Spread Spectrum Patents (Class 375/130)
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Patent number: 9378171Abstract: A serial data link is to be adapted during initialization of the link. Adaptation of the link is to include receiving a pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS) from a remote agent, analyzing the PRBS to identify characteristics of the data link, and generating metric data describing the characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Venkatraman Iyer, Darren S. Jue, Rahul Shah, Arvind Kumar
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Patent number: 9379990Abstract: A method for streaming a media file from a server to a client device is provided. The method provides for streaming requested chunks of the media file from the server to the client device. The method determines a rate for streaming the requested chunk to the client device by using relationships between the requested chunk, the media file, current chunks, and current streaming rates. Provided a seek operation is determined, the requested chunk is streamed at a burst rate or a throttle rate. The method is especially useful for reducing latency and saving bandwidth. A corresponding system for streaming the media file from the server to the client device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Vantrix CorporationInventors: Mohammed Hichem Lamouchi, Benjamin Charles Bazso, Steve Ian Coulombe
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Patent number: 9363795Abstract: A communication system in which an access point and one or more devices communicating through the access point adaptively apply Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). The access point may assign orthogonal subcarriers to devices as in conventional OFDMA, but the access point senses activity on the subcarriers and selects subcarriers without activity for assignment. In an alternative approach, a device that is configured for OFDMA communication may receive a channel assignment from a device that does not support OFDMA. The OFDMA-capable device may use only a portion of the subcarriers in the assigned channel, which may be communicated to the non-OFDMA device. During the non-OFDMA device may then ignore unused subcarriers in error detection and correction to avoid incorrectly classifying communications as erroneous.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Amer A. Hassan, Adam Sapek, Hui Shen, Thomas W. Kuehnel, Deyun Wu, Christian Huitema
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Patent number: 9363705Abstract: Redistribution of network capacity in a network having a plurality of base stations is contemplated. The redistribution may include reallocating or otherwise reusing primary channels assigned to the plurality base stations to increase capacity proximate one or more of the base stations. The network capacity may be increased in this manner without having to add new base stations.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Luis Alberto Campos, Thomas Williams, Daniel Rice
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Patent number: 9337888Abstract: Message symbols are sent radio transmission using an ultra wideband transmitter emitting a pulse-phase-modulated transmission signal that has isolated pulses, each of which has a time offset in relation to a time pattern, which time offset is dependent on a message symbol that the pulse represents. The transmission signal has a line spectrum having a multiplicity of modulated frequency lines. The transmission signal is received at a receiver, which obtains a narrowband signal from a single one of the modulated frequency lines. The modulated frequency line includes a bandwidth that corresponds to less than twice a pattern frequency of the time pattern. A phase of the narrowband signal is ascertained at predetermined instants and the respectively ascertained phase is associated with one of a plurality of predetermined message symbols.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Ulrike Glänzer, Jörg Hüttner
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Patent number: 9312894Abstract: The amount of distortion of the output signal increases due to a difference in delay times in a plurality of paths in a radio transmitting device transmitting RF signals in a plurality of bands, therefore, a radio transmitting device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes: a multi-band RF signal generator making each of a plurality of input baseband signals carried by a carrier wave with each of different frequencies, and outputting the carrier wave as a radio frequency signal; a power amplifier amplifying and outputting the radio frequency signal; a distortion compensation control signal generating unit applying a distortion compensating function, which compensates a distortion characteristic of the power amplifier, to the each of the plurality of input baseband signals; and a transmitter delay correction unit correcting a difference in delays which the plurality of input baseband signals receive respectively in the multi-band RF signal generator.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Shingo Yamanouchi
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Patent number: 9300327Abstract: A method is provided for receiving a signal. The method includes receiving a signal transmitted in a radio frequency (RF) band including at least one RF channel, demodulating the received signal, parsing a preamble of a signal frame including layer-1 information from the demodulated signal, deinterleaving bits of the layer-1 information, decoding the deinterleaved bits using an error correction decoding scheme including a shortening scheme and a puncturing scheme and obtaining physical layer pipes (PLPs) from the signal frame using the error-correction-decoded layer-1 information.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Woo Suk Ko, Sang Chul Moon
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Patent number: 9294868Abstract: A device, method and system for communicating data are disclosed. The method for communicating data is adapted for a base station, and the method includes grouping a data for transmission in a plurality of data subsets, in which the data for transmission includes a plurality of information bits, encoding the data subsets; modulating the data subsets, and transmitting the data subsets to a receiving device. A base station includes a communication protocol module grouping a data for transmission in a plurality of data subsets, in which the data for transmission comprises a plurality of information bits, encoding the data subsets, modulating the data subsets, and transmitting the data subsets to a receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventor: Shin-Lin Shieh
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Patent number: 9276609Abstract: Systems and method relating generally to solid state memory, and more particularly to systems and methods for generated data from a solid state memory. A data processing system includes a solid state memory, a data de-randomizer circuit operable to de-randomize a read data set accessed from the solid state memory device, a soft data generation circuit operable to receive multiple instances of one or more elements the read data set and access a scramble compensating extended look up table using the multiple instances of the element to receive corresponding soft data, and a data decoder circuit operable to apply a soft decoding algorithm to the soft data to yield a decoded output. Each instance of a respective element may be read using a different reference value.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Zhengang Chen, Yunxiang Wu, Erich F. Haratsch
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Patent number: 9277554Abstract: A server includes a memory device configured to store a plurality of computer-executable instructions, and a processor coupled to the memory device. When the processor executes the plurality of computer-executable instructions, the processor is programmed to determine an available spectrum of frequencies within a location over time, and receive a request from a wireless device to access the available spectrum for a predefined duration. The processor is also programmed to select a frequency band within the spectrum that is available to be used by the wireless device for the predefined duration, and transmit an authorization message to the wireless device to use the selected frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Anil Kumar, Arun Ayyagari
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Patent number: 9274207Abstract: A system and method locates a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal source. A wireless LAN signal as an RF signal is propagated from a WLAN signal source at a fixed, known location to a plurality of receivers having unsynchronized clocks. The time-of-arrival is measured at each receiver and the timing relationship from the fixed, known location of the signal source is used to relate time-of-arrival measurements from a signal arriving from an unknown location.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: ZIH CORP.Inventor: Robert W. Boyd
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Patent number: 9270390Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in which a wireless receiver can be configured to compensate frequency and phase offsets with joint symbol timing recovery of modulated signals transmitted across a channel, and it can include a transformation module configured to generate an error signal for an information signal representing the modulated signal received by the receiver. The transformation module can include a squaring module configured to square the information signal, thereby generating a squared signal, and a mixer configured to perform a complex multiplication of the squared signal by the local reference signal, and a downsampler. The transformation module can also be configured to extract and compensate frequency and phase offsets with joint symbol timing recovery.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Denis A. Gudovskiy, Lichung Chu
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Patent number: 9270326Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method, the method including receiving clock frequency parameter information for at least one clock source; receiving radio parameter information for at least one radio receiver; determining one or more spread spectrum clocking (SSC) profiles for the at least one clock source and the at least one radio receiver, each SSC profile to reduce radio frequency interference between the clock and radio receivers; and storing the SSC profiles.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: William Dawson Kesling, Harry G. Skinner
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Patent number: 9264262Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives an SRS parameter, which indicates the number of antennas for transmitting the aperiodic SRS, by means of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and transmits the aperiodic SRS to the base station using at least one antenna which belongs to the number of antennas for transmitting the aperiodic SRS.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Min Seok Noh, Jae Hoon Chung
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Patent number: 9264164Abstract: A transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a wireless communication system and method. Generate a first group of orthogonal cover code sequences C1 represented by a matrix of [Cn, 1(1), Cn, 1(2), . . .Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yi Wang, Hua Zhou, Jianming Wu
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Patent number: 9258789Abstract: The innovation relates to a system and/or methodology for the reduction of pilot power transmission in mobile communication systems. More specifically, the innovation relates to varying the transmit power of a pilot signal to increase the power available to other services, such as customer voice and data communication. In addition, reducing the transmit power of the pilot signal can reduce or militate against interference with the pilot signals of neighboring or nearby cells.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLCInventors: Ming-Ju Ho, Clinton Harper
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Patent number: 9244484Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may be realized in a fractional-N spread spectrum clock (SSC) generator utilizing an SSC state machine generating a single clock gating signal to drive a fractional-N phase locked loop (PLL) frequency multiplier to generate an SSC output clock. The SSC generator leverages upon the development of the digital PLL to implement the SSC generator within the final core PLL. The SSC generator only requires a relatively low base frequency reference clock and digital programming including an SSC rate and a modulation definition signal to produce the fractional-N spread spectrum output clock. The SSC generator results in cost savings through a high frequency SSC output clock generator that utilizes a relatively slow reference clock without the need for multiple high frequency clocks or multiple feedback clocks to drive the PLL.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anthony E. Ciesla, Paul D. Muench
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Patent number: 9243995Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic processing system for a flow cytometer that uses a processing chip that processes data in a parallel architecture on a sample by sample basis and provides for high throughput of data. In addition, multi-gain linear amplifiers are used which are matched using feedback circuits to provide accurate data and high resolution data having high dynamic range.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventors: Daniel N. Fox, Thomas L. Thrasher
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Patent number: 9241341Abstract: An approach is provided for carrier indication and carrier sensing. Interference information relating to radio interface with one or more neighboring nodes is generated. The interference information is transmitted over a designated channel to the one or more neighboring nodes.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Mika Rinne, Olav Tirkkonen
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Patent number: 9237532Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a base station and an interface for handover in a wireless communication network. Handover is initiated when the signal quality falls below a predetermined value. Random access serves as an uplink procedure to enable the UE to make handover from a first base station (eNodeB) to a suitable second base station (eNodeB). In the present invention, random access parameters are exchanged between second and first base station before said first base station signals said random access parameters to said user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Muhammad Kazmi, Robert Baldemair
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Patent number: 9231709Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are described that employ specially designed interference patterns to build an in-band side channel without degrading the effective throughput of the main channel. A first device (100) includes a control component (130) that generates control information and an interference component (140) that transmits the control information (450) through emission of patterned interference data concurrently while other users are transmitting other data (420). A second device (300) receives the patterned interference data and the other data via a single antenna (350) and decodes the patterned interference data to extract the control data (450). The first device (100) transmits the other data (420) on a side channel (440) that resides in the same spectrum as the main channel (410) in which the other data (420) is emitted. The first device (100) encodes the interference patterns such that the control data (450) can be safely transmitted and extracted without effecting other data transmission.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Kaishun Wu, Qian Zhang, Lionel Ming Shuan Ni
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Patent number: 9232446Abstract: In order to reduce the occurrence of call loss in mobile stations while suppressing degradation of communication quality in a handover destination cell, a communication unit (11) forming an eNB (10) receives, from another eNB located adjacent to an own eNB, a first reception quality in a cell formed by the own eNB and a second reception quality in a cell formed by the another eNB. The first reception quality and the second reception quality are measured by one or more UE that are in radio communication with the another eNB. A control unit (12) accepts a call associated with UE which satisfies a first condition that the first reception quality is higher than the second reception quality in preference to a call associated with UE which does not satisfy the first condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuhiro Kubota, Akihiko Kubota, Junko Kubota
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Patent number: 9232416Abstract: A method and apparatus for power control for distributed wireless communication is disclosed including one or more power control loops associated with a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). Each power control loop may include open loop power control or closed loop power control. A multi-phase power control method is also disclosed with each phase representing a different time interval and a WTRU sends transmissions at different power levels to different set of node-Bs or relay stations during different phases to optimize communications.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Zinan Lin, Alexander Reznik, Prabhakar R. Chitrapu, Mihaela C. Beluri, Eldad M. Zeira, Philip J. Pietraski, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Gregg A. Charlton
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Patent number: 9226260Abstract: Embodiments for providing initiator-conditioned fine timing measurement service request are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a range management module is arranged to initiate transmission of a fine timing measurement request message for determining a timing measurement to a responding device. Timing measurement information is received in response to the transmission of the fine timing measurement request message. The timing measurement information is received according to the condition instructions provided in the fine timing measurement request message. A timing measurement is calculated based on the timing of receiving the timing measurement information.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Itai Steiner, Jonathan Segev
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Patent number: 9213678Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a transfer function of at target object having divided systems is disclosed. The apparatus acquires an estimation equation to estimate the transfer function of the target object, and determines, for each arithmetic operation in the estimation equation, whether the arithmetic operation is an addition or a multiplication. For the multiplication, the apparatus performs the multiplication of frequency response characteristics in the frequency domain. For addition, the apparatus converts the frequency response characteristics into time response characteristics, performs the addition of the time response characteristics in the time domain, and reconverts a result of the addition into the frequency domain.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yasuhiko Mukai, Yoshifumi Morita, Hiroyuki Ukai, Makoto Iwasaki, Hiroyasu Otake, Ryo Kano
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Patent number: 9214974Abstract: A method for detecting wireless microphone signals based on an augmented spectral correlation function is provided. The method includes obtaining an augmented spectral correlation function (SCF) of acquired digital signals based on a SCF of the digital signal and a conjugate SCF proposed in the present invention, calculating a statistic, and comparing it with a decision threshold simulated or calculated through a predetermined method to determine whether the digital signal is a wireless microphone signal. With the proposed augmented SCF, the present invention overcomes a difficulty in sensing TV white space, namely, the inability of most existing detection methods to effectively distinguish between narrowband interferences and wireless microphone signals. Meanwhile, the detection method has low algorithm complexity and is easy to implement in real systems.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: University of Science and Technology of ChinaInventors: Huanhuan Sun, Wenyi Zhang, Taitai Zhang
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Patent number: 9210004Abstract: A device that identifies a current channel estimate based on previously received pilot tones; and iteratively, for each instance of receiving a set of new pilot tones: generates an updated channel estimate by replacing contributions to the current channel estimate that depend from the previously received pilot tones with contributions that depend from the set of new pilot tones; and considers for the next iteration the updated channel estimate as the current channel estimate and the set of new pilot tones as the previously received pilot tones.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Jukka Talvitie, Toni Levanen
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Patent number: 9203557Abstract: A receiver including: a memory, and a processor configured to calculate a plurality of soft decision values based on a received symbol to which a plurality of bits are mapped, to select at least one first soft decision value of the plurality of soft decision values, to calculate at least one relative value of at least one second soft decision value of the plurality of soft decision values other than the at least one first soft decision value, based on the at least one first soft decision value, to store the at least one first soft decision value and the at least one relative value, in the memory, and to estimate the plurality of bits based on the at least one first soft decision value and the at least one relative value which are stored in the memory.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Hiroaki Arai, Shunji Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9204275Abstract: Provided is a system and method for targeting one or more receiving data processing systems with data by aiming a sending data processing system at the receiving data processing system(s) and performing a shoot action. Aiming information is transmitted from the sending data processing system to the receiving data processing system(s) to facilitate determining whether or not the one or more receiving data processing systems was targeted by the sending data processing system, for example, to subsequently pull data, push data, or interact. Aiming information may include location information, directional and posture information, distance information, target size, and/or other shooting data to further qualify the shoot action. Permissions and configurations can govern data pulled or pushed. Wave forms which are not controllably aimed by nature can be accurately aimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Inventors: William J. Johnson, Jason M. Johnson
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Patent number: 9203669Abstract: A flexible and scalable deployment of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technology in a mobile cellular system, including a system that deploys multiple channels within a common base station, in which different modulation techniques are used to compensate for adjacent-channel interference.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Lai King Tee, Cornelius van Rensburg, Yinong Ding
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Patent number: 9197374Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for transmitting data over a wireless channel. In some embodiments, transmitting data includes receiving convolutionally encoded data and enhancing the transmission of the data by further repetition encoding the data.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Won-Joon Choi, Qinfang Sun, Jeffrey M. Gilbert
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Patent number: 9191129Abstract: The invention relates to a method of estimating the time of arrival of a UWB pulse contained in an RF signal using a double quadrature receiver. The time of arrival is obtained from an estimate of the phase of the RF signal ((?RF(?))) relative to the local oscillator signal in the first stage of the quadrature mix, and an estimate of the phase of the baseband signal ((?BB(?)) relative to the first/second signal of the orthogonal base used in the second stage of the quadrature mix.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternativesInventor: Dominique Morche
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Patent number: 9191036Abstract: Receivers in a mobile device are configured to mitigate receiver overload and fully or nearly-fully utilize available spectrum for communication. Configuration is dictated at least in part by at least one of radio link quality or available receiver specifications, and it can be affected by the mobile device or a base station that serves the mobile device. Receiver configuration includes various spectrally asymmetric receivers that tune respective disparate portions of the available spectrum to maximize utilization thereof in the spectral regions prone to overload conditions. In severe overload conditions, a single receiver can be configured to operate in a frequency band spectrally adjacent to a sub-band that leads to overload conditions when employed for telecommunication. To improve performance, the single receiver configuration can be supplemented with at least one of transmit diversity operation, asymmetric multicarrier spreading, or downlink power boost of asymmetrical multicarrier spreading.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLCInventor: Arthur Richard Brisebois
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Patent number: 9191624Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining, at a set-top box device, positioning data associated with a location of the set-top box device. The computer-implemented method includes determining whether the set-top box device is authorized to receive media content at the location. The computer-implemented method also includes receiving the media content via a wireless transmission from a residential gateway when the set-top box device is authorized to receive the media content at the location.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: David Harp, Jason Godfrey, Sanjay Macwan
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Patent number: 9185661Abstract: Performing power control by determining a maximum required signal-to-interference plus noise ratio for a nominal packet size of a received data signal, wherein the maximum required signal-to-interference plus noise ratio corresponds to a quantity of physical resource blocks used for the nominal packet size of the data signal. A received signal-to-interference plus noise ratio of the received data signal is compared with the maximum required signal-to-interference plus noise ratio. In response to the received signal-to-interference plus noise ratio exceeding the maximum required signal-to-interference plus noise ratio, power control is performed for the data signal to reduce the received signal-to-interference plus noise ratio.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Matthew Hunsaker, Daniel Tayloe
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Patent number: 9184790Abstract: There is provided an incoherent UWB-IR communication method by which erroneous demodulation is difficult to occur even in a multipath environment. Thus, the present invention includes an incoherent wireless communication method including a first step of modulating transmission data, a second step of converting the modulated transmission data into pulses and converting the pulses received from the external into reception data, and a third step of demodulating the reception data, wherein the pulses used in the second step includes a plurality of pulse sequences and the plurality of pulse sequences is such that the peaks of cross-correlation values are lower than the peaks of autocorrelation values.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Yano, Hiroshi Kamizuma
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Patent number: 9184837Abstract: A mobile terminal capable of localization, a localization server, and a method for localizing the mobile terminal using the localization server are disclosed. The disclosed localization server includes a control unit configured to control transmissions of visible-light signals from a multiple number of visible-light transmitting devices; and a position computing unit configured to compute a position of a mobile terminal based on time information regarding when the visible-light signals transmitted respectively from the plurality of visible-light transmitting devices were received at the mobile terminal, where the control unit controls the transmissions such that each of the plurality of visible-light transmitting devices sequentially transmits the visible-light signal for a particular first time period with no overlapping of transmission times of the visible-light signals transmitted respectively from the plurality of visible-light transmitting devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Foundation of Soongsil University-Industry CooperationInventors: Myung-Sik Yoo, Jun-Ho Hwang
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Patent number: 9179409Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for managing wireless communications in a machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless Wide Area Network (WAN). An operating frequency band of the M2M wireless WAN is divided into at least a first frequency channel and a second frequency channel. The first and second frequency channels being used for communications on a reverse link. First channel status information and second channel status information are broadcasted to one or more M2M devices. The first channel status information indicating a status of the first frequency channel. The second channel status information indicating a status of the second frequency channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alok K. Gupta, Bin Tian, Ethan Lin
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Patent number: 9176180Abstract: A Passive Intermodulation (PIM) measurement circuit enables making forward and reverse PIM measurements on any 1 port (reflection) or 2 port (transmission) device with the ability to determine in distance where individual PIM impairments are located as well as their magnitude. The PIM measurement circuit includes two frequency sources that are provided through a combiner for a CW characterization of the PIM circuit. To enable distance determination, an FM measurement is created by using a saw tooth offset sweep generator attached to one of the two frequency sources. With down conversion and processing of signals from the PIM impairments, the FM signal provides a frequency variation that is converted using a Fourier transform or spectrum analysis for separation of frequencies, enabling determination of the distance of the PIM sources as well as their magnitudes.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: ANRITSU COMPANYInventors: Donald Anthony Bradley, Alan Charles Witty
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Patent number: 9172410Abstract: A transmitter includes a first wireless communication module, a second wireless communication module, a multiplexer, a digital-to-analog converter and a filter. The multiplexer selectively outputs a first digital signal derived from a digital output of the first wireless communication module or a second digital signal derived from a digital output of the second wireless communication module as a selected output. The digital-to-analog converter converts the selected output into an analog signal. The filter processes the analog signal and includes an adjustable resistive element. When the multiplexer selects the first digital signal as the selected output, the adjustable resistive element is adjusted to have a first resistance value such that the filter has a first bandwidth. When the multiplexer selects the second digital signal as the selected output, the adjustable resistive element is adjusted to have a second resistance value such that the filter has a second bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Chao-Hsin Lu, Chih-Jung Chen
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Patent number: 9173177Abstract: A satellite transmission system comprises at least: one satellite and two stations comprising transmission means transmitting simultaneously and in the same frequency band a first, high-bit-rate signal and a second, low-bit-rate signal, the second signal allowing changing of frequency of the carrier signal. The station(s) include reception means for receiving simultaneously and in the same frequency band the first and second signal. The system includes means for detecting interference on the frequency band. The transmission means and reception means respectively switch the transmission and reception of the second signal from a low bit rate to a medium bit rate and deactivate the transmission of the first signal in presence of interference, and the transmission means and reception means respectively switch the transmission and reception of the second signal from a medium bit rate to a low bit rate and activate transmission of the first signal in absence of interference.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: ThalesInventor: Marc Touret
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Patent number: 9172423Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for correlator time delay extraction for wireless acoustic wave devices. A receiver receives an analog signal as a sum of plural different analog coded signals each having a different time delay and matched filters corresponding to the acoustic devices is used to extract the time delay to recover the original plural different analog coded signals. In an embodiment the acoustic devices generate orthogonal-frequency codes signals with block-time-diversity to reduce the cross-correlation “noise” due to multi-codes. The time diversity spreads the tags ensemble energy in time, thereby reducing the time energy density. An estimate of the delay time using the passband frequency phase slope, or in the time domain by using the correlation peak, is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Donald Malocha, Nikolai Kozlovski
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Patent number: 9165668Abstract: Systems and methods for data retention manager in a solid state storage system utilizing temperature measurement mechanisms are disclosed. Background data scanning can provide an efficient way to monitor data health and can be used to determine whether data refreshing is needed or to prevent data retention from degrading beyond error correction capabilities. In certain embodiments, data scanning may be performed as a background process regularly, for example, every month. However, effects of temperature on data retention may not be adequately accounted for using such methods. Certain embodiments disclosed herein provide a numerical integral method for taking account the system temperature by using the acceleration factor for data retention. Embodiments disclosed herein may provide for accurate handling of data retention in view of complex device temperature history.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dengtao Zhao, Yongke Sun, Haibo Li, Kroum S. Stoev, Mei-Man L. Syu
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Patent number: 9166652Abstract: Described herein are techniques related one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) based wireless docking in an enterprise environment. In an implementation, a separate low radiating antenna is constructed and installed at a bottom surface of a wireless device and at a docking surface of a docking station. In this implementation, the low radiating antenna is configured to provide local wireless communication (i.e., Wi-Fi based communication) between a docking pair that includes the wireless device and the docking station.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Songnan Yang, Ulun Karacaoglu, Xintian E. Lin, Bin Xiao, Narjala Bhasker
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Patent number: 9160350Abstract: Embodiments of an integrated circuit (IC) comprising a delay-locked loop (DLL) are described. Some embodiments include first circuitry to generate a first clock signal by delaying an input clock signal by a first delay, second circuitry to determine a code based on the input clock signal and the first clock signal, and third circuitry to produce an output clock signal based on the input clock signal and the code. In some embodiments, the power consumption of the DLL circuitry is reduced by powering down at least some parts of the DLL circuitry for most of the time. In some embodiments, the clock signal that is used to clock the command-and-address circuitry of a memory device is used to clock the on-die-termination latency counter circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: RAMBUS INC.Inventors: Jared L. Zerbe, Masum Hossain, Pak S. Chau
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Patent number: 9148253Abstract: User equipment (UE) cooperation can be improved by relaying partial soft information to target UEs. More specifically, a cooperating UE may relay a subset of log-likelihood ratios (LLRs) to the target UE. The subset of LLRs may correspond to fewer than all resource blocks of the original transmission. This may allow UE cooperation to be effective when the cooperating UE was only able to decode a portion of the original transmission. This may also allow fewer network resources (e.g., bandwidth, etc.) to be used when the target UE does not need all of the soft information to decode the original transmission. Multiple cooperating UEs can provide different subsets of LLRs, and the subsets may or may not overlap with one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yu Cao, Amine Maaref, Mohammadhadi Baligh, Jianglei Ma
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Patent number: 9144020Abstract: A method of evaluating a reception quality of a receiver includes determining a reception quality of the receiver using a measurement from a single active antenna of the receiver if the receiver is in the idle mode. The method further includes activating receiver diversity by activating at least a second antenna of the receiver in the idle mode if the measurement from the single active antenna of the receiver is below a first predetermined reception quality threshold. A receiver includes receiver chains configured to interface with respective antennas, and a reception quality estimation unit configured to determine a reception quality of a single active receive chain when the receive is in an idle mode. The receiver further includes a diversity controller configured to selectively activate at least a second receive chain in the idle mode based on the determined reception quality from the reception quality estimation unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Intel Deutschland GmbHInventors: Thorsten Clevorn, Roland Hellfajer
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Patent number: 9143286Abstract: This invention concerns the estimation of signal to noise ratio (SNR) at a communications receiver; it may be applicable to a wide range of receivers but is particularly suited for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) receivers. In particular the invention is a method, a receiver and software for performing the method. The signal to noise ratio (SNR) in the received signals is estimated by directly estimating the power ratio, in the received signal, between the part of the frequency spectrum of the received signal that contains only noise, and the part of the spectrum that contains both signal and noise; and averaging this value over a time interval.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Nitero Pty LimitedInventor: Yunxin Li
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Patent number: 9137081Abstract: The application relates to the satellite navigation signal, generating method, generating device, receiving method and receiving device. The navigation satellite signal generating device includes a baseband signal generator, a multiplexed signal generator and a modulator. The baseband signal generator is provided to generate a first baseband signal S1, a second baseband signal S2, a third baseband signal S3, and a fourth baseband signal S4. The multiplexed signal generator is provided to set an amplitude and a phase of an in-phase baseband component and an amplitude and a phase of a quadrature-phase baseband component of a signal into which the first baseband signal S1, the second baseband signal S2, the third baseband signal S3 and the fourth baseband signal S4 are multiplexed, so as to generate a multiplexed signal with constant envelope. The modulator is provided to modulate the multiplexed signal with constant envelope to a radio frequency, so as to generate the navigation satellite signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Zheng Yao, Mingquan Lu
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Patent number: 9131183Abstract: A signal processing circuit 4 includes a clock circuit 24 which generates a clock signal which has been subjected to spread spectrum modulation and supplies the clock signal to a photoelectric conversion element; a AD converter 15 which performs AD conversion on an image signal obtained by the photoelectric conversion element; a noise detecting circuit 21 which detects a noise amplitude of a noise signal that is caused by the spread spectrum modulation of the clock signal and is included in the image signal which has been AD converted; and an analog correction circuit 23 and an digital correction circuit 22 that calculate a correction factor based on the noise amplitude, generate a correction signal by multiplying the digital modulation signal by the correction factor, and superimpose the correction signal onto the image signal at an input side or an output side of the AD converter.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yuuya Miyoshi, Tohru Kanno