Patents by Inventor Erin Cem

Erin Cem 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: 7376105
    Abstract: A method of encoding a transmission signal to reduce multiple access interference at a receiver. A data source signal including a plurality of source symbols is received into a transmitter. The source symbols are encoded using low energy encoding forming encoded codewords. An identifying pattern is applied to the encoded codewords forming a transmission signal. In one embodiment, the identifying pattern is a unique pseudo-random pattern identifying the data source. Once the pattern has been added, multiple transmission signals can be summed together and then modulated onto a carrier wave. The transmission signals are then transmitted on the carrier wave which is at a pre-selected frequency. The low energy encoding format is such that a sequence of signals forming codewords is created. Each sequence of signals is characterized by an energy and normally a high bit consumes energy whereas a low bit requires substantially less energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Haruhiko H. Asada, Chun-Hung Liu, Erin Cem, Kai-Yeung Siu
  • Publication number: 20030115533
    Abstract: A method of encoding a transmission signal to reduce multiple access interference at a receiver. A data source signal including a plurality of source symbols is received into a transmitter. The source symbols are encoded using low energy encoding forming encoded codewords. An identifying pattern is applied to the encoded codewords forming a transmission signal. In one embodiment, the identifying pattern is a unique pseudo-random pattern identifying the data source. Once the pattern has been added, multiple transmission signals can be summed together and then modulated onto a carrier wave. The transmission signals are then transmitted on the carrier wave which is at a pre-selected frequency. The low energy encoding format is such that a sequence of signals forming codewords is created. Each sequence of signals is characterized by an energy and normally a high bit consumes energy whereas a low bit requires substantially less energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Haruhiko H. Asada, Chun-Hung Liu, Erin Cem, Kai-Yeung Siu