The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Feng Qian, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Feng Qian, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
VIA Telecom Co., Ltd., , KY;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H03M 13/03 (2006.01); H04B 7/216 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A novel frame-matching method and apparatus in a communication system is disclosed. The frame matching method and apparatus of the present invention matches or aligns flexible length data (e.g., symbols) to standard-sized frames without the need for non-standard puncturing. The method and apparatus of the present invention determines how many times to disable symbol puncturing based upon parameters associated with a given data set. The present invention is capable of disabling symbol puncturing for any given data bit, group of data or symbol.