Patents Examined by Siu M. Lee
  • Patent number: 11425680
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positioning system. The positioning system includes a positioning signal generation server and a positioning station. The positioning signal generation server is configured to generate a time domain positioning oversampled signal according to a positioning signal parameter and send the time domain positioning oversampled signal to the positioning station. The positioning station is configured to receive the time domain positioning oversampled signal generated by the positioning signal generation server and send the time domain positioning oversampled signal according to sending time information of a positioning signal. Further provided are a positioning signal generation and sending method and a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shijun Chen, Dawei Chen, Yuanyuan Wang, Cheng Bi
  • Patent number: 11424971
    Abstract: A control unit generates pulse width modulation (PWM) pulses for an inverter. The control unit has a noise reducer configured to generate an opposing signal for active noise reduction. The noise reducer is configured to set a phase angle of the opposing signal based upon a predefined PWM frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Nelles, Jan Naegelkraemer
  • Patent number: 11405256
    Abstract: Techniques are presented for receiving Quadrature Amplitude Modulated (QAM) symbols from a transmitter via a transmission path. In one example, a demodulator is configured to down-convert an incoming Radio Frequency (RF) signal to a baseband signal and convert the baseband signal to digital samples, and output the digital samples. A demapper is configured to receive the digital samples output from the demodulator and output data encoded in QAM symbols. The demapper is further configured to: determine from a constellation of QAM symbols a subset of QAM symbols that a digital sample from the demodulator may represent; apply an offset to each QAM symbol in the subset of QAM symbols of the constellation to result in a subset of offset QAM symbols; determine which QAM symbol in the subset of offset QAM symbols the digital sample most likely represents; and output data representing a determined QAM symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Andreas Bernhard Bisplinghoff, Stefan Helmut Müller-Weinfurtner
  • Patent number: 11405089
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing interference in a communication network include transmitting a first downlink signal from a first transmit/receive point (TRP) to an electronic device using a beam. The electronic device can also receive a second downlink signal from a second TRP, where a portion of the first downlink signal from the first TRP interferes with the second downlink signal. The first TRP then receives a series of uplink pilot signals from the electronic device. Using the received uplink pilot signals, the first TRP can then estimate the angle of departure (AoD) for the intended signal (first downlink signal), and the AoD for the interference signal. The first TRP can then reconfigure the beam used to transmit the first downlink signal based on the estimated AoDs for the intended signal and interference signal to manage the interference effect that the first leakage signal has on the second downlink signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Fredrik Rusek, Olof Zander, Zuleita Ho, Erik Bengtsson, Kun Zhao, Torgny Palenius
  • Patent number: 11395301
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a transmission point, a first positioning reference signal (PRS) muting pattern for a first subgroup of PRS resources of a first PRS resource set, wherein the first PRS muting pattern comprises a plurality of N bits representing a plurality of N PRS occasions of the first subgroup of PRS resources, wherein each bit of the plurality of N bits represents a corresponding PRS occasion of the plurality of N PRS occasions of each PRS resource of the first subgroup of PRS resources, and wherein the plurality of N PRS occasions comprises a plurality of active PRS occasions of the first subgroup of PRS resources, and measures, during at least one of the plurality of active PRS occasions of the first subgroup of PRS resources, PRS received from the transmission point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug, Sven Fischer
  • Patent number: 11394422
    Abstract: Infrastructure electronics equipment incorporates infrastructure Local-Site Transports (LSTs). LSTs convey payload sampled signals over imperfect electromagnetic (EM) pathways whose physical properties are usually unknown when the equipment (e.g., Cameras, Displays, Set-Top Boxes) is manufactured. Prior LSTs hedge against EM pathway degradation in several ways: requiring high-quality cables (e.g., HDMI); restricting transmission distance, (e.g., HDMI); and/or reducing quality, via compression, to extend transmission distance somewhat (e.g., Ethernet). The subject of this disclosure is an infrastructure LST for sampled signals that causes the physical errors inevitably arising from propagation of sensory payloads over imperfect EM pathways to manifest in a perceptually benign manner, leveraging legacy infrastructure and reducing costs to achieve a favorable ratio of fidelity to transmission distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: HYPHY USA INC.
    Inventors: Rob Hannebauer, Todd Rockoff, Dean Rubine
  • Patent number: 11385315
    Abstract: One embodiment is a method including: receiving signals of at least 4 paths from the Tx UE; measuring a ToA, an AoA, an AoD of each of the signals of 4 paths, determining each distance between the Rx UE and each scatter of each 4 paths, each distance between the Rx UE and the Tx UE and a driving direction of the Tx UE, based on the ToA, AoA and AoD; determining a position of the Tx UE based on results of measurement and results of the determination, wherein an assumption that each of x-axis distance and y-axis distance between the Tx UE and Rx UE based on the AoA, AoD and the driving direction of the Tx UE are identical in signal path 1 and signal path p (p=2, 3, 4) is used for determination of the position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyukjin Chae, Seung-Woo Ko, Kaibin Huang, Kaifeng Han
  • Patent number: 11387854
    Abstract: A communication interference rejection system, comprising a dual data rate (DDR) receiver operatively connected to a device connected to a body of a user. The DDR receiver is configured to receive a signal transmitted through the body of the user, with the signal comprising a relatively substantially small constant amplitude component and a relatively large sinusoidal or modulated interference component, said interference component due to human body antenna effect. The receiver integrates the signal and sample at a sampling time, with the sampling time defined as Ts=n/Finterference, wherein Finterference is the frequency of the modulated interference component and n is an integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Shreyas Sen
  • Patent number: 11379186
    Abstract: Systems and methods to implement a multiply and accumulate (MAC) unit is described. In an example, a device can include a first current mode digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to multiply an input signal with a first current having a first amplitude to generate a first signal. The device can further include a second current mode DAC configured to multiply the input signal with a second current having a second amplitude to generate a second signal. The second amplitude can be less than the first amplitude. The device can further include a mixer configured to multiply the second signal with a clock signal to generate a third signal. The third signal can be combined with the first signal via a current summing node to generate an output signal. The output signal can be outputted to another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sudipto Chakraborty, Rajiv Joshi
  • Patent number: 11381987
    Abstract: Systems and methods can support surveying mobile wireless base stations. One or more radio frequency antennas can be positioned within an electromagnetic environment where user equipment devices are serviced by base stations. One or more radio frequency receivers can electrically couple signals from the radio frequency antennas. The signals can be scanned by the radio frequency receivers for synchronization with one or more of the base stations. Downlink channels from the identified base stations may be decoded. Performance metrics may be collected regarding the decoded downlink channels. Optimization parameters may be established to improve effective monitoring of the base stations under constraints associated with the radio frequency antennas and the radio frequency receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Bastille Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicola Bui, Rahul Nagraj, Christian Sepulveda
  • Patent number: 11375532
    Abstract: A resource allocation method and apparatus, a base station, and UE are provided. The method includes: transmitting DCI including resource allocation indication information to UE, where the resource allocation indication information is used for indicating a resource location of a frequency domain resource allocated to the UE, the frequency domain resource is allocated by using a VRB group as allocation granularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 11375506
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal measurement system capable of testing a mobile communication terminal compatible with a plurality of communication standards having overlapping frequency bands in a state where the frequency bands overlap. In the communication terminal measurement system according to the present invention, the control apparatus 31 acquires the second frequency band information from the second storage unit 21m of the second mobile terminal measurement apparatus 21, and inputs parameters for avoiding all or a part of the frequency band to the storage unit 20m of the first mobile terminal measurement apparatus 20, whereby avoiding the mobile communication terminal 11a from refusing to receive signals due to input of signals of both two communication standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Yamasaki, Daiki Kano, Yuki Naruse
  • Patent number: 11368857
    Abstract: Optimal determination of wireless antenna configurations may be provided. A computing device may direct an antenna array of an Access Point (AP) to generate a wide beamwidth, to locate a cluster of two or more stations. Upon locating the cluster, the AP can narrow the beamwidth, and, with the narrower beamwidth, receive a key performance indicator (KPI) from at least one of the two or more stations in the cluster. The computing device may then generate a statistical model, based on the KPI and an antenna vector of the antenna array. Based on the statistical model, the computing device can determine a second antenna vector to optimize the KPI for one or more of the client stations. The computing device can then modify the antenna state of the AP to generate the determined antenna vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sivadeep Reddy Kalavakuru, Ardalan Alizadeh, John Martin Blosco, Matthew Aaron Silverman, Gautam D. Bhanage, John Matthew Swartz
  • Patent number: 11368278
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for receiving a plurality of signals corresponding to symbols of a codeword on a plurality of wires of a multi-wire bus, and responsively generating a plurality of sub-channel outputs using a plurality of multi-input comparators (MICs) connected to the plurality of wires of the multi-wire bus, generating a plurality of wire-specific skew control signals, each wire-specific skew control signal of the plurality of wire-specific skew control signals generated by combining (i) one or more sub-channel specific skew measurement signals associated with corresponding sub-channel outputs undergoing a transition and (ii) a corresponding wire-specific transition delta, and providing the plurality of wire-specific skew control signals to respective wire-skew control elements to adjust wire-specific skew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.
    Inventor: Ali Hormati
  • Patent number: 11368185
    Abstract: Sharing of frequency generator settings in a network are disclosed. In a particular implementation, a method of wireless communication includes determining, by a user equipment (UE), a first frequency setting for a frequency generator of a UE. The first frequency setting is associated with a first frequency. The method includes modifying the first frequency setting to generate a second frequency setting for the frequency generator. The second frequency setting is associated with a second frequency that is different from the first frequency. The method also includes generating a message that indicates the second frequency setting. The method further includes transmitting the message from the UE to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Akash Kumar
  • Patent number: 11357010
    Abstract: Sensor assisted beam management system and methods for mobile User Equipment (UEs) are disclosed. An embedded rotation sensor may be used to determine orientation, rotating direction and angular speed of the UE. A speed sensor and GPS may also be used to determine location, moving direction and speed of the UE. The sensor outputs may be used by the UE to efficiently select UE beams after movement or to predict when a UE beam should be updated. Beam search and measurement periodicities may also be updated based on UE movements reported by the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jun Zhu, Mihir Vijay Laghate, Raghu Narayan Challa
  • Patent number: 11356953
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for operating an electronic device within a cellular environment. The technique includes determining a coverage enhancement (CE) parameter and 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 signal condition associated with the link based on the CE parameter and the one or more RF link parameters. The technique further includes determining that the signal condition is not adequate 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ITRON, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Vernon Dusenberry, Richard Donald Maes, II
  • Patent number: 11356140
    Abstract: Circuits and methods for performing a clock and data recovery are disclosed. In one example, a circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes an FSM. The FSM includes: a first accumulator, a second accumulator, and a third accumulator. The first accumulator is configured to receive an input phase code representing a phase timing difference between a data signal and a clock signal at each FSM cycle, to accumulate input phase codes for different FSM cycles, and to generate a first order phase code at each FSM cycle. The second accumulator is coupled to the first accumulator and configured to accumulate the input phase codes and first order phase codes for different FSM cycles, and to generate a second order phase code at each FSM cycle. The third accumulator is coupled to the second accumulator and configured to accumulate the input phase codes and second order phase codes for different FSM cycles, and to generate a third order phase code at each FSM cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Hsiang Lan, Cheng-Hsiang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11349554
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming a beam pair link, by a processor of an electronic device, including measuring a first strength of a first beam generated by a first external electronic device by using a first directional beam formed in a first direction through at least one antenna module of an electronic device, measuring, based on the number of measurements, a second strength of a second beam generated by at least one of the first external electronic device and a second external electronic device by using a second directional beam formed in a second direction different from the first direction, and replacing at least one threshold with another threshold to be used for changing the current beam pair link for the communication with the external electronic device, the replacing being based at least in part on a determination that at least one strength of the first strength of the first beam or the second strength of the second beam satisfies a specified condition, wherein the number of measurements is defined
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hyoungjoo Lee, Taeyoon Kim, Byungwook Yoo, Chaeman Lim, Euichang Jung
  • Patent number: 11350425
    Abstract: This application provides antenna panel training methods and apparatuses. One method includes: determining, by a network device, configuration information that comprises information about a reference signal resource set for training an antenna panel of a terminal device; and sending, by the network device, the configuration information to the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Guan, Xi Zhang, Lei Chen