Combining Or Distributing Information Via Time Channels Patents (Class 370/498)
  • Patent number: 8638931
    Abstract: Systems and/or methods that facilitate descrambling of data communicated between a memory and a host processor are presented. A descrambler component determines the bit order of data signals from a memory device based on pattern information provided to the descrambler component by the memory device during initialization. The descrambler component can receive one or more distinct patterns and can evaluate the data values associated with such patterns for each data line of the memory. The descrambler component can determine the bit order of the data signals based on such patterns and can generate a transformation function that can facilitate rearranging data, which can be received from or sent to the memory device, into a predetermined bit order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventor: Roger Dwain Isaac
  • Patent number: 8638821
    Abstract: A communication network includes a plurality of communication nodes, each node arranged for communicating frames of data with the other nodes during a dynamic segment having dynamic communication slots with respective communication slot numbers. Each of the plurality of communication nodes includes a time base having consecutive timeslots, associated with the dynamic communication slots; a communication slot number controller, for adjusting a communication slot number, a minislot counter for counting minislots while the adjusting of the communication slot counter is suspended and a control unit for controlling the communication slot number controller to either continue adjusting of the slot number if the determined duration of the reception is above a certain threshold or to continue adjusting of the slot number using the value obtained with the minislot counter if the determined duration of the reception is below a certain threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Temple, Mathias Rausch
  • Patent number: 8634416
    Abstract: In a digital broadcasting signal receiving/recording/reproducing apparatus, a recorded program can be immediately reproduced without performing complicated operations. Only a desired program and information related to the desired program are separated to be extracted from the digital broadcasting signal. Then, the separated/extracted broadcasting signal is supplied to a recording/reproducing apparatus. In the recording/reproducing apparatus, the supplied broadcasting signal is recorded, and the recorded program can be immediately reproduced without complicated manipulating operations during the signal reproducing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Takashimizu, Yuji Yamamoto, Kenji Katsumata, Takumi Okamura, Takuya Matsumoto, Shuko Sei, Yuji Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 8619821
    Abstract: A simplified bus arrangement using only three signal lines allows TDM data to be conveyed to or from a number of slave-only devices without the use of separate command line(s) and without any of the slave-only devices having to operate as a bus master or even support a master operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Invensense, Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Pan, Olafur M. Josefsson, Dongqin Yan, Camille L. C. J. Huin
  • Patent number: 8619822
    Abstract: A system and method of generating an output signal includes a receiving system generating a plurality of signals having a first format, an encoder 162 encoding the plurality of signals into a plurality of transport streams and a multiplexer 210. The system also includes a local area network 130 routing the plurality of transport streams to the multiplexer 210 to form a combined signal, a modulator 214 modulating the combined signal to form a modulated signal and a system 202 forming the output signal from the modulated signal. In one aspect, the output signals may be satellite uplink signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Munsell, Hanno Basse, Daniel M. Miner, Mitchell B. Wasden
  • Patent number: 8615618
    Abstract: Techniques and devices for transmitting data and information via a bus are provided. According to these techniques, data is transmitted in units or frames together with information that is required or useful for one or more of the transmission and the use of the data. If desired, at least some of the units or frames include a time slot within which freely selectable devices can output onto the bus data representing freely selectable information at freely selectable points in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technology AG
    Inventors: Jens Barrenscheen, Wilhard Von Wendorff
  • Patent number: 8611273
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and apparatus are disclosed for assigning different phases, (i.e., time periods), to perform data transmissions over designated frequency bands in a cooperative relaying system. In phase 1, a relay station (RS) listens to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and successfully receives b information bits. In phase 2, the RS and WTRU cooperatively transmit these b information bits to the destination. These transmissions may be performed in a unicast scheme, wherein a WTRU sends information to a selected RS in phase 1, and the RS forwards the information to a base station (BS) in phase 2. The transmission may also be performed in a multicast scheme, wherein the WTRU sends information to the RS and the BS in phase 1, and the RS transmits a subset the information to the BS in phase 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Zinan Lin, Eldad M. Zeira, Alexander Reznik, Prabhakar R. Chitrapu, Sana Sfar
  • Patent number: 8605645
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting control information to a Relay Station (RS) in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless communication system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a generator, a controller, and a communication unit. The generator generates control information to be transmitted to a lower RS. The controller controls and transmits the control information during a first relay link transmission interval among at least one relay link transmission interval distributed within a frame. The communication unit transmits the control information to the lower RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chang-Yoon Oh, Taori Rakesh, Jung-Je Son, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Sung-Jin Lee, Young-Bin Chang, Hyun-Jeong Kang
  • Patent number: 8606304
    Abstract: A paging signal transmission method according to the present invention includes: notifying, from a radio base station (eNB) to a mobile station (UE), a discontinuous reception interval and a total number of the groups, the discontinuous reception interval representing an interval at which discontinuous reception of the paging signal (PCH) is performed; determining, at the mobile station (UE), a timing for receiving the paging signal on the basis of the notified discontinuous reception interval and the notified total number of the groups; receiving, at the mobile station (UE), the paging signal transmitted from the radio base station (eNB), at the determined timing; and performing, at the mobile station (UE), incoming call processing, when the received paging signal is a paging signal addressed to the mobile station (UE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Iwamura, Minami Ishii
  • Patent number: 8599886
    Abstract: To facilitate efficient communications in a multi bus master system that communicates with a plurality of peripheral devices, a two channel bus is used that shares write and read addresses with data on a transmit channel to reduce wiring density and provide efficient, reliable, and high speed data transfers. The two channel bus includes the transmit channel, a receive channel, and a single control channel that provides control information for both the transmit channel and the receive channel further reducing the signaling requirements of the two channel bus. The control information includes a control flag that specifies control information for data transfers on the two channel bus. The control flag and control information may be supplied in two bus cycles or in a single bus cycle depending on the control requirements for two data transfers occurring in parallel on the two channel bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Martyn R. Shirlen, Richard G. Hofmann, Mark M. Schaffer
  • Patent number: 8599881
    Abstract: A system and method for redundant synchronizing to a reference clock for data communications. A determination is made whether a first data stream and a second data stream are available. The first data stream and the second data stream are received through opposing directions of a communications ring. A first data packet and second data packet are received at a remote node in response to the first data stream and second data stream being available. A timing characteristic of the first data packet and the second data packet correspond to a tick of a reference clock. The tick of the reference clock is extracted utilizing a timing characteristic of the first data packet or second data packet in response to the first data stream or the second data stream being available. A secondary clock is disciplined with the reference clock by adjusting the secondary clock based on a difference between times measured by the reference clock and the secondary clock to generate a clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Gregory A. Wolfe, Michael Bugenhagen
  • Patent number: 8599882
    Abstract: A mobile station which performs a soft handover from a serving base station to a base station in which frame synchronization is established in the uplink direction with the base station calculates the time difference between the receive timing of a downlink signal sent from the base station and the receive timing of a broadcast control channel sent from the base station at S100 to use as a timing correct amount, and corrects the transmission timing of an uplink ANCH to the base station, based on the transmission timing of an uplink signal to the base station and the time difference calculated at S126, to thereby establish frame synchronization in the uplink direction with the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Sahara
  • Patent number: 8588255
    Abstract: A full-T cross apparatus and method are provided. The full-T cross apparatus includes an input module, which includes multiple input channels; and multiple output modules, each of which includes an output channel, an output control module, and multiple data storage modules. Each of the multiple data storage modules is corresponding to each of the multiple input channels of the input module. The multiple output modules are configured to receive service data from the multiple input channels according to the output channels corresponding to the service data, and send the service data according to output time slots corresponding to the service data. In this way, the chip size is reduced to some extent, and further, the costs and power consumption of the chip are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Li, Yujie Chen, Jinfeng Wu, Zhangwei Lei
  • Patent number: 8588613
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for propagating a timing signal over a Dense Wave Division Multiplexer fiber optic network by polarity modulation of the Optical Service Channel are provided. The systems, methods, and computer-readable media may make the timing signal available for use by devices that require a reference timing source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Stephen H. Culpepper
  • Patent number: 8576881
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for enhancing the infrastructure of a network such as the Internet is disclosed. A packet interceptor/processor apparatus is coupled with the network so as to be able to intercept and process packets flowing over the network. Further, the apparatus provides external connectivity to other devices that wish to intercept packets as well. The apparatus applies one or more rules to the intercepted packets which execute one or more functions on a dynamically specified portion of the packet and take one or more actions with the packets. The apparatus is capable of analyzing any portion of the packet including the header and payload. Actions include releasing the packet unmodified, deleting the packet, modifying the packet, logging/storing information about the packet or forwarding the packet to an external device for subsequent processing. Further, the rules may be dynamically modified by the external devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: CloudShield Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peder J. Jungck, Matthew Donald Drown, Sean M. Goller
  • Patent number: 8571003
    Abstract: A method for transmitting information in a communication network of multiple nodes, in which information transmission is partitioned into successive superframes, and in which each superframe is partitioned into a beacon period followed by a data period, which may consist of a contention free period (CFP), and each beacon period and CFP of the data period is partitioned into timeslots. The method includes allocating to at least a first node of the multiple nodes a designated timeslot in which to transmit data in at least one of a plurality of superframes, and allocating to at least a second node of the multiple nodes the same designated timeslot in which to transmit information during at least one subsequent superframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianlin Guo, Chunjie Duan, Ghulam M. Bhatti, Jinyun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8571068
    Abstract: A network component comprising a source-delay locked loop (S-DLL), a source timestamp queue (S-Q) coupled to the S-DLL, and a switch fabric coupled to the S-Q such that the S-Q is positioned between the switch fabric and the S-DLL, and wherein the S-DLL is configured to couple to an absolute timing component. Disclosed is a method comprising queuing a plurality of timestamps at a plurality of timestamp intervals from a source node, returning the received timestamps to the source node at the same timestamp intervals, receiving a plurality of offsets corresponding to the timestamps that are calculated using a virtual delay time for the timestamps from the source node, and aligning the queued timestamps to match the virtual delay time before processing additional timestamps to synchronize transmissions and establish frequency alignment with the source node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Serge Francois Fourcand
  • Patent number: 8571004
    Abstract: A mobile ad-hoc network includes a plurality of N mobile nodes and wireless communication links connecting the mobile nodes, which each include a communications device for transmitting and routing data packets wirelessly to other mobile nodes via the wireless communication links in accordance with a time division multiple access (TDMA) data transmission protocol using a TDMA epoch that is divided into a beacon interval, digital voice interval and digital data interval. The mobile nodes monitor channel conditions using the beacon, digital voice and digital data intervals and provide a network conductivity performance as valid receptions occur within mobile nodes. A data rate is calculated and set for other N?1 mobile nodes using monitored channel conditions for the beacon, digital voice and digital data intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Chamberlain, David A. Clark, Joseph Shaver, John W. Nieto
  • Patent number: 8570975
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods, apparatuses, systems and computer software for determining an amount of physical resources for downlink transmission, and allocating uplink physical resources for transmission of data-non-associated control signaling based at least on the amount of physical resources for downlink transmission. The amount of physical resources for downlink transmission comprises an amount of downlink control signaling. The present invention further relates to a framework for mapping the dedicated uplink control channels directly to single physical resource blocks. The framework is able to efficiently shift physical resources to and from the uplink control channel for ACK/NACK reports, in a data-non-associated control signaling scheme and on a per subframe basis. The present invention is also concerned with scheduler, for example an eNodeB scheduler, which uses its scheduling history and knowledge of user equipment capabilities to increase utilization of uplink resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Troels Kolding, Frank Frederiksen
  • Patent number: 8565182
    Abstract: The application relates to radio communications and discloses a method and apparatus for feeding back and receiving acknowledgment (ACK) information of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) data packets. The method includes receiving downlink data packets and an uplink data assignment indicator (UL DAI) from a base station (BS), wherein a value of the UL DAI indicates a number (N) of all scheduled downlink sub-frames which scheduled by the BS for the UE, the number N is greater than 1, and a number k (k<N) of the downlink data packets is/are semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) data packets; forming a feedback signal comprising N acknowledgements/negative acknowledgements (ACKs/NAKs) acknowledging the N downlink data packets, k ACKs/NAKs of the k SPS data packets is/are placed from (N?k+1)th to Nth positions of the N ACKs/NAKs; and sending the feedback signal to the BS starting from the ACK/NAK at the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xiaoan Fan, Guang Liu, Bo Li, Yunzhe Hou
  • Patent number: 8565148
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mobile communications are disclosed herein. An example method for a mobile station includes receiving first data from a carrier on a first frequency using a first receiver of the mobile station in a first timeslot, tuning a second frequency of the carrier using the second receiver while the first receiver is receiving the first data during the first timeslot, and receiving second data from the carrier on the second frequency using the second receiver during a second timeslot that immediately follows the first timeslot, wherein the mobile station receives data on all timeslots without each of two time division multiple access frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: David Hole, Satish Venkob, Rene Faurie, William Owen Parry
  • Patent number: 8547994
    Abstract: A communication network comprises a first central digital subscriber line (DSL) unit having at least one application port and a plurality of DSL ports; a first remote DSL unit having at least one application port and at least one DSL port, wherein the first remote DSL unit is communicatively coupled to the central DSL unit via a first single independent DSL pair having a first EOC channel; and a second remote DSL unit having at least one application port and at least one DSL port, wherein the second remote DSL unit is communicatively coupled to the central DSL unit via a second single independent DSL pair having a second EOC channel; wherein the at least one application port in the central DSL unit is communicatively coupled to an application port in at least one of the first remote DSL unit and the second remote DSL unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: ADC DSL Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Polland, Manish Kumar Sharma, Xinkuan Zhou
  • Patent number: 8549437
    Abstract: For a first device, some embodiments provide an application for displaying several media content stored on a second device communicably connected to the first device. The application includes a graphical user interface (“GUI”). The GUI includes a media content display area for displaying the media content stored on the second device. The GUI includes a selectable item for activating a synchronization feature that automatically modifies a clock of the second device to match a clock of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hans-Werner Neubrand, Baskaran Subramaniam
  • Patent number: 8526391
    Abstract: In an LTE environment, the sensitivity of wireless location system receivers to narrowband transmissions, and the resolution of the receivers to wideband transmissions, may be improved by using tailored uplink transmission parameters, thereby increasing location accuracy and decreasing latency in developing a location. A first method for increasing TDOA performance allows LMU receivers to integrate TDOA and/or AOA measurements over longer periods of time, and thus achieve higher sensitivity. This method employs the Semi-Persistent-Scheduling (SPS) feature of the LTE communications system. A second method for increasing TDOA performance allows LMUs to collect signals over a broader bandwidth, and thus achieve higher resolution. This method uses the Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) feature of the LTE system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: TruePosition, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Issakov, Rashidus S. Mia, Robert J. Anderson
  • Patent number: 8526460
    Abstract: Systems (100)/methods (1000) for allocating performance of data service tasks (DST-1, . . . , DST-30) of a defined duration or data volume among time frames (2021-1, 2021-2, . . . , 2021-N, . . . , 20217-1, 20217-2, . . . , 20217-N) defined in separate communication channels (2001, . . . , 20017). Each time frame has a predetermined duration and number of time chips (3021-1, 3021-2, . . . , 3021-26624). The methods involve allocating portions of the time frames to synchronous type data service tasks (STDSTs). STDSTs (DTS-1, . . . , DST-14, DST-16, . . . , DST-18, DST-20, . . . , DST-30) must be communicated in consecutive time chips of a single channel. The methods also involve allocating residual channel space portions of the time frames to asynchronous type data service tasks (ATDSTs). ATDSTs (DST-15, DST-19) do not require data to be communicated in consecutive time chips of a single channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Booton
  • Patent number: 8526464
    Abstract: A system and method for discontinuous wireless communication. The system and method include estimating a first likelihood of channel collisions at start of a discontinuous channel interval, wherein the estimated likelihood of collision is increased when a transmission failure is detected during a portion of one or more previous channel intervals; setting a size of a contention transmission window at start of a current channel interval, according to the first estimated likelihood of channel collisions; estimating a second likelihood of channel collisions for a next channel interval; and dynamically changing the size of the contention transmission window for the next channel interval, according to the second estimated likelihood of channel collisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Kapsch Trafficcom AG
    Inventors: Justin Paul McNew, John Thomas Moring
  • Patent number: 8526429
    Abstract: A system for serving an individual node in a shared communication network having a MAC layer and a PHY layer, the system being operative to interface between the MAC layer and the PHY layer. The system may include a first physical channel transferring at least one packet between the layers, a second physical channel transferring at least one burst parameter between the layers, and a third physical channel transferring at least one timing signal, for a burst characterized by the at least one burst parameter and comprising the at least one packet, between the layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Avi Kliger, Yitshak Ohana, Moshe Tarrab
  • Publication number: 20130215909
    Abstract: A transmitter for sending data packets over a time-multiplexed channel includes a time slot selector for selecting a time slot for transmitting a data packet; and a data packet position selector for selecting a data packet time position within the selected time slot, wherein the data packet time position is selected anew for at least every ith data packet. The transmitter is configured for transmitting the data packet in the selected time slot and the selected data packet position within the selected time slot. A method for transmitting data packet is also disclosed. Furthermore, a receiver, a method for receiving data packets and a computer program are additionally described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Juergen HUPP, Thomas WINDISCH, Christian FLUEGEL
  • Patent number: 8514761
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus enable ATSC-M/H mobile devices to conserve power by entering a high power state at a slot reception start time that is after the start of an ATSC M/H slot and entering a low power state at a slot reception stop time before the end of the ATSC M/H slot. Data lost due to the device being in a low power state during the time between the start time of the ATSC M/H slot and the activation time and during the time between the deactivation time and the end of the ATSC M/H slot are recovered using error correction processing. The slot receive and slot reception stop times may be based on the received signal quality. The receiver circuitry may also be deactivated when the entire payload has been received and skip reception of remaining slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuval Carmel, Alecsander P. Eitan
  • Patent number: 8509197
    Abstract: A media access control method in a wireless network is provided. Each of devices in the wireless network determines one of a plurality of beacon slots within a beacon period as a beacon slot of the device. The devices in the wireless network determine a data transmission order in accordance with the slot numbers of the beacon slots of the devices in a reserved period of a data transmission period. Data is transmitted in the unreserved period in accordance with the determined data transmission order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Gyun Park, Chul Hee Kang, Sang Heon Pack, Hyun Hee Park, Joun Sup Park
  • Patent number: 8509266
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for using network traffic logs for search enhancement is disclosed. According to one embodiment, network usage is tracked by generating log files. These log files among other things indicate the frequency web pages are referenced and modified. These log files or information from these log files can then be used to improve document ranking, improve web crawling, determine tiers in a multi-tiered index, determine where to insert a document in a multi-tiered index, determine link weights, and update a search engine index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Arkady Borkovsky, Douglas M. Cook, Jean-Marc Langlois, Tomi Poutanen, Hongyuan Zha
  • Patent number: 8503482
    Abstract: A method of sending signals, including data and timing information, between transportation units on a communication bus of an integrated circuit, by generating clock triggers for every transportation unit on the bus, thereby initiating each preceding one of the transportation units to start sending the signals in a wave-front to an adjacent succeeding one of the transportation units, where the wave-front is initiated at each of the transportation units at a common point in time, and every transportation unit applying a timing adjustment to at least one of the data and timing information that it receives in the signals from the preceding transportation unit, to at least one of (1) capture the data from the preceding transportation unit, (2) relay the data without modification from the preceding transportation unit to the succeeding transportation unit on the communication bus, and (3) load new data to the communication bus, with updated timing information in a succeeding wave-front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Ting Zhou, Robin J. Tang, Ephrem C. Wu, Tezaswi Raja
  • Patent number: 8503488
    Abstract: A packet insertion mechanism at the front end of a time-synchronized digital television transmission system multiplexes, along with standard packets, packets whose payload is to be transmitted with redundancy for added robustness. The multiplexer also inputs placeholder packets to accommodate duplicated content of the robust packets. Multiplexing of the robust and placeholder packets is configured to alternate and to interleave with the multiplexing of standard packets. The distribution of the robust packets within a frame is determined by the number of robust packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Vasanth R. Gaddam, Dagnachew Birru
  • Patent number: 8503480
    Abstract: Systems and methods for allocating network bandwidth between a plurality of networks. Requests for bandwidth allocation from other networks can be received. A coexistence frame requesting an allocation of bandwidth for a local network can be generated based upon the bandwidth allocation requests received from other networks. The coexistence frame can be transmitted, and utilization of the requested allocation can be delayed by a reservation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Richard E. Newman
  • Patent number: 8503348
    Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) of a relay station. The method includes: receiving SRS parameters; allocating a radio resource by using the SRS parameters; and transmitting the SRS to a base station by using the radio resource, wherein the radio resource indicated by the SRS parameters includes a symbol in which a guard time for switching signal transmission and reception is located in a time domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hak Seong Kim, Han Byul Seo, Byoung Hoon Kim, Ki Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 8498282
    Abstract: A radio communication method is capable of easily realizing multi-access in an ad-hoc network using a directive radio wave. In the ad-hoc network using the directive radio wave of the method, two PNC functioning as master devices are arranged opposed to each other so that their directivities face to each other. A super frame is time-divided into two sub super frames so that one of the sub super frames is controlled by one of the PNC and the other sub super frame is controlled by the other PNC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Doi, Taisuke Matsumoto, Kazuaki Takahashi, Suguru Fujita
  • Patent number: 8493990
    Abstract: A cyclical time-based communication system, for the transmission of data (DATA) between users, comprising a databus and users connected thereto. The data transmission occurs within cyclical repeating timeframes, each with at least two timeslots. Each timeslot is provided for the transmission of a message (Ni). A message (Ni) comprises at least part of the data (DATA) and each message (Ni) is provided with a code (ID). The bandwidth available for data transmission may be better utilized, if the code (ID) is placed within the message (Ni), each message (Ni) is additionally provided with time information concerning the timeslot which may be extracted from the code, and at least one of the timeslots may be used for transmission of various messages in various cycles. In a preferred embodiment the information relating to the current cycle comprises an ordinal number. In the simplest case the number has two values 0 and 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Berwanger, Anton Schedl, Ralf Belschner, Peter Lohrman, Matthias Kuehlewein, Thomas Fuehrer, Bernd Mueller, Florian Hartwich, Robert Hugel, Carsten Gebauer
  • Patent number: 8477745
    Abstract: A mobile station (100) according to the present invention includes: a transmitter unit (110) configured to transmit an uplink shared signal at a first time interval based on a received first downlink control signal; and a retransmitter unit (110) configured to retransmit the uplink shared signal at a second time interval based on a second downlink control signal received at a third time interval allocated fixedly. When the third time interval overlaps a time interval for measurement by the mobile station (100), the transmitter unit (110) is configured to transmit the uplink shared signal at the first time interval and the retransmitter unit (110) is configured not to retransmit the uplink shared signal at the second time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Anil Umesh
  • Patent number: 8478268
    Abstract: A method of communicating data in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, a method discloses transmitting a request by a mobile subscriber station (MSS) to a network entity via a de-registration request message requesting the network entity to retain a preferred session information, and receiving a selected session information via a de-registration command response from the network entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Hyoung Cho, Yong Ho Kim, Gi Seon Ryu
  • Patent number: 8479247
    Abstract: A device may be used for conditioning an upstream bandwidth. The device can include 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. An offset or noise detection circuit is connected electrically downstream the coupler. A microprocessor is connected to the detection circuit. A variable signal level adjustment device is connected within the return path. The variable signal level adjustment device can be controlled by the microprocessor responsive to a detected offset level or noise floor in the return path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: PPC Broadband, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven K. Shafer
  • Patent number: 8472477
    Abstract: Provided is a Simple Aggregation Format (SAF) synchronization packet structure including a SAF synchronization packet header and a SAF synchronization packet payload and multiplexing diverse element streams which include a scene description elementary stream. The SAF synchronization packet header includes time information related to an access unit included in the SAF synchronization packet payload, and the SAF synchronization packet payload includes header information on the access unit and payload information indicating the access unit. Since the present invention can multiplex diverse elementary streams effectively and simply into one data stream, synchronized data transmission is possible. Since the present invention accommodates a synchronization layer packet of the MPEG-4 system, it can be easily integrated with the MPEG-4 system and utilize the advantage of the MPEG-4 synchronization layer packet such as the concept of an access unit or a degradation priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Net & TV Inc.
    Inventors: Ye-Sun Joung, Won-Sik Cheong, Jihun Cha, Kyuheon Kim, Young-Kwon Lim
  • Patent number: 8472482
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, there are provided methods and apparatus including receiving one or more Infiniband signal streams, de-serializing the received one or more Infiniband signal streams to generate a corresponding one or more parallel data streams, de-serializing further including selectively adding or deleting a control symbol associated with a quiescent period of the one or more received signal streams, time-division multiplexing the generated one or more parallel data streams, and serializing the time division multiplexed one or more parallel data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: William Cerreta, Keith Iain Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 8467347
    Abstract: Incoming signals that are sparse in the code-correlation domain, such as CDMA signal (GPS signals being a specific example of such signals) are processed by sampling the incoming signal at irregular time intervals at an average rate that is significantly lower than the Nyquist rate; which in the case of GPS signals is the chip rate of a pseudorandom code sequence that is embedded in the signal. The sampled signal is processed with locally generated signals that are also sampled the same irregular time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Inventors: Xingxin Gao, David P Varodayan
  • Publication number: 20130152143
    Abstract: A method, performed by a computer device, may include receiving content from a first local government entity; associating a virtual channel identifier with the received content; and transmitting the received content and the virtual channel identifier on a shared local government channel, wherein the shared local government channel includes content received from a second local government entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Carney, Dante John Pacella, Jeffrey A. Jackson, Martin W. McKee
  • Patent number: 8458528
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for transmitting data on a data channel from a source to a destination. The data channel has a plurality of wavelength channels and a throughput. The system and method include a storage application for multicasting data on each of the plurality of wavelength channels, a storage protocol extension device using buffer credits to adjust the throughput during the multicasting, and an application optimization device for managing data channel latency to achieve asymmetric mirroring behavior at the same time as the multicasting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventor: James A. Gardner
  • Patent number: 8437301
    Abstract: A method of allocating control information in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: allocating essential control information of a first system to a first sub-frame in a frame including a plurality of sub-frames each of which comprises a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols; and allocating essential control information of a second system to an nth sub-frame in a fixed position from the first sub-frame (where n is an integer satisfying n>1). Accordingly, in a frame supporting heterogeneous systems, essential control information can be fixedly allocated to a specific position while maintaining the number of system switching points, at which switching occurs between the systems, to one even if a radio resource allocation amount changes between the systems, and thus the essential control information that must be received by all user equipments can be effectively provided without the increase of overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Moon, Minseok Noh, Yeong Hyeon Kwon, Jin Sam Kwak, Dong Cheol Kim, Seung Hee Han, Hyun Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 8432887
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the invention, a MAC protocol is presented that provides for coordinated communication in a personal area network. Further embodiments of the invention provide methods for aligning communications among multiple networks to reduce interference between the networks. Still further embodiments provide methods for communication frame formatting that allow prioritized access between a network coordinator and an end device while allowing the remaining end devices to communicate with the coordinator. In particular embodiments, the MAC protocol may be implemented in a BAN or WPAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Gang Ding
  • Patent number: 8432875
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and device for sending a message in a physical uplink control channel. The present invention overcomes the problem that an index of the physical uplink control channel corresponding to a ACK/NACK message can not be represented implicitly in prior art by using the known downlink information, which includes an index of the control channel element where control signaling associated with downlink data is located and an index of a sub-frame where the downlink data is located. Therefore, the index of the physical uplink control channel where the ACK/NACK message associated with the downlink data is located can be represented and the ACK/NACK message can be sent in an appropriate physical uplink control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Shuqiang Xia, Peng Hao, Chunli Liang, Guanghui Yu
  • Publication number: 20130094522
    Abstract: A communication device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine, may be configured for a multiplexing mode of operation. Configuring of the multiplexing mode of operation may include configuring one or more communication modules for multiplexing a plurality of data streams. Each of the communication modules may comprise one or more antennas and/or antenna array elements and one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers associated with said one or more antennas and/or antenna array elements. The communication modules may be configured to be spatially distinct and/or to use different frequency channels. The data streams may be communicated to a single target device or to a plurality of target devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventor: Mehran Moshfeghi
  • Patent number: 8406158
    Abstract: Method for transmitting through a bidirectional communication channel at least one conventional frame (CVFR) split into time slots SLI (for j=1 to L) separated from each other by guard intervals G, each time slot SLI being allocated either to a first or to a second direction of communication uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) offered by the bidirectional communication channel. The method according to the invention includes: detecting at least two successive time slots SLj, SLm+1, SLj+2 allocated to a same direction of communication DL, and inserting data in the guard interval separating such successive time slots SLj, SLj+1, SLj+2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: David Mottier