Patents by Inventor Brian R. La Cour
Brian R. La Cour 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: 11791867Abstract: A disclosed transmitter for wireless communication includes multiple transmitting antennas, a symbol mapper for mapping an input block including multiple binary bits and representing information to be transmitted to a symbol representing an ordered plurality of complex numbers, a space-time encoder for applying an encoding operator to the symbol to produce a vectorized space-time codeword defining electrical signals to be transmitted by the transmitter, the encoding operator being dependent on a set of predefined stabilizer generators, and circuitry to collectively transmit, by the antennas to multiple receiving antennas of a receiver over a wireless transmission channel, the electrical signals defined by the vectorized space-time codeword. The receiver includes a space-time decoder for recovering the symbol from the electrical signals transmitted by the transmitter using a decoding operation that is based on maximum likelihood inference, and a symbol de-mapper for recovering the input block from the symbol.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMInventors: S. Andrew Lanham, Travis Cuvelier, Brian R. La Cour, Robert Heath
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Publication number: 20220123792Abstract: A disclosed transmitter for wireless communication includes multiple transmitting antennas, a symbol mapper for mapping an input block including multiple binary bits and representing information to be transmitted to a symbol representing an ordered plurality of complex numbers, a space-time encoder for applying an encoding operator to the symbol to produce a vectorized space-time codeword defining electrical signals to be transmitted by the transmitter, the encoding operator being dependent on a set of predefined stabilizer generators, and circuitry to collectively transmit, by the antennas to multiple receiving antennas of a receiver over a wireless transmission channel, the electrical signals defined by the vectorized space-time codeword. The receiver includes a space-time decoder for recovering the symbol from the electrical signals transmitted by the transmitter using a decoding operation that is based on maximum likelihood inference, and a symbol de-mapper for recovering the input block from the symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: S. Andrew Lanham, Travis Cuvelier, Brian R. La Cour, Robert Heath
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Patent number: 11218195Abstract: A disclosed transmitter for wireless communication includes multiple transmitting antennas, a symbol mapper for mapping an input block including multiple binary bits and representing information to be transmitted to a symbol representing an ordered plurality of complex numbers, a space-time encoder for applying an encoding operator to the symbol to produce a vectorized space-time codeword defining electrical signals to be transmitted by the transmitter, the encoding operator being dependent on a set of predefined stabilizer generators, and circuitry to collectively transmit, by the antennas to multiple receiving antennas of a receiver over a wireless transmission channel, the electrical signals defined by the vectorized space-time codeword. The receiver includes a space-time decoder for recovering the symbol from the electrical signals transmitted by the transmitter using a decoding operation that is based on maximum likelihood inference, and a symbol de-mapper for recovering the input block from the symbol.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: S. Andrew Lanham, Travis Cuvelier, Brian R. La Cour, Robert Heath
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Publication number: 20210203385Abstract: A disclosed transmitter for wireless communication includes multiple transmitting antennas, a symbol mapper for mapping an input block including multiple binary bits and representing information to be transmitted to a symbol representing an ordered plurality of complex numbers, a space-time encoder for applying an encoding operator to the symbol to produce a vectorized space-time codeword defining electrical signals to be transmitted by the transmitter, the encoding operator being dependent on a set of predefined stabilizer generators, and circuitry to collectively transmit, by the antennas to multiple receiving antennas of a receiver over a wireless transmission channel, the electrical signals defined by the vectorized space-time codeword. The receiver includes a space-time decoder for recovering the symbol from the electrical signals transmitted by the transmitter using a decoding operation that is based on maximum likelihood inference, and a symbol de-mapper for recovering the input block from the symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: S. Andrew Lanham, Travis Cuvelier, Brian R. La Cour, Robert Heath, Jr.
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Patent number: 10565514Abstract: A universal quantum computer may be emulated by a classical computing system that uses an electronic signal of bounded duration and amplitude to represent an arbitrary initial quantum state. The initial quantum state may be specified by inputs provided to the system and may be encoded in the signal, which is derived from a collection of phase-coherent coherent basis signals. Unitary quantum computing gate operations, including logical operations on qubits or operations that change the phase of a qubit, may be performed using analog electronic circuits within the quantum computing emulation device. These circuits, which may apply a matrix transformation to the signals representing the initial quantum state, may include four-quadrant multipliers, operational amplifiers, and analog filters. A measurement component within the quantum computing emulation device may produce a digital signal output representing the transformed quantum state.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Brian R. La Cour, Granville E. Ott
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Publication number: 20180046933Abstract: A quantum computing emulation platform may be used to control operation of a quantum computing emulation device in performing, by analog electronic circuits within the device, a quantum computing exercise. The platform may include a master controller to determine an initial quantum state for the exercise, a number and sequence of gate operations to be applied in sets of execution runs, and a transformation type for each run, to define and allocate storage for data collection variables, to initiate performance of the exercise by the device, and to store results. The platform may include a set controller to prepare control values for the gate operations and to prepare the platform to collect results, and a run controller to provide the control values for each run to the device and record results. The control values may control switches on the device and program analog electronic circuits to perform particular gate operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Brian R. La Cour, Michael J. Starkey, Corey I. Ostrove
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Publication number: 20170286858Abstract: A universal quantum computer may be emulated by a classical computing system that uses an electronic signal of bounded duration and amplitude to represent an arbitrary initial quantum state. The initial quantum state may be specified by inputs provided to the system and may be encoded in the signal, which is derived from a collection of phase-coherent coherent basis signals. Unitary quantum computing gate operations, including logical operations on qubits or operations that change the phase of a qubit, may be performed using analog electronic circuits within the quantum computing emulation device. These circuits, which may apply a matrix transformation to the signals representing the initial quantum state, may include four-quadrant multipliers, operational amplifiers, and analog filters. A measurement component within the quantum computing emulation device may produce a digital signal output representing the transformed quantum state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Brian R. La Cour, Granville E. Ott