Patents by Inventor Hsien-Wen Chang

Hsien-Wen Chang 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: 10986511
    Abstract: A base station includes a processing unit, a plurality of radio frequency units, a plurality of antenna units, a control unit and an adjustment unit. The processing unit generates a baseband signal and provides a control strategy. The radio frequency units receive the baseband signal to generate a plurality of radio frequency signals. The antenna units transmit a plurality of output signals. The control unit receives the control strategy and generates a plurality of control signals according to the control strategy. The adjustment unit receives the radio frequency signals and the control signals, switches the connection of RF paths with high-gain or low-gain between the radio frequency units and the antenna units and adjusts gains of the radio frequency signals according to the control signals, so as to generate the output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsien-Wen Chang, Shih-Hao Fang, Jen-Yuan Hsu
  • Publication number: 20200162937
    Abstract: A base station includes a processing unit, a plurality of radio frequency units, a plurality of antenna units, a control unit and an adjustment unit. The processing unit generates a baseband signal and provides a control strategy. The radio frequency units receive the baseband signal to generate a plurality of radio frequency signals. The antenna units transmit a plurality of output signals. The control unit receives the control strategy and generates a plurality of control signals according to the control strategy. The adjustment unit receives the radio frequency signals and the control signals, switches the connection of RF paths with high-gain or low-gain between the radio frequency units and the antenna units and adjusts gains of the radio frequency signals according to the control signals, so as to generate the output signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Hsien-Wen CHANG, Shih-Hao FANG, Jen-Yuan HSU
  • Patent number: 10615858
    Abstract: A communication system and operating method thereof are provided. The communication system includes an intelligent antenna unit which includes a plurality of antennas, an antenna selecting unit, one or more signal processing units and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: set one or more antenna-sectors from the antennas, each of the antenna-sectors includes one or more antennas selected from the antennas. And set a plurality of antenna-sector configurations, each of the antenna-sector configurations includes one or more sectors configured to the signal processing units, wherein the sectors are selected from the antenna-sectors. The control unit selects one of the antenna-sector configurations to operate communication transmission of a user equipment, and each signal processing unit configured to each sector of the selected antenna-sector configuration operating beam sweeping based on a number of antenna beam deployed to the configured each sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Shih-Hao Fang, Jen-Yuan Hsu, Chih-Yu Chen, Hsien-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20190379429
    Abstract: A MIMO antenna system and a controlling method thereof are provided. The MIMO antenna system includes a first beam configuration device, a second beam configuration device and a controlling device. The first beam configuration device is used for performing an antenna selection procedure on a plurality of antennas to adjust a beam direction. The second beam configuration device is connected to the first beam configuration device. The second beam configuration device is used for performing a phase shifting procedure to adjust a beam coverage. The controlling device is used for controlling the first beam configuration device and the second beam configuration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsien-Wen CHANG, Chih-Yu CHEN, Shih-Hao FANG, Jen-Yuan HSU
  • Publication number: 20190372634
    Abstract: A communication system and operating method thereof are provided. The communication system includes an intelligent antenna unit which includes a plurality of antennas, an antenna selecting unit, one or more signal processing units and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: set one or more antenna-sectors from the antennas, each of the antenna-sectors includes one or more antennas selected from the antennas. And set a plurality of antenna-sector configurations, each of the antenna-sector configurations includes one or more sectors configured to the signal processing units, wherein the sectors are selected from the antenna-sectors. The control unit selects one of the antenna-sector configurations to operate communication transmission of a user equipment, and each signal processing unit configured to each sector of the selected antenna-sector configuration operating beam sweeping based on a number of antenna beam deployed to the configured each sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Shih-Hao FANG, Jen-Yuan HSU, Chih-Yu CHEN, Hsien-Wen CHANG
  • Patent number: 10491278
    Abstract: A wireless communication device with hybrid beamforming and a control method thereof are provided. The wireless communication device includes a plurality of antennas, a beamforming digital circuit, a plurality of radio frequency (RF) chains, a beamforming analog circuit, a controller and a storage. The RF chains receive signals processed by the beamforming digital circuit to generate antenna signals. The RF chains are connected to a part or all of the antennas through the beamforming analog circuit to transmit the antenna signal to the corresponding antennas. The number of the RF chains is smaller than the number of the antennas. The storage stores a plurality of candidate analog codebooks. The controller selects one of the candidate analog codebooks as a selected analog codebook according to scenario or environmental information, and adjusts the beamforming analog circuit according to the selected analog codebook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chih-Yu Chen, Hsien-Wen Chang, Jen-Yuan Hsu, Jan-Shin Ho
  • Publication number: 20190190574
    Abstract: A wireless communication device with hybrid beamforming and a control method thereof are provided. The wireless communication device includes a plurality of antennas, a beamforming digital circuit, a plurality of radio frequency (RF) chains, a beamforming analog circuit, a controller and a storage. The RF chains receive signals processed by the beamforming digital circuit to generate antenna signals. The RF chains are connected to a part or all of the antennas through the beamforming analog circuit to transmit the antenna signal to the corresponding antennas. The number of the RF chains is smaller than the number of the antennas. The storage stores a plurality of candidate analog codebooks. The controller selects one of the candidate analog codebooks as a selected analog codebook according to scenario or environmental information, and adjusts the beamforming analog circuit according to the selected analog codebook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chih-Yu Chen, Hsien-Wen Chang, Jen-Yuan Hsu, Jan-Shin Ho
  • Patent number: 10243832
    Abstract: The disclosure proposes a routing message delivery method, a relay node using the same method, and a communication network using the same method. According to one of the exemplary embodiments, the proposed routing message delivery method would include at least but not limited to initiating a timer having a first timer value that is a non-zero positive number, forwarding a first routing message via a first path in response to receiving the first routing message before the timer expires, initiating a second routing message via the first path and a second path in response to not receiving the first routing message before the timer expires, constructing a current network topology, evaluating the first path and the second path within the current network topology, and updating the current network topology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsien-Wen Chang, Jen-Shun Yang, Yen-Chang Chiu
  • Patent number: 9973350
    Abstract: A method for network sharing of multiple network operators includes steps of: providing a network sharing management proxy device adapted to be disposed between a sharing access point (AP) and a plurality of core networks of the network operators, wherein the sharing AP allows one or more end user equipment (UE) of the network operators to access; receiving a control message by the network sharing management proxy device, wherein the control message is corresponding to an UE, and the UE is an end UE of a first network operator of the network operators; checking the control message to determine that the UE is corresponding to which one of the network operators, and generating tunneling information accordingly; and transmitting the control message to a first core network of the first network operator according to the tunneling information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ying-Dar Lin, Hsien-Wen Chang, Kun-Yi Lin, Chia-Lin Lai, Hsu-Tung Chien
  • Publication number: 20180115398
    Abstract: A coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission and reception method and a CoMP transmission and reception base station are provided. The CoMP transmission and reception method include the following steps. Forming a plurality of base stations into a CoMP set. Calculating a corresponding Doppler shift value between each of the base stations in the CoMP set and a mobile device respectively. Performing, by each of the base stations in the CoMP set, a Doppler compensation on a reference signal according to the corresponding Doppler shift value to generate a corresponding Doppler compensated reference signal, determining whether a corresponding carrier frequency offset (CFO) value of the corresponding Doppler compensated reference signal is converged, and if all of the CFO values are converged, then each of the base stations in the CoMP set performs a frequency correction according to the corresponding CFO value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hsuan-Jung SU, Wei-Shun LIAO, Yu-Cheng LIN, Hsien-Wen CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170373987
    Abstract: A method of sharing network resource and associated network coordination apparatus are provided. The method includes following steps. Firstly, a resource sharing request from a tenant is received. Then, a controller is requested to determine whether resource of a shared transport network is satisfied with the resource sharing request. A tenant ID is generated for the tenant when the controller determines the resource of the shared transport network is satisfied with the resource sharing request. The tenant ID is transmitted to the tenant. The controller is requested to generate at least one packet header for at least one transport service type corresponding to the each of at least one group ID, and further update a plurality of flow tables of the plurality of forward devices according to the at least one packet header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsien-Wen CHANG, Chia-Lin LAI, Samer T. TALAT, Shahzoob Bilal CHUNDRIGAR, Hsu-Tung CHIEN
  • Patent number: 9813122
    Abstract: A method of coordination multi-point transmission is provided, which let a plurality of base stations perform communication with at least one access point of a vehicle. A first coordination multi-point set corresponding to a first position of the vehicle is obtained by looking up a database according to the first position. The first coordination multi-point set is a set of a plurality of first coordinated base stations among the plurality of base stations. A first beamforming weighted matrix correspondingly using by each of the plurality of first coordinated base stations is obtained by looking up the database. A coordination multi-point transmission is performed with the at least one access point of the vehicle by the each of the plurality of first coordinated base stations using the corresponding first beamforming weighted matrix of the each of the plurality of first coordinated base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsuan-Jung Su, Wei-Shun Liao, Yu-Cheng Lin, Jian-Ming Liao, Hsien-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20170289854
    Abstract: Accordingly, the disclosure provides a handover optimization method used by a network controller of a transport network and a network controller using the same method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsien-Wen Chang, Chia-Lin Lai, Samer T. Talat, Shahzoob Bilal Chundrigar
  • Publication number: 20170187426
    Abstract: A method of coordination multi-point transmission is provided, which let a plurality of base stations perform communication with at least one access point of a vehicle. A first coordination multi-point set corresponding to a first position of the vehicle is obtained by looking up a database according to the first position. The first coordination multi-point set is a set of a plurality of first coordinated base stations among the plurality of base stations. A first beamforming weighted matrix correspondingly using by each of the plurality of first coordinated base stations is obtained by looking up the database. A coordination multi-point transmission is performed with the at least one access point of the vehicle by the each of the plurality of first coordinated base stations using the corresponding first beamforming weighted matrix of the each of the plurality of first coordinated base stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Hsuan-Jung Su, Wei-Shun Liao, Yu-Cheng Lin, Jian-Ming Liao, Hsien-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20160353359
    Abstract: A method for network sharing of multiple network operators includes steps of: providing a network sharing management proxy device adapted to be disposed between a sharing access point (AP) and a plurality of core networks of the network operators, wherein the sharing AP allows one or more end user equipment (UE) of the network operators to access; receiving a control message by the network sharing management proxy device, wherein the control message is corresponding to an UE, and the UE is an end UE of a first network operator of the network operators; checking the control message to determine that the UE is corresponding to which one of the network operators, and generating tunneling information accordingly; and transmitting the control message to a first core network of the first network operator according to the tunneling information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ying-Dar LIN, Hsien-Wen CHANG, Kun-Yi LIN, Chia-Lin LAI, Hsu-Tung CHIEN
  • Publication number: 20160182365
    Abstract: The disclosure proposes a routing message delivery method, a relay node using the same method, and a communication network using the same method. According to one of the exemplary embodiments, the proposed routing message delivery method would include at least but not limited to initiating a timer having a first timer value that is a non-zero positive number, forwarding a first routing message via a first path in response to receiving the first routing message before the timer expires, initiating a second routing message via the first path and a second path in response to not receiving the first routing message before the timer expires, constructing a current network topology, evaluating the first path and the second path within the current network topology, and updating the current network topology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Hsien-Wen Chang, Jen-Shun Yang, Yen-Chang Chiu
  • Patent number: 9207387
    Abstract: A back light module is provided, which includes a light guide plate, a first light source device and a second light source device. The light guide plate has a first side surface, a second side surface and a third side surface, wherein the first side surface is opposite to the third side surface, and the second side surface is orthogonal to the first and third side surfaces. The first lighting device is disposed at two sides of an intersection corner of the first and second side surfaces and faces the first and second side surfaces. The second light source device is disposed at two sides of an intersection corner of the second and third side surfaces and faces the second and third side surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Kung Chen, Wen-Yu Lin, Hsien Wen Chang, Yuan-Sheng Chien
  • Patent number: 8934777
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of a method for interference suppression in radio-over-fiber communication systems, the method uses a mode selection module to continuously update real time information of at least two mobile stations and determine to enter a cross mode or a single mode. In the single mode, when a mobile station approaches a switching point, a single mode command is issued to control at least one first specific remote antenna unit (RAU). In the cross mode, when an immediate cross condition is a new cross condition, a new cross mode table is generated, and when the position of any one mobile station of the at least two mobile stations cross a threshold, a cross mode command is issued to control at least one second specific RAU according to a corresponding cross mode table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsien-Wen Chang, Ming-Chien Tseng, Ming-Hung Cheng
  • Patent number: D753137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Hsien-Wen Chang
  • Patent number: D789945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Hsien-Wen Chang