Patents Assigned to Broadcom
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Publication number: 20140086058Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to enable a near-end receiver to control the far-end transmitter's data transmission such that the near-end receiver's TC data buffers do not overflow. In an embodiment, a high waterline and low waterline implemented into a near-end receiver are used to determine when the near-end receiver's TC data buffers are near maximum capacity. In an embodiment, the near-end receiver transmits a Packet Transfer Mode (PTM) All Idle Out Of Sync (AIOOS) codeword to the far-end transmitter when the high waterline is reached, and the near-end receiver stops transmitting the AIOOS codeword when the low waterline is reached.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Philip DESJARDINS
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Publication number: 20140086349Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for controlling and regulating services and resources in high-performance downlink channels may include receiving, at a second communication device, from a first communication device, one or more process data packets. For one or more feedback classes, at least one feedback message may be generated from the one or more process data packets associated with a process that may be associated with the one or more feedback classes. One or more feedback messages may be generated from the at least one generated feedback message and transmitted from the second communication device to the first communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Uri LANDAU, Mark Kent
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Publication number: 20140084970Abstract: An electrical circuit comprising a line driver for providing Ethernet signals is disclosed. The line driver comprises a voltage mode line driver for producing 1000BT and 100BT Ethernet signals and an active output impedance line driver arranged parallel to the voltage mode line driver. The line driver is capable of producing 1000BT or 100BT or 10BT Ethernet signals, wherein either the voltage mode line driver or the active impedance line driver is active.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Frank van der GOES, Christopher M. Ward, Jan Mulder, Ovidiu Bajdechi
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Publication number: 20140089550Abstract: Methods, systems and computer readable storage medium embodiments for communicating over a data bus include, determining a number of changes in bit value in respective bit positions between a previous bit string and a current bit string, transmitting either the current bit string in an inverted form over the data bus if the determined number of changes in bit value exceeds a threshold or the current bit string in non-inverted form if the determined number of changes in bit value does not exceed a threshold, and transmitting an additional at least one bit along with the current bit string having a logic value that indicates whether the current bit string is in an inverted form or non-inverted form. Methods, systems, and computer readable storage medium embodiments for receiving bit strings over a bus are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Sachin JOSHI
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Publication number: 20140087676Abstract: A transmitter front-end for wireless chip-to-chip communication, and potentially for other, longer range (e.g., several meters or several tens of meters) device-to-device communication, is disclosed. The transmitter front-end includes a distributed power amplifier capable of providing an output signal with sufficient power for wireless transmission by an on-chip or on-package antenna to another nearby IC chip or device located several meters or several tens of meters away. The distributed power amplifier can be fully integrated (i.e., without using external components, such as bond wire inductors) on a monolithic silicon substrate using, for example, a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Farid SHIRINFAR, Med NARIMAN, Maryam ROFOUGARAN, Ahmadreza ROFOUGARAN
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Patent number: 8681161Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing multiple processing of data in a network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a first display pipeline that is formed in real time from a plurality of possible display pipelines and that performs at least a first processing step on received data. A buffer stores the processed data and a second display pipeline that is formed in real time from a plurality of possible display pipelines performs at least a second processing step on stored data.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Patrick Law, Darren Neuman, David Baer
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Patent number: 8683303Abstract: Operational parameter adaptable LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) decoder. A novel means is presented by which LDPC coded signal can be decoded, and any one or more operational parameters can be adjusted during the decoding processing. For example, the original information extracted from a received LDPC coded signal (e.g., log likelihood ratios (LLRs)), can be modified during (or before) the iterative decoding processing performed in accordance with decoding an LDPC coded signal. Such modification of an operational parameter can include any one or combination of scaling, compression (and expansion/decompression), adding an offset to or subtracting an offset from, scaling, rounding, and/or some other modification of an operational parameter. The bit (or variable) edge messages and/or the check edge messages can also undergo modification during decoding processing.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Andrew J. Blanksby
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Patent number: 8681748Abstract: Embodiments provide WiFi and WiMAX tailored transceiver radio frequency (RF) filtering techniques and configurations to enable coexistence between WiFi and WiMAX transceivers operating in close proximity. In particular, embodiments provide filtering techniques to reject emissions from WiMAX into WiFi, and vice versa. The filtering techniques eliminate the need for additional isolation between WiMAX and WiFi antennas (approximately 50 dB), which is beyond what is achievable in practice. Embodiments can be tailored according to different use cases of the WiFi and WiMAX transceivers (e.g., fixed CPE, portable router, smart phone with tethering).Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Kamesh Medapalli, Erik Stauffer, Bertrand Hochwald, William Fujimoto, Yossi (Joseph) Saada, Richard Compton
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Patent number: 8682246Abstract: Methods and systems for collaborative coexistence of Bluetooth and WiMax are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include a packet traffic arbiter (PTA) in a mobile terminal that arbitrates among requests to transmit from one or more communication devices collocated in the mobile terminal. The communication devices may comprise, for example, a WLAN communication device, a WiMax communication device, and/or a Bluetooth communication device. The arbitration may be based on, for example, whether a packet will be received by one of the plurality of collocated communication devices at a time of transmission of the present data packet and/or a priority for data to be transmitted. An exemplary scenario may be where a Bluetooth headset may be used for communication over a WiMax voice connection. One arbitration method may comprise allowing the WiMax packet to be transmitted, and replacing the received Bluetooth packet with data indicating silence.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2007Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Prasanna Desai, Steven Deane Hall, Brima Ibrahim
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Patent number: 8682848Abstract: Provided is a method for transferring multimedia content from the first device to a second device. The method includes scanning a memory associated with the second device to identify transcoding parameters associated and stored therein. The method also includes transcoding the multimedia content from the first device based upon the identified transcoding parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Nils Christensson, Paul M. Grant
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Patent number: 8681907Abstract: Iterative demapper. Demodulation and/or demapping of a signal (e.g., based on a constellation whose points have a corresponding mapping with associated labels) is performed such that each dimension is processed separately without accounting for influences from the other dimension. For example, the demapping process operates on each respective dimension separately and independently. In some instances, the processing operates iteratively, in that, information identified from processing one of the dimensions is employed in directing the processing in another of the dimensions. Such operation may be performed iteratively by updating/modified information associated with one or more of the dimensions as well. Moreover, decoding may operate in accordance with iterative demapping (e.g., error correction code (ECC) and/or forward error correction (FEC) code by which information bits are encoded) to make estimates of bits within a signal sequence, and those estimates may be used in a subsequent iteration of demapping.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Kelly Brian Cameron
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Patent number: 8681043Abstract: A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) enabled mobile device comprising a crystal oscillator and an automatic frequency correction (AFC) circuit may be operable to share the crystal oscillator between processing of cellular radio signals and processing of GNSS data messages. The GNSS enabled mobile device may be operable to enforce an AFC correction when the crystal oscillator drifts beyond a specific frequency error. The AFC correction may be allowed during time intervals corresponding to GNSS words at which decoding of these words is not required. The GNSS enabled mobile device may be operable to disable the AFC correction during time intervals associated with decoding of words while the crystal oscillator may drift within the specific frequency error range. After the decoding of one or more of words is completed, the AFC correction may be allowed during the time intervals corresponding to these words.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Charles Abraham, John Walley
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Patent number: 8683215Abstract: A dynamically programmable security device. The device includes: a secure nonvolatile read only memory (NVMROM) for securely storing a unique device cipher key; a secure interface for dynamically loading authenticated application code; a cryptographic engine for encrypting, decrypting data and authenticating the application code; a secure random access memory (RAM) for storing the authenticated application code and application data; and a processor for executing the authenticated application code.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Mark L. Buer
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Patent number: 8683288Abstract: Variable modulation within combined LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) coding and modulation coding systems. Variable modulation encoding of LDPC coded symbols is presented. In addition, LDPC encoding, that generates an LDPC variable code rate signal, may also be performed as well. The encoding can generate an LDPC variable code rate and/or modulation signal whose code rate and/or modulation may vary as frequently as on a symbol by symbol basis. Some embodiments employ a common constellation shape for all of the symbols of the signal sequence, yet individual symbols may be mapped according different mappings of the commonly shaped constellation; such an embodiment may be viewed as generating a LDPC variable mapped signal. In general, any one or more of the code rate, constellation shape, or mapping of the individual symbols of a signal sequence may vary as frequently as on a symbol by symbol basis.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Ba-Zhong Shen, Hau Thien Tran, Kelly Brian Cameron
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Patent number: 8681615Abstract: Downstream synchronous multichannel (DSSM) communications are provided among a plurality of carriers, each being a completely DOCSIS™ 2.0-compliant downstream. The synchronous multichannels support communications with both DSSM-capable communications nodes and non-DSSM-capable communications nodes (e.g., legacy cable modems). Non-DSSM packets are transmitted on a single channel. DSSM packets are split into multiple pieces, which are transmitted simultaneously on all available channels. Since the physical delay variation (e.g., group delay change) across the adjacent carriers is small (on the order of a symbol time), the multiple pieces arrive at the receiving communications nodes at nearly the same time and can be reassembled with minimal buffering and no packet ordering problems. To avoid causing trouble for the non-DSSM-capable communications nodes, the packet pieces are encapsulated with a header that causes the non-DSSM-capable communications nodes to silently discard them.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Daniel H. Howard, Niki R. Pantelias, David M. Pullen, John D. Horton, Jr., Thomas J. Quigley, Richard S. Prodan
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Patent number: 8681794Abstract: A system and method for efficient matching regular expression patterns across multiple packets. A deep packet inspection system can be embodied in a switch ASIC using a flow tracker and a signature matching engine. The flow tracker can be positioned in an ingress portion of the switch ASIC at a location where packets in a bi-direction flow can be observed and recorded. The flow tracker generates a signature match request that is forwarded to a signature matching engine in an auxiliary pipeline. The signature matching engine is enabled to perform cross-packet signature matching using signature matching state machines and reports the signature matching results to the flow tracker using a response packet that is sent to the ingress pipeline.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Nate Hill, Stanislas Wolski, Joseph Tardo
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Patent number: 8681997Abstract: A system and method for performing efficient directed sound and/or data to a user utilizing position information. Various aspects may, for example, comprise determining position associated with one or more recipients of audio signals, determining one or more audio signal parameters based, at least in part, on such determined position information, and generating audio signals based on such determined audio signal parameters. For example, direction, timing, phasing and/or magnitude of such audio signals may be adapted based on a dynamic recipient positional environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Jeyhan Karaoguz
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Patent number: 8681730Abstract: A mobile device receives a signal, from a base station, comprising a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS). The received PSS and SSS are used to acquire cell-specific parameters so as to ensure communicates between the mobile device and the base station. The mobile device correlates the received signal in time domain using signs of each of a plurality of correlation reference sequences (reference PSSs). The mobile device generates sign based correlation reference PSSs using signs of the corresponding reference PSSs, which are generated based on a variety of Zadoff-Chu sequences. The received PSS is detected based on the correlation. No multiplication operations are used in the correlation process. Symbol timing is identified according to the detected PSS. The mobile device uses the identified symbol timing to baseband process the received signal. The received signal is an OFDM signal received over a 3GPP LTE/E-UTRA air interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Francis Swarts, Mark Kent
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Patent number: 8681767Abstract: A method of managing traffic in a communications channel includes the steps of receiving a subscriber ID corresponding to a subscriber, performing a spectral analysis on a signal received from the subscriber within a time interval identified by the subscriber ID, and adjusting transmission characteristics of the subscriber based on the spectral analysis.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Jonathan S. Min, Fang Lu, Bruce J. Currivan, Kevin Eddy
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Patent number: 8683535Abstract: A system and method that provide reduced latency in a video signal processing system. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise generating and receiving a request for a unit of video information. A video transmission system may, for example, receive the request for the unit of video information and communicate the unit of video information to a video receiver. For example, the video transmission system may transmit a first portion of the unit of video information at a rate that is faster than a typical steady-state transmission rate for the unit of video information, and the video transmission system may transmit a second portion of the unit of video information at the typical steady-state transmission rate for the unit of video information. A video receiver may then receive the first and second portions of the unit of video information at respective reception rates.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2004Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Alexander G. MacInnis