34th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120213183 | SCHEDULING OF DIRECT TO DIRECT COMMUNICATION - A method, system, apparatus, and computer program can provide scheduling of direct to direct communication by a high speed packet access base station. The method, for example, can include obtaining a direct user equipment communication toggling message ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120213184 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING GROUP ADDRESS IN WIRELESS LOCAL NETWORK AREA, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING RESPONSE REQUEST FRAME AND RESPONSE FRAME IN PLURALITY OF STATIONS, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA USING GROUP ADDRESS - The present invention relates to a method for allocating a group address in a wireless LAN, a method for transmitting a response request frame and a response frame to a plurality of terminals, and a data transmission method using the same group address. The method for allocating the group address of the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting a group agreement request frame including the group address (identifier) to terminals as grouping targets; and receiving a response frame corresponding to the group agreement request frame. The group agreement request frame includes group address (identifier) information and a terminal address as a destination address and is transmitted to a receiving terminal as a destination. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213185 | M2M RESOURCE PRESERVATION IN MOBILE NETWORKS - The present invention relates to a solution for handling a plurality of machine to machine, M2M, devices in a wireless communication cell by providing a shared Internet Protocol, IP, address for the plurality of M2M devices and one of the M2M devices acts as a master device for attaching and receiving the shared IP address and other communication configuration control data from a wireless gateway. The M2M devices communicate with a central M2M server using datagrams with the shared IP address and device identity information together with data or control messages. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213186 | DOWNLINK CONTROL SIGNALLING FOR DOWNLINK MIMO - A method of downlink control signalling for downlink multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) operation between a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) and User Equipment (UE) includes the following steps. Maintaining one or more mapping tables at a network location accessible by the UE, the mapping tables including first UE signalling data. Transmitting a message index to the UE to enable relevant first UE signalling data to be read by the UE. Transmitting second UE signalling data to the UE. At the UE, using the first and second UE signalling data to derive UE control data. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213187 | UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN MULTICARRIER SYSTEM - A method for transmitting uplink control information of a user equipment in a multi-carrier system is provided. The method includes: transmitting each of acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) for downlink data transmitted by a base station through multiple downlink component carriers; and transmitting channel state information indicating a state of a downlink channel to the base station, wherein each of the ACK/NACK and the channel state information are allocated to the same uplink control channel resource in a subframe, and if each of the ACK/NACK and the channel state information are reserved to be transmitted on the same subframe, each of the ACK/NACK only is transmitted. Accordingly, a user equipment can transmit uplink control information while preserving a single-carrier property of an uplink signal in a multi-carrier system using carrier aggregation. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213188 | LARGE CELL BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - When the provided large cell base station ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120213189 | METHOD FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION CONTROL AND AN APPARATUS FOR THE SAME IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A wireless communications system and, more particularly, a method for uplink transmission control and an apparatus for the same in a wireless communications system are disclosed. In a method for performing uplink scheduling for a first user equipment by a first base station, the method includes the steps of receiving, from the first user equipment, information on a frequency band having an uplink interference occurring therein with respect to a second base station; and allocating an uplink resource for the first user equipment based upon the frequency band. Herein, the frequency band having an uplink interference occurring therein with respect to the second base station may be decided based upon uplink scheduling information on a second user equipment of the second base station, and the uplink scheduling information on the second user equipment of the second base station may be acquired by the first user equipment and transmitted to the first base station. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213190 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND TRANSCEIVING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING PLURAL COMPONENT CARRIERS - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for composing and transmitting/receiving a reference signal in a wireless communication system that uses a plurality of component carriers (CC). In a wireless communication system using a plurality of component carriers, the present invention can reduce an increase in cubic metric (CM) and peak to average power ratio (PAPR) which occur in the course of composing and transmitting/receiving the same reference signal for each component carrier, by composing and transceiving a distinctive reference signal for each component carrier. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213191 | METHOD FOR MAPPING AND TRANSMITTING DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (DM-RS), COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE USING SAME, APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DM-RS, AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING DM-RS - The present invention relates to a method for mapping and transmitting demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) and a communication terminal device, and more particularly to a method for mapping and transmitting DM-RS which uniformly maintains reception reliability of DM-RS for each layer in a process for transmitting different DM-RSs for odd-numbered layers. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213192 | RADIO BASE STATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio base station eNB according to the present invention includes: a transmission format determination unit | 2012-08-23 |
20120213193 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING SCHEDULING REQUEST IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for requesting uplink resources in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment determines whether a scheduling request for requesting uplink resources is triggered. If the scheduling request is triggered, the user equipment transmits a first set of frequency domain sequences and a second set of frequency domain sequences in a subframe. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methods for mobile communications are disclosed herein. An example method for a mobile station includes receiving first data from a carrier on a first frequency using a first receiver of the mobile station in a first timeslot, tuning a second frequency of the carrier using the second receiver while the first receiver is receiving the first data during the first timeslot, and receiving second data from the carrier on the second frequency using the second receiver during a second timeslot that immediately follows the first timeslot, wherein the mobile station receives data on all timeslots without each of two time division multiple access frames. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213195 | Simultaneous Transmission of Control Information - The invention relates to a configurer configured to configure a periodic transmission and an aperiodic transmission; combiner configured to combine the periodic transmission and the aperiodic transmission by using time division multiplexing, the time division multiplexing being carried out in a non-puncturing manner; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the combined transmission as a clustered transmission by using frequency domain resources corresponding to periodic and aperiodic physical uplink shared channel resources. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213196 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT CONTENTION-BASED TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for efficient contention-based transmission in a wireless communication system. The method for performing contention-based transmission in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: setting a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a receiver end where the contention-based transmission is received; setting a resource area for the contention-based transmission to allow a collision with other transmission; and transmitting at least one of the data and control information on the resource area, wherein the resource area for the contention-based transmission can be hopped on a physical resource. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213197 | Methods and Apparatuses for Managing Multiple Call Sessions During a Transfer - Various methods for managing multiple call sessions during a transfer are provided. One example method may include detecting an initiation of a handover of a wireless device from a connection to a packet switched domain to a connection to a circuit switched domain. The wireless device may be a party to more than one call session. The example method may further include receiving a multiple call session indicator that provides an indication that the wireless device is party to multiple call sessions, and in response to receiving the multiple call session indicator, creating or updating call control state machines for each of the call sessions. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213198 | METHODS FOR HANDOFF OF AN ACTIVE COMMUNICATION CONNECTION FROM A MACROCELL TO A FEMTOCELL - A method for performing a handoff of an active communication connection for a mobile user station from a macrocell to one or more femtocells. In one aspect, the present invention provides an improved handoff for situations in which the mobile user station is moved into an indoor residential or enterprise environment within which the signal strength of the mobile user station with respect to the macrocell base transceiver station becomes relatively low. In one embodiment, the method efficiently performs a handoff of an active communication connection from a macrocell to one or more femtocells while minimizing the likelihood of dropping the active communication connection during the handoff. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213199 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROLLING METHOD - A communication method in LIPA/SIPTO architecture is provided which, when a user equipment (UE) is to connect from a serving area to an external network, allows re-selection of an optimal gateway. The communication method allows selecting a gateway apparatus physically or topologically close to a site, where the user equipment is attached. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213200 | HEADER COMPRESSION OPTIMIZATION METHOD DURING AND AFTER HANDOVERS IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The present invention concerns a method for optimizing ROHC RTP (Robust Header Compression Real Time Protocol) compression applied to IP header of data packets stream so as to use more compact formats enable to remain in a steady state, to never discard received packet, and to serve radio resources without requiring to modify ROHC specification. In the method, when handover or mobility procedure is started, new reference values are normally added to a sliding compression window, but no reference value is removed from the window as long as the handover or mobility procedure is on going. After the handover or mobility procedure is complete, when the number of values transmitted on the new radio link are appropriate to cope against the error properties on the new link, all older values can be removed at once from the compression window, thereby reverting to normal window operation. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213201 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STATION LOCATION BASED NEIGHBOR DETERMINATION AND HANDOVER PROBABILITY ESTIMATION - The present invention is a method and system for station location based neighbor determination and handover probability estimation. A serving access point determines the location and movement measurements of a station (STA). Neighboring access points report coordinates of cell fringes of the neighboring access points. The STA sends a request for system information to the current access point along with current location of the STA. The current access point provides the system information, and the STA utilizes the system information to determine best handover candidate from among neighboring access points and an estimate of the time for handover. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213202 | Switching System and Method of Ringing Session with CRBT - A method for handing over an alerting phase session with customized alerting tone is disclosed. The method includes: when the handover occurs in an alerting phase session with a customized alerting tone in the way of early session, a mobile switching center initiating a handover of a normal media negotiation dialog and the MSC or customized alerting tones application server initiating a handover of customized alerting tone session. A system for handing over an alerting phase session with customized alerting tone is also disclosed, and the system includes a mobile switching center and a customized alerting tones application server. In the present method and system, even the handover from PS network to CS network occurs, the service experience of the calling user on the customized alerting tone session will not change, thus the normal call request is not affected and there is no need to modify the exiting IMS architecture. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213203 | METHOD FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND A SYSTEM INFORMATION SENDING DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for sending and receiving system information about multiple component carriers in a wireless communication system, and to a system information sending and receiving device employing the same. The present invention comprises a configuration wherein one component carrier is used to transmit system information about another component carrier to a terminal. One embodiment of the present invention solves the problems which occur when using a plurality of component carriers such as additional battery consumption and time delays before receiving information, and hence it has the advantages that battery consumption and information receipt delays are reduced. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213204 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - A communication method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system is provided. The communication method includes: configuring, by a first access point (AP), a first basic service set (BSS) which uses a first primary channel (P-CH) and a first secondary channel (S-CH); and configuring, by a second AP, a second BSS which uses a second P-CH, a second S-CH, a second tertiary channel (T-CH), and a second quaternary channel (Q-CH), wherein a band of the first P-CH overlaps with a band of the second P-CH, and the second P-CH is a common channel which is used in an operation of a member station of the second BSS. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI NETWORK CONNECTIVITY - In various embodiments, a system provides multi network connectivity between a broadband, packet-switched wireless Radio Access Network (RAN) and first and second different wireless networks using a broadband transceiver configured to receive and transmit packet-switched data over the RAN. First and second transceivers with respective data interfaces with the broadband transceiver are configured to establish a first and second wireless networks using different communications protocols. A processor and associated memory are operatively coupled together to at least control the broadband transceiver, the first transceiver, and the second transceiver. A communications range of the first and second wireless networks are extended beyond a respective intrinsic data communications capability thereof via the broadband transceiver. The system and method may be implemented to improve in-building wireless coverage, or to provide real-time content to mobile users, e.g., in an automobile, and/or to provide real-time vehicle diagnostic codes to a maintenance support node. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213206 | TDMA/CDMA USER EQUIPMENT - A wireless hybrid time division multiple access/code division multiple access (TDMA/CDMA) user equipment (UE) includes a signaling receiver and a data detection device in communication with the signaling receiver. The signaling receiver is configured to receive and recover signaled information of code and timeslot assignments of the UE to support an RF communication. The data detection device is configured to recover from the signaling information an identifier of a plurality of assigned timeslots and an indication of a first and last code of a set of consecutive codes. The last code is identified by an identifier associated with the last code. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213207 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEACTIVATING SECONDARY CARRIERS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method and an apparatus for deactivating secondary carriers in a mobile communication system using carrier aggregation are provided. A communication method, for a User Equipment (UE), includes activating a secondary carrier, starting a first timer upon activation of the secondary carrier, starting a second timer when the first timer expires, and deactivating the activated secondary carrier when the second timer expires. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213208 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARED COMMUNICATION MEDIUM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Performing distributed contention-free communication channel reservation for wireless communication, is disclosed. One implementation involves providing access to a shared communication channel in a wireless network including multiple wireless stations, by performing distributed channel time reservation for contention-free access to a shared wireless channel by each wireless station, based on a prior successful contention by the wireless station for access to the channel in a wireless network. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213209 | Extended USF Addressing Space - The present invention relates to assigning addresses to communication devices in a radio access network and notifying communication devices of scheduled uplink transmission time periods. Related methods, communication devices and control units are disclosed. A method of assigning an address to a communication device in a radio access network for use in notification of scheduled uplink transmission time periods for the communication device is provided. The method comprises assigning to the communication device an uplink state flag (USF) value. Furthermore, the method comprises assigning to the communication device an extended USF (eUSF) value. The address assigned to the communication device is a combination of the assigned USF value and the assigned eUSF value. By means of the eUSF value, the normal address range provided by the USF is extended, thereby facilitating use of more communication devices in the radio access network. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213210 | QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS) FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A device stores a traffic management profile for satellite network traffic that provides default percentages for classes of traffic that can pass when contention for limited bandwidth exists. The device receives packets having class markings and designated for transmission over a Demand-Assigned Time Division Multiple Access (DA-TDMA) network and identifies each of the received packets as one of a transmission control protocol (TCP) packet or a non-TCP packet. The device assigns the received packets to different queues based on the class markings and the identifying as a TCP packet or non-TCP packet, and determines available transmission bandwidth for a particular time slot of the DA-TDMA network associated with the device. The device also schedules packets from the different queues based on the default percentages in the traffic management profile and the transmission bandwidth for the particular time slot. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213211 | WIRELESS ACCESS POINT MAC ADDRESS PRIVACY - The present disclosure describes techniques for using varying MAC addresses to provide wireless access point MAC address privacy. A wireless access point may be configured to generate a random (or pseudo-random) MAC address to use on a wireless-side interface (and SSID broadcast), rather than using the burned-in MAC address. The wireless access point may be further configured to periodically change the wireless-side MAC address with a newly generated one whenever user-configurable triggering conditions are satisfied. As a result, a MAC address learned by a wi-fi sniffing device becomes obsolete shortly after being learned and cannot be used to correlate the actual location of the access point with the MAC address for any significant period of time. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213212 | LIFE STREAMING - A system and method for analyzing, summarizing, and transmitting life experiences captured using a life recorder is described. A life recorder is a recording device that continuously captures life experiences, including unanticipated life experiences, in video and/or audio recordings. In some embodiments, the video and/or audio recordings generated by a life recorder are automatically summarized, indexed, and stored for future use. By indexing and storing life recordings, a life recorder may search for and acquire life recordings generated by itself or another life recorder, thereby allowing life experiences to be shared minutes or even years later. In some embodiments, recordings generated by a life recorder may be analyzed in real-time and automatically pushed to one or more target devices. The ability to automatically and instantaneously push life recordings as live feeds to one or more target devices allows friends and family to experience one's life experience in real-time. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213213 | METHOD OF PAIRING COMPUTER AND WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of pairing a computer and a wireless electronic device includes the following steps. Firstly, a predetermined media access control address is received. A service set identifier of a wireless local network is established according to the predetermined media access control address. At least one packet is received. Then, a judging step is performed to judge whether the media access control address of the first packet matches the service set identifier. Afterwards, a response packet is transmitted to the wireless electronic device. By recording the media access control address of the wireless electronic device, the wireless electronic device to be paired can be accurately paired with the computer. It is more time-saving by using the pairing method of the present invention because the time period of selecting a to-be-paired wireless electronic device is not necessary. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213214 | DATA TRANSMISSION COEXISTENCE WITHIN TELEVISION WHITE SPACE CHANNELS - Methods, systems, and/or devices are provided that permit data transmissions over unused television channels. An unused channel within a television broadcast frequency spectrum is first identified. A downclocked waveform (for data transmission) is then generated by applying a factor to a clock that causes a waveform bandwidth to be reduced from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth, wherein the second bandwidth of the downclocked waveform is less than a channel bandwidth for the identified unused channel. The downclocked waveform may then be configured so that it coexists with a larger waveform having a third bandwidth that is greater than the channel bandwidth. The downclocked waveform is then wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter device over the identified unused channel. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213215 | MOBILE STATION TRAFFIC ROUTING - Devices, networks and methods relating to routing gateway traffic in a mesh network for wireless access. A mesh network has multiple nodes in at least one gateway node through which all incoming and outgoing data traffic pass through. The nodes provide wireless access to wireless and user devices, each of which is associated with anode in the mesh network. Each gateway node contains a record detailing which nodes are providing wireless access to which wireless end user device and which nodes are associated with which end user devices. This record of each end user device's location is periodically updated as the gateway node periodically receives data from the nodes which detail the device is being serviced by which node. Any incoming data traffic destined for an end user device is encapsulated and routed to the proper node servicing that end user device. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213216 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHOD - A telecommunications system for communicating internet packet data in accordance with a first internet protocol (IPV6) via a packet radio network operable in accordance a second internet protocol (IPV4). The system comprises a user equipment operable to request a bearer for communicating internet protocol data according to the second internet protocol (IPV4) to and from a gateway support node of the packet radio network. The gateway support node is operable to establish a tunnelling protocol bearer for communicating the internet packet data to and from the user equipment across the packet radio network. The user equipment is operable in combination with the gateway support node to form an address which is compatible with the first internet protocol (IPv6). The address includes an interface identifier having a tunnel end identifier of the tunnelling protocol bearer which ends at the gateway support node of the packet radio network. The internet packet data is communicated to and from a correspondent node via the gateway support node and the established bearer using internet protocol address which is compatible with the first internet protocol (Ipv6). | 2012-08-23 |
20120213217 | TIMESLOT SCHEDULING IN DIGITAL AUDIO AND HYBRID AUDIO RADIO SYSTEMS - Systems and methods of decoding data streams and conserving power are described. In some embodiments, a stream of data containing audio and other data is divided into a plurality of timeslots. A first timeslot of the plurality of timeslots is allocated to a first service. A grant allocation message which indicates a location of the first timeslot allocated to the first service is generated. The grant allocation message and the plurality of timeslots are transmitted to a receiver. The transmission system and receiver may be compatible with NRSC-5. The receiver may receive and decode the grant allocation message to identify OFDM symbols that carry information regarding the first service. The receiver may also receive the plurality of timeslots. The receiver may set a power mode of a component during OFDM symbols that indicate a status of the first service. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213218 | AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING BEST PATHS FROM SHADOW ROUTE REFLECTORS - In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving a path advertisement comprising information about an available path and a well-known community value associated with the available path. A modified best path calculation is performed in response to receiving the available path either from a higher-ranked device or from a device that is not participating in diverse path calculation, resulting in creating a particular best path. The particular best path is advertised to other routers with or without a restriction indicator based on whether it is a client learned path or non-client iBGP peer learned path and based on whether the advertisement is directed to a client or a non-client iBGP peer. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213219 | IN-VOICEMAIL-SESSION CALL TRANSFERS - In one embodiment, a voicemail system stores a voicemail message left by a first caller for a second caller. The voicemail system facilitates the transfer of a call out of a playback of the voicemail to the first caller and generates a credential that is coupled with the call. If the first caller is not available for the call, the second caller is transferred to the voicemail mailbox of the first caller where second caller records a second voicemail, which is placed in the mailbox of the first caller. The call may be transferred back to the mailbox of the first caller in response to a transfer code entered by the second caller. The voicemail system verifies the second caller based on the credential and returns the second caller to the appropriate location in the queue of voicemails. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213220 | Automated Transitioning Between Different Communication Protocols in a Network - One embodiment includes, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-storage media, mechanisms, and/or means associated with automated transitioning between different communication protocols in a network. In one embodiment, automatic transition routers are automatically discovered along with the knowledge of what non-native protocols need to be transported across a network. Communication pathways are automatically established as needed to transport these non-native protocols. One embodiment is particularly useful in transitioning a network from one protocol to another, such as from Internet Protocol version 4 to version 6. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213221 | METHOD OF ESTABLISHING OPTIMIZED MEDIA PATH AND SIGNALING GATEWAY FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS METHOD - Provided are a method and signaling gateway for establishing an optimized media path applied in an IMS network. The method includes: during the process of forwarding a session description protocol (SDP) request and response, when receiving a SDP response of a first session, a first ALG judging that there is an optimized media path between itself and a second ALG, then when sending the SDP response of the first session, including indication information in the send SDP response; the first ALG sending a SDP request with the target being the second ALG; and after having received the SDP response of the first session including the indication information or after having received the SDP request with the target being the second ALG and the SDP response of the first session including the indication information, the second ALG sending the SDP response of the first session. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213222 | Single-homing and Active-Active Multi-homing in a Virtual Private LAN Service - In one embodiment, single-homing and active-active multi-homing is provided in a Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS). A customer edge node actively communicates frames of a same Virtual Private Network (VPN) instance with two or more VPLS nodes of a VPLS network. The VPLS nodes are configured to appropriately forward frames throughout the VPLS network: without looping of a frame sent by the same external node back to the same external node, without flooding multiple copies of a frame to the same external node, and while performing learning of addresses in forwarding tables of said VPLS nodes such that said forwarding tables of said VPLS nodes converge despite frames of the same LAN service being received by said at least two of said VPLS nodes from the same external node. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213223 | EFFICIENT MULTICASTING IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - Embodiments of the invention are directed to multicasting packets in a system such as a data packet switch or router having a distributed architecture. A first device such as a line card receiving a packet that requires multicasting forwards the packet to a fabric switch where the packet is replicated to obtain one respective packet for each line card of the system. Each line card receives its respective packet from the fabric switch and further duplicates the packet to obtain a duplicate packet for each egress endpoint of a service associated with the packet that is eligible to receive such a duplicate packet. Replication and duplication of packets requiring multicasting performed in this manner efficiently uses bandwidth of the fabric switch and links connecting it to the line cards. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213224 | System and Method for Finding Point-to-Multipoint Label Switched Path Crossing Multiple Domains - An apparatus associated with a first domain, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to compute a portion of a Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) path, wherein the P2MP path spans a plurality of domains including the first domain, wherein the apparatus does not require knowledge of a core tree of domains to compute the portion of the P2MP path. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213225 | Packet Switching Label Assignment Across Multiple Packet Switching Forwarding Groups - In one embodiment, a packet switching device assigns a same particular packet switching label to each particular route of a plurality of particular routes having the same one or more best paths, wherein the plurality of particular routes includes routes from at least two different forwarding groups. A forwarding group is defined as a specific route, one or more routes associated with a same customer edge router, or one or more routes associated with a single virtual routing and forwarding domain (VRF). The packet switching device advertises to other packet switching device(s) to add this same particular label to packets having one of the plurality of particular routes, which they do. The packet switching device then packet switches packets based on the particular label received in a label field in a header of these packets. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213226 | PROCESSING DATA PACKET TRAFFIC IN A DISTRIBUTED ROUTER ARCHITECTURE - Embodiments of the invention are directed to efficiently processing packet traffic in a system such as a switch or router having a distributed architecture. An internal header is appended to an ingress packet by an ingress packet processing device before the packet is forwarded to a fabric switch of the system. The internal header corresponds to a configuration of an ingress interface over which the packet was received. An egress packet processing device, upon receiving the packet from the switch, processes the packet based on the internal header and a configuration of an egress interface associated with the egress device. Advantageously, some packet tag manipulation operations are performed only at the egress packet processing device; thereby somewhat freeing up ingress packet processing resources. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213227 | Method and System for Routing Information in a Network - A method and system for determining an optimal route from a node to a given sink node in a network is described. Sink node periodically transmits routing information containing an indicator of recency. This indicator of recency is periodically updated. Routing information is received by a plurality of nodes in the network. Each node receiving routing information compares the indicator of recency contained in the routing information with an indicator of recency stored at the node to determine whether the received routing information is more recent than the stored routing information. An optimal route to the sink node is determined based on this comparison. Each node also periodically transmits routing information based on stored routing information to other nodes. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213228 | Packet Flow Offload to Remote Destination with Routing Bypass - A network utilizes centralized control for the transport of a packet flow to a destination via an intermediary network. The network identifies the intermediary network best suited for offloading the packet flow and then develops a routing policy based on Multiprotocol Label Switching or other circuit-switching type techniques. This ensures that the packets of the packet flow are automatically forwarded to a peering router connected to the identified intermediary network, and ensures that the peering router automatically outputs the packets of the packet flow to the identified intermediary network in a manner that bypasses autonomous routing decisions by the routers of the network. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213229 | Method and Apparatus for an Expandable Switching Element - An embodiment of the invention may comprise pairing a first switching module with a second switching module such that the first switching module is enabled to switch signals received via its first input ports and its second input ports to its first output ports and second output ports, wherein the signals received by the first input ports of the first switching module are communicated from the first output ports of the second switching module, and the signals communicated by the first output ports of the second switching module are signals received by the second input ports of the second switching module and forwarded to the first output ports of the second switching module. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213230 | PIPELINE SCHEDULER WITH FAIRNESS AND MINIMUM BANDWIDTH GUARANTEE - A pipeline scheduler provides a minimum bandwidth guarantee by transporting cells from an input port to an output port in a two-phased approach. Cells that conform to a minimum cell rate (MCR) are selected from queues at the input port and arranged into supercells for transport to the output port, followed by nonconforming cells, to guarantee fairness by using scheduling modules to build the supercells first for conforming cells, and then for nonconforming cells. Reservation vectors are used to permit the same time slot of the next frame to be reserved by a first queue, and the same time slot of the following time frame to be held for reservation by a second queue, to ensure equal time slot access by the first and second queues over successive time frames. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213231 | 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. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACHIEVING ACCELERATED THROUGHPUT - Systems and methods for transporting data between two endpoints over an encoded channel are disclosed. Data transmission units (data units) from the source network are received at an encoding component logically located between the endpoints. These first data units are subdivided into second data units and are transmitted to the destination network over the transport network. Also transmitted are encoded or extra second data units that allow the original first data units to be recreated even if some of the second data units are lost. These encoded second data units may be merely copies of the second data units transmitted, parity second data units, or second data units which have been encoded using erasure correcting coding. At the receiving endpoint, the second data units are received and are used to recreate the original first data units. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213233 | FRAME AND DATA PATTERN STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS - A transmitting apparatus for transmitting signals in a multi carrier system on the basis of a frame structure, each frame including at least one signalling pattern and one or more data patterns, the transmitting apparatus including | 2012-08-23 |
20120213234 | Method for Compressing and Decompressing Time Stamp and Equipment Thereof - A method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing a time stamp is provided, applied in a scenario of compressing a basic compression packet carrying an extended compression packet of type 3 in Robust Header Compression (ROHC). The compression method comprises: storing high bits of a time stamp to be transmitted in a time stamp field of the basic compression packet; storing bits of successive zeros beginning from the highest bit of the remaining bits of the time stamp to be transmitted after removing said high bits in the extended compression packet in a form of number information; and storing the remaining bits of the time stamp to be transmitted after removing said high bits and said bits of successive zeros in the time stamp field of the extended compression packet as low bits. Therefore the compression space can be effectively used and compression efficiency can be improved. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213235 | OPTICAL COUPLERS AND ACTIVE OPTICAL MODULES USING THE SAME - Provided are an optical coupler and an active optical module including the same. The optical coupler includes at least one first optical fiber, a second optical fiber, and a hollow optical block. The at least one first optical fiber transfers pump light. The second optical fiber includes a cladding with a facet enlarged from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter, and passes the pump light which is transferred through the first optical fiber. The hollow optical block includes a through hole, an incident surface, and a coupling surface. The through hole passes the cladding with the first outer diameter. The incident surface is connected to the first optical fiber at a side end of the through hole. The coupling surface is joined to the facet of the second optical fiber at the other side end of the through hole facing the incident surface. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213236 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER FOR MICROWAVE BURSTS - The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213237 | DRIVER FOR SUPPLYING MODULATED CURRENT TO A LASER - A driver device for a laser includes a control device configured to generate a control current, an NPN differential amplifier connected to the control device and configured to superimpose a modulation current onto the control current to generate a combined current, and a laser activation switch coupled to the output of the NPN differential amplifier, the laser activation switch operating the laser utilizing the combined current. Also described herein is a communication system including a driver device. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213238 | HIGH-POWER LASER UNIT WHEREIN LASER OUTPUT CAN BE ACCURATELY CORRECTED - A high-power laser unit capable of accurately correcting laser output from low to rated outputs, even when the laser unit has a laser power monitor which may be affected by environmental factors inside or outside the laser unit, by effectively reducing environmental factors. The laser unit has a laser power monitor for measuring laser output, and a laser controller for correcting the laser output by correcting an amount of excitation energy to a laser power supply so that a measurement value coincides with a laser output command value. The laser unit has a laser output commanding part for generating a laser output command. When it is not necessary to correct the laser output command, the laser output command is converted into an excitation energy command value and sent to the power supply. Otherwise, an output correcting part of the laser controller corrects the laser output command. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213239 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER CHIP PACKAGE WITH ENCAPSULATED RECESS MOLDED ON SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME - A laminate leadless carrier package having a semiconductor chip mounted at the edge of a recess region in a substrate supporting the chip, the substrate having a plurality of conductive and dielectric layers, a wire bond coupled to the optoelectronic chip and a wire bond pad positioned on the top surface of the substrate. An encapsulation covers the laser chip, the wire bond, and at least a portion of the top surface of the substrate including the recess region. The encapsulation is an optically transparent molding compound. The package is arranged to be mounted as a side-looker and/or a top-looker. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213240 | STRAIN BALANCED LASER DIODE - According to the concepts of the present disclosure, laser diode waveguide configurations are contemplated where the use of Al in the waveguide layers of the laser is presented in the form of InGaN/Al(In)GaN waveguiding superstructure comprising optical confining wells (InGaN) and strain compensating barriers (Al(In)GaN). The composition of the optical confining wells is chosen such that they provide strong optical confinement, even in the presence of the Al(In)GaN strain compensating barriers, but do not absorb lasing emission. The composition of the strain compensating barriers is chosen such that the Al(In)GaN exhibits tensile strain that compensates for the compressive strain of InGaN optical confinement wells but does not hinder the optical confinement. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213241 | Broad Area Laser Having an Epitaxial Stack of Layers and Method for the Production Thereof - A broad stripe laser ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120213242 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - A semiconductor laser device includes a nitride semiconductor laminate structure including an n-type clad layer, an n-type guide layer formed on the n-type clad layer, a light emitting layer formed on the n-type guide layer and a p-type semiconductor layer formed on the light emitting layer. The nitride semiconductor laminate structure does not include a p-type semiconductor clad layer. The semiconductor laser device further includes an upper clad layer formed on the p-type semiconductor layer. The upper clad layer includes a first conductive film made of an indium oxide-based material and a second conductive film formed on the first conductive film and made of a zinc oxide-based material, a gallium oxide-based material or a tin oxide-based material. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213243 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER WITH UNDOPED TOP MIRROR - A VCSEL with undoped top mirror. The VCSEL is formed from an epitaxial structure deposited on a substrate, and a periodically doped conduction layer is coupled to the undoped top minor. A periodically doped spacer layer is coupled to an active region. An undoped bottom minor coupled to the periodically doped spacer layer. A first intracavity contact is coupled to the periodically doped conduction layer and a second intracavity contact is coupled to the periodically doped spacer layer. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213244 | VACUUM CLEANING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRODE FURNACE - An electrode for a resistance analytical furnace has a crucible-engaging surface and an end spaced from the crucible-engaging surface having a plurality of grooves formed therein. A manifold mounted on the end of the electrode defines a dust recovery plenum and includes an outlet communicating with the plenum for coupling to a vacuum source to remove debris from the electrode. The improved electrode and electrode cleaning manifold positioned on the electrode provides a turbulent airflow for removal of dust and debris from an analytical furnace. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213245 | THERMAL DETECTOR, THERMAL DETECTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - A thermal detector includes a substrate, a support member, a spacer member, a thermal detection element, a detection circuit and a wiring part. The spacer member supports the support member over the substrate with a cavity part being formed therebetween. The thermal detection element is supported on the support member. The wiring part connects between the detection circuit and the thermal detection element, and has first through third conductive layer parts and a plurality of plugs. The first conductive layer part includes at least one layer disposed in the substrate. The second conductive layer part includes at least one layer disposed in the spacer member. The third conductive layer part includes at least one layer supported by the support member. The plugs respectively connect adjacent layers of the first conductive layer part, the second conductive layer part and the third conductive layer part, in a thickness direction of the substrate. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213246 | Method for Evaluating Life of Cable Insulating Coating Material - Disclosed is a method for estimating, within a short time, the life of a cable insulating coating material containing an antioxidant in a suitable concentration based on the rate of decrease of the antioxidant and on the critical concentration of the antioxidant at which oxidative degradation rapidly proceeds. The method tests the coating material to examine its life, the coating material including a base polymer, and an antioxidant having a functional group suppressing an oxidative deteriorative reaction of the base polymer. The method includes performing a thermal degradation test on the coating material; determining the degradation levels and degradation rates of the coating material at two or more time points in the thermal degradation test, based on the ratio of the absorbance of the functional group of the antioxidant to the absorbance of the base polymer; and thereby evaluating the life of the coating material. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213247 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A temperature measurement system including a measurement plate placed on a measurement plane specified on at least one of an intake opening and an exhaust opening of a rack storing an information processing apparatus or at a position being away from the measurement plane by a predetermined distance; and an infrared camera configured to capture an image of the measurement plate, where the infrared camera is placed at a position with which the measurement plane is not captured and the measurement plate is captured by the infrared camera. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213248 | System and Method for Warm Body Presence Detection - A system and method for warm body presence detection, the system comprising a detection unit comprising a light focusing unit for absorbing light from an inspected region; and a thermal detection unit for receiving the absorbed light, sensing infrared radiation and generating a signal indicative of the sensed infrared radiation; and a processing unit for analyzing the generated signal and deciding based on the analysis whether a warm body presence has been detected. The method for warm body presence detection comprises receiving and analyzing by a processing unit inputs from a short wavelengths thermal detector and a long wavelengths thermal detector, the inputs comprise indications of the amount of emitted infrared radiation in the respective wavelength ranges inspected by each thermal detector, and deciding that a warm body presence has been detected in case the emitted infrared radiation values detected by both thermal detectors correspond to predefined values. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213249 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD THEREOF - A heat treatment apparatus includes: a furnace body including a heating part; a processing vessel wherein a space having a plurality of regions is formed between the furnace body and the processing vessel; an in-furnace temperature sensor disposed corresponding to each of the plurality of regions in the space; an in-furnace temperature calculating unit configured to calculate an in-furnace temperature based on signals from each of the in-furnace temperature sensors; and a control unit configured to control the heating part based on the in-furnace temperature calculated by the in-furnace temperature calculating unit. The in-furnace temperature sensor disposed in the reference region includes: a first thermocouple formed of an R thermocouple or an S thermocouple; and a second thermocouple formed of a thermocouple other than the R thermocouple or the S thermocouple. The in-furnace temperature sensor disposed in the other region includes the second thermocouple. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213250 | MEASURING SEEBECK COEFFICIENT - A high temperature Seebeck coefficient measurement apparatus and method with various features to minimize typical sources of errors is described. Common sources of temperature and voltage measurement errors which may impact accurate measurement are identified and reduced. Applying the identified principles, a high temperature Seebeck measurement apparatus and method employing a uniaxial, four-point geometry is described to operate from room temperature up to 1300K. These techniques for non-destructive Seebeck coefficient measurements are simple to operate, and are suitable for bulk samples with a broad range of physical types and shapes. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213251 | CONFIGURABLE ALL-DIGITAL COHERENT DEMODULATOR SYSTEM FOR SPREAD SPECTRUM APPLICATIONS - A configurable all-digital coherent demodulator system for spread spectrum digital communications is disclosed herein. The demodulator system includes an extended and long code demodulator (ELCD) coupled to a traffic channel demodulator (TCD) and a parameter estimator (PE). The demodulator also includes a pilot assisted correction device (PACD) that is coupled to the PE and the TCD. The ELCD provides a code-demodulated signal to the TCD and the PE. In turn, the TCD provides a demodulated output data signal to the PE. The PACD corrects the phase error of the demodulated output data based on an error estimate that is fed forward from the PE. Accumulation operations in the ELCD, TCD, and PE are all programmable. Similarly, a phase delay in the PACD is also programmable to provide synchronization with the error estimate from the PE. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213252 | Systems and methods for control of receivers - A controller for advanced receivers configures a plurality of advanced receiver modules based on figures of merit computed on the input signal. The controller also selects the appropriate output signal based on figures of merit of either the input or the output signals. The controller decisions can also be made in a bursty manner, where only a subset of the decisions to be made are made at a given time, thereby limiting the processing load of the control processor. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213253 | MULTI-STANDARD COMMUNICATION - The present solution relates to a method in a communication node ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120213254 | COMMUNICATION CAPACITY EVALUATING APPARATUS, RADIO RELAY APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CAPACITY EVALUATING METHOD - Provided is a communication capacity evaluating apparatus whereby the communication capacity can be grasped and the necessity of changing the content of a dead spot measure after the placement of a relay apparatus can be eliminated. In the communication capacity evaluating apparatus, a system information analyzing unit ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120213255 | Frame And Signalling Pattern Structure For Multi-Carrier Systems - A transmitting apparatus for transmitting signals in a multi carrier system on the basis of a frame structure, each frame including at least two signalling patterns adjacent to each other in the frequency direction and at least two data patterns, the transmitting apparatus including signalling mapping means to map signalling data on frequency carriers of each of the at least two signalling patterns in a frame, each signalling pattern having the same length, data mapping means to map data on frequency carriers of the at least two data patterns in a frame, transforming means to transform the signalling patterns and the data patterns from the frequency domain into the time domain in order to generate a time domain transmission signal, and transmitting means to transmit the transmission signal. A corresponding transmitting method and a frame pattern for a multi carrier system are also provided. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213256 | TRANSCEIVER DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - A transceiver device includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a detection unit. The transmitting unit transmits a first packet; the receiving unit receives a second packet and at least one receiving parameter; the detection unit is coupled to the transmitting unit and the receiving unit, and detects the first and the second packets to adjust the receiving parameter. When the detection unit detects that the first and the second packets are substantially the same, the detection unit pauses adjusting the receiving parameter. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213257 | Baseband Recovery in Wireless Networks, Base Transceiver Stations, and Wireless Networking Devices - Baseband recovery in wireless networks, base transceiver stations, and wireless networking devices may be implemented to minimize the number of timing symbols while at the same time enabling wireless devices to use a relatively low per-symbol sampling rate, so that minimal processing is required to implement the timing recovery. In one embodiment, a relatively low number of samples is taken per expected symbol interval during the training sequence. A subset of the samples is selected and processed to determine error signals for each of the samples. The error signals are multiplied by the expected symbol and summed to form an error signal. The error signal is used to adjust the set of samples that will be used and processed in connection with subsequent symbols. The error signal is also used to interpolate between available samples to infinitesimally approach the point of maximum eye opening. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213258 | CABLE MODEM AND RANGING METHOD - A cable modem executes periodic ranging with a cable modem terminal system and records a time point at which the periodic ranging is completed. The cable modem obtains an un-ranging time interval during which the cable modem terminal system permits the cable modem not to execute periodic ranging with the cable modem terminal system, and sets a sleep time interval during which the cable modem does not execute periodic ranging with the cable modem terminal system according to the un-ranging time interval. Then, the cable modem shuts off a power amplifier in the cable modem in the sleep time interval if the cable modem does not transmit packets during the preset time interval before the recorded time point. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213259 | CABLE MODEM FOR NETWORK MEASUREMENTS - The invention relates to measurement-capable cable modems for cable networks. Idle receivers and transmitters of a cable modem are used to perform upstream and downstream measurements on DOCSIS and non-DOCSIS digital and analog TV channels without disrupting customer services. A currently idle receiver is tuned to a target downstream channel under directions of a modem measurement controller, and is queried by the measurement controller to perform a measurement as specified by a measurement plan. A currently idle transmitter is tuned to a target upstream channel to transmit a test signal that is received by an upstream measurement system. Measurements are communicated to a central measurement controller, for example located at the headend, which collects measurements from a plurality of cable modems and the upstream measurement system. The resulting monitoring system performs cable network wide monitoring using existing cable modems without requiring additional monitoring devices. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213260 | Discrete Spurious Leakage Cancellation for Use in a Cable Modem - In a novel apparatus for and method of discrete spurious frequency leakage cancellation a radio frequency RF switch is used to couple the upstream path signal to the CATV cable only during transmission bursts. In between transmission bursts, the upstream signal is disconnected from the CATV cable. In a circuit for canceling frequency spurs from a victim signal, a radio frequency (RF) switch is operative to connect and disconnect the victim signal to/from the output in accordance with a switch control signal which is generated by a switch control module. The victim signal is coupled to said RF switch output during transmission bursts only. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213261 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFERENCE SIGNAL PROCESSING IN AN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication includes a base station that configures a set of non-zero power reference signals corresponding to multiple potential transmission points to one or more users equipment UEs and configures at least one zero-power reference signal, with zero transmission power from one or more of the multiple transmission points. The base station transmits configuration information to at least one UE of the one more UEs, wherein the configuration information corresponds to a set of resource elements that are associated with a set of channel state information reference signals and wherein the set of channel state information reference signals include the set of nonzero-power reference signals and the at least one zero-power reference signal. The UE then performs a channel measurement based on one or more non-zero-power reference signals of the set of non-zero-power reference signals and performs an interference measurement based on the at least one zero-power reference signal. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213262 | TMDS RECEIVER SYSTEM AND BIST METHOD THEREOF - A transition minimized differential signaling (TMDS) receiver system including a clock channel, a plurality of data channels, a TMDS decoding unit, and a self-test unit is provided. The clock channel receives, processes and outputs a clock signal. Each data channel receives, processes and outputs a corresponding data signal according to the clock signal. The TMDS decoding unit receives and decodes the processed data signals. The self-test unit receives the clock signal and an external parallel signal, and accordingly, generates a test signal for performing the BIST on the data channels and the TMDS decoding unit. A BIST method adapted for the TMDS receiver system is also provided. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213263 | INCIDENT AND REFLECTED SIGNAL PHASE DIFFERENCE DETECTION - Embodiments include methods and apparatus for detecting a phase angle between an incident signal and a reflected signal. The apparatus comprises a plurality of phase shifters and additional circuitry. The plurality of phase shifters is adapted to apply first phase shifts to a representation of the incident signal and to apply second phase shifts to a representation of the reflected signal. The additional circuitry, which is operatively coupled to the plurality of phase shifters, is adapted to produce a first indication of a location of a relative phase difference between the incident signal and the reflected signal within a first region of a first reference circle, and to produce a second indication of the location of the relative phase difference within a second region of a second reference circle, wherein the second reference circle is rotated with respect to the first reference circle. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213264 | CHANNEL ESTIMATING METHOD AND DEVICE - A channel estimating method and device are provided. The method includes: performing multi-path searching on a pilot channel, and performing interpolation on a channel estimation value at a radial position of the multi-path searching ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120213265 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT OF CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY WITH BUILT IN JITTER TOLERANCE TEST - A clock and data recovery circuit with built in jitter tolerance test is disclosed. Imposing jitter on a filter inside a CDR loop to cause phase disturbances to the clock and data recovery circuit, thereby to test the jitter tolerance of the clock and data recovery circuit. Accordingly, IC test cost is significantly reduced by increasing few circuit sizes. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213266 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES OF CALIBRATING I/Q MISMATCH IN COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT - A method and apparatus of calibrating I/Q mismatch of a communication circuit is disclosed. The disclosure employs I/Q test signals respectively including different frequency components to calibrate the frequency-dependent I/Q mismatch existing in the communication system. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213267 | PARTIAL RESPONSE RECEIVER - A signaling system is described. The signaling system comprises a transmit device, a receive device including a partial response receive circuit, and a signaling path coupling the transmit device and the receive device. The receive device observes an equalized signal from the signaling path, and includes circuitry to use feedback from the most recent previously resolved symbol to sample a currently incoming symbol. The transmit device equalizes transmit data to transmit the equalized signal, by applying weighting based on one or more data values not associated with the most recent previously resolved symbol value. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213268 | Locking System and Method Thereof - The present invention provides a locking method and system, and the method includes: a locking system performing a phase discrimination and conversion process to an input signal F | 2012-08-23 |
20120213269 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING VIDEO MULTIPLEXING BUFFER BASED ON QUEUING THEORY - An embodiment of the invention may provide a method for predicting buffer size in a system, where multiple encoded bit streams may be multiplexed into a single bit stream. The multiple encoded bit streams may comprise either a constant or a variable rate. Notwithstanding, predicting the buffer size required for encoding, multiplexing and/or decoding prevents overflow and underflow of the buffer. At the demultiplexer, each decoder may have a buffer and there may not be any buffering prior to multiplexing. A plurality of MPEG encoded data bit streams may be multiplexed into a single multiplexed MPEG encoded data bit stream. A size of buffers utilized to buffer the multiplexed MPEG encoded data bit stream may be determined based on a queuing model. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213270 | Method and Apparatus for Compressive Imaging Device - A new digital image/video camera that directly acquires random projections of the incident light field without first collecting the pixels/voxels. In one preferred embodiment, the camera employs a digital micromirror array to perform optical calculations of linear projections of an image onto pseudorandom binary patterns. Its hallmarks include the ability to obtain an image with only a single detection element while measuring the image/video fewer times than the number of pixels or voxels—this can significantly reduce the computation required for image/video acquisition/encoding. Since the system features a single photon detector, it can also be adapted to image at wavelengths that are currently impossible with conventional CCD and CMOS imagers. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213271 | MULTI-METRIC FILTERING - An encoder can generate a series of codewords to signal to a decoder a mapping of range combinations for two or more metrics. The encoder can generate a first codeword to indicate a current combination being decoded maps to the same filter as the most recently decoded combination that shares the same range for the first metric. The encoder can generate a second codeword to indicate that the current combination maps to the same filter as the most recently decoded combination that shares the same range for the second metric. If the current combination does not map to the same filter as either of these most recently decoded combinations, then the encoder can generate a third codeword that indicates the filter that maps to the current combination. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213272 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING VIDEO AND AUDIO QUALITY OF VIDEO STREAM - In a method for adjusting video or audio quality of a video stream, a video stream request for requesting an original target video stream from a client is received. Then, information about a connection bandwidth of the client is obtained, and a step is performed for determining if the connection bandwidth of the client is sufficient for receiving the target video stream. When it is determined that the connection bandwidth of the client is insufficient, at least one video or audio parameter is selected according to the information about the connection bandwidth of the client to adjust and reduce the video or audio quality of the target video stream, and the quality-reduced target video stream is transmitted to the client. Information about connection bandwidth of the client is continually obtained for transmitting all of the target video stream to the client. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213273 | PHYSICAL LAYER AWARE VIDEO ENCODING FOR MOBILE TV APPLICATIONS - A system and method of transmitting video in a time division multiplexing (TDM) system, wherein the method comprises identifying a video reference frame from a series of video frames; encoding a difference between the video reference frame and a video non-reference frame; placing the video reference frame at a beginning of a data burst; transmitting the series of video frames and the data burst from a transmitter to a mobile TV receiver; and the mobile TV receiver immediately locating the video reference frame upon receipt of the data burst. The method may further comprise the mobile TV receiver decoding the series of video frames. Additionally, the placing process results in a substantially non-existent channel switching delay in the mobile TV receiver. Moreover, the method may further comprise placing exactly one video reference frame at the beginning of the data burst. Preferably, the TDM system comprises a mobile TV system. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213274 | FILTERING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - A filtering method according to the present invention is for filtering a plurality of blocks included in an image, and comprises: determining whether each of the blocks is an IPCM block or not; filtering a non-IPCM block that is not an IPCM block among the blocks to generate filtered data; outputting the filtered data as pixel values of the non-IPCM block, and outputting pixel values of the unfiltered IPCM block as pixel values of the IPCM block. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213275 | SCALABLE VIDEO CODING AND DEVICES PERFORMING THE SCALABLE VIDEO CODING - A data processing system includes a scalable encoder including an encoder and a control module. The encoder includes at least two layer encoders and has an encoder configuration determined during initialization. The control module is configured to generate an encoder control code in accordance with transmission conditions of a communication channel, the encoder control code controlling operation of the at least two encoding layers. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213276 | PICTURE CODING METHOD AND PICTURE DECODING METHOD - A picture coding apparatus ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120213277 | MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND STREAM DATA - A signal separation unit ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120213278 | MOVING IMAGE CODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE CODING/DECODING SYSTEM, MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A frequency transformation determination unit determines whether a plurality of adjacent transformation target regions with the partition boundary interposed therebetween are integrated or not. A transformation coefficient generation unit generates, by applying one frequency transformation, a transformation coefficient for the transformation target regions where the frequency transformation determination unit determined to integrate. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213279 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DC INTRA PREDICTION MODE FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - Methods and apparatus are provided for DC intra prediction mode for video encoding and decoding. An apparatus includes a video encoder for encoding image data for at least a portion of an input picture by deriving a direct current prediction value from a pre-determined constant and using the derived direct current prediction value for a direct current intra prediction mode. The portion is encoded using the direct current intra prediction mode. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213280 | CODING OF MOTION VECTOR INFORMATION - Techniques and tools for encoding and decoding motion vector information for video images are described. For example, a video encoder yields an extended motion vector code by jointly coding, for a set of pixels, a switch code, motion vector information, and a terminal symbol indicating whether subsequent data is encoded for the set of pixels. In another aspect, an encoder/decoder selects motion vector predictors for macroblocks. In another aspect, a video encoder/decoder uses hybrid motion vector prediction. In another aspect, a video encoder/decoder signals a motion vector mode for a predicted image. In another aspect, a video decoder decodes a set of pixels by receiving an extended motion vector code, which reflects joint encoding of motion information together with intra/inter-coding information and a terminal symbol. The decoder determines whether subsequent data exists for the set of pixels based on e.g., the terminal symbol. | 2012-08-23 |
20120213281 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MULTI VIEW VIDEO - A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding video for brightness value compensation of multi-view video by using an offset value, which is a difference between an average value of pixels of the current block and an average value of pixels of the reference block, to the prediction block to compensate for an illumination value of the prediction block | 2012-08-23 |
20120213282 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MULTI-VIEW VIDEO - A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a multi-view video by encoding and decoding a current block the multi-view image using a reference frame having a view different than a view of a current frame of the current block. | 2012-08-23 |