Raza Microelectronics, Inc.

National Semiconductor Corporation

Radiant Networks Plc

Netlogic Microsystems, Inc

Beceem Communications Inc.

Rmi Corporation

Beecem Communications Inc.

Tushar Ramanlal Shah

Chandrasekaran Nageswara Gupta

Thomas Yat Chung Woo

Debaditya Mukherjee

Addepalli Sateesh Kumar

Jai Prakash Agrawal

Manouchehr S Rafie

Khalid Seikh

Jun Lu

Korhan Titizer

Gerald K Wong

Syang-Myau Hwang

Dengwei Fu

Khalid Sheikh

Hari Sarvotham Nallan Chakravarthula

To more fully utilize the available bandwidth of a network link, network nodes in accordance with the present invention allow TDM data to be combined with packet data. A Packet/TDM cross connect switch, having both a TDM switch and a packet switch, is used in these embodiments. Data packets are transformed into TDM packet columns. The TDM packet columns are combined with standard TDM data columns in the payload of a TDM data frame. Data packets may be sorted based on a priority scheme, in which high priority data packets are given precedence over lower priority data. However, both high priority and low priority may be combined in a TDM packet column.

Method of forming a digital or analog multiplexing data frame

An architecture for a wideband code-division multiple access (WCDMA) baseband system is provided. The system comprises separate processing blocks (e.g. cell search, RAKE receiver, transmitter engine, and error correction). Each block comprises a hard-wired logic block and a CSP (communication signal processor). The architecture of each CSP is optimized to perform a particular signal processing function. Each CSP has an associated memory architecture that is optimized for the particular signal processing function. Each memory architecture includes at least two memories that are independently addressable to support simultaneous read and/or write access. The instruction set for each CSP is optimized based on the particular signal processing function. Each instruction set includes instruction words that are optimized for the particular signal processing function. One or more instruction words support simultaneous read/write accesses in parallel.

Communication signal processor architecture

Dynamic mixing TDM data with data packets

To better utilize the variable bandwidth of wireless links, a network node in accordance with the present invention escapes rigid bandwidth hierarchy of conventional TDM protocols, which is not suited for fully using the available bandwidth of a wireless link. Specifically, many embodiments of the present invention use TDM frames that have payloads, which do not strictly conform to the bandwidth hierarchy of conventional TDM protocols. For example, many embodiments of the present invention form TDM frames having a payload that is a non-integer multiple of a base bandwidth, such as OC-1/STS-1.

Method of generating, transmitting, receiving and recovering synchronous frames with non-standard speeds

A SWP- (Sub-Word Parallelism-) based RAKE receiver for a Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) mobile station is optimized to perform channel de-rotation and data combining. The RAKE receiver comprises SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) instructions, which can perform a complex multiplication for a channel de-rotation in a single cycle. The SIMD instructions can also perform a complex addition for data combining in a single cycle. Optimization of the RAKE receiver reduces power consumption and costs, enhances performance, and provides extensibility for next-generation architectures.

Processor-implemented RAKE receiver

A Doherty power amplifier is provided that includes a main amplifier device and an auxiliary amplifier device. The Doherty power amplifier further includes a phase compensation network. The phase compensation network is configured to maintain a substantially constant phase of one of an output signal from the main amplifier device or an output signal from the auxiliary amplifier device across a range of input powers. The Doherty power amplifier further includes an impedance inverter for power combining an output signal of the main amplifier device with an output signal of the auxiliary amplifier device.

Doherty power amplifier with phase compensation

A Doherty amplifier that includes a main amplifier device and an auxiliary amplifier device. The main amplifier device includes a plurality of independently controllable amplifier segments. The system further includes a coupler for coupling an input signal to each of the main amplifier device and the auxiliary amplifier device. The system further includes an impedance inverter for power combining an output signal of the main amplifier device with an output signal of the auxiliary amplifier device.

High efficiency doherty amplifier with a segmented main amplifier

The versatility provided by network nodes in accordance with the present invention allows the formation of networks using different types of links, links with differing bandwidth, data rates, and bit error rates, as well as both asymmetric and symmetric links. For example, a network can include a first network node coupled to a second network node with a wireless link. The network can include a third network node coupled to the second network node an optical link and coupled to the first network node by a wireless link. A fourth network node can be easily inserted between the third network node and the third network node using wireless links. The optical link between the second and third network nodes can operate at one bandwidth and the various wireless links would operate at other bandwidths depending on the environmental conditions between each pair of nodes.

Hybrid network to carry synchronous and asynchronous traffic over symmetric and asymmetric links

To provide the quality and reliability of a fiber optic link over a wireless link, network nodes in accordance with the present invention include a link quality management unit, which controls multiple transmission parameters of a wireless interface in response variable link conditions. For example, the link quality management unit of one embodiment of the present invention controls transmission power, modulation, and error correction. In general, a receiving network node provides feedback to a transmitting network node. Thus, in many embodiments of the present invention, the link quality management unit includes a signal quality detector, which measures a signal quality value, such as bit error rate, signal to noise ratio, or error vector magnitude. The measured signal quality is transmitted back to the transmitting node so that appropriate changes can be made to the transmission parameters.

Adaptive link quality management for wireless medium

A method for a carrier phase recovery apparatus in a multiple-link hopping radio system includes hopping among a plurality of radio links to receive bursts of radio signals on the plurality of radio links and determining channel information for each radio link from a received burst on the radio link. Further, the method includes storing the determined channel information and using the determined channel information for the radio link to reliably recover the carrier phase of a next received burst on the radio link.

Carrier phase recovery system for adaptive burst modems and link hopping radio networks

A method for an adaptive equalization apparatus in a multiple-link hopping radio system includes hopping among a plurality of radio links to receive variable-length bursts of radio signals on the plurality of radio links and equalizing amplitude and phase variations of a slow channel for each radio link from a received burst on the radio link. Further, the method includes storing the estimated tap coefficients pertinent to each radio link and using the tap weights of the current burst of the radio link to reliably pre-compensate the channel amplitude and phase distortion of a next received burst on the radio link.

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Tushar Ramanlal Shah