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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2005
Applicants:

Lin-nan Lee, Potomac, MD (US);

Feng-wen Sun, Germantown, MD (US);

Adam Von Ancken, New Market, MD (US);

Joseph Santoru, Agoura Hills, CA (US);

Ernest C. Chen, San Pedro, CA (US);

Shamik Maitra, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Dennis Lai, Cerritos, CA (US);

Guangcai Zhou, Agoura Hills, CA (US);

Tung-sheng Lin, Claremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lin-Nan Lee, Potomac, MD (US);

Feng-Wen Sun, Germantown, MD (US);

Adam Von Ancken, New Market, MD (US);

Joseph Santoru, Agoura Hills, CA (US);

Ernest C. Chen, San Pedro, CA (US);

Shamik Maitra, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Dennis Lai, Cerritos, CA (US);

Guangcai Zhou, Agoura Hills, CA (US);

Tung-Sheng Lin, Claremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/167 (2006.01); H04B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interference in communications systems are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises scrambling a first header of the first signal using a first scrambling code, scrambling a second header of the second signal using a second scrambling code, and transmitting the first signal and the second signal with the scrambled first header and the scrambled second header over different channels of the communication system.


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