Mediatek Corporation

Industrial Technology Research Institute

Yuan Chen

Ting-Che Tseng

Hong-Kai Hsu

Wen-Ying Chien

Wei-Kun Su

Chia-Ming Chang

Li-Chun Ko

Po-Chun Huang

Chih-Hao Yeh

Wei-Lun Wan

I-Lin Hsieh

Jwo-An Lin

Juei-Ting Sun

Yung-Hua Hung

Shuo-Jen Hsu

En-Chieh Hsia

Tzu-Wei Han

Hsuan-An Lin

En-Chia Hsia

Shang-Feng Tsai

Zih-Yin Ding

A communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus includes an RF module for receiving an RF signal, and a down converter, coupled to the RF module, for down converting the RF signal in response to a channel select signal to generate a converted signal. The channel select signal controls the down converter to sweep a plurality of scan trains during a scan frame, and each of the scan trains comprises a plurality of channels, wherein a total channel number of the plurality of scan trains is N, where 32&#x2266;N&#x2266;78. The communication apparatus also includes a detector, coupled to the down converter, for determining whether the RF signal comprises an ID packet according to the converted signal corresponding to the channels of the plurality of scan trains.

Communication apparatus and bluetooth ID packet recognition method thereof

A communications apparatus is provided. A signal processing device receives an RF signal comprising a wanted signal complying with a first wireless communications protocol from an air interface and processes the RF signal according to one or more signal processing parameter(s) to obtain the wanted signal. An interference detector analyzes one or more characteristic(s) of an interference signal of the wanted signal. The interference signal complies with a second wireless communications protocol different from the first wireless communication protocol. A coexistence optimization controller is coupled to the signal processing device and the interference detector, obtains information regarding the characteristic(s) of the interference signal from the interference detector and dynamically adjusts the signal processing parameter(s) according to the characteristic(s) of the interference signal.

Method for dynamically adjusting signal processing parameters for processing wanted signal and communications apparatus utilizing the same

A communications apparatus is provided. A radio module transmits first packets before establishing a connection with a peer communications device. A transmission power utilized for transmitting the first packets is adjustable, so that multiple levels of transmission power are utilized for transmitting the first packets.

Communications apparatuses and method for multi-level transmission power control thereof

A communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus includes an RF module, a down converter coupled to the RF module and a detector coupled to the down converter. The RF module receives an RF signal. The down converter down converts the RF signal in response to a channel select signal to generate a converted signal, wherein the channel select signal controls the down converter to alternately sweep a plurality of scan trains during a scan frame, and each of the scan trains comprises a plurality of channels. The power detector determines whether the RF signal comprises an ID packet according to the converted signal corresponding to the channels of the plurality of scan trains.

A wireless communications includes a first wireless communications and a second wireless communications. The first wireless communications module transmits or receives a first wireless signal in a first frequency band selected from a first frequency range. The second wireless communications module transmits or receives a second wireless signal in a second frequency band selected from a second frequency range, and adjusts a transmission power of the second wireless signal in response to that a frequency offset between the first frequency band and the second frequency band falls within a predetermined range. The first wireless communications module is further configured to determine an in-band range in the overlapping part of the first and second frequency ranges, and a transmission power of the second wireless signal is adjusted in response to a frequency offset between the first frequency band and the second frequency band.

Systems and methods for reducing interference between a plurality of wireless communications modules

A communications apparatus is provided. A radio frequency (RF) circuit is arranged to receive an RF signal from an antenna and process the RF signal according to one or more RF parameters to generate an intermediate signal. A signal processing unit is arranged to process the intermediate signal to generate a processed signal and generates signal processing information regarding requirements for processing the intermediate signal. An RF circuit controller is coupled to the RF circuit and the signal processing unit and arranged to dynamically adjust the RF parameters according to the signal processing information.

Method for dynamically adjusting one or more RF parameters and communications apparatus utilizing the same

A wireless communications system is provided with a first wireless communications and a second wireless communications. The first wireless communications module transmits or receives a first wireless signal in a first frequency band selected from a first frequency range. The second wireless communications module transmits or receives a second wireless signal in a second frequency band selected from a second frequency range, and adjusts a transmission power of the second wireless signal in response to that a frequency offset between the first frequency band and the second frequency band falls within a predetermined range.

An apparatus used in a communication system having a plurality of time slots includes a signal processing circuit, a signal detector, and a controlling circuit. The signal processing circuit receives an input signal. The signal detector detects the input signal to generate a detection result. The controlling circuit controls the signal processing circuit according to the detection result. When the detection result does not meet a predetermined criterion, the controlling circuit adjusts the signal processing circuit for reducing power consumption of the signal processing circuit.

Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption used in communication system having time slots

An interference-rejection coding method for an optical wireless communication system and such an optical wireless communication system are provided. The coding method uses delay modulation, block code techniques and filtering to reduce the low frequency interference from light sources. A plurality of codewords from the block codes are reserved for performing digital data recovery. The invention removes the need of analog clock data recovery circuit, and does not require complex hardware for realization. Therefore, it can be applied to a wide range of applications, such as optical WLAN, data transmission of medical facilities, wireless communication in the aircraft, encrypted data transmission network, and low-priced transmission interfaces.

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