A method for channel response estimation for an OFDM communication system based on a certain normal training symbols plus one virtual training symbol begins with receiving at least one preamble symbol of a transmitted data frame. A first channel state information is estimated from the at least one preamble symbol. At least one signalling symbol is then received and equalized and a rate factor and a length factor are extracted from the at least one signalling symbol. A virtual training symbol is ...

The present invention provides methods and apparatus for statistical multiplexing of a large number of data streams. A plurality of encoders are associated with each first stage multiplexer. Bandwidth allocation among all encoders is controlled by a second stage multiplexer. A bandwidth request message is communicated from each the encoders to the second stage multiplexer. The second stage multiplexer allocates available bandwidth based on the bandwidth request messages. The second stage multipl...

A link path search and maintain method for establishing link search table between two bluetooth devices such that the devices can transfer data to/from others device located in a bluetooth scatternet. When initialization of a slave bluetooth device, the new member in a bluetooth piconet receives a link search table that transmitted from a master bluetooth device to establish a local link search table; as the link is broken or the link search table needs be updated, the slave bluetooth device exe...

An apparatus and method for down-link multiple-antenna transmission in a wireless communication system is provided wherein a base station section comprises: a down-link specific physical channel unit, a second common pilot channel unit, a beam weighting unit of common pilot channels, a multiplexing and summing unit, a down-link specific physical channel weighting unit, a specific physical channel and second common pilot channel multiplexing unit, an antenna array unit, a multiple-beam weight vec...

A method for negotiating a protocol for a conversation in which data packets are transmitted. Responsive to establishment of a link aggregation with an endpoint for the conversation, an algorithm for processing the data packets in the conversation is selected to form a preferred algorithm. A request is sent to the endpoint. This request indicates the preferred algorithm for processing the data packets in the conversation. A reply to the request is received from the endpoint. A determination is m...

A method and system for the retransmission of TCP segments in a high speed, low memory TOE device or processor system uses one or more selective context duplication (SCD) TCP/IP connections to provide retransmission assistance to an original TCP/IP connection. SCD connections are used only to retransmit TCP segments on behalf of the system. The original connection and SCD connections are linked together and managed using a TCP state engine in such a way that the original connection receives and ...

Disclosed is a method for handling inter-RAT cell measurement in a dual-mode UE in a connected mode, which supports both GSM/GPRS (Global System for Mobile communication/General Packet Radio Service) RAT (Radio Access Technology) and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) RAT. A UTRAN (UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network) of the UMTS RAT transmits a measurement control message to a URRC (UMTS Radio Resource Control) of a UMTS network layer in the UE. Upon receiving the measurement c...

An apparatus comprising an input circuit, a storage circuit and an output circuit. The input circuit may be configured to generate a plurality of data paths in response to an input data signal having a plurality of data items sequentially presented in a first order. The storage circuit may be configured to store each of the data paths in a respective shift register chain. The output circuit may be configured to generate an output data signal in response to each of the shift register chains. The ...

A multi-slice network processor processes a packet in packet slices for transfer over a multi-port network interface such as a switch fabric. The network processor segments a packet into cells having a target size. A group of cells of a common packet form a packet slice which is independently processed by one of a number of parallel processing and storage slices. Load balancing may be used in the selection of processing slices. Furthermore, the network processor may load balance slices across th...

The present invention provides a method of controlling data flow within a network device. The method includes the steps of snooping a data packet before the data packet is stored in a memory buffer of the network device to determine a packet size, aggregating the packet size to generate a total number of data packets within a burst if the packet size exceeds a predetermined packet size. The method also includes the steps of lowering a threshold of the memory buffer to a reset threshold if the to...