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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:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Thomas B. Wilborn, San Diego, CA (US);
Johnny K. John, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas B. Wilborn, San Diego, CA (US);
Johnny K. John, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM, Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of signal reception according to one embodiment of the invention includes receiving a set of data values over a first frequency band during a first time slot, and receiving another set of data values over the first frequency band during a second time slot which is after the first time slot. Between the first and second time slots, the method includes sampling a signal received over a second frequency band and storing the samples. Based on the samples, a received signal quality value is calculated.