Kevin Michael Peterson

US Patent:

6445731, Sep 3, 2002

Filed:

Dec 27, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/472764

Inventors:

Larry C. Yamano - Sunnyvale CA
John T. Holloway - Woodside CA
Edward H. Frank - Portola Valley CA
Tracy D. Mallory - Palo Alto CA
Alan G. Corry - Santa Clara CA
Craig S. Forrest - San Francisco CA
Kevin H. Peterson - San Francisco CA
Timothy B. Robinson - Boulder Creek CA
Dane Snow - Santa Clara CA

Assignee:

Broadcom Homenetworking, Inc. - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04B 138

US Classification:

375222, 379 9309

Abstract:

A modem and method for operating same. A receiver circuit of the modem is coupled to receive a continuous analog signal from a communication channel. This analog signal includes both packet and idle information. The receiver circuit monitors the analog signal to detect the presence of idle information. Upon detecting idle information, the receiver circuit enters a standby mode in which the processing requirements of the receiver circuit are reduced. A burst mode protocol is also provided, in which packets of digital information are modulated by a transmitter circuit of the modem, thereby converting the packets of digital information into analog signal bursts of discrete duration. These analog signal bursts are transmitted from the transmitter circuit to a telephone line. However, the transmitter circuit does not generate any signals between the analog signal bursts. A receiver circuit monitors the telephone line to detect the analog signal bursts.

US Patent:

6760347, Jul 6, 2004

Filed:

May 9, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/567962

Inventors:

Eric Ojard - San Francisco CA
Jason Trachewsky - Menlo Park CA
John T. Holloway - Woodside CA
Edward H. Frank - Portola Valley CA
Kevin H. Peterson - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04J 306

US Classification:

370516, 375332, 37524003, 704230

Abstract:

A network interface is presented that receives packet data from a shared medium and accomplishes the signal processing required to convert the data packet to host computer formatted data separately from receiving the data packet. The network interface receives the data packet, converts the analog signal to a digitized signal, and stores the resulting sample packet in a storage queue. An off-line processor, which may be the host computer itself, performs the signal processing required to interpret the sample packet. In transmission, the off-line process converts host-formatted data to a digitized version of a transmission data packet and stores that in a transmission queue. A transmitter converts the transmission data packet format and transmits the data to the shared medium.

US Patent:

6850493, Feb 1, 2005

Filed:

May 9, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/568223

Inventors:

Eric Ojard - San Francisco CA, US
Jason Trachewsky - Menlo Park CA, US
John T. Holloway - Woodside CA, US
Edward H. Frank - Portola Valley CA, US
Kevin H. Peterson - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04L 1226

US Classification:

370252, 375243, 375254, 370526

Abstract:

A network interface is presented that receives packet data from a shared medium and accomplishes the signal processing required to convert the data packet to host computer formatted data separately from receiving the data packet. The network interface receives the data packet, converts the analog signal to a digitized signal, and stores the resulting sample packet in a storage queue. An off-line processor, which may be the host computer itself, performs the signal processing required to interpret the sample packet. In transmission, the off-line process converts host-formatted data to a digitized version of a transmission data packet and stores that in a transmission queue. A transmitter converts the transmission data packet format and transmits the data to the shared medium.

US Patent:

7035285, Apr 25, 2006

Filed:

Apr 4, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/826239

Inventors:

John T. Holloway - Atherton CA, US
Edward H. Frank - Portola Valley CA, US
Eric Ojard - San Francisco CA, US
Jason Alexander Trachewsky - Menlo Park CA, US
Tracy D. Mallory - Palo Alto CA, US
Henry S. Ptasinski - Mountain View CA, US
Raymond Hayes - Los Gatos CA, US
Kevin H. Peterson - Los Altos CA, US
Larry C. Yamano - Sunnyvale CA, US
Alan Corry - Santa Clara CA, US
Jay Pattin - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04J 3/26

US Classification:

370474

Abstract:

A method and signal therfor embodied in a carrier wave for sending information from transmit stations to receive stations over a transmission medium of a frame-based communications network. The information is sent in transmit frames having a frame format comprising a fixed rate header, followed by a variable rate payload, followed by a fixed rate trailer. The fixed rate header includes a preamble. The preamble has a repetition of four symbol sequences for facilitating power estimation, gain control, baud frequency offset estimation, equalizer training, carrier sensing and collision detection. The preamble also includes a frame control field. The frame control field has scrambler control information for frame scrambling initialization, a priority field to determine the absolute priority a transmit frame will have when determining access to the transmission medium, a payload encoding field which determines constellation encoding of payload bits in the variable rate payload, and a header check sequence for providing a cyclic redundancy check. The variable rate payload is transmitted pursuant to dynamic adjustable frame encoding parameters for improving transmission performance for a transmit frame being transmitted from a transmitting station to a receiving station. The header also includes a destination address field, a source address field and an ethertype field.

US Patent:

7142553, Nov 28, 2006

Filed:

May 9, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/567961

Inventors:

Eric Ojard - San Francisco CA, US
Jason Trachewsky - Menlo Park CA, US
John T. Halloway - Woodside CA, US
Edward H. Frank - Portola Valley CA, US
Kevin H. Peterson - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04L 12/28

US Classification:

370421, 370445, 370463

Abstract:

A network interface is presented that receives packet data from a shared medium and accomplishes the signal processing required to convert the data packet to host computer formatted data separately from receiving the data packet. The network interface receives the data packet, converts the analog signal to a digitized signal, and stores the resulting sample packet in a storage queue. An off-line processor, which may be the host computer itself, performs the signal processing required to interpret the sample packet. In transmission, the off-line process converts host-formatted data to a digitized version of a transmission data packet and stores that in a transmission queue. A transmitter converts the transmission data packet format and transmits the data to the shared medium.

US Patent:

7406119, Jul 29, 2008

Filed:

Jul 24, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/202254

Inventors:

Larry C. Yamano - Sunnyvale CA, US
John T. Holloway - Woodside CA, US
Edward H. Frank - Portola Valley CA, US
Tracy D. Mallory - Palo Alto CA, US
Alan G. Corry - Santa Clara CA, US
Craig S. Forrest - San Francisco CA, US
Kevin H. Peterson - San Francisco CA, US
Timothy B. Robinson - Boulder Creek CA, US
Dane Snow - Santa Clara CA, US

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04B 1/38
H04K 1/10

US Classification:

375222, 375260

Abstract:

A receiver circuit of the modem is coupled to receive a continuous analog signal from a communication channel. This analog signal includes both packet and idle information. A burst mode protocol is also provided, in which packets of digital information are modulated by a transmitter circuit of the modem, thereby converting the packets of digital information into analog signal bursts of discrete duration. These analog signal bursts are transmitted from the transmitter circuit to a telephone line. A receiver circuit monitors the telephone line to detect the analog signal bursts. Upon detecting the presence of the analog signal bursts on the telephone line, the receiver circuit demodulates the analog signal bursts using full processing capabilities of the receiver circuit. However, upon detecting the absence of the analog signal bursts on the telephone line, the demodulating function of the receiver circuit is disabled. The burst mode protocol enables multi-drop and multi-cast operation, as well as reducing required DSP resources.

US Patent:

7440410, Oct 21, 2008

Filed:

Jul 8, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/887108

Inventors:

Eric Ojard - San Francisco CA, US
Jason Trachewsky - Menlo Park CA, US
John T. Holloway - Woodside CA, US
Edward H. Frank - Portola Valley CA, US
Kevin H. Peterson - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04L 12/26

US Classification:

370252, 370526, 375231, 375331

Abstract:

A network interface is presented that receives packet data from a shared medium and accomplishes the signal processing required to convert the data packet to host computer formatted data separately from receiving the data packet. The network interface receives the data packet, converts the analog signal to a digitized signal, and stores the resulting sample packet in a storage queue. An off-line processor, which may be the host computer itself, performs the signal processing required to interpret the sample packet. In transmission, the off-line process converts host-formatted data to a digitized version of a transmission data packet and stores that in a transmission queue. A transmitter converts the transmission data packet format and transmits the data to the shared medium.

US Patent:

8149904, Apr 3, 2012

Filed:

Jan 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/350279

Inventors:

Gregory H. Efland - Palo Alto CA, US
Haixiang Liang - Palo Alto CA, US
Kevin H. Peterson - Mountain View CA, US
Yuanjie Chen - San Jose CA, US
Alan G. Corry - Santa Clara CA, US
Nino P. Ferrario - Sunnyvale CA, US
Jeff Z. Guan - San Ramon CA, US
Meera Prahlad - Saratoga CA, US
Ilya Stomakhin - Cupertino CA, US
Yongbing Wan - San Jose CA, US
Larry C. Yamano - Sunnyvale CA, US
Lin Yin - Fremont CA, US
George A. Papanicolaou - Scarborough, CA

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04B 1/38

US Classification:

375222, 375225, 375226, 375227, 375355

Abstract:

Provided is a system and method for a modem including one or more processing paths. Also included is a number of interconnected modules sequentially arrayed along the one or more paths. Each module is configured to (i) process signals passed along the paths in accordance with the sequence and (ii) implement predetermined functions to perform the processing. Further, each of the modules has a particular degree of functional programmability and the degrees of functional programmability monotonically vary in accordance with the sequence.