Transmitter Patents (Class 375/146)
  • Publication number: 20130308686
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a transmit diversity encoder configured to use a block code of a length greater than one for encoding at least two consecutive symbols. A first symbol of the at least two consecutive symbols is dedicated to a first user and the second symbol of the at least two consecutive symbols is dedicated to a second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Dawid, Markus Jordan, Edgar Bolinth, Thorsten Clevorn
  • Patent number: 8588274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pilot tone generating method and apparatus of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access system and method, and a channel estimation method and apparatus using the same. The channel estimation apparatus includes a pilot tone extracting unit for extracting a pilot tone, which is inserted within a frame with data tone, masked with an orthogonal code; a pilot tone unmasking unit for unmasking of the pilot tone extracted from the pilot tone extracting unit by using an orthogonal code information; and a channel estimation operating unit for estimating a channel by calculating an average of the pilot tones which is unmasked in the unmasking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Intellectual Discovery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Kwan Lee, Jung-Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 8588276
    Abstract: In some embodiments of the invention, OFDM symbols are transmitted as a plurality of clusters. A cluster includes a plurality of OFDM sub-carriers in frequency, over a plurality of OFDM symbol durations in time. Each cluster includes data as well as pilot information as a reference signal for channel estimation. In some embodiments, a plurality of clusters collectively occupy the available sub-carrier set in the frequency domain that is used for transmission. In some embodiments of the invention data and/or pilots are spread within each cluster using code division multiplexing (CDM). In some embodiments pilots and data are separated by distributing data on a particular number of the plurality of OFDM symbol durations and pilots on a remainder of the OFDM symbol durations. CDM spreading can be performed in time and/or frequency directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jianglei Ma, Ming Jia, Wen Tong, Peiying Zhu, Hua Xu, Hang Zhang, Mo-Han Fong
  • Patent number: 8588275
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device that includes a plurality of buffers and a phase locked loop. For each buffer a fractional divider is provided which is coupled to receive the output from the phase locked loop and configured to feed a divided output signal to a respective buffer. A spread spectrum clock control logic stage in the spread spectrum clock (SSC) is provided which is configured to individually adjust a value of the division of each fractional divider in order to individually and independently modulate the output signal of each fractional divider according to a spread spectrum modulation scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Gelhausen, Oliver Piepenstock, Mustafa U. Erdogan
  • Patent number: 8582621
    Abstract: Synchronized broadcast transmits a same broadcast content using a same waveform from multiple transmitters. Transmitters each apply a same spreading code for broadcast transmissions. In a spread-spectrum communication system having a time division multiplexed forward link, a synchronized broadcast transmission is inserted into a broadcast slot. One embodiment employs an Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multiplex (OFDM) waveform for the synchronized broadcast. An OFDM receiver is then used to process the received synchronized broadcast transmission. An alternate embodiment implements a broadcast Pseudo-random Noise (PN) code for use by multiple transmitters. An equalizer is then employed to estimate the synchronized broadcast transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew S. Grob, Peter J. Black, Srikant Jayaraman, Paul E. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 8583058
    Abstract: A wireless device comprising a plurality of chips may be operable to communicate wireless signals via a mesh network comprising a plurality of integrated directional antennas on the plurality of chips. Wireless signals may be communicated between the plurality of the chips and/or with devices external to the wireless device via the mesh network. Beam-formed wireless signals may be communicated via the plurality of integrated directional antennas. The plurality of chips may be integrated on a single package or on a plurality of packages, which may comprise one or more circuit boards. Wireless signals may be communicated with devices external to the single package via the mesh network. The directional antennas may comprise patch antennas and/or dipole antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8582694
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-performance adaptive digital receiver with adaptive background control that optimizes the performance in rapidly changing signal environments and provides 3.6 GH; instantaneous bandwidth, SFDR>90 dB, SNR=66 dB, with dynamic digital channelization. The receiver takes advantage of several levels of adaptivity that conventional approaches do not offer. In addition to a dynamic digital channelizer that is adaptively tuned based on detected signals, the present invention employs a powerful software reconfigurable digitizer that is adaptively optimized for the current signal environment to control important receiver parameters such as bandwidth, dynamic range, resolution, and sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Inventors: Scott R. Velazquez, Rich J. Velazquez
  • Patent number: 8582418
    Abstract: A method for automatically detecting a packet mode in a wireless communication system supporting a multiple transmission mode includes: acquiring at least one of data rate information, packet length information and channel bandwidth information from a transmitted frame; and determining the packet mode on the basis of the phase rotation check result of a symbol transmitted after a signal field signal and at least one of the data rate information, the packet length information and the channel bandwidth information acquired from the transmitted frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Il-Gu Lee, Eun-Young Choi, Sok-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 8576893
    Abstract: A high data rate UWB system implements a frame structure that uses a connected set of m-sequences comprising the lowest possible cross-correlation and perfect, or near perfect autocorrelation. Each m-sequence can be used to identify a different piconet A very efficient code matched filter can then be used to decode the frames and achieve synchronization with a piconets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Ismail Lakkis
  • 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: 8576894
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the performance of direct-sequence spread-spectrum communication systems. In one embodiment, a system comprises at least one communication channel that utilizes two different orthogonal spreading codes and corresponding portions of the available orthogonal code space. Portions of the data processed by the communication channel are demultiplexed into different streams and covered with corresponding, different orthogonal spreading codes. The streams covered by the different orthogonal codes are then combined and transmitted via the same communication channel. One embodiment utilizes at least two different Walsh codes of different lengths (+? and ++??) in order to make use of the three quarters of the Walsh space not utilized by low-rate legacy channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventor: Joseph P. Odenwalder
  • Publication number: 20130287065
    Abstract: An ultra-wide band frequency modulator is disclosed. The frequency modulator includes a direct modulation phase lock loop that receives a small component. The frequency modulator also includes a delay module that produces a plurality of delay lines. The frequency modulator further includes an edge selector that receives a large component and the plurality of delay lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bo Sun, Alexander Dorosenco
  • Patent number: 8571133
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for transmitting a signal within a predetermined spectral mask defining a range of power density limits across a frequency range. A signal source provides an input signal to a low-pass filter, which filters the input signal to produce a filtered signal. The filter is selectively operable in a first mode in which the input signal is filtered within a narrower bandwidth, and in a second mode in which the input signal is filtered within a broader bandwidth. The filtered signal is output to a modulator, which modulates the filtered signal to produce a modulated signal. The modulated signal is output to a transmitter, which transmits the modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Zhi-Zhong Yu, Mungal S. Dhanda
  • Publication number: 20130279545
    Abstract: Methods of transmitting a plurality of communications signals over a plurality of discontiguous bandwidth segments in a frequency band include defining a plurality (NFFT) of orthogonal subcarriers across the frequency band, defining a plurality (N) of available physical subcarriers from among the orthogonal subcarriers. The available physical subcarriers are distributed among, the plurality of discontiguous bandwidth segments. The methods further include spreading the data symbols for each user and combining the spread data symbols to provide composite data signals. The composite data signals are converted to parallel input signals and interleaved. The interleaved signals are assigned to the N available physical subcarriers. Related transmitters, receivers and communications systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Dunmin Zheng
  • Publication number: 20130279542
    Abstract: This invention relates to spreading code producing apparatus, which comprises: two phase shifters for spreading code which receive bits for determining spreading codes and phase information and producing spreading codes; and multiplexers which receive two spreading codes produced said two phase shifters for spreading code, receive bits through separate way which defines outputting order of the received two spreading codes and produce spreading codes with same length as said received two spreading codes. Therefore, many information using few spreading codes can be transmitted so that data transmission rate can be raised. Furthermore, communication service with high speed can be performed among communication devices using human body communication etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Youn-Tae Kim, Kun-Ho Park, Jang-Myoung Kim, Min-Joo Jeong, Chang-Hee Hyoung, Jung-Hwan Hwang, Sung-Weon Kang
  • Publication number: 20130279544
    Abstract: Methods and User Equipment (UE) apparatuses are provided for transmitting Reference Signals (RSs). A method includes receiving a cell-specific sequence-hopping parameter; receiving a UE-specific sequence-hopping parameter; determining a reference signal sequence based on the UE-specific sequence-hopping parameter; and transmitting the reference signal based on the determined reference signal sequence. Sequence hopping does not apply to the reference signal sequence if the cell-specific sequence-hopping parameter indicates that the sequence hopping is enabled and the UE-specific sequence-hopping parameter indicates that the sequence hopping is disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Aris PAPASAKELLARIOU, Joon Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20130279546
    Abstract: A transmitter transmits an outbound message signal via the power distribution system. The transmitter includes a spreader for spreading the spectrum of the communications signal before transmitting the outbound message signal. A receiver despreads the spectrum of the received digitized signal and digitally demodulates the received despread signal to generate the message. The transmitted signal is orthogonal to a source of interference on the power distribution system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ACLARA POWER-LINE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: David W. Rieken
  • Publication number: 20130279543
    Abstract: A navigation signal transmitting apparatus and a location information providing apparatus are provided for reducing time of positioning with a positioning signal from an indoor positioning transmitter. When an information providing server recognizes a transmitter ID of a transmitter from a mobile phone, the server makes reference refers to database associated with the transmitter ID, and reads SVG map information associated with the ID (including information for displaying a map and information of a correspondence relation between the transmitter ID and the location of the transmitter on the map). When the server transmits data of the SVG map information to a base station, the base station wirelessly emits the data of the SVG map information. When the mobile phone detects arrival of the data, the mobile phone can obtain the location of the transmitter from the data in accordance with a browsing operation of a user of the phone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicants: INDIGO CORPORATION, GNSS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Torimoto, Makoto Ishii, Masahiro Asako, Kazuki Okano, Yuzo Matsuzawa, Yoichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8565295
    Abstract: Low-complexity channel noise reduction method and apparatus for multi-carrier mode in wireless LANs are disclosed. The method selects an optimal frequency domain channel impulse response by using a known long training sequence and a highly protected signaling sequence of the multi-carrier mode frame structure to ensure the receiver to have a good operation threshold in different time-delay spread environments at the cost of a low complexity. Instead of detecting time domain channel responses, the method directly performs noise reduction to a noise-containing frequency domain channel by using preset Wiener filtering coefficients to obtain multiple frequency domain channel responses, among which there must be a relatively optimal frequency domain channel response. The relatively optimal frequency domain channel response can be selected by using the highly protected signaling sequence to calculate the signaling frequency domain channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Omnivision Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8565284
    Abstract: A spread spectrum clock signal generator and an accompanying method provide a spread spectrum clock signal of a reduced electromagnetic interference. The spread spectrum clock signal generator includes (a) a state machine, which maintains a current state of the spread spectrum clock signal generator, receives as input value a next state of the spread spectrum clock signal generator and generates a clock phase selection signal based on the current and next states; (b) a random number generator for generating the next state; and (c) a waveform generation circuit for generating a spread spectrum clock signal based on the clock phase selection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Intersil Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Ta, Wei Wang, Alvin Wang, Peter D. Bradshaw
  • Patent number: 8559481
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method and an apparatus for synchronizing a receiver timing to a transmitter timing using a known preamble of a signal. In at least one embodiment of the method and/or the apparatus of the present application, a power normalized cross-correlation metric (PNCC metric) is estimated based on a signal power and a noise floor power. According to a first embodiment, two cross-correlation functions, one based on the PNCC metric and the other based on a cross-correlation metric, are used to decide if synchronization events occur and based on the analysis of time indexes and PNCC magnitude values, a timing synchronization index used to synchronize receiver timing to transmitter timing is determined. According to a second embodiment, the cross-correlation function based on the PNCC metric is used to decide if synchronization events occur and based on an analysis of time indexes and PNCC magnitude values using a clustering approach, a timing synchronization index is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Vitaliy Sapozhnykov, Magnus Nilsbo, Scott Leyonhjelm
  • Patent number: 8559550
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for transmitting data through at least a channel in a wireless communication system, the method comprising at least the steps of: encoding the data by performing a forward-error-correction encoding, forming a sequence of symbols from the encoded data, forming an M-by-T coding matrix from said sequence of symbols, each column of the coding matrix comprising N different symbols of the sequence of symbols and M?N zeros, N being an integer equal at least to one, T representing the number of consecutive transmission intervals, M representing the total number of transmit antennas, and using the coding matrix for transmitting the sequence of symbols during the T consecutive transmission intervals, by transmitting one different column of the coding matrix at each transmission interval through the M transmit antennas, only N transmit antennas are enabled during a given transmission interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Sequans Communications
    Inventors: Fabien Buda, Bertrand Muquet, Serdar Sezginer
  • 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: 8559482
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for implementing a digital up converter (DUC) in an integrated circuit (IC). The method includes serializing a plurality of inputs to obtain a serial output and then increasing the sample rate of the serial output. Additionally, the method generates signal pairs (sine, cosine) for the desired carrier frequencies using time division multiplexing (TDM). Some of the signal pairs are delayed by one period within the TDM cycle to generate delayed signal pairs. The serial output is distributed, after the increase of the sample rate, to a plurality of filters to further increase the sample rate, each filter outputting a subset of the plurality of inputs using TDM. In one embodiment, the plurality of inputs includes 8 input pairs and the plurality of filters includes 6 Cascaded Integrator-Comb (CIC) filters operating in three-fold TDM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventor: Xiaofei Dong
  • Patent number: 8548074
    Abstract: A Synchronization Channel (SCH) transmission method includes generating a Primary SCH (P-SCH) sequence according to supplementary information. The supplementary information includes at least one of Base Station (BS) type information, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) size information, BandWidth (BW) information, group information, sector information, and carrier type information. The method also includes modulating the P-SCH sequence and mapping the modulated P-SCH sequence to subcarriers within a predefined subcarrier set. The subcarriers are included in the subcarrier set being spaced one subcarrier interval apart. The method further includes generating a P-SCH symbol by Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)-modulating the P-SCH sequence mapped to the subcarriers, and transmitting the P-SCH symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Eun Park, Jae-Weon Cho, Seung-Hoon Choi, Chi-Woo Lim, Song-Nam Hong
  • Publication number: 20130251004
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus includes an OFDM modulator that generates a first modulation symbol by modulating a first information signal using a first modulation scheme, a signal point of the first modulated information signal being at a first position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane. A second modulation symbol by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, and by changing a second position at which a signal point of the modulated second information signal is arranged to a third position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane, and an OFDM modulation signal including the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol, wherein the OFDM modulation signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: YUTAKA MURAKAMI, SHINICHIRO TAKABAYASHI, MASAYUKI ORIHASHI, AKIHIKO MATSUOKA
  • Patent number: 8542783
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for joint secondary synchronization signal detection and frame timing synchronization, including: (1) generating local secondary synchronization sequences SSC1—n and SSC2—n according to a sector number of a cell group; (2) converting a received time domain signal to a frequency domain signal to obtain secondary synchronization signals S1 and S2 to be detected; (3) performing inner product operation to obtain P1—n=P1—n?1+[S1,SSC1—n]+[S2,SSC2—n], and P2—n=P2—n?1+[S1,SSC2—n]+[S2,SSC1—n]; (4) selecting the maximum value P of absolute values of correlation values in the P1—n and P2—n, and judging whether the maximum value P is greater than a preset threshold Tmax, (5) if yes, taking the index of the maximum value P as an ID number of the cell group, or else, further carrying out step (2), and then further carrying out step (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Zhou, Yuefeng Chen, Yijun Shi
  • Publication number: 20130243042
    Abstract: There are provided a phased spreading scheme-based transmission apparatus and a method of operating the same. The phased spreading scheme-based transmission apparatus includes a spreading unit performing a first spreading operation of defining a first spreading code and spreading an input signal by using the defined first spreading code in response to a control signal defining a spreading coefficient, and a second spreading operation of selecting a second spreading code based on the control signal defining the spreading coefficient and spreading an input signal by using the selected second spreading code, the first and second spreading codes having different spreading coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Chosun University
    Inventors: Youn-Tae KIM, Kun-Ho PARK, Jang-Myoung KIM, Min-Joo JEONG, Chang-Hee HYOUNG, Jung-Hwan HWANG, Sung-Weon KANG
  • Publication number: 20130243043
    Abstract: A transmitter and a receiver for reducing power consumption in a frequency modulation-ultra-wideband (FM-UWB) communication system are provided. The transmitter includes a detector configured to generate a pulse signal when an edge of a digital signal is detected. The transmitter further includes a first modulator configured to modulate the digital signal into a first modulation signal based on a value of the digital signal. The transmitter further includes a second modulator configured to modulate the first modulation signal into a second modulation signal based on a frequency of the first modulation signal when the pulse signal is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woogeun RHEE, Bo ZHOU, Jong-jin KIM, Dong-wook KIM, Zhihua WANG
  • Publication number: 20130243040
    Abstract: An IMES transmitter has a control unit, a non-volatile memory to record a transmitter number of the IMES transmitter, and a data I/F. When registration data Dset associating the transmitter number with position information is input from the data I/F, the control unit records the position information included in the registration data Dset if the registration data Dset includes the transmitter number of the IMES transmitter, and transmits the registration data Dset from a transmitting unit if the registration data Dset includes the transmitter number of another position information transmission device. The device registers various information such as position information on plural position information transmission devices without requiring complicated equipments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Kimura
  • Publication number: 20130241775
    Abstract: A direct sequence spread spectrum data transmitter for creating a modulated data signal comprising: a programmable-system-on-a-chip baseband modulator having only four blocks of programming logic, the four blocks of programming logic consisting of a DigBuf clock buffer block, a pseudo-random-sequence 8-bit block, an 8-bit timer block, and a serial peripheral interface slave block. A remote telemetry unit comprising the foregoing transmitter. A method for manufacturing the foregoing transmitter. A method for controlling the foregoing transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Sypes Canyon Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Naden, Dale Reiser
  • Patent number: 8537878
    Abstract: A method for communicating comprises generating at least one spreading code from a preferred Golay generator and/or a preferred generalized Golay generator. The preferred generalized Golay generator may comprise a plurality of preferred Golay generators. The outputs of the preferred Golay generator are logic 0 and 1. Each stage of the preferred Golay generator may comprise a single basic storage unit, such as a Flip-Flop. Generalized Golay codes comprise pseudo-complementary sequences having code lengths that differ from Golay complementary sequences and are characterized by low autocorrelation sidelobes relative to the autocorrelation peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Adeptence, LLC
    Inventor: Ismail Lakkis
  • Patent number: 8537930
    Abstract: There is described an electronic system comprising a first electronic device and a second electronic device communicating with each other. The first electronic device includes a first output unit, a first communication unit, and a first controller automatically transmitting supplementary information related to multimedia contents to the second electronic device through the first communication unit while playing the multimedia contents through the first output unit. The second electronic device includes a second output unit, a second communication unit, and a second controller outputting supplementary contents, related to the multimedia contents, through the second output unit on the basis of the supplementary information received from the first electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Roth, Jinyung Park, Jaehwa Lee, Wookjin Chung, Stanley Kim, Soyoung Han, Heeyoung Hwang, Jiyeong Ku
  • Patent number: 8537879
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes utilizing a first outer loop for single-stream transmissions when a requested PCI by a UE is within a first set. The utilizing the first outer loop includes utilizing a first outer loop margin to adjust a size of a transport block by a first backoff margin when the UE requests a PCI within the first set. The method further includes utilizing a second outer loop for single-stream transmissions when the requested PCI by the UE is within a second set different from the first set. The utilizing the second outer loop includes utilizing a second outer loop margin to adjust the size of the transport block by a second backoff margin when the UE requests a PCI within the second set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni, Haitong Sun, Danlu Zhang, Jilei Hou
  • Publication number: 20130235907
    Abstract: In described embodiments, data streams with irregular patterns are processed by transformations defined by recursively changing processor state, or iteration level. The data transformations are applied to an arbitrary long portion of data, instead of small portions, that are defined directly by a current processor state. Embodiments combine small parts of, for example, puncturing/repetition patterns into a pattern of bigger parts and apply these patterns of bigger parts to relatively large portions of input data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: LSI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yurii S. Shutkin, Ilya V. Neznanov, Andrey P. Sokolov, Pavel A. Panteleev, Elyar E. Gasanov
  • Publication number: 20130235908
    Abstract: A circuit for use in a complementary Golay sequence generator or in a complementary Golay sequence correlator includes an input configured to receive an input signal, a set of delay elements, including delay elements corresponding to respective delays of 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64, and a set of multipliers interconnected with the input and the set of delay elements. The set of multipliers is configured to apply weight factors, and the weight factors define the sequence 1,1,?1,1,?1,1,?1. The circuit also includes a pair of outputs configured to output, in response to the input signal, one of (i) a pair of complementary Golay sequences or (ii) a pair of correlation output signals, using (a) the set of delay elements and (b) the set of weight multipliers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
    Inventors: Hongyuan Zhang, Rohit U. Nabar, Songping Wu, Hui-Ling Lou
  • 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: 8532160
    Abstract: A radio communication device capable of randomizing both inter-cell interference and intra-cell interference. In this device, a spreading section primarily spreads a response signal in a ZAC sequence set by a control unit. A spreading section secondarily spreads the primarily spread response signal in a block-wise spreading code sequence set by the control unit. The control unit controls the cyclic shift amount of the ZAC sequence used for the primary spreading in the spreading section and the block-wise spreading code sequence used for the secondary spreading in the spreading section according to a set hopping pattern. The hopping pattern set by the control unit is made up of two hierarchies. An LB-based hopping pattern different for each cell is defined in the first hierarchy in order to randomize the inter-cell interference. A hopping pattern different for each mobile station is defined in the second hierarchy to randomize the intra-cell interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura, Katsuhiko Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 8532659
    Abstract: A handover control method in a mobile communication system that performs handover control by switching base stations that communicate with a mobile terminal as the mobile terminal moves. In this handover control method, a mobile control device selects one or more handover base station candidates based on the communication state, and based on the communication capabilities of the handover base station candidates, decides a transmission rate for multicasting communication data, and transmits communication data to each of the handover base station candidates at the decided transmission rate, and a handover base station candidate that is decided as a handover base station sends the saved multicast communication data to the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ohta, Yoshiharu Tajima, Kazuo Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20130230077
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for wireless communications are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, frequency components present in a short duration modulated complex pulse is used to represent data to be sent. In other embodiments, the complex pulse is created, modulated, then modified to have desirable frequency characteristics. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Metropolitan Area Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Greenwood, William J. Chastain
  • Patent number: 8526376
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication mobile station device which can reduce the number of blind decoding processes at a mobile station without increasing the overhead by report information. The device includes: a judgment unit (210) which judges a particular PUCCH to which a response signal corresponding to the downstream line data is to be allocated among a plurality of PUCCH, according to a CCE occupied by PDCCH allocated to a particular search space corresponding to a CCE aggregation size of the PDCCH to which allocation information destined to the local station is allocated among search spaces changing in accordance with the CFI value; and a control unit (211) which controls a cyclic shift amount of a ZAC sequence of the response signal and a block-wise spread code sequence according to a correspondence between CCE occupied by PDCCH allocated to a particular search space and a particular PUCCH resource, the correspondence changing in accordance with the CFI value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seigo Nakao, Akihiko Nishio
  • 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: 8526550
    Abstract: A wideband interference suppression system comprises at least one signal conditioning device receiving at least one input signal having a signal of interest portion and an interference signal portion, wherein the at least one signal conditioning device is adapted to provide selective, independent, and variable control of one of a phase, a time delay, an amplitude, a radio frequency signal division, and a radio frequency signal summation of the at least one input signal to produce a modified signal. A tunable cross correlator receives a signal representative of the modified signal and is adapted to estimate one of an amplitude, a time delay and a phase delay parameter of the interference signal portion and to generate a control logic signal therefrom, wherein the control logic signal is received by the at least one signal conditioning device for independently and selectively activating and adjusting the various components thereof to suppress the interference signal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence K. Lam, Nicholas D. Saiz
  • Publication number: 20130223482
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for increasing, at a transmitter, a payload size of a communication channel having orthogonal groups, the method referencing a base orthogonal sequence set comprising orthogonal sequences that are mutually orthogonal, the orthogonal sequence set having subsets that are sub-block orthogonal with a length of four; and selecting a spreading sequence set from a plurality of spreading sequence sets, each of the plurality of spreading sequence sets comprising an orthogonal sequence set subset combined with an imaginary orthogonal sequence set subset, wherein the selecting increases payload size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Research In Motion Limited
  • Patent number: 8520493
    Abstract: A method for transmitting messages from first units of an integrated circuit to at least one second unit of the integrated circuit. The first units generate first digital messages and transform them into second digital messages obtained by application of an orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal transformation to the first messages. The second messages of the first units are added up and transmitted to the second unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble) SAS
    Inventor: Abdelaziz Goulahsen
  • 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: 8509707
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a millimeter wave transceiver section that is coupled to generate a first modulated RF signal from a first outbound symbol stream and to convert a first inbound RF signal into a first inbound symbol stream. A wireless transceiver section is coupled to generate a second modulated RF signal from a second outbound symbol stream and to convert a second inbound RF signal into a second inbound symbol stream. A processing module is coupled to convert first outbound data into the first outbound symbol stream, convert second outbound data into the second outbound symbol stream, convert the first inbound symbol stream into first inbound data, and to convert the second inbound symbol stream into second inbound data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran
  • 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: 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: RE44507
    Abstract: An orthogonal complex spreading method for a multichannel and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The method includes the steps of complex-summing ?n1WM,n1Xn1 which is obtained by multiplying an orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,n1 by a first data Xn1 of a n-th block and ?n2WM,n2Xn2 which is obtained by multiplying an orthogonal Hadamard sequence W1,n2 by a second data Xn2 of a n-th block; complex-multiplying ?n1WM,n1Xn1+j?n2WM,n2Xn2 which is summed in the complex type and WM,n3+jPWM,n4 of the complex type using a complex multiplier and outputting as an in-phase information and quadrature phase information; and summing only in-phase information outputted from a plurality of blocks and only quadrature phase information outputted therefrom and spreading the same using a spreading code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Chan Bang, Jae Ryong Shim, Ki-Chul Han, Jung-im Kim, Tae-Joong Kim