Patents by Inventor Amir Francos

Amir Francos 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: 9338791
    Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for allocating transmission resources in a wireless network in which some of the terminals communicate with the base station by exchanging communication frames that are compatible with a first communication protocol while other terminals receive communications from the base station that are compatible with a second communication protocol by using non-standardized communication frames or communication frames that are compatible with another standardized protocol. The base station transmits a plurality of frames, some of which are compatible with the first communication protocol while others—with the second communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: ALVARION LTD.
    Inventors: Dan Stopler, Amir Francos
  • Patent number: 8488536
    Abstract: A method for transmission mode selection in a MIMO radio system between a spatial diversity (A-matrix) mode and a spatial multiplexing (B-matrix) mode comprises: obtaining a channel condition number; if the channel condition number is above a selected threshold, and a signal to interference plus noise ratio exceeds a predetermined threshold then selecting spatial multiplexing; and otherwise selecting spatial diversity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Alvarion Ltd.
    Inventor: Amir Francos
  • Publication number: 20100157925
    Abstract: A method for transmission mode selection in a MIMO radio system between a spatial diversity (A-matrix) mode and a spatial multiplexing (B-matrix) mode comprises: obtaining a channel condition number; if the channel condition number is above a selected threshold, and a signal to interference plus noise ratio exceeds a predetermined threshold then selecting spatial multiplexing; and otherwise selecting spatial diversity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Alvarion Ltd.
    Inventor: Amir Francos
  • Publication number: 20100087227
    Abstract: A multi-transmitter base station for wireless digital communication, having beam forming and digital pre-distortion capabilities, including a shared feedback unit for providing feedback of outgoing Radio Frequency (RF) signals for calibrating a plurality of antennas and for adapting the digital pre-distortion. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Alvarion Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir FRANCOS, Anatoly Sloushch, David Shechter
  • Publication number: 20090232092
    Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for allocating transmission resources in a wireless network in which some of the terminals communicate with the base station by exchanging communication frames that are compatible with a first communication protocol while other terminals receive communications from the base station that are compatible with a second communication protocol by using non-standardized communication frames or communication frames that are compatible with another standardized protocol. The base station transmits a plurality of frames, some of which are compatible with the first communication protocol while others—with the second communication protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Alvarion Ltd.
    Inventors: Dan Stopler, Amir Francos
  • Patent number: 7471935
    Abstract: A source binary code that complies with a source architecture is translated to a target binary code that complies with a target architecture. The target binary code includes a first target portion translated from a respective source portion of the source binary code. During execution of the target binary code on a processor that complies with a target architecture, it is determined whether to retranslate the source portion to produce a second target portion that is more optimized to the target architecture than the first target portion or to retranslate the source portion to produce a third target portion that is more optimized to the target architecture than the second target portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ilan Barak, Amir Francos, Dimitry Petrov
  • Patent number: 7003051
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a transmitter section for a mobile device includes a predistorter for predistorting an input signal input to a modulation section. Predistortion values may be selected from a look-up table in response to a fed back signal from the output of the modulation section. A delay between the input signal and the fed back signal may be determined in two stages: a coarse delay estimation for determining a whole number of sample cycles, and a fine delay estimation for determining a fraction of a sample cycle to be added to the coarse delay estimation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Amir Francos, Daniel Yellin, Eran Gureshnik
  • Patent number: 6898252
    Abstract: A method of assigning values to parameters for IQ mismatch cancellation. The method includes providing values to a processing path of a communication device, passing the provided values through an IQ modulator, at least one non-linear element and an IQ demodulator, to produce distorted values, and estimating at least one parameter for cancellation of IQ mismatch effects of the communication device responsive to the provided values and to the distorted values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Yellin, Amir Francos
  • Publication number: 20050025255
    Abstract: A transmitter has a transmission path with an IQ modulator and a feedback path with an IQ demodulator. DC offset is determined by estimating a DC offset of the IQ demodulator, adaptively estimating a DC offset of the IQ modulator at least partially from the demodulator DC offset, subtracting the estimated demodulator DC offset from the feedback path and subtracting the estimated modulator DC offset from the transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Amir Francos, Ilan Barak, Daniel Yellin
  • Publication number: 20040219944
    Abstract: A source binary code that complies with a source architecture is translated to a target binary code that complies with a target architecture. The target binary code includes a first target portion translated from a respective source portion of the source binary code. During execution of the target binary code on a processor that complies with a target architecture, it is determined whether to retranslate the source portion to produce a second target portion that is more optimized to the target architecture than the first target portion or to retranslate the source portion to produce a third target portion that is more optimized to the target architecture than the second target portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Ilan Barak, Amir Francos, Dimitry Petrov
  • Patent number: 6801581
    Abstract: A transmitter has a transmission path with an IQ modulator and a feedback path with an IQ demodulator. DC offset is determined by estimating a DC offset of the IQ demodulator, adaptively estimating a DC offset of the IQ modulator at least partially from the demodulator DC offset, subtracting the estimated demodulator DC offset from the feedback path and subtracting the estimated modulator DC offset from the transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Amir Francos, Ilan Barak, Daniel Yellin
  • Patent number: 6741662
    Abstract: A method of generating values of a predistortion look up table for linearization of a transmitter. The method includes accumulating a plurality of pairs of values representing input and output values of samples entering one or more non-linear elements of the transmitter, fitting the pairs of values into a parameteric model of at least one of the one or more non-linear elements, so as to determine values for the parameters of the parameteric model, and generating values of the look up table responsive to the fitted parameteric model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Amir Francos, Ilan Barak, Daniel Yellin, Avner Dor
  • Publication number: 20030072388
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a transmitter section for a mobile device includes a predistorter for predistorting an input signal input to a modulation section. Predistortion values may be selected from a look-up table in response to a fed back signal from the output of the modulation section. A delay between the input signal and the fed back signal may be determined in two stages: a coarse delay estimation for determining a whole number of sample cycles, and a fine delay estimation for determining a fraction of a sample cycle to be added to the coarse delay estimation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Amir Francos, Daniel Yellin, Eran Gureshnik