Telecommunications inventions 08/06

20060194535 - Broadcast delivery to a wireless device: A broadcast media receiver (30) enables delivery of application programs and other data streams transmitted over broadcast media transmission networks to mobile communication devices. The receiver includes a receiver unit for receiving a first data stream (21) of broadcast media and at least one second data stream (22) over a...

20060194536 - Mobile terminal and method for providing user interface using received terrestrial digital broadcasting data: A mobile terminal for receiving terrestrial digital broadcasting data and a method thereof are provided. A digital broadcasting receiver receives digital broadcasting data corresponding to a frequency in response to a request for digital broadcasting corresponding to the frequency. A demodulator separates a main service channel (MSC) containing broadcasting data...

20060194537 - System and method for underwater data communication: Embodiments include an underwater communications device and methods of using and operating such devices. For example, an underwater communications device may include a radiative element, a communications section comprising at least one of a receiver and a transmitter. The radiative element communicates RF signals associated with the communications module. The...

20060194539 - High-speed internal wireless bus: Multiple computing devices are connected together using a high-speed wireless link. The wireless link enables expansion of available resources to the host device, such as one or more of volatile memory resources, non-volatile memory resources, and additional processor resources....

20060194538 - Method and system for voip over wlan to bluetooth headset using acl link and sniff for aligned esco transmission: A system and method are disclosed for reducing interference in simultaneous wireless LAN (WLAN) and wireless personal area network (PAN) signal handling in mobile wireless terminals having both a WLAN and a PAN interface. The wireless terminal includes a first transceiver operating in the PAN network in a communications band...

20060194540 - Self organizing multi-channel management: A wireless station and associated method is provided for communicating digital messages. A first transceiver tunes to a first radio frequency. A digital controller enables the first transceiver to transmit on the first radio frequency during intermittent periods of varying durations. The intermittent periods are separated by a fixed duration....

20060194541 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method having communication function: The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone (11) is placed on an input display section (2) of a personal computer (1), a...

20060194542 - Radio terminal apparatus and reception operation control program thereof: A base station transmits information in a downlink signal that identifies whether the base station is an adaptive array base station. If a terminal capable of performing diversity reception determines that a terminal to be connected is an adaptive array base station, it stops to perform diversity reception and set...

20060194543 - Mobile communication apparatus: The mobile communication apparatus 10 includes transmission means 11, reception means 11, surrounding environment detection means 13, 14 for detecting whether or not there are communication obstacles in the surroundings of a mobile unit, communication state decision means 15 for making decisions as to the quality of the communication state...

20060194544 - Method for separating interferering signals and computing arrival angles: A method is disclosed for processing all types of received, interfering radio frequency signals corrupted by noise to extract the individual signals without having any a priori knowledge about them. Received signals are converted for eigenspace processing and are subjected to repeated non-linear time domain and fast Fourier transform frequency...

20060194545 - Information processing apparatus and control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes, a wireless communication device including a detector and a communication unit, and executing wireless communications with a base station using a wireless signal, a unit for determining whether or not a current position of the apparatus exists in a wireless service...

20060194547 - Method and apparatus for assigning data rate in a multichannel communication system: A method of assigning transmission data rate in a multi-channel communication system based upon a comparison between projected transmitter power output for transmission at a selected data rate, and the maximum transmitter power capability. Relative power requirements for high and low processing gain channels are stored in a LUT in...

20060194546 - Using uplink relative path gain related measurements to support uplink resource management: A cellular system includes a first cell associated with a first base station, a second cell associated with a second base station, and a mobile radio currently served by the first base station. Distributed resource control may be used in which the first base station alone or in combination with...

20060194548 - Method and apparatus for providing user specific downlink beamforming in a fixed beam network: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for providing user specific beams in a fixed beam network. In one embodiment, there is provided a mobile transceiver comprising a first device configured to receive phase reference signal data from a base station, the phase reference signal data being indicative...

20060194549 - System and method for automatically synchronizing and acquiring content for battery-powered devices: Various synchronization and content acquisition tasks able to be performed by a portable device are governed by reference to a budget. In operation, the budget may be adjusted as a function of a state of a battery associated with the portable device, as a function of one more file sizes...

20060194550 - Front-end circuit for wireless transmission systems: A functional block of a front-end circuit for a communication device, which is employed for multi-band and/or multi-mode operation, is proposed. By positioning, according to this invention, a pin diode switch in one of the parallel signal paths instead of positioning it on the input side before separating the signal...

20060194551 - Power amplifier and polar modulation system: The power amplifier of the present invention is a power amplifier used in a communication device which communicates in a plurality of transmission modes of different power levels while switching the power level from mode to mode, and includes: an input terminal to which a signal is inputted; a first...

20060194552 - Method of using snr to reduce factory test time: The application relates to wireless networks and more particularly to a method of reducing factory test time of receiver sensitivity in a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless device. Under TIA/EIA/-98E, the radio frequency (RF) sensitivity of a CDMA wireless receiver is the minimum received power, measured at the mobile...

20060194553 - Systems, methods and apparatus for determining a radiated performance of a wireless device: Systems, methods, apparatus, processors and computer-readable media include a radiated testing module that executes a predetermined radiated performance test on a wireless device. The test dictates various performance-related parameters to measure and log at each of a plurality of predetermined positions. Further, the wireless device receives synchronization information operable to...

20060194554 - Power dissipation reduction in wireless transceivers: Methods and circuits for reducing power dissipation in wireless transceivers and other electronic circuits and systems. Embodiments of the present invention use bias current reduction, impedance scaling, and gain changes either separately or in combination to reduce power dissipation. For example, bias currents are reduced in response to a need...

20060194555 - Circuit arrangement and method for compensating for abrupt signal level changes in amplification devices: A circuit arrangement includes two adjustable amplification devices where the signal output of the first amplification device is connected to the signal input of the second amplification device. The first amplification device has a digital input for controlling its gain and the second amplification device has an input for controlling...

20060194556 - Local oscillation circuit for direct conversion receiver: Disclosed is a local oscillation circuit for a direct conversion receiver, which includes a local oscillator for outputting a local oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency; and a fractional signal generator for converting the local oscillation signal into a fractional harmonic signal, which has a frequency equal to a frequency...

20060194557 - Tuner: A tuner is provided for permitting independent reception of a plurality of channels from a multiple channel radio frequency input signal. A first analog converter of the upconverter type block-converts the radio frequency band to an intermediate frequency band. Several second analog frequency converters, such as quadrature ZIF downconverters, are...

20060194558 - Canceling harmonics in semiconductor rf switches: An RF switching circuit adapted to cancel selected harmonic signals. An unwanted harmonic signal Sh1 at a selected harmonic frequency Fsh of an operating frequency Fo exists in a signal Si conducted by the switching circuit, possibly produced by the switching circuit due to conduction through a first nonlinear impedance...

20060194559 - Radio-frequency circuit: A radio-frequency circuit comprises a low-noise amplifier, an NMOS mixer for converting a radio-frequency signal output from the low-noise amplifier into an intermediate-frequency signal, a polyphase filter for removing image noises, and a PMOS mixer for converting the intermediate-frequency signal passed through the polyphase filter into a baseband signal....

20060194560 - Dc offset calibration for a radio transceiver mixer: A mixer for a radio transceiver includes a commutating mixer switch having a first differential input port coupled to a DC offset cancellation path. The first differential input port of the mixer switch includes a first terminal coupled to a first end of a first resistor and a second terminal...

20060194561 - Systems and methods for self-calibration: A self-calibrating integrated circuit includes a processor having at least one analog function used with the processor; one or more sensors adapted to sense one or more environmental parameters of the at least one analog function; and a solid state memory being configured to store the one or more environmental...

20060194562 - Satellite receiver system: An SDARS receiver for use with at least two antennae, each of which receives bitstreams from a first satellite, bitstreams from a second satellite, and bitstreams from a terrestrial repeater, including demodulators configured to switch between demodulating bitstreams from the satellites and to switch between demodulating bitstreams from the terrestrial...

20060194563 - Programmable surface acoustic wave filter: A programmable surface acoustic wave filter and methods thereof including a piezoelectric substrate, a ground electrode formed in a comb structure on the piezoelectric substrate, a plurality of output electrodes formed in comb structures on the piezoelectric substrate and alternately disposed together with the ground electrode, and a switching unit...

20060194564 - Radio transmitting/receiving apparatus and intermittent transmission/reception control method of radio transmitting/receiving apparatus: A radio transmitter/receiver and an intermittent transmission/reception control method thereof, capable of reducing the reception startup time as well as suppressing reception power consumption. A radio transmitter/receiver used for ad hoc communication is provided with a dedicated standby reception unit (10) having a simple combination of an RF demodulator (6)...

20060194565 - Super block: A communications terminal block that houses a substantially horizontal pin bed with at least one pin disposed at an angle of less than 90 degrees relative to the bed provides access and safety advantages. A kit that includes such a block together with adhesive labels, replacement fanning strips, mounting hardware...

20060194566 - System and method of controlling vehicle communications during emergency conditions: A method and a system for controlling communications between a vehicle telematics device and a call center. The method includes determining an emergency condition. A communications priority is determined. Information is selectively communicated between the vehicle telematics device and the call center based on the emergency condition and the communications...

20060194567 - Symmetrically and asymmetrically stacked transistor grouping rf switch: A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) RF switch adapted for improved power handling capability using a reduced number of transistors is described. In one embodiment, an RF switch includes pairs of switching and shunting stacked transistor groupings to selectively couple RF signals between a plurality of input/output nodes and a common RF node....

20060194568 - System and method for determining location of rogue wireless access point: Described are a method and system for determining a location of an unauthorized wireless access point (“AP”) accessing a communication network. The system may include at least three authorized wireless devices and a computing arrangement generating a tracking data record. The tracking record includes a location of each of the...

20060194570 - Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and transmission medium: When a user gets interested in some music he/she listens to somewhere, for example, in a coffee shop, the user records that music in a memory provided in a portable terminal. A processor reads the information stored in the memory and performs a predetermined process on it. The resultant information...

20060194569 - Wireless electronic coupon delivery system for use by mobile communication devices: A wireless network and a process for delivering electronic coupons over the wireless network. Targeted coupons based on profile information submitted by a wireless network user may be transmitted to and then selected by the user. Information enabling a store to clear the coupons at checkout may be sent over...

20060194571 - Method and telecommunication system for indicating the receipt of a data message: The method operates in a telecommunications network having at least one subscriber terminal corresponding to at least one subscriber at a subscriber location. The method implements a message waiting indication service for indicating the presence of a data message corresponding to the at least one subscriber in a data message...

20060194572 - Wireless interactive property advertising system and methods: A system for providing property information about a property over a wireless network to an interested party having a mobile device, comprising: (a) an advertisement associated with the property, the advertisement having a shortcode and a keyword, and (b) a networked computer system having a property database containing property information...

20060194573 - Method and apparatus for time calibration: A local time is modified according to a radio wave time received from a time calibration signal transmitting station, as well as corrected according to an authentic time that is received from a time server when the difference between the local time and the radio wave time is less than...

20060194574 - Incoming telephone call indicators: Communication techniques are provided. For example, in one aspect, a communication method comprises the step of inputting information, at the time of placing of a telephone call, that directs a receiving telephone to produce one or more of a plurality of incoming call indicators. The incoming call indicator, which may...

20060194575 - Rf coverage extension for wireless home networking systems: A networking system includes wired and/or wireless LANs connected to a virtual access point including a backbone network, wired-to-backbone bridges, and wireless-to-backbone bridges. A common media access control layer accesses different media of the backbone network and integrates a number of networking media elements of different multimedia data types interconnected...

20060194576 - Coordinated satellite-terrestrial frequency reuse: A system and method of operation for efficiently reusing and/or sharing at least a portion of the frequency spectrum between a first satellite spot beam and a second satellite spot beam, and/or an underlay terrestrial network associated with a second satellite spot beam. The spectrum is efficiently reused and/or shared...

20060194577 - Carrier search methods and related devices: Carrier search methods. Band use information is provided in a mobile station. The band use information comprises at least one identification and at least one supported band corresponding to the identification. An operation requesting a carrier search is received, and carriers are searched for from the band if the operation...

20060194578 - Method for preventing wireless local area network from frequent network selection interaction: The present invention discloses a method for preventing Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) from frequent network selection interaction. Every time it is needed to issue the information of operating networks of mobile communications, decide according to the number of times for which the information has been issued in a defined...

20060194582 - Handover between mobile communication networks: The invention provides a method of handover from an active network to a selected one of a plurality of potential other networks. In addition to the overall solution, the solution proposed has several individual aspects. All subsidiary aspects are related to the common problem mentioned above and sharing the underlying...

20060194579 - Method of mobility support for wireless networks: In the method of supporting mobility in wireless networks, a message is received in accordance with a wireless communication protocol that does not specify a message for mobility support. However, the received message is interpreted as a request for handoff, and at least one message is sent in support of...

20060194580 - Mobile radio communication system: A mobile radio communication system having a mobile radio communication network and a mobile radio subscriber appliance, wherein a unit in the network layer of the core network of the mobile radio communication network is configured to transmit to the mobile radio subscriber appliance a first message, based on an...

20060194581 - System and method for controlling an operational mode of a mac layer in a broadband wireless access communication system: A method for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer by a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station and a serving base station providing service to the mobile subscriber station is provided. The method includes the steps of: mode-transiting...

20060194583 - Method and system for mobile communications: When a network pages the temporary user mobile identifier of a mobile station, the mobile station sends a response to the network. Next, the network checks the authenticity of the user using a ciphering key, corresponding to the temporary user mobile identifier and a random number. If the temporary user...

20060194584 - Network-initiated service change from speech to multimedia: A method, apparatus and system for initiating a service change in a wireless system, the wireless system including an originating side and a terminating side. The invention includes initiating a modification request in a wireless system, wherein the modification request is a service change from a first mode to a...

20060194585 - Radio resource control method, radio network controller, and radio base station: A radio resource control method in a mobile communication system for determining a transmission rate of user data transmitted by a mobile station via an uplink based on a maximum allowable transmission rate, include: notifying, at a radio network controller, an averaging period or a forgetting factor to a radio...

20060194586 - System and method for balancing communication traffic loading between adjacent base stations in a mobile communications network: A method for evaluating and balancing communication traffic loading in a mobile communications network includes a mobile communications device that detects a first signal strength from a current base station, and a current traffic indicator for the current base station. The mobile device also calculates a current base station adjusted...

20060194588 - Method and system for determining the altitude of a mobile wireless device: A method and system for determining the three-dimensional location of a mobile wireless device. In one implementation, the device is a cellular telephone making a 911 call from one floor of a multi-story building. An embodiment of the method of the invention includes establishing a database that associates transmission metrics...

20060194589 - Methods and systems for proximity communication: Methods and systems for proximity based communication between users of proximity communication devices (“PCDs”). A localized communication network is established by peer-to-peer communication between PCDs. Each PCD communicates with other PCDs in a wireless, localized, peer-to-peer network structure. Each PCD is identified to other PCDs in its own localized area...

20060194590 - Mobile communications terminal, service area calculation apparatus and method of calculating service area: A mobile communications terminal includes positional information generator configured to generate positional information indicating a current position of the terminal, receiver which receives identification information sent from the base station of the second mobile communication network, notification information generator configured to generate notification information including the identification information and the...

20060194587 - System and method for asset location in wireless networks: Described is a system and method for tracking an asset. The system may include a plurality of wireless access points and a computing arrangement communicating with the access points. The arrangement determines a location area of the device as a function of first data and a location of each of...

20060194591 - Location request method and apparatus in wireless communications networks and devices: A method and apparatus for suppressing subsequent re-request of a location request, for example a MO-LR request in a GSM communication system, by a mobile station (MS) (110) to the network. The method in the mobile station comprises transmitting (302) a location request message to a network. Then, at the...

20060194592 - Method and system for enhanced security using location-based wireless authentication: A method and system for enhancing security using location-based wireless authentication for a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of: sending from the mobile device to a base station a message, the message having a unique identifier associated with the mobile device; appending, at the base station, a location...

20060194594 - Location services in a communications system: A user equipment is located in a communication system by a method. The user equipment communicates on a user plane to a network element information that relates to a communication channel between the user equipment and a node of the communication system....

20060194593 - Method for locating a mobile unit in a wireless telecommnunication network: The present invention provides a method for locating mobile units in a wireless telecommunication network. The method includes determining at least one distance associated with a mobile unit in communication with at least one base station in a wireless telecommunications network, determining a first location based on said at least...

20060194595 - Messaging system and service: Embodiments of the invention are concerned with modification of messages en route to a destination. One such modification is the addition of third party material, such as advertisement data, to a message. Conventionally, such a modification of messages occurs in accordance with some input from the sender of the message,...

20060194596 - System and method for direct peer to peer mobile messaging: A method and system for enabling mobile users using wireless devices such as mobile phones to conduct real time direct peer to peer mobile messaging through mobile networks. The system and method of the present invention provides mobile messaging software running on mobile devices. The mobile messaging software has local...

20060194597 - Access point: An access point (10) for providing a wireless LAN, comprising: a communication unit (110) that performs a wireless LAN communication; a status determination unit (120) that, constituted by separate from hardware constituting the communication unit (110), determines radio wave statuses on each of a plurality of channels; a wireless communication...

20060194599 - Method and apparatus for allocating at least one parameter to at least one transmission channel: The present invention relates to a method for allocating at least one parameter to at least one transmission channel at an interface disposed between a first node and a second node of a transmission system, wherein the interface is connected to at least one link disposed between the first node...

20060194598 - Method of updating channel information by a mobile station that is in power saving mode: A method of updating channel information by a mobile station (MS) that is in power saving mode is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes the MS which receives status information of a first channel descriptor and transmission frame information which includes when the first channel descriptor is to be transmitted....

20060194600 - Method and system for voip over wlan to bluetooth headset using advanced esco scheduling: A system and method are disclosed for reducing interference in simultaneous wireless LAN (WLAN) and wireless personal area network (PAN) signal handling in mobile wireless terminals having both a WLAN and a PAN interface. The wireless terminal includes a first transceiver operating in the PAN network in a communications band...

20060194601 - Admission control to wireless network based on guaranteed transmission rate: Admission control for parameterized traffic among wireless stations and an access point takes into account time varying channel capacity as well as loss characteristics of the wireless channel in guaranteeing specified quality-of-service (QoS). In addition, transmission burstiness, which is a difference between a minimum transmission rate specified by the station...

20060194602 - Power control based on estimates of cumulative received energy: The present invention provides a method for power control based on estimates of cumulative received energy. The method includes accessing a plurality of slot detection metrics associated with a plurality of slots, combining the plurality of slot detection metrics, and determining a power control instruction based upon the combined slot...

20060194603 - Architecture partitioning of a nonvolatile memory: An architecture for a nonvolatile memory includes an embedded authentication block and an update engine processing device....

20060194607 - Electronic device, radio communication terminal and data transmission method: An electronic device includes: a radio transmitting part which transmits, by radio, transmission data having a real transmission data portion and a preamble portion mixed, the preamble portion constituted by pseudo noise signals arranged in a given pattern; a radio receiving part near the radio transmitting part, which receives transmission...

20060194605 - Mobile station message having a station class mark field for indicating an meid capable mobile station: A mobile station for wireless communication includes a control processor configured to generate a message for transmission on a reverse signaling channel, the message including a Station Class Mark field having a plurality of bits, a portion of the Station Class Mark field indicating that the mobile station is uniquely...

20060194606 - Semiconductor integrated circuit for communication: The present invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit for communication (RF IC) realizing high yield without deteriorating a carrier leak characteristic even when a modulation circuit is formed by using cheep parts with large variations. In a semiconductor integrated circuit (RF IC) including: an input circuit constructed by a differential...

20060194604 - Wireless control of helmet-mounted communications equipment: A communication system for use by a helmeted rider of power sports equipment which enables the rider to control operating characteristics, such as the operating mode, of a microphone-including arrangement for a two-way radio or public address (PA) equipment while the rider maintains his grip about the handlebars of the...

20060194610 - Band selection methods and related devices in a mobile communication system: A band selection method is utilized in a mobile station. The mobile station operates in a plurality of supported bands in a mobile communication system. The mobile communication system comprises a plurality of cells. The method comprises: calculating a suggested value of band selection to match a current environmental state...

20060194608 - Remote cellular receiver: A cellular telephone system and assembly that provides the quality of reception and convenience of a standard telephone without the requiring telephone cable hookup to a telephone line provider. Components of the cellular telephone assembly can include a cellular receiver and transmitter assembly, a filter and amplifier assembly, a cellular-to-cable...

20060194609 - Wireless communication apparatus and communicating method thereof: In a wireless communication apparatus 1 for executing transmission and reception of a voice signal using a wireless communication technique, composed of a sub station 3 and a base station 2 which executes wireless communication with a mobile terminal in either operation mode of a master mode and a slave...

20060194611 - Multi-channel communication device: A multi-channel communication device for transmitting on a first frequency band or a second frequency band is disclosed. The multi-channel communication device may include a first transceiver operating at the first frequency band, a second transceiver operating at the second frequency band, and a controller in signal communication with the...

20060194613 - Communication terminal apparatus: A communication terminal apparatus which improves the a quality of an additional function such as image processing, music reproduction etc. over repressing power consumption is provided. The communication terminal apparatus has a transmission and reception unit adapted to transmit or receive a signal including a voice signal or an image...

20060194612 - Portable electronic assembly with media playback function: A portable electronic assembly with media playback function includes a portable electronic device with a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a partition plate, a built-in USB OTG (On-The-Go) chip and a USB OTG connection port in the second chamber, a cover for sealing the first chamber and...

20060194614 - Wireless computer network inluding a mobile appliance containing a single chip transceiver: A wireless computer data network includes several untethered mobile units that make ad-hoc data connections with an Internet-connected base station using the IEEE-802.11a standard. Each unit includes a radio transceiver fully integrated on a single semiconductor chip. The receiver portion is a double-conversion superheterodyne type, and shares the same intermediate...

20060194615 - Method and apparatus for antenna selection in a diversity antenna system for communicating with implantable medical device: A far-field radio frequency telemetry (RF) system for communicating with an implantable medical device includes a diversity antenna system. An antenna control circuit selects one or more antennas of the diversity antenna system for reducing potential data transmission errors associated with nulls encountered by the telemetry system due to environmental...

20060194616 - Sectorized wireless communication network operating under 802.11 specifications: Methods and systems are provided to facilitate communication with a plurality of remote units in a communication area that includes a plurality of spatial sectors. The system includes a network controller configured to receive and transmit under IEEE 802.11 specifications, and a plurality of directional antennas coupled to the network...

20060194617 - Shapable antenna beams for cellular networks: Systems and methods are disclosed which provide aggressively sculpted or shaped antenna beams, such as sector antenna beams, for use in communication networks. Preferred embodiments use passive antenna feed networks, preferably configured as personality modules, which are adapted for corresponding topological and morphological features. Preferred embodiment feed networks may be...

20060194618 - Speaker assemblies and mobile terminals including the same: Mobile terminals include a housing, an electronic circuit and a speaker assembly positioned in the housing. The speaker assembly includes a first speaker positioned adjacent a first side of the electronic circuit and a second speaker positioned adjacent the first speaker on the first side of the electronic circuit. A...

20060194619 - Displays for portable electronic apparatus: A portable electronic device, for example a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant, has an internal screen for the display of information, the electronic device also having an external screen arranged to receive information from the electronic device and being capable of displaying this information on an electro-optic medium....

20060194620 - Central alert for a cellular telephone: A central alert for a cellular telephone has a cellular telephone with a call signal. A transmitter is coupled to the call signal and transmits the call signal. A central alert station has a receiver that receives the call signal....

20060194621 - Modular ear-piece/microphone that anchors voice communications: The present invention provides a wireless headset that anchors voice communications or calls to the wireless headset. This wireless headset includes wireless interface(s), and earpiece, a microphone, processing module, and a user interface. The wireless interface(s) wirelessly couples the wireless headset to a base station via a wireless personal area...

20060194622 - Circuit for a data carrier, which circuit can be switched from an energy-saving processing mode to a normal-consumption processing mode: Provided in a circuit (8) for a data carrier (7) are a circuit part (12), which requires a relatively large amount of energy, and at least part of a contact interface (11) via which the circuit part (12) can be supplied with electrical energy, which circuit part (12) is designed...

20060194624 - Method for controlling a mobile communication device to enter a power-saving mode and to recover timing after the mobile communication device leaves the power-saving mode: A method for controlling a mobile communication device to enter a power-saving mode and to recover timing after the mobile communication device leaves the power-saving mode. The mobile communication device communicates with a base station through a time division multiple access (TDMA) system so that wireless signals are transmitted via...

20060194623 - Receive-aware power saving in a wireless communications device: A wireless communications device may reduce power consumption by determining that a received communications sequence is not addressed to the wireless communications device, determining how long the communications sequence will last, and placing its own receive circuitry into a low power state until the communications sequence has ended....

20060194625 - Mobile electronic device carrier allowing selective opening of the electronic device: A portable electronic device carrier (100) includes a base (105) having a resting portion (110) which slidably receives an electronic device (200) for securing the electronic device in a stored position. The base further includes a projection (120) extending from the base and positioned to engage the electronic device where...

20060194626 - Defined ringing tone segments in an audio source: A method of using a normal music file, such as an MP3 file, stored in a mobile terminal to produce a ringing tone. The music file comprises a plurality of file segments, some of the segments having associated data identifying the segments such that when the mobile terminal receives a...

20060189271 - Display card with a wireless module: The present invention provides a display card with wireless communication functionality. A wireless module controlled by a graphic processing unit is formed in the display card. Audio-visual data is sent to the corresponding display through a wireless communication method by the display card. This display card can communicate with the...

20060189272 - Multi-media broadcast and multicast service (mbms) in a wireless communication system: Techniques to implement MBMS services in a wireless communication system. In one aspect, a method is provided for p8rocessing data for transmission to a plurality of terminals. Frames of information bits (which may have variable rates) are provided to a buffer implementing a matrix. The matrix is padded with padding...

20060189274 - Satellite communications systems and methods using diverse polarizations: Communications occur between a satellite and respective first and second classes of terminals using substantially different polarizations. The first class of terminals may include fixed and/or vehicle-based terminals, and the second class of terminals may include handheld terminals. The second class of terminals may include terminals configured to preferentially receive...

20060189275 - Satellites using inter-satellite links to create indirect feeder link paths: Methods of providing a feeder link between a first substantially geo-stationary satellite and a satellite gateway include establishing a communications link between the satellite gateway and a second substantially geo-stationary satellite, establishing an inter-satellite communications link between the first substantially geo-stationary satellite and the second substantially geo-stationary satellite, and communicating...

20060189273 - Systems, methods and devices for a ku/ka band transmitter-receiver: A Ka/Ku-band transmitter-receiver comprises a tri-band feed of a Ka-band transceiver, in conjunction with an array of phase combined patch receiving, antennas that operate at the Ku-band frequencies....

20060189276 - Methods and systems for intelligent adaptive gain control: A wireless enhancer for providing bidirectional amplification is provided. The wireless enhancer may be positioned in an automobile or other mobile vehicle and used to increase the ability of a user to communicate with an existing cell phone system. The wireless enhancer provides bidirectional amplification for multiple signal formats and...

20060189277 - Transceiver device with switching arrangement of improved linearity: The present invention relates to a transceiver device having a switching arrangement and to a method of improving such a switching arrangement, wherein an input impedance of a duplexer means, as seen by a switching means (10) at a predetermined frequency, is transformed to a predetermined maximum or a minimum...

20060189278 - System and method for making an electronic handheld device more accessible to a disabled person: An electronic handheld device is described having an options module for providing a user with at least one option in the handheld device, each option associated with an enabling mode of operation of the handheld device. The device also includes an enabling module for implementing, in response to a particular...

20060189280 - Pattern diversity to support a mimo communications system and associated methods: A MIMO communications system includes a transmitter, and a receiver synchronized with the transmitter. The transmitter changes the power levels for each layered space data stream on a time slotted basis. The data streams arrive at the receiver with various power levels, which provides suitable differences in the received signals...

20060189279 - Radio transmitting apparatus and radio transmission method: A radio transmitting apparatus that has a plurality of antennas and changes the number of modulated signals transmitted simultaneously according to the propagation environment and so forth. A transmission power changing section 12 of a radio transmitting apparatus of the present invention adjusts the pilot symbol signal level so as...

20060189281 - Method of wavelength selection control and wavelength variable filter device: A method of wavelength selection control is disclosed. The method includes detecting reference RF frequencies by varying the frequency of a RF signal supplied to a reference acousto-optic tunable filter with the reference RF frequencies corresponding to reference wavelengths of reference signals input to the tunable filter, performing tracking to...

20060189283 - Carrier leak reduction transmitter circuit: A transmitter circuit has two mixers that modulate a carrier wave according to an input signal, outputs a signal having information in a phase and an amplitude, detects a DC offset in each of the mixers, and adds a DC voltage that corrects the detected DC offset to the input...

20060189282 - Transmitter: A transmitter for averagedly suppressing the variation in input level of an amplifier according to variation in carrier level. The transmitter comprises an input power calculation section (16) for calculating mean input power of each carrier, an output power calculating section (17) for calculating mean output power of each carrier...

20060189285 - Communication semiconductor integrated circuit, a wireless communication apparatus, and a loop gain calibration method: A polar-loop wireless communication apparatus includes, on a forward path between an amplitude detector and a power amplifier which constitute an amplitude control loop, a variable gain amplifier and a switch to change characteristics of a loop filter to output a frequency bandwidth of the amplitude control loop to an...

20060189284 - Transmitter and mobile communication terminal using the same: With a dual mode transmitter capable of handling two modulation methods for nonconstant amplitude modulation and constant amplitude modulation, respectively, speed-up of transition between modes is implemented. In a mode handling the constant amplitude modulation, first capacitors included in a low-pass filter constituting an AM loop, and a second capacitor...

20060189286 - Multi-band low noise amplifier, multi-band low noise amplifier module, wireless integrated circuit and multi-band rf module: A multi-band radio module for selectively supplying received signals in a plurality of frequency bands to a low noise amplifier via an input impedance matching circuit by switching over the operation mode of the low noise amplifier is comprised of: a pre-stage amplification unit including a plurality of fundamental amplifiers...

20060189287 - Remote control system: Transmitters (1) of remote control systems are provided with surfaceacoustic-wave-resonators (42) and receivers (2) are provided with variable inductors (54,79) for aligning the receiver, to optimise the performance versus the costs. A receiver oscillating-filtering circuit (24) comprises a single transistor (74), capacitors (76,77) and a variable inductor (79) to create...

20060189288 - Methods and apparatus for controlling a gain state of a wireless receiver operating in an idle mode: The settling time of a wireless receiver is reduced by providing a previously utilized gain control state value to a low noise amplifier (LNA) of a receiver front end during a warm-up portion of a wake-up period of the wireless receiver which follows a sleep period. One illustrative method includes...

20060189289 - Device for receiving digital signals with fading compensation: The reception device according to the invention enables, through a predictive detection of fading on the channels adjacent to the selected channel n, the phase of the incoming signals received from secondary antennas to be corrected so as to eliminate the fading....

20060189290 - Direct conversion tuner: A direct conversion tuner down-converts television signals, cable signals, or other signals directly from an RF frequency to an IF frequency and/or baseband, without an intermediate up-conversion step for image rejection. The direct conversion tuner includes a pre-select filter, an amplifier, an image reject mixer, and a poly-phase filter. The...

20060189291 - Receiver and method for concurrent receiving of multiple channels: A signal receiving apparatus provides a flexible architecture for single or multiple channel reception capability. According to an exemplary embodiment, the signal receiving apparatus includes a front-end processor and one or more channel recovery elements. The front-end processor includes an A/D converter, a demultiplexer, and one or more filters. The...

20060189292 - Electronic circuit device: An electronic circuit device includes filters, and a 90-degree hybrid circuit connected to the filters. The 90-degree hybrid circuit may have first and second output terminals. The first terminal of the 90-degree hybrid circuit is connected to an input terminal of one of the filters, and the second terminal thereof...

20060189293 - Direct conversion with variable amplitude lo signals: Techniques to reduce LO leakage by controlling the amplitude of LO signal based on the level of output signal after the frequency conversion process. An LO generator receives a VCO signal and generates an LO signal having a variable amplitude and a frequency that is related to the frequency of...

20060189294 - Wireless communication system within a system on a chip: A communication system for transmitting data between cores embedded in an integrated circuit on a silicon chip. Communication system includes transmitter circuitry for wirelessly transmitting data between cores and receiver circuitry for wirelessly receiving the transmission of data from other cores. Both transmitter circuitry and receiver circuitry may include of...

20060189295 - Demodulator and phase compensation method thereof: The exemplary demodulator of the present invention can eliminate effectively a phase fluctuation which cannot be fully eliminated by a carrier recovery loop (feedback loop), with subsequent feed-forward phase compensation loop which shares a phase detector of the carrier recovery loop. A carrier recovery loop receives a digital signal after...

20060189296 - Procedure for monitoring the usage of a broadcasted content: Method for monitoring the usage of a service by a communication device coupled to a tamper resistant module, in particular a smart card. A said service is transmitted from a resource able to communicate with said communication device by way of a network. The service comprises a plurality of encrypted...

20060189297 - System and method for providing public transport information: A system and method for providing public transport information is disclosed, which implements a function capable of providing optimal public transport information to a user who uses public transport when transferring. To this end, when a user brings a mobile communication terminal having a transport card function, i.e., a mobile...

20060189298 - Method and software program product for mutual authentication in a communications network: A method for mutual authentication between a subscriber and a communications network, in which a random number is generated at the subscriber's terminal. The random number is sent to the authentication sub-system managing the authentication of the subscriber for the access to the network, e.g., together with a subscriber's identifier....

20060189299 - Mobile communications device employing multiple data storage locations for electronic messages: A mobile communications device (116) comprises a message receipt and routing logic structure (216), which may include a rule comparison logic structure, a message routing logic structure and a default message handling logic structure. The message receipt and routing logic structure (216) receives an incoming message via a data service...

20060189300 - Method and apparatus for sending notification about broadcast service in a mobile broadcast system: A method and apparatus for informing a plurality of terminals receiving the same Mobile Broadcast (BCAST) service of an upcoming event such as a BCAST service change in a BCAST system are provided. When receiving a notice of a notification event related to a BCAST service or an Service Guide...

20060189301 - Handheld electronic device providing an alert when additional user action is required to initiate an outgoing phone call, and associated method: A method of facilitating the initiation of an outgoing phone call on a handheld electronic device including receiving a request to initiate the outgoing phone call and determining whether additional user action is required in order to initiate the outgoing phone call. If it is determined that additional user action...

20060189302 - Network communication system using a single reservation request over one or more assigned frequencies to identify a node: A network communication system is provided for communication between network nodes, including individual nodes and a central control station node. In the network, signals are transmitted from the central control node to identify one or more frequencies that the node may transmit. When a first individual node has data to...

20060189303 - Method of updating a unique call back number for a wireless emergency call: In the method of updating a unique call back number for a wireless unit having originated an emergency call, a unique call back number for the wireless unit is updated (e.g., changed or added to a list of unique call back numbers) based on a received unique call back number....

20060189304 - Method and apparatus to facilitate alternative modes of operation for a portable communication device: A communications device (300) enabled to support both external voice communications functionality (301) (or other external communications of interest and choice) and other functionality (302) has at least a first and second mode of operation (304 and 305). The first mode of operation permits essentially all functionality while the second...

20060189306 - System and method for supporting multiple certificate authorities on a mobile communication device: A system and method for supporting operations with multiple certification authorities (CAs) on a communication device. A common CA interface is provided between a plurality of secure communication applications and a plurality of CA-specific components, each of which interacts with a particular CA. A further common interface may also be...

20060189305 - Telephone: An object is to provide a telephone enabling a user of a telephone to readily recognize which telephone user is a source of voice under transmission. This telephone 10 has a receiver 102 for receiving telephone information to specify each of an authorized telephone and unauthorized telephones, a display surface...

20060189307 - Portable radio receiver with an identification module: The portable radio receiver (4) with which programs of a central radio sender (1) can be received comprises an identification module (40) in which user-specific data are stored as well as a contactless interface (41) over which a radio connection can be established with external devices at close range in...

20060189308 - Mobile communication system and base station control apparatus: A neighbor sector is automatically set to effectively perform soft handover. A base station corresponding to a first sector to communicate with a wireless terminal and a base station corresponding to a second sector to start communication with the wireless terminal due to movement of the wireless terminal or the...

20060189309 - Reusing frequencies of a fixed and/or mobile communications system: A communications system includes a first wireless communications system configured to provide wireless communications over a first frequency band, and a second wireless communications system configured to provide wireless communications using at least a portion of the first frequency band. The system includes an inter-system communications link between the first...

20060189310 - Method and apparatus for code division switching of communication signals by trunk coding: A method provides for trunk group satellite switching using a code division multiple access (CDMA) scheme. The method includes receiving inbound satellite beams carrying individually encoded user signals including a plurality of inbound trunk groups, processing and mapping the trunk group elements to a plurality of outbound trunk groups, routing...

20060189311 - Apparatus, system, and method for rapid wireless network association: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for rapid wireless network association. The apparatus includes a logic unit containing a plurality of modules configured to functionally execute the necessary steps of conducting a preliminary full band search on a predefined frequency spectrum to identify the frequency of an active communication...

20060189312 - Mobile radio terminal: If a control unit detects that it is located outside the service area, searching for a base station on the basis of information stored in a first list storage area is conducted with a certain cycle by a first searching means and searching for a base station on the basis...

20060189313 - Apparatus and method for function setting event in mobile terminal according to user position information: An apparatus and method for a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information are disclosed. According to the apparatus and method, a character agent function is added to a mobile terminal, and when an event occurs in the mobile terminal, the event occurrence and process...

20060189314 - System and method for providing information to a portable terminal: An information providing system can include a registration terminal having a guidance information registration database which stores information groups, which are correlated with reference position information. When portable terminal position information for specifying the position of a portable terminal is received together with a transmission request for the guidance information,...

20060189315 - Presence management server and system: A scheme and a device for managing a user state and a plurality of terminal states on a presence server, and for automatically selecting an optimum terminal by using both the user state and the terminal states. Priority degrees which depend on the terminal states are set, then selecting a...

20060189316 - Mobile assisted handoff system and method: A system and method for improved mobile assisted handoff in a digital cellular communication system that gives the mobile station the ability to synchronize to candidate base station transmissions in order to read the transmitted digital voice color code (DVCC) of the candidate station. This process is performed during the...

20060189317 - Mobile communication system and wireless base station device: A mobile communication system with which the time required for handover is short and which has a superior network operating efficiency. In the mobile communication system of the present invention, each wireless base station measures the strength of the radio waves received from a wireless terminal irrespective of whether or...

20060189318 - System and method for controlling an operational mode of a mac layer in broadband wireless access communication system: A method for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer by a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station and a serving base station providing service to the mobile subscriber station is provided. The method includes the steps of: mode-transiting...

20060189319 - Control of a conditional access mechanism: A method for enabling access to information services such as subscription television, by subscribers. Information services such as television or radio transmissions are provided to a receiver device over a first communication channel such as a satellite, terrestrial or cable broadcast network. Communication between the receiver device and one or...

20060189321 - System and method for allocating frequency resource in a multicell communication system: A multicell communication system includes a plurality of cells which use a frequency band on a division basis, wherein a frequency reuse factor K is defined such that the frequency band is divided into K sub-frequency bands, the K sub-frequency bands are allocated to K cells including a serving cell...

20060189320 - Transmission rate control method, and mobile station: A transmission rate control method for controlling a transmission rate of user data transmitted by a mobile station via a logical channel, include: notifying, at a radio network controller, a guaranteed bit rate of the logical channel to the mobile station; and controlling, at the mobile station, a transmission rate...

20060189322 - Method for admission control for mobile networks, an admission controller and a communication system therewith: The invention concerns a method for providing admission control for the admission of a mobile terminal (STA2) to a mobile network, whereby said admission control is based on at least one parameter (APP) that characterizes the radio channel that shall be used for a connection of the mobile terminal (STA2)...

20060189323 - Radio resource control method, radio base station, and radio network controller: A radio resource control method of controlling a radio resource for transmitting user data by a mobile station via an uplink, including: sending, from a radio base station, a signal indicative of a reduction of a maximum allowable transmission rate of the user data signaled to the mobile station connected...

20060189327 - Location blocking service from a wireless service provider: Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mobile subscriber (i.e., a cellular phone operator) to a third party (e.g., a...

20060189325 - Mobile communication terminal for outputting schedule information based on the location of user and method: A method and apparatus of outputting schedule information based on the location of a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes the steps of: registering, in response to a user's request, at least one piece of location information for determining whether to inform of schedule information based on the...

20060189326 - Tracking system: A tracking system includes a call handler and a database containing information relating to items to be tracked. The database contains customer identification criteria that guide the call handler to determine whether to track a tracked item for a customer. Communication nodes communicate with the customer, send a signal to...

20060189324 - Vehicular navigation based on site specific sensor quality data: A method and system for determining a location of a vehicle, the method comprises determining reception location data within a first cell of a work area for a vehicle. A reception quality estimator estimates reception quality data for the corresponding reception location data for the first cell. Optical location data...

20060189328 - Anonymous positioning of a wireless unit for data network location-based services: This invention concerns a process and a system for providing location information for a wireless unit in a wireless network to a location-based service provider, using a data network. In particular, the location information is provided to the location-based service provider without necessarily providing the identity of wireless unit, e.g.,...

20060189329 - Vehicular navigation based on site specific sensor quality data: A method and system for determining a location of a vehicle, the method comprises determining reception location data within a first cell of a work area for a vehicle. A reception quality estimator estimates reception quality data for the corresponding reception location data for the first cell. Optical location data...

20060189330 - Method for presentation of multiple graphical displays in operations support systems: Method and apparatus for presenting data in an operations support system. In one illustrative embodiment, a user is present with a list of aspects of a network for which graphical displays are available and allowed to select an aspect for which a graphical display is desired. A default graphic is...

20060189332 - Customized location area cluster paging: A method for paging a mobile station (40) served by a wireless telecommunications network (A) is provided. The network (A) includes a plurality of base stations (30) serving corresponding cells (32) which the mobile station (40) selectively uses to access the network (A). A plurality of location areas (22) are...

20060189331 - Multi-access call setup: In a multi-access communication system, a terminal is kept reachable through a first access network, which is most resource efficient one of the available access networks for keeping the terminal reachable. The terminal scans passively for the existence of usable base stations for other access networks of the system and...

20060189333 - Unified interface for voice, text or picture message authoring: A unified messaging interface and associated methods that enables mobile communication device users to initiate the creation of a message for a recipient without being required to explicitly specify the type of message that is to be created. The mobile communication device supports multiple message types, such as voice, text,...

20060189334 - Communication mode controlling method, mobile communication system, radio network controller, base station, and mobile communication terminal: A communication mode which should be set to a mobile communication terminal having a function of switching between an autonomous mode and a scheduling mode is determined based on an amount of interference in each of the communication modes in the cell of a base station, and/or communication characteristics of...

20060189335 - Method for transmitting information involving enhanced allocation of spectral resources: A method for transmitting information between at least two transceivers TRA and TRB linked together by a communication channel, said information being carried by means of at least one carrying signal Csg having an operating frequency, includes, according to the invention, a frequency selection step in the course of which...

20060189336 - Multimode access control method and multimode mobile station: In a multimode mobile station capable of communicating with a plurality of cellular systems where a current cellular system which the mobile station has acquired and a cellular system which the mobile station tries to access differ, access-failure information is stored at access failure time. The access-failure information includes any...

20060189339 - Method and system for deleting floor in poc system: A method and system for deleting a floor in a PoC system is provided, in which a session management server has a function to reset a floor management list, namely to cancel all reserved floors at once, and when an arbitrary PoC user makes a request to reset the floor,...

20060189340 - Method and system for guaranteeing seamless session when replacing poc terminal in poc system: A method and system for guaranteeing a seamless session when replacing a PoC terminal in a PoC system is provided, in which a currently busy PoC client can be replaced in an existing busy PoC session using a PoC compliant client capable of connecting the PoC session, thereby preventing a...

20060189337 - Premium voice services for wireless communications systems: Two advanced group-based voice services, known as Push-to-Conference (P2C) and Push-to-Message (P2M) services are provided by a real-time exchange (RTX) that interfaces to the wireless network. The RTX provides a full-duplex Push-to-Conference (P2C) session between an initiator and two or more other participants, wherein the P2C session comprises a full-duplex...

20060189338 - Updating a database of terminal capabilities for use in service provision to a wireless terminal: A method is provided of providing a telecommunications service to a wireless telecommunications terminal. This is by first receiving an indication that capability of the terminal has changed. A record in a database is then updated as to the change. The database is inspected so as to provide a telecommunications...

20060189343 - Method for forming power-efficient network: A method for forming a power-efficient network in a wireless sensor network including allowing a device connected to a first coordinator which configures a first wireless network to apply receiving-end power of the device for a predetermined time period intermittently; allowing the device to which the receiving-end power is applied...

20060189341 - Method of improving power control in a mobile radiocommunication system: A method of improving the performance of a mobile radiocommunication system. According to the invention, a network element, known as the first element of the network transmitting to mobile terminals, receives at least one datum from at least one other network element, known as the second network element, said datum...

20060189342 - Power control avoiding outer loop wind-up: Techniques for power control that avoids outer loop wind-up are disclosed. In one aspect, wind-up of a target power level is detected, and the target power level is modified in response. In another aspect, unwinding of the target power level is detected, after which the target power level is determined...

20060189344 - Uplink radio resource allocation method, radio base station, and radio network controller: An uplink radio resource allocation method allocates, at a radio base station, an uplink radio resource used for uplink user data transmission to a mobile station. The method includes: allocating, at the radio base station, the uplink radio resource, so that total received power in an particular cell of the...

20060189345 - Mobile electronic apparatus and function control method and program for the mobile electronic apparatus: A mobile phone terminal is provided in which first and second housings can be set to open and close states via a hinge portion. In the case that the terminal is at least in the close state and an electronic wallet function is locked, when side keys, namely, an “F”...

20060189346 - Apparatus and method for improving paging performance while simultaneously operating in different types of communication networks: A system and method of improving wireless communications between a wireless communication device and both a first network supporting voice and data services and a second network supporting packet data services. The method comprises providing the WCD with a primary transceiver and a secondary receiver for conducting wireless communications in...

20060189350 - Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and transmission medium: When a user gets interested in some music he/she listens to somewhere, for example, in a coffee shop, the user records that music in a memory provided in a portable terminal. A processor reads the information stored in the memory and performs a predetermined process on it. The resultant information...

20060189348 - Systems and methods for automatic synchronization of cellular telephones: Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating image data between a first cell phone and a remote processor by capturing image data using a first cell phone camera; connecting with the remote processor; and synchronizing images stored in the first cell phone with images stored in a data storage device...

20060189349 - Systems and methods for automatic uploading of cell phone images: Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating image data in a cell phone with an integrated camera by capturing image data using the integrated cell phone camera; detecting when the cellular device is in range of a wireless local area network (WLAN); and transferring the image data from the cell...

20060189347 - Wireless phone device flashlight: A high-intensity LED is integrated into a wireless phone device to provide an extremely convenient flashlight functionality at the ready for a user in possession of their wireless phone, particularly useful in emergency situations. When an emergency or other need emerges suddenly and while the user is otherwise unable to...

20060189351 - Radio frequency switch device: A radio frequency switch is disclosed. The switch includes a plurality of first substrates in which a ground surface is formed on each of the first substrates and a micro-strip line and a semiconductor on/off switch are disposed on a plane surface of the ground surface, a plurality of second...

20060189352 - Base station and radio terminal: A base station for a wireless LAN system has physical layers corresponding to channels, and a MAC layer. The physical layers each transmits and receives a radio signal conforming to an IEEE 802.11 standard using a corresponding channel. When transmitting, the MAC layer divides an entire data frame conforming to...

20060189353 - Base station apparatus and control method for controlling channel density: A base station apparatus is provided for adaptively controlling a maximal accommodation channel number per unit area (for example, the coverage area of a cell or sector) in accordance with a traffic quantity without relying upon detachment of a mobile base station and installation of a repeater. Upon inputting of...

20060189354 - Base transceiver station having mobile and fixed wireless service distribution functions: A Base Transceiver Station (BTS) for interworking a Wireless Local Area Network (W-LAN) and a mobile communication network through a Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) link is provided. The BTS having mobile and fixed wireless service distribution functions includes a Wireless Local Area Network Access Point (W-LAN AP), a wireless service function block,...

20060189356 - Mobile communication terminal apparatus: A mobile communication terminal apparatus which performs radio communication with base stations using an adaptive array antenna which obtains an antenna output by multiplying output signals from the respective antenna elements of an array antenna by weighting factors using multipliers, and adding the resultant data using an adder estimates the...

20060189355 - System for efficiently providing coverage of a sectorized cell for common and dedicated channels utilizing beam forming and sweeping: A communication system transmits and receives communications within a sectorized cell between at least one primary station and at least one secondary station. The communication system includes a unit for generating and shaping a beam; an antenna for transmitting and receiving signals within said beam; and a unit for directing...

20060189357 - Mobile communication apparatus and method for altering telephone audio functions: A mobile communication apparatus and method aim to alter telephone audio functions. The communication apparatus according to the invention includes a sound generating module, a sound altering module, and a sound broadcasting module. The sound generating module generates telephone audio signals that include a user's speaking voice, a ringtone and...

20060189358 - Rechargeable dual-use transceiver set for audio applications: A rechargeable dual-use transceiver set for audio applications comprises a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The first transceiver includes a device end USB connector; a first connecting end USB connector; and a first transceiver unit. The second transceiver includes a second connecting end USB connector; at least one I/O...

20060189359 - Power-conserving intuitive device discovery technique in a bluetooth environment: A method and system for managing when a responder device (a device having a transceiver for wireless communication) is operating in a discoverable mode in a wireless network of devices, such as a Bluetooth network. In the discoverable mode, the responder device is set to scan for and respond to...

20060189360 - Athletic monitoring system and method: A system and method are disclosed for monitoring the athletic performance of a user while also providing the user with entertainment such as an outputting of music. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a housing component at least partially defining an enclosure. A...

20060183420 - Method and apparatus for intelligent noise reduction in a distributed communication system: A wireless distribution system includes a number of remote units distributed in a coverage area to receive wireless signals and to provide the signals through the distribution system to input ports of an expansion unit where the signals are combined, detectors operatively connected to one or more of the plurality...

20060183421 - Physical layer repeater with selective use of higher layer functions based on network operating conditions: A physical layer frequency translating repeater (600, 700) for use in a wireless network includes signal processor (710-714) coupled with a signal processing bus (711), a processor (627) and a memory (650). The physical layer repeater conducts physical layer repeating and selectively conducts layer 2 and possibly layer 3 functions...

20060183422 - Method and system for interfacing a machine controller and a wireless network: A wireless interface module interfaces a machine control system, such as a vending machine controller, with one of plural wireless networks through one of plural removably coupled wireless transceivers. Communication between geographically distributed vending machines and a desired wireless network is supported by coupling a transceiver associated with the desired...

20060183423 - Flexible inter-network communication scheduling: Systems and methods are provided for managing communications between two or more ad-hoc networks in a communication system. The systems and methods may have flexible communication time sharing of one or more nodes taking part in two or more ad-hoc networks. For example, the communication scheduling function for a node...

20060183424 - Reduced instruction set baseband controller: In wireless communications such as in the Bluetooth communication system, an execution unit sequentially receives software instructions for execution. Prior to completing each instruction, the execution unit issues an interrupt indicating the upcoming completion of the instruction execution and awaits receipt of the next instruction. A Link Manager issues limited...

20060183425 - Reduced instruction set baseband controller: The present invention provides a wireless headset that anchors voice communications or calls to the wireless headset. This wireless headset includes wireless interface(s), and earpiece, a microphone, processing module, and a user interface. The wireless interface(s) wirelessly couples the wireless headset to a base unit via a wireless personal area...

20060183426 - Use of location awareness to control radio frequency interference in a healthcare environment: A method of controlling RF interference in a healthcare establishment. The method comprises receiving data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated to a first piece of equipment within the healthcare establishment; determining whether the first piece of equipment is positioned relative to a second piece of equipment within the healthcare...

20060183427 - Eyeglasses with wireless communication features: A microphone, transmitter, speaker, receiver, and power source, all mounted to an eyeglasses frame, for sending and receiving signals wirelessly to and from a remote cell phone or other electronic device. The microphone and the transmitter can be mounted to extension arms that can be extended, pivoted, or otherwise moved...

20060183428 - Method for configuring gain factors for uplink service in radio telecommunication system: A method for configuring gain factors in a WCDMA telecommunication system is provided in which the gain factor for defining power required for normal reception of uplink data in an environment supporting an uplink service over an E-DCH can be configured using minimal signaling information. First gain factors for first...

20060183430 - Method of extracting a signal: A method is provided of extracting desired signals st from contaminated signals yt measured via respective communication channels. The system comprising the desired signals st and the channels is modelled as a state space model. In the model, the desired signals have time-varying characteristics which vary more quickly than second...

20060183429 - Radio link quality determination in a wireless network: A method of determining a radio link quality state in a wireless communication system by predicting a signal quality metric of a secondary channel in the absence of the second signal. The predicted signal quality metric may be determined from a received reference signal on a first channel and a...

20060183432 - Calibration using range of transmit powers: A transmitter can send frames with a range of transmitter powers to another device in a wireless network. The quality metrics computed from these frames can be advantageously used to determine an optimal transmit power. These quality metrics can be computed by the other device or by the transmitter. Each...

20060183431 - Mobile station traffic state antenna tuning systems and methods: Wireless communication device antenna matching circuit tuning responsive to power control signals, and, optionally, responsive to received signal quality indicators in a traffic channel. Systems and methods are provided that increase the antenna efficiency in either the transmit frequency or the receive frequency as needed, based on fading and environmental...

20060183434 - Transceiver front-end: A transceiver front-end provides an interface between a transmission medium and transmitter, and between a transmission medium and receiver. The transceiver front-end includes a hybrid circuit, a high-pass filter, and a gain stage, that permits the reduction or the complete elimination of buffer amplifiers. Buffer amplifiers can be eliminated because...

20060183433 - Wireless communication apparatus: The present invention provides a wireless communication apparatus that can maintain good and stable antenna characteristics, regardless of the change in the profile of the cabinet and that of the antenna element. The wireless communication apparatus includes a profile changeable cabinet adapted to changes its profile at least from a...

20060183435 - Keyboard structure: A keyboard structure has a housing with a first cover and a second cover. A plurality of keys is provided on the first cover and used for data input. A wireless transmission module is located inside the housing for transmitting signals. A first clamping part pivoted on the second cover...

20060183436 - Wireless communication system: A wireless communication system is disclosed herein. The wireless communication system may include transmitter units and a receiver. In one embodiment, each transmitter has an address and logic programmed to perform the steps of receiving a user selection and, responsive to the receiving, repeatedly transmitting a wireless selection signal until...

20060183437 - Circuit arrangement for a mobile radio device: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for a mobile radio device comprising a power divider (1) for dividing a high-frequency transmit signal over at least two antennas (2,3( spatially arranged mutually apart and comprising at least one phase shifter (4) connected between one of the antennas (2, 3) and...

20060183438 - Communication system, base station, radio network controller, and transmission power controlling method: A communication system causes a base station to transmit a downlink control signal to a mobile station through a downlink control channel, and causes the base station to transmit a downlink