Patents by Inventor Boon Sim Thian

Boon Sim Thian 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).

  • Decoding for MIMO systems
    Patent number: 8705666
    Abstract: In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving a signal transmitted through a channel; receiving an estimate of the channel; determining from the estimate of the channel at least one statistic representative of a variability of the estimate of the channel; decoding the received signal by at least searching for an output using a plurality of cost metrics determined based on at least the estimate of the channel and the at least one statistic; and providing, based on at least one of the plurality of cost metrics, the output. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Boon Sim Thian, Andrea Goldsmith
  • DECODING FOR MIMO SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20110243279
    Abstract: In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving a signal transmitted through a channel; receiving an estimate of the channel; determining from the estimate of the channel at least one statistic representative of a variability of the estimate of the channel; decoding the received signal by at least searching for an output using a plurality of cost metrics determined based on at least the estimate of the channel and the at least one statistic; and providing, based on at least one of the plurality of cost metrics, the output. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Boon Sim Thian, Andrea Goldsmith