Antinoise Or Distortion Patents (Class 375/285)
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Patent number: 9331879Abstract: A system for communicating through a solid wall uses piezoelectric transducers in a multiple-input multiple-output configuration and applies crosstalk suppression. Methods of suppressing or avoiding crosstalk between parallel communication channels includes zero-forcing, eigenmode transmission, and least mean squared error processing. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing can be used to increase transmission rates using many subchannels. Bit-loading can be used to maximize system performance.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteInventors: Gary J. Saulnier, Jonathan D. Ashdown, Tristan J. Lawry, Kyle R. Wilt, Henry A. Scarton
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Patent number: 9325299Abstract: The invention, upon receiving an input signal, sums the absolute values of the difference of each pair of values adjacent to each other within a series of detected signal values to suppress the interference of low-frequency noise. Furthermore, the invention sums the absolute values of the moving averages of the differences of each pair of values adjacent to each other within a series of detected signal values to suppress both the interference of low-frequency noise and the interference of high-frequency noise. No synchronization with the input signal is necessary. The detection can be started at any phase of the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: EGALAX—EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh, Guang-Huei Lin, Po-Chuan Lin
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Patent number: 9288760Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling uplink transmit power with optimum delay is described. A transmit power control command may be received. A time slot of the transmit power control command may be determined. Based on the time slot, it may be determined to decode the transmit power control command, with a delay. The transmit power control command may be decoded, after the delay, using a transmit power control command decoding graph by determining a strength of the transmit power control command and plotting the strength on the transmit power control command decoding graph. The transmit power control command decoding graph may include regions. Decoding the transmit power control command, after the delay, may be based on a region associated with plotting the strength of the transmit power control command.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Insung Kang, Surendra Boppana, Aamod Dinkar Khandekar
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Patent number: 9288099Abstract: A predistortion circuit for countering interference affecting a digital signal during transmission over a transmission link comprises a path of the digital signal between a mapper at a transmitter side and a demapper at a receiver side. The predistortion circuit is arranged for receiving a version of a digital symbol selected from a predefined constellation used for mapping a bit stream, and includes at least one correction stage provided with a correction path arranged for determining a correction term as a function of the output of a model equivalent to the transmission link and a corresponding symbol of a target constellation. The position of the target constellation points is determined using a measure accounting for the transmission link. The predistortion circuit is arranged for adding the correction term to the received version of the digital symbol and outputting the result of adding as an updated version of the digital symbol.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: NEWTEC CYInventor: Frederik Simoens
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Patent number: 9250322Abstract: A signal processor performs a signal transform of a signal, and comprises a signal demodulator for demodulating said signal by a first chirp signal having a first chirp rate to obtain a reduced bandwidth chirped signal, a filter for filtering the reduced bandwidth chirped signal and delaying the reduced bandwidth chirped signal by an interval proportional to a reciprocal of said first chirp rate, a signal modulator for modulating said filtered signal by a second chirp signal having a second chirp rate to obtain an increased bandwidth chirped signal and to provide a time domain output spectrum of said signal, and wherein each of said first chirp signal and said second chirp signal is a complex signal representing a linear frequency modulated chirp.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Thales Holdings UK PlcInventor: Mike Newman
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Patent number: 9246729Abstract: In a method for generating an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) physical layer (PHY) data unit, a signal field of the data unit is generated. The signal field includes a first subfield to indicate a configuration used for transmission of the data unit and a second subfield to indicate information regarding one of a plurality of modes for the data unit. When the configuration is a first configuration, the second subfield indicates information regarding a first mode of the plurality of modes. When the configuration is a second configuration, the second subfield indicates information regarding a second mode of the plurality of modes. The data unit is generated to include a preamble and a data portion. The signal field is included in the preamble. The data portion is generated according to one of i) the information regarding the first mode or ii) the information regarding the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.Inventor: Hongyuan Zhang
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Patent number: 9225464Abstract: Systems and Methods for controlling an interleaver are disclosed. Generally, a first and second signal are received, wherein the first and second signals are selected from the group consisting of a signal to noise ration signal, a data rate signal, and a bit error rate signal. An interleaver control signal is then generated based on the first and second signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventor: Thomas J. J. Starr
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Patent number: 9225169Abstract: An isolated signal transmitting device, an isolated signal transmitting circuit and an isolated receiving circuit thereof are provided to transmit analog signals and digital signals not commonly grounded. The isolated signal transmitting device adapts one current loop for transmitting the analog signals and the digital signals in two opposite directions. The isolated signal transmitting device has two optical couplers to isolate an input and an output of the isolated signal transmitting device not commonly grounded, and the coupled analog signals and the coupled digital signals have respective outputs. Then a user can determine whether the signal is digital or not according to the respective output.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: YOTTACONTROL CO.Inventor: Cheng-Jen Fang
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Patent number: 9215102Abstract: A receiver is configured to receive a sample of an inter-symbol correlated (ISC) signal, the sample corresponding to a time instant when phase and/or amplitude of the ISC signal is a result of correlation among a plurality of symbols of a transmitted symbol sequence. The receiver may linearize the sample of the ISC signal. The receiver may calculate a residual signal value based on the linearized sample of the ISC signal. The receiver may generate an estimate of one or more of said plurality of symbols based on a slicing of the residual signal value. The linearization may comprise applying an estimate of an inverse of a non-linear model. The non-linear model may be a model of nonlinearity experienced by the ISC signal in a transmitter from which the ISC signal originated, in a channel through which the ISC signal passed en route to the receiver, and/or in a front-end of the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: MagnaCom Ltd.Inventors: Amir Eliaz, Ilan Reuven, Gal Pitarasho
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Patent number: 9160382Abstract: A method and apparatus for tracking and mitigating phase noise in a communication receiver are disclosed. The phase noise tracking and mitigation apparatus operates in a recursive manner and includes a quantizer for determining data symbols from noise-compensated input values, a phase noise estimator for determining raw phase noise values from the data symbols and a first sequence of uncompensated input values, an error concealment module for removing unreliable samples from the raw phase noise values, a filter operable to filter the raw phase noise values to produce filtered phase noise values, and a phase-noise compensator for determining noise-compensated output values dependent upon the filtered phase noise values and the first sequence of uncompensated input values. Filter coefficients, and initial noise-compensated input values are determined from one or more second sequences of uncompensated input values corresponding to known symbols corrupted by phase noise.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Huan Wu, Daniel Noel Badiere, Shouxing Qu, Yan Xin, Arnold Sheynman
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Patent number: 9160579Abstract: A method includes receiving a two-bit information stream comprising first and second bits and performing precoding using the two-bit information stream to determine multiple output signals. The precoding is performed to create a finite multiple of states for the output signals. The output signals comprise a first output signal based on a version of the first input bit and on a version of a second input bit, a second output signal based on a delayed version of the first input bit and the version of the second input bit, and a third output signal based on the version of first input bit and a delayed version of the second input bit. The method includes performing pulse shaping of each of the output signals to create pulse-shaped signals, combining the pulse-shaped signals to create a transmission waveform, and outputting the transmission waveform. Apparatus, computer programs, and computer program products are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Jun Tan, Weidong Yang, Rapeepat Ratasuk
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Patent number: 9148210Abstract: A method for transmitting channel quality information (CQI) in a MIMO system is provided that allows a receiver to feed back a CQI value to a transmitter. The method includes receiving a transmission (Tx) pilot signal for each Tx antenna from a base station (BS), measuring a first CQI value of a first codeword and a second CQI value of a second codeword based on the pilot signal, and transmitting the first CQI value of the first codeword and the second CQI value of the second codeword to the BS where at least the first or second CQI value includes specific information capable of indicating a transmission restriction status of a corresponding codeword.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Bong Hoe Kim, Ki Jun Kim, Hak Seong Kim, Dong Wook Roh
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Patent number: 9143173Abstract: An apparatus includes a receiver component, a first signal processing component and a second signal processing component. The receiver component can receive a transmission signal, wherein the received transmission signal reflects an encoded and modulated initial source signal, amplified via a source transmitter, and transmitted over one or more channels of a wireless communications network. The first signal processing component can process the received transmission signal to generate a replica transmission signal that estimates the encoded and modulated initial source signal. The second signal processing component can determine an optimal parametric function for modeling the source transmitter, wherein the determination of the optimal parametric function comprises an iterative non-linear curve-fitting process, and wherein the optimal parametric function reflects one or more parameters of the source transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventor: Neal Becker
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Patent number: 9130620Abstract: There is provided a method for generating transmit precoders for a communication system having a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers forming a plurality of transmitter-receiver pairs. Each of the transmitters and receivers has a respective plurality of antennas. The method includes initializing the transmit precoders. The method further includes updating a plurality of receiver filters and a plurality of slack variables using closed form expressions. The method also includes updating the transmit precoders responsive to an output of said prior updating step. The method additionally includes iteratively repeating the updating steps until convergence is reached to obtain a final set of transmit precoders. The transmit precoders are updated to perform precoding for multiple stream data transmission for each of the plurality of transmitter-receiver pairs on each of a plurality of slots under a per-antenna power constraint imposed on each of the plurality of antennas.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.Inventor: Narayan Prasad
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Patent number: 9106404Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting a video, which is used for increasing video transmission and receiving quality. The method comprises: generating multiple layers of video streams; in accordance with an obtained first distortion value, obtaining a corresponding first antennae/video matching matrix; separately dispatching each layer of video streams to respective antennae in accordance with the first antennae/video matching matrix; and transmitting same in accordance with the dispatched video streams. Also disclosed are a device for achieving the method, and a method and device for receiving a video.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignees: PEKING UNIVERSITY, PEKING UNIVERSITY FOUNDER GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING FOUNDER ELECTRONICS CO.Inventors: Chao Zhou, Xinggong Zhang, Zongming Guo
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Patent number: 9106324Abstract: Modulated orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers generate high sidelobes, resulting in adjacent channel interference (ACI). Current sidelobe suppression techniques, such as inserting guard intervals or cancellation carrier bands, diminish the useful radio spectrum or consume significant wireless device resources. Disclosed is a method of suppressing sidelobes through adding an adaptive extension to OFDM symbols that is calculated to avoid ACI while keeping power consumption to low levels. Bandwidth and user location information are collected by a cognitive radio an utilized to determine the extension used. The method significantly reduces ACI to other bands and reduces the required guard bands, opening the radio spectrum to more efficient use.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: University of South FloridaInventors: Hisham A. Mahmoud, Huseyin Arslan
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Patent number: 9100734Abstract: An apparatus for multichannel signal processing separates signal components from different acoustic sources by initializing a separation filter bank with beams in the estimated source directions, adapting the separation filter bank under specified constraints, and normalizing an adapted solution based on a maximum response with respect to direction. Such an apparatus may be used to separate signal components from sources that are close to one another in the far field of the microphone array.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Erik Visser
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Patent number: 9094247Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for continually adapting a channel equalizer that includes a precoder based on changing channel conditions. The precoder is described as being implemented in the exemplary context of a 10GBASE-T physical layer (PHY) device. 10GBASE-T is defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3an standard and uses four pairs of copper transmission lines to provide an aggregate data rate of 10 gigabits per second. In this exemplary context, the system and method of the present disclosure are configured to exploit an undefined, auxiliary bit in the 10GBASE-T transmission frame to continually send updates to the coefficients of the precoder based on changing channel conditions. The updates can be sent in the transmission frames together with application-level data.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Tooraj Esmailian, John Lock Creigh
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Patent number: 9088400Abstract: A sequence estimation circuit of a receiver may receive a sample of an inter-symbol correlated (ISC) signal corresponding to a time instant when phase and/or amplitude of the ISC signal is a result of correlation among a plurality of symbols of a transmitted symbol sequence. The sequence estimation circuit may calculate a residual signal value based on the sample of the ISC signal and based on a survivor sequence. The sequence estimation circuit may generate one or more branch vector hypotheses based on the residual signal value, where each of the hypotheses comprises a plurality of symbols. The sequence estimation circuit may generate an estimate of one or more of the plurality of transmitted symbols based on the one or more branch vector hypotheses.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: MagnaCom Ltd.Inventors: Amir Eliaz, Ilan Reuven, Gal Pitarasho
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Patent number: 9083493Abstract: A method and device are provided for reducing electricity consumption associated with a communications line having a set of N carriers of predetermined power suitable for conveying information to a receiver device. The method is adapted to determine first and second groups, each having respectively at least one of the carriers of the set N; to determine a volume of information to be conveyed on the N carriers during a unit of time; and if the determined volume is less than a predetermined threshold, to allocate a power less than the predetermined power to the carriers of the second group, the power of the carriers of the first group being maintained.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: FRANCE TELECOMInventors: Jean-Marie Andre, Hubert Mariotte
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Patent number: 9077418Abstract: A method for controlling receiving diversity of a receiver and a mobile station are provided. The method comprises determining single antenna receiving quality indicators for all activated antennas if a receiver receiving quality indicator of the receiver is above a first threshold, and deactivating all the activated antennas except one activated antenna with a single antenna receiving quality indicator indicating best receiving quality based on the determined single antenna receiving quality indicators.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbHInventors: Yanzeng Fu, Hong Zhang, Xiaofeng Wu
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Patent number: 9064091Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for coupled dynamical systems for chaos computing. For example, a system for the coupled dynamical system comprises a first, second, and third circuit. The first circuit comprising a plurality of single dynamical systems forms a coupled dynamical system that reduces local noises in the plurality of single dynamical systems by diffusing the local noises across the coupled dynamical system. The second circuit, connected to the first circuit, receives the data and control inputs and builds an encoding map that translates the data and control inputs to an initial condition on an unstable manifold of the plurality of single dynamical systems in the coupled dynamical system. After the coupled dynamical system evolves, a third circuit, connected to the first circuit, samples a state of one of the plurality of single dynamical systems in the coupled dynamical system and builds a decoding map.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: University of HawaiiInventors: William Ditto, Behnam Kia, Sarvenaz Kia
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Patent number: 9042497Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that includes adjusting a filter in electrical communication between an input terminal and a demodulator. The filter is applied to an information bearing signal, e.g., to mitigate interference, received at the input terminal, resulting in a filtered signal. An error signal is received, indicative of errors detected within information obtained by demodulation of a modulated carrier of the filtered signal. A modified filter state is determined in response to the error signal and the filter is adjusted according to the modified filter state, e.g., to improve mitigation of the interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: ISCO International, LLCInventors: Amr Abdelmonem, Mikhail Galeev, Sean S. Cordone, Howard Wong
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Patent number: 9042479Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for avoiding interference between wireless systems are described herein. One embodiment of the disclosure provides an apparatus for avoiding interference between at least one transmitter and at least one receiver within at least one wireless device. The apparatus comprises a first processing circuit configured to determine whether one or more bins are affected by interference from a transmitter based on predetermined information.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Alecsander Eitan
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Patent number: 9042480Abstract: A transmitter is for use with multiple transmit antennas and includes a precoder unit configured to precode data for a transmission using a precoding matrix selected from a codebook, wherein the codebook corresponds to the following three transmission properties for an uplink transmission: 1) all precoding elements from the precoding matrix have a same magnitude, 2) each precoding element from the precoding matrix is taken from a set of finite values and 3) there is only one non-zero element in any row of the precoding matrix. The transmitter also includes a transmit unit configured to transmit the precoded data.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Eko N. Onggosanusi, Badri N. Varadarajan, Runhua Chen, Zukang Shen, Tarik Muharemovic
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Publication number: 20150139349Abstract: Signal transport with noise cancellation is contemplated. The noise cancellation may be facilitated with a transmitter configured to induce echoes in a signal desired for transport in order to facilitate subsequently retrieving signal components associated with noise influenced portions of the transported signal from non-noise influence portions of the transported signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventor: Belal Hamzeh
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Patent number: 9036733Abstract: Multiplier coefficients are updated according to minimal power value of mixed signals in a wireless communication system. While using updated multiplier parameters, signal imbalance caused by a local oscillator or mismatch between analog elements of the wireless communication system can be reduced, so that the wireless communication system can be immune from noises.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.Inventor: Yuan-Shuo Chang
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Patent number: 9036730Abstract: Peak-to-average ratio reduction is achieved by detecting peaks in an original analog signal that exceed a given threshold. Segments of the original analog signal containing such peaks are treated (e.g., by attenuation) and a composite analog signal is assembled that includes treated and untreated segments of the original analog signal. The composite analog signal is processed to perform analog-to-digital conversion to generate a composite digital signal. Segments of the composite digital signal corresponding to the treated segments of the original analog signal are reverse-treated or otherwise treated again to undo treatment of the segments of the original analog signal. A final output digital signal is generated that corresponds to the original analog signal in digital form.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Sylvain Flamant, Qasem Aldrubi, Echere Iroaga, Jason Hu
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Publication number: 20150131755Abstract: A bit communication system, with its' associated digital-hardware-implemented mechanisms for bit transmission, bit reception, and channel balancing; are presented, where electrical, photonic, or EM pulses, representing binary information bits, are carried from a transmitter point over a (NĂ—2)-channel transmission medium, to a receiver point. The binary value of a transmitted pulse is identified at the receiver by means of the actual channel the pulse is travelling through. For example, if at a given time, any pulse transmitted and received through the first channel represents logic one, while any pulse transmitted and received through the second channel represents logic zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventor: FAHAD S.H.Z. ALKHALED
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Patent number: 9031144Abstract: To satisfy the required SNR values for each system and/or each channel, a peak factor reduction device for reducing peak components included in a transmission signal, generates a cancellation signal to be multiplexed on the transmission signal, and the peak factor reduction device changes an amplitude of the generated cancellation signal according to a signal noise ratio required for the transmission signal and a power level of the transmission signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Hori, Yuuji Ishida, Qian He
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Patent number: 9031152Abstract: A communication level table storage unit stores a communication level table that defines correspondence between a communication level at least defined by MCS (modulation scheme and coding rate) and a range of required CINR at the communication level. A communication quality management unit obtains CINR of a received signal at another communication apparatus which is a communication partner. A setting unit refers to the communication level table, and when a difference between a representative value of a range of required CINR at a current communication level and a representative value of a range of required CINR of CINR at a communication level which is one level higher is more than or equal to a threshold value, sets a communication level such that the obtained CINR of the received signal is included in the range of required CINR.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Takeo Miyata
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Patent number: 9025655Abstract: A method of adjusting a post-cursor tap weight in a transmitter FIR filter in a high-speed digital data transmission system. A receiver, over a forward channel, receives a signal from the transmitter and equalizes the received signal using an adaptive analog equalizer coupled to the forward channel and a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) coupled to the analog equalizer. A gain coefficient used to adjust the peaking by the analog equalizer is adapted using an error signal generated by the DFE. The post-cursor tap weight of the transmitter filter is adjusted up or down based on a comparison of the gain coefficient to a set. of limits. The post-cursor tap weight is transmitted to the transmitter over a reverse channel and then equalizers in the receiver readapt. Alternatively, eye opening data and a DFE tap coefficient are used to determine whether the post-cursor tap weight is adjusted up or down.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: LSI CorporationInventors: Rajesh Ramadoss, Mohammad S. Mobin, Thomas F. Gibbons, Jr.
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Patent number: 9025694Abstract: A bit communication system, with its' associated digital-hardware-implemented mechanisms for bit transmission, bit reception, and channel balancing; are presented, where electrical, photonic, or EM pulses, representing binary information bits, are carried from a transmitter point over a (NĂ—2)-channel transmission medium, to a receiver point. The binary value of a transmitted pulse is identified at the receiver by means of the actual channel the pulse is travelling through. For example, if at a given time, any pulse transmitted and received through the first channel represents logic one, while any pulse transmitted and received through the second channel represents logic zero.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Inventor: Fahad S H Z Alkhaled
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Patent number: 9025638Abstract: A receiver circuit provides improved noise estimation processing by at least partially removing receiver frequency error bias. An initial noise estimate is compensated using an error term based on the observed receiver frequency error, and the resulting compensated noise estimate can be used to improve other signal processing in the receiver. For example, the receiver may use compensated noise estimates to generate signal quality estimates, e.g., Signal-to-Interference (SIR) estimates, having improved accuracy. Additionally, or alternatively, the receiver may use the compensated noise estimates to generate RAKE combining weights having improved noise suppression characteristics. In an exemplary embodiment, the initial noise estimate is a noise correlation matrix generated from a received reference signal, e.g., pilot symbols, and the error term is an error matrix directly generated using he observed receiver frequency error and channel estimates taken from the reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2004Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Anders Wallén
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Patent number: 9026064Abstract: A wireless communication node (10) dynamically estimates passive intermodulation (PIM) interference coupled into the node's receive path from the transmission of a composite signal through the node's transmit path. The node (10) then cancels the estimated PIM interference in the receive path. In some embodiments, the node dynamically estimates the PIM interference as a function of the composite signal that models PIM interference generation and coupling in the node (10) according to one or more coefficients (30). The coefficients (30) may be determined by transmitting a test signal (34) during a test stage, when the node (10) is not scheduled to receive any signal. Later, when the composite signal (18) is transmitted, the node (10) uses the coefficients (10) to dynamically estimate and cancel the resulting PIM interference.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Meng Wang, Shaohua Li, Robert Baldemair, Jung-Fu Cheng, Farshid Ghasemzadeh, Magnus Larsson, Johan Sköld
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Patent number: 9025693Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate on-chip testing are provided. An integrated circuit can include a transmitter configured to transmit a communications signal via a communications channel. The integrated circuit can also include a receiver configured to receive the communications signal via the communications channel. A jitter creation module also can form part of the integrated circuit and can introduce jitter into the system thereby allowing for on-chip jitter testing. The jitter creation module can form either part of the transmitter or receiver and can introduce the jitter by phase interpolation.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: John Wang, Vasudevan Parthasarathy
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Patent number: 9020052Abstract: A stream of information is communicated by means of transmission distributed over a plurality of transmission antennas and reception distributed over a plurality of reception antennas. In the method the stream is encoded according to an error correcting code, into a series of multi-bit symbols. A sequence of the multi-bit symbols is interleaved, by which symbols are assigned to time slots, so that the multiple bits of the symbols remain together in the same time slot. The interleaved multi-bit symbols are transmitted, with each symbol distributed over the transmission antennas in a respective time slot. Signals received at the reception antennas in each respective time slot are received and demodulated, to produce demodulation results each for a respective time slot. A time-slot sequence of the demodulation results is deinterleaved. Decoded symbol values are selected under a constraint that a series of the selected symbols belongs to the error correcting code.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijke Onderzoek TNOInventor: Haibin Zhang
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Patent number: 9020026Abstract: A method and system for compensating for frequency dependent phase and amplitude imbalances is provided. A plurality of frequency sub-bands is extracted from a received wideband signal. Each of the plurality of frequency sub-bands is compensated to produce an associated plurality of compensated frequency sub-bands. The compensated sub-bands are summed in order to produce a compensated signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: LGS Innovations LLCInventor: Robert L. Cupo
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Patent number: 9020021Abstract: An apparatus for encoding data signals includes a transmitter configured to encode and transmit a data signal over a communication channel, the transmitter including a precoder; a signal shaper configured to adjust the data signal by applying an equalization setting to the data signal, the equalization setting including an amplitude and offset and transmit the adjusted data signal to the precoder; and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to perform: receiving channel coefficients associated with the communication channel; for each of a plurality of amplitude settings and a plurality of offset settings, calculating whether a modulo amplitude level would occur at a receiver using a modulo operation; selecting the equalization setting from the plurality of amplitude settings and the plurality of offset settings based on the calculation; and transmitting a control signal specifying the equalization setting to the signal shaper.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Marcel A. Kossel, Daihyun Lim, Pradeep Thiagarajan
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Patent number: 9020011Abstract: A transmit (TX) signal path circuit in a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) transceiver responsive to a digital front end (DFE) for generating receive (RX) path phase alignment signals is disclosed. A digital up-conversion block uses a first numerically-controlled oscillator (NCO) for generating digital intermediate frequency (IF) signals for ordinary TX signal generation, and a different, second NCO for generating digital IF signals for RX phase alignment signal generation. An RF up-conversion block uses a TX local oscillator (LO) for generating analog RF signals for ordinary TX signal generation, and a different feedback (FB) LO for generating analog RF signals for RX phase alignment signal generation. Thus, phase alignment of the circuitry used for ordinary TX signal generation is left undisturbed by RX phase alignment signal generation.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: PMC-Sierra US, Inc.Inventors: Mark Hiebert, Jay Chen
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Patent number: 9020017Abstract: A signal processing method, device, and system are provided. The method includes: sending, through a first user port, a crosstalk detection signal in a connected line, and receiving, through a second user port, an error sample of an actual downlink signal fed back by a terminal side in a connected line; and estimating, according to the actual downlink signal and the crosstalk detection signal, a coefficient of a pre-coder of a DSLAM to obtain an estimated coefficient of the pre-coder, where the coefficient of the pre-coder is used to cancel far-end crosstalk on the line connected to the second user port when the first user port sends an SELT signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Cao Shi
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Publication number: 20150110217Abstract: A signal transmission system includes: a signal sending device including a signal sender converting a sending signal to a transmission signal using a signal sending parameter and sends the transmission signal to a signal path, and a sending controller receiving a sending control signal and changes the signal sending parameter according to the sending control signal; and a signal receiving device including a signal receiver converting the transmission signal received via the signal path, to a reception signal using a signal reception parameter, a signal reception monitor monitoring a signal reception status of the transmission signal and outputs monitor information acquired by the monitoring, and a reception controller checking transmission quality of the signal path using the monitor information, creates the sending control signal for changing the signal sending parameter according to a checking result to send, and changes the signal reception parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventor: TOMOHIRO TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20150110216Abstract: Cost, electronic circuitry limitations, and communication channel behaviour yield communication systems with strict bandwidth constraints. Hence, maximally utilizing available bandwidth is crucial, for example in wireless networks, to supporting ever increasing numbers of users and their demands for increased data volumes, low latency, and high download speeds. Accordingly, it would be beneficial for such networks to support variable bandwidth allocations such that smaller frequency sub-bands are allocated to users, as their number increases, but the individual users/nodes insert more data-carrying signals in order to compensate pensate for the loss of operating bandwidth arising from the accommodation of more users. It would further be beneficial for transmitters and receivers according to embodiments of such a network architecture to be based upon low cost design methodologies allowing their deployment within a wide range of applications including high volume, low cost consumer electronics for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill UniversityInventors: Jan Bajcsy, Yong-Jin Kim, Aminata Amadou Garba
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Publication number: 20150108210Abstract: Technologies for RFID positioning and tracking apparatus and methods are disclosed herein. The apparatus and methods disclose a radio-frequency identification positioning system that includes a radio-frequency identification reader and a phased-array antenna coupled to the radio-frequency identification reader. Techniques are applied to reduce in-reader and in-antenna signal leakages. Techniques are applied to position and track RFID tags. Circuits with leakage cancellation abilities are also disclosed. Reflective vector attenuators with tunable impedance load are also disclosed. Polarization adjustable antennas with matching circuits used in the RFID positioning system are also disclosed. Circuits to re-transmit a received signal at a higher amplitude to enhance radio link range are also disclosed. Techniques are applied to increase the level of scattered radio signals from RFID tags.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventor: Liming Zhou
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Publication number: 20150110218Abstract: A transmission apparatus configured to communicate with a reception apparatus. The transmission apparatus comprising a monitoring unit, a symbol-specifying unit, a signal point moving unit, and a transmission unit. The monitoring unit monitors a total amount of deviations of signal levels in signals forming transmission symbol strings. The symbol specifying unit specifies target symbols from the transmission symbol strings based on the total amount of deviations of the signal levels. The signal level is at an outermost position on an opposite side of a plurality of deviations of the signal levels. The signal point moving unit moves positions of signal points of the target symbols outward. The transmission unit transmits a signal forming a transmission symbol string including the symbols, in which the positions of the signal points are moved, to the reception apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Yasuteru Kohda, Kohji Takano
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Patent number: 9014285Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a receiving apparatus and a receiving method capable of preventing phase rotation of a signal after FFT from occurring on a frequency domain. Further, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention is provided with: a window control unit configured to control a position of an FFT window in which FFT is performed to the time domain signal, and output FFT data corresponding to the FFT window; a signal delaying unit configured to generate, from the time domain signal, a plurality of delay signals with different delay amounts; and a signal switching unit having a switch for outputting by switching between two of the time domain signal and the plurality of delay signals based on a predetermined switch timing, the signal switching unit being configured to output the FFT data including the output signal of the switch.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yukihiro Kadota, Takashi Fujiwara
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Patent number: 9014294Abstract: A communication system includes a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus generates and transmits communication data in accordance with a predetermined protocol. The second communication apparatus includes a power circuit section having a switching regulator, and is configured to receive the communication data transmitted from the first communication apparatus. The predetermined protocol includes a protocol defining that at least one portion of a bit sequence constituting the communication data should be associated with an operation of the switching regulator. The second communication apparatus causes the switching regulator to operate in a time period in which the at least one portion of the communication data is received, in a state where the communication data is received.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: MegaChips CorporationInventor: Takashi Matsutani
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Publication number: 20150103809Abstract: This disclosure provides several mechanisms for adapting transmit power spectral density (PSD). A communications device may adapt the power spectrum utilized at the transmitter based, at least in part, on the channel conditions or PSD constraints associated with the communications medium between the transmitter and a receiver device. Additionally, the transmit PSD may be adapted based, at least in part, on a total power capability associated with a transmitter. Power is allocated to improve throughput and utilization of the communications channel. A transmission profile may be selected based, at least in part, on the notch depth. The transmission profile may be associated with symbol timing parameters. The communications device may maintain a plurality of selectable pulse shapes that are optimized for different notch depths.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Joubin Karimi, Brian James Langlais, Hassan Kaywan Afkhami, John Fraser Chappel, Keith Bryan Riley, Ehab Tahir
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Publication number: 20150103943Abstract: In a data transmission system, one or more signal supply voltages for generating the signaling voltage of a signal to be transmitted are generated in a first circuit and forwarded from the first circuit to a second circuit. The second circuit may use the forwarded signal supply voltages to generate another signal to be transmitted back from the second circuit to the first circuit, thereby obviating the need to generate signal supply voltages separately in the second circuit. The first circuit may also adjust the signal supply voltages based on the signal transmitted back from the second circuit to the first circuit. The data transmission system may employ a single-ended signaling system in which the signaling voltage is referenced to a reference voltage that is a power supply voltage such as ground, shared by the first circuit and the second circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Scott C. Best, John W. Poulton
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Patent number: 9008222Abstract: A station in a wireless communication system includes a processor circuitry configured to form at least a first plurality of data streams and a second plurality of data streams, and a digital precoder configured to receive the first plurality of data streams and the second plurality of data streams. The wireless station can further include a plurality of radio frequency (RF) beamforming chains connected to the digital precoder and configured to form at least one RF envelope, wherein the digital precoder is configured to steer a plurality of digital beams within the at least one RF beam envelope, the digital beams forming a plurality of spatially distinct paths for the first plurality of data streams and a plurality of spatially distinct paths for the second plurality of data streams, and a plurality of antennas operably connected to the RF beamforming chains.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Kaushik Morapakkam Josiam, Sridhar Rajagopal, Young-Han Nam