Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130016663 | BASE STATION SUPPORTING TURBO DECODING AND PACKET SPLITTING - A baseband processing module of a base station includes a Turbo decoding module. The Turbo decoding module decodes a Turbo code word to produce one or more Media Access Control (MAC) packet(s) carried by the turbo decode word. Each MAC packet includes a MAC packet header and the MAC packet payload, which carries one or more Radio Link Control (RLC) Packet Data Units (PDUs). The Turbo decoding module decodes the MAC packet header to determine boundaries of the PDUs carried in the MAC packet payload. The Turbo decoding module decodes RLC PDU headers and RLC PDU payloads of the RLC PDUs. The Turbo decoding module writes the decoded MAC packet header, the decoded RLC PDU headers, and the decoded RLC PDU payloads to memory in a word-aligned format. The Turbo decoding module may also operate in various other Turbo decoding modes. | 01-17-2013 |
20130022001 | Method and System for a Range Reduction Scheme for User Selection in a Multiuser MIMO Downlink Transmission - Various aspects of a method and a system for a range reduction scheme for user selection in a multiuser MIMO downlink transmission are presented. Aspects of a system for range reduction may comprise a range reduction processor that determines a plurality of channel measurements corresponding to a plurality of signals. The range reduction processor may compute a plurality of channel capacities based on the channel measurements corresponding to a subset of the plurality of signals having channel gain that is greater than a remaining portion of the plurality of signals. Aspects of a method may comprise determining a plurality of channel measurements corresponding to a plurality of signals, and computing a plurality of channel capacities based on said channel measurements corresponding to a subset of the plurality of signals having a channel gain that is greater than a remaining portion of the plurality of signals. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022034 | Enhanced 2-Wire and 3-Wire WLAN Bluetooth Coexistence Solution - Methods and systems for enhanced 2-wire and 3-wire WLAN Bluetooth coexistence solution may include determining whether adaptive frequency hopping is active in a Bluetooth communication device. If the adaptive frequency hopping is active, handshaking with a collocated non-Bluetooth communication device may be disabled. The collocated non-Bluetooth communication device may be a wireless local area network communication device. If the adaptive frequency hopping is inactive, handshaking with the collocated non-Bluetooth communication device may be enabled. If the adaptive frequency hopping is inactive, the Bluetooth communication device may initiate handshaking prior to transmitting data. If the adaptive frequency hopping is inactive, the Bluetooth communication device may also respond to the handshaking initiated by the collocated non-Bluetooth communication device. The handshaking may be executed via a 2-wire Bluetooth/WLAN coexistence interface or a 3-wire Bluetooth/WLAN coexistence interface. | 01-24-2013 |
20130023210 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC INTRACHIP COMMUNICATION AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - An integrated circuit includes a substrate and a first integrated circuit die having a first circuit coupled to the substrate via a first bonding wire, the first circuit having a first intra-chip interface. A second integrated circuit die has a second circuit coupled to the substrate via a second bonding wire, the second circuit having a second intra-chip interface, the second bonding wire electrically isolated from the first bonding wire. The first circuit communicates with the second circuit via the first intra-chip interface and the second intra-chip interface, and wherein the first intra-chip interface and the second intra-chip interface communicate via a first electromagnetic coupling between the first bonding wire and the second bonding wire. | 01-24-2013 |
20130023290 | MULTI-MODE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH MOTION SENSOR AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A mobile communication device includes a motion sensor for generating motion signals in response to motion of the mobile communication device. A motion data generation module generates motion data based on the motion signals. At least one transceiver sends the motion data to a game device in a gaming mode of operation and transceives wireless telephony data with a wireless telephony network in a telephony mode of operation. | 01-24-2013 |
20130028137 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATION BASED CONFIGURATION OF A WIRELESS ACCESS POINT (WAP) AND AN ACCESS DEVICE IN A HYBRID WIRED/WIRELESS NETWORK - Aspects of the invention provide a method and system for location based configuration of a wireless access point and an access device in a hybrid wired/wireless network. A method for providing location based configuration in a hybrid wired/wireless network may include identifying a location of a network device within the hybrid wired/wireless network. Configuration information corresponding to the determined location of the network device may be determined. The determined configuration information may be communicated to the networking device in order to facilitate location based configuration of the network device. The network device may include, but is not limited to, an access device, an access point and a switching device. | 01-31-2013 |
20130029672 | MULTIBAND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR USE WITH A MESH NETWORK AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A communication device includes an RF transceiver for communicating first data with at least one of a plurality of remote communication devices via a first protocol and a first frequency band. A millimeter wave transceiver communicates second data with at least one of the plurality of remote communication devices via a second protocol and a second frequency band. A communication control module coordinates the communication of the first data and the second data with the at least one of the plurality of remote communication devices and for establishing a mesh network between the communication device and the plurality of remote communication devices. | 01-31-2013 |
20130031236 | Method and System for Platform Level Data Model for Indications Based Event Control and Data Transfer - For a platform level data model for indications based event control and data transfer, a management controller may enable performing indications based management operations that may be based on a management service utilizing CIM Indications model. The management controller may enable communication of indications based messaging and/or data. The indications may be triggered based on events generated and/or triggered in a plurality of managed entities. The events generation may be performed dynamically within the plurality of managed entities, or may be initiated via the management controller. The management controller may enable processing of partially generated indications, via the plurality of managed entities, and/or as pass-through router for full indications processed via the plurality of managed entities. The indications based management operations may also comprise subscription related operations wherein the management controller may enable performing processing of subscription requests, modifications, and/or deletions to facilitate external access via the device. | 01-31-2013 |
20130039186 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REDUCTION OF TRANSMISSION DELAY IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Apparatus and methods for reducing latency in coordinated networks are provided. The apparatus and methods relate to a protocol that may be referred to as the Persistent Reservation Request (“p-RR”), which may be viewed as a type of RR (reservation request). p-RR's may reduce latency, on average, to one MAP cycle or less. A p-RR may be used to facilitate Ethernet audiovisual bridging. Apparatus and methods of the invention may be used in connection with coaxial cable based networks that serve as a backbone for a managed network, which may interface with a package switched network. | 02-14-2013 |
20130039313 | TRANSMISSION OF WIDE BANDWIDTH SIGNALS IN A NETWORK HAVING LEGACY DEVICES - A method for generating a preamble of a frame for a wide-bandwidth channel wireless communication begins by generating a legacy carrier detect field. The method continues by generating a channel sounding field, wherein the channel sounding field includes a plurality of tones within the wide-bandwidth channel, wherein a first set of the plurality of tones corresponds to tones of a legacy channel sounding field. The method continues by generating a legacy signal field, wherein, in time, the legacy signal field follows the channel sounding field, which follows the legacy carrier detect field. | 02-14-2013 |
20130039666 | Current-controlled CMOS logic family - Various circuit techniques for implementing ultra high speed circuits use current-controlled CMOS (C | 02-14-2013 |
20130044259 | System And Method For Vertical Gradient Detection In Video Processing - Methods and systems for processing video information are disclosed herein and may comprise calculating at least one vertical gradient of a plurality of adjacent pixels within a current field. A two-field difference may be calculated between a plurality of pixels within a first field and a corresponding plurality of pixels within a second field. At least one pixel may be deinterlaced within the current field based at least in part on the calculated at least one vertical gradient and the calculated two-field difference. The two-field difference may indicate an amount of motion between the plurality of pixels within the first field and the corresponding plurality of pixels within the second field. Phase shifting may be applied to at least one of the plurality of pixels within the first field and the corresponding plurality of pixels within the second field to effect in-phase alignment. | 02-21-2013 |
20130050423 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESPONSE TIME COMPENSATION FOR 3D VIDEO PROCESSING - An interleaved multi-view video stream is received. The interleaved multi-view video stream includes one or more first view frames, one or more second view frames, and blanking frames in a sequential pattern. The blanking frames separate the first view frames from the second view frames in the sequential pattern. The interleaved multi-view video stream is displayed in the sequential pattern. In one embodiment, the blanking frames are detected, and operation of a viewing device is synchronized based at least in part on the blanking frames being detected. | 02-28-2013 |
20130051403 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamically Allocating Upstream Bandwidth in Passive Optical Networks - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates dynamic allocation of upstream bandwidth in a passive optical network which includes a central node and at least one remote node. Each remote node is coupled to at least one logical entity, which corresponds to a device or a user, that transmits upstream data to the central node and receives downstream data from the central node. The central node is coupled to an external network outside of the passive optical network through a shared out-going uplink. | 02-28-2013 |
20130051440 | CONFIGURABLE BASEBAND PROCESSING FOR RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A configurable transceiver includes an RF receiver section that generates at least one downconverted signal from a received RF signal. A receiver processing module processes at least one downconverted signal in a plurality of receiver stages to produce a stream of inbound data, wherein the receiver processing module is configurable in response to a control signal to selectively bypass at least one of the plurality of receiver processing stages. A transmitter processing module processes outbound data in a plurality of transmitter stages to produce at least one baseband signal, wherein the receiver processing module is configurable in response to the control signal to selectively bypass at least one of the plurality of transmitter processing stages. An RF transmitter section generates at least one RF signal from the at least one baseband signal. | 02-28-2013 |
20130052953 | DUAL BAND ANTENNA AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A dual band antenna includes a far field antenna structure for facilitating the communication of first data with a remote device via far field signaling in a millimeter wave band. A near field antenna structure facilitates the communication of second data with a remote device via near field signaling in a near field band. The far field antenna structure and the near field antenna structure share at least one common antenna element. | 02-28-2013 |
20130052970 | RF TRANSCEIVER FRONT-END - An RF transceiver front-end includes receiver and transmitter front-ends. The receiver front-end includes 1 | 02-28-2013 |
20130053112 | ON-CHIP POWER MANAGEMENT FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH - A voice data and RF integrated circuit (IC) includes a memory module that stores a least one application as a plurality of operational instructions, the at least one application having a plurality of power modes that each correspond to one of a plurality of use characteristics. A processing module executes the plurality of operational instructions and that determines a selected one of the plurality of power modes based on current use characteristics of the at least one application, and generates a power mode signal based on the selected one of the plurality of power modes. An on-chip power management circuit receives the power mode signal and that generates a plurality of power supply signals based on the power mode signal. | 02-28-2013 |
20130058363 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPEED NEGOTIATION FOR TWISTED PAIR LINKS USING INTELLIGENT E-FIFO IN FIBRE CHANNEL SYSTEMS - Systems, apparatuses and methods are disclosed for using elastic buffers in fibre channel systems over twisted pair links. One such system includes a fibre channel host device and another fibre channel host device communicatively coupled to the fibre channel device over a twisted pair link. The system also includes a slave physical layer (PHY) circuit residing in the fibre channel host device and a master PHY circuit residing in the another fibre channel host device. The master PHY circuit is operable to transmit, using a reference clock, data from a transmit elastic buffer. The slave PHY circuit is operable to receive the data transmitted by the master PHY circuit and to store the received data using a derived clock recovered from the received data. | 03-07-2013 |
20130063214 | Quiescent Control Circuit for Providing Control Current for an Amplifier - Disclosed is a Class-AB/B amplifier comprising a first output stage including a first plurality of amplification devices and a second output stage including a second plurality of amplification devices. According to one embodiment, the first output stage operates when the Class-AB/B amplifier is in a quiescent state and the second output stage operates when the Class-AB/B amplifier is in an active state. The Class-AB/B amplifier also comprises a level shifting circuit that adjusts a control voltage of the second output stage, where the level shifting circuit is adapted to activate the second output stage when the Class-AB/B amplifier enters the active state. Embodiments of the Class-AB/B amplifier may include a level shifting circuit that implements either a fixed or signal-dependent level shift, and a quiescent control circuit that substantially eliminates any systematic offset arising from the active feedback circuit inside the replica bias circuit. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063324 | ADJUSTABLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ANTENNA STRUCTURE - A Radio Frequency (RF) device includes an adjustable antenna structure for coupling to a transmit/receive coupling module. The adjustable antenna structure includes an antenna and a plurality of transmission line elements. At least one of the plurality of transmission line circuit elements is selected, based on a transmission line characteristic signal, to form a transmission line circuit that is coupled to the antenna. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064307 | CHANNEL ADAPTIVE VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH LAYERED VIDEO CODING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A video transmission system includes a transceiver module that transmits a video signal to a remote device over at least one communications channel wherein the video signal is transmitted as at least one separate video layer stream chosen from, an independent video layer stream and at least one dependent video layer streams that require the independent video layer for decoding. A control module determines at least one channel characteristic of the at least one channel and chooses the at least one separate video layer stream based on the at least one channel characteristic of the at least one channel. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064334 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING FREQUENCY DEPENDENT NOISE AVOIDANCE - A clock source generates a first clock signal for clocking a first clocked module and a rate adapting module produces an operation dependent clock signal from the first clock signal for clocking a second clocked module that is rate dependent. The first clock signal has a rate such that frequency dependent noise components associated with the first clock signal are outside a given frequency range that causes adverse performance in the first clocked module. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064398 | Class-AB/B amplifier with quiescent control circuit - Disclosed is a Class-AB/B amplifier comprising a first output stage including a first plurality of amplification devices and a second output stage including a second plurality of amplification devices. According to one embodiment, the first output stage operates when the Class-AB/B amplifier is in a quiescent state and the second output stage operates when the Class-AB/B amplifier is in an active state. The Class-AB/B amplifier also comprises a level shifting circuit that adjusts a control voltage of the second output stage, where the level shifting circuit is adapted to activate the second output stage when the Class-AB/B amplifier enters the active state. Embodiments of the Class-AB/B amplifier may include a level shifting circuit that implements either a fixed or signal-dependent level shift, and a quiescent control circuit that substantially eliminates any systematic offset arising from the active feedback circuit inside the replica bias circuit. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064399 | Programmable Microphone Bias Generation - A disclosed embodiment is a programmable integrated circuit such as an audio processor or a base band processor for generating a low noise and programmable microphone bias voltage or current. The programmable integrated circuit generates a programmable reference input, where the reference input is programmably generated from at least one power source, such as a on-chip audio power supply, an on-chip power supply, or an off-chip power supply, for use by a regulator. The regulator in the programmable integrated circuit receives a bias input and the programmable reference input and generates a programmable output for biasing a microphone. The bias input for the regulator can be provided by an off-chip power supply or an on-chip power supply. The reference input provided to the regulator can be appropriately filtered to reduce noise. In one embodiment, the programmable reference input and the programmable output are programmed by first and second potentiometers, respectively. | 03-14-2013 |
20130065532 | Clock Signal Leakage Cancellation in Wireless Systems - Methods and systems for utilizing undersampling for crystal leakage cancellation are disclosed and may include undersampling a composite signal comprising a desired signal and leakage signals due to one or more clock signals. Measured DC signals generated by each of the undersampled signals may be reduced by adjusting the phase and/or amplitude of the clock signals. The undersampling may be performed at one or more of the one or more clock signals, or at integer sub-harmonics of the clock signals. The composite signal may include a signal received by a wireless system or a signal to be transmitted by the wireless system. The undersampled signals may be low-pass filtered. The desired signal may include in-phase and quadrature signals or a polar signal. The undersampling may be performed by one or more sample and hold circuits and the clock signals may be generated utilizing one or more crystal oscillators. | 03-14-2013 |
20130065639 | MOTION ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR USE THEREWITH - A circuit includes a package substrate that supports an on-chip gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the circuit. The package substrate further supports a die that supports a processing module that processes the motion parameter to produce motion data, wherein the processing module further generates a receive control signal and a transmit control signal in accordance with the motion data. The die further supports a wireless local area network transceiver that generates an outbound RF signal that includes outbound data and that generates voice inbound data from an inbound RF signal, wherein the wireless local area network transceiver is further operable to adjust a receive parameter based on the receive control signal and to adjust a transmit parameter in response to the transmit control signal. | 03-14-2013 |
20130069810 | Variable Resolution Data Conversion in a Receiver - A received plurality of signals may be filtered to select an in-band signal and/or an out-of-band. A signal strength of the selected signal(s) may be measured. A resolution of an analog-to-digital converter may be controlled based on the measured signal strength(s). The selected in-band signal may be converted to a digital representation via the analog-to-digital converter. The resolution may be decreased when the strength of the in-band signal is higher, and increased when the strength of the in-band signal is lower. The resolution may be increased when the strength of the out-of-band signal is higher, and decreased when the strength of the out-of-band signal is lower. A signal-to-noise ratio and/or dynamic range of the selected signal(s) may be determined based on the measured signal strength(s), and may be utilized to adjust the resolution of the analog-to-digital converter. | 03-21-2013 |
20130070630 | Method and System for Determination and Exchange of Network Timing Information - Aspects of methods and systems for determination and exchange of network timing information are provided. In one such method, a propagation delay of a network physical link is determined using a plurality of time stamps. The time stamps are provided by one or more sending nodes traversed by a packet along the network physical link. The length of the network physical link is calculated, utilizing the determined propagation delay. The determined propagation delay and/or the length of the network physical link is appended to the packet. | 03-21-2013 |
20130070842 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING MOTION PREDICTION TO EQUALIZE VIDEO QUALITY ACROSS INTRA-CODED FRAMES - In a video processing system, a method and system for using motion estimation to equalize video quality across intra frames are provided. Inter-prediction processing may be enabled for macroblocks in an “I” frame to generate temporal statistics. The inter-prediction processing may comprise motion estimation and motion compensation. Spatial statistics may be generated from the macroblocks in the “I” frame. A rate control may be determined based on the inter-prediction processing and spatial statistics. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072138 | Wireless Device with N-Phase Transmitter - Methods and systems for an n-phase transmitter utilizing a leaky wave antenna (LWA) are disclosed and may include transmitting an n-phase wireless signal at a first frequency via the LWA utilizing a plurality of second frequency signals from one or more signal sources, and the second frequency may be lower than the first frequency. Each of the second frequency signals may be configured with a phase difference and may be communicated to the LWA utilizing one or more power amplifiers (PAs). The PAs may be operated in switching mode, thereby generating a square wave. The LWAs may be integrated on the chip, on a package to which the chip is affixed, and/or on a printed circuit board to which the chip is affixed. Square wave signals may be generated utilizing the signal sources. The transmitted wireless signal may be amplitude modulated utilizing a bias voltage applied to the LWAs. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072141 | Integrated Transmitter with On-Chip Power Distribution - Methods and systems for an integrated leaky wave antenna-based transmitter and on-chip power distribution are disclosed, and may include supplying one or more bias voltages and ground for a chip including a plurality of power amplifiers (PAs) utilizing bias voltage and ground lines. One or more leaky wave antennas (LWAs) may be communicatively coupled to the power amplifiers. Wireless signals may be transmitted utilizing the LWAs integrated in the lines in the chip. Radio frequency (RF) signals may be transmitted via the plurality of LWAs. The RF signals may include 60 GHz signals and the LWAs may include microstrip and/or coplanar waveguides. A cavity length of the LWAs may be configured by a spacing between conductive lines in the microstrip and/or coplanar waveguides. The LWAs may be configured to transmit the wireless signals at a desired angle from a surface of the chip. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072163 | EXTENDED MULTIMEDIA CALL HANDLING FUNCTIONALITY - A method and apparatus supporting the handling of calls using multimedia information are disclosed. Multimedia information exchanged by an associated access device and a gateway. The access device may request for the multimedia information to be recorded during a call. The gateway may store the received multimedia information locally or may communicate the multimedia information to storage. | 03-21-2013 |
20130077527 | Method and System for Dynamically Setting Up and Tearing Down Connections in Mesh Networks - Wireless mobile communication (WMC) devices located in near proximity of each other may be enabled to form a mesh (ad hoc wireless) network. WMC devices may form and/or tear down intra-mesh connection with other WMC devices in the same mesh network. WMC devices may utilize information related to other WMC devices in the mesh network in determining formation and tearing down of intra-mesh connections. This information may comprise relative speeds, locations, and directions of movement of the WMC devices forming/tearing intra-mesh connections. Other information including data bandwidth and/or power consumption may be utilized in such determination. This information may also comprise available services advertised by WMC devices in the mesh network. | 03-28-2013 |
20130077550 | INFRASTRUCTURE OFFLOAD WAKE ON WIRELESS LAN (WOWL) - Aspects of an infrastructure offload wake on wireless LAN (WOWL) are described. An aspect of the system may include a networked device, or station, which may communicate one or more filters to an infrastructure networking device. The infrastructure networking device may utilize the filters to perform pattern matching operations on frames or packets received from the network for delivery to at least the station while the station is in an inactive, or low-power, state. When pattern matching operations performed at the infrastructure networking device indicate receipt of a frame or packet on behalf of the inactive station, which matches at least one of the filters, the infrastructure networking device may store an indication value. The indication value may denote receipt of at least one frame or packet that matched at least one of the filters, which were communicated to the infrastructure networking device by the station. | 03-28-2013 |
20130083828 | Method And System For Communicating Via A Spatial Multilink Repeater - Aspects of a method and system for communicating via a spatial multilink repeater are provided. In this regard, a received signal may be frequency shifted to generate a plurality of repeated signals, wherein each repeated signal may be shifted by a different frequency with respect to the received signal. Each repeated signal may comprise one or more signal components and a phase and/or amplitude of each of the components may be controlled to control a directivity of the repeated signals. Each of the repeated signals may be generated by quadrature down-converting said received signal by mixing the received signal with a first LO signal pair, up-converting the down-converted signal by mixing it with a second LO signal pair, and adding or subtracting an in-phase portion and a quadrature-phase portion of the up-converted signal. | 04-04-2013 |
20130088299 | Power Amplifier with Matching Transformer - Aspects of a system for a power amplifier with an on-package matching transformer may include a DC/DC converter that enables generation of a bias voltage level within an IC die based on an amplitude of an input signal to a PA circuit within the IC die. The bias voltage level may be applied to a transformer, which is external to the IC die but internal to an IC package containing the IC die and/or a circuit board containing the IC package. One or more amplifier bias voltage levels, derived from the bias voltage level applied to the transformer, may be applied to the PA circuit. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088394 | Method and System for Using a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Phase Shifter for Smart Antenna Beam Steering - Phase shift values between signals received at a plurality of receiving antennas are determined to orient one or more receiving antennas of the plurality of receiving antennas during signal location. Subsequent signals are received utilizing the oriented receiving antennas. Candidate angle of arrival (AOA) values are computed based on the determined phase shift values during the signal location so as to adaptively orient the receiving antennas. Each of the candidate AOA values is iteratively selected one at a time to adaptively orient the receiving antennas. The receiving antennas may be adaptively oriented according to the computed receive signal power levels. The determined phase shift values may be rounded to nearest discrete phase shift values. In this regard, one candidate AOA value is selected for each of the receiving antennas based on the corresponding rounded phase shift values such that the receiving antennas may be adaptively oriented during the signal location. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088992 | HIGH DATA THROUGHPUT WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK RECEIVER - A method for receiving a frame in a high data throughput wireless local area network begins by receiving a preamble of the frame via a channel in accordance with a default receiver filter mask. The processing continues by validating the preamble. The processing continues by, when the preamble is validated, interpreting the preamble to determine a high data throughput channel configuration. The processing continues by reconfiguring the default receiver filter mask in accordance with the high data throughput channel configuration to produce a reconfigured receiver filter mask. The processing continues by receiving a data segment of the frame in accordance with the reconfigured receiver filter mask. | 04-11-2013 |
20130089000 | Beamforming training within a wireless communication system utilizing a directional antenna - A technique to identify that a station is capable of transmitting a PHY-BRP packet for use in training a directional antenna. The PHY-BRP packet is transmitted, when requested to do so, by appending the PHY-BRP packet to a BRP-Response in order to associate source and destination information to the PHY-BRP packet. | 04-11-2013 |
20130089052 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING TONE GROUPING WITH GIVENS ROTATIONS TO REDUCE OVERHEAD ASSOCIATED WITH EXPLICIT FEEDBACK INFORMATION - Aspects of a method and system for utilizing tone grouping with Givens rotations to reduce overhead associated with explicit feedback information are presented. In one aspect of the invention, Givens matrices may be utilized to reduce a quantity of information communicated in explicit feedback information via an uplink RF channel. The explicit feedback information may include specifications for a feedback beamforming matrix that may be utilized when transmitting signals via a corresponding downlink RF channel. The feedback beamforming matrix may represent a rotated version of an un-rotated matrix. The Givens matrices may be utilized to apply one or more Givens rotations to un-rotated matrix. The rotated matrix may reduce the quantity of information communicated in the explicit feedback information. The quantity of information communicated in the explicit feedback information may be further reduced by utilizing tone grouping. | 04-11-2013 |
20130089053 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH COGNITIVE RADIO TRANSCEIVER - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein the plurality of transceivers includes at least one cognitive radio transceiver that is configured based on cognitive transceiver configuration data received from a management unit in communication with the multiservice communication device via a control channel. | 04-11-2013 |
20130089054 | MIMO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION GREENFIELD PREAMBLE FORMATS - A method for multiple input multiple output wireless communication begins by determining protocols of wireless communication devices within a proximal region. The method continues by determining whether the protocols of the wireless communication devices within the proximal region are of a like protocol. The method continues by determining the number of transmit antennas. The method continues, when the protocols of the wireless communication devices within the proximal region are of the like protocol, formatting a preamble of a frame of the wireless communication utilizing at least one of cyclic shifting of symbols, cyclic shifting of tones, sparse tone allocation, and sparse symbol allocation based on the number of transmit antennas. | 04-11-2013 |
20130089328 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EXTENDING MAC CONTROL MESSAGES IN EPON - One embodiment provides a media access control (MAC) module facilitating operations of an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON). The MAC module includes a frame formatter configured to generate a MAC control frame. The generated MAC control frame includes at least one of: an organizationally unique identifier (OUI) field, an QUI-specific operation code (opcode) field, and a number of fields associated with the QUI-specific opcode. Transmission of the MAC control frame facilitates realization of an EPON function based on the fields associated with the QUI-specific opcode. | 04-11-2013 |
20130090067 | Communication System with Configurable Capacitors - Methods and systems for a configurable tuned MOS capacitor are disclosed and may include filtering undesired signals in a chip utilizing one or more configurable MOS capacitors comprising one or more MOS transistors. The source and drain terminals of the MOS transistors may be coupled together. The filtering frequencies may be tuned by configuring a resonance frequency of a matching circuit coupled to the source and drain terminals. The matching circuit may include a variable capacitor, which may include an array of binary-weighted addressable capacitors. The addressable capacitors may include MOS transistors. The matching circuit may include a variable inductor such as a multi-tap transmission line, and may be integrated on the chip and/or on a package to which the chip is bonded. A capacitance value of the configurable MOS capacitor may be configured utilizing a bias voltage on the matching circuit. | 04-11-2013 |
20130090075 | Peak Detector with Extended Range - According to one embodiment, a peak detector having extended dynamic range comprises a first differential output coupled to a supply voltage of the peak detector by a first load and coupled to ground by first and second switching devices, and a second differential output coupled to the supply voltage by a second load and coupled to ground by third and fourth switching devices. The control terminals of the first, second, third, and fourth switching devices receive a common bias voltage, and the respective first and second control terminals are configured as differential inputs of the peak detector. In some embodiments, corresponding first power terminals of the first and second switching to devices share a first common node further shared by the first differential output, and corresponding first power terminals of the third and fourth switching devices share a second common node further shared by the second differential output. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091219 | Green Hosting Methodologies - A networking system supports dynamic management of resources (such as media content) hosted by a networking infrastructure based on energy consumption associated with usage of the resources. Resources can be managed to optimize energy usage by the infrastructure, including distributing instances of the resources across various hosting locations to optimize energy usage associated with interaction with the resources by network members. Resources can be managed based at least in part on data associated with network elements, including configuration information and determined capabilities associated with supporting certain usage patterns associated with one or more of network members and resources. Distribution can include transferring and transcoding content based on usage patterns associated with one or more of network members and resources and managing representative views of resources based on a global configuration of a member's account. Usage patterns can be detected, identified, and anticipated based on tracking network usage by network members. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091221 | COEXISTENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS - Real time bridging mechanisms and a proprietary or industry standard interface used to extend social network (SNET) operations between two or more SNETs. In one embodiment, a user may join one social network, a second user may join a different social network, and the two may coexist on an interface used by one of the social networks. Some or all of the functionality of a given SNET may be mapped. With robust coexistence, a member of one SNET may invite and fully interact with a member of another SNET (wherein members may be a human, device, software or service) as if they were members of the same SNET. In further embodiments, a user or social device might have established social information (postings, personal information, etc.) and profiling information (social information and content, docked device information, social network linkage, etc.) that may be reused or cloned across a SNET group. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091316 | MODULAR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH COMMON INTERFACE - A modular integrated circuit includes a hub module that is coupled to a plurality of spoke modules via a plurality of hub interfaces. The plurality of hub interfaces provide a plurality of signal interfaces between the hub module and each of the plurality of spoke modules, wherein each of the plurality of signal interfaces is isolated from each of the other signal interfaces of the plurality of signals interface, and wherein each of the plurality of signal interfaces operates in accordance with a common signaling format. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091442 | Global Account Configuration Instances - A networking system supports dynamic management of representations of interactions between network members and resources based on global representations of the interactions. Representative views of the interactions for various devices associated with members and network accounts can be managed based on the global representation and configuration information. Representative views can be accessed simultaneously from separate devices, and upon accessing a network from supporting devices, enabling seamless transitions between supporting devices. Members can be provided an option of accessing interactions and engaging in new interactions. Multiple instances of resources can be distributed and provided to members based on locations, energy usage associated with supporting the interactions, and capabilities of devices associated with members. Interactions by various associated devices can be managed, controlled, and restricted based on configuration information. | 04-11-2013 |
20130094401 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFORMATION AMONG PERSONALIZED AND SHARED RESOURCES WITH A PERSONALIZED PORTABLE DEVICE - A user's request via a portable or handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) to process data may result in discovery of one or more networked resources capable of handling the processing. One or more communication routes may be established between one or more discovered network resources and one or more of the HWCD and a networked terminating device. The portable HWCD may be configured as a gateway. The user's identity may be determined and the user's personal networking preferences may be acquired. Based user's preferences, a route may be established between discovered networked resources and one or more of the HWCD and the networked terminating device. The user's identity may be authenticated. Data may undergo rate and/or format conversion. The data may be protected by secure operations. One or more of the HWCD and the networked terminating device may consume or render the requested data. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094621 | Method and System for Channel Estimation Processing for Interference Suppression - Aspects of a method and system for channel estimation for interference suppression are provided. In this regard, one or more circuits and/or processors of a mobile communication device may generate and/or receive a first set of channel estimates and a second set of channel estimates. The one or more circuits and/or processors may modify the second set of channel estimates based on a comparison of a measure of correlation between the first set of channel estimates and the second set of channel estimates with a threshold. The first set of channel estimates and/or the modified second set of channel estimates may be utilized for cancelling interference in received signals. The first set of channel estimates may be associated with a first transmit antenna of a base transceiver station and the second set of channel estimates may be associated with a second transmit antenna of the base transceiver station. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097288 | MEDIA PLAYER WITH INTEGRATED PARALLEL SOURCE DOWNLOAD TECHNOLOGY - A media player implements an integrated parallel source download technology to receive a media file from streamed and segmented media file sources. A first source streams delivery of streamed media packets of the media file in sequential packet number order to the media player, while a second source provides segmented delivery of segmented media packets of the media file in random order to the media player. The media player combines the streamed media packets and the segmented media packets to produce the media file. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097633 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING RESOURCES FOR SETUP BOXES (STB) IN A HOME NETWORK - A STB resource sharing (RS) group of a home network comprises a plurality of STBs. In the STB RS group, a STB communicates with one or more other STBs to mutually share available device resources comprising hardware and software resources, and/or capabilities. The STB functions as an elected master (EM) or a STB RS client in the STB RS group. As an EM, the STB receives advertisements from other STBs to determine available resources. The determined available resources are announced to other STBs in the STB RS group. The STB manages the use of the determined available resources according to resource sharing requests received from other STBs. As a STB RS client, the STB advertises inherent resources to an EM of the STB RS group. The STB receives announcements from the EM for available resources in the STB RS group. The STB shares its available resources, accordingly. | 04-18-2013 |
20130099966 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROPAGATING GNSS ASSISTANCE DATA AMONG COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A communication device within a GNSS group propagates GNSS assistance data to one or more other communication devices in the GNSS group. The GNSS assistance data includes ephemeris received from one or more GNSS satellites and/or predicted ephemeris. As a source device, the communication device generates, and/or acquires from other resources such as a remote location server, the predicted ephemeris. As a destination device, the communication device receives existing GNSS assistance data from a source device and/or other communication devices in the GNSS group. A GNSS position for the communication device and corresponding time information are used to refresh the received GNSS assistance data. In instances where the communication device further acts as a relay device, the refreshed GNSS assistance data is relayed to other communication devices over wired and/or wireless direct device-to-device connections utilizing appropriate communication technologies such as WiFi, Bluetooth and/or Bluetooth low energy. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099969 | Method and System for Extending the Usability Period of Long Term Orbit (LTO) - Aspects of a method and system for extending the usability period of long term orbit (LTO) are provided. A GPS enabled handset may receive LTO data from an AGPS server via a wireless communication network such as 3GPP or WiMAX. The GPS enabled handset may be enabled to receive broadcast GPS signals. The GPS enabled handset may extract navigation information from the received broadcast GPS signals to be used to adjust the received LTO data. The usability period of the received LTO data may be extended, accordingly. A clock model and a satellite health model associated with the extracted navigation information may be used to update or replace the clock model and/or the satellite health model of the received LTO data, respectively. A navigation solution for the GPS enabled handset may be determined more accurately based on the adjusted LTO data. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100026 | Proximity Screen Display and User Interface - A communication device is disclosed that includes a proximity screen display that includes one or more imaging elements that are configured and arranged around a periphery of a display area of the proximity screen display and/or integrated within the display area. The one or more integrated imaging elements are configured and arranged to sense light in their field of view. The one or more integrated imaging elements provide one or more various sensing signals whose magnitudes depend upon an amount of light sensed in their field of view. The communication device can adjust various parameters of video data and/or image data that is being displayed by the display area in response to the various sensing signals. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100351 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCED COMPLEXITY VIDEO PROCESSING VIA SPECIAL CHROMA HANDLING - A method and apparatus for reduced complexity video and image processing with special chroma handling are disclosed. Frame-type decisions are made on a video stream made up of a sequence of frames. A first subset of the frames are selected to be monochrome and generated without chroma data. A second subset of the frames are selected to be in color and generated with chroma components. In one embodiment, the first subset of frames includes odd frames and the second subset of frames includes even frames in the video stream. Under higher video frame rates, the lack of color in every other frame is not visible to the end viewer. Accordingly, subsequent processing of the output video stream permits luma-only processing of many frames in the video stream, extensively reducing the amount of computation. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100945 | REDUCED INTERFRAME SPACING IN A WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Providing wireless transmission, where in a first transmission mode, transmitting a plurality of frames using a first interframe spacing interval. When in a second transmission mode, transmitting the plurality of frames using a second interframe spacing interval, wherein the second interframe spacing is less than the first interframe spacing. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101050 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO AND VISUAL SYNCHRONIZATION - Presented herein are a system, method, and apparatus for audio and video synchronization. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for displaying audio data and video data. The method comprises examining a plurality of portions of the audio data, where each of said plurality of portions of audio data is associated with a time stamp; examining a plurality of portions of the video data, where each of said plurality of portions of the video data is associated with a time stamp; decoding one of the portions of the video data; and decoding one of the portions of the audio data while decoding the one of the portions of the video data. The difference between the time stamp associated with the one of the portions of the video data and the time stamp associated with the one of the portions of the audio data is within a certain margin of error from a predetermined offset. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101162 | Multimedia System with Processing of Multimedia Data Streams - A media system is disclosed that records and/or stores images, video, and/or audio representing a scene in its field of view into a multimedia data stream. The media system extracts and/or frames one or more particular objects from the images, video, and/or audio of the multimedia data stream and/or from images, video, and/or audio of previously recorded multimedia data streams to provide a processed multimedia data stream. The media system plays back the images, video, and/or audio of the processed multimedia data stream. | 04-25-2013 |
20130102318 | Method and System for a Handheld Wireless Communication Device for Configuring Connection to and Use of Local and Remote Resources - Methods and systems for a handheld portable communication device for configuring connection to and use of local and remote resources are disclosed and may include discovering available networks and resources, establishing a route between the handheld wireless communication device and a selected one or more of the available resources via a selected one or more of the available networks based on user preference criteria stored in the handheld wireless communication device, and communicating multimedia data between the handheld wireless communication device and the selected one or more of the available resources via the established route. The established route may be dynamically adjusted, based on network availability and bandwidth. The handheld wireless communication device may communicate utilizing a plurality of wireless protocols. The preference criteria stored in the handheld wireless communication device may be dynamically adjusted. The resources may be local or remote to the handheld wireless communication device. | 04-25-2013 |
20130102360 | VOICE/DATA/RF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A Voice-Data-RF IC includes a baseband processing module, an RF section, and an interface module. The baseband processing module converts an outbound voice signal into an outbound voice symbol stream, converts an inbound voice symbol stream into an inbound voice signal, converts outbound data into an outbound data symbol stream, and converts an inbound data symbol stream into inbound data. The interface module provides selective coupling between the baseband processing module, the RF section, and with off-chip circuits. | 04-25-2013 |
20130112464 | CONFORMAL REFERENCE PLANES IN SUBSTRATES - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for circuit boards are provided herein. An electrically insulating material is formed over one or more traces on a circuit board. One or more further electrically conductive features are present on the circuit board. A layer of an electrically conductive material is formed over the one or more traces that is electrically isolated from the one or more traces by the electrically insulating material, and is in electrical contact with the one or more further electrically conductive features. The electrically conductive material confines magnetic and electric fields produced when the one or more traces conduct an alternating current. By confining the magnetic and electric field distributions in this manner, problems of interference and/or crosstalk with adjacent signal traces are reduced or eliminated. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114623 | Method And System For Triggering Training For Ethernet Channels To Support Energy Efficient Ethernet Networks - An Ethernet link may comprise one or more link partners that may be communicatively coupled via one or more silent channels, One or more circuits and/or parameters corresponding to silent channels may be retrained, refreshed and/or updated based on various triggers, for example, fixed times, periodic or aperiodic time intervals, random or pseudorandom timer, events, link statistics, physical conditions such as noise, temperature level, cable type and/or cable length, communication from a corresponding link partner and/or based on programming from, for example, a layer above the physical layer. The retraining, refreshing and/or parameter updating may occur for one or more of an echo canceller, a far-end crosstalk canceller and a near-end crosstalk canceller corresponding to the one or more silent channels. Subsequent to the retraining, refreshing and/or parameter updating, the one or more silent channels may be activated and/or may remain silent. | 05-09-2013 |
20130115908 | POWER MANAGEMENT OF RADIO TRANSCEIVER ELEMENTS - A radio receiver includes a power control module for selectively powering down and powering up radio receiver elements in between known communication periods according to one aspect of the present invention. According to a second aspect of the invention, the radio receiver operates in a low power mode of operation and periodically “sniffs” to determine whether an access point has messages or communication signals to transmit to it. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116016 | Communications Chip with Multi-Port Distributed Antenna - Methods and systems for power combining in a multi-port distributed antenna are disclosed and may include power combining signals from power amplifiers (PAs) on a chip. The PAs may be coupled to a single distributed antenna via antenna ports. A phase of each of the signals may be matched at the antenna ports via phase-matching circuitry. A characteristic impedance may be configured at the ports based on a location of the ports. The PAs may be impedance matched to the antenna ports via impedance matching elements. A power level of the power-combined signals may be monitored via a power detector coupled to the distributed antenna. The power detector may include an envelope detector, such as a diode. The antenna may be integrated on the chip or may be located external to the chip. The signals may include RF signals and the antenna may include a microstrip antenna. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117787 | PORTABLE MEDIA PROCESSING UNIT IN A MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK - A method for communication includes performing by one or more circuits integrated within a single chip in a first communication device, functions that include storing media and meta-data corresponding to the stored media. The storing may occur at a first location of the first communication device. A channel guide including representations of the stored media that can be selected for presentation on a television in a second location, may be caused based on the meta-data corresponding to the stored media when the first communication device is communicatively coupled to a second communication device at the second location. In response to receiving a selection via the presented channel guide, at least one media file corresponding to the received selection may be displayed based on the meta-data corresponding to the stored media, on one or both of the television and/or a media player in the second location. | 05-09-2013 |
20130119969 | Utilizing an On-Chip Transformer to Generate Quadrature Signals - Aspects of a method and system for generating quadrature signals utilizing an on-chip transformer are provided. In this regard, a pair of phase-quadrature signals may be generated from a single-phase signal via a transformer, one or more variable capacitors, and one or more variable resistors integrated on-chip. The transformer may comprise a plurality of loops fabricated in a plurality of metal layers in the chip. Each of the one or more variable capacitors may comprise a configurable capacitor bank and each of the one or more variable resistors may comprise a configurable resistor bank. The one or more capacitor banks may be programmatically configured on-chip, based on a frequency of the single-phase signal. The one or more resistor banks may be programmatically configured on-chip, based on a frequency of said single-phase signal. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120079 | Filter Using a Transmission Line as a Delay Line - Methods and systems for a configurable finite impulse response (FIR) filter using a transmission line as a delay line are disclosed and may include selectively coupling one or more taps of a multi-tap transmission line to configure delays for one or more finite impulse response (FIR) filters to enable transmission and/or reception of signals. The delays may be configured based on a location of the one or more selectively coupled taps on the multi-tap transmission line. The FIR filters, which may include one or more stages, may be impedance matched to the selectively coupled taps. The multi-tap transmission line may be integrated on the chip, or a package to which the chip is coupled. The multi-tap transmission line may include a microstrip structure or a coplanar waveguide structure, and may include ferromagnetic material. The distortion of signals in the chip may be compensated utilizing the FIR filters. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120420 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENTLY ORGANIZING DATA IN MEMORY - A method and system for efficiently organizing data in memory is provided. Exemplary aspects of the invention may include storing linear data and block data in more than one DRAM device and accessing the data with one read/write access cycle. Common control signals may be used to control the DRAM devices and the address lines used to address each DRAM device may be independent from one another. The data read from the DRAM devices may be reordered to make the data more suitable for processing by applications. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120448 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICS USING GRAPHICAL ENGINE - Systems and methods that provide graphics using a graphical engine are provided. One such system includes at least one graphical pipeline and a graphical engine. The at least one graphical pipeline is coupled to a bus and operable to generate a plurality of graphical layers. The graphical engine is coupled to the bus and operable to receive, over the bus, the plurality of graphical layers. The graphical engine is operable to composite the received plurality of graphical layers into a composite graphical layer, and to store the composite graphical layer in a local memory of the graphical engine. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121153 | DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING USING QUALITY/LOADING BANDS - Methods and apparatus for load balancing data traffic are disclosed. An example method includes determining a respective quality metric for each of a plurality of members of an aggregation group of the network device, each respective quality metric representing respective data traffic loading for each member of the plurality of aggregation group members. The example method also includes grouping the plurality of aggregation members into a plurality of loading/quality bands based on their respective quality metric. The example method further includes selecting members of the aggregation group for transmitting packets from a loading/quality band corresponding with members of the aggregation group having lower data traffic loading relative to other members of the aggregation group. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121329 | Method And System For Achieving Enhanced Quality And Higher Throughput For Collocated IEEE 802.11B/G And Bluetooth Devices In Coexistent Operation - Disclosed are various embodiments for providing wireless communication. A Bluetooth (BT) communication protocol and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communication protocol are enabled in a station. A WLAN fragmentation threshold utilized by the WLAN communication protocol is modified based on a WLAN modulation rate and an HV3 frame duration that is utilized by the BT communication protocol. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121385 | Multi-Port, Gigabit SERDES Transceiver Capable of Automatic Fail Switchover - A multi-port Serdes transceiver includes multiple parallel ports and serial ports, and includes the flexibility to connect any of the parallel ports to another parallel port or to a serial port, or both. The transceiver can connect any of the serial ports to another serial port or to a parallel port. The transceiver includes a switch, a logic core, and a bus. The switch is selectively coupled to at least a first port and a second port. The switch activates the first port and deactivates the second port based on satisfaction of a condition associated with the first port. The logic core operates the serial and parallel ports, and the bus connects the ports. The bus can be described as a “ring” structure around the logic core, and is configured between the logic core and the ports. The ring structure provides efficient communication between the logic core and the ports. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121391 | Adaptive Offset Adjustment Algorithm - An apparatus and method is disclosed to compensate for one or more offsets in a communications signal. A communications receiver may carry out an offset adjustment algorithm to compensate for the one or more offsets. An initial search procedure determines one or more signal metric maps for one or more selected offset adjustment corrections from the one or more offset adjustment corrections. The offset adjustment algorithm determines one or more optimal points for one or more selected offset adjustment correction based upon the one or more signal maps. The adaptive offset algorithm adjusts each of the one or more selected offset adjustment corrections to their respective optimal points and/or each of one or more non-selected offset adjustment corrections to a corresponding one of a plurality of possible offset corrections to provide one or more adjusted offset adjustment corrections. A tracking mode procedure optimizes the one or more adjusted offset adjustment corrections. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121420 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIERARCHICAL MOTION ESTIMATION WITH MULTI-LAYER SUB-PIXEL ACCURACY AND MOTION VECTOR SMOOTHING - Aspects of a method and system for hierarchical motion estimation with multi-layer sub-pixel accuracy and motion vector smoothing are presented. Aspects of the system may include hierarchical motion vector computation that enables motion vectors to be computed at each level in the hierarchy based on a distinct pixel resolution level. A smoothing algorithm may be utilized to suppress spurious motion vector generation. The motion vectors computed at one level in the hierarchy may be utilized when computing motion vectors in a subsequent level. A bias value may be computed for each motion vector that provides an evaluation metric that may enable determination of whether the computed motion vector is to be utilized to enable generation of the interpolated image frame. | 05-16-2013 |
20130122857 | DETERMINING APPLICATION USAGE RELATIVE TO A PARTICULAR LOCATION - A mobile device collects information about application usage and associates collected application information with a location of the mobile device and a time that the application is accessed. The application is stored on the mobile device or on an external device and accessed via a network. The application information, location of the mobile device and time the application is accessed are communicated to another device and stored in a storage device which may be operated or managed by a service provider or another entity. The application information may comprise identification of a website, a network device or URL, the application and/or data that is input and/or output from the application. The location of the mobile device and/or the time, are determined utilizing a GNSS receiver and/or utilizing information from a network device. The application information, the location of the mobile device and/or the time may be utilized for targeted advertising. | 05-16-2013 |
20130122972 | System and Method Providing Low Power Operation in a Multimode Communication Device - A system and method providing low-power operation in a multimode communication device. Various aspects of the present invention may, for example, include at least one radio module that is adapted to communicate in a plurality of communication modes. The at least one radio module may also be adapted to operate in at least a first power-save mode. At least one module may, for example, be adapted to analyze at least one non-informational aspect of a signal (e.g., a received radio signal) to determine whether a first communication network corresponding to a first communication mode of the plurality of communication modes might be available. The at least one module may then, for example, be adapted to determine, based at least in part on the determined availability of the first communication network, whether to operate the at least one radio module in a respective mode other than the first power-save mode. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124137 | Performance Monitor and Power Control System - A system and method for controlling performance and/or power based on monitored performance characteristics. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise an integrated circuit comprising a first circuit module that receives electrical power. A second circuit module may monitor one or more performance characteristics of the first circuit module and/or the integrated circuit. A third circuit module may, for example, determine power control information based at least in part on the monitored performance characteristic(s). The power control information may be communicated to power supply circuitry to control various characteristics of the electrical power. Various aspects of the present invention may also comprise an integrated circuit comprising a first module that monitors at least one performance characteristic of a first electrical device. The integrated circuit may also comprise modules that determine power control information based on the monitored performance characteristic(s) and communicate such power control information to power supply circuitry. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124694 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING RENDERING OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA CONTENT VIA A SECURE AD HOC NETWORK CONFIGURATION UTILIZING A HANDHELD WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) establishes an ad hoc network comprising interconnected networks for a user. The HWCD gains access to content on a first device and controls communication of the content from the first device via the HWCD to a second device. The HWCD enables the second device to consume the content. The content may be streamed from the first device via the HWCD to the second device. The first device is a service provider network device or other network device. The access may be authenticated and/or secure. Secure access to the content is extended from the first device to the second device. The ad hoc network is configured and/or reconfigured until communication is complete. The HWCD comprises multiple wireless interfaces. The ad hoc network comprises a PAN, WLAN, WAN and/or cellular network. The HWCD may hand-off among base stations during communication of the content. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124702 | Method and System For Network Configuration And/Or Provisioning Based On Metadata - Disclosed are various embodiments for configuring a virtual machine. A template for a virtual machine may be generated. The template may include metadata that references data for port profiles for the virtual machine. The template for the virtual machine may be stored in a template repository, and the data for the port profiles may be stored in a port profile database that is separate from the template. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124709 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NIC-CENTRIC HYPER-CHANNEL DISTRIBUTED NETWORK MANAGEMENT - Various embodiments for hyper-channel management are disclosed. One such method is implemented by a network interface controller (NIC) residing in a server. This method involves determining a network component that is operable to create, modify, terminate, or any combination thereof, a hyper-channel. The hyper-channel corresponds to a logical abstraction of network resources associated with the server. The method also involves using the determined network component to manage the hyper-channel. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124741 | View Sharing Between In-Range Devices - A first system may receive a view from a second system. The first system may establish a direct wireless communication link with the second system that does not connect through any intermediate system between the first system and the second system. Through the direct wireless communication link, the first system sends a view sharing request to the second system. The view sharing request may specify a view that is displayed by the second system and not the first system. The first system may receive view information corresponding to the view and display the view according to the received view information. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125163 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DATA DISTRIBUTION VIA CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS UTILIZING AN INTEGRATED FEMTOCELL AND SET-TOP-BOX DEVICE - Aspects of a method and system for controlling data distribution via cellular communications with an integrated femtocell and set-top-box (IFSTB) device are provided. In this regard, a cellular enabled communication device may detect when it is within cellular communication range of a femtocell. Upon detection of the femtocell, the cellular enabled communication device may communicate instructions to a content source instructing the content source to deliver multimedia content to the femtocell. In instances that multimedia content is already being delivered to the cellular enabled communication device prior to the detection, the instructions from the cellular enabled communication device may instruct the content source to redirect the multimedia content to the femtocell. In this regard, the multimedia content may be delivered from the content source to the cellular enabled communication device via the femtocell. The femtocell may deliver at least a portion of the multimedia content to other communication devices. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125180 | Method and Apparatus for Downloading Content Using Channel Bonding - As additional channels are added to a communication system for applications, such as standard density (SD) and eventually high density (HD) Video on Demand (VOD), additional capacity can be realized by reducing the time required to transmit content. A reduction of transmission time (or an increase of the transmission rate) can be achieved by bonding chancels of the communication system. The bonded channels typically provide a statistical multiplexing gain because the additional bandwidth is treated as a large single channel for the download. Bonding channels of the communication system can provide high speed downloading of content, such as video content, far in excess of the playback rate. Using bonded channels can relax the Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of a data stream, such as a video stream, over an internet protocol (IP) network. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125216 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING OPTIONS FOR OPAQUE MANAGEMENT DATA FOR A USER AND/OR AN OWNER - Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) management profiles, based on the Common Information Model (CIM) protocol, may be utilized to perform access authentication during opaque management data profile operations based on DMTF/CIM Role Based Authorization (RBA) profile and/or Simple Identity Management (SIM) profiles. Instances of CIM_Identity class may be utilized to enable validation of ownership and/or access rights, via instances of CIM_Role class and/or instances of CIM_Privilege class for a plurality of common users and/or applications. Quota related operations may be performed via “QuotaAffectsElement” associations between instances of CIM_Identity class and instances of the CIM_OpaqueManagementDataService class. The “QuotaAffectsElement” association may comprise “AllocationQuota” and/or “AllocatedBytes” properties to enable tracking and/or validating of quota related information within the opaque management data profile. | 05-16-2013 |
20130127555 | Systems and Methods for Reducing Frequency Pulling in an Oscillator Circuit - Methods and systems are provided to calibrate an oscillator circuit to reduce frequency pulling as a result of a change in power to a portion of the oscillator circuit. In an embodiment, an oscillator is coupled to a clock buffer circuit and a tuning capacitor configured to tune a frequency of the oscillator to a baseline frequency required for cellular communications. A change in power to the clock buffer circuit initiates a change in an amount of capacitance seen by the oscillator, which negatively impacts the tuning of the oscillator. A register stores a frequency offset caused by the change in power, and the tuning capacitor is adjusted, using the frequency offset, in response to the change in power, such that the total amount of capacitance seen by the oscillator is not changed when the change in power occurs. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128125 | Digital Up-Converter and N-Channel Modulator with Flexible Association of QAM Generation Resources to Narrowcast and Broadcast Frequencies - Embodiments of a digital up-converter and an N-channel modulator are provided herein. The embodiments of the digital up-converter, in combination with the N-channel modulator, are capable of efficiently filling the spectrum of one or more RF signals with one or more types of information signals. For example, the digital up-converter can fill the spectrum of one or more RF signals with both broadcast and narrowcast video and data signals. In addition, the digital up-converter is capable of flexibly mapping the information signals to one or more channels of the one or more RF signals using a novel, three-level switching architecture. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128770 | HIGH SPEED DATA TRANSMISSION UTILIZING A HIGH FREQUENCY PHYSICAL LAYER FOR A WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK DEVICE - Wireless devices may utilize a communication stack to setup a data transmission session with other devices. The data transmission session may include a physical layer that permits wireless devices to perform operations such as discovery, pairing, and security setup. When a radio interface of a wireless device is insufficient to enable performing a data communication, a data transmission session may be established with at least one of a plurality of other physical layers to accommodate the data communication. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128877 | Secondary Synchronization Signal Detection with Interference Cancelation for LTE - Methods and systems for removing interference from strongly powered SSS sequences in a received signal so that comparatively weakly powered SSS sequences in the received signal can be detected are disclosed. The methods and systems can perform a first cell search using the received signal to detect a strongly powered SSS sequence. Using a known SSS sequence corresponding to the strongly powered SSS sequence, the channel over which the strongly powered SSS sequence is received can be estimated. The estimated channel can then be used to determine the contribution of the strongly powered SSS and PSS sequence to the received signal so that it can be canceled. With the contribution of the strongly powered SSS and PSS sequence canceled from the received signal, a second cell search can be performed using the received signal to detect a weakly powered SSS sequence. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRANSMITTING PACKETS OVER A NETWORK OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS - System and methods for transmitting packets over a network are provided. A system includes a network access coordinator (NAC) configured to communicate with first and second nodes via a network backbone. The NAC is configured to coordinate access of the first and second nodes to the network backbone. The NAC is configured to receive, from the first node in a first time period, a first reservation request to transmit a first packet to the second node. The NAC is configured to allocate, in response to the first reservation request, a first slot in a second time period for the first node to transmit the first packet to the second node. The NAC is configured to allocate a second slot for the second node to transmit, to the first node, a first reply that includes an indicator of whether the second node received the first packet. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128945 | Method and System for Low Complexity Conjugate Gradient Based Equalization in a Wireless System - Methods and systems for processing signals in a receiver are disclosed herein and may include updating a plurality of filter taps utilizing at least one channel response vector and at least one correlation vector, for a plurality of received clusters, based on initialized values related to the at least one channel response vector and the at least one correlation vector. At least a portion of the received signal clusters may be filtered utilizing at least a portion of the updated plurality of filter taps. The update may be repeated whenever a specified signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the received signal clusters is reached. The initialized values may be updated during a plurality of iterations, and the update may be repeated whenever a specified number of the plurality of iterations is reached. | 05-23-2013 |
20130133020 | Protocol for Control of Network or Bus Attached Cable TV Set-Top Box Front-End Functionality - A processor for a cable television set-top box has an interface for coupling the processor to a second processor. The processor also has a port that is coupleable to control a tuner, a demodulator and a DOCSIS module with or without DSG support. The tuner has an output coupled to the demodulator input, and the demodulator has an output to the DOCSIS module input. The demodulator's output is also coupled to a conditional access module controlled by the second processor. The processor issues commands via the port to control at least one of the tuner and the demodulator based on instructions received via the interface from the second processor. | 05-23-2013 |
20130136001 | AUDIO-VISUAL DATA TRANSMISSION OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL AT HIGHER RATES - A technique to switch high data rate content from higher frequency band transmission to lower frequency band transmission that uses Internet Protocol, without adding appreciable latency or jitter that may be manifested on a display. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136166 | Measuring Interference and Noise Power Using Non-Content Burst Periods - Embodiments describe a method of measuring noise and interference within transceivers of an OFDM wireless transmission system, or similar communication system, including a number of receivers communicating with one or more base stations in cell or sector arrangements. The transmitter schedules a transmission burst for a non-existent user (receiver) using wireless transmission traffic. In an OFDM system, this corresponds to a certain set of subcarriers in the time/frequency arrangement. Thus, in the receive frame structure, the data and pilot subcarriers are guaranteed to be only noise and interference from adjacent sectors. The receiver can accurately measure the noise and interference without needing to cancel out the transmitted signal. Therefore, the system is assured that there is no desired signal as part of this measurement. The noise and interference measurement process can be appropriately scheduled so that it does not impact the overall throughput of the system. This mechanism creates a deterministic place (in time and/or frequency) within the transmission, where no desired signal is required. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136429 | Constructing Video Frames And Synchronizing Audio Data In A Media Player From Data Received Via A Plurality Of Diverse Protocol Stack Paths - Video frames from a sequence of video frames and corresponding audio are received and processed by a media player. A first portion of the sequence depends on fewer reference frames then a second portion of the sequence. The number of reference frames per frame is limited. The first and second portions of the sequence are treated differently. The first portion is received at a lower data rate, with greater security and processed with a more robust protocol stack than the second portion. The first and second portions may be stored in a single queue and/or separate queues. The first portion of frame data is utilized to compensate for lost frames by repeating and/or interpolating video frames. The media player constructs a local video frame and synchronizes corresponding audio content with it. The received, repeated and/or interpolated video frames are assembled into display order and decoded. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING CONCURRENT MULTIMODE COMMUNICATION - A system and method providing concurrent multimode communication through multimode signal multiplexing. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise, during a first time period, transmitting a first portion of a first communication in a first communication mode in a serial wireless transmission stream. During a second time period after the first time period, a first portion of a second communication may be transmitted in a second communication mode in the serial wireless transmission stream. Also, during a third time period after the second time period, a second portion of the first communication may be transmitted in the first communication mode in the serial wireless transmission stream. In an exemplary scenario, prior to communicating various communications, transmission time may be allocated between the first and second communication modes. In another exemplary scenario, transmission may be switched between a plurality of communication modes in response to detected communication conditions. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138842 | MULTI-PASS SYSTEM AND METHOD SUPPORTING MULTIPLE STREAMS OF VIDEO - Systems and methods are disclosed for performing multiple processing of data in a network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a first display pipeline that is formed in real time from a plurality of possible display pipelines and that performs at least a first processing step on received data. A buffer stores the processed data and a second display pipeline that is formed in real time from a plurality of possible display pipelines performs at least a second processing step on stored data. | 05-30-2013 |
20130139027 | System and Method for Achieving Greater Than 10 Gbit/s Transmission Rates for Twisted Pair Physical Layer Devices - A system and method for achieving greater than 10 Gbit/s transmission rates for twisted pair physical layer devices. An architecture is provided that enables transmission at the next standardized transmission rate over structured cabling. | 05-30-2013 |
20130141257 | TURBO DECODER METRICS INITIALIZATION - Disclosed are various embodiments that provide turbo decoding implemented as at least a portion of baseband processing circuitry. A turbo decoder may obtain a data block associated with a transmission time interval, the data block comprising a sequence of bits, the data block being encoded according to a coding rate. An alpha operation is performed on the data block for a first decoding iteration to generate first alpha decode data, the alpha operation for the first decoding iteration being performed continuously. An alpha operation is performed on the data block for a second decoding iteration to generate second alpha decode data, the alpha operation for the second decoding iteration being performed according to a set of alpha evaluation windows. The initialization of the alpha windows during the second alpha decode may be derived from the alpha state data that is stored in memory from the first alpha decode. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142037 | ADAPTIVE PACKET SIZE MODIFICATION FOR PACKET NETWORKS - A system and method for modifying the size of data packets transmitted over a packet network in a manner that avoids overloading of the network. The system and method involves monitoring one or more parameters indicative of an amount of bandwidth being utilized on the packet network, responsive to the monitoring, determining that a level of bandwidth utilization on the packet network has changed, responsive to the determination that the level of bandwidth utilization on the packet network has changed, issuing a command to change the size of packets used for carrying data from a first packet size to a second packet size. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142061 | Detecting Extended Acquisition Indicators - Various embodiments are disclosed for detecting extended acquisition indicators in a wireless communication device. Acquisition indicator (AI) data is received, including an acquisition indicator (AI), a corresponding AI signature, and a corresponding plurality of extended AI indicators (EAI). The device determines whether channel power corresponding to the received AI signature exceeds a first negative limit. The device determines whether a reliability metric of the extended acquisition indicators exceeds a second limit. If the channel power does not exceed the first negative limit and the reliability metric does not exceed the second limit, the device declares the AI to be an indeterminate indicator that denotes neither acknowledgment nor denial of an access request associated with the received AI data. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142165 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ITERATIVE MULTIPLE FREQUENCY HYPOTHESIS TESTING WITH CELL-ID DETECTION IN AN E-UTRA/LTE UE RECEIVER - A mobile device receives a signal comprising a PSS and a SSS. The mobile device performs iterative MFHT utilizing a reduced number of MFH branches. At each iteration, frequency offset estimation and Cell-ID detection are concurrently performed. An iteration starts with selecting initial frequency offsets spanning a frequency offset estimation range. The selected initial frequency offsets are placed in the MFH branches. A particular MFH branch with a maximum PSS correlation peak magnitude is selected at the iteration. A frequency offset estimate in the selected MFH branch is utilized for frequency control. The frequency offset estimation range utilized for the current iteration is reduced for the next iteration. A Cell-ID is declared if the Cell-ID is consistently detected not only within a particular iteration on the basis of having detected consistent cell ID information for the first and second halves of a radio frame, but also from iteration to iteration. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142206 | HIGHER DIMENSIONAL CONSTELLATIONS AND INTERLEAVING FOR 10GBASE-T - Systems and methods of processing Ethernet physical layer frames are disclosed. One such system includes processing circuitry operable to map a plurality of bits in an Ethernet media access control (MAC) frame into a plurality of symbols selected from a first multi-dimensional constellation. The first multi-dimensional constellation has a dimension higher than that of a second multi-dimensional constellation defined by IEEE 803.2an. The symbols in the first multi-dimensional constellation have a minimum separation not less than that of the second multi-dimensional constellation. The system also includes second processing circuitry operable to provide noise protection for a plurality of additional bits produced by the mapper as a result of the dimension of the first multi-dimensional constellation being higher than that of the second multi-dimensional constellation. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142238 | HIGH RESOLUTION SYMBOL TIMING TRACKING - Embodiments of the present disclosure prove an apparatus and method for symbol timing tracking. Such embodiments are configured to obtain a sampling time for sampling a signal pulse; generate a symbol value for the sampling time from actual sample values of the signal pulse corresponding to predetermined sampling times by interpolating the symbol value utilizing the predetermined sampling times and the actual sample values, wherein the sampling time is not included as one of the predetermined sampling times; and utilize the symbol value to determine an optimal sampling time for sampling the signal pulse. | 06-06-2013 |
20130143506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL-ADAPTIVE ANTENNA SELECTION - Systems and methods that provide channel-adaptive antenna selection in multi-antenna element communication systems are provided. In one embodiment, a method that selects a subset of receive antennas of a receiver to receive a transmitted RF signal may include, for example, one or more of the following: establishing possible subsets of the receive antennas; determining sets of channel parameter statistics corresponding to the possible subsets of the receive antennas; computing output bit error rates of the receiver, each output bit error rate being computed based on at least one set of channel parameter statistics; selecting a particular possible subset of the receive antennas based upon a criterion predicated on the computed output bit error rates; and connecting one or more RF chains of the receiver to the receive antennas of the selected particular possible subset. | 06-06-2013 |
20130143577 | FREQUENCY OFFSET CORRECTION - Various methods and systems are provided for frequency offset correction. In one example, among others, a method includes determining a phase estimation of a RF signal, rotating a sample of the RF signal based at least in part upon the phase estimation, and determining a channel estimation based upon the rotated sample. The channel estimation may be derotated based at least in part upon the phase estimation. In another example, a communication device includes a phase rotator configured to rotate RF signal samples based upon a rotation offset, a channel estimation filter configured to determine channel estimates, and a phase derotator configured to rotate the channel estimates based upon another rotation offset. Another example of a communication device includes a differential detector configured to determine conjugate multiply results, an averaging filter configured to sum the results, and a phase estimator configured to determine a phase estimation based upon the sum. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145413 | Transforming Uncompressed Video Traffic to Network-Aware Ethernet Traffic with A/V Bridging Capabilities and A/V Bridging Extensions - Aspects of a system for transforming uncompressed video traffic to network-aware Ethernet traffic with A/V bridging capabilities and A/V bridging extensions may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) that may enable encapsulation of uncompressed video data and/or auxiliary channel data within a Display Port protocol data unit (PDU). A LAN subsystem may enable encapsulation of the Display Port PDU within an encapsulating PDU. The LAN subsystem may enable determination of a traffic class designation associated with the encapsulating PDU. The LAN subsystem may enable transmission of the encapsulating PDU via a network based on the traffic class designation. | 06-06-2013 |
20130148018 | Video Source Resolution Detection - Embodiments for video content source resolution detection are provided. Embodiments enable systems and methods that measure video content source resolution and that provide image-by-image source scale factor measurements to picture quality (PQ) processing modules. With the source scale factor information, PQ processing modules can be adapted dynamically (on a picture-by-picture basis) according to the source scale factor information for better picture quality enhancement. In addition, embodiments provide source resolution detection that is minimally affected by video coding artifacts and superimposed content (e.g., graphics). | 06-13-2013 |
20130149976 | Method And System For A Linearized Transmitter Including A Power Amplifier - Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting radio frequency signals. A radio frequency transmitter may be configured to generate an analog signal comprising an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component. The in-phase component and the quadrature-phase component of the analog signal may be provided to multiple radio frequency processing chains. One of the radio frequency processing chains may generate an output radio frequency signal based on the in-phase component and the quadrature-phase component. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151727 | MEDIA PROCESSING SYSTEM SUPPORTING DIFFERENT MEDIA FORMATS VIA SERVER-BASED TRANSCODING - Systems and methods that reformat media are described. In one embodiment, a system may include, for example, a server, a first communications device and a second communications device. The server, the first communications device and the second communications device may be operatively coupled to a network. The second communications device may receive, from the first communications device, a device profile relating to the first communications device and may send the device profile and media content to the server. The server may reformat the media content based on the device | 06-13-2013 |
20130154560 | BATTERY WITH INTEGRATED WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER AND/OR RFID - A battery includes one or more rechargeable cells, a wireless power coil, a battery charger circuit, and may further include an RFID module. The wireless power coil is operable to generate an AC voltage from a wireless power electromagnetic field. The battery charger circuit is operable to generate a battery charge voltage from the AC voltage in accordance with a battery charge control signal and, when enabled, to charge the one or more rechargeable cells via the battery charge voltage. If the battery further includes the RFID module, it is operable to generate the battery charge control signal and communicate with a wireless power transmitter device. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154762 | MEMS Switches in an Integrated Circuit Package - Methods and systems for MEMS switches fabricated in an integrated circuit package are disclosed and may include controlling switching of RF components, and signals handled by the RF components, within an integrated circuit. One or more MEMS switch arrays embedded within a multi-layer package bonded to the integrated circuit may be utilized for the switching and signal control. The RF components and one or more MEMS switch arrays may be integrated in the multi-layer package. The RF components may be electrically coupled to the integrated circuit via the one or more MEMS switch arrays. The MEMS switch arrays may be electrostatically or magnetically activated. The RF components may be coupled to one or more capacitor arrays in the integrated circuit. The RF components may include transformers, inductors, transmission lines, microstrip and/or coplanar waveguide filters and/or surface mount devices. The integrated circuit may be coupled to the multiple-layer package utilizing a flip-chip bonding technique. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154796 | Secure Profile Setting In A Shared Device - There is provided a system for secure profile setting that includes at least one shared device and an RFID reader module embedded in the at least one shared device. The system further includes a database that is in communication with the at least one shared device. In the system, an RFID transponder module associated with a user transmits a signal that enables the at least one shared device to identify the user. The RFID transponder module can include a fingerprint scanner module, which can be used to acquire a user's fingerprint data to authenticate the user. Thus, after identifying the user, the at least one shared device retrieves a profile corresponding to the user from the database and sets the profile. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155023 | DUAL MODE INDUCTIVE TOUCH SCREEN FOR USE IN A CONFIGURABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A touch screen can be used in a communication device having a transceiver that communicates radio frequency (RF) signals. The communication device includes an antenna and a programmable antenna interface that couples the antenna to the transceiver. The touch screen includes a display layer for displaying information. An inductor grid includes a plurality of inductive elements. A switch matrix selects an inductive element in response to a selection signal in a first mode of operation, and couples together a group of inductive elements in a second mode of operation. A dual mode driver generates the selection signal and, in the first mode of operation, drives the selected inductive element to detect a touch object in proximity to the selected inductive elements and that generates touch screen data in response thereto. In a second mode of operation, the dual mode driver couples the group of inductive elements to the programmable antenna interface. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155324 | Multiple Device Access Windowing Display - A system and method for receiving and filtering a video signal to change spatial characteristic information of a display window included the video signal. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155931 | TIME DOMAIN COEXISTENCE OF RF SIGNALS - Various methods and systems are provided for time domain coexistence of RF signals. In one example, among others, a method includes obtaining access to a WLAN channel during a free period of a coexisting cellular connection, providing a RDG to allow another device to transmit for a duration corresponding to at least a portion of a TXOP, and receiving a transmission during the duration. In another example, a method includes obtaining access to a WLAN channel during a transmission period of a coexisting cellular connection and providing a protection frame to defer transmissions from another device for a duration corresponding to at least a portion of a TXOP. In another example, a method includes determining a shift of a BT transaction based at least in part upon a schedule of cellular communications and shifting at least a portion of the BT transaction based upon the determined shift. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156096 | BLOCK SIZE DEPENDENT FILTER SELECTION FOR MOTION COMPENSATION - Disclosed are various embodiments for determining a filter length according to a width and height of the reference block and selecting a filter based on the block size. Corresponding pixels from memory may be fetched based on the filter length and the block size. Reference pixels may be interpolated based on the selected filter to generate a prediction. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157588 | POWER MANAGEMENT UNIT FOR CONFIGURABLE RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A configurable transceiver includes an RF receiver that generates a stream of inbound data from at least one received RF signal, wherein the RF receiver is configurable in response to a control signal. An RF transmitter generates at least one RF signal from a stream of outbound data, wherein the RF transmitter section is configurable in response to the control signal. A configuration controller generates the control signal based on channel data. A power management unit generates at least one receiver supply signal and at least on transmitter supply signal in accordance with a plurality of power consumption parameters, and wherein the power management unit adjusts at least one of the plurality of power consumption parameters based on the control signal. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157596 | Method for Transmitting a Signal Below a Current Transmit Power in a Network - A transmitter includes a detection element to determine when a current power requirement of a communication link is less than the standard transmit power. The current power requirement may be determined by a current operation condition of the communication link, for instance. The transmit power of the transmitter may be set to be less than the standard power in any of a variety of ways. For example, a center tap voltage of the transmitter may be reduced. In another example, a class of operation of the transmitter may be changed. In yet another example, the transmitter may include a current mirror having a plurality of diode-connected transistors coupled in parallel, thereby reducing the current at output terminals of the transmitter. Reducing, the current at the output terminals decreases the output power of the transmitter, which may reduce the power consumed by the transmitter. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157597 | TRANSMIT POWER MANAGEMENT FOR A COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH - In integrated circuit includes a processing module that determines a selected one of the plurality of power modes based on a function being currently performed by at least one non-transceiver module of a host device, and generates a power mode signal based on the selected one of the plurality of power modes. An RF transmitter generates a transmit signal at a selected one of the plurality of operating power levels based on the power mode signal and that operates from at least one transmitter power supply signal generated and selected by a power management circuit in response to the power mode signal. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157602 | Method and System for Reducing the Complexity of Multi-Frequency Hypothesis Testing Using an Iterative Approach - Aspects of a method and system for reducing the complexity of multi-frequency hypothesis testing using an iterative approach may include estimating a frequency offset of a received signal via a plurality of iterative frequency offset hypotheses tests. The iterative frequency offset hypotheses may be adjusted for each iteration. A correlation may be done between a primary synchronization signal (PSS), and one or more frequency offset versions of a received signal to control the adjustment of the iterative frequency offset hypotheses. A frequency of the received local oscillator signal may be adjusted based on the estimated frequency offset. One or more frequency offset version of the received signal may be generated via one or more multiplication, and the multiplication may be achieved via a multiplication signal corresponding to one or more frequency offsets. The frequency offset of the received signal may be estimated via the correlation. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157603 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS IN A HIGH PERFORMANCE RECEIVE CHAIN - Aspects of a method and system for processing signals in a high performance receive chain may include amplifying a plurality of radio frequency signals in one or more respective one or ones of a plurality of amplifier chains in a multistandard radio frequency front-end, which may comprise one or more shared processing stages. The plurality of radio frequency signals may be compliant with a plurality of radio frequency communication standards and may be received concurrently. The one or more shared processing stages may be shared between two or more of the plurality of amplifier chains. Each of the two or more of the plurality of amplifier chains may be operable to amplify signals compliant with different radio frequency communication standards. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157623 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING MESSAGES TO ONE OR MORE HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Methods and systems for communicating information within a network are disclosed. The method may include accessing by a first wireless handheld communication device (WHCD), a list of devices authorized to access a second WHCD. The list of devices may be maintained by a centralized communication device that facilitates communication between the first WHCD and the second WHCD. The first WHCD may not be paired with the second WHCD. A communication link may be established between the first WHCD and the second WHCD via the centralized communication device, if the list of devices authorized to access the second WHCD comprises an identifier (ID) of the first WHCD. Authentication information of the first WHCD may be communicated to the centralized communication device, prior to the accessing by the first WHCD of the list of devices. The accessing by the first WHCD may be authorized based on the communicated authentication information. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159523 | SECURE LEGACY MEDIA PERIPHERAL ASSOCIATION WITH AUTHENTICATION IN A MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK - Aspects for secure access and communication of information in a distributed media network may include detecting when a legacy media peripheral is connected to a PC and/or a media processing system on the distributed media network. One or more identifiers associated with the legacy media peripheral may be established and utilized to facilitate communication of the legacy media peripheral over the distributed media network. At least one legacy media peripheral identifier and at least one identifier of a user utilizing the legacy media peripheral may be requested. The legacy media peripheral identifier may be a serial number of the legacy media peripheral, while the user identifier may be a user password and/or a user name. Media peripheral association software may be executed on the PC and/or the media processing system and utilized for media peripheral association and authentication in accordance with various embodiments of the invention. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159808 | System for Communicating Data in xDSL Using Data Retransmission - Embodiments described herein provide an apparatus for transmitting data in an xDSL. In one example, the apparatus can include a transmitter configured to transmit data over the xDSL system in the form of data transmission units (DTUs), the transmitter having a physical media specific-transmission convergence (PMS-TC) communication sublayer and a retransmission unit that is implemented in the PMS-TC sublayer, the retransmission unit including a retransmission buffer configured to store transmitted DTUs and to index the transmitted DTUs using retransmit containers, each retransmit container being defined as a time slot corresponding to a respective sent DTU. A retransmit request specifies a DTU by a corresponding retransmit container and wherein the retransmission unit is configured to retransmit the specified DTU in response to the retransmit request. | 06-20-2013 |
20130163460 | COOPERATIVE TRANSCEIVING BETWEEN WIRELESS INTERFACE DEVICES OF A HOST DEVICE - A circuit includes a first wireless interface circuit that transceives packetized data with a first external device in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol. A second wireless interface circuit transceives packetized data with a second external device in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol and wherein the operation of the second wireless interface circuit interferes with the operation of the first wireless interface circuit. A processing module selectively preempts use of the second frequency spectrum by the second external device using a plurality of preemption modes including a first preemption mode and a second preemption mode. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163614 | Method And System For Supporting A Variable And Energy Efficient Data Rate Using A Duty Cycling Technique And Multiple Power States On An Ethernet Link - Aspects of a method and system for supporting a variable and energy efficient data rate using a duty cycling technique and multiple power states on an Ethernet link are provided. In this regard, a data rate on a network link may be duty cycled based on characteristics of data communicated over it. The network link may operate at a first data rate for a first portion of the time interval and may operate at a second data rate for a second portion of the time interval. The duration of each portion of the time interval and/or the data rate during each portion of the time interval may be adjusted to control the duty cycling. Power consumed in a device connected to the network link may be controlled based on the duty cycling of the link. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163701 | High-Speed Serial Data Transceiver and Related Methods - A high-speed serial data transceiver includes multiple receivers and transmitters for receiving and transmitting multiple analog, serial data signals at multi-gigabit-per-second data rates. Each receiver includes a timing recovery system for tracking a phase and a frequency of the serial data signal associated with the receiver. The timing recovery system includes a phase interpolator responsive to phase control signals and a set of reference signals having different predetermined phases. The phase interpolator derives a sampling signal, having an interpolated phase, to sample the serial data signal. The timing recovery system in each receiver independently phase-aligns and frequency synchronizes the sampling signal to the serial data signal associated with the receiver. A receiver can include multiple paths for sampling a received, serial data signal in accordance with multiple time-staggered sampling signals, each having an interpolated phase. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165163 | Method of configuring device performance and device location to perform a task - A configuration device for configuring a wireless device within a wireless cell can include a receiving unit configured to receive a request message from a wireless device within a wireless cell. In addition, the configuration device can include a first processing unit configured to determine location information of the wireless device, and a second processing unit configured to determine a communication capacity of the wireless device, and to estimate a communication requirement based on the request message. Furthermore, the configuration device can have a transmitting unit configured to transmit optimal information to the wireless device with respect to the request message. | 06-27-2013 |
20130169577 | GRAPHICAL AUTHENTICATION FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A portable device includes a touch screen that includes a display screen and that generates touch screen data in response to a user's interaction with the touch screen. A processor executes a security application for authenticating the user to the portable device that provides first display data to the touch screen for displaying a security prompt on the display screen. Touch screen data is received from the touch screen in response to the user's interaction with the touch screen and is processed to determine when an authentication shape is recognized as being indicated by the touch screen data. The user is authenticated to the portable device when the authentication shape is recognized as being indicated by the touch screen data. | 07-04-2013 |
20130170277 | Encoded Read-Only Memory (ROM) Bitcell, Array, and Architecture - Embodiments provide improved memory bitcells, memory arrays, and memory architectures. In an embodiment, a memory cell comprises a transistor having drain, source, and gate terminals; and a plurality of program nodes, with each of the program nodes charged to a pre-determined voltage and coupled to a respective one of a plurality of bit lines. | 07-04-2013 |
20130170566 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH LAYERED VIDEO CODING FOR FAST CHANNEL CHANGE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A video processing system includes a video encoder that encodes a video stream into an independent video layer stream and a first dependent video layer stream based on a motion vector data or grayscale and color data. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171933 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH MILLIMETER WAVE AND INDUCTIVE COUPLING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A circuit includes a plurality of integrated circuits or dies having corresponding circuits, the plurality of integrated circuits or dies include a first plurality of integrated circuits or dies having corresponding millimeter wave interfaces and a second plurality of integrated circuits or dies having corresponding inductive interfaces. The first plurality of integrated circuits or dies communicate first signals therebetween via the corresponding millimeter wave interfaces and the second plurality of integrated circuits or dies communicate second signals therebetween via the corresponding inductive interfaces. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172046 | MULTIBAND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR USE WITH A MESH NETWORK AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A communication device includes an RF transceiver for communicating first data with at least one of a plurality of remote communication devices via a first protocol and a first frequency band. A millimeter wave transceiver communicates second data with at least one of the plurality of remote communication devices via a second protocol and a second frequency band. A communication control module coordinates the communication of the first data and the second data with the at least one of the plurality of remote communication devices and for establishing a mesh network between the communication device and the plurality of remote communication devices. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172047 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH LOGICAL CONTROL CHANNEL - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers further transceives control channel data with a remote management unit contemporaneously with the network data via a logical control channel carried using the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols, wherein the control channel data includes local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit. A processing module processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173908 | Hash Table Organization - Disclosed are various embodiments for improving hash table utilization. A key corresponding to a data item to be inserted into a hash table can be transformed to improve the entropy of the key space and the resultant hash codes that can generated. Transformation data can be inserted into the key in various ways, which can result in a greater degree of variance in the resultant hash code calculated based upon the transformed key. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174157 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE NETWORKING - Aspects of a method and system for networking are provided. In this regard, one or more circuits and/or processors in a network adapter of a first network device may determine whether to communicate traffic between virtual machines running on the first network device via a path that resides solely within the first network device, or via a path that comprises a second network device that is external to the first network device. The determination may be based, at least in part, on characteristics of the traffic. The determination may be based, at least in part, on capabilities and/or available resources of the network adapter. The determination may be based, at least in part, on management information exchanged between the one or more circuits and/or processors and one or more of: software running on the first network device, the second network device, and a third network device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174230 | Method and system for secure linking with authentication and authorization in a media exchange network - Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method for establishing a communication pathway for subsequent media exchanges between a television display in a first home and storage that contains media in a second home. The method may comprise securely receiving address correlation information associated with the television display in the first home and securely receiving address correlation information associated with the storage in the second home. Affirmative confirmation may be received and/or stored using the received address correlation information associated with at least one of the television display and the storage. The invention may also include verifying that affirmative information has been stored in association with any subsequent media exchanges. | 07-04-2013 |
20130175613 | Semiconductor Device with a Lightly Doped Gate - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a high-k gate dielectric overlying a well region having a first conductivity type formed in a semiconductor body, and a semiconductor gate formed on the high-k gate dielectric. The semiconductor gate is lightly doped so as to have a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type. The disclosed semiconductor device, which may be an NMOS or PMOS device, can further comprise an isolation region formed in the semiconductor body between the semiconductor gate and a drain of the second conductivity type, and a drain extension well of the second conductivity type surrounding the isolation region in the semiconductor body. In one embodiment, the disclosed semiconductor device is fabricated as part of an integrated circuit including one or more CMOS logic devices. | 07-11-2013 |
20130175980 | Method and System for Distinguishing Between Charging Ports - Disclosed is a method for use by a device to distinguish between a Charging Downstream Port (“CDP”) and a Dedicated Charging Port (“DCP”). The method comprises detecting that the device is attached to a charging port, and determining whether the charging port is the CDP or the DCP without causing a host coupled to the CDP to be able to detect the device if the charging port is the CDP. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176381 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING PICTURES - Presented herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for displaying pictures. In one embodiment, there is presented a decoder system for decoding video data. The decoder system comprises a port and a transport processor. The port receives packets carrying encoded video data from a plurality of video streams. The transport processor changes a header to encoded video data from at least one of the packets. The header identifies a particular one of the plurality of video streams, wherein the at least one packet is from the particular one of the plurality of video stream. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176927 | Simultaneously Multi-Networked Handheld Multimedia Gateways - A user may simultaneously access sources of multimedia information via multiple wireless networks using a handheld multimedia gateway. A user interface may support the selection of information services that are each provided separate, but possibly overlapping, viewing spaces. Circuitry in the multimedia gateway manages the operation of the multiple wireless communication paths, and enables the display of visual information through two or more display devices. The user may customize the display, the size, and the location within a display of regions in which the information is presented. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177025 | MULTI-WIDEBAND COMMUNICATIONS OVER MULTIPLE MEDIUMS - A multi-network interface device includes a powerline communications interface and at least one other communications interface configured to communicate over a network. The network may comprise mediums including powerlines, telephone lines, and/or coaxial cables. In some embodiments, the powerline communications interface may communicate with a network apparatus, such as a personal computer, via an Ethernet interface. The multi-network interface device may communicate using multiple frequency bands. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177043 | BLUETOOTH.RTM. AND WIRELESS LAN COEXISTENCE - A method and system for Bluetooth® and Wireless LAN coexistence may include controlling wireless local area network (WLAN) communication and Bluetooth® communication in a coexistence system that handles at least a WLAN communication protocol and a Bluetooth® communication protocol based on time division multiplexing (TDM) and adaptive frequency hopping (AFH). Switching may occur between the WLAN communication and the Bluetooth® communication based on the TDM and the AFH. In one embodiment of the invention, the switching may occur adaptively. Notwithstanding, in instances where it may be determined that AFH is disabled, switching to TDM may occur. WLAN communication and/or Bluetooth® communication may be disabled or enabled based on a state of at the WLAN communication and/or the Bluetooth® communication. Use of the AFH may be enabled or disabled based on a link status of the WLAN communication and/or the Bluetooth® communication. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177044 | 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. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177050 | Method and System for Single Weight (SW) Antenna System for Spatial Multiplexing (SM) MIMO System for WCDMA/HSDPA - Methods and systems for processing signals in a receiver are disclosed herein and may comprise receiving spatially multiplexed signals via M receive antennas. A plurality of multiple data streams may be separated in the received spatially multiplexed signals to detect MIMO data streams. Each of the MIMO data streams may correspond to a spatially multiplexed input signal. Complex phase and/or amplitude may be estimated for each detected MIMO data streams utilizing (M-1) phase shifters. Complex waveforms, comprising in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) components for the MIMO data streams within the received spatially multiplexed signals may be processed and the processed complex waveforms may be filtered to generate baseband bandwidth limited signals. Phase and/or amplitude for one or more received spatially multiplexed signals may be adjusted utilizing the estimated complex phase and amplitude. Phase and/or amplitude may be adjusted continuously and/or at discrete intervals. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177099 | Common-mode termination within communication systems - Common-mode termination within communication systems. Termination is implemented with respect to two respective portions of a system: the intentional signaling within a communication system as well as any unintentional signaling which may be coupled into the system. Such unintentional signaling may be incurred in a variety of ways including via interference which may be generated by the system itself or by other devices or components external to the system. In addition, such unintentional signaling made be characterized as common-mode (CM) signaling, in that, it generally affects different respective portions of the system similarly or in the same manner. Various communication systems may include two or more devices implemented therein, that effectuate signaling via one or more communication links there between. Appropriate termination is made with respect to both the intentional and unintentional signaling portion of the system using any of a variety of impedance types (e.g., resistors, capacitors, inductors, etc.). | 07-11-2013 |
20130177105 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING AND COMPENSATING NON-LINEAR DISTORTION IN A TRANSMITTER USING CALIBRATION - Aspects of a method and system for estimating and compensating for non-linear distortion in a transmitter using calibration are presented. Aspects of the system may include one more circuits that may enable estimation, within a single IC device, of distortion in output signals generated by a transmitter circuit. The circuitry may enable compensation of the estimated distortion by predistorting subsequent input signals. The transmitter circuit may generate subsequent output signals based on the predistorted subsequent input signals. | 07-11-2013 |
20130178182 | System for Processing Composite Wideband Signals - According to one exemplary embodiment, a front-end system for processing a composite wideband signal comprises a pre-receiving unit including a multiplexer for separating the composite wideband signal into a plurality of filtered signals. The front-end system further comprises a plurality of discrete frequency band outputs corresponding to the plurality of filtered signals, and a tuner/down-converter coupled to at least one of the plurality of discrete frequency band outputs. In one embodiment, the pre-receiving unit of the front-end system further comprises a second multiplexer for separating at least one of the plurality of filtered signals into a second plurality of filtered signals. In one embodiment, the pre-receiving unit may further comprise a low noise amplifier for processing at least one of the plurality of filtered signals before it is input to the second multiplexer. | 07-11-2013 |
20130178253 | USING LOCATION INFORMATION TO CONTROL TRANSMISSION SIGNAL LEVELS OF WIRELESS DEVICES - Provided is adjusting power output levels of a wireless network device by determining a location information of another wireless network device relative to the wireless network device, the location information including distance range. Based on the location information of the another wireless network device, a power output level is adjusted to optimize the power usage of the wireless network device. The power output level is readjusted based upon a sensing a subsequent signal of the another wireless device, and when a signal strength of the subsequent signal compares favorably to a predetermined threshold level, the location information is refreshed, and the power output level of the wireless network device is readjusted based upon the refreshed location information. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179161 | NETWORK/PEER ASSISTED SPEECH CODING - A communications network is used to transfer user attribute information about participants in a communication session to their respective communication terminals for storage and use thereon to configure a speech codec to operate in a speaker-dependent manner, thereby improving speech coding efficiency. In a network-assisted model, the user attribute information is stored on the communications network and selectively transmitted to the communication terminals while in a peer-assisted model, the user attribute information is derived by and transferred between communication terminals. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179756 | Selective merge and partial reuse LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code construction for limited number of layers Belief Propagation (BP) decoding - Selective merge and partial reuse LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code construction for limited number of layers Belief Propagation (BP) decoding. Multiple LDPC matrices may be generated from a base code, such that multiple/distinct LDPC coded signals may be encoded and/or decoded within a singular communication device. Generally speaking, a first LDPC matrix is modified in accordance with one or more operations thereby generating a second LDPC matrix, and the second LDPC matrix is employed in accordance with encoding an information bit thereby generating an LDPC coded signal (alternatively performed using an LDPC generator matrix corresponding to the LDPC matrix) and/or decoding processing of an LDPC coded signal thereby generating an estimate of an information bit encoded therein. The operations performed on the first LDPC matrix may be any one of, or combination of, selectively merging, deleting, partially re-using one or more sub-matrix rows, and/or partitioning sub-matrix rows. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179934 | LAPTOP BASED TELEVISION REMOTE CONTROL - A portable computer may be provided that interacts with a television system. The portable computer may be adapted to receive a user input identifying a media selection and transmit a control signal to cause the storage of the media selection. In other aspects, a set top box may receive a control signal from a portable computer and direct storage of a media selection. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179935 | Systems and Methods to Attenuate Intermodulation Interference - The present invention is directed to systems and method for attenuating intermodulation interference. In particular, methods and systems to attenuate intermodulation interference contained within an aggregate signal having a transmitted signal that was transmitted over a communications channel having channel effects that produce the intermodulation interference are provided. The communications channel may be a cable television distribution network and the signal may be a cable television signal. A method is provided to predict when intermodulation interference will be large, so that actions within a receiver can be taken to reduce the impact of the interference and improve overall receiver performance. | 07-11-2013 |
20130183911 | CONFIGURABLE ANTENNA STRUCTURE - A configurable antenna structure includes a plurality of switches, a plurality of antenna components, and a configuration module. The configuration module is operable to configure the plurality of switches and the plurality of antenna components into a first antenna for receiving a multiple frequency band multiple standard (MFBMS) signal. The configuration module continues processing by identify a signal component of interest of a plurality of signal components of interest within the MFBMS signal. The configuration module continues processing by configuring the plurality of switches and the plurality of antenna components into a second antenna. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183919 | False Signal Detection in Signals in Wireless Communications - There is provided a method for use in a wireless communication to avoid detection of a false modulated signal in a paged device. In one embodiment, a modulated signal is received by the paged device. Then, the modulated signal is identified by the paged device as a preliminary false modulated signal. Thereafter, the gain of at least one paged device amplifier and/or a matching threshold of the paged device is reduced by the paged device to decrease a sensitivity of the paged device to avoid detection of a future false modulated signal. In one embodiment, the wireless communication is a Bluetooth wireless communication and the paged device is a Bluetooth enabled device. An exemplary system for implementing one embodiment of the disclosed method is described. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185550 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAND FLASH SUPPORT IN AN AUTONOMOUSLY LOADED SECURE REPROGRAMMABLE SYSTEM - A system and method that enables secure system boot up with a restricted central processing unit (CPU). The system includes a memory, a segmenting device, and a security sub-system. The memory is a NAND flash memory with a block structure that comprises a guaranteed block and non-guaranteed blocks. The guaranteed block is guaranteed to be useable. A boot code is segmented into boot code segments and the boot code segments are stored separately in the guaranteed and non-guaranteed blocks. The security sub-system is configured to locate the boot code segments stored in the non-guaranteed blocks and validate them independently based on data in the guaranteed block. The security sub-system is further configured to assemble the boot code segments into the boot code and execute the boot code. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188541 | Target wake time (TWT) within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications - Target wake time (TWT) within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. Within communication systems including different respective devices therein (e.g., wireless stations (STAs), smart meter stations (SMSTAs), etc.), coordination is made with respect to those devices awakening from less than full power state (e.g., from sleep, reduce functionality, power saving state, etc.). A TWT information element (IE) may be included within a frame or a signal corresponding to or based on that frame that is transmitted from one device to other device(s). One or more respective future targeted times (e.g., which may be based on a timing synchronization function (TSF) reference time) at which device(s) may awaken from less than full power state may be included within the TWT IE. Over time, different respective TWT IEs may be provided from various devices, such that respective targeted awake times may be modified dynamically for any given device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188610 | One or multiple bit restricted access window (RAW) end point determination within for single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications - One or multiple bit restricted access window (RAW) end point determination within for single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. A RAW is defined in which only devices of the particular class (e.g., low power class, Z class, smart meter station (SMSTA) class, etc.) are allowed access to the communication medium. Indication of the end of such a RAW may be included within one or more bits set within a signal field (SIG) field of a framer packet generated by a given device within the system and transmitted to one or more other devices. After completion of the RAW, other respective devices of at least one other type of class may be provided access to the communication medium. The manner of access to the communication media outside of the RAW may be varied (e.g., scheduled, based on carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA), etc.). | 07-25-2013 |
20130188743 | DECODING AND PRESENTATION TIME STAMPS FOR MPEG-4 ADVANCED VIDEO CODING - A system, method, and apparatus for time stamping compressed video data is disclosed. A delay parameter is generated and can be encoded with the compressed video, representing the number of picture delay between the decoded sequence and the presented sequence. The presentation time stamp is associated with each of the pictures. The presentation time stamp is a function of the delay parameter and other parameters associated with picture associated therewith. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188758 | JOINT SOURCE CHANNEL DECODING USING PARAMETER DOMAIN CORRELATION - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for performing joint source channel decoding in a manner that exploits parameter domain correlation. Redundancy in speech coding and packet field parameters is exploited to generate conditional probabilities that a decoder utilizes to perform joint source channel decoding. The conditional probabilities are based upon correlations of parameters of a current frame with parameters of the same or other frames or historical parameter data. Parameter domain correlation provides significant channel decoding improvement over prior bit domain solutions. Also provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for utilizing received statistics of monitored data bits from which conditional probabilities are generated to perform channel decoding. The techniques described may be implemented at the decoder side and thus do not interfere with transmission standards. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189940 | Detection of False Signals in Wireless Communications - There is provided a method for use in a wireless communication to avoid detection of a false modulated signal in a paged device. In one embodiment, a modulated signal is received by the paged device. Then, the modulated signal is identified by the paged device as a preliminary false modulated signal. Thereafter, the gain of at least one paged device amplifier and/or a matching threshold of the paged device is reduced by the paged device to decrease a sensitivity of the paged device to avoid detection of a future false modulated signal. In one embodiment, the wireless communication is a Bluetooth wireless communication and the paged device is a Bluetooth enabled device. An exemplary system for implementing one embodiment of the disclosed method is described. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191120 | CONSTRAINED SOFT DECISION PACKET LOSS CONCEALMENT - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for performing packet loss concealment are disclosed. In response to determining that an encoded frame representing a segment of a signal is bad, an encoded parameter within the encoded frame is decoded based on bit information (such as soft bit information) associated with the encoded parameter to obtain a decoded parameter. Whether the decoded parameter violates a parameter constraint is determined. If a parameter constraint violation is detected, an estimate of the decoded parameter is generated. Either the decoded parameter or estimate of the decoded parameter is passed to a decoder for use in decoding the encoded frame. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191567 | Wireless Bus for Intra-Chip and Inter-Chip Communication, Including Data Center/Server Embodiments - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a wire-free data center/server. The data center/server is wire-free in the sense that communication within a data unit of the data center/server (i.e., intra-data unit), between data units of the data center/server (inter-data unit), and between the data units and the backplane of the data center/server is performed wirelessly. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191571 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY PROGRAMMABLE SERIAL/PARALLEL BUS INTERFACE - An apparatus, method, and system embodying some aspects of the present embodiments for arbitrating communication between multiple communication devices are provided. The arbitration system include two communication devices and a packet traffic arbiter. The communication devices can be configured to receive or transmit data transmissions. The data transmissions can comprise protocol information. The protocol information can comprise transmission coordination information, handover information, and spectrum information. The packet traffic arbiter can be configured to coordinate the data transmissions between the two communication devices. The coordination can reduce traffic collisions or interference between low-power activities of the two communication devices. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191706 | MODEM ARCHITECTURE FOR JOINT SOURCE CHANNEL DECODING - A modem architecture that supports the application of joint source channel decoding (JSCD). The modem architecture includes two channel decoders, one of which is modified to provide improved signal quality. The modem architecture further includes transparent network layers that enable the passage of data from one layer to another layer. For example, the modem architecture enables the passage soft bits, when available, from a physical layer to an application layer. The soft bits may be utilized for JSCD, packet loss concealment, or other applications. The modem architecture enables encryption and decryption of data to incorporate extrinsic information in operating JSCD. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191707 | MODIFIED JOINT SOURCE CHANNEL DECODER - A turbo decoder is configured to perform iterative decoding of data bits of a data packet received via a source signal to converge on a “soft” decision representation for each data bit of the data packet. The turbo decoder includes both an interleaved decoder and a non-interleaved decoder that work collaboratively to refine and improve the “soft” decision of each of the originally-received data bits. The interleaved decoder and the non-interleaved decoder are injected with extrinsic information based on at least a-priori information of the source signal. The turbo decoder avoids positive feedback of the a-priori information regarding the source signal from one decoder to the other by subtracting out extrinsic information based on the a-priori information that is injected into a decoder from the “soft” decision(s) determined by the decoder. | 07-25-2013 |
20130194159 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPIRAL ANTENNA AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A three-dimensional spiral antenna includes a substrate, a spiral antenna element, and a feed point. The substrate includes a three-dimensional shaped region. The spiral antenna element is supported by and conforms to the three-dimensional shaped region such that the spiral antenna element has an overall shape approximating a three-dimensional shape. The feed point is coupled to a connection point of the spiral antenna element. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194884 | Synchronous Global Controller For Enhanced Pipelining - A system includes a memory block and a controller. The controller is adapted to skew a pre-charge signal for a bit line of the memory block. The controller can skew the pre-charge signal during a read operation or a write operation. The system can also include a sense amplifier in communication with a bit line of the memory block, and the sense amplifier can automatically shut off after indicating a sensed data state for the bit line. The controller may be a global controller or a local controller. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194955 | Method and System for UMTS HSDPA Shared Control Channel Processing - Aspects of a method and system for UMTS HSDPA Shared Control Channel processing may include calculating at a receiver, for each one of a plurality of control channels, a quality metric derived from at least one Viterbi Decoder state metric. A control channel may be selected on the basis of the quality metrics, where the quality metric is selected that provides maximum confidence. The selected control channel may be chosen if its corresponding 3GPP metric is greater than a specified threshold, where the threshold is a design parameter. A validity of a selected control channel may be determined based on consistency and a CRC, where the CRC may be derived from decoding a sub-frame. The calculating and selecting may be done for a first slot of a sub-frame for High-Speed Shared Control Channels. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194992 | Backoff snooze wake power consumption within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications - Backoff snooze wake power consumption within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. If a communication (e.g., transmission) attempt fails (e.g., by a wireless station (STA), smart meter station (SMSTA), etc.), then a backoff snooze countdown may be performed before a subsequent communication is attempted. Also, if communication activity is detected on the communication medium, then such a backoff snooze countdown may be performed before monitoring the communication medium or a subsequent communication attempt is made. Such a backoff snooze countdown may be based on a codeword value (e.g., such as provided within a beacon received from an access point (AP)), and different respective backoff snooze countdowns may be made based on different respective codeword values. Such backoff snooze countdowns are performed outside of a restricted access window (RAW) in which only devices of a particular class (e.g., low-power, Z, etc.) have access to the communication medium. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195174 | DEVICE ADAPTIVE VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH LAYERED VIDEO CODING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A video transmission system includes a transceiver module that receives a device parameter from a remote device and that transmits a video signal to the remote device, wherein the video signal is transmitted as at least one separate video layer stream chosen from, an independent video layer stream and at least one dependent video layer streams that require the independent video layer for decoding. A control module chooses the at least one separate video layer stream based on the device parameter. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195175 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-ROW DECODING OF VIDEO WITH DEPENDENT ROWS - A system and method for decoding digital video by processing multiple regions of an image in parallel, even when there are dependencies between rows in the image, are disclosed. The method generally involves decoding multiple rows concurrently, with the start of decoding of a given row being delayed until portions of the other rows on which the given row depends have been decoded. The system generally comprises parallel processors, with one processor typically decoding one row and another processor typically decoding the row above it. In accordance with the present invention, however, any number or type of processors can decode, or perform decoding functions on, the image in parallel. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196643 | DYNAMIC SPACE, FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAIN COEXISTENCE - Various methods and systems are provided for space, frequency and time domain coexistence of RF signals. In one example, among others, a communication device includes a coexistence manager capable of monitoring operating conditions of a cellular modem and a coexistence assistant capable of monitoring operating conditions of a wireless connectivity unit. The coexistence manager is capable of modifying operation of the modem and/or unit based on an operating condition change. In another example, a method includes detecting a change in antenna isolation and/or operating temperature of a FE filter, determining filtering characteristics of the FE filter based at least in part upon the change, and modifying communications of coexisting communication protocols based at least in part upon the filtering characteristics. In another example, a TX/RX configuration for coexisting communication protocols is determined and communications in a protocol is modified based at least in part upon the TX/RX configuration. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198543 | Apparatus and Method for TPM and LAN Power Management - In Gigibit Ethernet Systems, the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is designed to provide trust and security to a platform through integrity measurement, protected storage, and other cryptographic functions. The present invention relates to a TPM-LAN chip with separate TPM and LAN power management. The TPM-LAN chip is designed such a way that power is reduced significantly in different power management modes compared to the legacy devices. This is accomplished by turning off certain clocks during certain operating modes. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198582 | SUPERCHARGED CODES - A system and method is provided for encoding k input symbols into a longer stream of n output symbols for transmission over an erasure channel such that the original k input symbols can be recovered from a subset of the n output symbols without the need for any retransmission. A symbol is a generic data unit, consisting of one or more bits, that can be, for example, a packet. The system and method utilize a network of erasure codes, including block codes and parallel filter codes to achieve performance very close to the ideal MDS code with low encoding and decoding computational complexity for both small and large encoding block sizes. This network of erasure codes is referred to as a supercharged code. The supercharged code can be used to provide packet-level protection at, for example, the network, application, or transport layers of the Internet protocol suite. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198583 | Systematic Rate-Independent Reed-Solomon Erasure Codes - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for encoding k input symbols, using a Reed-Solomon erasure correction code, into a longer stream of n output symbols for transmission over an erasure channel. The present disclosure is further directed to a system and method for recovering the original k input symbols from only (and any) k output symbols (out of the n output symbols) received over the erasure channel. A symbol is a generic data unit consisting of one or more bits that can be, for example, a packet. The systems and methods of the present disclosure provide for an adjustable code rate that can be readily adapted based on changing channel conditions without having to reconstruct the encoder/decoder. As a result, such an encoder/decoder can be referred to as rate-independent. | 08-01-2013 |
20130201405 | Method and System for Adaptive Temporal Interpolation Filtering for Motion Compensation - Certain aspects of a method and system for adaptive temporal interpolation filtering for motion compensation may include computing a plurality of weights for adaptively adjusting one or more parameters of a plurality of linear filters utilized for motion compensation. One or more motion compensated output pictures may be generated based on vector median filtering a plurality of linear filtered output pictures generated by the plurality of linear filters. In instances where two frames are utilized for motion estimation of a video sequence, a motion compensated picture of a previous frame and a motion compensated picture of a current frame may be combined to adaptively compute the subsequent weights. In instances where three or more frames are utilized for motion estimation of a video sequence, the generated one or more motion compensated output pictures may be combined with an extracted desired picture from the video sequence to adaptively compute the subsequent weights. | 08-08-2013 |