Transmitter Patents (Class 375/135)
  • Patent number: 8705590
    Abstract: A demodulation reference signal generator includes a non-correlation sequence generator to generate a non-correlation sequence for RS of a first resource block; a first spectrum spreading unit to spread spectrums of elements in the non-correlation sequence for RS to be mapped to a first frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a first group of codes; a second spectrum spreading unit to spread spectrums of elements in the non-correlation sequence for RS to be mapped to a second frequency resource of the first resource block, using a second group of Codes; the first and second frequency resources are adjacent frequency resources used for RS transmission in the first resource block, and the first and second groups of Codes are mirrors in column to each other; and a mapping unit to map the spectrum-spread elements to the first and second frequency resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Yuantao Zhang, Hua Zhou, Jianming Wu
  • Patent number: 8705459
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for multiplexing control signals between a plurality of users when control signals for the plurality of users are allocated within one resource block. That is, a method for multiplexing control signals includes coding control signals for at least one user signals to correspond to a structure of a transmission block for the control signals among one or more dedicated resource block, multiplexing the control signals for the at least one user signals in the dedicated resource block, and transmitting the control signals, wherein the dedicated resource block is allocated for transmitting the control signals separately from data signals among a plurality of transmission resource blocks. A frequency division multiplexing (FDM) mode and a code division multiplexing (CDM) mode are used to multiplex the control signals for the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Young Chun, Bin Chul Ihm, Wook Bong Lee, Jae Won Chang, Moon II Lee
  • Patent number: 8699542
    Abstract: A spread spectrum modulation unit (12) performs spread spectrum clocking processing for a basic clock signal (BC) synchronized with the carrier frequency or its harmonic frequency of image information leaked from an unwanted electromagnetic wave. A modulation pattern generation unit (13) generates and outputs, as a modulation pattern signal (MP), a PN code having sign bit data synchronized with each pulse of the obtained spread spectrum clock signal SC. In addition, the modulation pattern generation unit (13) resets the repetition period of the PN code based on a horizontal sync signal (H). A modulated clock generation unit (14) modulates the spread spectrum clock signal (SC) in accordance with the modulation pattern signal (MP). The obtained modulated clock signal (MC) is amplified, generating a leakage prevention signal (JC). A leakage prevention signal containing a sideband component of a satisfactory level can be generated, obtaining a useful leakage prevention effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignees: NTT Advanced Technology Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinori Mori, Ryo Ishikawa, Hitoshi Nobata, Yasunao Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140098837
    Abstract: A transceiver has a first antenna and a second antenna for transmitting alternatively a frequency-hopped sounding reference signal (SRS) over a sub-band of a bandwidth at a time. The transceiver includes a determination unit for determining whether a number of sub-bands in the bandwidth is odd or even, a transmitter for transmitting the SRS continuously from the first antenna, if the number of sub-bands is even, and a receiver for receiving a response to the transmitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Neelesh Mehta, Koon Hoo Teo, Jinyun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8693522
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a pilot sending method and an apparatus, which relate to the communication field and can save network resources. The solution is: performing spreading on at least two signature sequences by using a spreading code, where each signature sequence of the at least two signature sequences corresponds to at least one user equipment (UE), and is used as a dedicated pilot of at least one data stream of the at least one UE, and the dedicated pilot is used by the UE to perform precoding matrix estimation; and performing precoding on the spread signature sequences, and sending the precoded spread signature sequences to the UE. The embodiments of the present invention are applicable to the sending of pilots in MU-MIMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Ma, Chuanfeng He, Huan Zhou, Liang Xia, Yue Li
  • Patent number: 8687719
    Abstract: An OFDM modulation process and means for transmitting multiple carriers through a communication channel having a bandwidth arranged ion chunks with further subcarriers being allocated to form at least one guard band, comprising automatically and periodically shifting said chunks to the left or to the side in order to overlap said guard band and increase spectral diversity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ericsson Modems SA
    Inventors: Merouane Debbah, Romain Couillet
  • Patent number: 8687670
    Abstract: A Bluetooth paging procedure can implement a mechanism for predicting a Bluetooth paging channel in a paging channel hopping sequence. One or more Bluetooth paging channels, on which one or more page requests intended for a Bluetooth device were received, are determined from a plurality of Bluetooth communication channels. One of a plurality of paging channel hopping sequences associated with the Bluetooth device that comprises each of the one or more determined Bluetooth paging channels is identified. A time delay associated with determining a target Bluetooth paging channel from the plurality of Bluetooth communication channels on which to transmit a page response is determined. The target Bluetooth paging channel is determined based, at least in part, on the identified one of the plurality of the paging channel hopping sequences and the time delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Paul J. Husted
  • Patent number: 8677437
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a method and system for determining the extent to which a plurality of media signals are out of sync with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Evertz Microsystems Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeff Wei
  • Patent number: 8675769
    Abstract: A method and system for optimizing symbol mapping in partial response based communications that are based on use of pulse-shaping that incorporates a predetermined amount of inter-symbol interference (ISI). Optimizing symbol mapping symbol mapping may comprise configuring optimized constellation mapping for use in mapping and/or de-mapping data communicated using the partial response pulse-shaping. In this regard, the optimized constellation mapping may be based on a reference constellation mapping that is utilized for reference modulation scheme, and the configuring comprises applying adjustments to one or more constellation points in the reference constellation mapping. The optimized constellation mapping may be configured to optimize an applicable minimum distance for one or more selected error patterns for a given spectral compression applied during partial response based communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: MagnaCom Ltd.
    Inventor: Amir Eliaz
  • Patent number: 8665925
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for generating a scrambling code, and the method includes: acquiring initial sequences X0, Y0; extending the initial sequences X0, Y0 for (?N/M?+1) times, and obtaining extended sequences X*, Y*, wherein, the N is a positive integer, 0<M?22, and “? ?” denotes rounded down; acquiring phase offset column vectors; and generating the scrambling code according to the extended sequences X*, Y* and the phase offset column vectors. The apparatus includes: a first acquiring module, an extension module, a second acquiring module and a generation module. The technical scheme of the present invention can process more users, reduce the processing delay and greatly improve the processing efficiency in the same system clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Fei Zou, Liguo Feng
  • Publication number: 20140056330
    Abstract: Provided is a transmission method that converts an encoded block of data into first complex symbols each including a real component and an imaginary component, one or which is designated as a first component and the other as a second component; writes the first components and the second components of the first complex symbols respectively column by column into a first interleaver matrix and a second interleaver matrix having NR rows; applies a cyclic shift to each column of the second interleaver matrix in accordance with a predetermined shift pattern; and reads the first components from the first interleaver matrix and the second components from the cyclically shifted second interleaver matrix row by row. NR is a multiple of NRF greater than NRF (NRF being an integer greater than one), and the shift pattern for the cyclic shift includes only integers that are not a multiple of NRF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Mihail Petrov
  • Patent number: 8660135
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided that may reduce the number of false accepts by reducing the instances in which a mobile terminal mistakenly determines that control channel information is intended for the mobile terminal. The method, apparatus and computer program product may determine whether control channel information appears to be directed to a respective mobile terminal, determine whether one or more filler bits have respective predefined values and thereafter identify the information to not be intended for the respective mobile terminal in an instance in which the filler bits fail to have the predefined values. In an instance in which the control channel information provides an uplink grant, the method, apparatus and computer program product may cause data to be transmitted via an uplink established per the uplink grant only if the filler bits have the predefined values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Jussi Heikki Antila
  • Patent number: 8654814
    Abstract: A method for identifying the presence of an electronic transmission comprising detecting, by a detecting device, the presence of a burst of electromagnetic energy that results from the presence of an original carrier signal and transmitting, by a transmitting device, a spread spectrum meta-carrier signal within a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal contains information about the original carrier signal and is transmitted such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal during the presence of the burst of electromagnetic energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Beeler, Cris M. Mamaril, Jeffery Harig
  • Publication number: 20140036962
    Abstract: A method of emission of a frequency synchronization signal comprises a first step of determining at least two first emission frequencies respectively associated with at least two first intervals separated temporally by a first duration. The first temporal intervals are of identical duration. The first durations are identical for identical first frequencies and the first durations are different for different first frequencies. The method also comprises a second step of emitting at least one synchronization signal in the first temporal intervals and by using the first frequency, the signal emitted in the first intervals being identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Marc TOURET, Thierry MENIGAND, Marc COUTOLLEAU
  • Patent number: 8634482
    Abstract: Radio devices such as long range radio devices configurable with a limited, configuration only power that is insufficient for normal operation of the radio are disclosed. Portable, limited power supplies allow effective configuration of radio devices at remote locations in the field. Methods of configuring radio devices are likewise disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Kevin Towers, Peter de Buen, Frank Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20140003468
    Abstract: A communication system comprises: a communication apparatus that is configured to transmit communication data, which includes a plurality of known synchronization symbols subjected to spread modulation with a spread code; and a communication apparatus that is configured to perform, when receiving the communication data, processing for detecting a synchronization timing, based on a correlation value between the received communication data and a reference signal. The communication apparatus comprises: a disturbing wave detection part configured to detect a period of a disturbing wave; a communication control part configured to set a transmission period of the synchronization symbol to be integer multiple of the period of the disturbing wave; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the communication data in which the transmission period of the synchronization symbol has been set by the communication control part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruhito Takeda, Mitsuru Tanabe
  • Patent number: 8619906
    Abstract: A method and system for pre-distorting a dual band signal to compensate for distortion of a non-linear power amplifier in a radio transmitter are disclosed. In one embodiment, the first signal of the dual band signal is tuned to a first intermediate frequency to produce a first tuned signal and the second signal of the dual band signal is tuned to minus the intermediate frequency to produce a second tuned signal. A single input pre-distorter pre-distorts the sum of the first tuned signal and the second tuned signal. The coefficients of the pre-distorter are obtained from a one-dimensional look-up table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Chunlong Bai
  • Patent number: 8619834
    Abstract: A frequency allocation method and apparatus using a mirroring-assisted frequency hopping pattern is provided for retransmission in a wireless communication system operating in a frequency hopping mode. A frequency mapping method for a wireless communication system operating in a frequency hopping mode includes determining whether or not mirroring is used in accordance with a number of packet transmissions; mapping a frequency resource for a packet transmission based on a result of the determination; and receiving a packet using the mapped frequency resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang Min Ro, Youn H. Heo
  • Patent number: 8611396
    Abstract: Disclosed is a frequency hopping modulation method in a communication system. The method includes: generating a frequency hopping pattern according to a hopping frequency's level; generating a hopping frequency through use of the frequency hopping pattern; modulating an original signal to a frequency hopping spread signal by multiplying the original signal by the hopping frequency; generating a chirp pulse code for diversifying the frequency hopping spread signal; and modulating the frequency hopping spread signal to a chirp pulse signal by multiplying the frequency hopping spread signal by the chirp pulse code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sung-Kweon Park, Byung-Jik Kim, Jeong-Rok Park, Jin-Serk Baik
  • Patent number: 8599900
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system in which communication devices exchange information utilizing data units that conform to a first format, wherein the first format includes a short training field (STF) spread with a first spread code, a method for generating a physical layer (PHY) data unit that conforms to a second format includes generating a first portion of the PHY data unit to indicate the PHY data unit conforms to the second format. The first portion of the PHY data unit includes an STF spread with a second spread code different than the first spread code. The method also includes generating a second portion of the PHY data unit according to the second format. The second portion of the PHY data unit includes PHY information elements not specified by the first format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongyuan Zhang, Songping Wu, Hui-Ling Lou, Rohit U. Nabar
  • Patent number: 8594584
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a tuning system for a communication device having an antenna, where the tuning system includes at least one first tunable element connected with at least one radiating element of the antenna for tuning the antenna where the adjusting of the at least one first tunable element is based on at least one of a use case associated with the communication device and location information associated with the communication device, and a matching network having at least one second tunable element coupled at a feed point of the antenna, wherein the matching network receives control signals for adjusting the at least one second tunable element to tune the matching network. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Matthew R. Greene, Keith R. Manssen, Gregory Mendolia
  • Patent number: 8594150
    Abstract: An adaptive frequency hopping system and method uses two separate channel masks in an electronic device with collocated frequency hopping and single frequency systems to permit simultaneous transmissions by both systems without reducing a rate of data communication through the single frequency system. A first channel mask, corresponding to a transmission mask, and a second channel mask, corresponding to a reception mask, are separated from a carrier frequency used by the single frequency system, and optionally from two different carrier frequencies used by two different single frequency systems, by a selected magnitude of frequency difference. The selected magnitude of frequency difference may optionally be reduced to permit a channel mask to contain a minimum selected number of frequency hopping channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Paul J. Husted
  • Patent number: 8581695
    Abstract: An improved barrier door one way wireless communication system for operating a barrier, such as a garage door, includes the transmission and reception of multibit code hopping data packets in combination with automatic RF channel switching. Packet data is transmitted automatically on more than one RF channels in a switching style while sending two or more redundant multibit code hopping data packets on each of the RF channels. The system also provides for the learning of a transmitter to a receiver where two or more code hopping data packets must be received and decoded by the receiver on all RF channels before a transmitter can be learned to a receiver. Once the transmitter is learned, actuation of the transmitter during a learn mode can open a window for learning of a single channel transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Inventors: Grant B. Carlson, Brett A. Reed
  • Patent number: 8576825
    Abstract: Managing RF spectrum usage by secondary, or unlicensed, devices in portions of the RF spectrum where licensed, or primary, services operate is a requirement of cognitive radio systems. To perform the necessary spectrum scanning, a transition period, such as a TTG or RTG can be extended and the scanning performed during the extended period. The presence of a primary service signal can also detected by detecting an energy signature of the primary service signal in a known sequence. In both cases, there is no need to define quiet periods during which secondary devices scan the RF spectrum, thus resulting in saving of resources and improved QoS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Wi-Lan, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiquan Wu, Jung Yee
  • Patent number: 8565285
    Abstract: A method for frequency hopping of a downlink dedicated pilot frequency, comprises: for the downlink dedicated pilot frequency, determining a frequency hopping offset corresponding to the downlink dedicated pilot frequency according to a cell identity of a cell to which it pertains (S202); determining a frequency domain position of the downlink dedicated pilot frequency in a physical resource block to which it belongs after a frequency hopping according to the frequency hopping offset and a relative frequency domain position of the downlink dedicated pilot frequency (S204); performing resource mapping for the downlink dedicated pilot frequency on the entire frequency domain according to the determined frequency domain position (S206). A base station is used to implement the frequency hopping of the downlink dedicated pilot frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jing Jiang, Shuqiang Xia, Hui Yu, Feng Bi, Yunfeng Sun, Changqing Zhu
  • Patent number: 8565338
    Abstract: This disclosure relates systems and methods for a high bandwidth modulation and transmission of communication signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Singerl, Thomas Blocher, Thomas Poetscher, Andreas Wiesbauer
  • Patent number: 8559480
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a scrambling code in a radio communication system is disclosed. In particular, an apparatus and method for generating a scrambling code using a Gold-like sequence even when m is a multiple of 4 for a length 2m?1 of a pseudo-random sequence is disclosed. Two LFSRs (LFSR a and LFSR a?) for generating the Gold-like sequence by two different polynomials of degree m are included. The LFSR a? is constructed by a reciprocal primitive polynomial of the primitive polynomial of degree m over GF(2) used to construct the LFSR a. In order to generate 2m different scrambling codes, one fixed initial value is input to the LFSR a and different initial values of m bits are input to the LFSR a? according to system-specific information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Jun Yoon, Sung Jin Suh, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Patent number: 8553743
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods for communicating messages via frequency hopping and utilizing multiple different frequency hopping sequences to facilitate the message or other data exchange. A transmitter frequency hopping sequence is provided that is derived from a set of available frequencies. A receiver frequency hopping sequence is also derived from those frequencies. The transmitter frequency hopping sequence differs from the receiver frequency hopping sequence, at least in regards to the order that the frequencies of the respective sequence will be involved in the message communication. The next frequency in the transmitter frequency hopping sequence is identified in which to transmit data. The data is transmitted at the identified communication frequency when that same frequency arises in the receiver frequency hopping sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Nichols, Kenneth Kidder, Robert Juntunen
  • Patent number: 8548027
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention disclose an apparatus for transmitting multi-ary error-correcting codes, an apparatus for receiving multi-ary error-correcting codes, a data transmission system, and relevant methods to simplify operations. The apparatus for transmitting multi-ary error-correcting codes includes: a multi-ary channel encoder, adapted to perform multi-ary coding for source data frames of a user to obtain encoded sequences; a symbol mapper, adapted to perform symbol mapping for the encoded sequences to obtain symbol sequences; and a spreading and interleaving unit, adapted to spread and interleave the symbol sequences. Moreover, a corresponding apparatus for receiving multi-ary error-correcting codes, a data transmission system, and relevant methods are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanxing Zeng, Raymond W. K. Leung, Ying Jin, Chao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130251001
    Abstract: An interference signal avoiding device of a frequency hopping spread system and a method thereof are disclosed. A method of transmitting/receiving an interference signal avoiding signal according to the present invention includes: determining a frequency hopping channel set and a parameter of an interference signal detector in consideration of characteristics of an interference signal; detecting whether there is an interference signal with respect to frequency hopping candidate channels that are to be used for the next frequency hopping by using the determined interference signal detector; transmitting a signal through a channel that is determined by the interference signal detector that there is no interference signal among the frequency hopping candidate channels; and searching a channel through which the signal is transmitted from the frequency hopping candidate channels in order to receive the transmitted signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Yong-Hwan Lee, Seung-Hwan Lee, Jin-Seok Han
  • Patent number: 8537876
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program that includes forming frequency hopping position of the sounding reference signal is based on a hopping pattern. The hopping pattern of the sounding reference signal is configured to utilize a tree assignment for a frequency allocation of the sounding reference signal and to support at least one frequency band branch per layer. The hopping pattern of the sounding reference signal is also configured to provide consecutive sounding reference signals on widely separated frequency allocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Kari Hooli, Kari Pajukoski, Esa Tiirola
  • Patent number: 8532159
    Abstract: A transmitter has a portion that sets a parameter about the transmitter itself based on a parameter made to correspond to a condition for selecting a receiver with which the transmitter communicate with, a portion that generates a spread code based on the set parameter, and a sending portion that spreads transmit-data to form a spread signal by the generated spread code, and that sends the spread signal. The receiver has a portion that receives the signal transmitted by the transmitter, a portion that sets a parameter about the receiver itself based on the parameter made to correspond to the condition, a portion that generates a despread code based on the set parameter, a portion that performs a correlation computation of the received signal and the generated despread code, and a portion that selects a transmitter with which the receiver communicates, based on a result of the correlation computation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunori Kagawa, Norimasa Kobori, Yukinori Fujita
  • Patent number: 8526482
    Abstract: Systems for transmitting information symbols utilize ternary codes or pivot codes in conjunction with spread spectrum encoding. The systems comprise at least a first symbol source for supplying an information signal comprising at least a first stream of I,Q bit pairs, means for using either a ternary code or at least one pivot code for spreading the at least first stream of I,Q bit pairs and thereby respectively forming first chips and second chips, and a radio signal modulator for transmitting the first chips and second chips over a radio interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Paul Wilkinson Dent
  • Patent number: 8520716
    Abstract: A communication technique based on direct sequence spread spectrum signaling employs, for all users sharing an access channel, a single spreading code that has a duration sufficiently longer than the symbol length that the likelihood of confusion between users is minimized if not eliminated. The length of the spreading code is sufficiently long that contention events can occur only when two bursts occur at the receiver within one chip time of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: ViaSat, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Miller, Mark D. Dankberg, Charles N. Pateros
  • Patent number: 8503557
    Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for sending a data block in an OFDM, or other MCM, communication system with reduced PAPR is provided. The data block is combined with a random scrambling sequence. An IDFT operation is performed upon the combined sequence, and its PAPR, peak-to-average power ratio, is calculated. The PAPR is compared against a threshold. If the PAPR is smaller than a threshold, the transformed, combination sequence is transmitted. Otherwise, a different scrambling sequence, if available, is used to form a new combination sequence, and the process iterates until either a PAPR smaller than the threshold is obtained, or a pre-defined maximum number of iterations is reached. If the maximum number of iterations is reached and no combination sequence is created that leads to an acceptable PAPR, then the transformed, combination sequence that exhibits the smallest PAPR level is selected for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Shouxing Qu, Farzaneh Kohandani
  • Patent number: 8503594
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method of determining a phase estimate for an input signal having pilot symbols. The method includes receiving a plurality of pilot symbols, and then multiplying two or more pilot symbol slots by corresponding correlator coefficients to correct a phase estimate of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Tommy Yu, Amy Gayle Hundhausen
  • Patent number: 8503503
    Abstract: A system and method for frequency hopping precalibrates a subset of a plurality of channels, storing the channels' associated curves in a computer readable medium. Before hopping to a new channel, decision making circuitry can access the precalibrated curves. If the destination channel has an associated curve, then the system can use the values from that curve when hopping to a new channel. If the destination channel does not have an associated precalibrated curve, then the system can identify a closely situated channel with a precalibrated curve and use an offset value to settle at the destination channel. According to another aspect of the present invention, the offsets can be updated. According to a further aspect of the invention, the updated can be done dynamically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Randy Tsang, Chun Geik Tan, Yui Lin, Meng Long
  • Patent number: 8498351
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus used in a mobile communication system adopting a single carrier scheme in an uplink includes: multiplexing means configured to multiplex a pilot channel, a control channel, and a data channel; and transmission means configured to transmit a transmission symbol including at least the pilot channel and the control channel using the uplink. A first pilot channel used for a reception apparatus to measure channel state of the uplink is transmitted using a frequency band over a plurality of resource blocks. A second pilot channel for compensating for a channel transmitted by the uplink is transmitted by a resource block assigned to the transmission apparatus. Control channels of the transmission apparatus and the apparatus other than the transmission apparatus are orthogonalized with each other by a FDM scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Teruo Kawamura, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Kenichi Higuchi, Mamoru Sawahashi
  • Patent number: 8498347
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus used in a mobile communication system adopting a single carrier scheme in an uplink includes: multiplexing means configured to multiplex a pilot channel, a control channel, and a data channel; and transmission means configured to transmit a transmission symbol including at least the pilot channel and the control channel using the uplink. A first pilot channel used for a reception apparatus to measure channel state of the uplink is transmitted using a frequency band over a plurality of resource blocks. A second pilot channel for compensating for a channel transmitted by the uplink is transmitted by a resource block assigned to the transmission apparatus. Control channels of the transmission apparatus and the apparatus other than the transmission apparatus are orthogonalized with each other by a FDM scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Teruo Kawamura, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Kenichi Higuchi, Mamoru Sawahashi
  • Patent number: 8483314
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless apparatus in which a distortion compensation loop is formed so as to compensate nonlinear distortion of a transmission amplifier, being used on a time division duplex system on which a wireless signal is transmitted in a transmission time period with same frequency as being received, the wireless apparatus used on the time division duplex system including a combining section to combine a feedback signal into which a return signal generated by reflection of a transmission signal at a antenna leaks and the return signal processed by a reception unit to process a reception signal from the antenna in the transmission time period so as to cancel the return signal leaked into the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Takumi Takayashiki
  • Patent number: 8483257
    Abstract: A frequency hopping scheme in a communication system using a plurality of sub-carriers is disclosed. A sub-band for frequency hopping is set and the frequency hopping scheme is applied using the set sub-band. The frequency hopping scheme is applied in the communication system by assigning a virtual index to a resource block including one or more sub-carriers and transforming the virtual index according to a specific rule to acquire a virtual index of a next resource block for the frequency hopping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Kui Ahn, Ki Jun Kim, Jung Hoon Lee, Suk Hyon Yoon
  • Patent number: 8477813
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system wherein communication devices exchange information utilizing data units that conform to a first format, a beamforming training (BFT) data unit that conforms to a second format is transmitted, wherein a length of the BFT data unit is shorter than lengths supported by the first format, wherein the BFT data unit is for transmitting PHY beamforming training information. Information to indicate the BFT data unit conforms to the second format is transmitted to a receiving device. The BFT data unit is generated according to the second format, wherein the BFT data unit includes BFT information elements. The BFT data unit is then transmitted to the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongyuan Zhang, Rohit U. Nabar, Manyuan Shen, Songping Wu, Hui-Ling Lou, Yong Liu
  • Patent number: 8477870
    Abstract: Provided is a transmitter including a polar modulation circuit which adjusts a timing lag between an amplitude component and a phase component more accurately than a conventional art. The polar modulation circuit includes: a first calculator for performing an exclusive OR logical operation between the amplitude component before and after being inputted to the first processing section; a second calculator for performing an exclusive OR logical operation between the phase component before and after being inputted to the second processing section; and a delay fluctuation detection/compensation section for obtaining a delay time of the amplitude component based on an amount of output accumulation of the first calculator; obtaining a delay time of the phase component based on an amount of output accumulation of the second calculator; detecting an amount of delay fluctuation by using the delay times; and adjusting timings of the amplitude component and the phase component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masakatsu Maeda
  • Publication number: 20130163642
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit for a radio communication terminal sequentially uses a plurality of frequency channels by instructions from a hopping frequency decision unit to receive packet data by a reception unit. When the integrated circuit cannot detect the head of the packet data in reception operations, the integrated circuit cannot receive packet data should be received originally then assumes that the received packet data is a packet error. And the integrated circuit calculates packet error rates for each frequency channel on the basis of the number of times of reception operations performed for each frequency channel and of the number of times of packet errors to estimate channel qualities by using the packet error rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20130163641
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit for a radio communication terminal sequentially uses a plurality of frequency channels by instructions from a hopping frequency decision unit to receive packet data by a reception unit. When the integrated circuit cannot detect the head of the packet data in reception operations, the integrated circuit cannot receive packet data should be received originally then assumes that the received packet data is a packet error. And the integrated circuit calculates packet error rates for each frequency channel on the basis of the number of times of reception operations performed for each frequency channel and of the number of times of packet errors to estimate channel qualities by using the packet error rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
  • Patent number: 8472499
    Abstract: An adaptive multi-channel architecture for a wireless network is provided. A frequency hopping sequence generator module is compliant with a frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) communications protocol. The frequency hopping sequence generator module is capable of performing FHSS concurrently on a plurality of communications channels. A frequency replacement module is coupled to the frequency hopping sequence generator module. The frequency replacement module is configured to receive feedback data over a feedback channel and adaptively select a transmission channel from the plurality of communications channels using the feedback data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Haowei Bai, Randall H. Black, Blaine B. Shelton, Allalaghatta Pavan
  • Publication number: 20130142218
    Abstract: A transmitter includes a synthesis filter bank to spread a data symbol to a plurality of frequencies by encoding the data symbol on each frequency, apply a common pulse-shaping filter, and apply gains to the frequencies such that a power level of each frequency is less than a noise level of other communication signals within the spectrum. Each frequency is modulated onto a different evenly spaced subcarrier. A demodulator in a receiver converts a radio frequency input to a spread-spectrum signal in a baseband. A matched filter filters the spread-spectrum signal with a common filter having characteristics matched to the synthesis filter bank in the transmitter by filtering each frequency to generate a sequence of narrow pulses. A carrier recovery unit generates control signals responsive to the sequence of narrow pulses suitable for generating a phase-locked loop between the demodulator, the matched filter, and the carrier recovery unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC
    Inventors: Hussein Moradi, Behrouz Farhang, Carl A. Kutsche
  • Patent number: 8457175
    Abstract: The frequency of a digital data signal, such as a digital video signal, is intentionally varied or hopped before being sent over a network. This frequency hopping may be performed in accordance with a frequency hopping pattern shared with only intended receivers. The digital data signal may be further intentionally pre-distorted in accordance with a pre-distortion pattern which is also shared with only intended receivers. The frequency hopping and/or the pre-distortion patterns may be used to vary the frequency and modulation, respectively, on a periodic basis, such as a symbol-by-symbol or packet-by-packet basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Hardacker, James R. Milne, Bob Unger
  • Patent number: 8451935
    Abstract: A transmission device of the present, invention includes a baseband waveform generator to generate a transmission signal by using a transfer function H0(f) that is in a relation of a matched filter with a transfer function H1(f) in an analog domain of a transmission side and a reception side connected through a wireless channel, and transmits the transmission signal generated by the baseband waveform generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8451888
    Abstract: An impulse communication apparatus includes an impulse train generating part generating an impulse train from one modulated pulse by on-off keying, and an impulse train sending part sending the impulse train generated by the impulse train generating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Shigemi Kurashima, Masahiro Yanagi, Hiroto Inoue, Takuya Uchiyama, Takashi Arita, Hideki Iwata