Patents by Inventor Colin D. Frank

Colin D. Frank 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).

  • Patent number: 12294959
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink power control. One method includes: receiving a message that configures a set of resources that each includes a downlink resource or an uplink sounding resource and is associated with an uplink transmission beam pattern; receiving scheduling information for an uplink transmission that is associated with a resource of the set of resources; determining an uplink transmission beam pattern associated with the resource; determining a configured maximum output power for the uplink transmission beam pattern that is based on an antenna array property associated with the uplink transmission beam pattern; determining a transmit power for the uplink transmission based on the configured maximum output power; and performing the uplink transmission using the uplink transmission beam pattern based on the transmit power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung, Colin D. Frank, Robert T. Love, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Hossein Bagheri
  • Patent number: 12273826
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink power control. One method includes: operating a network entity with multiple antenna arrays; determining a first closed-loop power control process for a first set of uplink beam patterns based on a first antenna array of the multiple antenna arrays, wherein at least one receive beam pattern of the first antenna array is used to receive a first uplink transmission using at least one uplink beam pattern; determining a second closed-loop power control process for a second set of uplink beam patterns based on a second antenna array of the multiple antenna arrays, wherein the second antenna array is different from the first antenna array; and indicating to the device in a configuration message the first closed-loop power control process and the second closed-loop power control process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung, Colin D. Frank, Robert T. Love, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Hossein Bagheri
  • Patent number: 12191961
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting signals with delays. One method includes determining, at a user equipment, a first transmit signal based on a set of modulation symbols. The method includes determining a second transmit signal based on the first transmit signal, wherein the second transmit signal is a delayed copy of the first transmit signal that is delayed by a delay, and the delay is less than a maximum value. The method includes transmitting the first transmit signal from a first antenna of the user equipment. The method includes transmitting the second transmit signal from a second antenna of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park
    Inventors: Colin D. Frank, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung
  • Patent number: 12149388
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for calculating an EVM of a transmitter. An apparatus includes a transceiver that receives, using an unbiased linear minimum mean square error (“MMSE”) equalizer, a transmission signal transmitted via a propagation channel, the signal generated and transmitted using an antenna port at a transmitter, the antenna port comprising a plurality of antennas (N) and an antenna connector for each of the plurality of antennas. The apparatus includes a processor that determines an EVM for the antenna port of the transmitter based on an output of the unbiased linear MMSE equalizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Colin D. Frank
  • Publication number: 20240305356
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for calculating an error vector magnitude (“EVM”) of a transmitter. An apparatus includes a transceiver that receives, using an unbiased linear multiple-input multiple-output (“MIMO”) receiver, a single layer transmission signal transmitted via a propagation channel, the signal generated and transmitted using an antenna port at a transmitter, the antenna port comprising a plurality of antennas and an antenna connector for each of the plurality of antennas and a processor that determines an EVM for the single layer transmission from the transmitter based on an output of the unbiased linear MIMO receiver, the EVM defined as 100 times a square root of a mean-square error at the output of the unbiased linear MIMO receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventor: Colin D. Frank
  • Publication number: 20240306099
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink power control. One method includes: receiving a message that configures a set of resources that each includes a downlink resource or an uplink sounding resource and is associated with an uplink transmission beam pattern; receiving scheduling information for an uplink transmission that is associated with a resource of the set of resources; determining an uplink transmission beam pattern associated with the resource; determining a configured maximum output power for the uplink transmission beam pattern that is based on an antenna array property associated with the uplink transmission beam pattern; determining a transmit power for the uplink transmission based on the configured maximum output power; and performing the uplink transmission using the uplink transmission beam pattern based on the transmit power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung, Colin D. Frank, Robert T. Love, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Hossein Bagheri
  • Publication number: 20240250853
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a magnitude of a composite zero-forcing equalizer. One method includes measuring a first frequency response at a first antenna connector. The method includes determining a first zero-forcing equalizer for the first antenna connector as an inverse of the first frequency response. The method includes measuring a second frequency response at a second antenna connector. The method includes determining a second zero-forcing equalizer for the second antenna connector as an inverse of the second frequency response. The method includes determining a magnitude of a composite zero-forcing equalizer as a square root of a weighted combination of squares of magnitudes of the first zero-forcing equalizer and the second zero-forcing equalizer. A first weight applied for the first antenna connector is a square of a first power measured at the first antenna connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventor: Colin D. Frank
  • Publication number: 20240243950
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a composite zero-forcing equalizer. One method includes measuring a first frequency response at a first antenna connector. The method includes determining a first zero-forcing equalizer for the first antenna connector as an inverse of the first frequency response. The method includes measuring a second frequency response at a second antenna connector. The method includes determining a second zero-forcing equalizer for the second antenna connector as an inverse of the second frequency response. The method includes determining a composite zero-forcing equalizer as a normalized power weighted linear combination of absolute value magnitudes of the first zero-forcing equalizer and the second zero-forcing equalizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventor: Colin D. Frank
  • Patent number: 11991647
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink power control. One method includes: receiving a message that configures a set of resources that each includes a downlink resource or an uplink sounding resource and is associated with an uplink transmission beam pattern; receiving scheduling information for an uplink transmission that is associated with a resource of the set of resources; determining an uplink transmission beam pattern associated with the resource; determining a configured maximum output power for the uplink transmission beam pattern that is based on an antenna array property associated with the uplink transmission beam pattern; determining a transmit power for the uplink transmission based on the configured maximum output power; and performing the uplink transmission using the uplink transmission beam pattern based on the transmit power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung, Colin D. Frank, Robert T. Love, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Hossein Bagheri
  • Publication number: 20230396470
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for calculating an EVM of a transmitter. An apparatus includes a transceiver that receives, using an unbiased linear minimum mean square error (“MMSE”) equalizer, a transmission signal transmitted via a propagation channel, the signal generated and transmitted using an antenna port at a transmitter, the antenna port comprising a plurality of antennas (N) and an antenna connector for each of the plurality of antennas. The apparatus includes a processor that determines an EVM for the antenna port of the transmitter based on an output of the unbiased linear MMSE equalizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Colin D. Frank
  • Publication number: 20230387974
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for meeting an error vector magnitude (EVM) requirement. One method includes setting an EVM requirement for a transmit antenna within a set of transmit antennas of an antenna port. The EVM requirement for the transmit antenna is a EVMreq(m); EVMreq is the EVM requirement for the antenna port for a modulation; and a is based on a function of a number of transmit antennas of the antenna port. The method includes performing a transmission based on the EVM requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Colin D. Frank
  • Publication number: 20230291618
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for calculating an EVM of a transmitter. One apparatus includes a processor and a receiver that receives a signal via a propagation channel from an antenna port at a transmitter, the antenna port comprising multiple antennas and with an antenna connector for each antenna. The processor measures the received signal using an unbiased linear MMSE equalizer and calculates an EVM of the antenna port, where the EVM is calculated as 100 times the square root of the mean square error of the symbol estimate at the output of the unbiased linear MMSE equalizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Colin D. Frank
  • Publication number: 20230275626
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for calculating an EVM of a transmitter. One apparatus includes a processor and a receiver that receives a multiple-layer MIMO signal from a transmitter via a propagation channel. The processor measures the received multiple-layer MIMO signal using an unbiased linear MMSE MIMO equalizer and calculates an EVM of the transmitter, where the EVM for each transmission layer is calculated as 100 times the square root of the mean square error of the layer estimate at the output of the unbiased linear MMSE MIMO equalizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Colin D. Frank
  • Publication number: 20230216570
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting signals with delays. One method includes determining, at a user equipment, a first transmit signal based on a set of modulation symbols. The method includes determining a second transmit signal based on the first transmit signal, wherein the second transmit signal is a delayed copy of the first transmit signal that is delayed by a delay, and the delay is less than a maximum value. The method includes transmitting the first transmit signal from a first antenna of the user equipment. The method includes transmitting the second transmit signal from a second antenna of the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Colin D. Frank, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung
  • Publication number: 20230198817
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a signal quality using an error vector magnitude. One method includes receiving an output of a user equipment antenna port. The user equipment antenna port includes a linear combination of two or more transmit antennas. The method includes performing normalized maximum ratio combining on the output of the user equipment antenna port to produce a normalized output. The method includes determining a signal quality of the output of the user equipment antenna port. Determining the signal quality includes determining an error vector magnitude using the normalized output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Colin D. Frank
  • Publication number: 20220377676
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink power control. One method includes: receiving a message that configures a set of resources that each includes a downlink resource or an uplink sounding resource and is associated with an uplink transmission beam pattern; receiving scheduling information for an uplink transmission that is associated with a resource of the set of resources; determining an uplink transmission beam pattern associated with the resource; determining a configured maximum output power for the uplink transmission beam pattern that is based on an antenna array property associated with the uplink transmission beam pattern; determining a transmit power for the uplink transmission based on the configured maximum output power; and performing the uplink transmission using the uplink transmission beam pattern based on the transmit power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung, Colin D. Frank, Robert T. Love, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Hossein Bagheri
  • Patent number: 11419067
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink power control. One method includes: receiving a message that configures a set of resources that each includes a downlink resource or an uplink sounding resource and is associated with an uplink transmission beam pattern; receiving scheduling information for an uplink transmission that is associated with a resource of the set of resources; determining an uplink transmission beam pattern associated with the resource; determining a configured maximum output power for the uplink transmission beam pattern that is based on an antenna array property associated with the uplink transmission beam pattern; determining a transmit power for the uplink transmission based on the configured maximum output power; and performing the uplink transmission using the uplink transmission beam pattern based on the transmit power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung, Colin D. Frank, Robert T. Love, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Hossein Bagheri
  • Publication number: 20220015045
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink power control. One method includes: operating a network entity with multiple antenna arrays; determining a first closed-loop power control process for a first set of uplink beam patterns based on a first antenna array of the multiple antenna arrays, wherein at least one receive beam pattern of the first antenna array is used to receive a first uplink transmission using at least one uplink beam pattern; determining a second closed-loop power control process for a second set of uplink beam patterns based on a second antenna array of the multiple antenna arrays, wherein the second antenna array is different from the first antenna array; and indicating to the device in a configuration message the first closed-loop power control process and the second closed-loop power control process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung, Colin D. Frank, Robert T. Love, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Hossein Bagheri
  • Patent number: 11134452
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink power control. One method includes: operating a network entity with multiple antenna arrays; determining a first closed-loop power control process for a first set of uplink beam patterns based on a first antenna array of the multiple antenna arrays, wherein at least one receive beam pattern of the first antenna array is used to receive a first uplink transmission using at least one uplink beam pattern; determining a second closed-loop power control process for a second set of uplink beam patterns based on a second antenna array of the multiple antenna arrays, wherein the second antenna array is different from the first antenna array; and indicating to the device in a configuration message the first closed-loop power control process and the second closed-loop power control process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung, Colin D. Frank, Robert T. Love, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Hossein Bagheri
  • Publication number: 20210211998
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink power control. One method includes: receiving a message that configures a set of resources that each includes a downlink resource or an uplink sounding resource and is associated with an uplink transmission beam pattern; receiving scheduling information for an uplink transmission that is associated with a resource of the set of resources; determining an uplink transmission beam pattern associated with the resource; determining a configured maximum output power for the uplink transmission beam pattern that is based on an antenna array property associated with the uplink transmission beam pattern; determining a transmit power for the uplink transmission based on the configured maximum output power; and performing the uplink transmission using the uplink transmission beam pattern based on the transmit power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung, Colin D. Frank, Robert T. Love, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Hossein Bagheri