Patents by Inventor Travis Lee Berrier

Travis Lee Berrier 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: 7965743
    Abstract: A method and system for achieving synchronization at a local site to a wireless communication system transmitting data in a plurality of data packets distributed among a plurality of frequencies alternating in a sequence determined in accordance with at least two characteristics of said remote site by blindly determining at least one of said two characteristics are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of recording a plurality of occurrences of a selected one of the plurality of frequencies, determining the at least one first characteristic from at least one of the data packets, determining locally the at least one second characteristic wherein the determined at least one first characteristic and the at least one second characteristic match the selected frequency at each of the recorded detected occurrences, determining a time period for determining the first and second characteristics; and adjusting the at least one second characteristic by the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Jay Billhartz, Travis Lee Berrier, Christopher Douglas Moffatt
  • Publication number: 20090225789
    Abstract: A method and system for achieving synchronization at a local site to a wireless communication system transmitting data in a plurality of data packets distributed among a plurality of frequencies alternating in a sequence determined in accordance with at least two characteristics of said remote site by blindly determining at least one of said two characteristics are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of recording a plurality of occurrences of a selected one of the plurality of frequencies, determining the at least one first characteristic from at least one of the data packets, determining locally the at least one second characteristic wherein the determined at least one first characteristic and the at least one second characteristic match the selected frequency at each of the recorded detected occurrences, determining a time period for determining the first and second characteristics; and adjusting the at least one second characteristic by the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Jay Billhartz, Travis Lee Berrier, Christopher Douglas Moffatt
  • Patent number: 7555013
    Abstract: A method and system for achieving synchronization at a local site to a wireless communication system transmitting data in a plurality of data packets distributed among a plurality of frequencies alternating in a sequence determined in accordance with at least two characteristics of said remote site by blindly determining at least one of said two characteristics are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of recording a plurality of occurrences of a selected one of the plurality of frequencies, determining the at least one first characteristic from at least one of the data packets, determining locally the at least one second characteristic wherein the determined at least one first characteristic and the at least one second characteristic match the selected frequency at each of the recorded detected occurrences, determining a time period for determining the first and second characteristics; and adjusting the at least one second characteristic by the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Jay Billhartz, Travis Lee Berrier, Christopher Douglas Moffatt
  • Patent number: 6816575
    Abstract: A single ended, frequency domain reflectometry signal processing based scheme measures loop loss of a telecommunications wireline. A distortion-corrected, normalized data array is differentially combined with an associated set of wireline noise spectrum values. The resulting noise margin data is processed by a Shannon Theorem operator, to produce a set of N frequency bins, each containing the number of bits which the link will support for a respective tone. The bit contents of the bins represent a composite bit rate that is available for use for ADSL signalling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Blair Lowell, Travis Lee Berrier
  • Patent number: 6744854
    Abstract: A frequency domain reflectometry-based bridged tap detection system for a telecommunication wireline employs a prescribed filtering operator, such as a ‘best-fit’ curve filter or a piecewise high pass filter bank, upstream of a Fourier processing operator, to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the digitized amplitude array of the swept frequency band. To fit the response tones within the dynamic range of the analog-to-digital converter that digitizes the response tones detected from the wireline, a signal conditioning circuit, comprised of a comb filter bank, envelope detector and compander, is installed between the test head and the input to the analog-to-digital converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Travis Lee Berrier, Roy Lujan Soto, Wayne Kwok-Wai Wong
  • Publication number: 20040028083
    Abstract: A method and system for achieving synchronization at a local site to a wireless communication system transmitting data in a plurality of data packets distributed among a plurality of frequencies alternating in a sequence determined in accordance with at least two characteristics of said remote site by blindly determining at least one of said two characteristics are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of recording a plurality of occurrences of a selected one of the plurality of frequencies, determining the at least one first characteristic from at least one of the data packets, determining locally the at least one second characteristic wherein the determined at least one first characteristic and the at least one second characteristic match the selected frequency at each of the recorded detected occurrences, determining a time period for determining the first and second characteristics; and adjusting the at least one second characteristic by the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Jay Billhartz, Travis Lee Berrier, Christopher Douglas Moffatt
  • Publication number: 20020089337
    Abstract: A single ended, frequency domain reflectometry signal processing based scheme measures loop loss of a telecommunications wireline. A distortion-corrected, normalized data array is differentially combined with an associated set of wireline noise spectrum values. The resulting noise margin data is processed by a Shannon Theorem operator, to produce a set of N frequency bins, each containing the number of bits which the link will support for a respective tone. The bit contents of the bins represent a composite bit rate that is available for use for ADSL signalling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alan Blair Lowell, Travis Lee Berrier
  • Publication number: 20020090059
    Abstract: A frequency domain reflectometry-based bridged tap detection system for a telecommunication wireline employs a prescribed filtering operator, such as a ‘best-fit’ curve filter or a piecewise high pass filter bank, upstream of a Fourier processing operator, to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the digitized amplitude array of the swept frequency band. To fit the response tones within the dynamic range of the analog-to-digital converter that digitizes the response tones detected from the wireline, a signal conditioning circuit, comprised of a comb filter bank, envelope detector and compander, is installed between the test head and the input to the analog-to-digital converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Travis Lee Berrier, Roy Lujan Soto, Wayne Kwok-Wai Wong