Synchronization Signals With Unique Amplitude, Polarity, Length, Or Frequency Patents (Class 375/364)
  • Patent number: 11909572
    Abstract: Embodiments include devices and methods for generating a preamble symbol and also transmitting and receiving a signal comprising the preamble symbol. It is proposed a preamble symbol which achieves a robust and simple frame detection and synchronization, quick and reliable detection of embedded signaling data at low complexity and with a low Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR). The proposed preamble symbol has three parts, denoted front part, central part and back part. The front part and the back parts comprise a similar correlation sequence which is used for preamble detection, coarse time synchronization and fractional frequency error estimation. While the central part comprises consecutive blocks of samples comprising a predetermined reference information and signaling data which are used for coarse frequency synchronization and conveying data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Arnaud Bouttier
  • Patent number: 11863203
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals comprises an encoder for encoding service data, a mapper for mapping the encoded service data into a plurality of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) symbols to build at least one signal frame, a frequency interleaver for frequency interleaving data in the at least one signal frame by using a different interleaving-seed which is used for every OFDM symbol pair comprised of two sequential OFDM symbols, a modulator for modulating the frequency interleaved data by an OFDM scheme and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data, wherein the different interleaving-seed is generated based on a cyclic shifting value and wherein an interleaving seed is variable based on an FFT size of the modulating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Jongwoong Shin, Jaehyung Kim, Woosuk Ko, Sungryong Hong
  • Patent number: 11838065
    Abstract: A method is implemented in a digital unit connected with a plurality of distributed antennas including a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna. The method comprises: causing transmitting a first signal from the first antenna, a second signal from the second antenna, and a third signal from the third antenna in a same frequency resource; obtaining a receiver and transmitter side loop-back phase difference between the first antenna and the second antenna based on the first signal received at the third antenna, the second signal received at the third antenna, the third signal received at the first antenna, and the third signal received at the second antenna; and obtaining estimations of a time delay difference and an initial phase difference between the first and second antennas based on the obtained loop-back phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Shaowei Yu, Lei Xiao, Huaisong Zhu, Xueqin Chen
  • Patent number: 11632114
    Abstract: Generating a composite interpolated phase-error signal for clock phase adjustment of a local oscillator by forming a summation of weighted phase-error signals generated using a matrix of partial phase comparators, each of which compare a phase of the local oscillator with a corresponding phase of a reference clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.
    Inventor: Armin Tajalli
  • Patent number: 11601983
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a random access preamble to a base station as part of a random access procedure between the UE and the base station. To generate the random access preamble, the UE may repeat each time domain sample of a base sequence on a per-sample basis to obtain a repeated sequence that includes multiple repetitions of each time domain sample of the base sequence, with repetitions of the same sample being consecutive within the repeated sequence. The UE may perform such sample-wise repetition before adding a cyclic prefix (CP) to the repeated sequence or after adding a base CP to the base sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Iyab Issam Sakhnini, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Jun Ma, Peter Gaal, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11477840
    Abstract: A method for transmitting information using a pulse may comprise transmitting, via a channel between a first device and a second device, an idle state for an idle time; and transmitting, via the channel, a pulse state for a pulse time, wherein the idle time and the pulse time define a value for a data word being transmitted, and wherein the duration of one or more of the idle time and the pulse time vary depending upon the value of the data word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Tippens
  • Patent number: 11438079
    Abstract: A method is implemented in a digital unit connected with a plurality of distributed antennas including a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna. The method comprises: causing transmitting a first signal from the first antenna, a second signal from the second antenna, and a third signal from the third antenna in a same frequency resource; obtaining a receiver and transmitter side loop-back phase difference between the first antenna and the second antenna based on the first signal received at the third antenna, the second signal received at the third antenna, the third signal received at the first antenna, and the third signal received at the second antenna; and obtaining estimations of a time delay difference and an initial phase difference between the first and second antennas based on the obtained loop-back phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Shaowei Yu, Lei Xiao, Huaisong Zhu, Xueqin Chen
  • Patent number: 11431837
    Abstract: A system for managing devices within a restricted area or facility provides for the collection of information from sources, such as commercial carriers, private network carrier, etc., local management systems and area or facility related information and performs a correlation of the information, which may be both current and historical, to determine a status of a device attempting to transmit or receive communicative (voice or text) while within the area or the facility. The system provides for the identification of devices that are unauthorized or contraband devices operating within the area or facility while distinguishing devices that are either authorized to operate within the area or devices that are not registered within the area but are also not to be interfered with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: BINJ Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Noonan, James P. Noonan, Jr., William T. Blake, Tyler C. Vallante
  • Patent number: 11143764
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for adapting to malware activity on a compromised computer system by detecting timing anomalies between timing signals. An embodiment operates by analyzing first timing data accessed from a validated source and second timing data accessed from an unvalidated receiver source in order to compute a threat detection value, which is utilized to determine if there is a discrepancy or anomaly in the timing or frequency of either the validated and unvalidated sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Darrow Paine Leibner, Alessandro Paolo Cerruti
  • Patent number: 11038608
    Abstract: A frequency synchronization method includes: receiving, by a slave clock, a first pulse signal and a second pulse signal; determining, by the slave clock based on a first phase difference, a second phase difference, a first delay, and a second delay, that a frequency offset of the slave clock relative to the master clock is equal to a first frequency offset, where the first phase difference is a difference between a phase of a third pulse signal generated by the slave clock and a phase of the first pulse signal received by the slave clock, and the second phase difference is a difference between a phase of a fourth pulse signal generated by the slave clock and a phase of the second pulse signal received by the slave clock; and calibrating, by the slave clock, frequency of the slave clock based on the first frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingfei Lv, Jinhui Wang, Chuan Xu
  • Patent number: 10869270
    Abstract: One example of a method of managing battery usage by a wireless mobile communication device includes reading a start time, an end time, and other information, for each of a number of extents, and identifying one or more handovers, using the start time, end time, and other information, wherein the one or more handovers are handover activity. Next, the handover activity is compared to an allowable threshold, and a determination made as to when the number of idle mode handovers exceeds the allowable threshold. Finally, battery usage by the wireless mobile communication device is reduced by taking action to reduce the number of idle mode handovers that occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY IP, LLC
    Inventors: Benoit Pasquereau, David Paul Hayter
  • Patent number: 10727838
    Abstract: Power conservation in a phase locked loop (PLL) places the PLL into a low-power mode and periodically reactivates the PLL to prevent leakage current from causing a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) within the PLL to drift. The PLL also includes an adjustable delay circuit positioned between an output of the VCO and an input of a phase detector, where the delay circuit is used to adjust phase slew of a feedback signal to help the PLL settle into a desired frequency. By controlling the drift of the VCO and keeping the phase slew of the feedback signal to a minimum, the PLL may be activated and settle to a desired frequency within a relatively short amount of time. By keeping this time so short, the PLL may be placed into and pulled out of a low-power mode and still meet rigid timing requirements of various transmission protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Terrence Brian Remple, Ilker Deligoz
  • Patent number: 10608721
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for opportunistic beamforming for communication over preferred resources of a wireless network. A user device receives a signal from a plurality of antenna arrays of one or more base stations. The signal is transmitted, by the base stations, over a set of dedicated communication resources of a wireless network. Each of the base stations may dedicate a same set of resource elements for narrow-band communication with user devices outside of a standard range of a single antenna array. The user device determines a quality of the signal received over the dedicated communication resources and generates an index to identify preferred resources for communicating with the one or more base stations. The user device then communicates the index to the base stations to enable the base stations to establish a narrow-band wireless connection with the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer, Aamir Akram
  • Patent number: 10134001
    Abstract: A method for collecting data and deriving performance metrics for one or more users within an observation platform environment is described. The method includes recognizing a user identity based on signals from the communications device; Capturing a user's voice message and the secondary signal indicative of the location of the communications device or the relative proximity of the communications device to other devices; Deriving statistical data comprising: primary statistics, secondary statistics, and higher-order statistics from the secondary signal and voice message; and Storing the user identity, the voice message, the location of the communications device, and the statistical data in a database forming a user record, wherein the user record is processed by an inference engine to derive performance information about the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Theatro Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher N. Todd, Guy R. VanBuskirk, Ravi Shankar Kumar, Shiva Cheedella
  • Patent number: 9917628
    Abstract: This invention presents methods for MU-MIMO wireless communication systems comprising a BS with plural of antennas, either closely located or distributed; A plural of AFRs deployed over a coverage area, each AFR has N_BF?1 BF antennas with a beam pattern facing the MU-BFer and N_UF?1 UF antennas with a beam pattern facing UEs or downstream AFR(s); A channel estimation module for estimating the Total Channels between a plural of UEs and the BS with the AFRs in place; and, A MU-BFer that uses the estimates of the Total Channels to perform beamforming computations for transmitting and/or receiving multiple spatially multiplexed streams of signals to or from a plural of UEs using the same frequency resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: RF DSP Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Liang, Dengkui Zhu, Boyu Li, Yiming Ma
  • Patent number: 9739890
    Abstract: A GPS receiver includes an RF front end for acquiring and tracking a satellite signal and a baseband processor configured to preserve power. The baseband processor includes a GPS engine configured to process the satellite signal and generate a PVT fix, a power supervisory module for receiving the PVT fix, and a user state module that determines an environmental state, wherein the power supervisory module may power down the GPS receiver for a period of time based on a result of the determined environment state. The baseband processor also includes a time-based management module that adjusts the TCXO in response to the determined environmental state. The GPS receiver includes a plurality of operation modes, each of which is associated with a plurality of tracking profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.
    Inventors: Ioannis Spyropoulos, Anand Anandakumar, Maxime Leclercq, Yves Rasse
  • Patent number: 9130645
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for simultaneously down-converting multiple selected signals, such as RF signals, into adjacent ranges in an intermediate frequency band so that the total resulting bandwidth, and thus the sampling rate required to digitize the signal, is minimized. A first signal is down-converted into a range starting at a lowest selected frequency in the IF band. The next signal is down-converted, into a range higher than, but near or adjacent to, the down-converted range of the first signal, and so on. A guard band may be left between the signals if desired. In this way, the selected signals occupy the minimum bandwidth required. When the selection of signals to be down-converted is changed, the frequency ranges are dynamically adjusted so that the signals being down-converted always occupy the lowest ranges of the IF band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: ESS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lynn Blair, A. Martin Mallinson
  • Patent number: 9118568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a automotive partial networking apparatus and method, which operate or terminate only a specific electronic control unit corresponding to a service currently being provided in a vehicle network composed of a plurality of electronic control units. In the automotive partial networking method, a automotive partial networking apparatus receives a partial networking-only Controller Area Network (CAN) frame from outside of the apparatus. A partial network table is searched based on the CAN frame, and then a CAN identification (ID) is searched for. A partial networking-only CAN frame is generated using the CAN ID. Partial networking is performed by transferring the generated partial networking-only CAN frame to at least one electronic control unit corresponding to a vehicle service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun-Yong Hwang, Jeong-Hwan Lee, Joo-Chul Lee, Tae-Man Han
  • Patent number: 9077352
    Abstract: A clock regeneration circuit includes: a signal input terminal; a D flip-flop circuit; a reset signal generation circuit; a delay circuit; a comparator; a first capacitor; and a feed back circuit. The signal input terminal is inputted with a pulse width modulation signal. The D flip-flop circuit includes a clock terminal, an output terminal, and a reset terminal. The reset signal generation circuit is configured to input a reset signal generated in synchronization with the pulse width modulation signal to the reset terminal at a first time. The delay circuit is configured to delay the pulse width modulation signal. The feedback circuit includes a current source having a control terminal. The feedback circuit is configured to change one of charge rise time and discharge fall time in response to the signal of the comparator to control duty cycle of the signal of the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Toyoaki Uo
  • Patent number: 9036754
    Abstract: A circuit and method of operation for a circuit of a radio system in which a system time is divided into symbols, in which a system clock generator is activated in an operating mode, so that the system time is determined from an output clock signal of the system clock generator by counting, in which the system clock generator is deactivated in a sleep mode, in which an output clock signal of a sleep clock generator is blanked as a function of an output signal of a modulo divider in the sleep mode, and the system time is determined by counting, wherein an output frequency of the output clock signal of the sleep clock generator is a non-integer multiple of a symbol frequency, in which the modulo divider divides the output clock signal of the sleep clock generator by a division factor, and in which the division factor of the modulo divider is produced by changing between at least two integer divisor values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Dirk Haentzschel, Lutz Dathe
  • Patent number: 9032449
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and associated apparatus for reducing the time required to scan an incoming satellite transmission power spectrum for available signals and to determine the characteristics of those signals. The frequency range of interest is scanned in narrow slices to determine approximate input power within each slice. Center frequencies and symbol rates of individual transponders are then estimated based upon these input power approximations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventor: Brian David Bajgrowicz
  • Patent number: 9020075
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for improving a data at a receiver using one or more signal peak detectors. A signal is received having an initial signal level from the transmitter, the signal having a long bit and a short bit. The initial signal voltage of the signal is measured using a signal peak detector. A pre-emphasis value is determined using the signal voltage and is communicated to the transmitter, causing the transmitter to transmit the signal using an adjusted signal level. A second signal voltage of the initial signal is measured using a second signal peak detector, the second signal voltage being used to determine the pre-emphasis value. In another embodiment, a state machine having data relating to appropriate pre-emphasis is used in determining the pre-emphasis value. In another embodiment, one peak detector is used to measure the long bit and another peak detector is used to measure the short bit. In another embodiment, the signal does not have associated link training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Osamu Kobayashi, Gyo Un Choi
  • Patent number: 9014285
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kadota, Takashi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9008195
    Abstract: A technique detects the presence of a packet identification sequence in a received sequence of samples received over a communications network. The packet identification sequence, when present and properly detected in a received packet, is used to determine a particular type of the received packet from a plurality of packet types that may be received over the communications network. The technique for detecting the packet identification sequence includes detecting a null sequence in the received packet and a predetermined identification sequence in the packet. Detection of the predetermined sequence uses energy estimates for corresponding windows of received samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: ViXS Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chou Lan, Cimarron Mittelsteadt
  • Patent number: 9001275
    Abstract: HDMI is a digital audio and video communications protocol commonly used in consumer electronics. HDMI is particularly synonymous with high fidelity audio and video. Even though HDMI is a digital communications protocol, the audio quality can be impaired by analog signal impairments and distortions even if there are no digital decoding errors. In particular, the very process by which the audio is converted from Digital (HDMI) to human audible “Analog Audio” can be prone to errors. This occurs when the Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) clock, which is derived from the HDMI TMDS clock or HDMI source, is “distorted” due to its jitter, resulting in erroneous sampling or outputting of vital audio samples, thereby reducing the audio quality of the experience. The present invention reduces the jitter on the TMDS clock, and hence the audio DAC clock, resulting in lower audio distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew Joo Kim, David Anthony Stelliga
  • Patent number: 8989321
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with preamble detection based on repeated preamble codes are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that wirelessly receives a signal and calculates a differential output corresponding to a multiplication of the signal and a delayed version of the signal. A cross correlation is performed between the differential output and a known preamble pattern to produce a cross correlation output. One or more peaks are detected in the cross correlation. The detected peaks are used in subsequent processing to detect the known preamble pattern in the wirelessly received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd
    Inventors: Quan Zhou, Songping Wu, Daxiao Yu
  • Publication number: 20150043696
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided to generate a preamble signal. A peak of each pulse of the preamble signal is synchronized with a sensitivity region of a super regenerative receiver (SRR). The method and apparatus are configured to transmit, to the SRR, a data packet comprising the preamble signal, wherein the data packet is a baseband signal corresponding to the preamble signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinesh Parameshwaran NAIR, Kiran BYNAM, Manoj CHOUDHARY, Pradeep DWARAKANATH, Youngjun HONG
  • Patent number: 8917804
    Abstract: A clock data recovery circuit includes a ring oscillator, an oscillation control circuit unit to start or stop the ring oscillator according to existence or absence of a PWM signal, a counter circuit unit to count pulse signals to hold N bits of count value, a register circuit unit which is configured to transmit upper M bits of count value, as a reference count value, in response to a transmission signal, a comparison circuit unit to output a timing clock when the count value exceeds the reference count value, and a transmission control circuit unit to be synchronized with a rising timing of the PWM signal to generate the transmission signal and a reset signal for resetting the counter circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: National University Corporation Hokkaido University
    Inventors: Eiichi Sano, Yoshihito Amemiya
  • Patent number: 8885618
    Abstract: A wireless communications system including a mobile station MS and base stations BS1 and BS2, wherein one or both of the mobile station MS and the base stations BS1 and BS2 is provided with a unit for notifying information of a frame position with the possibility of transmission of packets based on detection of deterioration of a reception quality and wherein the mobile station MS is provided with a unit for determining a frame position without the possibility of transmission of packets and shifting to a peripheral cell detection mode at this frame position based on information of a frame position with the possibility of transmission of packets, whereby it is possible to shift to a peripheral cell detection mode without lowering the transmission efficiency and without complicating the processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yano, Kazuhisa Obuchi, Shunji Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8879681
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for determining a time for safely sampling a signal of a dock domain. In one embodiment, a frequency estimate of a first clock domain is calculated utilizing a frequency estimator. Additionally, a time during which a signal from the first clock domain is unchanging is determined such that the signal is capable of being safely sampled by a second clock domain, using the frequency estimate. In another embodiment, a frequency estimate of a first dock domain is calculated utilizing a frequency estimator. Further, a phase estimate of the first clock domain is calculated based on the frequency estimate, utilizing a phase estimator. Moreover, a time during which a signal from the first clock domain is unchanging is determined such that the signal is capable of being safely sampled by a second clock domain, using the phase estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Dally, Stephen G. Tell
  • Patent number: 8861666
    Abstract: The present invention is a noise tolerant communication protocol device and method where a clock signal input, triggers an internal delay clock in an integrated circuit. Data is presented to an input pin and sampled prior to the next external clock pulse based on the internal delay clock. A data pulse value is distinguished by input signal voltage level and not by pulse length. Sampling of data bits is deferred until a signal level is most likely stable, thereby avoiding sampling during periods around edges of changing data values. Therefore, error detection and correction circuitry is not required. A time reference pulse, produced by a bus master, is measured by the protocol device, in determine a data transmission rate by the master. The timing of sampling of input signaling from the master is determined by the protocol, device from measurement of the time reference pulse magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: ATMEL Corporation
    Inventor: Philip S. Ng
  • Patent number: 8824613
    Abstract: There is provided a signal transmission device including a first communication module including a first signal transmission unit for transmitting a first transmission signal having first amplitude to a second communication module through a predetermined transmission path, and the second communication module including a second signal transmission unit for transmitting a second transmission signal having second amplitude different from the first amplitude to the first communication module through the predetermined transmission path, and a transmission timing adjustment unit for adjusting a transmission timing of the second transmission signal by the second signal transmission unit so that a transition timing of the first transmission signal transmitted from the first communication module and a transition timing of the second transmission signal coincide with each other at a receiving end of the first communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Shimizu, Takeshi Maeda, Uichiro Omae
  • Patent number: 8817823
    Abstract: A method and a device for time synchronization are disclosed according to the embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: selecting, by a slave device, a port of a single-fiber bi-directional line as a synchronization port of a 1588 clock protocol; specifying a work mode of the synchronization port; exchanging a 1588 clock synchronization packet with a master device through the synchronization port according to the work mode; acquiring transmission time information and restore a system clock according to the 1588 clock synchronization packet; and adjusting the system clock according to the work mode and the transmission time information. The device includes: a line processing module, a clock recovery module and a clock adjustment module. Through the method and the device, zero-error time synchronization is implemented; and in the case of unfixed path delay, the time synchronization can also be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinyu Shen, Jianmei Zhang, Congqi Li, Tianhai Chang, Hao Liu, Zhiguo Liu
  • Patent number: 8775849
    Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronizing a clock at a customer premises equipment (CPE) location with a master clock at a central office (CO) location are described. One embodiment is a method that comprises receiving, by a time-of-day transmission convergence (ToD-TC) module in the CPE, ToD information relating to the master clock. Based on the received information, time stamps are applied to reference data samples. The method further comprises transporting the ToD information by transporting the reference data samples with applied time stamps and utilizing time stamps of the reference data samples to synchronize the CPE clock with the master clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Ikanos Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Massimo Sorbara, Sigurd Schelstraete, Robert A. Day, Peter D. Keller
  • Patent number: 8731027
    Abstract: A transmitter includes a synthesis filter bank to spread a data symbol to a plurality of frequencies by encoding the data symbol on each frequency, apply a common pulse-shaping filter, and apply gains to the frequencies such that a power level of each frequency is less than a noise level of other communication signals within the spectrum. Each frequency is modulated onto a different evenly spaced subcarrier. A demodulator in a receiver converts a radio frequency input to a spread-spectrum signal in a baseband. A matched filter filters the spread-spectrum signal with a common filter having characteristics matched to the synthesis filter bank in the transmitter by filtering each frequency to generate a sequence of narrow pulses. A carrier recovery unit generates control signals responsive to the sequence of narrow pulses suitable for generating a phase-locked loop between the demodulator, the matched filter, and the carrier recovery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Hussein Moradi, Behrouz Farhang, Carl A. Kutsche
  • Patent number: 8711990
    Abstract: A system including a demodulation module, a metric generation module, and a preamble detection module. The demodulation module is configured to generate demodulated signals based on demodulating, in accordance with a differential demodulation scheme, signals received from a base station. The signals received from the base station include a plurality of symbols. The demodulated signals comprise a plurality of real parts each having a corresponding magnitude. The metric generation module is configured to generate a plurality of metrics for the plurality of symbols based on the corresponding magnitudes of the plurality of real parts of the demodulated signals. The preamble detection module is configured to detect, based on the plurality of metrics, whether the plurality of symbols in the signals received from the base station includes a preamble symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungwon Lee, Qing Zhao
  • Patent number: 8693524
    Abstract: A synchronization method for impulse system ultra-wideband takes frame as basic unit for data transmission, each frame is divided into a preamble symbol part and a data part, wherein the preamble symbol part sends a known impulse sequence for channel estimation and synchronization; the data part takes the information to be transmitted; the preamble symbol part is divided into two parts of a positive and negative impulse sequence, which includes odd impulses with alternant positive and negative polarities, and a same direction impulse sequence, which is composed of impulses with same polarity and is the same as the polarity of the last impulse in the positive and negative impulse sequence. The method provides such advantages as high synchronization precision, small storage space, and capability of immediately finding out the synchronization position etc., and provides an important value for the development of the impulse system ultra-wideband wireless communication technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Southeast University
    Inventors: Zaichen Zhang, Liang Wu, Xutao Yu, Guangguo Bi, Xiaohu You
  • Patent number: 8681916
    Abstract: A master unit and a remote unit is provided for a multiband transmission system for distributing and combining signals of at least one wireless communication network and at least one digital network. A reference frequency generator is arranged in the master unit, the reference frequency generator being designed to clock a master modem for converting the signals of the at least one digital network. The reference frequency signal emitted by the reference frequency signal is restored via a reference frequency receiver and is used for closing a remote modem that is located there for demodulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Andrew Wireless Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Braz, Stefan Eisenwinter, Mathias Schmalisch, Joerg Stefanik, Peter Schmid
  • Patent number: 8654915
    Abstract: A control signal receiver includes a converting circuit and a synchronization detection circuit. The converting circuit generates a complex control symbol stream including transmission configurations by converting an input signal. The synchronization detection circuit generates a first bit stream by applying a first determination criterion to the complex control symbol stream and generates a first synchronization signal by comparing the first bit stream with a reference synchronization word. The synchronization detection circuit generates a second bit stream by applying the first determination criterion and a second determination criterion to the complex control symbol stream in that order and generates a second synchronization signal by comparing the second bit stream with the reference synchronization word. The synchronization detection circuit outputs one of the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal as asynchronization enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun-Young Jeong
  • Patent number: 8649416
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device that includes a circuitry configured to acquire synchronization with a spreading code of an intermediate frequency signal that is obtained by converting a frequency of a received signal from a satellite in a global positioning system into a predetermined intermediate frequency, demodulate a message included in the intermediate frequency signal, output a primary signal to a predetermined signal line, and attach a predetermined header to a secondary signal and output the result to the predetermined signal line, and includes a display unit configured to display data corresponding to the primary signal and the secondary signal, such that the primary signal includes results of measuring one of position, velocity, and time of the mobile electronic device based on the message that is demodulated by the circuitry, and that the secondary signal includes the intermediate frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Tanaka, Manabu Nitta
  • Patent number: 8644363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for estimating a channel in a MIMO wireless telecommunication system supporting the 0FDM/0FDMA. The present invention, in estimating a channel by using two or more pilots included in at least one received signal among received signals of a first channel and a second channel received through a first receiving antenna and received signals of a third channel and a fourth channel received through a second receiving antenna, determines a subchannel mapping rule respectively for the received signals of the first channel to the fourth channel, and estimates a channel with a different method according to the determined subchannel mapping rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheng Zi Li, Byung-Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 8630383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system and method for transmitting sync flags and pilot symbols during sync symbol periods. Example embodiments provide a method for sharing sync symbols to communicate flag sequences and pilot sequences during a sequence of sync symbol periods. The method includes modulating the pilot sequence by multiplying a pilot code by each value of the pilot sequence, and modulating the flag sequence by multiplying a flag code by each value of the flag sequence. The pilot and flag codes are mutually orthogonal to each other and each includes at least two non-zero values. The method further includes generating a resulting sync symbol sequence based on the modulated pilot sequence and modulated flag sequence, and sending the resulting sync symbol sequence during the sync symbol period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Adriaan J. de Lind van Wijngaarden, Gerhard G. T. Kramer, Carl J. Nuzman, Philip A. Whiting
  • Publication number: 20140003566
    Abstract: A clock data recovery circuit includes a ring oscillator, an oscillation control circuit unit to start or stop the ring oscillator according to existence or absence of a PWM signal, a counter circuit unit to count pulse signals to hold N bits of count value, a register circuit unit which is configured to transmit upper M bits of count value, as a reference count value, in response to a transmission signal, a comparison circuit unit to output a timing clock when the count value exceeds the reference count value, and a transmission control circuit unit to be synchronized with a rising timing of the PWM signal to generate the transmission signal and a reset signal for resetting the counter circuit unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: National University Corporation Hokkaido University
    Inventors: Eiichi Sano, Yoshihito Amemiya
  • Patent number: 8614634
    Abstract: Systems and methods for encoding/decoding a data word using an 8b/9b encoding scheme that eliminates two-aggressor crosstalk are disclosed. The 8b/9b encoding scheme enables a data word to be encoded using code words. Each of the valid code words does not include any three consecutive bits having a logic level of logic-high (i.e., ‘1’), and represent transition vectors for consecutive symbols transmitted over the high speed parallel bus. An encoder and corresponding decoder are disclosed for implementing the 8b/9b encoding scheme. In one embodiment, the encoder/decoder implements a modified Fibonacci sequence algorithm. In another embodiment, the encoder/decoder implements a look-up table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Sunil Sudhakaran, Russell R. Newcomb
  • Patent number: 8615055
    Abstract: A radio communication network which comprises a plurality of radio links for communicating radio signals with orthogonal polarization. Each radio link comprises a vertical polarization communication device (11a) and a horizontal polarization communication device (11b) which share a local communication channel (11c). Each of these communication devices comprises at least one differential interface stage (21a, 21b, 31a, 31b) for communicating first data over the local communication channel (11c), based on a differential input. Each of these vertical and horizontal communication devices (11a, 11b) comprises means (27, 37) connected to the differential interface stages for communicating second data over the local communication channel by modulating a common mode of the differential interface stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Giovanni Milotta, Antonio Carugati
  • Patent number: 8611485
    Abstract: A device for controlling frequency synchronization includes a processor for controlling a frequency-controlled clock signal on the basis of received timing messages so as to achieve frequency-locking between the frequency-controlled clock signal and a reference clock signal. For the purpose of finding such timing messages which have experienced similar transfer delays and thus are suitable for the frequency control, the processor is configured to control a phase-controlled clock signal on the basis of the timing messages so as to achieve phase-locking between the phase-controlled clock signal and the reference clock signal, and to select the timing messages to be used for the frequency control on the basis of phase-error indicators related to the phase control. Thus, the phase-controlled clock signal is an auxiliary clock signal that is utilized for performing the frequency control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Tellabs Oy
    Inventors: Kenneth Hann, Mikko Laulainen
  • Patent number: 8594244
    Abstract: A data signal phase reversal correction method and system implementing the same are disclosed. In the present invention, a pilot signal of a satellite is checked to see if there is a phase reversal according to an accumulation of correction results of symbols of the received pilot signal with corresponding symbols of a known pilot sequence. It is determined whether a phase correction of a data signal of the satellite is to be executed or not by referencing the phase reversal determination result of the pilot signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: MEDIATEK Inc.
    Inventor: Kun-tso Chen
  • Patent number: 8588345
    Abstract: Provided is an OFDM receiver which extracts a time sync signal from a prefix having a symmetric structure. The OFDM receiver, according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, generates the sync signal (e.g., start point) of a symbol by using only the MSB (e.g., sign bit) of the cyclic prefix of an OFDM symbol, reducing the overhead of a logic circuit for generating the sync signal of the symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junyoung Jeong
  • Patent number: 8588284
    Abstract: A medical sensor system comprises a gateway comprising a wideband receiver and a narrow band transmitter, the each gateway configured to receive a wideband positioning frame using the wideband receiver from one or more wearable sensors and to transmit acknowledgement frames using the narrow band transmitter that include timing and control data for use by the sensors to establish timing for transmission of the positioning frame; and at least one wearable sensor comprising a wideband transmitter and a narrow band receiver, the sensor configured to transmit a sensor data frame to the gateway using the wideband transmitter and to receive an acknowledgement frame from the gateway using the narrow band receiver, extract timing and control information from the frame, and adjust the timing and synchronization of the wideband transmitter using the timing and control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Adeptence, LLC
    Inventors: Ismail Lakkis, Hock Law
  • Patent number: RE45522
    Abstract: A method of generating a code sequence in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes recognizing a desired length of the code sequence, generating a code sequence having a length different from the desired length, and modifying the length of the generated code sequence to equal the desired length. Here, the step of modifying includes discarding at least one element of the generated code sequence or inserting at least one null element to the generated code sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: EVOLVED WIRELESS LLC
    Inventors: Seung Hee Han, Min Seok Noh, Yeon Hyeon Kwon, Hyun Hwa Park, Hyun Woo Lee, Dong Cheol Kim