Patents by Inventor Stephen Jay Shellhammer

Stephen Jay Shellhammer 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: 9154156
    Abstract: A method of line coding is disclosed that limits error propagation in a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) of a receiving device. A communications device receives a set of bits to be transmitted over a channel and divides the set of bits into a plurality of blocks based, at least in part, on a line coding scheme. The device then encodes each of the blocks of bits into a corresponding block of symbols based on the line coding scheme. Specifically, the line coding scheme has a non-uniform coding efficiency, wherein a first bit or a last bit of each block of bits is mapped to a single data symbol. For some embodiments, the line coding scheme may be a ternary line coding scheme that maps a block of 3k+1 bits to a corresponding block of 2k+1 symbols, where k is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiao Feng Wang, Stephen Jay Shellhammer
  • Patent number: 9130890
    Abstract: In a method of scheduling frames, a first channel of a plurality of channels is selected for a first frame. The first frame is sent across a media-independent interface to a physical-layer device for transmission on the first channel. A data rate of the media-independent interface is greater than a data rate of the physical-layer device for the first channel. After the first frame is sent across the media-independent interface, subsequent sending of frames for the first channel across the media-independent interface is disabled for a period of time that is based at least in part on rate adaption from the data rate of the media-independent interface to the data rate of the physical-layer device for the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Jay Shellhammer, Patrick Stupar, Andrea Garavaglia
  • Publication number: 20150244394
    Abstract: A method of line coding is disclosed that limits error propagation in a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) of a receiving device. A communications device receives a set of bits to be transmitted over a channel and divides the set of bits into a plurality of blocks based, at least in part, on a line coding scheme. The device then encodes each of the blocks of bits into a corresponding block of symbols based on the line coding scheme. Specifically, the line coding scheme has a non-uniform coding efficiency, wherein a first bit or a last bit of each block of bits is mapped to a single data symbol. For some embodiments, the line coding scheme may be a ternary line coding scheme that maps a block of 3k+1 bits to a corresponding block of 2k+1 symbols, where k is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Xiao Feng Wang, Stephen Jay Shellhammer
  • Publication number: 20150223047
    Abstract: A method includes transmitting, from an electronic device in a neighbor awareness network (NAN) via a first wireless protocol, a wake up message indicating discovery information associated with a second wireless protocol. The method further includes communicating information via the NAN using the second wireless protocol after transmitting the wake up message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Santosh Paul Abraham, Alireza Raissinia, Stephen Jay Shellhammer, George Cherian
  • Patent number: 8948744
    Abstract: A spatio-temporal random voting scheme is provided that incorporates location distribution, spatial randomness, and temporal randomness in the collection of information from a plurality of sensing devices within the cognitive network. The region is divided into a plurality of sectors, where each sector is a portion of the region. A subset of sectors is selected from the plurality of sectors in the region to provide spatial randomness. A device is randomly selected from each sector in the subset of sectors to provide additional spatial randomness to the information collection process. Temporal randomness may be introduced by randomly selecting a timeslot within a sensing window period in which devices are to scan a frequency spectrum band to determine if a signal energy above a threshold is detected. Sensing reports are then collected from the selected sensing devices and used to determine whether the frequency spectrum band is available or in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yong Jin Kim, Lakshminath Reddy Dondeti, Stephen Jay Shellhammer, Wenyi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140199070
    Abstract: In a method of scheduling frames, a first channel of a plurality of channels is selected for a first frame. The first frame is sent across a media-independent interface to a physical-layer device for transmission on the first channel. A data rate of the media-independent interface is greater than a data rate of the physical-layer device for the first channel. After the first frame is sent across the media-independent interface, subsequent sending of frames for the first channel across the media-independent interface is disabled for a period of time that is based at least in part on rate adaption from the data rate of the media-independent interface to the data rate of the physical-layer device for the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Jay Shellhammer, Patrick Stupar, Andrea Garavaglia
  • Publication number: 20130273880
    Abstract: A spatio-temporal random voting scheme is provided that incorporates location distribution, spatial randomness, and temporal randomness in the collection of information from a plurality of sensing devices within the cognitive network. The region is divided into a plurality of sectors, where each sector is a portion of the region. A subset of sectors is selected from the plurality of sectors in the region to provide spatial randomness. A device is randomly selected from each sector in the subset of sectors to provide additional spatial randomness to the information collection process. Temporal randomness may be introduced by randomly selecting a timeslot within a sensing window period in which devices are to scan a frequency spectrum band to determine if a signal energy above a threshold is detected. Sensing reports are then collected from the selected sensing devices and used to determine whether the frequency spectrum band is available or in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Yong Jin KIM, Lakshminath Reddy Dondeti, Stephen Jay Shellhammer, Wenyi Zhang