Abstract:
A communication system that provides communication services to a plurality of communication devices over one or more wireless channels. The communication system includes an operator interface that allows for interactive modification of system parameters to provide adjustable service availability.
Abstract:
In a radio circuit (299) that forwards a signal pair (I,Q) by first (291, I) and second (292, Q) channels, by converting the signal pair (I,Q) from a digital form (ID, QD) to an analog form (IA, QA), a gain controller (200) monitors differences between the overall gains (GI, GQ) in the channels and corrects a gain imbalance by feeding back a gain determining control signal (W) to one of the channels. The gain controller (200) has digital comparators (221-224) at the inputs (281, 282) of the channels and analog comparators at the outputs (283, 284) of the channels. Intrinsic offsets of the analog comparators are determined and compensated by subtracting corresponding offsets from the digital comparators.
Abstract:
The reverse channel AISCH (R-AISCH) is multiplexed in a 1.25 ms slot within the reverse link control channel. In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention the reverse pilot channel now contains PCSCH and Pilot symbols. These are spread with W0 to complete transmission of the channel.
Abstract:
A communication system for exchanging session initiation protocol signaling messages between a user host associated with a wireless communication device, and a remote user host, through a network, and method therefor. A multiplexer module positioned within the wireless communication device multiplexes call control data, session initiation protocol commands, and packet data setup and status transmitted between the wireless communication device and the network. A control module located in the multiplexer determines whether a packet associated control channel has been set up, and, in response to the packet associated control channel not being set up, the multiplexer module utilizes a slow dedicated control channel for transmitting signaling associated with requesting a packet associated control channel for transmitting the session initiation protocol commands.
Abstract:
A Packet Network for use in association with a wireless communication system employs packet distribution and call set-up methods optimized to select from a plurality of network routing devices, a single node (i.e., Rendezvous Point (VP) or.multicast core) as a function of attributes exhibited by the communication devices involved in the call or as a function of various communication system performance and/or quality of service (QOS) attributes, including but not limited to, bandwidth requirements, resource availability, network processing capacity, network response time, network traffic data, information technology and other knowledge and know-how regarding system equipment, system software, system integration, installation and/or deployment, bit error rate (BER), received signal strength indication (RSSI), quality of service (QOS) metrics, and any other measure of system performance or call quality.
Abstract:
A method to encode and decode frames of data used in the synchronous HDLC protocol operates on blocks of data, as opposed to bit-by-bit. A first reference (nulllookupnull) table is provided for zero insertion during the HDLC encoding process and a second reference table is provided for flag or abort signal detection and zero deletion during the HDLC decoding process.
Abstract:
A family of methods for interference averaging in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems is provided. The methods can provide interference averaging in situations where an interfering co-channel is either partially or fully loaded. For partially loaded systems, subcarrier puncturing, frequency domain repetition, time domain repetition, and hybrid time-frequency repetition schemes are provided. For systems using adaptive modulation/coding rates, lower rates and transmit power can be selected in order to perform interference averaging in time-spread and frequency-spread OFDM schemes. In systems with downlink power control, frequency domain mixing can be used to perform interference averaging.
Abstract:
A hand-held communication device with an automatically oriented antenna fixed thereto and including a closed container at least partially filled with liquid. A floating element including a patch antenna is positioned within the cavity and carried by the liquid so as to maintain the patch antenna in a continuous orientation. An electrical coupling is formed between the patch antenna and the hand-held communication device to operatively couple the patch antenna for receiving transmissions in the hand-held communication device.
Abstract:
A method and computer program product for transporting digital images across electronic media. A digital image 122, e.g., a signature, a handwritten note, a paint program file or anime, captured in a digital ink file 124 is converted or compressed 126 into a string 128 of binary bits. The bit string 128 is mapped 130 into displayable characters such as ASCII characters. The displayable characters are embedded 132 into a message, such as being included in the text of an e-mail message and the message is transmitted electronically. When the message is received 142, the embedded displayable characters are stripped 144 from it. The displayable characters are mapped 146 to their binary equivalents and the mapped binary data stream 148 is reconverted or decompressed 150 to recover the digital ink file 124. The original digital ink image 153 is displayed from the digital ink file 124.
Abstract:
Spread spectrum packet-switching radio devices are operated in two or more ad-hoc networks or pico-networks that share frequency-hopping channels and time slots that may collide. The piconets can be short range wireless associations of communicating devices, for example according to the Bluetooth, Home RF or similar industry protocols. One device in each piconet is a synchronizing master and others are slaves that follow the master's frequency hopping sequence. The sequences of two or more operating piconets (masters) occasionally coincide, which could cause simultaneous transmissions that interfere or collide. The frequency hopping sequences of two or more masters are exchanged using identity codes, permitting the devices to anticipate collision time slots. Priorities are assigned to the simultaneously operating piconets during collision slots, e.g., as a function of their message queue size or latency, or other factors. Lower priority devices may abstain from transmitting during predicted collision slots, and/or a higher priority device may employ enhanced transmission resources during those slots, such as higher error correction levels, or various combinations of abstinence and error correction may be applied. Collisions are avoided or the higher priority piconet is made likely to prevail in a collision. Priorities are repetitively re-determined and re-assigned, to allocate communications resources among all the devices and piconets.