Patents by Inventor Mark Patrick Barry

Mark Patrick Barry 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).

  • Parameter generation for interleavers
    Patent number: 7590917
    Abstract: An interleaver parameter generator circuit used to calculate and generate on an as needed basis interleaver parameters for interleaving blocks of information of varying lengths in accordance with a pseudorandom pattern defined by the 3GPP standard. The interleaver parameter generator circuit calculates and generates the defined interleaver parameters based on an input parameter that represents the length of the block of information to be interleaved. At least one of the defined parameters is calculated and generated using a decomposed form of its definition. The interleaver parameter generator circuit uses well known circuit blocks such as multipliers, subtractors, Compare-and-Select circuits and other circuits to calculate and generate the defined parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Barry, Benjamin John Widdup
  • Method and apparatus for generating a pseudo random number
    Patent number: 7085791
    Abstract: In the method of generating a pseudo random number, pseudo random numbers equal to pseudo random numbers generated from a pseudo random number generation function indexed by orders of two are stored. Then, a pseudo random number is generated based on the stored pseudo random numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Barry, Mark Andrew Bickerstaff
  • Parameter generation for interleavers
    Publication number: 20040220988
    Abstract: An interleaver parameter generator circuit used to calculate and generate on an as needed basis interleaver parameters for interleaving blocks of information of varying lengths in accordance with a pseudorandom pattern defined by the 3GPP standard. The interleaver parameter generator circuit calculates and generates the defined interleaver parameters based on an input parameter that represents the length of the block of information to be interleaved. At least one of the defined parameters is calculated and generated using a decomposed form of its definition. The interleaver parameter generator circuit uses well known circuit blocks such as multipliers, subtractors, Compare-and-Select circuits and other circuits to calculate and generate the defined parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Barry, Benjamin John Widdup
  • Method and apparatus for generating a pseudo random number
    Publication number: 20040162863
    Abstract: In the method of generating a pseudo random number, pseudo random numbers equal to pseudo random numbers generated from a pseudo random number generation function indexed by orders of two are stored. Then, a pseudo random number is generated based on the stored pseudo random numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Barry, Mark Andrew Bickerstaff