Multiple Frequency Translations Patents (Class 370/481)
  • Patent number: 12231356
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine an amount of time between uplink allocations that is needed for performing frequency retuning during operation at a subcarrier spacing (SCS). The UE may perform frequency retuning in association with hopping from a first set of frequency resources, associated with transmitting a first uplink transmission, to a second set of frequency resources, associated with transmitting a second uplink transmission, during operation at the SCS, wherein the frequency retuning is performed during a set of consecutive unallocated resources determined based at least in part on the amount of time between uplink allocations that is needed for performing frequency retuning. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mohamed Fouad Ahmed Marzban, Ahmed Abdelaziz Ibrahim Abdelaziz Zewail, Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo, Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun, Zhifei Fan, Qingjiang Tian
  • Patent number: 11997363
    Abstract: A mapping engine is configured to rearrange a configuration of data on a plurality of data channels. Each of a set of upstream filters is configured to pass one or more selected input radio frequency signals. An input of each of a set of upstream demodulators is configurable to be coupled to a selected one of the upstream filters and an output of each upstream demodulator is coupled to the mapping engine. An input of each of a set of upstream modulators is coupled to the mapping engine. An upstream aggregator comprises one or more inputs and is configured to aggregate a plurality of upstream-bound radio frequency signals, each input being configurable to be coupled to at least one selected upstream filter of the set of upstream filters and a selected upstream modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Cook
  • Patent number: 11930037
    Abstract: A valid route origin authorization (ROA) for a specified IP address is published and a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to a given IP address is detected. A flowspec rule is advertised from a given autonomous system network to one or more neighboring autonomous system networks in response to the detection of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. A modified Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) validation is performed using the published valid route origin authorization (ROA) in response to the advertisement of the flowspec rule. The flowspec rule is implemented to mitigate the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in response to the validation of the flowspec rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventor: Richard A. Compton
  • Patent number: 9609631
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method to be performed by a first wireless communication apparatus in communicating with a second wireless communication apparatus. First, the first wireless communication apparatus determines whether a plurality of sub-channels are simultaneously available for the second wireless communication apparatus. Then, the first wireless communication apparatus simultaneously uses the sub-channels to transmit a plurality of divergent copies of a data segment to the second wireless communication apparatus, respectively, if the sub-channels are simultaneously available for the second wireless communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Chun-Ming Kuo
  • Patent number: 9300403
    Abstract: The disclosures provide a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving interface signals of a distributed base station. At least one channel of Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) signals of a distributed base station are encapsulated into optical transport unit x (OTUx) signals in a frame structure of OTUx by adopting Generic Mapping Procedure (GMP) mapping scheme, wherein the x represents a transmission capacity and wherein the OTUx is adopted for providing a bandwidth required by the at least one channel of CPRI signals, and then the OTUx signals that bear the at least one channel of CPRI signals are sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingxin Tan, Xin Xiao, Zhiyong Huang, Chaoyang Li, Binghua Zhang, Wei Du, Hanguo Li
  • Patent number: 9164500
    Abstract: A remotely activatable valve unit having: an inlet port; an exit port; an electronically activatable valve configured and arranged between the inlet port and the exit port; a receiver having an output; and a controller configured to operate the valve as a function of the receiver output. The exit port may be configured to attach to a vacuum means or to a wall vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Buffalo Filter LLC
    Inventors: Christopher A. Palmerton, Samantha Bonano, Daniel R Palmerton, Gregory J. Pepe, Anthony L Lizauckas, III, Kyrylo Shvetsov, William J Kellner, Michael J. Miller
  • Patent number: 9025623
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for implementing self-adaption of cross granularity in an Optical Transport Network (OTN). The method includes: acquiring an optical interface side OTN service signal which has been processed by a frame-forming chip, and performing determination on the frame header of an Optical channel Data Unit (ODU) frame of the current level in the OTN service signal; when frame-alignment is determined to be successful, performing level-by-level de-multiplexing processing on the ODU frame of the current level to obtain cross granularities of different levels, selecting output channels for the cross granularities of different levels, performing mapping processing on the output cross granularities of different levels to form fixed rate service signals, and outputting the fixed rate service signals to back board ports, where the signals are transmitted to a cross board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ruimin Ma, Hongbing Zou, Haiping Hao
  • Patent number: 9008129
    Abstract: A system and method for frequency division multiplexed high speed physical layer devices. A next generation Ethernet device can be generated through reuse of existing architectures. Multiple instantiations of an existing architecture can be supported on a given wire pair by frequency division multiplexing on a number of carriers. The multiple instantiations can enable multiple modes that can support different configurations, variable rates, and energy efficient Ethernet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Wael William Diab, Scott Powell
  • Patent number: 8989083
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed to restrict the delivery of video, audio, and/or data to unauthorized end users in a satellite communications system. The satellite communications system includes one or more satellite receiving antennas, commonly referred to as a satellite dish, to receive downlink communications signals from one or more satellites. The transmission received by the one or more satellite receiving antennas is converted by an outdoor unit (ODU) for transmission to one or more indoor units (IDUs). The ODU receives control information from one or more satellites from the downlink communications signals, commonly referred to as in-band, and/or from out-of-band communications signals. The ODU may use the control information to restrict access to one or more communications channels embedded within the downlink communications signals to the unauthorized end users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Krafft, Leonard Dauphinee, Ramon Alejandro Gomez
  • Patent number: 8929352
    Abstract: A general frequency division multiplex (GFDM) transmission system is proposed. Vacant frequency ranges are detected and subsequently used for transmission, wherein a single carrier transmission system with cyclic prefixing is deployed. A corresponding transmitter and receiver are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Fettweis, Marco Krondorf, Steffen Bittner
  • Patent number: 8761191
    Abstract: An OFDM system embeds sequence information in the transmitted signal that reduces peak average power ratio (PAP) with minimal impact on the overall system efficiency. A marker is embedded onto the transmitted information that is used to identify the combining (inversion) sequence at the receiver. In one embodiment, selected tones in a cluster are rotated when the corresponding phase factor rotates the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Leonard Joseph Cimini, Jr., Nelson Ray Sollenberger
  • Patent number: 8731123
    Abstract: A demultiplexing device that includes frequency-conversion and reception low-pass-filter units that perform a frequency converting process and a low-pass filtering process for causing a signal to pass through a desired band, perform downsampling to reduce a sampling rate to half of a data rate of an input signal, and output the signal, reception channel-filter units that waveform-shape a signal with a desired frequency characteristic and output the waveform-shaped signal. The demultiplexing device also includes a filter-bank control unit that generates a clock control signal for supplying a clock to frequency-conversion and reception low-pass-filter units and reception channel-filter units corresponding to signal passage bands, based on channel information, and a reception-clock supply unit that supplies a clock to frequency-conversion and reception low-pass-filter units and reception channel-filter units corresponding to signal passage bands, based on the clock control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Fujimura
  • Patent number: 8542626
    Abstract: A multi-spot transmission and reception system includes at least one outbound section implementing the reception of a hub frequency band and its transposition into user transmission sub-bands, at least one return section implementing the reception of user frequency sub-bands, and their transposition into a hub transmission band and a mesh section comprising a digital transparent processor DTP. The mesh section includes: frequency sampling and recombining means to sample, on user reception sub-bands a mesh band fraction, and to recombine the sampled mesh band fractions on an input of the DTP; and frequency division and reinjection means to divide the frequency band routed to an output of the DTP, into band fractions, and to reinject the band fractions obtained into the user transmission sub-bands. An application of the system is to repeaters on board telecommunications satellites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Philippe Voisin, Didier Leboulc'h, Bruno Trancart
  • Patent number: 8520700
    Abstract: What is provided is recording capability for each of the modules utilized by the first responders and other personnel within the area of the incident, with the stored information at each of the first responders' modules being read out through the ad hoc network, where it can be uploaded to storage. The stored information can be displayed at an incident commander work station in real time to give the incident commander a realistic view of the timeline and the severity of the incident, as well as the response. The use of the ad hoc network permits offloading stored information from each of the first responders' modules so as to free up storage within the modules. By providing storage at every node of the ad hoc network, one has access to a timeline of the actions at the incident as well as redundancy, which enhances the memories and observational skills of the first responders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F Greene, William E. Tonseth, Mihir D. Boal, William J. Delaney
  • Patent number: 8509158
    Abstract: Systems and methods for communication are disclosed. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises a communications system, comprising at least one transmitter station and at least one receiver station, the transmitter station and receiver station communicating using an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) schema, wherein OFDM signals are transmitted in a notched frequency band arrangement such that at least one other transmission within a notch of the notched frequency band is used outside of the communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventor: John L. Norin
  • Patent number: 8411774
    Abstract: A multicarrier communication device using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols can vary the number of subcarriers being used on multicarrier communication within a network, based on a predetermined criterion and capability information. The capability information can include a data file, which indicates portions of an electromagnetic spectrum for which regulatory body licenses are currently obtained for a network cell. Alternatively, the capability information can include capability information about the wireless devices in communication with the multicarrier communication device, where the capability information for each wireless device includes device power limitations, device bandwidth width limitations, or which subcarriers a wireless device is capable of using.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Eric A. Jacobsen, Jeff Foerster, Dan Dahle
  • Patent number: 8396042
    Abstract: A control apparatus for use in wireless communications includes an antenna unit having antennas, the number of the antennas being equal to a maximum allowable number of connections in a specific frequency band; and a controller for receiving a connection request signal from each terminal attempting to connect to the control apparatus via the antenna unit, and transmitting and receiving a data signal to and from each terminal connected to the control apparatus by using a multiple-input-multiple-output scheme. The controller transmit and receive the data signal to and from each terminal connected to the control apparatus by obtaining a signal value of each antenna based on a predicted channel matrix and the number and types of terminals connected to the control apparatus via the antenna and separating the data signal for each terminal from the signal value according to the multiple-input-multiple-output scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kyeongpyo Kim, Jin Kyeong Kim, Woo Yong Lee, Yong Sun Kim, Nae-Soo Kim, Cheol Sig Pyo
  • Patent number: 8335225
    Abstract: An OFDM system embeds sequence information in the transmitted signal that reduces peak average power ratio (PAP) with minimal impact on the overall system efficiency. A marker is embedded onto the transmitted information that is used to identify the combining (inversion) sequence at the receiver. In one embodiment, selected tones in a cluster are rotated when the corresponding phase factor rotates the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Leonard Joseph Cimini, Jr., Nelson Ray Sollenberger
  • Patent number: 8335818
    Abstract: The invention relates to the technical field of local data transmission networks, in particular domestic networks. In networks such as these, the network stations log on in connection to the network. On disconnection, the network station which is leaving the network logs off in an appropriate manner. In the situation in which the user disconnects a network station simply by pulling out the network cable from the network, it is physically impossible to transmit the logging-off message. The invention is now concerned with the problem of how reliably an inactive network station can be identified, also taking account of the disconnection of the network station simply by pulling out the network plug. The invention solves the problem by regular transmission of a search request to the stations in the network. If a search request remains unanswered by one network station, an HTTP access is additionally attempted to, for example, the device description of the network station in question, or a control request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Ingo Huetter, Michael Weber
  • Patent number: 8315153
    Abstract: A wireless communication equipment includes receive processing and transmit processing. The receive processing includes a Fourier transform unit that transforms all received signals to frequency region signals by Fourier transform. A demodulation unit demodulates the received signals from the Fourier-transformed frequency region signals. A random access detection unit that monitors signals in frequency regions of random access signals of the Fourier-transformed frequency region signals, and detects that the random access signals are received, by a change pattern of the signals in the frequency regions of random access signals in one transmission time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Yunjian Jia, Katsuhiko Tsunehara
  • Patent number: 8126503
    Abstract: A system and method for providing dynamic allocation of MIMO communication resources during a single communication. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise determining a first set of MIMO communication resources to utilize for communicating a first portion of a unit of information. The first set of MIMO communication resources may be allocated for communicating the first portion of the unit of information. A second set of MIMO communication resources may be determined to utilize for communicating a second portion of the unit of information, where the second set of MIMO communication resources is different from the first set of MIMO communication resources. The second set of MIMO communication resources may be allocated for communicating the second portion of the unit of information. The first and second portions of the unit of information may, for example, be communicated consecutively or concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Jeyhan Karaoguz, Nambirajan Seshadri, James D. Bennett
  • Patent number: 8023574
    Abstract: A multicarrier communication device can vary the number of subcarriers being used to carry on multicarrier communication within a network, based on a predetermined criterion (e.g., traffic load, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Eric A. Jacobsen, Jeff Foerster, Dan Dahle
  • Patent number: 7995602
    Abstract: An OFDM system embeds sequence information in the transmitted signal that reduces peak average power ratio (PAP) with minimal impact on the overall system efficiency. A marker is embedded onto the transmitted information that is used to identify the combining (inversion) sequence at the receiver. In one embodiment, selected tones in a cluster are rotated when the corresponding phase factor rotates the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Leonard Joseph Cimini, Jr., Nelson Ray Sollenberger
  • Patent number: 7991013
    Abstract: A system and method for receiving radio frequency signals, comprising a plurality of analog signal couplers, for communicating a representation of a radio frequency signal; a respective analog to digital converter for each of said couplers, each having an output presenting a digital representation of the representation and an associated clock; a non-blocking switch matrix, receiving the plurality of outputs and associated clocks, and producing a plurality of regenerated outputs and associated regenerated clocks under selective control of a switch matrix signal; and a plurality of digital radio frequency signal processors, adapted to receive at least one regenerated output from the non-blocking switch matrix and associated regenerated clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Hypres, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepnarayan Gupta, Oleg A. Mukhanov
  • Patent number: 7945407
    Abstract: Sets of time domain data of respective frequency bands from Fd-1 to Fd-n of a periodic input signal Fs are acquired. Sets of the time domain data of the common frequency band are extracted from the sets of the time domain data of the frequency bands Fd-1 and Fd-2 in the acquired frequency bands. Correlativity between the sets of the time domain data of the common frequency band is determined while shifting time relationship between the sets each other to identify the sets of time domain data having correspondence relationship. The sets of the time domain data having the correspondence relationship in the time domain data of the adjacent frequency band Fd-1 and Fd-2 are converted to the sets of the frequency domain data respectively, and the sets of the frequency domain data are combined to produce one set of combined frequency domain data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc
    Inventors: Miyake Kenichi, Hiroyuki Yamagaki, Kuniharu Hori
  • Patent number: 7944995
    Abstract: A variable bandwidth receiver uses allocated bandwidth more efficiently and ensures that blocking signals do not overload receiver components. The receiver includes multiple branches for receiving a first bandwidth signal. Each receiver branch has a filter for passing signals in a frequency band corresponding to a second bandwidth less that the first bandwidth and an analog-to-digital converter for converting the baseband signal into a digital signal. A controller digitally combines the digital signals from two or more of the receiver branches to produce a received signal having a bandwidth substantially wider than the first bandwidth. Because combining is done after analog-to-digital conversion in the digital domain, the controller can combine the digital signals from two or more of the receiver branches having adjacent corresponding frequency bands without the normal guard band separating them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ulf Skarby, Karl Gösta Sahlman
  • Patent number: 7936788
    Abstract: A method for signal transporting in an optical transport network comprises: presetting frame structures for an optical channel payload unit OPUx and an optical channel data unit ODUx of a 5G-path transporting constant-bit-rate CBR5G rate-level signals in an optical channel layer; and according to the frame structures of the optical channel payload unit OPUx and the optical channel data unit ODUx, mapping and multiplexing the constant-bit-rate CBR5G rate-level signals to the optical channel layer of the optical transport network for transport through the optical transport network. The present invention also discloses a corresponding device for signal transporting. Since there are provided OPUx/ODUx/OTUx for transporting CBR5G rate-level signals in the OTN, thus enabling transparent transport of the CBRG5 signals in the OTN as well as direct scheduling, supervision and management on the CBR5G signals in the OTN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hongtao Zhang
  • Patent number: 7894483
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for communicating over a multi-carrier communication channel. In the method, sub-carrier frequencies that are reserved for communication between a pair of network nodes are associated with different sub-carrier groups, where the sub-carriers of each sub-carrier group are assigned to a bitloading or gain configuration that is independent of the bitloading or gain configurations for the other respective sub-carrier groups. A group message, which is indicative of the bitloading or gain configurations for the respective sub-carrier groups, is transmitted from the receiving node to the transmitting node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Vladimir Oksman
  • Patent number: 7860130
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes communicating with a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) transceiver unit through a first twisted pair that comprises a first plurality of wires, and communicating with the DSL, transceiver unit through a second twisted pair that comprises a second plurality of wires. A training procedure is implemented to receive first signals from the DSL transceiver unit through the first plurality of wires of the first twisted pair, and to send second signals to the DSL transceiver unit through the second plurality of wires of the second twisted pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shoujung J. Tsao, Roger W. Hsu
  • Patent number: 7852813
    Abstract: A system for performing cell acquisition in a frequency overlay communication system having a first frequency band and a second frequency band including the first frequency band. A base station (BS) generates a reference signal used for identifying a cell using a specific sequence in a predetermined frequency band, and transmits the reference signal. A mobile station (MS) receives the reference signal to determine whether the BS uses the first frequency band or the second frequency band, determines a reference signal having a maximum correlation value through correlation calculation with at least one predefined sequence, and detects a BS identifier (ID) corresponding to the determined reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chang-Ho Suh, Jin-Kyu Koo, Dong-Seek Park, Young-Kwon Cho, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo
  • Patent number: 7848303
    Abstract: A Multi-carrier Switch Converter (“MCSC”) for multiplexing a plurality of input signals received at the MCSC into a single MCSC output signal is disclosed. The MCSC may include a Multi-port Selector Switch, wherein the Multi-port Selector Switch receives the plurality of input signals and produces a Multi-port Selector Switch output, wherein the Multi-port Selector Switch output includes a plurality of switched output signals and a frequency translation block in signal communication with the Multi-port Selector Switch, wherein the frequency translation block receives the Multi-port Selector Switch output and frequency translates each switched output signal of the plurality of switched output signals to plurality of translated signals, wherein each translated signal has a fixed carrier frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Mats Lindstrom, Reza Moazzam, James Moniz
  • Patent number: 7839947
    Abstract: According to the invention, a circuit for reducing the crest factor is provided: (A) with a transmit path with a data symbol to be transmitted; (B) with a model path, which is arranged in parallel with a section of the transmit path, which exhibits a model filter to which the non-oversampled data symbol to be transmitted can be supplied, the non-oversampled data symbol exhibiting a non-flat PSD power spectrum, which exhibits an analysis and evaluation circuit which is arranged following the model filter and which checks whether the time domain function of the data symbol to be transmitted exhibits within a predetermined time interval at least one maximum, the amount of which exceeds a first threshold and/or determines the associated position of the maximum within the time interval, and which, by scaling and displacing a dirac-like sample function generates a correction function in dependence on the position and the amplitude of the maximum; (C) with a subtracting device which is connected to outputs of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Lantiq Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Clausen, Werner Henkel, Dietmar Sträuβnigg, Steffen Trautmann
  • Patent number: 7804763
    Abstract: A power line communication device for communicating data signals over a power line is provided. One example embodiment comprises a conditioning circuit configured to be coupled to the power line and a modem communicatively coupled to the conditioning circuitry to transmit and receive data signals over the power line via the conditioning circuitry. The modem may be configured to transmit and receive orthogonal frequency division multiplexed data signals that comprise a plurality of sub-carriers, wherein the modem is adapted to vary the transmit power for each of a plurality of subsets of the plurality of sub-carriers from substantially zero power to a plurality of increments above zero power. The modem also may be adapted to transmit and receive data signals with the transmit power for each of a plurality of subsets of the plurality of sub-carriers being different and to transmit and receive using a different modulation scheme at different sub-carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Current Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Berkman, John C. Boot
  • Patent number: 7769051
    Abstract: An optical transmission network is inherently asynchronous due to the utilization of a variable overhead ratio (V-OHR). The network architecture makes extensive use of OEO regeneration, i.e., deals with any electronic reconditioning to correct for transmission impairments, such as, for example, FEC encoding, decoding and re-encoding, signal reshaping, retiming as well as signal regeneration. The optical transmission network includes a plesiochronous clocking system with intermediate nodes designed to operate asynchronously with a single local frequency clock without complicated network synchronization schemes employing high cost clocking devices such as phase locked loop (PLL) control with crystal oscillators and other expensive system components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Infinera Corporation
    Inventors: Drew D. Perkins, Ting-Kuang Chiang, Edward E. Sprague, Daniel P. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20090257443
    Abstract: An OFDM system embeds sequence information in the transmitted signal that reduces peak average power ratio (PAP) with minimal impact on the overall system efficiency. A marker is embedded onto the transmitted information that is used to identify the combining (inversion) sequence at the receiver. In one embodiment, selected tones in a cluster are rotated when the corresponding phase factor rotates the cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Leonard Joseph Cimini, JR., Nelson Ray Sollenberger
  • Patent number: 7593473
    Abstract: A Tree-structured multicarrier multiple access communication system in a multiple access environment having a number of interfering signals. In one embodiment an environment estimator estimates and tracks the number of interfering signals of the environment. A code selector determines an optimal spreading code represented by the environment, and identifies an actual spreading code that is closest to the optimal spreading code. A signal transmitter can then be used to transmit a multicarrier multiple access signals in accordance with the actual spreading code identified. On the receiver side, a multiuser detector (MUD) module performs tree structured multiuser detection signal processing, and produces a bit stream for each interfering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Rachel E Learned, Brandon Pierce Hombs
  • Patent number: 7558282
    Abstract: An OFDM system embeds sequence information in the transmitted signal that reduces peak average power ratio (PAP) with minimal impact on the overall system efficiency. A marker is embedded onto the transmitted information that is used to identify the combining (inversion) sequence at the receiver. In one embodiment, selected tones in a cluster are rotated when the corresponding phase factor rotates the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Leonard Joseph Cimini, Jr., Nelson Ray Sollenberger
  • Patent number: 7558327
    Abstract: The position of a specific pattern such as a known symbol in a signal such as an OFDM signal is estimated with high accuracy. An effective symbol extraction section extracts a known symbol (preamble) as an effective symbol from a signal to be measured according to an approximate position of the known symbol. A mixer determines the product of the frequency spectrum of the extracted effective symbol by the result of the conversion performed by a complex conjugate conversion section from the frequency spectrum of the known symbol into the conjugate complex. A phase shift amount measuring section measures the phase shift amount ?? of the product determined by the mixer. A precision pattern position measuring section measures the difference between the position of the known symbol and its approximate position on the basis of the phase shift amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Nowara
  • Patent number: 7526018
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-standard transceiver for supporting a plurality of time division deplexing wireless communication standards. The multi-standard transceiver has a Multi-Mode Modem (MMM), a frequency synthesizing unit, a transmission unit, a reception unit and a transmission/reception switch. The MMM selects a transmission standard and a transmission channel and performs digital modulation/demodulation. The frequency synthesizing unit variably adjusts a carrier frequency. The transmission unit receives a digital modulated signal, low-pass-filters the digital modulated signal with a bandwidth thereof variably adjusted according to the selected transmission standard, and up-converts the filtered digital modulated signal into an RF modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Hae-Moon Seo, Yong Kuk Park, Kwang-Ho Won, June-Jae Yoo
  • Publication number: 20080285594
    Abstract: A system for adapting an analog system to a packet network may include an electronic signal adapter in communication with the analog system and packet network. The electronic signal adapter may be configured to convert information received in data packets from the packet network into dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) signals and single tone analog signals and to communicate the DTMF and single tone analog signals to the analog system. The single tones may have a signal strength below approximately ?25 dBm. The electronic signal adapter may further be configured to receive and convert analog signals into digital data for communication in data packets over a packet network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Amar N. Ray, John M. Heinz, Warren K. Okeson
  • Patent number: 7453895
    Abstract: An outlet (70, 75, 76, 78, 79) for a Local Area Network (LAN), containing an integrated adapter (21, 25) that converts digital data to and from analog video signal. Such an outlet allows using analog video units in a digital data network (80), eliminating the need for a digital video units or external adapter. The outlet may include a hub (31, 41) that allows connecting both an analog video signal via an adapter, as well as retaining the data network connection, which may be accessed by a network jack (73). The invention may also be applied to a telephone line-based data networking system. In such an environment, the data networking circuitry as well as the analog video adapters are integrated into a telephone outlet, providing for regular telephone service, analog video connectivity, and data networking as well. In such a configuration, the outlet would have a standard telephone jack (71), an analog video jack (72) and at least one data networking jack (73).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Serconet Ltd
    Inventor: Yehuda Binder
  • Patent number: 7440459
    Abstract: In a method of detecting whether a given node supports a given protocol version, a source node sends a request message to the destination mode based on a first protocol version. The source node receives an indication message in reply to the request, and may detect that the destination node does not support the first protocol version based on the indication message. Accordingly communications may be established between a user of the wireless network and an external network via the source and destination nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Alessio Casati
  • Patent number: 7436842
    Abstract: An outlet for a Local Area Network (LAN), containing an integrated adapter that converts digital data to and from analog video signal. Such an outlet allows using analog video units in a digital data network, eliminating the need for a digital video units or external adapter. The outlet may include a hub that allows connecting both an analog video signal via an adapter, as well as retaining the data network connection, which may be accessed by a network jack. The invention may also be applied to a telephone line-based data networking system. In such an environment, the data networking circuitry as well as the analog video adapters are integrated into a telephone outlet, providing for regular telephone service, analog video connectivity, and data networking as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Serconet Ltd.
    Inventor: Yehuda Binder
  • Patent number: 7414993
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an intelligent channel selection apparatus and method against various interferers in wireless communication systems, and a receiver using the same. The intelligent channel selection apparatus includes a channel power measurement unit, a channel list storage unit, a channel selection data generation unit and a channel selection unit. The channel power measurement unit measures received signal channel power of a plurality of available channels and storing the received signal channel power as channel power data. The channel list storage unit arranges the plurality of available channels and storing the plurality of available channels in a channel list. The channel selection data generation unit generates data for channel selection based on the signal channel power data and the frequency offsets of the channels of the channel list. The channel selection unit selects the highest priority channel from the channel list based on the data for channel selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Hae-Moon Seo, Yong-Kuk Park, Kwang-Ho Won, June-Jae Yoo
  • Patent number: 7356048
    Abstract: A network modem which interfaces, in an embodiment of the invention, with existing wired media within a home. The network modems couple to an existing shared medium and utilize frequency division multiplexing to create a communication network thereon. Communication channels are established, discrete from one another in frequency space with each of the active modems coupled to the shared communications medium. Each communication channel carries simplex communications between two or more modems, and all simplex communication channels operate simultaneously to provide a network between all the active modems coupled to the shared communications medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Ikanos Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Behrooz Rezvani
  • Patent number: 7352991
    Abstract: Various configurations and equipment are described for providing satellite television programming from multiple satellite antennas to receivers, particularly to receivers located in apartments within a multiple-dwelling unit and having one or more satellite television receivers. In some arrangements a multitude of signals are provided to the users independent of what programming is actually being used. In an alternate configuration the system provides the user with signals that are selected from the available signals according to the programming selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: National Antenna Systems
    Inventors: Abram Novak, Joris Goemaere
  • Patent number: 7340622
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates selectively increasing the operating frequency of an electronic circuit, such as a computer system. The system begins by operating in a low-power state with the frequency and voltage of the electronic circuit set to low levels. Upon recognizing the need for performance beyond the low power level, the electronic circuit enters the first-intermediate power state. In this first-intermediate power state, the frequency and voltage are set to first-intermediate levels. Upon recognizing the need for performance beyond the first-intermediate power state, the electronic circuit enters the maximum-sustainable power state. In this power state, the frequency and voltage are set to maximum sustainable levels. Upon recognizing the need for performance beyond the maximum-sustainable power state, the electronic circuit temporarily enters a boosted power state beyond the maximum-sustainable power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Keith A. Cox, William C. Athas
  • Patent number: 7206317
    Abstract: An OFDM system embeds sequence information in the transmitted signal that reduces peak average power ratio (PAP) with minimal impact on the overall system efficiency. A marker is embedded onto the transmitted information that is used to identify the combining (inversion) sequence at the receiver. In one embodiment, selected tones in a cluster are rotated when the corresponding phase factor rotates the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Leonard Joseph Cimini, Jr., Nelson Ray Sollenberger
  • Patent number: 7171570
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates selectively increasing the operating frequency of an electronic circuit, such as a computer system. The system begins by operating in a low-power state with the frequency and voltage of the electronic circuit set to low levels. Upon recognizing the need for performance beyond the low power level, the electronic circuit enters the first-intermediate power state. In this first-intermediate power state, the frequency and voltage are set to first-intermediate levels. Upon recognizing the need for performance beyond the first-intermediate power state, the electronic circuit enters the maximum-sustainable power state. In this power state, the frequency and voltage are set to maximum sustainable levels. Upon recognizing the need for performance beyond the maximum-sustainable power state, the electronic circuit temporarily enters a boosted power state beyond the maximum-sustainable power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith A. Cox, William C. Athas
  • Patent number: RE43128
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data packets having a heading followed by a data field. The data of the field is transmitted by groups of symbols. According to the OFDM technique, subcarriers modulated by the groups are generated. A frequency modulation of a carrier signal delivered by a linear ramp generator is produced with a set of modulated subcarriers. When the signal is received, mixing with a linear ramp results in subcarriers which are separated and then demodulated for supplying data. This is useful for transmitting data packets particularly in wide band networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Remote Access, LLC
    Inventors: Serge Hethuin, Louis Ramel