Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Pitman

Timothy A. Pitman 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).

  • Publication number: 20230198581
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for radio frequency (RF) calibration in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”) exploiting uplink/downlink channel reciprocity. The RF calibration is used to compute open-loop downlink precoder based on uplink channel estimates, thereby avoiding feedback overhead for channel state information as in closed-loop schemes. For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with one or multiple beacon stations, multiple client devices and multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively via precoding methods to eliminate inter-client interference and increase network capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Fadi Saibi, Timothy A. Pitman, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Patent number: 11581924
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for radio frequency (RF) calibration in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”) exploiting uplink/downlink channel reciprocity. The RF calibration is used to compute open-loop downlink precoder based on uplink channel estimates, thereby avoiding feedback overhead for channel state information as in closed-loop schemes. For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with one or multiple beacon stations, multiple client devices and multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively via precoding methods to eliminate inter-client interference and increase network capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: REARDEN, LLC
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Fadi Saibi, Timothy A. Pitman, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Publication number: 20220029672
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for radio frequency (RF) calibration in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”) exploiting uplink/downlink channel reciprocity. The RF calibration is used to compute open-loop downlink precoder based on uplink channel estimates, thereby avoiding feedback overhead for channel state information as in closed-loop schemes. For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with one or multiple beacon stations, multiple client devices and multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively via precoding methods to eliminate inter-client interference and increase network capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Fadi Saibi, Timothy A. Pitman, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Patent number: 11146313
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for radio frequency (RF) calibration in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”) exploiting uplink/downlink channel reciprocity. The RF calibration is used to compute open-loop downlink precoder based on uplink channel estimates, thereby avoiding feedback overhead for channel state information as in closed-loop schemes. For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with one or multiple beacon stations, multiple client devices and multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively via precoding methods to eliminate inter-client interference and increase network capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: REARDEN, LLC
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Fadi Saibi, Timothy A. Pitman, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Publication number: 20200127712
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for radio frequency (RF) calibration in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”) exploiting uplink/downlink channel reciprocity. The RF calibration is used to compute open-loop downlink precoder based on uplink channel estimates, thereby avoiding feedback overhead for channel state information as in closed-loop schemes. For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with one or multiple beacon stations, multiple client devices and multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively via precoding methods to eliminate inter-client interference and increase network capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Fadi Saibi, Timothy A. Pitman, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Patent number: 10547358
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for radio frequency (RF) calibration in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”) exploiting uplink/downlink channel reciprocity. The RF calibration is used to compute open-loop downlink precoder based on uplink channel estimates, thereby avoiding feedback overhead for channel state information as in closed-loop schemes. For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with one or multiple beacon stations, multiple client devices and multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively via precoding methods to eliminate inter-client interference and increase network capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: REARDEN, LLC
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Fadi Saibi, Timothy A. Pitman, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Patent number: 9685997
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for enhancing the channel spatial diversity in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”), by exploiting channel selectivity indicators. The proposed methods are: i) antenna selection; ii) user selection; iii) transmit power balancing. All three methods, or any combination of those, are shown to provide significant performance gains in DIDO systems in practical propagation scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: REARDEN, LLC
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Timothy A. Pitman, Benyavut Jirasutayasuntorn, Robert J. Andrzejewski, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Publication number: 20140269502
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for radio frequency (RF) calibration in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”) exploiting uplink/downlink channel reciprocity. The RF calibration is used to compute open-loop downlink precoder based on uplink channel estimates, thereby avoiding feedback overhead for channel state information as in closed-loop schemes. For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with one or multiple beacon stations, multiple client devices and multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively via precoding methods to eliminate inter-client interference and increase network capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Fadi Saibi, Timothy A. Pitman, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Publication number: 20120314649
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for enhancing the channel spatial diversity in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”), by exploiting channel selectivity indicators. The proposed methods are: i) antenna selection; ii) user selection; iii) transmit power balancing. All three methods, or any combination of those, are shown to provide significant performance gains in DIDO systems in practical propagation scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Timothy A. Pitman, Benyavut Jirasutavasuntorn, Robert J. Andrzejewski, Stephen G. Periman