Patents by Inventor Nancy Ronquillo

Nancy Ronquillo 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).

  • Beam alignment with active learning
    Patent number: 11736164
    Abstract: A beamforming vector for a communication link between a first device and a second device may be determined by searching, based on a signal from the second device, a hierarchical beamforming codebook including a plurality of beamforming vectors occupying a plurality of levels. The plurality of beamforming vectors may include a first beamforming vector and a second beamforming vector occupying a first level of the hierarchical beamforming codebook. The first beamforming vector may have a first angular range while the second beamforming vector may have a second angular range. The first beamforming vector may be selected as the beamforming vector based on a respective posterior probability an angle-of-arrival of the signal from the second device being in each of the first angular range and the second angular range. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Sung-En Chiu, Tara Javidi, Nancy Ronquillo
  • BEAM ALIGNMENT WITH ACTIVE LEARNING
    Publication number: 20210135723
    Abstract: A beamforming vector for a communication link between a first device and a second device may be determined by searching, based on a signal from the second device, a hierarchical beamforming codebook including a plurality of beamforming vectors occupying a plurality of levels. The plurality of beamforming vectors may include a first beamforming vector and a second beamforming vector occupying a first level of the hierarchical beamforming codebook. The first beamforming vector may have a first angular range while the second beamforming vector may have a second angular range. The first beamforming vector may be selected as the beamforming vector based on a respective posterior probability an angle-of-arrival of the signal from the second device being in each of the first angular range and the second angular range. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Sung-En Chiu, Tara Javidi, Nancy Ronquillo