Patents Assigned to Kumu Networks, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10103774
    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; and a channel memory that stores the past self-interference channel estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajendra Tushar Moorti, Kumar Viswanatha
  • Patent number: 10050664
    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: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 10050659
    Abstract: A system and method for non-linear digital self-interference cancellation including a pre-processor that generates a first pre-processed digital transmit signal from a digital transmit signal of a full-duplex radio, a non-linear transformer that transforms the first pre-processed digital transmit signal into a non-linear self-interference signal according to a transform configuration, a transform adaptor that sets the transform configuration of the non-linear transformer, and a post-processor that combines the non-linear self-interference signal with a digital receive signal of the full-duplex radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Jeff Mehlman, Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 10050597
    Abstract: A time delay filter comprising a substrate; four coupled LC resonators, each having a coupling point; a first capacitor that electrically couples the first coupling point to the second coupling point; a second capacitor that electrically couples the second coupling point to the third coupling point; and a third capacitor that electrically couples the third coupling point to the fourth coupling point; the filter group delaying a signal output at the fourth coupling point relative to a signal input at the first coupling point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 9979374
    Abstract: An analog time delay filter circuit including a first delay circuit block arranged in a modular layout, having a first time delay filter, a first input, a first output, and first and second pass-throughs; a second delay circuit block arranged in the same modular layout, having a second time delay filter, a second input, a second output, and third and fourth pass-throughs; and an interposer circuit block that electrically couples the second input to the first pass-through and the second output to the second pass-through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 9832003
    Abstract: A system for self-interference canceller tuning includes a transmit coupler that creates a sampled analog transmit signal; an analog self-interference canceller that transforms the sampled analog transmit signal to an analog self-interference cancellation signal according to a set of tuning parameters, the set of tuning parameters comprising complex weights for a set of taps of the analog self-interference canceller; a tuning circuit that calculates the set of tuning parameters, and applies the set of tuning parameters to the analog self-interference canceller based on component calibration data of the analog self-interference canceller; and a receive coupler that combines the analog self-interference cancellation signal with the analog receive signal to reduce self-interference in the analog receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Patent number: 9819325
    Abstract: A time delay filter comprising a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first LC resonator coupled to the substrate and comprising a first coupling point, a first capacitive element electrically coupled between the first coupling point and the first conductive region, and a first inductive element coupled between the first coupling point and the first conductive region, and comprising a first and second inductor tap; and a second LC resonator coupled to the substrate and comprising a second coupling point, a second capacitive element electrically coupled between the second coupling point and the first conductive region, and a second inductive element electrically coupled between the second coupling point and the first conductive region wherein the system group delays a signal output at a second coupling point relative to a signal input at the first coupling point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 9774405
    Abstract: A system for frequency-isolated self-interference cancellation includes a transmit coupler, that samples an RF transmit signal to create a sampled RF transmit signal having a first RF carrier frequency, an RF self-interference canceller that transforms the sampled RF transmit signal to an RF self-interference cancellation signal, a receive coupler, that combines the RF self-interference cancellation signal with an RF receive signal to form a reduced-interference receive signal, and a frequency shifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Jeffrey Mehlman, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn
  • Patent number: 9755692
    Abstract: A system for phase noise mitigated communication including a primary transmitter that converts a digital transmit signal to an analog transmit signal, a primary receiver that receives an analog receive signal and converts the analog receive signal to a digital receive signal, an analog self-interference canceller that samples the analog transmit signal, generates an analog self-interference cancellation signal based on the analog transmit signal, and combines the analog self-interference cancellation signal with the analog receive signal and a digital self-interference canceller that samples the digital transmit signal, generates a digital self-interference cancellation signal based on the digital transmit signal, and combines the digital self-interference cancellation signal with the digital receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Jeffrey Mehlman, Joseph Shalizi
  • Patent number: 9742593
    Abstract: A method for adaptively-tuned digital self-interference cancellation comprises receiving a digital transmit signal; receiving a transform configuration; generating a set of signal components from the digital transmit signal; transforming the set of signal components into a digital self-interference cancellation signal according to the transform configuration; combining the digital self-interference cancellation signal with a receive signal to form a digital residue signal; detecting a trigger; in response to detecting the trigger: computing a ratio of the digital residue signal to the digital transmit signal; converting the ratio to the frequency-domain to form a frequency-domain-converted ratio; computing a frequency-domain self-interference channel between the transmitter and the receiver based on the frequency-domain-converted ratio; computing an inverse discrete Fourier transform matrix based on a portion of the discrete Fourier transform matrix; converting the frequency-domain self-interference channel t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajendra Tushar Moorti, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Patent number: 9712313
    Abstract: A system for multi-peak filter-based analog self-interference cancellation includes a transmit coupler that samples the analog transmit signal to create a sampled analog transmit signal; an analog self-interference canceller, using multi-peak filters, that generates an analog self-interference cancellation signal; and a receive coupler that combines the analog self-interference cancellation signal with the analog receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Shalizi, Mayank Jain, Jung-Il Choi
  • Patent number: 9712312
    Abstract: A method for self-interference canceller tuning for a near band radio includes receiving, in a first frequency band, an RF transmit signal of the near band radio; receiving, in a second frequency band, an RF receive signal of the near band radio; generating a self-interference cancellation signal from the RF transmit signal based on a set of configuration parameters; combining the self-interference cancellation signal with the RF receive signal to create a composite receive signal; and adapting the set of configuration parameters based on the compo-site receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Dinesh Bharadia, Jeffrey Mehlman, Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 9698860
    Abstract: A method for tuning an analog self-interference canceller includes detecting a tuning trigger, calculating a set of tuning parameters (the tuning parameters including complex weights for a set of taps of the analog self-interference canceller) in response to the tuning trigger, and applying the set of tuning parameters based on component calibration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh Bharadia, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Publication number: 20170180160
    Abstract: A method for adaptively-tuned digital self-interference cancellation comprises receiving a digital transmit signal; receiving a transform configuration; generating a set of signal components from the digital transmit signal; transforming the set of signal components into a digital self-interference cancellation signal according to the transform configuration; combining the digital self-interference cancellation signal with a receive signal to form a digital residue signal; detecting a trigger; in response to detecting the trigger: computing a ratio of the digital residue signal to the digital transmit signal; converting the ratio to the frequency-domain to form a frequency-domain-converted ratio; computing a frequency-domain self-interference channel between the transmitter and the receiver based on the frequency-domain-converted ratio; computing an inverse discrete Fourier transform matrix based on a portion of the discrete Fourier transform matrix; converting the frequency-domain self-interference channel t
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajendra Tushar Moorti, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Publication number: 20170179916
    Abstract: A time delay filter comprising a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first LC resonator coupled to the substrate and comprising a first coupling point, a first capacitive element electrically coupled between the first coupling point and the first conductive region, and a first inductive element coupled between the first coupling point and the first conductive region, and comprising a first and second inductor tap; and a second LC resonator coupled to the substrate and comprising a second coupling point, a second capacitive element electrically coupled between the second coupling point and the first conductive region, and a second inductive element electrically coupled between the second coupling point and the first conductive region wherein the system group delays a signal output at a second coupling point relative to a signal input at the first coupling point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Publication number: 20170179983
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation including a transmit coupler that samples the RF transmit signal to create a sampled RF transmit signal; a transmit analog canceller that transforms the RF transmit signal to an RF interference cancellation signal, according to a first configuration state; a first receive coupler that combines the RF interference cancellation signal and the RF receive signal to generate a composite RF receive signal; a sampling analog canceller that transforms the RF transmit signal to a RF interference cancellation signal, according to a second configuration state; a cleaning coupler that combines the RF transmit signal and the second RF interference cancellation signal; a first frequency downconverter that converts the transmit signal to a BB transmit signal; a second frequency downconverter that converts the composite RF receive signal to a composite BB receive signal; an analog-to-digital converter that converts the transmit signal to a digital transmit signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-ll Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Patent number: 9673854
    Abstract: A method for pilot signal based self-interference cancellation tuning includes detecting a tuning trigger and in response to the tuning trigger, generating a pilot transmit signal according to the trigger data; and transmitting, at the transmitter, the pilot transmit signal; receiving, at the receiver, a pilot receive signal; cancelling, at the self-interference canceller, a portion of self-interference in the receive pilot signal, resulting in a composite pilot signal; analyzing the composite pilot signal; and tuning a configuration parameter of the self-interference canceller, based on analysis of the composite pilot signal, resulting in reduced self-interference in the composite pilot signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Jeff Mehlman
  • Patent number: 9667299
    Abstract: A system and method for non-linear digital self-interference cancellation including a pre-processor that generates a first pre-processed digital transmit signal from a digital transmit signal of a full-duplex radio, a non-linear transformer that transforms the first pre-processed digital transmit signal into a non-linear self-interference signal according to a transform configuration, a transform adaptor that sets the transform configuration of the non-linear transformer, and a post-processor that combines the non-linear self-interference signal with a digital receive signal of the full-duplex radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Jeff Mehlman, Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 9634823
    Abstract: A system for integrated self-interference cancellation, comprising a transmit coupler, coupled to a transmit signal, that samples the transmit signal to create a sampled transmit signal; an analog self-interference canceller, coupled to the transmit coupler, comprising a controller; a signal divider, that splits the sampled transmit signal into a set of signal components; a set of phase shifters, wherein a phase shifter of the set shifts a signal component of the set of signal components by a total phase shift value; a set of scalers, wherein a scaler of the set scales the signal component by a total scale factor; a signal combiner, that combines the set of signal components into a self-interference cancellation signal; and a receive coupler, coupled to a receive signal, that combines the self-interference cancellation signal with the receive signal to remove a portion of self-interference present in the receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 9521023
    Abstract: A system for phase shifting that produces an output signal by modifying a phase of an input signal, including a primary phase shifting stage that modifies the input signal phase in increments set by a first tuning resolution; a secondary phase shifting stage that modifies the input signal phase in increments set by a second tuning resolution; and, a tuning circuit that controls the primary phase shifting stage and the secondary phase shifting stage according to control input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo Martinez, Joseph Shalizi, Ernie Landi, Mayank Jain, Jung-Il Choi