http://www.freshpatents.com/Pulse-or-digital-communications-dtnewntc375.php USPTO Class 375 - Pulse or digital communications en-us Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148694.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method includes executing a first instruction at a processor to perform a first fast Fourier transform (FFT) operation on a set of inputs in a time domain to produce data in a frequency domain, where the set of inputs is in a first order and where the data in... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148695.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method can include receiving, at a transmitter, during a symbol time that comprises a plurality of chip times, a data value for each of a plurality of distinct data channel inputs. During each chip time, the method can include (a) indexing a different row of a matrix of data... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148696.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Provided is a satellite broadcasting system and method using a spread spectrum technique to improve satellite broadcasting availability in a rainy environment and to provide a satellite broadcasting N-screen service. A satellite broadcasting transmitter of the satellite broadcasting system may encode a broadcast signal into each of a high definition... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148697.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 The present invention provides for transmitting a spread signal in a mobile communication system. The present invention includes spreading a signal using a plurality of spreading codes, wherein the plurality of spreading codes have a spreading factor, multiplexing the spread signal by code division multiplexing, transmitting the multiplexed signal via... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148698.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 The present invention provides for spreading a first signal using a plurality of spreading codes, multiplexing the first spread signal by code division multiplexing, transmitting the first multiplexed signal via a plurality of neighboring frequency resources of an OFDM symbol of a first antenna set, spreading a second signal using... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148699.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Communication signal processing entails generating an overall signal correlation estimate that reflects overall impairment present in a received signal before despreading. Processing further includes parametrically constructing one or more component-specific correction terms as a function of one or more component signal correlation estimates, each estimate reflecting a particular component of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148700.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A system for amplifying signals generated by a unit for generating signals of a satellite, the system including: a first pathway including a first bandpass digital filter with finite impulse response and a first digital/analog converter; frequency transposition means; an amplifying device; a second pathway including a second bandpass digital... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148704.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A phase comparison circuit outputs a first phase comparison signal indicating whether or not an edge of an equalization signal is in a first interval between sampling timing and timing having a first predetermined phase advance, and outputs a second phase comparison signal indicating whether or not the edge of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148706.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 The required bitrate for reporting channel state information from a network transceiver to the network is dramatically reduced, while maintaining fidelity of channel estimates, by exploiting prior channel estimates and the time correlation of channel response. For a selected set of sub-carriers, the transceiver estimates channel frequency response from pilot... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148702.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method for compensator for comparator offset is provided. A first propagation delay for a first signal traversing a comparator to a first output terminal of the comparator and a second propagation delay for a second signal traversing the comparator to a second output terminal of the comparator are measured.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148703.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A radio frequency transceiver which can support various frequency conversion schemes is provided. The radio frequency transmitter includes a first low pass filter, a second low pass filter, a first filter input port connected to an input terminal of the first low pass filter, a second filter input port connected... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148705.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A system and method for communicating wirelessly from a mobile device to a remote receiver station is disclosed. The system includes a controller configured to monitor a status of the mobile device and, upon an initiation event, initiate a data transfer process to wirelessly communicate data to the remote receiver... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148701.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A wireless diagnostic sensor link for providing wireless communication between a signal source and a monitoring device. The wireless diagnostic sensor link includes a signal input device operable for receiving a signal from the signal source in a first communication protocol in the form of an analog signal, converting the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148707.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method and computing device for transitioning into and out of partial service mode to make bandwidth available for other resources. A trigger value is set for a channel, where a first and second cable modem have registered to use the channel, and where the first cable modem is a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148708.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A multicarrier modem has a plurality of carriers over which data is transmitted. By assigning, for example, one or more different margins to the individual carriers the data rate and impairment immunity can be increased.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148709.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A device includes a transmitter coupled to a node, where the node is to couple to a wired link. The transmitter has a plurality of modes of operation including a calibration mode in which a range of communication data rates over the wired link is determined in accordance with a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148710.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 The present invention provides a method, an apparatus, and a system for time synchronization of an xDSL. The method includes: transmitting, by a customer premises equipment, a first symbol to a central office equipment, and obtaining time Ts2 indicating the moment that the first symbol is transmitted; receiving, by the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148711.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A two stage interference cancellation (IC) process includes a linear IC stage that suppresses co-channel interference (CCI) and adjacent channel interference (ACI). The linear IC stage disambiguates otherwise super-trellis data for non-linear cancellation. Soft linear IC processing is driven by a-posteriori probability (Apop) information. A second stage performs expectation maximization/Baum... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148712.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Described embodiments adjust configurable parameters of at least one filter of a communication system. The method includes conditioning, by an analog front end (AFE) of a receiver in the communication system, an input signal applied to the receiver. Sampled values of the conditioned input signal are generated and digitized. An... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148713.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method for transmitting signals based on dual sensing in a wireless communication system is disclosed. One or more sensor nodes receive Gaussian codes corresponding respectively to the one or more sensor nodes, allocated from a fusion center. The one or more sensor nodes determine whether to operate at a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148716.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 The invention provides main data (MD) which includes embedded data (ED), the data being provided with a main data descriptor (MDD) for signaling a content included in the main data, wherein an embedded data descriptor (EDD) is formed for signaling content included in the embedded data and wherein the embedded... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148714.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 The present disclosure relates generally signal processing. One claim recites an apparatus comprising: memory for storing a color video signal comprising first data and second data; and a processor. The processor is programmed for: modifying first color information and second color information of the first data by encoding a signal... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148715.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A television includes a program receiving unit, a display unit, a command receiving unit, a selection unit, a signal compressing unit, and a signal emitting unit. The program receiving unit receives a plurality of television program signals. The display unit displays program contents according to the television program signals. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148717.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 The invention pertains to a video processing system for video processing, the video processing system being arranged to assign tasks to least two parallel processing units capable of parallel processing of tasks. The video processing system is further arranged to control at least one storage device to store input video... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148719.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Methods, systems, and computer programs for improved quality video compression. Image quality from MPEG-style video coding may be improved by preserving a higher number of bits during intermediate encoding and decoding processing steps. Problems of inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) mismatch can be eliminated by exactly matching the IDCT function... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148723.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 An apparatus and method are provided for compensating a block error in an image frame. This may include a video codec decoder for decoding an inputted image frame, and outputting a decoded image frame. An error concealment block may detect an error-generated block in the decoded image frame and compensate... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148724.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 An apparatus and method are provided for compensating a block error in an image frame. This may include a video codec decoder for decoding an inputted image frame, and outputting a decoded image frame. An error concealment block may detect an error-generated block in the decoded image frame and compensate... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148725.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 An apparatus and method are provided for compensating a block error in an image frame. This may include a video codec decoder for decoding an inputted image frame, and outputting a decoded image frame. An error concealment block may detect an error-generated block in the decoded image frame and compensate... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148729.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 An image coding method according to the present invention partitions an input image signal into processing units, and codes the partitioned image to generate a code sequence, the image coding method including: determining a partitioning pattern for hierarchically partitioning the input image signal in order starting from a largest unit... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148726.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding based on intra prediction. The method of encoding an image based on intra prediction comprises dividing a current block into a plurality of sub blocks so that a plurality of unit blocks adjacent to each other are included in one of the sub... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148727.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Disclosed is a method of encoding a video, the method including: splitting a current picture into at least one maximum coding unit; determining a coded depth to output a final encoding result according to at least one split region obtained by splitting a region of the maximum coding unit according... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148728.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Disclosed is a method of encoding a video, the method including: splitting a current picture into at least one maximum coding unit; determining a coded depth to output a final encoding result according to at least one split region obtained by splitting a region of the maximum coding unit according... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148721.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Techniques are provided for reference frame management for screen content video coding using hash or checksum functions. A video data stream including a plurality of frames is received, each frame including a plurality of pixels that define content within the frame. A plurality of hash code values associated with partitioned... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148722.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A video encoder generates a bitstream that includes a reference picture list modification (RPLM) command. The RPLM command belongs to a type of RPLM commands for inserting short-term reference pictures into reference picture lists. The RPLM command instructs a video decoder to insert a synthetic reference picture into the reference... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148720.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 According to some aspects, this disclosure describes techniques for mirroring native media output of a source device via a different destination device. According to the techniques described herein, the source device may control the destination device to the media via an output interface associated with the destination device. The source... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148730.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method and an apparatus for processing occlusions in motion estimation are described. For processing an occlusion in a forward motion field of a second frame relative to a first frame the forward motion field of the second frame relative to the first frame is determined with a motion estimator.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148735.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Disclosed is an apparatus for decoding motion information in merge mode for reconstructing a moving picture signal coded at a low data rate while maintaining a high quality of an image. The apparatus for decoding motion information in merge mode discloses the position of a merge mode candidate and the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148731.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Encoding a video signal including pictures includes generating perceptual representations based on the pictures. Reference pictures are selected and motion vectors are generated based on the perceptual representations and the reference pictures. The motion vectors and pointers for the reference pictures are provided in an encoded video signal. Decoding may... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148738.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 An image sequence comprises at least a first image and a second image. A motion vector (MV(1)) is associated to these first and second images and is defined in a coordinate system having at least a first direction and a second direction, the second direction being different from said first... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148734.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A geometric-transformation motion compensation prediction unit calculates, for each of a plurality of prediction modes, a motion vector and a prediction signal between a target block in a target image and a reference block in a reference image obtained by performing geometric transformation on the target block, selects pixels located... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148736.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Provided are a method and apparatus for estimating a motion vector using a plurality of motion vector predictors, an encoder, a decoder, and a decoding method. The method includes calculating spatial similarities between the current block and the plurality of neighboring partitions around the current block, selecting at least one... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148733.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Disclosed are motion estimation apparatus and method. The present invention can reduce an external memory access in an area in which a macroblock is large while preventing image quality from deteriorating due to motion estimation according to coding units, by obtaining a minimum motion vector using a prediction method in... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148737.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Several improvements for use with Bidirectionally Predictive (B) pictures within a video sequence are provided. In certain improvements Direct Mode encoding and/or Motion Vector Prediction are enhanced using spatial prediction techniques. In other improvements Motion Vector prediction includes temporal distance and subblock information, for example, for more accurate prediction. Such... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148732.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Systems, devices and methods are described for performing hierarchical motion estimation by downsampling a current frame to generate a downsampled current frame, specifying a downsampled block in the downsampled current frame, where the downsampled block corresponds to a block of the current frame, and specifying a source block associated with... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148739.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A video encoding method is provided, the method includes: encoding a current region of a video by performing a transformation on the current region by using transformation units in a variable tree-structure which are determined from among transformation units that are hierarchically split from a base transformation unit with respect... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148718.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 In general, techniques are described for implementing an 8-point inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT). An apparatus comprising an 8-point inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) hardware unit may implement these techniques to transform media data from a frequency domain to a spatial domain. The 8-point IDCT hardware unit includes an even... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148740.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Methods and apparatus for processing a partial video frame are provided. In an exemplary method, first pixel data for a first video frame is received. Second pixel data for a second video frame that is subsequent to the first video frame is also received. Macro-blocks of pixels from the first... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148742.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 An image coding method including: binarizing last position information to generate (i) a binary signal which includes a first signal having a length smaller than or equal to a predetermined maximum length and does not include a second signal or (ii) a binary signal which includes the first signal having... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148741.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A system to perform automated conversion of video data includes a transcoder with a decoder processing video data for automatic video format detection and conversion of video data into uncompressed format; and an image scaler coupled to the setting controller to perform automatic video image size conversion based on horizontal... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148743.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method comprises determining a plurality of time intervals Tp and Tn within a variable bit rate (VBR) representation of an image sequence. The time intervals Tp are those in which a number of blocks of information per unit time is greater than a baseline value. The time intervals Tn... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148744.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 An apparatus and method are provided for compensating a block error in an image frame. This may include a video codec decoder for decoding an inputted image frame, and outputting a decoded image frame. An error concealment block may detect an error-generated block in the decoded image frame and compensate... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148745.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Mechanisms are provided for decoding a variable length encoded data stream. A decoder of a data processing system receives an input line of data. The input line of data is a portion of the variable length encoded data stream. The decoder determines an amount of bit spill over of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148748.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Methods for connected tractor and trailer identifications and the order of hook-up of multiple trailers to a tractor enable the tractor and trailer identification and the order of trailer hook-up to be remotely broadcast from the tractor or trailers. In one aspect, the detection of vehicle identification and the order... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148746.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 Systems and methods for establishing scheduling for charger and electric vehicle communication in a PLC system are described. In an illustrative embodiment, a method performed by a PLC device. In a further embodiment, the PLC device may be configured to operate according to a narrow-band PLC communication protocol. In a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148747.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A system for transmitting electrical power and communication signals is provided. The system comprises a transmission line, a source of electrical power for supplying electrical power to the transmission line, a first communication unit configured to supply communication signals to the transmission line, a power extraction unit configured to extract... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148749.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method and apparatus are for performing one of encoding and decoding a code word that is used to communicate a portion of a signal. For encoding, at least a portion of a code word is encoded from a signal based value using an approximation of a combinatorial function, wherein... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148750.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method, system or computer usable program product for managing digital radio transmissions including automatically selecting a group of radio receiving units for receiving a set of digital radio transmissions based on a set of factors previously stored about users associated with the group of radio receiving units, displaying a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148751.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method for managing digital radio transmissions including determining a group of selected radio receiving units for a set of digital radio transmissions according to a policy, and transmitting the set of digital radio transmissions by a radio transmitting unit only to the group of selected radio receiving units.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148752.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method for managing digital radio transmissions including automatically selecting a group of radio receiving units for receiving a set of digital radio transmissions based on a set of factors previously stored about users associated with the group of radio receiving units, displaying a proposed group of radio receiving units... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148753.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 The present invention provides, inter alia, a method for digital communication between at least one first node and a plurality of second nodes which are connected with the first node by a field bus. According to one aspect a highly effective presence detection scheme for checking the operational status of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148756.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 The present invention provides a data transmission method, a transmitter, and a receiver in a coordinated communication system, including: precoding, by a first transmitter, its payload data by using a first precoding matrix to obtain first precoded data; precoding, by the first transmitter, coordinated data by using a second precoding... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148754.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 The present disclosure provides for an improved application of signal strength weightings in an SDMA sectored cellular network. The improved signal strength weightings application is conducted through the improved selection of weightings from a new codebook subset or by the selection of weightings from a larger codebook subset. In a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148755.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method for communication includes configuring a communication system that includes a transmitter and a receiver with first precoding matrices for mapping up to N data streams onto N transmit antenna ports of the transmitter. Each of at least some of the first precoding matrices are derived from respective second... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148757.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A wireless transmitter capable of transmitting a data stream to a wireless receiver, the wireless transmitter includes a plurality of transmitting antennas; and a scheduler controls to increase the number of candidate beams selectable for transmitting said data stream depending on the number of data streams to be transmitted from... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148758.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A filter circuit includes two parallel digital filters, a DAC, and an LPF. The DAC includes two parallel decoders, a parallel-to-serial converter, a switch driver, and a switch. A PLL circuit supplies a reference clock to the DAC. A frequency divider provided in the DAC divides the frequency of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148759.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 The present disclosure provides for an improved application of signal strength weightings in an SDMA sectored cellular network. The improved signal strength weightings application is conducted through the improved selection of weightings from a new codebook subset or by the selection of weightings from a larger codebook subset. In a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148760.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method for generating an amplified radio frequency (RF) signal is provided. In-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) signals are received and interleaved so as to generate a time-interleaved signal. Delayed time-interleaved signals are then generated from the time interleaved signal, and each of the delayed time-interleaved signals is amplified so... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148761.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A communication system comprises a direct conversion receiver for correcting imbalance errors. The direct conversion receiver receives a radio frequency (RF) signal and converts the RF signal to baseband signals. The direct conversion receiver further translates the baseband signals to digital signals having a direct current (DC) offset and applies... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148762.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A circuit and a method for removing a frequency offset and a communication apparatus including the circuit, capable of removing the frequency offset by tracking rapidly and accurately in a payload section. A sequence of sample levels is obtained by sampling a frequency level of the baseband signal at every... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148764.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 An OFDM system and method using amplitude shift keying (ASK) for subcarrier modulation is provided. Because ASK is used, the signal of each symbol in time domain is conjugate-symmetric. In addition, among the discrete numbers of each symbol, two of them are always real. These properties are utilized such that... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148763.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 One embodiment includes an adaptive sample quantization system. The adaptive sample quantization system includes an antenna to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal having data encoded therein, and analog antenna electronics configured to convert the RF signal to an analog electrical signal. The system also includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148765.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A coarse timing acquisition technique includes generating a sequence detection indicator. The sequence detection indicator indicates detection of a sequence of repeated symbols in a received signal. The sequence detection indicator is based on a first energy threshold and a normalized moving sum of an autocorrelation signal. The autocorrelation signal... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148766.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 In this signal detection device (100), a delaying unit (101) delays a first distributed signal or a second distributed signal distributed from a received signal for a period of time of T1 to form a first multiplication signal, and delays the one for a period of time of T2 (T2>T1)... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148767.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A method of operating a communications system includes generating a channel impulse response estimate based on a first received signal. The method includes selecting a precursor and a cyclic prefix length for a second received signal based on the channel impulse response estimate, a target cyclic prefix energy level, and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148768.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A decoder includes a buffer configured to incrementally transport a synchronous data stream through a path of the decoder. A control circuit is configured to control a depth parameter associated with the buffer and to provide a substantially predictable delay of the synchronous data stream through the path of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130148769.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0700 A wireless apparatus includes a clock generation PLL circuit of a digital baseband section. A variable output regulator receives as an input a VCO control voltage for controlling an oscillation frequency of a VCO in the PLL circuit, varies an output voltage in accordance with the VCO control voltage, and...