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MCFARLAND WILLIAM J
US92 patents
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ATHEROS COMM INC
22 patentsUS6870815B2Mar 22, 2005
Methods for implementing a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) and a temporary channel selection feature for WLAN devices
ATHEROS COMM INC197 citations99
US6853197B1Feb 8, 2005
Method and apparatus for insuring integrity of a connectorized antenna
ATHEROS COMM INC287 citations99
US7792158B1Sep 7, 2010
Media streaming synchronization
ATHEROS COMM INC55 citations98
US7245893B1Jul 17, 2007
Method and system for noise floor calibration and receive signal strength detection
ATHEROS COMM INC90 citations98
US7158542B1Jan 2, 2007
Dynamic preamble detection
ATHEROS COMM INC47 citations96
US6954171B2Oct 11, 2005
Method and apparatus for physical layer radar pulse detection and estimation
ATHEROS COMM INC45 citations96
US6891496B2May 10, 2005
Method and apparatus for physical layer radar pulse detection and estimation
ATHEROS COMM INC44 citations96
US7251459B2Jul 31, 2007
Dual frequency band wireless LAN
ATHEROS COMM INC73 citations95
US7606193B2Oct 20, 2009
Methods for implementing a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) feature for WLAN devices
ATHEROS COMM INC51 citations94
US7529309B2May 5, 2009
Multi-carrier communication systems employing variable symbol rates and number of carriers
ATHEROS COMM INC14 citations93
US7522669B2Apr 21, 2009
Method and apparatus for selective disregard of co-channel transmissions on a medium
ATHEROS COMM INC33 citations93
US7353010B1Apr 1, 2008
Techniques for fast automatic gain control
ATHEROS COMM INC41 citations93
US7245882B1Jul 17, 2007
Method and apparatus for a signal selective RF transceiver system
ATHEROS COMM INC38 citations93
US7447163B1Nov 4, 2008
Method and system for testing and optimizing the performance of a radio communication device
ATHEROS COMM INC25 citations92
US7113559B2Sep 26, 2006
Efficient methods for filtering to avoid inter-symbol interference and processing digital signals having large frequency guard bands
ATHEROS COMM INC34 citations92
US7865150B2Jan 4, 2011
Dual frequency band wireless LAN
ATHEROS COMM INC19 citations91
US7173972B2Feb 6, 2007
Decoding system and method for digital communications
ATHEROS COMM INC20 citations90
US7835711B2Nov 16, 2010
Method and apparatus for a signal selective RF transceiver system
ATHEROS COMM INC15 citations84
US7385929B1Jun 10, 2008
Method and system for detecting false packets in wireless communications systems
ATHEROS COMM INC15 citations84
US7042406B2May 9, 2006
Method and apparatus for insuring integrity of a connectorized antenna
ATHEROS COMM INC14 citations84
US7643810B2Jan 5, 2010
Method and system for noise floor calibration and receive signal strength detection
ATHEROS COMM INC7 citations74
US7529486B1May 5, 2009
Remote control capture and transport
ATHEROS COMM INC6 citations73
HEWLETT PACKARD CO
7 patentsUS5365187ANov 15, 1994
Power amplifier utilizing the vector addition of two constant envelope carriers
HEWLETT PACKARD CO137 citations98
US5345189ASep 6, 1994
Vectorial signal combiner for generating an amplitude modulated carrier by adding two phase modulated constant envelope carriers
HEWLETT PACKARD CO85 citations96
US4791653ADec 13, 1988
Pseudorandom word sequence synchronizer
HEWLETT PACKARD CO28 citations93
US5978206ANov 2, 1999
Stacked-fringe integrated circuit capacitors
HEWLETT PACKARD CO37 citations92
US5138287AAug 11, 1992
High frequency common mode choke
HEWLETT PACKARD CO36 citations92
US5678222AOct 14, 1997
Modulation and frequency conversion by time sharing
HEWLETT PACKARD CO51 citations91
US5952853ASep 14, 1999
Method for extending the output range of pulse-width based phase detectors
HEWLETT PACKARD CO13 citations74
PLUME DESIGN INC
6 patentsUS12238539B2Feb 25, 2025
Intelligent monitoring systems and methods for wi-fi metric-based resolutions for cloud-based wi-fi networks
PLUME DESIGN INC2 citations73
US11871249B2Jan 9, 2024
Intelligent monitoring systems and methods for cloud-based Wi-Fi
PLUME DESIGN INC3 citations73
US11743746B2Aug 29, 2023
Intelligent monitoring systems and methods for Wi-Fi metric-based alarms for cloud-based Wi-Fi networks
PLUME DESIGN INC4 citations73
US11368903B2Jun 21, 2022
Detection of parallel operating Wi-Fi networks
PLUME DESIGN INC1 citations72
US11895511B2Feb 6, 2024
Intelligent monitoring systems and methods for Wi-Fi metric-based predictions for cloud-based Wi-Fi networks
PLUME DESIGN INC2 citations71
US11516802B2Nov 29, 2022
Resource unit reservation in Wi-Fi networks
PLUME DESIGN INC0 citations63
CHENG HAO-REN
3 patentsUS9136937B1Sep 15, 2015
System and method for providing antenna diversity in multiple sub-carrier communication systems
CHENG HAO-REN27 citations92
US8451918B1May 28, 2013
System and method for spur estimation and mitigation
CHENG HAO-REN30 citations91
US8416866B1Apr 9, 2013
System and method for reducing phase errors in multiple sub-carrier communication systems
CHENG HAO-REN5 citations69
MCFARLAND WILLIAM J
3 patentsUS8923431B2Dec 30, 2014
Multi-carrier communication systems employing variable symbol rates and number of carriers
MCFARLAND WILLIAM J5 citations83
US8675651B2Mar 18, 2014
Coexistence mechanism for non-compatible powerline communication devices
MCFARLAND WILLIAM J11 citations83
US8286049B1Oct 9, 2012
Configurable transmitter including flexible block coder
MCFARLAND WILLIAM J6 citations70
HUSTED PAUL J
2 patentsCHEN QIFAN
2 patentsCHO JAMES
2 patentsZHANG NING
1 patent(unassigned)
1 patentSAMAVATI HIRAD
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