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:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Amit G. Bagchi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Paul Lauer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Srinivasa H. Garlapati, Fremont, CA (US);
Rohit V. Gaikwad, San Diego, CA (US);
Joonsuk Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Anthony Lettieri, Long Beach, CA (US);
Amit G. Bagchi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Paul Lauer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Srinivasa H. Garlapati, Fremont, CA (US);
Rohit V. Gaikwad, San Diego, CA (US);
Joonsuk Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Anthony Lettieri, Long Beach, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Classifier for communication device. A communication device includes a classifier and a number of PHY (physical layer) receivers communicatively coupled thereto that enable the communication device to process various received signal types. Each of the PHY receivers is operable to perform pre-processing of a received frame (or packet) of data and to calculate a confidence level indicating whether the received frame is intended for that particular PHY receiver; this pre-processing does not involve processing (e.g., demodulation and/or decoding) of the received frame. Those PHY receivers having sufficiently high confidence levels assert claims to the classifier for the received frame. The classifier is operable to arbitrate between competing claims by 2 or more PHY receivers and to ensure that the received frame is provided to the PHY receiver for which it is intended.