Abstract: Methods and systems for communication systems are disclosed. Chirp signals generated according to a chirp rate and carrier frequency are used for communication. The chirp rate can be determined by solving integrals or by simulation of transmission parameters. A chirp signal is transmitted from a base station and delayed versions of the chirp signals are created. The delayed versions are generated by the chirp signal reflecting off of reflectors. A receiving station receives an incoming signal. The incoming signal includes the LOS signal plus delayed versions, noise and/or interference. Unwanted signals, either LOS or delayed versions, noise and/or interference are removed from the incoming signal to obtain the desired chirp signal. Using the chirp rate, the chirp signal is converted to a corresponding digital signal.

Abstract: A variety of bidirectional data transmission systems that facilitate communications between a plurality of remote units (15) and a central unit (10) using a frame based discrete multi-carrier transmission scheme are disclosed. In each of the systems, frames transmitted from the plurality of remote units (15) are synchronized at the central unit (10). A variety of novel modem arrangements and methods for coordinating communications between a plurality of remote units (15) and a central unit (10) to facilitate multi-point-to-point transmission are disclosed. The invention has application in a wide variety of data transmission schemes including Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line systems that includes the transmission of signals over twisted pair, fiber and/or hybrid telephone lines, cable systems that includes the transmission of signals over a coaxial cable, and digital cellular television systems that include the transmission of radio signals.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method of peak-to-average reduction of an oversampled signal for a digital communication system. Peak detection 504 and width measurement 504 are advantageously combined in which a peak portion or multiple peak portions of an input signal that exceeds a predetermined threshold is detected and a width of the peak portion is determined. The peak detection and width measurement are further combined with a novel variable width shape generation methodology 506 in which a variable width shaping response is applied 510 to the peak portion responsive to the peak portion width. Additionally, a novel receiver technique 1390 can be included to reduce or eliminate the upstream BER impact using downstream oversampled shaping.

Abstract: A digital device 310 with a plurality of collocated wireless networks encounters inter-network interference if the collocated wireless networks operate in a common operating frequency. A coordinator unit 510, coupled to the plurality of wireless networks, provides a transmission reservation system wherein a wireless network with a need to transmit can request and receive a reservation for time to transmit. The coordinator unit 510 provides a way to schedule transmissions from the plurality of wireless networks and to reduce the probability of collisions.

Abstract: Narrowband interference can seriously degrade the overall performance of a communications network without significantly damaging a large percentage of the communications network's transmissions. In a single tone communications network, narrowband interference can reduce the overall signal-to-noise ratio to a level such that a receiver can no longer accurately decode the received transmission. However, the receiver's filters and equalizers often can filter out the effects of the narrowband interference and the receiver can accurately decode the received transmission if the receiver can restart the decoding at the point when the narrowband interference began interfering with the transmission. A technique using sequential decoding with backtracking and adaptive equalization permits the receiver to adapt to the presence of the narrowband interference and backtrack the decoding to a point prior to the interference.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides multiple switches in a transceiver, which enable pins provided for transmission and reception to be connected to either a transmit port or a receive port, as desired during operation. As a result, the transceiver can be auto-configured to connect the specific pin, on which signals are being received, to the receive port. Similarly, the transceiver can be auto-configured to connect the specific pin, on which the signals need to be transmitted, to the transmit port. Various design considerations in providing such switches are also described.

Abstract: An arrangement provides a reduced harmonic content output signal that represents a value of a digital input signal. The arrangement includes plural storage devices 301 . . . configured to sample and store the digital input signal at different respective phases of a clock signal. The arrangement also has plural current steering digital-to-analog converters (DACs) 311 . . . configured to receive respective stored digital signals from respective ones of the plural storage devices, and to provide respective currents that represent the received stored digital signals. The arrangement also includes a combining arrangement configured to combine the currents from respective ones of the plural current steering DACs, so as to provide the reduced harmonic content output signal that represents the value of the digital input signal.

Abstract: A wireless transmitter (TX1). The transmitter comprises circuitry for providing a plurality of control bits (CONTROL) and circuitry for providing a plurality of user bits (USER). The transmitter further comprises circuitry (16) for modulating the plurality of control bits and the plurality of user bits into a stream of complex symbols and circuitry (18) for converting the stream of complex symbols into a parallel plurality of complex symbol streams. The transmitter further comprises circuitry (20) for performing an inverse fast Fourier transform on the parallel plurality of complex symbol streams to form a parallel plurality of OFDM symbols and circuitry (22) for converting the parallel plurality of OFDM symbols into a serial stream of OFDM symbols. The serial stream consists of an integer N+1 OFDM symbols. Each OFDM symbol in the serial stream of OFDM symbols comprises a plurality of data points. Finally, selected OFDM symbols (SF1.

Abstract: A changeable cover for an electronic device and method of using same is provided. The cover has a reader for interrogating transponder tags. The cover provides information from the tag in response to the interrogation signal to the electronic device. Method for taking action based on the information provided by the tag is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device having a housing (1) which has a housing wall (5) with openings (7) for control elements (8) and/or display elements (9, 10). Attachment means (11) for detachably connecting to the housing (1) an external wall element (14) which at least partially covers the housing wall (5) being present on the housing (1), the external wall element (14) having openings (7?) which are aligned with the openings (7) in the housing wall (5). As a result, by using different external wall elements (14) the external appearance of the electronic device can be easily modified.

Abstract: In recent years adaptive modulation has emerged as a popular technique to improve data throughput and system capacity in a wireless system. The basic idea is to adapt the modulation scheme to the fading channel quality, using different schemes for different channel conditions. Therefore one primary issue is to determine the switching thresholds between the modulation schemes. Typically these thresholds are fixed according to a certain criterion. This paper introduces a novel adaptive learning approach that is capable of dynamically adjusting the thresholds so as to maximize the throughput. A key feature of the proposed self-learning scheme is that no dedicated training signal is required, instead it utilizes the long-term average throughput to continuously update the thresholds as the data is transmitted.

Abstract: A decoder and method for using a new picture or frame type is provided. This type is referred to a an SP-picture. The temporal redundancies are not exploited in I-frames, compression efficiency of I-frame coding is significantly lower than the predictive coding. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention allows use of motion compensated predictive coding to exploit temporal redundancy in the sequence while still allowing identical reconstruction of the frame using different reference frames. Methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention using this new picture type provide for error resilience/recovery, bandwidth scalability, bitstream switching, processing scalability, random access and other functions. The SP-type picture provides for, among other functions, switching between different bitstreams, random access, fast forward and fast error-recovery by replacing I-pictures to increase the coding efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a removable housing cover that is adapted to be detachably connectable to a mobile phone. The removable cover having a distinguishing identity means associated therewith, and the phone having a sensor for sensing the distinguishing identity means of the removable cover and a processor controlling the operating characteristics of the device. The arrangement being such that in use, the removable housing cover is mounted on the phone and the sensor senses the identity means and outputs a sensed parameter of the identity means to the processor; wherein, the processor is responsive to the sensed parameter to change selected ones of the operating characteristics of the phone. In this way, changing the phone cover causes a change in the internal operating characteristics of the phone.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for transmitting a digital signal consisting of symbols, which arrangement comprises a coder (308) for coding complex symbols to channel symbols in blocks having the length of a given K, means (312) for transmitting the channel symbols via several different channels and two or more antennas (314 to 318). The coder (308) is arranged to code the symbols using a code matrix, which can be expressed as a sum of 2K elements, in which each element is a product of a symbol or symbol complex conjugate to be transmitted and a N×N representation matrix of a complexified anti-commutator algebra, extended by a unit element, and in which each matrix is used at most once in the formation of the code matrix. A code matrix is also provided which is formed by matrices of a portion of the symbols placed on the diagonal of the code matrix and by matrices of a second portion of symbols along the anti-diagonal of the code matrix.

Abstract: An electronic radiotelephone comprising a first housing, a second housing, and an inner housing having retaining means for retaining to the inner housing the electronic components of the radiotelephone; and first releasable attaching means for releasable attaching the first housing to the inner housing, wherein the first housing, when attached to the inner housing, is presented towards a user during operation of the radiotelephone; and second releasably attaching means for releasable attaching the second housing to the inner housing, wherein the second housing, when attached to the inner housing, faces away from the user during operation of the radiotelephone.

Abstract: A multi-player video game server includes a player control interface, a video interface, and a game engine. The player interface couples the game server to a network and can receive game control data over the network from multiple players. Each player has a game control device at which game control data can be input. The video interface couples the game server to a video transmission network and transmits game display video over the video transmission network. The game engine is coupled to the player interface and the video interface and includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores multi-player video game instructions that configure the processor to process game control data and render the game display video that is then provided to the video interface for transmission over a video network. A multi-player video gaming method includes receiving a number of player input data connections at a game server.

Abstract: An extender module (300) capable of being firmly mounted to a mobile station via mounting points (331, 332, 333, 334) is provided. Extender module has a base portion (305) which may support a conduit (320) which extends from a upward facing connector (323) to a downward facing connector (321). Shell bottom may have a connector that duplicates one or more contact pads (380) of a mobile station (390). A duplicated contact pad (321) may appear on the extender module shell bottom.

Abstract: A mobile telephone including a body, a display, and a keypad. The keypad has a plurality of individual numeral keys assigned to individual numerals that are disposed about a navigation key for navigating about the display or a selected central key.

Abstract: A method is provided for managing the MS over the air (OTA) and at the same time maintaining backward compatibility with existing protocols and standards. The proposed method uses Wireless Telephony application (WTA).

Abstract: A method for providing an interface to and customizing an interactive application for one or more players. The interactive game of the presently preferred embodiment is played in a wireless environment using a mobile station as a user interface. Data related to activity of the space without the virtual space is collected storing the user-profile data and applied to activity in the virtual.