Patents by Inventor Ashok Mantravadi

Ashok Mantravadi 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).

  • Publication number: 20160309494
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes adjusting a channel quality indicator (CQI) to compensate for coexistence interference experienced between communication resources (such as an LTE radio and a Bluetooth radio). The CQI may be set to zero, falsely indicating to a serving enhanced NodeB that a UE is out of range, thereby creating a gap in LTE operation that may be used by an alternate radio access technology. To compensate for fluctuating interference, the CQI may be adjusted to incorporate average coexistence interference over a period of time. Alternatively, the CQI at a time may incorporate coexistence interference regardless of whether interference is experienced at that specific time. A CQI value may also be boosted to compensate for a CQI backoff. CQI may be adjusted to avoid a spiral of death effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Tamer Adel KADOUS, Pranav DAYAL, Ashok MANTRAVADI, Peter GAAL, Jibing WANG
  • Patent number: 9398602
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes adjusting a channel quality indicator (CQI) to compensate for coexistence interference experienced between communication resources (such as an LTE radio and a Bluetooth radio). The CQI may be set to zero, falsely indicating to a serving enhanced NodeB that a UE is out of range, thereby creating a gap in LTE operation that may be used by an alternate radio access technology. To compensate for fluctuating interference, the CQI may be adjusted to incorporate average coexistence interference over a period of time. Alternatively, the CQI at a time may incorporate coexistence interference regardless of whether interference is experienced at that specific time. A CQI value may also be boosted to compensate for a CQI backoff. CQI may be adjusted to avoid a spiral of death effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tamer Adel Kadous, Pranav Dayal, Ashok Mantravadi, Peter Gaal, Jibing Wang
  • Patent number: 9391751
    Abstract: A system and method for frequency diversity uses interleaving in a wireless communication system utilizing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with various FFT sizes. Subcarriers of one or more interlaces are interleaved in a bit reversal fashion and the one or more interlaces are interleaved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ashok Mantravadi, Murali Ramaswamy Chari, Michael Mao Wang, Fuyun Ling, Rajiv Vijayan, Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi
  • Patent number: 9379789
    Abstract: Dynamic adjustment of antenna selection period at a wireless communication device or user equipment having two or more antennas. The described approaches consider an antenna selection performance metric. The antenna selection performance metric may include both measurement overhead (capacity loss due to measurements) and antenna switching capacity gain (gain in capacity through switching antenna subsets). The antenna selection performance metric may further include an estimate of UE speed or an antenna selection change rate. The antenna selection period may be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the antenna selection period based on the antenna selection performance metric. Antenna selection may be enabled or disabled based on the antenna selection performance metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jamie Menjay Lin, Ashok Mantravadi, Francesco Negro, Petru Cristian Budianu, Taesang Yoo, Xiaoxia Zhang, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 9337982
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for adaptive antenna management in LTE. Devices and networks capable of transmitting and receiving signals using a variable number of transmitting or receiving antennas using LTE radio access technology are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stefan Geirhofer, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal, Hao Xu, Xiaoxia Zhang, Ashok Mantravadi, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 9282462
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving signaling from a served User Equipment (UE), via a radio access technology, indicating an interfering technology associated with coexistence issues experienced by the served UE. The method also includes calculating future subframes expected to experience coexistence issues based on previous subframes estimated to have experienced coexistence issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Pranav Dayal, Tamer A. Kadous, Ashok Mantravadi, Jibing Wang, Rajat Prakash
  • Patent number: 9277564
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes monitoring coexistence issues among supported radios in a User Equipment (UE). The method includes determining a coexistence policy for communication resource operation within a user equipment (UE) and configuring communication resources of the user equipment in accordance with the determined coexistence policy. The policy may give priority to an LTE modem, an ISM modem, or may implement a variable priority scheme. The policy may be communicated to each modem from a host over a software messaging communication line. Modems in the UE may communicate with each other through logical lines providing real time communication. The policy may determine the operation of each modem and the treatment of the logical lines by each modem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Tamer Adel Kadous, Ashok Mantravadi, Joel Benjamin Linsky
  • Patent number: 9246728
    Abstract: A system and method for frequency diversity uses interleaving in a wireless communication system utilizing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with various FFT sizes. Subcarriers of one or more interlaces are interleaved in a bit reversal fashion and the one or more interlaces are interleaved in the bit reversal fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Mao Wang, Murali Ramaswamy Chari, Ashok Mantravadi, Fuyun Ling, Rajiv Vijayan, Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi
  • Patent number: 9226173
    Abstract: A method for wireless communications includes determining a time division duplex (TDD) configuration of a non-serving network. The method also includes detecting interference from the non-serving network based at least in part on the TDD configuration of the non-serving network. The method further includes signaling an eNodeB of the interference based at least in part on the detecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ahmed Kamel Sadek, Tamer Adel Kadous, Pranav Dayal, Ashok Mantravadi
  • Patent number: 9225493
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and methods for operating a wireless communication system in multiple modes. The system is configured in a first mode when a transmission interference in a receiver of a wireless device is below a first threshold. The system is configured in one or more intermediate modes when the transmission interference is above the first threshold and below a second threshold. The system is configured in a second mode when the transmission interference is above the second threshold. The one or more intermediate modes activate interference management processes and the wireless device transmits data and receives data simultaneously. In some embodiments, transmission interference may be based on an SINR measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaoyin He, Ashok Mantravadi, Bruce A Judson, Prashanth Akula
  • Patent number: 9185718
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described herein that facilitate a centralized structure for managing multi-radio coexistence for a mobile device and/or other suitable device(s). As described herein, a control plane coexistence manager (CxM) entity and/or a data plane CxM entity can be implemented to directly interact with a set of associated transceivers (e.g., radios, etc.) in order to manage conflicts between events corresponding to the transceivers. Further, CxM operation can be divided between the control and data planes such that the control plane handles configuration and long-term operations such as radio registration, sleep mode management, long-term event resolution, interaction with upper layers, etc., while the data plane handles short-term operations with respect to radio event management based on incoming notifications or event requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tamer A. Kadous, Ashok Mantravadi, Venugopal V. Veeravalli, Charles A. Bergan, Joel B. Linsky, Richard D. Wietfeldt, George Chrisikos
  • Patent number: 9185720
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes determining a frame offset between communications of a first communication resource (e.g., an LTE radio) and communications of a second communication resource (e.g., a Bluetooth or WLAN radio). The method also includes determining potential time slot configurations for the communications of the second communication resource. A time slot configuration is selected from the determined potential time slot configurations, to reduce degradation of the first communication resource due to conflicting time slots between the first communication resource and the second communication resource, based on the determined frame offset. The selection may be based on the determined frame offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ashok Mantravadi, Tamer A. Kadous, Joel Benjamin Linsky
  • Patent number: 9173228
    Abstract: To mitigate potential interference between radio access technologies (RATs) on a multi-RAT device, traffic scheduling rules may be implemented so that communications of the individual RATs are timed in a manner that reduces interference. For example, communications of a Bluetooth/WLAN RAT may be scheduled such that initial and responsive communications of the Bluetooth/WLAN RAT occur during sub-frames of an LTE RAT that are less likely to cause cross-RAT interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Joel Benjamin Linsky, Ashok Mantravadi, Jibing Wang
  • Patent number: 9161233
    Abstract: Interference between potentially conflicting radio access technologies (RATs) in a wireless device may be managed through a coexistence manager. The coexistence manager allows a first active RAT to yield conflicting resources to a second idle RAT for purposes of receiving signals to allow proper operation by the second RAT. These signals may be, for example, paging signals to a Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio or beacons to a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Joel Benjamin Linsky, Tamer A. Kadous, Ashok Mantravadi, Pranav Dayal
  • Patent number: 9161232
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described herein that facilitate a decentralized structure for managing multi-radio coexistence for a mobile device and/or other suitable device(s). As described herein, a coexistence manager (CxM) and/or other suitable means can be implemented in connection with a set of radios (or other transceivers) in order to manage conflicts between events corresponding to the radios. Functionality can be divided such that the CxM operates on the control plane and handles configuration and long-term operations such as registration, sleep mode management, interaction with upper layers, etc., while the respective radios operate on the data plane and handle short-term radio event management operations based on incoming notifications or event requests. For instance, radios can identify conflicts between requested external events and internally associated events and accordingly provide responses that allow or disallow the external events on an absolute basis or a conditional basis (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Joel B. Linsky, Tamer A. Kadous, Ashok Mantravadi, Richard Wietfeldt, George Chrisikos
  • Patent number: 9144084
    Abstract: Prior to implementing a coexistence solution for a multi-radio device, a measurement determines whether interference experienced by one radio is caused by another radio on the device. This determination includes comparing measurements of the first radio during times when the other radio is operational and when the other radio is inactive. If the compared performance measurements are within a certain range, a coexistence/interference management solution may be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ahmed K. Sadek, Tamer Adel Kadous, Ashok Mantravadi, Jibing Wang
  • Patent number: 9113488
    Abstract: A multi-radio device, such as User Equipment (UE), may experience coexistence issues among various ones of its constituent radio devices that operate at the same time. Various aspects of the disclosure provide techniques to mitigate coexistence issues in multi-radio devices, where significant in-device coexistence problems can exist. In particular, a method for coexistence of multi-radio devices is described. The method includes identifying, at an upper layer of a multi-radio UE, a type of incoming broadcast stream data. The method further includes determining a coexistence policy for operation of communication resources within the multi-radio UE based on the type of the incoming broadcast stream data. The method also includes arbitrating, at a lower layer of the multi-radio UE, between the communication resources based on the coexistence policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Seyfullah Halit Oguz, Tamer Adel Kadous, Ashok Mantravadi, Prasanna Kannan
  • Patent number: 9100975
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for transmitting a clear to send (CTS)-to-self indication. According to certain aspects, a method for wireless communications by a wireless device is provided. The method generally includes scheduling a first antenna at the wireless device for communication using one of a first radio access technology (RAT) or a second RAT, scheduling one or more other antennas at the wireless device configured for communication using the first RAT, for communication using the second RAT in order to enable one of transmit or receive diversity on the second RAT or simultaneous communication on the first and second RATs, and transmitting an idle-mode indication to force he first RAT to an idle mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arul Durai Murugan Palanivelu, Kapil Bhattad, Dhananjay Ashok Gore, Ashok Mantravadi, Ahmed Kamel Sadek
  • Patent number: 9066240
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may detect a potential collision between a discontinuous reception (DRX) pattern of a first radio access technology (RAT) and a reception time of a message from a second RAT of a remote device. The reception time may be unknown. The UE may dynamically reconfigure the DRX pattern to reduce a likelihood of the potential collision. The UE may also configure transmission of a different message by the second RAT during a DRX off-period to reduce a likelihood of the potential collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ahmed K. Sadek, Pranav Dayal, Ashok Mantravadi
  • Patent number: 9049066
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for communication in a system employing differing transmission protocols. It is determined whether a first time slot of one transmission protocol is adjacent to a second time slot of another transmission protocol, and if a first symbol within the first time slot is adjacent to a second symbol of the second time slot. A pilot power and/or a number of pilot sub-carriers or tones of the first symbol is increased and channel estimation is performed on the first symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ashok Mantravadi, Durga Prasad Malladi, Avneesh Agrawal, Anastasios Stamoulis