Having Specific Code Synchronization Patents (Class 375/149)
  • 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: 8705656
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation signal generators, which generate a first OFDM modulation signal and a second OFDM modulation signal. The transmission apparatus also includes a transmitter that transmits the first OFDM modulation signal from a first antenna and the second OFDM modulation signal from a second antenna, in an identical frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Masayuki Orihashi, Akihiko Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8699628
    Abstract: A technology for modulating and demodulating a burst signal in a return link of a satellite system, in which the burst signal is modulated and transmitted from a transmission end of the return link and a symbol of the burst signal is identified and demodulated at a receiving end. The method includes estimating symbol timing of a burst received through the return link and synchronizing the estimated symbol timing of the burst to reference symbol timing; synchronizing a location of the timing-synchronized burst having the symbol timing synchronized to a location of a reference burst using a preamble symbol and a post-amble symbol of the timing-synchronized burst; and recovering a carrier of the location-synchronized burst whose location has been synchronized to the location of the reference burst using a pilot symbol of the location-synchronized burst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae-Hee Han, Pan-Soo Kim, Deock-Gil Oh, Xavier Giraud
  • Patent number: 8693569
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for dynamically compensating for the effects of interference between multiple wireless communications apparatus. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a first wireless communication apparatus operating in a first band and a second wireless communication apparatus operating in the same first band (or proximate to the first band and with a comparatively high transmitter power), where the second wireless communication apparatus operates according to a different communication protocol than the first wireless communication apparatus and further change in physical configuration with respect to one another. Based on the physical configuration, interference is compensated for between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus “on the fly” by selecting and operating according to one of a plurality of operational protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Camille Chen, Hassan Lashkari, Sonal Tambe, Frederick Berkowitz
  • Patent number: 8693524
    Abstract: A synchronization method for impulse system ultra-wideband takes frame as basic unit for data transmission, each frame is divided into a preamble symbol part and a data part, wherein the preamble symbol part sends a known impulse sequence for channel estimation and synchronization; the data part takes the information to be transmitted; the preamble symbol part is divided into two parts of a positive and negative impulse sequence, which includes odd impulses with alternant positive and negative polarities, and a same direction impulse sequence, which is composed of impulses with same polarity and is the same as the polarity of the last impulse in the positive and negative impulse sequence. The method provides such advantages as high synchronization precision, small storage space, and capability of immediately finding out the synchronization position etc., and provides an important value for the development of the impulse system ultra-wideband wireless communication technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Southeast University
    Inventors: Zaichen Zhang, Liang Wu, Xutao Yu, Guangguo Bi, Xiaohu You
  • Patent number: 8681834
    Abstract: A wireless communication system. The system comprises transmitter circuitry (BST1), the transmitter circuitry comprising encoder circuitry (50) for transmitting a plurality of frames (FR). Each of the plurality of frames comprises a primary synchronization code (PCS) and a second synchronization code (SSC). The encoder circuitry comprises of circuitry (501) for providing the primary synchronization code in response to a first sequence (32). The encoder circuitry further comprises circuitry (502) for providing the secondary synchronization code in response to a second sequence (54) and a third sequence (56). The second sequence is selected from a plurality of sequences. Each of the plurality of sequences is orthogonal with respect to all other sequences. The third sequence is a subset of bits from the first sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Anand G. Dabak, Sundararajan Sriram, Srinath Hosur
  • Publication number: 20140056333
    Abstract: Presented is a random non-cyclical binary code generator for communications systems. A random non-cyclical sequence of integers from a random number generator is extended in length to form an extended integer sequence. This integer set is immediately loaded into a 10-minute epoch memory consistent with 10 minutes of chips. These integers are then synchronously retrieved from memory under GPS time-of-day control. Retrieved integers are immediately converted into pulse pairs of all ones followed by all zeros with each pulse width equal to the integer value in chips. The chips are immediately concatenated to a chipping clock shifting memory wherein each memory location is a unique phase source of the binary code. The memory length in chips is twice the range uncertainty for a 10 MHz chip rate, with the center chip of the shifting memory maintained as the source of universal time synchronized local binary code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventor: Rupert Theodore Neff
  • Patent number: 8649416
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device that includes a circuitry configured to acquire synchronization with a spreading code of an intermediate frequency signal that is obtained by converting a frequency of a received signal from a satellite in a global positioning system into a predetermined intermediate frequency, demodulate a message included in the intermediate frequency signal, output a primary signal to a predetermined signal line, and attach a predetermined header to a secondary signal and output the result to the predetermined signal line, and includes a display unit configured to display data corresponding to the primary signal and the secondary signal, such that the primary signal includes results of measuring one of position, velocity, and time of the mobile electronic device based on the message that is demodulated by the circuitry, and that the secondary signal includes the intermediate frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Tanaka, Manabu Nitta
  • Patent number: 8644363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for estimating a channel in a MIMO wireless telecommunication system supporting the 0FDM/0FDMA. The present invention, in estimating a channel by using two or more pilots included in at least one received signal among received signals of a first channel and a second channel received through a first receiving antenna and received signals of a third channel and a fourth channel received through a second receiving antenna, determines a subchannel mapping rule respectively for the received signals of the first channel to the fourth channel, and estimates a channel with a different method according to the determined subchannel mapping rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheng Zi Li, Byung-Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 8634504
    Abstract: A correlation calculating method of correlating a received code signal obtained by demodulating a received signal, which is a signal obtained by receiving a positioning satellite signal, with a replica code signal is provided which includes: correlating values of the replica code signal in a chip period with values of the received code signal at first to n-th arrival times obtained by varying an arrival time of the chip period by 1/n chip (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2); and acquiring a correlation calculation result at a 1/n chip interval by synthesizing the correlation calculation results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Maho Terashima, Naoki Gobara
  • Publication number: 20140015711
    Abstract: A wireless communication system having a time synchronization mechanism is provided. The wireless communication system comprises a first receiver and a second receiver. The first receiver tracks a code phase data of a satellite to generate a synchronization data related to a sync phase position and a first receiver phase position corresponding to one of first receiver time pulses. The second receiver comprises a receiving unit, a tracking unit and a computing unit. The receiving unit receives the synchronization data from the first receiver through a network. The tracking unit tracks the code phase data of the satellite to obtain a second receiver phase position corresponding to one of second receiver time pulses. The computing unit performs a time synchronization process with the first receiver and the satellite according to the code phase data, the synchronization data and the second receiver phase position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SKYTRAQ TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Shi-Xian YANG, Wei-Sheng YANG
  • Patent number: 8625657
    Abstract: A method including correlating a code having a first offset with a signal to produce a first correlation result; correlating the code having a second offset with the signal to produce a second correlation result; determining a cost function using the first correlation result and the second correlation result; and adjusting the first offset and the second offset in dependence upon the cost function, wherein the cost function uses a first weighting for the first correlation result and a second, different weighting for the second correlation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventor: Zhengdi Qin
  • Publication number: 20140004887
    Abstract: Systems and methods for temperature-calibration of an uncompensated XO in a mobile device during mobile device operation. The XO is temperature-calibrated based on assistance from wireless signals, such as from satellite source, and optionally from terrestrial sources such as WWAN, CDMA, etc. Based on one or more received wireless signals received at a receiver, corresponding frequency estimates of the XO are obtained and correlated with corresponding operating temperatures in a processor. Based on one or more samples of frequency estimates and associated temperatures, the XO is temperature-calibrated in the processor wherein a frequency-temperature (FT) model is formulated for the XO. The frequency of the temperature-calibrated XO can be determined from the FT model at any given temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dominic Gerard FARMER, Vishal AGARWAL, Emilija Milorad SIMIC, Daniel Fred FILIPOVIC, Sasidhar MOWA
  • Patent number: 8619929
    Abstract: A positioning signal reception device receives a positioning signal transmitted from a position information satellite, and includes: a signal reception portion that obtains a reception signal by receiving the positioning signal; an A/D conversion portion that generates a digital signal by converting the reception signal into a digital form; a filter portion that subjects the digital signal to frequency separation, a characteristic of the filter portion being changeable; a filter characteristic change portion that changes the characteristic of the filter portion according to an operating state of the positioning signal reception device and an external environmental condition of the positioning signal reception device; and a code synchronization establishment portion that establishes synchronization of spreading codes contained in the reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Murakami
  • Patent number: 8615058
    Abstract: A signal acquisition system efficiently acquires a transmitted signal even at very low power. The system may synchronize to a preamble structure in the transmitted signal and, for example, determine timing parameters that locate the preamble with respect to system timing or other clock references. The system is particularly effective at acquiring weak power signals and is also robust against significant noise and other impairments, and therefore improves the ability of a receiving device that incorporates the signal acquisition system to acquire the signal and establish communication with other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ka Shun Carson Pun, Siavash Ekbatani, David Ho, Siukai Mak
  • Patent number: 8615032
    Abstract: Sub-microsecond time transfer in a GPS/GNSS receiver using a weak GPS/GNSS signal is provided. The digitized complex baseband signal and the generated PN code are cross-correlated for each code period so as to output a complex correlation value at each code epoch of the generated PN code, where a sequence of the output correlation values form a data stream representing the navigation message. Bit synchronization generates bit sync pulses at bit boundaries. The location of a target segment having a known sequence at a known bit location in the navigation message is detected by searching through a plurality of subframes and accumulating search results for the plurality of subframes. Transmission time of the target segment is determined from the detected location of the target segment, with a certain time ambiguity. Accurate local time is determined by solving the time ambiguity using approximate time obtained from an external source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Magellan Systems Japan, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Weill
  • Patent number: 8599905
    Abstract: A path searcher for use in a spread spectrum receiver, including a correlator for correlating a received signal in different time positions with a reference code to select for further processing time positions of the signals showing the strongest correlations, wherein the correlator is operable to obtain a correlation energy result for each time position in a set of possible time positions, a comparator for comparing the correlation energy results with each of a plurality of energy thresholds and a recorder for recording data indicating time positions for correlation energy results which are not less than the respective thresholds in different groups corresponding to the respective thresholds. Also described is a semiconductor device and a receiver incorporating the path searcher and a method of operation of the path searcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitry Lachover, Amir Chass, Gideon Kutz
  • Patent number: 8594151
    Abstract: A user equipment and corresponding method detect a frequency division permanent common pilot and include a controller configured to use a sliding correlator with a frequency division phase-shift, an averaging unit configured to average a peak magnitude output of the sliding correlator over a predetermined number of sub-frames for each of possible reference pilot sequence and each sample shift of the sliding correlator, and a maximum peak storing unit configured to store first and second maximum peaks depending on corresponding ratios and a threshold. The user equipment and method thereof also include a pilot sequence index candidate storing unit configured to store a pilot sequence index candidate for each shift of the sliding correlator. The user equipment and method thereof include a selector configured to select the pilot sequence index candidate with a lowest peak ratio to shift the sliding correlator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Gilles Charbit, Ülo Parts, Kaj Jansen
  • Patent number: 8594231
    Abstract: A power series digital predistorter and a distortion compensation control method for the power series digital predistorter are capable of adjusting the coefficients of a frequency characteristic compensator at high speed. A controller in the power series digital predistorter collectively sets adjustment amounts for the phases in bands in an N-th order frequency characteristic compensator; collectively sets adjustment amounts for the amplitudes in the bands in the N-th order frequency characteristic compensator; determines whether an index indicating the degree of cancellation of a distortion component generated in a power amplifier satisfies a preset condition; and, if the index does not satisfy the condition, performs control such that the adjustment amounts for the phases and the adjustment amounts for the amplitudes are set again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Junya Ohkawara, Yasunori Suzuki, Shoichi Narahashi
  • Patent number: 8588270
    Abstract: The invention includes a method for transmitting and detecting high speed Ultra Wideband pulses across a wireless interface. The transmitter includes a serializer and pulse generator. The receiver comprises a fixed delay line, multiplier, local serializer (with a sequence matching the transmitter), digital delay lines, low noise amplifier and logic fan-out buffer along with an array of D flip-flop pairs. Each flip-flop pair is enabled, at fixed time increments, to detect signals at a precise time; the timing is controlled by the pseudo-random sequence generated by the local serializer. A local tunable oscillator is controlled by detecting the phase change of the incoming signal and applying compensation to maintain the phase alignment and clock synchronization of the receiver to the clock reference of the transmitter. The invention uses a pair of pulses with a fixed delay and then relies on mixing the two to provide better noise immunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventor: James L. Tucker
  • Patent number: 8576754
    Abstract: A time division duplex (TDD) base station having a code group out of N code groups includes circuitry configured to transmit a primary synchronization code along with a plurality of secondary synchronization codes. The plurality of synchronization codes are quadrature phase shift keying modulated and number less than (log2 N)+1. The plurality of synchronization codes are used to identify the code group of the TDD base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Nadir Sezgin, Fatih Ozluturk
  • Patent number: 8576775
    Abstract: A method and system for multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) detection and channel decoding comprising: decomposing a channel complex gain matrix into a unitary matrix and an upper right hand triangular matrix; providing a received signal to a complex conjugate transpose of the unitary matrix, thereby creating a plurality of signals; normalizing a last of the plurality of signals; channel decoding the normalized last of the plurality of signals, thereby recovering a last codeword signal; encoding the last codeword signal; utilizing the encoded last codeword signal to recover a second last codeword signal; and repeating the utilizing until all codeword signals are recovered. Also, a method and system for providing an imbalanced modulation and coding scheme for successive interference cancellation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Yongkang Jia, Mo-Han Fong, Zhijun Cai, Yi Yu, Hua Xu
  • Patent number: 8571087
    Abstract: A baseband processing module according to the present invention includes a multi-path scanner module. The multi-path scanner module is operable to receive timing and scrambling code information regarding an expected multi-path signal component of a WCDMA signal. Then, the multi-path scanner module is operable to identify a plurality of multi-path signal components of the WCDMA signal by descrambling, despreading and correlating a known symbol pattern of/with a baseband RX signal within a search window. The multi-path scanner module is operable to determine timing information for the plurality of multi-path signal components of the WCDMA signal found within the search window and to pass this information to a coupled rake receiver combiner module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark David Hahm, Baoguo Yang
  • Patent number: 8571090
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for demodulating and searching for a preamble signal containing a complex phasor signal is disclosed. The complex phasor is demodulated using a phasor-rotated fast transformer. A received signal is correlated with a spreading code to produce a correlated signal. The correlated signal is coherently accumulated to produce a coherently accumulated signal. A first phasor-rotated signal transformation is performed on a real component of the coherently accumulated signal, and a second phasor-rotated signal transformation is performed on an imaginary component of the coherently accumulated signal. Finally, the signal power of the transformed real and imaginary components of the coherently accumulated signal is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Agere Systems LLC
    Inventors: Eliahou Arviv, Daniel Briker, Gennady Zilberman
  • 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: 8565288
    Abstract: A method for performing delay locked looping upon a received signal which reduces the asymmetry of auto-correlation function resulting from sampling is provided. The received signal is a spread spectrum code signal, and the method includes: generating a plurality of replica spread spectrum code signals according to an estimated code phase delay and phase spacing, the replica spread spectrum code signals having phases respectively different from the phase of the received signal; calculating a spread spectrum code error statistics signal according to the replica spread spectrum code signals and the received signal; and adjusting the estimated code phase delay according to the spread spectrum code error statistics signal and a phase difference between a sampled point of at least one replica spread spectrum code signal and a corresponding signal transition point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Kai-Di Wu, Kun-Sui Hou
  • 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: 8514911
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of samples from a transmission of a known sequence; identifying a peak position in the known sequence based on a correlation of the plurality of samples and the known sequence; and adjusting the identified peak position based on an offset. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Jun Shi
  • Patent number: 8514985
    Abstract: Apparatus for locating a specific point in a received signal of cyclical nature, the apparatus comprising correlating means (16) for correlating the received signal with a code that is potentially present in the received signal, processing means (20,22,18) for multiplying the correlation result with a time-offset, complex-conjugated version of itself and filtering means (24,26,28) for low pass filtering the multiplication result to produce a signal suited to analysis for determination of said point and estimation of the frequency error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
    Inventor: Candido Levita
  • Patent number: 8509362
    Abstract: A high sensitivity GPS receiver includes an acquisition engine and a tracking engine. The acquisition engine processes GPS satellite data at data rate that is substantially equal to twice the coarse acquisition (CA) code chip rate. This data rate advantageously enables the acquisition engine to process GPS satellite data with relatively less hardware area than traditional GPS acquisition approaches. In one embodiment, the high efficiency acquisition engine may be over-clocked, thereby allowing different phases of a CA code to be correlated quickly. The tracking engine can advantageously process GPS satellite data at a data rate that does not have an integer relationship to the CA code chip rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qinfang Sun, Wen-Chang Yeh, Ho-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 8503578
    Abstract: A method of processing first and second corresponding signals having a delay therebetween. The method includes introducing a plurality of different delays between the first and second signals, successive delay amounts differing from each other by less than the interval between chip boundaries, and for each introduced delay, summing samples of the second signal which are obtained at the times of, at least, chip boundaries between bits of the first signal which have the same state, to obtain a value; thereby to obtain a representation of how the value varies according to the introduced delay, which representation contains a level change associated with an introduced delay which bears a predetermined relationship to the delay between the first and second signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Nongji Chen
  • Patent number: 8503485
    Abstract: Techniques for facilitating cell search by user equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication system are described. In an aspect, a primary synchronization code (PSC) sequence may be generated based on a Frank sequence and a constant amplitude sequence that is repeated multiple times. In another aspect, a set of PSC sequences may be generated based on complementary sequences having good aperiodic correlation properties and efficient implementations. In one design, PSC sequences A+B and B+A may be formed based on Golay complementary sequences A and B, there “+” denotes concatenation. In yet another aspect, a set of secondary synchronization code (SSC) sequences may be generated based on a set of base sequences and different modulation symbols of a modulation scheme. Each base sequence may be modulated by each of M possible modulation symbols for the modulation scheme to obtain M different SSC sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Durga Prasad Malladi, Byoung-Hoon Kim, Tao Luo
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20130195149
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device that includes a circuitry configured to acquire synchronization with a spreading code of an intermediate frequency signal that is obtained by converting a frequency of a received signal from a satellite in a global positioning system into a predetermined intermediate frequency, demodulate a message included in the intermediate frequency signal, output a primary signal to a predetermined signal line, and attach a predetermined header to a secondary signal and output the result to the predetermined signal line, and includes a display unit configured to display data corresponding to the primary signal and the secondary signal, such that the primary signal includes results of measuring one of position, velocity, and time of the mobile electronic device based on the message that is demodulated by the circuitry, and that the secondary signal includes the intermediate frequency signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Sony Corporation
  • Patent number: 8488539
    Abstract: A method of generating preamble sequence is disclosed. A channel used by a wireless device may be divided into four sub-channels, and the method includes forming a preamble sequence of a first sub-channel, making three replicas of the preamble sequence of the first sub-channel, each replica with a phase rotation of a first angle, a second angle, and a third angle respectively, for forming each preamble sequence of a second sub-channel, a third sub-channel, and a fourth sub-channel, and arranging the preamble sequences of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth sub-channels to form a preamble sequence of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yen-Chin Liao, Cheng-Hsuan Wu, Yung-Szu Tu
  • Patent number: 8467431
    Abstract: A human body communication system is provided. The human body communication system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter transmits a frame including a preamble, which is a Manchester-encoded pseudo noise (PN) code, to the human body. The receiver receives the frame from the human body, performs Manchester-decoding on the frame, performs cross-correlation on the decoding result and the PN code, and performs frame synchronization using the cross-correlation result. Accordingly, clock and data recovery performance is improved. Efficient frame synchronization with reduced computation amount can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ki-Hyuk Park, In-Gi Lim, Sung-Weon Kang, Hyung-Il Park, Chang-Hee Hyoung, Jung-Hwan Hwang, Jin-Kyung Kim, Duck-Gun Park, Tae-Wook Kang, Sung-Eun Kim, Jung-Bum Kim, Kyung-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8457086
    Abstract: In one example, an Edge Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (EQAM) communicates EQAM information to a Modular Cable Modem Termination System (M-CMTS) core using a routing protocol that is configured on a packet switched network coupling the EQAM to the M-CMTS core. The EQAM generates a routing message according to the routing protocol and inserts EQAM information, such as a description of a modulated channel extending from the EQAM, the service-group information, etc, into the routing message. The EQAM then floods the EQAM information over at least portions of a routing domain by transmitting the routing message to an adjacent intermediary device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Asati, John Chapman, Mohamed Khalid
  • Patent number: 8457178
    Abstract: Determining a frequency offset of a received signal utilizing two or more multipath components of the received signal is provided herein. By way of example, the received signal can be correlated with a synchronization sequence in a time domain or a frequency domain, resulting in separation of the two or more multipath components of the received signal. Analysis of at least one of the multipath components can provide a frequency offset of the received signal. Furthermore, by analyzing the multipath components, estimation of the frequency offset can be improved as compared with single-signal analysis techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 8452250
    Abstract: A DC offset component that occurs in a quadrature modulation system, and that is contained in a modulated transmit signal, is compensated for with good accuracy. In a DC offset compensation method according to the present invention, a DC offset correction value obtained from the transmit signal is weighted in accordance with the signal level of an input signal which is transmit data input to the quadrature modulation system, and the DC offset component contained in the transmit signal is compensated for by using the thus weighted DC offset correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Ishikawa, Nobukazu Fudaba, Kazuo Nagatani, Hajime Hamada, Tokuro Kubo
  • Patent number: 8446973
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation signal generators, which generate a first OFDM modulation signal and a second OFDM modulation signal. The transmission apparatus also includes a transmitter that transmits the first OFDM modulation signal from a first antenna and the second OFDM modulation signal from a second antenna, in an identical frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Masayuki Orihashi, Akihiko Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8442164
    Abstract: Apparatus for determining a location of a peak in correlation output samples, the apparatus being arranged to receive samples from at least one correlator over a plurality of symbol time periods; combine samples from a period that is longer than the symbol time period into combined samples; and determine the position of a peak in the combined samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Ivan Lawrow
  • Patent number: 8442094
    Abstract: A spread spectrum receiver configured to perform cell searching can include a cell search system and a searcher. The cell search system is configured to perform primary and secondary synchronization, thereby identifying a scrambling code group. The searcher is configured to determine a scrambling code from the scrambling code group identified by the cell search system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Alton Shelborne Keel, Louis Robert Litwin
  • Patent number: 8428107
    Abstract: A method for estimating an unknown spreading code in a received signal by using a set of genetic algorithms. The method comprises: selecting at least one seed of the unknown spreading code for initialization purposes, wherein the unknown spreading code comprises a plurality of chips, and performing a breeding process of the unknown spreading code by executing a breeding algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory C. Best, Bruce D. Riter, Bruce Edward Peetz
  • Patent number: 8428108
    Abstract: In a signal processing apparatus a synchronizer acquires synchronization with the spreading code of an intermediate frequency signal converted from a signal received from a satellite in a global positioning system. A demodulator then demodulates a message contained in the intermediate frequency signal. A measuring unit outputs a primary signal to a predetermined signal line, the primary signal expressing positioning results for the apparatus as measured on the basis of the demodulated message. A secondary signal output unit attaches a predetermined header to a secondary signal and outputs the result to the predetermined signal line, the secondary signal containing at least the intermediate frequency signal, or a signal generated from the intermediate frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Tanaka, Manabu Nitta, Hideki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130094541
    Abstract: To provide a receiving device which is capable of reducing average power and peak power by holding pseudo synchronization of a satellite signal during a sleep period. Provided is a receiving device including a receiving unit for receiving a signal from a satellite, a frequency conversion unit for converting a frequency of the received signal into a predetermined intermediate frequency, a synchronization acquisition unit for carrying out synchronization acquisition and for detecting a carrier frequency, and a synchronization holding unit for assigning and setting, per satellite, a phase of the spread code and the carrier frequency to each of a plurality of channels independently provided in a corresponding manner to a plurality of the satellites to synchronously hold the spread code and a carrier and also for demodulating a message included in the intermediate frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Tanaka, Hideki Takahashi, Hideki Awata
  • Patent number: 8411726
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selecting a signal processing resolution. A received signal is processed using a first resolution. When a multipath condition is detected, the signal is processed using a second resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Global Locate, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Abraham, Donald L. Fuchs
  • Patent number: 8406279
    Abstract: A method for pilot design for data to be transmitted by an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system, the data being represented by a plurality of OFDM symbols. The method includes allocating pilot symbols for a data stream to be included in ones of the OFDM symbols; and performing a frequency shift on at least one of the OFDM symbols, to reduce frequency distance disparities among the pilot symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Tao Hsieh, Jen-Yuan Hsu, Pang-An Ting, Lai-Huei Wang
  • Patent number: 8406277
    Abstract: Radiolocalization receiver for a satellite radiolocalization system like GPs, Galileo or the like, including a staged correlation and accumulation unit, in which the correlation data is biased in order to be to always non-negative. Thanks to this feature, the accumulated data grow monotonically during the accumulation. Overflow rate of a first correlation stage (100, 150-153) is scaled down respect to the rate of the input data. Thus the higher correlation stages (200, 154-158) can be used in multiplex. The bit-flip rate in memories is very low, with an effective reduction of dynamic power consumption. The logic structure of the accumulator is also simplified by the invention, thus further savings in silicon space and power are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Phil Young
  • Patent number: RE44237
    Abstract: A communications system network that enables secondary use of spectrum on a non-interference basis is disclosed. Each secondary transceiver measures the background spectrum. The system uses a modulation method to measure the background signals that eliminates self-generated interference and also identifies the secondary signal to all primary users via on/off amplitude modulation, allowing easy resolution of interference claims. The system uses high-processing gain probe waveforms that enable propagation measurements to be made with minimal interference to the primary users. The system measures background signals and identifies the types of nearby receivers and modifies the local frequency assignments to minimize interference caused by a secondary system due to non-linear mixing interference and interference caused by out-of-band transmitted signals (phase noise, harmonics, and spurs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Shared Spectrum Company
    Inventor: Mark Allen McHenry
  • Patent number: RE44622
    Abstract: A method of estimating coarse frequency offset of received symbols based on a received frequency domain sample at a kth sub-carrier of a 53rd Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) data symbol in a jth time slot (TS) of a receiver in a China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) mobile television communication network includes dividing a received sample, Ykj, into two sets of noise only tones and data plus noise tones Dkj, obtaining a received sample only if there is a coarse frequency offset mismatch between a transmitter and the receiver, dividing a summation of a power of the data plus noise tones by a summation of a power of the noise only tones to obtain ?kj, and estimating an integer coarse frequency offset estimate, ?{circumflex over (f)}Ij, of the received symbols when the ?kj is a maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Newport Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Fu, Jun Ma, Nabil Yousef