Patents Assigned to MaxLinear, Inc.
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Publication number: 20240314616Abstract: An example method may include determining a multi-user packet error rate associated with communications from a client device to a host device, the multi-user packet error rate based on a number of packets in a multi-user communication frame with an error. The method may also include sending a trigger from the host device to the client device to communicate via a second multi-user communication frame, the trigger identifying a transfer rate based on the multi-user packet error rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Neville Leslie YOUNG, ChiaYi HUANG
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Publication number: 20240311357Abstract: A system for calculating a fingerprint across a data set by identifying a data set to hash, the data set comprising a set of data blocks, generating, by a first hash engine, a first hash for each data block in the set of data blocks within the data set, and generating, by a second hash engine, a second hash for each data block in the set of data blocks within the data set.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Mark Abrian Moran, Michael Ray Ham
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Publication number: 20240305394Abstract: This disclosure describes a system for applying precise timing to a mesh wireless Wi-Fi network. The precise timing allows for multiple access points (APs) to serve a single station (STA) when the STA is located in a wireless footprint of more than one access point without the need for a wireless trigger frame. Various examples are described including the use of orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA) and multi-access point joint transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Sigurd Schelstraete, Marcos Martínez Vázquez, Iñaki Val Beitia
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Publication number: 20240306013Abstract: Embodiments are described herein that involve various configurations of UMAC and LMACs in a multi-link operations architecture. Some of these embodiments allow for multi-link operations using multiple different kinds of wired and wireless connections. The embodiments, also describe configurations that allow for the physical separation of UMAC and LMAC components.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Sigurd Schelstraete, Marcos Martínez Vázquez, Iñaki Val Beitia
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Patent number: 12088434Abstract: Example implementations are directed to methods and systems employing a solicited sounding protocol that includes receiving, by a second access point, a sounding trigger broadcast by a first access point. The methods and systems also include receiving, by the second access point, a dedicated training signal from a first station in response to the sounding trigger broadcast by the first access point, and generating, by the second access point, channel characteristics of a channel based on the first dedicated training signal, the channel including a forward channel between the second access point and the first station.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Sigurd Schelstraete, Hossein Dehghan, Debashis Dash
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Publication number: 20240291526Abstract: According to an example, a massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) system operable for beamforming actuation may comprise an open radio access network radio unit (O-RU) having a processing device operable to: compute one or more of a predictive channel estimate, a beamforming estimate, or an antenna calibration; compute, based on an objective function having one or more of the predictive channel estimate, the beamforming estimate, or the antenna calibration as inputs, a power level for a data stream associated with a transmitting antenna path, wherein the power level for the data stream is selected to facilitate an equal-power distribution across a plurality of transmitting antenna paths; and set the power level for the data stream associated with the transmitting antenna path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: MAXLINEAR, INC.Inventors: Zohaib Mahmood, Hajir Roozbehani, Alexandre Megretski
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Patent number: 12069153Abstract: Methods and systems may include processes that may implement abbreviated header communications. In some implementations, a method may include generating a packet including an abbreviated header, where the abbreviated header may include a pointer corresponding to values for multiple parameters associated with a physical layer of communication rather than the values for the multiple parameters. The method may also include transmitting the packet to a client device according to the values for the multiple parameters.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: MAXLINEAR, INC.Inventors: Abhishek Kumar Agrawal, Sigurd Schelstraete
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Publication number: 20240272925Abstract: A method includes initializing a virtual machine including a virtual machine memory disposed in memory of a data transform accelerator. The method also includes obtaining an address associated with a data transform command. The address may be disposed in a container located in a first partition of the virtual machine memory. The method also includes obtaining metadata associated with the data transform command. A first portion of the metadata may be public data and a second portion of the metadata may be sensitive data. The method further includes storing the public data in the first partition and the sensitive data in a second partition of the virtual machine memory. The method also includes configuring a data transform pipeline in the data transform accelerator based on the public data in the first partition and the sensitive data in the second partition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: MAXLINEAR, INC.Inventors: Pinaki Shankar Chanda, Michael Ray Ham
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Publication number: 20240273031Abstract: A method includes obtaining an address associated with a data transform command. The address may be disposed in a container located in a first memory. The method also includes obtaining metadata associated with the data transform command. The data transform command may be disposed in the first memory and may be pointed to by the address. A first portion of the metadata may be public data and a second portion of the metadata may be sensitive data. The method further includes storing the public data in the first memory and the sensitive data in a second memory disposed internally to a data transform accelerator. The method also includes configuring a data transform pipeline in the data transform accelerator based on the public data in the first memory and the sensitive data in the second memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: MAXLINEAR, INC.Inventors: Pinaki Shankar Chanda, Michael Ray Ham
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Patent number: 12063054Abstract: An example method of wireless data transmission may include determining a configuration of multiple antenna element nodes. The configuration may indicate a frequency band of operation for each of the multiple antenna element nodes and the configuration may be determined based on one or more network factors of multiple frequency bands. The method may also include selecting, based on the configuration, a signal path to couple to each of the multiple antenna element nodes from multiple signal paths. The multiple signal paths may each be configured to amplify signals carried thereon and at least two of the multiple signal paths may be coupled between each antenna element node and a common node. The method may further include directing, based on the configuration, wireless communications over the multiple antenna element nodes.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: MAXLINEAR, INC.Inventors: Bahador Amiri, Peiman Amini, Simon Duxbury, Didier Margairaz, Wing Kai Chong
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Patent number: 12063056Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to improvements in interference mitigation for Adjacent Channel Leakage in wireline communication, and more specifically, but not exclusively, to improved kernel designs that can facilitate interference mitigation for Adjacent Channel Leakage in cable modem systems. Examples of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for a transceiver device that comprises interference cancellation circuitry configured to cancel interference caused by upstream signals in one or more upstream sub-bands on one or more downstream sub-bands based on a combination of a plurality of kernels. The interference is at least partially caused by non-linearities within a transmission circuitry of the transceiver device, the plurality of kernels representing the non-linearities within the transmission circuitry of the transceiver device. Each of the kernels comprises one or more associated terms, with each of the associated terms being in-band for at least one of the one or more downstream sub-bands.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Yang-Seok Choi, Tariq Qureshi
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Patent number: 12057881Abstract: A network infrastructure combining data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) cable modem management and 10 Gb passive optical network XGPON networking technology. The DOCSIS equipment controls restrict the XGPON to physical layer (layer 1) while the DOCSIS equipment operate at a data link layer and above.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Gerfried Krampl, Barak Hermesh, Amos Klimker, Shaul Shulman, Franz-Josef Schaefer, Guy Ray
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Patent number: 12052189Abstract: An example method includes detecting arrival of a packet at a receiver node including detecting over the air energy using at least one of the receiver node's antenna sectors. The method includes selecting one or more RF receive parameters based on information or metrics included in or determined from a pre-payload portion of the packet, including at least one of: selecting a first subset of the antenna sectors with better metrics than a second subset of the antenna sectors to receive the payload of the packet; or selecting an antenna polarization with better metrics than another antenna polarization to receive the payload of the packet. The method includes receiving a payload of the packet at the receiver node using the selected RF receive parameters.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Hossein Dehghan-Fard, Debashis Dash
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Patent number: 12047876Abstract: A wireless transceiver having radios which radios that support wireless communications with associated stations on a corresponding wireless local area network (WLAN). The wireless transceiver also includes: a utilization monitoring circuit, an association targeting circuit, and a power backoff circuit. The utilization monitoring circuit monitors communications between each of the radios and its associated stations. The association targeting circuit identifies, from the monitored communications of the utilization monitoring circuit, an underutilized one of the radios as a target radio for re-associating stations currently associated with at least one other radio and initiates the re-association with the target radio of the stations currently associated with the at least one other radio. The power backoff circuit reduces power to the at least one other radio.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: MAXLINEAR, INC.Inventors: Debashis Dash, Joe Chow, Sam Heidari, Hossein Dehghan
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Publication number: 20240236164Abstract: A method includes a method includes obtaining source data from a data source, the source data may correspond to a source clock and may be stored in a data buffer. The method may also include performing a clock adjustment to a determined clock. The determined clock may be associated with a data stream output from the data buffer. The clock adjustment may be operable to equalize the source clock and the determined clock. The method may include identifying a symbol clock associated with a buffer device. The method may also include adjusting an amount of null packets in the data stream, in response to a number of elements in the buffer device satisfying a threshold amount in the buffer device. The method may include updating clock reference values present in the source data such that a client device may synchronize with the source data with minimal clock jitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Hang Jin, Pinaki Shankar Chanda, Michael D. Jarchi
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Publication number: 20240223271Abstract: A system is provided where one of a first device or a second device is supplied with power by the other one of the first device or the second device. Supplying may be done via a universal serial bus cable like a universal serial bus Type-C cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventor: Stephan Pruecklmayer
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Patent number: 12028168Abstract: A system may include primary and secondary integrated circuits. The primary integrated circuit may receive a first subset of data packets associated with a first set of sequence numbers. The secondary integrated circuit may receive a second subset of data packets associated with a second set of sequence numbers. The primary integrated circuit is configured to manage the first set of sequence numbers and the second set of sequence numbers on behalf of the secondary integrated circuit and for the system.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Ingo Volkening, Amos Klimker, Rafi Abraham
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Patent number: 12028125Abstract: A node circuit associated with a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network is disclosed. The node circuit includes an optimizer circuit configured to process a plurality of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values associated with a plurality of subcarriers, respectively, associated with a set of cable modem (CM) circuits coupled to the node circuit. In some embodiments, at least one subcarrier is allocated to the set of CM circuits for communication with the node circuit. In some embodiments, the optimizer circuit is further configured to determine an optimal transmit power of the node circuit, based on the plurality of SNR values and a transmitter distortion of a transmitter circuit associated with the node circuit. In some embodiments, the transmitter distortion defines a transmitter distortion associated with the transmitter circuit in terms of a total transmit power of the node circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Rainer Strobel, Thushara Hewavithana
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Patent number: 12027981Abstract: Methods and systems for ripple suppression in multi-phase buck converters may comprise a buck converter for providing an output voltage with controlled ripple current. The buck converter may include one or more main buck converter stages and one or more suppression buck converter stages coupled with the one or more main buck converter stages. The one or more suppression buck converter stages may provide suppression currents to reduce ripple currents generated in the one or main buck converter stages.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Curtis Ling, Shantha Murthy Prem Swaroop, Vinit Jayaraj
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Publication number: 20240215056Abstract: Methods and systems may include processes by which the reliability and robustness of a wireless network may be improved. In some implementations, a method may include selecting at least two resource units to be used for communications to a single client device; and transmitting data in duplicate via each of the at least two resource units to the client device such that the client device is able to combine the data from each of the at least two resource units into a single instance of the data. In some implementations, a method may include obtaining notification of one or more ranges of frequencies corresponding to a set of resource units to be avoided in a spectrum of available frequencies, and allocating resource units to a set of client devices that covers the available frequencies while excluding the set of resource units to be avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: MAXLINEAR, INC.Inventors: Abhishek Kumar AGRAWAL, Imran LATIF, Sigurd SCHELSTRAETE, Hossein DEHGHAN