Patents Assigned to Kumu Networks, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11831298
    Abstract: A system for filter enhancement, preferably including one or more analog taps and a controller, and optionally including one or more couplers. The system is preferably configured to integrate with a filter, such as a passband filter or other frequency-based filter. The system can be configured to integrate with an RF communication system, an RF front end, or any other suitable RF circuitry. A method for filter enhancement, preferably including configuring one or more analog taps, and optionally including calibrating a system for filter enhancement and/or receiving temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn
  • Patent number: 11764825
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-il Choi, Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle
  • Patent number: 11742900
    Abstract: A system for interference cancellation, preferably including a plurality of analog taps. Each analog tap preferably includes one or more scalers and/or phase shifters, and can optionally include one or more delays. The system for interference cancellation can optionally be integrated with and/or otherwise associated with a MIMO communication system. A method for interference cancellation, preferably including: determining operation parameters and operating based on the determined parameters. The method is preferably performed using the system for interference cancellation (e.g., and/or an associated MIMO communication system), but can additionally or alternatively be performed using any other suitable system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Patent number: 11671129
    Abstract: A system for linearized-mixer interference mitigation includes first and second linearized frequency downconverters; a sampling analog interference filtering system that, in order to remove interference in the transmit band, filters the sampled BB transmit signal to generate a cleaned BB transmit signal; an analog interference canceller that transforms the cleaned BB transmit signal to a BB interference cancellation signal; and a first signal coupler that combines the BB interference cancellation signal and the BB receive signal in order to remove a first portion of receive-band interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Christian Hahn
  • Patent number: 11637623
    Abstract: An optically-enhanced relay including a first transmitter that converts a first digital transmit signal to a first analog transmit signal, a first receiver that converts a first analog receive signal to a first digital receive signal, a second transmitter that converts a second digital transmit signal to a second analog transmit signal, a second receiver that converts a second analog receive signal to a second digital receive signal, and an optically-enhanced analog self-interference canceller that generates a first self-interference cancellation signal based on at least one of the first digital transmit signal and the first analog transmit signal, and combines the first self-interference cancellation signal with at least one of the first digital receive signal and the first analog receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Hong, Jeffrey Mehlman, Joel Brand, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Patent number: 11562045
    Abstract: An efficiently-transformed digital self-interference canceller, preferably including an FD transformer, a TD transformer, a channel estimator, a composer, and a controller. The canceller can optionally include a channel memory, a predictor, and/or an extender. A method for digital self-interference cancelation, preferably including receiving inputs, transforming the inputs, generating outputs based on the transformed inputs, transforming the outputs, and/or generating a cancellation signal based on the outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Sundeep Venkatraman, Rajendra Tushar Moorti
  • Patent number: 11515906
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-il Choi, Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle
  • Patent number: 11469828
    Abstract: A system for enhancing isolation in coexisting time-division duplexed (TDD) transceivers includes: a blocker canceller that transforms a transmit signal of a TDD transceiver into a blocker cancellation signal configured to remove transmit-band interference in a receive signal; a first filter that filters the blocker cancellation signal; a second filter that filters the transmit signal; and a transmit-noise canceller that transforms the filtered transmit signal into a transmit noise cancellation signal configured to remove receive-band interference in the receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Jung-Il Choi, Jeffrey Mehlman
  • Patent number: 11457422
    Abstract: A repeater system, preferably including one or more radio transceivers, such as a 5G NR transceiver configured to communicate with other elements of a 5G NR communication network such as user equipment and/or gNBs, and a signal processor. A method for repeater operation, preferably including determining synchronization information, operating in a synchronized repeater mode, and maintaining synchronization (such as by monitoring periodic signal timing and adjusting operation timing based on the monitoring), and optionally including operating in a fallback repeater mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayank Jain, Jung-Il Choi, Tanvi Jadhav
  • Patent number: 11329616
    Abstract: A system for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: one or more primary-band amplification stages, one or more secondary-band amplification stages, one or more band-splitting filters, and/or one or more signal couplers. An analog canceller including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A mixer including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A voltage-controlled oscillator including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A method for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: receiving an input signal, separating the input signal into signal portions, and/or amplifying the signal portions, and optionally including combining the amplified signal portions and/or providing one or more output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Ernest Landi
  • Patent number: 11211969
    Abstract: A system for enhanced linearity mixing includes an input-source signal coupler; a local oscillator (LO) signal coupler; a primary mixer that combines, via heterodyning, the primary-mixer-input signal and the primary-mixer-LO signal to generate a primary-mixer-output signal; a distortion-source mixer that combines, via heterodyning, the distortion-mixer-input signal and the distortion-mixer-LO signal to generate a distortion-mixer-output signal; and an output signal coupler that combines the primary-mixer-output signal and the distortion-mixer-output signal to generate an output signal with reduced non-linearity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 11128329
    Abstract: A system for self-interference cancellation includes a frequency downconverter that decomposes a sampled RF transmit signal into an in-phase transmit signal and a quadrature transmit signal; a first analog vector modulator that scales the transmit signals to generate first scaled transmit signals; a second analog vector modulator that scales delayed transmit signals to generate second scaled transmit signals; a frequency upconverter that recomposes the scaled transmit signals into an RF self-interference cancellation signal; and a receive coupler that that combines the RF self-interference cancellation signal with a RF receive signal to reduce self-interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi, Dai Sieh, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Patent number: 11121737
    Abstract: A system for digital self-interference cancellation includes a filter that generates a reduced-noise digital residue signal; a channel estimator that generates a current self-interference channel estimate from a digital transmit signal, the reduced-noise digital residue signal, and past self-interference channel estimates; a controller that dynamically sets the digital transform configuration in response to changes in a controller-sampled digital residue signal; a predictor that modifies output of the channel estimator to compensate for a first time delay incurred in tuning the system for digital self-interference cancellation; and a channel memory that stores the past self-interference channel estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajendra Tushar Moorti, Kumar Viswanatha
  • Patent number: 11082074
    Abstract: A system for linearized-mixer interference mitigation includes first and second linearized frequency downconverters; a sampling analog interference filtering system that, in order to remove interference in the transmit band, filters the sampled BB transmit signal to generate a cleaned BB transmit signal; an analog interference canceller that transforms the cleaned BB transmit signal to a BB interference cancellation signal; and a first signal coupler that combines the BB interference cancellation signal and the BB receive signal in order to remove a first portion of receive-band interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Christian Hahn
  • Patent number: 10979131
    Abstract: A relay including a first transmitter that converts a first digital transmit signal to a first analog transmit signal, a first receiver that converts a first analog receive signal to a first digital receive signal, a second transmitter that converts a second digital transmit signal to a second analog transmit signal, a second receiver that converts a second analog receive signal to a second digital receive signal, and a self-interference canceller that generates a first self-interference cancellation signal based on at least one of the first digital transmit signal and the first analog transmit signal, and combines the first self-interference cancellation signal with at least one of the first digital receive signal and the first analog receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Hong, Jeffrey Mehlman, Joel Brand, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Patent number: 10965260
    Abstract: A system for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: one or more primary-band amplification stages, one or more secondary-band amplification stages, one or more band-splitting filters, and/or one or more signal couplers. An analog canceller including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A mixer including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A voltage-controlled oscillator including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A method for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: receiving an input signal, separating the input signal into signal portions, and/or amplifying the signal portions, and optionally including combining the amplified signal portions and/or providing one or more output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Ernest Landi
  • Patent number: 10931383
    Abstract: A system for enhancing isolation in coexisting time-division duplexed (TDD) transceivers includes: a blocker canceller that transforms a transmit signal of a TDD transceiver into a blocker cancellation signal configured to remove transmit-band interference in a receive signal; a first filter that filters the blocker cancellation signal; a second filter that filters the transmit signal; and a transmit-noise canceller that transforms the filtered transmit signal into a transmit noise cancellation signal configured to remove receive-band interference in the receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Jung-Il Choi, Jeffrey Mehlman
  • Patent number: 10868661
    Abstract: An efficiently-transformed digital self-interference canceller, preferably including an FD transformer, a TD transformer, a channel estimator, a composer, and a controller. The canceller can optionally include a channel memory, a predictor, and/or an extender. A method for digital self-interference cancellation, preferably including receiving inputs, transforming the inputs, generating outputs based on the transformed inputs, transforming the outputs, and/or generating a cancellation signal based on the outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Sundeep Venkatraman, Rajendra Tushar Moorti
  • Patent number: 10862528
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-il Choi, Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle
  • Patent number: 10840968
    Abstract: A system for digital self-interference cancellation includes a filter that generates a reduced-noise digital residue signal; a channel estimator that generates a current self-interference channel estimate from a digital transmit signal, the reduced-noise digital residue signal, and past self-interference channel estimates; a controller that dynamically sets the digital transform configuration in response to changes in a controller-sampled digital residue signal; a predictor that modifies output of the channel estimator to compensate for a first time delay incurred in tuning the system for digital self-interference cancellation; and a channel memory that stores the past self-interference channel estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajendra Tushar Moorti, Kumar Viswanatha