Patents by Inventor Stefano Cioni

Stefano Cioni 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).

  • Receiving method and receiver for satellite-based automatic identification systems
    Patent number: 10116476
    Abstract: A method for demodulating a received signal relating to a sequence of transmitted symbols that have been modulated by continuous phase modulation includes normalizing samples of a sequence of samples generated from the received signal, to obtain a normalized sequence of samples, wherein an amplitude of each sample of the normalized sequence of samples has an absolute value equal to unity; estimating, on the basis of the normalized sequence of samples, a time offset and a frequency offset of the received signal, and using the estimated time offset and the estimated frequency offset for compensating the normalized sequence of samples for the time and frequency offsets, to obtain a compensated sequence of samples; and determining a sequence of symbols corresponding to the transmitted sequence of symbols on the basis of the compensated sequence of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: European Space Agency
    Inventors: Giulio Colavolpe, Alessandro Ugolini, Tommaso Foggi, Juan Lizarraga Cubillos, Alberto Ginesi, Stefano Cioni
  • RECEIVING METHOD AND RECEIVER FOR SATELLITE-BASED AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160380792
    Abstract: A method for demodulating a received signal relating to a sequence of transmitted symbols that have been modulated by continuous phase modulation includes normalizing samples of a sequence of samples generated from the received signal, to obtain a normalized sequence of samples, wherein an amplitude of each sample of the normalized sequence of samples has an absolute value equal to unity; estimating, on the basis of the normalized sequence of samples, a time offset and a frequency offset of the received signal, and using the estimated time offset and the estimated frequency offset for compensating the normalized sequence of samples for the time and frequency offsets, to obtain a compensated sequence of samples; and determining a sequence of symbols corresponding to the transmitted sequence of symbols on the basis of the compensated sequence of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Giulio Colavolpe, Alessandro Ugolini, Tommaso Foggi, Juan Lizarraga, Alberto Ginesi, Stefano Cioni
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA USING SATELLITE CHANNEL
    Publication number: 20100316161
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data using a satellite channel includes: channel-encoding bit data using an e-BCH code; interleaving the encoded data; modulating the interleaved data according to a CPM scheme using four symbols; and transmitting the modulated data to a hub station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Pan-Soo KIM, Dae-Ig Chang, Ho-Jin Lee, Stefano Cioni, Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli, Giovanni Emanuele Corazza