Patents Examined by Dac Ha
  • Patent number: 9331767
    Abstract: An example technique may include transmitting, by a base station to a mobile station, sounding signals via a first set of basis function beams, and receiving, by the base station from the mobile station in response to the transmitting, feedback signals indicating a translated basis-function weighting for one or more basis function beams of the second set of basis function beams, the translated basis-function weighting for one or more basis function beams being based on the first set of basis function beams, wherein the second set of basis function beams is different than the first set of basis function beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Timothy Thomas, Frederick Vook
  • Patent number: 9331885
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for providing fundamental group modulation are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a trajectory mapper is arranged to receive a modulation symbol sequence. A signal trajectory sample memory is arranged to store a representation of signal trajectories for a topological space having a set of predetermined removed regions therein. The trajectory mapper accesses the signal trajectory sample memory to select a signal trajectory relative to the set of predetermined removed regions in the topological space based on the received modulation symbol sequence and produces a sequence of in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) sample values at a specified sample rate in response to the selected signal trajectory, the I and Q sample values serving as a basis for an amplified radio frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Michael Joseph Geile
  • Patent number: 9325461
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a reference signal in a multiple antenna system are provided. The method includes transmitting a first reference signal based on a first sequence through a first antenna group, and transmitting a second reference signal based on a second sequence through a second antenna group, wherein the first reference signal and the second reference signal are transmitted through a same radio resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moon Il Lee, Jae Hoon Chung, Hyun Soo Ko, Seung Hee Han
  • Patent number: 9325368
    Abstract: A period is defined to execute the sequences (processes) of communication data acquisition, measuring communication quality, communication quality data acquisition, and channel change. Processing is controlled to execute each process within a time limit set for each process and execute all processes in one cycle. This avoids that a delayed sequence influences and delays other sequences and can suppress delays. If processing fails to finish a sequence, it will resume the same sequence in the next cycle. For communication stations sharing timeslots, there are provided offset periods differing in length before the start of carrier sense in the timeslots for these stations. Consequently, even under a condition in which packet collision may occur, the collision of packets can be avoided by detecting a packet sent to another station by carrier sense. Moreover, by controlling sending priority of packets in the send queue of the gateway, sending delay can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Serizawa, Takashi Yano, Masayuki Miyazaki, Kenichi Mizugaki
  • Patent number: 9325490
    Abstract: A circuit and method for referenceless CDR with improved efficiency and jitter tolerance by using an additional loop for frequency detection. Such an improved circuit includes a frequency detector for identifying whether an initial recovered clock signal is faster or slower than the actual bit rate of the received data stream. The frequency detector provides a jitter tolerance of +/?0.5 UI and uses significantly fewer components that other conventional frequency detectors. Having fewer components, significantly less power is also consumed. In an embodiment, the FD uses only four flip-flops, two AND gates, and one delay circuit. Having fewer components also uses less die space in integrated circuits. Having high jitter tolerance and fewer components is an improvement over conventional referenceless CDR circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
    Inventors: Anurag Tiwari, Kallol Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 9325522
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for minimizing mutual interference between networks that implement different protocols. In one embodiment, a first network device of a first network may exchange coexistence information with a second network device of a second network to determine whether to share resources or reduce transmit power based, at least in part, on the interference detected at the first network device from a transmission of the second network device. In one embodiment, both the first and the second network devices may independently and iteratively reduce their respective transmit power to minimize interference between the interfering networks. The first network device may reduce its transmit power based on an interference of the second network device and vice versa. In another embodiment, the network device with a lower priority may minimize its transmit power to reduce interference with the network device with a higher priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hassan Kaywan Afkhami, Purva Rameshchandra Rajkotia, Deniz Rende
  • Patent number: 9317387
    Abstract: Computational methods and systems for identifying a subset of a set of metrics that can be used to monitor a resource are described. The subset is representative of the information provided by the full set of metrics. Correlations are calculated for each pair of metrics and metrics with the highest correlations to other metrics in the set of metrics are deleted to obtain the representative subset of metrics. Deletion of metrics from the set of metrics may be optimized for accuracy or cost. The smaller representative subset of metrics can then be used to monitor the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventor: Asaf Kariv
  • Patent number: 9319097
    Abstract: A method of generating a correlation function used to track a code phase delay value for a local code, in a spread spectrum signal receiver system, to be correlated with a received cosine or sine BOC-modulated signal, in which plurality of pulses successively occur in a single period of a spreading code chip is presented. The Method may include generating a local signal pair having a phase delay value based on a first and second local signal pair defined by first and last pulses of a signal pulse train, received during a single period of a sub-carrier of the received signal, and a given main peak shape parameter, generating a sub-correlation function pair by performing correlation operations of the received signal and the local signal pair with respect to a total time and generating a main correlation function having only a main peak by performing an elimination operation of the sub-correlation function pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Keun Hong Chae, Seok Ho Yoon
  • Patent number: 9319251
    Abstract: Provided is a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication system using a codebook. A transmitter and a receiver included in the MIMO communication system may generate a codebook having a different size for each eigenvector of a channel matrix or a channel covariance matrix, based on eigenvalues of the channel matrix or the channel covariance matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Junil Choi, Bruno Clerckx, Ki Il Kim, David J. Love, Tae Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 9312912
    Abstract: This invention discloses a signal transmitting and receiving circuit of a digital subscriber line used for transmitting an output signal to a telecommunication loop or receiving an input signal from the telecommunication loop. The signal transmitting and receiving circuit comprises a transformer, which is coupled to the telecommunication loop; a signal transmitting module, which is coupled to the transformer, for generating the output signal; a signal receiving module, which is coupled to the transformer, for processing the input signal; an echo cancelling circuit, comprising passive components and having two ends, one of which is coupled to the signal transmitting module and the transformer, the other is coupled to the signal receiving module and the transformer. The output signal is transmitted to the telecommunication loop via the electromagnetic coupling of the transformer, and the input signal is received by the signal receiving module by the electromagnetic coupling of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yung-Tai Chen, Cheng-Hsien Li, Hung-Chen Chu, Jian-Ru Lin
  • Patent number: 9312892
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a digital pre-distortion circuit capable of compensating an analog circuit for its non-linear characteristic. An embodiment of said digital pre-distortion circuit comprises: a pre-distortion training circuit and a pre-distortion circuit. Said pre-distortion training circuit is operable to process a digital feedback signal according to a Cholesky Decomposition related algorithm and thereby generate a plurality of coefficients in which the digital feedback signal is derived from an output signal of the analog circuit and the output signal of the analog circuit is derived from an original digital signal; and said pre-distortion circuit is operable to process the original digital signal according to the plurality of coefficients under a compensation mode and thereby generate a digital pre-distortion signal whose non-linear characteristic is able to compensate the non-linear characteristic of the analog circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yu-Ping Chang
  • Patent number: 9306645
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for interference avoidance beamforming transmissions are described. A described technique includes accessing, at a first device, data for transmission to a second device; performing, at the first device, a channel sounding process with a third device to obtain channel feedback regarding a wireless channel between the first device and the third device; determining a steering matrix based on the channel feedback to reduce interference leakage received by the third device during a beamforming transmission from the first device to the second device; and performing, at the first device, the beamforming transmission to the second device based on the data and the steering matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventor: Hongyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9306619
    Abstract: A direct-sequence spread spectrum signal receiving device may comprise a receiver unit, a chip sequence generating unit, a correlation unit, and comparison unit. The receiver unit may extract a chip stream from a radio-frequency signal, said chip stream containing a first chip sequence. The chip sequence generating unit may generate a plurality of trial chip sequences on the basis of a first trial chip sequence and on the basis of a plurality of index rotations. The correlation unit may determine a plurality of correlation values on the basis of said plurality of trial chip sequences and on the basis of said first chip sequence, each of said correlation values indicating a degree of correlation between a respective one of said trial chip sequences and said first chip sequence. The comparison unit may determine whether a maximum one of said correlation values exceeds a defined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Gach, Dominique Delbecq
  • Patent number: 9298666
    Abstract: The invention concerns a circuit comprising: a first circuit block (302) adapted to receive a first clock signal (CLK1) and to provide a first output data signal at a time determined by said first clock signal; a second circuit block (304) adapted to receive a second clock signal (CLK2) and to provide a second output data signal at a time determined by said second clock signal; a clock bus (314) coupled to corresponding outputs of said first and second circuit blocks for receiving a third clock signal (BCLK) based on said first and second clock signals; and a synchronization unit (312) coupled to said clock bus and adapted to sample said first and second output data signals based on said third clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Stéphane Le Tual, Pratap Singh
  • Patent number: 9300351
    Abstract: A method significantly reduces the average power for radio communication in a communication system, such as a system that has applications requiring low communication latency. The method may use a low power radio communication circuit (e.g., a non-heterodyne receiver) to wait for a communication request, taking advantage of the low power consumption of the radio communication circuit. Subsequent to receiving and validating the communication request, the communication system may switch to a more efficient—but higher power—communication circuit. Thus, effective communication is achieved without making undesirable tradeoffs, such as reduced sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SecureALL Corporation
    Inventor: Arun Kumar Sharma
  • Patent number: 9300354
    Abstract: A receiver acquires and tracks a spread spectrum navigation signal with changing subcarriers. The carrier signal changes between several subcarriers according to a hopping frequency and is modulated with data and a pseudorandom noise code signal. The receiver includes a carrier wipe off unit for down converting a received spread spectrum navigation signal from its carrier frequency to a baseband frequency, a frequency hopping wipe off unit for wiping off the hopping frequency from the received spread spectrum navigation signal, and a replica signal generation unit for generating at least one replica signal of the pseudorandom noise code signal for acquiring and tracking the received spread spectrum navigation signal after carrier wipe off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus DS GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Floch, Francis Soualle, Jan Wendel
  • Patent number: 9294247
    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 corresponding to each of a plurality of data transmission units, an encoder for encoding physical signaling data by a shortening scheme and a puncturing scheme, a mapper for mapping the encoded service data onto constellations, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame including preamble data, a modulator for modulating the at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme, a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals carrying the at least one modulated signal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinwoo Kim, Jaehyung Kim, Sungryong Hong, Jaeho Hwang, Jongwoong Shin, Woosuk Ko
  • Patent number: 9294148
    Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a number N, N?2, of parallel connected, cyclically switched electronic converters having outputs connected to a common output terminal; and a controller providing switching pulse signals switching the converters with a switching frequency that is the same for all converters; load circuits connected to the output terminal; a PLC transmitter modulating an output current from the output terminal; and a PLC receiver in each load circuit, the controller switching the converters with interleaved switching pulse signals; the PLC transmitter modulating the output current by switching the controller between at least two modes of operation that differ in phase relations and/or pulse shapes of the switching pulse signals, changing a ripple frequency spectrum of the output current such that a suppression amount of a predetermined frequency component is changed depending upon the mode of operation; and the PLC receiver detects the predetermined frequency component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: LED DRIVEN HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dolf van Casteren, Mark Gröninger, Menno Kardolus
  • Patent number: 9294320
    Abstract: A wireless transmission system includes a wireless HDMI transmitter and a wireless HDMI receiver. The wireless HDMI transmitter includes a carrier oscillator provided for each channel of an HDMI transmission path to output a carrier signal in a millimeter band, an OOK modulator provided for each carrier oscillator to perform on-off keying modulation on a carrier signal outputted by its corresponding carrier oscillator, and an input circuit provided for each channel of the HDMI transmission path to input a digital signal outputted by a source device to the OOK modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: SILICON LIBRARY INC., HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Junzoh Shimizu, Minoru Fujishima, Toshio Takada
  • Patent number: 9287967
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting wireless base band data, comprising: receiving a downlink base band signal transmitted by a base band processing unit (BBU), processing the downlink base band signal to module the downlink base band signal into a downlink intermediate frequency analog signal, and outputting the downlink intermediate frequency analog signal to an Ethernet cable; obtaining, from the Ethernet cable, an uplink intermediate frequency analog signal which is detected and fed back, and processing the uplink intermediate frequency analog signal; and taking the processed uplink intermediate frequency analog signal as a feedback input of digital pre-distortion (DPD), obtaining an intermediate frequency analog signal from the Ethernet cable, converting the intermediate frequency analog signal into an uplink base band signal, and sending the uplink base band signal to the BBU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventor: Jianming Zhan