Patents by Inventor Pertti Henttu

Pertti Henttu 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: 7426244
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for estimating power in a CDMA telecommunications system, in which method a sample set is formed from the received signals. The proposed method reiterates the following steps, until a predetermined ending condition is fulfilled: forming an absolute value set from the absolute values of sample set elements, setting a threshold value; calculating a reference value by multiplying the mean of the absolute value set by the threshold value; comparing the element of the absolute value set with the reference value and forming a second sample set by deleting elements exceeding the reference value from the sample set; the ending condition being fulfilled, estimating the power on the basis of the remaining sample set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Pertti Henttu, Harri Saarnisaari
  • Patent number: 7277500
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing a signal, in which method a sample set is formed and a set of absolute values is formed. The method includes A) arranging the elements of the absolute value set in the ascending order; B) setting a threshold value; C) determining the number of elements of a reference set to be formed; D) forming a reference set; E) computing a reference value by multiplying the mean or median of the reference set by the threshold value; F) comparing the greatest element of the reference set with the reference value; G) increasing the number of reference set elements; H) reiterating the preceding steps D to G until the predetermined ending condition is fulfilled; I) forming an accepted absolute value set and a sample set by deleting the greatest element from the reference set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Harri Saarnisaari, Pertti Henttu
  • Patent number: 7266166
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided including setting an interference level threshold, to sample the received signal, storing the sample values as first sample value vectors of a predetermined length, and forming prediction matrices of the first sample value vectors. The method and apparatus also modify prediction matrices in such a way that the interference components and the components of the desired signal are separated from each other, form signal matrices by performing rank reduction for each prediction matrix by rejecting those sample values or elements representing them that exceed the interference level threshold, form second sample value vectors of the signal matrices, and sum up sample values of second sample value vectors time-coherently to average the noise by sliding the sample value window, to be used to attenuate interference in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Pertti Henttu
  • Patent number: 7263140
    Abstract: A receiver in a radio system, the receiver comprising means for receiving a signal, an analogue-to-digital converter for providing signal samples from the received signal. The receiver comprises means for selecting a set of signal samples, means for forming a statistical function value on the basis of the selected signal sample values, means for forming a threshold value on the basis of the statistical function value and a preset threshold parameter, means for dividing the samples between a set within the statistical distribution and a set outside the distribution by using the threshold value as a limit, and means for repeating said statistical function value formation by using the set in accordance with the distribution, said threshold value formation and said division of samples into said sets if the termination condition for repetition is not fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Pertti Henttu
  • Patent number: 7248657
    Abstract: Method for suppressing interference and arrangement for same, and radio communications receiver. The method includes: computing at least one transform of a received, analogue-to-digital converted radio signal; computing metrics defining the concentration of the interference present both for the transformed radio signal and the non-transformed radio signal; selecting the transform whose metrics indicate the highest concentration of the interference in the transfer domain as the transform to be used, or selecting no transform if the metrics indicate the highest concentration of the interference for the non-transformed signal; suppressing the localized interference from the transformed radio signal by using weighting and computing inverse transform of the transformed radio signal if the transform was selected, or suppressing the localized interference from the non-transformed radio signal by using weighting if no transform was selected; and detecting and decoding the interference suppressed radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Sami Aromaa, Pertti Henttu
  • Publication number: 20070110139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for estimating power in a CDMA telecommunications system, in which method a sample set is formed from the received signals. The proposed method reiterates the following steps, until a predetermined ending condition is fulfilled: forming an absolute value set from the absolute values of sample set elements, setting a threshold value; calculating a reference value by multiplying the mean of the absolute value set by the threshold value; comparing the element of the absolute value set with the reference value and forming a second sample set by deleting elements exceeding the reference value from the sample set; the ending condition being fulfilled, estimating the power on the basis of the remaining sample set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Pertti Henttu, Harri Saarnisaari
  • Patent number: 7173960
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for estimating power in a CDMA telecommunications system, in which method a sample set is formed (300) from the received signals. The proposed method reiterates (302 to 312) the following steps, until a predetermined ending condition is fulfilled: forming (302) an absolute value set from the absolute values of sample set elements, setting (304) a threshold value; calculating (306) a reference value by multiplying the mean of the absolute value set by the threshold value; comparing (308) the element of the absolute value set with the reference value and forming (312) a second sample set by deleting elements exceeding the reference value from the sample set; the ending condition being fulfilled, estimating (314) the power on the basis of the remaining sample set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Pertti Henttu, Harri Saarnisaari
  • Publication number: 20060062184
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing a signal, in which method a sample set is formed (300) and a set of absolute values is formed (302). The method comprises A) arranging (304) the elements of the absolute value set in the ascending order; B) setting (306) a threshold value; C) determining (308) the number of elements of a reference set to be formed; D) forming (309) a reference set; E) computing (310) a reference value by multiplying the mean or median of the reference set by the threshold value; F) comparing (312) the greatest element of the reference set with the reference value; G) increasing (316) the number of reference set elements; H) reiterating the preceding steps D to G until the predetermined ending condition is fulfilled; I) forming (318) an accepted absolute value set and a sample set by deleting the greatest element from the reference set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Harri Saarnisaari, Pertti Henttu
  • Publication number: 20050079848
    Abstract: Method for suppressing interference and arrangement for same, and radio communications receiver. The method includes: computing at least one transform of a received, analogue-to-digital converted radio signal; computing metrics defining the concentration of the interference present both for the transformed radio signal and the non-transformed radio signal; selecting the transform whose metrics indicate the highest concentration of the interference in the transfer domain as the transform to be used, or selecting no transform if the metrics indicate the highest concentration of the interference for the non-transformed signal; suppressing the localized interference from the transformed radio signal by using weighting and computing inverse transform of the transformed radio signal if the transform was selected, or suppressing the localized interference from the non-transformed radio signal by using weighting if no transform was selected; and detecting and decoding the interference suppressed radio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Sami Aromaa, Pertti Henttu
  • Publication number: 20040091065
    Abstract: A receiver in a radio system, the receiver comprising means (500) for receiving a signal, an analogue-to-digital converter (504) for providing signal samples from the received signal. The receiver comprises means (508) for selecting a set of signal samples, means (508) for forming a statistical function value on the basis of the selected signal sample values, means (508) for forming a threshold value on the basis of the statistical function value and a preset threshold parameter, means (508) for dividing the samples between a set within the statistical distribution and a set outside the distribution by using the threshold value as a limit, and means (508) for repeating said statistical function value formation by using the set in accordance with the distribution, said threshold value formation and said division of samples into said sets if the termination condition for repetition is not fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventor: Pertti Henttu
  • Publication number: 20040071103
    Abstract: A method of attenuating interference in a wideband telecommunications system comprises setting an interference level threshold; sampling the received signal; storing the sample values as first sample value vectors of a 5 predetermined length, forming prediction matrices of the first sample value vectors; modifying prediction matrices in such a way that the interference components and the components of the desired signal are separated from each other; forming signal matrices by performing rank reduction for each prediction matrix by rejecting those sample values or elements representing 10 them that exceed the interference level threshold; forming second sample value vectors of the signal matrices, the second sample value vectors being at least substantially of the same length as the first sample value vectors; summing up sample values of second sample value vectors time-coherently to average the noise by sliding the sample value window, the length of which is 15 determined preferably by the length of the firs
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Pertti Henttu
  • Publication number: 20040037307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for estimating power in a CDMA telecommunications system, in which method a sample set is formed (300) from the received signals. The proposed method reiterates (302 to 312) the following steps, until a predetermined ending condition is fulfilled: forming (302) an absolute value set from the absolute values of sample set elements, setting (304) a threshold value; calculating (306) a reference value by multiplying the mean of the absolute value set by the threshold value; comparing (308) the element of the absolute value set with the reference value and forming (312) a second sample set by deleting elements exceeding the reference value from the sample set; the ending condition being fulfilled, estimating (314) the power on the basis of the remaining sample set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Pertti Henttu, Harri Saarnisaari