Inventor · Monroeton, PA, US

Robert J. Thompson

14Patents
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10Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 29, 2001 → Apr 13, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8000254B2 Methods and system for determining a dominant impairment of an impaired communication channel Electricity 42 Active
US7876697B2 Method and apparatus for characterizing modulation schemes in an HFC network Electricity 28 Active
US7742697B2 Efficient use of trusted third parties for additional content-sharing security Electricity 24 Active
US8265559B2 Method and apparatus for determining modulation levels that are supported on a channel Physics 24 Active
US8081674B2 Methods and system for determining a dominant impairment of an impaired communication channel Electricity 24 Active
US8526485B2 Using equalization coefficients of end devices in a cable television network to determine and diagnose impairments in upstream channels Electricity 15 Active
US9136943B2 Method of characterizing impairments detected by equalization on a channel of a network Electricity 13 Active
US6914892B1 Arrangement for testing network switch expansion port data by converting to media independent interface format Electricity 9 Expired
US8937992B2 Method and apparatus for updating equalization coefficients of adaptive pre-equalizers Electricity 9 Active
US8537972B2 Method and apparatus for determining micro-reflections in a network Electricity 7 Active
US9088355B2 Method and apparatus for determining the dynamic range of an optical link in an HFC network Electricity 2 Active
US9729937B2 CATV digital transmission with BandPass sampling Electricity 2 Active
US9735867B2 Microreflection delay estimation in a CATV network Electricity 1 Active
US11476937B2 CATV digital transmission with bandpass sampling Electricity 0 Active

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