Fading Compensation Patents (Class 455/504)
  • Patent number: 11778496
    Abstract: Methods may include alerting fixed service microwave operators that their network has been compromised due to interference, before their service is necessarily impacted. In an example, method may include receiving instructions to test fade margin for a wireless communication link associated with a receiver radio, wherein the wireless communication link is passing live traffic; testing the fade margin while the wireless communication link is passing the live traffic; receiving error information, wherein the error information is based on an error correction mechanism for the wireless communication link; based on the error information, determining that a threshold number of errors has been reached; and sending an alert based on the threshold number of errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Willis, III
  • Patent number: 11533094
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing full orthogonality between simultaneously used beams, e.g., in a Multi-User Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) radio system. In some embodiments, a radio system comprises an antenna system and a processing unit. The processing unit is adapted to determine an initial set of null locations for a particular beam based on an initial set of beam weighting factors for the particular beam, and change one or more of the initial null locations based on one or more other beams to be used simultaneously with the particular beam, thereby providing a new set of null locations for the particular beam. The processing unit is further adapted to compute a new set of beam weighting factors for the particular beam based on the new set of null locations, and utilize the new set of beam weighting factors to transmit or receive on the particular beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Raihan Rafique, Lars Lennartsson
  • Patent number: 11496971
    Abstract: Dynamically limiting uplink transmit power of wireless devices that are known to be within range of a dense cluster or quantity of access nodes. Wireless devices can report identifiers of nearby access nodes. Responsive to determining a large quantity of identifiers from a wireless device in a specific location, the maximum allowable transmit power of the wireless device (or other wireless devices in the same area) can be reduced Power can be reduced for HPUEs as well as LPUEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11095377
    Abstract: Techniques for more effectively and efficiently obtaining current morphology data are described. Measurement data is transmitted by user equipment to a central location such as a communication network or another entity such as in remote servers, e.g. the cloud. The recipient of such data, or a third party that receives such data from the recipient, utilizes the data, e.g. signal strength measurements and related data, to determine morphology data for corresponding geographic locations, e.g. altitude, longitude, and latitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Laura R. Fontaine, Joseph N. Marzin, Saul A. Torrico
  • Patent number: 10820213
    Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The method for analyzing communication environment in a wireless communication system includes receiving image information of an area, identifying at least one object based on the image information, determining property information of the at least one object, and analyzing communication environment for the area based on the property information. Signal attenuation occurs due to at least one of scattering, diffraction, or absorption of a signal by the at least one object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoonsung Park, Sungbum Park, Soonyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 10609565
    Abstract: Methods and systems for channel mapping in a densely deployed network are disclosed. The system includes a node comprising a plurality of base stations configured to communicate with client devices in a wireless communication network, wherein transmission from the base stations to the client devices is conducted on a downlink (DL) frequency band and transmission from the client devices to the base stations is conducted on an uplink (UL) frequency band. The DL frequency band is different from the UL frequency band. DL and UL frequency pairs for the base stations are assigned according to a channel mapping scheme that determines DL and UL frequency pairs based on a plurality of channel parameters. The channel parameters include, for example, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), signal to noise (S/N) ratio, channel capacity, and bit error rate (BER).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Phazr, Inc.
    Inventors: Rakesh Taori, Shadi Abu-Surra, Farooq Khan, Eran Pisek, Sudhir Ramakrishna, Robert Clark Daniels
  • Patent number: 10587499
    Abstract: Embodiments for a wireless node utilizing a limited memory radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) are disclosed. For an embodiment, the wireless node includes a plurality of antennas operative to form a plurality of wireless beams, wherein a direction of each of the plurality of wireless beams is controlled by selecting a phase and amplitude adjustment of a communication signal communicated through each of the plurality of antennas. The wireless node includes a memory that includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein phase and amplitude settings for each of the plurality of targets are stored in the first portion, and wherein alternate phase and amplitude setting are dynamically store in the second portion. Phase and amplitude settings are accessed from the first portion when the wireless node is communicating with targets. The second portion is utilized for storing alternate settings when testing wireless communication with the targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Krishna Srikanth Gomadam, Lakshmi Pradeep, Djordje Tujkovic
  • Patent number: 10575182
    Abstract: Methods and systems for channel mapping in a densely deployed network are disclosed. The system includes a node comprising a plurality of base stations configured to communicate with client devices in a wireless communication network, wherein transmission from the base stations to the client devices is conducted on a downlink (DL) frequency band and transmission from the client devices to the base stations is conducted on an uplink (UL) frequency band. The DL frequency band is different from the UL frequency band. DL and UL frequency pairs for the base stations are assigned according to a channel mapping scheme that determines DL and UL frequency pairs based on a plurality of channel parameters. The channel parameters include, for example, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), signal to noise (S/N) ratio, channel capacity, and bit error rate (BER).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Phazr, Inc.
    Inventors: Rakesh Taori, Shadi Abu-Surra, Farooq Khan, Eran Pisek, Sudhir Ramakrishna, Robert Clark Daniels
  • Patent number: 10165453
    Abstract: A millimeter-wave communication component includes at least two millimeter-wave antennas located at two opposite sides thereof, in which the entire millimeter-wave communication component constitutes a single rigid mechanical element that can be easily mounted on a side of a pole, such that the millimeter-wave communication component is situated in front of the pole, and thereby positioning one of the millimeter-wave antennas to the right of the pole, and one of the other millimeter-wave antennas to the left of the pole. Said positioning of the two millimeter-wave antennas enables them to generate two millimeter-wave radiation pattern that together, and cooperatively, cover an entire and continuous sector surrounding the back of the pole. Further millimeter-wave antennas may be added to complete the coverage to a continuous 360 degrees coverage, while maintaining simple installation of the millimeter-wave communication component on the pole as a single rigid mechanical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Siklu Communication Ltd.
    Inventor: Yigal Leiba
  • Patent number: 10028197
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method performed by a network node for terminating an S9 roaming session, the method including: receiving a Gx roaming session termination request; forwarding a corresponding S9 roaming session termination request to a controlling Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF) node; waiting a preconfigured time interval; and terminating the S9 roaming session without receiving an expected S9 acknowledgement message from the controlling PCRF node. Embodiments can include scheduling an IPCAN session audit for a selected IPCAN session of an S9 roaming session at preconfigured time intervals; generating an IPCAN session status request message; converting the IPCAN session status request message to a corresponding S9 status request message; forwarding the S9 status request message to a visited PCRF node; and responsive to receiving an S9 message indicating an unknown session from the visited PCRF node, removing the selected IPCAN session at the network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Haiqing H. Ma, Zhaoliang Z. Ding
  • Patent number: 9860765
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a first wireless device, beamforming information from a station over a period of time, the beamforming information including a feedback signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) value and compressed feedback matrix. The method also includes determining one or more SNR gradient metrics for the station based at least in part on the received feedback SNR values and the received compressed feedback matrices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Ragab Elsherif, Qinghai Gao
  • Patent number: 9240950
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for quality of service over dedicated local loop networks is provided. Information regarding uplink and downlink speeds, and information regarding WAN interface protocol and encapsulation mode, is received from a network device. A link throughput limit is calculated based on the uplink speed of the network device, and a link throughput limit is set based on the calculated uplink throughput limit. An uplink network protocol overhead of the network device is calculated based on the WAN interface protocol and encapsulation mode of the uplink device and is factored in upstream available bandwidth calculations. Communication data size(s) are set based on the calculated uplink network protocol overhead. The downlink throughput limit is set to match the downlink speed based on the downlink speed and WAN network protocol overhead. The WAN network protocol overhead is factored in the downstream available bandwidth calculations and communication data sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Shanti Swarup Vedula, Douglas M. Dillon, Jeffrey Biber
  • Patent number: 9049065
    Abstract: A method for estimating a feedback channel for a wireless repeater using frequency domain channel estimation estimates an error correction term using a most recent channel estimate and cancels the error correction term from a current block of the receive signal. Then, the feedback channel is estimated using frequency domain channel estimation and using a current block of the pilot signal and the corrected block of the receive signal. A channel estimate error term may also be estimated and subtracted directly from the channel estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Steven J. Howard, Dhananjay Ashok Gore
  • Patent number: 9036682
    Abstract: A method for mitigating a multi-path-induced error in a global navigation satellite system comprises, for a respective measurement epoch, obtaining respective representations of a composite signal including a plurality of value-pairs of the composite signal. The method further comprises, with respect to the measurement epoch: obtaining a plurality of coefficients for a set of linear equations based on the plurality of value-pairs of the composite signal; iteratively obtaining solutions for the set of linear equations, thereby solving for a code tracking timing offset, a time delay of a multi-path signal of the composite signal relative to its direct-path signal, and orthogonal representations of the multi-path signal; determining a phase error between the composite signal and the direct-path signal, due to the time delay, in accordance with the orthogonal representations of the multi-path signal; and correcting for the code tracking timing offset and the phase error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard G. Keegan, Ronald R. Hatch
  • Patent number: 9026156
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, method and computer storage product are disclosed which compose a report at an apparatus having at least one network radio and at least one other radio, the report comprising in-device coexistence related information that combines information descriptive of potential and on-going interference to the at least one other radio as two orthogonal components comprised of power domain information and time domain information and transmit the report to a network station with which the apparatus communicates using the at least one network radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Antti Piipponen, Lars Dalsgaard, Petri Vasenkari, Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Sari Nielsen
  • Patent number: 9002388
    Abstract: A radio wave arrival status estimating system characterized by having an estimating means that estimates whether the physical characteristic of a radio wave received at the reception point of a radio system to be evaluated has reached the minimum allowable level for determining the characteristic of the radio system; that estimates an arrival status of the radio wave at the reception point by applying a first radio wave propagation status estimating technique to the reception point when estimating that the physical characteristic has reached the minimum allowable level; and that estimates an arrival status of the radio wave at the reception point by applying a second radio wave propagation status estimating technique to the reception point when estimating that the physical characteristic has not reached the minimum allowable level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Sugahara, Masahiro Motoyoshi, Takashi Ono
  • Patent number: 8996057
    Abstract: Characterization and enhancement of a mobile local scattering environment. The system includes a channel component and a link control component, wherein the channel component facilitates communication of a ping signal, which is used to estimate the delay spread characteristics and/or angle of arrival in order to characterize the mobile local scattering environment. This information is sent to the link control component, which enhances radio link performance based on the received information. The system can be used to assist in E-911 location applications, such as determining the location of an indoor user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Ming-Ju Ho, Ali Jabbary, Stalin Albanes
  • Patent number: 8965426
    Abstract: Wireless user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system may operate in a state, for example, the CELL_FACH state in UMTS, that does not allow for soft handoff from one cell to another. This inability to engage in soft handover may lead to intercell interference at a non-serving cell when the UE transmits on its uplink in close proximity to the non-serving cell. Therefore, provided in the present disclosure is method of wireless communication, which includes receiving a neighbor cell identification set indicating one or more neighbor cells, receiving a relative grant channel resource index corresponding to a relative grant channel shared by at least one of the one or more neighbor cells, detecting intercell interference associated with a user equipment (UE) in the one or more neighbor cells, and transmitting a non-serving relative grant message to the UE on the relative grant channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sharad Deepak Sambhwani, Venkata Ramanan Venkatachalam Jayaraman, Siddharth Mohan, Rohit Kapoor
  • Patent number: 8965428
    Abstract: The impact of a fading dip in a radio channel on the communication between a first and a second antenna may be reduced by receiving a sounding signal at the first antenna or the second antenna over the radio channel and measuring the frequency response of the radio channel using this sound signal that was received. The radio frequency signal that is used to communicate between the first antenna and the second antenna is adjusted in response to the frequency response that was measured in order to reduce an impact of the fading dip in the radio channel on the radio frequency signal during operation. Related systems, methods, and devices are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Havish Koorapaty, Jan-Erik Berg, Jonas Hansryd
  • Patent number: 8958507
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a circuit can selectively adjust a current for driving a load. The circuit includes a sensor configured to measure a magnetic field associated with the current and provide a sensor voltage representative thereof. A control circuit is configured to selectively adjust the current as a function of the sensor voltage and a time-varying voltage threshold. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Hanke, Bernd Adler
  • Patent number: 8948289
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method in which a base station transmits a downlink signal using 8 antennas may comprise the steps of: mapping a downlink signal to N (1?N?4) layers; precoding the signal mapped to the N layers, by using a specific precoding matrix selected from a pre-stored codebook; subjecting the precoded signal to processing for OFDM symbol generation; and transmitting OFDM symbols through 8 antennas. The pre-stored codebook may comprise precoding matrices for the respective ranks corresponding to N, the pre-stored codebook may consist of 16 codebook indexes, and a portion of the precoding matrices for high ranks in the 16 codebook indexes may be generated from the precoding matrices for low ranks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Ko, Moon Il Lee, Jae Hoon Chung, Bin Chul Ihm, Seung Hyun Kang
  • Publication number: 20140370925
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a millimeter-wave wireless point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communication network in which the different atmospheric absorption rates of different millimeter-wave frequencies are utilized to improve communication performance of the entire system. The network comprises one or more communication systems operating at a millimeter-wave frequency, in which each system is comprised of at least one or more point-to-point or point-to-multipoint radio transceivers. In various embodiments, the different atmospheric absorption rates of different millimeter-wave frequencies are used to reduce electromagnetic interference, to compensate for changing path-loss conditions, and/or to optimize inter-link interferences to enhance communication performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Yigal Leiba
  • Patent number: 8902772
    Abstract: A magnetic induction system is disclosed, which has antenna diversity at the transmitter side, but which does not require a bidirectional link to pass information regarding received signal quality back to the transmitter. The system uses a time division multiplexing access (TDMA) arrangement, to transmit the same, or correlated, information with a level of redundancy, from two, or more, antenna to at least a receiver. The or each receiver is configured to determine a received signal quality from the channel received from one antenna, and, in response to inadequate signal quality, to switch to another antenna. A receiver, and a transmitter for such a magnetic induction system are also disclosed, as is an associated method. A non-limiting application of such a system is in binaural hearing aids, in which antenna diversity is preferred at the transmitter because of space limitations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: NXP, B.V.
    Inventor: Ludo Albert Lenaerts
  • Patent number: 8885696
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices enable spectrum management by identifying, classifying, and cataloging signals of interest based on radio frequency measurements. In an embodiment, signals and the parameters of the signals may be identified and indications of available frequencies may be presented to a user. In another embodiment, the protocols of signals may also be identified. In a further embodiment, the modulation of signals, data types carried by the signals, and estimated signal origins may be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: DGS Global Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel R. Garcia, Daniel Carbajal
  • Patent number: 8873650
    Abstract: A method for configurable spatial channel information feedback in wireless communication systems is disclosed including receiving, at the wireless communication device, transmission from a plurality of antennas, receiving an indication of a feedback mode for feeding back spatial channel information that is based on correlations among at least some of the plurality of antennas, decomposing a correlation matrix representative of the correlations among at least some of the plurality of antennas into at least two Kronecker components, and feeding back parameters representative of the Kronecker components according to the feedback mode indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Xiangyang Zhuang, Krishna Kamal Sayana, Kenneth A Stewart
  • Patent number: 8855658
    Abstract: A network access node selects one chunk of spectrum from a plurality of chunks of spectrum to be a primary chunk for a particular cell; transmits in the primary chunk from a broadcast channel BCH that contains information needed by a terminal to at least perform initial cell access; and uses a synchronization channel SCH to indicate which chunk of the plurality of chunks is the primary chunk. A user equipment receives a SCH in a particular chunk of spectrum; determines from it that one chunk is a primary chunk for a particular cell; tunes its receiver to a BCH in the primary chunk and uses information received on the BCH to obtain initial access to the particular cell. In various embodiments the SCH is only in the primary chunk or the SCH has some indication (e.g., cell ID or relative position of primary chunk) telling which chunk is primary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Gilles Charbit, Tommi Koivisto
  • Patent number: 8849188
    Abstract: This document discloses one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for detecting a region (e.g., sub-meter) of interest (ROI) using radio signals. In an implementation, during training stage, multiple channel fading profile samples within a user defined ROI are received and stored in a portable device. During detecting stage, the portable device may implement a sub-meter ROI detection algorithm to perform the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Lei L T Yang, Xue X T Yang, Anthony G. Lamarca
  • Patent number: 8849197
    Abstract: In an ad hoc peer-to-peer communication network between wireless devices, a high priory first receiver device is configured to perform successive interference cancellation (SIC). The first receiver device sends a first rate report signal and a second rate report signal to a first transmitter device indicating a first and second transmission rates. A connection is established between the first transmitter device and the first receiver device in which the first receiver device is the intended receiver of traffic signals from the first transmitter device. The first receiver device receives a traffic signal in a subsequent traffic channel, the traffic signal including a first traffic signal from the first transmitter device having a first traffic transmission rate not exceeding the first transmission rate. The received traffic signal also includes a second traffic signal transmitted by an interfering second transmitter device having a second traffic transmission rate not exceeding the second transmission rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Junyi Li, Rajiv Laroia, Saurabh Tavildar, Xinzhou Wu
  • Patent number: 8849338
    Abstract: There is disclosed a channel adjusting method capable of suppressing the occurrence of interference between a cognitive pilot channel (CPC) and an auxiliary control channel (ACS) in cognitive wireless communications. According to the channel adjusting method for use in cognitive wireless communications, initially, a connection using a cognitive pilot channel (CPC) is set up. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not a spectrum sensing channel (ACS) is to be utilized. If yes, it is then determined whether or not any interference occurs between the spectrum sensing channel (ACS) and the set-up cognitive pilot channel (CPC). This allows an adjustment to be performed such that no interference occurs between the cognitive pilot channel (CPC) and the spectrum sensing channel (ACS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
    Inventors: Chen Sun, Yohannes Alemseged Demessie, Ha Nguyen Tran, Hiroshi Harada
  • Patent number: 8843156
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method to discover and prevent a communications disruption in a mobile environment includes receiving data at a mobile platform from a geographical database, determining if the mobile platform will be blocked by a blockage event from accessing a network in response to data extracted from the geographical database and avoiding the blockage event if the mobile platform will be blocked from accessing the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Gregary B. Prince, John P. Pehowich, George M. Vachula
  • Patent number: 8843069
    Abstract: Techniques for transmitting data with short-term interference mitigation in a wireless communication system are described. In one design, a first station (e.g., a base station or a terminal) may send a first message to at least one interfering station to request reduction of interference on at least one resource. The first station may send the first message in anticipation of receiving data on the at least one resource. An interfering station may receive the first message from the first station and may reduce interference on the at least one resource by reducing its transmit power and/or by steering its power in a direction different from the first station. The first station may thereafter receive data from a second station on the at least one resource. The techniques may be used for data transmission on the forward and reverse links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mohammad J. Borran, Aamod Khandekar, Naga Bhushan, Ashwin Sampath, Alexei Gorokhov, Avneesh Agrawal, Ravi Palanki, Gavin B. Horn
  • Patent number: 8842763
    Abstract: To increase a data rate (spectral efficiency) of the entire system also in the case of dynamically switching between SU-MIMO transmission and MU-MIMO transmission, it is a feature that a mobile station apparatus (10) selects a PMI associated with a precoding matrix including matrix elements corresponding to a stream that most approximates a channel matrix indicative of a channel state in a channel transmission path to transmit to a base station apparatus (20) as feedback, and that the base station apparatus (20) extracts the matrix elements corresponding to the stream that most approximates the channel state in the channel transmission path from the precoding matrix associated with the PMI transmitted from the mobile station apparatus (10) as feedback, and based on the extracted matrix elements, generates precoding weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Taoka, Katsutoshi Kusume
  • Patent number: 8838162
    Abstract: Provided is a power control method, etc., in cognitive radio communication, by which power control can be effectively performed without a large indirect cost. In the power control method, a target value of SNR is estimated on the basis of the control information relating to interference. Subsequently, communication power used for the cognitive radio communication is adjusted on the basis of the estimated target value of SNR. Thereby, power control can be effectively performed without a large indirect cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
    Inventors: Chen Sun, Yohannes Alemseged Demessie, Ha Nguyen Tran, Hiroshi Harada
  • Patent number: 8824536
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices enable spectrum management by identifying, classifying, and cataloging signals of interest based on radio frequency measurements. In an embodiment, signals and the parameters of the signals may be identified and indications of available frequencies may be presented to a user. In another embodiment, the protocols of signals may also be identified. In a further embodiment, the modulation of signals, data types carried by the signals, and estimated signal origins may be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: DGS Global Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel R. Garcia, Daniel Carbajal
  • Patent number: 8805280
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first communication unit that receives management data including at least identification information of content data from a different device by using a first communication method. The apparatus also includes an output unit that outputs a first display based on the management information received by the first communication unit. Further, the apparatus includes a selection acceptation unit that accepts a selection of the content data according to a selection operation on the first display. The apparatus additionally includes a second communication that sends a request for the content data of which the selection acceptation unit accepts the selection to the different device and receives the content data corresponding to the request by using a second communication method whose communication range is wider than that of the first communication method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Wakasa, Yasuharu Ishikawa, Isao Soma, Hiroshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8787857
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus includes a memory that stores parameters corresponding to lines based on a first time interval and a second time interval in a coordinate space in which first phase rotation in a reception signal is defined as a first axis and second phase rotation in a reception signal is defined as a second axis; a selecting device that selects a line that is closest to a coordinate point in the solution space, the coordinate point being represented by a first observation value of the first phase rotation and a second observation value of the second phase rotation; an acquiring device that acquires the parameters corresponding to the line from the memory; and an estimating device that estimates, based on the parameters, the first observation value, and the first time interval or the parameters, the second observation value, and the second time interval, frequency deviations of the reception signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Takato Ezaki
  • Patent number: 8774146
    Abstract: Methods are provided for mitigating interference due to pilot contamination in a cellular network in which there is reuse of pilot signals. In embodiments, forward-link signals are precoded, using knowledge of slow-fading coefficients, to mitigate the interference. In embodiments, interference in reverse-link signals destined for a given base station is mitigated by linearly combining reverse-link signals destined for the given base station and for other base stations of the network, using knowledge of slow-fading coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Alexei Ashikhmin, Thomas L. Marzetta
  • Patent number: 8768391
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of controlling selection of a localised scheduling scheme or a distributed scheduling scheme within an OFDMA downlink and including the step of estimating a fading characteristic and initiating switching between the scheduling schemes responsive to the result of the said estimation, wherein the fading characteristic can comprise one of fading rate or fading type, and wherein the invention can provide for such estimating functionality within a mobile radio communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Weili Ren, Michael Roberts
  • Patent number: 8750402
    Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting a reference signal (RS) in a downlink multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system which supports a first user equipment (UE) for supporting N transmission antennas from among a total of M transmitting antennas and a second UE for supporting M transmitting antennas (wherein, M>N). The method comprises the steps of: generating a subframe for simultaneously supporting the first UE and the second UE at a base station; transmitting the subframe; and mapping a common reference signal (CRS) for antenna port 0 to antenna port N?1, mapping a CRS for antenna port N to antenna port M?1, and controlling a power level of a CRS for antenna port 0 to antenna port N?1 and a power level of CRS for antenna port N to antenna port M?1, independently from one another, at the subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moon Il Lee, Wook Bong Lee, Jae Hoon Chung, Hyun Soo Ko, Bin Chul Ihm
  • Patent number: 8725161
    Abstract: To determine the position of a mobile device located within a coverage area of a base station, the time of arrival (TOA) of the CDMA signal received by the mobile device from the base station is reduced in proportion to the received power of the CDMA signal. The mobile device uses the reduced TOA of the CDMA signals together with the received GPS signals to detect its position. Alternatively, the mobile device transmits the TOA and power measurements of the received CDMA signals to a position determination entity (PDE). The PDE biases the TOA to estimate the position of the mobile device and transmits assistance data to the mobile device, thereby enabling the mobile device to receive GPS signals. The received GPS signals alone, or in combination with the biased TOA are then used to recompute the position of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Roland Reinhard Rick
  • Patent number: 8712347
    Abstract: A wireless communication system is disclosed including a MIMO wireless communication apparatus that can communicate through multiple antennas and a non-MIMO wireless communication apparatus that can communicate through a single antenna or multiple antennas. The MIMO wireless communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to transmit and receive control information divided into a second control information containing information related to the demodulation and decoding of traffic channel and a first control information containing information related to the MIMO separation of the second control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Dateki, Tetsuya Yano
  • Patent number: 8706058
    Abstract: A system comprises an outer shell having an inner spherical cavity and an inner sphere located in the spherical cavity. The inner sphere comprises a sensor; at least one transmit antenna; and at least one transmitter coupled to the sensor and to a respective one of the at least one transmit antenna. The system also comprises a first receive antenna located in the spherical cavity; a second receive antenna located in the spherical cavity; and a receiver located outside of the outer shell. The receiver is configured to determine the signal to noise ratio of a first signal received at the first receive antenna and the signal to noise ratio of a second signal received at the second receive antenna; and to combine the first and second signals based on the respective signal to noise ratios such that interference due to multi-path signals in the spherical cavity is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Halil N. Altan, Jamal Haque, Curtis Goulbourne
  • Patent number: 8699602
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first circuit (111) operable to generate at least a first and a second channel quality indicator (CQI) vector associated with a plurality of subbands for each of at least first and second spatial codewords respectively and generate a first and a second reference CQI for the first and second spatial codewords, and operable to generate a first and a second differential subbands CQI vector for each spatial codeword and generate a differential between the second reference CQI and the first reference CQI, and further operable to form a CQI report derived from the first and the second differential subbands CQI vector for each spatial codeword as well as the differential between the second reference CQI and the first reference CQI; and a second circuit (113) operable to initiate transmission of a signal communicating the CQI report. Other electronic devices, processes and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Runhua Chen, Eko N. Onggosanusi
  • Patent number: 8699605
    Abstract: A receiving method and apparatus in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication system are provided. The method includes receiving reception signals through a plurality of reception antennas, grouping symbols corresponding to the reception signals, respectively, into a preset number of groups, and rearranging symbols of the respective groups, transforming the reception signals by applying QR decomposition to the reception signals, sequentially canceling interference due to each of total possible candidate symbols for a first symbol based on an order of the rearranged symbols in the transformed reception signals, determining a portion of the total possible candidate symbols to be a candidate symbol set for each remaining symbol, except for the first symbol, using the interference-canceled reception signal, and determining log-likelihood ratio values of the first symbol, which are to be used upon decoding the received signals, using candidate symbols for the first symbol and each remaining symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joo-Yeol Yang
  • Patent number: 8693966
    Abstract: A method for filtering out a useful signal of a mobile radio terminal from a plurality of superimposed signals having a signal quality received by base stations in a cellular mobile radio network. The superimposed signal of the mobile radio terminal is detected by base stations that are reached and the signal quality of the received and superimposed signal of every base station reached is determined. The signal quality of a selected base station is then transmitted to a decision element and a selection of a selected base station is made by the decision element to decode the useful signal of the mobile radio terminal. The invention also relates to a device for filtering out a useful signal of a mobile radio terminal from a plurality of superimposed signals received by base stations in a cellular mobile radio network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Vodafone Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Shahid Khattak, Patrick Marsch, Peter Rost
  • Patent number: 8688156
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a link margin are provided. The method includes: receiving, from a second device, a link margin frame including information about the link margin related to a communication link between a first device and the second device; and performing at least one operation selected from among a change in transmission power, a change in a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), beam forming, and a change of the communication link to another frequency band, based on the received link margin frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-dong Kim, Hae-young Jun, Hyuk-choon Kwon, Soo-yeon Jung
  • Patent number: 8682380
    Abstract: Characterization and enhancement of a mobile local scattering environment. The system includes a channel component and a link control component, wherein the channel component facilitates communication of a ping signal, which is used to estimate the delay spread characteristics and/or angle of arrival in order to characterize the mobile local scattering environment. This information is sent to the link control component, which enhances radio link performance based on the received information. The system can be used to assist in E-911 location applications, such as determining the location of an indoor user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Ming-Ju Ho, Ali Jabbary, Stalin Albanes
  • Patent number: 8676137
    Abstract: A mobile wireless terminal includes a wireless receiving part configured to receive a wireless signal from a base station which belongs to a mobile communication system using a time-frequency conversion for baseband processing; a received signal processing part that includes a time-frequency converting circuit and is configured to process the wireless signal; a setting part configured to successively set central frequencies within regions, wherein a frequency band that the mobile communication system uses is divided into the regions having a predetermined bandwidth; and a received signal strength measuring part configured to measure signal strength of received signals over the regions of the frequency band that the mobile communication system uses based on time-frequency conversion results from the time-frequency converting circuit, the time-frequency conversion results being obtained for the respective regions using the respective central frequencies set by the setting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kubo
  • Patent number: 8660598
    Abstract: Methods and systems for enabling the rectification of deteriorated channel conditions on a communication link are described. In particular, the methods and systems can employ mechanisms that prioritize beams in accordance with signal quality measures, direction of departures of transmission beams and/or direction of arrivals of reception beams to address variable channel conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
    Inventors: Narayan Prasad, Kishore Ramachandran, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Publication number: 20140031072
    Abstract: The impact of a fading dip in a radio channel on the communication between a first and a second antenna may be reduced by receiving a sounding signal at the first antenna or the second antenna over the radio channel and measuring the frequency response of the radio channel using this sound signal that was received. The radio frequency signal that is used to communicate between the first antenna and the second antenna is adjusted in response to the frequency response that was measured in order to reduce an impact of the fading dip in the radio channel on the radio frequency signal during operation. Related systems, methods, and devices are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Havish KOORAPATY, Jan-Erik Berg, Jonas Hansryd