Patents by Inventor Alan M. Bartlett

Alan M. Bartlett 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: 7200103
    Abstract: A code-enhanced, multi-user detection, Reduced Algorithm Receiver in a multiuser communication system reduces the signal processing requirements by limiting the number of searches between consecutive symbol cycles using information from an encoder state diagram. The Receiver makes use of a convolutional encoder's state machine properties to mark possible transitions as invalid based on the current state of the multiple users'encoders, thus removing them from the search tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Chan, Alan M. Bartlett
  • Patent number: 7139334
    Abstract: A cooperative code-enhanced multiuser communications system having a receiver for resolving user ambiguity in a received composite signal by using convolutional encoder state machine properties to analyze strings of bit sums and separate out individual user data. The receiver comprises a signal sampler which converts a received composite signal to a digital data. A single point cluster mapper determines a closest pseudo-constellation point, and the pseudo-constellation point is formed with the aid of power and timing control in the transmitters. A bit sum look-up table maps symbol points to bit sums. A deterministic loop tests for bit sum cases where symbols can be determined immediately. A guess loop tests the bit sum after the deterministic loop test and performs guesses until all bits are decided. The bit sum is provided to a multiuser convolutional decoder to decide all user data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Inventors: Alan M. Bartlett, Alan Chan
  • Publication number: 20030026196
    Abstract: A code-enhanced, multi-user detection, Reduced Algorithm Receiver in a multiuser communication system reduces the signal processing requirements by limiting the number of searches between consecutive symbol cycles using information from an encoder state diagram. The Receiver makes use of a convolutional encoder's state machine properties to mark possible transitions as invalid based on the current state of the multiple users'encoders, thus removing them from the search tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Chan, Alan M. Bartlett
  • Publication number: 20030026357
    Abstract: A cooperative code-enhanced multiuser communications system having a receiver for resolving user ambiguity in a received composite signal by using convolutional encoder state machine properties to analyze strings of bit sums and separate out individual user data. The receiver comprises a signal sampler which converts a received composite signal to a digital data. A single point cluster mapper determines a closest pseudo-constellation point, and the pseudo-constellation point is formed with the aid of power and timing control in the transmitters. A bit sum look-up table maps symbol points to bit sums. A deterministic loop tests for bit sum cases where symbols can be determined immediately. A guess loop tests the bit sum after the deterministic loop test and performs guesses until all bits are decided. The bit sum is provided to a multiuser convolutional decoder to decide all user data streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Alan M. Bartlett, Alan Chan