51st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100321999 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMMING METHOD - A method of programming a nonvolatile memory device comprises programming memory cells connected to a first wordline, programming memory cells connected to a second wordline, programming memory cells connected to a third line between the first wordline and the second wordline, and adjusting a threshold voltage of the memory cells connected to the first wordline to compensate for interference generated by the programming of the memory cells connected to the third wordline. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322000 | PROGRAMMING METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICES HAVING MULTI-BIT PROGRAMMING, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICES PROGRAMMED THEREBY - In a method of multiple-bit programming of a three-dimensional memory device having arrays of memory cells that extend in horizontal and vertical directions relative to a substrate, the method comprises first programming a memory cell to be programmed to one among a first set of states. At least one neighboring memory cell that neighbors the memory cell to be programmed to one among the first set of states is then first programmed. Following the first programming of the at least one neighboring memory cell, second programming the memory cell to be programmed to one among a second set of states, wherein the second set of states has a number of states that is greater than the number of states in the first set of states. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322001 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT EMBEDDED WITH NON-VOLATILE PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY HAVING VARIABLE COUPLING AND SEPARATE READ/WRITE PATHS - A multi-programmable non-volatile device is operated with a floating gate that functions as a FET gate that overlaps a portion of a source/drain region and allows for variable coupling through geometry and/or biasing conditions. This allows a programming voltage for the device to be imparted to the floating gate through variable capacitive coupling, thus changing the state of the device. Different source/drain regions can be used for program and read operations. The invention can be used in environments such as data encryption, reference trimming, manufacturing ID, security ID, and many other applications. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322002 | EEPROM DEVICE - An EEPROM device which prevents disturbance phenomena when writing data on a memory cell. The device includes an on/off switch element for selectively connecting between an individual source line and a common source line in response to a control signal supplied via a control terminal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322003 | INTERLEAVED MEMORY PROGRAM AND VERIFY METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - An interleaved memory programming and verification method, device and system includes a memory array including first and second memory banks of memory cells. The memory device further includes a controller configured to concurrently program a first data into the first memory bank and a second data into the second memory bank using iterative programming and verification operations in each of the first and second memory banks with the programming and verification operations in the second memory bank being offset from the programming and verification operations in the first memory bank. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322004 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND ERASE METHOD IN THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device and an erase method in the same are disclosed. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array configured to have a cell string in which memory cells are coupled, a block switch configured to switch a global word line and a word line of the memory cell array, a block decoder configured to control the block switch, and a recycle switch configured to use an erase voltage charged in a P-well of the memory cell array as a supply voltage of the block decoder. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322005 | REDUCED PROGRAMMING PULSE WIDTH FOR ENHANCED CHANNEL BOOSTING IN NON-VOLATILE STORAGE - Program disturb is reduced in a non-volatile storage system during a programming operation by switching from using programming pulses of a longer duration to programming pulses of a shorter duration, partway through the programming operation. A switchover point can be based on temperature, selected word line position and/or tracking of storage elements to a trigger state. The switchover point occurs sooner for higher temperatures, and for drain side word lines. The trigger state can be selected based on temperature. A portion of storage elements which are required to reach the trigger state to trigger a switchover can also be set a function of temperature. Programming pulses of a shorter duration improve channel boosting for inhibited storage elements, thereby reducing program disturb for these storage elements. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322006 | NAND MEMORY CELL STRING HAVING A STACKED SELECT GATE STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR FOR FORMING SAME - A memory cell string is disclosed. The memory cell string includes a first select gate that includes a first plurality of elements. A plurality of wordlines are coupled to the first select gate and a second select gate, that includes a second plurality of elements, is coupled to the plurality of wordlines. The distances between one element of the first and the second plurality of elements and the plurality of wordlines are the same as the distances that exist between each wordline of the plurality of wordlines. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322007 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF READING DATA - A flash memory device and method of reading data are disclosed. The method includes; performing a test read operation directed to test data stored in a memory cell array of the flash memory device by iteratively applying a sequence of test read retry operations, wherein each successive test read retry operation uses a respectively higher test read voltage level than a preceding test read retry operation, until one test read retry operation in the sequence of test read retry operations successfully reads the test data using a minimum test read retry voltage associated with the one test read retry operation, setting an initial read voltage for the flash memory device equal to the minimum test read retry voltage, and thereafter performing a normal read operation directed to user data stored in the memory cell array by iteratively applying a sequence of read retry operations, wherein an initial read | 2010-12-23 |
20100322008 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including regular memory cells and permanent memory cells and a control circuit. The regular memory cells are capable of switching between a first data storage state and a second data storage state. The permanent memory cells are fixed in a third data storage state that is read as the same logic level data as the first storage state. Data is stored in at least one of the regular memory cells and at least one of the permanent memory cells. The control circuit rewrites at least one of the regular memory cells from the second data storage state to the first data storage state at the time of data holding. The control circuit performs a reading operation after rewriting the regular memory cells from the first data storage state to the second data storage state. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322009 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING CHARGE ACCUMULATION LAYER - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, memory cells without a source region and a drain region, and a first insulating film. The memory cells are arranged adjacent to one another on the semiconductor substrate and include a first gate electrode including a charge accumulation layer. A current path functioning as a source region or a drain region of a selected memory cell is formed in the semiconductor substrate when a voltage is applied to the first gate electrode of one of unselected memory cells. The first insulating film is formed on the semiconductor substrate to fill a region between the first gate electrodes of the memory cells adjacent to each other. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322010 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY PROGRAMMABLE THROUGH AREAL CAPACITIVE COUPLING - A programmable non-volatile device is made which uses a floating gate that functions as a FET gate that overlaps a portion of a source/drain region. This allows a programming voltage for the device to be imparted to the floating gate through capacitive coupling, thus changing the state of the device. The invention can be used in environments such as data encryption, reference trimming, manufacturing ID, security ID, and many other applications. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322011 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WITH MEMORY CELLS HAVING CHARGE ACCUMULATION LAYER - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes memory cells, a memory cell array, a word line, a bit line, a source line, a row decoder, a sense amplifier, and a first MOS transistor. The word line is connected to gates of the memory cells. The bit line is electrically connected to drains of the memory cells. The source line is electrically connected to sources of the memory cells. The row decoder selects the word line. The sense amplifier senses and amplifies data read onto the bit line in a read operation. The first MOS transistor is capable of connecting a well region where the memory cells are formed with the source line and is arranged between the row decoder or the sense amplifier and the memory cell array. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322012 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND WRITE METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes memory cells, bit lines, a write circuit, and sense amplifiers. The bit lines are connected to the memory cells. The sense amplifiers are configured to bias the bit line to which the selected memory cell is connected, to a first voltage until the threshold of the selected memory cell reaches the value of a first write state. Then, when the threshold of the selected memory cell reaches the value of the first write state, the bit line is biased to a second voltage higher than the first voltage. When the threshold of the selected memory cell reaches the value of a second write state, the bit line is continuously biased to a third voltage higher than the second voltage. Bit lines connected to unselected memory cells corresponding to the memory cells other than the selected one are biased to the third voltage. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322013 | Nonvolatile Semiconductor Memory Device - In a situation where a memory cell includes an ONO film, which comprises a silicon nitride film for charge storage and oxide films positioned above and below the silicon nitride film; a memory gate above the ONO film; a select gate, which is adjacent to a lateral surface of the memory gate via the ONO film; a gate insulator positioned below the select gate; a source region; and a drain region, an erase operation is performed by injecting holes generated by BTBT into the silicon nitride film while applying a positive potential to the source region, applying a negative potential to the memory gate, applying a positive potential to the select gate, and flowing a current from the drain region to the source region, thus improving the characteristics of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322014 | ERASING METHOD FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY - The present invention relates to an erasing method for nonvolatile memory, which uses forward bias between the source/drain region and body contact to inject majority carriers into the body, and then accelerates the majority carriers by an electric field between the body and the gate to energize the majority carriers to overcome the oxide barrier and to erase the nonvolatile memory. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322015 | Split Gate NAND Flash Memory Structure and Array, Method of Programming, Erasing and Reading Thereof, and Method of Manufacturing - A split gate NAND flash memory structure is formed on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. The NAND structure comprises a first region of a second conductivity type in the substrate with a second region of the second conductivity type in the substrate, spaced apart from the first region. A continuous first channel region is defined between the first region and the second region. A plurality of floating gates are spaced apart from one another with each positioned over a separate portion of the channel region. A plurality of control gates are provided with each associated with and adjacent to a floating gate. Each control gate has two portions: a first portion over a portion of the channel region and a second portion over the associated floating gate and capacitively coupled thereto. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322016 | RETENTION OF DATA DURING STAND-BY MODE - An embodiment of the present disclosure refers to retention of data in a storage array in a stand-by mode. A storage device comprises one or more storage array nodes, and a Rail to Rail voltage adjustor operatively coupled to the storage array nodes. The Rail to Rail voltage adjustor is configured to selectively alter the voltage provided at each said storage array node during stand-by mode. The storage device may further comprise a storage array operatively coupled to said Rail to Rail voltage adjustor and a Rail to Rail voltage monitor operatively coupled to said storage array nodes and configured to control said Rail to Rail voltage adjustor to provide sufficient voltage to retain data during stand-by mode. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322017 | CARD AND HOST DEVICE - A host device is configured to read and write information from and into a card and to supply a supply voltage that belongs to a first voltage range or a second voltage range which is lower than the first voltage range, and issues a voltage identification command to the card. The voltage identification command includes a voltage range identification section, an error detection section, and a check pattern section. The voltage range identification section includes information indicating which one of the first voltage range and the second voltage range the supply voltage belongs. The error detection section has a pattern configured to enable the card which has received the voltage identification command to detect errors in the voltage identification command. The check pattern section has a preset pattern. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322018 | Temperature Compensation Circuit and Method for Sensing Memory - A compensation circuit includes a comparator and an emulation circuit. The comparator has a first terminal, and a second terminal for receiving a reference voltage. The emulation circuit is coupled to the first terminal of the comparator. The emulation circuit responses to the temperature, so that the comparator outputs a read timing control signal at a first time spot, or outputs the read timing control signal at a second time spot, the first time spot is later than the second time spot. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322019 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE REGULATOR FOR EDRAM WITH VSS-SENSING - A reference voltage regulator for an embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM) employing VSS-sensing with a reference level includes an oscillator, a control block, a reference generator, a comparator, a pulse generator, a driver, and a reference voltage output, where the oscillator sends requests for sampling and correction to the control block between accesses of the eDRAM, the control block sends a pulse defining a time interval during which sampling and correction occurs to the pulse generator, the reference generator provides the reference level for comparison by the comparator with a sampling of the reference voltage output, the comparator decides if the reference voltage output requires correction and sends a correction request to the pulse generator if necessary, the pulse generator produces a correction pulse for the driver according to the correction request from the comparator, and the driver adjusts the reference voltage output during the correction pulse. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322020 | Data Storage Systems and Methods Using Data Attribute-Based Data Transfer - Some embodiments of the present invention provide data storage systems including a plurality of memories and a control circuit coupled to the plurality of memories by a common channel. The control circuit is configured to sequentially transfer respective units of data to respective memories within each of a plurality of predetermined groups of the plurality of memories over the common channel and to transition from transferring units of data to a first one of the groups to transferring units of data to a second one of the groups based on an attribute of the units of data. The attribute may be related to a programming time associated with a unit of data. For example, the attribute may include a bit significance of the unit of data. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322021 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a memory cell array, a clock signal generator configured to receive an external clock signal from the outside of the memory device and output an internal clock signal, and a data output unit configured to receive an internal data signal from the memory cell array and output a read data signal in response to the internal clock signal. The semiconductor memory device also includes a read data strobe unit configured to output a read data strobe signal having a cycle time of n times (n is an integer equal to or more than 2) a cycle time of the internal clock signal, based on the internal clock signal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322022 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - The present invention is directed to realize high-speed operation and low latency of a semiconductor storage device employing the QDR method. A memory cell array, a first buffer, a second buffer, a first circuit, a second circuit, a first DLL circuit, and a second DLL circuit are provided. The first DLL circuit generates a first internal clock signal so as to reduce a phase difference between a first clock signal fetched via the first buffer and the first internal clock signal transmitted to the first circuit. The second DLL circuit generates the second internal clock signal so as to reduce a phase difference between the second clock signal fetched via the second buffer and the second internal clock signal transmitted to the second circuit. With the configuration, input setup and hold time can be shortened, and the frequency of the clock signal can be further increased. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322023 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TEST METHOD - A semiconductor device includes a first memory including a first memory cell and a first redundant memory cell; a first test circuit configured to test the first memory and output first defect information indicating a defective portion included in the first memory cell; a first storage part; and a first control circuit configured to, based on unmodified information stored in the first storage part, and the first defect information, determine modified information to be stored in the first storage part, wherein the first memory identifies the defective portion based on the modified information of the first storage part and replaces the first memory cell including the defective portion with the first redundant memory cell. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322024 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, SYSTEM, OPERATING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A plurality of memory blocks includes real memory cells and redundancy memory cells, are accessed independently during a normal operation mode, and are accessed simultaneously during a test mode in order for common data to be written to the plurality of memory blocks. A block control unit selects the plurality of memory blocks irrespective of a block address signal in order to execute a compression test. During the test mode, a redundancy access unit simultaneously accesses the redundancy memory cells of the plurality of memory blocks when a forced redundancy signal supplied to a block address terminal indicates first level. Therefore, the redundancy memory cells of the plurality of memory blocks may simultaneously access and test without providing any special terminal. As a result, before a defect is relieved, an operation test of the redundancy memory cells may efficiently execute, which may shorten the test time. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322025 | DIGIT LINE EQUILIBRATION USING ACCESS DEVICES AT THE EDGE OF SUB-ARRAYS - A method of equilibrating digit lines, a memory array, device, system and wafer for digit lines configured in an open digit line architecture. The digit lines are equilibrated by coupling a terminated end of a first digit line to an equilibration reference and coupling an unterminated end of a second digit line to the terminated end of the first digit line. The memory array is configured with the first and second digit lines arranged directly adjacent to each other. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322026 | MECHANISM FOR MEASURING READ CURRENT VARIABILITY OF SRAM CELLS - A mechanism for measuring the variability of the read current of SRAM cells on an integrated circuit includes the integrated circuit having an SRAM array including a plurality of SRAM cells. The integrated circuit may also include a selection circuit configured to select a particular SRAM cell in response to a selection input. An oscillator circuit such as a ring oscillator, for example, on the integrated circuit may be configured to oscillate at a frequency that is dependent upon a read current of a selected SRAM cell during operation in a first mode. A frequency determining circuit that is coupled to the oscillator circuit may be configured to output a value corresponding to the frequency of oscillation of the oscillator circuit. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322027 | MEMORY USING MULTIPLE SUPPLY VOLTAGES - A memory has a method of operating that includes performing operations of a first type and a second type. A first voltage is coupled to a power supply node of a first memory cell of a memory array during a first operation of the first type. The first voltage is decoupled from the power supply node in response to terminating the first operation of the first type so as to allow the power supply node to drift. If the power supply node drifts to a second voltage, a power supply source is coupled to the power supply node. This is useful in reducing power in the circuit that produces the first voltage. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322028 | Control system for marine vibrators and seismic acquisition system using such control system - A method for controlling output of a marine seismic vibrator includes operating the vibrator using a predetermined driver signal. A vibrator output signal is measured at at least two different places on the vibrator. The at least two measured vibrator output signals are used to determine a corrected driver signal, wherein the corrected driver signal results in fewer harmonics of fundamental frequencies in the vibrator output. The vibrator is operated using the corrected driver signal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322029 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A BEAM OF ACOUSTIC ENERGY FROM A BOREHOLE, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - In some aspects of the invention, a device, positioned within a well bore, configured to generate and direct an acoustic beam into a rock formation around a borehole is disclosed. The device comprises a source configured to generate a first signal at a first frequency and a second signal at a second frequency; a transducer configured to receive the generated first and the second signals and produce acoustic waves at the first frequency and the second frequency; and a non-linear material, coupled to the transducer, configured to generate a collimated beam with a frequency equal to the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency by a non-linear mixing process, wherein the non-linear material includes one or more of a mixture of liquids, a solid, a granular material, embedded microspheres, or an emulsion. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322030 | Seismic Measurements While Drilling - A downhole tool starts recording seismic energy. During the recording time, a surface seismic source is activated a specified number of times with a nominally defined separation between successive. The downhole sensor receives seismic waves resulting from the activation, but the time of the shooting sequence is not known downhole. The recorded data stream is processed and converted in real-time into seismic traces. A predefined number of traces are stacked and the quality of this sliding stack is used to detect time of the shooting sequence. The method could be used to detect one or several shooting sequences during a measurement window. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322031 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A BEAM OF ACOUSTIC ENERGY FROM A BOREHOLE, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - In some aspects of the invention, a device, positioned within a well bore, configured to generate and direct an acoustic beam into a rock formation around a borehole is disclosed. The device comprises a source configured to generate a first signal at a first frequency and a second signal at a second frequency; a transducer configured to receive the generated first and the second signals and produce acoustic waves at the first frequency and the second frequency; and a non-linear material, coupled to the transducer, configured to generate a collimated beam with a frequency equal to the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency by a non-linear mixing process, wherein the non-linear material includes one or more of a mixture of liquids, a solid, a granular material, embedded microspheres, or an emulsion. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322032 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGING SUBSURFACE STRUCTURE OF TARGET AREA BY USING WAVEFORM INVERSION - Provided are an apparatus and method for imaging the subsurface structure of a target area by using waveform inversion. In the apparatus and method, the subsurface structure of a target area is estimated using waveform inversion of a seismic signal in the frequency domain, the Laplace domain, or the Laplace-Fourier domain, and an objective function is defined by applying a weighting function such that the objective function makes a different contribution for each frequency, each Laplace damping constant, or each Laplace-Fourier damping constant. The objective function is not limited to a particular type of objective function and a weighting function can be automatically determined when a gradient vector for each frequency, each Laplace damping constant, or each Laplace-Fourier damping constant is normalized. In addition, a gradient direction for all frequencies can be defined by applying another weighting function to the sum of respective gradient vectors for all frequencies, all Laplace damping constants, or all Laplace-Fourier damping constants, wherein the weighting function can also be automatically determined by normalization. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322033 | MAST-MOUNTED SONAR - The present invention relates to a sonar surveillance system for coastal protection and port surveillance comprising: an anchoring structure; a support mast designed to be mounted on the structure and arranged on the latter so as to adopt a substantially vertical position; a platform mounted on the top of the mast and receiving a sonar head; a float fixed to the mast, in proximity to the top, the buoyancy of which is sufficient to keep the mast in the vertical position, when the latter is subjected to the action of movement of the water masses in which it is immersed. The length of the mast is determined so as to position the sonar head at a depth for which the latter offers maximum performance in terms of detection range. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322034 | ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION AND LOCATING DEVICES FOR UNDERGROUND MINES - A system and method are described for locating and communicating with miners in an underground mine, in which miners carry a battery-powered signal unit with an impact actuator engagable with a wall, floor, or ceiling surface of the mine to transmit acoustic signals through the ground, and actuate controls on the unit to send a predefined message or a specific message via the impact actuator to ground-coupled acoustic receivers coupled with a base station that includes a decoder to determine the message sent by the miner and a location component to determine the miner's location based on the received signals. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322035 | Audio-Based, Location-Related Methods - The presently claimed technology relates generally to audio-based, location-related methods. One claim recites a method in which a microphone in a user's portable device captures ambient sound, and corresponding data is then processed to determine location information about the user's location. Action is then taken involving the determined location information. By such arrangement, location information is determined by reference to ambient sound captured by a user-carried portable device. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322036 | TIMEPIECE HAND, MOVEMENT FOR DRIVING SUCH A HAND AND CORRESPONDING TIMEPIECE - A hand for a timepiece including a base is intended to be driven by a drive member of a clock movement to rotate about a first axis of rotation, the base being extended by a first index portion. The latter defines a support for a second index portion intended to be driven in terms of rotation with respect to the support about a second axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the first axis of rotation by a drive mobile of the clock movement. The hand can be driven conventionally to display the time, in relation to graduations borne by a dial, while rotation of the second index portion allows additional information to be displayed which may be independent of the time. The resulting bulk of this structure is modest and visually de-clutters the display area of the timepiece while allowing several timekeeping complications to be displayed simultaneously. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322037 | TIME INDICATOR DEVICE - A time indicator device comprised of first and second interconnected reservoirs containing first and second liquids respectively. A first barrier is provided between said first and second liquids to prevent said liquids mixing. Said first barrier is connected via a conduit to a third reservoir containing a third liquid which is adapted to pass along said conduit over a first predetermined time period and to effect removal of said first barrier upon contact to facilitate mixing of said first and second liquid and generation of a liquid mixture within the second reservoir of different colour to the second liquid prior to mixing and thereby provide an indication of when said first predetermined time period has elapsed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322038 | TIMEPIECE COMPRISING A CHRONOGRAPH MECHANISM - A timepiece with a movement that includes: a power source; an element for displaying the current time; a chronograph mechanism including a control mobile ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100322039 | TIMEPIECE - A timepiece includes a platen ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100322040 | INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND TIME MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Apparatus, methods and computer program products for time and time management instruction are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a time instruction module; an indicia of time controlled by the time instruction module; and an input/output mechanism configured to provide a display related to time or time management. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322041 | WATCH COMPRISING A MIDDLE MACHINED IN A BLOCK OF EXTRA-HARD MATERIAL - The invention relates to a watch including a timepiece mechanism and a casing particularly including the glass ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100322042 | System and Method for Generating Musical Tracks Within a Continuously Looping Recording Session - An apparatus for creating a musical composition comprising an audio interface, an audio converter and a live looping recording session is disclosed. The audio interface operably receives audio from an input device and outputs audio to an audio output device. The audio converter module is operably connected to the audio interface to convert audio received via the audio interface into an audio track. The recording session module is configured to repeatedly playback a live loop that includes at least a portion of a first audio track, and to add at least a portion of a second audio track to the live loop during repeated playback. The first audio track may be a pre-existing track stored in a data storage medium. The recording session module may be configured to add at least a portion of a third audio track to the live loop during playback, which may be automatically generated based on one or more musical criteria of the first or second tracks. The apparatus may include a user interface coupled to the recording session module to provide a visual representation illustrating the portion of the live loop that is being played. The audio converter module may include a track partitioner to divide at least one of the first and second audio tracks into one or more partitions, a quantizer that aligns audio with a predetermined beat, and a frequency detector to identify the pitch of one or more sounds leading to their storage as a morphology. A method is also provided. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322043 | Flexible Waveguide With Adjustable Index Of Refraction - A flexible waveguide with an adjustable index of refraction. The core layer and/or the cladding layer of a flexible waveguide may include a plurality of nanoparticles having a different index of refraction than the core layer and/or cladding layer. The plurality of nanoparticles may have an index of refraction that is greater than or less than an index of refraction of either the core layer or the cladding layer in order that the overall effective index of refraction of either the core layer or the cladding layer can be adjusted. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322044 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS - There is provided an apparatus and a method determining a data arrangement that guarantees seamless reproduction even in a case of occurrence of a jump in a browsable slide show. An allowable jump range between an image data clip and an audio data clip required for data reading in the browsable slide show in which a consecutive reproduction processing of a still image and an audio reproduction processing are performed in parallel is determined so as to determine arrangement conditions of data to be stored in an information recording medium on the basis of the determined allowable jump range. This configuration enables the browsable slide show to be carried out as a seamless reproduction processing without any data discontinuity. Furthermore, it becomes possible to provide a plurality of combinations of readout rates of the audio data and image data. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322045 | OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIUM PLAYBACK APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - An optical storage medium playback apparatus includes an optical storage access device, a connection port, and a controller. The optical storage access device is implemented for reading a multimedia content from an optical storage medium. The controller is coupled to the optical storage access device and the connection port, and is implemented for storing a portion of the multimedia content read from the optical storage medium into an external storage via the connection port when the external storage is electrically connected to the connection port, and for accessing the portion of the multimedia content which is stored in the external storage electrically connected to the connection port and performing a playback operation upon data read from the optical storage medium concurrently. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322046 | OPTICAL DISK DEVICE - The optical disk device includes a generation means and a LC servo means. The generation means generates a lens error signal based on an electrical signal output from a pickup head. After amplifying the lens error signal with a predetermined gain, the generation means outputs the lens error signal. The LC servo means performs lens center servo control based on the lens error signal. The optical disk device further includes a measurement means which measures, before the lens center servo control, a first and a second amplitude values of the lens error signal. The measurement means calculates a current gain based on the first and second amplitude values, the latest gain which is currently set, and a predetermined target amplitude value. Then the measurement means sets the current gain to the generation means. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322047 | OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - When recording/reproducing an optical disc having a recording layer of multi-layer structure, an unwanted optical beam reflected from a recording layer other than a target layer for recording/reproduction is incident on a photodetector to cause an unwanted disturbance component to leak to a detection signal, giving rise to a degradation in the quality of a tracking control signal. In an optical pickup apparatus, for suppression of the degradation, an optical element is mounted having a diffraction area for diffracting part of the optical beam and light receiving planes for sub-optical beams are provided each of which has a light shielding zone or dead zone of a predetermined width on its central sectioning line. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322048 | Systems and Methods for Codec Usage Control During Storage Pre-read - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for data processing. For example, a data processing circuit is disclosed that includes an increased iteration enable signal, a first detector circuit, a second detector circuit, and a data decoding circuit. The first detector circuit receives a data set and performs a data detection on the data set to provide a detected data set. The data decoding circuit receives a derivative of the detected data set and performs a decoding process to provide a decoded data set. The decoded data set is provided to the second detector circuit based at least in part on an assertion level of the increased iteration enable signal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322049 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE DEVICE - A plurality of drive units are divided into two groups and controlled. While almost a half of the drive units perform recording on or reproducing from a recording layer in a first format, remaining almost half of drive units perform recording on or reproducing from a recording layer in a second format. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322050 | WRITE-ONCE RECORDING MEDIUM, A RECORDING APPARATUS AND A REPRODUCING APPARATUS FOR A WRITE-ONCE RECORDING MEDIUM - A drive apparatus of the present invention includes a recording/reproduction section and a drive control section. The drive control section performs a process including: determining whether or not replacement management information including a replacement physical address is found in the replacement management information list, the replacement physical address matching the physical address corresponding to the logical address included in the recording instruction, when the replacement management information is not found, as a first time pseudo-overwrite recording for a location indicated by the physical address corresponding to the logical address included in the recording instruction, performing a process; and when the replacement management information is found, as a second time or more pseudo-overwrite recording for a location indicated by the physical address corresponding to the logical address included in the recording instruction, performing a process. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322051 | Recording and reproducing apparatus, method of calculating temperature characteristic compensation operation coefficient, and reproducing apparatus - A recording and reproducing apparatus is provided, which includes a rotary drive unit, an optical pickup unit, an adjustment unit which compensates for changes in characteristics of the laser light caused by changes in temperature, a temperature detection unit which detects a temperature of the optical pickup unit, an evaluation value generation unit which generates an evaluation value based on reflected light information, and a control unit. The control unit performs a temperature acquisition process, an optimum point adjustment process, a temperature acquisition process for acquiring a detected temperature during spin down, an optimum point search process, and a temperature characteristic compensation operation coefficient calculation process for performing temperature compensation with respect to the adjustment values. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322052 | REPRODUCTION SIGNAL QUALITY EVALUATION DEVICE AND METHOD - In a reproduction signal quality evaluation device, a pattern detector detects, from a code sequence obtained by PRML decoding, a predetermined pattern including a portion corresponding to a zero-cross point of a reproduction signal sequence obtained by PR equalization in PRML decoding. A distance difference calculator calculates a difference between the distances between the reproduction signal sequence and each of two ideal transition sequences of the reproduction signal sequence by computing an expression corresponding to the detected pattern using the value of a sample point of the reproduction signal sequence that is in a portion corresponding to the detected pattern and corresponds to a code relatively greatly weighted in an equalization expected value of a code sequence subsequent to the detected pattern. A dispersion calculator calculates a dispersion of the calculated distance difference. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322053 | CONTROLLER BASED SHOCK DETECTION FOR STORAGE SYSTEMS - A data storage system controller having a shock detection sensor and methods utilizing such a controller are provided. The data storage system controller receives information or signals regarding shock events from the associated shock sensor, enabling the data storage system controller to take remedial action. The particular remedial action taken may be dependent on the severity of the detected shock event. The data storage system controller may also receive information regarding shock events from shock sensors provided separately from the data storage system controller, allowing the data storage system controller to take remedial action that is tailored to the locale of a shock event. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322054 | Elastic Wave Reflection - An apparatus and associated method for reflecting elastic waves that propagate from an excitation source to an excitation-sensitive component in a device. The device has an enclosure with a base constructed of a first metal. An elastic wave reflector is constructed of a different second metal and is operably affixed to the base. The elastic wave reflector defines a support surface to which the excitation-sensitive component is operably affixed within the enclosure. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322055 | OPTICAL DISC WITH PRE-RECORDED AND RECORDABLE REGIONS AND METHOD OF FORMING THE DISC - An optical disc having a region with pre-recorded data and a recordable region, a method of fabricating the disc, a stamper for forming a disc master, and a recording device for use with the disc are disclosed. Data recorded in the recordable region may be used for activation of the disc, providing unique identification or enhancing program content on the disc. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322056 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, AND REPRODUCING METHOD FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical recording medium includes a main-information area in which a metal reflection film is formed on a substrate where a row of pits is formed as main data, and a sub-information area in which is recorded medium identification information, which is used to identify the optical recording medium individually, by removing the metal reflection film partially and forming a plurality of reflection-film removed areas. Information is reproduced by irradiating the metal reflection film with a beam of light. In the sub-information area, a row of pits or a guide groove is formed on the substrate, and a track pitch of the row of pits or the guide groove is at least 0.24 μm wide and at most 0.45 μm wide. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322057 | OPTICAL RECORDING METHOD, OPTICAL RECORDING DEVICE, MASTER MEDIUM EXPOSURE DEVICE, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND REPRODUCING METHOD - An optical recording method for recording information by irradiating an optical disc medium with a modulated write pulse train of laser light variable over a plurality of power levels such that a plurality of marks are formed on the optical disc medium, edge positions of each of the marks and a space between adjacent two of the marks being utilized for recording of the information. The optical recording method includes the steps of: encoding record data to generate encoded data which is a combination of marks and spaces; classifying the encoded data according to a combination of a mark length of the mark, a space length of a first space that immediately precedes the mark, and a space length of a second space that immediately succeeds the mark; generating a write pulse train for forming the mark, in which at least one of a leading end edge position, a trailing end edge position and a pulse width of the write pulse train is changed according to a classification result; and irradiating the optical disc medium with the write pulse train generated to form the plurality of marks on the optical disc medium. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322058 | HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE SYSTEM USING ANGLE-MULTIPLEXING - A holographic memory storage device that uses a photorefractive crystal for storing data is disclosed. The device uses angle-multiplexing in order to store and retrieve page data and sub page data. MEMS devices are used in order to provide individual sector addressing. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322059 | OBJECTIVE LENS, OPTICAL PICKUP, AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - Provided is an objective lens for selectively focusing each of light beams having three wavelengths λ | 2010-12-23 |
20100322060 | OBJECTIVE LENS, OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - Provided is an objective lens used in an optical pickup that performs recording and/or reproducing of information signals on three different types of optical discs using different wavelengths. The objective lens is configured to collect light beams with the at least three wavelengths λ | 2010-12-23 |
20100322061 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - There is provided a low-cost and reliable optical pickup device, wherein an objective lens is in contact with an adhesive at least one or more portions and fixed to the adhesive and also the height of the adhesive for fixing the objective lens is higher than the surface of the objective lens or the end of the objective lens, thereby a sufficient adhesive strength is secured between the objective lens and a member to which the objective lens is adhered and further this adhesive serves also as a disc protector. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322062 | OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - An optical pickup includes: a light source that emits a light beam; an object lens that focuses the light beam on an optical disc having a recording layer formed of a fluorescent recording material and a reflecting section adjacent to the recording layer, the recording layer generating, according to presence or absence of a recording mark representing information, a reproduction light beam having wavelength different from that of the light beam when the light beam is irradiated thereon from the light beam, and the reflecting section reflecting the light beam; a wavelength selecting element that separates, from the reproduction light beam, a reflected light beam reflected by the reflecting section of the optical disc and having wavelength equivalent to that of the light beam; and a reflected light detector that receives the reflected light beam separated by the wavelength selecting element and generates a position detection signal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322063 | OPTICAL INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD - An optical information reproducing apparatus includes: an irradiation section irradiating a light beam onto an optical information recording medium, in which holes are formed along a virtual track on a recording medium, along the virtual track; a light receiving section receiving a reflected light beam when the light beam is reflected by the optical information recording medium and sequentially generating a light receiving signal corresponding to the light intensity; a detection section detecting a variation pattern appearing when a signal level of the light receiving signal changes according to the hole; and a code string generating section, when generating a code string corresponding to the signal level, generating a code corresponding to the one hole from the variation pattern if the variation pattern falls within a range and generating a code string, which includes a plurality of codes, from the variation pattern if the variation pattern exceeds the range. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322064 | METHOD FOR DETECTING FLUORESCENT SIGNALS IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE - A method for automated microscopic analysis wherein the test protocol is obtained from interrogatable data affixed to each microscope slide. The method further comprises the algorithms that implement the test protocol. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322065 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SIGNAL IN SINGLE CARRIER FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting a signal in a Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiplexing Access (SC-FDMA) communication system are provided. The method includes determining if a Bandwidth Expansion Factor (BEF) Q is an integer, the BEF being determined as N/M according to a number N of subcarriers of a system band and a number M of subcarriers of an allocated band, expanding an input signal to be transmitted Q times in a time domain when the Q is an integer, generating an SC-FDMA signal, and transmitting the SC-FDMA signal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322066 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MIDAMBLE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of transmitting a midamble in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station (BS) generates a midamble sequence for each of a plurality of antennas, and transmits the midamble sequence to a user equipment for each antenna. A location of a subcarrier to which each midamble sequence is mapped is determined based on a frequency reuse factor (FRF). | 2010-12-23 |
20100322067 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILIATE REESTABLISHING COMMUNICATIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed that facilitate reestablishing a communication between a wireless terminal and a network. These embodiments include transmitting a reestablishment request from a wireless terminal to a network node via a source carrier. A reestablishment command is then received by the wireless terminal, which includes configuration data associated with at least one target carrier. A radio resource connection between the wireless terminal and the network is then reestablished via the at least one target carrier. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322068 | DIRECT TUNNEL ERROR HANDLING - An apparatus is disclosed which according to an embodiment is configured to store a direct tunnel context. The direct tunnel context comprises a field or flag indicating whether or not a direct tunnel is established between the apparatus and a radio network, and further comprises at least one of a tunnel endpoint identifier and an address of a user plane of a serving node. The direct tunnel context optionally further comprises at least one of a tunnel endpoint identifier and an address of a user plane of a controller of the radio network. The apparatus may be a gateway or a gateway general packet radio service support node. The invention further provides a method, system, device and program suitable or configured to handle such direct tunnel contexts. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322069 | BEARER QUALITY OF SERVICE SELECTION - In the event an entity receives a message including an unknown quality of service parameter (e.g., class identifier) for a bearer, the entity may select a quality of service parameter for the bearer from a set of known quality of service parameters. Here, a guaranteed bit rate quality of service parameter may be selected from the set upon determining that the unknown quality of service parameter is associated with a guaranteed bit rate bearer. Conversely, a non-guaranteed bit rate quality of service parameter may be selected from the set upon determining that the unknown quality of service parameter is not associated with a guaranteed bit rate bearer. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322070 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR LOAD BALANCING MANAGEMENT - A mobile communication device for load balancing management is provided. In the mobile communication device, a wireless module receives data communication services via a first service node and receives a plurality of system information messages from the first service node and a plurality of second service nodes, wherein each of the system information messages has a forward-link quality threshold corresponding to a respective service node. Also, a controller determines a traffic type of the data communication services and a signal indicator of the first service node, and determines whether the signal indicator is less than the forward-link quality threshold corresponding to the first service node. In response to that the signal indicator is less than the forward-link quality threshold corresponding to the first service node, the controller switches the data communication services from the first service node to one of the second service nodes according to the traffic type. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322071 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLATFORM RATE LIMITING - The present disclosure presents systems and methods for controlling network traffic traversing an intermediary device based on a license or a permit granted for the intermediary device. The systems and methods control a rate of a traffic of a device in accordance with a rate limit identified by a rate limiting license. A rate limiting manager of an intermediary device that processes network traffic between a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers, may identify presence of a rate limiting license that further identifies a performance level. The rate limiting manager may establish a rate limit based on the performance level of the rate limiting license. A throttler of the intermediary may control a rate of receiving network packets in accordance with the rate limit. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322072 | Packet Transfer System, Network Management Apparatus, and Edge Node - A packet transport system to which the present invention is applied includes an edge node accommodating an access network at an edge, and a core node of carrying out a processing of assorting a frame gathered from a plurality of the edge nodes, the edge node provides a label to the frame flowing in from the access network, and the packet transport system transmits the frame in reference to the label. The edge node includes a priority information providing portion of changing a piece of priority information provided to the frame flowing in from the access network in accordance with a congested state of the core node, and a priority previously set to a path specified by the label. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322073 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The amount of information reported by a communication terminal apparatus to a communication control apparatus is reduced based on the congestion status of communication. Communication control | 2010-12-23 |
20100322074 | DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION METHOD AND DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION DEVICE - A dynamic bandwidth allocation method and apparatus that can allocate bandwidth dynamically so as to guarantee communication in a minimum guaranteed bandwidth from each subscriber device and enable communication within a maximum communicable bandwidth from each subscriber device, and can reduce the manufacturing cost of the devices. A subscriber device ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100322075 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY PERFORMING EXPLICIT CONGESTION NOTIFICATION - A system provides congestion control and includes multiple queues that temporarily store data and a drop engine. The system associates a value with each of the queues, where each of the values relates to an amount of memory associated with the queue. The drop engine compares the value associated with a particular one of the queues to one or more programmable thresholds and selectively performs explicit congestion notification or packet dropping on data in the particular queue based on a result of the comparison. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322076 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETAINING SOURCE IP IN A LOAD BALANCING MULTI-CORE ENVIRONMENT - Described herein is a method and system for distributing requests and responses across a multi-core system. Each core executes a packet engine that further processes data packets allocated to that core. A flow distributor executing within the multi-core system forwards client requests to a packet engine on a core that is selected based on a value generated when a hash is applied to a tuple comprising a client IP address, a client port, a server IP address and a server port identified in the request. The packet engine maintains the client IP address, selects a first port of the core, and determines whether a hash of a tuple comprising those values identifies the selected core. A modification is then made to the client request so that the client request includes a tuple comprising the client IP address, the server IP address, the first port and the server port. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322077 | ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDOOR WIRELESS LOCATION - An environment analysis system for indoor wireless location by using locations of a plurality of access points (AP) includes, a first environment analysis tool ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100322078 | Parallel Detection of Remote LPI Request and Send Zero Mode - Embodiments of the present invention enable robust and quick parallel detection of the remote LPI request signal (rem_lpi_req) and SEND ZERO mode (SEND_Z) defined in the Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard. Embodiments do not rely on energy detection for detecting SEND_Z. Therefore, SEND_Z can be detected reliably and with minimal latency. In addition, since SEND_Z and rem_lpi_req are detected in parallel, embodiments are not concerned with the false detection of rem_lpi_req (before SEND_Z is detected) or the need to disable detection of rem_lpi_req (after SEND_Z is detected). | 2010-12-23 |
20100322079 | METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT FACILITATES MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES IN MULTICARRIER OPERATION - Aspects directed towards measurement procedures in multicarrier operation are disclosed. In a particular aspect, a wireless terminal selects a subset of cells, which include at least one serving cell and at least one non-serving cell. The subset of cells are then evaluated by obtaining a first measurement associated with the at least one serving cell and a second measurement associated with the at least one non-serving cell. A measurement event occurrence, which is based on a comparison between the first measurement and the second measurement, is then monitored. An occurrence of the measurement event triggers a measurement report transmission, which the network then uses to perform handovers. Other disclosed embodiments are directed towards placing a reception band, which include identifying a set of assigned component carriers and placing a reception band within the system bandwidth so that the placement overlaps with at least a portion of the assigned component carriers. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322080 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DATA SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ACCESS - There is provided a method in which a second communication station located within a cell region provided by a first communication station transmits data. The method includes generating a hopping pattern between a plurality of orthogonal resources by arranging the plurality of orthogonal resources according to time, generating a transmission signal by mapping a data symbol to orthogonal resources, which are included in the hopping pattern and allocated to a specific timeslot and transmitting the transmission signal to the first communication station. Capacity for supporting multiple access can increased by effectively utilizing limited wireless communication resources. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322081 | ABNORMALITY LOCATING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An abnormality locating apparatus locates an abnormal location in a network. An abnormal location judging part judges a normality or abnormality of a link based on a normality or abnormality of an observation flow, by acquiring information of links through which each observation flow passes, from a network route information storage that stores passing route information of observation flows passing through the links. A diagnosis accuracy judging part judges that an accuracy of judging the normality or abnormality of a connecting link connected to a first node deteriorates, by acquiring links connected to each relay node as connecting links from a relay node connecting link information storage that stores connecting link information of each relay node, and judging that a relay node having all connecting links thereof that are abnormal is the first node having all observation flows passing therethrough that are abnormal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322082 | Systems and Methods for Automatic Public Switched Telephone Network Backup of Voice Over Internet Protocol Services - A backup public switched telephone network (PSTN) line is provided to a broadband network connection by detecting unavailability of the broadband network connection and automatically connecting local site wiring to the PSTN line responsive to detecting unavailability of the broadband network connection and disconnecting local site wiring from the PSTN line if unavailability is not detected. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322083 | DETECTION AND REMOVAL OF ROUTING LOOPS IN A MOBILE INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK - A method and a node are provided to detect routing loops in mobile Internet Protocol networks. A legitimate mobile node may register at a home agent by sending a binding message carrying a home address and a care-of address. The home agent stores the addresses in a binding cache entry. It is possible for a malicious node to send a binding message to one HA, resulting in a HoA being assigned by the HA. Then the malicious node may use this HoA as a CoA for registration at another HA. If the malicious MN uses the HoA assigned by the second HA as a CoA and updates the binding at the first HA, a routing loop is created. The present invention verifies the presence of a routing loop responsive to the receipt of the binding message. If a routing loop is detected, the binding cache entry is deleted. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322084 | Method and Device for Transport Delay Analysis - The present invention relates to a method and a device for analyzing transport delay between a sender device and a receiver device in a communication system. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for estimating transport delay in a communication system comprising a sender device dividing a frame into segments, wherein each segment is transmitted in a packet with a send time stamp to a receiver device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving and time stamping packets with a receipt time stamp; identifying the relative-position of packets in a frame; calculating the offset of one or more packets in a frame, and performing transport delay analysis based on the send time stamp, the receipt time stamp, and the calculated offset of the one or more packets. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322085 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF USING A LOOPBACK MECHANISM TO PERFORM NETWORK TESTING - A system for and method of actively running performance tests is presented. The system and method allow a device connected, via a VPN or IPSec tunnel, to a VoIP or other service provider network, to run network performance tests using the IP address assigned by a VPN concentrator. The device utilizes the IP address assigned by the VPN concentrator as a means for performing loopback testing. These performance tests characterize the connectivity of the network. Systems and methods then use this characterization to do call admission control, traffic shaping or prioritization. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322086 | ENABLING BUFFER STATUS REPORTS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for enabling Buffer Status Reports in a Long Term Evolution communication system includes a step ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100322087 | ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF TRAFFIC BASED ON IDENTIFIED PACKET CONTROL FUNCTIONS - A device receives packet control function (PCF) load information associated with a packet data serving node (PDSN), and determines PCF Internet protocol (IP) address information and a number of sessions per PCF based on the PCF load information. The device also receives IP information from an IP network associated with the PDSN, and determines PCF identity information based on the IP information. The device further generates control information based on the PCF IP address information, the number of sessions per PCF, and the PCF identity information, and provides the control information to the PDSN to control operation of the PDSN. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322088 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITOR DISTRIBUTION IN A MULTI-CORE SYSTEM - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for monitoring services in a multi-core system. The systems and methods distribute the monitors for a service and the ownership of a service across the cores of the multi-core device. The greater resources of the multi-core device process the workload of the monitors for the services and the workload for monitoring the states of the services more efficiently than a single packet engine on a core. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322089 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR N-CORE STATS AGGREGATION - Described herein are systems and methods for aggregating performance data or trace data for a multi-core, multi-packet-engine networked appliance. A plurality of packet engines operate on the appliance and manage network traffic between a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers. In various embodiments, the system comprises a plurality of packet engines and an aggregator communicating with the packet engines through shared memory allocations. Each packet engine can write performance data or trace data to the a shared memory allocation. The aggregator can obtain the performance data or trace data and consolidate the data to provide unified performance data or unified trace data representative of the appliance. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322090 | POWER SCALING FOR MULTI-CARRIER HIGH-SPEED UPLINK PACKET ACCESS - A method for wireless communications is provided. The method includes applying independent power controls to two or more carriers from a set of high speed packet access signals. The method includes monitoring power across the two or more carriers to determine power levels for the set of high speed packet access signals. The method also includes automatically scaling at least one of the independent power controls in view of the determined power levels for the set of high speed packet access signals. The method also includes setting the minimum power offset of the data channel independently on each carrier. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322091 | IN-BAND MEDIA PERFORMANCE MONITORING - A method including receiving data packets encapsulating at least part of a media stream, extracting a decoder-ready packet from the data packets, processing the decoder-ready packet; and substantially synchronously with the processing of the decoder-ready packet, generating delivery performance information for the at least part of the media stream, data from which is included in the decoder-ready packet. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR CO-CHANNEL OPERATION - A method of selecting a receiving apparatus for co-channel operation, the method comprising: transmitting a first and a second data at predetermined respective power levels on a single first channel comprising a single frequency and time slot; receiving the data; measuring a characteristic of the data; transmitting a signal indicating the measured characteristic; receiving the indicating signal; and responding to the received indicating signal by selecting the receiving apparatus for co-channel operation depending on the measured characteristic. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322093 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING METHOD BY COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device, which receives data and checks a header in the data, includes: a first check circuit configured to detect whether or not a value in the header is within a first range; a second check circuit configured to detect whether or not a value of a data length field of the header is within a second range; and a third check circuit configured to detect whether or not a value of a connection identifier field of the header is within a third range. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322094 | CARRIER DETECTION - There is disclosed a method of determining one or more candidate frequencies for a carrier signal in a received signal, which method comprises: generating a narrowband spectrum of the received signal; detecting one or more peaks in the narrowband spectrum; generating a candidate frequency list, each frequency at which a peak occurs being included in the candidate frequency list. The method further comprises: removing the detected one or more peaks from the narrowband spectrum to generate a modified narrowband spectrum; detecting one or more further peaks in the modified narrowband spectrum; and modifying the candidate frequency list in dependence on the one or more further peaks. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322095 | PACKET ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A method executed by a packet analysis apparatus for analyzing packets including voice packets and non-voice packets includes: capturing packets in a specific session; storing the captured packets in a storage; screening the stored packets to count up a receipt count of voice packets; determining whether packet loss has occurred in the specific session; and determining whether loss packets are voice packets in accordance with received packets adjacent to the loss packets to count up a loss count of voice packets when the packet loss has occurred. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322096 | METHOD OF IMPROVING COMPONENT CARRIER IDENTIFICATION IN A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of improving component carrier identification in a random access procedure for a UE of a wireless communication system includes transmitting a random access preamble on an UL component carrier to a network of the wireless communication system by using a PRACH resource corresponding to an anchor component carrier of a plurality of DL component carriers, so that the network identifies the anchor component carrier according to the PRACH resource used for transmitting the random access preamble. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322097 | Method of Handling Downlink Signaling and Related Communication Device - A method of handling downlink signaling for a mobile device in a wireless communications system is disclosed. The method comprises t receiving at least one DL reference signal by at least one antenna port configured by a network and measuring the received at least one DL reference signal for a channel quality measurement, demodulation channel estimation, or a positioning measurement, wherein the resource for the at least one DL reference signal is dynamically or semi-statically assigned and configured to the mobile device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100322098 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for sending buffer status information includes checking if a quality of service (QoS) parameter is defined for a first logical channel and at least one condition of a set of predetermined conditions associated with a logical channel group is fulfilled. If the QoS parameter is defined and at least one condition of the set is fulfilled, the method includes setting a number of bits in a media access control header according to a first semantic. The bits carry buffer status information, and the first semantic is based on the QoS parameter of the first logical channel. Otherwise, the method includes setting the number of bits carrying the buffer status information according to a second semantic that is based on an amount of data available for transmission across the logical channel group. | 2010-12-23 |