Patents by Inventor Henk Wymeersch
Henk Wymeersch 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: 11656322Abstract: A distributed FMCW radar communication system for interference mitigation in an ego unit comprising at least one RadCom unit arranged for radar sensing in a radar mode and for data communication in a communication mode with at least one target unit by switching between the radar mode and the communication mode in time and using separate frequency bands for the radar mode and the communication mode, using a random medium access technique for communication, where the ego unit comprises a plurality of RadCom units and a control unit adapted to control the plurality of RadCom units to use different starting times and frequency bands based on at least one received control message by means of communication during a radar frame duration (Tf) received by means of the data communication, where the starting times of different FMCW radars are separated sufficiently so as they are orthogonal.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: RADCHAT ABInventors: Canan Aydogdu, Henk Wymeersch
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Patent number: 11601185Abstract: A method for optimizing user equipment wireless localization using K reconfigurable intelligent surfaces reflecting signal(s) transmitted between a base station and the user equipment, the method including, whatever an a priori position of the user equipment selecting at least one reconfigurable intelligent surface to activate among the K reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, determining phases of elements of the at least one reconfigurable intelligent surface, by minimizing a predetermined cost function, depending on the a priori position, and accounting for a predetermined position error bound of the user equipment, while ensuring that at most K reconfigurable intelligent surfaces are selected, ensuring that the minimum Euclidian distance between two consecutive selected reconfigurable intelligent surfaces of a predetermined configuration, is strictly higher than a predetermined value limiting interference between additional multipath components generated by the at least one reconfigurable intelligent surfacType: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternativesInventors: Benoît Denis, Henk Wymeersch
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Publication number: 20210384958Abstract: A method for optimizing user equipment wireless localization using K reconfigurable intelligent surfaces reflecting signal(s) transmitted between a base station and the user equipment, the method including, whatever an a priori position of the user equipment selecting at least one reconfigurable intelligent surface to activate among the K reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, determining phases of elements of the at least one reconfigurable intelligent surface, by minimizing a predetermined cost function, depending on the a priori position, and accounting for a predetermined position error bound of the user equipment, while ensuring that at most K reconfigurable intelligent surfaces are selected, ensuring that the minimum Euclidian distance between two consecutive selected reconfigurable intelligent surfaces of a predetermined configuration, is strictly higher than a predetermined value limiting interference between additional multipath components generated by the at least one reconfigurable intelligent surfacType: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternativesInventors: Benoît DENIS, Henk WYMEERSCH
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Publication number: 20210003662Abstract: A distributed FMCW radar communication system for interference mitigation in an ego unit comprising at least one RadCom unit arranged for radar sensing in a radar mode and for data communication in a communication mode with at least one target unit by switching between the radar mode and the communication mode in time and using separate frequency bands for the radar mode and the communication mode, using a random medium access technique for communication, where the ego unit comprises a plurality of RadCom units and a control unit adapted to control the plurality of RadCom units to use different starting times and frequency bands based on at least one received control message by means of communication during a radar frame duration (Tf) received by means of the data communication, where the starting times of different FMCW radars are separated sufficiently so as they are orthogonal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Chalmers Ventures ABInventors: Canan AYDOGDU, Henk WYMEERSCH
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Patent number: 10454641Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method in a first wireless device (10A) comprises determining (100) an intended pilot sequence that the first wireless device (10A) intends to send to an access node (20), determining (112-116) whether another wireless device (10B; 10N) is using a similar pilot sequence, and transmitting (122) the intended pilot sequence to the access node (20) in a next available time instance in response to a determination that another wireless device (10B, 10N) is not using the similar pilot sequence.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Johnny Karout, Themistoklis Charalambous, Gabor Fodor, L. Srikar Muppirisetty, Henk Wymeersch
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Patent number: 10320511Abstract: The present disclosure relates to coordinating the pilot sequences that are used by several wireless devices being served by one or more network nodes. In particular it relates to coordinating pilot signals used by adjacent cells or by cells within a limited area. The disclosure also relates to a pilot coordination unit, to a network node, to a wireless device and to corresponding methods and computer programs. The disclosure proposes a method performed in a pilot coordination unit (120) in a communication system, for coordinating pilot sequences used by several wireless devices (10a, 10b) served by one or more network nodes (110a, 110b). The method comprises obtaining (S12), estimated angles of arrival, of the wireless devices (10a, 10b), in the corresponding serving network nodes (110a, 110b). The method further comprises allocating (S14) pilot sequences, to be used by the wireless devices (10a, 10b) based on the obtained estimated angles of arrival.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Gabor Fodor, Johnny Karout, L. Srikar Muppirisetty, Henk Wymeersch
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Publication number: 20180241522Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method in a first wireless device (10A) comprises determining (100) an intended pilot sequence that the first wireless device (10A) intends to send to an access node (20), determining (112-116) whether another wireless device (10B; 10N) is using a similar pilot sequence, and transmitting (122) the intended pilot sequence to the access node (20) in a next available time instance in response to a determination that another wireless device (10B, 10N) is not using the similar pilot sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Johnny Karout, Themistoklis Charalambous, Gabor Fodor, L. Srikar Muppirisetty, Henk Wymeersch
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Publication number: 20180175960Abstract: The present disclosure relates to coordinating the pilot sequences that are used by several wireless devices being served by one or more network nodes. In particular it relates to coordinating pilot signals used by adjacent cells or by cells within a limited area. The disclosure also relates to a pilot coordination unit, to a network node, to a wireless device and to corresponding methods and computer programs. The disclosure proposes a method performed in a pilot coordination unit (120) in a communication system, for coordinating pilot sequences used by several wireless devices (10a, 10b) served by one or more network nodes (110a, 110b). The method comprises obtaining (S12), estimated angles of arrival, of the wireless devices (10a, 10b), in the corresponding serving network nodes (110a, 110b). The method further comprises allocating (S14) pilot sequences, to be used by the wireless devices (10a, 10b) based on the obtained estimated angles of arrival.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Gabor Fodor, Johnny Karout, L. Srikar Muppirisetty, Henk Wymeersch
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Patent number: 9329257Abstract: A system and corresponding method using a cooperative localization technique for self identifying a location of a wireless device in a wireless network is presented. The system may estimate an arbitrary signal metric as a function of a signal received by the wireless device from the at least one other wireless device in the wireless network. The system may also convert at least one belief representing a distribution of at least one possible location of the at least one other wireless device to generate at least one converted belief. The system may further determine a self-belief as a function of the at least one converted belief and identify a self location, as a function of the self-belief, within the wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Henk Wymeersch, Moe Z. Win, Jaime Lien
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Patent number: 8315955Abstract: A method of equalization used to estimate a transmitted signal given a received output is presented herein. The equalization method involves modeling a transmission channel as a Hidden Markov Model (HMM). The HMM channel is evaluated as a finite state machine. A Markov Chain Monte Carlo technique of sampling and computation is then utilized to estimate the transmitted signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Henk Wymeersch, Moe Z. Win, Faisal M. Kashif
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Publication number: 20080268873Abstract: A system and corresponding method using a cooperative localization technique for self identifying a location of a wireless device in a wireless network is presented. The system may estimate an arbitrary signal metric as a function of a signal received by the wireless device from the at least one other wireless device in the wireless network. The system may also convert at least one belief representing a distribution of at least one possible location of the at least one other wireless device to generate at least one converted belief. The system may further determine a self-belief as a function of the at least one converted belief and identify a self location, as a function of the self-belief, within the wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Henk Wymeersch, Moe Z. Win, Jaime Lien
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Publication number: 20080140404Abstract: A method of equalization used to estimate a transmitted signal given a received output is presented herein. The equalization method involves modeling a transmission channel as a Hidden Markov Model (HMM). The HMM channel is evaluated as a finite state machine. A Markov Chain Monte Carlo technique of sampling and computation is then utilized to estimate the transmitted signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventors: Henk Wymeersch, Moe Z. Win, Faisal M. Kashif