Patents by Inventor Ernest Tsui

Ernest Tsui 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).

  • Publication number: 20260163596
    Abstract: A processing system may obtain training records in a wireless communication network, each including downlink signal information, uplink noise information, and at least one label indicating whether passive intermodulation (PIM) noise is present, the set of training records being for different combinations of downlink carriers comprising a subset of less than all possible combinations. The processing system may next train a PIM noise detection model in accordance with the training records, where the model is trained to output indicators of whether instances of PIM noise are exhibited in input data samples. The processing system may then apply a first input data sample to the PIM noise detection model to obtain a first output comprising a first indication that a first instance of PIM is exhibited in the first input data sample and may perform at least one remedial action in the wireless communication network in response to the first indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: Guanying Ru, Mehdi Malboubi, Ernest Tsui, Weihua Ye, Xiannuan Liang
  • Patent number: 12500793
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a coherence block for each user equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs being served by the first cell, resulting in a plurality of coherence blocks, responsive to the determining, identifying a smallest coherence block from the plurality of coherence blocks, identifying a pilot sequence length based on the smallest coherence block, determining a plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences based on the identifying the pilot sequence length, designating, from the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, a first group of orthogonal pilot sequences for use in the first cell, and distributing, to each neighboring cell of a plurality of neighboring cells adjacent to the first cell, a respective group of orthogonal pilot sequences from a remainder of the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, to prevent pilot contamination between the first cell and the plurality of neighboring cells. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Weihua Ye
  • Publication number: 20250343709
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over an uplink (UL) via a combination of coherent modular antenna arrays, first transmissions from a first user equipment (UE) and second transmissions from a second UE, wherein the first UE and the second UE are being served by the cell in multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) mode, determining, based on the first transmissions and the second transmissions, that a probability of the second UE interfering with the first UE in the UL satisfies a particular threshold, responsive to the determining, identifying an adjustment to an UL transmit power for the first UE, and causing the first UE to implement the adjustment to the UL transmit power. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ernest Tsui
  • Publication number: 20250330209
    Abstract: Embodiments for port reconfiguration for passive intermodulation interference mitigation are presented herein. A base station device comprises a signal processing component comprising a passive intermodulation interference component and an antenna configuration component. The passive intermodulation interference component determines passive intermodulation interference corresponding to uplink signals that have been received, via a configurable cellular antenna array of the base station device, from respective wireless devices of a group of wireless devices that have been communicatively coupled to the base station device. The antenna configuration component selects a defined configuration of a group of cellular antenna ports of the configurable cellular antenna array to facilitate a reduction of the passive intermodulation interference corresponding to the uplink signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2025
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Michael Taylor, Weihua Ye, Young Suh, Paul Maxwell, Guanying Ru, James Hollister
  • Publication number: 20250317903
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a quality of a communication path between a user equipment (UE) and a base station, resulting in a determined quality, and based on the determined quality, controlling aggregation of one or more time division duplexing (TDD) carriers and one or more frequency division duplexing (FDD) carriers in an uplink (UL) such that either the one or more TDD carriers or the one or more FDD carriers are selected for a Primary cell (Pcell) for the UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: ERNEST TSUI, Jianchun Zhou, Weihua Ye
  • Patent number: 12401545
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over an uplink (UL) via a combination of coherent modular antenna arrays, first transmissions from a first user equipment (UE) and second transmissions from a second UE, wherein the first UE and the second UE are being served by the cell in multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) mode, determining, based on the first transmissions and the second transmissions, that a probability of the second UE interfering with the first UE in the UL satisfies a particular threshold, responsive to the determining, identifying an adjustment to an UL transmit power for the first UE, and causing the first UE to implement the adjustment to the UL transmit power. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ernest Tsui
  • Patent number: 12348261
    Abstract: Embodiments for port reconfiguration for passive intermodulation interference mitigation are presented herein. A base station device comprises a signal processing component comprising a passive intermodulation interference component and an antenna configuration component. The passive intermodulation interference component determines passive intermodulation interference corresponding to uplink signals that have been received, via a configurable cellular antenna array of the base station device, from respective wireless devices of a group of wireless devices that have been communicatively coupled to the base station device. The antenna configuration component selects a defined configuration of a group of cellular antenna ports of the configurable cellular antenna array to facilitate a reduction of the passive intermodulation interference corresponding to the uplink signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Michael Taylor, Weihua Ye, Young Suh, Paul Maxwell, Guanying Ru, James Hollister
  • Publication number: 20240430056
    Abstract: A system includes a base band unit pooling component that determines, via a base band unit pool of base station devices, respective uplink channel estimates of an uplink channel wirelessly coupling, using frequency division duplexing via respective modular antenna elements, a user equipment to the base band unit pool. A downlink channel estimation component of the system derives, based on the respective uplink channel estimates, a downlink channel estimate of a downlink channel wirelessly coupling, using the frequency division duplexing via a portion of the respective modular antenna elements corresponding to a base station device of the base band unit pool, the base station device to the user equipment. In turn, the system generates, using the downlink channel estimate, a group of downlink sector beams to be transmitted to the user equipment using the downlink channel via the portion of the respective modular antenna elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Brian Gavin, Paul Maxwell, Weihua Ye
  • Patent number: 12120052
    Abstract: A system includes a base band unit pooling component that determines, via a base band unit pool of base station devices, respective uplink channel estimates of an uplink channel wirelessly coupling, using frequency division duplexing via respective modular antenna elements, a user equipment to the base band unit pool. A downlink channel estimation component of the system derives, based on the respective uplink channel estimates, a downlink channel estimate of a downlink channel wirelessly coupling, using the frequency division duplexing via a portion of the respective modular antenna elements corresponding to a base station device of the base band unit pool, the base station device to the user equipment. In turn, the system generates, using the downlink channel estimate, a group of downlink sector beams to be transmitted to the user equipment using the downlink channel via the portion of the respective modular antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Brian Gavin, Paul Maxwell, Weihua Ye
  • Publication number: 20240291691
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over an uplink (UL) via a combination of coherent modular antenna arrays, first transmissions from a first user equipment (UE) and second transmissions from a second UE, wherein the first UE and the second UE are being served by the cell in multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) mode, determining, based on the first transmissions and the second transmissions, that a probability of the second UE interfering with the first UE in the UL satisfies a particular threshold, responsive to the determining, identifying an adjustment to an UL transmit power for the first UE, and causing the first UE to implement the adjustment to the UL transmit power. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ernest Tsui
  • Publication number: 20240223406
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a coherence block for each user equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs being served by the first cell, resulting in a plurality of coherence blocks, responsive to the determining, identifying a smallest coherence block from the plurality of coherence blocks, identifying a pilot sequence length based on the smallest coherence block, determining a plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences based on the identifying the pilot sequence length, designating, from the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, a first group of orthogonal pilot sequences for use in the first cell, and distributing, to each neighboring cell of a plurality of neighboring cells adjacent to the first cell, a respective group of orthogonal pilot sequences from a remainder of the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, to prevent pilot contamination between the first cell and the plurality of neighboring cells. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Weihu Ye
  • Patent number: 12021660
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over an uplink (UL) via a combination of coherent modular antenna arrays, first transmissions from a first user equipment (UE) and second transmissions from a second UE, wherein the first UE and the second UE are being served by the cell in multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) mode, determining, based on the first transmissions and the second transmissions, that a probability of the second UE interfering with the first UE in the UL satisfies a particular threshold, responsive to the determining, identifying an adjustment to an UL transmit power for the first UE, and causing the first UE to implement the adjustment to the UL transmit power. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ernest Tsui
  • Patent number: 11996958
    Abstract: Identifying a coherence time associated with a user equipment (UE) and a coherence bandwidth associated with the UE, determining a coherence block based on the coherence time and the coherence bandwidth, determining whether the coherence block satisfies a threshold, based on a first determination that the coherence block satisfies the threshold, employing a plurality of modular antenna arrays in multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) for the UE, and, based on a second determination that the coherence block does not satisfy the threshold, employing the plurality of modular antenna arrays in single-user (Su)-MIMO for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ernest Tsui
  • Patent number: 11962438
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a coherence block for each user equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs being served by the first cell, resulting in a plurality of coherence blocks, responsive to the determining, identifying a smallest coherence block from the plurality of coherence blocks, identifying a pilot sequence length based on the smallest coherence block, determining a plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences based on the identifying the pilot sequence length, designating, from the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, a first group of orthogonal pilot sequences for use in the first cell, and distributing, to each neighboring cell of a plurality of neighboring cells adjacent to the first cell, a respective group of orthogonal pilot sequences from a remainder of the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, to prevent pilot contamination between the first cell and the plurality of neighboring cells. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Weihua Ye
  • Patent number: 11843480
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a coherence time for a user equipment (UE), identifying a coherence bandwidth for the UE, determining a coherence block based on the coherence time and the coherence bandwidth, and, based on a first determination that the coherence block satisfies a threshold, permitting the UE to transmit sounding reference signal (SRS) data over a smaller SRS bandwidth that is smaller than a default SRS bandwidth, at a lower periodicity that is lower than a default periodicity, or a combination thereof, thereby conserving power resources of the UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ernest Tsui
  • Publication number: 20230254004
    Abstract: Embodiments for port reconfiguration for passive intermodulation interference mitigation are presented herein. A base station device comprises a signal processing component comprising a passive intermodulation interference component and an antenna configuration component. The passive intermodulation interference component determines passive intermodulation interference corresponding to uplink signals that have been received, via a configurable cellular antenna array of the base station device, from respective wireless devices of a group of wireless devices that have been communicatively coupled to the base station device. The antenna configuration component selects a defined configuration of a group of cellular antenna ports of the configurable cellular antenna array to facilitate a reduction of the passive intermodulation interference corresponding to the uplink signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Michael Taylor, Weihua Ye, Young Suh, Paul Maxwell, Guanying Ru, James Hollister
  • Publication number: 20230198813
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a coherence block for each user equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs being served by the first cell, resulting in a plurality of coherence blocks, responsive to the determining, identifying a smallest coherence block from the plurality of coherence blocks, identifying a pilot sequence length based on the smallest coherence block, determining a plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences based on the identifying the pilot sequence length, designating, from the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, a first group of orthogonal pilot sequences for use in the first cell, and distributing, to each neighboring cell of a plurality of neighboring cells adjacent to the first cell, a respective group of orthogonal pilot sequences from a remainder of the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, to prevent pilot contamination between the first cell and the plurality of neighboring cells. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Weihua Ye
  • Patent number: 11658697
    Abstract: Embodiments for port reconfiguration for passive intermodulation interference mitigation are presented herein. A base station device comprises a signal processing component comprising a passive intermodulation interference component and an antenna configuration component. The passive intermodulation interference component determines passive intermodulation interference corresponding to uplink signals that have been received, via a configurable cellular antenna array of the base station device, from respective wireless devices of a group of wireless devices that have been communicatively coupled to the base station device. The antenna configuration component selects a defined configuration of a group of cellular antenna ports of the configurable cellular antenna array to facilitate a reduction of the passive intermodulation interference corresponding to the uplink signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Michael Taylor, Weihua Ye, Young Suh, Paul Maxwell, Guanying Ru, James Hollister
  • Patent number: 11611456
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a coherence block for each user equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs being served by the first cell, resulting in a plurality of coherence blocks, responsive to the determining, identifying a smallest coherence block from the plurality of coherence blocks, identifying a pilot sequence length based on the smallest coherence block, determining a plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences based on the identifying the pilot sequence length, designating, from the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, a first group of orthogonal pilot sequences for use in the first cell, and distributing, to each neighboring cell of a plurality of neighboring cells adjacent to the first cell, a respective group of orthogonal pilot sequences from a remainder of the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, to prevent pilot contamination between the first cell and the plurality of neighboring cells. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Weihua Ye
  • Publication number: 20230050488
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, causing a reference antenna element of a first set of antenna elements of a first antenna array to transmit a first signal, determining for each antenna element of a second set of antenna elements of a second antenna array, a receive-related offset, relative to the reference element, based on inter-element propagation delays between the first and second sets of elements, causing each antenna element of the second set of elements to transmit a respective second signal, based on the reference antenna element receiving the respective second signals, calculating a respective transmit-related offset for each antenna element of the second set of antenna elements relative to the reference antenna element based on the inter-element propagation delays, and performing calibration between the first antenna array and the second antenna array based on the respective receive-related and transmit-related offsets. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Paul Maxwell, Brian Gavin