Patents by Inventor Dinesh Bharadia
Dinesh Bharadia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10243719Abstract: A MIMO wireless communication device includes, in part, a first transmit path adapted to transmit a first transmit signal from a first antenna, a second transmit path adapted to transmit a second transmit signal from a second antenna, a first receive path adapted to receive a first receive signal, an interference cancellation circuit and a controller. The cancellation circuit includes a cascaded filter structure each filter including a multitude of filter taps each including a variable element. The controller dynamically varies a value applied to each of the plurality of variable elements in accordance with frequency response characteristics of the variable element to remove a portion of a self-interference and/or cross-talk interference signal present in a signal received by the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Sachin Katti
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Patent number: 10230422Abstract: A system for frequency isolation modified self-interference cancellation includes a transmit coupler, that samples an RF transmit signal; an RF self-interference canceller that transforms the sampled RF transmit signal to an RF self-interference cancellation signal; a receive coupler that combines the RF self-interference cancellation signal with the RF receive signal to form a reduced-interference receive signal; and a frequency shifter that frequency shifts only one of the RF transmit signal and the reduced-interference receive signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.Inventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Jeffrey Mehlman, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn
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Patent number: 10230419Abstract: In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving a first analog radio frequency signal including a signal of interest and an interference signal caused by a second analog radio frequency signal transmitted in full duplex over a channel from which the first analog transmission is received; adjusting at least one of the first analog radio frequency signal and a portion of the second analog radio frequency signal to enable at least one of a reduction or an elimination of the interference signal in an output analog radio frequency signal; combining the first analog radio frequency signal and the portion of the second analog radio frequency signal to generate the output analog radio frequency signal characterized by at least the reduction or the elimination of the interference signal included in the output analog radio frequency signal; and providing the output analog radio frequency signal. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Sachin Katti, Tae Min Kim, Philip Levis
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Patent number: 10116405Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining an interference based on a channel gain for each signal of a group of signals received at a receiver from a group of transmitters. A determination is made of an interference value based on a group of interference signals received at a receiver from a group of transmitters, wherein the interference value is based on channel gains that are estimated for the group of transmitters, and wherein a portion of the interference is self-interference generated from transmitting and receiving at a same time. One of an analog time domain cancellation, a digital time domain cancellation or both, is performed responsive to a determination that the interference value does not satisfy a threshold range of an analog-to-digital converter of the receiver. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Vaneet Aggarwal, Dinesh Bharadia, Rittwik Jana, Christopher W. Rice, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan
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Publication number: 20180212807Abstract: A backscatter tag communicate device includes, in part, a receiver configured to receive a WiFi packet conforming to a communication protocol defining a multitude of codewords, a mapper configured to map at least a first subset of the multitude of codewords disposed in the packet to a second multitude of codewords defined by the protocol, and a frequency shifter configured to shift a frequency of the second multitude of codewords such that the frequency shifted codewords are characterized by a single sideband spectrum. The communication protocol may be the 802.11b communication protocol. The mapper may optionally map the first subset of the multitude of codewords by changing phases of the first subset of the multitude of codewords.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Pengyu ZHANG, Dinesh BHARADIA, Kiran JOSHI, Sachin KATTI
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Publication number: 20170353212Abstract: A system for frequency isolation modified self-interference cancellation includes a transmit coupler, that samples an RF transmit signal; an RF self-interference canceller that transforms the sampled RF transmit signal to an RF self-interference cancellation signal; a receive coupler that combines the RF self-interference cancellation signal with the RF receive signal to form a reduced-interference receive signal; and a frequency shifter that frequency shifts only one of the RF transmit signal and the reduced-interference receive signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Jeffrey Mehlman, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn
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Patent number: 9832003Abstract: A system for self-interference canceller tuning includes a transmit coupler that creates a sampled analog transmit signal; an analog self-interference canceller that transforms the sampled analog transmit signal to an analog self-interference cancellation signal according to a set of tuning parameters, the set of tuning parameters comprising complex weights for a set of taps of the analog self-interference canceller; a tuning circuit that calculates the set of tuning parameters, and applies the set of tuning parameters to the analog self-interference canceller based on component calibration data of the analog self-interference canceller; and a receive coupler that combines the analog self-interference cancellation signal with the analog receive signal to reduce self-interference in the analog receive signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.Inventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
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Patent number: 9774405Abstract: A system for frequency-isolated self-interference cancellation includes a transmit coupler, that samples an RF transmit signal to create a sampled RF transmit signal having a first RF carrier frequency, an RF self-interference canceller that transforms the sampled RF transmit signal to an RF self-interference cancellation signal, a receive coupler, that combines the RF self-interference cancellation signal with an RF receive signal to form a reduced-interference receive signal, and a frequency shifter.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.Inventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Jeffrey Mehlman, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn
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Publication number: 20170264420Abstract: A system for self-interference canceller tuning includes a transmit coupler that creates a sampled analog transmit signal; an analog self-interference canceller that transforms the sampled analog transmit signal to an analog self-interference cancellation signal according to a set of tuning parameters, the set of tuning parameters comprising complex weights for a set of taps of the analog self-interference canceller; a tuning circuit that calculates the set of tuning parameters, and applies the set of tuning parameters to the analog self-interference canceller based on component calibration data of the analog self-interference canceller; and a receive coupler that combines the analog self-interference cancellation signal with the analog receive signal to reduce self-interference in the analog receive signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
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Publication number: 20170257180Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining an interference based on a channel gain for each signal of a group of signals received at a receiver from a group of transmitters. A determination is made of an interference value based on a group of interference signals received at a receiver from a group of transmitters, wherein the interference value is based on channel gains that are estimated for the group of transmitters, and wherein a portion of the interference is self-interference generated from transmitting and receiving at a same time. One of an analog time domain cancellation, a digital time domain cancellation or both, is performed responsive to a determination that the interference value does not satisfy a threshold range of an analog-to-digital converter of the receiver. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Vaneet Aggarwal, Dinesh Bharadia, Rittwik Jana, Christopher W. Rice, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan
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Patent number: 9712312Abstract: A method for self-interference canceller tuning for a near band radio includes receiving, in a first frequency band, an RF transmit signal of the near band radio; receiving, in a second frequency band, an RF receive signal of the near band radio; generating a self-interference cancellation signal from the RF transmit signal based on a set of configuration parameters; combining the self-interference cancellation signal with the RF receive signal to create a composite receive signal; and adapting the set of configuration parameters based on the compo-site receive signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.Inventors: Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Dinesh Bharadia, Jeffrey Mehlman, Steven Hong
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Patent number: 9698860Abstract: A method for tuning an analog self-interference canceller includes detecting a tuning trigger, calculating a set of tuning parameters (the tuning parameters including complex weights for a set of taps of the analog self-interference canceller) in response to the tuning trigger, and applying the set of tuning parameters based on component calibration data.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.Inventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
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Publication number: 20170187513Abstract: A wireless communication device includes, in part, an analog interference cancellation circuit and a controller. The analog cancellation circuit includes a multitude of delay paths each including a delay element and a variable attenuator. The controller dynamically varies the attenuation level of each of the variable attenuators in accordance with the frequency response characteristic of that attenuator to remove a portion of a self-interference signal present in a signal received by the device. The device measures the frequency response characteristic of the communication channel, used in determining the attenuation levels, via one or more preamble symbols. A second portion of the self-interference signal is removed by the device using a multitude of samples of a transmitted signal and a multitude of samples of a signal to be transmitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2014Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Dinesh BHARADIA, Sachin KATTI, Emily McMILIN
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Patent number: 9692540Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining an interference based on a channel gain for each signal of a group of signals received at a receiver from a group of transmitters. A determination is made as to whether the interference satisfies a threshold range of an analog-to-digital converter of the receiver for each of the group of transmitters. An analog time domain cancellation is performed responsive to a determination that the interference does not satisfy the threshold range, and a digital time domain cancellation is performed responsive to a determination that the interference satisfies the threshold range. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Vaneet Aggarwal, Dinesh Bharadia, Rittwik Jana, Christopher W. Rice, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan
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Publication number: 20170090026Abstract: Techniques for a motion tracing device using radio frequency signals are presented. The motion tracing device utilizes radio frequency signals, such as WiFi to identify moving objects and trace their motion. Methods and apparatus are defined that can measure multiple WiFi backscatter signals and identify the backscatter signals that correspond to moving objects. In addition, motion of a plurality of moving objects can be detected and traced for a predefined duration of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Kiran Joshi, Dinesh Bharadia, Sachin Katti, Manikanta Kotaru
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Publication number: 20170054522Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining an interference based on a channel gain for each signal of a group of signals received at a receiver from a group of transmitters. A determination is made as to whether the interference satisfies a threshold range of an analog-to-digital converter of the receiver for each of the group of transmitters. An analog time domain cancellation is performed responsive to a determination that the interference does not satisfy the threshold range, and a digital time domain cancellation is performed responsive to a determination that the interference satisfies the threshold range. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: VANEET AGGARWAL, DINESH BHARADIA, RITTWIK JANA, CHRISTOPHER W. RICE, NEMMARA K. SHANKARANARAYANAN
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Patent number: 9455761Abstract: A system for multi-rate digital self-interference cancellation including a signal component generation system coupled to a digital transmit signal of a communication system that generates a set of signal components from the digital transmit signal; a multi-rate adaptive filter that transforms the set of signal components into a digital self-interference cancellation signal, according to a transform configuration, to form an interference-reduced receive signal; and a transform adaptor that dynamically sets the transform configuration in response to changes in the interference-reduced receive signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.Inventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Rajendra Tushar Moori
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Patent number: 9450785Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining an interference based on a channel gain for each signal of a group of signals received at a receiver from a group of transmitters. A determination is made as to whether the interference satisfies a threshold range of an analog-to-digital converter of the receiver for each of the group of transmitters. An analog time domain cancellation is performed responsive to a determination that the interference does not satisfy the threshold range, and a digital time domain cancellation is performed responsive to a determination that the interference satisfies the threshold range. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Vaneet Aggarwal, Dinesh Bharadia, Rittwik Jana, Christopher W. Rice, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan
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Publication number: 20160266245Abstract: Techniques for estimating one or more backscatter signals reflected from one or more objects are disclosed. In one example, a backscatter sensor includes, in part, a receiver for receiving a composite signal comprising one or more reflections of a transmitted signal, each reflection being reflected by one of a plurality of objects; and a processor configured to estimate at least a first backscatter component of the composite signal using a progressive interference cancellation technique. The first backscatter component of the composite signal corresponds to a reflection of the transmitted signal from a first object. In one embodiment, the backscatter sensor includes multiple receivers and/or one or more transmitters.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Dinesh BHARADIA, Kiran JOSHI, Sachin KATTI
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Publication number: 20160226653Abstract: A MIMO wireless communication device includes, in part, a first transmit path adapted to transmit a first transmit signal from a first antenna, a second transmit path adapted to transmit a second transmit signal from a second antenna, a first receive path adapted to receive a first receive signal, an interference cancellation circuit and a controller. The cancellation circuit includes a cascaded filter structure each filter including a multitude of filter taps each including a variable element. The controller dynamically varies a value applied to each of the plurality of variable elements in accordance with frequency response characteristics of the variable element to remove a portion of a self-interference and/or cross-talk interference signal present in a signal received by the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Dinesh BHARADIA, Sachin KATTI