Via Telecom Co., Ltd.

Lsi Logic Corporation

Sony Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

Via Technologies, Inc.

Via Telecom, Inc

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

Bp Corporation North America Inc.

Flipchip International LLC

Via Technologies, Inc. of R.o.c.

Hong Yang

Stanislaw Czaja

Kraig Lamar Anderson

Jing Su

Anthony Lee

Mark C Davis

Insung Kang

Feng Qian

Jian Gu

Thomas Poslinski

Peter Elenius

Stash F Czaja

Jenny S Chow

Laxminarayan Sharma

Pengcheng Su

Andreas Schleiffer

A process for the hydrocracking of heavy oils and/or oil residues, the process comprising the step of contacting the heavy oils and/or oil residues with a non-metallised carbonaceous additive in the presence of a hydrogen-containing gas at a temperature of from 250&#xb0; C. to 600&#xb0; C. wherein the non-metallised carbonaceous additive has an average pore size of at least 2 nm.

Process for hydrocracking heavy oil and oil residue

A control channel encoder, e.g., in a UMB system, uses a channel structure that can efficiently transmit more information bits, yet achieve sufficient detection and false alarm performance. The control channel encoder uses tail-biting convolutional coding and Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC).

Systems and methods for encoding a control channel in a wireless communication system

A method and system is disclosed for detecting indicators using a multi-stage and multi-threshold detection mechanism so that a mobile terminal can be removed from an idle mode appropriately.

Quick paging channel detection with signal to noise ratio dependent thresholds

A method and system is disclosed for detecting paging indicators using a multi-stage and multi-threshold detection mechanism so that a mobile terminal can be removed from an idle mode appropriately. After receiving a first paging indicator, it is determined whether a first indicator measurement corresponding to the first paging indicator is between a first and a second predetermined thresholds. After receiving a second paging indicator which may be a temporal diversity counterpart of the first paging indicator, a second indicator measurement derived based on both the first and second paging indicators is compared against a third predetermined threshold, wherein the mobile terminal is removed from the idle mode when both comparisons are appropriately conducted.

Method and apparatus for adaptive multi-stage multi-threshold detection of paging indicators in wireless communication systems

The present embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for use in controlling the display of information relative to the playback of programming content and displaying programming guide data. Some embodiments provide a method for use in controlling the display of an electronic programming guide. The method receives programming guide data, determines whether the guide data is to be filtered, filters the guide data to replace at least a first title with a generic title, determines whether limits are to be applied to the guide data, applies the limits to the programming guide data by replacing at least a second title with the generic title, and displays a programming guide according to programming guide data as filtered and as limited. Some embodiments further display progress bars for one or more active applications. Trick commands can be implemented by applications by selecting one or more of the displayed progress bars.

Method and system for use in displaying multimedia content and status

A method and system for providing acknowledgment and/or data rate control (DRC) information with respect to data packets conveyed on a plurality of active forward link (FL) carriers. The number of reverse link (RL) carriers employed for the acknowledgment and/or DRC information may be less than the number of active FL carriers, and may be a single carrier, even when the signaling protocol is, in the limit, consistent with presently-supported standardized CDMA protocols. Code multiplexing techniques are employed inventively to convey information for up to fifteen FL carriers on a single, standard CDMA channel designed to provide such signaling for only a single FL carrier at a time.

Reverse-link structure for a multi-carrier communication system

A novel method and apparatus for initiating a reverse link intergenerational handoff in a CDMA communication system is disclosed. The inventive reverse link intergenerational handoff initialization method and apparatus measures and compares parameters between a serving base station of one generation and a target base station of another generation to determine the best possible handoff initiation time instant for performing a reverse link intergenerational hard handoff. The method and apparatus can utilize one of several embodiments to determine the best possible handoff initiation time instant. A pilot signal strength embodiment determines a handoff initiation time instant based upon the total pilot signal strength of both a serving and target base station. The E/Nembodiment determines a handoff initiation time instant based upon E/N(ratio of average power per bit to total received power spectral density) values of both a serving and a target base station. The disclosed method and apparatus decreases the probability of degraded or dropped calls during intergenerational handoffs.

Method and apparatus for initiating a reverse link intergenerational handoff in a CDMA communication system

A method of time division multiplexing for a forward data packet channel includes encoding parallel data sub-packets into parallel streams of turbo codes; interleaving each of the parallel streams of turbo codes to generate parallel streams of quasi-complementary turbo codes; modulating the parallel streams of quasi-complementary turbo codes to generate parallel streams of modulated data symbols; and multiplexing the parallel streams of modulated data symbols by one of multiplexing and non-complete puncturing to generate a single stream of modulation symbols.

Forward packet data channel with parallel sub-packets

A method and apparatus for enabling more efficient use of plural packet data control channels (PDCCHs) that are associated with a common block of one or more packet data channels in a cellular communication system capable of high-speed data communications. Mobile stations (MSs) within a coverage area of a base station (BS) are categorized in accordance with an expected ability to receive signal transmissions, by determining position, transmission path length, reported channel quality, required reverse transmit power, or otherwise. The plural PDCCHs are preferentially associated with different categories of MSs, and are transmitted at different levels of robustness. The most robust PDCCH reaches all served MSs, and another PDCCH is transmitted at a lower robustness for more efficient utilization. Power may be reduced, and/or data density increased, on a less robust PDCCH.

Power control of plural packet data control channels

A method and apparatus for reducing power dissipation in mobile stations that are configured to provide concurrent voice and high-speed packet data communication capability in a cellular telecommunications system. A state is defined during which data directed to a mobile station (MS) is not fully receive processed by the MS. Such a reduced receive processing state may be co-extensive with a Control Hold state. A notification mechanism is presented by which a serving base station directs a mobile station to return from reduced to full receive processing in advance of transmitting data on a packet data channel. The notification may take several forms, such as a message presenting the MS MAC address and one or more other bits of predetermined data content. Return to active (full receive) status may be required to be completed within a predetermined time, such as one ACK delay, after notification.

Method and apparatus for reducing power of a CDMA mobile station by controlled transition from control hold to active state

A method and apparatus for initiating a reverse link intergenerational handoff in a CDMA communication system that measures and compares parameters between a serving base station of one generation and a target base station of another generation to determine the best possible handoff initiation time instant for performing a reverse link intergenerational hard handoff. Different embodiments can utilize one of several procedures to determine the best possible handoff initiation time instant. A pilot signal strength embodiment determines a handoff initiation time instant based upon the total pilot signal strength of both a serving and target base station. An E/Nembodiment determines a handoff initiation time instant based upon E/N(ratio of average power per bit to total received power spectral density) values of both a serving and a target base station. The method and apparatus decreases the probability of degraded or dropped calls during intergenerational handoffs.

A solder bar compatible with conventional flip chip technology fabrication methods for high power/high current applications includes first and second generally circular solder pads of diameter D formed upon a substrate and connected by a solder bar pad of width BW. The centers of the generally circular solder pads are spaced apart by distance BL (bar length). A mass of solder having volume VB is formed over the first and second generally circular solder pads and over the solder bar pad to form a dog-bone shaped solder bar. The solder bar reaches height Habove the centers of the first and second generally circular solder pads, and reaching height Habove the midpoint of the solder bar pad. The values for diameter D, bar length BL, bar width BW, and solder volume VB are selected in such manner that Hand Hare approximately equal. Conventional circular (as viewed from above) solder bumps can be formed upon the same substrate; in this case, heights Hand Hare made approximately equal to the height of the conventional solder bumps.

Solder bar for high power flip chips

The present invention provides a technique for estimating signal-to-noise ratio of a forward traffic channel in a wireless communication system that utilizes a pilot channel. Initially, a signal-to-noise ratio is estimated for the pilot channel and an adjustment to convert the signal-to-noise ratio for the pilot channel to a signal-to-noise ratio for the forward traffic channel is estimated. The adjustment is then applied to the signal-to-noise ratio for the pilot channel to obtain an estimate for the signal-to-noise ratio for the forward traffic channel.

Estimation of forward link signal-to-noise ratio

The present invention is a novel method and apparatus for initiating a reverse link intergenerational handoff in a CDMA communication system. The reverse link intergenerational handoff initialization method and apparatus of the present invention measures and compares parameters between a serving base station of one generation and a target base station of another generation to determine the best possible handoff initiation time instant for performing a reverse link intergenerational hard handoff. The present invention can utilize one of several embodiments to determine the best possible handoff initiation time instant. A pilot signal strength embodiment of the present invention determines a handoff initiation time instant based upon the total pilot signal strength of both a serving and target base station. The E/Nembodiment determines a handoff initiation time instant based upon E/N(ratio of average power per bit to total received power spectral density) values of both a serving and a target base station. The method and apparatus of the present invention decreases the probability of degraded or dropped calls during intergenerational handoffs.

A novel method and apparatus for performing cell selection handoffs in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The CSHO method and apparatus of the present invention determines which transmitters to temporarily disable or 'gate off' during soft handoff procedures. The method and apparatus of the present invention monitors the channel conditions for all base stations in an active set of a selected mobile station and determines the relative strengths of base stations based on the monitored channel conditions. The method and apparatus of the present invention reduces interference to receivers in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention temporarily disables, or 'gates off' selected transmitters (e.g., base stations) during soft handoff procedures and thereby reduces interference to receivers that are not associated with the selected transmitters. Reducing this interference increases the overall voice and data capacity in a wireless communication system.

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