Inventor · Indialantic, FL, US

John E. Hoffmann

64Patents
18h-index
32Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 23, 1999 → Nov 14, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6545994B2 Access probe acknowledgment including collision detection to avoid oversetting initial power level Electricity 97 Expired
US6301291A Pilot symbol assisted modulation and demodulation in wireless communication systems Electricity 68 Expired
US7609648B2 Antenna steering for an access point based upon control frames Electricity 50 Expired
US7079523B2 Maintenance link using active/standby request channels Electricity 50 Expired
US7006483B2 Qualifying available reverse link coding rates from access channel power setting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US9461698B2 Communications device with simultaneous transmit and receive and related methods Electricity 45 Active
US7103386B2 Antenna steering and hidden node recognition for an access point Electricity 43 Expired
US6804223B2 Reverse link pilot integrated with block codes Electricity 39 Expired
US6400317B2 Method and apparatus for antenna control in a communications network Electricity 32 Expired
US6212220A Method and apparatus for creating non-interfering signals using non-orthogonal techniques Electricity 32 Expired
US7577122B1 Method for minimizing receive packet processing for a personal computer implementation of a wireless local area network adapter Electricity 31 Active
US7047046B2 Antenna steering for an access point based upon probe signals Electricity 27 Expired
US7929409B2 Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) method and apparatus for protecting and authenticating wirelessly transmitted digital information Electricity 26 Active
US6801564B2 Reverse link correlation filter in wireless communication systems Electricity 22 Expired
US6904079B2 Access channel structure for wireless communication system Electricity 22 Expired
US7532723B2 Tokens/keys for wireless communications Electricity 20 Expired
US7145964B2 Maximizing data rate by adjusting codes and code rates in CDMA system Electricity 20 Expired
US6917642B1 Method for using a non-orthogonal pilot signal with data channel interference cancellation Electricity 18 Expired
US7580674B2 Intelligent interface for controlling an adaptive antenna array Electricity 18 Expired
US8160166B2 Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communications device and method that incorporates low PAPR preamble with circuit for measuring frequency response of the communications channel Electricity 18 Active
US7587173B2 Antenna steering for an access point based upon spatial diversity Electricity 17 Expired
US7212499B2 Method and apparatus for antenna steering for WLAN Electricity 13 Expired
US8189697B2 Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communications device and method that incorporates low PAPR preamble and receiver channel estimate circuit Electricity 13 Active
US8175178B2 Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communications device and method that incorporates low PAPR preamble and variable number of OFDM subcarriers Electricity 11 Active
US8472537B2 Systems and associated methods to reduce signal field symbol peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) Electricity 10 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.