Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Peter J. Black

241Patents
45h-index
116Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 28, 1994 → Jul 7, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6574211B2 Method and apparatus for high rate packet data transmission Electricity 572 Expired
US5757858A Dual-mode digital FM communication system Electricity 245 Expired
US6894994B1 High data rate wireless packet data communications system Electricity 199 Expired
US7411930B2 Apparatus and method for prioritized apportionment of transmission power in a multi-carrier terminal Electricity 177 Expired
US5617060A Method and apparatus for automatic gain control and DC offset cancellation in quadrature receiver Electricity 166 Expired
US6205129A Method and apparatus for variable and fixed forward link rate control in a mobile radio communications system Electricity 132 Expired
US6798736B1 Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving variable rate data Electricity 122 Expired
US6426971B1 System and method for accurately predicting signal to interference and noise ratio to improve communications system performance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 102 Expired
US6208873A Method and apparatus for transmitting reverse link power control signals based on the probability that the power control command is in error Electricity 98 Expired
US7184426B2 Method and apparatus for burst pilot for a time division multiplex system Electricity 96 Expired
US5469115A Method and apparatus for automatic gain control in a digital receiver Electricity 96 Expired
US7051268B1 Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of a decoder in a communication system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 91 Expired
US6285861A Receiving station with interference signal suppression Electricity 87 Expired
US7130282B2 Communication device for providing multimedia in a group communication network Electricity 85 Expired
US6985516B1 Method and apparatus for processing a received signal in a communications system Electricity 79 Expired
US6694469B1 Method and an apparatus for a quick retransmission of signals in a communication system Electricity 74 Expired
US6107878A Automatic gain control circuit for controlling multiple variable gain amplifier stages while estimating received signal power Electricity 70 Expired
US7893873B2 Methods and systems for providing enhanced position location in wireless communications Electricity 69 Active
US6633552B1 Method and apparatus for determining the closed loop power control set point in a wireless packet data communication system Electricity 67 Expired
US7289473B1 Pilot reference transmission for a wireless communication system Electricity 65 Expired
US6363102B1 Method and apparatus for frequency offset correction Electricity 65 Expired
US7079550B2 Method and apparatus for high rate packet data transmission Electricity 64 Expired
US6134440A Method and apparatus for performing mobile station assisted hard handoff using off line searching Electricity 62 Expired
US6147964A Method and apparatus for performing rate determination using orthogonal rate-dependent walsh covering codes Electricity 61 Expired
US6661833B1 PN generators for spread spectrum communications systems Electricity 61 Expired

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