Patents by Inventor BENJAMIN JOSEPH BAKER
BENJAMIN JOSEPH BAKER 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: 10594469Abstract: The present application describes a computer-implemented method for frequency hopping including configuring a radio front end to operate on a first frequency; receiving a transmit signal in a first path in the radio front end; amplifying a transmit signal in the first path; phase shifting the transmit signal in a second path in the radio front end, the second path being different from the first path; coupling the amplified transmit signal to a third path in the radio front end; coupling the phase-shifted transmit signal in the second path to the amplified transmit signal in the third path to form a carrier-cancelled signal in a fourth path in the radio front end in the radio front end; phase shifting the carrier-cancelled signal in the fourth path; coupling the phase-shifted carrier-cancelled signal in the fourth path to the amplified transmit signal in the first path; and reconfiguring the radio front end to operate on a second frequency.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Inventors: Alan Scott Brannon, Riley Nelson Pack, Benjamin Joseph Baker
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Patent number: 10574428Abstract: The present application describes a self-interference channel estimation system. The system includes a signal generator configured to generate a swept tone having a frequency ranging from an upper edge of a reception band to a lower edge of the reception band, and configured to generate a message signal. The system includes an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter configured to determine an infinite impulse response of a self-interference channel based upon the swept tone. The system includes a processor configured to characterize the self-interference channel based upon the infinite impulse response.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventors: Alan Scott Brannon, Riley Nelson Pack, Benjamin Joseph Baker
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Patent number: 10164756Abstract: The present application describes systems and methods of performing self-interference cancellation. According to an embodiment, the method sends a transmit signal through a circulator to substantially isolate the transmit signal from a receiver, with at least a portion of the transmit signal entering a receive path towards the receiver. The method also generates a reflected signal from an antenna. The reflected signal is at substantially less power than an incident power to the antenna. The reflected signal includes a transmitter carrier signal and a transmitter noise. The method also routes a received signal from the antenna to the receiver, and routes the reflected signal through a phase shifter in the receive path. Further, the method combines the reflected, phase shifted transmitter noise with the received signal in the receive path to cancel the portion of the transmit signal that entered the receive path towards the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: LGS Innovations LLCInventors: Benjamin Joseph Baker, Alan Scott Brannon, Riley Nelson Pack
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Patent number: 10090989Abstract: The present application describes a computer-implemented method for configuring a front end including receiving a first signal and a second signal containing interference; characterizing the receive channel using the first tone; processing the compensated first signal using an infinite impulse response filter based on the characterized receive channel to generate an interference cancelling signal; and coupling the interference cancelling signal to the second signal to generate an interference cancelled receive signal. The present application also describes a computer-implemented apparatus for a front end.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: LGS Innovations LLCInventors: Riley Nelson Pack, Alan Scott Brannon, Benjamin Joseph Baker
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Publication number: 20170353288Abstract: The present application describes a self-interference channel estimation system. The system includes a signal generator configured to generate a swept tone having a frequency ranging from an upper edge of a reception band to a lower edge of the reception band, and configured to generate a message signal. The system includes an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter configured to determine an infinite impulse response of a self-interference channel based upon the swept tone. The system includes a processor configured to characterize the self-interference channel based upon the infinite impulse response.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Alan Scott Brannon, Riley Nelson Pack, Benjamin Joseph Baker
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Patent number: 9787460Abstract: The present application describes a method for characterizing a self-interference channel of a frequency division duplex transceiver including a transmitter and a receiver. The method includes transmitting, from a transmitter of a frequency division duplex transceiver in a transmission band, a transmission signal including a message signal and a swept tone that changes frequency from below an upper edge to above a lower edge of a reception band of a receiver, the self-interference channel being defined between the transmitter and the receiver of the frequency division duplex transceiver, such that at least a portion of the message signal leaks into a signal received the receiver, determining, at an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter of the receiver, an infinite impulse response of the self-interference channel based upon a reception of the swept tone swept at each frequency in the reception band, and estimating the self-interference channel, based upon the infinite impulse response.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: LGS INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: Alan Scott Brannon, Riley Nelson Pack, Benjamin Joseph Baker
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Publication number: 20170222733Abstract: The present application describes systems and methods of performing self-interference cancellation. According to an embodiment, the method sends a transmit signal through a circulator to substantially isolate the transmit signal from a receiver, with at least a portion of the transmit signal entering a receive path towards the receiver. The method also generates a reflected signal from an antenna. The reflected signal is at substantially less power than an incident power to the antenna. The reflected signal includes a transmitter carrier signal and a transmitter noise. The method also routes a received signal from the antenna to the receiver, and routes the reflected signal through a phase shifter in the receive path. Further, the method combines the reflected, phase shifted transmitter noise with the received signal in the receive path to cancel the portion of the transmit signal that entered the receive path towards the receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: BENJAMIN JOSEPH BAKER, ALAN SCOTT BRANNON, RILEY NELSON PACK
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Patent number: 9660674Abstract: The present application describes systems and methods of performing self-interference cancellation. Such systems may include generating a transmit signal along a transmit path of a transceiver, where the transmit signal can be sent through a circulator to isolate the transmit signal from a receiver. The transmit signal may be transmitted from an antenna, and a signal may be reflected from the antenna, where the reflected signal may be at less power than an incident power to the antenna, and where the reflected signal may include a transmitter carrier signal and a transmitter noise. A received signal may be routed from the antenna to the receiver, the reflected signal may be routed through a filter and a phase shifter, and the signal may be combined with the received signal in the receive path to cancel the portion of the transmit signal that entered the receive path towards the receiver from the circulator.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: LGS INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: Benjamin Joseph Baker, Alan Scott Brannon, Riley Nelson Pack
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Patent number: 9647705Abstract: The present application a digital self-interference residual cancellation method that adjusts a magnitude of a sampled transmit signal based on compared magnitude and phases associated with tones. The digital self-interference residual cancellation method may follow an analog carrier cancellation stage where the digital self-interference residual cancellation is based on a determination of the channel circuit response used to control an infinite impulse response filter which can compensate using both poles and zeroes.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: LGS INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: Riley Nelson Pack, Alan Scott Brannon, Benjamin Joseph Baker
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Publication number: 20170078078Abstract: The present application describes a computer-implemented method for configuring a front end including receiving a first signal and a second signal containing interference; characterizing the receive channel using the first tone; processing the compensated first signal using an infinite impulse response filter based on the characterized receive channel to generate an interference cancelling signal; and coupling the interference cancelling signal to the second signal to generate an interference cancelled receive signal. The present application also describes a computer-implemented apparatus for a front end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: RILEY NELSON PACK, ALAN SCOTT BRANNON, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BAKER
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Patent number: 9564932Abstract: The present application describes a computer-implemented method for configuring a front end including sweeping a first tone through the frequency band of the receive channel; receiving a first signal and a second signal containing interference; characterizing the receive channel using the first tone; processing the compensated first signal using an infinite impulse response filter based on the characterized receive channel to generate an interference cancelling signal; and coupling the interference cancelling signal to the second signal to generate an interference cancelled receive signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: LGS INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: Riley Nelson Pack, Alan Scott Brannon, Benjamin Joseph Baker
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Publication number: 20170019190Abstract: The present application a digital self-interference residual cancellation method that adjusts a magnitude of a sampled transmit signal based on compared magnitude and phases associated with tones. The digital self-interference residual cancellation method may follow an analog carrier cancellation stage where the digital self-interference residual cancellation is based on a determination of the channel circuit response used to control an infinite impulse response filter which can compensate using both poles and zeroes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: RILEY NELSON PACK, ALAN SCOTT BRANNON, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BAKER
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Publication number: 20170019272Abstract: The present application describes a method for characterizing a self-interference channel of a frequency division duplex transceiver including a transmitter and a receiver. The method includes transmitting, from a transmitter of a frequency division duplex transceiver in a transmission band, a transmission signal including a message signal and a swept tone that changes frequency from below an upper edge to above a lower edge of a reception band of a receiver, the self-interference channel being defined between the transmitter and the receiver of the frequency division duplex transceiver, such that at least a portion of the message signal leaks into a signal received the receiver, determining, at an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter of the receiver, an infinite impulse response of the self-interference channel based upon a reception of the swept tone swept at each frequency in the reception band, and estimating the self-interference channel, based upon the infinite impulse response.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: ALAN SCOTT BRANNON, RILEY NELSON PACK, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BAKER
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Publication number: 20170019235Abstract: The present application describes a computer-implemented method for frequency hopping including configuring a radio front end to operate on a first frequency; receiving a transmit signal in a first path in the radio front end; amplifying a transmit signal in the first path; phase shifting the transmit signal in a second path in the radio front end, the second path being different from the first path; coupling the amplified transmit signal to a third path in the radio front end; coupling the phase-shifted transmit signal in the second path to the amplified transmit signal in the third path to form a carrier-cancelled signal in a fourth path in the radio front end in the radio front end; phase shifting the carrier-cancelled signal in the fourth path; coupling the phase-shifted carrier-cancelled signal in the fourth path to the amplified transmitType: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: ALAN SCOTT BRANNON, RILEY NELSON PACK, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BAKER
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Publication number: 20170019128Abstract: The present application describes a computer-implemented method for configuring a front end including sweeping a first tone through the frequency band of the receive channel; receiving a first signal and a second signal containing interference; characterizing the receive channel using the first tone; processing the compensated first signal using an infinite impulse response filter based on the characterized receive channel to generate an interference cancelling signal; and coupling the interference cancelling signal to the second signal to generate an interference cancelled receive signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: RILEY NELSON PACK, ALAN SCOTT BRANNON, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BAKER
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Publication number: 20170019136Abstract: The present application describes a feed forward method that may electronically cancel self-interference while it is still in the transmit path. It may employ delay length matching for electronic cancellation over large bandwidths.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: ALAN SCOTT BRANNON, RILEY NELSON PACK, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BAKER
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Publication number: 20170019132Abstract: The present application describes systems and methods of performing self-interference cancellation. Such systems may include generating a transmit signal along a transmit path of a transceiver, where the transmit signal can be sent through a circulator to isolate the transmit signal from a receiver. The transmit signal may be transmitted from an antenna, and a signal may be reflected from the antenna, where the reflected signal may be at less power than an incident power to the antenna, and where the reflected signal may include a transmitter carrier signal and a transmitter noise. A received signal may be routed from the antenna to the receiver, the reflected signal may be routed through a filter and a phase shifter, and the signal may be combined with the received signal in the receive path to cancel the portion of the transmit signal that entered the receive path towards the receiver from the circulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: BENJAMIN JOSEPH BAKER, ALAN SCOTT BRANNON, RILEY NELSON PACK
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Publication number: 20170019191Abstract: The present application describes systems and methods of performing self-interference cancellation. Such systems may include generating a transmit signal along a transmit path of a transceiver, where the transmit signal can be sent through a circulator to isolate the transmit signal from a receiver. The transmit signal may be transmitted from an antenna, and a signal may be reflected from the antenna, where the reflected signal may be at less power than an incident power to the antenna, and where the reflected signal may include a transmitter carrier signal and a transmitter noise. A received signal may be routed from the antenna to the receiver, the reflected signal may be routed through a filter and a phase shifter, and the signal may be combined with the received signal in the receive path to cancel the portion of the transmit signal that entered the receive path towards the receiver from the circulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: ALAN SCOTT BRANNON, RILEY NELSON PACK, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BAKER
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Publication number: 20170019240Abstract: The present application describes a method for in-phase and quadrature phase (IQ) compensation in a frequency division duplex transceiver including a transmitter and a receiver is provided. The method includes transmitting, from a transmitter, a transmission signal including a message signal and a fixed tone at a frequency outside a reception band of the receiver, receiving, at the receiver, a reception signal including a portion of the transmission signal having the fixed tone and the message signal, determining, at a processor of the receiver, a gain mismatch (g) and a phase mismatch (?) between an in-phase (I) component and a quadrature (Q) phase component of the reception signal by detecting an image tone of the fixed tone in the reception signal, and minimizing, at the processor, the image tone to compensate the gain mismatch and the phase mismatch between the I and Q components of the reception signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Riley Nelson Pack, Alan Scott Brannon, Benjamin Joseph Baker