Plural Separate Transmitters Or Channels Patents (Class 455/103)
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Patent number: 8335542Abstract: A wireless transmission system supporting at least first and second high-isolation transmission modes. In the first TX mode, first and second incoming data streams are processed independently within first and second TX paths to generate first and second analog outgoing signals for separate transmission via first and second antennas. In the second TX mode, the two incoming data streams are combined to form a combined data stream. First and second versions of the combined data stream are processed by the first and second TX paths to generate two analog signals that are combined for transmission via a single antenna. In the second TX mode, a feedback signal, based on differences between the two analog signals, is used to adjust the relative phase and/or delay of the two versions of the combined signal in the digital domain to reduce phase differences between the two analog signals, thereby increasing signal transmission power.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Andrew LLCInventor: Simon Hamparian
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Publication number: 20120309332Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) processing circuit used in a wireless communication device is disclosed. The RF processing circuit comprises an RF front-end circuit, coupled to a first antenna, a second antenna, a first wireless communication module and a second wireless communication module, for switching couplings between the first antenna and the second antenna, and the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module according to a control signal; and a control unit, for generating the control signal to the RF front-end circuit according to operation frequency bands and operation conditions of the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventor: Shen-Yi Liao
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Patent number: 8326359Abstract: A reconfigurable wireless modem adapter is provided. The reconfigurable wireless modem adapter includes a control board and a radio frequency switch. The control board has at least two interfaces for a respective at least two modems and is configured to communicatively couple to at least one onboard system in a vehicle. The control board activates a selected modem interfaced to one of the at least two interfaces. The radio frequency switch is communicatively coupled to the control board via the selected one of the at least one modem. The radio frequency switch communicatively couples an antenna to the selected modem. When the control board is communicatively coupled to the at least one onboard system and activates the selected modem, and when the radio frequency switch is communicatively coupled to the antenna, the antenna is communicatively coupled to the at least one onboard system via the selected modem.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Donald C. Kauffman
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Patent number: 8326245Abstract: A disclosed radio communication apparatus transmits a radio signal to multiple users via multiple transmit antenna groups at appropriate transmit power levels, each of the transmit antenna groups including one or more transmit antennas, the transmit antenna groups having respective transmit power constraints. The apparatus includes a precoding unit configured to perform precoding on signals modulated for individual users and generate transmit weights, an optimum transmit power calculation unit configured to receive the transmit weights from the precoding unit and use components of the transmit weights and respective transmit power limit values for the transmit antenna groups to calculate an initial value for a transmit power optimization problem for calculation of the appropriate transmit power levels for the users, and a transmission unit configured to transmit radio signals at the calculated transmit power levels.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Yusuke Ohwatari, Anass Benjebbour, Tomoyuki Ooya, Junichiro Hagiwara
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Patent number: 8326241Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining whether a mobile terminal operates normally are provided. The method includes generating a transmission signal, isolating, at a Front End Module (FEM), the transmission signal provided to an antenna, and outputting the same, measuring a level of the output signal, and comparing the measured level of the output signal with a preset threshold level to determine that at least one of a Power Amplifier Module (PAM) and the FEM operates normally.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jong-Wook Chun
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Patent number: 8325857Abstract: The present invention employs hierarchical modulation to simultaneously transmit information on different modulation layers using a carrier RF signal. Initially, first data to be transmitted is assigned to a first modulation layer and second data is assigned to a second modulation layer. In one embodiment of the present invention, the first and second data are assigned based on reliability criteria. The first and second modulation layers are hierarchical modulation layers of the carrier RF signal. Once assigned, the first data is transmitted using the first modulation layer of the carrier RF signal and the second data is transmitted using the second modulation layer of the carrier RF signal. In one embodiment of the present invention, information may be transmitted to one end user using one modulation layer, and information may be transmitted to a different end user using a different modulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ming Jia, Jianglei Ma, Peiying Zhu, Wen Tong, Curt Dodd
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Patent number: 8326237Abstract: System and method for transmitting a radio signal in a mobile communication network. The radio signal has a circular polarisation.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Vodafone Group PLCInventors: Andrea De Pasquale, Kyriakos Exadaktylos, Esperanza Alcazar Viguera, Maria Diaz Mateos, Beatriz Garriga Muñiz, Francisco Javier Dominguez Romero, Brendan McWilliams, Julio Urbano Ruiz, Clara Serrano Solsona, Javier López Roman, Altor Garcia Viñas, Santiago Tenorio Sanz, Yannick Le Pezennec
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Patent number: 8320955Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes a baseband processing module and a radio frequency (RF) section. The baseband processing module is coupled to convert outbound data into amplitude modulation information and phase modulation information when the IC is in a cellular data mode and to convert an outbound radio frequency identification (RFID) signal into RFID amplitude modulation information when the IC is in an RFID mode. The RF section is coupled to generate an outbound RF data signal in accordance with the amplitude modulation information and the phase modulation information when the IC is in the cellular data mode and to generate an outbound RF RFID signal in accordance with the RFID amplitude information when the IC is in the RFID mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran
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Patent number: 8306089Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a method for precoding of transmission signal at an access point of a multiuse system based on eigenmode selection and minimum mean square error (MMSE) processing. The most reliable eigenmodes of every multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel in the system can be selected at each user terminal and corresponding eigenvalues and eigenvectors can be fed back to the access point. The linear MMSE precoding (beamforming) applied at the access point based on the selected eigenmodes may provide an improved transmission capacity performance.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Simone Merlin, Hemanth Sampath, Sameer Vermani, Richard van Nee
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Patent number: 8306001Abstract: Techniques are provided to improve wireless beamformed communication between first and second wireless communication devices. At a plurality of antennas of the first wireless communication device (e.g., a base station) uplink transmissions sent from the second wireless communication device (e.g., a client or mobile device or station) are received. The first wireless communication device generates a downlink beamforming weight vector from received uplink transmissions, and computes a covariance matrix for received uplink transmissions. The first wireless communication device stores history information based on the covariance matrices for received uplink transmissions. The first wireless communication device computes first and second beamforming-space time code weight vectors based on the covariance matrix for an uplink transmission received in a current frame and the history information.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Genyuan Wang, Li Guo, Hanqing Lou, Hang Jin
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Patent number: 8305941Abstract: A system for combining a plurality of signals in a wireless communication device employs a plurality of base station duplexers each coupled to a corresponding base station from a plurality of collocated base stations, each base station capable of receiving and transmitting signals in accordance with a corresponding transmission protocol. Each duplexer includes a transmit and receive paths for allowing signals to be transmitted from the base station and further allowing signals to be received by the base station. Isolators are each coupled to a corresponding one of the transmit path of each of the duplexers. Bandpass filters are each coupled to an output port of a corresponding one of the isolator and a combiner receives signals provided by each one of the band pass filters. An antenna duplexer is coupled to an output port of the combiner via a transmit path, where the duplexer provides a combined signal of the collocated base stations to an antenna.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Inventors: Allen S. Cohen, Dennis Nathan, Victor Lander
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Patent number: 8301196Abstract: A reconfigurable wireless modem adapter is provided. The reconfigurable wireless modem adapter includes a control board and a radio frequency switch. The control board includes at least two user-data interfaces for respective at least two modems, the modems including at least one diversity/multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) modem. The control board is configured to communicatively couple to at least one onboard system in a vehicle and to activate one of the at least one diversity/MIMO modem interfaced to one of the at least two user-data interfaces. The radio frequency switch is communicatively coupled to the control board via a modem-select interface and the selected one of the at least one diversity/MIMO modem. The radio frequency switch communicatively couples one of at least one diversity/MIMO antenna on the vehicle to the selected one of the at least one diversity/MIMO modem based on a control signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Donald C. Kauffman, Alfonso Malaga
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Patent number: 8301089Abstract: System and method for calculating a transmitter beamforming vector related to a channel vector h under per-antenna power constraints combined with total power constraint, under per-antenna power constraints combined with overall line of site (LOS) effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) and under all three constraints. Calculating a transmitter beamforming vector may be done in the transmitter, in the receiver and feedback to the transmitter or in both. The method may be adapted to perform with a multi-antenna receiver and with multi-carrier systems.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Celeno Communications Ltd.Inventors: Yaron Shany, Nir Shapira
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Patent number: 8295787Abstract: A method for transmitting/receiving an additional control signal without any loss of bandwidth and power in an original Tx signal is disclosed. If the additional control signal is transmitted via the Tx signal composed of at least one of data and control signals, at least one of the amplitude and phase of the Tx signal of the time- and frequency-resource domain is modulated according to the additional control signal to be transmitted. The modulated Tx signal is transmitted to the receiver, so that the additional control signal can be transmitted irrespective of the original Tx signal. According to a modulation status of at least one of an amplitude and a phase of the Rx signal contained in the time- and frequency-resource domain, the additional control signal can be acquired.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jin Sam Kwak, Seung Hee Han, Min Seok Noh, Yeong Hyeon Kwon, Hyun Woo Lee, Dong Cheol Kim
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Patent number: 8295776Abstract: When SRS serving as a base of CSI measurement at a base station apparatus is transmitted from each of two antennas, a control unit controls resource element mappers to make the SRS orthogonal to each other or identical with each other in terms of frequency or code between the two antennas, in accordance with use of CSI at a base station apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications LimitedInventor: Yutaka Asanuma
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Patent number: 8295391Abstract: Of any one of transmission method X of transmitting modulated signal A and modulated signal B including the same data from a plurality of antennas and transmission method Y of transmitting modulated signal A and modulated signal B having different data from the plurality of antennas, base station apparatus 201 does not change the transmission method during data transmission and changes only the modulation scheme. Base station apparatus 201 transmits modulated signal A and modulated signal B to communication terminal apparatus 251 using the determined transmission method and modulation scheme. In this way, it is possible to improve data transmission efficiency when transmitting data using the plurality of antennas.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yutaka Murakami, Kiyotaka Kobayashi, Masayuki Orihashi, Akihiko Matsuoka
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Patent number: 8295389Abstract: A method for allowing a reception end to effectively detect a sequence used for a specific channel of an OFDM communication system, and apparatus for the same are provided. During the sequence transmission, a specific part of a Zadoff-Chu sequence corresponding to the frequency “0” is omitted from a transmitted signal. In addition, first 31 constituent components of the sequence are continuously mapped to frequency resource elements of “?31” to “?1”, and the last 31 constituent components of the sequence are continuously mapped to frequency resource elements of “1” to “31”.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: 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: 8279796Abstract: A radio system including a selected number inputs for substantially simultaneously receiving radio signals in different frequency bands and a selected number of conversion paths for converting the radio signals received at corresponding ones of the inputs into a corresponding number of digital streams. Digital processing circuitry substantially simultaneously processes digital samples for plurality of channels, the samples taken from at least one of the digital streams, wherein a maximum number of channels is greater than a maximum number of digital streams provided by the conversion paths.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2007Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: BNSF Railway CompanyInventors: John F. Cleveland, Thomas G. Donich
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Patent number: 8280320Abstract: An apparatus and a method for simultaneously supporting Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) and beamforming in a wireless communication system are provided. In the method, two data streams are mapped to each of all of 2N transmission antennas; the two data streams are multiplied by different Cyclic Delay Diversity (CDD) phase sequences; the two data streams multiplied by the different CDD phase sequences for each transmission antenna are added; and the added data stream is multiplied by a beamforming coefficient and transmitted for each transmission antenna.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Ki-Hwan Hwang, Myung-Kwang Byun, Sung-Kwon Jo
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Patent number: 8275319Abstract: Embodiments for methods and apparatuses for processing a multi-carrier signal are disclosed. One method includes shaping a frequency spectrum of a multi-carrier transmit signal wherein an amplitude of a plurality of subcarriers of the multi-carrier transmit signal is increased relative to at least one other subcarrier of the multi-carrier transmit signal. The shaped frequency spectrum multi-carrier transmit signal is amplified with a power amplifier, wherein a power level of an output of the power amplifier is greater than a rated power level of the power amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Sriraman Dakshinamurthy, Robert G. Lorenz, Ming Hu, Derek K. Shaeffer
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Patent number: 8270505Abstract: 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: June 25, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Lothar Stadelmeier, Dietmar Schill, Andreas Schwager, Daniel Schneider
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Patent number: 8265572Abstract: An active antenna array comprises a plurality of transmission paths, a plurality of variable power supply units, and an envelope detection system. The transmission paths are adapted to carry a plurality of similar transmission path signals, and the plurality of transmission paths comprises an amplifier having a power input and a signal input for one of the plurality of similar transmission path signals. The plurality of variable power supply units is connected to the power input of the amplifier for supplying power to the amplifiers. Each of the plurality of variable power supply units comprises an envelope signal input. The envelope detection system is connected to the envelope inputs of the plurality of variable power supply units and adapted to provide a common envelope signal for the plurality of similar transmission path signals to the plurality of variable power supply units. A method for envelope tracking and computer program products for manufacture and method execution are also claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Ubidyne, Inc.Inventor: Peter Kenington
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Patent number: 8260214Abstract: A shared antenna architecture for multiple co-located radio modules is disclosed. For example, an apparatus may include an antenna, a first transceiver to communicate wirelessly across a first link, a second transceiver to communicate wirelessly across a second link, and a shared antenna structure communicatively coupled to the first transceiver, the second transceiver and the antenna. The shared antenna structure may comprise a combiner and at least one switch arranged to allow the first transceiver and the second transceiver to share the antenna for simultaneous operations or mutually-exclusive operations. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jeff Marlett, Neil Hendin, Jerome Tu, James Beninghaus
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Patent number: 8260360Abstract: A multiple mode RF transmitter a baseband section, a transmitter section, and a configurable antenna circuit. The transmitter section is couple to convert a first outbound symbol stream into first outbound RF beamforming signals in accordance with a first beamforming setting and convert a second outbound symbol stream into second outbound RF beamforming signals in accordance with a second beamforming setting. The configurable antenna circuit is coupled to provide a first antenna assembly for transmitting the first outbound RF beamforming signals and provide a second antenna assembly for transmitting the second outbound RF beamforming signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Ahmadreza Reza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran
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Patent number: 8254839Abstract: A signal transmitting device of the present invention includes a plurality of drums and a sound module. Each drum has a pickup and a wireless signal transceiver, and the sound module includes several wireless signal receivers, each of which corresponds to one of the drums. While the drum is beaten upon, the pickup sends a signal to the wireless signal transceiver, and the signal is then transmitted to the corresponding wireless signal receiver wirelessly. Thereby, the complex wiring process can be significantly simplified or even totally resolved.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Inventor: Chao-Ying Hsien
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Patent number: 8255558Abstract: Methods and systems for distributed infrastructure for streaming data via multiple access points. Aspects of one method may include apportioning multimedia information among a plurality of transmitting devices based on feedback channel information received from a destination receiving device by, for example, a transmission controller device. The transmitting devices may transmit the multimedia information to the destination receiving device. A transmitting device that may not be apportioned multimedia information may transmit a probing signal. The destination receiving device may generate feedback channel information for a transmitting device, for example, based on the multimedia information or the probing signal received from the respective transmitting device. The apportioning of the multimedia information may be dynamically adjusted based on updated feedback channel information received from the destination receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Jeyhan Karaoguz, Hooman Honary, Nambirajan Seshadri, Jason A. Trachewsky
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Patent number: 8249187Abstract: 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: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Haim Harel, Phil F. Chen, Sherwin J. Wang, Eduardo Abreu
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Patent number: 8249527Abstract: A radio receiver includes a first receiver module for converting a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a first carrier frequency into a first baseband signal. A second receiver module converts a second RF signal at a second carrier frequency into a second baseband signal. A recombination module combines the first baseband signal and the second baseband signal into an output signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: VIXS Systems, Inc.Inventor: Mathew A. Rybicki
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Patent number: 8249098Abstract: A first control data generation unit configured to generate first control data, a control data allocation processing unit configured to perform allocation processing for the first control data in order to reserve an area for the first control data in a frame memory, a data write control unit configured to write user data in an area in the frame memory except the area where the allocation processing is performed, and a transmission unit configured to transmit transmission data based on the data written in the frame memory are included, and the data write control unit writes the generated first control data in the area where the allocation processing is performed in the frame memory after generation of the first control data and after the allocation processing of the first control data and after writing the user data and before the transmission data is transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor LimitedInventors: Kazuhiko Sakai, Toru Igarashi, Koichi Suzuki, Shinya Hachisu
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Patent number: 8238841Abstract: A wireless transceiver chip and calibration method thereof are disclosed. The wireless transceiver chip comprises at least one receiver, at least one transmitter, and at least one switch. The switch is connected to the receiver and the transmitter respectively for being applied to switch between the receiver and the transmitter. Practically, the switch is provided within the wireless transceiver chip, such that the pin count of the wireless transceiver chip can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Airoha Technology Corp.Inventors: Po-Yuan Chiu, Kuan-Hung Chen, Chan-Sheng Yang
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Publication number: 20120190316Abstract: A multichannel splitter formed from 1 to 2 splitters, wherein: an input terminal of a first 1 to 2 splitter defines an input of the multichannel splitter; the 1 to 2 splitters are electrically series-connected; and first respective outputs of the 1 to 2 splitters define output terminals of the multichannel splitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: STMicroelectronics SAInventors: Baudouin Martineau, Olivier Richard, Frédéric Gianesello
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Publication number: 20120190317Abstract: A multichannel combiner formed from 2 to 1 combiners, wherein: a first input channel of each 2 to 1 combiner is connected to the output of a settable-gain amplifier of a signal to be combined; all 2 to 1 combiners are electrically connected in series; and an output of a first 2 to 1 combiner defines an output of the multichannel combiner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: Baudouin Martineau, Olivier Richard, Frédéric Gianesello
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Patent number: 8229377Abstract: A communications device is provided. The communications device includes first output stage circuitry configured to generate a first radio frequency (RF) output signal in response to receiving an RF input signal, a first antenna port configured to couple to a first antenna and configured receive the first RF output signal from the first output stage circuitry, second output stage circuitry configured to generate a second RF output signal in response to receiving the first RF output signal, and a second antenna port configured to couple to a second antenna and configured to receive the second RF output signal from the second output stage circuitry. The first output stage circuitry, the first antenna port, the second output stage circuitry, and the second antenna port are at least partially integrated on the same integrated circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Dan B. Kasha, Aslamali A. Rafi, Abhishek V. Kammula, Peter J. Vancorenland, George T. Tuttle
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Publication number: 20120184228Abstract: Electronic devices may have multiple wireless integrated circuits such as a pair of baseband processor integrated circuits and may have multiple antennas such as a pair of antennas. An electronic device may be operated in different modes depending on the operating environment of the electronic device. When both antennas are unblocked, both baseband processors and both antennas may be used in transmitting signals. When one antenna is not available, the device may be operated in a mode in which the available antenna is used and both baseband processors are used or in a mode in which the available antenna is used and only one of the baseband processors is used. Operating mode decisions may be made so as to minimize the potential for intermodulation distortion and absorbed radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Syed A. MUJTABA, Weiping DOU
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Patent number: 8213881Abstract: A signal processing system is disclosed. The system includes: a first synthesizer and a second synthesizer, for respectively generating a first frequency and a second frequency; a first RF circuit; a first analog front end (AFE); a second RF circuit; and a second AFE, wherein the first RF circuit and the first AFE can support a signal transmission of a first bandwidth, the second RF circuit and the second AFE can support a signal transmission of a second bandwidth, a central frequency of the first bandwidth is substantially equal to the first frequency, and a central frequency of the second bandwidth is substantially equal to the second frequency.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.Inventors: Kuang-Yu Yen, Chung-Yao Chang
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Patent number: 8213533Abstract: A Distributed Antenna System employs a downlink transmission method that requires limited channel information feedback and less coherency between signals than is required for information broadcast. Distributed antennas are treated as diversity antennas with a given power allocation. Each antenna can transmit to multiple UEs by transmitting a weighed sum of their signals, and multiple antennas can transmit to one UE by transmitting weighed space-time (or space-frequency) coded signals. The power allocation weights are determined as an optimum power allocation policy with per-antenna power constraints.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Abdulrauf Hafeez
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Patent number: 8213981Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus is provided. The mobile terminal apparatus includes a base station communication unit configured to perform a communication with a base station via a pubic communication network; a short-range communication unit configured to perform a short-range communication with a short-range communication device, wherein a communication distance of the short-range communication unit is shorter than that of the base station communication unit; and a control unit configured to control the base station communication unit to receive broadcast information transmitted from the base station. When a first communication is performed between the short-range communication unit and the short-range communication device, the control unit controls the base station communication unit to be capable of receiving the broadcast information.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventor: Tasuku Kamei
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Patent number: 8213867Abstract: 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 21, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Hongliang Zhang, Mark McDiarmid
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Patent number: 8204147Abstract: For use in a wireless communication network, a mobile station configured to determine a preamble sequence from a set of indexed preamble sequences by generating an index of the preamble sequence from a B-bit message is provided. The mobile station is configured to group the B bits of the message into n groups, each group having a substantially equal number of bits. The mobile station is also configured to generate a parity bit from each of the n groups. The mobile station is further configured to determine the index of the preamble sequence based on the n parity bits. The mobile station is still further configured to transmit the preamble sequence corresponding to the index of the preamble sequence. A base station configured to recover the B-bit message using the received signal from the mobile station is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kaushik Josiam, Zhouyue Pi, Ying Li, Hwasun Yoo
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Patent number: 8204434Abstract: Disclosed is a data transmission system that transmits data using a relay. During a first time slot, a base station may transmit base station data to the relay, and a mobile station may transmit mobile station data to the relay. During a second time slot, the relay may transmit the mobile station data to the base station, and transmit the base station data to the mobile station.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Namyoon Lee, Young-Doo Kim, Eung Sun Kim
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Patent number: 8194762Abstract: An apparatus and method to feedforward non-quantized precoding weights in an OFDM communication system includes a first step (300) of sending feedback information from a subscriber station (SS) to a base station (BS). A next step (302) includes deriving non-quantized weight information from the feedback information. A next step (304) includes transmitting symbols carrying the non-quantized weight information and non-precoded pilot symbols by the BS. A next step (305) includes receiving the information and symbols by the SS. A next step (306) includes estimating the non-quantized weights from the symbols carrying the non-quantized weight information and the non-precoded pilot symbols by the SS. A next step (308) includes decoding data from the BS by the SS using the estimated non-quantized weight information.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Bishwarup Mondal, Amitabha Ghosh, Fan Wang
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Patent number: 8184729Abstract: In an OFDM transmitter included in a first service area, an orthogonal-code-pattern multiplication unit multiplies pilot channel signals belonging to any subcarrier group by an orthogonal code which is different from that for one or a plurality of OFDM transmitters adjacent to the OFDM transmitter included in the first service area, or a subcarrier assignment unit assigns pilot channel signals to pilot subcarriers which are common to a plurality of OFDM transmitters and based on a pilot arrangement notified in advance by a control station to all OFDM transmitters included in the first service area.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications LimitedInventors: Shigeo Terabe, Koji Akita
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Patent number: 8170503Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for transmitting data and an apparatus and method for receiving data, in which beam forming is performed in consideration of the communication capabilities of antennas of stations that perform directional communication in a high-frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji-Sung Oh, Seong-Soo Kim, Chang-Yeul Kwon, Jae-Hwa Kim
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Patent number: 8170627Abstract: A wireless communication system having a terminal unit operates in a reduced noise state during receipt of a wireless transmission from a control unit. The terminal unit includes terminal circuitry, a radio and noise management circuitry. The noise management circuitry partially or fully disables operation of the terminal circuitry during a receipt by the radio. Noise management circuitry may disable a terminal processor, disable interrupts, buffer interrupts and otherwise modify operation of the terminal circuitry to reduce generated radio noise that would otherwise interfere with receipt of data by the radio. The wireless communication system includes noise management circuitry located in a control unit that operates in conjunction with noise management circuitry in a first terminal unit and a second terminal unit to schedule transmissions from the control unit. These scheduled transmissions allow the terminal units to perform required processing functions outside of the reduced noise period.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Intermec IP Corp.Inventors: Robert J. Grabon, John K. Rohde, Robert J. Traeger, Patrick R. Erb, Daniel E. Alt, Daniel J. Klostermann
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Patent number: 8170512Abstract: A wireless transmitter that includes a phase rotating unit which adds phase rotation to signals which are respectively input to antennas and adds first phase rotation for controlling the maximum delay time between the antennas and a second phase rotation for controlling the phases of arbitrary antennas among the antennas, wherein scheduling of users is performed on a per-chunk basis where a region defined in a frequency domain and in a time domain is divided into chunks in the frequency domain and in the time domain, and in the case in which the frequency bandwidth of the chunk is Fc, the phase rotating unit adds the first phase rotation so that the maximum delay time between the antennas is set to either a predetermined first value which is smaller than 1/Fc or a predetermined second value which is larger than 1/Fc.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kimihiko Imamura
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Patent number: 8165537Abstract: A wireless transmitter of the present invention includes n (n being an integer of 2 or more) transmission antennas, a transmission circuit controller that, based on reception qualities reported from terminals, assigns a chunk to each terminal, and sends a phase-control report signal that determines whether to perform phase-control, to that chunk, and a transmission circuit unit that, to each of the n transmission antennas, performs phase-control based on the phase-control report signal, and applies a delay that obtains an optimum transmission diversity effect among a plurality of transmission diversity effects.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryota Yamada, Kimihiko Imamura
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Patent number: 8160513Abstract: An apparatus for implementing phase rotation at baseband frequency for transmit diversity may include a primary transmit signal path and a diversity transmit signal path. Both the primary transmit signal path and the diversity transmit signal path may receive a primary transmit signal. A signal selector within the diversity transmit signal path may perform phase rotation with respect to the primary transmit signal while the primary transmit signal is at a baseband frequency, thereby producing a diversity transmit signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Yiwu Tang, Mahim Ranjan, Marco Cassia, Christian Holenstein
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Patent number: 8160121Abstract: A system and method are described for dynamically adapting the communication characteristics of a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”).Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Rearden, LLCInventors: Antonio Forenza, Robert W. Heath, Jr., Stephen G. Perlman
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Patent number: 8160492Abstract: A wireless communication device having extremely simple constitution is used, and a low-cost and low power consumption wireless network system with high-quality signals is provided. The wireless network system comprises a plurality of wireless communication devices (101) each comprising a radiating oscillator (1) configured to integrate a transistor into a microwave oscillating resonator to generate a negative resistance and to commonly use a function of an antenna (11), an intermediate frequency signal generating section (4) and a receiving signal detecting section (7).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyInventors: Toshiaki Matsui, Hitoshi Utagawa
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Patent number: RE43830Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for mitigating fading and/or poor reception at a receiver. The receiver includes configurations each of which can provide different reception characteristics. The receiver evaluates the reception quality of the radio signal with the antenna in a first configuration and with the antenna in at least a second configuration and selects the antenna configuration that has the best evaluated reception for use until a subsequent iteration, when the process is repeated. The antenna configurations can correspond to configurations wherein reception is favored in different directions or to configurations wherein different antennas are selected, each antenna being spaced from each other antenna. The method can also improve the reception of a signal transmitted by selecting an antenna configuration for transmissions which provides improved reception quality at the destination receiver.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2002Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Wi-LAN, Inc.Inventors: Ramesh Mantha, Jeffrey P. Castura