Patents Issued in September 17, 2019
  • Patent number: 10419047
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a noise cancellation circuit includes: a window generator to generate a window having a first set of samples; a band splitter to split the window into pairs of symmetric frequency components; a processing circuit, for each of the pairs, to: compare a first magnitude of a first symmetric frequency component to a second magnitude of a second symmetric frequency component and modify one of the components based at least in part on the comparison; an integrator to integrate the pairs output from the processing circuit; and a second window generator to generate a second window having a second set of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Harry Alelyunas, Russell Croman, Thomas Glen Ragan, Tarang Shah
  • Patent number: 10419048
    Abstract: Systems and methods for direct sample, extremely wideband transceivers are disclosed. An example transceiver includes an antenna, an N bit analog to digital converter a digital signal processor, a digital to analog converter, and an adder. The N bit ADC receives a wideband RF input signal from the antenna, where the input signal includes weak signals and a strong signal, oversamples the input signal and provides a digital sample signal. The digital signal processor generates a digital cancellation signal from the digital sample signal, where the digital cancellation signal is generated using M bits, M greater than N. The DAC provides an analog cancellation signal based on the digital cancellation signal, and the adder provides a residual analog signal from the addition of the input signal and the analog cancellation signal, where the strong signal is at least reduced in the residual analog signal due to the analog cancellation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Anthony P. Goodson, John D. Sahr
  • Patent number: 10419049
    Abstract: Wideband digital distributed communications systems (DCSs) employing reconfigurable digital signal processing circuit for scaling supported communications services are disclosed. The DCS includes a head-end unit that includes front end downlink signal processing circuit to receive and distribute downlink communications signals for communications services (i.e., communications bands) to remote units. The remote units also include front end uplink signal processing circuits to receive uplink communications signals to be distributed to the head-end unit. The front end signal processing circuits are either equipped with broadband filters, or such filters are eliminated, to allow the DCS to be scaled to pass added communications bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Solomon Tesfay Abraha, Chun-Hung Ho, Anthony Ng'Oma
  • Patent number: 10419050
    Abstract: An electronic device may include processing circuitry having a first impedance coupled to a first circuit board, where the electronic device uses the processing circuity to generate one or more radio frequency signals. The electronic device may also include power circuitry to amplify the one or more radio frequency signals, where the power circuitry is coupled to a second circuit board. An interposer may be disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The interposer may include a via structure having a characteristic impedance to match the first impedance and the second impedance, where the via structure may transmit the one or more radio frequency signals through the interposer between the processing circuitry and the power circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Berke Cetinoneri, James Tsung-Tai Yang, William J. Noellert, Jyotirmoy Hore, Bradley David Scoles
  • Patent number: 10419051
    Abstract: A mobile device configured to share a phone number of another mobile device on a mobile communication system, the mobile device including: a controller configured to, after determining that a phone function of the another mobile device is deactivated, activate a phone function of the mobile device to which the phone number of the another mobile device is assigned; and a communicator configured to perform a mobile communication function using the phone number when the phone function of the mobile device is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shi-yun Cho, Moon-joo Lee, Hee-seok Jeong
  • Patent number: 10419052
    Abstract: A chip card fixing assembly is received inside a charging interface of an electronic device for fixing a chip card inside the charging interface. The chip card fixing assembly includes a resisting assembly including at least one pushing member and a securing member including at least one fixing portion. The at least one fixing portion and the at least one pushing member cooperatively define a securing space therebetween for fixing the chip card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qian-Fa Zhao
  • Patent number: 10419053
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an aviation communication headset includes, but is not limited to, at least one microphone; one or more speakers; one or more docks configured to interface with one or more eyepieces; and at least one control unit operable to perform operations including at least: detecting a presence of one or more eyepieces at the one or more docks; and outputting aviation flight information via the one or more docks for display on the one or more eyepieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: Seabeck Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: James J. Ruttler, Zuzana E. Melherova
  • Patent number: 10419054
    Abstract: A mobile device holder comprises a base having an inner side to be affixed to the mobile device. A hub is carried by the base and is rotatable on the base about a rotational axis. A rotational bearing rotatably couples the hub to the base. A ring is carried by the hub and is pivotally coupled to the hub about a pivot axis that is orthogonal to the rotational axis. The ring is rotatable along with the hub on the base. In addition, the ring is pivotable with respect to the hub between at least a retracted position circumscribing the hub, and a deployed position extending at an acute angle with respect to the hub. The hub has an exterior side with indicia thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Handstands Promo, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon D VanTassell, Jason L. Fogg
  • Patent number: 10419055
    Abstract: A case for an electronic device protects the electronic device. The case has a lower case portion and an upper case portion, which assemble together to protect the electronic device. A back of the case can include a back opening to expose a camera lens and flash of the electronic device or first and second back openings. The first back opening exposes the camera lens, and the second back opening exposes the flash. The back opening can include a ring. The back opening or ring, or both, can be colored in a black or dark color, which will help reduce or prevent glare from a flash to a camera of the electronic device. The case can include a battery that can extend the battery life of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Incase Designs Corp
    Inventor: Markus Diebel
  • Patent number: 10419056
    Abstract: A portable electronic device carrier includes a main strap, first and second elastic framing components, and a framing cover. The main strap includes a framing portion and a non-framing portion. Both the framing portion and framing cover include first and second channels within which reside the first and second elastic framing components; the first and second elastic framing components comprise continuous loops. The framing portion and the framing cover along with the first and second elastic framing components, define a portable electronic device soft form frame having a central opening there through. When a portable electronic device is received within the portable electronic device soft form frame, a tension of the first and second elastic framing components retains the portable electronic device within the portable electronic device soft form frame and provides user access to both a front face and a rear face of the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero
  • Patent number: 10419057
    Abstract: A current mirror circuit connectible to an amplifier circuit to set a bias point thereof includes a current mirror circuit, and a bias resistor connected thereto. The bias resistor is connectible to the amplifier circuit. A first helper circuit is connected in parallel with the bias resistor, and is selectively activated for a first predetermined duration by a first control signal. The activated first helper circuit defines a lower resistance path relative to the bias resistor to shorten a rising transient response of the amplifier circuit as the current mirror circuit is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Lothar Musiol, Yang Liu, Parham Hesamaddin, Lisette L. Zhang, Oleksandr Gorbachov
  • Patent number: 10419058
    Abstract: A contactless component, connected to an antenna, includes a plurality of terminals and a first, second, third, and fourth plurality of switchable auxiliary capacitors. The plurality of terminals include a first output terminal, a second output terminal, a first auxiliary terminal, and a second auxiliary terminal. Each of the first plurality of switchable auxiliary capacitors is connected between the first auxiliary terminal and the first output terminal. Each of the second plurality of switchable auxiliary capacitors is coupled between the first auxiliary terminal and a neutral point. Each of the third plurality of switchable auxiliary capacitors is coupled between the second auxiliary terminal and the second output terminal of the contactless component. Each of the fourth plurality of switchable auxiliary capacitors is coupled between the second auxiliary terminal and the neutral point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventor: Alexandre Tramoni
  • Patent number: 10419059
    Abstract: In a receiver transparent Q-mode, i.e., a Q-mode that is only implemented by a transmitter, the receiver is unaware of the Q-mode state of the transmitter. In this type of Q-mode configuration, the transmitter could enter and exit Q-mode as desired while the receiver, could, for example, continue to function as if operating normally, such as in “showtime.” Through this approach, it is not necessary for the receiver to detect the transmitter's entry and exit of Q-mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TQ DELTA, LLC
    Inventors: Marcos C. Tzannes, Arnon Friedmann
  • Patent number: 10419060
    Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) transceiver front-end circuit includes an antenna, a power amplifier, a low-noise amplifier, a first switch unit and a second switch unit. The power amplifier is connected to a transmitting unit and the antenna to form a transmission path. The low-noise amplifier is connected to a receiving unit and the antenna to form a reception path. The transmission path and the reception path selectively do not include a ?/4 transmission line connected to the antenna. The RF transceiver front-end circuit has a receiving state and a transmitting state. In the receiving state, the first switch unit is controlled and causes the transmission path to have high impedance. In the transmitting state, the second switch unit is controlled and causes the reception path to have high impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yo-Sheng Lin, Xian-Xi Wang
  • Patent number: 10419061
    Abstract: A communications apparatus includes a hardware subsystem including a test signal control component, a duplexer component, and Radio Frequency processing components. The Radio Frequency processing components include a transmitter chain portion and a receiver chain portion having a signal sensitivity threshold associated therewith, to a receive side port of the duplexer component. The test signal control component is arranged to cooperate with the transmitter chain to generate a test signal. A portion of the test signal control component is leaked by the duplexer component. The test signal control component is also configured to ensure that any irradiated power of the test signal complies with the transmit OFF power threshold requirement and the portion of the test signal leaked is above the signal sensitivity threshold of the receiver chain portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: u-blox AG
    Inventors: Norman John Beamish, James Connelly
  • Patent number: 10419062
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for achieving simultaneous transmit and receive operation with a digital phased array is described. Digital beamforming and cancellation enables adjacent transmitting and receiving sub-arrays to operate simultaneously in the same frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Doane, Kenneth E. Kolodziej, Bradley T. Perry
  • Patent number: 10419063
    Abstract: A method to receive telemetry messages over an RF channel, the method implemented by a system on a chip, in which a signal is received from the output of an input RF module, the received signal is offset in time and frequency wherein the signal, at first, is offset in time so that the offset magnitudes uniformly fill the length of one data bit, then, the signal is offset in frequency so that the offset magnitudes uniformly fill the space between the Fourier transform subcarriers, with the frequency offsets being independent of the time offsets; each signal processed at the preceding step is subjected to sequential Fourier transforms, with the first time element of each next transform immediately following the last element of the preceding transform; all messages are demodulated independently. The technical result consists in that messages can be received over multiple channels at multiple rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: WAVIOT INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrey Olegovich Orlov, Vasiliy Vasilievich Anisimov, Alexey Andreevich Danilov, Andrey Yurievich Puzanov, Andrei Viktorovich Bakumenko, Danylo Sergeevich Batura
  • Patent number: 10419064
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for one-way communications are disclosed. A system includes a transmitter, a first receiver, and a second receiver. A transmitter transmits one or more messages on one or more channels according to a predetermined, pseudo-random channel hopping protocol. The receivers receive said transmissions according to the order of the pseudo-random channel hopping protocol. Methods for re-syncing the one-way system in the event of a power loss or other event causing desynchronization. Default waiting channels are established for the receivers once a certain number of channel detection periods according to the one-way communication protocol result in no detected signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Miralem Cosic, Shankar V. Achanta, Raymond W. Rice, Chen Zhu, Bryson R. Bechtel
  • Patent number: 10419065
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates receiving a plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves that propagates along a surface of a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves conveys a plurality of communication signals, obtaining, from the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves, at least one communication signal from the plurality of communication signals, and distributing the at least one communication signal to at least one communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Giovanni Vannucci, Peter Wolniansky, Paul Shala Henry
  • Patent number: 10419066
    Abstract: Approaches for supporting a RF automatic gain control (AGC) loop. A first module and a second module are coupled together via a single RF transmission cable. The first module might be a Remote PHY Device (RPD). The second module may comprise a power amplifier. Both the first and second module operate on a single automatic gain control (AGC) loop. The first module sends a first signal to the second module over the single RF transmission cable at a first frequency or frequency range. The first module may adjust a gain of the AGC loop based on a second signal sent from the second module to the first module over the single RF transmission cable. The second, counterpropagating signal has a different frequency or frequency range than the first frequency of the first signal, e.g., the second frequency or frequency range may be lower than that of the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Harmonic, Inc.
    Inventors: Adi Bonen, Yehezkel Menashe
  • Patent number: 10419067
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a programmable resistor having a resistance iteratively programmed by a calibration control loop. In an illustrative example, the calibration control loop may alternately sample the programmable resistance and a reference resistance by producing a corresponding voltage drop across the resistors. The voltage drops may, for example, be induced by the same constant current source. The calibration control loop may compare the voltage drops with a comparator, for example. In some examples, the comparator may provide a count direction signal to a logic block, generating a calibration code. The calibration code may, for example, be applied to the programmable resistor, such that the resistance of the programmable resistor iteratively approaches the resistance of the reference resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventors: Chin Yang Koay, Hongyuan Zhao, Siok Wei Lim, Kee Hian Tan
  • Patent number: 10419068
    Abstract: A method of cancelling noise present in a data signal received on an electrical bifilar line, is implemented by a sender-receiver device comprising a first transformer, termed the differential mode circuit, the primary side of the first transformer connected by two wires to the bifilar line, a second transformer, termed the common mode circuit, the primary side of the second transformer connected to the primary side of the differential mode circuit, and to ground. The method comprises during an adjustment phase: obtaining a first voltage value on the bifilar line, termed the differential mode voltage; obtaining a second voltage value at the common mode circuit, termed the image voltage, resulting from the differential mode voltage; calculating the ratio between the second and first voltage values, termed the conversion ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventors: Rabah Tarafi, Fabienne Moulin, Alain Cario
  • Patent number: 10419069
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for telephone line access with crosstalk mitigation. Electronic equipment located at a first location may include a plurality of first transceiver devices, with each first transceiver device configured for coupling to a respective one of a plurality of telephone lines bundled together in a same telephone cable, to connect to a respective one of a plurality of second transceiver devices at a second location. Each first transceiver device controls communication over the respective telephone line, with controlling including assigning separate time slots for uplink communication and downline communication; and coordinating communication with other ones of the plurality of first transceiver devices, with the coordinating including aligning use of the time slots. Each transceiver device may include a coupling circuitry to connect to the respective telephone line, an analog front end; and a controller that controls communications over the telephone line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: MAXLINEAR ASIA SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Santiago Vicent Colonques, Feliciano Gomez Martinez
  • Patent number: 10419070
    Abstract: A digital subscriber line arrangement includes a first downstream Access Node (AN) modem, a first upstream Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) modem, a second AN modem, a second CPE modem and first and second metallic pairs connected between the first and second modems, respectively. The first AN modem includes a length estimation module and a PSD mask selection module which together with a PSD mask store operate to select upstream and downstream PSD masks for use by the first CPE modem and the first AN modem, respectively. Selection of the masks depends upon the estimated line length and the manner in which neighboring communication link is operating. Additionally, a central controller is operable to perform selection or generation of such masks in a similar manner when centralized control over the PSD mask generation is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Ian Horsley, Trevor Linney
  • Patent number: 10419071
    Abstract: A ringing suppression circuit is provided at a node having a communication circuit executing communication with another node by transmitting a differential signal through a pair of communication lines. The ringing suppression circuit includes: a suppressor configured to perform a suppression operation to suppress ringing occurred with a transmission of the differential signal by connecting a resistive component between the pair of communication lines; and a reference potential provider configured to provide a reference potential, which corresponds to a midpoint potential of the pair of communication lines during a steady state, to an intermediate point of the resistive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Honda, Hirofumi Isomura, Tomohisa Kishigami
  • Patent number: 10419072
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a communication device with a support structure having first and second annular contacts formed on an outer surface thereof, a first radio device having a first inner surface of a first housing opening with a third contact, and a second radio device having a second inner surface of a second housing opening with a fourth contact. The support structure is positioned in and passes through the first and second housing openings thereby positioning the first and second radio devices in a stacked arrangement, and, when in the stacked arrangement, the first and third contacts are aligned and the second and fourth contact are aligned to provide a coupling between the first and second radio devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Aldo Adriazola, Mitchell Harvey Fuchs, Robert Bennett, Brandon Pimm, Farhad Barzegar, Paul Shala Henry, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas M. Willis, III, Donald J. Barnickel, Robert Roman
  • Patent number: 10419073
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that performs operations including detecting a signal degradation of electromagnetic waves guided by a transmission medium, and adjusting at least one phase of signal components of the electromagnetic waves to produce adjusted electromagnetic waves having a hybrid wave mode and a non-optical frequency range to mitigate the signal degradation. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Donald J. Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
  • Patent number: 10419074
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a device having a non-conductive body with first and second ports that are electrically insulated from each other; a first antenna coupled to the first port; and a second antenna coupled to the second port. When the first and second ports are coupled to first and second transmission mediums, respectively: the first and second transmission mediums are electrically insulated from each other, a first electromagnetic wave conveying information and propagating along the first transmission medium causes the first antenna to transmit an RF signal to the second antenna, the RF signal conveys the information, the RF signal received at the second antenna causes a communication signal to be communicated via the second transmission medium, the communication signal conveys the information, and the first electromagnetic wave propagates along the first transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Mark Neil Evans
  • Patent number: 10419075
    Abstract: A Physical Layer (PHY) of a host system of an electronic device may be implemented as a contactless PHY (cPHY) for extremely high frequency (EHF) contactless communication and the operation of EHF transmitters (TX), receivers (RX) and transceivers (EHF-XCVR) in an extremely high frequency integrated circuit (EHF IC) of the electronic device. The Host-cPHY translates logical communications requests from the Link Layer (LINK) into hardware-specific operations to affect transmission or reception of signals over an EHF contactless link. The Link Layer (LINK) may also be optimized as a contactless Link Layer (cLINK) for EHF contactless communication. A virtualized contactless Physical Layer (VcPHY) may comprise a contactless Physical Layer (Host-cPHY), and a contactless Link Layer (cLINK) for coupling a conventional Link Layer (LINK) with the contactless Physical Layer (Host-cPHY). Multiple data streams may be transported over the EHF contactless link over a range of frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KEYSSA, INC.
    Inventors: Gary D. McCormack, Ian A. Kyles, Roger D. Isaac
  • Patent number: 10419076
    Abstract: The instant invention is directed to a tuned inductive coil that is designed to work within the field of a separate NFC (Near Field Communication) tag for the purpose of harvesting ambient energy that is transmitted during the bi-directional signal process in order to effect unique functionality which requires higher energy consumption and which would not otherwise be possible or as effective absent such harvest of energy such as, but not limited to operation of a light, a sound or a tactile transducer or similar circuitry, separate of the function of the nearby NFC tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: VIETAGZ LLC, IZIPLINE, LLC
    Inventors: William T. Pittman, Michelle Moulin, Keoki Trask
  • Patent number: 10419077
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques and systems for wireless communication via a mobile relay. These techniques may include a user device that determines that a transceiver is unavailable for communicating with a base station via a wireless connection. The user device then uses a mobile relay to communicate with the base station while the transceiver is unavailable. The mobile relay may be used for transmitting or receiving data from the base station. Additionally or alternatively, the mobile relay may participate in the wireless connection as an external resource of the mobile device or may establish an independent wireless connection with the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer, Aamir Akram
  • Patent number: 10419078
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include distributed antenna systems (DASs) supporting expanded, programmable communications services distribution to remote communications service sector areas. In one embodiment, the DAS includes a first programmable switch for distributing downlink communications signals into one or more communications service sector sets. The DAS further includes a second programmable switch configured to distribute the one or more communications service sector sets to one or more remote communications service sector areas. A configurable extender module is also included to provide expanded routing of communications service sector sets in the DAS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Igor Berlin, Dror Harel
  • Patent number: 10419080
    Abstract: This invention presents Capacity Projectors (CaPs) for intelligent control and management that collect information on channel conditions, actual and/or predicted demand for connectivity, data throughput and its distribution for a first time period in the future using signaling and control messages, analyze the collected information to identify the configurations of the BSs and CaPs that are needed to produce desired MU-MIMO communication channels in the first time period to meet the connectivity and data throughput demand and its distribution in the first time period, and adaptively control and configure the CaPs to actively shape the MU-MIMO communication channels to meet the predicted demand and its distribution, wherein controlling and configuring the CaP comprises implementing which of the CaPs to switch to sleeping mode or work mode and adjusting one or more of transmitting power gain, antenna tilt, beam direction and/or pattern of the transmitter and/or receiver, filtering of the receiving and/or transm
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: RF DSP INC.
    Inventor: Ping Liang
  • Patent number: 10419081
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an information transmission method, a radio equipment controller, a radio equipment, and a base station. The method includes determining, by an REC, that a main line used for communication with a first radio equipment RE is faulty and determining, by the REC, a standby line used for communication with the first RE. The method also includes communicating with the first RE by using the standby line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ping Dong
  • Patent number: 10419082
    Abstract: By a transmission method according to one aspect of the present disclosure, in a broadcasting system that generates a first broadcasting signal and a second broadcasting signal by performing multi-antenna encoding on program data, and wirelessly transmits a first broadcasting signal and a second broadcasting signal, a first transmit station transmits the first broadcasting signal, a second transmit station transmits the second broadcasting signal, the first transmit station and the second transmit station transmit the first broadcasting signal and the second broadcasting signal to an overlapping area at an identical time using an overlapping frequency band, polarized wave transmitted from the first transmit station differs from polarized wave transmitted from the second transmit station, and arrangement of the first transmit station differs from arrangement of the second transmit station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kimura, Yutaka Murakami, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 10419083
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a massive multiple-input multiple-output (M-MIMO) wireless distribution system (WDS) and related methods for optimizing the M-MIMO WDS. In one aspect, the M-MIMO WDS includes a plurality of remote units each deployed at a location and includes one or more antennas to serve a remote coverage area. At least one remote unit can have a different number of the antennas from at least one other remote unit in the M-MIMO WDS. In another aspect, a selected system configuration including the location and number of the antennas associated with each of the remote units can be determined using an iterative algorithm that maximizes a selected system performance indicator of the M-MIMO WDS. As such, it may be possible to optimize the selected system performance indicator at reduced complexity and costs, thus helping to enhance user experiences in the M-MIMO WDS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaojun Liang, Anthony Ng'Oma
  • Patent number: 10419084
    Abstract: A wireless communication device suppresses increase in computation scale when applying maximum likelihood detection to a multi-level modulation scheme. Units calculate a likelihood, bit log-likelihood ratio, and mutual information content for the separation result of a received signal on the basis of the signal point of a reference selected from among a plurality of signal points that a transmitted signal can assume. A transmission candidate point selection unit selects signal points in a number that corresponds to the mutual information content as transmission candidate points from among the plurality of signal points in ascending order of distance to 0 and distance to 1 for each modulation bit that constitutes the signal point of the reference. A reception candidate point that is a candidate for the received signal is calculated. An external LLR calculation unit calculates the bit log-likelihood ratio by an MLD method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Kei Ito, Daiki Hoshi
  • Patent number: 10419085
    Abstract: Methods are described for performing joint coded spatial and/or antenna based modulation. A first device may receive, from a second device, one or more pilot signals associated with one or more transmit antennas, antenna patterns, and/or antenna polarizations. The first device may determine channel related information associated with an antenna pair based on the pilot signals. The channel related information may include one or more channel cross correlation coefficients. The first device may determine a set-partition, for example, based on the channel related information. The first device may configure a dynamically configurable Trellis Coded Modulation (TCM) decoder based on the determined set-partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ferrante, Robert L Olesen, Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Fengjun Xi, Hanqing Lou
  • Patent number: 10419086
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses enabling uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) are provided. A user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver and a processor operably connected to the transceiver. The transceiver is configured to receive an uplink (UL) grant for an UL transmission. The processor is configured to decode a precoding information field in downlink control information (DCI) associated with the UL grant. The precoding information field includes at least one precoding matrix indicator (PMI) corresponding to a plurality of precoders. The transceiver is further configured to precode a data stream according to the precoders indicated by the precoding information field and transmit the precoded data stream on an UL channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eko Onggosanusi, Md. Saifur Rahman, Aris Papasakellariou, Boon Loong Ng
  • Patent number: 10419087
    Abstract: A method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The method for transmitting and receiving a phase compensation reference signal (PCRS) to compensate for phase noise. The method may determine whether a first precoding is applied to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and the PCRS to be transmitted to a terminal. The base station may also generate the DMRS and the PCRS, based on whether the first precoding is applied to the DMRS and the PCRS, and transmit data, the DMRS, and the PCRS to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaewon Kim, Jeehwan Noh, Hyunseok Ryu, Hyukmin Son, Hyunkyu Yu, Hyunil Yoo
  • Patent number: 10419088
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transmission scheme for transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal in the same frequency at the same time. According to the transmission scheme, a precoding weight multiplying unit multiplies a precoding weight by a baseband signal after a first mapping and a baseband signal after a second mapping and outputs the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal. In the precoding weight multiplying unit, precoding weights are regularly hopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 10419090
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for precoding matrix indicator feedback reduce a quantity of bits in the feedback. In the method, a terminal device receive a reference signal from a base station, determines a precoding matrix W in a precoding matrix set corresponding to a rank indication. W satisfies W=W1×W2×W3, W1, W2 and W3 and matrices and respectively corresponding to a first, second and third precoding matrix indicator. None of W1, W2, and W3 is an identity matrix, and the 2M columns in W1 comprise every column in W1×W2. The terminal device transmits the rank indication, the first precoding matrix indicator, the second precoding matrix indicator, and the third precoding matrix indicator to the base station. Therefore, a quantity of to-be-selected vectors is reduced by using a first-stage feedback and a second-stage feedback, thereby reducing calculation complexity of third-stage feedback, and reducing a quantity of bits in the third-stage feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ruiqi Zhang, Jianqin Liu
  • Patent number: 10419091
    Abstract: This invention presents methods for estimating MU-MIMO channel information using SU-MIMO channel information to choose a modulation and channel coding appropriate for the quality of the MU-MIMO channels, for adaptively selecting MU-MIMO precoding methods based on estimations of a plural of UEs and for compensating hardware impairments in MU-MIMO precoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: RF DSP INC.
    Inventors: Dengkui Zhu, Ping Liang
  • Patent number: 10419092
    Abstract: A method of associating streams of baseband data with one or more antenna ports of a remote radio head (RRH) is provided. The method includes extracting streams of baseband data from a user-plane of front-haul data communicated to the RRH over a communication link, determining which, if any, layer mapping and precoding scheme and associated antenna port configuration was used to encode and modulate one or more of the extracted streams of baseband data, wherein each layer mapping and precoding scheme has one or more of associated antenna port configurations, each antenna port configuration associating each of one or more steams of baseband data with a respective antenna port of the RRH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Navin Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 10419093
    Abstract: There is provided a method and corresponding device for enabling channel state feedback for multi-user transmission in a wireless communication system. The method comprises performing (S1), for each of a number of users, a classification of the user into one of at least two groups based on a measure of the speed of the temporal channel variation for the user. The method also comprises selecting (S2), for each of the users, a channel state feedback mechanism based on the classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Leif Wilhelmsson, Andreas Bergström, Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 10419094
    Abstract: A CSI measurement method, a CSI acquisition method, a terminal and a network device are provided, to measure CSI. The terminal performs interference measurement to acquire initial interference measurement result, determine the CSI based on the initial interference measurement result and an interference measurement parameter configured by the network device, and then report the determined CSI to the network device. The interference measurement parameter is configured by the network device, so the interference measurement parameter configured by the network device is capable of reflecting an actual situation of interference information, and interference information acquired by the terminal based on the interference measurement parameter matches interference information for actual transmission in a better manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qiubin Gao, Runhua Chen, Hui Li, Rakesh Tamrakar
  • Patent number: 10419095
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for a terminal reporting channel state information to a base station in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a first reference signal corresponding to a row of a transmission antenna array, and a second reference signal corresponding to a column of the transmission antenna array; receiving, from the base station, a cross polarization characteristics measurement indicator; and reporting, to the base station, channel state information comprising a first precoder corresponding to the first reference signal and a second precoder corresponding to the second reference signal, wherein the channel state information comprises cross polarization characteristics information between antenna ports that have the same indexes, the antenna ports being among antenna ports having the first reference signal and the second reference signal transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jiwon Kang, Kitae Kim, Kilbom Lee, Kungmin Park, Heejin Kim
  • Patent number: 10419096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for reporting CSI in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: a step for configuring a plurality of serving cells; and a step for reporting the CSI of only one serving cell in a corresponding subframe, wherein the step for reporting the CSI of only one serving cell comprises: excluding reporting the CSI of a lower priority when CSI reports of the plurality of serving cells in the corresponding subframe collide; and excluding reporting the CSI of serving cells other than the serving cell having the smallest index when the CSI reports of different serving cells having the same priority in the corresponding subframe collide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seunghee Han, Jaehoon Chung, Hyunwoo Lee, Moonil Lee, Hyunsoo Ko
  • Patent number: 10419097
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of receiving channel state information (CSI) and an access network device, so as to resolve a technical problem that timely scheduling cannot be implemented due to a relatively long time required for transmitting CSI in a D-RAN architecture. The method includes: receiving, by a first access network device, a notification message sent by a second access network device, where the notification message is used to indicate condition information based on which a terminal device camping on a first cell of the second access network device sends CSI; and receiving, by the first access network device, on a resource determined according to the condition information indicated by the notification message, the CSI sent by the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Saijie Yao, Na Deng, Yuanjie Li
  • Patent number: 10419098
    Abstract: Culling a set of precoders down to a smaller set using a comparatively simple first-pass evaluation allows a wireless device or other entity to reduce an overall computational burden associated with identifying a currently preferred precoder. An example approach involves selecting a reduced set of precoders from a full set of precoders, based on performing preliminary evaluations of precoders in the full set, and selecting a preferred precoder or precoders from the reduced set, based on performing further evaluations of precoders in the second set. On a per precoder basis, the further evaluations are more complex than the preliminary evaluations. One may view the approach as using less complex first-pass evaluations to reduce the precoder search space, and then using more complex second-pass evaluations to identify a currently preferred precoder or precoders within the reduced search space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Mirsad Cirkic, Martin Hessler, Kristina Hessler