Patents by Inventor Andre Bourdoux

Andre Bourdoux 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: 8189709
    Abstract: A method for frequency domain equalization of a cyclic CPM signal received via a channel is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes representing the received cyclic CPM signal as a matrix model comprising a channel matrix representing influence of the channel, separate from a Laurent pulse matrix and a pseudocoefficient matrix respectively representing Laurent pulses and pseudocoefficients determined by Laurent decomposition of the received cyclic CPM signal. The method may further include applying a channel equalizer on the separate channel matrix and after the equalization. It may further include demodulating the received cyclic CPM signal by the matrix model, the demodulation exploiting known correlation properties of the Laurent pulses and the pseudocoefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: IMEC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Wim Van Thillo, Andre Bourdoux
  • Publication number: 20110317575
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems of transmitting data signals from at least one transmitting terminal with a spatial diversity capability to at least two receiving user terminals, each provided with spatial diversity receiving device. The methods and systems are useful, for example, in communication between terminals, e.g., wireless communication. In certain embodiments, transmission can be between a base station and two or more user terminals, wherein the base station and user terminals are each equipped with more than one antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: IMEC
    Inventors: André Bourdoux, Nadia Khaled
  • Publication number: 20110291891
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for mixed analog/digital beamforming in a wireless communication system having transmit and receive antennas and analog front-ends connected to either the transmit antennas or the receive antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: IMEC
    Inventors: Jimmy Nsenga, André Bourdoux
  • Patent number: 7961809
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems of transmitting data signals from at least one transmitting terminal with a spatial diversity capability to at least two receiving user terminals, each provided with spatial diversity receiving device. The methods and systems are useful, for example, in communication between terminals, e.g., wireless communication. In certain embodiments, transmission can be between a base station and two or more user terminals, wherein the base station and user terminals are each equipped with more than one antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Imec
    Inventors: André Bourdoux, Nadia Khaled
  • Publication number: 20100316107
    Abstract: A method for frequency domain equalization of a cyclic CPM signal received via a channel is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes representing the received cyclic CPM signal as a matrix model comprising a channel matrix representing influence of the channel, separate from a Laurent pulse matrix and a pseudocoefficient matrix respectively representing Laurent pulses and pseudocoefficients determined by Laurent decomposition of the received cyclic CPM signal. The method may further include applying a channel equalizer on the separate channel matrix and after the equalization. It may further include demodulating the received cyclic CPM signal by the matrix model, the demodulation exploiting known correlation properties of the Laurent pulses and the pseudocoefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicants: IMEC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Wim Van Thillo, Andre Bourdoux
  • Publication number: 20100316166
    Abstract: A method for generating a data block for transmission using a continuous phase modulation scheme is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes inserting payload data in the data block, the payload data having a plurality of payload symbols, each involving an state change in a continuous phase modulation waveform generated from the data block in one of two opposite directions. It may include inserting state compensation data in the data block for cancelling out the state changes, such that the waveform has an end state at the end of the data block equal to a begin state at the beginning of the data block. The state compensation data is determined by determining from the state changes an overall state change caused by the payload data over the waveform and by selecting a set of compensation symbols for the state compensation data on the basis of the overall state change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicants: IMEC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Wim Van Thillo, Andre Bourdoux
  • Publication number: 20040252632
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems of transmitting data signals from at least one transmitting terminal with a spatial diversity capability to at least two receiving user terminals, each provided with spatial diversity receiving device. The methods and systems are useful, for example, in communication between terminals, e.g., wireless communication. In certain embodiments, transmission can be between a base station and two or more user terminals, wherein the base station and user terminals are each equipped with more than one antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Andre Bourdoux, Nadia Khaled