Systems Using Alternating Or Pulsating Current Patents (Class 375/259)
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Patent number: 8971441Abstract: A method for adaptive Radio Frequency (RF) jamming according to one embodiment includes dynamically monitoring a RF spectrum; detecting any undesired signals in real time from the RF spectrum; and sending a directional countermeasure signal to jam the undesired signals. A method for adaptive Radio Frequency (RF) communications according to another embodiment includes transmitting a data pulse in a RF spectrum; and transmitting a reference pulse separated by a predetermined period of time from the data pulse; wherein the data pulse is modulated with data, wherein the reference pulse is unmodulated. A method for adaptive Radio Frequency (RF) communications according to yet another embodiment includes receiving a data pulse in a RF spectrum; and receiving a reference pulse separated in time from the data pulse, wherein the data pulse is modulated with data, wherein the reference pulse is unmodulated; and demodulating the pulses.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Farid U. Dowla, Faranak Nekoogar
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Patent number: 8971437Abstract: A method and apparatus provide antenna array channel feedback. The method can include receiving, at a wireless terminal, a set of channel state information reference signals. The method can include determining a precoding matrix based on the received set of channel state information reference signals. The precoding matrix can have a representation in terms of three components. The first component of the three components can be determined from a first set of vectors. The second component of the three components can be determined from a first set of parameters. The third component of the three components can be determined from a second set of parameters. The second set of parameters can be a set of unit-magnitude scalars. The method can include transmitting, by the wireless terminal, a representation of at least one of the first component, the second component, and the third component.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Tyler A. Brown, Sandeep H. Krishnamurthy, Colin D. Frank, Robert T. Love, Vijay Nangia
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Patent number: 8971430Abstract: Deterioration of reception characteristics due to interference waves is suppressed. A receiving device includes a communication unit, which subtracts a frequency of an intended wave subcarrier from a frequency of interference waves if the interference waves are present in a reception signal, divides the result of the subtraction by a frequency interval of the subcarrier, sets the remainder of the division as an offset frequency, and thus changes reception frequency setting based on the offset frequency.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventor: Hirokazu Takahashi
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Publication number: 20150055720Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for controlling at least one RF front-end component. During operation, the system receives, at a programmable logic chip from a baseband chip, a command; identifies the RF front-end component based on an address indicated by the command; and sends a control signal included in the command to the identified RF front-end component via the second interface. The programmable logic chip is coupled to the baseband chip via a first interface, and is coupled to the at least one RF front-end component via a second interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: Aviacomm Inc.Inventors: Shao C. Lin, Chung-Hsing Chang, Shih Hsiung Mo
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Patent number: 8964764Abstract: This system provides wired and/or wireless access throughout a multimedia network built on a distributed architecture which can be transparent to the user. This multimedia network includes content which is imported or generated within the network. The system allows for the content provider to determine the license status of content and update the license status of content which was previously provided by that provider. The external content can be accessed in real time or downloaded and stored within the system for later access at the convenience of the user. The usage of some content is controlled by the use of encryption and other protection methods. The system allows for storage of live video by storing the digitized video and allowing the user to control how, when and where the content is viewed. The system makes available multiple multimedia services to all users in the network or connected via the internet.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Inventor: Philip Drope
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Patent number: 8964889Abstract: A device and method for precoding vectors in a communication system is provided. A transmitter may precode a data vector using information regarding a communication channel prior to transmitting the data vector. The transmitter may precode the data vector in a manner that reduces an energy value of a resulting transmit data vector so as to minimize interference in a received signal at a receiver. The transmitter may perturb entries of the data vector one-by-one in an iterative fashion until a minimum in an energy value of the transmit data vector is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Indian Institute of ScienceInventors: Ananthanarayanan Chockalingam, Balaji Sundar Rajan, Saif Khan Mohammed
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Patent number: 8964864Abstract: A transmission system has a receiver receiving data and a request signal from a transmitter, and a monitor circuit transmitting a valid acknowledge signal to the transmitter when a received data accumulation amount in the FIFO memory is smaller than a threshold, or transmitting an invalid acknowledge signal to the transmitter when the received data accumulation amount in the FIFO memory is larger than the threshold. The transmitter transmits the request signal which is valid and the data when the acknowledge signal is valid, or stops transmission processing of the data and transmits the request signal which is invalid when the acknowledge signal is invalid, and the receiver performs reception processing of the data when the request signal is valid or stops reception processing of the data when the request signal is invalid.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Hirotaka Tamura
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Patent number: 8964861Abstract: A method for optimizing the performance of an active HDMI cable. An active cable compensator is provided within the HDMI cable itself. This device applies an individually-adjusted equalizer to each of the TMDS video data lines. A non-equalizing amplifier is applied to the two TMDS clock lines. An accelerator is applied to the I2C data bus. The parameters controlling each of the active components (such as parameters setting gain and frequency distribution) within an individual HDMI cable are set through a programming process. In that process, a calibration source sends known signals through the cable to a programming unit. A programming unit analyzes the signals through the cable and sends commands to the active cable compensator in the cable. The commands adjust the parameters in order to optimize the performance of the individual cable.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Metra Electronics CorporationInventors: Jeffrey A. Boccaccio, Jessy J. Crabb
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Patent number: 8964907Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a communications receiver may include a variable gain amplifier (VGA) configured to amplify received signals, a VGA controller configured to control the VGA, a plurality of analog to digital converter (ADC) circuits coupled to an output of the VGA, wherein the plurality of ADC circuits are operational when the communications receiver is configured to process signals of a first communications protocol, and wherein only a subset of the ADC circuits are operational when the communications receiver is configured to process signals of a second communications protocol.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Vivek Pundlik Telang, Hong Chen, Vasudevan Parthasarathy, Jun Cao, Afshin Momtaz, Ali Ghiasi, Chung-Jue Chen
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Patent number: 8964870Abstract: To perform feedback of channel information suitable for MU-MIMO transmission while exploiting a codebook that defines precoding matrixes and PMIs suitable for SU-MIMO transmission, it is a feature that a channel matrix corresponding to a channel transmission path is defined using a plurality of precoding matrixes defined in a codebook suitable for SU-MIMO transmission and a plurality of adjustment coefficients to respectively adjust the plurality of precoding matrixes, a channel information selecting section (111) selects a plurality of precoding matrixes and/or a plurality of adjustment coefficients, and that the selected plurality of precoding matrixes and/or the plurality of adjustment coefficients are transmitted to a base station apparatus as channel information in uplink.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, Inc.Inventors: Hidekazu Taoka, Katsutoshi Kusume, Karim Ibrahim Khashaba
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Patent number: 8964879Abstract: Data coding schemes perform level-based and/or transition-based encoding to avoid signaling conditions that create worst case crosstalk during transmission of multi-bit data from one circuit to another circuit via a parallel communication link. The coding schemes disallow certain patterns from being present in the signal levels, signal transitions, or a combination of the signal levels and signal transitions that occur in a subset of the multi-bit data that corresponds to certain physically neighboring wires of the parallel communication link.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Reza Navid, Amir Amirkhany, Dinesh D. Patil, Brian S. Leibowitz
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Patent number: 8964876Abstract: A method of compensating for an error and a transceiver system using the method. The method includes determining whether a distortion occurs in data received by a receiving unit; if it is determined that the distortion occurs in the received data, changing at least one of a plurality of transmission parameters of the received data by one step; transmitting the received data using the changed at least one transmission parameter in a transmitting unit; and repeatedly performing the determining, the changing, and the transmitting until it is determined that the distortion does not occur in the received data.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Seagate Technology InternationalInventors: Dong-ho Choi, Young-min Ku, O-deuk Kwon
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Patent number: 8958495Abstract: A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system and method using a codebook, are provided. A transmitter and at least one receiver included in the MIMO communication system may use at least one codebook from among a plurality of codebooks. Codeword matrices included in one of the codebooks may correspond to vectors included in a block diagonal matrix, and another codebook may be configured by rotating the vectors. The codeword matrices of the remaining codebooks may include the rotated vectors and random vectors.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun il Choi, Bruno Clerckx, Ki Il Kim
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Patent number: 8958488Abstract: Provided are a reference signal transmitting method and device in a multi-antenna system. A terminal generates a plurality of reference signal sequences to which different cyclic shift values are allocated, respectively, generates an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol to which the plurality of reference signal sequences are mapped, and transmits the OFDM symbol to a base station through a plurality of antennas. Each cyclic shift value allocated to each reference signal sequence is determined on the basis of a parameter n indicated by a cyclic shift field transmitted from a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Min Seok Noh, Jae Hoon Chung, Yeong Hyeon Kwon, Hyun Soo Ko, Seung Hee Han, Moon Il Lee
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Patent number: 8953695Abstract: A transmitter 100 includes an L1 signaling data coder 111. In the L1 signaling data coder 111, an L1 signaling data generator 1021 converts transmission parameters into L1-pre signaling data and L1-post signaling data and outputs the L1-pre signaling data and the L1-post signaling data, an energy dispersion unit 121 performs energy dispersion on the L1-pre signaling data and the L1-post signaling data in order, and an L1 error correction coder 1022 performs error correction coding, based on BCH coding and LDPC coding, on the energy-dispersed L1-pre signaling data. This allows for randomization of a large bias in mapping data of the L1-pre signaling data and the L1-post signaling data, thus solving the problem of concentration of power in a specific sample within P2 symbols.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mikihiro Ouchi, Noritaka Iguchi
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Patent number: 8953700Abstract: Provided is a signal transmission method of a multi-node system employing a plurality of nodes and a base station that can control each of the plurality of nodes. The method includes: transmitting per-node transmission information to a user equipment; transmitting at least one stream to the user equipment by applying a precoding matrix determined for each node in at least one node among the plurality of nodes; and receiving per-node feedback information from the user equipment, wherein the per-node feedback information includes information on a precoding matrix applicable to a node which transmits the at least one stream.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ji Won Kang, Jin Young Chun, Su Nam Kim, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
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Patent number: 8948284Abstract: Method and apparatus of transmitting PLCP header for sub 1 GHz communication is disclosed. A method of transmitting a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) header may comprise generating a short training field (STF) sequence over 1 orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, transforming the STF sequence to repeated waveform patterns in time domain and transmitting the PLCP header comprising the STF sequence, wherein the STF sequence may be a sequence transformed to repeated waveform patterns in time domain by inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT).Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: LG Elecronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Hyun Park, Eun Sun Kim, Yun Jung Yi, Ill Soo Sohn, Bong Hoe Kim
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Patent number: 8948230Abstract: An IEEE 802.15.4 DSSS Offset-QPSK device is proposed that allows an existing system to transfer Offset-QPSK modulation signal into MSK modulation signal, then deliver the MSK modulation signal without DSSS to increase payload data transmission rate. On-the-fly detection of whether a low data rate or a high data rate encoding mode is used for a received frame is attained by the transmitter setting a predetermined bit in the frame length byte of a transmitting frame. Thus an extra high data rate transmission for IEEE 802.15.4 DSSS Offset-QPSK systems can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Uniband Electronic Corp.Inventors: Yiping Fan, Li-Feng Chen, Sheng-Wei Chiang, Chun-Chin Chen
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Patent number: 8948278Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can describe a method for communicating. The method for communicating can include a step for identifying characteristics of a communications channel, a step for identifying a set of nonlinear functions used to generate waveforms, a step for assigning a unique numeric code to each waveform, a step for transmitting a numeric sequence as a series of waveforms, a step for receiving the series of waveforms, and a step for decoding the series of waveforms.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Astrapi CorporationInventor: Jerrold D. Prothero
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Patent number: 8948287Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting data in a broadcasting system. Input data is encoded by an encoder. A first demultiplexer generates first transmission symbols using the encoded data. The first transmission symbols are modulated, and the modulated first transmission symbols are transmitted. A second demultiplexer generates second transmission symbols using at least a portion of the encoded data. The second transmission symbols are modulated and the modulated second transmission symbols are transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Hong-Sil Jeong, Se-Ho Myung
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Patent number: 8948277Abstract: The present invention relates to a digital retro-directive system and method thereof for receiving incoming signals from a transmitting source by means of at least two antennas and transmitting outgoing signals back, substantially simultaneously, towards said transmitting source through said at least two antennas irrespective of the location of one antenna with respect to another and without calculating phase differences between said outgoing signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Elta Systems Ltd.Inventors: Moshe Fireaizen, Ofer Shariv
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Patent number: 8942305Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a communication system in a network, the system comprising a primary station and at least one secondary station, the primary station comprising a plurality of transmit antennas and the secondary station comprising a plurality of receive antennas, the method comprising the steps of the primary station selecting a first communication scheme among a plurality of communication schemes, the primary station computing a transmission vector on the basis of the first communication scheme, the secondary station computing a reception vector on the basis of a second communication scheme, the second communication scheme being selected among the plurality of communication schemes by the secondary station on the assumption that a predetermined communication scheme is being used by the primary station.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V., Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Milos Tesanovic, Timothy James Moulsley, Matthew Peter John Baker
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Patent number: 8942308Abstract: A multi-level coding and iterative decoding scheme using sparse space codes as the inner-code and codes amenable to belief propagation decoding methods (such as low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes, turbo codes, and trellis codes) as the outer-code is proposed for MIMO communication channels.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Sagar Dhakal, Thomas Aloysius Sexton, Alireza Bayesteh, Steve Hranilovic
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Patent number: 8942330Abstract: A method for reducing interference in a received downhole telemetry signal includes: segmenting a received signal; windowing each signal segment; transforming each windowed signal segment into a complex variable domain to generate a plurality of complex variable domain segments with an in-phase component vector I and a quadrature component vector Q; calculating a real amplitude vector A from the I and the Q vectors; filtering interferers in the amplitude vector A for each complex variable domain segment to generate a filtered amplitude vector Ã; recalculating an amplitude of the amplitude vector A using the filtered amplitude vector à to generate an output amplitude vector Â; scaling the I and the Q vectors by a factor Â/A to generate an output in-phase component vector I? and an output quadrature component vector Q?; and transforming I? and Q? into the time domain to provide an interference-reduced output signal in the time domain.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Sanam Moghaddamnia, Feng Zheng, Imed Ben Brahim, Wojciech Emmerich, Christian Hansen, Jens-Uwe Bruns
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Patent number: 8942298Abstract: Data communication apparatus comprising transmission means adapted to transmit data as the ratio of pairs of frequencies between objects that are moving relative to one another. It is particularly applicable to acoustic data communications at ultrasound frequencies in air.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Sonitor Technologies ASInventors: Sverre Holm, Rune Holm
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Patent number: 8942281Abstract: A method for processing signals transmitted via a connection and received by a digital interface, where individual data frames are transmitted by the signals as a sequence of modulated symbols, and where the received signals are corrected by an equalizer; the equalizer sampling the received signals, and an adaptation of the equalizer only taking place in particular time intervals in a manner controlled by a protocol.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Dirk Daecke
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Patent number: 8942299Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to beamforming. A device may include a plurality of inputs for receiving differential in-phase and quadrature data. The device may further include a plurality of switching elements coupled to the plurality of inputs and configured to enable for rotation of the differential in-phase and quadrature data at baseband.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Saihua Lin, Roger Brockenbrough
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Patent number: 8942300Abstract: A digitizer system (DS) may include one or more input channels to receive sample data, and an acquisition state machine (ASM) to organize the sample data into one or more acquisition records according to events of interest, and generate framing information corresponding to the one or more acquisition records. The events of interest may be identified by a trigger circuit in the DS, and relayed to the ASM for organizing the sample data. The DS may further include a data interface capable of receiving the one or more acquisition records and the framing information, encoding the one or more acquisition records and the framing information into encoded data, and transmitting the encoded data to an expansion module. The expansion module may receive the encoded data, decode the encoded data, and recover the sample data from the decoded data according to the framing information and the one or more acquisition records.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventors: Rafael Castro Scorsi, Kunal H. Patel, Hector Rubio
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Patent number: 8938014Abstract: A serializer/deserializer for a network device includes a data module configured to generate parallel data and side band data. A serializer is configured to convert the parallel data to serialized data for transmission over a communication channel, wherein the serialized data includes a serial data waveform. A side band transmission module is configured to generate a clock signal, inject the clock signal with side band data to generate a modulated clock signal, and apply the modulated clock signal to the serialized data to generate a modified serial data waveform. The modified serial data waveform includes the serialized data and the side band data and includes pulses with an increased pulse width and/or a decreased pulse width with respect to the serial data waveform. The serializer is configured to transmit, over the communication channel, the modified serial data waveform including the serialized data and the side band data.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Gang Wang, Wei Zhou, Chee Hoe Chu, Po-Chien Chang
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Patent number: 8938020Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and device for transmitting/receiving a signal by using a codebook. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for a transmitter supporting Nt antennas to attain the technical objects thereof and transmit a signal to a receive includes selecting the precoding matrix indicated by the combination of a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and a second PMI, precoding the signal by using the selected precoding matrix, and transmitting the precoded signal through the Nt antennas. Here, the first PMI may indicate one matrix group among N matrix groups (N?1) including matrices representing channel directions related to the Nt antennas. Additionally, the precoding matrix may be selected by multiplying the one matrix group indicated by the first PMI by the matrix indicated by the second PMI.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyungtae Kim, Kijun Kim, Daewon Lee
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Patent number: 8938033Abstract: A method and system for offline processing alert messages (AR) on a digital radio broadcast receiver is described. A digital radio broadcast signal is received at the digital radio broadcast receiver. AR receivers will constantly look for AR alerts at a periodic interval by monitoring the station information service (SIS) on Primary IBOC Data Service (PIDS) channel to maximize the battery life at the same time achieving a reasonable latency in receiving AR alerts.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Dongsheng Bi, Binuraj K. Ravindran
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Patent number: 8938021Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for reducing outbound interference in a broadband powerline communication system. Data is modulated on first and second carrier frequencies and is transmitted via respective first and second lines of the powerline system. A characteristic of at least one of the carrier signals (e.g., phase or amplitude) is adjusted in order to improve the electrical balance of the lines of the transmission system. This improvement in electrical balance reduces the radiated interference of the powerline system. Also disclosed is the use of a line balancing element on or more lines of the powerline system for altering the characteristics of at least one of the power lines in order to compensate for a known imbalance of the transmission system.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2004Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Inventor: Paul Shala Henry
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Patent number: 8934562Abstract: The disclosure provides an expansion assembly configured to increase a transmitting distance of a MIMO system, the expansion assembly comprises N first RF front end units, N second RF front end units, a first power divider and combiner, and a second power divider and combiner. The first power divider and combiner connects with each of the first RF front end units, for delivering a first signal polarized in a first direction to the each of the first RF front end units. The second power divider and combiner connects with each of the second RF front end units, for delivering a first signal polarized in a first direction to the each of the second RF front end units. Accordingly, the first and second signal polarized in a second directions are capable of being transmitted in different directions, so as to implement the omni-directional transmission and increase the transmission distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Transystem Inc.Inventor: Lee-Chuan Chang
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Patent number: 8934564Abstract: A multi-user multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) downlink beamforming system is provided to enable transmit beamforming vectors to be efficiently provided to a subset of user equipment devices, where spatial separation or zero-forcing transmit beamformers (wi) are computed at the base station and used to generate precoded reference signals. The precoded reference signals are fed forward to the user equipment devices, which apply one or more hypothesis tests to the precoded reference signals to extract the precoding matrix (W), including the specific transmit beamforming vector (WUE) designed for the user equipment, and this extracted information is used to generate receive beamformers (vi).Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jayesh H. Kotecha, Jayakrishnan C. Mundarath
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Publication number: 20150010095Abstract: An apparatus includes a receiver component, a first signal processing component and a second signal processing component. The receiver component can receive a transmission signal, wherein the received transmission signal reflects an encoded and modulated initial source signal, amplified via a source transmitter, and transmitted over one or more channels of a wireless communications network. The first signal processing component can process the received transmission signal to generate a replica transmission signal that estimates the encoded and modulated initial source signal. The second signal processing component can determine an optimal parametric function for modeling the source transmitter, wherein the determination of the optimal parametric function comprises an iterative non-linear curve-fitting process, and wherein the optimal parametric function reflects one or more parameters of the source transmitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventor: Neal Becker
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Patent number: 8929480Abstract: There is provided a transmitter with a small area and low noise. A direct RF modulation transmitter is constituted by an N-number of input signal delay-attached direct RF converters to which an I digital baseband signal is input, an M-number of input signal delay circuit-attached direct RF converters (DDRCs) to which a Q digital baseband signal is input, a Divide-by-2 divider for generating a differential local signal differing in phase by 90 degrees, an output matching circuit, and a delay control circuit for controlling an input data delay amount for the DDRCs. This transmitter sets delay amounts for the DDRCs using the delay control circuit independently. Particularly when N is set to equal M and the same amount of delay is set for N-number of converters corresponding to the I digital baseband signal and the Q digital baseband signal, noise reduction effect in a predetermined frequency band is heightened.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices CorporationInventor: Shuichi Fukuda
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Patent number: 8929469Abstract: The signal processing-system using singularity is provided which is excellent in determination of the original signal against the degradation environment of an operating condition and robust to the signal degradation of noise, can generate the signal suitable to regeneration of the original signal, and has regeneration means to regenerate the original signal, wherein the system comprises: an original signal converter of the signal processing-system which converts the original signal contained in the inputted signal into the signal containing singular points by using the specific function, the converter outputting the signal containing singular points; an original signal regenerator which converts the incoming signals containing singular points into signals having singular points by the specific signal processing, the regenerator extracting the undesired-signal component from the signals having singular points; and a regenerator which regenerates the original signal by carrying out the operation of the generatType: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Communication and Broadcasting International Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Isao Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20150003556Abstract: The invention provides transmission methods of messages between a tanker aircraft and receiver aircraft that facilitate air refueling operations using a boom device in, particularly, radio silence environments. In the case of data messages, the method comprises steps for transmitting a message from the aircraft that emits the message to the target aircraft as an analog signal via the electro-magnetic connection which is used for contact detection and disconnection and audio communications between the tanker aircraft and the receiver aircraft in radio silence environments. In the case of audio and data messages it is transmitted a signal resulting from mixing analog signals corresponding to both messages in a way that allows their separation at the target aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Javier FERNANDEZ GARCíA, Luis Fernando GIMENEZ ABAD
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Publication number: 20150003541Abstract: Aspects of a reconfigurable system for providing channel coding in a wireless communication device are described. The aspects include a plurality of computation elements for performing channel coding operations and memory for storing programs to direct each of the plurality of computation elements. A controller controls the plurality of computation elements and stored programs to achieve channel coding operations in accordance with a plurality of wireless communication standards. The plurality of computation elements include a data reordering element, a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) element, a convolutional encoder element, and a Viterbi decoder clement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventor: W. James Scheuermann
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Patent number: 8923366Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for improving a precoder selection process in a wireless communications system. In a normal precoder selection process, a precoder is selected from a codebook based on channel state information estimated from received reference signals. In between two received reference signals, a subset of precoders is cycled through and each precoder in the subset is iteratively selected for use by a transmitter to precode transmit signals. The subset of precoders may be adaptively modified based on predefined criteria.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Chester Sungchung Park, Yi-Pin Eric Wang
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Patent number: 8923426Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer readable medium manage the utilization of a wireless medium capable of transmitting multiple channels of data simultaneously. A plurality of messages are stored in a queue for transmission on the wireless medium. A wireless medium utilization for transmitting a first message over the multi-channel medium is determined. Each of the messages stored in the queue is delayed based at least in part on the determined wireless medium utilization. In some embodiments, a message may be delayed based at least in part on a state of a connection used by the message. For example, if the connection is in a ramp-up or slow start phase, the message may not be delayed. Messages may also be delayed based on a type of the message. For example, messages generated by interactive applications, such as web browsers or instant messaging applications may not be delayed.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Amin Jafarian, Santosh P. Abraham, George Cherian, Simone Merlin
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Patent number: 8923378Abstract: A method is provided for equalizing OFDM symbol vectors received on AM in-band on-channel radio signal including a main carrier and first and second BPSK modulated subcarriers. The method comprises: computing a BPSK magnitude signal; filtering the BPSK magnitude signal; filtering complex samples received on the main carrier; using the filtered BPSK magnitude signal and the filtered complex samples received on the main carrier to compute a plurality of flat fade equalization coefficients; and multiplying the OFDM symbol vectors by the flat fade equalization coefficients. A receiver that includes an equalizer, which operates in accordance with the method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: iBiquity Digital CorporationInventors: Brian W. Kroeger, Kun Wang
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Patent number: 8917783Abstract: The frequency response of a first component signal path of a differential signaling link is adjusted to off-set a notch in the frequency response from a corresponding notch in the frequency response of a second component signal path of the differential signaling link.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Farshid Aryanfar, Aliazam Abbasfar, Amir Amirkhany
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Patent number: 8917792Abstract: A method (600) and apparatus (200) cancel odd-order distortion signals. Desensitization can be determined (610) in a received signal caused by odd-order harmonic distortion occurring from at least one transmit signal. A baseband replica harmonic distortion signal can be generated (620) using the transmit signal. The baseband replica harmonic distortion signal can be converted (630) to a low frequency harmonic distortion signal. The low frequency harmonic distortion signal can be subtracted (640) from the received signal to cancel the odd-order distortion from the received signal to create a corrected signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Gregory R. Black, Dale G. Schwent
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Patent number: 8917798Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for compressed sensing (CS). The CS is a signal processing concept wherein significantly fewer sensor measurements than that suggested by Shannon/Nyquist sampling theorem can be used to recover signals with arbitrarily fine resolution. In this disclosure, the CS framework is applied for sensor signal processing in order to support low power robust sensors and reliable communication in Body Area Networks (BANs) for healthcare and fitness applications.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Harinath Garudadri, Pawan K. Baheti, Somdeb Majumdar
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Patent number: 8917795Abstract: Systems and techniques relating to wireless communications are described. A described system includes circuitry configured to generate, in accordance with a clock signal, a first baseband signal for transmission over a wireless channel, one or more first preamble symbols of the first baseband signal are based on a pre-determined preamble sequence when a first clock frequency is used in the clock signal. The described system includes circuitry configured to generate, in accordance with the clock signal, a second baseband signal for transmission over the wireless channel, one or more second preamble symbols of the second baseband signal are based on the pre-determined preamble sequence, the one or more second preamble symbols have a longer duration than the one or more first preamble symbols when a second clock frequency is used in the clock signal. The second clock frequency is lower than the first clock frequency and is used to extend a wireless communication range of the wireless channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Hongyuan Zhang, Sudhir Srinivasa, Rohit U. Nabar, Raja Banerjea
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Patent number: 8913671Abstract: Disclosed herein is a data receiving circuit including a transmitting section configured to transmit an identifying signal used to identify a state of connection of the data receiving circuit, the identifying signal making potential transitions periodically, in an in-phase signal via a transmission path having AC coupling to a data transmitting circuit for transmitting data in a differential signal via the transmission path.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Takashi Masuda
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Patent number: 8913676Abstract: The invention relates to a method of receiving a signal corresponding to a multicarrier signal transmitted via at least one transmission channel, the method comprising an estimation step (11) of estimating said channel and delivering overall information about said channel in the frequency domain, referred to as a “frequency response” and comprising frequency samples. According to the invention, such a method also comprises: a sharing step (12) of sharing said frequency samples in at least two frequency sample vectors; a transform step (13) of transforming said frequency sample vectors from the frequency domain to a transform domain and delivering, for at least one frequency sample vector, a partial response of said channel in said transform domain; and a feedback step (14) of transmitting a return signal back to said transmitter, the return signal conveying samples extracted from said partial responses and representative of said channel in said transform domain.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: OrangeInventors: Laurent Cariou, Moussa Diallo
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Patent number: 8913696Abstract: A method of facilitating a user equipment (UE) communicating with a base station (BS) via a cell of a mobile communications system is disclosed. The UE selects a random access preamble sequence from a set of random access preamble sequences and transmits the random access preamble sequence to the BS. The BS receives the random access preamble sequence and estimates a time of arrival of the random access preamble sequence. A pre-defined set is used in generating the set of random access preamble sequences via at least one Zadoff-Chu sequence. The pre-defined set including all of the following values: 0, 13, 15, 18, 22, 26, 32, 38, 46, 59, 76, 93, 119, 167, 279, 419.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Oskar Mauritz
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Patent number: 8913678Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for initiating a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication. The method and apparatus includes processing that begins by transmitting a frame formatted in accordance with a default MIMO active transmitter-receiver antenna configuration to a target receiver. The processing continues by receiving at least one response frame from the target receiver. The processing continues by determining a number of receiver antennas of the target receiver from the at least one response frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Jason A. Trachewsky