Multilevel Patents (Class 375/264)
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Patent number: 11966348Abstract: Methods of operating a serial data bus divide series of data bits into sequences of one or more bits and encode the sequences as N-level symbols, which are then transmitted at multiple discrete voltage levels. These methods may be utilized to communicate over serial data lines to improve bandwidth and reduce crosstalk and other sources of noise.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: NVIDIA Corp.Inventors: Donghyuk Lee, James Michael O'Connor
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Patent number: 11831339Abstract: A method for generating a signal, including turbo-coding a set of information symbols delivering, on the one hand, the information symbols and, on the other hand, redundancy symbols. The turbo-coding implementing, to obtain the redundancy symbols: an encoding of the set of information symbols by a first encoder, an interleaving of the set of information symbols, and an encoding of the set of information symbols interleaved by a second encoder. The turbo-coding also implements a bijective transformation of the information symbols, implemented before and/or after the interleaving, the transformation modifying a value of at least two of the information symbols prior to the coding of the information symbols by the first and/or the second coder.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: OrangeInventors: Rami Klaimi, Catherine Douillard, Charbel Abdel Nour
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Patent number: 11777639Abstract: Enhanced phase-noise mitigation is possible at low-to-no cost. Communication at the high frequencies envisioned for late 5G and 6G will require much better phase-noise control than current frequency bands, because the tight margins will result in excessive phase faults and greatly reduced throughput. The disclosed examples show how to use two modulation schemes to provide the best phase margins at the final step. For example, the message can be initially modulated in classical amplitude-phase modulation as transmitted, but is received and processed using convenient QAM orthogonal components. Then the receiver can convert the results back to the amplitude-phase modulation scheme analytically, and can finally demodulate using calibrated amplitude and phase levels derived from a proximate demodulation reference.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2023Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: ULTRALOGIC 6G, LLCInventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
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Patent number: 11736320Abstract: Phase noise is a limiting factor in high-frequency 5G and 6G communications. Disclosed is a multiplexed amplitude-phase modulation scheme that can provide extremely wide phase noise margins at high frequencies. The transmitter can transmit a wave modulated in amplitude and phase, configured to provide a wide separation of phase states. The receiver, on the other hand, demodulates the message using quadrature amplitude modulation QAM, since that is generally more economical and technically preferred for signal processing. The demodulated message, however, still retains the large phase margins. As a further benefit, the examples illustrate non-square and asymmetric modulation schemes, which can extend the noise margins even further. By modulating with amplitude and phase, but demodulating with orthogonal branch signals, wireless networks can expand into high-frequency bandwidths while retaining high reliability and high throughput, as required for wireless applications of tomorrow.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: ULTRALOGIC 6G, LLCInventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
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Patent number: 11695613Abstract: A method for generating a non-uniform constellation is provided. The method comprises the step of performing a first process, the first process comprising the steps of: obtaining a first constellation defined by one or more parameter values; and generating a second constellation based on the first constellation using a second process. The second process comprises the steps of: obtaining a set of candidate constellations, wherein the set of candidate constellations comprises the first constellation and one or more modified constellations, wherein each modified constellation is obtained by modifying the parameter values defining the first constellation; determining the performance of each candidate constellation according to a predetermined performance measure; selecting the candidate constellation having the best performance as the second constellation.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Belkacem Mouhouche, Daniel Ansorregui Lobete, Hong-sil Jeong
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Patent number: 11411587Abstract: A signal processing method and system includes a baseband signal baseband signal processing module configured to perform slow envelope processing on a first signal, to obtain an envelope value E(n) of the first signal on which the slow envelope processing has been performed, obtain a phase value ?(n) based on E(n), where ?(n) and E(n) are in a linear relationship, and separate the first signal into a second signal and a third signal based on ?(n), where a phase difference between the second signal and the third signal is 2 ?(n), an amplifier configured to amplify the second signal and the third signal, and a synthesizer is configured to combine the amplified second signal and third signal to obtain a fourth signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhixiong Ren, Xiaoshu Si, Tao Ouyang, Pere L Gilabert, Jose Angel Garcia Garcia, Gabriel Montoro
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Patent number: 11368251Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for convergent error vector indexing and retransmission in wireless data verifications. An example method includes transmitting a network packet to a receiver; receiving a further network packet being a copy of the network packet as received by the receiver, determining, based on the network packet and the further network packet, an error vector and locations of errors in the further network packet; sending, to the receiver, a first indexing packet including the locations of the errors; receiving a second indexing packet being a copy of the first indexing packet as received by the receiver; determining, based on the error vector and the second indexing packet, the locations of the errors in the second indexing packet; and sending a third indexing packet including the locations of the errors to the receiver, where the receiver corrects the further network packet using the third indexing packet.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Aira Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Anand Chandrasekher, RaviKiran Gopalan, Yihan Jiang, Arman Rahimzamani
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Patent number: 11356982Abstract: A symbol mapping method for repetition coding is disclosed. The symbol mapping method comprises performing repetition coding on codeword to output repeated codeword symbols, and mapping the repeated codeword symbols with subcarriers located in different localized resource blocks. According to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to obtain maximum reliability in a receiving side by mapping codeword bits with subcarriers to reduce the number of bits having low reliability when a transmitting side uses repetition coding. Also, it is possible to improve decoding throughput and obtain channel diversity.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology, LLCInventors: Yeong Hyeon Kwon, Seung Hee Han, Hyun Woo Lee, Sung Ho Moon, Jin Sam Kwak, Dong Cheol Kim, Min Seok Noh
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Patent number: 11119183Abstract: A sparse DOA estimation is based on a multi-level prime arrays (MLPAs) as a general structure for coprime arrays. The array uses multiple uniform subarrays “or levels” where the number of antenna elements of the subarrays are pairwise coprime integers. The subarrays overlap only at their first antenna element by adjusting the inter-element spacing. By selecting the number of antennas of the subarrays and controlling the inter-element spacing, various MLPAs of different features can be constructed. The configuration that realizes the maximum number of unique lags is recommended because the DOF is upper bounded by the number of lags.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Saleh Ahmed Alawsh, Ali Hussain Muqaibel
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Patent number: 11050602Abstract: Methods and communication apparatuses are presented for bit-to-symbol mapping. The method for bit-to-symbol mapping according to one example of the present invention includes: obtaining a plurality of base constellation maps; and mapping an input bit sequence by using the plurality of base constellation maps to generate symbols to be transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Neng Ye, Dongbo Feng, Xiangming Li, Wenjia Liu, Xiaolin Hou, Qin Mu, Liu Liu
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Patent number: 10979275Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for adapting a link using a polar-modulation (PQAM) constellation. It applies in particular to the communications in the sub-THz band, in which the oscillator of the receiver has phase fluctuations. In a PQAM-modulation constellation, the modulation symbols are distributed on concentric circles equidistant in the complex plane, each circle including the same number of symbols, the angular distribution of the symbols on a circle being uniform and identical regardless of the circle. The adaptation of the link is carried out by taking into account the thermal noise as well as the phase noise.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Simon Bicais, Jean-Baptiste Dore, Jose-Luis Gonzales Jimenez
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Patent number: 10791010Abstract: In embodiments, a communication node of a multi-node communication network includes a controller communicatively coupled to a communication interface, wherein the controller is configured to: acquire a data payload to be transmitted based on a randomized transmission interval; duplicate a bit sequence of the data payload with a selected spreading pattern; perform bit-to-symbol mapping of the bit sequence based on a selected M-ary number to generate a data payload symbol sequence; randomize a location or value of one or more pilot symbols and one or more data carriers of the data payload symbol sequence; transform frequency-domain symbols of the data payload symbol sequence into time-domain symbols to generate a time-domain data payload signal; remove amplitude fluctuation of the data payload signal to generate a phasor data payload signal; and transmit the phasor data payload signal to at least one additional communication node of the multi-node communication network.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Ryan M. Murphy, Carlos J. Chavez, Michael N. Newhouse
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Patent number: 10727951Abstract: We disclose a transmitter that uses at least first and second fixed constellations in which the same bit-words are assigned to different respective constellation symbols of different respective transmit energies. The transmitter generates an outgoing data frame by first generating two data frames using the first and second constellations, respectively, and then selecting the one of the two data frames that has the lower overall transmit energy and discarding the other. The first and second constellations are constructed in a manner that enables the transmitter to realize a significant shaping gain. Some embodiments of the transmitter are compatible with the use of forward-error-correction coding and provide a shaping gain for the transmission of both information and parity bits. An example embodiment of the transmitter can advantageously be implemented with relatively low complexity by employing constellation mappers and demappers that operate using relatively small look-up tables.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventor: Joon Ho Cho
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Patent number: 10630431Abstract: A data re-transferring method is based on bit transformation in a communication system. The communication system adopts a high order modulation and supports a re-transferring mechanism. The method includes transforming bits of data to be retransferred in a symbol according to a selected transformation mode, mapping the transformed bits to one constellation figure, and performing Quadrature Amplitude Modulation for the mapped bits.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tao Fan, Hao Hu
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Patent number: 10498481Abstract: A method of new radio physical broadcast channel (NR-PBCH) bit mapping is proposed to improve for NR-PBCH decoding performance under Polar codes. NR-PBCH carries 32 information bits and 24 CRC bits. Specifically, NR-PBCH uses 512-bit Polar codes to carry total 56 data bits. Different Polar code bit channels have different channel reliability. As a general rule, the most reliable Polar code bit channels are used for the 56 data bits. In accordance with a novel aspect, within the 32 NR-PBCH information bits, some of the information bits that can be known to the decoders under certain conditions and therefore are placed at the least reliable Polar code bit positions. As a result, by mapping the NR-PBCH data bits properly at the input bit positions of Polar codes, the NR-PBCH decoding performance is improved when the known bits a priori can be exploited.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Wei-De Wu, Chia-Wei Tai, Tao Chen, Yen-Cheng Liu, Xiu-Sheng Li, Wei-Jen Chen
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Patent number: 10243735Abstract: Communication devices and a method of providing secure electronic content are general described. A plainmodulation containing user content is encrypted using a modulation key to form a ciphermodulation having a different magnitude and/or phase than the plainmodulation. Symbol representations of the plainmodulation and ciphermodulation in a QAM constellation are different. The ciphermodulation symbol representation is in a location non-coincident with an expected QAM constellation symbol. The symbol location of different plainmodulations when encypted using different modulation keys may be the same such that the corresponding ciphermodulation symbol representations are co-located. Different modulation keys are used for different plainmodulations, with a modulation key change occurring after transmission of a predetermined number of ciphermodulations and/or time. The modulation key and/or change is transmitted to enable coherent demodulation of the ciphermodulation to be performed.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Andrew Kowalevicz, Gary M. Graceffo
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Patent number: 10230557Abstract: The present invention provides a methods, apparatus and systems for improving a systems-level data rate on a communications link such theorthogonal frequency division multiplexed multiple access (OFDMA) downlink used in used in WiFi and LTE cellular/wireless mobile data applications. The present invention preferably uses a form of multilevel coding and decoding known as tiled-building-block encoding/decoding. With the present invention, different receivers coupled to different parallel downlink channels with different channel qualities decode different received signal constellations at different levels of resolution. This allows the downlink of the OFDMA system to operate with a significantly higher data rate, thus eliminating existing inefficiencies in the downlink and significantly increasing system level bandwidth efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Inventors: Muhammad Ahsan Naim, John P. Fonseka
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Patent number: 10038533Abstract: The present invention discloses a pilot frequency position determining method based on pilot frequency interval optimization and a transceiver device. The method optimizes a pilot frequency position on the basis of better use of pilot frequency in a wireless system for sampling frequency synchronization and residual phase tracking. After an optimal pilot frequency position is obtained according to the method, a transmitting terminal inserts a pilot frequency sequence at a corresponding pilot frequency position, a receiving terminal learns the pilot frequency position and the pilot frequency sequence, and after channel equalization, deviation is tracked by means of coherent detection of a local sequence. For the aforementioned method, the present invention further provides a transceiver device of a related pilot frequency module in the wireless system.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: ZTE Wavetone Science and Technology Ltd.Inventors: Haiming Wang, Lin Tian, Shiwen He, Yu Wang, Yongming Huang, Jun Zhang
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Patent number: 10033480Abstract: SISO decoding of a reception signal having a scrambled symbol arrangement is realized using a process having reduced complexity. Coordinates are generated for a reference point obtained by scrambling and mapping a symbol number not a symbol reference point position. This reference point simulates transmission-side scrambling and is generated for each symbol number by a first mapping unit. Because the binary expression of a corresponding original signal number is retained, a bit likelihood calculation unit can easily calculate a bit likelihood based on the distance between the reference point and a reception signal. The calculated bit likelihood is then deinterleaved and subjected to SISO error-correcting decoding. The thus obtained bit likelihood is then reinterleaved and used to calculate a symbol probability. Soft symbols are generated through the multiplication of all the calculated symbol probabilities by corresponding reference points output by a second mapping unit similar to the first mapping unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.Inventor: Kei Ito
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Patent number: 9979577Abstract: The present invention provides a methods, apparatus and systems for improving a systems-level data rate on a communications link such the orthogonal frequency division multiplexed multiple access (OFDMA) downlink used in used in WiFi and LTE cellular/wireless mobile data applications. The present invention preferably uses a form of multilevel coding and decoding known as tiled-building-block encoding/decoding. With the present invention, different receivers coupled to different parallel downlink channels with different channel qualities decode different received signal constellations at different levels of resolution. This allows the downlink of the OFDMA system to operate with a significantly higher data rate, thus eliminating existing inefficiencies in the downlink and significantly increasing system level bandwidth efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Inventors: Muhammad Ahsan Naim, John P. Fonseka
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Patent number: 9667459Abstract: The present invention provides a methods, apparatus and systems for improving a systems-level data rate on a communications link such the orthogonal frequency division multiplexed multiple access (OFDMA) downlink used in used in WiFi and LTE cellular/wireless mobile data applications. The present invention preferably uses a form of multilevel coding and decoding known as tiled-building-block encoding/decoding. With the present invention, different receivers coupled to different parallel downlink channels with different channel qualities decode different received signal constellations at different levels of resolution. This allows the downlink of the OFDMA system to operate with a significantly higher data rate, thus eliminating existing inefficiencies in the downlink and significantly increasing system level bandwidth efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Inventors: Muhammad Ahsan Naim, John P Fonseka
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Patent number: 9635639Abstract: A paging indicator transmission method for a mobile communication system includes the following steps. In step S1, a set of terminals are paged by grouping paging indicators, and paging indicators PCH of the terminals are carried by paging indicator channels PICH. The paging indicator channel PICH of each cell utilizes the same burst structure, and the paging indicators PCH are located at known locations at one side or two sides of a training sequence and are coded by repeated coding. In step S2, the terminal controls its RF component to receive data. The received data includes the training sequence in the timeslot where the paging indicator channel PICH is located, one or two paging indicators corresponding to the terminal, and data between the training sequence and the one or two paging indicators corresponding to the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.Inventor: Hu-Jian Xu
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Patent number: 9313076Abstract: An antenna modulation method applicable to a transmitter comprising a processing unit which is configured to execute functions including at least but not limited to receiving a symbol represented by a bit stream; converting the bit stream into a coordinate point of a signal constellation comprising a horizontal-axis component and a vertical-axis component; converting, from the horizontal-axis component of the coordinate point, a first vector having at least a first entry and a second entry; converting, from the vertical-axis component of the coordinate point, a second vector having at least a third entry and a fourth entry; generating a third vector having at least a fifth entry and a sixth entry by summing the first vector and the second vector; and activating at least one of the first antenna and the second antennas based on one or more non-zero entries of the third vector.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventor: Ping-Heng Kuo
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Patent number: 9258157Abstract: A method of mapping a plurality of different bit sequences to a plurality of different signal points in a constellation, the number of bit sequences being greater than the number of signal points. The method includes, for a device in a telecommunication network, the acts of: determining, for each signal point in the constellation, a number of bit sequences to be mapped to each signal point, the numbers of bit sequences being distributed according to a discrete Gaussian distribution among the constellation, selecting in the plurality of bit sequences, for each signal point in the constellation, a set including the determined number of bit sequences (u) that minimize the maximal Hamming distance among the selected sets.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: OrangeInventors: Baoming Bai, Lin Zhou, Yajuan Luo
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Patent number: 9252835Abstract: Methods and systems to modulate and demodulate first and second path bits within sequences of pulses, where each pulse represents first and second path bits and is position-modulated and phase-modulated based on binary values of the corresponding bits, with no more than 1 phase change per N pulses. Position-modulation may be based on first-path bits. Phase-modulation may be based on second-path bits. A modulator first path has an input data rate Q times that of a second path. The first may include an N-bit encoder. The second path may include a Q-bit encoder and an N-bit repetition encoder. A demodulator includes a first path to determine first path bit values based on pulse coordinates integrated over N frames, and a second path to determine second path bit values based on further integration over Q frames.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Eugine Bakin, Maksim Grankin, Grigory Evseev, Andrey Turlikov
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Patent number: 9209834Abstract: The present disclosure presents symbol mapping for any desired error correction code (ECC) and/or uncoded modulation. A cross-shaped constellation is employed to perform symbol mapping. The cross-shaped constellation is generated from a rectangle-shaped constellation. Considering the rectangle-shaped constellation and its left hand side, a first constellation point subset located along that left hand side are moved to be along a top of the cross-shaped constellation while a second constellation point subset located along that left hand side are moved to be along a bottom of the cross-shaped constellation. For example, considering an embodiment having four constellation point subsets along the left hand side of the rectangle-shaped constellation, two of those subsets are moved to be along the top of the cross-shaped constellation while two other subsets of the constellation points along the left hand side are moved to be along the bottom of the cross-shaped constellation.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Tak K. Lee, Ba-Zhong Shen, Kelly Brian Cameron, Hau Thien Tran
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Patent number: 9136960Abstract: A digital broadcast transmitting/receiving system and a method for processing data are disclosed. The method for processing data may enhance the receiving performance of the receiving system by performing additional coding and multiplexing processes on the traffic information data and transmitting the processed data. Thus, robustness is provided to the traffic information data, thereby enabling the data to respond strongly against the channel environment which is always under constant and vast change.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jin Pil Kim, Young In Kim, Ho Taek Hong, In Hwan Choi, Kook Yeon Kwak, Hyoung Gon Lee, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Jong Moon Kim, Won Gyu Song
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Patent number: 9106486Abstract: A transmission method includes generating first symbols for transmitting data, a signal point of each of the first symbols on an in-phase and quadrature-phase plane comprising an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component and generating a second symbol, the second symbol being a pilot symbol. The method further includes selecting an insertion pattern of the second symbol, from a plurality of predetermined insertion patterns, inserting the second symbol in the first symbols based on the selected insertion pattern to generate a transmission signal, and transmitting the transmission signal. The first symbols are generated using a modulation scheme selected from a plurality of modulation schemes.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Wi-Fi One, LLCInventors: Yutaka Murakami, Shinichiro Takabayashi, Masayuki Orihashi, Akihiko Matsuoka
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Patent number: 9025686Abstract: The present invention relates to clipping thresholds adjustment for Crest Factor Reduction CFR in a radio unit, wherein the radio unit comprises one or more clipping stages that apply respective clipping thresholds to clip input signals, comprising: determining a target threshold for the clipping stages based on a target PAR and the amplitudes or powers of the input signals, estimating the direction in which original PAR of the input signals changes by comparing amplitudes of the clipped signals from the clipping stages with the target threshold, and adjusting the clipping thresholds based on the estimated direction. The present invention also relates to dynamic stage control. With the present invention, clipping thresholds and clipping stages are adaptively changes with dynamic original PAR of input signals and the efficiency of power amplifier is increased with a low implementation cost.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2011Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)Inventor: Tao Gu
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Patent number: 9008241Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided for generating a candidate search set for ML detection of 2n-QAM signals transmitted on two or more MIMO spatial streams. A method includes estimating an initial solution yq for a received 2n-QAM symbol value b0b1 . . . bn-1, wherein all possible 2n-QAM symbol values are Gray-mapped constellation points; and performing an iteration for each hypothetical value of each bit position i of the initial solution yq, wherein each iteration comprises: determining a search center as: if ith bit of the initial solution equals the hypothetical value assumed for the current iteration, the initial solution yq; or if ith bit of the initial solution does not equal the hypothetical value assumed for the current iteration, a mirror constellation point yqc to the initial solution yq; and searching outward from the determined search center for candidate constellation points.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventor: Fei Tong
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Patent number: 9008036Abstract: The present invention employs a pilot scheme for frequency division multiple access (FDM) communication systems, such as single carrier FDM communication systems. A given transmit time interval will include numerous traffic symbols and two or more short pilot symbols, which are spaced apart from one another by at least one traffic symbol and will have a Fourier transform length that is less than the Fourier transform length of any given traffic symbol. Multiple transmitters will generate pilot information and modulate the pilot information onto sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols in an orthogonal manner. Each transmitter may use different sub-carriers within the time and frequency domain, which is encompassed by the short pilot symbols within the transmit time interval. Alternatively, each transmitter may uniquely encode the pilot information using a unique code division multiplexed code and modulate the encoded pilot information onto common sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jianglei Ma, Ming Jia, Hua Xu, Wen Tong, Peiying Zhu, Moussa Abdi
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Patent number: 9008201Abstract: When a UE (12) is configured with MF-HSDPA and HARQ-ACK information associated with cells (14, 16) (characterized by potentially different downlink timing) is jointly encoded, only part of the existing Rel-9 HARQ-ACK codebook is reused. In one embodiment, only the codebook conflict arising from reuse of encodings is resolved. This is achieved by introducing a new codeword for at least one of the HARQ-ACK code words that are used multiple times in the existing Rel-9 codebook. In another embodiment, all codewords in the Rel-9 HARQ-ACK codebook having a Hamming distance smaller than a predetermined value (but not all codewords) are replaced. In yet another embodiment, all codewords in the Rel-9 HARQ-ACK codebook having a Hamming distance smaller than a predetermined value (but not all codewords) that would cause ambiguity at the NodeB receiver (i.e. where the interpretation of the HARQ-ACK information for one cell (14) depends on the number of streams transmitted at the other cell (16)) are replaced.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Johan Hultell, Peter von Wrycza
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Patent number: 8976847Abstract: A communications system provides a first communications device, which is connected via a bidirectional transmission channel to a second communications device, wherein the communications devices each comprise a data reconstruction unit. Each communications device comprises a control unit, which is provided for a configuration of various transmission parameters such as modulation type and/or code rate and/or transmitter power and/or size of data packets dependent upon a reliability value evaluated within the control unit. The reliability value indicates a probability for a reliability or a quality of a data reconstruction, which reconstructs transmitted data from received signals within the data reconstruction unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Henrik Schober, Torsten Langguth
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Patent number: 8976890Abstract: A multilevel amplitude modulation device for generating, from digital data, a multilevel amplitude modulation signal having four or more signal levels and outputting the generated signal, including: an average level calculator that selects one of a plurality of preliminarily prepared different candidates for a code word building method such that average level of a symbol array, obtained by adding a symbol for a code word of digital data to be transmitted to one or more already outputted symbols included in a multilevel amplitude modulation signal already outputted, is most approximate to voltage center of the four or more signal levels, and outputs a selection signal indicating the selected method; a signal converter that forms a codeword of the digital data in accordance with the method indicated by the selection signal; and a multilevel modulator that generates a multilevel amplitude modulation signal using the codeword and outputs the generated signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ikushima, Osamu Shibata
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Patent number: 8971448Abstract: This invention is a method and an apparatus to up link transmission of data from a user equipment to a base station for single user multiple input, multiple output. This invention includes receiving at least one codeword, permuting the received codewords, precoding the permuted codewords and transmitting the predecoded codewords on plural antennas. The codewords may be permuted by layer permutation or by codeword permutation.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Eko N. Onggosanusi, Zukang Shen, Runhua Chen
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Patent number: 8942327Abstract: The present invention employs hierarchical modulation to simultaneously transmit information on different modulation layers using a carrier RF signal. Initially, first data to be transmitted is assigned to a first modulation layer and second data is assigned to a second modulation layer. In one embodiment of the present invention, the first and second data are assigned based on reliability criteria. The first and second modulation layers are hierarchical modulation layers of the carrier RF signal. Once assigned, the first data is transmitted using the first modulation layer of the carrier RF signal and the second data is transmitted using the second modulation layer of the carrier RF signal. In one embodiment of the present invention, information may be transmitted to one end user using one modulation layer, and information may be transmitted to a different end user using a different modulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ming Jia, Jianglei Ma, Peiying Zhu, Wen Tong, Curt Dodd
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Patent number: 8885696Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices enable spectrum management by identifying, classifying, and cataloging signals of interest based on radio frequency measurements. In an embodiment, signals and the parameters of the signals may be identified and indications of available frequencies may be presented to a user. In another embodiment, the protocols of signals may also be identified. In a further embodiment, the modulation of signals, data types carried by the signals, and estimated signal origins may be identified.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: DGS Global Systems, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel R. Garcia, Daniel Carbajal
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Patent number: 8885758Abstract: The present invention provides a data stream processing method, device, and system. The data stream processing method includes: using a precoding parameter to perform precoding processing on an lth to-be-sent data stream of a current kth transmitting device, where the lth to-be-sent data stream includes a lattice point data stream mapped to a lattice grid; and sending the precoded lth to-be-sent data stream to a kth receiving device, where both l and k are positive integers. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention can be helpful for filtering out interference, exactly complies with an actual processing procedure of an interfering data stream, and have strong practicability.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Huang Huang, Kin Nang Lau, Yinggang Du
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Patent number: 8873652Abstract: In a method for generating a physical layer (PHY) data unit for transmission via a communication channel, a plurality of information bits to be included in the PHY data unit is received. A number of padding bits that need to be added to the information bits such that the information bits, after having been encoded, fill an integer number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols is determined. The number of padding bits is added to the information bits prior to encoding and the information bits are parsed to a number of encoders. The information bits are encoded to generate coded data bits. A last block of the data unit is encoded differently from the previous blocks. The PHY data unit to include the coded data bits is generated.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Marvell World Trade LtdInventors: Sudhir Srinivasa, Hongyuan Zhang
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Patent number: 8867656Abstract: When a determination is made that communication by an SM scheme is suitable, a setting unit performs switching from a communication level by an STC scheme to the communication level by the SM scheme, between the communication level at a first level of MCS by the space-time coding scheme and the communication level at a second level of MCS by the SM scheme. When a determination is made that communication by the SM scheme is unsuitable, the setting unit performs switching from the communication level by the STC scheme to the communication level by the spatial multiplexing scheme, between the communication level at a third level of MCS, which is higher than the first level, by the space-time coding scheme and a fourth level of the modulation scheme and the coding rate, which is higher than the second level, by the SM scheme.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Takeo Miyata
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Patent number: 8861662Abstract: A method includes receiving reference signals in a mobile communication terminal, which is designed to receive data-carrying signals that are transmitted from a base station using one of multiple predefined Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCSs). One or more pre-calculated mappings between Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and error rate for one or more of the MCSs are held in the communication terminal. The pre-calculated mappings are adjusted according to one or more transmission parameters of the data-carrying signals. Measures indicative of respective actual spectral efficiencies that are achievable by the MCSs are estimated based on the adjusted mappings using the received reference signals. A preferred MCS is selected based on the estimated measures, and feedback that is indicative of the preferred MCS is sent to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Yona Perets, Daniel Yellin, Ezer Melzer
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Publication number: 20140286448Abstract: An encoder can convert a stream of data into three or four synchronized 4-PSK signals, for 64-QAM and 256-QAM, respectively. Three or four mixers can combine the three or four synchronized PSK signals with a common local oscillator signal to form three or four respective amplifiable signals, which can all have the same amplitude. One amplifier receives a first of the amplifiable signals and powers one radiator. Two amplifiers both receive a second of amplifiable signals and power two respective radiators. Four amplifiers receive a third of the amplifiable signals and power four respective radiators. The amplifiers can all operate in near or full saturation. Each radiator radiates in one of a plurality of discrete, specified states. The radiated states from the radiators combine through far-field electromagnetic propagation and effectively sum at the receiver to mimic transmission from a single amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventor: Robert Gyorgy Egri
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Patent number: 8824536Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices enable spectrum management by identifying, classifying, and cataloging signals of interest based on radio frequency measurements. In an embodiment, signals and the parameters of the signals may be identified and indications of available frequencies may be presented to a user. In another embodiment, the protocols of signals may also be identified. In a further embodiment, the modulation of signals, data types carried by the signals, and estimated signal origins may be identified.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: DGS Global Systems, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel R. Garcia, Daniel Carbajal
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Patent number: 8811509Abstract: Forward error correction (FEC) m-bit symbol modulation. Any desired FEC, error correction code (ECC), and/or combination thereof generates coded bits for combination with either uncoded bits, separately generated coded bits, and/or combination thereof to generate a number of symbols that undergo mapping to a constellation whose respective constellation points have a mapping characterized by a maximum minimum intra-Euclidean distance between the respective constellation points thereby generating a sequence of discrete-valued modulation symbols. The sequence of discrete-valued modulation symbols may then undergo modulation of any of a number of different operations (e.g., digital to analog conversion [e.g., digital to analog converter (DAC)], scaling, frequency shifting, filtering, etc.) to generate a continuous time signal for transmission via a communication channel. Such a device operative to perform including such functionality, circuitry, capability, etc.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Ba-Zhong Shen, Avi Kliger
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Patent number: 8726318Abstract: A multimedia information receiving apparatus receives multimedia information which is transmitted by a broadcast system and receives multimedia information which is simultaneously transmitted by another transmission system such as IP communications, and generates one received information by selecting elements having a few errors from elements of demodulated broadcast system information and elements of demodulated other transmission system information and then arranging the selected elements.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2006Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yasuaki Takimoto, Masahiro Abukawa, Shinji Akatsu
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Patent number: 8718212Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a rate matching method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving bit data of a first, a second, and a third input subblock, inserting dummy data into bit data in each subblock to respectively form even-numbered rows and odd-numbered rows of a matrix to be buffered for each subblock; inputting bit data of the even-numbered rows in the even-numbered row buffer and bit data of the odd-numbered rows in the odd-numbered row buffer of each subblock to a second buffer, and forming a matrix by using the bit data of the even-numbered rows and the bit data of the odd-numbered rows; controlling the second buffer to send data at the specified address; selecting data sent by the second buffer; and deleting the dummy data from the selected data to obtain valid output data.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Xin Ma
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Patent number: 8693562Abstract: A process receives a composite signal transmitted via a nonlinear data transmission channel, with the composite signal having a first signal UL and a second signal LL. The process includes the following: demodulating and decoding the first signal UL by using a first demodulation and decoding chain in order to regenerate first information of the first signal UL; recoding and shaping to produce a continuous time waveform; applying a nonlinearity function based on a set of coefficients updated according to an adaptive correlation calculation process to the continuous time waveform; subtracting the result of the nonlinearity function from the composite signal in order to generate a result E; and demodulating and decoding the result E by using a second demodulation and decoding chain in order to regenerate second information of the second signal LL.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2004Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.Inventor: Jacques Meyer
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Patent number: 8675794Abstract: A method includes receiving reference signals in a mobile communication terminal, which is designed to receive data-carrying signals that are transmitted from a base station using one of multiple predefined Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCSs). One or more pre-calculated mappings between Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and error rate for one or more of the MCSs are held in the communication terminal. The pre-calculated mappings are adjusted according to one or more transmission parameters of the data-carrying signals. Measures indicative of respective actual spectral efficiencies that are achievable by the MCSs are estimated based on the adjusted mappings using the received reference signals. A preferred MCS is selected based on the estimated measures, and feedback that is indicative of the preferred MCS is sent to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Yona Perets, Daniel Yellin, Ezer Melzer
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Patent number: 8649445Abstract: In bus communications methods and apparatus, a first set of physical signals representing the information to be conveyed over the bus is provided, and mapped to a codeword of a sparse signaling code, wherein a codeword is representable as a vector of a plurality of components, some of which are quiescent components and some of which are non-quiescent components, wherein the number of quiescent components and non-quiescent components meet a sparseness requirement.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi, Armin Tajalli
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Patent number: 8630363Abstract: The system (900), transmitter (700), receiver (800.a 800.b), and method of the present invention provide a technique to code data bits into symbols using TCM, MLCM or BIMLCM before the symbols are placed in an SCBT block. Generally, TCM, MLCM, and BIMLCM do not have good performance over the frequency selective channels. However, since the frequency domain equalization of SCBT will flatten the channel, the use of TCM, MLCM and BIMLCM can provide significant gain. Furthermore, since some of the bits are left uncoded, the speed requirements on the encoder and decoder can be relaxed. This feature is especially important for the very high data rate systems.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Koninklike Philips N.V.Inventors: Seyed-Alireza Seyedi-Esfahani, Dagnachew Birru