Patents by Inventor Dale Douglas Harman

Dale Douglas Harman 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: 10484210
    Abstract: An apparatus, such as a base station or a user equipment, includes a transceiver configured to receive a first signal that is a superposition of symbols transmitted concurrently by users in shared resources of an air interface. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to iteratively cancel, for the users, interference produced by the symbols transmitted by other users on the basis of log likelihood ratios (LLRs) that represent likelihoods that previous estimates of the symbols transmitted by the other users are correct. The processor is also configured to iteratively decode the symbols transmitted by the users after canceling the interference produced by the symbols transmitted by the other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Alcatel Lucent, Nokia of America Corporation
    Inventors: Marcos Tavares, Dale Douglas Harman, Milan Zivkovic, Juergen Otterbach, Dragan Samardzija
  • Publication number: 20180287828
    Abstract: An apparatus, such as a base station or a user equipment, includes a transceiver configured to receive a first signal that is a superposition of symbols transmitted concurrently by users in shared resources of an air interface. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to iteratively cancel, for the users, interference produced by the symbols transmitted by other users on the basis of log likelihood ratios (LLRs) that represent likelihoods that previous estimates of the symbols transmitted by the other users are correct. The processor is also configured to iteratively decode the symbols transmitted by the users after canceling the interference produced by the symbols transmitted by the other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Marcos Tavares, Dale Douglas Harman, Milan Zivkovic, Juergen Otterbach, Dragan Samardzija
  • Patent number: 6442198
    Abstract: Taps of a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) are stabilized by adding a small amount of noise to the feedback data symbols. In particular, a DFE structure comprises a feedforward filter, slicer, feedback filter and further includes a noise source. The noise source adds noise to the sliced data signal (provided by the slicer) before further processing by the feedback filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Agere Systems Guardian Corp.
    Inventor: Dale Douglas Harman
  • Patent number: 6329937
    Abstract: In a first embodiment, a data transmitter according to the invention includes a digital-to-analog converter adapted to receive an input signal and produce a plurality of images therefrom, each image being displaced from the other images in frequency, and a compensation filter adapted to compensate at least one of the plurality of images to adjust for a loss inherent in the digital-to-analog converter. In an alternative embodiment, a receiver includes an analog-to-digital converter adapted to receive a line signal comprising a plurality of frequency diverse images, and to produce a sampled signal representative of a single image therefrom. In another alternative embodiment, a method of transmitting a signal includes the steps of creating a plurality of images of a main signal, compensating at least one of the images, and outputting the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Agere Systems Guardian Corp.
    Inventor: Dale Douglas Harman