Frequency Switching Patents (Class 455/63.3)
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Patent number: 12261804Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including at least one communication module and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: establish, with an external device, a schedule including a time interval for a first frequency band and a time interval for a second frequency band to perform data communication with the external device supporting the first frequency band and the second frequency band, the first and second frequency bands having different coverage areas; determine a ratio of the time interval for the second frequency band based on a result of monitoring traffic in the first frequency band and the second frequency band according to the schedule indicates that traffic of the second frequency band having a smaller coverage area is present; and update the schedule to adjust the time intervals for the first frequency band and the second frequency band based on the determined ratio.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Buseop Jung, Soonho Lee
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System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Patent number: 12167247Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2024Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Digital Global Systems, Inc.Inventor: Armando Montalvo -
Patent number: 11757559Abstract: A method for detecting communication jamming attacks includes collecting, via a processor associated with a base station, local jamming information from a first vehicle and a second vehicle. The local jamming information having an attack time, an attack localization, and an attack frequency. The method further includes building a global jamming map comprising global jamming information, based on the local jamming information, determining, based on the global jamming map, a location of a communication jamming device, and causing to transmit global jamming information to a third vehicle. The global jamming information is associated with the location of the communication jamming device.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Yu Seung Kim, Yun Ho Lee
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Patent number: 11363595Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus which can simultaneously conduct communication on at least two frequency channels is described. The apparatus includes a communication unit which refers to a connection management table to determine a communication system which can be used by a wireless communication terminal using an identifier of the wireless communication terminal, and conducts communication with the wireless communication terminal on a second frequency channel using the communication system, when a request from the wireless communication terminal to change the first frequency channel to the second frequency channel is permitted.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoko Adachi, Toshihisa Nabetani, Kiyoshi Toshimitsu, Tatsuma Hirano
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Patent number: 11140381Abstract: A method of operating a VR or AR head mounted display (HMD) system includes obtaining a video performance parameter for a video signal, selecting a clock frequency for video data transfer within the HMD system based on the video performance parameter, detecting one or more available frequency bands for a wireless data connection between a host device and the HMD system, and selecting a frequency band from the one or more available frequency bands for the wireless data connection, based on a predetermined connection suitability parameter for the one or more available frequency bands and based on the selected clock frequency for video data transfer within the HMD system. The method further includes establishing a wireless connection between the host device and the HMD system over the selected frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Rui Zhang, Dong Yang
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Patent number: 11109235Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for a spectrum management service. A spectrum management service may be utilized to manage wireless spectrum licenses, which may associated with various license-holders, spectrum bands, and geographic regions. The spectrum management service may determine a utilization of various spectrum licenses based on capacity data and usage data from a wireless service provider, and may identify underutilized licenses and/or regions within a wireless network where additional spectrum may be required. The spectrum management service may further identify candidates for spectrum license swaps, analyze proposed or actual license swaps, identify transmissions outside of licensed areas, and analyze information from various sources to improve the efficiency of licensed spectrum usage.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Shahzad Bashir
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Patent number: 10363904Abstract: One general aspect includes a telematics unit including: a memory configured to include a program and a processor configured to execute the program, where the program enables the processor to: sense a disconnection event; in response to the disconnection event being sensed, gather telematics unit location data, transmit the location data to a remote facility, and transmit a theft alert to a remote facility.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Huong T. Chim, Matt Neely, Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres, Eric T. Hosey
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Patent number: 10187782Abstract: Method for passively identifying an entity responsible for causing a user equipment (UE) generated uplink communication in accordance with an LTE communication standard. The method includes capturing uplink traffic associated with an LTE communication network. A Demodulation Reference Signal (DRS) group sequence number is extracted from each of a plurality of data packets in a plurality of time slots associated with the uplink traffic. The DRS group sequence numbers which have been extracted are used to determine at least one Physical Cell Identity (PCI) of, or DRS group number used by, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) entity responsible for causing the uplink traffic.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Harris CorporationInventors: Brian J. Haman, Raphael Lyman, Allan Weiner
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Patent number: 10177776Abstract: A distortion mitigation quantizer circuit includes a pre-quantizer to generate a first quantized signal having L output signal levels from an input signal and a digital pulse-width-modulation (PWM) circuit to modulate the first quantized signal using M modulating carriers with PWM carrier frequency fp and according to an over sampling ratio (OSR) N in order to generate a second quantized signal. In this case, a number of the modulating carriers M is substantially equal to twice L/N.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Rui Ma, Omer Tanovic
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Patent number: 10001964Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for handling Wi-Fi or Bluetooth signals in a wireless network are disclosed. Example embodiments include a method including the operations of receiving, by a speaker system comprising at least one processor and one or more output speakers, one or more encoded data streams over a wireless connection, decoding the one or more data streams and outputting the one or more decoded data streams through the one or more output speakers, and pausing outputting of the one or more decoded data streams upon determining a halting event.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Sagar Pawar, Prakash Pillai
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Patent number: 9927517Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a rainfall sensor having a rainfall analyzer configured to induce transmitted electromagnetic waves that are guided by a transmission medium to propagate along the transmission medium, wherein the transmitted electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the rainfall analyzer receives reflected electromagnetic waves from the transmission medium in response to the transmitted electromagnetic waves and wherein the rainfall analyzer analyzes the reflected electromagnetic waves and generates rainfall data in response thereto. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Robert Bennett, Paul Shala Henry, Irwin Gerszberg, Farhad Barzegar, Donald J. Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
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Patent number: 9929753Abstract: Techniques for harmonizing wireless communications performed by a computing device which communicates using varying wireless communication standards are described herein. For instance, a computing device may include multiple chipsets with associated antennas that are configured to perform wireless communications using separate wireless standards which operate at overlapping frequencies. To avoid performance degradation experienced in simultaneous use cases with communications operating at overlapping frequencies, the multiple chipsets may be configured with logic to determine which communications are prioritized when multiple chipsets attempt to communicate simultaneously. The multiple chipsets may be communicatively coupled to coordinate their communications by prioritizing certain types of communications over other types of communications to avoid simultaneous communications in overlapping frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Morris Yuanhsiang Hsu, Pratik Kalpesh Patel, Qinghai Gao, Ateet Kapur, Milos Jorgovanovic, Jay Praful Desai, Jin Guo, King Shaw
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Patent number: 9912396Abstract: A method of processing a reception signal and a MIMO receiver are disclosed. The method includes the steps of selecting a reference RE from an RE group including a plurality of REs, generating a preprocessing filter to be shared by the plurality of the REs belonging to the RE group based on channel information of the reference RE and generating detection signals for the plurality of the REs in a manner of compensating reception signals for each of the plurality of the REs using the preprocessing filter and channel information of each of the plurality of the REs.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kilbom Lee, Jiwon Kang, Kitae Kim, Heejin Kim
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Patent number: 9813915Abstract: A base station in a spectrum sharing system includes a sensor configured to sense signals over a shared spectrum, a transceiver configured to receive at least one measurement report transmitted from at least one user terminal regarding signals over the shared spectrum sensed by the at least one user terminal and a processor configured to determine whether to utilize the shared spectrum according to the signals over the shared spectrum sensed by the sensor or acquired from the at least one measurement report. A user terminal in a spectrum sharing system includes a sensor configured to sense signals over a shared spectrum, a processor configured to generate a measurement report regarding the signals over the shared spectrum and a transceiver configured to transmit the measurement report to a base station so that the base station determines whether to utilize the shared spectrum according the signals over the shared spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Institute For Information IndustryInventors: Chih-Chiang Wu, Chiu-Wen Chen, Chun-Che Chien
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Patent number: 9756611Abstract: Described herein are techniques for reducing interference to non-cellular communications on an unlicensed band by a network entity sending/receiving cellular communications on the unlicensed band. For example, the technique may involve accessing a list of channels for cellular communication on the unlicensed band, the list having the channels in an order of priority for reducing interference to non-cellular communication on the unlicensed band. The technique may involve determining an interference criteria for a received signal, the interference criteria being based at in part on at least one of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) or a duty cycle of the received signal. The technique may involve going through, in the order of priority, each channel in the list to identify a first channel that satisfies the interference criteria.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Mehmet Yavuz, Ahmed Kamel Sadek
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Patent number: 9622085Abstract: A system and method for autonomous dynamic spectrum assignment for operating and configuring a cellular wireless communication network, employing multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs). The method consists of: partitioning the system radio frequency resources (spectrum) into fixed and pooled spectrum blocks; autonomously assigning pooled spectrum blocks at individual system access points or radio units or groups thereof; dynamically adapting the assignment of pooled spectrum blocks at individual system APs/RUs or groups of APs/RUs; implementation of the pooled block assignment function and integration with radio resource assignment functions of co-deployed RATs.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Inventors: Ahmed Alsohaily, Elvino Silveira Medina de Sousa
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Patent number: 9585027Abstract: Methods and systems for enhanced 2-wire and 3-wire WLAN Bluetooth coexistence solution may include determining whether adaptive frequency hopping is active in a Bluetooth communication device. If the adaptive frequency hopping is active, handshaking with a collocated non-Bluetooth communication device may be disabled. The collocated non-Bluetooth communication device may be a wireless local area network communication device. If the adaptive frequency hopping is inactive, handshaking with the collocated non-Bluetooth communication device may be enabled. If the adaptive frequency hopping is inactive, the Bluetooth communication device may initiate handshaking prior to transmitting data. If the adaptive frequency hopping is inactive, the Bluetooth communication device may also respond to the handshaking initiated by the collocated non-Bluetooth communication device. The handshaking may be executed via a 2-wire Bluetooth/WLAN coexistence interface or a 3-wire Bluetooth/WLAN coexistence interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventor: Asif Grushkevich
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Patent number: 9385892Abstract: There is provided a communication system capable of achieving a high usage efficiency of frequencies without the need for cooperation of multiplexed users. A communication system communicates over frequency channels set by dividing a frequency bandwidth assigned to the system allows interference between channels by overlapping the adjacent frequency channels with each other in the frequency domain, or a transmitting and receiving device, which transmits and receives a signal by allowing the interference between symbols at a waveform level for each channel to decrease the occupied bandwidth, is provided with ICI removal and ISI compensation filter 111 serving as either an ICI removal filter for removing the interference between channels or an ISI compensation filter for compensating the interference between symbols.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Anass Benjebbour, Takahiro Asai, Hitoshi Yoshino, Tatsuo Furuno, Tomoyuki Ooya
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Patent number: 9374177Abstract: The present invention provides a method, a device, and a system for processing a communications system signal. The method includes: acquiring, by a communications system of a first standard, a first message, where the first message carries a signal strength, sent by a communications system of a second standard, on a frequency where interference of the communications system of the second standard on the communications system of the first standard exists; and performing, by the communications system of the first standard, according to the signal strength, filtering processing for a signal to be processed of the communications system of the first standard. In embodiments of the present invention, interference can be reduced and receiving performance can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiaoyan Shi
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Patent number: 9191037Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for simultaneously operating as a wireless radio and monitoring the local frequency spectrum. For example, described herein are wireless radio devices that use a secondary receiver to monitor frequencies within the operating band and prevent or avoid interferers, including in particular half-IF interferers. The systems, devices, and methods described herein may adjust the intermediate frequency in a superheterodyne receiver to select an intermediate frequency that minimizes interference. In particular, described herein are apparatuses and methods that use a second receiver which is independent of the first receiver and may be connected to the same receiving antenna to monitor the geographically local frequency spectrum and may detect spurious interferers, allowing the primary receiver to adjust the intermediate frequency and avoid spurious interferes.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.Inventors: Lance D. Lascari, Robert J. Pera
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Patent number: 9167552Abstract: A system and a method for determining a location area of a user using a mobile communication terminal in a geographical area covered by a mobile radio network, based on location probabilities for defined sub-areas of the geographical area. The location probabilities may be determined based on, e.g., field strengths expected in the sub-areas from antennas and based on the antenna used by the mobile communication terminal. The location probabilities may indicate, for a sub-area, the probability that the mobile communication terminal is located in the respective sub-area. At least one ellipse defining the location area may be determined, such as based on the location probabilities. The location probabilities may enable determining elliptical location areas of mobile users much smaller than the area each antenna does cover physically, but without the need for measuring at the mobile communication terminal signal properties such as signal strength or observed time differences.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: SWISSCOM AGInventors: Ernst Versteeg, Eric Taillard, Patrick Bailly, Maxence Laurent
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Patent number: 9148789Abstract: It is provided a solution for controlling interference in a cellular telecommunication system. An interference controller of the cellular telecommunication utilizes interference level information received from another cellular telecommunication system in controlling interference towards a target cell suffering from high interference which degrades the grade of service in the target cell. The interference level information comprises information on levels of interference between neighboring cells of the other cellular telecommunication system. The interference controller analyzes the received interference level information and controls communication links in cells of the cellular telecommunication system determined to cause the highest interference towards the target cell. The cells determined to cause the highest interference towards the target cell are determined from the received interference level information.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Jari Yrjänä Hulkkonen, Esa Tapani Tiirola, Mikko Säily, Kari Pekka Pajukoski
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Patent number: 9125203Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing radio resources in one or more wireless communication networks. At least one radio resource manager (RRM) is provided within a network node, or as an independent entity. The RRM monitors performance on wireless communication links of the network(s) and interacts with nodes associated with those links to change the configuration on a particular wireless communication link if its performance (i.e., quality) falls below an established threshold. Information regarding current resource usage of the network is sent to the RRM by the nodes. Each of the nodes may send a quality report to the RRM including wireless communication link quality measurements and performance statistics. Alternatively, the RRM may perform the wireless communication link quality measurements. The RRM facilitates the broadcasting of information regarding current resource usage of one network to other networks to avoid collisions and interference.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Juan Carlos Zuniga, Marian Rudolf, Shamim Akbar Rahman
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Patent number: 9094986Abstract: Interference management may involve the transmission of interference management messages by wireless nodes that are experiencing interference and appropriate responses by potential interferers that receive the interference management messages. Upon detection of interfering signals, a wireless node may determine whether the signals are from a synchronous interferer or an asynchronous interferer. Based on this determination, the wireless node may use different types of signals to manage the different types of interference. In some aspects, asynchronous interference management may involve backing-off in frequency and/or in time in response to interference signals. Asynchronous interference management may involve transmitting back-off beacons to clear potential interferers from a given carrier. Here, the transmission of beacons by a wireless node may be metered to facilitate fair sharing of communication resources.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM, IncorporatedInventors: Gavin Bernard Horn, Ashwin Sampath, Sanjiv Nanda
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Patent number: 9088985Abstract: A base station includes a receiving unit configured to receive a UE capability regarding a bandwidth from a mobile station; and a specifying unit configured to specify, among plural basic frequency blocks included in a system band, one or more basic frequency blocks to be used by the mobile station based on the UE capability.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Motohiro Tanno, Nobuhiko Miki, Hidekazu Taoka, Kenichi Higuchi, Mamoru Sawahashi
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Patent number: 9049716Abstract: An eNB10-1 receives high-interference RB information from eNB10-2 to eNB10-4, and acquires a transmission power value for UE40-10. When the transmission power value for UE40-1 is greater than or equal to a transmission power threshold value, eNB10-1 restricts the assignment of high-interference RBs to UE40-1, and when the transmission power value for UE40-1 is less than the transmission power threshold value, eNB10-1 assigns high-interference RBs to UE40-1 in a preferential manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Minako Kitahara
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Patent number: 9042836Abstract: A communications apparatus includes a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module transmits and receives radio frequency signals to and from a service network via at least a first and a second component carriers. The controller module receives a first measurement configuration corresponding to the first component carrier from the service network, receives a message indicating that the first component carrier is replaced by a third component carrier from the service network via the wireless module, receives a second measurement configuration corresponding to the third component carrier from the service network via the wireless module, keeps at least one of the first and second measurement configurations in response to receiving the message, and performs measurements according to the kept measurement configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: HTC CORPORATIONInventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
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Publication number: 20150133057Abstract: Described herein are techniques for reducing interference to non-cellular communications on an unlicensed band by a network entity sending/receiving cellular communications on the unlicensed band. For example, the technique may involve accessing a list of channels for cellular communication on the unlicensed band, the list having the channels in an order of priority for reducing interference to non-cellular communication on the unlicensed band. The technique may involve determining an interference criteria for a received signal, the interference criteria being based at in part on at least one of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) or a duty cycle of the received signal. The technique may involve going through, in the order of priority, each channel in the list to identify a first channel that satisfies the interference criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Mehmet Yavuz, Ahmed Kamel Sadek
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Patent number: 9031510Abstract: A control apparatus of a capacitive touch sensor includes a capacitive sensor, a radio receiver, a setting unit, and a charge control unit. The capacitive sensor is coupled to a manipulation panel and detects an approach of a finger of a user to the manipulation panel and a touch of the finger on the manipulation panel. The radio receiver receives a radio broadcast at a radio receiving frequency. The setting unit sets a sensing frequency to a selected value, which is determined from a plurality of selectable sensing frequency values, corresponding to the radio receiving frequency. The charge control unit is coupled to a switching unit, and controls the switching unit to operate at the sensing frequency in order to charge and discharge an electrostatic capacitance generated between the capacitive sensor and the finger.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yuusuke Oda
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Patent number: 9031255Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to provide for low-latency delivery and playback of audio are disclosed. In one embodiment, an example audio system includes multiple playback devices including a primary device and one or more secondary devices, whereby, the primary device establishes and controls a peer-to-peer network that connects, wirelessly or wired, to each of the satellite devices. An example audio device contains a channel selector, a control interface, and an audio interface. In some embodiments the control interface is used to transmit control information to another device on a first frequency channel, and the audio interface is used to transmit audio information to another device on a second frequency channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Steven Beckhardt, Hrishikesh Gossain, Nicholas A. J. Millington, Jeffrey M. Peters
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Patent number: 9020434Abstract: Disclosed in some examples is a method including receiving at a coordinator node a plurality of operational reports from a plurality of devices, each device engaging in a WiFi Direct communication session, the operational reports identifying a first communication parameter used for the WiFi Direct wireless communication session and a second communication parameter observed of a neighboring communication session; calculating one or more optimal communication parameters for one or more of the plurality of devices using the first and second communication parameters from the plurality of operational reports; and sending to the one or more of the plurality of devices the calculated one or more optimal communication parameters, wherein the plurality of operational reports are received and the optimal communication parameters are sent over a network out-of-band from the WiFi Direct communication sessions.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Roni Abiri
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Patent number: 9014751Abstract: Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a transmitter configured to transmit, according to a first protocol, first wireless signals in a first frequency band; and a receiver configured to receive, according to a second protocol, second wireless signals in a second frequency band, wherein the second frequency band is adjacent to or overlaps the first frequency band; and an arbiter configured to allow the transmitter to transmit the first wireless signals according to the first protocol while the receiver receives the second wireless signals according to the second protocol responsive to at least one of i) a signal power level of the first wireless signals being less than a first signal power threshold; and ii) a signal power level of the second wireless signals being greater than a second signal power threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Jihwan P. Choi, Hui-Ling Lou, Ying Cai, Leilei Song, Vladan Petrovic
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Patent number: 9008702Abstract: Provided is a base station capable of maintaining a communication quality of a communication terminal (mobile station) having registered its position with the base station itself, even if an operating frequency is changed.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki Hidaka
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Publication number: 20150099471Abstract: A receiver and a transmitter that copes with interference in a super-regenerative communication system, and a method of using the receiver and the transmitter, are provided. A super-regenerative receiver includes a resonance frequency adjusting unit configured to adjust a resonance frequency associated with a filtering band of a transmission signal that is received from a transmitter. The super-regenerative receiver further includes an oscillation signal generating unit configured to generate an oscillation signal, using a positive feedback amplification, based on the resonance frequency and the transmission signal. The super-regenerative receiver further includes an oscillation characteristic detecting unit configured to detect a characteristic of the oscillation signal. The super-regenerative receiver further includes a determining unit configured to determine whether interference is included in the transmission signal based on the characteristic of the oscillation signal and the resonance frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Joon Seong KANG, Jae Sup LEE, Hyo Sun HWANG
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Publication number: 20150079909Abstract: In one configuration, an apparatus and a method to operate the apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes at least one processor configured to receive operating information indicating a set of operating frequencies from a first circuit and to select an operating frequency from the set of operating frequencies. The at least one processor is further arranged to configure an operation of a second circuit based on the selected operating frequency. In another configuration, the apparatus includes at least one processor configured to select a set of operating frequencies based a radio frequency operation and to transmit operating information indicating the set of operating frequencies to a control circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Carlos SOLEDADE, Ajay BAWALE, Graham ROFF, Girish BHAT
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Patent number: 8982282Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of searching for a channel in the display apparatus includes a plurality of tuners and a plurality of antenna ports respectively connected to the plurality of tuners. The method includes receiving a channel search command; if the channel search command is input, searching for one of the plurality of antenna ports that is connected to a satellite antenna to receive a broadcasting signal, if one of the plurality of antenna ports is connected to the satellite antenna to receive the broadcasting signal, setting one of the plurality of tuners connected to the one antenna port, to a main tuner, and performing a channel search through the tuner set to the main tuner. Therefore, although an antenna port connected to one of the plurality of tuners initially set to a sub tuner, the display apparatus performs a channel search through the corresponding tuner.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jun-hee Woo
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Publication number: 20150072623Abstract: A method for reducing transmission interference is described. The method includes determining that an FM receiver is turned on. The method also includes determining that the FM receiver is tuned to an FM channel experiencing interference from an induction-based communication transmitter. The method further includes adjusting a transmit frequency of the induction-based communication transmitter by a temporary frequency shift.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Mahbod Mofidi
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Patent number: 8971814Abstract: In order to effectively determine an optimized radio resource, a radio communication system (100) includes a plurality of first base stations (111) and a plurality of first mobile stations (112) respectively connected to the plurality of first base stations (111). In the radio communication system (100), there are included calculation means (103) for calculating a statistic (130) by aggregating interference levels of radio waves between the plurality of first base stations (111) and second mobile stations (122) connected to a second base station (121) that forms a second cell (120) larger than a first cell (110) formed by each of the first base stations (111); and determination means (104) for determining, based on the statistic (130), a radio resource to be used by the plurality of first base stations (111) or the plurality of first mobile stations (112).Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Motoki Morita, Kojiro Hamabe, Yasuhiko Matsunaga
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Patent number: 8958749Abstract: A communication apparatus including a first communicator which communicates with a first other communication apparatus, a detector which detects, with respect to each of the frequency channels, a value of a parameter for evaluating a quality of a communication between the communication apparatuses, a determiner which determines, on the basis of the value of the parameter detected with respect to a corresponding one of the frequency channels by the detector, whether the quality of the communication between the communication apparatuses made by using each of the frequency channels is not less than a first threshold, and a communication controller which sends the first other communication apparatus data by means of the first communicator, once when a good-quality frequency channel is used, and repeatedly a plurality of times when a poor-quality frequency channel is used.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tadahiro Kunii
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Patent number: 8958744Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a wireless communication apparatus for making wireless connection in the first connection attempt state wherein a connection request is attempted using a predetermined frequency channel or the second connection attempt state wherein a connection request is attempted using a plurality of frequency channels. A frame generation unit generates a connection request frame which includes the first field for requesting a search of the plurality of frequency channels in response to occurrence of interference, and the second field indicating whether a corresponding frequency channel is a channel wherein occurrence of interference has been detected. A transmission unit transmits the connection request frame using the predetermined frequency channel in the first connection attempt state, and transmits the connection request frame using the plurality of frequency channels in the second connection attempt state.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomoya Tandai, Tomoko Adachi, Takeshi Tomizawa
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Patent number: 8948700Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for compensating for distortion in a transmitter by utilizing a digital predistortion scheme with a feedback mixer configuration are presented. Aspects of the system may include an RF transmitter that enables generation of an RF output signal in response to one or more generated input signals. One or more feedback signals may be generated by performing frequency downconversion on the RF output signal within a corresponding one or more feedback mixer circuits. The generated one or more feedback signals may be inserted at a corresponding one or more insertion points in an RF receiver. Each insertion point may be between a receiver mixer circuit and corresponding circuits that generate a baseband signal based on the corresponding one of the feedback signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Arya Behzad, Ali Afsahi, Vikram Magoon, Mark Gonikberg, George Varghese, Guruprasad Revanna
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Patent number: 8948707Abstract: A transceiver module and duplexer within a communication device supports a minimized antenna volume and enhances a transfer gain for transmit and receive channels. The duplexer is communicatively coupled to one of multiple antenna and filter matching configurations which include a first configuration that couples receive and transmit filter matching circuits to a single antenna matching circuit. When the duplexer is coupled to the first configuration, receive and transmit filters of the duplexer are respectively coupled to the receive filter matching circuit and the transmit filter matching circuit. As a result, the antenna matching circuit and the filter matching circuits collectively provide the enhanced transfer gain.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Richard E. Mach, Gregory R. Black
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Patent number: 8942636Abstract: An adaptive scheme controls the transmission of interference management messages by wireless nodes. For example, the adaptive scheme may be used to determine whether and/or how to transmit resource utilization messages. Such a determination may be based on, for example, comparison of a quality of service threshold with a current quality of service level associated with received data. A quality of service threshold may be adapted based on the effect of previously transmitted resource utilization messages. A quality of service threshold for a given wireless node may be adapted based on the frequency at which the wireless node transmits resource utilization messages. A quality of service threshold for a given wireless node may be adapted based on information received from another wireless node. An adaptation scheme also may depend on the type of traffic received by a given wireless node. A quality of service threshold also may be adapted based on throughput information.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2008Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Rajarshi Gupta, Gavin Bernard Horn, Anastasios Stamoulis, Ashwin Sampath, Santosh Abraham
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Patent number: 8934848Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus is provided including: a radio receiver configured to acquire, from a base station, a first information indicating a fixed number identifying quantity of sub-carrier bands to be selected for channel quality reporting; a reception quality measurer configured to measure channel quality of each of a plurality of sub-carrier bands within a communication band; a subcarrier selector configured to select sub-carrier bands from the plurality of sub-carrier bands based on the measured channel quality, wherein quantity of the selected sub-carrier bands matches the quantity of sub-carrier bands identified by the fixed number; a modulator configured to modulate a second information indicating channel quality of the selected sub-carrier bands and a third information indicating positions of the selected sub-carrier bands according to a modulation scheme; and a radio transmitter configured to report to the base station the second and third modulated information.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Akihiko Nishio, Jun Cheng
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Patent number: 8934909Abstract: An apparatus for providing network assisted local communication offloading to unlicensed bands may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving, via signaling associated with licensed band resources, information indicative of unlicensed band resources available in a particular area, and providing resource availability data, via signaling associated with the licensed band resources, to one or more devices within the particular area. The resource availability data may enable unlicensed band resource usage by at least one of the one or more devices. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Timo Koskela, Vinh Van Phan, Gilles Charbit, Sami-Jukka Hakola
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Patent number: 8923877Abstract: An approach is provided for mitigating interference from Long Term Evolution (3GPP LTE) terminals to adjacent frequency bands. A platform determines whether a region associated with transmission of one or more resource blocks are an interfering region according to predetermined criteria, where one or more resource blocks are assigned a primary carrier as a default carrier for the transmission. The platform selects a secondary carrier for the one or more resource blocks instead of the primary carrier if the region is determined to be interfering.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Andrew Youtz, Iftekhar Rahman, Pingping Zong, Zheng Zhao
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Patent number: 8918056Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a communication unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with another wireless communication device by use of a wireless channel selected from wireless channels. The detection unit detects field intensities of first wireless channels. The control unit calculates a field intensity of a second wireless channel based on the field intensities of the first wireless channels, wherein the first wireless channels do not include the second wireless channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takehiro Aibara, Hitoshi Amagai, Naotaka Uehara, Takayuki Kogane, Sumito Shinohara, Masato Nunokawa, Tetsuya Handa, Kimiyasu Mizuno
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Patent number: 8914838Abstract: A communication apparatus comprises a reception unit that receives a reception signal from a metal cable and extracts reception data; a transmission unit that sends a transmission signal obtained by modulating transmission data with a frequency included in a first frequency band to the metal cable; an interference signal detection unit that detects a signal used in communication using a cable modem, modulated by a frequency included in a second frequency band, and transmitted over the metal cable as an interference signal; and a signal transmission control unit that instructs the transmission unit to modulate transmission data using a frequency included in a third frequency band that does not have any frequency band overlapping the second frequency band when the interference signal is detected and a frequency band overlapping both the first frequency band and the second frequency band exists.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: NEC Magnus Communications, Ltd.Inventors: Yuusaku Okamura, Yasushi Hamada, Yoshitaka Nakano, Kazutoshi Ohishi
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Patent number: RE46905Abstract: A communications system network that enables secondary use of spectrum on a non-interference basis is disclosed. Each secondary transceiver measures the background spectrum. The system uses a modulation method to measure the background signals that eliminates self-generated interference and also identifies the secondary signal to all primary users via on/off amplitude modulation, allowing easy resolution of interference claims. The system uses high-processing gain probe waveforms that enable propagation measurements to be made with minimal interference to the primary users. The system measures background signals and identifies the types of nearby receivers and modifies the local frequency assignments to minimize interference caused by a secondary system due to non-linear mixing interference and interference caused by out-of-band transmitted signals (phase noise, harmonics, and spurs).Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: SHARED SPECTRUM COMPANYInventor: Mark Allen McHenry
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Patent number: RE47120Abstract: A communications system network that enables secondary use of spectrum on a non-interference basis is disclosed. Each secondary transceiver measures the background spectrum. The system uses a modulation method to measure the background signals that eliminates self-generated interference and also identifies the secondary signal to all primary users via on/off amplitude modulation, allowing easy resolution of interference claims. The system uses high-processing gain probe waveforms that enable propagation measurements to be made with minimal interference to the primary users. The system measures background signals and identifies the types of nearby receivers and modifies the local frequency assignments to minimize interference caused by a secondary system due to non-linear mixing interference and interference caused by out-of-band transmitted signals (phase noise, harmonics, and spurs).Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Shared Spectrum CompanyInventor: Mark Allen McHenry