Patents Examined by Jean B. Corrielus
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Patent number: 11838163Abstract: For Type-II codebook compression, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor coupled to the transceiver, the processor being configured to cause the apparatus to: receive a reference signal, identify a set of taps over a layer based on the reference signal, where the set of taps correspond to a set of sub-band indices. The processor is configured to cause the apparatus to generate a combinatorial codeword representing the set of taps and transmit a CSI report indicating the combinatorial codeword.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Udar Mittal, Tyler Brown, Ahmed Hindy
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Patent number: 11838093Abstract: A method by which a terminal performs a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: receiving setting information related to a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); transmitting the PUCCH on the basis of the setting information, the PUCCH being related to BFR of at least one secondary cell (SCell); and transmitting a message comprising information related to the BFR. The message comprising the information related to the BFR is related to a beam failure detected before a specific time point.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jiwon Kang, Jonghyun Park
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Patent number: 11838161Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems to enable a channel estimation of more than one channel for Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) communications in a wireless network is provided. The method includes determining a first set of complex numbers comprising first channel estimation signal associated with a first channel, determining a second set of complex numbers comprising second channel estimation signal associated with a second channel, and transmitting the first set of complex numbers and the second set of complex numbers via a physical layer (PHY) frame, wherein the second set of complex numbers are complex conjugates of the first set of complex numbers.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Hanqing Lou, Oghenekome Oteri, Robert Olesen, Fengjun Xi
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Patent number: 11838085Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to antenna configuration parameters. A device may determine one or more antennas having one or more phases. The device may determine a first delay associated with a first antenna of the one or more antennas. The device may determine a second delay associated with a second antenna of the one or more antennas. The device may cause to send a frame to a first station device using the first antenna, wherein the frame comprises a first indication of the delay associated with the first antenna and a second indication of the delay associated with the second antenna.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Xintian Lin, Yuan Zhu, Jonathan Segev, Qinghua Li, Xiaogang Chen, Feng Jiang
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Patent number: 11831388Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: receiving, at a user device, a downlink reference signal from a communication node of a mobile communication system, wherein the downlink reference signal is received by one of a plurality of beams of a receiver of the user device in accordance with a configured beam alignment; determining whether to initiate beam switching to reconfigure the beam alignment at said receiver based, at least in part, on a signal power of the received downlink reference signal; and determining, in the event that beam switching is to be initiated, whether to initiate communication node assisted beam switching or non-communication node assisted beam switching.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Simon Svendsen, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Christian Rom, Benny Vejlgaard
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Patent number: 11817927Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to preparing for a connection with a user equipment while the user equipment is in an idle state in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include facilitating transmitting a signal directed by an antenna of base station equipment. The method can further include, facilitating receiving, from a user equipment, a message, wherein the message comprises feedback information describing receipt of the signal while the user equipment was in an idle mode at a location. Further, the method can comprise, based on the feedback information and the location, generating a model of signal propagation applicable to signals at the location.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P., AT&T TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Thomas Henderson, Kurt Huber, Daniel Vivanco, Julius Fodje
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Patent number: 11804914Abstract: Techniques are described for detecting whether a phased array antenna is to be calibrated. In an example, a controller communicatively coupled with the phased array antenna measures a characteristic of a probe signal. The probe signal is communicated between an antenna element of the phased array antenna and a probe antenna mounted to the phased array antenna. The probe antenna is over-resonant. The controller further determines a drift of the phased array antenna based at least in part on the characteristic. Based at least in part on the drift, the controller initiates a calibration of the phased array antenna.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tara Yousefi, Alireza Mahanfar, Christopher Steven Merola
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Patent number: 11799514Abstract: In one embodiment, a device identifies a path of travel of a mobile system. The device subdivides the path of travel into a plurality of zones. The device generates time-slotted channel hopping schedules for the plurality of zones, each time-slotted channel hopping schedule having an associated zone among the plurality of zones. The device causes the mobile system to communicate wirelessly with networking infrastructure located along the path of travel, in accordance with a particular one of the time-slotted channel hopping schedules while the mobile system is located in its associated zone.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Alessandro Erta, Luca Bisti, Domenico Ficara, Kasi Nalamalapu, Salvatore Valenza, Vincent Cuissard, Sudhir Kumar Jain, Loris Gazzarrini, Arun Khanna, Stefano Ferrari, Pascal Thubert
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Patent number: 11789857Abstract: A computer-implemented method for processing signals is provided including advantageously generating a temporally continuous weighted pulse position modulation (CW PPM) duration signal from an input analog signal, converting the CW PPM duration signal to a memory access signal, executing a multiply and accumulate (MAC) operation with the memory access signal, and advantageously generating the input analog signal from a result of the MAC operation by an activation function (AF).Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Takeo Yasuda, Atsuya Okazaki
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Patent number: 11792051Abstract: A multi-channel digital isolator includes a digital isolator and an interlock circuit. The isolator includes a transmitter having a transmitter output, a receiver having a receiver input and a receiver output, an isolation barrier coupled between the transmitter output and the receiver input, and an output buffer having a buffer input and configured to output an isolated signal. The transmitter is configured to transmit an input signal across the isolation barrier. The interlock circuit has an interlock input coupled to the receiver output and an interlock output coupled to the buffer input. The interlock module is configured to prevent overlapping active states between the first isolated signal and a complementary isolated signal. In some implementations, the digital isolator also includes a dead-time insertion circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Sadia Arefin Khan, Anant Shankar Kamath, Martin Staebler, Vikas Kumar Thawani
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Patent number: 11791868Abstract: An operator may enhance radio resource management with beamwidth selection and beamsteering by receiving coverage data for a plurality of access points (APs) in a wireless network; calculating an antenna arrangement for the plurality of APs based on the coverage data, wherein the antenna arrangement covers a designated area in an environment; and configuring each AP of the plurality of aps according to the antenna arrangement by: setting a steering angle for adjustable antennas of the plurality of APs, setting a transmission power for the adjustable antennas; and setting a beamwidth of the adjustable antennas.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Santosh B. Kulkarni, Vishal S. Desai, Pooya Monajemi, Young Il Choi
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Patent number: 11791889Abstract: A beam selection method includes determining, by a terminal, a first angular power spectrum of a low frequency channel transmitted between the terminal and an access network device, determining, by the terminal, a first high frequency beam scanning range based on the first angular power spectrum, and scanning, by the terminal, the first high frequency beam scanning range for a high frequency beam of the access network device.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Cen Ling, Xiaoyong Yu, Yong Cheng, Bin Liu
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Patent number: 11784419Abstract: Antenna-plexers for interference cancellation are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a wireless device includes an antenna, an antenna-plexer coupled to the antenna and configured to generate a feedback signal, a transmitter configured to transmit a transmit signal to the antenna by way of the antenna-plexer, a receiver configured to process a receive signal, and a feedback receiver configured to process the feedback signal from the antenna-plexer to provide compensation to the receive signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: David Richard Pehlke, Anand Raghavan, Poul Olesen, Werner Schelmbauer, Thorsten Tracht, Wolfgang Thomann, Amir Israel Rubin, Assi Jakoby, Ofer Benjamin
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Patent number: 11777643Abstract: A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Se-ho Myung, Belkacem Mouhouche, Daniel Ansorregui Lobete, Kyung-joong Kim, Hong-sil Jeong
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Patent number: 11764882Abstract: Embodiments of a calibration system for third order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) cancellation and a wireless apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment, a calibration system for IMD3 cancellation includes a cancellation circuit for IMD3 cancellation between a first transmitter and a second transmitter, and a controller coupled to the cancellation circuit and configured to for each frequency channel of the first transmitter, perform a pre-conditional calibration of the cancellation circuit, after the pre-conditional calibration, determine a phase configuration for the cancellation circuit, and after the phase configuration for the cancellation circuit is determined, determine an attenuation configuration for the cancellation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.Inventors: Sai-Wang Tam, Alden C. Wong, Weiwei Xu, Yui Lin, Jue Yu, Sridhar Reddy Narravula, Dipen Bakul Parikh
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Patent number: 11764858Abstract: Communicating polarization-dependent information over a free space channel may include separating a data signal carrying data into a first signal and a second signal each carrying a portion of the data of the data signal, modulating a first carrier signal with the first signal and a second carrier signal with the second signal, radiating the modulated first signal with a first polarization as a polarized first signal over a free space channel, radiating the modulated second signal with a second polarization as a polarized second signal over the free space channel, demodulating the polarized first signal and the polarized second signal, and combining the demodulated first signal with the demodulated second signal to provide an output signal carrying the data of the data signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Inventor: Emeric S. Bennett
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Patent number: 11757688Abstract: A sequence-based signal processing method and apparatus are provided. A sequence meeting a requirement for sending a signal by using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is determined. The sequence is a sequence {fn} consisting of 12 elements, fn represents an element in the sequence {fn}, and the determined sequence {fn} is a sequence meeting a preset condition. Then, the 12 elements in the sequence {fn} are respectively mapped to 12 subcarriers, to generate a first signal, and the first signal is sent. By using the determined sequence, when the signal is sent by using the PUCCH, a low correlation between sequences can be maintained, and a relatively small peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) value and a relatively small cubic metric (CM) value can be maintained. Therefore, a requirement of a communication application environment in which the signal is sent by using the PUCCH is met.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bingyu Qu, Hao Sun
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Patent number: 11742929Abstract: A user equipment includes a transmission unit that transmits, to a base station, information indicating a specific band combination supported by the user equipment for carrier aggregation and combinations of maximum numbers of Multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) layers to be applied to respective component carriers of frequency bands included in the specific band combination, the combinations of the maximum numbers of MIMO layers being supported by the user equipment; and a control unit that applies a default value as the maximum numbers of MIMO layers to be applied, by the user equipment, to the respective component carriers of the frequency bands included in the specific band combination, when a signal indicating the maximum numbers of MIMO layers to be applied, by the base station, to the respective component carriers of the frequency bands included in the specific band combination is not received from the base station.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi, Akihito Hanaki, Hidekazu Shimodaira
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Patent number: 11736335Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to transmitter systems, methods, and instructions for signal predistortion.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC.Inventors: Ruikang Yang, Michael Russo, Simon Hamparian
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Patent number: 11736179Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for multi-antenna transmission. The method which may be performed by a communication device comprises determining first correlation information in response to interference to data on a first subset of multiple antenna branches of the communication device. The first correlation information may indicate at least correlation between the data on the first subset of the multiple antenna branches and data on a second subset of the multiple antenna branches which is not affected by interference. The method further comprises correcting the data on the first subset of the multiple antenna branches, based at least in part on the first correlation information.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Ang Feng, Zhicai Ma, Liushuan Zhou, Yanhui Zhao