Patents Issued in February 20, 2014
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Publication number: 20140050212Abstract: Telecommunication systems using multiple Nyquist zone operations are provided. In one aspect, a telecommunication system can include a first section and a second section. The first section can receive signals from at least one transmitting base station or transmitting terminal device. The received signals have frequencies in multiple frequency bands. The first section can also sample the received signals such that the received signals are aliased. The first section can also combine the aliased signals from the frequency bands into a combined frequency band in a common Nyquist zone. The second section can extract signals from the combined frequency band. The extracted signals are to be transmitted at frequencies in a frequency band from a Nyquist zone that is different than the common Nyquist zone. The second section can also transmit the extracted signals to at least one receiving base station or receiving terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: ANDREW LLCInventors: Oliver Braz, Markus Mederle, Alfons Dussmann, Van E. Hanson, Nelson Christian Schmidt, JR.
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Publication number: 20140050213Abstract: Aspects generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to methods, systems and apparatus for timing synchronization during a wireless uplink random access procedure. For example, certain aspects relate to a technique for receiving first timing advance information associated with uplink wireless communications with a base station (BS), transmitting a random access connection request message to the BS, receiving a random access response from the BS while the first timing advance information is within a valid time period, the random access response comprising second timing advance information associated with uplink wireless communications with the base station, determining, after receiving the random access response, that the valid time period for the first timing advance information has expired, and utilizing the second timing advance information for uplink communications with the BS after determining that the valid time period for the first timing advance information has expired.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Bao Vinh Nguyen, Dominique Francois Bressanelli, Shailesh Maheshwari, Deepak Krishnamoorthi, Prasanna Venkata Santosh Kumar Tallapragada
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Publication number: 20140050214Abstract: A gateway connects to a communication device, and communicates with a voice communication server through a network. When the communication device requests to establish a voice communication with a third-party communication terminal, the gateway parses the request to calculate a network bandwidth sufficient to establish the voice communication, and then requests the voice communication server to allocate the required network bandwidth for establishing the voice communication. Then voice data streaming sent from the communication device and the third-party communication terminal are respectively processed to generate RTP packets. The RTP packets are transmitted between the communication device and the third-party communication terminal, so as to realize the voice communication between the communication device and third-party communication terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shih-Hao TUNG, Li-Jen HSU, Shih-Min HU
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Publication number: 20140050215Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for virtualizing a private branch exchange by unifying resources of the private branch exchange into a virtual server thereby to form an internet-based (cloud) environment and using redistribution of the unified resources. A virtual system includes a virtual server configured to register terminals included in physical local system, which performs management to provide registration and services with terminal equipments included in the physical local system, and to redistribute the registered terminal equipments; and at least one virtual local system formed by redistributing the terminal equipments registered in the virtual server.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventor: Yangheon LEE
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Publication number: 20140050216Abstract: A network fabric includes interconnected network nodes, each having access to a database containing predetermined paths from each network node to each other network node in the network fabric. Each network node determines, in response to an incoming frame, whether the frame is a fabric protocol data unit (PDU) having a header containing path attributes including a destination node address. If the frame is a fabric PDU, the node selects a first path to the destination node from the database, and forwards the fabric PDU to a next hop in accordance with the selected path. If the frame is not a fabric PDU, the node selects a second path through the network fabric to the destination node from the database, adds the header with the path attributes to the frame to produce the fabric PDU, and forwards the fabric PDU to the next hop in accordance with the second path.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Stephan Benny, Keshav Govind Kamble, Dar-Ren Leu, Vijoy A. Pandey
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Publication number: 20140050217Abstract: In some embodiments, a data packet may be received at a leaf switch. A port-channel associated with a destination port for the data packet may be identified, and the data packet may be transmitted to the destination port via the identified port-channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Shyam Kapadia, Nilesh Shah, Chia Tsai, Vinay Parameswarannair
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Publication number: 20140050218Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a network interface card (NIC) having a plurality of network ports including multiple Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) ports, a multi-lane PCIe interface adapted for communicating with a server, an Ethernet controller adapted for communicating with a network, and logic adapted for providing overlay network gateway functionality. In another embodiment, a NIC includes a plurality of network ports including multiple PCIe ports, a multi-lane PCIe interface adapted for communicating with a server, an Ethernet controller adapted for communicating with a network, and logic adapted for providing overlay network gateway functionality to traffic that passes through the NIC. In yet another embodiment, a method for providing overlay network gateway functionality in a network includes providing overlay network gateway functionality for network traffic received by a NIC implemented in a server, wherein the NIC provides an interface between a server and a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Keshav G. Kamble, Vijoy A. Pandey
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Publication number: 20140050219Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing a path management packet is provided, the method including determining whether a router for processing a received path management packet is a storing node, and when the router is determined to be a storing node, controlling the path management packet to be stored in a routing table, or when the router is determined to be a non-storing node, failing to store the path management packet in the routing table and controlling the path management packet to be transmitted to a subsequent node.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jeong Gil KO, Jong Soo Jeong, Jong Jun Park, Jong Arm Jun, Nae Soo Kim
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Publication number: 20140050220Abstract: The embodiments described herein present methods and apparatuses for on-path CAC operations in a MPLS-VPN environment. In an example embodiment, an ingress PE device receives a quality of service (QoS) resource reservation request; constructs an outgoing message that includes information allowing an egress PE device to identify the virtual private network routing and forwarding table (VRF) associated with a resource reservation resulting from the QoS resource reservation request; and transmits the outgoing message to the egress PE device, where the information allowing VRF identification is echoed back by the egress PE device and used by the ingress PE device to identify the VRF associated with the resource reservation resulting from the QoS resource reservation request. Other embodiments are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Francois Laurent Le Faucheur, Ashwini Dahiya, Ashok Narayanan
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Publication number: 20140050221Abstract: An interconnect arrangement includes a plurality of tag allocators. Each tag allocator is configured to receive at least one stream of a plurality of packet units and further configured to tag each packet unit. Each packet unit is tagged with one of a set of n tags where n is greater than two. At least one stream is tagged with a sequence of tags that is different from a sequence of tags used for at least one other of said streams. The interconnect arrangement also includes a router configured to receive a plurality of streams of tagged packet units and to arbitrate between the streams such that packet units having a same tag are output in a group.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicants: STMicroelectronics, Inc., STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SASInventors: Riccardo Locatelli, Rene Peyard, Michael Bekerman
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Publication number: 20140050222Abstract: There are provided methods and systems for transferring requested data over a node chain from a source node to a destination node through at least two intermediate nodes. A method includes identifying, at a file system level, at each of the at least two intermediate nodes, prior data previously sent to or received from a subsequent node in the node chain that matches at least a portion of the requested data. The method also includes transmitting, to the subsequent node, at least one pointer to the prior data and a reconstruction recipe for reconstructing the requested data at the subsequent node based on at least the at least one pointer, when the prior data matches at least the portion of the requested data. The method further includes transmitting, to the subsequent node, other portions of the requested data previously unsent to or un-received by the subsequent node.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: TIMOTHY M. LYNAR, KENT C. STEER
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Method and System for Creating Software Defined Ordered Service Patterns in a Communications Network
Publication number: 20140050223Abstract: A software defined network service (SDNS) node for altering a logical flow of data packets in a network to accommodate predetermined ordered service chains, comprising a receiver configured to receive an encapsulated data packet comprising a tag via a encapsulated tunnel from another SDNS node, wherein the tag identifies an ordered service chain or a next hop in the ordered service chain, a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to decapsulate the encapsulated data packet, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to forward the decapsulated data packet to a service device attached to the SDNS node when the processor determines, based on the tag, that a service on the service device should be applied to the data packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Ian Foo, Shree Murthy -
Publication number: 20140050224Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining whether a packet received in an input/output (I/O) circuit of a node is destined for the node and if so, providing the packet to an egress queue of the I/O circuit and determining whether one or more packets are present in an ingress queue of the I/O circuit and if so, providing a selected packet to a first or second output register according to a global schedule that is independent of traffic flow. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Michael Kauschke, Gautam B. Doshi
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Publication number: 20140050225Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing network route redundancy through Layer 2 devices, such as a loop free Layer 2 network having a plurality of switching devices. A virtual switch is coupled to the loop free Layer 2 network, the virtual switch having two or more switches configured to transition between master and backup modes to provide redundant support for the loop free Layer 2 network, the switches communicating their status through use of a plurality of redundancy control packets. The system also includes means for allowing the redundancy control packets to be flooded through the Layer 2 network. The means may include time-to-live data attached to the redundancy control packet which is decremented only when the packets are transferred through devices which are configured to recognize the protocol used in redundancy control packets.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Andrew Tai-Chin Kuo, Ivy Pei-Shan Hsu, Jordi Moncada-Elias, Rajkumar Jalan, Gurudeep Kamat
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Publication number: 20140050226Abstract: A data communication apparatus to be coupled to a first network and a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, includes a receiving unit which receives a data including header information indicating a destination and first header information used to identify a first Virtual Private Network (VPN) in the first network. The apparatus also includes a transmitter which transmits data having added thereto a MPLS header information used to identify one of the plurality of second VPNs in the MPLS network, the MPLS header information corresponding to both the header information indicating the destination and the first header information used to identify the first VPN in the first network included in the received data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Sakamoto, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Koji Wakayama, Shiro Tanabe, Noboru Endo
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Publication number: 20140050227Abstract: Power dissipation within a network service unit, such as digital-subscriber-line access multiplexer (DSLAM), is treated as a resource that is to be shared among subscribers. In this regard, the total amount of available power dissipation is quantified, and the framing for the data streams communicated across the subscriber lines are controlled to ensure that specified power dissipation limits are not exceeded, accounting for one or more factors, such as traffic load, service level agreement (SLA) specifications, available power, and temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Richard L. Goodson, Fred Chu, Martin Kuipers
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Publication number: 20140050228Abstract: A network for carrying out control, sensing and data communications, composed of a plurality of nodes. Each node may be connected to a payload, which includes sensors, actuators and DTE's. The network is formed using a plurality of independent communication links, each based on electrically-conducting communication media composed of at least two conductors and interconnecting two nodes, in a point-to-point configuration. During network operation, nodes can be dynamically configured as either data-generating nodes, wherein data is generated and transmitted into the network, or as receiver/repeater/router nodes, wherein received data is repeated from a receiver port to all output ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: MOSAID Technologies IncorporatedInventor: Yehuda Binder
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Publication number: 20140050229Abstract: Operations of a building facility monitoring device and an IP network monitoring device are coordinated with each other. In a connection system of a building facility device managing system, when a status of the IP network monitoring device is changed, a monitoring-device-status managing unit 301 provides parameter information unique for a BACnet protocol to the changed status and stores it. If the status is not an operation command, a coordinated-packet-generation transmitting/receiving unit 302 generates a packet of the BACnet protocol based on a status and parameter information of a specific IP network monitoring device to transmit it to a building facility device managing system 103. If the status is the operation command, it acquires a status and parameter information of the specific IP network monitoring device from a management database 401, and generates a packet of the BACnet protocol based on the status and the parameter information to transmit it to the building facility device managing system 103.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Toshihito Kon, Daigo Takaoka, Fumiya Akamatsu, Hidenori Takagi
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Publication number: 20140050230Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication method, comprising: determining a type of a media access control MAC frame header according to a type of a media access control protocol data unit MPDU; assigning a value to a function field in the MAC frame header to generate the MAC frame header; generating an MPDU, the MPDU at least comprising the MAC frame header; and encapsulating the MPDU and sending the encapsulated MPDU. Further disclosed are a transmitting device and a receiving device. By using the method and devices of the present invention, a signaling format having complete functions and compact structure and being easy to implement and extend is implemented, which is applicable to a newly defined medium-to-short distance wireless communication system, and reduces the complexity in processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: BEIJING NUFRONT MOBILE MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongshan Bao, Huijuan Yao, Yubao Zhou, Xiaoyan Yu, Shenfa Liu
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Publication number: 20140050231Abstract: A method and system for transmitting electromagnetic signals are provided. Data signals including a first data signal conveying first data, a second data signal conveying second data, and a third data signal conveying third data are provided. One or more transmitting devices transmit the first data signal and an inverse of the first data signal in two orthogonal linear polarities of an antenna maintaining their inverted phase relationship as propagated. Transmitting devices also transmit the second data signal in a linear polarity with a 45 degree rotation around a transmit axis of the first data signal. Transmitting devices also transmit the third data signal in linear polarity orthogonal from the second data signal and consequently 315 degree rotation around the transmit axis of the first data signal. One or more receiving stations receive the transmitted first data signal, the inverse of the first data signal, the second data signal and the third data signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventor: Nigel Iain Stuart Macrae
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Publication number: 20140050232Abstract: According to an embodiment, the transmission processor of the master terminal includes a sending/receiving processor which sends a synchronization request demanding packet to a particular slave terminal and sends a synchronization reply packet when receiving a synchronization request packet from the slave terminal that has received the synchronization request demanding packet, and a synchronization controller which calculates a synchronization band from the time of the receipt of the data packet and from time information added to the received data packet to determine a synchronization state and which adjusts a correction amount in accordance with the synchronization state and sends an internal timing correction command to the timing generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akinori Hirose, Akira Kawarada, Kazuto Fukushima, Hideaki Sugiura
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Publication number: 20140050233Abstract: A simplified coherent receiver based on heterodyne detection with only two balanced photo detectors (PD) and two analog-to-digital converters (ADC) is disclosed. The polarization diversity hybrid can be simplified relative to the conventional one. The detected intermediate frequency signals are first down converted to baseband with I/Q separation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: ZTE (USA) INC.Inventors: Jianjun Yu, Ze Dong, Hung-Chang Chien
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Publication number: 20140050234Abstract: Laser master oscillator-power amplifier system for generating high pulse energy, high average power laser pulses in the ultraviolet 191.25-201.25 nm and 243-246.25 nm spectral ranges, and in the visible 450-537.5 nm spectral range with controllable pulse duration and pulse repetition rate employ a master oscillator seed laser operating in the infra-red spectral range, and a single series connected chain of hybrid fiber-bulk optical amplifiers coupled to a non-linear frequency conversion unit to convert the laser pulses to the ultraviolet and visible spectral ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Veralas, Inc.Inventor: Valeri V. Ter-Mikirtychev
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Publication number: 20140050235Abstract: An optical system comprises an optical apparatus arranged to direct received light to different paths and to provide a first signal and a second signal, said first and second signals having an optical difference therebetween sufficient for distinguishing optical signals, an amplifier in optical communication with the optical apparatus for amplifying the first and second signals, and a discrimination device to receive amplified light and to provide output light responsive to the optical difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2011Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Fianum, Ltd.Inventors: John Redvers Clowes, Christophe Codemard, Pascal Dupriez
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Publication number: 20140050236Abstract: A discretely tunable laser device is provided. The discretely tunable laser device comprises: a laser comprising a plurality of discrete output modes; an optical filter for receiving output from the laser but otherwise optically isolated from the laser, the optical filter comprising a plurality of transmission peaks, each separated by a transmission spacing different from a spacing of the plurality of discrete output modes such that only one discrete output mode can predominantly align with one transmission peak when the plurality of discrete output modes are tuned; and, a control apparatus for tuning the discrete output modes of the laser to align a given output mode of the plurality of discrete output modes with a given transmission peak of the plurality of transmission peaks, such that the given output mode comprises a dominant output of the optical filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: RANOVUS INC.Inventor: Douglas J.S. BECKETT
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Publication number: 20140050237Abstract: A discretely tunable locally seeded laser device is provided. The discretely tunable locally seeded laser device comprises: a first tunable laser comprising first discrete output modes; and, a second tunable laser arranged to receive output from the first tunable laser, but otherwise optically isolated from the first tunable laser, the second tunable laser comprising second discrete output modes, such that one first discrete output mode can optically seed an aligned second discrete output mode in a given position of one or more of the first discrete output modes and the second discrete output modes, the aligned second discrete output mode comprising a dominant output.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: RANOVUS INC.Inventors: Bin CAO, Douglas J.S. BECKETT, David NICHOLSON
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Publication number: 20140050238Abstract: The pulse light source comprises a semiconductor laser outputting pulse light, an optical filter, and an optical amplifier. The optical filter outputs a chirping component of the inputted pulse light, by adjusting a relative position of a transmission spectrum of the optical filter with respect to an output spectrum of the seed light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Megaopto Co., Ltd.Inventor: Motoki Kakui
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Publication number: 20140050239Abstract: A degree of polarization control device includes: a calcium fluoride crystal substrate for transmitting a laser beam; a polarization monitor for measuring the degree of polarization of a laser beam transmitted through the calcium fluoride crystal substrate; and a controller for controlling the rotation angle of the calcium fluoride crystal substrate according to the degree of polarization measured by the polarization monitor; the calcium fluoride crystal substrate being formed by a flat plate having a laser beam entering surface and a laser beam exiting surface running in parallel with the (111) crystal face, the Brewster angle being selected for the incident angle, the rotation angle around the [111] axis operating as a central axis being controlled by the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.Inventors: Shinji NAGAI, Fumika YOSHIDA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Kouji KAKIZAKI
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Publication number: 20140050240Abstract: A new vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCESL) is provided. With an undercut structure and a diffusion structure, the VCESL obtains a controllable number of optical modes for a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR). Thus, an electrical-to-optical bandwidth and a bit-rate transmission distance in OM4 fiber reach their biggest values. Besides, a biggest D-coefficient (˜13.5 GHz/mA1/2), a smallest energy-data rate under 34 Gbit/s (EDR:140 fJ/bit) and a smallest energy-data distance rate under 25 Gbit/s with 0.8 km of OM4 fiber (EDDR:175.5 fJ/bit·km) are obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Jin-Wei Shi, Ying-Jay Yang
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Publication number: 20140050241Abstract: A method for producing light emission, including the following steps: providing a transistor structure that includes a semiconductor base region disposed between a semiconductor emitter region and a semiconductor collector region; providing a cascade region between the base region and the collector region, the cascade region having a plurality of sequences of quantum size regions, the quantum size regions of the sequences varying, in the direction toward the collector region, from a relatively higher energy state to a relatively lower energy state; providing emitter, base and collector electrodes respectively coupled with the emitter, base, and collector regions; and applying electrical signals with respect to the emitter, base, and collector electrodes to cause and control light emission from the cascade region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: The Board of Trustees of The University of IllinoisInventors: John Dallesasse, Milton Feng
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Publication number: 20140050242Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate supporting a plurality of layers that include at least one modulation doped quantum well (QW) structure offset from a quantum dot in quantum well (QD-in-QW) structure. The modulation doped QW structure includes a charge sheet spaced from at least one QW by a spacer layer. The QD-in-QW structure has QDs embedded in one or more QWs. The QD-in-QW structure can include at least one template/emission substructure pair separated by a barrier layer, the template substructure having smaller size QDs than the emission substructure. A plurality of QD-in-QW structures can be provided to support the processing (emission, absorption, amplification) of electromagnetic radiation of different characteristic wavelengths (such as optical wavelengths in range from 1300 nm to 1550 nm).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventor: Geoff W. Taylor
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Publication number: 20140050243Abstract: A semiconductor metallurgy includes a ratio of germanium and palladium that provides low contact resistance to both n-type material and p-type material. The metallurgy allows for a contact that does not include gold and is compatible with mass-production CMOS techniques. The ratio of germanium and palladium can be achieved by stacking layers of the materials and annealing the stack, or simultaneously depositing the germanium and palladium on the material where the contact is to be manufactured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Siddharth Jain, John Bowers, Matthew Sysak, John Heck, Ran Feldesh, Richard Jones, Yoel Shetrit, Michael Geva
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Publication number: 20140050244Abstract: A superluminescent diode has, above a substrate, a layered portion including at least a first cladding layer, a luminescent layer, and a second cladding layer in this order, and an optical waveguide having a refractive-index guiding structure is provided in the layered portion. The optical waveguide includes: a first mesa portion formed by processing the second cladding layer into the first mesa portion having a first width; and a second mesa portion formed by processing the first cladding layer, the luminescent layer, and the second cladding layer into the second mesa portion having a second width greater than the first width.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hiroshi OHNO, Kazuhiko YAMANAKA, Kenji ORITA, Shinichiro NOZAKI
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Publication number: 20140050245Abstract: A system for monitoring a rotating component in a fuel-vapor zone includes a housing of the rotating component in contact with the fuel-vapor zone; at least one temperature sensor in contact with an outer surface of the housing, wherein the at least one temperature sensor monitors a temperature of the outer surface of the housing and provides an indication when the temperature exceeds a selected temperature; and a controller connected to the at least one temperature sensor to receive the indication, wherein the controller terminates operation of the rotating component upon receipt of the indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Wayne R. Spock, Charles J. McColgan
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Publication number: 20140050246Abstract: A thermal insulation performance measurement apparatus which measures thermal insulation performance of a thermal insulator by heat flux to the thermal insulator, measured by a heat flux sensor, and a measurement method using the same includes a heat flux sensor provided with one surface adapted to contact an object to be measured, a first heat source arranged on the upper surface of the heat flux sensor to supply heat to the heat flux sensor, a thermal insulator arranged on the upper surface of the first heat source, a third heat source arranged on the upper surface of the thermal insulator, and a second heat source arranged around the heat flux sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Sung KWON, Hyung Sung KIM, Jong Sung PARK, Young Sung JUNG
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Publication number: 20140050247Abstract: A total air temperature probe includes a probe head having an airflow inlet, a main airflow outlet, a main probe head wall extending from the airflow inlet to the main airflow outlet, and a flow separation bend wall positioned between the airflow inlet and the main airflow outlet. The flow separation bend wall is opposite the main probe head wall across a primary flow passage defined through the probe head from the airflow inlet to the main airflow outlet. A flow separation trip feature is defined on an interior surface of the main probe head wall for tripping a boundary layer flow separation in flow in the primary flow passage, e.g., for reduction of deicing heater error.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Chad James Herman, Howard Earl Larson
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Publication number: 20140050248Abstract: A thermocouple connection device for terminating a cold junction of a thermocouple includes a housing configured to receive a substrate including an isothermal block positioned within a hollow interior space. Each of a plurality of connection elements include a first portion coupled to a second portion at a cold junction. The cold junction is positioned within the isothermal block such that the first portion and the second portion extend through opposite ends of the substrate. The first portions and the second portions of the connection elements extend through the housing in opposite directions to each other. A first distal end of the first portion is connectable to a control device, and a second distal end of the second portion is connectable to a hot junction. A resistance temperature device (RTD) is coupled to the isothermal block adjacent the cold junctions for measuring a temperature in proximity of the cold junctions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS CONTROLS INC.Inventors: Daniel M. Boehme, Mark R. Snow
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Publication number: 20140050249Abstract: Embodiments described provide for resource allocation for a transmission to a wireless device. The frequency band is partitioned into at least two contiguous subbands. A determination is made whether it is desirable to transmit in a single subband or in more than one subband. The transmission is assigned to occur in either the single subband or to operate in more than one subband. If the transmission is restricted to one subband, the hop pattern is also restricted to subcarriers within the particular subband.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Aamod Khandekar, Avneesh Agrawal
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Publication number: 20140050250Abstract: A pulse generation apparatus includes a delay pulse generator configured to generate a plurality of delay pulses, an amplitude modulator configured to modulate amplitudes of the plurality of delay pulses, and a Gaussian pulse generator configured to generate a Gaussian pulse based on the amplitude-modulated delay pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicants: Tsinghua University, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuli Geng, Woogeun Rhee, Jong Jin Kim, Dong Wook Kim, Zhihua Wang
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Publication number: 20140050251Abstract: A receiver architecture for processing spread spectrum signals. The receiver has an RF front end to receive and down convert a broadcast signal to an intermediate frequency carrier. The IF signal is digitized and provided to a processor (which may be a software-driven DSP, an ASIC or other embodiment) for processing. A given IF carrier is removed and the signal is low pass filtered. The signal is provided to a number of channels, each, for example, correspond to a unique transmitter. On each channel the sample rate is reduced to a predetermined fixed rate with timing mismatch compensated. The Doppler frequency shift, as estimated for the channel, is removed succeedingly. A locally generated copy of the spreading code used by the transmitter is applied to the carrier and Doppler removed signal at the predetermined fixed sample rate. The de-spread signal is used to provide estimates of the Doppler shift and for subsequent sample selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.Inventors: Wei An, Josef Stein
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Publication number: 20140050252Abstract: An apparatus and method for ultra wideband (UWB) communication, using a dual band pass filter (BPF) is disclosed. The UWB communication apparatus may include a first BPF performing a first band pass filtering with respect to a UWB signal, a second BPF that has a center frequency differing from a center frequency of the first BPF, and performs a second band pass filtering with respect to the UWB signal, a first envelope detector that detects a size of a first signal filtered in the first BPF, a second envelope detector that detects a size of a second signal filtered in the second BPF, and a demodulator that demodulates a UWB signal, using the size of the first signal and the size of the second signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicants: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woogeun RHEE, Fei CHEN, Jong Jin KIM, Dong Wook KIM, Zhihua WANG
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Publication number: 20140050253Abstract: Certain aspects and features are directed to determining characteristics such as phase margin and gain margin of signals such as standardized orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (“OFDM”) signals. In one aspect, a processing system can identify multiple carriers in an OFDM signal communicated by a repeater. The carriers include carriers from frequency guard band other than those used for communicating payload data or pilot data. The processing system can generate dynamic characteristic data to be sent via the carriers. The processing system can generate modulate the carriers with the dynamic characteristic data. The modulated power level of the carriers is less than a maximum level of noise filtered by a device receiving the OFDM signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Andrew Wireless Systems GmbHInventor: Milun Jovanovic
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Publication number: 20140050254Abstract: Pilot logic may determine channel information updates such as channel state information and phase correction information from pilot tones that do not travel close to the DC tone or the band edge tones. Logic may skip channel updates and phase tracking from pilot tones that have traveled close to the DC tone or the edge tones. In other words, logic may process the shifting pilot tones except for the pilot tones located adjacent to the DC tone and the edge tones. Logic may use channel estimates and phase rotations that are obtained from previous locations of the pilot tones instead of pilot tones that are adjacent to the DC tone or the edge tones. Logic may access memory to store the channel information such as the phase correction information previously obtained and the channel state information previously obtained and derived from processing pilot tones at locations adjacent to the symbol indices next to the DC tone and the edge tones.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Shahrnaz Azizi, Thomas J. Kenney, Eldad Perahia
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Publication number: 20140050255Abstract: Logic may calculate predicted phase rotations based upon more than one previously determined phase rotation. Logic may access memory to store and retrieve previously determined phase rotations to calculate predicted phase rotations. Logic may determine channel information updates such as channel state information and phase correction information from pilot tones that do not travel close to the direct current (DC) tone or the band edge (or guard) tones and replace the missing phase rotations with predicted phase rotations. Logic may skip phase tracking from pilot tones that have traveled close to the DC tone or the edge tones or that experience channel fading, which may result in a predicted phase rotation being more accurate than a phase rotation determined by processing the corresponding pilot tone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Shahrnaz Azizi, Eldad Perahia, Thomas J. Kenney
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Publication number: 20140050256Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an instruction for a transceiver of a device to transmit a first data frame; in response to the instruction, generating a first control signal for a switch to couple the transceiver to a first antenna for transmission of the first data frame by the transceiver via the first antenna; determining whether the transceiver has received within a pre-determined time interval after the transmission of the first data frame a second data frame containing an acknowledgement message confirming successful receipt of the first data frame by another device; and, if the transceiver has not received within the pre-determined time interval after the transmission of the first data frame the second data frame, then generating a second control signal for the switch to couple the transceiver to the second antenna for re-transmission of the first data frame by the transceiver via a second antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Tilo Ferchland, Sascha Beyer, Frank Poegel, Thomas Hanusch
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Publication number: 20140050257Abstract: Techniques are provided for deriving speed estimates by performing a convolution of the output of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) stage from different time windows in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation scheme. Such techniques enable speed estimation to be performed in the frequency domain, requiring little or no modification to existing OFDM systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventor: Stephen J. BEAUREGARD
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Publication number: 20140050258Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a correspondingly arranged communication device for channel estimation in vehicle-to-environment communication, wherein a model of the environment influencing the vehicle-to-environment communication is produced from parameters of a vehicle-to-environment communication and the quality of the model for the environment is ascertained by the convergence of the parameters used in the model. The course of the convergence of the parameters in the model is monitored and conclusions are drawn with regard to the environment from the course of the convergence of the parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Marc Menzel, Sighard Schräbler, Ulrich Stählin
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Publication number: 20140050259Abstract: Logic may determine phase correction information from pilot tones. Logic may determine phase correction information from some of the pilot locations. Logic may process the shifting pilot tones for less than all of the pilot tones. Logic may process pilot tones at any location within orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) packet. Logic may determine to process only pilot tones at the even or odd symbol indices or subcarriers. And logic may transmit a packet with a frame with a capabilities information field comprising an indication that a receiver may can process shifting pilot tones for phase tracking.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Shahrnaz Azizi, Eldad Perahia, Thomas J. Kenney
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Publication number: 20140050260Abstract: An apparatus includes an input, an output, an equalizer configured to receive an input signal at the input and to output an output signal for the output, and a reset block coupled to the equalizer and the output. The reset block is configured to pull the output signal at the output toward a bias voltage level based on a reset signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Marvell World Trade Ltd.Inventor: Sasan CYRUSIAN
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Publication number: 20140050261Abstract: An apparatus for coding video information includes a memory unit configured to store video information associated with a reference block; and a processor in communication with the memory unit, wherein the processor is configured to determine a value of a current video unit associated with the reference block based on, at least in part, a classification of the reference block and a scan order selected by the processor based upon the classification. The scan order indicates an order in which values within the reference block are processed to at least partially determine the value of the current video unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Chengjie Tu, Jianle Chen, Marta Karczewicz, Liwei Guo