Patents by Inventor Arthur J. Carlson

Arthur J. Carlson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8000387
    Abstract: In a communication system, Huffman coding techniques are used to obtain shaping gains for an improvement in data transmission rates. More particularly, a novel method of Huffman shaping is described that achieves a shaping gain of greater than 1 dB. The shaping gain results in a higher data rate transmission in a communication system where transmitted power is constrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Gottfried Ungerboeck, Arthur J. Carlson
  • Patent number: 7889779
    Abstract: In a data communication system, a transmitter of an ADSL modem uses a PRBS generator to generate a plurality of ADSL signals. The transmitter computes the Peak to Average (e.g., root-mean-square) (“PAR”) ratio of each of the ADSL signals generated. The ADSL signal having the lowest PAR is determined, and the corresponding state of the PRBS generator is noted. The signal having the lowest PAR, or at least the corresponding state of the PRBS generator, is then used to generate a Q-mode signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Inventor: Arthur J. Carlson
  • Publication number: 20100246661
    Abstract: In a communication system, Huffman coding techniques are used to obtain shaping gains for an improvement in data transmission rates. More particularly, a novel method of Huffman shaping is described that achieves a shaping gain of greater than 1 dB. The shaping gain results in a higher data rate transmission in a communication system where transmitted power is constrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gottfried Ungerboeck, Arthur J. Carlson
  • Patent number: 7697606
    Abstract: In a communication system, Huffman coding techniques are used to obtain shaping gains for an improvement in data transmission rates. More particularly, a novel method of Huffman shaping is described that achieves a shaping gain of greater than 1 dB. The shaping gain results in a higher data rate transmission in a communication system where transmitted power is constrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Gottfried Ungerboeck, Arthur J. Carlson
  • Patent number: 7593476
    Abstract: In a data communication system, a transmitter of a modem, for example, uses a single scrambler to operate in a data communication mode and in a non-data mode. During the data communication mode the scrambler is used to scramble data for communication by the transmitter. During the non-data mode, the scrambler is used to generate a non-data mode signal for communication by the scrambler. The modem may be an ADSL modem, for example, in which case the data communication mode is SHOWTIME while the non-data mode may be Q-mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Inventors: Arthur J. Carlson, Haixiang Liang
  • Publication number: 20090141791
    Abstract: In a communication system, Huffman coding techniques are used to obtain shaping gains for an improvement in data transmission rates. More particularly, a novel method of Huffman shaping is described that achieves a shaping gain of greater than 1 dB. The shaping gain results in a higher data rate transmission in a communication system where transmitted power is constrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gottfried Ungerboeck, Arthur J. Carlson
  • Patent number: 7539794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting one of plurality of PRBS generators for use with a modem. The modem includes a measuring device adapted to measure an operating environment of the modem; and a storage device adapted to store a list of PRBS generator definitions. The modem selects one of a plurality of PRBS generators based on the measurement of the operating environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur J. Carlson
  • Patent number: 7460595
    Abstract: In a communication system, Huffman coding techniques are used to obtain shaping gains for an improvement in data transmission rates. More particularly, a novel method of Huffman shaping is described that achieves a shaping gain of greater than 1 dB. The shaping gain results in a higher data rate transmission in a communication system where transmitted power is constrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Gottfried Ungerboeck, Arthur J. Carlson
  • Patent number: 7106794
    Abstract: In a communication system, Huffman coding techniques are used to obtain shaping gains for an improvement in data transmission rates. More particularly, a novel method of Huffman shaping is described that achieves a shaping gain of greater than 1 dB. The shaping gain results in a higher data rate transmission in a communication system where transmitted power is constrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Gottfried Ungerboeck, Arthur J. Carlson
  • Patent number: 7054379
    Abstract: In a data communication system, a transmitter of a modem, for example, uses a single scrambler to operate in a data communication mode and in a non-data mode. During the data communication mode the scrambler is used to scramble data for communication by the transmitter. During the non-data mode, the scrambler is used to generate a non-data mode signal for communication by the scrambler. The modem may be an ADSL modem, for example, in which case the data communication mode is SHOWTIME while the non-data mode may be Q-mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur J. Carlson, Haixiang Liang
  • Patent number: 7010028
    Abstract: In a data communication system, a transmitter of an ADSL modem uses a PRBS generator to generate a plurality of ADSL signals. The transmitter computes the Peak to Average (e.g., root-mean-square) (“PAR”) ratio of each of the ADSL signals generated. The ADSL signal having the lowest PAR is determined, and the corresponding state of the PRBS generator is noted. The signal having the lowest PAR, or at least the corresponding state of the PRBS generator, is then used to generate a Q-mode signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur J. Carlson
  • Patent number: 6907062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting one of plurality of PRBS generators for use with a modem. The modem includes a measuring device adapted to measure an operating environment of the modem; and a storage device adapted to store a list of PRBS generator definitions. The modem selects one of a plurality of PRBS generators based on the measurement of the operating environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur J. Carlson
  • Publication number: 20030026399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting one of plurality of PRBS generators for use with a modem. The modem includes a measuring device adapted to measure an operating environment of the modem; and a storage device adapted to store a list of PRBS generator definitions. The modem selects one of a plurality of PRBS generators based on the measurement of the operating environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Arthur J. Carlson
  • Publication number: 20030012272
    Abstract: In a data communication system, a transmitter of an ADSL modem uses a PRBS generator to generate a plurality of ADSL signals. The transmitter computes the Peak to Average (e.g., root-mean-square) (“PAR”) ratio of each of the ADSL signals generated. The ADSL signal having the lowest PAR is determined, and the corresponding state of the PRBS generator is noted. The signal having the lowest PAR, or at least the corresponding state of the PRBS generator, is then used to generate a Q-mode signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventor: Arthur J. Carlson
  • Publication number: 20020172274
    Abstract: In an ADSL modem system, the ATU-C transmitter (or alternatively the ATU-R transmitter) has the option, depending on an estimation of the line speed, for example, to restrict its transmit L and Lp to be a multiple of either 8, 4, or 2. This restriction may be, for example, communicated by the ATU-C transmitter to the ATU-R receiver during initialization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventor: Arthur J. Carlson
  • Publication number: 20020057802
    Abstract: In a data communication system, a transmitter of a modem, for example, uses a single scrambler to operate in a data communication mode and in a non-data mode. During the data communication mode the scrambler is used to scramble data for communication by the transmitter. During the non-data mode, the scrambler is used to generate a non-data mode signal for communication by the scrambler. The modem may be an ADSL modem, for example, in which case the data communication mode is SHOWTIME while the non-data mode may be Q-mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Arthur J. Carlson, Haixiang Liang
  • Publication number: 20020044073
    Abstract: In a communication system, Huffman coding techniques are used to obtain shaping gains for an improvement in data transmission rates. More particularly, a novel method of Huffman shaping is described that achieves a shaping gain of greater than 1 dB. The shaping gain results in a higher data rate transmission in a communication system where transmitted power is constrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Gottfried Ungerboeck, Arthur J. Carlson
  • Patent number: 4481622
    Abstract: A 4800 bit-per-second full duplex modem is described which utilizes the full bandwidth of ordinarily available dial-up telephone circuits for transmission of data in both directions in different pass-band portions thereof. The two pass-bands overlap in about the middle of the telephone band in order to fully utilize that bandwidth for high speed data transmission. The overlap is less than that which will cause a greater error rate than desired from remote echos of transmitted data. Local echos, which are much stronger, resulting from the overlap bandwidth portion are cancelled by an echo cancelling technique. Local echo cancelling is accomplished at the baud rate, generated in each modem, for substraction from a received signal; a cancellation signal is generated from a time varying system that depends upon the modulating and demodulating carrier signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Anderson Jacobson, Inc.
    Inventors: King Y. Cheng, Arthur J. Carlson