Patents by Inventor Paul Strauch
Paul Strauch 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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Publication number: 20230387969Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices select antennas to enhance the range and throughput of wireless communications devices. Methods include identifying a plurality of combinations of antennas based on a plurality of available antennas for a wireless communications device, and generating, using a processing device included in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) device, a plurality of quality metrics including at least one quality metric for each of the identified combinations of antennas, where each of the at least one quality metrics represents a signal quality of a signal associated with each of the plurality of antennas, and wherein the signal is a spatial stream. Methods further include selecting at least two antennas from the plurality of combinations of antennas based, at least in part, on the plurality of quality metrics, where the at least two antennas are selected for use by the wireless communications device during a transmitting or receiving operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Prasanna Sethuraman, Visakh Asok, Paul Strauch, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Ayush Sood
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Patent number: 11700038Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices select antennas to enhance the range and throughput of wireless communications devices. Methods include identifying a plurality of combinations of antennas based on a plurality of available antennas for a wireless communications device, and generating, using a processing device included in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) device, a plurality of quality metrics including at least one quality metric for each of the identified combinations of antennas, where each of the at least one quality metrics represents a signal quality of a signal associated with each of the plurality of antennas, and wherein the signal is a spatial stream. Methods further include selecting at least two antennas from the plurality of combinations of antennas based, at least in part, on the plurality of quality metrics, where the at least two antennas are selected for use by the wireless communications device during a transmitting or receiving operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Prasanna Sethuraman, Visakh Asok, Paul Strauch, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Ayush Sood
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Patent number: 11601832Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for delaying packet transmissions over a wireless communication channel until a more favorable channel condition is detected. A device may measure a channel metric when it receives periodic beacon signals. The device may compare the channel metric against a programmed metric threshold. If the channel metric is less than the metric threshold, the device may delay the transmission of a packet until a later transmission window or transmit opportunity (TXOP) when the channel metric rises above the metric threshold, indicating the presence of a more favorable condition for transmission, or until a preconfigured timeout period elapses before the more favorable condition is found.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Prasanna Kumar Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Ayush Sood, Paul Strauch
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Publication number: 20220007220Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for delaying packet transmissions over a wireless communication channel until a more favorable channel condition is detected. A device may measure a channel metric when it receives periodic beacon signals. The device may compare the channel metric against a programmed metric threshold. If the channel metric is less than the metric threshold, the device may delay the transmission of a packet until a later transmission window or transmit opportunity (TXOP) when the channel metric rises above the metric threshold, indicating the presence of a more favorable condition for transmission, or until a preconfigured timeout period elapses before the more favorable condition is found.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Prasanna Kumar Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Ayush Sood, Paul Strauch
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DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING OVERLAPPING FREQUENCY BANDS
Publication number: 20210367866Abstract: According to embodiments, methods, devices and systems can include monitoring all of a first channel for a first monitoring period. After the first monitoring period, monitoring at least one narrow band for at least a first narrow band signal. In response to detecting the first narrow band signal, establishing a network connection over the narrow band, wherein the at least one narrow band has a frequency range less than one half that of the first channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Paul Strauch, Ayush Sood, Kiran Uln, Kamesh Medapalli, Prasanna Kumar Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Saishankar Nandagopalan -
Patent number: 11134391Abstract: Techniques for guided placement of a wireless device are described herein. In an example embodiment, a wi-fi wireless device comprises a radio frequency (RF) transceiver coupled to a baseband processor. The RF transceiver is configured to receive an RF signal transmitted over a wireless channel and to convert the RF signal to a modulated digital signal. The baseband processor is configured to receive the modulated digital signal from the RF transceiver, extract a wireless packet from the modulated digital signal, and compute an Exponential Effective SNR Mapping (EESM) value based on the preamble of the wireless packet, where the computed EESM value indicates the quality of the wireless channel at the current location of the wireless device. The baseband processor is further configured to provide a quality indicator based on the EESM value for the current location of the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Paul Strauch, Kalyan Dharanipragada
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Patent number: 11070995Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for delaying packet transmissions over a wireless communication channel until a more favorable channel condition is detected. A device may measure a channel metric when it receives periodic beacon signals. The device may compare the channel metric against a programmed metric threshold. If the channel metric is less than the metric threshold, the device may delay the transmission of a packet until a later transmission window or transmit opportunity (TXOP) when the channel metric rises above the metric threshold, indicating the presence of a more favorable condition for transmission, or until a preconfigured timeout period elapses before the more favorable condition is found.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Prasanna Kumar Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Ayush Sood, Paul Strauch
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Patent number: 11050596Abstract: Devices, systems and methods generate a packet including a first preamble and a narrow band packet. Embodiments assign a first frequency band to the first preamble and assign a second frequency band to the narrow band packet. The second frequency band is a first sub-band of the first frequency band. Embodiments transmit the packet by transmitting the first preamble across the first frequency band and transmitting the narrow band packet across the second frequency band. The narrow band packet includes a second preamble and narrow band packet data.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Paul Strauch, Ayush Sood, Kiran Uln, Kamesh Medapalli, Prasanna Kumar Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Saishankar Nandagopalan
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Patent number: 11044679Abstract: Embodiments can include methods, devices and systems which can transmitting a preamble across a first channel according to a first communication protocol; sequentially transmitting signal values in a plurality of narrow bands; monitoring the narrow bands for response communications; and upon detecting response communications on at least one of the narrow bands, establishing communications across at least one of the narrow bands. Each narrow band can be a different portion of the first channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Paul Strauch, Ayush Sood, Kiran Uln, Kamesh Medapalli, Prasanna Kumar Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Saishankar Nandagopalan
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Devices, systems and methods for wireless communication system employing overlapping frequency bands
Patent number: 10938690Abstract: According to embodiments, methods, devices and systems can include monitoring all of a first channel for a first monitoring period. After the first monitoring period, monitoring at least one narrow band for at least a first narrow band signal. In response to detecting the first narrow band signal, establishing a network connection over the narrow band, wherein the at least one narrow band has a frequency range less than one half that of the first channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Paul Strauch, Ayush Sood, Kiran Uln, Kamesh Medapalli, Prasanna Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Saishankar Nandagopalan -
Publication number: 20210006442Abstract: Devices, systems and methods generate a packet including a first preamble and a narrow band packet. Embodiments assign a first frequency band to the first preamble and assign a second frequency band to the narrow band packet. The second frequency band is a first sub-band of the first frequency band. Embodiments transmit the packet by transmitting the first preamble across the first frequency band and transmitting the narrow band packet across the second frequency band. The narrow band packet includes a second preamble and narrow band packet data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Paul Strauch, Ayush Sood, Kiran Uln, Kamesh Medapalli, Prasanna Kumar Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Saishankar Nandagopalan
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Publication number: 20200396625Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for delaying packet transmissions over a wireless communication channel until a more favorable channel condition is detected. A device may measure a channel metric when it receives periodic beacon signals. The device may compare the channel metric against a programmed metric threshold. If the channel metric is less than the metric threshold, the device may delay the transmission of a packet until a later transmission window or transmit opportunity (TXOP) when the channel metric rises above the metric threshold, indicating the presence of a more favorable condition for transmission, or until a preconfigured timeout period elapses before the more favorable condition is found.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Prasanna Kumar Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Ayush Sood, Paul Strauch
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Publication number: 20200382172Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices select antennas to enhance the range and throughput of wireless communications devices. Methods include identifying a plurality of combinations of antennas based on a plurality of available antennas for a wireless communications device, and generating, using a processing device included in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) device, a plurality of quality metrics including at least one quality metric for each of the identified combinations of antennas, where each of the at least one quality metrics represents a signal quality of a signal associated with each of the plurality of antennas, and wherein the signal is a spatial stream. Methods further include selecting at least two antennas from the plurality of combinations of antennas based, at least in part, on the plurality of quality metrics, where the at least two antennas are selected for use by the wireless communications device during a transmitting or receiving operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Prasanna Sethuraman, Visakh Asok, Paul Strauch, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Ayush Sood
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Publication number: 20200314767Abstract: Embodiments can include methods, devices and systems which can transmitting a preamble across a first channel according to a first communication protocol; sequentially transmitting signal values in a plurality of narrow bands; monitoring the narrow bands for response communications; and upon detecting response communications on at least one of the narrow bands, establishing communications across at least one of the narrow bands. Each narrow band can be a different portion of the first channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Paul Strauch, Ayush Sood, Kiran Uln, Kamesh Medapalli, Prasanna Kumar Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Saishankar Nandagopalan
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DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING OVERLAPPING FREQUENCY BANDS
Publication number: 20200313988Abstract: According to embodiments, methods, devices and systems can include monitoring all of a first channel for a first monitoring period. After the first monitoring period, monitoring at least one narrow band for at least a first narrow band signal. In response to detecting the first narrow band signal, establishing a network connection over the narrow band, wherein the at least one narrow band has a frequency range less than one half that of the first channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Paul Strauch, Ayush Sood, Kiran Uln, Kamesh Medapalli, Prasanna Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Saishankar Nandagopalan -
Publication number: 20200245155Abstract: Techniques for guided placement of a wireless device are described herein. In an example embodiment, a wi-fi wireless device comprises a radio frequency (RF) transceiver coupled to a baseband processor. The RF transceiver is configured to receive an RF signal transmitted over a wireless channel and to convert the RF signal to a modulated digital signal. The baseband processor is configured to receive the modulated digital signal from the RF transceiver, extract a wireless packet from the modulated digital signal, and compute an Exponential Effective SNR Mapping (EESM) value based on the preamble of the wireless packet, where the computed EESM value indicates the quality of the wireless channel at the current location of the wireless device. The baseband processor is further configured to provide a quality indicator based on the EESM value for the current location of the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Paul Strauch, Kalyan Dharanipragada
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Patent number: 10721107Abstract: According to embodiments, methods, devices and systems can include generating packet data for a narrow band packet. Transmitting first preamble data across a first channel followed by the narrow band packet with a second preamble across at least one resource unit (RU). The RU can have a smaller bandwidth than the first channel and occupy a portion of the first channel. The first preamble can be configured to enable detection of a packet transmitted in the first channel, and the second preamble is configured to enable detection of a packet transmitted in the RU without the first preamble.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Paul Strauch, Ayush Sood, Kiran Uln, Kamesh Medapalli, Prasanna Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Saishankar Nandagopalan
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Patent number: 8779966Abstract: A system includes: a radar scanner disposed to scan the interior of a container; an interrogator in communication with the scanner; and a processing system in communication with the interrogator, in which the processing system displays information about the interior of the container. A method includes: mounting a radar scanner antenna to a container so as to scan the interior of the container; connecting a coupler to the scanner so that the scanner communicates scanning data via the coupler to the exterior of the container. Another method includes: coupling an interrogator and radar processing system to a scanner mounted on a container; and processing radar scan data from the interior of the container. Another method includes: linking a radar processing system via a communications link to an interrogator that is coupled to a scanner mounted on a container; and processing radar scan data from the interior of the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Tialinx, Inc.Inventors: Farrokh Mohamadi, Mikko Oijala, Paul Strauch
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Patent number: 8441393Abstract: An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication system is adapted for radar ranging and imaging. A radar system includes an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) radio communications transmitter configured to transmit information bits using one or more payload symbols in a transmitted signal; and a receiver configured to: construct the payload symbols from the information bits provided by the transmitter; receive the payload symbols in the transmitted signal reflected from a target; apply a matched filter to the received payload symbols using the constructed payload symbols as a template; and process a magnitude response at an output of the matched filter for estimating location and imaging of the target.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Tialinx, Inc.Inventors: Paul Strauch, Soumya K. Nag, Farrokh Mohamadi
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Patent number: 8368586Abstract: A system includes a multi-system approach to detecting concealed weapons and person borne improvised explosive devices (PBIED). A first and second radar system operate at different center frequencies to provide, respectively, isolation of a target of interest from clutter and fine detail information on the target, such as whether the target is a living person, whether a concealed object may be present, material composition of the object, and shape, size, and position of the target relative to the system. Circular polarized radar beam may be used to distinguish a suspect object from within a crowd of people. Radar image of the object may be overlaid on visual image of a person carrying the object. Radar tracking of the object is coordinated with visual tracking of the target provided by a camera system, with visual display and tracking of the target overlaid with the radar information.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Tialinx, Inc.Inventors: Farrokh Mohamadi, Mikko Oijala, Mohsen Zolghadri, Paul Strauch