Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090016309 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ULTRA WIDE BAND COMMUNICATION BASED ON MULTI-CODED BI-ORTHOGONAL PULSE POSITION MODULATION - Provided is a communication system for ultra wide band impulse communication, and more particularly, to a communication apparatus and method that can be used in a sensor network or a low-rate wireless personal area network. To be more specific, the present research suggests a transmitter employing multi-coded bi-orthogonal pulse position modulation/demodulation and a method thereof. The transmitter of the present research provides: a serial-to-parallel converter for convening L-bit serial data to be transmitted into parallel data by performing grouping on the L-bit serial data; a multi-coder for generating a multi-coded symbol by multiplying the parallel data by total L orthogonal codes of length N | 01-15-2009 |
20090067389 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR UWB IMPULSE COMMUNICATION - Provided is a radio communication system for ultra wideband (UWB) impulse communications and a radio communication apparatus and method thereof. The present patent provides a radio communication system that can minimize power consumption by eliminating a need for carrier detection and sharing transmission/reception time information in UWB impulse communications. The system includes a network coordinator; and one or more devices communicating on a superframe basis in subordination to the network coordinator. The devices perform data transmission/reception in predetermined time slots and then they are inactivated to thereby reduce power consumption. | 03-12-2009 |
20100124269 | METHOD FOR MODULATING AND DEMODULATING DATA - Disclosed is a method for modulating and demodulating data. The method composes symbols by grouping a plurality of symbols for pulse position modulation to newly add symbol compositions to fixed symbols used for the pulse position modulation of the related art. Further, the method uses grouped symbols to improve data transmission rate as the average amount of information increases. | 05-20-2010 |
20100135431 | MODULATING DEVICE AND METHOD, DEMODULATING DEVICE AND METHOD - A modulation device uses two base signal axes including a cosine function and two base signal axes including a sine function to modulate bit information and generate a modulation symbol. Accordingly, the frequency efficiency characteristic is improved while maintaining a great power efficiency characteristic. | 06-03-2010 |
20100152534 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY SYSTEM, MEDICAL SYSTEM, AND OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL SYSTEM - Provided are a capsule endoscopy system, a medical system, and an operation method of the medical system. A control device outside a human body and two or more implantable medical devices (e.g. capsule endoscopes) form a network with each other, and the two or more implantable medical devices divisionally perform investigation, identification, and treatment while cooperating with each other, by controlling the control device outside the human body. | 06-17-2010 |
20100157810 | DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD - Provided is a distance and position measuring method. A distance measuring method based on packets transmitted and received between a first node and a second node obtains first timing for transmitting a first packet from the first node, second timing for receiving the first packet in the second node, third timing for transmitting a second packet corresponding to the first packet from the second node, fourth timing for receiving the second packet in the first node, fifth timing for transmitting a third packet from the second node, and sixth timing for receiving the third packet in the first node to estimate a clock frequency offset based on the obtained timings, measures a first distance and a second distance based on the clock frequency offset and some of the timings, and measures a distance between the first node and the second node based on the first distance and the second distance. | 06-24-2010 |
20100254486 | METHOD OF BLOCK-CODED GROUP MODULATION AND TRANSMITTER USING THE SAME - A transmitter using a method of block code-based group modulation includes a grouping unit, a generating unit, and a mapping unit. The grouping unit generates symbols by grouping a data bit stream into N-bit groups, and the generating unit generates a codeword set composed of codewords corresponding to combinations of arrangements of pulses that are generated by a result of grouping to a predetermined number. Next, the mapping unit block-maps a codeword selected from the codeword set to groups constituting the symbols. | 10-07-2010 |
20110116568 | BLOCK-CODED GROUP MODULATION METHOD AND TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER USING THE SAME - A block-coded group modulation method includes generating a symbol by grouping at least one bit of a data bit stream into one group, classifying the symbol into an n number of sections, and generating an n number of initial information bits. Next, the method includes setting up the size of a pulse corresponding to signal energy transmitted through each of the n sections, generating an additional information bit on the basis of the number of cases according to the sequence of the energy sizes, and generating final information bits by inserting the additional information bit into the initial information bits. | 05-19-2011 |
20110122969 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmission apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a serial/parallel (S/P) converter for converting an input bit stream into a plurality of symbols each including 3 bits, a differential modulator for generating differential encoded symbols by applying π/4 phase rotation to each of the symbols, up-samplers for up-sampling the differential encoded symbols, filters for filtering the up-sampled symbols, digital/analog (D/A) converters for converting the filtered symbols into analog signals, and a quadrature modulator for performing quadrature modulation on the converted analog signals. | 05-26-2011 |
20110134820 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER SAVING FOR IN-BODY AND ON-BODY COMMUNICATION - A system for power saving in communication with a plurality of sensor apparatuses that are located in-body or on-body to sense bioinformation, a management apparatus that performs synchronization by transmitting a beacon signal to the plurality of sensors at each predetermined period, and a sensor apparatus that includes a sensor receiving a first beacon signal, grasps how much time remains until the second beacon signal is received when the sensor is activated to sense the bioinformation, and determines the operation state of the sensor based on the grasped time are provided. | 06-09-2011 |
20110150124 | MODULATION APPARATUS, MODULATION METHOD, DEMODULATION APPARATUS, AND DEMODULATION METHOD - A modulation apparatus performs modulation in which a signal wave form is positioned at the front part of an entire symbol duration or the latter part of the entire symbol duration based on a first bit of the bit information to generate a modulation symbol including a silent signal duration in which there is no signal waveform. Particularly, the method delays a signal corresponding to a quadrature-phase signal axis by a predetermined time, thereby cancelling a phase difference between symbols. | 06-23-2011 |
20120140053 | HEALTH MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A health monitoring method of a health monitoring apparatus which wirelessly communicates with a wireless terminal and includes a camera module is provided. The apparatus establishes a connection with the wireless terminal and receives a control signal from the wireless terminal. The apparatus captures an image of a body part with the camera module in response to the control signal, and encodes the captured image into a digital image signal. The apparatus then packetizes the digital image signal and transmits the packetized signal to the wireless terminal. | 06-07-2012 |
20120163359 | BODY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL BRIDGE, BRIDGE APPARATUS, AND OPERATING METHOD OF BRIDGE APPARATUS - A human body communication system is disclosed, which includes a plurality of intra-body communication apparatuses, a plurality of extra-body communication apparatuses, a bridge apparatus, and an access point. The bridge apparatus manages connections between the intra-body communication apparatuses and the extra-body communication apparatuses, and performs packet exchange. The access point performs packet exchange between a plurality of bridge apparatuses. The bridge apparatus performs negotiation with communication apparatuses to set up a connection, and manages a path based on the connection setup. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163416 | PULSE GENERATOR OF UWB SYSTEM - A pulse generator of an ultra wideband (UWB) system includes: a plurality of delay cells for receiving pulses, delaying the received pulses for a predetermined time, and outputting the delayed pulses; and an edge combiner connected to output ends of the plurality of delay cells for receiving the delayed pulses from the plurality of delay cells, outputting fine pulses corresponding to the delayed time, and generating one impulse signal with the outputted fine pulses. The edge combiner includes a plurality of XOR gates for receiving a first delayed pulse and a second delayed pulse from an n | 06-28-2012 |