System and method of providing service information to a subscriber through a wireless device
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In detailing the subject invention, several industry-recognized definitions and newly-coined terms will be used throughout the description. In order to facilitate an unde... Read More
Inventors: Malackowski, James E.; Stathis, Kristi L.;, Assignee: Ewireless, Inc. (Highland Park, IL) |
Paging system for electronic telephone apparatus
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a paging method and apparatus, for a switching system, capable of responding to a plurality of incoming telephone calls. It is another obj... Read More
Inventors: Hasegawa, Iwao;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP) |
Controller for a telephone system with code screening of incoming calls
The present invention provides a remotely accessible telephone control system. In this aspect of the invention the system includes a detector for detecting signals received via a communication port; m... Read More
Inventors: Fuller, Robert M.; Epler, Frederick A.; Manowski, Maxwell E.;, Assignee: Aspect Telecommunications Corporation (San Jose, CA) |
Personal communicator system for identifying a telephone which is disposed proximate a locator transmitter
In one aspect the present invention provides a communication system wherein a user carries a paging device for receiving signals broadcast from a paging system, the paging device having a unique ident... Read More
Inventors: Fuller, Robert M.; Epler, Frederick A.; Manowski, Maxwell E.;, Assignee: Aspect Telecommunications Corporation (San Jose, CA) |
Arrangement for improving availability of services in a communication system
OF EMBODIMENTS Definition of User Mobility Let us now consider an example consisting of a telecom system.sub.N domain, a Terminal.sub.m domain and a User.sub.a domain. The User.sub.a domain consists ... Read More
Inventors: Do, Thanh Van;, Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, SE) |
Method and apparatus for performing idle mode reacquisition and handoff in an asynchronous communication system
The invention provides various techniques to efficiently process paging channels in an asynchronous wireless communication system. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, if the base stations ... Read More
Inventors: New, Wen Jing; Levin, Mark; Hughes, Robbin D.;, Assignee: Qualcomm, Incorporated (San Diego, CA) |
Methods and systems for selective broadcast enhancement
The inventions of this application operate in a wireless environment to efficiently distribute and deliver non-real-time, critical information (with "discard eligibility") in a broadcast fashion via ... Read More
Inventors: Fingerhut, Howard W.; She, George;, Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Antenna selection control circuitry
In a first aspect of the invention there is provided antenna selection apparatus for a receiver selectively operable with a first and a second antenna, comprising measurement means for measuring avera... Read More
Inventors: Jager, Michael David;, Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited (Salo, FI) |
Base station for a mobile digital system with the frequency hopping technique
This technical problem is solved with the invention which consists in a base station in a TDMA digital mobile system, in which the data associated to one user are transmitted as bit burst in a frame i... Read More
Inventors: Colamonico, Armando; Donati, Marcello;, Assignee: Italtel Societa Italiana Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. (Milan, IT) |
Radio communication system with a stationary and a mobile radio device
OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 shows schematically the configuration of a conventional radio system, i.e. the configuration of a public cellular mobile radio system PLMN. Only a single radio cell o... Read More
Inventors: Blanke, Gero;, Assignee: Alcatel (Paris, FR) |
Method and apparatus in a communication network
The problem dealt with by the present invention is to minimise the radio resource consumption caused by paging, location updating and periodic registration of a radio mobile terminal, also called term... Read More
Inventors: Chambert, Georg; Rune, Johan;, Assignee: Telefonaktiebolget LM Ericsson (publ) (SE) |
Wireless telephone distribution system with time and space diversity transmission for determining receiver location
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION--FIRST EMBODIMENT FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 In a first embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1, a mobile user having an antenna 10 is coupled to a CDMA transfer station 14. The CDMA ... Read More
Inventors: Bolgiano, D. Ridgely; LaVean, Gilbert E.;, Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Method for using only two base stations for determining the position of a mobile subscriber in a CDMA cellular telephone system
The present invention is directed to a method for determining the position of a mobile station within a cellular telephone system having first and second base stations. A round trip signal propagation... Read More
Inventors: Gilhousen, Klein S.;, Assignee: |
Flat panel antenna
What is claimed is: 1. A method of determining the physical dimensions of an antenna having a generally triangular radiating element, having a linear feedline, one end of which includes an apex-area t... Read More
Inventors: Bateman, Blaine Rexel; Munson, Robert Eugene;, Assignee: Centurion Wireless Technologies, Inc. (Lincoln, NE) |
System and method for estimating a set of parameters for a transmission channel in a communication system
The present invention comprises a system and method for performing channel estimation in a GSM receiver. The channel estimation operates under the assumption that the analog-to-digital (A/D) converter... Read More
Inventors: Rahmatullah, Muhammad M.; Yip, Philip; Asghar, Saf;, Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Base station having transmitter power adjustment system
OF THE INVENTION The operation of the digital parts of the base station transmitter and of the entire transmitter must be in synchronism with the timing of the general frame structure of the base sta... Read More
Inventors: Piirainen, Olli;, Assignee: Nokia Telecommunications Oy (Espoo, FI) |
Transmitting on the downlink using one or more weight vectors determined to achieve a desired radiation pattern
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention preferably is implemented as part of a wireless communication system with SDMA, in particular a cellular SDMA system. In one implementation, the system oper... Read More
Inventors: Goldburg, Marc H.;, Assignee: ArrayComm, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Pulse modulated infrared data communications link
This invention provides a pulse modulated infrared data communications link including a transmitter and receiver which can be used, for example, to connect a portable computer to a LAN. The data to be... Read More
Inventors: Tonomura, Kihachiro;, Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) |
ASK optical transmitter
OF DRAWINGS with reference to FIG. 1, an optical ASK transmitter 10 is shown for use as a transmitter of a prescribed digital code at regular intervals. Such transmitter is particularly effective for... Read More
Inventors: Crimmins, James W.;, Assignee: K and M Electronics, Inc. (West Springfield, MA) |
Differentially coded and guard pulse position modulation for communication networks
Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure as Letters Patent, is: 1. A method of pulse position encoding data for transmission over a communications link along which... Read More
Inventors: Chen, Kwang-Cheng;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Wireless in-building telecommunications system for voice and data communications
We claim: 1. A wireless in-building telecommunications system for voice and data communications comprising: a control module; a plurality of user modules; said control module having a voice interface ... Read More
Inventors: White, Richard E.; Freeburg, Thomas A.; Berken, James J.; Ogasawara, Roy T.; Mitzlaff, James E.; Bedlek, Gregory J.;, Assignee: |
Apparatus for exchanging data between a central station and a plurality of wireless remote stations on a time divided commnication channel
An apparatus is provided for exchanging data between a central station and a plurality of wireless remote stations on a time divided communication channel. The apparatus includes means for receiving a... Read More
Inventors: Heide, Carolyn;, Assignee: Spectrix Corporation (Deerfield, IL) |
Remote control incorporating self-test capability
In accordance with the present invention a method of testing a remote control is provided, which includes generating an output test code and an output test signal, which is representative of the outpu... Read More
Inventors: Verzulli, Christopher J.;, Assignee: U.S. Electronics Components, Corp. (Port Jefferson, NY) |
Adaptive radio receiver controller method and apparatus
What is claimed is: 1. A method of controlling a radio receiver for use in a radio communication system, the radio communication system including a first radio receiver and a first remote transmitter,... Read More
Inventors: Okada, Tomoyuki; Baranowski, Robert;, Assignee: Motorola (Schaumburg, IL) |
Inter-base synchronization technique for a TDMA communication system
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Overview of TDMA Controller FIG. 3 illustrates the preferred embodiment TDMA controller architecture incorporating certain novel features. This architecture may be used i... Read More
Inventors: Malek, Charles J.; Weigand, David L.; Rose, Dennis M.; Socci, Gerard G.;, Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Method and circuitry for compensating internal timing errors of a mobile station
An object of their present invention is to provide a new method and a circuitry for compensating the timing errors of a mobile station, particularly those of a digital mobile station. An object of the... Read More
Inventors: Kuusinen, Tero;, Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. (Salo, FI) |
Telecommunication management system and user interface
The present invention is a system for managing a telecommunication system on a personal computer with a graphical user interface. Through the use of graphical representations of communication channels... Read More
Inventors: DeGrazia, Brad R.; Escobar, Phillip A.;, Assignee: Active Voice Corporation (Seattle, WA) |
Server-to-server event logging
It is an object of the present invention to provide server-to-server event logging wherein events are distributed to receivers requiring the information while clarifying the source of the information.... Read More
Inventors: Dawson, Colin Scott; Kaczmarski, Michael Allen; Vining, Bonnie Jean; Warren, Jr., Donald Paul;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Use of third party ultra wideband devices to establish geo-positional data
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for determining a location of a wireless device in a wireless communication system. In general, an initial request is transmitted to wireless d... Read More
Inventors: Santhoff, John H.; Arrieta, Rodolfo T.;, Assignee: Pulse-Link, Inc. (San Diego, CA) |
Wireless message courier
This invention is a method for delivering electronic messages wirelessly when the sender of a message is outside the coverage area of its wireless service provider. The method relies on a third-party ... Read More
Inventors: Chan, Shun-Shing; Greenwood, Michael Corey; Liu, Te-Kai; Maruyama, Kiyoshi;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |