Patents by Inventor Walter C. Freitas, JR.

Walter C. Freitas, JR. 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: 11171697
    Abstract: A method of updating spatial filters in a radio network comprising at least two transmit nodes each in radio communication with at least one receive node on a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) radio channel, comprises transmitting, from the respective transmit node, first reference signals precoded by a first spatial filter of the respective transmit node; and receiving, from the receive nodes, second reference signals that are precoded using a second spatial filter of the respective receive node and an error matrix of the respective receive node. The second spatial filter depends on a channel estimate based on the transmitted first reference signals. The error matrix is indicative of an error of the first and second spatial filters in equalizing the MIMO radio channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Gabor Fodor, Khaled Ardah, Walter C. Freitas, Jr., Yuri C. B. Silva
  • Publication number: 20200350962
    Abstract: A method of updating spatial filters in a radio network comprising at least two transmit nodes each in radio communication with at least one receive node on a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) radio channel, comprises transmitting, from the respective transmit node, first reference signals precoded by a first spatial filter of the respective transmit node; and receiving, from the receive nodes, second reference signals that are precoded using a second spatial filter of the respective receive node and an error matrix of the respective receive node. The second spatial filter depends on a channel estimate based on the transmitted first reference signals. The error matrix is indicative of an error of the first and second spatial filters in equalizing the MIMO radio channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Gabor Fodor, Khaled Ardah, Walter C. Freitas, JR., Yuri C. B. Silva
  • Patent number: 9148244
    Abstract: In MU-MIMO scenarios, uncoordinated or external interference may be very significant. Such external interference can degrade the system performance as much as the internal interference. To address these problems, a desired signal subspace can be changed to avoid the external interference as much as possible. This technique can be applied in conjunction with systems that already cancel internal interference, such as Interference Alignment and Joint Processing. An original signal space may be broken down to desired and interference subspaces that are orthogonal to each other. The receiver can notify the transmitter of the boundary, and transmitter in turn can project the transmitted signal to fall into the desired subspace. The receiver can project the received signal into the desired subspace, which cancels everything not contained in the desired subspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Paulo G. Normando, Carlos I. R. Bandeira, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira, Walter C. Freitas, Jr., Yuri C. B. Silva
  • Publication number: 20140036790
    Abstract: In MU-MIMO scenarios, uncoordinated or external interference may be very significant. Such external interference can degrade the system performance as much as the internal interference. To address these problems, a desired signal subspace can be changed to avoid the external interference as much as possible. This technique can be applied in conjunction with systems that already cancel internal interference, such as Interference Alignment and Joint Processing. An original signal space may be broken down to desired and interference subspaces that are orthogonal to each other. The receiver can notify the transmitter of the boundary, and transmitter in turn can project the transmitted signal to fall into the desired subspace. The receiver can project the received signal into the desired subspace, which cancels everything not contained in the desired subspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Paulo G. NORMANDO, Carlos I.R. Bandeira, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira, Walter C. Freitas, JR., Yuri C.B. Silva