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1.

TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL BASED ON PATH LOSS ESTIMATION

      
Application Number EP2007060945
Publication Number 2008/046804
Status In Force
Filing Date 2007-10-15
Publication Date 2008-04-24
Owner STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. (Netherlands)
Inventor
  • Berens, Friedbert
  • Rüegg, Andreas

Abstract

According to an embodiment, the method of managing the operation of a first apparatus belonging to a first communication system and adapted to exchange wit h i n said first communication system a multi-carriers modulated signal on several sub- carriers, comprises detecting (10) at said first apparatus (APP1) the eventual presence of an interfering signal emitted from a victim apparatus (APP2) on at least one sub-carrier, determining (11) at said first apparatus the path loss between both apparatuses, determining (12) from said path loss and from an allowed interference level at said victim apparatus a maximum allowed transmit power on said at least one sub-carrier of a multi-carriers modulated signal to be transmitted fro m said first apparatus, adjusting (13) within said first apparatus the processing of said multi-carriers modulated signal to be transmitted in accordance wit h said maximum allowed transmit power.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/005 - Control of transmission; Equalising

2.

FAST CONVERGENCE LDPC DECODING USING BCJR ALGORITHM AT THE CHECK NODES

      
Application Number EP2007052986
Publication Number 2007/110436
Status In Force
Filing Date 2007-03-28
Publication Date 2007-10-04
Owner STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. (Netherlands)
Inventor
  • Kienle, Franck
  • Wehn, Norbert
  • Brack, Torben

Abstract

Method of decoding LDPC codes such as IRA codes used in the DVB-S2 standard, the code graph comprising first variable nodes (systematic), second variable nodes (parity) having a degree two, and check nodes connected to second variable nodes by a zigzag connectivity, the method comprising a) grouping the check nodes into at least one group, the check nodes of each group being connected by variable nodes called internal variable nodes, b) performing for each group (GRj) the following sub-steps b1) and b2): b1) jointly updating (71) all the check nodes of said group by using an algorithm of the Maximum-A-Posteriori (MAP) type on a two-state trellis, b2) updating (72, 73) all the first variable nodes and all the second variable nodes (PNi-1,i; PNi,i+1) connected to said group except said at least one internal second variable node, c) iteratively repeating step b). When using a plurality of groups, a corresponding plurality of trellis windows are LogMAP decoded without training period since connecting parity nodes are updated according to the sum-product algorithm.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H03M 13/11 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits using multiple parity bits

3.

HIGH DATA RATE TRANSMISSION IN A MULTI BAND OFDM SYSTEM

      
Application Number EP2007050610
Publication Number 2007/085583
Status In Force
Filing Date 2007-01-22
Publication Date 2007-08-02
Owner STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. (Netherlands)
Inventor Berens, Friedbert

Abstract

Method for transmitting information in a multi-band OFDM system, comprising delivering according to a given communication standard an initial data stream (IDS) , splitting (11) said initial data stream into a chosen number of elementary data streams and simultaneously transmitting (12) said elementary data streams according to said communication standard on said communication medium (MD) within different respective sub-bands (SBi) . These sub-bands all blong to the same band group. Proposal based on the MBOA standard.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 1/713 - Spread spectrum techniques using frequency hopping
  • H04B 1/69 - Spread spectrum techniques

4.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT FLEXIBLE DEMODULATION IN AN OFDM-CDMA SYSTEM

      
Application Number FR2006002519
Publication Number 2007/057558
Status In Force
Filing Date 2006-11-14
Publication Date 2007-05-24
Owner
  • COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (France)
  • STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. (Netherlands)
Inventor
  • Maret, Luc
  • Ktenas, Dimitri
  • Bouvier Des Noes, Mathieu
  • Martinelli-Cattaneo, Chiara

Abstract

This method for carrying out the flexible demodulation of data modulated following an amplitude modulation in quadrature is used in a communications system employing a code division multiple access technique (CDMA) and an optical frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) using non-binary spread codes. The invention comprises steps (340) consisting of determining a simplified expression specific to the logarithm of the likelihood ratio.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 25/06 - Dc level restoring means; Bias distortion correction
  • H04L 5/02 - Channels characterised by the type of signal

5.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE INTERFERENCES BETWEEN A WIDE BAND DEVICE AND A NARROW BAND DEVICE INTERFERING WITH SAID WIDE BAND DEVICE

      
Application Number EP2006006128
Publication Number 2007/003298
Status In Force
Filing Date 2006-06-26
Publication Date 2007-01-11
Owner STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. (Netherlands)
Inventor Berens, Friedbert

Abstract

The method comprises an interference deduction mode (ADIRM) for reducing interferences between a wide band device and a narrow band device; said method is performed within said wide band device and includes the steps of detecting (130) an emssion from and/or a reception performed by said narrow band device, determining (131) from said detection step a group of at least one sub-carrier having frequencies interfering with the narrow band devices, frequencies shifting (132) at least a part of frequncy band of said wide band device including said group of at least one interfering sub-carriers with a chosen frequency shift such that at least a part of frequency band of said narrow band device is excluded from said frequency band of said wide band device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04B 1/10 - Means associated with receiver for limiting or suppressing noise or interference

6.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE INTERFERENCES BETWEEN A WIDE BAND DEVICE AND A NARROW BAND INTERFERER

      
Application Number EP2006006127
Publication Number 2007/003297
Status In Force
Filing Date 2006-06-26
Publication Date 2007-01-11
Owner STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. (Netherlands)
Inventor Berens, Friedbert

Abstract

The method comprises a main interference reduction mode (MIRM) for reducing interferences generated by a wide band device towards a narrow band device. Said method is performed within said wide band device and detecting (40) an emission from and/or a reception performed by said narrow baand device, determining (41) from said detection step a group of at least one sub-carrier having frequencies interfering with the narrow band device determining (42) the bits which correspond to the information carried by said interfering sub-carriers of said group and processing (43) said determined bits such that they are mapped into a reference symbol having an amplitude equal or close to zero.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04B 1/10 - Means associated with receiver for limiting or suppressing noise or interference

7.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE DECODING OF A LDPC ENCODED CODEWORD, IN PARTICULAR FOR DVB-S2 LDPC ENCODED CODEWORDS

      
Application Number EP2006003942
Publication Number 2006/117135
Status In Force
Filing Date 2006-04-27
Publication Date 2006-11-09
Owner STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. (Netherlands)
Inventor
  • Wehn, Norbert
  • Kienle, Frank
  • Brack, Torben

Abstract

This is a method for controlling the decoding of a LDPC encoded codeword composed of several digital data, said LDPC code being represented by a bipartite graph between check nodes (CN1) and variable nodes (VNi). Said method compri ses updating messages exchanged iteratively between variable nodes (VN1) and check nodes (CN1). Said method comprises, at each iteration, calculating for each variable node a first sum ( Λn) of all the incident messages ( 阳i ) received by said variable node and the corresponding digital data ( 阳ch) and calculating a second sum (VNRnew) of all the absolute values of the first sums ( Λn), and stopping the decoding process if the second sum (VNRnew) is unchanged or decreases within two successive iterations and if a predetermined threshold condition is satisfied.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H03M 13/11 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits using multiple parity bits
  • H03M 13/27 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes using interleaving techniques
  • H03M 13/45 - Soft decoding, i.e. using symbol reliability information

8.

METHOD OF CODING AND DECODING A PULSE SIGNAL, IN PARTICULAR AN UWB-IR SIGNAL, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICES

      
Application Number EP2005013447
Publication Number 2006/072378
Status In Force
Filing Date 2005-12-14
Publication Date 2006-07-13
Owner STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. (Netherlands)
Inventor
  • Maggio, Gian, Mario
  • Cattaneo, Chiara
  • Rouzet, Philippe

Abstract

The decoding of an UWB-IR signal modulated through a transmitted reference (TR) modulation scheme, comprises subtracting from the UWB-IR modulated signal, a version of said UWB-IR modulated signal delayed with a delay corresponding to the delay used in the TR modulation scheme, and decoding the resulting signal by using a non-coherent detection. Further for providing a more energy efficient way of transmitting information, a method of coding information to be conveyed by an UWB-IR signal, comprises sending within each Pulse Repetition Period (PRP) a reference pulse followed by a pulse train including at least two mutually delayed information pulses. A non-coherent detection may also be used for decoding a signal modulated through a TR-BPPM modulation scheme.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 1/69 - Spread spectrum techniques
  • H04L 25/49 - Transmitting circuits; Receiving circuits using three or more amplitude levels

9.

A METHOD FOR REALIZING EMBEDDED DIGITAL TELEVISION SERVICE PLATFORM

      
Application Number CN2005000622
Publication Number 2005/109865
Status In Force
Filing Date 2005-05-08
Publication Date 2005-11-17
Owner ST MICROELECTRONICS NV (Netherlands)
Inventor
  • Zhang, Wenjun
  • Liao, Hongtao
  • Chen, Shan
  • Wang, Qing
  • Yuan, Jianghai

Abstract

A method for realizing embedded digital television service platform, especially for establishing a kind of digital television service executing platform in a digital television receiving device (i.e. set top box) based on the digital television hardware and driving layer. According to the method, the applications can be independent of the hardware configuration and the software system, and can be directly downloaded to the set top box, so as to provide an application executable and controllable operating environment, and realize digital television data service. The invention belongs to the data transmission field in telecommunication, and is especially applicable to the digital television field. The method defines the following systematic modules based on the driving module: EMS memory management, event management, security control, data download management, network protocol management, graphics module, SI engine, Java virtual machine and application manager etc.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 9/44 - Arrangements for executing specific programs
  • G06F 9/445 - Program loading or initiating
  • H04L 29/06 - Communication control; Communication processing characterised by a protocol
  • H04N 5/00 - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Details of television systems
  • H04N 5/44 - Receiver circuitry

10.

A METHOD FOR RETRIEVING SERVICE INFORMATION DATA

      
Application Number CN2005000623
Publication Number 2005/109867
Status In Force
Filing Date 2005-05-08
Publication Date 2005-11-17
Owner ST MICROELECTRONICS NV (Netherlands)
Inventor
  • Liao, Hongtao
  • Liu, Xun
  • Sun, Haisheng

Abstract

This invention discloses a method for retrieving service information data. The service information data is used for storing and managing the network information, transport stream information and service information applied for digital television application; and it can be conveniently added or extracted via application interface. All the data in database is stored in the form of tables, which comprise device context table, network table, transport stream table, service information table, channel number table, string table and private data table. All the tables are related to ID and key. The method use the direct index strategy, so it can retrieve or locate data in tables quickly and conveniently. It has advantage in speed in comparing with storing the data in the form of list and also resolves the problem that it can not define variable length data blocks in the case of storing the data in the form of array.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 17/30 - Information retrieval; Database structures therefor
  • H04N 7/173 - Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

11.

A METHOD FOR ACCESSING CAROUSEL DATA VIA FILE SYSTEM

      
Application Number CN2005000626
Publication Number 2005/109880
Status In Force
Filing Date 2005-05-08
Publication Date 2005-11-17
Owner ST MICROELECTRONICS NV (Netherlands)
Inventor
  • Fang, Xiangzhong
  • Liao, Hongtao
  • Sun, Haisheng

Abstract

This invention discloses a method for accessing carousel data via file system, and especially discloses a technology of randomly accessing and effectively extracting data based on data carousel format and protocol in digital television receiver. It belongs to the digital television receiving field. Carousel data is the data transmission technology applied in digital television field based on ISO/13818-6 data transmission protocol, but in the standard protocol, it is not related to file system, so it is complicated in data acquirement. This invention provides a method for storing data in a buffer, and associating the data with a file system (e.g. virtual file system (VFS)). So, accessing the carousel data just as randomly as accessing the local file and accessing the data effectively and conveniently is achieved.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 7/08 - Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band
  • H04N 7/24 - Systems for the transmission of television signals using pulse code modulation

12.

A METHOD FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF EVENTS TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING IN DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE

      
Application Number CN2005000624
Publication Number 2005/109185
Status In Force
Filing Date 2005-05-08
Publication Date 2005-11-17
Owner ST MICROELECTRONICS NV (Netherlands)
Inventor
  • Sun, Jun
  • Liao, Hongtao
  • Chen, Shan
  • Wang, Qing
  • Sun, Haisheng

Abstract

The object of the invention is to provide a method for improving efficiency of events transmission and processing in digital television receiving device. The types of events are identified, the data carrying means are prescribed, and the courses and protocols of the events registration and acquirement are specified, so as to reduce the waiting time of events processing, increase the communication speed among different modules, and improve the efficiency of data processing. The technical solution of the invention method is to design an architecture for events and messages communication in digital television receiving device which specifying the types of events, the formats of carried data, the means of registration and logout, and the strategy of processing, so as to transmit and process events efficiently in different applications and threads. The implement of the invention including the following steps: 1. Registration and logout of event callback function, 2. Sending, receiving and processing of events, 3. Events capture and capture cancellation.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 9/00 - Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
  • H04N 5/00 - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Details of television systems

13.

A METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF EXTRACTING EIT

      
Application Number CN2005000625
Publication Number 2005/109868
Status In Force
Filing Date 2005-05-08
Publication Date 2005-11-17
Owner ST MICROELECTRONICS NV (Netherlands)
Inventor
  • Sun, Haisheng
  • Liao, Hongtao
  • Chen, Shan
  • Wang, Qing

Abstract

This invention discloses a method for improving the efficiency of extracting EIT. It is achieved by an event information management device in a digital broadcasting receiver, which comprises a cache, loader, analyzer, monitoring and engine. It preloads data and stores the analyzed event information data in a storage directly. So the application can get the wanted data without further processing. Therefore, it avoids the waste of time and system resource caused by multiple times load and analysis which is needed when multiple applications abstract information. And this invention also provides a method for get all the event information data during a predetermined period of time, which improves the utility efficiency of the cache. Therefore, it totally improves the responsive speed and efficiency of the application in lower cost.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 7/24 - Systems for the transmission of television signals using pulse code modulation