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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8010116 | Distributed antenna communications system A distributed antenna system comprises a base transceiver station, a plurality of distributed antenna units and a signal routing apparatus. The base transceiver station has a plurality of output ports that generate a plurality of downlink signals having overlapping ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7974575 | Methods of reducing interference including applying weights to provide correction signals and related systems Methods of reducing interference in a satellite communications system may include receiving a plurality of feeder link signals and time aligning the plurality of feeder link signals to provide time aligned feeder link signals. At least two of the time aligned feeder... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7941093 | Spurious-free flexible frequency converter and a satellite communication repeater architecture A method for frequency conversion within a satellite-based repeater system. An uplink radio frequency signal having a frequency fRF is received. A first and at least a second local oscillator signal having frequencies fL01 and fLO2, ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937114 | Mobile phone display processing control of single buffering or double buffering based on change in image data According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a mobile phone including: a calculating unit configured to calculate an update range of the update data; an input-side switch unit configured to switch a first frame buffer of the plurality of frame buffers ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933617 | Content reproducing device, content reproducing system, automatic content receiving method, and automatic content transferring method Disclosed herein is a portable type content reproducing device for reproducing content data, said portable type content reproducing device including, a radio communication unit, a nonvolatile storage unit, a reproduction processing unit, a connection controlling uni... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933623 | System and method for addressing dispatch stations A system and method for dispatch communications are provided. A dispatch station can use one or more alias addresses for communicating with other dispatch stations. The dispatch station can register with a dispatch network for only one of the alias addresses or a nu... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933616 | Method of estimating the distance between two radio equipments The method comprises a phase, applied by the first equipment (A), for estimating a first time of flight between the two equipments (A, Z) corresponding to the signal transmission time to go from one equipment to the other along a propagation path, called the “stro... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929993 | Multi-SIM-based mobile device A mobile device includes first identification circuitry and second identification circuitry. The first identification circuitry is associated with a first network and the second identification circuitry is associated with a second network. The mobile device simultan... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929903 | System and method for providing event spectators with audio/video signals pertaining to remote events A system and method for providing content for access by a portable device at an event are provided. The system includes an interface to receive signals from a plurality of sources. The plurality of sources are located at an event and remote from the event. The signa... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924759 | Validation method for transmitting data in a two-way audience response teaching system A response monitoring apparatus using a remote including an electrical circuit including a user activated input, a transmitter, and a receiver, where the electrical circuit is adapted to detect operation of the user activated input and temporarily activate the recei... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925288 | Data sharing system and method for handheld terminals over mobile communication network A remote control-based data sharing system and method for handheld terminals over a communication network are provided. The data sharing system includes a master terminal that transmits a control assignment request and displays a screen image received in response to... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925237 | Noise suppression circuit for mobile phone A noise suppression circuit and method for a mobile phone is disclosed that includes a codec for decoding a received audio signal; a speaker for reproducing the audio signal; and a low-pass filter, which includes: a resistor; and a varactor and a capacitor connected... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920830 | Method for performing a radio frequency test on a mobile phone A method for performing an radio frequency test of a mobile phone (5) includes: setting standard parameters of a transmitter (52); controlling an RF tester (3) to send RF signals to a receiver (53); processing the RF signals and transmitt... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917088 | Adaptable detection threshold for RFID tags and chips RFID tags, tag circuits, and methods are provided that reduce at least in part the distortion to received wireless signals, which is caused by interference in the environment. Two or more thresholds are used to digitize the received signal implemented by two or more... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912492 | Techniques to control power by controlling aggregate traffic in a channel Particular embodiments provide techniques for controlling power in a channel. The power being consumed in a channel may not always be fully used. For example, bursty or Aloha traffic may limit the power being used to transmit data in a channel. Thus, particular embo... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899483 | Method and system for performing distributed outer loop power control in wireless communication networks A method and system for performing distributed outer loop power control in a wireless communication network are disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining a transmit power for a plurality of transmitting nodes such that signals sent from each of the tra... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894849 | Mobile personal services platform for providing feedback Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating feedback. In one aspect, a method includes receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is associated with a mobile device of ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885625 | RF A/D converter with phased feedback to low noise amplifier Methods and apparatus to perform radio frequency (RF) analog-to-digital conversion are described. According to one example, a receiver includes an amplifier to amplify received analog RF signals and a mixer-free circuit for converting the received analog RF signals ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885679 | Mobile communication terminal and method of accomplishing TPC in mobile communication terminal The mobile communication terminal includes a first unit which measures a SIR of a signal received from a base station, a second unit which determines a target SIR, and a third unit which compares the SIR measured by the first unit to the target SIR, and produces TPC... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885601 | Radio node apparatus, multi-hop radio system, and multi-hop radio system constructing method The present invention provides a radio node apparatus, a multi-hop radio system and a multi-hop radio system constructing method, capable of constructing a tree type multi-hop radio system in which mutual radio nodes determine a radio node which becomes a root node ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7860451 | Apparatus for controlling power of relay in amplify-forward relay system and method using the same A method and apparatus for controlling a power of a relay are provided. The apparatus includes: a signal receiver which receives signals which are transmitted to a plurality of receiving antennas directly from a source or via at least one relay; a channel informatio... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7680457 | Method and system for collaborated beamforming for reducing interference A method is provided for reducing interferences in a wireless communication system. First, in one or more cells, a plurality of frequency-time frames are generated each having at least one predetermined frequency-time open window unused for desired wireless communic... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7672641 | Electronic device An electronic device (100) having at least a first portion (102) and a second portion (104) is disclosed. The first portion is joined to the second portion by a mechanical connection. The electronic device (100) includes a first communica... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7653360 | High-frequency composite component A high-frequency composite component for selectively switching a GSM-system signal path and a DCS-system signal path for a signal transmitted to or received from an antenna terminal by a diplexer. Transmission-side input terminals and reception-side balanced output ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7634229 | Intra-system and/or inter-system reuse of feeder link frequencies including interference suppression systems and methods Methods of reducing interference in a satellite communications system may include receiving a plurality of feeder link signals and time aligning the plurality of feeder link signals to provide time aligned feeder link signals. At least two of the time aligned feeder... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7613425 | Bluetooth communications Bluetooth range extending apparatus is disclosed for extending the range of Bluetooth communication between a master and an associated slave device. The apparatus (2) comprises a first communication module (3) for receiving incoming Bluetooth signals c... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7593746 | Multi-media broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) in a wireless communication system Techniques to implement MBMS services in a wireless communication system. In one aspect, a method is provided for processing data for transmission to a plurality of terminals. Frames of information bits (which may have variable rates) are provided to a buffer implem... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7493103 | Method and apparatus to transfer data and detect weak signals A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for a communications device transferring data. A signal strength is received for a communications link used to transfer data to a destination. In response to the signal strength less than a threshold, the data is cached... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493079 | Mobile terminal, method for recording/reproducing broadcast in mobile terminal, and broadcast recording/reproduction program To provide a mobile terminal having a broadcast receiving function, wherein even when reception of an incoming call or start of a call interrupts playback of a broadcast being received, all remaining contents of the broadcast including an interrupted part can be pla... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489943 | Scheduling calls in downlink transmissions The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for scheduling a call for a wireless device in a transmission, e.g., a High Speed Downlink Packet Access transmission from a communication node associated with a network. The method comprises determining a cur... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489957 | Mobile terminal In a mobile terminal capable of preventing its breakage or damage by absorbing a shock of a contact between a folder and a main body in unfolding or folding of the folder by installing a buffer member to contact portions of the folder and the main body, a mobile ter... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486968 | Method and system for transmission of carrier signals between first and second antenna networks Method and system for transmission of carrier signals, each of which occupy a different radio-frequency band, between first and second antenna networks (14, 15), each comprising a plurality of distributed antenna's (6), with the first antenna network (... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7483675 | Method and system for weight determination in a spatial multiplexing MIMO system for WCDMA/HSDPA Certain aspects of the method may comprise generating models for a received plurality of spatially multiplexed communication signals for multiple channels from a plurality of transmit antennas. A calculated signal to noise ratio (SNR) of each multiple channel may be... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7483710 | Transmission power control method, communication device, and radio communication system In a radio communication system where, concerning the maximum allowable delay and the reception error rate as required values for QoS, a first mobile station group of which the maximum allowable delay is less than a reference value and the reception error rate is a ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7483708 | Apparatus and method for identifying last speaker in a push-to-talk system An apparatus and method for displaying identity information of a last speaker in a push-to-talk (PTT) system. A wireless communication device receives PTT communications and identification information of PTT speakers from a remote server. The wireless communication ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7483709 | Mobile communication system with improved trackability of transmission power control There is provided a transmission power control method in which trackability of up-transmission power control is improved using up-transmission power instruction information from radio base stations having down-links of a predetermined quality or more, and a mobile c... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7483672 | Satellite system for vessel identification A system for communicating data among a plurality of ships is disclosed. The system comprises means for sending an inbound message from one of said plurality ships (501), via at least one geostationary satellite (503) and base station (505) to a... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7483713 | Base station and transmission power control method A base station is disclosed. The base station includes: a service area status determination unit configured to determine status of a service area of the base station based on received signals from mobile stations; a total transmission power determination unit config... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480518 | Mobile communication terminal and method of controlling signal-transmission power A mobile communication terminal includes a de-spreader which de-spreads signals received from a base station, a RAKE-synthesizer which RAKE-synthesizes the de-spread signals, a SIR detector which measures a SIR of the received signals, a SIR comparator which compare... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7480524 | Portable communication terminal in slant positions for displaying information Disclosed herein is a portable communication terminal for displaying information that is suitable for use as a personal digital album, and that includes a cover having a planar surface; a display device adapted to open/close via a sliding linear movement along a dir... | 01/20/2009 |
