Patents by Inventor John N. Ibison

John N. Ibison 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: 9628319
    Abstract: Data is received characterizing a first signal and a second signal. The first signal and a function of the second signal is compared at a plurality of time-shifts to estimate a time-difference between the first signal and the second signal. The function of the second signal includes the second signal, a complex conjugate of the second signal, and a constant. The comparison is provided. At least one of receiving, comparing, and providing is performed by at least one processor of at least one computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: AltioStar Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: John N. Ibison
  • Publication number: 20170048096
    Abstract: Data is received characterizing a first signal and a second signal. The first signal and a function of the second signal is compared at a plurality of time-shifts to estimate a time-difference between the first signal and the second signal. The function of the second signal includes the second signal, a complex conjugate of the second signal, and a constant. The comparison is provided. At least one of receiving, comparing, and providing is performed by at least one processor of at least one computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: John N. Ibison
  • Patent number: 9510310
    Abstract: Data characterizing a first signal and a second signal can be received. A first stream of bits for the first signal and a second stream of bits for the second signal can be calculated based on the received data. Each bit in the first stream of bits can characterize a slope of a power of the first signal and each bit in the second stream of bits can characterize a slope of a power of the second signal. The first stream of bits and the second stream of bits can be compared bitwise at a plurality of time-alignment differences for matching bits. Based on the comparing a final time-alignment difference between the first signal and the second signal can be determined. At least one of the receiving, the calculating, the comparing, and the determining can be performed by at least one processor of at least one computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: AltioStar Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: John N. Ibison
  • Patent number: 9509489
    Abstract: In one aspect a computer-implemented method is performed. The method may include capturing intermediate data samples for transmission by a wireless communications transmitter. The method may further include applying signal processing to the intermediate data samples, capturing output data samples after applying the signal processing, and/or determining quadrature correction coefficients from the intermediate data samples and the output data samples, wherein the quadrature correction coefficients remove quadrature errors caused by the signal processing. The method may further include applying the quadrature correction coefficients to a series of input data samples, wherein the intermediate data samples comprise the input data samples with the quadrature correction coefficients applied to the input data samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: AltioStar Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: John N. Ibison
  • Patent number: 9509541
    Abstract: A method is presented which performs crest factor reduction (CFR) on a digitized signal. The method may include determining one or more peak values in a series of data samples of a communication signal, and/or generating a peak queue comprising the one or more peak values that exceed a threshold value and a corresponding index values for each peak value. The method may further include generating, from the peak queue, an entry to a clip table, the entry including a clip coefficient at the corresponding index value, updating the clip table to include a new clip coefficient at a new corresponding index value when the clip function squared at the new index value exceeds a scaled output power for an input power at the new corresponding index value, and/or clipping the series of data samples in a neighborhood of the peak value according to the clip function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: AltioStar Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: John N. Ibison