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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
James L. Langston, Richardson, TX (US);
Michael F. Black, Garland, TX (US);
William K. Myers, McKinney, TX (US);
James S. Marin, Murphy, TX (US);
Douglas B. Weiner, The Colony, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ; H04B 1/00 ; H04B 1/06 ; H04Q 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ; H04B 1/00 ; H04B 1/06 ; H04Q 7/00 ;
Abstract
Multipoint Stations are controlled by one or more pilot tones broadcasted by a base station. The pilot tones are used to control the local oscillators of the remote stations both for receive and for transmit. The pilot tone is also used to control the input gain and the transmit gain of the remote station.