| 05th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
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| 20120027038 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LASER - A two-dimensional photonic crystal laser according to the present invention includes a two-dimensional photonic crystal layer | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027039 | GROUP-III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING GROUP-III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - Provided is a group-III nitride semiconductor laser device with a laser cavity enabling a low threshold current, on a semipolar surface of a support base the c-axis of a hexagonal group-III nitride of which tilts toward the m-axis. In a laser structure | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027040 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - In this semiconductor laser apparatus, a first wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in a fourth direction from a first semiconductor laser device and in a first direction from a photodetector, and a second wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in the fourth direction from the first semiconductor laser device and in a third direction from the first wire-bonding portion. A third wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in a second direction from a third semiconductor laser device and in the first direction from the photodetector, and a fourth wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in the second direction from the third semiconductor laser device and in the third direction from the third wire-bonding portion. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027041 | WAVELENGTH VARIABLE LASER AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A wavelength variable laser includes: a substrate on which an optical coupler is formed as a planar optical waveguide; a DFB array part arranged on the substrate and having DFB laser elements respectively supply optical signals to the optical coupler; and an SOA part arranged on the substrate and having an SOA element configured to amplify an optical signal outputted from the optical coupler. The DFB array part and the SOA part are respectively formed in chips having a same lamination structure to each other. A wavelength variable laser and a modulator integrated wavelength variable laser with high yield ratio can be provided. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027042 | MULTIPLE DISCHARGE CO2 LASER WITH IMPROVED REPETITION RATE | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027043 | HIGH POWER MULTI-CHIP PUMP MODULES WITH PROTECTION FILTER FOR 1060NM, AND PUMP MODULES INCLUDING THE SAME - A multi-chip pump unit comprising a light source and a filter for directing light from the light source towards an optical fiber, wherein the filter exhibits one of either (i) relatively low transmissivity and high reflectivity at a wavelength of the light source, and relatively high transmissivity and low reflectivity at a wavelength greater than the wavelength of the light source; or (ii) relatively high transmissivity and low reflectivity at a wavelength of the light source, and relatively low transmissivity and high reflectivity at a wavelength greater than the wavelength of the light source. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027044 | INSTRUMENTATION AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF SAMPLES - An optical measurement instrument includes one or more temperature sensors ( | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027045 | PASSIVE THERMAL MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to passive thermal monitoring devices, and methods of making and using the passive thermal monitoring devices. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027046 | Ultra Thin Temperature Sensor Device - An ultra thin temperature sensor device includes a temperature sensor element, lead frames for allowing the temperature sensor element to be interposed and fastened between the lead frames, a supporter for protecting the temperature sensor element, and a film for enclosing and insulating the temperature sensor element, the lead frames, and the supporter. The supporter is formed to be larger than the temperature sensor element. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027047 | IR THERMOMETRY PROBE COVER - A protective cover for an insertion probe of a medical instrument. The cover contains a flexible tubular body that compliments the probe geometry and a radially disposed flange that surrounds the proximal end of the body. A series of snap-on fasteners removably connect the cover to the instrument. A camming surface is located on the outer face of the flange which coacts with a cam follower that is movably mounted upon the instrument to flex the cover sufficiently to open the fastener and release the cover from the instrument and move the cover axially toward the distal end of the tip. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027048 | Method and Arrangement of Delay Spread Compensation - A method of delay spread compensation, suitable for use in a communication device a having plurality of receiver antennas, is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of signals, each via a respective antenna, wherein each signal comprises a signal component corresponding to a transmitted signal, and wherein each received signal experiences a respective channel impulse response having a corresponding delay spread; determining estimates of each of the channel impulse responses; calculating post-coding characteristics based on the estimates of the channel impulse responses; and post-coding the plurality of received signals using the post-coding characteristics to produce at least a first delay spread compensated signal. Corresponding computer program product, processing arrangement and communication device are also disclosed. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027049 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING RADIO CONTROLLED DEVICES - The present invention is a method and system for controlling a RC device via a secure radio link. In one embodiment of the invention, spread spectrum modulation may be employed which may provide a digital radio frequency (RF) link between a controller and a RC device. A controller may be coupled with a transmitter module and a radio controlled device may be coupled with a receiver module in accordance with the present invention to provide an add-on upgrade capability. The method and system for controlling a RC device may also include error detection and correction, interpolation of lost packets, failsafe technology and force-feedback telemetric technology to further enhance the user experience with radio controlled devices. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027050 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING ULTRA WIDE BAND PULSES - The disclosure relates to a method for generating UWB waveforms, each comprising a sequence of pulses, the method comprising: generating consecutive elementary pulses having durations corresponding to setpoint durations and a constant amplitude, amplifying each elementary pulse separately as a function of a respective setpoint amplitude, and combining the amplified elementary pulses to obtain a waveform successively comprising each of the amplified alternately positive and negative, elementary pulses. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027051 | High data rate transmitter and receiver - A high-speed transmitter and receiver are provided. In one embodiment, a transmitter comprises a baseband processor structured to receive data and to convert the data into a multiplicity of high and low signal values, with each high and low signal value having a first timing interval. A local oscillator generates a clock signal at a second timing interval and a digital circuit combines the high and low signal values with the clock signal to produce a transmission signal directly at a transmission frequency. A receiver is configured to receive the signal. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027052 | Method and System for Achieving Space and Time Diversity Gain - Certain aspects of a method and system for achieving space and time diversity gain are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include modifying a generalization code of at least one pilot channel, to measure signal strengths for each of a plurality of received multipath signals. A portion of the plurality of received multipath signals may be combined based on the measured signal strengths. The signal strengths of the plurality of received multipath signals may be measured on a primary pilot channel by assigning its generalization code to zero. The signal strengths of the plurality of received multipath signals on a secondary pilot channel may measured by assigning its generalization code to a non-zero value. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027053 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING MULTI-USER PROCESSING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus is disclosed for reducing multi-user processing at the receiver in wireless communication systems. Detected codes are grouped according to channel impulse response and a parent code is identified for each group of detected codes. A matrix A is constructed and joint detection is performed using the identified parent codes. Data symbols of the detected codes are obtained from the data symbols of the identified parent codes. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING SIGNAL PROCESSING IN A MULTIPLE ANTENNA REPEATER - Systems and methodologies are described that enable serving cell selection in a wireless network with a multiple antenna repeater operable to support MIMO communications. In one example, a repeater using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing on the downlink can be equipped to receive, by one or more receive antennas, one or more signals using one or more radio frequency (RF) isolation schemes. The repeater can further be equipped to amplify and delay the one or more signals using one or more combination schemes. Moreover, the repeater can be equipped to transmit, by one or more transmit antennas, the amplified and delayed one or more signals, wherein at least one of the one or more receive antennas or the one or more transmit antennas includes two or more antennas. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027055 | Satellite On-Board RFI Detection - In one embodiment there are provided systems and methods for detecting radio frequency interference (RFI) on a satellite that implements on-board processing. The system leverages an on-board programmable modem complex, and in some cases reprograms portions thereof, to function as an RF spectrum analyzer sensor element that captures and relays received RF information as meta-data to a ground-based system where that information can then be used, on the ground, to generate a spectral display of a received signal at the satellite. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027056 | ARRAY ANTENNA APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTIPLE STEERABLE ANTENNAS AND CAPABLE OF ELIMINATING INFLUENCE OF SURROUNDING METAL COMPONENTS - An antenna unit is provided with: steerable antennas, each having one active antenna element and two parasitic antenna element; and metal blocks. Each of the active antenna elements is associated with at least one of the metal blocks such that the metal block is disposed remote from the active antenna element by a predetermined distance and operates as a reflector for the active antenna element. Each of the parasitic antenna elements is provided with a switching circuit for changing an electrical length of the parasitic antenna element, and the parasitic antenna element operates as a reflector for an active antenna element of the same steerable antenna as the parasitic antenna element by changing the electrical length using the switching circuit. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027057 | IMAGING APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION APPARATUS - A transmission and reception apparatus includes: a transmitter circuit to transmit to an object a transmission signal including a comb-shaped wave in which a first plurality of pulses are arranged in a comb shape; and a receiver circuit to receive a reflection signal based on the transmission signal. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027058 | PORTABLE, WIRELESS MULTI-CHANNEL IMPEDANCE ANALYZER - An improved portable wireless impedance analyzer is provided. The impedance analyzer is comprised of: a wireless transceiver configured to receive user commands; a direct digital synthesizer operable to generate an injection signal in accordance with the input parameters; and a microcontroller interfaced with the wireless transceiver and the direct digital synthesizer. The microcontroller translates the user commands from the wireless transceiver into one or more input parameters for the direct digital synthesizer and communicates the input parameters to the direct digital synthesizer. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027059 | COORDINATING DATA CALLS ON A MOBILE DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE MODEMS - A method for inter-modem coordination is described. A first data connection to a network in a first network coverage area using a first air interface provided by a first modem is established. The method also includes detecting a second network coverage area with a second air interface provided by a second modem. A data call state of the second modem is determined by the first modem. The first data connection to the network by the first modem is terminated when the data call state of the second modem is no data call. A data call state of the first modem is determined by the second modem. A second data connection to the network using the second air interface provided by the second modem is initiated when the data call state of the first modem is no data call. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027060 | UPBO FOR VECTORED DSL - Residual FEXT resulting from intended and/or inherent partial cancellation of crosstalk in vectored DSL systems impairs upstream power back-off (UPBO) as traditionally implemented. By considering and taking into account the effects of residual crosstalk on vectored DSL system performance and operation, improved data rates and/or other vectored DSL system performance are realized through the use of UPBO parameters generated for a given residual FEXT environment. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027061 | WIRELESS MODEM DEVICE, WIRELESS MODEM SYSTEM, WIRELESS MODEM DEVICE SLEEP/WAKE-UP METHOD, AND TERMINAL - A wireless modem device, a wireless modem system, a wireless modem device sleep/wake-up method, and a terminal are provided. The wireless modem device includes: a universal serial bus (USB) port, connected to the terminal through a serial bus to obtain an action signal from the terminal; and a sleep/wake-up circuit unit, connected to the USB port and configured to send a notification signal to a central processing unit (CPU) of the wireless modem device according to the received action signal to enable the wireless modem device to sleep or wake up. The terminal includes a USB port and a modem drive unit. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027062 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SETTING AN ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY BAND FOR POWER LINE COMMUNCIATION - Apparatuses and methods relating to power line communication are disclosed, and in particular, to an adaptive frequency band for power line communication. A power line communication device is disclosed. The power line communication device comprises a cutoff frequency estimator configured for estimating a cutoff frequency for communication in a power line communication network, and a processor operably coupled with the cutoff frequency estimator. The processor is configured to adaptively select boundaries of a frequency band in response to the estimated cutoff frequency. Other apparatuses and methods are disclosed. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027063 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Receiving a modulated carrier signal that is modulated using a reference signal, wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to a start of an acquisition within the digitizer. Further including routing the modulated carrier signal through a receiver system to generate a processed signal, receiving the processed signal at the digitizer, digitizing the processed signal at the digitizer, and determining a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027064 | Identifying Rogue GSM Base Stations by Intercepting Downlink Beacon Channels - System and methods and memory media for identifying a rogue base station. A receiver captures an input signal that includes a mixture of the rogue station's transmission and the transmission of a victim base station. The victim station's transmission is removed from the mixture. A plurality of channel signals are extracted from the residual signal. The channel signals are analyzed which of them are “valid”, i.e., contain a GMSK-modulated GSM signal. The “valid” channel signals are low pass filtered and then analyzed to determine which of them corresponds to the beacon channel. Information identifying the rogue base station is extracted from the beacon channel. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027065 | Detecting the Modulation Type and/or Constellation Order of a PSK/QAM-Modulated Signal - A system and method for determining the modulation type and constellation order of an input signal given that the modulation type and constellation order are known to belong to set of possible types/orders. A computer operates on samples of the input signal to compute signal features. The computer classifies the modulation type and the constellation order by comparing each feature to one or more corresponding threshold values. The results of the comparisons are used to determine the modulation type and constellation order of the input signal from the set of possible types/orders. The classification may be performed based on a decision tree, each leaf node of the decision tree corresponding to a type/order combination, and each non-leaf node corresponding to one or more of the comparisons. The set of possible types/order may include PSK with a number of different constellation orders and QAM with a number of different constellation orders. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027066 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING AN ANTENNA ARRAY - A method for calibrating ( | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027067 | Narrowband Diagnostics for Twisted Pair Wiring - A test system for diagnosing twisted pair wiring includes a system processor in communication with a subscriber line interface module, which includes a codec and a SLIC (Subscriber Line Interface Circuit). The SLIC transmits a waveform having a frequency used for voice or baseband modem transmissions onto the twisted pair wiring. The system processor transmits a digital PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) stream to the codec, and the codec converts the digital PCM stream into the waveform transmitted onto the twisted pair wiring. In response to the transmitted waveform, the SLIC senses current on the twisted pair wiring. The codec generates an output waveform corresponding to the sensed current. The system processor receives the output waveform from the codec as a digital PCM stream, synchronizes the transmitted waveform and the output waveform at a single sample, and determines electrical properties of the twisted pair wiring from the output waveform. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027068 | RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - To estimate radio wave propagation characteristics with high estimation accuracy, even when used for a variety of purposes. An estimation technique determining unit determines, for each of groups classified in accordance with a measurement condition, an optimum radio wave propagation characteristic estimation technique from among a plurality of radio wave propagation characteristic estimation techniques, based on an actual measured value of radio waves. A radio wave propagation characteristic estimating unit discriminates a group corresponding to the given measurement condition, sets the optimum radio wave propagation characteristic estimation technique corresponding to the discriminated group, and estimates the radio wave propagation characteristics in accordance with the set radio wave propagation characteristic estimation technique. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027069 | Protection of Communication Systems Against Repetitive Electrical Impulse Noise - A method limits the effect of repetitive electrical impulse noise in a communication system. The presence of the repetitive electrical impulse noise is detected during communication service. If the repetitive electrical impulse noise is detected, then a message is transmitted which signals that the repetitive electrical impulse noise is present. Other systems and methods are disclosed. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITERATIVE NONLINEAR COMPENSATION FOR INTERMODULATION DISTORTION IN MULTICARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A receiver is provided that can receive a first signal transmitted on a first carrier and a second signal transmitted on a second carrier. The receiver includes a channel estimation portion, a multicarrier nonlinear equalizer, a first log likelihood computing portion and a second log likelihood computing portion. The channel estimation portion can output a first estimation. The multicarrier nonlinear equalizer can output a first equalized signal and a second equalized signal. The first log likelihood ratio computing portion can output a first log likelihood ratio signal based on the first equalized signal. The second log likelihood ratio computing portion can output a second log likelihood ratio signal based on the second equalized signal. The multicarrier nonlinear equalizer can further output a third equalized signal and a fourth equalized signal. The third equalized signal is based on the first signal, the second signal and the first estimation. The fourth equalized signal is based on the first signal, the second signal and the first estimation. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027071 | RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR EQUALIZING RECEIVED SIGNAL - A receiver includes a discrete Fourier transform unit, a frequency-domain equalizer, an inverse discrete Fourier transform unit, a time-domain equalizer and an output circuit. The discrete Fourier transform unit is utilized for performing a discrete Fourier transform operation upon a received signal to generate a frequency-domain signal. The frequency-domain equalizer is utilized for equalizing the frequency-domain signal to generate an equalized frequency-domain signal. The inverse discrete Fourier transform unit is utilized for performing an inverse discrete Fourier transform operation upon the equalized frequency-domain signal to generate a first equalized time-domain signal. The time-domain equalizer is utilized for equalizing the received signal to generate a second equalized time-domain signal. The output circuit is utilized for generating a third equalized time-domain signal according to the first equalized time-domain signal and the second equalized time-domain signal. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027072 | Variable Modulus Mechanism for Performing Equalization Without A Priori Knowledge of Modulation Type or Constellation Order - A system, method and memory medium for performing blind equalization. A block {u | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027073 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTATION OF CONTINUOUS TIME-DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZERS WITH PROGRAMMABLE ADAPTATION PATTERNS - Methods and apparatus are provided for adaptation of continuous time-decision feedback equalizers with programmable adaptation patterns. A continuous time-decision feedback equalizer is adapted by obtaining at least one programmable signature pattern that triggers adaptation of one or more of a pole and a gain of the continuous time-decision feedback equalizer; detecting the at least one programmable signature pattern in an incoming signal; and adapting one or more of the pole and the gain of the continuous time-decision feedback equalizer when the at least one programmable signature pattern is detected in the incoming signal. The programmable signature pattern can be selected to ensure an unambiguous direction of change in an error sample when a corresponding one of the pole and the gain are modified. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027074 | Summer Block For A Decision Feedback Equalizer - Embodiments of a summer block for a Decision Feedback Equalizer are provided herein. The summer block is configured to offset a combination of a Feed Forward Equalized (FFE) data signal and a Feedback Equalized (FBE) data signal by a dc amount. The dc amount is based on at least a weight of a tap previously implemented with an FBE of the DFE. The summer block can be further configured to offset the combination of the FFE data signal and the FBE data signal based on a dc offset value necessary to compensate for asymmetries in the data eye of data received by the FFE over a channel and a dc offset value necessary to compensate for mismatches present in the circuits of the DFE. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027075 | Signal Processing Apparatus and Signal Processing Method - According to one embodiment, a signal processing apparatus includes a decoder, a detector, an encoder and a generator. The decoder is configured to decode a first image ssignal which is encoded by a first encoding method. The detector is configured to detect whether an image based on the first image signal is a 2D image or a 3D image. The encoder is configured to encode the first image signal into a second image signal by a second encoding method. The generator is configured to generate information to be added to the second image signal and indicating whether the image based on the second image signal is a 2D image or a 3D image, based on detection by the detector. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027076 | METHOD FOR IMAGE VISUAL EFFECT IMPROVEMENT OF VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - The present invention relates to method for image visual effect improvement of video encoding and decoding. The method at an encoder comprises enhancement process of image boundary information, adaptive brightness transformation process, and adaptive enhancement process of chrominance information. The method at a decoder comprises adaptive enhancement of boundary information based on the block statistical characteristic, adaptive brightness transformation process, and adaptive enhancement process of the chrominance information. Based on characteristics of the image source at the encoder and the decoder, the present invention uses brightness space processing technology to eliminate blocking artifacts, enhance high frequency information and improve brightness information distribution, so as to improve brightness information of the image in one aspect, and uses the chroma space processing technology to enhance color effect of the image in the other aspect, and finally, the objective of improving visual effect of the image is achieved. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027077 | CODING BLOCKS OF DATA USING A GENERALIZED FORM OF GOLOMB CODES - In general, techniques are described for coding blocks of data using a generalized form of Golomb codes. In one example, a device may implement these techniques for encoding data that includes samples, each of which includes a set of values. The device includes a lossless coding unit. This lossless coding unit comprises a sample summation unit that computes a sum of the values of a first one of the samples and a counting unit that determines a sample index. The lossless coding unit further includes a variable length coding unit that codes the computed sum using a variable-length code to generate a coded sum and a uniform coding unit that codes the determined sample index using a uniform code to generate a coded sample index. The lossless coding unit also includes a format unit that combines the coded sum and the coded sample index to form a bitstream. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027078 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a converter, a detector and a first filter processing module. The converter is configured to produce a plurality of decoded pictures at least by decoding and converting a motion picture stream, the motion picture stream generated by encoding a plurality of pixels on a block-by-block basis into pictures. The detector is configured to detect a reference picture from the plurality of decoded pictures, the reference picture comprising a picture that is referred to by another picture of the plurality of decoded pictures at decoding. The first filter processing module is configured to perform image quality improvement processing on the reference picture detected by the detector and not to perform the image quality improvement processing on pictures from the plurality of decoded pictures which are not reference pictures. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027079 | Adaptive Interpolation Filters for Multi-Layered Video Delivery - Adaptive interpolation filters for multi-layered video delivery are described. Combinations of such adaptive filters with other pre-processing steps in the context of frame or 2D compatible 3D and 2D scalable video delivery system are also addressed. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027080 | ENCODER AND ENCODING METHOD USING CODED BLOCK PATTERN ESTIMATION - An encoder includes a motion estimation module configured to perform motion estimation of a current frame based on at least one reference frame, a motion compensation module configured to generate a signal including a compensation image for the current frame from the at least one reference frame using a result of the motion estimation performed by the motion estimation module, and a coded block pattern (CBP) estimation module configured to estimate a CBP based on the signal output from the motion compensation module. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027081 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR IMPLEMENTING RUN-LEVEL CODING - A method for representing transform coefficients in compression/decompression of digital video systems in multi-purpose processors. Exemplary embodiments of the method may significantly reduce the required processor capacity compared to conventional methods. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027082 | Parallel Rate Control for Digital Video Encoder with Multi-Processor Architecture and Picture-Based Look-Ahead Window - A method of operating a multi-processor video encoder by determining a target size corresponding to a preferred number of bits to be used when creating an encoded version of a picture in a group of sequential pictures making up a video sequence. The method includes the steps of calculating a first degree of fullness of a coded picture buffer at a first time, operating on the first degree of fullness to return an estimated second degree of fullness of the coded picture buffer at a second time, and operating on the second degree of fullness to return an initial target sized for the picture. The first time corresponds to the most recent time an accurate degree of fullness of the coded picture buffer can be calculated and the second time occurs after the first time. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027083 | VIDEO CODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO CODING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video coding method which enables reduction in the decrease in the efficiency of coding a video and enhancement of the image quality of the resulting decoded video involves: predicting a video signal to generate a prediction signal (S | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027084 | METHODS OF UTILIZING TABLES ADAPTIVELY UPDATED FOR CODING/DECODING AND RELATED PROCESSING CIRCUITS THEREOF - A method of converting first data into second data includes: determining a target symbol corresponding to the first data by utilizing a determining unit; and generating the second data corresponding to the determined target symbol. One of the first data and the second data is a syntax element, and the other of the first data and the second data is an entropy-coded result of the syntax element. The target symbol corresponding to the first data is determined adaptively according to occurrence probability of candidate syntax element values of the syntax element. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027085 | Method for Encoding of a Video Stream - A temporal sequence of pictures is generated in a method for encoding of a first video stream. To do so, a synchronization signal is used which is derived from a second video stream independently of the first video stream, or the encoding of a second video stream independent of the first video stream is based on the same principle as for the encoding of the first video stream. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027086 | PREDICTIVE CODING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A predictive coding apparatus which performs predictive coding for each picture forming a moving picture, comprising: a prediction processing unit configured to perform prediction processing for each predetermined block unit of a picture to be coded, a transformation unit adapted to orthogonally transform and quantize a result of the prediction processing by the prediction processing unit to generate multi-valued data, a binarization unit configured to convert the multi-valued data into binary data, a detection unit configured to detect an amount of the binary data, a coding unit configured to perform arithmetically coding of the binary data to create coded data, and a multiplexing unit configured to multiplex, onto the coded data, information indicating the amount of the binary data detected by the detection unit to generate a coded data stream. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027087 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE - An image decoding device for processing an input bit stream containing encoded data obtained by encoding a moving picture using intra-frame prediction, includes a stream divider configured to divide the input bit stream into a plurality of sub-streams, and a plurality of image decoders each configured to decode the corresponding one of the plurality of sub-streams, thereby outputting images. The stream divider divides the input bit stream so that the plurality of sub-streams each contain the encoded data corresponding to one or more prediction units, where macroblocks of the moving picture each include a plurality of the prediction units for the intra-frame prediction. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027088 | CODING MOTION PREDICTION DIRECTION IN VIDEO CODING - This disclosure relates to techniques for reducing a cost of coding prediction information in video coding. Video blocks in a generalized P/B (GPB) frame are encoded using up to two motion vectors calculated from reference pictures in two separate reference picture lists that are identical. When one of the reference picture lists is preferred over the other reference picture list, the preferred reference picture list may be used for unidirectional prediction, by default. When a GPB frame is enabled such that the first and second reference picture lists are identical, either of the first and second reference picture lists may be used for unidirectional prediction. The techniques include coding one or more syntax elements indicating that a video block is coded using one of the unidirectional prediction mode with respect to a reference picture in a reference picture list and the bidirectional prediction mode using less than two bits. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027089 | CODING MOTION VECTORS IN VIDEO CODING - This disclosure relates to techniques for reducing a cost of coding prediction information in video coding. Video blocks in a generalized P/B (GPB) frame are encoded using up to two motion vectors calculated from reference pictures in two separate reference picture lists that are identical. Video blocks of a GPB frame may, therefore, be encoded using a bidirectional prediction mode with a first motion vector from a reference picture in a first reference picture list and a second motion vector from the same or substantially similar reference picture in a second reference picture list. The techniques include jointly coding the first and second motion vectors for a video block of a GPB frame. The techniques include coding the first motion vector relative to a first motion predictor generated from a motion vector of a neighboring block, and coding the second motion vector relative to the first motion vector. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027090 | INTERPOLATION OF VIDEO COMPRESSION FRAMES - Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness value of at least one pixel of each bi-directionally predicted intermediate frame in the sequence as an equal average of brightness values of pixels in non-bidirectionally predicted frames bracketing the sequence of bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames. The brightness values of the pixels in at least one of the non-bidirectionally predicted frames is converted from a non-linear representation. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027091 | Method and System for Encoding Video Frames Using a Plurality of Processors - Methods and system provide for the encoding of video frames using a plurality of processors. In one example, a first processor provides a location of a plurality of non-stationary pixels in a current frame by comparing pixel data in the current frame with corresponding pixel data in a previous frame for use by a second processor. The first processor also provides pixel data describing substantially only non-stationary pixels in the current frame, for use by the second processor. The second processor calculates motion vector data for the plurality of non-stationary pixels based on the non-stationary pixel location information and the pixel data describing substantially only non-stationary pixels. The first processor encodes the current frame using the motion vector data for the plurality of non-stationary pixels from the second processor. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027092 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a motion detector, a weight predictor, a reference frame selector, an inter-frame predictor, a subtractor, an orthogonal-transferring-quantization module, and an encoder. The motion detector is configured to generate a motion vector using a luminance component of a first reference frame and a luminance component of an encoding target macro block in an input video signal. The weight predictor is configured to generate a second reference frame. The reference frame selector is configured to select one of the first reference frame and the second reference frame as an optimum reference frame. The inter-frame predictor is configured to generate an inter-frame prediction image based on the motion vector and the selected optimum reference image. The subtractor is configured to calculate a prediction residual image between the encoding target macro block and the inter-frame prediction image. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027093 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MODIFICATION OF AN ENCODED DATA STREAM - Embodiments provide methods for modification of an encoded data stream of data packets, wherein each data packet comprises one information bit. In the data stream, the information bits of sequential data packets display time intervals from each other which differ from desired time intervals and which are adapted to the desired time intervals by insertion of an artificially encoded, first data packet into the encoded data stream in the encoded domain temporally after a second data packet, or by removal of a fourth data packet present in the encoded data stream from the encoded data stream in the encoded domain. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027094 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method which enable increase in compressed information to be suppressed, and also enable prediction precision to be improved. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027095 | MOTION VECTOR DETECTION APPARATUS, MOTION VECTOR DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A motion vector detection apparatus comprising, a memory for storing a reference image for motion prediction encoding, a unit for detecting a first motion vector by comparing the reference image with an encoding target block of a plurality of blocks obtained by dividing a field image, a converter for converting the field image into a frame image by performing interlace/progressive conversion, a unit for generating a reduced image by reducing the frame image, a frame memory for storing the reduced image, and a unit for detecting a second motion vector based on a reference reduced image and a reduced image of the encoding target block of reduced images stored in the frame memory, wherein the second motion vector detected with respect to the reduced image of the encoding target block is used to determine a search area for detecting the first motion vector. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027096 | Video compression and encoding method - Disclosed herein is a method for encoding at least one video frame having a plurality of blocks including a current block, including determining motion vectors for each of at least some of blocks surrounding the current block, identifying surrounding blocks having that have the same motion vector and assigning the identified surrounding blocks to a plurality of groups, determining a number of blocks in at least two of the plurality of groups and selecting a motion vector to encode the current block based on the determined number of blocks in the at least two groups. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027097 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING LOCALIZED MULTIHYPOTHESIS PREDICTION DURING VIDEO CODING OF A CODING UNIT, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for performing localized multihypothesis prediction during video coding of a coding unit includes processing the coding unit. More particularly, the step of processing the coding unit further includes: obtaining at least two sets of motion information derived from a set of coded units for multihypothesis motion compensation of the coding unit; and utilizing a linear combination of a plurality of pixel values derived from the at least two sets of motion information derived from the set of coded units as a predicted pixel value of the coding unit. An associated apparatus is also provided. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027098 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ERROR CORRECTION IN MOBILE WIRELESS APPLICATIONS INCORPORATING CORRECTION BYPASS | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027099 | Method and apparatus for transporting an 8B/10B coded video stream across a 64B/66B coded link - A video transport system is provided for transporting as 8B/10B coded video stream across a 64B/66B coded link, wherein forward error correction is provided without the overhead of the prior art. The system also provides a system with the ability to recover 64B/66B Encoded blocks that have corrupt Sync bits. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027100 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING EXTENDED BROADCAST SERVICE IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving digital broadcasting. The method includes transmitting and receiving main broadcast data and supplemental broadcast data, wherein the main broadcast data is able to independently provide a basic broadcast service and the supplemental broadcast data is able to provide an extended broadcast service in combination with the main broadcast data, by using methods that are different from each other and thus the extended broadcast service may be provided. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027101 | Compression Noise Reduction Apparatus, Compression Noise Reduction Method, and Storage Medium Therefor - According to an embodiment, a compression noise reduction apparatus of the embodiment includes a peripheral pixel state determination module, a filter strength determination module, and a deringing processing module. The peripheral pixel state determination module determines a state of a flat area and an edge area at a periphery of a filtering target pixel in decoded image. The filter strength determination module determines a filter strength to be used in filter processing in accordance with the state of the flat area and the edge area. The deringing processing module performs deringing processing using the determined filter strength. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027102 | DTV TELEVISION TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DTV TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER - A DTV transmitter includes a pre-processor pre-processing enhanced data, a data formatter generating enhanced data packets including known data, a multiplexer multiplexing the enhanced data packets with main data packets, a data randomizer randomizing the multiplexed data packets, an RS encoder RS-encoding the randomized data packets, and a data interleaver interleaving the RS-coded data packets, where a plurality of known data sequences are included in the interleaved enhanced data packets. Finally, the DTV transmitter further includes an enhanced encoder which codes each block of enhanced data placed between any two of the known data sequences and bypasses the interleaved main data packets. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027103 | BLOCK NOISE DETECTION IN DIGITAL VIDEO - Systems and methods are provided for determining characteristics of video data. A frame of video data is obtained, where the frame is represented by pixel data. A value is assigned to an element of a detection array based on pixel data in a portion of the video frame corresponding to the element. A frequency transform of values of the detection array is determined, and a characteristic of the video data is extracted based on the output of the frequency transform. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027104 | SINGLE-WIRE BUS COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL - A method for transmitting data over a single-wire bus wherein a first communication channel is defined by pulses of different durations according to the state of the transmitted bit and depending on a reference duration, and a second communication channel is defined by the reference duration. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027105 | CHANNEL ESTIMATOR - There is provided a channel estimator for a receiver in a communication system, the channel estimator comprising an input for receiving signals that have been transmitted over a transmission channel; processing means for determining an initial estimate of the channel impulse response of the transmission channel from the received signals, the determined initial estimate comprising a plurality of taps; and determining a further estimate of the transmission channel from the initial estimate; wherein the processing means is configured to apply a weighting to a subset of the plurality of taps from the initial estimate in determining the further estimate, the value of the weighting being determined according to a quality of the received signals. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027106 | BEAMFORMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINK LAYER MULTICASTING - Beamforming systems and methods are disclosed. In accordance with one method, an optimization problem that is based on channel matrices for a plurality of receivers is solved to obtain corresponding multipliers for each of the channel matrices. In addition, a determination of whether a maximum eigenvalue of a particular matrix that is based on the channel matrices and the multipliers has a multiplicity of one is made. Further, the method includes applying an eigenvector of the particular matrix for the maximum eigenvalue as a beamforming matrix to data symbols if the maximum eigenvalue has a multiplicity of one. Moreover, data signals are transmitted to the receivers in accordance with the beamforming matrix. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027107 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD IN DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A communication device includes: a detector for detecting a predetermined number of consecutive identical codes from first data for transmission to generate a bit inversion instruction signal; a data inversion section for inversing at least one bit of the first data when the bit inversion instruction signal is generated; and a transmitter for transmitting the second data to another communication device. The predetermined number is not greater than a specified number of consecutive identical codes in the data transmission system. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027108 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT COMMUNICATION FOR EACH SUB-BAND BASED ON LONG-TERM CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION - Provided is a coordinated communication method and apparatus that may perform coordinated communication based on long-term channel information, for each sub-band. Base stations may exchange scheduling information of each sub-band with each other to determine a priority among the base stations, and may perform rescheduling for each sub-band based on the determined priority. The base stations may obtain the long-term channel information, and thus may reduce overhead occurring with exchanging of information between a base station and a terminal or between base stations, and may decrease damage due to a delay of channel information associated with a terminal. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027109 | PROCESS AND RECEIVER FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION OF INTERFERING BASE STATIONS IN A SYNCHRONIZED OFDM SYSTEM - A process and receiver for canceling interference generated by a set interference base stations in a synchronized OFDM communication system and receiver in a User Equipment comprising a set of Nrx antennas. The process and receiver that cancels interference generated by a set of base stations performs OFDM demodulation on a receiver signal for each antenna of a user equipment (UE). The process and receiver also monitors each UE antenna for pilot signals generated by nearby base stations. Then the process or receiver extracts the pilot signals and establishes a list of existing base station antennas. The channel power of any interfering antennas is measured and then the Nrx-N most powerful antenna is selected. The process or receiver then performs a joint detection of the N useful Data Symbols (UDS), together with the (Nrx-N) Interfering Data Symbols (IDS) that are demodulated by demodulation blocks. Thus, after being detected, the Nrx-N most powerful IDSs can be encoded and re-injected into a cancellation loop. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a positioning reference signal (PRS) in a wireless communication system. A terminal obtains positioning subframe configuration information to determine at least one positioning subframe among a plurality of downlink subframes in a wireless frame, obtains downlink subframe configuration information to determine the type of each downlink subframe in the wireless frame, receives PRSs in at least one positioning subframe from a plurality of cells, and reports measured time differences between the PRSs received from the plurality of the cells. The type of each downlink subframe of the wireless frame is classified into a 1 | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAJOR GROUP SCHEDULING IN A FIXED BEAM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An OFDMA communication system is provided that schedules partial usage of subchannels (PUSC) major groups by assigning a beam matrix of a plurality of beam matrices to each major group of multiple PUSC major groups, receiving an uplink signal from each user equipment of multiple users equipment, which uplink signal provides an indication of a channel response associated with the user equipment, determining, for each user equipment of the multiple users equipment and based on the indication of channel quality received from the user equipment, a beam matrix and major group to which to assign the user equipment, and based on the determination of a beam matrix and major group to which to assign each user equipment of the multiple users equipment, assigning two or more users equipment of the multiple users equipment to a same beam matrix and major group during a same time slot. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027112 | Antenna Switching in a Closed Loop Transmit Diversity System - A method for closed loop transmit diversity is disclosed. Data from user equipment (UE) that was transmitted using multiple transmit antennas is received. A new transmit antenna is selected for the UE. A new cycle period for the UE is determined. A new transmit antenna index and a testing indication based on the new cycle period are sent to the UE. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027113 | STRUCTURED MIMO CODEBOOK - Provided is a method of wireless communication which includes selecting a codebook from a plurality of codebooks in accordance with an antenna characteristic, and transmitting an indication of the selected codebook. Each of the plurality of codebooks is associated with one of a plurality of antenna characteristics. In some designs, channel state information is received from a user equipment. The channel state information may be used to determine downlink scheduling and/or precoding. In some designs, the channel state information may include feedback elements associated with different subband granularity. The feedback elements may also indicate a selection of a subset of precoder column vectors and/or a phase offset between two groups of transmit antennas. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027114 | BEAMFORMING BY ANTENNA PUNCTURING - Beamforming is provided for a wireless MIMO device by using antenna puncturing to reduce the number of transmit antennas that are used to transmit data for certain subcarriers. In a conventional approach, if N spatial streams are being used to provide spatial multiplexing, then N transmit antennas would be used to transmit for each subcarrier. In at least one embodiment of the invention, enhancements in channel capacity are achieved by using less than N transmit antennas for one or more subcarriers. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027115 | Method and Apparatus for Impairment Correlation Estimation in a Wireless Communication Receiver - A wireless communication receiver improves signal impairment correlation estimation in MIMO/MISO systems by considering different transmit power allocations and different transmit antenna power distributions in its impairment correlation calculations. The receiver may be implemented in according to a variety of architectures, including, but not limited to, Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) Generalized RAKE (G-RAKE), Joint Detection (JD) G-RAKE, and Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE) G-RAKE. Regardless of the particular receiver architecture adopted, the improved impairment correlations may be used to calculate improved (RAKE) signal combining weights and/or improve channel quality estimates for reporting by receivers operating in Wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) systems transmitting HSDPA channels via MIMO or MISO transmitters. A transmitter may be configured to facilitate impairment correlation determinations by wireless communication receivers operating in MIMO/MISO environments, by signaling one or more values, e.g., data-to-pilot signal transmit power ratios and/or transmit antenna power distributions for the data and pilot signals. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027116 | MULTICARRIER TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS SYSTEMS - Multicarrier techniques for wireless communications system are described. An apparatus may comprise a carrier management module to define a primary carrier for use by a multicarrier communications system to communicate control information, and a secondary carrier for use by the multicarrier communications system to communicate media information, with the secondary carrier having a communication parameter and technology that is potentially different from the primary carrier. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027117 | LINK LAYER MULTICASTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Beamforming systems and methods are disclosed. In accordance with one method, indications of channel matrices for a plurality of receivers are obtained. Further, a beamformer matrix is formulated as a linear combination of columns of hermitians of the channel matrices. In addition, coefficients of the hermitians in the linear combination are determined to compute the beamformer matrix such that a lowest reception rate among reception rates of each of the receivers is maximized. Data signals are transmitted to the receivers by applying the computed beamformer matrix to data symbols to maximize the lowest reception rate. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027118 | FAR-END CROSSTALK CANCELING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method for remote crosstalk cancellation, includes: the combination transmitting signal is performed a pre-coding of crosstalk cancellation in the manner of self-adapting filtering, the self-adapting changes of the values of filtering parameters are guided correctly with the influence of the crosstalk component in the received signals which is reflected indirectly by relevant values of the noise statistic reported by the receiver. A corresponding device and a signal processing system for remote crosstalk cancellation are provided. The self-adapting adjustment of the values of filtering parameters has a favorable astringency and an effect for crosstalk cancellation, avoiding the need to know the channel transmission matrix in advance, while absolutely avoiding the conflict to the existing transmission standard. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027119 | Mixed mode modulation for OFDM - In a wireless OFDM communication system such as a neighborhood area network, one or more of the following features may be used to increase throughput while accommodating worst-case channel conditions. Firstly, the cyclic prefix may be chosen to be greater than or equal to the longest delay profile that could reasonably be expected so that either demodulation method can be accommodated. Secondly, the number of pilots may be chosen to be less than that required by the worst case channel so that the data rate is maximized for a large portion of the channels in use. Thirdly, the data packet may be constructed such that the demodulation mode employed for data payload encoding is signaled in the first portion of the data packet often referred to as the PHY Header. The PHY Header is always transmitted as a coherent modulation including data and pilot tones. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system is provided. CSI-RSs are generated for each of a plurality of antennas. The CSI-RS are mapped to a resource region on a basis of a CSI-RS pattern according to the number of the plurality of antennas. The CSI-RS are transmitted to a user equipment (UE). | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027121 | Modular Frequency Divider and Mixer Configuration - A system including a first frequency divider, a plurality of second frequency dividers, and a control module. The first frequency divider includes a first plurality of components and is configured to divide an input frequency of an input signal to generate a first signal having a first frequency and a first phase. Each of the plurality of second frequency dividers includes a second plurality of components and is configured to divide the input frequency of the input signal to generate a second signal having the first frequency and a second phase. The control module is configured to connect the second plurality of components of one of the second frequency dividers to the first plurality of components of the first frequency divider. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027122 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING A SIGNAL - An apparatus and method for encoding a signal are provided. The apparatus and method of the present disclosure identify the various portions, or bytes, of an incoming packet in a Reed-Solomon (RS) encoded packet as either data bytes, RS parity bytes, or trellis reset synchronization bytes. The data bytes are passed through without change. The trellis reset bytes are provided to a trellis encoder to determine new byte reset values. These new values are then stored and later retrieved when needed and used to modify the appropriate incoming parity bytes. The new incoming parity bytes are computed using the new trellis reset byte values multiplied by, or added to, a weighting value retrieved from a table stored in memory based on a location of the parity byte and a location of the trellis reset byte in the RS encoded packet. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027123 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system. The method for transmitting data in a wireless communication system, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises a step in which a base station transmits downlink data to a first terminal which supports a first system via a first region of a frame, and transmits downlink data to a second terminal which supports a second system via a second region which follows the first region corresponding to a frame offset on a time axis, wherein said frame offset is an offset of the start point of the frame for said first system and the start point of the frame for said second system, and said first region includes 3+6 (said frame offset-1) OFDM symbols. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027124 | BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING BASE STATION AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Channel fluctuation values on propagation paths of modulated signals transmitted from a plurality of antennas are estimated, an eigenvalue of a channel fluctuation matrix created with the above-mentioned channel fluctuation values as elements is found in order to relate antenna received signals to modulated signals, and using that eigenvalue, receiving antenna selection, combining of modulated signals, and weighting processing on soft decision decoded values, are performed, and modulated signals are demodulated. By this means, it is possible to perform demodulation processing based on the effective reception power of a modulated signal (that is to say, the essential reception power, of the reception power obtained by a receiving apparatus, that can be effectively used when demodulating a modulated signal), enabling the precision of demodulation of modulated signals to be improved. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027125 | CODEBOOK, CODEBOOK CREATING METHOD, UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND EQUIPMENT BASED ON THE CODEBOOK - A codebook, a codebook creating method, and an uplink transmission method and equipment based on the codebook are provided. A new codebook is put forward in the method. The codebook includes one or any combination of the following elements: | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027126 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTELLATION REARRANGEMENT IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for operating a transmitter supporting constellation rearrangement for 256-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) in a broadband wireless access system are provided. The method include generating complex symbols according to a first version of a constellation mapping rule, transmitting an initial transmit packet comprising the complex symbols, and when retransmitting the initial transmit packet, generating complex symbols according to a second first version of a constellation mapping rule. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027127 | AMPLIFIER - An amplifier includes a separating unit, a generator, first to fourth switching amplifiers, and an outputting unit. The separating unit separates a pulse signal into a first separated pulse signal and a second separated pulse signal. The generator generates first to fourth low speed pulse signals by using the first and the second separated pulse signal. The first switching amplifier amplifies the first low speed pulse signal. The second switching amplifier amplifies the second low speed pulse signal by using the output of the first switching amplifier as a power-supply. The third switching amplifier amplifies the third low speed pulse signal. The fourth switching amplifier amplifies the fourth low speed pulse signal by using the output of the third switching amplifier as a power-supply. The outputting unit combines and outputs the first and the second output pulse signal. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027128 | Phase Aligned Sampling of Multiple Data Channels Using a Successive Approximation Register Converter - Provided is a method for processing data samples from a plurality of data channels. The method may include obtaining a plurality of data samples from the plurality of data channels. Obtaining the plurality of data samples may involve successively obtaining a data sample from each data channel of the plurality of data channels. Successively obtaining a data sample from each data channel may be performed a plurality of times during a specified time period. Each data sample of the plurality of data samples may be associated with a respective sample time, and each respective sample time may be relative to a single specified reference point in time. The method may further include, for each data sample of the plurality of data samples, determining a time-dependent coefficient value that may correspond to the sample time associated with the data sample, and applying the determined time-dependent coefficient value to the data sample. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027129 | DEMODULATION CIRCUIT, DIGITAL MICROWAVE SYSTEM AND DEMODULATION METHOD - A demodulation circuit, a digital microwave system including the demodulation circuit, and a signal demodulation method are provided. The demodulation circuit includes a first circuit, a second circuit, a third circuit, and a fourth circuit connected in turn. The fourth circuit includes a pulse counting unit and a data decision unit connected in turn. The signal demodulation method includes: performing bandpass filtering on input signals; increasing gains of the bandpass filtered signals; extracting pulse signals are extracted from the gain-increased signals; counting the extracted pulse signals; filtering the pulse signals having counting values falling outside of a predetermined range, and outputting the filtered pulse signals. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027130 | INTERFERENCE-WEIGHTED COMMUNICATION SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A level of interference affecting signal components of received communication signals is estimated and used to weight the signal components. The signal components in a each of a number of groups of signal components are weighted based on respective interference estimates to thereby adjust signal components for coloured interference, which may vary significantly between different groups of signal components. Each group of signal components may include a single component or components within a relatively narrow sub-band of the communication signals, such as a coherence bandwidth of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027131 | Blind Carrier/Timing Recovery and Detection of Modulation Scheme - Systems and methods and memory media for performing modulation type detection. An attempt is made to estimate an underlying symbol rate of a received signal. The received signal is compensated for carrier frequency offset. Two candidates for symbol timing offset are estimated from the compensated signal. The compensated signal is downsampled using each offset candidate. A set of features is computed for each of the two downsampled signals. For each downsampled signal, the set of features is compared to a corresponding set of thresholds to obtain a corresponding set of comparison results. The two sets of comparison results are used to determine the modulation type of the received signal. A second method for estimating symbol rate may be performed if the modulation type is found to be FSK. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027132 | GFSK RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE AND METHODOLOGY - A Gaussian Frequency Shift Key (GFSK) receiver includes a receiver front end to receive a GFSK-modulated signal and convert the received GFSK-modulated signal to a baseband frequency modulated signal, a channel filter to reduce channel interference which is adjacent to a desired channel of the baseband frequency modulated signal, a demodulator to demodulate the channel filtered baseband modulated signal and to recover a sequence of symbols, a digital filter to reduce inter-symbol interference (ISI) from the sequence of symbols, a slicer to produce symbol decisions based on the filtered sequence of symbols, and a symbol-to-bit mapper to map the symbol decisions to data bits. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027133 | DEMODULATION OF DATA COLLECTED PRIOR TO BIT EDGE DETECTION - An apparatus and method begin creation and storage of correlation sums to be demodulated (“early-collected sums”) prior to determination of a location of a bit of data in a wireless signal relative to a local clock. Such early storage allows demodulation of these early-collected sums at a later time, specifically on determination of the data's location in the wireless signal, thereby to yield early-collected data bits. Additionally, after determination of the data bit's location in the wireless signal, additional data bits are further generated in the normal manner, by demodulating the wireless signal, thereby to yield normally-collected data bits. Use of early-collected data bits in generating navigation data reduces the time to start data demodulation, and enables fewer normally-collected data bits to be used to generate navigation data, in several aspects of the invention. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027134 | RECEIVING ENCODED DATA SLICES VIA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method begins by a processing module determining a mapping of encoded data slices to wireless channels for wireless communication of data, wherein a data segment of the data is encoded in accordance with a dispersed storage error encoding protocol to produce a set of encoded data slices. The method continues with the processing module configuring, in accordance with the mapping, receivers of a wireless communication device to receive, via a set of wireless channels, at least some of the set of encoded data slices to produce configured receivers. The method continues with the processing module facilitating the configured receivers to receive encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices to produce received encoded data slices and when at least a decode threshold number of received encoded data slices have been received, decoding the received encoded data slices to recapture the data segment. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027135 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION TRACKING IN AN IN-BAND MODEM - Processing the synchronization of an inband modem to detect sample slip conditions is disclosed. Decision logic reliably detects the sample slip condition while minimizing the number of false alarms. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027136 | SYSTEM ACCESS AND SYNCHRONIZATION METHODS FOR MIMO OFDM COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND PHYSICAL LAYER PACKET AND PREAMBLE DESIGN - A method and apparatus are provided for performing acquisition, synchronization and cell selection within an MIMO-OFDM communication system. A coarse synchronization is performed to determine a searching window. A fine synchronization is then performed by measuring correlations between subsets of signal samples, whose first signal sample lies within the searching window, and known values. The correlations are performed in the frequency domain of the received signal. In a multiple-output OFDM system, each antenna of the OFDM transmitter has a unique known value. The known value is transmitted as pairs of consecutive pilot symbols, each pair of pilot symbols being transmitted at the same subset of sub-carrier frequencies within the OFDM frame. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120027137 | RECEIVER SECOND ORDER INTERMODULATION CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for correcting a second order intermodulation product in a direct conversion receiver is provided. The system includes a cross-covariance system receiving a data signal and a second order intermodulation estimate signal and generating a cross-covariance value. An auto-covariance system receives the second order intermodulation estimate signal and generates an auto covariance value. A buffer system stores a second order intermodulation product correction factor. A divider receives the cross-covariance value, the auto-covariance value and the second order intermodulation product correction factor and generates a running average second order intermodulation product correction factor. | 2012-02-02 |
