Patents by Inventor Alfonso RODRÍGUEZ HERRERA

Alfonso RODRÍGUEZ HERRERA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11451312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of calibrating phase alignment of signals from multiple transmit antennas on multiple channels during OTA testing of a MIMO DUT, including generating a noisy test signal by adding noise to a signal pattern and transmitting the noisy test signal to the DUT on first and second channels OTA and sweeping a relative phase of the signal pattern, but not the added noise, in the first and second channels, while receiving from the DUT reports of a SNR for a received signal on at least one of the first channel and subsequently on the second channels. The method also includes analyzing variation in the SNR to determine phase alignment of the first and second channels, as received and processed by the DUT and using the determined phase alignment to perform OTA testing of the DUT. The method can also include receiving a RSRP and/or a RSSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfonso Rodriguez-Herrera, John Douglas Reed
  • Publication number: 20220006537
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of calibrating phase alignment of signals from multiple transmit antennas on multiple channels during OTA testing of a MIMO DUT, including generating a noisy test signal by adding noise to a signal pattern and transmitting the noisy test signal to the DUT on first and second channels OTA and sweeping a relative phase of the signal pattern, but not the added noise, in the first and second channels, while receiving from the DUT reports of a SNR for a received signal on at least one of the first channel and subsequently on the second channels. The method also includes analyzing variation in the SNR to determine phase alignment of the first and second channels, as received and processed by the DUT and using the determined phase alignment to perform OTA testing of the DUT. The method can also include receiving a RSRP and/or a RSSI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfonso RODRIGUEZ-HERRERA, John Douglas REED
  • Patent number: 10587350
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods for conducted massive MIMO array testing uses an efficient method of utilizing hardware resources for emulating signals from a massive MIMO base station transceiver to a MIMO mobile unit as dictated by a channel model; and also for emulating signals from a MIMO mobile unit to a massive MIMO BS transceiver, as dictated by a channel model. The system uses a phase matrix combiner to emulate the angular behavior of the propagation using virtual probes, combined with a radio channel emulator to create the temporal, multipath, and correlation behavior of the propagation. Using a phase matrix function increases the number of antenna elements that can be utilized in a massive MIMO array emulation while keeping the required number of fading channels within the radio channel emulator at a reduced number, thus forming a cost effective, yet realistic test system for massive MIMO testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfonso Rodriguez-Herrera, John Douglas Reed
  • Publication number: 20190376982
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for detecting and quantifying gluten peptides resistant to gastrointestinal digestion in human body fluids, preferably urine. The presence or absence of gluten peptides is controlled by immunological assays based on specific gluten peptide antibodies directed thereagainst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicants: Universidad de Sevilla, Biomedal, S.L.
    Inventors: Maria de Lourdes Moreno Amador, Carolina Sousa Martin, Alfonso Rodriguez Herrera, Angel Cebolla Ramirez
  • Publication number: 20190288780
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods for conducted massive MIMO array testing uses an efficient method of utilizing hardware resources for emulating signals from a massive MIMO base station transceiver to a MIMO mobile unit as dictated by a channel model; and also for emulating signals from a MIMO mobile unit to a massive MIMO BS transceiver, as dictated by a channel model. The system uses a phase matrix combiner to emulate the angular behavior of the propagation using virtual probes, combined with a radio channel emulator to create the temporal, multipath, and correlation behavior of the propagation. Using a phase matrix function increases the number of antenna elements that can be utilized in a massive MIMO array emulation while keeping the required number of fading channels within the radio channel emulator at a reduced number, thus forming a cost effective, yet realistic test system for massive MIMO testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfonso RODRIGUEZ-HERRERA, John Douglas REED
  • Patent number: 10313034
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods for conducted massive MIMO array testing uses an efficient method of utilizing hardware resources for emulating signals from a massive MIMO base station transceiver to a MIMO mobile unit as dictated by a channel model; and also for emulating signals from a MIMO mobile unit to a massive MIMO BS transceiver, as dictated by a channel model. The system uses a phase matrix combiner to emulate the angular behavior of the propagation using virtual probes, combined with a radio channel emulator to create the temporal, multipath, and correlation behavior of the propagation. Using a phase matrix function increases the number of antenna elements that can be utilized in a massive MIMO array emulation while keeping the required number of fading channels within the radio channel emulator at a reduced number, thus forming a cost effective, yet realistic test system for massive MIMO testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfonso Rodriguez-Herrera, John Douglas Reed
  • Publication number: 20190115989
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods for conducted massive MIMO array testing uses an efficient method of utilizing hardware resources for emulating signals from a massive MIMO base station transceiver to a MIMO mobile unit as dictated by a channel model; and also for emulating signals from a MIMO mobile unit to a massive MIMO BS transceiver, as dictated by a channel model. The system uses a phase matrix combiner to emulate the angular behavior of the propagation using virtual probes, combined with a radio channel emulator to create the temporal, multipath, and correlation behavior of the propagation. Using a phase matrix function increases the number of antenna elements that can be utilized in a massive MIMO array emulation while keeping the required number of fading channels within the radio channel emulator at a reduced number, thus forming a cost effective, yet realistic test system for massive MIMO testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfonso RODRIGUEZ-HERRERA, John Douglas REED
  • Publication number: 20170160288
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for detecting and quantifying gluten peptides resistant to gastrointestinal digestion in human body fluids, preferably urine. The presence or absence of gluten peptides is controlled by immunological assays based on specific gluten peptide antibodies directed thereagainst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: María de Lourdes MORENO AMADOR, Carolina SOUSA MARTÍN, Alfonso RODRÍGUEZ HERRERA, Ángel CEBOLLA RAMÍREZ
  • Patent number: 9246607
    Abstract: A method is provided for calibrating a test platform to establish a phase relationship between copies of a signal at a measurement location within the test platform. Phase relationships of the copies of the signal traversing signal paths and ending at the measurement location are manipulated. Vector signal addition from the copies of the signal is analyzed as the phase relationships are manipulated to find a phase offset adjustment that establishes a particular phase relationship between the signal paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: John Douglas Reed, Alfonso Rodriguez-Herrera
  • Publication number: 20150229417
    Abstract: A method is provided for calibrating a test platform to establish a phase relationship between copies of a signal at a measurement location within the test platform. Phase relationships of the copies of the signal traversing signal paths and ending at the measurement location are manipulated. Vector signal addition from the copies of the signal is analyzed as the phase relationships are manipulated to find a phase offset adjustment that establishes a particular phase relationship between the signal paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: John Douglas Reed, Alfonso Rodriguez-Herrera