44th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110268135 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A FRAME BY MULTIPLEXING SUBFRAMES HAVING DIFFERENT CP LENGTH - The present invention relates to a broadband wireless access system, and more particularly, to a frame structure to which OFDM symbols having a cyclic prefix are transmitted. A method of constructing a frame in a broadband wireless access system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises including one or more first subframes in the frame, the first subframes including a plurality of symbols having a cyclic prefix of a first length; and including one or more second subframes in the frame, the second subframes including a plurality of symbols having a cyclic prefix of a second length different from the first length, wherein the number of the first subframes and the number of the second subframes are determined considering an idle time for which effective symbols are not included in the frame. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268136 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING METHOD - A transmission device which capsules and decapsules data of a frame and/or a packet includes a decapsuling circuit, wherein the decapsuling circuit includes a bit de-stuff processor configured to perform bit de-stuffing processing on an input data; a byte de-stuff processor configured to perform byte de-stuffing processing on duplicated data of the input data; a check processor configured to perform frame check sequence (FCS) processing on output from the bit de-stuff processor and the byte de-stuff processor; and a mode determination circuit configured to determine a stuffing mode of an opposite transmission device, based on a code conversion result from the bit de-stuff processor and the byte de-stuff processor and the stuffing mode in which the check processor detects the input data with a normal FCS. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268137 | COMMUNICATION WITHIN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING AN ARRAY OF INTERCONNECTED PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ELEMENTS - An integrated circuit includes an array of interconnected programmable logic elements ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110268138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNELIZING SAMPLED BROADBAND SIGNAL - A system for isolating individual channels in a broadcast signal is provided. The system includes a plurality of multipliers, each having an input and an output. A summer coupled to the outputs of each of the plurality of multipliers is provided to generate an output. A multiplication factor system provides a multiplication factor to each of the multipliers to select a predetermined frequency channel of the input signal. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268139 | SYNCHRONIZING NODES OF A MULTI-HOP NETWORK - A method for synchronizing nodes of a multi-hop network with a Time Division Multiplex Access scheme (TDMA), the nodes being hierarchically arranged in different levels, including a step of organizing the TDMA by periodic superframes, the respective superframe having a number of frames including at least a broadcast frame, a step of providing the respective broadcast frame with a number of slots, the number of slots being equal to a number of parent nodes in the multi-hop network, a step of assigning each parent node one slot in the broadcast frame in dependence on its level, and a step of distributing a synchronization information to the parent nodes by means of the broadcast frame, respectively. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268140 | MULTIPLE WAVELENGTH RAMAN LASER - A pulsed laser system may include a Raman fiber that is configured to act as multiple wavelength Raman laser. The fiber is configured to receive a pulsed input beam from an input source and convert the input beam to an output beam having narrow band outputs at first and second frequencies v | 2011-11-03 |
20110268141 | OPTICAL DEVICE, LASER IRRADIATION DEVICE, AND LASER TREATMENT APPARATUS - An optical device that allows laser beams to be incident to one end of an image fiber and receives a two-dimensional image of a laser irradiation target transmitted through the image fiber. The optical device includes: a mirror that is arranged on the one end side of the image fiber, reflects the laser beams, and transmits the two-dimensional image; a laser beam source that allows the laser beams to be incident to the one end of the image fiber through reflection of the mirror; an imaging device that receives the two-dimensional image from the one end of the image fiber through transmission of the mirror; and an incidence control device that allows the laser beams to be incident to some cores out of the plurality of cores in the one end of the image fiber and changes cores to which the laser beams are incident. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268142 | METHOD FOR HAVING LASER LIGHT SOURCE IN STANDBY STATUS - When the laser light source is caused to standby, the temperatures of semiconductor lasers are changed by approximately 3° C. from the temperature when the laser light source is always being used. With a temperature change of approximately 3° C., the wavelengths of the laser light generated by the semiconductor lasers change approximately 0.3 nm. This change hardly has any effect at all on optical fiber amplifiers, but the conversion efficiencies at the respective wavelength conversion elements of the wavelength conversion optical system change, and, particularly, deep ultraviolet light is hardly generated at all any longer. Therefore, even while the laser light has been made incident to the wavelength conversion optical system, there is no longer damaging of the wavelength conversion elements. Therefore, it is possible to provide a laser light source standby method that is able to shorten the start up time of the laser light source. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268143 | Vertical Surface Emitting Semiconductor Device - A semiconductor light emitting device includes a pump light source, a gain structure, and an out-coupling mirror. The gain structure is comprised of InGaN layers that have resonant excitation absorption at the pump wavelength. Light from the pump light source causes the gain structure to emit light, which is reflected by the out-coupling mirror back to the gain structure. A distributed Bragg reflector causes internal reflection within the gain structure. The out-coupling mirror permits light having sufficient energy to pass therethrough for use external to the device. A frequency doubling structure may be disposed between the gain structure and the out-coupling mirror. Output wavelengths in the deep-UV spectrum may be achieved. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268144 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - A nitride semiconductor laser device includes an active layer | 2011-11-03 |
20110268145 | OPTICAL COMPONENT - At least one surface of a plate member made of ZnSe has a concave-and-convex structure in which a projecting section and a groove section are formed at a spatial cycle equal to or lower than the wavelength of carbon dioxide laser light to thereby provide a substrate body. On a surface of the concave-and-convex structure, an antireflection film is layered that has a lower refractive index than that of ZnSe to carbon dioxide laser light. By this configuration, the polarization state of transmitted carbon dioxide laser light is converted from a linear polarization to a circular polarization or the like. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268146 | GRAPHITE ELECTRODE WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENT - The invention relates to a graphite electrode with an electrical connecting element as well as to a furnace for graphitizing carbon-containing materials by means of such graphite electrodes. According to the invention, it was found that the drawbacks known from the prior art are eliminated by establishing an electrical connection between the graphite electrode and the connecting element by means of wedge-shaped contacting elements. The contact pressure between the contact element and the wedge-shaped surface on the graphite electrode required for electrical conductivity of the interface can be influenced by means of the wedge angle and the contact surface. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268147 | THERMAL ANALYSIS - Techniques for determining one or more heat transfer characteristic values of a structure, such as an electronic device, are disclosed. A heat flux vector magnitude and a temperature gradient vector magnitude for a portion of the structure are determined, and a product of the heat flux vector magnitude with the temperature gradient vector magnitude is obtained. More particularly, the dot product of the heat flux vector magnitude with the temperature gradient vector magnitude may be obtained to provide a bottleneck heat transfer characteristic value. Alternately or additionally, a cross product (or related operation) of the heat flux vector magnitude with the temperature gradient vector magnitude is obtained to produce a shortcut heat transfer characteristic value. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268148 | Device for Calorimetric Measurement - In one aspect, provided herein is a single crystal silicon microcalorimeter, for example useful for high temperature operation and long-term stability of calorimetric measurements. Microcalorimeters described herein include microcalorimeter embodiments having a suspended structure and comprising single crystal silicon. Also provided herein are methods for making calorimetric measurements, for example, on small quantities of materials or for determining the energy content of combustible material having an unknown composition. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268149 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSOR INLET TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT - A system includes a radiation detector array directed toward a fluid flow into a compressor. The radiation detector array is configured to output a signal indicative of a two-dimensional temperature profile of the fluid flow. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the radiation detector array. The controller is configured to detect a temperature variation across the fluid flow based on the signal. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE - Embodiments presented herein are directed to a system comprising, a semiconductor device including a semiconductor junction, an optical fiber, a proximal end of said optical fiber in electromagnetic communication with said semiconductor junction, and a processing unit in electromagnetic communication with a distal end of said optical fiber, said processing unit capable of receiving electromagnetic information available at said distal end and processing the electromagnetic information. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268151 | ARRAY ELEMENT FOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR ARRAY CIRCUIT, TEMPERATURE SENSOR ARRAY CIRCUIT UTILIZING SUCH ARRAY ELEMENT, AND AM-EWOD DEVICE INCLUDING SUCH A TEMPERATURE SENSOR ARRAY CIRCUIT - An array element for a temperature sensor array circuit. The array element includes a switch transistor; and a temperature sensor element having an impedance which varies as a function of temperature, the temperature sensor element being connected in parallel with a source and drain of the switch transistor | 2011-11-03 |
20110268152 | TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided in some embodiment is a thermocouple system that includes a printed circuit board having a terminal component connection to couple to a connector of a terminal component, a temperature sensing component connection to couple to a connector of a temperature sensing component, a signal plane thermally coupled to the terminal component connection, and a thermal plane thermally coupled to the temperature sensing component connection and electrically isolated from the terminal component connection and the signal plane. The surface area of the thermal plane overlaps a substantial portion of a surface area of the signal plane. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268153 | ELECTRICITY GENERATING BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE ELECTRONIC PAN WITH A SEMICONDUCTOR REFRIGERATION SLICE - An electricity generating based on the difference in temperature electronic pan with a semiconductor refrigeration slice is provided. The electronic pan comprises a pan body, a handle, an electricity generating based on the difference in temperature unit and a temperature measuring unit. The electricity generating based on the difference in temperature unit is composed of a semiconductor refrigeration slice, a voltage increased and regulated electronic module and an energy storage unit. The temperature measuring unit is composed of a temperature sensor, a microprocessor, a circuit board and a liquid crystal display for displaying temperature. The temperature sensor is provided under the pan body directly. The circuit board is provided inside the chamber of the handle. The semiconductor refrigeration slice connected to the pan body is provided inside the chamber at the connection of the handle and the pan body. The other surface of the semiconductor refrigeration slice is contacted with metal heat exchange slices firmly. The electricity generating based on the difference in temperature unit, the temperature measuring unit and the liquid crystal display are connected to the circuit board, respectively. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268154 | TEMPERATURE SENSING MODULE - A temperature sensing module includes a thermal sensor and an auxiliary fixture member. The thermal sensor includes a sensing head and plural pins. The pins and respective wires are connected with each other to form plural connecting regions. The auxiliary fixture member includes a fixing part, an extension part, a receiving part and a covering part. The extension part includes plural grooves for partially accommodating the pins of the thermal sensor, the wires and the connecting regions. The receiving part is arranged between the fixing part and the extension part for accommodating the sensing head of the thermal sensor. The covering part is disposed over the extension part for covering the extension part so that the pins, the wires and the connecting regions accommodated within the grooves of the extension part are fixed between the extension part and the covering part. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268155 | DISTANCE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD USING RANGING COUNTER - Provided is a distance estimation apparatus, system and method for accurately estimating the distance between TX/RX devices by means of low-end hardware in a communication system such as the IEEE 802.15.4a system. The distance estimation apparatus includes an analog-to-digital converter, a parallelizer, a parallel synchronization means, a counter, and a system clock generator. The analog-to-digital converter analog-to-digital converts a received packet signal to generate a serial digital signal, and the parallelizer 1:N parallelizes the serial digital signal. The parallel synchronization means includes an N number of buffers for receiving the output of the parallelizer. A counter outputs a count value for estimation of the propagation delay time of a UWB signal on the basis of the sampling data retained in the parallel synchronization means. The system clock generator generates a system clock in the distance estimation apparatus. Therefore, it is possible to accurately estimate the distance between the TX/RX devices by arithmetically calculating a received signal while operating a ranging counter with a low-rate system clock, thereby simplifying the hardware structure and minimizing power consumption. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268156 | Method for Pulse-Based Ultra-Broadband Communication between at least One Transmitting Node and at Least One Receiving Node - An ultra-broadband signal having a plurality of pulses is transmitted from one or more transmitting nodes to one or more receiving nodes. In the ultra-broadband signal, data are transmitted by pulses having a first pulse rate in a first data transmission and by pulses having a second pulse rate in at least one second data transmission, with each second pulse rate higher than the first pulse rate. The pulses having the second pulse rate are transmitted in intervals, during which no pulses having the first pulse rate are transmitted. This has the advantage that by utilizing time gaps between pulses of the first data transmission, the data of a second data transmission can be transmitted at a higher pulse rate. The transmitting and receiving nodes need not be coordinated explicitly or coordinated from the outside. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268157 | DATA ENCODING - The receiver portion of a UWB wireless device is altered by replacing analog-to-digital circuitry with a simple energy detection circuit. In embodiments, the coding methodology of a transmitter is altered to support the simplified receiver configuration. For example, instead of coding the data to be sent in the phase of the UWB signal, the data is encoded in a binary fashion in discrete frequency subbands of the UWB signal. Although this may reduce the usable bandwidth of the channel, it also decreases the complexity and power consumption of UWB devices. In one or more embodiments, a UWB device is able to select a transmission mode (BPSK or Energy Coding) based on its environment. Moreover, in one or more embodiments, receiving devices may switch between coding modes based on the capabilities of a remote transmitter and/or a peer receiver. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268158 | FLEXIBLE CAPACITY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH FLEXIBLE ALLOCATION BETWEEN FORWARD AND RETURN CAPACITY - Systems and methods for supporting more flexible coverage areas and spatial capacity assignments using satellite communications systems are disclosed. Antenna elements are arranged in one or more phased arrays. The phased arrays may be used to receive uplink communications, transmit downlink communications, or both receive uplink communications and transmit downlink communications. Beam forming networks (BFN's) associated with the one or more phased arrays may be dynamic, allowing for movement of the locations of the receive beams, the transmit beams, or both the receive beams and transmit beams. The beams may then “hop” from location to location according to a predefined or dynamic hopping pattern. In some embodiments, the hopping patterns may be time-varying and may be changed or updated on-the-fly. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268159 | METHOD FOR LOCATING SATELLITES USING DIRECTIONAL FINDING - An improved method is provided for positioning a directional antenna coupled to a radio towards a satellite. The method includes: receiving an input to the radio from an operator of the radio, where the input indicates a desired time period for positioning the antenna; transmitting, during the desired time period, a plurality of burst data transmissions from the radio over a channel associated with the satellite; receiving a plurality of reply data transmissions from the satellite which correspond to the plurality of burst data transmissions sent by the radio; determining a metric indicative of signal quality for each of the reply data transmissions; and outputting from the radio an indicator for each metric. The operator of the radio can use the indicator output by the radio to better position the antenna towards the satellite. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268160 | TRANSMISSION TIMING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND MOBILE STATION FOR USE THEREIN - It is an object of the present invention to hold the detecting range of a timing correlator in a base station to the minimum required and to reduce the circuit scale and power requirement of the timing correlator. Before a mobile station transmits a data signal, it transmits a signal referred to as a preamble signal to measure the transmission timing to the base station. If the base station detects the preamble signal with a timing correlator having a limited circuit scale, then the base station transmits a transmission permission signal to the mobile station. If the mobile station fails to receive the transmission permission signal over a given period of time after it has transmitted the preamble signal, then the mobile station retransmits the preamble signal at a changed transmission timing based on the received electric power of a control signal transmitted continuously from the base station and information included in the control signal. The mobile station repeatedly retransmits the preamble signal until it receives the transmission permission signal. If the mobile station receives the transmission permission signal from the base station, then the mobile station transmits a data signal at the transmission timing of the preamble signal transmitted immediately prior to the reception of the transmission permission signal. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268161 | REPEATING FOR LOW-OVERHEAD COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK - Communicating between stations over a shared medium comprises: receiving, at a destination station, a first waveform that includes one or more segments of a payload that originated from an origin station with a sequence of multiple segments, the one or more segments included in the first waveform having been transmitted over the shared medium by the origin station and by each of one or more repeater stations, and the first waveform indicating which of the sequence of multiple segments were not correctly decoded by at least one of the repeater stations; generating, based on the first waveform, acknowledgement information that specifies which of the sequence of multiple segments have been correctly decoded by the destination station; and transmitting a second waveform from the destination station over the shared medium, the second waveform including the acknowledgement information. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268162 | Preventing inter-set miscommunication while maintaining robust signalling in a noisy environment - A method and apparatus for preventing inter-set miscommunication while maintaining robust signalling in a noisy environment includes providing a controller and a set of devices, the set of devices having a unique set ID and communicating with said controller. The set of devices communicates with said controller by transmitting and receiving messages to and from the controller respectively via an electrically noisy transmission medium. The messages include: (a) inquiries from the controller to the set of devices inquiring as to whether each device either doesn't need attention or does need attention from the controller; and, (b) responses to the controller from each device as to whether each device needs attention or doesn't need the attention of controller. Each device transmits its own responses, once and in a “look-back” embodiment repeatedly receives the responses of other devices and stores those responses of the other devices in a look-back record in its message. The attention segment of the messages includes the doesn't-need-attention or does-need-attention-of-the-controller for each device and for those devices transmitting before each particular device and received by that device. The device ID has been incorporated into the error check segment. Each device is adapted to, using the set ID, make the error check segment set ID dependant. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268163 | RF DIGITAL SPUR REDUCTION - Digital spur reduction in which spurs are kept outside selected channels of interest. An integrated radiofrequency transceiver circuit has digital and analogue components, the circuit includes a radiofrequency signal receiver having a local oscillator signal generator configured to provide a local oscillator signal at a frequency f | 2011-11-03 |
20110268164 | RF DIGITAL SPUR REDUCTION - Digital spur reduction in which spurs are kept outside selected channels of interest, with illustrative embodiments relating to an integrated radiofrequency transceiver circuit having digital and analogue components, the circuit having a radiofrequency signal receiver with a local oscillator signal generator configured to provide a local oscillator signal at a frequency f | 2011-11-03 |
20110268165 | CABLE MODEM AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING VARIOUS PACKET CABLE PROTOCOLS - A cable modem communicates with a plurality of packet cable dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) servers and a terminal DHCP server. Each packet cable DHCP server corresponds to one packet cable protocol. The cable modem broadcasts a DHCP discover packet with one packet cable protocol to the packet cable DHCP servers and the terminal DHCP server, and receives a DHCP offer packet from one of the packet cable DHCP servers and the terminal DHCP server. The cable modem changes the one packet cable protocol to another packet cable protocol to make the communication module receive a compliant DHCP offer packet upon the condition that the received DHCP offer packet is incompliant with the one packet cable protocol. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268166 | CHANNEL INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A channel information feedback method adapted in a receiving end of a multiuser multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) system has following steps. A subspace matrix and a magnitude matrix related to a transmitting end of the MU MIMO system are obtained according to a channel matrix corresponding to the receiving end. A first quantization is performed on the subspace matrix to generate a quantized subspace matrix. A second quantization is performed on an auxiliary information matrix to generate a quantized auxiliary information matrix, where the auxiliary information matrix is corresponding to the magnitude matrix and a residual subspace matrix, and the residual subspace matrix includes residual subspace information after the first quantization is performed on the subspace matrix. The quantized subspace matrix and the quantized auxiliary information matrix are fed back to the transmitting end through an uplink channel. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268167 | Method and Apparatus for Signal Peak-to-Average Ratio Reduction - A method and apparatus taught herein reduce the peak-to-average ratio (PAR) of a complex-valued signal based on detecting peaks in the signal that are above a peak threshold, characterizing the detected peaks in Cartesian coordinates, generating cancellation pulses in Cartesian coordinates based on the detected peak characterizations. PAR reduction processing continues with canceling the detected peaks by combining the cancellation pulses with a correspondingly delayed version of the signal. Advantageously, peak detection may be performed in polar form using a computationally efficient peak detection algorithm that avoids calculation of the I and Q peak waveforms unless a signal peak beyond a defined threshold is present. In one or more embodiments, the generation and use of asymmetric and/or shaped cancellation pulses offers further performance advantages. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268168 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INCREASED COMMUNICATION THROUGHPUT - Systems and methods for increasing communication throughput by superimposing multiple signal components in the same bandwidth are disclosed. Cochannel interference is reduced by using signal separation algorithms. The signal separation algorithms may use both a priori information about the superimposed signals and measured channel parameters. In addition, error correction encoding and interleaving may be used to reduce signal power and obviate the need for ideal signal separation. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268169 | EQUALIZATION APPARATUS AND BROADCASTING RECEIVING APPARATUS - An equalization apparatus configured to receive a digitally modulated single carrier signal and perform multipath equalization in a frequency domain, including a frequency domain conversion unit which converts a received signal to a frequency domain signal, a channel estimation unit configured to estimate a channel response in a frequency domain from the received signal, an equalization weight calculation unit which calculates an equalization weight from the channel estimate value in the frequency domain, an equalization filter which receives the frequency domain signal from the frequency domain conversion unit and the equalization weight from the equalization weight calculation unit and performs equalization processing and a time domain conversion unit which converts the frequency domain signal from the equalization filter to a time domain signal, wherein the equalization weight calculation unit includes a power calculation unit, a power value correction unit, a complex conjugate generator and a divider. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268170 | DATA SIGNAL QUALITY EVALUATION APPARATUS - When an operating unit is operated to designate an arbitrary width W and an arbitrary angle θ, a mask region limiting unit limits the effective range of a reference mask set for compliance measurement of the data signal to be evaluated by a reference mask setting unit to the range determined by the designated width and angle and displays the limited effective range on a display unit. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268171 | Signal Selection Apparatus and Method Thereof - A signal selection apparatus for selecting a target signal from a plurality of input signals is provided. The input signals correspond to different time indexes. The signal selection apparatus comprises a weight calculation unit for generating a corresponding weight respectively for each of the input signals, a processing unit for processing the input signals respectively to generate a plurality of processed signals according to the weights, and a selection unit for selecting a signal with a larger energy from the processed signals as the target signal, wherein the weights are used for adjusting an individual energy of the input signals such that the time index of the target signal is earlier within the input signals. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268172 | RECEIVER APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD - There is disclosed a receiver apparatus that can receive OFDM signals. The apparatus comprises: an FFT unit for transforming signals inputted to the apparatus into frequency-domain signals, thereby outputting the transformed signals on a complex symbol-by-complex symbol basis; correlation-calculating units each of which calculates an index indicating a correlation between complex symbols in a respective one of a plurality of groups, each of the plurality groups being a set of a plurality of complex symbols separated from each other by an interval in which a pilot signal is inserted, the groups being selected such that the complex symbols constituting the groups differing from each other; and a judging unit for determining, based on the calculated index for each group, whether or not any index satisfying a predetermined condition is existent, thereby outputting a result of the judgment. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268173 | METHOD FOR ADAPTING FILTER CUT-OFF FREQUENCIES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF DISCRETE MULTITONE SYMBOLS - The invention creates a method for adapting filter cut-off frequencies for the transmission of discrete multitone symbols, where a transmit symbol datastream consisting of discrete multitone symbols is applied to an interpolation device, the transmit symbol datastream is interpolated with a symbol rate in the interpolation device, an interpolated symbol datastream is filtered in a first low-pass filtering device in accordance with a first filter cut-off frequency, which can be predetermined by a first filter cut-off frequency determining device, a digital symbol datastream obtained after a digital-analog conversion, transmission and analog-digital conversion, is filtered at the receiver end in a second low-pass filtering device in accordance with a second filter cut-off frequency, which can be predetermined by a second filter cut-off frequency determining device, in order to provide an equalized symbol datastream, the equalized symbol datastream is decimated in a decimation device and the decimated received symbol datastream consisting of discrete multitone symbols is provided to a multitone receiver device. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268174 | PACKAGE OUTPUT METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ARITHMETIC CODING - A method and a device for arithmetic code package outputting. The method comprises: acquiring the 7-bit output string of the upper bits according to the CodLow value, i.e., the starting position of the probability space to be updated, and using the 7-bit ID string to identify the output characters with undetermined state in the 7-bit output string; acquiring the number of valid bits according to the CodRange value, i.e., the length of the probability space to be updated, wherein the number of valid bits indicates the number of valid bits of output characters in the 7-bit output string according to the CodLow value to be updated; extracting the valid output characters in the 7-bit output string according to the number of valid bits, identifying the output characters with undetermined state among the extracted valid output characters according to the 7-bit ID string; and processing the extracted valid output characters, acquiring and outputting the coding output bytes. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268175 | DIFFERENTIAL PROTECTION OF A LIVE SCALABLE MEDIA - Differential protection of a live scalable media is disclosed. A first scalable encoding method is utilized for encoding a layer of a live media bit-stream, the first scalable encoding method having a first error resilience and a first bit cost. In addition, a second scalable encoding method is utilized for encoding an enhancement layer of the live media bit-stream, the second scalable encoding method comprising a second error resilience lower than the first error resilience, the second scalable encoding method further comprising a second bit cost that is lower than the first bit cost. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268176 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING A DATA RATE IN A MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMITTER - An apparatus and method for allocating a data rate in a multi-antenna system are provided, wherein a noise threshold corresponding to a modulation scheme, a coding rate, or a combination of both applied to a base layer from among a plurality of layers is set as a reference noise threshold, and a data rate is allocated to an enhanced layer among the plurality of layers, based on the reference noise threshold and a use or non-use of hierarchical transmission. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268177 | JOINT DEPTH ESTIMATION - Various implementations are described. Several implementations relate to joint depth estimation for multiple depth maps. In one implementation, a first-view depth indicator for a location in a first view is estimated, and a second-view depth indicator for a corresponding location in a second view is estimated. The estimating of one or more of the first-view depth indicator and the second-view depth indicator is based on a constraint. The constraint provides a relationship between the first-view depth indicator and the second-view depth indicator for corresponding locations. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268178 | ENCODING VIDEO STREAMS FOR ADAPTIVE VIDEO STREAMING - One embodiment of the invention sets forth an encoding server including components configured to encode a video stream associated with a content title for adaptive streaming. The video stream is first processed by a VC1 encoder to generate an encoded video stream comprising a multiple GOPs, each GOP including a key frame and having a different playback offset. The encoded video stream is then packaged such that the GOPs are stored in data packets of the packaged encoded stream. An SHI generator generates an SHI associated with the packaged encoded stream that includes a switch point associated with each GOP. Each switch point includes the playback offset associated with the corresponding GOP and the data packet storing the key frame of the corresponding GOP. The SHI associated with multiple packaged encoded video streams associated with the same content title and encoded to different playback bit rates have corresponding switch points. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268179 | MOTION ESTIMATION WITH VARIABLE SPATIAL RESOLUTION - A motion estimator has a spatial sub-sampler to receive input images; at least one motion estimator determining motion vectors between input images and sub-sampled motion vectors between sub-sampled images; an up-sampler for up-sampling the sub-sampled motion vectors; and a selector for providing a motion vector output by selecting between the motion vectors and the (up-sampled) sub-sampled motion vectors, according to motion vector confidence. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268180 | Method and System for Low Complexity Adaptive Quantization - A method of encoding a block of pixels in a digital video sequence that includes computing an average texture measure for a plurality of blocks of pixels encoded prior to the block of pixels, computing a texture measure for the block of pixels, computing a block quantization step size for the block of pixels as the product of a quantization step size selected for a sequence of blocks of pixels comprising the block of pixels and a multiplication factor selected from a set of multiplication factors based on a ratio of the texture measure and the average texture measure, and quantizing the block of pixels using the block quantization step size. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268181 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RATE CONTROL FOR COMPRESSION OF VIDEO FRAMES - A method and apparatus for controlling the rate of compression in video/image compression environments is provided. The method includes determining a scaling factor that results in a compressed file size as close to a target file size as possible. In determining the scaling factor, tolerance limits of the current file size as compared with a predetermined tolerance is made, and when the tolerance is not met, the current scaling factor is interpolated to generate a new scaling factor, and consideration of a ratio of file sizes is made to determine if a new down-sampling factor is needed for the interpolated scaling factor. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268182 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION OF SUBBAND/WAVELET COEFFICIENTS - According to one implementation, the so present invention provides a method and apparatus to adapt the quantization steps-size used to quantize wavelet coefficients to the average brightness level of the corresponding pixels in a wavelet image or video coder. In another implementation, this method and apparatus produces a JPEG2000 Part 1 compliant code-stream. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268183 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFORM SELECTION IN VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - There are provided methods and apparatus for transform selection in video coding. An apparatus includes a video encoder for encoding at least a block in a picture by selecting a transform to apply to a residue of the block from a set of two or more available transforms. The transform is selected based on at least one of an inter prediction mode used to predict at least one reference for the block, one or more values corresponding to a motion vector, a value of a residue of one or more previously encoded blocks, a value of prediction data for the block, one or more transform selections of one or more neighboring reconstructed blocks, and a quantization step applied to transform coefficients for the residue of the block. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268184 | INVERSE QUANTIZATION METHOD, INVERSE QUANTIZATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is an inverse quantization method that reverse-quantizes multiple quantized values as a set, obtaining a set of multiple inverse quantized values, said method being characterized in that the range of potential inverse quantized values for each quantized value is obtained using at least a signal other than that of the aforementioned quantized value, and in that the set of preliminary inverse quantized values for which the total variation norm is the minimum within the range of potential values for each inverse quantized value is obtained as the aforementioned set of reverse-quantized values. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268185 | DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD AND CONVERSION DEVICE - A delivery system, which distributes at least one stream to a terminal over a network, includes a conversion apparatus that in distributing encoded data of a moving image specified by a terminal, re-uses information of the encoded data to convert the encoded data so that the encoded data converted fits in with at least one of capability information and status of a network notified from the terminal and transmits the encoded data converted to the terminal. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268186 | ENCODING/DECODING SYSTEM USING FEEDBACK - A computer-implemented method for encoding using feedback. The method comprising includes encoding a base layer of a current frame, generating a residue of the current frame, and encoding the residue of said current frame. Also, in response to feedback from a receiver, wherein the feedback is based on the base layer of the current frame and previous correctly received enhancement frames, determining coding strategy for each block of the current frame and coding according to one or more of source coding and Wyner-Ziv coding. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268187 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ENCODING PARAMETERS - A method for optimizing a video transmission, in a constrained environment using a video coder adapted for coding the video data to be transmitted, includes determining one or more compression parameters for the video coder considered to transmit the video data at a given throughput or for a given quality. The method defines and uses reference charts for the coder considered, and predicts for the part of the video sequence undergoing compression, using the reference charts, compression parameters to be used, such as the quantization interval, by selecting a chart for which the targeted range of throughput or of quality is the closest in distance to the part of the sequence to be compressed, while complying with a given margin, and updates with an iterative method the prediction step to converge on the best choice of parameterization. The iteration includes at least one compression step followed by a verification step, to compress the video data to be transmitted with the parameters. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268188 | BLOCK MODE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to method and apparatus for block mode encoding/decoding and a method and apparatus for video encoding/decoding using the same. The disclosure provides a block mode encoding apparatus that predicts the block mode of a current block and encodes the block mode of the current block depending on whether the block mode of the current block is same as the block mode predicted, to output encoded mode information. The disclosure can reduce the quantity of bits used to encode information on the block mode, thus enhancing the efficiency of video compression. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268189 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PRIORITIZE VIDEO INFORMATION DURING DOCING AND DECODING - A method and apparatus prioritizing video information during coding and decoding. Video information is received and an element of the video information, such as a visual object, video object layer, video object plane or keyregion, is identified. A priority is assigned to the identified element and the video information is encoded into a bitstream, such as a visual bitstream encoded using the MPEG-4 standard, including an indication of the priority of the element. The priority information can then be used when decoding the bitstream to reconstruct the video information | 2011-11-03 |
20110268190 | Video interpolation - A method and apparatus are provided for motion compensated video interpolation. Each field or frame in a sequence of video images is subdivided into a plurality of blocks and a motion vector field is derived using block matching for a current video field using data matched to a previous video field or frame. A first time instance is determined at which an interpolated block is to be displayed and a second time instance is determined at which a corresponding interpolated block is to be created. Video data for each block is interpolated at its second time instance for each block and is then output for display at the first time instance. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268191 | VIDEO ENCODING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video encoding system for encoding consecutive images of a video sequence, the encoding of a current image being done with respect to a previous and/or subsequent image, the encoding system including an input data reception module to receive the current image to be encoded and to receive a non estimated real motion vector of at least one moved area of the current image; a divider to divide the current image into macroblocks; an estimation module to estimate motion vectors depending on the macroblocks of the current image and on the previous and/or subsequent image; a motion compensation module to receive motion vectors and to provide a predicted area; an allocating module to allocate the non estimated real motion vector to the macroblocks belonging to the moved area; a transmitting module to transmit the non estimated real motion vector directly to the motion compensation module without any estimation of the motion vectors by the estimation module for the plurality of macroblocks belonging to the moved area. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268192 | MOVING IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There are provided an analysis unit that analyzes an input bit stream to output first intermediate data and analysis information, a conversion rule storage unit that stores a conversion rule, according to which an error-detected bit stream included in the analysis information output from the analysis unit or a bit stream including reference information to an image used for a method not supported by a decoding unit is converted into a bit stream decodable by the decoding unit, and a conversion unit that converts the analysis information into second intermediate data according to the conversion rule, as well as the decoding unit that decodes the first intermediate data and the second intermediate data output from the analysis unit and the conversion unit. Thus, even when the decoding unit does not cope with specific information included in the analysis information, the decoding unit is able to stably perform a decoding procedure. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268193 | ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD FOR SINGLE-VIEW VIDEO OR MULTI-VIEW VIDEO AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided are encoding and decoding methods for a single-view video or a multi-view video and apparatuses thereof. The multi-view encoding method includes performing motion and disparity estimation based on a base image, a supplementary image, and a reference image, generating residual data using the reference image and the motion and disparity estimated data, down sampling the residual data, and transforming and quantizing the down sampled residual data using a discrete cosine transformation (DCT) method. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268194 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, IMAGE RECEPTION METHOD, IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Provided is an image transmission apparatus. The image transmission apparatus includes a compression unit configured to compress an integrated image in which a normal viewing moving image and an additional information moving image are arranged on one frame, an area information encoding unit configured to encode area information representing an area of the normal viewing moving image, a presence information encoding unit configured to encode presence information representing that the additional information moving image is present, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the encoded integrated image, the encoded area information, and the encoded presence information. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268195 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MULTIVIEW VIDEO DECODING - In a multiview video decoding device conforming to H.264/AVC, the amount of calculation in a reordering process on a reference picture list is reduced. This is achieved as follows. A view index selector extracts only an entry or entries whose view IDs correspond to an inter-view reference flag which is 1 from a view ID list which defines an association between view indices and view IDs, stores the view indices of the extracted entry or entries as search targets into a view index storing section, and searches for and selects a view index which is equal to a given variable picViewIdxLX (X is 0 or 1). A view ID selector stores the view IDs of the extracted entry or entries as a reference picture list, and selects a view ID based on an address of an entry hit in the view index storing section. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268196 | APPARATUS OF PROCESSING AN IMAGE AND A METHOD OF PROCESSING THEREOF - The disclosure is disclosed an apparatus of processing an image and a method thereof. According to the present invention, the method of transmitting a broadcast signal for a 3-dimensional, 3D, service, the method may include encoding video data for a 3D service into a stream and transmitting a broadcast signal including the encoded stream and service information for signaling the 3D service, wherein the service information comprises a first descriptor includes first information for specifying that a type of the stream is a video stream and second information for specifying a type of a component included in the video stream is a 3D video component, and wherein the first and second information including values for indicating presence and attribute of subtitles of the 3D service. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268197 | CLIENT-SIDE WATERMARKING USING HYBRID I-FRAMES - A system and method for client-side watermarking of digital content using hybrid Intra-Frames (I-Frames) are provided. In general, a content source provides a compressed video stream and a hybrid I-Frame stream to a client device via a network. The hybrid I-Frame stream includes a number of low-loss I-Frames corresponding to select ones of the I-Frames in the compressed video stream to be used for client-side watermarking. The client device watermarks the I-Frames in the hybrid I-Frame stream, optionally compresses the watermarked I-Frames, and replaces the select ones of the I-Frames in the compressed video stream with the watermarked and optionally compressed I-Frames to provide a watermarked version of the compressed video stream. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268198 | DRIVER CIRCUIT, RECEIVER CIRCUIT, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING THE CIRCUITS - In a communications system for differential signals, a driver circuit is connected to a receiver circuit by a pair of differential signal lines. When data is not being transmitted, the differential signal lines are maintained at a predetermined electric potential, and when data is to be transferred, a differential signal is output at predetermined electric potentials. The receiver circuit switches between a power-down state and a normal state when detecting states of the electric potentials of the differential signal lines. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268199 | Embedded Communications Capabilities for Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Force Protection Systems - A method and system for embedded communications that allows for FFT/IFFT-capable radio-controlled improvised explosive devices (“RC-IED”) force protection systems to communication information across local networks to enhance force protection operations and to provide additional data capacity to support other tactical operations. The communications system utilizes a significant amount of existing system hardware and software such that the addition of these communications capabilities does not significantly affect the unit cost of the RC-IED force protection system within which it is embedded. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268200 | DELAYED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR LOW-OVERHEAD COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK - Communicating between stations over a shared medium comprises: receiving a first waveform at a first station transmitted over the shared medium from a second station, the first waveform including a payload having multiple segments, and during reception of a first segment of the payload, initiating processing of one or more segments of the payload received before the first segment of the payload to generate acknowledgement information that specifies which of one or more segments of the payload including the one or more processed segments have been correctly decoded by the first station; transmitting a second waveform from the first station over the shared medium, the second waveform including the acknowledgement information; and transmitting a third waveform from the first station over the shared medium, after transmitting the second waveform, the third waveform including acknowledgement information that specifies which of one or more segments of the payload including the first segment of the payload have been correctly decoded by the first station. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268201 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROBE INITIALIZATION USING TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - Embodiments of the present invention may separately utilize transmit paths of a mobile transmit diversity device to initialize communication with a base station over a random access channel, particularly where the transmit paths have power amplifiers with different characteristics, e.g., different power amplification. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268202 | TRANSMISSION UNIT ADOPTING A DIFFERENTIAL VOLTAGE DRIVING SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION UNIT AND RECEIVING UNIT SELECTIVELY ADOPTING A DIFFERENTIAL CURRENT DRIVING SYSTEM, DIFFERENTIAL VOLTAGE DRIVING SYSTEM, AND INTERFACE SYSTEM - In the transmitter, receiver and interface system capable of selective adoption of a differential current driving scheme and a differential voltage driving scheme, a differential current driving scheme and a differential voltage driving scheme can be selectively adopted in one semiconductor chip depending upon the states of the transmission lines, so that effective data transmission is possible and common parts can be shared, whereby a design time can be shortened and a layout area can be reduced. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268203 | Techniques for Decoding Transmitted Signals Using Reactive Taboo Searches (RTS) - Techniques for enabling an estimate of a transmitted signal vector, given a received signal vector and a channel matrix to be computed, are provided. An initial solution signal vector for the estimate is calculated, and based on the initial estimate, a pool of possible solutions is generated. Methods described herein may be iterative in nature, and may cycle through possible estimates of the transmitted signal vector so as to continually improve the estimates and the pool of possible estimates. The methods may terminate once stopping criteria are reached. In some example methods, solutions may be marked at taboo and a taboo period can be established that indicates a number of subsequent iterations for which the current solution signal vector cannot be considered. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268204 | MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF SUPPORTING SEVERAL REPORTING MODES - A plurality of reporting modes used to report feedback information is provided. A transmitter and a receiver generate and share feedback information based on a corresponding reporting mode. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268205 | Low-rate Feedback to Enhance Transmission Using Multi-Rank Beamforming - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying successive multi-rank beamforming strategies (e.g., successive precoding strategies) for the design of precoders over a set of parallel channels. Successive beamforming is applied to a narrow band channel model and is also applied for finer quantization of a single beamforming vector (e.g., recursive beamforming). A first embodiment provides the optimal approach with high complexity. An alternative embodiment provides successive beamforming for near optimal precoding selection with medium complexity. A low complexity method for precoder selection is also provided wherein a channel representative matrix for the set of parallel channels is determined and successive beamforming on the calculated channel representative is applied. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268206 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR OFDM SYSTEM - The present invention relates to the field of communication technology. A channel estimation device for an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system is provided for performing channel estimation on data based on synchronization signal and pilot, which comprises: a synchronization signal based initial channel estimation module for performing initial channel estimation based on a synchronization signal in the data; a pilot channel tracking module for performing pilot channel tracking on the result of the initial channel estimation; a noise reduction module for performing noise reduction on the result of the pilot channel tracking; and an effective sub-carrier extraction module for extracting channel estimation values of effective sub-carriers from the result of the noise reduction. With the channel estimation method and device for OFDM system according to the present invention, the channel estimation is carried out jointly based on the synchronization signal and the pilot, such that the accuracy of channel estimation can be significantly improved and the performance requirements of the system can be satisfied without increasing the density of pilots and thus reducing the amount of system payload. Moreover, the synchronization signal can still be used for its original purpose of carrier and timing synchronization. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268207 | MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING CODEBOOK CORRESPONDING TO EACH REPORTING MODE - A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication system using a first codebook and a second codebook is provided. The first codebook and the second codebook may independently exist, or may exist in a form of an overall codebook in which the first codebook and the second codebook are integrated with each other. A receiver may extract a first precoding matrix indicator from the first codebook, and may extract a second precoding matrix indicator from the second codebook. The receiver may also extract the first precoding matrix indicator and the second precoding matrix indicator from the overall codebook. The first precoding matrix indicator and the second precoding matrix indicator may be fed back to a transmitter. The transmitter may determine a precoding matrix based on the first precoding matrix indicator and the second precoding matrix indicator. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268208 | MU-COMP Channel State Normalization Measure Quantization and Transmission - Uplink overhead is significantly reduced in a MU-COMP wireless communication network by exploiting the dissimilarity of received signal strength in signals transmitted by geographically distributed transmit antennas, as seen by receiving UEs. Each UE calculates a quantized normalization measure of channel elements for a channel weakly received from a first transmitter to that for a channel strongly received from a second transmitter. The quantized normalization measure may be modeled as a ratio of complex Gaussian variables, and quantized in phase and amplitude by making simplifying assumptions. The ratios are quantized, and transmitted to the network using far fewer bits than would be required to transmit the full channel state information. The network uses the quantized normalization measures to set the transmitter weights. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268209 | Beamforming In MIMO Systems - A quantized multi-rank beamforming scheme for multiple-antenna systems such as a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless downlink User equipment (UE) estimates downlink channel and transmit power and determines rank and power allocations. A quantized beamforming matrix is then determined by the UE using successive beamforming. The UE also determines channel quality indices (CQI) which it feeds-back to the wireless downlink base station along with the index of the quantized beamforming matrix. The base station uses the CQI information to select a UE for scheduling of downlink transmission and the quantized beamforming matrix index received from the selected UE to beamform the downlink transmission to the UE. Base station overhead and is minimized while providing near-optimal performance given the constraints of a limited feed-back channel and computational complexity of the UE. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268210 | Restricted Multi-rank Precoding in Multiple Antenna Systems - A quantized multi-rank beamforming scheme for multiple-antenna systems such as a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless downlink User equipment (UE) estimates downlink channel and transmit power and determines rank and power allocations. A quantized beamforming matrix is then determined by the UE using successive beamforming. The UE also determines channel quality indices (CQI) which it feeds-back to the wireless downlink base station along with the index of the quantized beamforming matrix. The base station uses the CQI information to select a UE for scheduling of downlink transmission and the quantized beamforming matrix index received from the selected UE to beamform the downlink transmission to the UE. Base station overhead and is minimized while providing near-optimal performance given the constraints of a limited feed-back channel and computational complexity of the UE. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268211 | Quantized and Successive Precoding Codebook - A quantized multi-rank beamforming scheme for multiple-antenna systems such as a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless downlink. User equipment (UE) estimates downlink channel and transmit power and determines rank and power allocations. A quantized beamforming matrix is then determined by the UE using successive beamforming. The UE also determines channel quality indices (CQI) which it feeds-back to the wireless downlink base station along with the index of the quantized beamforming matrix. The base station uses the CQI information to select a UE for scheduling of downlink transmission and the quantized beamforming matrix index received from the selected UE to beamform the downlink transmission to the UE. Base station overhead and is minimized while providing near-optimal performance given the constraints of a limited feed-back channel and computational complexity of the UE. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268212 | Successive Beamforming Strategies and Methods - A quantized multi-rank beamforming scheme for multiple-antenna systems such as a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless downlink User equipment (UE) estimates downlink channel and transmit power and determines rank and power allocations. A quantized beamforming matrix is then determined by the UE using successive beamforming. The UE also determines channel quality indices (CQI) which it feeds-back to the wireless downlink base station along with the index of the quantized beamforming matrix. The base station uses the CQI information to select a UE for scheduling of downlink transmission and the quantized beamforming matrix index received from the selected UE to beamform the downlink transmission to the UE. Base station overhead and is minimized while providing near-optimal performance given the constraints of a limited feed-back channel and computational complexity of the UE. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268213 | Quantized Precoding For 2TX Multiple Antenna Systems - A quantized multi-rank beamforming scheme for multiple-antenna systems such as a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless downlink. User equipment (UE) estimates downlink channel and transmit power and determines rank and power allocations. A quantized beamforming matrix is then determined by the UE using successive beamforming. The UE also determines channel quality indices (CQI) which it feeds-back to the wireless downlink base station along with the index of the quantized beamforming matrix. The base station uses the CQI information to select a UE for scheduling of downlink transmission and the quantized beamforming matrix index received from the selected UE to beamform the downlink transmission to the UE. Base station overhead and is minimized while providing near-optimal performance given the constraints of a limited feed-back channel and computational complexity of the UE. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268214 | Feedback Generation in Recursive Multi-Rank Beamforming - A quantized multi-rank beamforming scheme for multiple-antenna systems such as a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless downlink User equipment (UE) estimates downlink channel and transmit power and determines rank and power allocations. A quantized beamforming matrix is then determined by the UE using successive beamforming. The UE also determines channel quality indices (CQI) which it feeds-back to the wireless downlink base station along with the index of the quantized beamforming matrix. The base station uses the CQI information to select a UE for scheduling of downlink transmission and the quantized beamforming matrix index received from the selected UE to beamform the downlink transmission to the UE. Base station overhead and is minimized while providing near-optimal performance given the constraints of a limited feed-back channel and computational complexity of the UE. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268215 | Space-Time Precoding and Associated Feedback Generation Methods in Multiple Antenna Systems - A quantized multi-rank beamforming scheme for multiple-antenna systems such as a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless downlink. User equipment (UE) estimates downlink channel and transmit power and determines rank and power allocations. A quantized beamforming matrix is then determined by the UE using successive beamforming. The UE also determines channel quality indices (CQI) which it feeds-back to the wireless downlink base station along with the index of the quantized beamforming matrix. The base station uses the CQI information to select a UE for scheduling of downlink transmission and the quantized beamforming matrix index received from the selected UE to beamform the downlink transmission to the UE. Base station overhead and is minimized while providing near-optimal performance given the constraints of a limited feed-back channel and computational complexity of the UE. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268216 | Transmitter Gain Control and Calibration - Embodiments provide improved systems and methods of gain control and calibration for wireless transmitters. In particular, embodiments allow linear gain control over the entire transmitter gain control range, independent of temperature/process variations. Embodiments require very low power consumption compared to existing approaches. Embodiments may also be used for gain control calibration during production time, thereby substantially reducing production calibration time and cost. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268217 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING THE SCHEDULING OF BEAMFORMED DATA TO REDUCE INTERFERENCE - A system and method are disclosed for coordinating the scheduling of beamformed data to reduce interference in a wireless system. A first optimum phase adjustment is determined to increase the gain of an intended signal at a mobile device. A second optimum phase adjustment is determined to decrease the gain of interfering signals received at the mobile device. Using a phase adjustment map, a transmission is scheduled at a base station within wireless resources using the first optimum phase adjustment, at the same time an interfering base station is transmitting at the second optimum phase adjustment angle. Thus, signal strength is greatly improved while interference is greatly reduced, improving the efficiency of the wireless system. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268218 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHODS OF SENDING INFORMATION WITH THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING INFORMATION IN AN INFORMATION SYSTEM - An electronic device includes a display unit, a communication unit communicating with one or more external electronic devices, and a controller controlling a display unit to display information about the one or more external electronic devices in a first region, corresponding to a first side of a plurality of sides of the display unit, and displaying detailed information related to an image, displayed in a middle region of the display unit, in a second region corresponding to a second side different from the first side from among the plurality of sides. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268219 | Feedback Strategies For Constrained Codebooks Used in MIMO Precoding - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying successive multi-rank beamforming strategies (e.g., successive precoding strategies) for the design of precoders over a set of parallel channels. Successive beamforming is applied to a narrow band channel model and is also applied for finer quantization of a single beamforming vector (e.g., recursive beamforming). A first embodiment provides the optimal approach with high complexity. An alternative embodiment provides successive beamforming for near optimal precoding selection with medium complexity. A low complexity method for precoder selection is also provided wherein a channel representative matrix for the set of parallel channels is determined and successive beamforming on the calculated channel representative is applied. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268220 | Restricted Codebooks And Related Signaling To Perform Beamforming - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying successive multi-rank beamforming strategies (e.g., successive precoding strategies) for the design of precoders over a set of parallel channels. Successive beamforming is applied to a narrow band channel model and is also applied for finer quantization of a single beamforming vector (e.g., recursive beamforming). A first embodiment provides the optimal approach with high complexity. An alternative embodiment provides successive beamforming for near optimal precoding selection with medium complexity. A low complexity method for precoder selection is also provided wherein a channel representative matrix for the set of parallel channels is determined and successive beamforming on the calculated channel representative is applied. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268221 | Quantized Feedback Strategies and Signal Generation - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying successive multi-rank beamforming strategies (e.g., successive precoding strategies) for the design of precoders over a set of parallel channels. Successive beamforming is applied to a narrow band channel model and is also applied for finer quantization of a single beamforming vector (e.g., recursive beamforming). A first embodiment provides the optimal approach with high complexity. An alternative embodiment provides successive beamforming for near optimal precoding selection with medium complexity. A low complexity method for precoder selection is also provided wherein a channel representative matrix for the set of parallel channels is determined and successive beamforming on the calculated channel representative is applied. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268222 | Successive Codebook and Feedback in Precoding Systems - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying successive multi-rank beamforming strategies (e.g., successive precoding strategies) for the design of precoders over a set of parallel channels. Successive beamforming is applied to a narrow band channel model and is also applied for finer quantization of a single beamforming vector (e.g., recursive beamforming). A first embodiment provides the optimal approach with high complexity. An alternative embodiment provides successive beamforming for near optimal precoding selection with medium complexity. A low complexity method for precoder selection is also provided wherein a channel representative matrix for the set of parallel channels is determined and successive beamforming on the calculated channel representative is applied. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268223 | Closed-Loop MIMO Transmission and its Related Signaling - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying successive multi-rank beamforming strategies (e.g., successive precoding strategies) for the design of precoders over a set of parallel channels. Successive beamforming is applied to a narrow band channel model and is also applied for finer quantization of a single beamforming vector (e.g., recursive beamforming). A first embodiment provides the optimal approach with high complexity. An alternative embodiment provides successive beamforming for near optimal precoding selection with medium complexity. A low complexity method for precoder selection is also provided wherein a channel representative matrix for the set of parallel channels is determined and successive beamforming on the calculated channel representative is applied. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268224 | Feedback Generation in Multiple Antenna Systems - A quantized multi-rank beamforming scheme for multiple-antenna systems such as a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless downlink. User equipment (UE) estimates downlink channel and transmit power and determines rank and power allocations. A quantized beamforming matrix is then determined by the UE using successive beamforming. The UE also determines channel quality indices (CQI) which it feeds-back to the wireless downlink base station along with the index of the quantized beamforming matrix. The base station uses the CQI information to select a UE for scheduling of downlink transmission and the quantized beamforming matrix index received from the selected UE to beamform the downlink transmission to the UE. Base station overhead and is minimized while providing near-optimal performance given the constraints of a limited feed-back channel and computational complexity of the UE. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268225 | ORTHOGONAL DIFFERENTIAL VECTOR SIGNALING - Using a transformation based at least in part on a non-simple orthogonal or unitary matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. Hybrid transformers that apply such transformations to selected subsets of signals to be transmitted may be used to adapt to various signal set sizes and/or transmission environment properties including noise and physical space requirements of given transmission environments. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268226 | MEMORY EFFECT CANCELLER, TRANSMITTER, AND MEMORY EFFECT CANCELLING METHOD - A memory effect canceller includes a sample obtaining section that obtains a plurality of discrete-time samples of a transmission signal supplied to a power amplifier that amplifies a transmission signal, a signal generation section that generates a correction signal that is a weighted linear combination, using given weighting coefficients, of partial derivatives of a transfer function of the power amplifier, wherein the transfer function has been defined in advance with a plurality of discrete-time samples as input variables, and wherein the partial derivatives are based on the discrete-time samples obtained by the sample obtaining section at respective times, and a signal correction section that corrects an output signal of the power amplifier based on the correction signal. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268227 | POWER LEVEL SETTINGS FOR TRANSMISSION LINES - A method, wherein the following steps are iteratively repeated: providing each of a plurality of signals at a respective one of a plurality of transmission links; transmitting each of the plurality of signals over the respective one of the plurality of transmission links; and measuring signal-to-noise ratios of the plurality of signals transmitted over the plurality of transmission links, wherein an input power level of each of the plurality of signals is set such that the signal-to-noise ratios of the plurality of signals converge when measured after their transmission over the plurality of transmission links. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268228 | RECEIVING DEVICE - A receiving device includes a case body having an insertion slot of a contact IC card formed in the case body, a tuner arranged in the case body to receive a digital broadcasting signal, and a digital circuit board arranged in the case body to accommodate the tuner mounted on the digital circuit board. In the receiving device, the digital circuit board is arranged to include a debugging circuit pattern formed in a predetermined area at an end portion of the digital circuit board, the debugging circuit pattern being arranged to connect an integrated circuit mounted on the digital circuit board to a debugging circuit for debugging of the integrated circuit. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268229 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECODING AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM SIGNALS - Various embodiments are described herein for a system and method of detecting Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals in space and decoding these signals. In one aspect, a system for performing this function is described which includes a receiver configured to receive the plurality of AIS signals and pre-process the plurality of AIS signals to produce digital input data, and a processing unit configured to process the digital input data to identify one or more candidate AIS message signals based on Doppler offsets associated with the digital input data, determine corresponding Doppler offset estimates and time estimates of the one or more candidate AIS message signals, decode the one or more candidate AIS message signals to obtain corresponding message segments and validate the decoded message segments for proper AIS formatting. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268230 | OPTIMIZING A RECEIVER FOR MULTIPLE ANTENNA CONFIGURATIONS - A method for optimizing a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) receiver for multiple antenna configurations is disclosed. A noise covariance is determined based on a noise estimate of a wireless signal. A Cholesky decomposition matrix is determined based on the noise covariance. A whitening matrix is determined based on the Cholesky decomposition matrix. The wireless signal is whitened using the whitening matrix. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268231 | METHOD FOR QR-MLD DEMODULATION - A method for QR-MLD demodulation includes the steps of: determining a transmission reception mode; receiving symbols represented by a received symbol vector; generating a channel matrix; performing QR decomposition on the channel matrix to compute an unitary matrix and an upper triangular matrix; processing the received symbol vector by multiplying the received symbol vector by the Hermitian of the unitary matrix; determining whether a conjugate calculation will be required to set a conjugate flag; computing a first distance metric by performing a conjugate or non-conjugate first distance metric calculation depending on the conjugate flag; computing an estimated symbol by performing a conjugate or non-conjugate estimated symbol calculation depending on the conjugate flag; mapping the estimated symbol to a constellation; computing a second distance metric by performing a conjugate or non-conjugate second distance metric calculation depending on the conjugate flag; computing a total distance metric by summing the first and second distance metrics; and calculating the soft bits. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268232 | INTER-CARRIER BANDWIDTH CONTROL FOR MITIGATING IQ IMBALANCE - Digital IQ imbalance estimation and compensation is facilitated by shaping the frequency response of receiver branches. In particular, in a multi-carrier receiver, the frequency response of signal processing elements in at least one receiver branch is set to not fully attenuate received signals in a frequency band of interest. The frequency band of interest is greater than the carrier bandwidth of the received signal processed by that receiver branch. In some embodiments, the received signal is not attenuated, and adjacent interfering signals are partially attenuated. This allows information regarding the interfering signals to appear in an IQ imbalance-induced, inter-carrier image of the signals in anther receiver branch, facilitating digital estimation and compensation of IQ imbalance. | 2011-11-03 |
20110268233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIMING OF SIGNALS - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110268234 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A TIMING CORRECTION MESSAGE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting a timing correction message in a wireless communication system, the method comprising, Generating the timing correction message comprising a 8-bit MessageID field and a 2-bit NumSectors field wherein, the NumSectors field indicates the number of sector records in the message and a 16 bit TimingCorrection field wherein, the TimingCorrection indicates the timing correction on the sector and last 15 bits indicate the magnitude of timing correction in units of 1/8 chips and transmitting the timing correction message over a communication link. | 2011-11-03 |