Patents by Inventor Jeff Stanier

Jeff Stanier 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).

  • Method and apparatus for regulation of the effective noise figure in a CDMA receiver
    Patent number: 6304561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for effecting regulation of the effective noise figure of a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) receiver. The regulation process can be used to control the receiver during the activation/deactivation of a cell/sector in a CDMA wireless system and during normal operation when the service area of the cell/sector needs to enlarge or shrink. In a most preferred embodiment the CDMA receiver includes a source of pseudo-random noise that is injected in the received signal, downstream of the signal digitization stage. A power detector measures the power in the received digitized signal and a program logic determines the amount of noise figure degradation to be applied. The actual noise power regulation is effected by multiplying the output of the noise generator by a weighing factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Xin Jin, Hong-Kui Yang, John Nielsen, Neil McGowan, Jeff Stanier
  • Method and apparatus for regulation of the effective noise figure in a CDMA receiver
    Publication number: 20010012317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for effecting regulation of the effective noise figure of a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) receiver. The regulation process can be used to control the receiver during the activation/deactivation of a cell/sector in a CDMA wireless system and during normal operation when the service area of the cell/sector needs to enlarge or shrink. In a most preferred embodiment the CDMA receiver includes a source of pseudo-random noise that is injected in the received signal, downstream of the signal digitization stage. A power detector measures the power in the received digitized signal and a program logic determines the amount of noise figure degradation to be applied. The actual noise power regulation is effected by multiplying the output of the noise generator by a weighing factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Xin Jin, Hong-Kui Yang, John Nielsen, Nell McGowan, Jeff Stanier