Patents Examined by Janice N Tieu
  • Patent number: 11979265
    Abstract: A method of modifying a common phase error (CPE) estimate of a slot including symbols, the method including receiving a CPE value corresponding to a symbol of a slot by an artificial neural network, generating a modified CPE value with the artificial neural network, and outputting the modified CPE value from the artificial neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyukjoon Kwon, Mu-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11979208
    Abstract: A multi-gateway multi-beam satellite communication system. The system has a satellite a plurality of gateways for providing broadband services to users and being in bilateral communication with the satellite by a like plurality of feeder links and a second plurality of clusters of coverage areas in bilateral communication with the satellite by a like plurality of service links. The system has a precoder for allocating power to either or both of the feeder links and service links. Precoding can be based on signal to noise plus interference ratio or interference temperature. Precoding can be based on discrete-time dynamical feedback system frameworks with real-time feedback signaling comprised of signal-to-noise plus interference ratio, signal-to-leakage-plus-noise ratio, interference temperatures and/or tracking errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Khanh Pham
  • Patent number: 11979206
    Abstract: A method and network node for online coordinated multi-cell precoding are provided. According to one aspect, a method includes receiving from each of the plurality of service providers a virtual precoder matrix determined by the corresponding service provider. The method also includes determining a precoder matrix by minimizing a precoding deviation from a virtualization demand of the network subject to at least one power constraint, the virtualization demand being based at least in part on a product of a channel state matrix and a virtual precoder matrix. The method further includes applying the determined precoder matrix to signals applied to a plurality of antennas to achieve a sum of throughputs for the plurality of service providers that is greater than a sum of throughputs for the plurality of service providers achievable when the virtual precoder matrices are applied to the signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Gary Boudreau, Ben Liang, Juncheng Wang, Min Dong
  • Patent number: 11968015
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may report capabilities pertaining to UE feedback processing, such as a number of simultaneous feedback reports that can be processed and reported by the UE for various types of feedback. For example, UE feedback processing capability may depend on channel state information (CSI) processing units (CPUs) available to the UE for feedback processing operations (e. g., for performing channel measurements, processing feedback, generating a feedback report, etc.). A UE may report feedback processing capability separately for periodic feedback reporting and for aperiodic feedback reporting, for different types of feedback reporting (e. g., for CSI reporting, for beam management reporting, etc.), etc. As such, a UE may more efficiently report capabilities pertaining to UE feedback processing, and a base station may more efficiently configure UE feedback reporting according to UE feedback processing capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chao Wei, Chenxi Hao, Yu Zhang, Qiaoyu Li, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Jing Lei, Renqiu Wang
  • Patent number: 11956039
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method (100) in a network device. The method (100) includes: determining (110) a number, N, of sets of beam vectors by: creating a first set of beam vectors orthogonal to each other; and determining an n-th set of beam vectors each obtained by linear combination of two or more beam vectors from the (n?1)-th set of beam vectors, where N and n are integers and N?n>1. The method (100) further includes: selecting (120), from one or more of the N sets, a plurality of beam vectors for beamforming of a radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Zhan Zhang, Huaisong Zhu
  • Patent number: 11936409
    Abstract: A transmitter and a receiver are provided. The transmitter includes a processing unit configured to receive a clock signal and a data signal, set a value of a consecutive identical digit (CID) value related to the data signal and generate a modulation signal during a unit interval (UI) based on the data signal and the CID value, and a transmitter driver configured to output output signals having different voltage levels during the unit interval by receiving the modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Chulwoo Kim, Jonghyuck Choi, Seungwoo Park, Hyun Woo Cho, Tae-Jin Kim, Jae Suk Yu, Kil Hoon Lee, Young Hwan Chang
  • Patent number: 11936388
    Abstract: A clock and data recovery circuit includes a sampling circuit, a phase detector, a first processing circuit, a second processing circuit and an oscillator circuit. The sampling circuit is configured to sample input data according to an output clock, and generate a sampling result. The phase detector is configured to generate a detection result according to the sampling result. The first processing circuit is configured to process the sampling result to generate a first digital code. The second processing circuit is configured to accumulate a portion of the first digital code to generate a second digital code. A rate of change of a code value of the second digital code is slower than a rate of change of a code value of the first digital code. The oscillator circuit is configured to generate the output clock according to the detection result, the first digital code and the second digital code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: M31 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guo-Hau Lee, Huai-Te Wang, Cheng-Liang Hung
  • Patent number: 11929796
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for wireless device (WD)-autonomous physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) receiver (RX) antenna adaptation. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a WD includes one or more of: estimating an expected number of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers based at least in part on channel state information (CSI) and/or a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration; determining a set of antennas of a plurality of antennas to use based at least in part on the estimated expected number of MIMO layers; and/or receiving a MIMO signal using the determined set of antennas. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a network node include receiving a channel state information (CSI) report from the WD; and/or scheduling and/or transmitting a downlink (DL) channel to the WD using a number of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers, the number of MIMO layers used based at least in part on the received CSI report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Sina Maleki, Andres Reial
  • Patent number: 11929856
    Abstract: This application provides a narrowband interference isolation method and a communication apparatus. An example method includes: determining a parameter of a narrowband interference signal; determining a coefficient of a first filter based on the parameter of the narrowband interference signal, wherein the first filter is located at a receive end of a master communication device, and the coefficient of the first filter is for filtering out the narrowband interference signal; and sending the parameter of the narrowband interference signal or the coefficient of the first filter to M slave communication devices using an Ethernet operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) frame, wherein the master communication device is connected to the M slave communication devices, M?1, and M is an integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanbo Zhao, Jianfei Liu, Jinshan Wang, Yanbin Sun, Liming Fang
  • Patent number: 11916631
    Abstract: A multi-beam phased array antenna system includes a beamformer responsive to control signals to convert between a plurality of subarray signals and a plurality of beam signals. The system also includes a plurality of subarrays to communicate a plurality of beams corresponding to the plurality of beam signals. Each subarray includes a plurality of radiating elements. Each subarray also includes subarray beamforming circuitry responsive to respective beam weights to adjust RF signals communicated with the radiating elements, and convert between the adjusted RF signals and one respective subarray signal. The system further includes a controller that determines two or more beams, wherein the two or more beams are the same communication type. The beamformer assigns disjoint subsets of subarrays to each of the determined two or more beams. The controller also provides the beam weights for each of the plurality of subarrays and provides the control signals to the beamformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Viasat, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Vigano, Nicholas Hedberg
  • Patent number: 11916703
    Abstract: An error sampler circuit includes a differential input voltage input, a differential reference voltage input, a master latch circuit, and a slave latch circuit. The master latch circuit includes a slicer circuit. The slicer circuit includes a first input, a second input, and a differential output. The first input is coupled to the differential input voltage input. The second input is coupled to the differential reference voltage input. The slave latch includes a differential input coupled to the differential output of the slicer circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Abishek Manian, Nithin Sathisan Poduval, Roland Nii Ofei Ribeiro
  • Patent number: 11909465
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives one piece of downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a plurality of downlink shared channels (PDSCHs), and a control section that determines either a single TCI state or a plurality of TCI states for the plurality of PDSCHs in at least one of a first case and a second case, the first case being a case that a time offset from the DCI to the plurality of PDSCHs is shorter than a threshold, the second case being a case that a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field is not configured. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, QCL parameters for multi-panel/TRP can be appropriately determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11909457
    Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by a transceiver configured to concurrently transmit over multiple transmit paths and receive over multiple receive paths, one or more signals, the transceiver comprising multiple transmit antennas and multiple receive antennas. The method also includes, for at least one of the multiple receive antennas: applying a transmit path model to one or more transmitted signals to generate one or more transmit path estimates, the transmit path model determined based on multiple analog power amplifiers associated with the multiple transmit paths; calculating one or more estimated self-interference (SI) signals based on the one or more transmit path estimates using an equalizer array comprising a predetermined channel model; and subtracting the one or more estimated SI signals from one or more receive signals received at the at least one receive antenna to obtain one or more residual signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chance Tarver, Matthew Tonnemacher, Khurram Muhammad
  • Patent number: 11909455
    Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by a transceiver configured to concurrently transmit over multiple transmit paths and receive over multiple receive paths, one or more signals, the transceiver comprising multiple transmit antennas and multiple receive antennas. The method also includes, for at least one of the multiple receive antennas: receiving one or more feedback signals from one or more power amplifiers associated with the one or more transmitted signals; calculating one or more estimated self-interference (SI) signals based on the one or more feedback signals using an equalizer array comprising a predetermined channel model; and subtracting the one or more estimated SI signals from one or more receive signals received at the at least one receive antenna to obtain one or more residual signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chance Tarver, Matthew Tonnemacher, Khurram Muhammad
  • Patent number: 11901927
    Abstract: Dynamic range of radio frequency transmitters and receivers may be improved via a multiple-channel phasor configuration in which channels are phased in a manner that distributes the local oscillator phases over ?/2 radians. A multiple-channel phasing receiver may include a power splitter to split an input signal into multiple signals, and may further include multiple single-channel receivers providing intermediate signals. Each single-channel receiver may have an input that receives a respective signal of the multiple signals, and may further have an output to provide a respective intermediate signal as a function of the respective input signal, a total gain applied to the respective input signal, a signal frequency of the local oscillator signal, and a respective phase of the local oscillator signal. The multiple-channel receiver may include a digital signal processor that combines the plurality of intermediate signals into a single output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Nikhil Ashok Deshmukh, Michael Loehning
  • Patent number: 11902068
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) frame in a Very High Throughput (VHT) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system includes generating a MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) to be transmitted to a destination station (STA), generating a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) by adding a PLCP header, including an L-SIG field containing control information for a legacy STA and a VHT-SIG field containing control information for a VHT STA, to the MPDU, and transmitting the PPDU to the destination STA. A constellation applied to some of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) symbols of the VHT-SIG field is obtained by rotating a constellation applied to an OFDM symbol of the L-SIG field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Dae Won Lee, Dong Wook Roh, Byeong Woo Kang, Yong Ho Seok, Yu Jin Noh, Bong Hoe Kim
  • Patent number: 11888656
    Abstract: Provided is an equalizer including: an input amplifier configured to amplify and output an input signal; a first equalization circuit including a first sampling circuit, a first arithmetic circuit, and a second arithmetic circuit, the first sampling circuit being configured to generate and output 1-1 to 1-N feedback signals, wherein N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2; and a second equalization circuit including a second sampling circuit, a third arithmetic circuit, and a fourth arithmetic circuit, the second sampling circuit being configured to generate and output 2-1 to 2-M feedback signals, wherein M is a natural number greater than or equal to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeongjoon Ko, Hanseok Kim, Jaehyun Park, Junhan Bae, Gyeongseok Song, Jongjae Ryu
  • Patent number: 11888506
    Abstract: A system for signal detection including a receiver, a transforming block, a noise reduction block, and an object detection block. The receiver is adapted to provide an initial dataset sampled in a time domain over a frequency range. The transforming block is adapted to receive the initial dataset and convert the initial dataset from the time domain to a multi-channel time-frequency domain array. The noise reduction block is adapted to receive the multi-channel time-frequency domain array and provide a clean data set, wherein the clean data set is defined as a noise signal subtracted from the multi-channel time-frequency domain array. The object detection block is adapted to receive the clean dataset and to provide a bounded data set, wherein the bounded data set is defined by a bounding box associated with a portion of the multi-channel time-frequency domain array containing a signal with energy above a threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Aeronix, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Iezzi
  • Patent number: 11888672
    Abstract: Different solutions for an apparatus comprising a predictor predicting decodability of received symbols are disclosed. Decoding is performed based on the prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Jakob Hoydis, Vahid Aref, Ahmed Elkelesh, Sebastian Cammerer
  • Patent number: 11881883
    Abstract: An integrated circuit that includes a feedback loop to adapt receiver parameters. The feedback loop includes a receiver to sample a signal and produce a sampled signal sequence. The feedback loop also includes a first pattern counter to detect and count occurrences of a first pattern in the sampled signal sequence, and a second pattern counter to detect and count occurrences of a second pattern in the sampled signal sequence. Control circuitry coupled to the receiver adapts a parameter value of the receiver to minimize a difference between a first ratio and a second ratio. The first ratio is a target ratio. The second ratio is between a first counted number of occurrences of the first pattern in the sampled signal sequence and a second counted number of occurrences of the second pattern in the sample signal sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nanyan Wang, Marcus Van Ierssel