Patents by Inventor Alistair Mill

Alistair Mill 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).

  • Detecting preambles of data packets
    Patent number: 7003063
    Abstract: Fast detection of a selected portion of a data packet (e.g. the preamble of a Bluetooth data packet) is accomplished by defining a reference signal waveform conforming to an expected waveform representing a signal modulated in accordance with the selected portion of a data packet. A waveform representing a received data signal containing a data packet with the selected portion is derived, and the reference signal waveform is correlated with this derived waveform to produce a correlation result. This correlation result is used to identify the selected portion in the received data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Alistair Mill
  • Detecting preambles of data packets
    Publication number: 20020075974
    Abstract: Fast detection of a selected portion of a data packet (e.g. the preamble of a Bluetooth data packet) is accomplished by defining a reference signal waveform conforming to an expected waveform representing a signal modulated in accordance with the selected portion of a data packet. A waveform representing a received data signal containing a data packet with the selected portion is derived, and the reference signal waveform is correlated with this derived waveform to produce a correlation result. This correlation result is used to identify the selected portion in the received data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Alistair Mill