Plural Separate Transmitters Or Channels Patents (Class 455/103)
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Patent number: 8660503Abstract: Embodiments provide a transmitter and a method for transmitting data via a combination of a first signal modulated at a first carrier frequency, and a second signal modulated at a second carrier frequency, different to the first carrier frequency. In one embodiment the transmitter includes a local oscillator and is configured to adaptively configure the local oscillator to operate at a first local oscillator frequency and an alternative local oscillator frequency, different to the first frequency, in dependence on a required signal strength of the first signal relative to a required signal strength of the second signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Jouni Kristian Kaukovuori, Petri Tapani Eloranta, Risto Kaunisto, Aarno Tapio Pärssinen, Antti Oskari Immonen
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Patent number: 8660105Abstract: A wireless network access point can operate as a closed loop MIMO device when communicating with a station that is operating as an open loop MIMO device. Transmit/receive chains in the access point are calibrated to support aggregate channel reciprocity.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Qinghua Li, Xintian E. Lin
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Patent number: 8654892Abstract: An arrangement of interleavers allocates bits from an input symbol across sub-symbols transmitted via sub-carriers of multiple orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) carriers. The input bits are allocated in a fashion to provide separation across subcarriers, and rotation of sub-symbols across the OFDM carriers provides additional robustness in the present of signal path impairments.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Carlos H. Aldana, Amit G. Bagchi, Min Chuin Hoo
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Patent number: 8655293Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for improving the power consumption of a transmission chain by varying the operating point of a power amplifier to optimize (e.g., reduce) the current that is consumed by the amplifier. The operating point is varied by changing the bias voltage(s) (e.g., supply voltage, quiescent voltage) of the amplifier to a predetermined value that is chosen based upon the effect that a given transmitted signal modulation scheme characteristic (e.g., channel bandwidth and/or number of subcarriers) has on the operating point of a power amplifier. For example, if the characteristics indicate a good power amplifier performance the linear output power capability of a power amplifier can be lowered, by changing the bias voltage(s) supplied to the power amplifier, to reduce the output power capability and current consumption of the power amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbHInventors: Andreas Langer, Christoph Hepp
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Patent number: 8649743Abstract: A transmitter (50) includes a nonlinear predistorter (58) having two instances of an inverting transform (106, 106?) that may be implemented in a look-up table (122) and that implements a transform which is the inverse of an average terms component (96) of a nonlinear transform model (94) for an amplifier (70). The look-up table (122) may be updated using a continuous process control loop that avoids Cartesian to polar coordinate conversions. One of the two instances of the inverting transform (106) is cascaded with a non-inversing transform (108) within a residual cancellation section (110) of the predistorter (58). The non-inversing transform (108) implements a transform which is an estimate of a deviation terms component (98) of the nonlinear transform model (94). The residual cancellation section (110) produces a weak signal that replaces an unwanted residual term in an amplified communication signal (76) with a much weaker residual term.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: CrestCom, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Duane McCallister, Eric M. Brombaugh
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Patent number: 8649747Abstract: A computer-implemented method for optimizing communication performance based on antenna polarization, comprising transmitting a data stream to a client device using at least one antenna structure having one or more antenna polarization, determining a need to adjust antenna polarization, selecting an antenna from the at least one antenna structure, determining an antenna polarization adjustment based on a level of communication performance of the at least one antenna structure, and dynamically making the antenna polarization adjustment for the data stream being transmitted using the selected antenna.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Netgear, Inc.Inventors: Joseph A. Emmanuel, Patrick A. Rada
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Patent number: 8644760Abstract: An arrangement for an NFC compatible mobile device for delayed transfer of an established friend connection and a related method. The arrangement is suitable, for example, for delaying the transmission of information about a friend connection established over the NFC relative to another NFC compatible device to a remote device, such as a server, in that case the network connection is not available or does not fulfill a predetermined criterion.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: SoLoCEM Systems OyInventor: Tuomo Tuikka
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Patent number: 8640174Abstract: A wireless communication device retrieves a continuous stream of data by receiving a request for retrieval of content from a remote server, retrieving data of the requested content over a first radio access technology (RAT) interface and connection, and determining if the data retrieved meets a content playback threshold. When the retrieved data does not to meet the content playback threshold, the device activates a second RAT interface for retrieval of data of the requested content over a second RAT connection. The first and second RAT interfaces simultaneously retrieve part of the requested content during a multipath time period, which part is divided into at least a first portion for retrieval over the first RAT connection and a second portion for retrieval over the second RAT connection and which first and second portions are selected such that their retrieval is estimated to meet the content playback threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Apostolis K. Salkintzis, Pelopidas Lappas
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Patent number: 8639190Abstract: Techniques to enhance the performance in a wireless communication system using segments called subbands and using precoding are shown. According to one aspect, the bandwidth for transmission to an access terminal is constrained to a preferred bandwidth which is less than the bandwidth available for transmission to an access terminal and precoding information related to the subcarriers within the constrained bandwidth is provided to a transmitter. The precoding information related to the subcarriers within a constrained bandwidth provides feedback about the forward link channel properties relative to different subbands and may be fed back on a channel associated with the bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2006Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Dhananjay Ashok Gore, Hemanth Sampath, Jibing Wang, Tamer Kadous, Gwendolyn D. Barriac
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Patent number: 8634495Abstract: Communication is performed for a first communication device having a set of antenna elements. A quality-indication signal is received from a second communication device (e.g., a basestation). A complex weighting is calculated based on the quality-indication signal. A pre-transmission signal is modified based on the complex transmit diversity weighting to produce a set of modified-pre-transmission signals, wherein the modifications are symmetric by making approximately half the magnitude of the transmit diversity modification to one signal in a first direction, and approximately half the magnitude of the transmit diversity modification to the other signal in a second direction, opposite the first direction. Each modified pre-transmission signal from the set of modified-pre-transmission signals is uniquely associated with an antenna element from the set of antenna elements. The set of modified-pre-transmission signals is sent from the set of antenna elements to produce a transmitted signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Haim Harel, Phil F. Chen, Sherwin J. Wang, Eduardo Abreu
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Patent number: 8634870Abstract: A portable communication terminal comprising: a first amplifier; a second amplifier; and a control unit configured to perform a first control, in which the first amplifier is amplified within a range of a first upper limit power value, and in which the second amplifier is amplified within a range of a first upper limit power value, wherein, when transmissions by both communication systems are performed in parallel, the control unit performs a second control of performing at least one of that the first amplifier performs amplification within a range equal to or less than a third upper limit power value that is less than the first upper limit power value and that the second amplifier performs amplification within a range equal to or less than a fourth upper limit power value that is less than the second upper limit power value.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventor: Katsuhiro Kondo
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Patent number: 8630748Abstract: A method for access or starting verification for a vehicle using a mobile identification encoder and at least two antennas located in or on the vehicle at different locations includes: the antennas emitting electromagnetic signals at alterable times, wherein the electromagnetic signals are emitted in transmission blocks having alterable specific properties and wherein a plurality of transmission blocks are strung together to form a communication message in which each transmission block adopts an alterable position in time, the identification encoder receiving the electromagnetic signals emitted by the antennas and processing them to generate a response signal, and altering at least one of the times at which the individual antennas are actuated, the specific properties of the individual transmission blocks, and the position of the individual transmission blocks in time in the communication message in accordance with a cryptographical method.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Stefan Hermann, Alexander Heinrich, Franz Plattner
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Patent number: 8630596Abstract: A system may include a modifiable mobile device having at least two antennas coupled to fractional amplifiers, with returned power detectors. A beamformer unit provides adaptive beam shaping pattern, and a baseband processor provides beam pattern requirements, wherein the beamformer unit modifies the beam pattern requirements with return loss sampling information to shape the adaptive beam pattern so that a transmitted beam pattern minimizes transmitted power reflected back to the mobile device. A method may include regularly measuring a return power level, if output power is greater than a specific absorption rate level, comparing the return power level to a first threshold, else implementing mobile transmit diversity (MTD), and repeating. If the return power level is greater than the first threshold, implementing a MTD combined with reflection-based beamforming that modifies beam pattern requirements of the mobile device with return loss sampling information to create an adaptive beam pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Haim Harel, Kenneth Kludt, Phil F. Chen
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Patent number: 8625559Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for enhancing the communication capabilities of a personal electronic device by modifying its existing battery module, adding communication circuitry to the modified module, and providing for the personal device to communicate in a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) via this modified battery module. The system and method consists of a personal device's existing battery pack modified to contain one or more wireless communication circuits, the wireless communication circuitry included in the modified battery module, and the method by which the personal device will communicate to the WWAN using the modified battery module. The system can also be used to re-distribute WWAN communication from the modified battery module, to one or more external personal devices, using near-field communications.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Inventors: Prem Jothipragasam Kumar, Thomas O'Neil, Robbin David Hughes
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Patent number: 8625534Abstract: Aspects describe renegotiation of quality of service parameters to resolve maximum bit rate mismatches and/or other quality of service parameter mismatching issues that might arise during an inter-radio access technology handover. At about the same time as a mobile device moves from a source network to a target network, the target network dynamically initiates a quality of service modification procedure. The quality of service modification procedure can help resolve the maximum bit rate mismatches and/or the other quality of service parameter mismatching issues.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Jiansong Wang, Ryan Redfern
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Patent number: 8626088Abstract: A data communication scheduling system (300) of a radio base station (100) serving multiple cells (10-30) comprises multiple radio equipment, REs, (101-103) and antenna interfaces (115, 125, 135) connectable to antennas (110, 120, 130). In order to reduce the power consumption, only a subset of the RE (101) is active, while the other REs (102, 103) are turned off. A transmitter controller (155) is arranged for controlling the active RE (101) to be shared among multiple cells (10-30) during a radio frame (40) so that each cell (10-30) is guaranteed at least one sub frame (50-58) for downlink transmission. A receiver antenna system multiplexer(140) selectively interconnects the active RE (101) with the antenna interfaces (115, 125, 135) according to the operation of a receiver controller (145).Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Jacob Österling, Fredrol Lindgren
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Patent number: 8619907Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for communicating data in a multiple antenna communication system having N transmit antennas. According to one aspect of the invention, a header format includes a legacy preamble having at least one legacy long training field and an extended portion having at least N additional long training fields on each of the N transmit antennas. The N additional long training fields may be tone interleaved across the N transmit antennas and are used for MIMO channel estimation. The extended portion may include a short training field for power estimation. The short training field may be tone interleaved across the N transmit antennas and have an extended duration to support beam steering.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2005Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Agere Systems, LLCInventors: Syed Aon Mujtaba, Xiaowen Wang
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Patent number: 8611288Abstract: A method includes determining parameters corresponding to a communication channel, transmitting the parameters from a first wireless device to a second wireless device via the communication channel, wherein the parameters include at least one of (i) an estimated quality of the communication channel or (ii) a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for transmission via the communication channel, receiving the parameters at the second wireless device, and based on at least one of the parameters, selecting a MCS for transmission from the second wireless device to the first wireless device via the communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Marvell International LtdInventors: Hongyuan Zhang, Hui-Ling Lou, Rohit U. Nabar, Yong Liu
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Patent number: 8611831Abstract: Numeric values “a” representing a respective order of transmission by a plurality of transmitting units, and a numeric value N representing the total number of transmitting units, are set for each of the transmitting units. At startup, a transmitting unit for which the value “a” representing the order of transmission of the unit has been set to 1 sets a trigger value to N and transmits information about the value “a” of the unit and detection information from a sensor, and, when the value N is detected from a received signal, transmits the value “a” of the unit and detection information. When a value of a?1 is detected from a received signal, the transmitting unit for which the value “a” representing the order of transmission of the unit has been set to other than 1 transmits the information of the value “a” of the unit and detection information.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Nakatani, Shu Yamada, Sigeki Sakakibara, Michito Kaneko
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Patent number: 8605807Abstract: A method and system for transmitting electromagnetic signals are provided. Data signals including a first data signal conveying first data, a second data signal conveying second data, and a third data signal conveying third data are provided. One or more transmitting devices transmit the first data signal and an inverse of the first data signal in two orthogonal linear polarities of an antenna maintaining their inverted phase relationship as propagated. Transmitting devices also transmit the second data signal in a linear polarity with a 45 degree rotation around a transmit axis of the first data signal. Transmitting devices also transmit the third data signal in a linear polarity orthogonally from the second data signal and consequently ±45 degrees from the first data signals. One or more receiving stations receive the transmitted first data signal, the inverse of the first data signal, the second data signal and the third data signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Inventor: Nigel Iain Stuart Macrae
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Patent number: 8599960Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for reporting low rank feedback information for each transmission point up to a maximum rank per transmission point. In this regard, a method includes determining a transmission rank and a precoding matrix for each of at least two transmission points of a plurality of transmission points. A method also includes determining a joint transmission rank based on at least two of the plurality of transmission points. A method also includes selecting a joint transmission precoding matrix based on the determined precoding matrix for each of the at least two transmission points and the determined joint transmission rank. The method further includes causing channel state information “CSI” to be transmitted to an access point, wherein the CSI describes the selected joint transmission precoding matrix.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Tommi Koivisto, Mihai Enescu, Timo Roman, Karol Schober
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Patent number: 8599948Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for symbol mapping in wireless communication systems utilizing OFDM transmission technology in combination with advanced coding schemes. In the method according to the present invention, adapted for use in a wireless communication system utilizing OFDM transmission technology, an OFDM grid is defined by at least a first dimension and a second dimensions from the dimensions time, frequency or space. The advanced coding scheme, for example Alamouti coding, outputs symbols that are related via the coding. At least some of the symbols, defining a code related symbol group should experience identical, or at least very similar, radio channels. According to one embodiment of the present invention, symbols from the same code related symbol group is placed as close together in the OFDM grid as possible.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Unwired Patent, LLCInventor: Jonas Karlsson
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Patent number: 8594242Abstract: A method for receiving modulation signals includes receiving a plurality of multiplexed modulation signals each transmitted from multiple antennas of a communication partner, wherein each modulation signal includes a pilot symbol sequence consisting of plural pilot symbols used for demodulation. Each of the pilot symbol sequences is inserted at the same temporal points in the each modulation signal. The pilot symbol sequences are orthogonal to each other with zero cross correlation among the plurality of modulation signals, each pilot symbol having a non-zero amplitude, the quantity of the plural pilot symbols in each sequence being greater than the quantity of the plurality of transmitted modulation signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yutaka Murakami, Masayuki Orihashi, Akihiko Matsuoka
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Patent number: 8588187Abstract: A communications system includes a first reception device and a transmission device. The transmission device includes a modulator operable to modulate a plurality of subcarriers using a signal series obtained by multiplexing a first signal series to be transmitted to the first reception device and a second signal series to be transmitted to a plurality of reception devices including the first reception device in a communications area of the transmission device and a transmitter operable to transmit the modulation signals. The first reception device includes a demodulator operable to regenerate the first signal series and the second signal series.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2007Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Takaharu Nakamura
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Patent number: 8583047Abstract: A system, apparatus and method is disclosed for multiband wireless communication. Frequency bands and/or transmission formats are identified as available within a range for wireless communication. Signal quality metrics for each frequency band are evaluated by a receiver to identify qualified frequency bands. The qualified frequency bands can be ranked according to one or more signal quality metrics, where the list of qualified bands can be communicated to a transmitter. The transmitter is arranged to evaluate the list of qualified bands and select a communication method based on the available frequency bands and a selected communication optimization scenario. Multiple frequency bands and communication methods can be utilized by the transmitter such that a combination of licensed, unlicensed, semilicensed, and overlapped frequency bands can be simultaneously used for communication.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Hongliang Zhang, Mark McDiarmid
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Patent number: 8571119Abstract: A Software Defined Radio (SDR) subsystem capable of supporting a multiple communication standards and platforms for modulation, demodulation and trans-modulation of an input signal is provided. The SDR subsystem includes a Signal Conditioning Cluster (SCC) unit that includes a signal conditioning CPU adapted for sample based signal processing, a Signal Processing Cluster (SPC) unit that includes a signal processing CPU adapted for block based signal processing, and a Channel Codec Cluster (CCC) unit that performs a channel encoding or a channel decoding operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Saankhya Labs Pvt. LtdInventors: Parag Naik, Anindya Saha, Hemant Mallapur, Sunil Hr, Gururaj Padaki
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Patent number: 8570913Abstract: The present disclosure relates to de-multiplexing at least one RF input signal feeding RF power amplifier circuitry to create multiple de-multiplexed RF output signals, which may be used to provide RF transmit signals in an RF communications system. Output transformer circuitry is coupled to outputs from the RF power amplifier circuitry to provide the de-multiplexed RF output signals, which may support multiple modes, multiple frequency bands, or both. The de-multiplexed RF output signals may be used in place of RF switching elements in certain embodiments. As a result, RF front-end switching circuitry in the RF communications system may be simplified, thereby reducing insertion losses, reducing costs, reducing size, or any combination thereof. Additionally, the output transformer circuitry may provide load line transformation, output transistor biasing, or both to the RF power amplifier circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.Inventors: Nadim Khlat, Ruediger Bauder, Andrew F. Folkmann
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Patent number: 8571086Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method are described for performing precoding interpolation in a DIDO system which employs orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) and DIDO precoding to communicate with a plurality of distributed-input-distributed-output (DIDO) clients. For example, a system according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: selecting a first subset of ODFM tones to determine a first subset of precoding weights; deriving a second subset of precoding weights for a second subset of ODFM tones by interpolating between the first subset of precoding weights; and using a combination of the first subset of precoding weights and the second subset of precoding weights to precode a data stream prior to transmitting the data stream to a DIDO client.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Rearden, LLCInventors: Antonio Forenza, Stephen G. Perlman
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Patent number: 8559571Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a calibration system employed in a multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) system for beamforming and receiving a plurality of streams. The system includes a first calibration circuit responsive to inphase (I) and quadrature (Q) pairs of stream and operative to calibrate each I and Q pair and a second calibration circuit responsive to the calibrated I and Q pairs for all streams, wherein the first and second calibration circuits perform calibration in the time domain.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2007Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology CorporationInventors: Chien-Cheng Tung, Thomas Edward Pare, Jr.
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Patent number: 8559550Abstract: An embodiment of a method for transmitting data through at least a channel in a wireless communication system, the method comprising at least the steps of: encoding the data by performing a forward-error-correction encoding, forming a sequence of symbols from the encoded data, forming an M-by-T coding matrix from said sequence of symbols, each column of the coding matrix comprising N different symbols of the sequence of symbols and M?N zeros, N being an integer equal at least to one, T representing the number of consecutive transmission intervals, M representing the total number of transmit antennas, and using the coding matrix for transmitting the sequence of symbols during the T consecutive transmission intervals, by transmitting one different column of the coding matrix at each transmission interval through the M transmit antennas, only N transmit antennas are enabled during a given transmission interval.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Sequans CommunicationsInventors: Fabien Buda, Bertrand Muquet, Serdar Sezginer
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Patent number: 8553653Abstract: An arrangement and method for channel mapping in a UTRA TDD HSDPA wireless communication system by applying interleaving functions in first (530) and second (540) interleaving means to a bit sequence to produce symbols for mapping to physical channels, the first and second interleaving means being arranged to map symbols from respectively systematic and parity bits in a predetermined scheme, e.g., mapping symbols in a forward direction when a channel has an even index number, and in a reverse direction when a channel has an odd index number. The symbols may comprise bit-pairs, each of a systematic bit and parity bit. Systematic bits are preferably mapped to high reliability bit positions in TDD HSDPA, achieving a performance gain of between 0.2 dB and 0.5 dB. The forwards/reverse mapping allows a degree of interleaving that improves system performance in fading channels or channels disturbed by short time period noise or interference.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Martin Beale
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Patent number: 8548399Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for adapting transmission parameters in a transmitter Tx in communication with at least one antenna 27; 38; 47; 57; 77, 88. The method comprises: transmitting a signal from the transmitter Tx measuring at least one reflection coefficient S11 of said signal for each antenna 27; 38; 47; 57; 77, 88, and adapting the transmission parameters based on the measured reflection coefficient S11. The antenna could be a transmit antenna and/or a receive antenna. In a preferred embodiment antenna calibration may be performed by measuring propagation time for each individual transmitter chain 481, 482; 781, 782, and compensate for differences in time delay between the individual transmitter chains 481, 482; 781, 782 to assure that the signal is transmitted simultaneously from all transmit antennas.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Henrik Asplund, Jonas Medbo, Mathias Riback
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Patent number: 8542765Abstract: Techniques are provided for performing hierarchical coding in a multi-antenna communication system (e.g., a SIMO, MISO, or MIMO system). At a transmitter, a base stream and an enhancement stream are coded and modulated separately to obtain first and second data symbol streams, respectively. The first data symbol stream is processed in accordance with a first spatial processing scheme (e.g., a transmit diversity or a spatial multiplexing scheme) to obtain a first set of symbol substreams. The second data symbol stream is processed in accordance with a second spatial processing scheme (e.g., transmit diversity or spatial multiplexing) to obtain a second set of symbol substreams. The first set of symbol substreams is combined (e.g., using time division multiplexing or superposition) with the second set of symbol substreams to obtain multiple transmit symbol streams for transmission from multiple transmit antennas. A receiver performs complementary processing to recover the base stream and enhancement stream.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ashok Mantravadi, Avneesh Agrawal
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Patent number: 8542759Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal from a transmitter over a channel to a receiver on a Power Line Network, wherein said signal is OFDM-modulated on a set of sub-carriers, is proposed, wherein an OFDM tonemap and an eigenbeamforming encoding matrix are determined based on a channel estimation for each sub-carrier, a tonemap feedback signal and an eigenbeamforming feedback signal are generated, which are descriptive of said OFDM tonemap and said eigenbeamforming encoding matrix, respectively, and transmitted to the transmitter. A corresponding receiver, a transmitter, a power line communication and a power line communication system are described as well.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Lothar Stadelmeier, Dietmar Schill, Andreas Schwager, Daniel Schneider
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Patent number: 8526895Abstract: Various embodiments provide for systems and methods for wireless communications that implement transmitter protection schemes using spatial combining. The protection scheme implemented by some embodiments provides for a number of benefits, including without limitation: hitless protection; constant power monitoring for each wireless channel being utilized; extra gain to wireless signals transmitted; beam steering, beam hopping, and beam alignment capabilities; and varying levels of transmission path protection (e.g., 1+1 protection, or 1+N protection). Additionally, the features of some embodiments may be applied to a variety of wireless communications systems including, for example, microwave wireless systems, cellular phone systems and WiFi systems.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Aviat U.S., Inc.Inventors: Ying Shen, David Schafer
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Patent number: 8520748Abstract: In a cellular system using an OFDM scheme, a transmitter multiplies subcarriers for channel estimation by codes and transmits them, the codes being such that a phase difference ? of the code multiplied with consecutive subcarriers for channel estimation is constant, and a code of every M consecutive subcarriers (M being 2 or an integer greater than 2) is mutually orthogonal with a code multiplied with same subcarriers of another transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2006Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiro Hamaguchi, Kimihiko Imamura, Shimpei To, Hideo Namba
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Patent number: 8520625Abstract: A transmit switched antenna system utilizes one of several antennas selection protocols combined with feedback from a receiving device to take advantage of time and space transmission for the same information. A transmit device transmits first information over a first subset of a set of antennas and receives an ACK or NACK from the receiver along with a channel quality indicator. If a NACK is received, the transmitter selects a next antenna subset for transmission, based on the antenna selection protocol utilized. One protocol randomly selects the next subset and does not require the channel quality indicator. Another protocol determines the next antenna subset based on channel quality history, and a third protocol selects the next antenna subset based on expectation of retransmissions for different protocols.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellctual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Saeed S. Ghassemzadeh, Robert R. Miller, Sang Joon Kim
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Patent number: 8521030Abstract: In order to reduce the power consumption of a transceiver apparatus, In a transceiver apparatus that comprises a plurality of transmitting sections that divide input data and sends the divided data using a plurality of parallel transmission channels, at least one parallel transmission channel is determined from the plurality of parallel transmission channels in accordance with an amount of data, and a power source is supplied to the transmitting section from the plurality of transmitting sections which sends the divided data using the determined parallel transmission channel, while not supplying a power source to transmitting sections from the plurality of transmitting sections which do not send the divided data.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Yasuhiko Aoki
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Patent number: 8520768Abstract: A method of communicating signals between a transmitter and a receiver in a mobile communication system, and the transmitter and the receiver for the same are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method of transmitting signals by a transmitter in a mobile communication system includes: mapping, by the transmitter, a sequence generated by using a Zadoff-Chu sequence having a root index to frequency domain indexes; and transmitting, by the transmitter, the mapped sequence. The root index is selected from a predetermined index set consisting of three indexes. The three indexes include a first index and a second index. A sum of the first index and the second index corresponds to a length of the Zadoff-Chu sequence.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seung Hee Han, Min Seok Noh, Yeong Hyeon Kwon, Hyun Woo Lee, Dong Cheol Kim, Jin Sam Kwak
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Patent number: 8515363Abstract: A user equipment (UE) that supports multiple antenna transmission via multiple power amplifiers may operate in a reduced power amplifier (PA) mode. When operating in the reduced PA mode, a subset of the UE's power amplifiers are used to transmit uplink signals. A UE may send a preference signal to an e-Node B to request that the UE operate in the reduced PA mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kimihiko Imamura, Kenneth James Park, John M. Kowalski, Sayantan Choudhury
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Patent number: 8514958Abstract: An Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) communication system comprises OFDM transmitters and an OFDM receiver. The system comprises a subcarrier status data controller for transmitting subcarrier status data to the OFDM receiver. The subcarrier status data indicates the active subcarriers of the OFDM transmitters. The OFDM receiver comprises a receiver which receives a signal comprising a desired signal component from a first OFDM transmitter and interference from at least one interfering OFDM transmitter. The OFDM receiver further comprises a subcarrier status processor which receives the subcarrier status data and a channel estimator which determines channel estimates for at least an air interface communication channel from the first OFDM transmitter and an air interface communication channel from the interfering OFDM transmitter. An interference mitigation processor performs interference mitigation of the interference in response to the subcarrier status data and the channel estimates.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Nvidia CorporationInventors: Alan Edward Jones, Vishakan Ponnampalam
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Patent number: 8509711Abstract: Wireless terminals, systems, and methods use interlaced diplexers. A first diplexer can provide a first pair of bands separated by a first separation band, and a second diplexer can provide a second pair of bands separated by a second separation band. The first separation band and the second separation band can overlap. Transceivers (comprising transmitters and receivers) can be coupled to the diplexers to provide frequency-division duplex communications using one or both of the pairs of bands.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: L-3 Communications Corp.Inventors: Zachary C. Bagley, Thomas R. Giallorenzi, Radivoje Zarubica, Robert G. Rebolledo, Richard G. Edwards, Robert M. Gillespie, Linda J. McMillin, Stephen M. Dudley
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Patent number: 8509333Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal from a transmitter over a channel to a receiver on a Power Line Network, wherein said signal is OFDM-modulated on a set of sub-carriers, is proposed, wherein an OFDM tonemap and an eigenbeamforming encoding matrix are determined based on a channel estimation for each sub-carrier, a tonemap feedback signal and an eigenbeamforming feedback signal are generated, which are descriptive of said OFDM tonemap and said eigenbeamforming encoding matrix, respectively, and transmitted to the transmitter. A corresponding receiver, a transmitter, a power line communication and a power line communication system are described as well.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Lothar Stadelmeier, Dietmar Schill, Andreas Schwager, Daniel Schneider
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Patent number: 8509330Abstract: Time-varying and frequency-selective channels in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) network are estimated by first storing, in a buffer at a receiver, a received signal corresponding to a set of pilot tones of a set of OFDM symbols. The pilot tones are predetermined and inserted in frequency subcarriers and time slots of the OFDM symbol. A covariance matrix of the received signal is estimated. A diagonal matrix is estimated based on the covariance matrix and a variance of noise in the received signal. The diagonal matrix indicates delays of non-zero paths in a time domain. A channel impulse response (CIR) for each OFDM symbol is estimated using the diagonal matrix, and the received signal. Then, the CIR is transformed to the frequency domain to obtain the channel frequency response (CFR).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Ramesh Annavajjala, Hobin Kim
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Patent number: 8509710Abstract: Techniques for transmitting data using a combination of explicit cyclic delay and implicit cyclic delay are described. A transmitter may perform first processing for cyclic delay diversity (or explicit cyclic delay processing) based on a first set of cyclic delay values known to a receiver. The transmitter may perform precoding based on a precoding matrix either before or after the explicit cyclic delay processing. The transmitter may perform second processing for cyclic delay diversity (or implicit cyclic delay processing) based on a second set of cyclic delay values unknown to the receiver. The transmitter may perform both explicit and implicit cyclic delay processing for data and may perform only implicit cyclic delay processing for pilot. One entity may select the first set of cyclic delay values and inform the other entity. The transmitter may autonomously select the second set of cyclic delay values without informing the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Byoung-Hoon Kim, Durga Prasad Malladi, Xiaoxia Zhang, Taesang Yoo
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Patent number: 8503972Abstract: A multi-functional remote monitoring system for use in a mobile surveillance system comprising a host controller, at least one hub transceiver, and at least one remote monitoring transmitter (“RMT”) operable to capture and transmit data, wherein the hub transceiver is operable to communicate to and receive data from the at least one RMT. The hub transceiver and the RMT are adapted for bi-directional transmission and receipt of data, including audio and data signals. The host controller is operable to control the hub transceiver and facilitate communication of the audio and data signals between the RMTs and the hub transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Digital Ally, Inc.Inventors: Robert D. Haler, Leslie R. Pingel, Yancy E. Scroggins, Walter T. Morrey
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Patent number: 8503951Abstract: A communication system includes a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus. The second communication apparatus transmits different signals from first and second antennas, and first and second antennas of the first communication apparatus receive the signals, respectively. An angle formed by a first line connecting the first communication apparatus and the first antenna of the second communication apparatus and a second line connecting the first communication apparatus and the second antenna of the second communication apparatus is set to be equal to or smaller than 180 degrees. A distance between the first and second antennas of the first communication apparatus is set to a specified value, which is determined by a signal wavelength and the angle formed by the first line and the second line.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Toshio Kawasaki
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Patent number: 8498585Abstract: Full duplex radio wireless systems and methods and especially transceivers for full duplex radio wireless systems with reduction of self-interference are described. MIMO (=multiple input multiple output several antennas for output and input) is used within one device with multiple antennas to remove self-interference in a proactive way.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2009Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Patrick Vandenameele
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Patent number: RE44634Abstract: A waveform-adaptive ultra-wideband (UWB) transmitter and noise-tracking UWB receiver for use in communications, object detection and radar applications. In one embodiment, the output of an oscillator is gated by a low-level impulse generator either directly or through an optional filter. In a special case of that embodiment wherein the oscillator is zero frequency and outputs a DC bias, a low-level impulse generator impulse-excites a bandpass filter to produce an UWB signal having an adjustable center frequency and desired bandwidth based on a characteristic of the filter. In another embodiment, the low-level impulse signal is approximated by a time-gated continuous-wave oscillator to produce an extremely wide bandwidth pulse with deterministic center frequency and bandwidth characteristics. The low-level impulse signal can be generated digitally. The UWB signal may be modulated to carry data, or may be used in object detection or ranging applications.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Multispectral Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Fontana, J. Frederick Larrick, Jr.
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Patent number: RE44666Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for providing transmit diversity to an open-loop MIMO communication scheme, such as a point to multipoint broadcast service in a cellular system. Multiple data streams of the broadcast data are broadcast by way of transmit diversity antennas of a sending station. The data symbols of the separate data streams are phase-shifted to be offset in phase from one another. The data streams, once the data symbols thereof are selectably phase-shifted by a phase shifter, are applied by an applier to sending nodes of the respective cells.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventor: Zhijun Cai