Patents Examined by Don N. Vo
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Patent number: 11303498Abstract: A data transmission method includes generating a physical layer data frame, where the physical layer data frame includes data on which probability non-uniform modulation is performed and indication information, where the indication information indicates demodulation parameters for performing probability non-uniform demodulation on the data, where the demodulation parameters include a modulation scheme for probability non-uniform modulation, a modulation order for probability non-uniform modulation, and at least one of a probability of each constellation symbol on which probability non-uniform modulation is performed, or a mapping relationship between each constellation symbol on which probability non-uniform modulation is performed and a bit stream, sending the physical layer data frame to a receive end, receiving the physical layer data frame, determining the demodulation parameters based on the indication information, and performing probability non-uniform demodulation on the data based on the demodulationType: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei Huang, Ping Fang
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Patent number: 11290158Abstract: The specification and drawings present methods and apparatuses for feedback signaling for beamforming purposes in a multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) radio environment. According to an embodiment of the invention, a mobile device is configured to measure an integer number P of different beam groups, each group representing one or more transmit beams and each group corresponding to one or more antenna ports at the mobile device. The mobile device is triggered according to the configuration to provide feedback. The radio access node transmits reference signals on each of the transmit beams across all of the groups for measurement by the mobile device and receives the triggered feedback including, for each of the different beam groups, at least one best match between a transmit beam of the respective group and a corresponding antenna port and an indication of measurement results for the best match.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Juha Pekka Karjalainen, Sami-Jukka Hakola, Mihai Enescu
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Patent number: 11283514Abstract: The invention relates to a method for communicating from a plurality of gateways (10) to a satellite (14) over a set of uplink channels (12) and then towards Earth (22) in a plurality of beams (20). In that context, inter-beam interference mitigation precoding (s40) of signals intended to non-space-based receiver locations (18) is performed. At each gateway (10), precoding weightings are generated (s30) and uplink signals are transmitted (s32) to the satellite (14) in each of the uplink channels (12). At the satellite (14), the uplink signals are received (s34) from the gateways (10) over the uplink channels (12), and, for each uplink signal, a downlink signal (s36) is derived before transmitting (s38) the downlink signals towards Earth (22). In addition, constraints are defined to allow an effective inter-beam mitigation precoding processing. In other words, the method aims at providing system-wide precoding when more than one gateway is used.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: SES S.A.Inventor: Jens Krause
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Patent number: 11283496Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a system include a processor(s) that produces a set of beamforming vectors, each vector produced based on a distinct set of parameters. To produce vector of the vectors, the processor(s) obtains, from receive antennas, data comprising a waveform comprising slots with boundaries, from a first collection window. The processor(s) determines the parameters (e.g., silent portion length and signal portion length) and determines which slots of the waveform contain signal operating instructions. The processor(s) aligns the slot boundaries, utilizing the data, based on determining which slots of the waveform contain signal operating instructions. The processor(s) extracts the signal portion and the silent portion, determines a covariance for each, and determines a vector and eigenvalue.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: PERSPECTA LABS INC.Inventors: Nicholas Chang, Eddie Fung, James Hodge
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Patent number: 11277289Abstract: A demodulation unit for recovering a transmitted symbol from a received signal that has been modulated using an MDPSK modulation scheme is described. The demodulation unit is configured to, for a current time instant, derive a current sample of a phase signal indicative of a phase of the received signal. Furthermore, the demodulation unit is configured to determine a set of discrimination signals for the current sample of the phase signal, based on the current sample of the phase signal and based on one or more previous samples of the phase signal for one or more previous time instants. In addition, the demodulation unit is configured to determine the transmitted symbol for the current time instant based on the set of discrimination signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor B.V.Inventor: Hamed Kenawy
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Patent number: 11272456Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to generating a wake up receiver (WUR) transmit waveform. A device may determine one or more symbols bit sequence of a wake up receiver (WUR) frame to be sent to a first station device capable of decoding the bit sequence. The device may determine a first symbol of the one or more symbols, wherein the first symbol is associated with an ON state. The device may determine a second symbol of the one or more symbols, wherein the second symbol is associated with the ON state. The device may generate a first on-off keying (OOK) waveform associated with the first symbol. The device may generate a second OOK waveform associated with the second symbol, wherein the second OOK waveform is different from the first OOK waveform. The device may cause to send the WUR frame to the first station device based on the first OOK waveform and the second OOK waveform.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Vinod Kristem, Shahrnaz Azizi, Thomas J. Kenney, Po-Kai Huang
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Patent number: 11271605Abstract: A system and method is provided for improving signal quality in communications among fully wireless systems including a host device in wireless communication with a primary accessory which further wirelessly communicates with a secondary accessory. The host device generates information for use by the primary accessory in determining which channels have interference and should be avoided. The information may include an adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) channel map for communications between the host and the primary device, from which the primary device can infer which frequency bands have interference and generate a second AFH map for communications between the primary accessory and the secondary accessory accordingly. In other examples the information includes the second AFH map generated by the host, for example, based on an out-of-band scan. In further examples, the information includes an indication of channels used by recognized nearby access points.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Xuemei Ouyang, Jeffrey Kuramoto, Jiang Zhu, Wenjing Su, Ke Dong, Seang Chau, Chi Fai Yip
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Patent number: 11265192Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a device configured to detect a presence of at least one digital pattern within a signal includes J memory circuits having respectively Nj memory locations; and processing circuitry comprising an accumulator configured to successively address the memory locations of the J memory circuits in a circular manner at frequency F and during an acquisition time, and successively accumulate and store values indicative of a signal intensity in parallel in the J addressed memory locations of the J memory circuits, and a detector configured to detect the possible presence of the at least one pattern.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SASInventor: Yoann Bouvet
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Patent number: 11265027Abstract: Bias arrangements for amplifiers are disclosed. An example arrangement includes a bias circuit, configured to produce a bias signal for the amplifier, and a linearization circuit, configured to improve linearity of the amplifier by modifying the bias signal based on an RF signal indicative of an RF input signal to be amplified by the amplifier. The linearization circuit includes a bias signal input for receiving the bias signal, an RF signal input for receiving the RF signal, and an output for providing a modified bias signal. The linearization circuit further includes at least a first linearization transistor, having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, where each of the bias signal input and the RF signal input of the linearization circuit is coupled to the first terminal of the first linearization transistor, and the output of the linearization circuit is coupled to the third terminal of the first linearization transistor.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventors: Mohamed Mobarak, Mohamed Moussa Ramadan Esmael, Mohamed Weheiba
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Patent number: 11258547Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station and a UE may determine that a first transmission on a first set of beams is unsuccessful. The base station and the UE may perform a beam sweep using a plurality of inactive beams based on the determination. The UE may transmit an indication of a second set of beams to the base station. The second set of beams may be selected by the UE based on the beam sweep. Responsive to the indication, the base station and the UE may communicate a second transmission on the second set of beams based at least in part on the indication. The second transmission may be a retransmission of the first transmission.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yan Zhou, Xiaoxia Zhang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Tao Luo
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System and method for performing measurements of antenna under test offset from center of quiet zone
Patent number: 11251840Abstract: A system and method are provided to determine equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP), effective isotropic sensitivity (EIS) and/or signal quality of a DUT in a test chamber, where the DUT has an AUT that has beam-forming capability and is offset from a center of a quiet zone of the test chamber. The method includes establishing a connection with the DUT using a far-field probe antenna in a far-field of the test chamber relative to the AUT so that the AUT forms a beam in a beam peak direction towards the far-field probe antenna; locking the beam of the AUT in the beam peak direction to prevent subsequent beam forming; and performing a near-field measurement of the EIRP, the EIS and/or the signal quality of the AUT with the beam locked in the beam peak direction using a near-field probe antenna in a near-field of the test chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Zhu Wen, Ya Jing, Li Cao, Thorsten Hertel -
Patent number: 11251888Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for operating an electronic device within a cellular environment. The technique includes determining one or more radio frequency (RF) link parameters associated with a link between the electronic device and a cellular base station at a first point in time. The technique also includes computing a first estimate for a pseudo-coupling loss (PCL) for the link based on the one or more RF link parameters. The technique further includes determining that the PCL exceeds a maximum coupling loss (MCL) for the link based on the first estimate and delaying transmission of one or more messages from the electronic device over the link until a second point in time that is later than the first point in time.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: ITRON, INC.Inventors: Richard Donald Maes, II, Robert Vernon Dusenberry
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Patent number: 11239993Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for syntonizing machines in a network. A coordinator accesses probe records for probes transmitted at different times between pairs of machines in the mesh network. For different pairs of machines, the coordinator estimates the drift between the pair of machines based on the transit times of probes transmitted between the pair of machines as indicated by the probe records. For different loops of at least three machines in the mesh network, the coordinator calculates a loop drift error based on a sum of the estimated drifts between pairs of machines around the loop and adjusts the estimated absolute drifts of the machines based on the loop drift errors. Here, the absolute drift is defined relative to a drift of a reference machine.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: CLOCKWORK SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Yilong Geng, Deepak Merugu, Balaji S. Prabhakar
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Patent number: 11239881Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are presented to transmit fragmented communication frames, such as fragmented ultra-wideband (UWB) frames. In some implementations, a communication frame may be divided into a plurality of fragments, and the fragments may be transmitted across a plurality of regulatory test intervals. E.g., each fragment may be transmitted within a mutually-exclusive regulatory test interval. In some implementations, each fragment may be constrained in time and/or transmission power, such that the total energy emitted during transmission of the fragment remains within a maximum energy limit defined for the regulatory test interval, e.g., by a regulatory entity. In some implementations, the sum of the energy emitted during transmission of two or more fragments may exceed the maximum energy limit defined for the regulatory test interval.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Joachim S. Hammerschmidt, Ersen Ekrem
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Patent number: 11228418Abstract: A example receiver includes analog circuitry configured to equalize and amplify an input signal and provide an analog signal as output; clock data recovery (CDR) circuitry configured to recover data clocks and edge clocks from the analog signal; a plurality of eye height optimization circuits, each of the plurality of eye height optimization circuits configured to, based on a respective data pattern of a plurality of data patterns, sample the analog signal based on the data clocks and the edge clocks, feed back first information to the analog circuitry for adjusting the eye amplitude, and feed back second information to the CDR circuitry for adjusting the data clocks; and an eye width optimization circuit configured to receive data and edge samples from the plurality of eye height optimization circuits, feed back third information to the CDR circuitry to adjust the edge clocks, and feed back fourth information to the analog circuitry to adjust the equalization.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Xiao Di Xing, Zhen Peng Zuo, Yang Xiao, Xu Guang Sun
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Base station and modulation method supporting lattice-partition-based non-orthogonal multiple access
Patent number: 11223399Abstract: The invention discloses a base station and a modulation method supporting lattice-partition-based downlink non-orthogonal multiple access. The modulation method includes: modulating at least one most significant bit (MSB) of weak user equipment (UE) into a first signal with first transmission power; modulating at least one least significant bit (LSB) of the weak UE into a second signal with second transmission power, where the second transmission power is less than the first transmission power; and modulating at least one second MSB of strong UE into a third signal with third transmission power, where the third transmission power is between the first transmission power and the second transmission power.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: National Tsing Hua UniversityInventors: Chin-Liang Wang, Ting-Han Liou -
Patent number: 11218225Abstract: The present invention is directed to communication method and techniques. In a specific embodiment, the present invention provides a receiver that interleaves data signal n-ways for n slices. Each of the n slices includes feedforward equalizer and decision feedback equalizers that are coupled to other slices. Each of the n slices also includes an analog-to-digital converter section that includes data and error slicers. There are other embodiments as well.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE, LTD.Inventor: Basel Alnabulsi
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Patent number: 11218189Abstract: A method and an apparatus providing common path distortion (CPD) detection from a field instrument, particularly when the source of the common path distortion is at a portion of the network beyond the subscriber's tap.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Loren R. Eggert, Daniel K. Chappell
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Patent number: 11209552Abstract: GNSS receiver which includes RF front end, connected to GNSS antenna, an ADC converting the satellite signals into digitized signals, a digital section, including a processor receiving the digitized signals, forming raw measurements with pseudoranges measured between the antenna and satellites, and estimating target parameters, including receiver position and receiver time offset by (i) extrapolating the target parameters from previous epoch to current epoch using a dynamic model; (ii) computing a quasi-measurement for each satellite based on extrapolated target parameters and GNSS satellite positions; (iii) detecting and rejecting raw measurements with anomalous errors by testing differences between the raw measurements and respective quasi-measurements against predefined thresholds; (iv) substituting quasi-measurements for rejected raw measurements; (v) estimating target parameters using unrejected raw measurements and substituted quasi-measurements; (vi) outputting estimated target parameters.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.Inventors: Mark Isaakovich Zhodzishsky, Viktor Abramovich Veitsel, Mikhail Arkadievich Mironov, Alexey Vasilievich Bashaev, Amir Salikhovich Bakeev, Vladimir Viktorovich Beloglazov, Sergey Vladislavovich Averin
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Patent number: 11206082Abstract: The disclosure provides for a system that includes a network controller. The network controller is configured to receive information from nodes of a network, where nodes include one node that is in motion relative to another node. The network controller is also configured to generate a table representing available nodes and possible links in the network based on the information, and determine a topology of the network based on the table. Additionally, the network controller is configured to receive client data information from a client device, and determine flows for the topology based on the client data information. Each flow includes one or more requirements for a routing path through the network. The network controller is configured to generate a network configuration for the topology based on the flows, and send instructions to the nodes of the network for implementing the network configuration and transmitting client data.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Brian Barritt