Appeal No. 2006-2089 Application No. 09/778,291 The claimed invention relates to the performance of a gain/bandwidth control process based on the monitoring of a transmitted signal. As part of the gain/bandwidth control process, a gain of a portion of the transmitted signal is controlled based upon a determination of the bandwidth requirement of a signal path associated with the portion of the signal. Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows: 1. A method of improving at least one gain bandwidth path, comprising: monitoring at least one signal being transmitted; and performing a gain/bandwidth control process based upon said monitoring of said signal, performing said gain/bandwidth control process comprises controlling a gain of a portion of said signal based upon determining a bandwidth requirement of a signal path associated with said portion of said signal. The Examiner relies on the following prior art: Shenoi et al. (Shenoi) 6,507,606 Jan. 14, 2003 (effectively filed Mar. 29, 2000) Shapiro et al. (Shapiro) 6,870,888 Mar. 22, 2005 (filed Nov. 23, 1999) 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
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