circuit includes... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185119 | Method and system for extended network access notification via a broadband access gateway A system and method supporting extended network access notification via a broadband access gateway is disclosed. A representative embodiment of the present invention may comprise a wireless interface and may be capable of exchanging multimedia communication between ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185155 | Smart interface system for mobile communications devices A universal smart interface and peripheral management system for portable devices such as mobile phones. The smart system includes a connector interface that connects peripherals to a phone and/or personal digital assistant (PDA), through the smart system. The smart... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185043 | Wireless communication method, relay station apparatus, and wireless transmitting apparatus A wireless communication method and the like for improving the system throughput. The wireless communication method is used in a mobile communication system having a base station apparatus (BS), a relay station apparatus (RS) (100) and a mobile station appara... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175579 | Apparatus, systems and methods to communicate authorized programming between a receiving device and a mobile device A mobile device embodiment communicates program distribution account information to a program distributor. The mobile device embodiment receives from the program distributor, authorization to use programming that is conditioned on the communicated program distributi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170473 | System and method for identifying the path or devices on the path of a communication signal A system and method of applying a known modification in the form of a distortion to a signal to enable a determination if a signal received by a first node is received directly from a second node or indirectly through a repeater. The repeater receives a primary sign... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170612 | Communication apparatus A communication device communicates with another communication device via an information managing device. The communication device includes a transmitter unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The transmitter unit transmits presence information to the other commu... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170471 | Cooperative communication method for vehicular communication A cooperative communication method for vehicular communication is provided. The method in which when one vehicle transmits a signal to another vehicle, a signal of a transmission vehicle passes through a roadside device or a plurality of vehicles and thereafter sign... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165605 | Automatic detection of personal networks A method may include receiving information about a geographic position of each of a plurality of mobile terminals for a particular time. The method may further include determining a relationship between two of the mobile terminals based on the geographic position an... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165628 | Device, system and method for multi-profile wireless communication Briefly, some embodiments of the invention may provide devices, systems and methods for multi-profile wireless communication. For example, a wireless communication module may include first and second ports, and may be able to selectably operate in either a first mod... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160634 | Intelligent power control in a wireless network A method and system is disclosed for intelligent power control in a wireless communication system. In accordance with an example embodiment, a first device will operate in a dynamic-power state in which it transmits a power-increment command or power-decrement comma... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160575 | Methods for testing multibeam satellite systems using input power telemetry and output noise power Methods that test multibeam satellite communication systems, including its antennas and transponders. The methods use input power telemetry and output noise power to test satellite transponders and antennas while the satellite is in orbit. One method that tests a sa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160576 | LEO-based positioning system for indoor and stand-alone navigation A method for estimating a precise position of a user device from signals from a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite includes receiving at least one carrier signal at a user device, each carrier signal being transmitted a distinct LEO satellite. The user device processes... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160600 | Method and apparatus for resource allocation A method and apparatus for allocating resources to a node in an ad-hoc communication system is provided herein. During operation, nodes of the system will receive resource allocations from their parent node. The resource allocation comprises a portion of available r... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155691 | Mobile communication system A base station accommodation method and mobile communication system which allows the installation of many micro-miniature BTS devices are provided. The mobile communication system includes a plurality of base stations which accommodate a plurality of mobile terminal... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155584 | Innovative combinational closed-loop and open-loop satellite user terminal power control system Devices and methods are disclosed for reducing power control cushion of a user terminal configured to communicate with a satellite and a gateway station. The present invention provides a power control algorithm implemented in a user terminal that is designed to oper... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150341 | Apparatus for transmitting a signal below a standard transmit power in a network A transmitter includes a detection element to determine when a current power requirement of a communication link is less than the standard transmit power. The current power requirement may be determined by a current operation condition of the communication link, for... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150443 | Overload indicator for adjusting open loop power control parameters The exemplary embodiments of the invention include a method, apparatus, and program to determine actions to be taken upon receiving overload indicators. In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method includes: determining if more than a first predetermined n... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145231 | Base station apparatus and radio communication method Provided is a radio communication device which can prevent interference between SRS and PUCCH when the PUCCH transmission bandwidth fluctuates and suppress degradation of CQI estimation accuracy by the band where no SRS is transmitted. The device includes: an SRS co... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135352 | Telecommunication enclosure monitoring system A remote monitoring system for telecommunication enclosures includes a low profile or flush mounted sealed transceiver or antenna unit, an electronic module inside of the enclosure electrically connected to the transceiver and a communication device to send signals ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135412 | Wireless network self-adaptive load balancer A load balancer is provided for balancing distribution of wireless clients among wireless access points. The load balancer includes a tracking implementation for tracking at least one telemetry parameter of each wireless client's wireless link with each respective w... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131211 | XM radio satellite reception without degrading coverage in XM terrestrial markets A system is provided for enhancing coverage for a mobile satellite service, the system comprising a signal threshold comparator module for monitoring a predetermined threshold for a satellite service signal received on a first frequency band, a signal gain block ope... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131212 | Method and apparatus for compensation for weather-based attenuation in a satellite link A controlled satellite link, comprising a reference unit for measuring signal attenuation over said link, and a control unit, associated with said reference unit, configured for controlling at least one link transmission parameter to dynamically adapt to changes in ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131321 | Vibration motor as a transducer of audio A portable electronic device, such as a pager or a mobile station, has a housing and a vibration motor coupled to the housing for imparting vibration to it. Within the device, an electronic audio signal is preferably split into high and low frequency components by p... | 03/06/2012 |
| RE43207 | Decision support method for planning broadcast transmissions A method and system for booking and scheduling requests for broadcast of programs by a station in which a request has at least a program time duration and required minimum broadcast bandwidth and the station has a fixed bandwidth broadcast capability. A schedule is ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116800 | Reverse link traffic power control for LBC FDD Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate controlling reverse link power on a traffic channel. Assignments for reverse link communication can be yielded. Interference from mobile devices in neighboring sectors can be monitored and other sector interfer... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112030 | Ionizing communication disruptor unit An apparatus includes a voltage generator and a superstructure. The voltage generator includes a conductive base, an insulating spacer and a conductive top. The superstructure includes a platform and an antenna system. The voltage generator provides a voltage differ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103303 | System and method for adjusting transmission power of a communication device A method and system for adjusting transmission power of a communication device is provided. The method obtains a transmission power value and a receiving power value of the communication device from a storage system of the communication device, and obtains a power c... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095163 | System and method for push-to-talk communication in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed communication system A system to permit push-to-talk communications in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communication network. Individual wireless communication devices that are part of a Group Call are assigned the same set or sets of OFDM tones for a downlink timesl... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095142 | Configuration of overhead channels in a mixed bandwidth system A method and apparatus for transmitting broadcast information in a multi-carrier communication system. The Sync Channel of the multi-carrier system is transmitted a 1.25 MHz channel bandwidth (i.e., over a single carrier), and to specify the preferred channels for t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090310 | Radio base station, relay station, and relay method A disclosed relay station is provided between a radio base station and a radio terminal for relaying a radio signal. The relay station includes a receiving unit configured to receive data transmitted from the radio base station or the radio terminal; a storage unit ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078099 | System and method for identifying the path or devices on the path of a communication signal using (1+r(t)) amplitude modulation A system and method of applying a known modification to a signal to enable a determination of a signal received by a first node is received directly from a second node or indirectly through a repeater. The repeater receives a primary signal and creates a secondary s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073488 | Information processing device, information processing method, and program An information processing device that includes processing devices and a relay device. Each processing device has at least one processing function associated with a unique function information item, a function determination portion, and a device information item noti... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073380 | Media content delivery and recording over broadcast network The present invention is a system for facilitating the selection and downloading of a digital multimedia program based on broadcast information. A single keystroke may trigger a series of events that result in an authorized copy of the desired digital media being sa... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068828 | Systems and methods for terrestrial reuse of cellular satellite frequency spectrum in a time-division duplex mode A space-based component, such as a satellite, is configured to receive wireless communications from radiotelephones in a satellite footprint over an uplink satellite radiotelephone frequency, and to transmit wireless communications to the radiotelephones over a down... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064853 | Method and system for reduction of peak-to-average power ratio of transmission signals comprising overlapping waveforms The present invention provides a method and system for reducing the peak to average power ratio (PAP) of a signal with low computational complexity. According to one embodiment, the present invention is applied to reduce the PAP of an OFDM signal. According to an al... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060151 | Apparatus for position-dependent control An apparatus for position-dependent control has a control unit, where the control unit takes the position of the apparatus as a basis for: a) controlling damping and/or echo cancellation for the apparatus, and/or b) switching a summit of the apparatus on or off or t... | 11/15/2011 |
