Communication Techniques For Information Carried In Plural Channels Patents (Class 370/464)
  • Patent number: 8244892
    Abstract: Radiocommunication device comprising a starter software module suitable to allow a simplified radio link of the radiocommunication device with a local radiocommunication network and allow a downloading, by this simplified radio link, of an update of a use software module that is contained in the radiocommunication device and that is suitable to enable a normal radio link to be set up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Eric Carreel, Sébastien Royer De La Bastie, Arnaud Mouiche
  • Patent number: 8238362
    Abstract: A burst processing modem and related methods. Implementations of a first method of demodulating bursts from a plurality of channels may include receiving a plurality of channels from a received beam and separating the plurality of channels and storing a plurality of frames in a random access memory (RAM) array with a channelizer where each frame of the plurality of frames includes one or more bursts. The method may include serially reading, using a demodulator in response to receiving a timing signal, a desired burst from a frame stored in the RAM array wherein a burst time plan identifying the desired burst is used by a receive frame state machine to generate the timing signal. The method may include demodulating and decoding the desired burst using a demodulator and a decoder to produce a quantity of packet data, and sending the quantity of packet data to a specified destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, John Scott Crockett, Cris M. Mamaril, Mark Dale
  • Patent number: 8223768
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting electronic data between two networks communicating at different bit rates, where the bit rate of the faster network divided by the bit rate of the slower network is a non-integer. The two networks communicate with each other through a set of lanes each communicating at a bit rate that is a common denominator of the bit rates for the two networks. The lanes communicate with two sets of transceivers, one set of the transceivers communicates with the faster network at the faster bit rate and the other (larger) set of transceivers communicates with the slower network at the slower bit rate. Each transceiver is structured so that the total bit rate of the lanes communicating with that transceiver is equal to the bit rate of the network on which the transceiver operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Inventor: Doron Handelman
  • Publication number: 20120177060
    Abstract: A high resolution, wide spectral range, optical apparatus that includes an optical resonator cavity and a wavelength demultiplexer, arrangeable in multiple configurations. A method for increasing the resolution of a wavelength demultiplexer involves inputting light into an optical resonant cavity; inputting a plurality of different resonant output wavelengths to a wavelength demultiplexer; and routing each different resonant wavelength to a different output waveguide of the demultiplexer to generate a demultiplexer output spectrum. The method further involves performing either a time serialization or a space serialization procedure to increase the channel density and fully cover the spectrum of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michal Lipson, Bernado Kyotoku, Long Chen
  • Patent number: 8219589
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for communicating data is provided. The method includes, defining a data transmission unit (DTU) to be sent in an xDSL data stream, defining a retransmit container as a time slot that corresponds to the DTU, maintaining a copy of the DTU and an index corresponding to the retransmit container in a retransmission buffer, transmitting the DTU in the xDSL data stream, determining whether the DTU should be retransmitted, and if the DTU should be retransmitted: identifying the DTU by the retransmit container and retransmitting a copy of the DTU as identified by the retransmit container before the DTU leaves the retransmission buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Benoit Christiaens, Miguel Peeters, Raphael Cassiers
  • Patent number: 8218768
    Abstract: A cryptosync design comprising (1) a channel identifier indicative of a particular channel via which a data packet is sent, (2) an extended time stamp indicative of a time value associated with the data packet, and (3) a counter indicative of a packet count associated with the data packet. The lengths of the extended time stamp and counter fields and the time unit for the extended time stamp are parameters that may be configured for each channel. At the sender, the extended time stamp for the cryptosync may be obtained from the System Time maintained by the sender. The counter value for the cryptosync may be provided by a counter that is maintained for the channel by the sender. The sender may include a time stamp and/or the counter value, if they are needed to derive the cryptosync at the receiver, in a header of the data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ramin Rezaiifar, Paul E. Bender, Roy Franklin Quick, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120170593
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a data packet includes transmitting the data packet at a first frequency during an initial period for transmitting the data packet and transmitting the data packet at a second frequency different from the first frequency after the initial period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Seung-Min OH
  • Patent number: 8213305
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, method and article to perform dynamic service management for multicore processors are described. The apparatus may include, for example, a processing device having multiple types of processors to process packets. A service manager may dynamically assign executable files for multiple services to the multiple types of processors during execution of the executable files based on packets processed for each service. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arun Raghunath, Erik J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8213457
    Abstract: A device may be used for conditioning an upstream bandwidth. The device includes a return path extending at least a portion of a distance between a supplier side connector and a user side connector, and a coupler connected within the return path, the coupler providing a secondary path. A detection circuit is connected electrically downstream the coupler, and a level detector is connected electrically downstream the detection circuit. A microprocessor is connected electrically downstream the level detector. The microprocessor includes a first buffer and a second buffer. A variable signal level adjustment device is connected within the return path electrically upstream from the coupler. The variable signal level adjustment device is controlled by the microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: David Kelma, Tab Kendall Cox
  • Patent number: 8208487
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining and optimizing a throughput of a short range wireless network are provided. The method mainly includes acquiring respective time parameters in a contention access period based on information transmission characteristics of the short range wireless network; and computing and optimizing the throughput of the short range wireless network based on the respective time parameters. These time parameters are determined based on a non-persistent Carrier Sense Multiple Access CSMA mechanism. Therefore, the present invention employs a non-persistent CSMA mechanism to analyze the CAP of a short range wireless network and thus simplifies complexity in determining the network throughput and the analysis process of network optimization. As such, accurate throughput parameters of the standard network of the short range wireless network may be obtained, the network performance may be optimized and the performance of the short range wireless network is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yijin Zhang, Pingping Xu, Pei Liu
  • Patent number: 8208390
    Abstract: The invention relates to a structure of a transmission packet for a link adaptation mechanism that can efficiently transmits/receives uncompressed data using a link adaptation mechanism in a high-frequency wireless communication, and an apparatus and method of transmitting/receiving a packet using the same. According to an aspect of the invention, a structure of a transmission packet for a link adaptation mechanism includes a payload having a plurality of data units obtained through error correction encoding of uncompressed data at a predetermined coding rate, an MAC header being added to the payload and having a link adaptation field and a link adaptation extension field expressing presence/absence of the link adaptation field for transmission/reception of the uncompressed data, and a PHY header being added to the MAC header and including information about the coding rate and information about usability of an unequal error protection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoping Fan, Chang-yeul Kwon, Se-young Shin
  • Patent number: 8208436
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication base station device which can prevent lowering of use efficiency of a channel communication resource for performing a frequency diversity transmission when simultaneously performing a frequency scheduling transmission and the frequency diversity transmission in a multicarrier communication. In the device, a modulation unit (12) executes a modulation process on Dch data after encoded so as to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit (22) executes a modulation process on the encoded Lch data so as to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit (103) allocates the Dch data symbol and the Lch data symbol to respective sub carriers constituting an OFDM symbol and outputs them to a multiplexing unit (104). Here, when a plurality of Dch are used for a Dch data symbol of one mobile station, the allocation unit (103) uses Dch of continuous channel numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Nishio, Christian Wengerter, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Masaru Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 8204017
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication base station device which can prevent lowering of use efficiency of a channel communication resource for performing a frequency diversity transmission when simultaneously performing a frequency scheduling transmission and the frequency diversity transmission in a multicarrier communication. In the device, a modulation unit (12) executes a modulation process on Dch data after encoded so as to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit (22) executes a modulation process on the encoded Lch data so as to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit (103) allocates the Dch data symbol and the Lch data symbol to respective sub carriers constituting an OFDM symbol and outputs them to a multiplexing unit (104). Here, when a plurality of Dch are used for a Dch data symbol of one mobile station, the allocation unit (103) uses Dch of continuous channel numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Nishio, Christian Wengerter, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Masaru Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 8204076
    Abstract: A packet based display interface arranged to couple a multimedia source device to a multimedia sink device is disclosed that includes a transmitter unit coupled to the source device arranged to receive a source packet data stream in accordance with a native stream rate, a receiver unit coupled to the sink device, and a linking unit coupling the transmitter unit and the receiver unit arranged to transfer a multimedia data packet stream formed of a number of multimedia data packets based upon the source packet data stream in accordance with a link rate between the transmitter unit and the receiver unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Genesis Microchip Inc.
    Inventor: Osamu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120147900
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a packet selection unit that selects predetermined packets from input transport packets; a packet deletion determination unit that determines whether or not to delete packets not selected by the packet selection unit; and a count unit that counts the predetermined number of the packets selected by the packet selection unit. It is therefore possible to record Null packets, which are not necessary in recording, at a requisite minimum every corresponding mode without deleting the Null packets. As a result, it is possible to maintain the same interval of the TS packets as that applied in receiving them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Taiho Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 8200852
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for utilizing multi-mode dongles with peripheral devices. The multi-mode dongles are configured to provide standard mode signals for a standard mode of operation and alternate mode signals for an alternate mode of operation, for example, where a host information handling system is unable to provide the alternate mode signals to the peripheral device. The multi-mode dongle receives mode control signals from a host information handling system and automatically switches from a standard mode of operation to an alternate mode of operation, where the alternate mode signals are provided to the peripheral device, based upon the mode control signals. In one embodiment, the multi-mode dongle can be configured for a universal serial bus (USB) port, and the alternate mode signals can be associated with charging a consumer electronics (CE) device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Chin-Jui Liu, Bo Hom, Hsien-Tsung Lin
  • Publication number: 20120140780
    Abstract: A communication system and method for a deep space spacecraft receiver to perform post-processing to dynamically combine received signal power coherently for pre-processed signal streams radiated non-coherently from a distributed, multiple element, Ka-band transmitting array via multiple concurrent propagation paths. Mutually orthogonal data and pilot signals travel though the multiple propagation paths. A pre-processor utilizing wavefront multiplexing restructures signal streams on the ground into multi-channel wavefrom structures along with injections of pilot signals for diagnostic and probing purposes. These restructured, or “wavefront multiplexed” (WFM) signals are transmitted through propagation channels to a receiver on the spacecraft, wherein adaptive equalization and wavefront de-multiplexing coherently separates the mixtures of received WFM signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: DONALD C. D. CHANG
  • Patent number: 8194698
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for updating the quality of service (QoS) of an IP flow in a wireless communications system. More particularly, the methods and systems provide the ability to update a QoS grant from any level of QoS to any other level of QoS, from no QoS to some level of QoS, and from some level of QoS to no level of QoS. The update of QoS can be based, at least in part, on a request being made for an updated QoS. A decision is made whether or not to update the QoS; and depending on the decision, the QoS can be updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Janakiraman Senthilnathan, Kuntal Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 8194620
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for terminals to switch among the reverse traffic channels in CDMA group call service. During the establishing procedure of the standard group call service, the originating call terminal sets the long code mask for the reverse dedicated traffic channel, establishes the reverse dedicated traffic channel and obtains the talk right to become the speaking terminal; the called terminal sets the long code mask for the reverse shared traffic channel, establishes the reverse shared traffic channel and becomes the listening terminal. After the speaking terminal successfully releases the talk right, it resets the long code mask of the reverse traffic channel as the long code mask of the reverse shared traffic channel and switches to the reverse shared traffic channel to become the listening terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventor: Huiying Fang
  • Patent number: 8188686
    Abstract: A system involves a plurality of RF-enabled occupancy detectors. Each occupancy detector communicates with and controls an associated plurality of RF-enabled fluorescent lamp starter units. A network master has an RF transceiver used to communicate with the occupancy detectors using a first protocol, thereby retrieving status information from the starter units. The network master also has a second RF transceiver for communicating directly with a cellular telephone using a second protocol. A user can use the cellular telephone to control and interact with the lighting system through the network master, and/or to retrieve status information from the network master. The network master automatically generates and sends email alerts to the user by sending the alerts to an email server. The email server forwards the emails to the cellular telephone via a cellular telephone network. Alerts may, for example, indicate a low battery voltage condition or that a lamp needs replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: IXYS CH GmbH
    Inventor: Steven M. Pope
  • Patent number: 8191033
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method/apparatus to measure the jitter of a timing signal used in an integrated circuit chip. The method/apparatus is used to send data from a launch element using a synchronous data path of the timing signal, receive the data at a capture element using the synchronous data path, wherein the launch element and the capture element are disposed on the same integrated circuit chip upon which the timing signal is generated and/or used, and gather statistics about whether a timing violation has occurred by comparing the sent data with the received data over the course of multiple launch/capture events as the timing is adjusted. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas Page Bruch
  • Patent number: 8184653
    Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring a network of radios for dynamic spectrum access are described. A network radio can include hardware and/or software modules for detecting a radio environment and negotiating common communications channels with a plurality of other radios in the network. Network radio behavior can be defined by a plurality of predefined policies which are used in combination with the information about the radio environment to select common operating parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Shared Spectrum Company
    Inventors: Dmitry Dain, Igor Bazarov, Jevgenijs Livsics, Mark A. McHenry
  • Patent number: 8184657
    Abstract: A system and method for switching data packet traffic distribution across diverse transmission medium according to detected quality of service characteristics for a given data packet rate from server to client. It should be recognized that diverse medium are not interdependent with regard to fading or signal strength considerations. One mode of switching comprises switching all the data packets from transmission on a first medium to transmission over a second diverse medium. In a second mode of switching the distribution is changed according to a media-time coding mechanism in which typically data is being transmitted simultaneously across more than one of the multiple diverse medium. The data packet transmissions preferably comprise audio-video data packet streams, such as MPEG-2 streams. By way of example, the diverse transmission medium may comprise a wireless connection (i.e. WiFi) used in combination with a power-line network connection, such as within a home network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Behram Mario Dacosta
  • Patent number: 8184659
    Abstract: In a telecommunications network system in which two translators are placed for the conversion of IP version 4 (IPv4)-version 6 (IPv6)-IPv4, one translator converts an IPv4 packet to an IPv6 packet by adding a prefix obtained from a prefix management server managing prefixes to an address contained in an IPv4 packet received from an IPv4 terminal and also converts an IPx6 packet to an IPv4 packet by removing a prefix from the address contained in the IPx6 packet received from the translator. According to the conversion table, the other translator converts the IPv6 packet received from the one translator to an IPv4 packet and an IPv4 packet received from the IPv4 server to an IPv6 packet, thus enhancing the transfer efficiency in the IPv6-IPv4 conversion network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuneo Hamada
  • Patent number: 8184729
    Abstract: In an OFDM transmitter included in a first service area, an orthogonal-code-pattern multiplication unit multiplies pilot channel signals belonging to any subcarrier group by an orthogonal code which is different from that for one or a plurality of OFDM transmitters adjacent to the OFDM transmitter included in the first service area, or a subcarrier assignment unit assigns pilot channel signals to pilot subcarriers which are common to a plurality of OFDM transmitters and based on a pilot arrangement notified in advance by a control station to all OFDM transmitters included in the first service area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited
    Inventors: Shigeo Terabe, Koji Akita
  • Publication number: 20120120967
    Abstract: A communication device may utilize a serial interface to communicate with a peer device via a serial interface link utilizing a serial interface protocol. The communication device may be operable to generate a first serial signal from a first plurality of signals associated with one or more interface protocols. The generated first serial signal may be communicated to the peer device via the serial interface link. The peer device may then regenerate the first plurality of signals from the communicated first serial signal. The communication device may be operable to receive a second serial signal from the peer device via the serial interface link. The second serial signal was generated by the peer device from a second plurality of signals associated with the one or more interface protocols. The communication device may then regenerate the second plurality of signals from the received second serial signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Ali Ghiasi, Krishna Kalidindi, David Berry
  • Patent number: 8180844
    Abstract: A machine readable code (e.g., digital watermark or bar code) conveyed with objects is used in establishing links to associated electronic resources, such as web pages. The object can be physical (e.g., a magazine page) or electronic (e.g., music data). The associated electronic resource can be a web site from which goods or services (e.g., music) may be offered for sale. In some embodiments, when a code is sensed from one object, the system can foresee other object codes that may soon be sensed, and can anticipatorily provide address information for their respectively associated electronic resources. In another embodiment, the microphone of a cell phone is used to listen to ambient audio. A watermark in the audio is decoded and its payload is used to link to, or provide, related information. A variety of other concepts are also detailed, such as permitting the free distribution of low fidelity music as marketing agents for higher fidelity versions that are available for sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey B. Rhoads, Bruce L. Davis, William C. Hein, III, Joshua A. Rosenthol, Brian T. MacIntosh, Kenneth L. Levy
  • Patent number: 8179920
    Abstract: A method includes appending a preamble to a data packet and transmitting the preamble and data packet over a communication channel in the network. The preamble may be a Beacon, Admission, Broadcast, or High-Throughput Preamble. The Beacon Preamble includes the following symbols SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, CP0, CEBeacon, CEBeacon. The Admission Preamble includes the following symbols SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, CP0, CE, CE. The Broadcast Preamble includes the following symbols LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, CP0, CE, CE. The high-throughput preamble includes the following symbols CP0, CE. The SS symbol includes 64 bits, the LS1, LS2, and CP0 symbols include 192 bits, the CE symbol includes 512 bits, and the CEBeacon symbol is a subset of CE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Entropic Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Arndt Mueller
  • Patent number: 8176525
    Abstract: This invention provides a method, system and apparatus for allowing media context sensitive SIP signaling exchange (such as voice) and call establishment while denying or challenging any other session description protocol (“SDP”) extension dialogs which might not be desired (such as instant messaging, video, Web broadcasting or pushing, data and/or application sharing and the like) by a user. The method and apparatus may further include defining user client media policy preferences, the user media policy preferences establishing the parameters for evaluating a media session request received by a user client, and providing the user client media policy preferences to a policy enforcement point device, the policy enforcement point device evaluating the media session request received by the user client and applying the user client media policy preferences to the media session request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Rockstar Bidco, L.P.
    Inventors: Edwin Koehler, Jr., Cherif Sleiman, Timothy Mendonca
  • Publication number: 20120106573
    Abstract: A single carrier cable modem can be initialized on multiple channels. By initializing a cable modern on more than one channel, the error rate performance of short data packets in cable modems in an impulsive noise environment is improved. The advantage of low symbol rate transmission for short packets in an impulse noise environment is achieved without sacrificing burst capacity at a cable modem and without the complexity of transmitting multiple symbol waveforms simultaneously at a cable modem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas J. Kolze
  • Patent number: 8170012
    Abstract: A device is operative to send packets in a packet communication network having at least two stations. According to an exemplary embodiment, the device operates by: extracting image pips on the basis of a synchronization signal; initializing a first counter on the basis of the the image pips; initializing a second counter according to zero-crossings of the first counter; sampling the second counter every period Tsmp, where Tsmp emanates from a time base synchronized on all the stations of the network; sending packets containing the samples of the second counter in the network; receiving at least one phase deviation value ?? to be applied; and sending the at least one phase deviation value ?? in the network. The present invention also pertains to a device operative to receive packets in a packet communication network having at least two stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Serge Defrance, Thierry Tapie, Philippe Rio
  • Patent number: 8170139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a frequency hopping communication method in which the data travels over time-variable frequency bearers. A frequency bearer is defined as a subset pair of carriers in a channel of a set of frequency channels (RF). The choice of the frequency bearers is derived from a pseudo-random draw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Serge Hethuin, Adrien Duprez
  • Patent number: 8169949
    Abstract: Ways for facilitating a method of controlling a media session that includes audio and video data are provide. One variation of the method includes establishing a wireless communications link between a source device and a target wireless device, receiving from the source device a media stream that includes audio information and video information, communicating a first portion of the audio information and video information to the target device, receiving an indication of a desire to receive a different portion of one or more of audio information and video information (the different portion being different from the first portion), and communicating to the target device, a modified portion of the media stream that is consistent with the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Pallavur Ananthakrishnan Sankaranaraynan, Lyle Walter Paczkowski
  • Patent number: 8166225
    Abstract: The USB interface data transmission device comprises a USB interface controller unit, a dynamic data transmission unit, a central controller unit, a transmission mode configuration unit, a driver program memory and a data transmission interface. In them: The dynamic data transmission unit includes a data input node and a data output node, wherein the data input node supports the data downloading and the data output node support the data uploading, while when necessary the data input node and the data output node support each other's functions by changing their respective data uploading and downloading functions. In a download mode both the data input node and the data output node support the data downloading operation and in an upload mode both support the data uploading operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Tenx Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hung Huang, Ming-Feng Chiu, Jou-Fu Chou
  • Patent number: 8166170
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of delivering a video stream. The method operates by determining a group of video streams to be provided to a particular destination over a particular communication link. Next, the band width of the link is allocated to the video streams based upon the particular properties of the various video streams to be transmitted. The video streams are processed so that they fit into the band width allocations. Next, the video streams are transmitted in separate channels, synchronized with respect to each other, to reach the subject destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Imagine Communications Ltd.
    Inventors: Doron Segev, Ron Gutman, Lior Morad
  • Patent number: 8164479
    Abstract: Automatic meter reading (AMR) systems and methods in which readers communicate with endpoints interfaced to utility meters. In operation, the reader and the endpoint communicate with one another via radio frequency (RF) communication according to a communication protocol. Aspects of the invention are directed to packetization, command and control, and messaging arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Itron, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Osterloh, Christopher Nagy
  • Publication number: 20120087378
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods for producing GaAs/Si composites, GaAs/Si composites, apparatus for preparing GaAs/Si composites, and a variety of electronic and photoelectric circuits and devices incorporating GaAs/Si composites of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bruno Ullrich, Artur Erlacher
  • Patent number: 8155638
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for testing mobile communications in a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) mobile communications network by generating one or more virtual users. Specifically, a high speed downlink shared channel is scheduled for a user (e.g., a real user or a virtual user) in a plurality of users. One or more network resources are then allocated by a virtual user executable module to the high speed downlink shared channel for a virtual user in the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Iqbal Jami, Monica Casado-Fernandez, Stefan Brueck
  • Patent number: 8155148
    Abstract: The present invention provides telecommunications transport methods and systems for the transparent mapping/demapping of client data signals without the insertion/deletion of idle characters for client data signal rate adaptation. These methods and systems include mapping an incoming client data signal to and demapping an outgoing client data signal from a transport frame comprising: a first segment that is dedicated to client data; a second segment that is dedicated to fixed stuff, wherein the fixed stuff comprises, for example, network management information; a third segment that is dedicated to justification data for supporting a client data signal rate adaptation function; and a fourth segment that is dedicated to justification control information for indicating whether the third segment is used for client data or fixed stuff, wherein the justification control information is redundant for error protection purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Arvo Surek, Michael Scott Brown
  • Patent number: 8155224
    Abstract: A transmission method for transmitting modulation signals of a plurality of channels to the same frequency band from a plurality of antennas. At the time when a symbol used for demodulation is inserted in a channel, in another channel symbol, the same phase and quadrature signals in the in-phase-quadrature plane are made to be zero signals. Thus, a plurality of modulation signals are multiplexed and transmitted and the transmitted multiplexed modulation signals are demultiplexed and demodulated at a reception apparatus, thereby improving the data transmission rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Masayuki Orihashi, Akihiko Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8156235
    Abstract: A communication apparatus for remote communication may include a first local module configured to intercept a first stream. The first stream may utilize a first transmission protocol and may be destined to a remote destination over a network. The first local module may be configured to make a determination whether to direct the first stream over a first connection to a first destination utilizing the first transmission protocol or to direct the first stream over a second connection to a second destination utilizing a second transmission protocol. The determination may be based on one or more of the following: a configuration or a network condition. The first local module may be configured to direct the first stream to the first destination or the second destination based on the determination. The second transmission protocol is different from the first transmission protocol. A machine-readable medium and a method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Wyse Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Ernesto Barreto, Siddhartha Kasivajhula, Ankur Kumar
  • Patent number: 8149875
    Abstract: A technique is provided for processing data in a packet-based communications environment. A single data packet is encapsulated into a single link layer packet data unit. The link layer unit is encoded to form at least one code block. After the currently available radio resource capacity during a fixed duration transmission interval has been determined, bits within the code block are selected to fit into or otherwise match the radio resource capacity. Thereafter, the selected bits are transmitted via a physical layer. In some variations, unsolicited redundant sets of bits are transmitted thereafter to facilitate successful receipt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Niclas Wiberg, Reiner Ludwig, Michael Meyer
  • Patent number: 8139603
    Abstract: Currently, the I.E.E.E. 802.21 specification allows multiple MIH (Media-Independent Handover) Users in a single MIH Function. However, the specification is not clear about how multiple MIH Users are supported by a single MIHF (MIH Function) under a constraint in which if there is only one MIH User is allowed to change the state of a particular link during a particular period of time. This document proposes a detailed architecture which allows for the co-existence of multiple MIH Users by introducing a link ownership scheme in the MIHF (MIH Function). The proposed link ownership scheme also supports the scenario in which the state of a link of a mobile node is changed by a network node by modifying the MIH_Register primitives in the I.E.E.E. 802.21 specification to signal the set of allocated links to a remote MIH User on the network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignees: Toshiba America Research, Inc., Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Fajardo, Yoshihiro Oba, Yuu-Heng Alice Cheng
  • Patent number: 8134932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a multi-antenna radio communication system, in particular to methods and arrangements for improved multiple HARQ transmission in such systems. While HARQ transmission schemes, as known in the art, only can consider the fact whether or not a transmission attempt has been successful the present invention provides a HARQ retransmission scheme that considers the reception quality for already performed transmissions of a same data packet when selecting a resource allocation for necessary re-transmissions. Resource allocation for retransmissions is based on a pre-defined metric indicating a quality of the reception of the previous transmission attempts. Such a metric can be derived from a quality measure derived in the receiver unit, e.g. a CQI or CSI-based value, or an appropriate measure of the mutual information, e.g. the accumulated conditional mutual information (ACMI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Per Skillermark, Lei Wan, Jingyi Liao
  • Publication number: 20120044953
    Abstract: A radio communication apparatus capable of alleviating a burden in setting a transmission format and suppressing increases in the scale of the apparatus. In this apparatus, space multiplexing adaptability detection section (108) detects space multiplexing transmission adaptability for divided bands (DB-1 to DB-Nd) obtained by dividing a communication band to which Ns subcarrier signals belong in multicarrier transmission and to which a plurality of subcarrier signals belong, and outputs the detection results (#1 to #Nd). Transmission format setting section (110) sets a transmission format when carrying out radio transmission based on the detection results (#1 to #Nd) from space multiplexing adaptability detection section (108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki KISHIGAMI, Yoichi NAKAGAWA, Kentaro MIYANO
  • Publication number: 20120039343
    Abstract: A digital broadcast transmitting/receiving system and a method for processing data are disclosed. The method for processing data may enhance the receiving performance of the receiving system by performing additional coding and multiplexing processes on the traffic information data and transmitting the processed data. Thus, robustness is provided to the traffic information data, thereby enabling the data to respond strongly against the channel environment which is always under constant and vast change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Jin Pil Kim, Young In Kim, Ho Taek Hong, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Hyoung Gon Lee, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Jong Moon Kim, Won Gyu Song
  • Publication number: 20120033617
    Abstract: Systems are provided for sequencing, delivery acknowledgement, and throttling of data packets over a network layer, such as UDP and SMS. To support devices with limited battery resources, the invention incorporates asymmetric retry logic and/or acknowledgements with overlapping ranges, to minimize the transmissions required for the device. The sender of a data-bearing frame does not need to wait for a frame to be acknowledged before sending the next, such that many frames can be “in flight” at once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: Stephen Blaine COFFMAN
  • Patent number: 8111253
    Abstract: In a radio access network, techniques for controlling relative usages, by different groups of access terminals in communication with a radio access network, of available power handling capacity of the radio access network, based on information about usages by different groups of access terminals in communication with the radio access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Airvana Network Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Prashanth Rao
  • Patent number: 8107492
    Abstract: A processing system and method for communicating in a processing system over a bus is disclosed. The processing system includes a receiving device, a bus having first, second and third channels, and a sending device configured to address the receiving device on the first channel, and read a payload from the receiving device on the second channel, the sending device being further configured to write a first portion of a payload to the receiving device on the first channel and a second portion of the payload to the receiving device on the third channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Gerard Hofmann, Terence J. Lohman
  • Patent number: 8107496
    Abstract: Systems and methods for roaming between a mobile node and at least one serving node connected to a network are disclosed. The present application provides a method for roaming between. In the system and method, a first communication is established between the mobile node and one of the serving nodes through a control server, when an Ethernet transceiver is used by the mobile node. Ethernet is used for communications between the mobile node and the control server, and a wireless communication technology for communications between the control server and the serving node. The control server also translates communications between Ethernet and the wireless communication technology. In the system and method, a second communication is established between the mobile node and one of the serving nodes with the wireless communication technology, when a wireless communication technology transceiver is used by the mobile node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Borella, Sundar Raman