Patents Examined by Zewdu A Kassa
  • Patent number: 10924164
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for beamforming communication systems with power control based on antenna pattern configuration are provided. In certain embodiments, a beamforming communication system includes an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements. The beamforming communication system further includes a plurality of signal conditioning circuits operatively associated with the antenna elements, and an antenna array management circuit that generates a plurality of control signals that individually control the signal conditioning circuits. The antenna array management circuit achieves a desired level of power control based on generating the control signals to select an antenna pattern configuration associated with a desired power control level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dominique Michel Yves Brunel, William J. Domino, Stephen Joseph Kovacic
  • Patent number: 10917157
    Abstract: The present invention relates to precoding and feedback channel information in wireless communication system. A method includes receiving a first Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) and a second PMI from a terminal; mapping one or two codewords into layers; precoding symbols mapped into the layers using a first precoding matrix derived from the first PMI and a second precoding matrix derived from the second PMI; and transmitting the precoded symbols to the terminal, wherein the reception of the first PMI is less frequent than the reception of the second PMI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: PANTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jianjun Li, Kyoungmin Park
  • Patent number: 10917098
    Abstract: A device for wireless communication using a plurality of antennas including a first local oscillation generator configured to generate a first local oscillation signal for up-converting a first transmission signal, a second local oscillation generator configured to generate a second local oscillation signal for up-converting a second transmission signal, and a phase difference detector configured to, detect a first phase difference between the first local oscillation signal and the second local oscillation signal, and generate a first phase compensation signal based on the first phase difference for adjusting a phase of at least one of the first transmission signal or the second transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Jang, Sangwook Han, Shinwoong Kim, Jaeyoung Kim, Chulho Kim
  • Patent number: 10911075
    Abstract: A wireless device comprising a first antenna and second antenna, a transceiver and a radio frequency front end system electrically coupled between the transceiver and the antennas. The RF front end system includes a first module operable to provide a high band transmit signal to the first antenna, receive a first high band receive signal and a first mid band receive signal from the first antenna. The first high band receive signal has a frequency content greater than that of the first mid band receive signal. The RF front end system further includes a second module operable to provide a mid band transmit signal to the second antenna, receive a second mid band receive signal and a second high band receive signal from the second antenna. The second high band receive signal has a frequency content greater than that of the second mid band receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: John Chi-Shuen Leung
  • Patent number: 10897276
    Abstract: Disclosed are implementations for digital predistortion of signals provided to a radio frequency (RF) transmission path configured to transmit radio signals in a plurality of subbands within a spectral range, including a method that includes configuring a digital predistorter for predistorting signals comprising arbitrary spectral content within the spectral range. The configuring includes acquiring data samples representing operation of the RF transmission path to transmit radio signals in different subbands, each sample including a digital input signal representing spectral content concentrated in a respective subband, and updating parameters of the digital predistorter according to the acquired data samples to mitigate non-linear characteristics of the RF transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: NanoSemi, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre Megretski, Kevin Chuang, Yan Li, Zohaib Mahmood, Helen H. Kim
  • Patent number: 10897299
    Abstract: A wireless apparatus multiplies, by a first weight corresponding to each of a plurality of beams, a received signal corresponding to a reference signal transmitted from each of wireless terminals, estimates a channel response associated with each of the beams, computes a predetermined metric for each combination of beams to be used, selects the beams to be used when performing signal detection with respect to a received signal into which radio signals transmitted from the wireless terminals are spatially multiplexed based on the predetermined metric, determines a second weight to be used for the signal detection and multiplies, by the second weight, the received signal into which radio signals transmitted from the wireless terminals are spatially multiplexed to perform the signal detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kazushi Muraoka
  • Patent number: 10887028
    Abstract: A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT) are provided. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, etc. The method includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message including first information associated with a reference signal for a radio link monitoring (RLM) and second information associated with a threshold for the RLM, monitoring a radio link quality of at least one reference signal indicated by the first information, comparing the radio link quality of the at least one reference signal with the threshold and indicating an in-sync or an out-of-sync to a higher layer of the terminal based on the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: June Hwang, Hyunjeong Kang, Jungmin Moon, Seunghoon Park, Byounghoon Jung
  • Patent number: 10887030
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for obtaining a plurality of BER-specific correction values by comparing a first set of BER values obtained by sampling, at a sampling instant near the center of a signaling interval, a non-DFE corrected received signal with a second set of BER values obtained by sampling a DFE-corrected received signal at the sampling instant. A set of eye-scope BER measurements are obtained, each eye-scope BER measurement having a sampling offset relative to the sampling instant, a voltage offset value representing a voltage offset applied to alter a decision threshold, and an eye-scope BER value. A set of DFE-adjusted eye-scope BER measurements are generated by using BER-specific correction values to adjust the voltage offset values of the eye-scope BER measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.
    Inventor: Richard Simpson
  • Patent number: 10879968
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a data processing method. In the data processing method, before channel coding, a transmission control device divides a data flow into N sub-data flows, allocates the N sub-data flows to N transmit ends, and notifies the N transmit ends of a same time-frequency resource used for sending the allocated sub-data flows. By applying the technical solution, the N transmit ends can send different sub-data flows of a same data flow to a same receive end on the same time-frequency resource without a large amount of signaling interworking, and a system throughput can be improved without increasing network implementation complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengpeng Dong, Weiming Duan
  • Patent number: 10880029
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes an interference mitigation processor, including an input, and an output, the interference mitigation processor configured to sum n msec received correlators over m msec, and analyze the n msec correlators to reduce interference. The method includes summing, by an interference mitigation processor, n msec received correlators over m msec; and analyzing, by an interference mitigation processor, the n msec correlators to reduce interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Gary Lennen
  • Patent number: 10879991
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for signaling of UE intra/inter-panel beam switch latency using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. For example, the method generally includes determining at least a first latency associated with a beam switch across at least first and second antenna array modules, wherein the first latency is greater than or equal to a second latency associated with a beam switch within the first or second antenna module, and signaling a second device an indication of when to assume the first latency for a beam switch at the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Valentin Alexandru Gheorghiu, Ruhua He
  • Patent number: 10873386
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for signaling of UE intra/inter-panel beam switch latency using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. For example, the method generally includes determining at least a first latency associated with a beam switch across at least first and second antenna array modules, wherein the first latency is greater than or equal to a second latency associated with a beam switch within the first or second antenna module, and signaling a second device an indication of when to assume the first latency for a beam switch at the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Valentin Alexandru Gheorghiu, Ruhua He
  • Patent number: 10862506
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an encoder and an encoding method thereof, as well as a decoder and a decoding method thereof, which can be used to reduce the number of wires necessary for data transmission and transmit more data at a faster speed with the same number of wires, thereby improving the efficiency of data transmission. The encoder may comprises two input terminals configured to receive two input signals simultaneously, each input terminal comprises a wire identifying a positive voltage and a wire identifying a negative voltage; and a plurality of output terminals, wherein each output terminal comprises a wire identifying a positive voltage and a wire identifying a negative voltage, a combination of the two input signals corresponds to one of the plurality of output terminals, and the output terminal to which the current combination of the two input signals corresponds is configured to output signals through the two wires of the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Dai, Taehyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10840982
    Abstract: The present application is at least directed to an apparatus on a network including a non-transitory memory including instructions stored thereon for beamforming training during an interval in the network. The apparatus also includes a processor, operably coupled to the non-transitory memory, capable of executing the instructions of receiving, from a new radio node, a beamforming training signal and beam identification for each of plural beams during the interval. The processor is also configured to execute the instructions of determining an optimal transmission beam of the new radio node based on the beamforming training signals of the plural beams. The processor is further configured to execute the instructions of transmitting, to the new radio node, a signal including a beam identification of the optimal transmission beam and an identification of the apparatus during the interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Convidia Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Allan Y. Tsai, Qing Li, Pascal M. Adjakple, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Wei Chen, Joseph M. Murray
  • Patent number: 10840969
    Abstract: A system and methods for transmission and non-coherent detection of data signals modulated by a plurality of overlapping chirps in a chirp spread spectrum communication system (CSS). Data signals input to an adaptive overlapping transmitter are modulated by a plurality of overlapping chirps and transmitted over a wireless communication system to a non-coherent receiver. The coherent receiver includes a chirp matched filter which matches the chirps to an internal chirp signal, a delay filter which delays each chirp, a multiplier which multiplies each delayed chirp by a next chirp, an integrator which sums the amplitudes of the chirps and decision circuitry which determines the polarity of each sum and outputs a stream of ones and zeroes representing the data signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventor: Ahmed Barnawi
  • Patent number: 10841075
    Abstract: A transmission circuit includes a filter circuit configured to compensate for degradation of a multiplexed signal, based on a tap coefficient to be updated based on a first signal and a second signal which are time-division-multiplexed to the multiplexed signal, a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit configured to control, based on control information corresponding to phases of the first signal and the second signal, a frequency of a clock signal to be synchronized with the multiplexed signal whose degradation has been compensated, and a control circuit configured to generate, in response to an interruption of an input of the first signal or the second signal, the control information corresponding to the phase of the first signal or the second signal of which the interruption is not detected so as to output the control information to the PLL circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10826625
    Abstract: An antenna calibration network system, an antenna calibration network and a MIMO antenna are provided, and the antenna calibration network system includes a substrate, directional coupler groups provided on the substrate and arranged in a horizontal direction, and a multi-stage combiner network provided at front ends of the directional coupler groups. A parallel coupled line of each directional coupler extends along a horizontal direction. The multi-stage combiner network includes first-stage combiners arranged at one side of the directional coupler groups, and second-stage combiners cascaded with the first-stage combiner and passing between the two directional coupler groups corresponding to the two first-stage combiners to the other side of the plurality of the directional coupler groups. A space utilization rate of the calibration network board can be improved, a size of the calibration network board can be reduced, and antenna cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Qingchen Chu, Li Han, Yuehua Yue
  • Patent number: 10826544
    Abstract: A signal processing method, a signal filtering apparatus, and a signal processing apparatus are provided. An input signal may be input into a filter having a passband, a superfluous signal of the passband may be output from the filter, and a target signal may be obtained by subtracting the superfluous signal from the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ui Kun Kwon, Chang Soon Park, Seungkeun Yoon, Sang Joon Kim, Jaechun Lee, Changmok Choi
  • Patent number: 10819468
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for stochastic linear detection. A digital signal processor determines information about a plurality of transmitted signals based on a plurality of received signals. An initialization module determines an estimator matrix and a noise shaping matrix based on channel state information that relates the transmitted signals to the received signals. A sample generation module stochastically generates a plurality of signal estimates so that each signal estimate is a sum of a fixed component and a random component. The fixed component may be based on applying the estimator matrix to a vector of the received signals, and the random component may be based on applying the noise shaping matrix to generated noise. An output module sends soft information to an error-correcting code (ECC) decoder for decoding bits carried by the transmitted signals. The soft information may be based on the plurality of signal estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventors: Ahmad Rezazadehreyhani, Jonathan C. Hedstrom, Chung Him Yuen, Kohl Riekhof, Daryl Wasden, Behrouz Farhang
  • Patent number: 10797830
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for multiplexing signals using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. A signal multiplexing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to combine a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels to generate a multiplexed signal, a power normalizer configured to reduce power of the multiplexed signal to power corresponding to the core layer signal, and a time interleaver configured to perform interleaving applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Nam-Ho Hur, Sun-Hyoung Kwon, Sung-Ik Park, Heung-Mook Kim, Jae-Young Lee