Patents by Inventor Avi Mansour
Avi Mansour 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).
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Patent number: 11582716Abstract: Embodiments of a station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The STA may be included in a first plurality of STAs affiliated with a first multi-link logical entity (MLLE). A plurality of links may be established between the first MLLE and a second MLLE, wherein the second MLLE may be affiliated with a second plurality of STAs. The STA may receive a first subset of a sequence of MAC protocol data units (MPDUs). A second subset of the sequence of MPDUs may be transmitted by another STA of the first plurality of STAs. The STA may transmit a block acknowledgement (BA) frame that includes: a number of BA bitmaps, configurable to values greater than or equal to one; and BA control information for each of the BA bitmaps.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Po-Kai Huang, Robert J. Stacey, Daniel F. Bravo, Laurent Cariou, Arik Klein, Danny Ben-Ari, Ofer Schreiber, Shahrnaz Azizi, Thomas J. Kenney, Alexander W. Min, Yaron Alpert, Avi Mansour, Dave A. Cavalcanti, Jing Zhu, Ziv Avital, Xiaogang Chen, Juan Fang
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Patent number: 11271627Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for implicit channel tracking for simultaneous multiuser transmissions. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Avi Mansour, Shimon Ziv Avital, Yaron Alpert
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Patent number: 11076385Abstract: Embodiments of a station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The STA may be included in a first plurality of STAs affiliated with a first multi-link logical entity (MLLE). A plurality of links may be established between the first MLLE and a second MLLE, wherein the second MLLE may be affiliated with a second plurality of STAs. The STA may receive a first subset of a sequence of MAC protocol data units (MPDUs). A second subset of the sequence of MPDUs may be transmitted by another STA of the first plurality of STAs. The STA may transmit a block acknowledgement (BA) frame that includes: a number of BA bitmaps, configurable to values greater than or equal to one; and BA control information for each of the BA bitmaps.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Po-Kai Huang, Robert J. Stacey, Daniel F. Bravo, Laurent Cariou, Arik Klein, Danny Ben-Ari, Ofer Schreiber, Shahrnaz Azizi, Thomas J. Kenney, Alexander W. Min, Yaron Alpert, Avi Mansour, Dave A. Cavalcanti, Jing Zhu, Ziv Avital, Xiaogang Chen, Juan Fang
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Publication number: 20210227502Abstract: Embodiments of a station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The STA may be included in a first plurality of STAs affiliated with a first multi-link logical entity (MLLE). A plurality of links may be established between the first MLLE and a second MLLE, wherein the second MLLE may be affiliated with a second plurality of STAs. The STA may receive a first subset of a sequence of MAC protocol data units (MPDUs). A second subset of the sequence of MPDUs may be transmitted by another STA of the first plurality of STAs. The STA may transmit a block acknowledgement (BA) frame that includes: a number of BA bitmaps, configurable to values greater than or equal to one; and BA control information for each of the BA bitmaps.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Po-Kai Huang, Robert J. Stacey, Daniel F. Bravo, Laurent Cariou, Arik Klein, Danny Ben-Ari, Ofer Schreiber, Shahrnaz Azizi, Thomas J. Kenney, Alexander W. Min, Yaron Alpert, Avi Mansour, Dave A. Cavalcanti, Jing Zhu, Ziv Avital, Xiaogang Chen, Juan Fang
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Patent number: 10680744Abstract: Multiple of first packets of at least partially different lengths are aggregated into a sequence of subframes of a second packet. The second packet is transmitted via a radio channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Inventors: Avi Mansour, Ziv Avital
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Publication number: 20200136699Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for implicit channel tracking for simultaneous multiuser transmissions. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Avi Mansour, Shimon Ziv Avital, Yaron Alpert
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Publication number: 20200037288Abstract: Embodiments of a station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The STA may be included in a first plurality of STAs affiliated with a first multi-link logical entity (MLLE). A plurality of links may be established between the first MLLE and a second MLLE, wherein the second MLLE may be affiliated with a second plurality of STAs. The STA may receive a first subset of a sequence of MAC protocol data units (MPDUs). A second subset of the sequence of MPDUs may be transmitted by another STA of the first plurality of STAs. The STA may transmit a block acknowledgement (BA) frame that includes: a number of BA bitmaps, configurable to values greater than or equal to one; and BA control information for each of the BA bitmaps.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Po-Kai Huang, Robert J. Stacey, Daniel F. Bravo, Laurent Cariou, Arik Klein, Danny Ben-Ari, Ofer Schreiber, Shahrnaz Azizi, Thomas J. Kenney, Alexander W. Min, Yaron Alpert, Avi Mansour, Dave A. Cavalcanti, Jing Zhu, Ziv Avital, Xiaogang Chen, Juan Fang
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Patent number: 10531403Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, computer readable media for uplink transmission power control in a wireless network. An apparatus of a wireless device comprising processing circuitry is disclosed. The processing circuitry is configured to decode a trigger frame from an access point for an uplink communication, the trigger frame comprising an uplink resource allocation for the station, the uplink resource allocation including common information and per station information, the common information including an indication of a maximum receive power at the access point, the per station information comprising an identification of the station, and an indication of a resource unit (RU). The processing circuitry may be further configured to: encode an uplink (UL) physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU)(UL-PPDU) in accordance with the indication of the RU. The processing circuitry may be further configured to: determine a transmit power for the UL-PPDU based on the maximum receive power.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Ilan Sutskover, Laurent Cariou, Yaron Alpert, Uri Perlmutter, Assaf Gurevitz, Ziv Avital, Avi Mansour, Chittabrata Ghosh
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Patent number: 10420038Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, computer readable media for uplink transmission power control in a wireless network. An apparatus of a wireless device comprising processing circuitry is disclosed. The processing circuitry is configured to decode a trigger frame from an access point for an uplink communication, the trigger frame comprising an uplink resource allocation for the station, the uplink resource allocation including common information and per station information, the common information including an indication of a maximum receive power at the access point, the per station information comprising an identification of the station, and an indication of a resource unit (RU). The processing circuitry may be further configured to: encode an uplink (UL) physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU)(UL-PPDU) in accordance with the indication of the RU. The processing circuitry may be further configured to: determine a transmit power for the UL-PPDU based on the maximum receive power.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Ilan Sutskover, Laurent Cariou, Yaron Alpert, Uri Perlmutter, Assaf Gurevitz, Ziv Avital, Avi Mansour, Chittabrata Ghosh
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Patent number: 10334534Abstract: Disclosed is a method of multiuser uplink power control comprising receiving a multiuser uplink calibration transmission from a plurality of stations; grouping the plurality of stations into a plurality of subsets based on a subset characteristic; receiving a subset optimization transmission from a first subset according to a subset rule; and calculating a first calibrated coding data rate and a first calibrated target uplink transmit power for a station in the first subset based on the subset optimization transmission.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yaron Alpert, Avi Mansour, Ziv Avital, Arik Klein
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Publication number: 20190090200Abstract: Disclosed is a method of multiuser uplink power control comprising receiving a multiuser uplink calibration transmission from a plurality of stations; grouping the plurality of stations into a plurality of subsets based on a subset characteristic; receiving a subset optimization transmission from a first subset according to a subset rule; and calculating a first calibrated coding data rate and a first calibrated target uplink transmit power for a station in the first subset based on the subset optimization transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Yaron ALPERT, Avi MANSOUR, Ziv AVITAL, Arik KLEIN
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Patent number: 10080219Abstract: Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods for uplink sounding in wireless networks are disclosed. An apparatus of a wireless device may include processing circuitry configured to: encode an uplink sounding trigger element (USTE) for one or more stations, the USTE comprising one or more uplink (UL) resource allocations for the one or more stations to transmit one or more uplink sounding referee elements (USREs) to the wireless device. The processing circuitry may be further configured to configure the wireless device to transmit the USTE to the one or more stations, and decode the one or more USREs from the one or more station, wherein the one or more USREs are to be received by the wireless device in accordance with a corresponding resource allocation indicated in the USTE.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Chittabrata Ghosh, Yaron Alpert, Ziv Avital, Avi Mansour
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Patent number: 10070449Abstract: System and techniques for multi-phase wireless sounding are described herein. A first set of stations may be selected by an access point from a plurality of stations known to the access point. The access point may then transmit a first sounding request to members of the first set of stations. The access point may receive a sounding report in response to the first sounding request from members of the first set of stations. The access point may then select a second set of stations from the plurality of stations based on the sounding report. This second set of stations is a proper subset of the first set of stations. The access point may then transmit a second sounding request to the second set of stations.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Chittabrata Ghosh, Yaron Alpert, Avi Mansour, Ziv Avital
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Patent number: 9998195Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method for uplink sounding are generally described herein. The AP may transmit an uplink (UL) sounding trigger frame (TF) that indicates a request to receive UL sounding elements from a group of one or more stations (STAs). The AP may receive UL sounding elements from the STAs in accordance with UL multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) reception. The AP may also receive, from at least a portion of the STAs, UL sounding feedback that includes one or more UL sounding transmission parameters used by the portion of the STAs for UL sounding element transmissions. The UL sounding TF may further indicate the portion of the STAs that are to transmit the UL sounding feedback.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Chittabrata Ghosh, Yaron Alpert, Ziv Avital, Avi Mansour
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Publication number: 20180131465Abstract: A plurality of first packets (201) of at least partially different lengths (601) are aggregated into a sequence of subframes (203) of a second packet (202). The second packet (202) is transmitted via a radio channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Avi MANSOUR, Ziv AVITAL
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Publication number: 20180042029Abstract: System and techniques for multi-phase wireless sounding are described herein. A first set of stations may be selected by an access point from a plurality of stations known to the access point. The access point may then transmit a first sounding request to members of the first set of stations. The access point may receive a sounding report in response to the first sounding request from members of the first set of stations. The access point may then select a second set of stations from the plurality of stations based on the sounding report. This second set of stations is a proper subset of the first set of stations. The access point may then transmit a second sounding request to the second set of stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Chittabrata Ghosh, Yaron Alpert, Avi Mansour, Ziv Avital
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Publication number: 20170289926Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, computer readable media for uplink transmission power control in a wireless network. An apparatus of a wireless device comprising processing circuitry is disclosed. The processing circuitry is configured to decode a trigger frame from an access point for an uplink communication, the trigger frame comprising an uplink resource allocation for the station, the uplink resource allocation including common information and per station information, the common information including an indication of a maximum receive power at the access point, the per station information comprising an identification of the station, and an indication of a resource unit (RU). The processing circuitry may be further configured to: encode an uplink (UL) physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU)(UL-PPDU) in accordance with the indication of the RU. The processing circuitry may be further configured to: determine a transmit power for the UL-PPDU based on the maximum receive power.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Ilan Sutskover, Laurent Cariou, Yaron Alpert, Uri Perlmutter, Assaf Gurevitz, Ziv Avital, Avi Mansour, Chittabrata Ghosh
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Publication number: 20170279587Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media are disclosed for sounding using manipulated null data packets (NDP). An apparatus of an wireless device comprising memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory is disclosed. The processing circuitry may be configured to: encode a null data packet (NDP) announcement (NDP-A) frame, configure the wireless device to transmit the NDP-A frame, and encode a manipulated NDP frame. The processing circuitry may be further configured to configure the wireless device to transmit the manipulated NDP frame, encode a trigger frame comprising resource allocations for one or more stations, and configure the wireless device to transmit the trigger frame. The processing circuitry may decode beamforming feedback frames from the stations, where the beamforming feedback frames are to he received by the wireless device in accordance with the resource allocations, and where the beamforming feedback frames are to comprise feedback for the manipulated NDP frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2016Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Chittabrata Ghosh, Avi Mansour, Yaron Alpert, Ziv Avital
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Publication number: 20170264354Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method for uplink sounding are generally described herein. The AP may transmit an uplink (UL) sounding trigger frame (TF) that indicates a request to receive UL sounding elements from a group of one or more stations (STAs). The AP may receive UL sounding elements from the STAs in accordance with UL multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) reception. The AP may also receive, from at least a portion of the STAs, UL sounding feedback that includes one or more UL sounding transmission parameters used by the portion of the STAs for UL sounding element transmissions. The UL sounding TF may further indicate the portion of the STAs that are to transmit the UL sounding feedback.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Chittabrata Ghosh, Yaron Alpert, Ziv Avital, Avi Mansour
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Patent number: 9750038Abstract: System and techniques for multi-phase wireless sounding are described herein. A first set of stations may be selected by an access point from a plurality of stations known to the access point. The access point may then transmit a first sounding request to members of the first set of stations. The access point may receive a sounding report in response to the first sounding request from members of the first set of stations. The access point may then select a second set of stations from the plurality of stations based on the sounding report. This second set of stations is a proper subset of the first set of stations. The access point may then transmit a second sounding request to the second set of stations.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Chittabrata Ghosh, Yaron Alpert, Avi Mansour, Ziv Avital