Roberto R Calderon

US Patent:

20040242159, Dec 2, 2004

Filed:

May 28, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/445896

Inventors:

Roberto Calderon - Perkiomenville PA, US
Wilhelmus Diepstraten - Haghorst, NL
John MacDonald - Oley PA, US
Ying Shen - Center Valley PA, US
Steven Strauss - Orefield PA, US

International Classification:

H04B001/38
H04M001/00

US Classification:

455/063300, 455/552100

Abstract:

Combined IEEE 802.11 (WiFi) and Bluetooth transceiver and method of operation employing busy signals to monitor when transmissions of each type are being transmitted or received, and employing a synchronizing signal to synchronize the use of time slots. In one embodiment, a simple two-wire interface is exposed linking Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 radio systems. In another embodiment, the Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 services can exchange information including scheduling, mode of operation, channel usage and device state via a shared resource such as a memory, referred to as a ‘mailbox’.

US Patent:

20050259650, Nov 24, 2005

Filed:

Dec 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/013194

Inventors:

Peter Bronner - Mohnton PA, US
William Bullman - Macungic PA, US
Roberto Calderon - Perkiomenville PA, US
Steven Strauss - Orefield PA, US
Jinguo Yu - Flemington NJ, US

Assignee:

Agere Systems Inc. - Allentown PA

International Classification:

H04L012/56

US Classification:

370389000

Abstract:

A system and method, associated with a receiver, for increasing the range or bandwidth of a wireless digital communication network and a receiver incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a service class detector configured to determine a service class of a PDU received by the receiver from the wireless digital communication network and (2) a frame check sequence checker coupled to the service class detector and configured to disregard error-checking information in the PDU when the service class indicates that the PDU is a streaming media PDU.