Patents Examined by Brian Nguyen
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Patent number: 8270437Abstract: Embodiments of a wireless network and method for communicating aggregated packets are generally described herein. In some embodiments, an aggregation header frame that identifies the originator is included in an aggregation of media-access control (MAC) frames to allow the originator to be easily identified when none of the MAC frames are properly received.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Dmitry Vadimovich Akhmetov
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Patent number: 8204019Abstract: A method comprises dividing a time frequency frame into a plurality of slots, the frame having one or more radio-frequency (RF) channels, determining a maximum slot length, and scheduling service data in symbols such that all service data symbols are within the maximum slot length of symbols corresponding to at least one common service part.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Heidi Himmanen, Harri J. Pekonen, Jani Väre, Jussi Vesma
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Patent number: 8189543Abstract: Systems and methods that provide remote access are described. In one embodiment, a system may include, for example, a plurality of communication devices and a media device. The plurality of communication devices may be operatively coupled to a network and may include, for example, a native communication device. The media device may be operatively coupled to the native communication device and the network. The media device may be associated with the native communication device and the network and may be capable of exchanging media content with the plurality of communication devices and the network. A profile of the media device may be stored in at least one of the media device and the native communication device. The profile may include, for example, information related to managing the media content when the media device is roaming.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2006Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: James D. Bennett, Jeyhan Karaoguz
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Patent number: 8184645Abstract: A gateway device which mutually converts communication protocols among a subscriber network including a base station wirelessly housing a mobile terminal and an Internet Protocol processor to bring an interface from the base station into an Internet Protocol process, a public switched telephone network and a packet communication network, includes a synchronized network terminating unit which terminates the public switched telephone network to generate the in-device signal, a packet network terminating unit which terminates the packet communication network to generate the in-device signal, a subscriber network terminating unit which houses the base station via the interface to which the Internet Protocol process is applied and terminates the subscriber network to generate the in-device signal, and an exchange unit which exchanges in-device signals each generated from the synchronized network terminating unit, the packet network terminating unit and the subscriber network terminating unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kiyotaka Tsuji, Muneyuki Suzuki, Masashi Ishida
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Patent number: 8184592Abstract: A method, medium, and system for reserving resources in a mobile network. A mobile node reports a start of a handover to a present access router if the handover of the mobile node occurs, and the previous access router transmits specified session information to a candidate access router that has a possibility handling the mobile node's handover. A candidate crossover router, which performs a resource reservation work on a new path and a resource release on the previous path, is searched, and a localized resource reservation is established by exchanging a specified resource reservation message before the handover is completed if the candidate crossover router is determined. Accordingly, duplication of resources can be prevented, and a prompt resource reservation can be achieved during the handover.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-hyuck Lee, Seong-ho Jeong, Jong-ho Bang
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Patent number: 8179778Abstract: A Second Generation Digital Video Broadcasting via Satellite (DVB-S2) system is provided. More particularly, a method and apparatus for maintaining synchronization of a signal by changing an Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) method that is used for a conventional DVB-S2 system are provided. In the apparatus and method, an FEC frame of a variable length is formed by turbo encoding rather than Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) and Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoding, and a Physical Layer (PL) frame of a specific length is formed regardless of a modulation method, so that a satellite terminal receives a signal transmitted at a specific length regardless of a modulation method or a coding rate to easily maintain synchronization without interruption and efficiently transmit the signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Tae Hoon Kim, Pan Soo Kim, Min Su Shin, Dae Ig Chang
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Patent number: 8179803Abstract: A module for use in a communications network in which a plurality of signals are transmitted between respective first and second nodes, the module having an engine for receiving the plurality of signals over the network, for extracting protocol data therefrom and for providing the extracted protocol data to an analyzer; and a processor for controlling operation of the engine and analyzer. The invention also provides an apparatus for generating communications, systems including the module and/or the apparatus, and corresponding methods.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Advanced Media Systems Ltd.Inventor: Brian Parsons
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Patent number: 8179878Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for performing data synchronization in a wireless access communication network. The method includes data to be synchronized coming from an access network gateway and being sent to at least two base stations, and the data being further sent from the base stations to user terminals over an air interface in downlink frames. The method also includes sending a signaling message to the at least two base stations with the signaling message having a set of parameters defining unambiguously the position and size of the data in the downlink frame and the structure of the data.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2007Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventor: Torsten Fahldieck
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Patent number: 8175024Abstract: Various example embodiments are disclosed relating to relay networks or multi-hop networks, and also relating to bandwidth allocation for relay networks. According to an example embodiment, a method of allocating bandwidth in a relay network may include receiving at a relay station a first code (e.g., a first CDMA code) from a first station (e.g., mobile station) via a first link, sending a second code (e.g., second CDMA code) from the relay station to a second station (e.g., a base station) via a second link in response to receiving the first code, the second code being one of a plurality of codes assigned to the relay station, and receiving a bandwidth allocation message at the relay station from the second station, the bandwidth allocation message including the second code and indicating an allocation of bandwidth for a transmission over at least one of the first link and/or the second link.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Yousuf Saifullah, Shashikant Maheshwari, Haihong Zheng
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Patent number: 8175049Abstract: A method and apparatus for reference transport channel (TrCH) selection includes tracking characteristics on each of a TrCH. Whether or not any TrCHs meet a predetermined criteria is determined. A reference TrCH is selected based upon the determination of TrCHs that meet the predetermined criteria.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Gregory S. Sternberg, Matthew G. Puzio, William E. Lawton
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Patent number: 8169960Abstract: Methods and apparatus for communicating and utilizing persistent allocation of uplink resources are described herein. A base station can allocate persistent uplink resources to a client station, such that the resource allocation remains active for future uplink frames without the client station repeating a request for uplink resources or the base station expressly communicating the uplink resource allocation. A client station can request a persistent uplink resource allocation when wireless channel conditions are fairly consistent and not varying and the required uplink resources are predictably periodic and fixed in size. The base station can verify that the uplink resource request meets the criteria for persistent allocation and can allocate persistent uplink resources in a dedicated information element of an uplink resource map that is transmitted to the user. The resources allocated remain allocated to the client station in each frame satisfying a predetermined periodicity until deallocated.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Wi-LAN, Inc.Inventor: Yair Bourlas
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Patent number: 8169956Abstract: An acknowledgment (ACK) mapping automation that reduces overhead for a wireless communication systems such as UTRAN-LTE, Global System for Mobile communications (GSM: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile), High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), or any packet-switched system, by providing a mapping of uplink (UL) location (i.e., modulation location in time, frequency and code) based upon a downlink (DL) allocations. Aspects address dynamic and persistent scheduling of user equipment (EU) with a selected combination of implicit and explicit mapping.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Durga Prasad Malladi
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Patent number: 8169999Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for preserving content timing across femtocell interfaces via timestamp insertion are provided. In this regard, a femtocell may receive a first time-stamped packet via a first interface and transcode the time-stamped packet. The femtocell may buffer the transcoded packet based on a time-stamp recovered from the packet and may transmit the buffered transcoded packet via a second interface. One of the first interface and the second interface may utilize the Internet Protocol. One of the first interface and the second interface may be a non-cellular interface and the other interface may be a cellular interface. The femtocell may be operable to generate a timestamp corresponding to a time instant at which a time-stamped packet arrived via the first interface or the second interface. The timestamp may be referenced to a clock within a cellular enabled communication devices communicatively coupled to the femtocell.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Charles Abraham, Xuemin Sherman Chen, Wael William Diab, Vinko Erceg, Victor T. Hou, Jeyhan Karaoguz, Mark Kent
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Patent number: 8170067Abstract: A system includes a first integrated circuit device and a second integrated circuit device. The first device transmits a data sequence to the second integrated circuit device, and the second device samples the data sequence to produce receiver data. The second device then transmits the receiver data back to the first device. Within the first integrated circuit device, a comparison between the data sequence and the receiver data is performed, and based on the comparison, the first device generates information representative of a calibrated timing offset. The first device uses the information representative of the calibrated timing offset to adjust timing associated with transferring write data from the first integrated circuit to the second integrated circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Jared LeVan Zerbe, Kevin S. Donnelly, Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Donald C. Stark, Mark A. Horowitz, Leung Yu, Roxanne Vu, Jun Kim, Bruno W. Garlepp, Tsyr-Chyang Ho, Benedict Chung-Kwong Lau
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Patent number: 8165080Abstract: In an addressing scheme for wireless communication a communication channel may be defined based on a unique identifier associated with a destination node or a source node. In addition, a short identifier may be included in messages sent over the communication channel such that a node may uniquely identify the source node or destination node for the message. A node may use a short identifier as an index into a lookup table to determine one or more parameters to be used for communicating with another node.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Zhanfeng Jia, David Jonathan Julian
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Patent number: 8165175Abstract: Disclosed is a gap support measuring method which performs autonomous gap allocation without lowering the data transfer rate or the throughput. ST301 acquires various kinds of parameters decided by a network so as to execute a gap support measurement task. ST302 checks the current time and starts the gap support measurement task when the current time has become Ts. ST303 judges whether CQI measured by a terminal is lower than a threshold value. ST304 judges whether the threshold value should be updated. ST306 decides the gap length according to the remaining gap length and the remaining time and performs measurement within the gap. ST307 judges whether the measurement is complete. ST308 checks whether the total of the gaps exceed the entire gap length Tg.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Bang Wang, Hong Tat Toh, Koh Wei Chien, Takahisa Aoyama
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Patent number: 8165069Abstract: The present invention relates to a fast uplink ranging system and method in a mobile communication system. According to the present invention, a fast uplink ranging system transmits two pairs of ranging codes having the same value at locations spaced by half of FFT pointers. The fast uplink ranging system calculates a correlation value using the received two pairs of ranging codes. An order in which complex exponential twiddle factors for removing complex exponential terms corresponding to a time delay are searched is determined using the correlation value. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a time required for searching a timing error of a terminal using non-periodic symmetry of complex exponential twiddle factors corresponding to the timing error, compared with a known method of searching a complex exponential twiddle factor.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignees: Samsung Electric Co., Ltd., Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Young-Jin Moon, Young-Il Kim
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Patent number: 8160108Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a user schedule, the method including: receiving a reservation message from a service provider with which a service reservation by a user is registered; updating the user schedule by adding an entry to the user schedule according to information included in the reservation message; and providing the updated schedule of the user. According to the apparatus and method, the user can conveniently manage the schedule even when the user schedule information is not input manually.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong-ku Kim, Myong-kyun Lim, Hyo-sun Shim
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Patent number: RE43382Abstract: A method of and apparatus for establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising utilizing a tree search method to establish communications without collision between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices, a search tree being defined for the tree search method, the tree having multiple levels respectively representing subgroups of the multiple wireless identification devices, the method further comprising starting the tree search at a selectable level of the search tree.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2010Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLCInventor: Clifton W. Wood, Jr.
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Patent number: RE43610Abstract: The present invention is for a high quality digital FM radio system that utilizes the subcarrier band to generate digital audio signals. The hybrid FM radio system utilizes the subcarrier band to transmit the digital FM signals that are synchronized to the analog FM signals. The receiver processes both the analog and digital signals and a high quality FM signal results. The receiver may switch between the traditional analog signal and the higher quality digital signal automatically to present the best possible audio to the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Frantorf Investments GmbH, LLCInventor: Michael Schmidt