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20080198832 | Low Level Sequence as an Anti-Tamper MEchanism - A method is provided for tamper detection of a transmitted signal. The method is comprised of generating a first digital data signal having a first data rate. The method is also comprised of generating a second digital data signal having a second data rate. The method is further comprised of concurrently transmitting the first digital data signal at a first carrier frequency using a first modulation format and the second digital data signal at a second carrier frequency using a second modulation format. The method includes selecting the second carrier frequency and a bandwidth of the second digital data signal so that the second digital data signal is contained within a frequency spectrum defined by a bandwidth of the first digital data signal. The method also includes verifying an integrity of the first digital data signal at a remote receiver based on defection at the remote receiver of the second digital data signal. A system ( | 08-21-2008 |
20080205369 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION BY FREQUENCY ALLOCATION IN MULTI-FREQUENCY ALLOCATION BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for power distribution by Frequency Allocation (FA) in a multi-band broadband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes detecting at least one of a loading value and a performance efficiency value by band, calculating a power distribution value by band using the detected value and calculating a power value by band using the calculated band power distribution value. The method and apparatus provide a scheme that can vary a power distribution of each band according to need and cope with subscriber capacity more flexibly when a plurality of diverse systems coexist. | 08-28-2008 |
20080212552 | Multi-Band High Frequency Circuit, Multi-Band High-Frequency Component and Multi-Band Communications Apparatus - A high-frequency circuit comprising a switch circuit for properly switching the connection of an antenna terminal and four input/output terminals; a first received-signal output terminal being connected to a receiving circuit of a first communications system via a filter circuit; a second received-signal output terminal being connected to a receiving circuit of a second communications system via a filter circuit; a first transmitting-signal input terminal being connected to a transmitting circuit of a first communications system; and a second transmitting-signal input terminal being connected to a transmitting circuit of a second communications system via a power amplifier circuit, the high-frequency circuit further comprising a bandpass filter circuit disposed in any one or more paths between the antennas and the transmitting-signal input or received-signal output; and a detection circuit having a voltage detection terminal for monitoring the output power of the power amplifier circuits. | 09-04-2008 |
20080212553 | LOW LATENCY FREQUENCY SWITCHING - Techniques for improved low latency frequency switching are disclosed. In one embodiment, a controller receives a frequency switch command and generates a frequency switch signal at a time determined in accordance with a system timer. In another embodiment, gain calibration is initiated subsequent to the frequency switch signal delayed by the expected frequency synthesizer settling time. In yet another embodiment, DC cancellation control and gain control are iterated to perform gain calibration, with signaling to control the iterations without need for processor intervention. Various other embodiments are also presented. Aspects of the embodiments disclosed may yield the benefit of reducing latency during frequency switching, allowing for increased measurements at alternate frequencies, reduced time spent on alternate frequencies, and the capacity and throughput improvements that follow from minimization of disruption of an active communication session and improved neighbor selection. | 09-04-2008 |
20080212554 | Apparatus and method for automatically setting a configuration of a home base station - An apparatus and method for automatically setting a configuration in a home base station. In the method for automatically setting a configuration in a home base station, wireless setting information of a neighbor base station and a neighbor home base station is retrieved through a communication interface for a terminal operation when updated wireless setting information is not received from a network apparatus. The retrieved wireless setting information is transmitted to the network apparatus. An operation is performed by reflecting last wireless setting information when the last wireless setting information is received from the network apparatus. The configuration can be automatically set by monitoring an environment of a neighbor base station without a direct operation of an engineer, transmitting a monitoring result to a server, and receiving FA information and PN code information from the server. | 09-04-2008 |
20080225821 | CHANNEL ACCESS ARBITRATION MECHANISM FOR WALKIE-TALKIE DEVICES - A mobile device with walkie-talkie functionality initiates a half-duplex transmission, which prompts a transmission request to be sent to a server mediating audio transmissions within channels of the network. The server receives the transmission request and determines if the requested channel is currently busy. An access grant or refusal message is sent to the mobile device accordingly. The access grant message may accord rights to a channel to the mobile device until the audio transmission has been sent, at which point a transmission completion message may be sent to the server. The access refusal message may also detail a list of alternately available channels and/or automatically tune the mobile device to one of said alternately available channels. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225822 | TRANSMISSION OF ACK/NACK AND TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL FEEDBACK IN EVOLVED UTRA - A method for transmitting feedback information for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes multiplexing the feedback information with an uplink shared channel, mapping the multiplexed feedback information to orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) symbols and transmitting the feedback information to an e Node B. The method also includes multiplexing the feedback information with the uplink shared channel using distributed frequency division multiplexing (FDM), mapping the feedback information to a first OFDM symbol, and distributing the mapped feedback information equidistantly across the transmission bandwidth. | 09-18-2008 |
20080232340 | Method and Transmission Unit for Adaptive Coding, Modulation and Transmittion of Data Words in a Wireless Communication System - When transmitting data from a transmission unit to a reception unit over a channel in a wireless communication system, it has been observed that there are inherent losses in throughput, especially for a channel experiencing high channel quality variations over its frequency range. To improve the throughput over such a channel, it is proposed to: estimate the quality of each subchannel of a channel, classify the subchannels into a number of quality groups based on the estimated quality, and select a code rate per quality group. This selected code rate per quality group is then used when a data word to be transmitted is coded. Simulations have shown that by grouping the subchannels into a limited number of groups, for example one to four groups depending on the channel quality variation, a high throughput could be achieved with a minimum of signaling cost in the form of extra overhead. | 09-25-2008 |
20080253347 | Notification of Incumbent Users in Dynamic Spectrum Access Wireless Systems - A wireless system and method including a medium access control (MAC) layer adapted to notify a wireless station of the presence or absence of an incumbent wireless are described. | 10-16-2008 |
20080259894 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND ACQUIRING OVERHEAD FLOW DATA IN A MULTI-FREQUENCY NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for distributing and acquiring overhead flow data in a multi-frequency network. In an aspect, a method includes generating primary flow (PF) overhead data associated with one or more multiplexes to be distributed in the multi-frequency network, identifying multiplex specific overhead (MSO) data associated with the one or more multiplexes, transmitting the PF overhead data over the multi-frequency network using first pre-assigned flow identifiers, and transmitting the MSO data over the multi-frequency network using second pre-assigned flow identifiers. An apparatus includes flow acquisition logic configured to acquire PF overhead data associated with at least one multiplex using first pre-assigned flow identifiers, and processing logic configured to determine that overhead data associated with the at least one multiplex has been updated based on the received PF overhead data, and to obtain MSO data associated with the at least one multiplex using second pre-assigned flow identifiers. | 10-23-2008 |
20080279169 | Methods and Apparatuses for Intrasystem and Intersystem Sliding Intermediate Frequency Transception - Systems and methods according to the present invention provide methods for wireless communications and devices associated therewith which vary the intermediate frequency based upon the particular channel and/or system with which a wireless station is communicating. Tailoring the selection of an intermediate frequency in this way, enables signal energy associated with images created by heterodyne processing to be more easily removed. | 11-13-2008 |
20080279170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXING CDM PILOT AND FDM DATA - Techniques for sending control information in a wireless communication system are described. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may send data for control information in a resource block with frequency division multiplexing (FDM) and may send pilot in the resource block with frequency-domain code division multiplexing (CDM). The UE may determine multiple groups of subcarriers to use to send data in multiple symbol periods of the resource block based on a predetermined pattern or a pseudo-random hopping pattern. Each group may include consecutive subcarriers to support localized FDM. The multiple groups may include different subcarriers to provide frequency diversity and possibly interference averaging. The UE may send modulation symbols for data (e.g., in the time domain) on the multiple groups of subcarriers in the multiple symbol periods. The UE may send a reference signal sequence for pilot on multiple subcarriers in each symbol period for pilot. | 11-13-2008 |
20080285535 | Multi-Fa Processing System and Its Digital Band-Pass Filtering Method - A multi-channel processing system for selectively generating and transmitting/receiving a desired channel (FA: Frequency Assignment) signal and a band-pass filtering method thereof are provided. The multi-channel processing system includes a controller for receiving a channel selection signal including ON/OFF information of the respective channels and generating a filter coefficient corresponding to the channel selection signal; an input signal generator for generating an input signal; and a band-pass filter for changing a predetermined filter coefficient according to the filter coefficient generated by the controller and filtering the input signal from the input signal generator. Accordingly, since the controller can change the filter coefficient of the band-pass filter and selectively generate a channel, an efficient and simple multi-channel processing system using one band-pass filter regardless of the number of generated channels may be provided. | 11-20-2008 |
20080298336 | MACRO-DIVERSITY TECHNIQUE FOR MULTICAST TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method multicasting that provides macro-diversity. Embodiments of the method may include receiving, at a mobile unit, a plurality of encoded signals indicative of at least one packet over a corresponding plurality of substantially orthogonal frequency channels associated with a plurality of transmitters. The method may also include demodulating the information indicative of the packet(s) using the plurality of encoded signals and storing the demodulated information. | 12-04-2008 |
20080316994 | Synchronization in a mobile communications network - A basestation, for example a femtocell basestation for use in a mobile communications network, has a frequency synthesizer, for generating signals at desired frequencies, and also has a wireless communications interface, for transmitting and receiving signals in the mobile communications network. The femtocell basestation also has a packet data interface, for transmitting and receiving packet data signals over a wide area network. The basestation is adapted to receive a signal from a first other basestation of the mobile communications network over the wireless communications interface, and to synchronize the frequency synthesizer with the signals received from the first other basestation of the mobile communications network, and to transmit a signal to a second other basestation of the mobile communications network over the packet data interface, such that the second other basestation of the mobile communications network is able to synchronize its frequency synthesizer with the signals transmitted from the basestation. | 12-25-2008 |
20090034503 | RECEIVER AND RECEPTION METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CHANNEL IN AN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM - A receiver and reception method for estimating a channel in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) system is provided. The receiver includes a delay estimator for estimating, from a signal received from a transmitter through multipaths, at least one of an average time delay of the multipaths and a time delay of one of the multipaths having a maximum power among the multipaths, a rotator for circular-rotating the received signal using the estimated delay, and a channel estimator for estimating a channel impulse response of the circular-rotated signal. | 02-05-2009 |
20090034504 | HIGH-FREQUENCY COMPONENT - A high-frequency component includes a diplexer in which a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter are connected in parallel with an antenna port, a high-frequency circuit cascade-connected to the high-pass filter, and a low-frequency circuit cascade-connected to the low-pass filter. A filter which causes an impedance mismatch to occur is connected to the low-frequency circuit. The low-pass filter includes a line. The low-pass filter is defined by a parallel resonant circuit including the line and a series circuit including the line. A resonant frequency of the parallel resonant circuit is a trap frequency of a high-frequency transmission/reception signal. A resonant frequency of all elements of the low-pass filter is a trap frequency of undesired resonance that occurs at high frequencies. | 02-05-2009 |
20090040996 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS MODES OF OPERATION - Methods and apparatus for supporting multiple modes of communication operation, e.g., with different parameters and/or frequency bands being used in the different modes of operation are described. One or more adjustments are made based on a signal or signals received in a first frequency band from a second communications device, e.g., an access router with reliable timing. The communications device selects between and operates in either the first frequency band, e.g., a WAN frequency band, or in a second frequency band, e.g., a LAN frequency band. The WAN and LAN frequency bands may be non-overlapping. One or more parameters used in the second frequency band have a predetermined relationship to one or more parameters used for communications in the first frequency band making the adjustment based on the signal received in the first frequency band relevant and useful to support communications in the second frequency band. | 02-12-2009 |
20090046693 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMIT POWER CALIBRATION IN A FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXED WIRELESS SYSTEM - The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for transmit power calibration in a frequency division multiplexed wireless system ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090046694 | RADIO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD - Provided is a radio transmission device, which is enabled to improve a reception quality by improving the channel estimation precision of specific data such as control data. In this device, a mapping control unit ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090059885 | ADAPTIVE TIME-DOMAIN INTERPOLATION FOR OFDM SCATTERED PILOT SYMBOLS - A receiver for use in a pilot-aided OFDM system and a method of performing channel length estimation of a channel in a wireless communication system includes using transmitted and received wireless signals to estimate a channel carrier function vector at continuous and scattered pilot positions of consecutive OFDM symbols; performing time-domain interpolation by (i) upsampling the estimated the channel carrier function vectors at the scattered pilot positions by inserting zeros in between estimated scattered pilot positions, and (ii) filtering the upsampled vectors using a finite impulse response filter comprising a filter bank comprising a plurality of filters; mapping the channel carrier function vector to only one of the filters in the filter bank located in the finite impulse response filter, wherein the mapping causes noise reduction and enhanced channel estimation thereby increasing a maximum Doppler frequency in the channel. | 03-05-2009 |
20090067402 | System and Method For Distributed Input-Distributed Output Wireless Communications - A system and method are described for dynamically adapting the communication characteristics of a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”). For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: transmitting a training signal from each antenna of a base station to each of a plurality of wireless client devices, each of the client devices analyzing each training signal to generate channel characterization data, and receiving the channel characterization data at the base station; computing a plurality of MU-MAS precoder weights based on the channel characterization data, the combined MU-MAS precoder weights comprising a MU-MAS channel matrix; determining instantaneous or statistical channel quality (“link quality metric”) for the wireless client devices using mutual information of MU-MAS links or singular values of the MU-MAS composite channel matrix; determining a subset of users and a MU-MAS transmission mode based on the link quality metric; precoding data using the MU-MAS precoder weights to generate precoded data signals for each antenna of the base station; and transmitting the precoded data signals through each antenna of the base station to each respective client device within the selected subset. | 03-12-2009 |
20090067403 | Selecting Wider Bandwidth Channels in a Wireless Network - Techniques are provided for selecting channels for a wider bandwidth operation mode of a wireless network, such as wireless network that operates in accordance with the IEEE 802.11n amendment. Alignments of so-called primary and secondary channels are selected to mitigate interference. Interfering sources, such as other transceivers or external interferers, or the energy from their transmissions, are identified and channels are selected. The selected channels are analyzed to determine whether primary-secondary channel assignments for the selected channels are feasible. | 03-12-2009 |
20090080401 | FLEXIBLE STARTING TIME SCHEDULING ALGORITHM FOR BITMAP COEXISTENCE PROTECTION - A flexible start time (FST) scheduling algorithm operable at a base station is disclosed, to allocate resource in the time domain based on coexistence period bitmap (CBP) feedback gathered from multi-radio user terminals. The algorithm analyzes traffic load distribution in the wireless neighborhood and determines an optimum starting time of the CBP operation for the current user. | 03-26-2009 |
20090080402 | WIRELESS RECEIVER - A wireless receiver receiving a signal from a wireless transmitter which includes a plurality of transmission antennas and transmits data to which first phase rotation for controlling the maximum delay time between the plurality of transmission antennas is added and pilot channels corresponding to the plurality of transmission antennas which are orthogonal to each other, where the wireless receiver includes a reception unit which receives the pilot channels and a demodulating unit which demodulates the data. | 03-26-2009 |
20090092118 | INTERLEAVE APPARATUS AND INTERLEAVE METHOD - An interleave apparatus and an interleave method for preventing an increase in the number of retransmissions to improve the throughput. In a wireless communication apparatus having the interleave apparatus, a data holding part ( | 04-09-2009 |
20090103509 | ENHANCED WIRELESS PACKET DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO BOTH WIDE AREA NETWORKS AND LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A cellular wireless packet data communication system containing transmit-only endpoint devices which transmit to receive-only base stations. The system is configured to allow for large area coverage (e.g., a metropolitan area) with far fewer number base stations than are required with conventional two-way cellular systems. The base station coverage areas are configured to overlap, allowing for reception of packets at multiple base stations. A data concentrator resolves redundantly received messages. The network is configurable as a WAN, a LAN, or a combination of the two. Novel modulation techniques (e.g., a 16QAM submodulation together with a 7FSK modulation) are used such that low cost components can be used in the transmitters and receivers while achieving outstanding probability of success performance. The endpoint devices are battery operated and accordingly, are designed for low power consumption and multi-year battery life. The system is used in a variety of applications including remote monitoring and mobile communications. | 04-23-2009 |
20090109948 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR GENERATING AND TRANSMITTING DATA, RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND DECODING DATA, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING DATA - In various embodiments of the invention, a radio communication device for transmitting data, a radio communication device for receiving data, a method for transmitting data and a method for receiving data are provided. In an embodiment of the invention, a radio communication device for generating and transmitting data is provided, transmitting the data in two adjacent frequency portions. The radio communication device includes a data generating circuit and a transmitter circuit. | 04-30-2009 |
20090122777 | Antenna Selection for Mobile Stations in OFDMA Networks - A method and a system for selecting antennas in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) network. The network includes a base station and mobile stations. The mobile station includes multiple antennas. The base station and the mobile stations communicate with each other using frames. The base station transmits a down-link (DL) subframe of the frame to the mobile station. The DL subframe allocates one or more symbols and one or more subcarriers of an up-link (UL) subframe of the frame for antenna selection signals. The mobile station transmits the UL subframe including the antenna selection signals at the allocated subcarriers and symbols to the base station. Then, the base station selects a subset of the antennas based on the antenna selection signals. | 05-14-2009 |
20090129361 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR OR TUNING TO ONE OR MORE RADIO STATIONS WITH MINIMUM INTERACTION WITH HOST PROCESSOR - A host system for searching for or tuning to one or more radio stations includes a host processor and a data processor. The data processor is configured to receive a command from the host processor. The data processor is further configured, based on the command, to perform multiple search operations for radio stations without interrupting the host processor, to search for a radio station based on radio data system (RDS) data without interrupting the host processor, or to tune to a radio station based on RDS data without interrupting the host processor. A method is also provided for searching for or tuning to one or more radio stations. | 05-21-2009 |
20090129362 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A disclosed transmission device includes a frequency scheduling unit configured to allocate, to each user, either frequency blocks that are consecutive frequency subcarrier blocks obtained by dividing a system bandwidth or distributed frequency blocks that are frequency subcarrier blocks discretely distributed in the system bandwidth; and a mapping unit configured to assign transmission data to the frequency blocks or the distributed frequency blocks according to the allocation result. The frequency scheduling unit is configured to allocate the distributed frequency blocks using the frequency blocks as units and to allocate sub-blocks obtained by dividing the respective distributed frequency blocks. | 05-21-2009 |
20090135801 | Communication device - The attenuation characteristics of an attenuator largely changes depending on the frequency of an input signal. Accordingly, a difference between the amounts of attenuation of gains of each two attenuators included in a communication device is not constant. In communications using the wireless USB, the difference needs to be in a range of 2 dB±1 dB. Thus, the communication device does not meet the standards of the wireless USB unless the difference between the amounts of attenuation of the attenuators is adjusted. In this regard, provided is a communication device including first and second attenuators that attenuate a signal. The second attenuator is provided with a regulator circuit that adjusts a relation between an amount of attenuation of the signal through the first attenuator and an amount of attenuation of the signal through the second attenuator. | 05-28-2009 |
20090147763 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-RADIO COEXISTENCE AND A COLLABORATIVE INTERFACE - Aspects of a method and system for multi-radio coexistence and a collaborative interface may include exchanging information between a plurality of radio transceivers integrated within a single device to enable coexistence, and coordinating sharing of transmit and receive resources between the plurality of radio transceivers by controlling access to the transmit and receive resources, where any one of the plurality of radio transceivers may be enabled to be selected to control the access based on the exchanged information. Selecting one of the radio transceivers for the controlling of the access band may be based on processing capability or priority of communication. The resources may comprise frequency bands, time slots, and antenna access. The information may be exchanged via a serial bus between the plurality of radio transceivers, where the serial bus may conform to an I2C (I-square-C) multi-master serial bus. Each of the radio transceivers may conform to one or more radio frequency technology. | 06-11-2009 |
20090168741 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus comprises a selection module to select an application from applications to be run on the apparatus, a movement information generation module to generate movement information indicating positional change of the apparatus by detecting a position of the apparatus, a target selection module to select a counterpart wireless communication apparatus as a connection target from other apparatuses which are wirelessly connectable with the apparatus by referring to a type of the application selected by the selection module and the movement information generated by the movement information generation module, and a wireless communication module wirelessly transmits data handled by the application to the counterpart wireless communication apparatus selected by the target selection module. | 07-02-2009 |
20090185545 | Wireless Communication Systems and Methods - Embodiments of the present invention transmit signals simultaneously over a communication channel at different RF center frequencies, and may use a single power amplifier and antenna. In one embodiment the present invention includes a method of transmitting information in a wireless communication channel comprising receiving digital signals having data to be transmitted, converting the signals to analog signals, up-converting each analog signal, combining the up-converted signals, amplifying the combined up-converted signal and transmitting the combined up-converted signal. In one embodiment, the same data is sent over a transmission channel at two different frequencies to improve reliability. | 07-23-2009 |
20090196273 | Apparatus and method for transmitting data in wireless communication system - An apparatus and a method for a random access scheme for multi-channel in a wireless communication system are provided. The method for performing the random access scheme for the multi-channel in the wireless communication system includes randomly generating a backoff counter value to transmit data; adjusting the backoff counter value by taking into account status of a plurality of idle subcarrier sets per backoff slot; when the backoff counter value becomes zero, selecting one or more subcarrier sets to carry the data from the idle subcarrier sets; and transmitting the data through the selected one or more subcarrier sets. The data collision probability between the terminals can be lowered, the channel utility can be enhanced, the transfer rate in the single-channel random access scheme can be raised, and the consumption of the radio resource can be reduced without using signals for the band request and allocation. | 08-06-2009 |
20090219908 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS VIA DIPLEXERS EMBEDDED IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE - Methods and systems for processing signals via diplexers embedded in an integrated circuit package are disclosed and may include generating via a diplexer, one or more RF signals at different frequencies from one or more received RF signals. The diplexer may be integrated in a multi-layer package. The generated RF signals may be processed via an integrated circuit that may be electrically coupled to the multi-layer package. The diplexer may include hybrid couplers, which may include quarter wavelength transmission lines. The diplexer may be electrically coupled to one or more capacitors in the integrated circuit. The diplexer may be configured via switches in the integrated circuit and/or via MEMS switches in the multi-layer package. The diplexers may include lumped devices, which may include surface mount devices coupled to the multi-layer package or devices integrated in the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may be flip-chip bonded to the multi-layer package. | 09-03-2009 |
20090219909 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING AND MANAGING FREQUENCY ACCESS IN COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND SUBSCRIBER STATION USING THE SAME - Provided are a channel switching method for effectively performing channel switching in a cognitive radio system while protecting an incumbent user, a method of managing a frequency channel, and a base station and customer premises equipment (CPE) using the methods. In the channel switching method performed by the base station, a currently unavailable first frequency channel is detected from among at least one uplink/downlink frequency channel which is set as a communication channel with the CPE; a channel switching request message requesting switching from the first frequency channel to a second frequency channel is transmitted to the CPE; and the first frequency channel is switched to the second frequency channel when a channel switching report message reporting that channel switching is to be performed in response to the channel switching request message is received from the CPE. | 09-03-2009 |
20090219910 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS USING MULTI-BAND RADIO FREQUENCIES - A method for transmitting and receiving signals using multi-band Radio Frequencies (RFs) is provided. The method transmits an information unit of a specific layer above a physical layer through a plurality of frequency allocation bands managed by the specific layer and transmits control information identifying each of the plurality of frequency allocation bands. The control information identifying each of the plurality of frequency allocation bands includes a second ID into which a first ID has been converted, the first ID identifying each of the plurality of frequency allocation bands in the physical layer, the second ID identifying each of the plurality of frequency allocation bands managed by the specific layer in the specific layer. To accomplish this, a timing offset is applied to the entirety of a frame or to a preamble (synchronous channel) so that the timing offset is used as the ID. Applying a timing offset to the entirety of a frame or to a preamble (synchronous channel) can achieve an advantage of PAPR reduction. | 09-03-2009 |
20090232121 | Wireless Communications Using Frequency Agile Radio - A frequency agile radio configured to determine an estimated coverage area of a primary transmitter is disclosed. The radio includes at least one position device configured to determine a position coordinate of the radio and generate a corresponding position signal. The radio also includes at least one frequency agile receiver configured to measure a power of a transmission at least one frequency and generate a corresponding signal. Additionally, the radio includes at least one controller in communication with the at least one position device and the at least one frequency agile receiver. The controller is configured to determine a plurality of position coordinates of the radio and a plurality of signal power datums. The controller is also configured to estimate the coverage area of the at least one primary transmitter, based on the determined plurality of position coordinates and the determined plurality of signal power datums. | 09-17-2009 |
20090245221 | MULTIRADIO OPERATION USING INTERFERENCE REPORTING - A system for managing a plurality of wireless communication mediums that may operate in a substantially simultaneous manner. The plurality of wireless communication mediums may be supported by one or more radio modules in the same device. Parameters related to applications, device and/or wireless communication mediums may be used to create operational schedule(s) for the plurality of wireless communication mediums that dictate when each medium is allowed to be active. At least one of the plurality of wireless communication mediums may support co-located reporting, and this functionality may used in concert with the operational scheduling in order to reduce potential conflicts while also reducing resource consumption in other devices. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245222 | RETURN LINK TIME ADJUSTMENTS IN FDD OFDMA OR SC-FDM SYSTEMS - A method for adjusting timing in a Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) system, including receiving a request to perform a timing correction, generating a time domain FDM symbol, and controlling the timing correction in the time domain FDM symbol by at least one of adjusting a length of a cyclic prefix, overlapping a portion of adjacent FDM symbols, adjusting a symbol windowing length, or utilizing a return link (RL) silence interval. | 10-01-2009 |
20090252142 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - More than one communication device that is to simultaneously transmit identical data through multiple data transmissions using different radio wave multiplex types is determined based on the link qualities of a plurality of communication devices. Then the multiple data transmissions are made by transmitting the identical data with synchronized timings at the determined communication apparatuses. The link qualities are determined by measuring received signal intensities, bit error rates, or frame error rates at the respective communication devices at the time of the multiple data transmissions using two radio wave multiplex types orthogonal to each other. | 10-08-2009 |
20090290569 | Method and Relate Apparatus for Enhancing Transmission Efficiency in a Transmitter of a Wireless Communication System - A method for enhancing transmission efficiency in a transmitter of a wireless communication system includes forming a first RLC PDU and a second RLC PDU with a size equal to a size of the first RLC PDU in an RLC layer, submitting the first RLC PDU and the second RLC PDU to a MAC layer via a logic channel, combining the first RLC PDU with the second RLC PDU into a MAC PDU, forming a header including a plurality of fields indicating parameters of the first RLC PDU and a specified field indicating parameters of the second RLC PDU in the MAC PDU, and transmitting the MAC PDU to a peer receiver. | 11-26-2009 |
20090316675 | UPLINK PILOT MULTIPLEXING IN SINGLE USER MIMO AND SDMA FOR SINGLE CARRIER FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEMS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate adaptive uplink pilot multiplexing schemes. In various embodiments, frequency position and pilot channel bandwidth can be adaptively varied in a block over time based on the uplink channel data, such as the number of streams to be multiplexed. Thus, the provided adaptive uplink pilot multiplexing schemes provide flexible uplink pilot allocation schemes while maintaining single carrier waveform for improved transmit power efficiency and orthogonality of pilots within blocks for improve channel estimation and suppression of interference. | 12-24-2009 |
20090323662 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGE MANAGEMENT IN A VERTICAL MULTI-FREQUENCY NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for package management in a vertical multi-frequency network. A method includes linking a plurality of packages into one or more package groups wherein the packages are linked together based on common packages and services so as to minimize RF channel switching, and assigning the package groups to one or more RF channels for transmission in the multi-frequency network. An apparatus is provided for package management in a multi-frequency network. The apparatus includes input logic configured to receive a plurality of packages, and processing logic configure to link the plurality of packages into one or more package groups wherein the packages are linked together based on common packages and services so as to minimize RF channel switching, and assign the package groups to one or more RF channels for transmission in the multi-frequency network. | 12-31-2009 |
20090323663 | Base Station Device, Wireless Terminal, Wireless Communication Management Device, And Wireless Communication System - A base station device includes: a connection determining unit that determines whether a connection can be allowed in response to a wireless communication connection request from a wireless terminal that can have wireless communications with other base stations; a frequency calculating unit that calculates the frequency at which the connection determining unit prohibits a connection; and a power changing unit that changes transmission power, based on the connection prohibition frequency. | 12-31-2009 |
20100002675 | Method and apparatus of data transmission over guard sub-carriers in multi-carrier OFDM systems - A method of data transmission over guard sub-carriers is provided in a multi-carrier OFDM system. Adjacent radio frequency (RF) carriers are used to carry radio signals transmitted through adjacent frequency channels. A plurality of guard sub-carriers between adjacent frequency channels are aligned and identified for data transmission in a pre-defined physical resource unit. The identified guard sub-carriers do not overlap with normal data sub-carriers of the radio signals transmitted through the adjacent frequency channels. At least one of the identified guard sub-carriers is reserved as NULL sub-carrier. A flexible multi-carrier transceiver architecture is also provided in a multi-carrier OFDM system. Different multi-carrier and/or MIMO/SISO data transmission schemes are implemented by adaptively reconfigure same hardware modules including common MAC layer module, physical layer entities, and RF entities. Furthermore, the flexible multi-carrier transceiver architecture can be used to support data transmission over guard sub-carriers. | 01-07-2010 |
20100008346 | SIGNAL JUDGMENT APPARATUS AND SIGNAL JUDGMENT METHOD - An FFT unit ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100014502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL ACCESS IN DUAL RATE WIRELESS NETWORKS - A system and method for wireless communication over multi-rate channels are disclosed. One embodiment of the system includes source and destination devices that use first and second channels under a contention-based protocol. The first channel is directional with a first frequency and a first range. The second channel is omni-directional with a second frequency and a second range. The second frequency is lower than the first frequency, and the second range is greater than the first range. The source device may send the destination device a request for data transmission via the first channel over the second channel. The destination device may send the source device an approval for the data transmission over the second channel. The source device may further transmit an acknowledgment (ACK) of the approval over the second channel upon receiving the approval to prevent other devices in the system from contending for data transmission. | 01-21-2010 |
20100046493 | Spectrum-Sensing Broadband Modem/Router - This modem would take advantage of the spectrum-sensing and over-the-air television airwaves technology that could become available due to the possibility of the FCC cleaning up the “white spaces” in the television airwaves to answer the petitions of the corporations involved in a coalition to get the FCC to grant this request. With these airwaves available and this device in place, wireless broadband could successfully be available and affordable to customers just about anywhere. | 02-25-2010 |
20100054227 | RADIO FREQUENCY NETWORK - The present invention relates to radio frequency (RF) distribution systems for mobile communications. In particular, the present invention relates to a radio frequency network facilitating radio communication where the usual free space propagation of electromagnetic waves is hampered, undesired or impossible, for example in tunnels, mines, and buildings and in large complexes like exhibition grounds, shopping malls, and airports. The radio frequency network ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100074243 | MANAGING COEXISTENCE AMONG SIGNALING PROTOCOLS ON A SHARED MEDIUM - A method is described for communicating among multiple devices over a shared communication medium. The method includes, in a schedule among multiple subsets of the devices that includes at least one respective time slot for each subset, transmitting from at least one of the devices in a given subset a presence signal associated with the given subset within a time slot for the given subset. A presence signal associated with a given subset is configured to indicate the presence of at least one device in the given subset. The method also includes communicating among devices in a given subset based on presence signals detected from one or more devices in at least one different subset. | 03-25-2010 |
20100074244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXING DATA AND REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Certain aspects of the present disclosure allow reference and data-conveying modulations symbols to be multiplexed in the time domain to form an SC-FDM waveform. | 03-25-2010 |
20100080207 | CHANNEL STRUCTURING METHOD AND BASE STATION THEREWITH - The present invention is directed to a channel structuring method that includes a step of providing time frames segmented at a predetermined interval in communication channels of n subcarriers, a step of selecting a predetermined number of subcarriers from n subcarriers and a step of inserting a common control channel signal and a common pilot signal periodically into each of the time frames of the selected subcarriers. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080208 | Frequency Division Multiplex Transmission Device - A frequency multiplex transmission device configured to transmit and receive a frequency multiplex signal having a plurality of subcarriers, the frequency multiplex transmission device comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit the frequency multiplex signal by using a plurality of modulation methods; a receiver configured to receive a signal state to the frequency multiplex signal from an opposite station; and a controller configured to obtain a signal state to each of the subcarriers on the basis of the received signal state and a frequency characteristic of an antenna included in the transmitter, the controller being configured to control transmission on the basis of an obtained result. | 04-01-2010 |
20100085954 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN EVENT-DRIVEN, DELAY-CRITICAL WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - A method of operating wireless devices includes providing a plurality of sender nodes each having a respective message to wirelessly send to a receiver node. A probability distribution is assigned to a plurality of frequency channels such that a respective probability of selection is assigned to each frequency channel. At least two of the probabilities of selection are unequal. A respective frequency channel is probabilistically selected for each of the sender nodes according to the probability distribution. The messages are wirelessly sent from the sender nodes to the receiver node in the selected frequency channels. The receiver node is used to sample a first one of the frequency channels and a second one of the frequency channels. The second frequency channel has a higher respective probability of selection than the first frequency channel. If the receiver node sensed a signal in both the first frequency channel and the second frequency channel during the sampling, the receiver node is tuned to the first frequency channel and receives a remainder of the message on the first frequency channel. | 04-08-2010 |
20100103917 | System and Method for Synchronizing Phases and Frequencies of Devices in Multi-User, Wireless Communications Systems - A system and method for synchronizing the phases and frequencies of devices in multi-user, wireless communications systems are provided. A primary beacon signal is transmitted by a destination node in a wireless communications network to a plurality of source nodes. Secondary beacon signals are also exchanged between the source nodes. Using the primary and secondary beacon signals, the nodes generate local phase and frequency estimates which are used to control local phases and frequencies of the source nodes. The source nodes then transmit common information to the destination at carrier frequencies based on the estimated local frequencies and phases, so that the phases and frequencies of the transmitted information are synchronized to facilitate coherent combining of the bandpass signals at the destination. Phase and frequency synchronization can be applied to wireless communications systems having any number of source nodes, and effects of Doppler shifts and moving platforms are accounted for. Acoustic and radio-frequency signaling can be utilized. | 04-29-2010 |
20100103918 | Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving data in human body communication system - An apparatus and a method for reducing wireless data transmission in a personal area network is configured to generate and transmit a packet including information discriminating between a synchronous channel and a data channel. The apparatus and method discriminate between the synchronous channel and data channel when receiving a packet in order to improve data transmission performance of a human body communication system. The apparatus and the method use a transmission channel whose frequency is lower than an antenna frequency as a synchronous channel, and use a transmission channel whose frequency is higher than the antenna frequency as a data channel. | 04-29-2010 |
20100135272 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LTE-WIMAX COEXISTENCE - Methods and apparatus for supporting coexistence between two different radio access technologies (RATs), such as the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard and one of the IEEE 802.16 standards, are provided. To accomplish this coexistence, a multi-mode base station (BS) may replace transmission gaps in a frame of a first RAT with subframes or symbols of the second RAT and transmit the resulting dual-RAT frame. In this manner, a single BS may support and communicate according to two different RATs simultaneously. | 06-03-2010 |
20100142508 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND MULTIPLE STANDARD DEVICE WITH REDUCED BLOCKER - A device includes a transcevier and a processing module. The transceiver is operable to receive a wireless communication request from a requesting wireless communication device and to convert the wireless communication request into a baseband or near baseband request signal. The processing module is operable to determine multiple frequency band multiple standard (MFBMS) capabilities of the requesting and the target wireless communication devices based on the baseband or near baseband request signal. When the devices have at least two frequency band standards in common, the processing module allocates a communication resource of one of the two frequency band standards for a first communication path from the requesting wireless communication device to the target wireless communication device and allocates a communication resource of another one of the two frequency band standards for a second communication path from the target wireless communication device to the requesting wireless communication device. | 06-10-2010 |
20100142509 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED WIRELESS POWER AND DATA COMMUNICATION - A method and system of integrated wireless power and data transmission in a wireless device having a data communication circuit for wireless data communication and a power reception circuit including a charge storage unit. The wireless device is tuned to receive wireless RF signals in a certain frequency band via an antenna. Switching between power reception mode and data communication mode is detected. Received RF signal electrical charge is selectively distributed to the power reception circuit and/or the data communication circuit based on the switching mode and/or strength of the RF signal. | 06-10-2010 |
20100150128 | Devices and Methods for Asymmetrical Multicarrier Transmission and Reception - Devices and methods are disclosed which supplement a duplex frequency by providing one or more simplex frequencies and distributing a data load among them. Variations of the disclosed system include a server containing a scheduler in communication with a communications device. The server initially communicates with the communications device using a duplex channel. The scheduler determines when it is no longer optimal to use the single duplex channel, and distributes data among the duplex channel and one or more simplex channels. Before sending this data through multiple channels, the server must first send a schedule to the communications device, so the communications device knows which bits of data are coming through which channels at which times. The scheduler compiles this schedule and sends it to the communications device through the duplex channel. A descheduler within the communications device receives the schedule and alerts the communications device to start receiving data on other simplex channels. The descheduler then puts the bits of data in order as they stream in across the duplex and simplex channels. | 06-17-2010 |
20100150129 | SEGMENTED TRANSMISSION FOR BROADCAST MESSAGES USING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - Techniques are provided herein to segment subcarriers for broadcast transmission to one or more mobile stations. A broadcast message to be transmitted from a first device is generated. The broadcast message comprises a plurality of symbols and each symbol is to be transmitted at a different one of a plurality of frequency subcarriers. The plurality of subcarriers is divided into groups and each group of subcarriers is assigned to a corresponding one of a plurality of antennas of the first device. The groups of subcarriers are transmitted from corresponding ones of the plurality of antennas. | 06-17-2010 |
20100157969 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PAGING AND MEDIA SERVICES ON A SINGLE CARRIER FREQUENCY - Methods enable a paging service and a media service to be carried on a single carrier frequency. The methods includes: determining to send a paging record to a communication device for a first media service, wherein the first media service is provided on a first carrier frequency; inserting the paging record into a first message generated using a protocol that is also used to provide a second different media service to the communication device on a second different carrier frequency; providing a paging indication using the protocol; and sending the paging indication and the first message with the paging record over the second carrier frequency. The protocol can be a multimedia broadcast service (MBMS) protocol. The paging indication alerts the communication device to monitor the second carrier frequency for the paging record. | 06-24-2010 |
20100195637 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND SEQUENCE LENGTH ADJUSTING METHOD - Provided is a radio communication device which can prevent generation of mutual correlation peak between ZC sequences and reduce degradation of BLER characteristic of a CS-ZC sequence. In this device, a sequence length adjustment unit ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100202433 | SUPPORTING HYBRID AUTOMATIC RETRANSMISSION REQUEST IN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING ACCESS RADIO ACCESS SYSTEM - A method of supporting a hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) radio access system is disclosed. Preferably, the method comprises receiving a downlink data frame comprising a data map information element and a data burst comprising a plurality of layers, wherein each layer is encoded with a corresponding channel encoder, and wherein the data map information element is configured to support multiple antennas to achieve space time transmit diversity by providing control information associated with each one of the plurality of layers, wherein the control information comprises allocation of acknowledgement status channels corresponding to the plurality of layers, and transmitting in an uplink data frame a plurality of acknowledgement status, each acknowledgement status being associated with whether a corresponding layer of the plurality of layers is properly decoded. | 08-12-2010 |
20100215030 | QUICK PAGING CHANNEL WITH REDUCED PROBABILITY OF MISSED PAGE - A quick paging channel in a random access wireless communication system includes at least one bit in a quick paging frame identifying the presence of a paging message for an access terminal or group of access terminals. The quick paging bits identifying the presence of a paging message for a first access terminal is encoded with one or more quick paging bits corresponding to one or more additional access terminals to produce one or more forward error correction bits. The jointly encoded quick paging bits are broadcast to the access terminals by time division multiplexing the quick paging frame with additional frames of information. | 08-26-2010 |
20100220707 | Method for Detecting Hidden Nodes in Cognitive Radio Networks - The invention and method provides a concise model for signaling over control channel of cognitive radio. The model is analyzed and simulated for optimum parameters of wireless network. The optimized network parameters facilitate improvement of channel usage for cognitive wireless network leading to bandwidth efficiency. | 09-02-2010 |
20100220708 | HIERARCHICAL CODING WITH MULTIPLE ANTENNAS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques are provided for performing hierarchical coding in a multi-antenna communication system (e.g., a SIMO, MISO, or MIMO system). At a transmitter, a base stream and an enhancement stream are coded and modulated separately to obtain first and second data symbol streams, respectively. The first data symbol stream is processed in accordance with a first spatial processing scheme (e.g., a transmit diversity or a spatial multiplexing scheme) to obtain a first set of symbol substreams. The second data symbol stream is processed in accordance with a second spatial processing scheme (e.g., transmit diversity or spatial multiplexing) to obtain a second set of symbol substreams. The first set of symbol substreams is combined (e.g., using time division multiplexing or superposition) with the second set of symbol substreams to obtain multiple transmit symbol streams for transmission from multiple transmit antennas. A receiver performs complementary processing to recover the base stream and enhancement stream. | 09-02-2010 |
20100232413 | Processing of Multi-Carrier Signals Before Power Amplifier Amplification - Embodiments for methods and apparatuses for processing a multi-carrier signal are disclosed. One method includes shaping a frequency spectrum of a multi-carrier transmit signal wherein an amplitude of a plurality of subcarriers of the multi-carrier transmit signal is increased relative to at least one other subcarrier of the multi-carrier transmit signal. The shaped frequency spectrum multi-carrier transmit signal is amplified with a power amplifier, wherein a power level of an output of the power amplifier is greater than a rated power level of the power amplifier. | 09-16-2010 |
20100246554 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REESTABLISHING A WIRELESS CONNECTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A device and method enable reestablishing a wireless connection in a wireless network. The method includes detecting at a first wireless device that a previous wireless connection has been lost with a second wireless device that employs dynamic frequency selection (DFS) (step | 09-30-2010 |
20100246555 | SIMPLE BASE STATION CAPABLE OF COUPLING TO A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK VIA A TELEPHONE CABLE - A simple base station for coupling to a mobile communication network via a telephone cable, includes an antenna module for receiving and transmitting a plurality of frequency signals; a transmission control module setting up a plurality communication channels respectively corresponding to the frequency signals; a converting module coupled electrically to the transmission control module for converting a respective one of the frequency signals within a respective one of the communication channels into a packet; and a modem having a first end coupled electrically to the Internet via the telephone cable and a second end coupled electrically to the mobile communication network. | 09-30-2010 |
20100246556 | Communication method and apparatus - In a wireless communication system, the communicating stations reduce their transmitting power level when they detect interference exceeding a certain level. Interference is detected by down-shifting the received signal to place the desired signal in the baseband, then sampling the down-shifted signal, first at a sampling frequency high enough to catch the interference, then at a lower sampling frequency that excludes the interference. This system is useful for vehicle-to-vehicle communication in an environment in which vehicle-to-roadside communication may also be present at various nearby frequencies, because it does not require exact knowledge of the interfering frequencies and allows communication to continue even when interference is present. | 09-30-2010 |
20100246557 | RECEIVER APPARATUS AND RECEPTION METHOD - A receiver includes a sample and hold circuit that receives a signal (continuous time signal) that has been subject to frequency division multiplexing modulation, converts the signal to a discrete time signal, and outputs the discrete time signal, a discrete time filter that receives the signal output from the sample and hold circuit and attenuates a frequency component of a subcarrier different from a specified subcarrier, and a demodulation unit that extracts a digital baseband from a signal that has passed through the discrete time filter to complete a demodulation operation within one data symbol reception period. | 09-30-2010 |
20100260162 | PHY LAYER PARAMETERS FOR BODY AREA NETWORK (BAN) DEVICES - In at least some embodiments, a communication device includes a transceiver with a physical (PHY) layer. The PHY layer is configured for body area network (BAN) operations in a limited multipath environment based on a constant symbol rate for BAN packet transmissions and based on M-ary PSK, differential M-ary PSK or rotated differential M-ary PSK modulation. The PHY layer is configured to transmit and receive data in a frequency band selected from the group consisting of: 402-405 MHz, 420-450 MHz, 863-870 MHz, 902-928 MHz, 950-956 MHz, 2360-2400 MHz, and 2400-2483.5 MHz. | 10-14-2010 |
20100272090 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERFEROMETRIC FREQUENCY MODULATION TO EXPLOIT COOPERATIVE INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method includes receiving a first wireless signal and demodulating data in the first wireless signal using a first demodulation technique. The method also includes receiving multiple second wireless signals simultaneously (where the second wireless signals interfere to produce an interfered signal) and demodulating data in the interfered signal using a second demodulation technique. The method could also include (i) determining that a single transmitter transmitted the first wireless signal and selecting the first demodulation technique in response and (ii) determining that multiple transmitters transmitted the second wireless signals and selecting the second demodulation technique in response. Determining that the single transmitter transmitted the first wireless signal could include determining that a fundamental frequency of the first wireless signal is below a threshold. Determining that the multiple transmitters transmitted the second wireless signals could include determining that a fundamental frequency of the interfered signal is above the threshold. | 10-28-2010 |
20100284393 | ENHANCED MULTICHANNEL ACCESS FOR VERY HIGH THROUGHPUT - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for enhanced multichannel access where multiple simultaneous transmissions can occur each spanning a subset of frequency bands. | 11-11-2010 |
20100284394 | RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD - It is possible to provide a radio communication terminal device and a radio transmission method which can improve reception performance of a CQI and a reference signal. A phase table storage unit ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100309901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING A CONTROLLED POWER OUTPUT AT AN ANTENNA PORT OVER A RANGE OF FREQUENCIES DEFINED BY TWO OR MORE FREQUENCY BANDS - A multiband transceiver ( | 12-09-2010 |
20100316040 | SPECTRAL SHAPING TO REDUCE PEAK-TO-AVERAGE RATIO IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Techniques for performing spectral shaping to achieve a desired peak-to-average ratio (PAR) are described. Spectral shaping may be selectively performed for a single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) signal based on one or more criteria, e.g., in transmit power limited conditions and/or if a modulation scheme with lower PAR is unavailable. At least one parameter of a window function or spectral shaping filter may also be adjusted based on at least one characteristic of the SC-FDM signal. For example, the roll-off of the spectral shaping filter may be adjusted based on the modulation scheme and/or the number of subcarriers used for the SC-FDM signal. A transmitter may perform spectral shaping on modulation symbols, if enabled, to obtain spectrally shaped symbols. Spectral shaping may be performed in the frequency domain either within an allocated bandwidth or with bandwidth expansion. The SC-FDM signal may be generated based on the spectrally shaped symbols. | 12-16-2010 |
20110007731 | Method and Apparatus for LDPC Transmission Over a Channel Bonded Link - A particular overall architecture for transmission over a bonded channel system consisting of two interconnected MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) 2.0 SoCs (“Systems on a Chip) and a method and apparatus for the case of a “bonded” channel network. With a bonded channel network, the data is divided into two segments, the first of which is transported over a primary channel and the second of which is transported over a secondary channel. | 01-13-2011 |
20110044311 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND MOBILE STATION - One object of the present invention is to more completely avoid impossibility of access between a mobile station and a base station, in wireless communication using an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) modulation scheme. In one embodiment, a PHS terminal generates a timing correction channel (first time) to be frame synchronized with a notification channel. A base station transmits a timing correction burst to the PHS terminal only when a correlation peak detected from a received OFDM symbol is within a predetermined timing detection range. If the timing correction burst is not introduced from the base station even after expiration of predetermined time duration, the PHS terminal generates a new timing correction channel (second time), in which transmission timing of a previously generated timing correction channel is shifted. | 02-24-2011 |
20110069693 | Multicarrier Transmit Diversity in UTRAN for HSPA - Multicarrier transmit diversity in UTRAN for HSPA, comprising a baseband unit and a remote radio unit of a Node B configured for receiving a data stream from an RNC and subsequently generating N encoded data streams and corresponding RF output signals for downlink transmission over N antennas; wherein the remote radio unit transmits the N (preferably two) RF output signals using transmission diversity over different carrier frequencies. The remote radio unit can transmit each STTD encoded data stream over different frequency carriers or transmit one STTD encoded data stream over a frequency carrier at frequency f | 03-24-2011 |
20110069694 | METHOD FOR MOVING QUANTIZATION NOISE INTRODUCED IN FIXED-POINT CALCULATION OF FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS - The invention discloses a method in an electronic communication device for processing a digital signal within a wireless communication network in order to transform the digital signal from a first domain representation to a second domain representation in a communication device, comprising the steps of: transforming the signal from the first domain to the second domain resulting in a signal of a first order of values with quantization noise in at least one area of the second domain, and performing a cyclic shift on the transformed signal to move the quantization noise in the second domain, resulting in a first shifted signal. | 03-24-2011 |
20110075649 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING - This invention is a method about frequency multiplex. We employ numbers of sub-carriers whose frequency spectrum are overlapped each other to modulate the transmitted data sequences, and then we get the complex modulated signals. In the receiver point, we make use of one mapping between the overlapped signals' spectrum and the transmitted data sequences to detect the transmitted data sequences. By overlapping the adjacent sun-carriers, this invention can greatly increase the spectrum efficiency, and the more the multiplicity, the higher the spectrum efficiency. | 03-31-2011 |
20110085538 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DEVICE OVER MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDS - A method for enabling a device executing a processing module to enable simultaneous operations in multiple frequency bands. The method includes sensing a set of one or more vacant channels, determining availability of particular spectrum channels in the one or more vacant channels, reserving one or more particular spectrum channels from the one or more vacant channels and configuring the device for the one or more particular spectrum channels for communication. | 04-14-2011 |
20110110355 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING APPARATUS USING THAT COMMUNICATION METHOD - A method for generating a transmission signal to transmit a modulated signal generated using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, from a transmitting apparatus with a plurality of antennas, toward a plurality of terminals. The method includes assigning transmission data for the plurality of terminals to a plurality of carrier groups, each carrier group including a plurality of carriers and selecting, from the plurality of antennas, an antenna to be used for transmission toward each of the plurality of terminals. As a transmission mode for each of the plurality of carrier groups, a selection is made of one of a first transmission mode, in which one modulated signal is transmitted, and a second transmission mode in which a plurality of modulated signals are transmitted by using the selected antennas. A transmission signal is generated for transmitting the transmission data assigned to the plurality of carrier groups during an identical time period, using the selected transmission mode. | 05-12-2011 |
20110116490 | Coexistence of Plural Wireless Communication Transceivers in Close Proximity - A communication device has a controller operatively connected to at least a first transceiver and a second transceiver, wherein the first transceiver receives signals on one or more channels within a first frequency band and the second transceiver transmits signals on one or more channels within a second frequency band, wherein the first and second frequency bands are adjacent one another so that each of the first and second frequency bands has an adjacent border and a nonadjacent border. Coexistence between the first and second transceivers is achieved by adjusting receive and/or transmit filters associated with the transceivers to create a guard band that is located more in the first frequency band if the second transceiver is using frequencies close to its adjacent border, and a guard band that is more in the second frequency band if the second transceiver is not using frequencies close to its adjacent border. | 05-19-2011 |
20110122860 | METHOD FOR SUB-CHANNELIZATION AND RESOURCE MAPPING OF WIRELESS RESOURCES - A method for sub-channelization and resource mapping of wireless resources is provided. The method includes: according to bandwidth features or scheduling features supported by a wireless communication system, determining processes of sub-channelization and resource mapping of wireless resources or parameters of the processes. Therefore, the processes of sub-channelization and resource mapping of wireless resources or the parameters of the processes are different when the bandwidth features or scheduling features are different. | 05-26-2011 |
20110149941 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SIMULTANEOUSLY COMMUNICATING WITH A GROUP OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of simultaneously communicating with a group of wireless communication devices. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to transmit at least one beamforming-training initiation frame to a group of a plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein the wireless communication unit is to receive two or more feedback frames from two or more of the wireless communication devices, wherein the wireless communication unit is to determine two or more beamforming schemes based on the two or more feedback frames, and wherein the wireless communication unit is to simultaneously transmit two or more different wireless communication transmissions to the two or more wireless communication devices, respectively, using the two or more beamforming schemes, respectively. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110149942 | Method of Transmitting Data in Multiple Antenna System - A method of transmitting data in a multiple antenna system includes transmitting first data through a first pilot pattern zone in which pilots are arranged in a specific pilot pattern in a permutation zone having at least one tile comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols and a plurality of subcarriers, and transmitting second data through a second pilot pattern zone in which pilots are arranged in another pilot pattern different from the pilot pattern of the first pilot pattern zone in the permutation zone. Accordingly, a plurality of pilot patterns can be simultaneously used in one permutation zone, and thus waste of radio resources caused by the use of unnecessary pilots can be reduced by adaptively assigning pilots according to various channel environments and performances of user equipments. | 06-23-2011 |
20110149943 | TIME TRACKING LOOPS FOR A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UTILIZING A CYCLIC PREFIX - Techniques for performing time tracking in a communication system utilizing a cyclic prefix are described. In an aspect, a receiver may detect for large timing errors based on early and late received samples obtained with early and late FFT windows, respectively. The receiver may derive first and second channel impulse response (CIR) estimates based on the early and late received samples, respectively, determine an early channel energy based on the first CIR estimate, determine a late channel energy based on the second CIR estimate, compute an update amount based on the early and late channel energies, and update the FFT window position based on the update amount. In another aspect, the receiver may perform time tracking with an inner time tracking loop (TTL) and an outer TTL. The receiver may update the FFT window position in coarse steps with the outer TTL and in fine steps with the inner TTL. | 06-23-2011 |
20110188489 | MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER WITH IMPROVED AGC - An improved multi-channel receiver for satellite broadcast applications or the like. In an exemplary embodiment, a primary AGC loop controls an analog sub-receiver adapted to simultaneously receive multiple signals. Multiple digital demodulators, coupled to the sub-receiver, demodulate the multiple received signals. Multiple secondary AGC loops, one for each received signal, compensate for variations in demodulated signal strengths caused by the primary AGC loop. A feed-forward AGC compensation technique generates scalar control values for scaling the demodulated signals before the demodulated signals are processed by the secondary AGC loops. This at least partially compensates for gain variations caused by the primary AGC, reducing received signal drop-outs before the secondary AGC loops can compensate for the gain variations. Because of systemic delays in the sub-receiver and the demodulators, the scalar control values are independently timed to be coincident with the variations in the demodulated signal strengths caused by the primary AGC loop. | 08-04-2011 |
20110222525 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND FREQUENCY RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD - It is possible to realize reduction of inter-cell interference by an adaptive FFR with a low delay. A terminal ( | 09-15-2011 |
20110228757 | RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a base station capable of performing cell search of all mobile stations having different communicable frequency band widths in a scalable band width communication system to which a multi-carrier communication method such as the OFDM method is applied. The base station includes: a modulation unit ( | 09-22-2011 |
20110310877 | Coverage Extension Using Carrier Diversity In Multi-Carrier Communication Systems - Embodiments are described to address coverage difference problems in communication systems ( | 12-22-2011 |
20110310878 | Synchronization in Heterogeneous Networks - In a mobile communication network comprising a pico base station and macro base station with overlapping coverage areas, the pico base station transmits a supplemental synchronization signal to enable synchronization when the mobile terminal is operating within a link imbalance zone. The supplemental synchronization signal is transmitted using different time, frequency, and/or code resources from the primary and/or secondary synchronization signals to differentiate and separate the supplemental synchronization signals. | 12-22-2011 |
20110317682 | OFDM TRANSMITTER DEVICE, OFDM TRANSMISSION METHOD, OFDM RECEIVER DEVICE, AND OFDM RECEPTION METHOD - An OFDM transmitter and an OFDM receiver respectively transmit and receive N (N≧2, N is an integer) control symbols. For each control symbol, a guard interval time-domain signal is, for example, identical to a signal obtained by frequency-shifting at least a portion of a useful symbol time-domain signal by an amount different from any other symbol, or to a signal obtained by frequency-shifting one or both of a portion and a span of a useful symbol interval time-domain signal different from any other symbol by a predetermined amount. | 12-29-2011 |
20120069834 | Process for Blind Detection of a Synchronization Signal for LTE - To detect a cell-specific synchronization signal, a modified correlation approach is used, which removes the need for channel estimation. | 03-22-2012 |
20120120942 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - To suppress deterioration of channel estimation accuracy even when a terminal moves at high speed in a system for switching among a plurality of insertion patterns of channel estimation signals, in a wireless communication system for using one of a plurality of types of frame formats with different insertion positions of a channel estimation symbol, and spreading data in the frequency domain to perform communications, the types of frame formats include at least a first frame format having a channel estimation symbol in which channel estimation signals are allocated to all subcarriers, and a second frame format having a channel estimation symbol in which a channel estimation signal and data is multiplexed, and PAPR characteristics of a subcarrier for data transmission in the second frame format are the same as PAPR characteristics of a subcarrier for transmitting a symbol assigned only the data. | 05-17-2012 |
20120140759 | SIMULCASTING MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) communication system includes signaling simulcasting. Base stations include a plurality of transmit antennas and terminals include a plurality of receive antennas to form MIMO channels. In one embodiment, a simulcasting MIMO wireless communication system includes orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). This arrangement achieves the spectral efficiency advantages of OFDM and simulcasting. | 06-07-2012 |
20120182985 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING APPARATUS USING THAT COMMUNICATION METHOD - A transmission apparatus includes a plurality of antennas and a frame configurator that selects, in a first unit time either a first transmitting method which transmits a modulated signal from at least one of the plurality of antennas, or a second transmitting method which transmits a plurality of modulated signals from the plurality of antennas, for a first carrier group arranged for a first terminal and either the first transmitting method or the second transmitting method for a second carrier group arranged for a second terminal. The frame configurator selects, in a second unit time either the first transmitting method or the second transmitting method for the first carrier group arranged for a third terminal and either the first transmitting method or the second transmitting method for the second carrier group arranged for a fourth terminal, wherein each of carrier groups includes one or more sub-carriers. | 07-19-2012 |
20120182986 | Timing Control - A method including at a first device configured for making one or more transmissions to a second device in one or more of a plurality of frequency blocks and configured to receive respective timing commands for each of said plurality of frequency blocks: determining that the most recently received timing commands for each of the plurality of frequency blocks are all valid, when a predetermined period of time has not expired since receiving the most recent timing command for any one of said plurality of frequency blocks. | 07-19-2012 |
20120230320 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS AND RECEPTION METHOD - A disclosed transmission apparatus includes a multiplexing portion that multiplexes a common pilot channel, a shared control channel, and a shared data channel; a symbol generation portion that performs an inverse Fourier transformation on the multiplexed signal so as to generate a symbol; and a transmission portion that transmits the generated symbol. The multiplexing portion multiplexes the shared control channel including control information necessary for demodulation of the shared data channel including a payload and the common pilot channel to be used by plural users in a frequency direction, and the shared data channel in a time direction with respect to the common pilot channel and the shared control channel. Even when the number of symbols composing a transmission time interval (TTI) is reduced, transmission efficiency of channels excluding the common pilot channel can be maintained by reducing insertion intervals of the common pilot channel accordingly. | 09-13-2012 |
20120243526 | FREQUENCY BAND EXTENDING DEVICE AND METHOD, ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD, DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a frequency band extending device and method, an encoding device and method, a decoding device and method, and a program, whereby music signals can be played with higher sound quality due to the extension of frequency bands. | 09-27-2012 |
20120281688 | ETHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DOWNLINK PILOT TRANSMISSION - A method, apparatus and system for downlink pilot transmission solve the problem of power differences among OFDM symbols caused by Walsh Codes. The transmission method is that dedicated pilots are transmitted in the manner of code division multiplexing (CDM) or hybrid of CDM and frequency division multiplexing (FDM), wherein the dedicated pilots are configured with orthogonal sequence sets according to a preset frequency-domain granularity and rules on the resources for transmitting the dedicated pilots, and the same orthogonal sequence set is employed for the dedicated pilots in each frequency-domain granularity. | 11-08-2012 |
20120281689 | MULTI-CHANNEL RECEPTION SYSTEM INCLUDING A SUPERHETERODYNE-TYPE RECEIVER ASSOCIATED WITH SPECTRAL ANALYSERS WITH INSTANTANEOUS BANDWIDTH - A reception system including a receiver of superheterodyne type coupled to a processing means, the receiver including N antennas. Said receiver includes: N translation means, each being able to frequency translate signals delivered by the antenna considered, from a frequency sub-band of the span of interest to a restricted frequency band, and to frequency multiplex the signals belonging to said frequency sub-band; N first intermediate frequency bandpass filters, of bandwidth equal to said restricted frequency band, respectively coupled at the output of each translation means, and able to filter the translated and multiplexed signals; a coupling means able to sum the N filtered signals so as to deliver the set of summed signals via N outputs. The processing means includes N other translation means coupled to N other intermediate frequency bandpass filters of frequency bandwidth equal to L, themselves coupled to N spectral analyzers, all having the same restricted analysis frequency band of width L, each other translation means of rank i, i being an integer varying from 1 to N, being able to transpose the signals delivered by the coupling means with the aid of a translation signal having a frequency adapted to each other translation means, in such a way that the other intermediate frequency bandpass filter connected at the output of said other translation means, is able to filter the ith sub-band of the total frequency band of width L·N, to which the signals summed by the coupling means belong. | 11-08-2012 |
20120327924 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - The present invention is a mobile communication system having a mobile station UE, in which CA is performed, configured to transmit an uplink data signal to a radio base station eNB, by using a plurality of “Component Carriers” having different carrier frequencies, and the mobile communication system includes TA timer management units | 12-27-2012 |
20130003711 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A CC-ID information storing unit stores CC-ID information, for every frequency band of a monitoring CC, in which frequency band information and CC-ID are associated. A resource information acquiring unit converts CC-ID extracted from control information into frequency band information. | 01-03-2013 |
20130083786 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION IN A DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS (DSA) COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for synchronization in a dynamic spectrum access system is provided herein. During operation a transmitter will vary a known sequence to generate a preamble for each radio frame. The variation of the known sequence is based on what particular subcarriers are currently being used by the transmitter. In one embodiment, the preamble is coupled to the filterbank multicarrier synthesis to generate an over-the-air preamble for use in synchronizing a receiver. | 04-04-2013 |
20130094490 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus has a first communication unit configured to perform at least one of transmission and reception by using a multicarrier signal constituted by a plurality of subcarriers shaped by a band-limited pulse waveform; and second communication unit configured to perform at least one of transmission and reception by using a signal having a different modulation format or modulation constant from said signal of said first communication unit. Said first communication unit configured to perform communication without using at least one of said plurality of subcarriers, and said second communication unit configured to perform communication using a band of said subcarrier not used by said first communication unit. | 04-18-2013 |
20130114587 | NARROW BANDWIDTH DEVICE IN A BROADBAND NETWORK - Technology for communicating with a narrow bandwidth wireless device in a broadband network is disclosed. One method can include the wireless device retrieving at least one of secondary narrow bandwidth device region (NBDR) configuration information or primary NBDR configuration information from a primary NBDR located in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region of a subframe. The primary NBDR and the secondary NBDRs can be subsets of frequency resources within a wide bandwidth subframe. The wireless device can receive data in at least one of the primary NBDR and the secondary NBDR based on the configuration information. The primary NBDR can be located in the central part of a signal bandwidth spectrum including direct current (DC) subcarrier. The secondary NBDR can use frequency resources within the subframe not used by the primary NBDR. | 05-09-2013 |
20130121330 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASED BANDWIDTH EFFICIENCY WITHIN MICROWAVE BACKHAUL OF A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus for transmitting information in a wireless communication system includes a first interface for receiving a plurality of input data streams. Signal processing circuitry transmits and receives the plurality of input data streams on at least one frequency. Each of the plurality of input data streams on the at least one frequency have a different orbital angular momentum imparted thereto. | 05-16-2013 |
20130177009 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASED BANDWIDTH EFFICIENCY WITHIN MICROWAVE BACKHAUL OF A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus for transmitting information in a wireless communication system includes a first interface for receiving a plurality of input data streams. Signal processing circuitry transmits and receives the plurality of input data streams on at least one frequency. Each of the plurality of input data streams on the at least one frequency have a different orbital angular momentum imparted thereto. | 07-11-2013 |
20130322424 | COMBINED SHORT-RANGE AND LONG-RANGE RADIO COMMUNICATION - A multivoice radio system allows users to speak and listen, at the same time, to others using multivoice radios without using a base station. Several embodiments of the present invention are directed toward combining a multivoice radio with push-to-talk (PTT), long-range radio. Other embodiments combine two or more multivoice systems and/or use an extender to increase a distance that multivoice radios can communicate with each other. Combining multivoice systems, in some embodiments, creates a voice and/or data mesh network. Switch-to-talk (STT) functionality can be added to systems to increase a number of users and promote radio discipline. Additionally, a combined in-ear microphone and speaker is disclosed. Further embodiments are directed to combining duplex radios, such as mobile phones, to multivoice systems, and/or PTT systems. | 12-05-2013 |
20130343371 | Communication Device and Communication Method - A modulator performs a predetermined operation for making an absolute value of an operation result of at least one element of an input signal greater than 0 on the individual elements of the input signal. The modulator generates post-operation data by associating individual elements of the input signal with individual elements of a data series which is a set of pieces of data which are equal in number to the elements of the input signal and whose absolute values are equal to one another, and multiplying the individual elements of the input signal which are subjected to the predetermined operation by the elements of the data series. An IFFT calculator performs inverse fast Fourier transformation on the post-operation data, and a synthesizer synthesizes operation results from the IFFT calculator to generate a baseband signal. A transmitter generates a transmission signal from the baseband signal and transmits the transmission signal. | 12-26-2013 |
20140050212 | Telecommunication System Using Multiple Nyquist Zone Operations - Telecommunication systems using multiple Nyquist zone operations are provided. In one aspect, a telecommunication system can include a first section and a second section. The first section can receive signals from at least one transmitting base station or transmitting terminal device. The received signals have frequencies in multiple frequency bands. The first section can also sample the received signals such that the received signals are aliased. The first section can also combine the aliased signals from the frequency bands into a combined frequency band in a common Nyquist zone. The second section can extract signals from the combined frequency band. The extracted signals are to be transmitted at frequencies in a frequency band from a Nyquist zone that is different than the common Nyquist zone. The second section can also transmit the extracted signals to at least one receiving base station or receiving terminal device. | 02-20-2014 |
20140105203 | Filter Apparatus, Multiplex Device and Associated Method - It is presented a filter apparatus comprising: a first frequency shifter arranged to accept an input signal of the apparatus; a first filter; a second frequency shifter; a second filter; and a third frequency shifter, the output of which is connected to the output of the apparatus. The first frequency shifter, the first filter, the second frequency shifter, the second filter and the third frequency shifter are serially connected; and each one of the first frequency shifter, second frequency shifter and third frequency shifter has separate shift input signals, respectively. A corresponding radio base station assembly and method are also presented. | 04-17-2014 |
20140140336 | Systems and Methods for Pilot Signal and Control Data Retransmission - Historical decoding can be performed in accordance with pilot signal retransmission or control information retransmission to reduce the amount network resources consumed during data recovery. In one example, historical decoding is achieved through retransmitting a sub-set of coded bits carried by an earlier transmission, which are compared with a corresponding portion of the original signal (stored in memory) to obtain improved channel state information (CSI) relating to that earlier transmission. In another example, historical decoding is achieved through communicating parity information related to a sub-set of the coded bits carried by an earlier transmission, which are used in accordance with a data aided CSI technique to obtain the improved CSI relating to that earlier transmission. In yet another example, historical decoding is achieved by re-transmitting control information carried by an earlier transmission. | 05-22-2014 |
20140177619 | TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A transmission apparatus includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation signal generators, which generate a first OFDM modulation signal and a second OFDM modulation signal. The transmission apparatus also includes a transmitter that transmits the first OFDM modulation signal from a first antenna and the second OFDM modulation signal from a second antenna, in an identical frequency band. A reception apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of antennas that receive a plurality of OFDM modulation signals; a plurality of OFDM demodulators that transform the plurality of OFDM modulation signals to a plurality of reception signals using Fourier transform; an estimator that outputs a distortion estimation signal using one or more symbols for demodulation included in the plurality of reception signals; and a demodulator that compensates for distortion of the reception signals using the distortion estimation signal and demodulates a data symbol included in the reception signals. | 06-26-2014 |
20140254581 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A communication apparatus is capable of making wireless communication without using an access point, by using a network identifier having communication identification information identifying a class of communication setting containing an IP address and frequency information. The communication apparatus includes: a detecting unit that detects another communication apparatus causing failure of the wireless communication due to overlap of the network identifier; and a changing unit that changes the network identifier when the detecting unit detects another communication apparatus causing failure of the wireless communication. The changing unit changes the network identifier so as to change the IP address of the communication apparatus or a frequency that the communication apparatus uses. | 09-11-2014 |
20140293987 | System and Method for Generalized Multi-Carrier Frequency Division Multiplexing - A method for operating a device includes determining adaptation criteria for a waveform to be transmitted by a transmitting device over a communications channel towards a receiving device, and adjusting a generalized multi-carrier multiplexing parameter (GMMP) of the waveform in accordance with the adaptation criteria. The method also includes transmitting an indicator of the adjusted GMMP to at least one of the transmitting device and the receiving device. | 10-02-2014 |
20150103816 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A BLENDED SIGNAL - The system includes a controller communicatively connected to a first and second device. The first and second devices have multiple wireless technologies capabilities, such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and other known wireless technologies. The controller is configured to combine two signals generated from the wireless technologies into a single blended signal to transmit data from the first device to the second device or vice versa. The wireless technologies may be selected via a user interface which is communicatively connected to one of the first and second devices. Additionally, the wireless technologies may be selected using voice command or automatically selected by the type of data an operator designates. The controller is configured to combine two signals generated from the wireless technologies into a blended signal as well as allow two-way communication between the first and second device. | 04-16-2015 |
20150117435 | Transmitter for Transmitting Discovery Signals, A Receiver and Methods Therein - A transmitter | 04-30-2015 |
20150304057 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method of transmitting and receiving signals and a corresponding apparatus. One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of receiving a signal, which includes interleaving in an appropriate manner for a channel bonding system. The interleaving can allow decoding a user requested service at a random tuner window position. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304059 | FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXER - An apparatus is disclosed that includes a frequency multiplexer circuit coupled to an input node and configured to receive an input signal via the input node. The frequency multiplexer circuit comprises a first filter circuit, a second filter circuit, and a third filter circuit. The apparatus also includes a switching circuit that is configurable to couple at least two of a first output of the first filter circuit, a second output of the second filter circuit, or a third output of the third filter circuit to a single output port. | 10-22-2015 |
20150349999 | RECEPTION APPARATUS AND FREQUENCY ERROR CORRECTION METHOD - Provided is an OFDM reception apparatus that can reduce, even in an environment where the influence of noises is strong, this influence of the noises, thereby improving the precision of detecting a carrier frequency error. In this apparatus, a filtering unit ( | 12-03-2015 |
20150372700 | SOFTWARE PROGRAMMABLE, MULTI-SEGMENT CAPTURE BANDWIDTH, DELTA-SIGMA MODULATORS FOR CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS - A cellular radio architecture for a vehicle that includes a triplexer coupled to an antenna structure and including three signal paths, where each signal path includes a bandpass filter that passes a different frequency band than the other bandpass filters and a circulator that provides signal isolation between the transmit signals and the receive signals. The architecture also includes a receiver module having a separate signal channel for each of the signal paths in the triplexer, where each signal channel in the receiver module includes a receiver delta-sigma modulator that converts analog receive signals to a representative digital signal. The delta-sigma modulator includes an LC filter having a plurality of LC resonator circuits, a plurality of transconductance amplifiers and a plurality of integrator circuits, where a combination of one resonator circuit, transconductance amplifier and integrator circuit represents a two-order stage of the LC filter. | 12-24-2015 |
20150372800 | OPTIMIZED DATA CONVERTER DESIGN USING MIXED SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY FOR CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS - A cellular radio architecture for a vehicle that includes a receiver module having a receiver delta-sigma modulator that converts analog receive signals to a representative digital signal. The architecture further includes a transmitter module having a transmitter delta-sigma modulator for converting digital data bits to analog transmit signals. Portions of the receiver and transmitter modules are fabricated with indium phosphide (InP) technologies and portions of the receiver and transmitter modules are fabricated with CMOS technologies. | 12-24-2015 |
20150381231 | Fast Frequency Hopping Adapted To The Environment - A transmitting node in an industrial wireless network transmits a first number of bits to a receiving node, where at least one bit is partitioned into segments and each segment is transmitted at a different frequency according to a frequency transmission scheme. The receiving node receives the number of bits, determines the quality of each segment of a received bit, collects quality determinations of segments, forms a quality measure for each frequency through combining quality determinations of the corresponding frequency, compares each quality measure with a quality measure criterion, determines at least one frequency that does not fulfill the quality measure criterion and informs the transmitting node about frequencies for which the corresponding quality measures do not fulfill the quality measure criterion. The transmitting node receives the information and updates the frequency transmission scheme. | 12-31-2015 |
20160013855 | MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
20160081089 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a reception circuit receiving a frame including first and second data units, the first and second data units each including first and second data areas, the first data area including channel bandwidth information; and a control circuit controlling the reception circuit. The reception circuit receives the first data area with a first frequency bandwidth corresponding to a first channel bandwidth for the first data unit. When the channel bandwidth information indicates a second channel bandwidth, the control circuit switches, before reception of the second data, a frequency bandwidth of the reception circuit to a second frequency bandwidth corresponding to the second channel bandwidth. | 03-17-2016 |
20160119050 | RECEIVER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FREQUENCY DIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS USING BEACON AND METHODS USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - A communication system comprising at least one communication network node having a capacity for communicating with at least one additional communication network node at a given center frequency; and at least one external frequency converter, external to said node, operative to cause at least one communication network node, from outside said node, to communicate with at least one additional communication network node, at least on occasion, according to a given communication protocol, at at least one converted center frequency which differs from the given center frequency, and also comprising beacon functionality. | 04-28-2016 |
20160127063 | MULTIPLEXERS USING WEAKLY-COUPLED NETWORKS IN RF FRONT END CIRCUITRY - Multiplexing circuitry is disclosed that includes filtering circuitry, which provides a first transfer function between a common port and a first port and a second transfer function between the common port and a second port. The first transfer function and second transfer function provide a first passband and a second passband, respectively. The first transfer function also has a stopband provided within the second passband of the second transfer function because the filtering circuitry includes a first filter path and a second filter path, wherein the second filter path has a first and second parallel resonant circuit provided in shunt with respect to the second filter path and weakly coupled to one another. The weak coupling between the first parallel resonant circuit and the second parallel resonant circuit naturally provides the stopband in the first transfer function within the second passband of the second transfer function. | 05-05-2016 |
20160134448 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PILOT SIGNAL AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING FREQUENCY OFFSET USING THE SAME - A method and apparatus for generating pilot signals in a mobile communication system and a method of estimating a frequency offset using the same are provided. In an environment in which a terminal moves at a high speed, pilot signals are disposed at a first interval in a first range of a transmission frame forming a single transmission unit. Furthermore, pilot signals are disposed at a second interval in a second range of the transmission frame. A frequency offset is estimated based on the pilot signals. | 05-12-2016 |
20160135086 | DIVERSITY REPETITION IN MIXED-RATE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method of wirelessly communicating a packet can include generating, at a wireless device, a packet including a plurality of symbols. The method further includes segmenting an input bit vector into a plurality of symbol vectors according to one of a sequential or distributed segmentation procedure. The method further includes splitting each of the plurality of symbol vectors into two or more split vectors according to one of a sequential or round-robin split procedure. The method further includes mapping each of the split vectors into the plurality of symbols according to one of a block-level repetition or a symbol-level repetition. The method further includes transmitting the packet. | 05-12-2016 |
20160191287 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC SINGLE-FREQUENCY-NETWORK-MULTICAST SYMBOL SYNCHRONIZATION - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for dynamic single-frequency-network-(SFN)-multicast symbol synchronization. In an embodiment, a wireless-communication device (WCD) receives an SFN-multicast transmission at least in part by receiving a respective SFN-multicast-transmission signal from each site in a plurality of sites in a given SFN-multicast area, where each such received SFN-multicast-transmission signal has a respective SFN-multicast cyclic prefix. The WCD calculates a multisource multipath delay spread (“MMDS”) that is characteristic of the received plurality of SFN-multicast-transmission signals, and determines whether that calculated MMDS exceeds a threshold MMDS. If so, the WCD selects a multicast timing point that is after the SFN-multicast cyclic prefix of a first-received one of the received SFN-multicast-transmission signals. If not, the WCD selects a multicast timing point that is within the SFN-multicast cyclic prefix of the first-received SFN-multicast-transmission signal. The WCD uses the selected multicast timing point to demodulate the received SFN-multicast transmission. | 06-30-2016 |
20160192423 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING DISCOVERY STEP AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Particularly, the present invention relates to a method and device by which a terminal performs a discovery step for D2D communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first discovery signal (DS) including identification information of a target terminal from a member terminal of a first terminal group; checking whether the target terminal belongs to the first terminal group; and transmitting a second DS corresponding to the first DS, wherein if the target terminal belongs to the first terminal group, the second DS is transmitted to member terminals within the first terminal group, and if the target terminal does not belong to the first terminal group, the second DS is transmitted to a specific terminal within a second group different from the first group. | 06-30-2016 |
20190149130 | LADDER-TYPE FREQUENCY-VARIABLE FILTER, MULTIPLEXER, RADIO-FREQUENCY FRONT END CIRCUIT, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL | 05-16-2019 |