Patents Assigned to Beceem Communications Inc.
  • Publication number: 20120129469
    Abstract: Embodiments for at least one method and apparatus of a multiple antenna transceiver are disclosed. One embodiment of the multiple antenna transceiver includes a multiport network having a plurality of first ports and a plurality of second ports, wherein at least one of the second ports is responsive to at least two of the first ports. The multiple antenna transceiver further includes a plurality of antennas, an antenna connected to each of the plurality of second ports. Another embodiment includes a multiple antenna subscriber unit architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Robert G. Lorenz, Bertrand M. Hochwald
  • Publication number: 20110223870
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus of allocating antennas for cyclic delay diversity (CDD) transmission are disclosed. One method includes estimating a transmission channel of a transceiver having a plurality of antennas. A subset of a plurality of transceiver antennas is selected based on the estimated transmission channel. A single transceiver antenna of the subset is identified based on a channel quality of a transmission path of the single transceiver antenna. Cyclic delay diversity (CDD) signals are transmitted from the subset of the plurality of antennas, wherein a minimally delayed CDD signal is transmitted from the identified single transceiver antenna of the subset of the plurality of transceiver antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Djordje Tujkovic, Vummintala Shashidhar, Erik Stauffer, Rishi Ranjan, Soumen Chakraborty, Bertrand Hochwald, Sriram Rajagopal, Sam Alex
  • Publication number: 20110216716
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses of a mobile subscriber transmitting information to a base station are disclosed. One method includes identifying an uplink transmission condition. If the uplink transmission condition is identified, the mobile subscriber transmits a message over multiple uplink frames. The mobile subscriber informs the base station that it is transmitting the message over the multiple uplink frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Djordje Tujkovic, Louay Jalloul, Bertrand Hochwald
  • Publication number: 20110176635
    Abstract: Embodiments for at least one method and apparatus of transmitting a transmission signal through a plurality of antennas are disclosed. One method includes generating at least one dynamically adjustable phase shifted signal from the transmission signal. The transmission signal and the at least one dynamically adjustable phase shifted signal are separately amplified. The amplified transmission signal and the amplified at least one dynamically adjustable phase shifted signal are combined within a multiport network. An output signal for each of the plurality of antennas is generated by the multiport network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Bertrand M. Hochwald, Robert G. Lorenz, Derek K. Shaeffer
  • Publication number: 20110086638
    Abstract: Method and apparatuses for power and handoff management in a multiple wireless technology communication device are disclosed. One method includes a wireless device communicating using a first technology, and detecting availability of a second technology. Logic control of the wireless device receives a power level indicator of communication signals of the first technology, and determining an acceptable power level of communication signals of the second technology based on the power level indicator. The logic control determines a requested power level of communication signals of the second technology based on a request from a base station. The logic control provides a modified link quality representation to the base station if the requested power level is greater than the acceptable power level. The wireless device transmits to the base station with the second technology at the acceptable power level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventor: Kameswara Medapalli
  • Publication number: 20110069793
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating frequency offset and timing offset of a first Mobile Station (MS) in a communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a composite signal at a plurality of receiver antennas of a Base Transceiver Station (BTS). The composite signal includes a first signal transmitted from a first MS and a second signal transmitted from a second MS. The composite signal includes one or more tiles. Each tile includes a plurality of data sub-carriers, a plurality of first pilot sub-carriers, and a plurality of second pilot sub-carriers. A total phase offset of the first MS is estimated based on a complex conjugate product of pilot symbols of the plurality of first pilot sub-carriers. Thereafter, a first phase offset corresponding to the timing offset of the first MS is estimated based on a Power Delay Profile (PDP) of one or more first pilot sub-carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Rajesh Raja Manakkal, Louay Jalloul, Sam P. Alex
  • Publication number: 20110064154
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and systems for channel estimation. A method comprises receiving a plurality of signal frames, comprising at least a first zone and a second zone, from a plurality of base stations in the wireless communication system. Two or more first delay profiles corresponding to two or more base stations are determined using the first zone. The method further comprising detecting at least one aliased tap in a time domain channel response of the second zone using the two or more first delay profiles. Another method comprises receiving a signal frame, comprising at least a preamble symbol and a data part, from a base station. A first delay profile corresponding to the preamble symbol is determined and a second delay profile corresponding to the data part is obtained. The first delay profile is analyzed in conjunction with the second delay profile to detect one or more aliased taps in a time domain channel response of the data part. The detected one or more aliased taps are nulled/rectified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Sriram Mudulodu, Sam P. Alex, Louay Jalloul
  • Publication number: 20110064045
    Abstract: Methods of allocating a plurality of periodically distributed frames of communication between a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver are disclosed. One method includes detecting periodic data for transmission between the wireless base station and the wireless mobile unit. A transmission map that maps frequency and time slots is generated for transmission of the data packets. Allocation information is included within less than all of a plurality of transmission maps of the plurality of periodically distributed frames. The allocation information designates frequency and time slots in which data packets identified as a periodic data type are transmitted to the second wireless transceiver for the plurality of periodically distributed frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Soumen Chakraborty, Sindhu Verma, Manish Airy, Anuj Puri
  • Publication number: 20110058486
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a wireless receiver system that utilizes a special structure of pilot symbols used for synchronization and channel estimation in transmission packets to measure noise power at the receiver. The periodicity of the pilot signal sequences is used to extract the noise power from the received signal. Such extraction is achieved by subtracting the received signals from two pilot slots which are separated by the known periodicity of the training sequence. This method relies on the fact that desired signal and system interference signals will cancel out after the subtraction process. Measuring the power of the residual signal after subtraction represents the estimate of the noise power. Several consecutive such residual signals can be first summed up before measuring the power to improve the estimate of the noise power at the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Djordje Tujkovic, Ying Xia, Robert Lorenz, Sriram Mudulodu
  • Publication number: 20110047530
    Abstract: Methods and systems for testing a software program are provided. The methods include receiving a textual input for testing at least one static type used by the software program. The textual input of an embodiment is pre-linked to the at least one static type. The method includes creating a dynamic type based on the textual input in a dynamically typed language. The dynamic type is populated based on a predefined set of test vectors and is then passed on to the software program. The software program is executed using the dynamic type. Executing the software program by using the dynamic type invokes the at least one static type used by the software program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Sriram V. Iyer
  • Publication number: 20110019778
    Abstract: A method and system of estimating frequency offset at a subscriber station is disclosed. The method includes the subscriber station receiving a composite signal, in which the composite signal includes multi-carrier signals transmitted from a plurality of base stations. The subscriber station selects a subset of the plurality of base stations. The subscriber station selects at least one pair of multi-carrier symbols of the composite signal, wherein each of the at least one pair of multi-carrier symbols include a plurality of pilot sub-carriers. The subscriber station selects a subset of the plurality of pilot sub-carriers of the at least one pair of multi-carrier symbols based on transmit pilot symbols of the pilot sub-carriers of the multi-carrier signals transmitted by the subset of the plurality of base stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Sriram Mudulodu, Louay Jalloul
  • Publication number: 20100329370
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a subscriber station selecting a subset of a plurality of antennas for uplink transmission are disclosed. One method includes a base station transmitting a cyclic delay diversity transmission signal. The subscriber station receives the cyclic delay diversity transmission signal through the plurality of antennas. The subscriber station selects a subset of the plurality of antennas based on a received quality signal parameter. The subscriber station transmits uplink signals to the base station through the selected subset of the plurality of antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Bertrand Hochwald, Louay Jalloul, Arogyaswami Paulraj
  • Patent number: 7859990
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and systems for channel estimation. A method comprises receiving a plurality of signal frames, comprising at least a first zone and a second zone, from a plurality of base stations in the wireless communication system. Two or more first delay profiles corresponding to two or more base stations are determined using the first zone. The method further comprising detecting at least one aliased tap in a time domain channel response of the second zone using the two or more first delay profiles. Another method comprises receiving a signal frame, comprising at least a preamble symbol and a data part, from a base station. A first delay profile corresponding to the preamble symbol is determined and a second delay profile corresponding to the data part is obtained. The first delay profile is analyzed in conjunction with the second delay profile to detect one or more aliased taps in a time domain channel response of the data part. The detected one or more aliased taps are nulled/rectified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: BECEEM Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Sriram Mudulodu, Sam P. Alex, Louay Jalloul
  • Patent number: 7852909
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating frequency offset and timing offset of a first Mobile Station (MS) in a communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a composite signal at a plurality of receiver antennas of a Base Transceiver Station (BTS). The composite signal includes a first signal transmitted from a first MS and a second signal transmitted from a second MS. The composite signal includes one or more tiles. Each tile includes a plurality of data sub-carriers, a plurality of first pilot sub-carriers, and a plurality of second pilot sub-carriers. A total phase offset of the first MS is estimated based on a complex conjugate product of pilot symbols of the plurality of first pilot sub-carriers. Thereafter, a first phase offset corresponding to the timing offset of the first MS is estimated based on a Power Delay Profile (PDP) of one or more first pilot sub-carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: BECEEM Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Raja Manakkal, Louay Jalloul, Sam P. Alex, Anupama Lakshmanan, Djordje Tujkovic, Sriram Mudulodu
  • Patent number: 7839824
    Abstract: Methods of allocating a plurality of periodically distributed frames of communication between a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver are disclosed. One method includes detecting periodic data for transmission between the wireless base station and the wireless mobile unit. A transmission map that maps frequency and time slots is generated for transmission of the data packets. Allocation information is included within less than all of a plurality of transmission maps of the plurality of periodically distributed frames. The allocation information designates frequency and time slots in which data packets identified as a periodic data type are transmitted to the second wireless transceiver for the plurality of periodically distributed frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: BECEEM Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Soumen Chakraborty, Sindhu Verma, Manish Airy, Anuj Puri
  • Patent number: 7835432
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a wireless receiver system that utilizes a special structure of pilot symbols used for synchronization and channel estimation in transmission packets to measure noise power at the receiver. The periodicity of the pilot signal sequences is used to extract the noise power from the received signal. Such extraction is achieved by subtracting the received signals from two pilot slots which are separated by the known periodicity of the training sequence. This method relies on the fact that desired signal and system interference signals will cancel out after the subtraction process. Measuring the power of the residual signal after subtraction represents the estimate of the noise power. Several consecutive such residual signals can be first summed up before measuring the power to improve the estimate of the noise power at the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: BECEEM Communications Inc
    Inventors: Djordje Tujkovic, Ying Xia, Robert Lorenz, Sriram Mudulodu
  • Patent number: 7827530
    Abstract: Methods and systems for testing a software program are provided. The methods include receiving a textual input for testing at least one static type used by the software program. The textual input of an embodiment is pre-linked to the at least one static type. The method includes creating a dynamic type based on the textual input in a dynamically typed language. The dynamic type is populated based on a predefined set of test vectors and is then passed on to the software program. The software program is executed using the dynamic type. Executing the software program by using the dynamic type invokes the at least one static type used by the software program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: BECEEM Communications Inc.
    Inventor: Sriram V. Iyer
  • Patent number: 7813437
    Abstract: A method and system of estimating frequency offset at a subscriber station is disclosed. The method includes the subscriber station receiving a composite signal, in which the composite signal includes multi-carrier signals transmitted from a plurality of base stations. The subscriber station selects a subset of the plurality of base stations. The subscriber station selects at least one pair of multi-carrier symbols of the composite signal, wherein each of the at least one pair of multi-carrier symbols include a plurality of pilot sub-carriers. The subscriber station selects a subset of the plurality of pilot sub-carriers of the at least one pair of multi-carrier symbols based on transmit pilot symbols of the pilot sub-carriers of the multi-carrier signals transmitted by the subset of the plurality of base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: BECEEM Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Sriram Mudulodu, Louay Jalloul
  • Publication number: 20100232413
    Abstract: Embodiments for methods and apparatuses for processing a multi-carrier signal are disclosed. One method includes shaping a frequency spectrum of a multi-carrier transmit signal wherein an amplitude of a plurality of subcarriers of the multi-carrier transmit signal is increased relative to at least one other subcarrier of the multi-carrier transmit signal. The shaped frequency spectrum multi-carrier transmit signal is amplified with a power amplifier, wherein a power level of an output of the power amplifier is greater than a rated power level of the power amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Beceem Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Sriraman Dakshinamurthy, Robert G. Lorenz, Ming Hu, Derek K. Shaeffer
  • Patent number: 7797605
    Abstract: Methods of managing storage of HARQ packets are disclosed. One method includes a wireless device receiving variable length HARQ packets. The wireless device performing an error check on each received variable length HARQ packet, and storing within HARQ memory the HARQ packets that fail the error check. Each failed HARQ packet is stored in the HARQ memory by dividing the HARQ packet into HARQ sub-packets, and storing each HARQ sub-packet. The storage locations and storage order of each of the HARQ sub-packets are recorded for future retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Beceem Communications Inc.
    Inventors: David Garrett, Brett Schein, Trevor Pearman