Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for maximizing transmit power of an ultra-wideband (UWB) pulse. A spectral mask and a spectral efficiency may be identified. A set of transmit filter coefficients may be generated at a fraction of a carrier frequency. The set of transmit filter coefficients may be based at least in part on the identified spectral mask and spectral efficiency. The UWB pulse may be transmitted with a shape defined at least in part by the set of transmit filter coefficients.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for detecting earliest channel path and/or determining time of arrival of signals in location tracking systems are described. An ultra-wideband (UWB) signal may be received from a tag. A noise estimation level above which the UWB signal is detectable may be determined using a noise estimation metric. A channel impulse response (IR) energy level may be determined using a channel energy metric. A leading edge window of the UWB signal may be identified. The leading edge window may be based on, at least in part, the noise estimation level and the channel IR energy level.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for low-bit-rate coding of transitional speech frames are disclosed.

Abstract: A timing estimation system and methodology are provided. In particular, a first pilot is employed in conjunction with three acquisition stages. In the first stage, an attempt is made to observe the leading edge the correlation curve associated with the first pilot symbol. In the second stage, a determination is made to confirm a leading edge was detected in the first stage by attempting to observe a trailing edge the correlation curve. Furthermore, during this second stage, a frequency loop is updated to account for frequency offset. The third stage is for observing the trailing edge the curve if it was not already observed in stage two. Upon detection receipt the first pilot, a second pilot can subsequently be employed to acquire fine symbol timing.

Abstract: A robust initial frame detection and symbol synchronization system and methodology are provided. In particular, a first pilot is employed in conjunction with three acquisition stages. In the first stage, an attempt is made to observe the leading edge of the correlation curve associated with the first pilot symbol. In the second stage, a determination is made as to whether a leading edge was detected in the first stage by attempting to observe a flat portion and/or trailing edge of the correlation curve. Furthermore, during this second stage, a frequency loop can be updated to account for frequency offset. The third stage is for observing the trailing edge of the curve if it was not already observed in stage two. Upon detection and confirmation of receipt of the first pilot, a second pilot can subsequently be employed to acquire fine symbol timing.

Abstract: Techniques for performing frequency control using dual-loop automatic frequency control (AFC) are described. The dual-loop AFC includes an inner loop that corrects short-term frequency variations (e.g., due to Doppler effect) and an outer loop that corrects long-term frequency variations (e.g., due to component tolerances and temperature variations). In one design, a first inner loop is implemented for frequency control of a first system (e.g., a broadcast system), a second inner loop is implemented for frequency control of a second system (e.g., a cellular system), and at least one outer loop is implemented for adjusting a reference frequency used to receive signals from the first and second systems. Each inner loop estimates and corrects the frequency error in an input signal for the associated system and may be enabled when receiving the input signal from the system. The reference frequency may be used for frequency downconversion, sampling and/or other purposes.

Abstract: Techniques for performing frequency control in an OFDM system are described. In one aspect, frequency acquisition is performed based on a received pilot, and frequency tracking is performed based on received OFDM symbols. For frequency acquisition, an initial frequency error estimate may be derived based on the received pilot, and an automatic frequency control (AFC) loop may be initialized with the initial frequency error estimate. For frequency tracking, a frequency error estimate may be derived for each received OFDM symbol, and the AFC loop may be updated with the frequency error estimate. Frequency error in input samples is corrected by the AFC loop with the initial frequency error estimate as well as the frequency error estimate for each received OFDM symbol. In another aspect, a variable number of samples of a received OFDM symbol are selected, e.g., based on the received OFDM symbol timing, for use for frequency error estimation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for efficiently determining frequency estimates in a forward link only wireless receiver. In one embodiment, a method is provided to compute a one shot frequency estimate. The method includes representing an arc tangent function in a table that describes elements of the function and employing the arc tangent function to compute phase information for a wireless device.

Abstract: A system that facilitates obtaining a coarse estimation of a boundary of symbol with respect to time comprises a peak detector that detects a peak energy of an energy distribution output by a correlator, and an estimating component that adaptively estimates a boundary of the symbol based as a function of the detected peak energy. A parameter defined as a function of the magnitude to create a threshold value, the estimate obtained as a function of a comparison of the threshold with the energy distribution.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for processing Time Domain Multiplexing (TDM) symbols via delayed correlation in the time domain. In one embodiment, a method is provided for determining synchronization information in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) broadcast. The method includes employing a time domain correlation to detect the start of an OFDM super frame and utilizing the time domain correlation to synchronize a receiver to the carrier frequency of the OFDM signal.

Abstract: Frequency error estimation and frame synchronization are performed at a receiver in an OFDM system based on a metric that is indicative of detected pilot power. The metric may be defined based on cross-correlation between two received symbols obtained in two OFDM symbol periods. For frequency error estimation, a metric value is computed for each of multiple hypothesized frequency errors. The hypothesized frequency error for the metric value with the largest magnitude is provided as the estimated frequency error. For frame synchronization, a correlation value is obtained for each OFDM symbol period by correlating metric values obtained for NC (e.g., most recent) OFDM symbol periods with NC expected values. The expected values are computed in a manner consistent with the manner in which the metric values are computed. Peak detection is performed on the correlation values obtained for different OFDM symbol periods to determine frame synchronization.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tread plate product having an aluminum composite structure. The structure includes a core layer and at least one clad layer, wherein the core layer is an alloy of the AA5XXX series alloys in which the Mg content is 2% by weight or more and the clad layer(s) is made of an alloy of the AA3XXX series or AA5XXX series alloys, in which the Mg content is 1% by weight or less. The structure may be made in thin gauge while retaining or enhancing desirable mechanical properties.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for processing forward link only (FLO) signals. A device receives a FLO signal, processes a TDM pilot comprising a TDM Pilot 1, a TDM Pilot 2, a WIC, a LIC, a Transition Pilot Channel, and a Positioning Pilot, from the FLO signal, processes an overhead information symbol (OIS) comprising a wide-area OIS and a local-area OIS, from the FLO signal, processes an FDM pilot comprising a wide-area FDM pilot and a local-area FDM pilot, from the FLO signal; and processes data comprising wide-area data and local-area data, from the FLO signal.

Abstract: A method of reducing power consumption of a server cluster of host systems with virtual machines executing on the host systems is disclosed. The method includes recommending host system power-on when there is a host system whose utilization is above a target utilization, and recommending host system power-off when there is a host system whose utilization is below the target utilization. Recommending host system power-on includes calculating impact of powering on a standby host system with respect to reducing the number of highly-utilized host systems in the server cluster. The impact of powering on is calculated by simulating moving some virtual machines from highly utilized host systems to the standby host system being recommended to be powered on. Recommending host system power-off includes calculating impact of powering off a host system with respect to decreasing the number of less-utilized host systems in the server cluster.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for low-bit-rate coding of transitional speech frames are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for low-bit-rate coding of transitional speech frames are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for low-bit-rate coding of transitional speech frames are disclosed.

Abstract: In an OFDM system, a transmitter broadcasts a first TDM pilot on a first set of subbands followed by a second TDM pilot on a second set of subbands in each frame. The subbands in each set are selected from among N total subbands such that (1) an OFDM symbol for the first TDM pilot contains at least S1 identical pilot-1 sequences of length L1 and (2) an OFDM symbol for the second TDM pilot contains at least S2 identical pilot-2 sequences of length L2, where L2>L1, S1·L1=N, and S2·L2=N. The transmitter may also broadcast an FDM pilot. A receiver processes the first TDM pilot to obtain frame timing (e.g., by performing correlation between different pilot-1 sequences) and further processes the second TDM pilot to obtain symbol timing (e.g., by detecting for the start of a channel impulse response estimate derived from the second TDM pilot).

Abstract: A timing estimation system and methodology are provided. In particular, a first pilot is employed in conjunction with three acquisition stages. In the first stage, an attempt is made to observe the leading edge of the correlation curve associated with the first pilot symbol. In the second stage, a determination is made to confirm a leading edge was detected in the first stage by attempting to observe a trailing edge of the correlation curve. Furthermore, during this second stage, a frequency loop is updated to account for frequency offset. The third stage is for observing the trailing edge of the curve if it was not already observed in stage two. Upon detection of receipt of the first pilot, a second pilot can subsequently be employed to acquire fine symbol timing.

Abstract: A system with one or more base stations is described having an outer code encoder to generate an outer code based, at least in part, on a plurality of data elements using an (N,K) Reed-Solomon (RS) code over FG(2m). N represents the length of the RS code, K the length of a message, and m the length of a symbol. The system includes an inner code encoder to generate an inner code based, at least partly, on the outer code using a (m+1, m) parity-check code. The system includes a radio frequency transmitter to transmit a signal based, at least in part, on the inner code and includes a plurality of customer premises equipment (CPE) stations. The CPE stations have a radio frequency receiver to receive the signal and a decoder to decode at least a portion of the data elements based, at least partly, on the received signal.