Transceivers Patents (Class 375/219)
  • Patent number: 10615891
    Abstract: Receivers and methods of testing are described. A receiver includes a plurality of receiver channels, each including an amplifier for receiving a signal from an antenna and a mixer downstream of the amplifier. A test signal generating circuit is configured to generate test signals. A signal path connects the test signal generating circuit and each receiver channel and couples to each receiver channel at a coupling between the amplifier and a mixer. A test signal from the test signal generating circuit is injectable to the parts of the receiver channel downstream of the amplifier. The test signal may alternatively be injected into the entire receiver channel. The receivers and methods may be used in wireless systems, such as radar systems and radio systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Cicero Vaucher, Antonius De Graauw, Erwin Janssen
  • Patent number: 10608848
    Abstract: An adaptive CTLE used in a receiver with its zero and/or pole frequencies automatically and continuously adjustable based on an error signal and post-cursors. The error signal is derived from the sliced equalized signal that is output from the CTLE. A correction control signal can be determined based on one or more delayed and sampled data (corresponding to the post-cursors) and the error signal. As controlled by the correction control signal, the CTLE zero/pole frequency setting is then adapted such that the CTLE transfer function causes the error signal to decrease while the post cursor ISI is reduced or eliminated. As a result, effective equalization can be advantageously accomplished in a consistent and fast manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Yehuda Azenkot
  • Patent number: 10601575
    Abstract: A short-reach data link receiver includes an edge detector configured to generate a pulse on an edge of a data input, a first clock-data recovery path coupled to an output of the edge detector for recovering a clock and data from the output of the edge detector, a second clock-data recovery path coupled to the output of the edge detector for recovering the clock and data from the output of the edge detector, and a controller configured to alternate between the first and second clock-data recovery paths to recover the clock and data using one of the paths while calibrating the other path. The controller may swap the paths whenever calibration of one path is completed. That may include beginning calibration of the next path immediately after swapping of the paths. Alternatively, power consumption may be reduced by delaying calibration of the next path after swapping of the paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianmin Guo, Jingjing Deng, Wenjie Li, Pilong Gao, Hui Wang, Xin Ma
  • Patent number: 10594342
    Abstract: A power amplifying system includes a voltage control oscillator (VCO), a frequency divider, a mixer and an adding amplifier. The VCO is configured to provide an input signal having a frequency that is a non-integer multiple of a predetermined frequency. The frequency divider is coupled to the VCO, and configured to receive the input signal and perform frequency division upon the input signal to respectively generate an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal corresponding to the input signal. The mixer is coupled to the VCO and the frequency divider, and configured to mix the input signal transmitted from the VCO and the in-phase signal transmitted from the frequency divider to output a mixed signal. The adding amplifier is coupled to the mixer and the frequency divider, and configured to integrate the mixed signal and the quadrature signal to generate an output signal having the predetermined frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventor: Ping-Yuan Deng
  • Patent number: 10578749
    Abstract: An improved GNSS antenna having an integrated antenna element in combination with a plurality of built-in sources of additional data and/or a plurality of devices for receiving additional information for exchanging the information and transmission of GNSS signals from the antenna element to a GNSS receiver over a single RF cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolai Nikolaevich Vasilyuk, Sergey Ivanovich Tychinskiy, Alexandr Vladimirovich Doronin, Igor Arkadievich Sandler, Andrey Mikhailovich Sokolov
  • Patent number: 10581477
    Abstract: Antenna device (1) and method for operating same, comprising an antenna (2), wherein the antenna (2) is connected to an electronic device (4) via an antenna cable (3) and high-frequency signals are transmitted via the antenna cable (3) between the electronic device (4) and the antenna (2) and vice versa, characterized in that the antenna device (1) has a control unit (5) and switch units (6, 7) which are controlled by the control unit (5), wherein the switch units (6, 7) are switched between a receiving path (8) and a transmission path (9) between the electronic device (4) and the antenna (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: HIRSCHMANN CAR COMMUNICATION GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Langbein, Florian Storch, Michael Faust
  • Patent number: 10574319
    Abstract: Methods and systems for communication between a network base station and a remote device are disclosed. Disclosed methods include providing, at a base station coupled to the network, a modulated signal to mixers in a retro-directive metamaterial antenna, and receiving an RF transmission beam from the remote device, at the retro-directive metamaterial antenna, and radiating from the antenna a modulated retro-directed beam, using mixer products, directed toward the remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Donna L. Polehn, Fred Weisbrod
  • Patent number: 10575071
    Abstract: Methods for use in a measurement system. Some embodiments comprise, at control unit, receiving a clock receive signal that represents a clock signal and configuration information; based on the clock receive signal, providing a control signal that represents the configuration information; and transmitting the control signal a sensor unit. Some embodiments comprise configuring the sensor unit according to the configuration information. Some embodiments comprise, at a control unit, configured to process data provided by the sensor unit. The method comprises receiving a data receive signal and selecting an interpretation of the data receive signal as one of at least: the sensor data signal and another data signal. Further disclosed herein are an interface, a control unit and a sensor unit for use in a measurement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Jens Barrenscheen
  • Patent number: 10567053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting, by a base station, a downlink signal using a plurality of transmission antennas comprises the steps of: applying a precoding matrix indicated by the PMI, received from a terminal, in a codebook to a plurality of layers, and transmitting the precoded signal to the terminal through a plurality of transmission antennas. Among precoding matrices included in the codebook, a precoding matrix for even number transmission layers can be a 2×2 matrix containing four matrices (W1s), the matrix (W1) having rows of a number of transmission antennas and columns of half the number of transmission layers, the first and second columns of the first row in the 2×2 matrix being multiplied by 1, the first column of the second row being multiplied by coefficient “a” of a phase, and the first column of the second row being multiplied by “?a”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Ko, Jae Hoon Chung, Seung Hee Han, Moon Il Lee
  • Patent number: 10568026
    Abstract: An example method for notifying a battery-powered device of the presence of high priority broadcast content while enabling the device to conserve battery power includes generating a high priority broadcast signal. The signal includes a high priority symbol identifier for informing the battery powered device to switch from an idle state to an acquisition state to inspect the remainder of the high priority broadcast signal. The signal further includes a high priority indication symbol for informing the battery powered device to transition to an active state from the acquisition state to receive high priority broadcast content before returning to the idle state. The signal further includes a timing symbol for informing the battery powered device of the minimum time period until a next a high priority broadcast signal should be expected, enabling the battery powered device to remain in the idle state until the next high priority broadcast signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: One Media, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Simon, Mark Earnshaw, Sandeep Mavuduru Kannappa, Kevin Shelby, Mark A. Aitken
  • Patent number: 10568048
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for uplink sounding reference signals (SRS) transmissions are disclosed. A WTRU-specific configuration of WTRU-specific SRS subframes for performing SRS transmissions is received. A trigger is received in a subframe from a base station to transmit a first SRS. A first subframe is selected after the subframe in which the trigger is received which is both a WTRU-specific subframe and at least four subframes after the subframe in which the trigger is received. A determination if a maximum power is exceeded in a symbol in the selected first subframe is made. On a condition that the maximum power is not exceeded in the symbol in the selected first subframe, the first SRS is transmitted in the selected first subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Chang-Soo Koo, Peter S. Wang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, John W. Haim, Stephen G. Dick, Mihaela C. Beluri
  • Patent number: 10560895
    Abstract: A method for operating a mobile device with a communication module and an accumulator, in particular a hand-held power tool, includes powering the communication module via electricity from the accumulator. The communication module enables wireless communication, and is powered only temporarily at least for transmitting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Benjamin Visel, Joerg Moennich, Anna Heszler, Anja Koenig, Jan Ondratschek, Christoph Steurer
  • Patent number: 10547370
    Abstract: A method, performed in a network node, for channel characteristics handling for an antenna array in a communication system. The antenna array has a plurality of antenna elements. The method includes obtaining geometrical relationships between any pair of antenna elements in a spatial layout of the antenna array. All pairs of antenna elements are classified into sets based on the obtained geometrical relationships, wherein all pairs of antenna elements in a set have substantially equal geometrical relationship in the spatial layout. The method includes determining a representation of channel characteristics as P(?), wherein argument ? is a vector of elements, each element relating to a magnitude and/or phase of covariance between the antenna elements in the set, and P is a mapping function based on the classifying. Antenna characteristics are processed based on the representation P(?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Martin Johansson, Henrik Asplund, David Astley, Karl Werner
  • Patent number: 10547346
    Abstract: A system for digital self-interference cancellation includes a filter that generates a reduced-noise digital residue signal; a channel estimator that generates a current self-interference channel estimate from a digital transmit signal, the reduced-noise digital residue signal, and past self-interference channel estimates; a controller that dynamically sets the digital transform configuration in response to changes in a controller-sampled digital residue signal; a predictor that modifies output of the channel estimator to compensate for a first time delay incurred in tuning the system for digital self-interference cancellation; and a channel memory that stores the past self-interference channel estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajendra Tushar Moorti, Kumar Viswanatha
  • Patent number: 10547268
    Abstract: A motor drive circuit includes a first serializer-deserializer (SER-DES) module that converts first SER-DES input signals into a first SER-DES output serial data stream. The first SER-DES input signals relate to motor control inputs or motor drive power outputs. A second SER-DES module converts a second SER-DES input serial data stream corresponding to the first SER-DES output serial data stream into second SER-DES output signals. The second SER-DES input signals relate to motor drive power outputs or motor control inputs. A serial isolation channel provides a galvanic isolation barrier between the first SER-DES module and the second SER-DES module. The serial isolation channel communicates the first SER-DES output serial data stream across the galvanic isolation barrier to provide the second SER-DES input serial data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tobias Bernhard Fritz, Martin Staebler, Baher Haroun, Peter Fundaro, Jiri Panacek, Ralf Peter Brederlow
  • Patent number: 10541734
    Abstract: A method for signal transmission using precoded symbol information involves estimating a two-dimensional model of a communication channel in a delay-Doppler domain. A perturbation vector is determined in a delay-time domain wherein the delay-time domain is related to the delay-Doppler domain by an FFT operation. User symbols are modified based upon the perturbation vector so as to produce perturbed user symbols. A set of Tomlinson-Harashima precoders corresponding to a set of fixed times in the delay-time domain may then be determined using a delay-time model of the communication channel. Precoded user symbols are generated by applying the Tomlinson-Harashima precoders to the perturbed user symbols. A modulated signal is then generated based upon the precoded user symbols and provided for transmission over the communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Cohere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Delfeld, Shlomo Selim Rakib
  • Patent number: 10536247
    Abstract: An antenna calibration method and apparatus are used for improving calibration accuracy. In the embodiments of the present invention, sending direction radio frequency channels in an antenna array are grouped into M groups, an intra-group sending calibration pilot frequency sequence of each group of sending direction radio frequency channel is sent at different sending time slots in a time division manner, and along with the decreasing of the quantity of each group of sending direction radio frequency channels, a length of the intra-group sending calibration pilot frequency sequence mapped on each radio frequency channel used for channel estimation is increased, thereby improving the accuracy of an inter-channel compensation factor of each determined sending direction radio frequency channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Chuanjun Li, Xin Su
  • Patent number: 10536887
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and system for performing Handover (HO) in a Long-Range Land-To-Sea (LRLS) wireless network. The Customer-Premises Equipment (CPE) comprises an Antenna Array (AA). The HO management system scans one or more inactive AAs of CPE based on configuration parameters. Further, one of Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) and Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) throughput values are retrieved on uplink and downlink. Thereafter, one of SNR and MCS throughput values on uplink and downlink are processed for determining a target AA. Further, system performs inter-network HO to Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) network when cell edge is detected on target AA or inter-AA HO to target AA otherwise. Lastly, a network re-entry is initiated to target AA from the VSAT when network re-entry is detected on target AA based on processing one of the SNR or the MCS throughput values in uplink and downlink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Wipro Limited
    Inventor: Sridharan Muthuswamy
  • Patent number: 10536301
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for an interface. The interface may be configured as a low-voltage, bi-directional channel redriver having a transmitter and a receiver that share input pads and output pads. The interface may provide for selective biasing of the transmitter and receiver using a switching circuit and a resistance circuit connected to the channel's input and output pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Athar Ali Khan. P, Manish Kumar Viswkarma
  • Patent number: 10536382
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and servers for controlling data flow across a computer network having a first performance enhancing proxy device (PEP1) between a client-facing segment of the network and a second PEP device (PEP2) on a server-facing segment of the network. PEP2 has a receiver for receiving flow control information from across a control channel between PEP1 and PEP2, for each TCP connection on the client-facing segment. The information includes round-trip packet latency (Li) on the client-facing segment and transmit buffer congestion information of PEP1. PEP2 has a determiner for determining if a TCP connection has a congested packet flow; and a congestion reliever for relieving such congestion by synchronizing a receive buffer of the PEP2 to be the same size as a transmit buffer congestion window of the PEP1; and delaying acknowledgments (ACKs) at PEP2 by a time Tack based on a preset threshold level Tlim or Li.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shadrach Benny Retnamony, Luis Carrion Echevarria
  • Patent number: 10531328
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are described herein for communicating data using an adjustable software defined radio. In one aspect, an ultra-narrowband communication device may include a radio frequency (RF) element and a computing element communicatively coupled to the RF element. The computing element, which may include at least one processor and memory, may define a software defined radio. The memory of the computing element may store instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, configure the communication device to at least one of transmit or receive data over at least two different ultra-narrowband channels using a first communication protocol. The software defined radio may be adjustable to operate at any of a variety of different ultra-narrowband channels responsive to a frequency band selection or allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Agile Radio Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Irwin, Kyle Anthony Stanton, Surjit Brad Gill, Carlos Alfonso Salcido, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10524139
    Abstract: Communication systems are described that use signal constellations which have unequally spaced (i.e. “geometrically spaced,” or “non-uniform”) points. In many embodiments, the transmitters and receivers use specific non-uniform quadrature amplitude modulation (NU-QAM) constellations. In a variety of embodiments, NU-QAM constellations are capacity optimized using a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM, also referred to as “parallel decode”) capacity measure. In a number of embodiments, the transmitters and receivers are described that use specific NU-QAM constellations that provide gains in BICM capacity relative to constellations that maximize the minimum distance between constellation points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Constellation Designs, LLC
    Inventors: Maged F. Barsoum, Christopher R. Jones
  • Patent number: 10523266
    Abstract: A method for generating a spreading sequence is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of signals from a remote device. The plurality of signals is sampled to generate a plurality of data sets corresponding to the plurality of signals, respectively. Each data set indicates a power value of the corresponding signal. From the plurality of data sets, one or more data sets indicating a power value greater than a predetermined value is selected. A spreading sequence is generated based on the one or more selected data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Amer Hassan, Edward Giaimo
  • Patent number: 10523340
    Abstract: Provided are a transmitting device connected to a receiving device via a channel and the receiving device connected to the transmitting device via a channel. The transmitting device connected to a receiving device includes: a transmitter connected to the channel via an output node and configured to transmit, via the channel, a transmission signal to the receiving device, the transmitter having a transmission impedance associated therewith that is variable; and a monitoring device configured to detect a channel impedance of the channel and a receiving impedance of the receiving device by monitoring a voltage level of the output node, the monitoring device configured to set the transmission impedance based on the channel impedance and the receiving impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Minsoo Choi, Byungsub Kim
  • Patent number: 10523339
    Abstract: Methods and systems for rapidly recovering from a serious interference. One method includes the following steps: transmitting, by a transmitter to a transceiver over a communication channel, ongoing data at a fixed data rate above 100. Mbps; receiving, by a receiver from the transceiver, an indication indicating that the transceiver is experiencing a serious interference; responsive to the indication, reducing data rate at which the transmitter transmits; storing excess data that cannot be sent during the period of the reduced data rate; and increasing the data rate, at which the transmitter transmits, to a level that enables it to transmit, within less than 1 millisecond from the moment of reducing the data rate, both the stored excess data and the ongoing data at the fixed data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Valens Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Eyran Lida, Aviv Salamon, Gaby Gur Cohen, Israel Greiss
  • Patent number: 10523890
    Abstract: An audio and video transmitting device includes a source-end connecting unit configured to receive an audio and video signal from a video source; a transmitting-end processing unit configured to process the audio and video signal and generate a processed audio and video signal; a first wireless unit configured to modulate the processed audio and video signal and generate a modulated audio and video signal; a transmitting-end antenna configured to send the modulated audio and video signal; and a transmitting-end peripheral interface configured to receive a first peripheral information from a source-end peripheral device and send the first peripheral information to the transmitting-end processing unit which sends the first peripheral information to the video source through the source-end connecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN LENKENG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Binghai Gao
  • Patent number: 10517101
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that includes adjusting a filter in electrical communication between an input terminal and a demodulator. The filter is applied to an information bearing signal, e.g., to mitigate interference, received at the input terminal, resulting in a filtered signal. An error signal is received, indicative of errors detected within information obtained by demodulation of a modulated carrier of the filtered signal. A modified filter state is determined in response to the error signal and the filter is adjusted according to the modified filter state, e.g., to improve mitigation of the interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: ISCO INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Amr Abdelmonem, Mikhail Galeev, Sean S. Cordone, Howard Wong
  • Patent number: 10505571
    Abstract: A transceiver includes a transmission chain, a reception chain, an interference suppression module and a processor. The transmission chain transmits a downstream signal to a communication network. The reception chain receives an upstream signal including (i) upstream transmissions originating by client devices, and (ii) an interference signal created by leakage and reflections of the downstream signal. The reception chain includes a configurable switch for connecting or disconnecting the upstream signal. The interference suppression module applies to the downstream signal a filter response function for generating an interference suppression signal to be subtracted from the upstream signal at a selected suppression point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Capacicom Ltd.
    Inventors: Ariel Yagil, Ronen Mayrench
  • Patent number: 10505284
    Abstract: An antenna system includes a first polarized antenna module and a second polarized antenna module. The first polarized antenna module is arranged on a substrate, has a first polarized direction, and includes a switch, first antenna units and first reflecting units. The first antenna units are coupled to the switch, and a conducted first antenna unit, which is conducted by the switch, of the first antenna units has a first radiation pattern. The first reflecting units are arranged on two sides of the first antenna units respectively, and configured to adjust the first radiation pattern of the conducted first antenna unit respectively. The second polarized antenna module is arranged on the substrate, has a second polarized direction, which is perpendicular to the first polarized direction, and configured to operate with the first polarized antenna module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Han-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 10499272
    Abstract: An electronic device for device-to-device (D2D) communication comprises receive circuitry to receive an indication of D2D resources for D2D communication, and processing circuitry to evaluate a time and frequency selective measurement of one or more of the D2D resources, based on the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sergey Panteleev, Alexey Khoryaev, Sergey Sosnin, Andrey Chervyakov
  • Patent number: 10499353
    Abstract: A spectrum analyzer contains a number of improvements that adapt it to common commercial uses. The spectrum analyzer is capable of automatically wirelessly receiving and synchronizing frequency spectrum data collected from multiple remote spectrum analyzers with respect to frequency, time and location. A selector function is used to create composite frequency data sets from multiple frequency data sets while allowing retroactive identification and examination of the original frequency data. An improved non-linear graphical display of the frequency spectrum data is created by automatically expanding the resolution of frequency axis for frequency ranges having signals of interest and contracting the resolution of the frequency axis of frequency ranges having no signals of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Research Electronics International, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce R. Barsumian, Thomas H. Jones, Ross Alan Binkley
  • Patent number: 10491278
    Abstract: A wireless communication device with hybrid beamforming and a control method thereof are provided. The wireless communication device includes a plurality of antennas, a beamforming digital circuit, a plurality of radio frequency (RF) chains, a beamforming analog circuit, a controller and a storage. The RF chains receive signals processed by the beamforming digital circuit to generate antenna signals. The RF chains are connected to a part or all of the antennas through the beamforming analog circuit to transmit the antenna signal to the corresponding antennas. The number of the RF chains is smaller than the number of the antennas. The storage stores a plurality of candidate analog codebooks. The controller selects one of the candidate analog codebooks as a selected analog codebook according to scenario or environmental information, and adjusts the beamforming analog circuit according to the selected analog codebook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chih-Yu Chen, Hsien-Wen Chang, Jen-Yuan Hsu, Jan-Shin Ho
  • Patent number: 10484060
    Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting channel state information in a mobile communication system are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: receiving signal information comprising information indicating a reporting mode for channel status information and information related to a codebook subset configuration for use in reporting the channel status information; determining whether to apply codebook subsampling to a master codebook based on the codebook subset configuration and the reporting mode; upon determining to apply the codebook subsampling to the master codebook, generating a subsampled codebook by subsampling the master codebook and generating the channel status information comprising a PMI generated based on the subsampled codebook; and transmitting the channel status information to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hoon-Dong Noh, Young-Woo Kwak
  • Patent number: 10484134
    Abstract: A method for channel encoding in a communication or broadcasting system is provided. The method includes determining a block size Z, and performing encoding based on the block size and a first matrix corresponding to the block size, wherein the first matrix is determined based on information and a plurality of second matrices, and wherein a part of a column index indicating a position of a non-zero element in each row of the information includes an index according to mathematical expression 22 above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungjoong Kim, Seho Myung, Seokki Ahn, Hongsil Jeong, Min Jang
  • Patent number: 10484032
    Abstract: A light bulb or other lamp device incorporating improved antenna configurations and integrated networking equipment is described herein. In one example, a LED light bulb is arranged to include a wireless transceiver and related wireless network processing circuitry, and is coupled to multiple antennas configured to receive and transmit signals using spatial diversity, beamforming, multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO), or other multi-antenna techniques. The heat sink in the light bulb may be purposed to provide one or more of the multiple antennas, such as use of respective heat sink structures to serve as a diversity antenna. The wireless network processing circuitry may be used for control of the light bulb or for operability with wireless and non-wireless networks. For example, the network processing circuitry may operate as a wireless network access point, repeater, relay, bridge, or like function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: BBY SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Farhad Nourbakhsh
  • Patent number: 10476570
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application is a method by which a terminal reports channel status information (CSI) to a base station in a wireless access system. The method for reporting the CSI comprises the steps of: receiving, from the base station, the information on a CSI process comprising a plurality of channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resources; determining a CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI) indicating one of the plurality of CSI-RS resources; determining a precoding-related indicator on the basis of the determined CRI; and reporting, to the base station, the CSI comprising the CRI and the precoding-related indicator, wherein the precoding-related indicator has the value of 0 when the number of CSI-RS antenna ports indicated by the CSI is less than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hyungtae Kim
  • Patent number: 10467174
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring data traffic on a MIL-STD-1553 data bus system with a data guard. The monitoring system includes a data guard, which may be toggled between a passive mode and an active mode using two switches. In the active mode, using a first switch, data traffic from remote terminals on the MIL-STD-1553 data bus system are placed on a guarded bus of the data guard system and sent to the data guard by way of a coupler for filtering data messages through a plurality of pre-generated data set rules. If the data traffic is validated, it is returned to the MIL-STD-1553 data bus system through a second coupler. In the passive mode, the data traffic is directed to a transparent bus by way of a third coupler using a second switch, thus allowing the MIL-STD-1553 data bus system to operate without latency concerns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Josh D. Eckhardt, Thomas E. Donofrio, Khaled Serag
  • Patent number: 10469124
    Abstract: A communications device includes a transmission chain coupled to an antenna a receiver chain coupled to the antenna. The receiver chain includes an amplifier device having an input coupled to the antenna. A controlled switching circuit is included in the amplifier device and is operable to selectively disconnect conduction terminals of an amplifying transistor from power supply terminals when the transmission chain is operating to pass a transmit signal to the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Laurent Chabert, Raphael Paulin
  • Patent number: 10469143
    Abstract: A precoding matrix set determining method and apparatus, and a parameter indication information sending method and apparatus are provided. The precoding matrix set determining method include: determining, by a first network device, a parameter used for determining a precoding matrix set, where the parameter includes at least one of a phase parameter, an amplitude parameter, a quantity of vectors in the precoding matrix set, a quantity of vectors in a first codebook set in dual-codebook feedback, and a quantity of vectors in a second codebook set in the dual-codebook feedback, and the parameter is not fixed; and using the parameter to determine the precoding matrix set, where the precoding matrix set includes at least one precoding matrix. By using this solution, flexibility of feeding back a precoding matrix indicator is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunpeng Liu, Leiming Zhang, Jianghua Liu, Yongxing Zhou
  • Patent number: 10462727
    Abstract: Media is distributed via a scalable ad hoc geographic routing/broadcast protocol. Media can be transmitted from a mobile device to a cluster of mobile devices that are geographically located in a particular region. Devices that are located between the source and the intended target can act as routers with the ability to forward data packets toward the intended destination. In essence, a geocast network cloud is established, allowing any device within the cloud to communicate with any other device in the cloud. Devices in the network can constantly change position and the transmission path through the network can be constantly changing. The geocast protocol adapts to the changing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert J. Hall, Richard Jamison
  • Patent number: 10461786
    Abstract: A method of controlling one or more amplifiers of a network node, wherein the network node is adapted to communicate with a plurality of user equipment devices within a cell of a wireless communication network. The method comprises evaluating back-off criteria relating to the plurality of user equipment devices, and selectively controlling one or more amplifiers to operate in a reduced power mode or a predistortion mode, based on the result of the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: SaiRamesh Nammi
  • Patent number: 10461976
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication systems configured to provide techniques for managing the cyclic prefix (CP) type of a transmission as a function of one or more parameters, such as the transmission type (e.g., the type of channel or signal), the resources utilized for the transmission, or the tone spacing of the transmission. In some examples, at least a portion of the downlink and/or uplink control channels or signals utilize a CP having one duration, while other control channels or signals and/or traffic channels may utilize either the same CP or a different CP having a different duration. The CP type or duration for a given transmission may be indicated in various manners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wanshi Chen, Jing Jiang, Tingfang Ji, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 10454723
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a decision feedback equalizer configured for a half-rate operation. The decision feedback equalizer includes a single summer stage and a direct feedback path configured to provide feedback to the single summer stage. The decision feedback equalizer further includes an even sampler configured to sample even data of an output signal of the single summer stage, an odd sampler configured to sample odd data of the output signal of the single summer stage and a plurality of 2:1 multiplexers arranged in the direct feedback path. The plurality of 2:1 multiplexers are configured to feed the even and odd data in an alternating manner back to the single summer stage, thereby adapting the feedback to the half-rate operation of the decision feedback equalizer. A corresponding memory system and design structure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marcel A. Kossel, Vishal Khatri
  • Patent number: 10447355
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device and method in a wireless communication system. The device comprises: a first generating unit configured to generate a first pre-coding matrix according to first channel information on a channel between a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus; a second generating unit configured to generate a second pre-coding matrix according to the first pre-coding matrix and second channel information on the channel; and a pre-coding unit configured to pre-code a data signal according to the first pre-coding matrix and the second pre-coding matrix. According to the embodiments of the present invention, interference between user equipment can be effectively removed, the operation complexity is reduced, and the whole performance of the system is optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen Qian, Zhaocheng Wang, Wendong Liu, Jinhui Chen
  • Patent number: 10447462
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of determining an optimum point at which to synchronize a digital subscriber line in a telecommunications network, with the aim of maximizing the resulting synchronization rate while maintaining a stable line. For many lines, the signal to noise ratio (SNR) varies over the course of a day, and recurs on a daily basis. The phenomenon is often referred to as the “diurnal effect”. The SNR history for the line is monitored, and the minimum SNR for the line is determined over a 24 hour period to take into account the diurnal effect. The current target SNR margin imposed by DLM on the line is determined, for example, by interrogating the DLM system or by noting the SNR margin on the line immediately after the most recent line synchronization. The optimum point at which a resynchronization is to be performed is calculated as point when the SNR on the line is equal to the minimum SNR plus the current target SNR margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventors: Richard Gedge, Chi-Fai Lau, Simeon P Williamson
  • Patent number: 10447328
    Abstract: Systems and methods for die-to-die communication are provided. A first transceiver disposed on a first die includes a transmission section configured to modulate first data onto a carrier signal having a first frequency. The first transceiver includes a reception section configured to receive signals from a transmission line. The reception section includes a filter configured to pass frequencies within a first passband that includes a second frequency. The first frequency is outside of the first passband. A second transceiver is disposed on a second die and is configured to communicate with the first transceiver via the transmission line. The second transceiver includes a transmission section configured to modulate second data onto a carrier signal having the second frequency. The second transceiver includes a reception section including a filter configured to pass frequencies within a second passband that includes the first frequency. The second frequency is outside of the second passband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Huan-Neng Chen, Chewn-Pu Jou, Feng-Wei Kuo, Lan-Chou Cho, William Wu Shen
  • Patent number: 10447357
    Abstract: This application disclose a method for indicating and determining a precoding vector related to precoding technologies to increase an overall system performance gain. The method may include: generating indication information, and sending the indication information. The indication information is used to indicate a plurality of component vectors of a precoding vector and a combination coefficient of each component vector. The combination coefficient of the component vector includes at least one of the following types: a wideband amplitude coefficient, a narrowband amplitude coefficient, and a narrowband phase coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Jiang, Huangping Jin, Wei Han, Peng Shang
  • Patent number: 10439845
    Abstract: A method for compressive channel estimation in a massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) system using sectored random beams is provided. In an embodiment, a method in a massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) transceiver for channel estimation includes obtaining a sector. The sector includes less than a complete coverage area of the transceiver. The method also includes transmitting, by the transceiver, a plurality of random beams to a user equipment (UE) in the sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Wendell Heath, Jr., Peiying Zhu, Ming Jia
  • Patent number: 10429890
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for implementing a location-based power saving solution for docking station products. A wireless docking station communicates with a docking wireless device. The docking station is activated when the docking wireless device is within a pre-configured coverage area of the docking station. The docking station is deactivated when the docking wireless device is outside the pre-configured coverage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Timor Israeli, Eduard Kvetny, Lior Yeheskiel
  • Patent number: 10425121
    Abstract: A same-aperture any-frequency simultaneously transmit and receive (STAR) system includes a signal connector having a first port electrically coupled to an antenna, a second port electrically coupled to a transmit signal path, and a third port electrically coupled to receive signal path. The signal connector passes a transmit signal in the transmit signal path to the antenna and a receive signal in the receive signal path. A signal isolator is positioned in the transmit signal path to remove a residual portion of the receive signal from transmit signal path. An output of the signal isolator provides a portion of the transmit signal with the residual portion of the receive signal removed. A signal differencing device having a first input electrically coupled to the output of the signal isolator and a second input electrically coupled to the third port of the signal connector subtracts a portion of the transmit signal in the receive signal path thereby providing a more accurate receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Photonic Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles H. Cox, Edward I. Ackerman