Patents Examined by Sophia Vlahos
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Patent number: 11228474Abstract: A method of recovering information encoded by a modulated sinusoidal waveform having first, second, third and fourth data notches at respective phase angles, where a power of the modulated sinusoidal waveform is reduced relative to a power of an unmodulated sinusoidal waveform within selected ones of the first, second, third and fourth data notches so as to encode input digital data. The method includes receiving the modulated sinusoidal waveform and generating digital values representing the modulated sinusoidal waveform. A digital representation of the unmodulated sinusoidal waveform is subtracted from the digital values in order to generate a received digital data sequence, which includes digital data notch values representative of the amplitude of the modulated sinusoidal waveform within the first, second, third and fourth data notches. The input digital data is then estimated based upon the digital data notch values.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: TeraWave, LLCInventor: Torsten Schultze
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Patent number: 11222526Abstract: A two-wire transmitter is connected to an external circuit via two transmission lines and outputs a current signal to the external circuit while using the external circuit as a power source. The two-wire transmitter includes: a measured data processing circuit that is connected to a sensor that outputs an electrical signal based on measured data and configured to output a first signal based on the measured data; a current output circuit configured to determine a current signal based on the first signal; and a shunt regulator circuit configured to determine a circuit voltage of the two-wire transmitter based on the first signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Youichi Iwano
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Patent number: 11211989Abstract: Methods for beam adjustment are disclosed. A method includes: determining, by a first node, whether a beam adjustment is required; and when the beam adjustment is required, at least adjusting, by the first node, its beam, or informing, by the first node, a neighboring second node of adjusting the second node's beam, so that relationship between the beam of the first node and the beam of the second node meets a preset condition. There are also provided associated nodes.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTD.Inventors: Qiaoling Yu, Ting Zhou
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Patent number: 11206156Abstract: The present application discloses a method for storing data of a transmission signal, which includes: upon the reception of the transmission signal, analyzing a clock signal corresponding to the transmission signal to obtain a signal frequency of the clock signal; according to the signal frequency, acquiring zero-volt time points of a clock signal after signal superposition with the transmission signal; acquiring a preset time length, and according to the zero-volt time points and the preset time length, generating data storage time periods with each of the zero-volt time points as a central time point; and storing data of the transmission signal within each of the data storage time periods. The present application further provides an apparatus for storing data of a transmission signal and a computer readable storage medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mingliang Wang
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Patent number: 11206694Abstract: It is one of the objects to achieve an appropriate communication in a next generation communication system. The user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention includes a receiving section that receives a synchronization signal and a transmitting section that uses a sequence and/or a radio resource determined based on the synchronization signal to transmit a random access preamble.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Kazuki Takeda, Kazuaki Takeda, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Satoshi Nagata
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Patent number: 11196477Abstract: A wireless communication device includes: a processing circuit configured to: receive, from an antenna array during a previous period, a first directional electromagnetic signal including beam sweeping reference symbols of a previous beam sweeping period; compute an estimated combined channel; estimate a dominant angle-of-arrival (AoA) of the first directional electromagnetic signal based on the estimated combined channel and a previous beamforming codebook including two or more beamforming vectors corresponding to different AoAs; construct an updated beamforming codebook based on the estimated dominant AoA and one or more remaining AoAs spaced apart from the estimated dominant AoA; receive, at the antenna array during a current period, a second directional electromagnetic signal including data symbols; determine a beamforming vector for data reception of the second directional electromagnetic signal based on the updated beamforming codebook; and detect the data symbols in the second directional electromagnetType: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yanru Tang, Hongbing Cheng, Kee-Bong Song
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Patent number: 11190249Abstract: For a system with multiple Antenna Elements, AEs, to be used to transmit multiple symbols to multiple user equipments, UEs, and with multiple time sample positions, where the symbols occupy a time-frequency resource space and wherein at least some of the AEs are powered by constrained RF chains having functionalities that are simplified relative to full RF chains, precoder coefficients are generated for the multiple AEs taking into consideration multipath components of a signal to be transmitted from the multiple AEs to the multiple UEs. The generating forms precoder coefficients for individual ones of the constrained RF chains at corresponding certain time sample positions of the symbols. The signal is transmitted from the multiple AEs to the multiple UEs using FDMA at least by applying the generated precoder coefficients to the multiple AEs over the multiple time sample positions and time-frequency resource space of the symbols.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Rakash Sivasiva Ganesan, Wolfgang Zirwas, Berthold Panzner
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Patent number: 11184065Abstract: A method and apparatus for generation of orthogonal training signals for transmission in an antenna array are described. In this embodiment, a set of P training signals is generated. The generation of the P training signals includes generating a first set of Zadoff-Chu sequences, where the first set of sequences is based on a first reference Zadoff-Chu sequence and (P?1) first subsequent Zadoff-Chu sequences, where each one of the first subsequent Zadoff-Chu sequences is a cyclic shift of the first reference Zadoff-Chu sequence. A second set of sequences is generated based on a second reference Zadoff-Chu sequence and (P?1) second subsequent sequences that are cyclic shift of the second reference sequence. The P training signals are determined based on the first set of sequences and the second set of sequences. The training signals are then transmitted through a plurality of transmit paths of a base station towards a wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Martin Da Silveira, Georgy Levin
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Patent number: 11171740Abstract: The present invention provides a transceiver. The transistor is coupled to a transmission line. The transceiver includes a variable resistor set, a transmitter module, a receiver module, and a digital signal processor. The transmitter module has an output terminal coupled to the variable resistor set and the transmission line. The transmitter module includes a first digital-to-analog converter configured to output an emission current. The receiver module has an input terminal coupled to the transmitter module and the transmission line. When the emission current is fed into the transmission line, a far-end echo is fed into the receiver module. An amplitude of the far-end echo is associated with a resistance value of the transmission line. The digital signal processor adjusts a current value of the emission current from a first default current value to a second default current value based on the amplitude of the far-end echo.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Liang-Wei Huang, Yu-Xuan Huang, Huan-Chung Chen, Chia-Lin Chang
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Patent number: 11171707Abstract: According to a first aspect, a client device is configured to: transmit a beam report, for example to a network device, wherein the beam report comprises information about a set of N transmit, Tx, beams in a downlink and measurement values related to the N Tx beams; obtain information about selected K Tx beams being a subset of the set of N Tx beams; obtain mapping information between K indicators and the selected K Tx beams, wherein each of the K indicator identifies one of the selected K Tx beams; and receive, for example from the network device, a downlink, DL, signal using the obtained information about the selected K Tx beams and the mapping information. According to another aspect a network device is provided. According to another aspects methods of operating the devices are provided and a computer program.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chaitanya Tumula, Wenquan Hu, Neng Wang, Bengt Lindoff
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Patent number: 11165555Abstract: A technique of separating a sequence of modulation shift keying (MSK) symbols into a first portion and a second portion and separately comparing the first portion of the sequence of MSK symbols and the second portion of the sequence of MSK symbols against a first portion of a reference sequence of MSK symbols and a second portion of the reference sequence of MSK symbols allows a low complexity detection of a start field delimiter in a wireless communication packet.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Wenxun Qiu, Tomas Motos, Marius Moe
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Patent number: 11165547Abstract: A reciprocity-based precoding algorithm is provided that accommodates for the specific type of uncertainty arising from the delay in channel estimation as a function of the velocity of moving wireless communication devices (103a-c). Account is taken of time delay from reference symbols previous sounding times as well as the velocity of the wireless communication devices (103a-c) thereby providing an effective precoding scheme for beamforming.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Mohammadreza Malek-Mohammadi, Bo Lincoln
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Patent number: 11159223Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for encoding reference signal received powers. One apparatus (200) includes a processor (202) that: determines (402) a reference signal received power corresponding to each beam of multiple beams to result in a set of determined reference signal received powers; orders (406) the set of determined reference signal received powers in descending order to result in an ordered list of reference signal received powers; and encodes (408) a difference between each two adjacent reference signal received powers of the ordered list of reference signal received powers to result in an encoded ordered list of reference signal received powers.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co. LTDInventors: Chenxi Zhu, Hongmei Liu, Zhennian Sun
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Patent number: 11159251Abstract: An antenna control method comprises obtaining a plurality of radio frequency signal parameters respectively in a plurality of measuring beam directions, generating a plurality of parameter groups according to the plurality of radio frequency signal parameters, selecting a target beam direction from the plurality of measuring beam directions according to the plurality of parameter groups, and controlling an antenna to transmit and receive signals in the target beam direction. In said antenna control method, two adjacencies of the plurality of measuring beam directions have an angle difference therebetween, and each of the plurality of parameter groups comprises more than one of the plurality of radio frequency signal parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: GEMTEK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu-Min Lin, Chien Sheng Chen
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Patent number: 11146422Abstract: An OFDM communication system, includes: a smoothing filter; an equalizer; processors; and a memory containing instructions causing the processors to perform steps of: providing to the smoothing filter a plurality of channel response estimates, each corresponding to a symbol and a channel; receiving a plurality of filtered channel response estimates, each corresponding to a value of the channel response estimate; calculating a plurality of error vectors, each having a plurality of error values, each error value being a difference between the channel response estimate and the filtered channel response estimate; obtaining a mean error vector having a plurality of mean error values, each corresponding to a subcarrier for all symbols; calculating a power of each subcarrier based on the mean error values of the mean error vector; comparing the power of each subcarrier to a threshold power; and adjusting the bandwidth of the smoothing filter based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: U-BLOX AGInventor: Dimitris Kalogiros
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Patent number: 11133841Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure provide for a method. In some examples, the method includes receiving 2-line data in an embedded Universal Serial Bus (eUSB) format. The method further includes encoding the 2-line data into a single signal. The single signal comprises a first symbol corresponding to a first state change of the 2-line data and a second symbol corresponding to a second state change of the 2-line data.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Suzanne Mary Vining, Gary Chard, Win Naing Maung, Mark Alan McAdams
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Patent number: 11133843Abstract: An integrated-circuit output driver generates, in response to an input signal constrained to a first voltage range, a control signal at one of two voltage levels according to a data bit conveyed in the input signal, the two voltages levels defining upper and lower levels of a second voltage range substantially larger than the first voltage range. The output driver generates an output-drive signal constrained to a third voltage range according to the one of the two voltage levels of the control signal, the third voltage range being substantially smaller than the second voltage range.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Frederick A. Ware, Carl W. Werner
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Patent number: 11133835Abstract: A method for improving signal to noise ratio in an uplink transmission. The method includes determining a plurality of combinations of “N” possible users to be selected among “X” users that are transmitting signals to a base station comprising “n” number of antennas, where n>=N, wherein selected “N” users transmit on a same sub-carrier; computing signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the signals received from each of the users among the determined combination of “N” possible users; and selecting at least one combination among the plurality of combinations of “N” possible users, such that, a combined signal to noise ratio of the selected combination is maximum among all combinations.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Inventor: Karthik Muralidhar
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Patent number: 11133853Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method performed by a base station may include: configuring control information indicating that an antenna port for all CSI-RS resources included in a CSI-RS resource set is same, wherein the CSI-RS resource set is used for tracking at least one of a time or a frequency; transmitting the configured control information to a user equipment (UE); and transmitting the CSI-RS to the UE through all the CSI-RS resources. In doing so, the UE is capable of performing time/frequency tracking more precisely.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jiwon Kang, Jonghyun Park, Kilbom Lee, Kijun Kim, Sukhyon Yoon
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Patent number: 11128360Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method performed by a base station may include: configuring control information indicating that an antenna port for all CSI-RS resources included in a CSI-RS resource set is same, wherein the CSI-RS resource set is used for tracking at least one of a time or a frequency; transmitting the configured control information to a user equipment (UE); and transmitting the CSI-RS to the UE through all the CSI-RS resources. In doing so, the UE is capable of performing time/frequency tracking more precisely.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jiwon Kang, Jonghyun Park, Kilbom Lee, Kijun Kim, Sukhyon Yoon