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Robert J. Thompson
Also filed as: THOMPSON ROBERT J · THOMPSON ROBERT JAMES
14 granted patents·3 pending applications·226 citations·filing 2001–2017
93Inventor score
Files withGEN INSTRUMENT CORP5THOMPSON ROBERT J5ARRIS ENTPR INC2COOPER MICHAEL J2ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC1
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17 records- 0194US8000254B2Methods and system for determining a dominant impairment of an impaired communication channelGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 16, 2011·45 cites·21 claims
- 0292US7876697B2Method and apparatus for characterizing modulation schemes in an HFC networkGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 25, 2011·34 cites·20 claims
- 0392US7742697B2Efficient use of trusted third parties for additional content-sharing securityGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 22, 2010·27 cites·14 claims
- 0491US8081674B2Methods and system for determining a dominant impairment of an impaired communication channelTHOMPSON ROBERT J·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 20, 2011·25 cites·20 claims
- 0590US9136943B2Method of characterizing impairments detected by equalization on a channel of a networkTHOMPSON ROBERT J·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 15, 2015·14 cites·16 claims
- 0690US8265559B2Method and apparatus for determining modulation levels that are supported on a channelCOOPER MICHAEL J·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 11, 2012·25 cites·16 claims
- 0787US8526485B2Using equalization coefficients of end devices in a cable television network to determine and diagnose impairments in upstream channelsTHOMPSON ROBERT J·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 3, 2013·16 cites·20 claims
- 0884US8937992B2Method and apparatus for updating equalization coefficients of adaptive pre-equalizersCOOPER MICHAEL J·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 20, 2015·9 cites·12 claims
- 0980US8537972B2Method and apparatus for determining micro-reflections in a networkTHOMPSON ROBERT J·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 17, 2013·8 cites·24 claims
- 1070US9729937B2CATV digital transmission with BandPass samplingARRIS ENTPR INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 8, 2017·2 cites·4 claims
- 1169US6914892B1Arrangement for testing network switch expansion port data by converting to media independent interface formatADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 5, 2005·18 cites·10 claims
- 1262US9735867B2Microreflection delay estimation in a CATV networkARRIS ENTPR INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 15, 2017·1 cites·21 claims
- 1355US9088355B2Method and apparatus for determining the dynamic range of an optical link in an HFC networkMOORE CHARLES S·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 21, 2015·2 cites·18 claims
- 1451US11476937B2CATV digital transmission with bandpass samplingARRIS ENTPR LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 18, 2022·0 cites·8 claims
- 1544US2008193137A1Method and apparatus for extending broadband communication services over a wireless link while protecting the network from performance degradations caused by the wireless linkGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 1643US2007245177A1Method and apparatus for determining the total power margin available for an hfc networkGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 1739US2014029654A1Method and apparatus for characterizing impulse noiseand optimizing data link efficiencyTHOMPSON ROBERT J·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
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