Using A Test Signal Patents (Class 455/67.14)
  • Patent number: 11968608
    Abstract: A method, system and computer readable media for detecting entry of an IoT pack into a geofenced location. The method may begin by broadcasting a Bluetooth inquiry message from a Bluetooth radio that forms a part of an IoT pack. Upon receipt of one or more responses to the inquiry message a Bluetooth radio that forms a part of a given beacon used to demark a geofenced location, the IoT pack energizes an ultra wide band radio that forms a part of the IoT pack and begins sending and receiving ultra wide band signals to an ultra wide band radios that form a part of the given beacon. Ranging information is calculated from the IoT pack to the one or more beacons on the basis of the received ultra wide band signals, which is analyzed to determine the location of the IoT pack relative to the geofenced location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HELBIZ HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hannestad, Nemanja Stancic, Petar Milovanovic, Salvatore Palella
  • Patent number: 11940319
    Abstract: A truck scale management system comprising a server including a processor and a memory having executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the processor to connect to a truck scale system through a communication interface via a virtual scale, the virtual scale comprising a data connection to a physical truck scale in the truck scale system and including attributes of the physical truck scale, retrieve a given virtual kiosk associated with the virtual scale from a database, the given virtual kiosk communicatively accessible from a client device and including one or more customizable functionalities and workflows that interact with the truck scale system, and facilitate communication between the client device and the truck scale system via the given virtual kiosk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TruckPay Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Scott Honig, Benjamin Martin Honig
  • Patent number: 11930060
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to verifying performance and operation of live services. Applications operative in a computing environment and directed to a plurality of organizations may be provided such that the applications include data associated with different organizations. Templates that declare template objects may be provided such that the template objects may be directed to verifying features of the applications. Data associated with the organization may be provided based on the template objects. Verification objects may be generated based on the template objects and the provided data. The verification objects may be employed to verify the features of the applications based on verification conditions and the provided data. Reports that include results based on verification conditions and the provided data may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: DexCare, Inc.
    Inventors: Chandler Boone Ferry, Robert Albert Wlodarczyk, William Tomer, Jeffrey Alan Herold
  • Patent number: 11922460
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying a customer's location within a facility or place of business, such as, but not limited to a casino. The system and method provides notification company representatives upon arrival of the customer at the given location. Additionally, the method and system allows for navigational services to be provided to customers, and real-time location determination, location tracking and confirmation to customers of location and rewards program status. The disclosed method and system can work through a system of wireless radio, sound and/or light-based beacons communicating with the customer's smartphone, computer system, or other electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: COLLATERAL OPPORTUNITIES OF NEVADA, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Howard Kusens, Michael Kusens, Arthur Miller
  • Patent number: 11917554
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a device that includes an orientation sensor. Based on the device's orientation, a transmit power of the device is limited to ensure that transmission of the device do not exceed regulatory requirements. The transmit power limit is based, in some embodiments, on a manufacturer or model of the device, which indicates a position of one or more antennas relative to the device, and allows for a determination of an amount of power transmitted above the horizon in a given orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: John James Musante, Gurpreet Singh, Joshua Rosenthal, James Jay Friedmann
  • Patent number: 11917599
    Abstract: A communication apparatus for facilitating setting up of a network slice for service provision in a time division duplex system includes a receiver configured to receive a request for a network slice for at least one service. A processor is configured to specify, for the requested network slice, at least one of an uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration and a reconfiguration timescale. A transmitter is configured to notify at least one of a communication entity of a radio access network and a communication entity of a core network of the UL/DL configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Konstantinos Samdanis, Rudraksh Shrivastava, Xavier Costa-Perez
  • Patent number: 11914050
    Abstract: A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for a portable device includes a first linear polarization antenna configured to receive a first linear polarization component of a GNSS signal; a second linear polarization antenna configurable to receive a second linear polarization component of the GNSS signal, a radio frequency signal conforming to a second wireless communication technology, or both; and a hybrid coupler that combines the first linear polarization component of the GNSS signal and the second linear polarization component of the GNSS signal to generate a circularly polarized GNSS signal. In some embodiments, the GNSS receiver includes a tuner to tune the resonant frequency of the second linear polarization antenna. In some embodiments, the GNSS receiver includes a switch or a filter to connect or disconnect the second linear polarization antenna from the hybrid coupler to implement a circular polarization antenna or a linear polarization ante.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Pranav Iyengar, Rayman Wai Pon
  • Patent number: 11906653
    Abstract: A calibration utilizes reference data indicative of a position of a target element relative to a reference location, of a position of a reference point on a rotatable support relative to the reference location, orientation data indicative of at least one angular position of the rotatable support, and antenna measurement data indicative of electromagnetic echo signals received by a radar antenna from the target element. A measured position of the target element relative to the radar antenna is determined based on at least a portion of the antenna measurement data. A reference position of the target element relative to the radar antenna is determined based on the reference data and on at least a portion of the orientation data. At least one bias value or function associated with the orientation data and/or the antenna measurement data is determined based on a deviation between the determined measured position and reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Michael Mihlin
  • Patent number: 11848712
    Abstract: A system can comprise a radio unit that comprises a transmitter and a receiver. The system can further comprise a first hardware component that communicatively couples the transmitter and the receiver. The system can further comprise a second hardware component that is configured to transmit an analog signal from the transmitter to the receiver via the first hardware component. The system can further comprise a third hardware component that is configured to evaluate operation of the radio unit based on the analog signal received at the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
    Inventors: John Bradley Deforge, Danyi Rong, Sewvanda Don, Tommy Ivarsson, Ankur Pimpale, Mikhail Shenouda
  • Patent number: 11777621
    Abstract: User equipment (UE) can include a spectrum analyzer to monitor characteristics of transmission channels. The user equipment can monitor a 600 MHz spectrum and associated channels, for example, to determine if the spectrum is free of interference or is currently occupied. The UE can analyze a received signal strength indication (RSSI), a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), and signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), for example, to distinguish between types of interference if a channel is occupied. User equipment (UE) can aggregate data and report such data to a network device further aggregate the data and to generate reports. Network components can be deployed or optimized based at least in part on network metrics provided by individual UEs or aggregated data provided by a plurality of UEs. In some instances, the UE can be a mobile phone of a customer to gather metrics in a distributed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Sung Yoon, Jie Hui, Daniel Howard Wilson, Thomas P. Lucht, Antoine T. Tran
  • Patent number: 11777768
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pre-equalization compensation method and device for a link, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes: in response to that an Active Antenna Unit (AAU) is powered on, parsing a prestored off-line compensation table to obtain first non-flatness equalization coefficients of an RF link with a plurality of sub-carriers and second non-flatness equalization coefficients of a wave control link with the plurality of sub-carriers, with each one of the plurality of sub-carriers corresponding to one of the first non-flatness equalization coefficients and one of the second non-flatness equalization coefficients; combining the first non-flatness equalization coefficients of the plurality of sub-carriers and the second non-flatness equalization coefficients of the plurality of sub-carriers to obtain a combined carrier non-flatness coefficient; and performing equalization compensation on the link according to the combined carrier non-flatness coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tan Liu, Feng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11764816
    Abstract: A method and circuit for controlling the compensation for channel mismatches are used in an electronic device which includes a signal transmission circuit or a signal receiving circuit that have two channels. The electronic device further includes a channel mismatch compensation circuit. The method includes: (A) determining a frequency of a test signal; (B) causing the test signal to pass through the signal transmission circuit or the signal receiving circuit, and measuring an image signal; (C) adjusting a compensation parameter of the channel mismatch compensation circuit to change an amplitude of the image signal; (D) determining, according to the amplitude of the image signal, a target compensation parameter of the channel mismatch compensation circuit, the target compensation parameter corresponding to the frequency of the test signal; (E) repeating steps (A) to (D) to obtain multiple target compensation parameters; and (F) determining a compensation mechanism based on the target compensation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuan-Shuo Chang
  • Patent number: 11765632
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to 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). 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. This disclosure also relates to a cell reselection operation. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system may include receiving a first scheduling information for a first frequency band from a base station, switching a bandwidth to the first frequency band according to the first scheduling information, starting a timer for the first frequency band, and switching the bandwidth to a second frequency band when the timer expires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungmin Moon, Himke Van Der Velde, Seunghoon Park, Byounghoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11747382
    Abstract: Testing equipment is used in an antenna testing process, and includes a testing head having a perforation, and a testing device having a cylinder. The cylinder is disposed in the perforation to act as a cavity for the antenna testing process. Therefore, only the cylinder needs to be replaced when the antenna testing process is performed on different devices under test, with the whole testing head intact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Siang Fang, Kuang-Sheng Wang, Hsinjou Lin, Shao-Meng Sim, Mao-Hua Yeh
  • Patent number: 11742573
    Abstract: An antenna device and an orientation adjustment mechanism are provided. The orientation adjustment mechanism includes a holder, a rotation carrier assembled to the holder, and a torsion spring. The rotation carrier is counterclockwise rotatable from an initial position by a first predetermined angle or is clockwise rotatable from the initial position by a second predetermined angle. The torsion spring has an elastic portion disposed on the holder and two extending arms that extend from the elastic portion. When the rotation carrier is rotated from the initial position by the first predetermined angle or the second predetermined angle, the rotation carrier presses and moves one of the two extending arms, and another one of the two extending arms abuts against the limiting portion, so that the elastic portion is deformed to store an elastic force that tends to move the rotation carrier toward the initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Man-Ning Lu, Ming-Hung Hung, Yu-Kai Chiu
  • Patent number: 11736266
    Abstract: Disclosed are some examples of Phase interpolator circuitry used in retimer systems. The phase interpolator circuitry includes a phase interpolator configured to: receive the phase control signal, generate, based on the phase control signal, an output clock signal, and provide the output clock signal to the transmitter to track a plurality data packets. Phase interpolator circuitry is coupled with clock data recovery circuitry. In some implementations, clock data recovery circuitry is coupled between a receiver and a transmitter. The clock data recovery circuitry is configured to: extract a data component from an input data signal associated with the receiver, provide the data component to the transmitter, and generate a phase control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Diodes Incorporated
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Lin, Yi Sheng Lin, Nanyuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11696346
    Abstract: A method of radio communication of a slave device with a master device, the method comprising steps of: receiving (202) by the slave device of a connection request sent by the master device comprising first communication parameters for communicating with the master device, the communication parameters being indicative of a sequence of frequency channels to be used during successive periods to communicate with the master device, during one of the periods, implementing by the slave device of a processing capable of causing the master device to send a connection update comprising second parameters for communicating with the master device to be used in place of the first communication parameters, the processing comprising an action (210) on one of the frequency channels capable of causing the master device to detect a degradation in communication quality on the frequency channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY FRANCE
    Inventors: Fabien Blanco, Jean-Yves Bernard, Marek Kociecki
  • Patent number: 11695535
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe an integrated circuit with a digital front end (DFE) that includes multiple hardened mixers that can be configured to support multiple different radio paths. The DFE provides the ability to distribute the processing across the multiple mixers, which can be combined and synchronized to create a larger mixer or may be used in other combinations to create multiple discrete mixers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventors: John Edward McGrath, Gourav Modi, Rhona Wade
  • Patent number: 11696154
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided to validate radio operations at post-construction of a cell site. A system includes a processor to execute testing software to validate at least one operation related to a radio of the cell site; a receiver to capture at least one transmit sent in a radio downlink in a cell sector; a location service to determine positional information during the capture of a downlink transmit; the processor to cause the testing software to perform an analysis of the positional information and downlink transmit to identify the cell site by computation of directional angles derived about the downlink transmit, and the processor to measure at least one operation data related to the radio for use to perform at least one radio operation test configured by the testing software to validate at least one radio operation at the cell site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.
    Inventor: Paul James
  • Patent number: 11682818
    Abstract: An antennas-in-package (AiP) verification board is provided, which includes a carrier board configured for disposing an antenna array or an electronic circuit; and a plurality of SMPM connectors. The plurality of SMPM connectors are arranged in an array on the carrier board and electrically connected with the antenna array or the electronic circuit of the carrier board for testing the characteristics of the antenna array on the carrier board or the characteristics of the electronic circuit on the carrier board. The AiP verification board is fixed on a beamforming test platform. In addition to the aforementioned AiP verification board, an AiP verification board including a plurality of adaptor structures and an AiP verification board including a plurality of connectors and a plurality of adaptor structures are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TMY Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Wei Chang, Chueh-Jen Lin, Wen-Tsai Tsai, Tzu-Chieh Hung, Yang Tai, Chien-Tse Fang, Po-Chia Huang, Te-Liang Sun, Ying-Yen Lu
  • Patent number: 11676225
    Abstract: Computerized methods of safely providing unattended, self-guided, real estate tours for improved real estate property transactions, evaluation, and remodeling. The system enables prospects (visitors, persons interested in real estate property) to perform unattended real-world tours of various real-world properties safely. In a second embodiment, a computerized method to better analyze how such prospects react to these properties during these tours. Here, visitor smartphone data and/or various sensors on the property automatically monitor and record visitor interactions with multiple property sections. In a third embodiment, a computerized augmented reality method enables such visitors to understand how to customize a property. Here, virtual object, product, and service data may, upon user demand, be downloaded from remote servers and displayed on user devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Donald Charles Catalano
  • Patent number: 11677536
    Abstract: A transceiver includes a transmitter and a receiver connected to each other through a first line and a second line. The transmitter transmits signals having a first voltage range to the first line and the second line in a first mode, and transmits signals having a second voltage range less than the first voltage range to the first line and the second line in a second mode. In transmitting a (1-1)-th payload to the receiver, the transmitter is sequentially driven in the first mode, the second mode, and the first mode, and transmits a first clock training pattern and the (1-1)-th payload in the second mode. The receiver includes a clock data recovery circuit generating a first clock signal corresponding to the received first clock training pattern and a register storing first frequency information and first phase information of the first clock training pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Su Kim, Dong Won Park, Jun Dal Kim, Kyung Youl Min, Jong Man Bae, Jun Yong Song, Tae Young Jin
  • Patent number: 11650237
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit involving performing an electrostatic discharge (ESD) test, a weak frequency band is detected by sequentially radiating a plurality of first electromagnetic waves on a first test board including the integrated circuit. First peak-to-peak voltage signals are detected by sequentially radiating the plurality of first electromagnetic waves on a second test board including an electromagnetic wave receiving module. A frequency spectrum is detected by radiating a second electromagnetic wave on a housing including a third test board including the electromagnetic wave receiving module. A second peak-to-peak voltage signal is generated based on the weak frequency band, the first peak-to-peak voltage signals and the frequency spectrum. An ESD characteristic associated with an electronic system including the integrated circuit is predicted based on the second peak-to-peak voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bonggyu Kang, Youngsoo Jang, Heesu Kim
  • Patent number: 11636019
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to simulate a load to an application under test. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including one or more control circuits configured to implement a plurality of agent test virtual machines (VMs) each cooperatively configured to simulate a load; a database; and a main control circuit configured to execute in parallel a load testing tool associated with each agent test VM. The main control circuit configured to send an execute signal; change a status of at least one of free agent test VMs to a running agent test VM; in response to a determination to increase an overall simulated load, send the execute signal to another one of the free agent test VMs; and in response to a determination to decrease the overall simulated load, send a stop signal to one of running agent test VMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Ashish S. Shah, Arup K. Khan, Mohammed Valiyullah, Irfan B. Rabban Sab
  • Patent number: 11611404
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a four-dimensional over the air performance test method for a dynamic scene channel. By constructing a time-domain non-stationary dynamic scene channel model, and selecting over the air (OTA) probes of appropriate number, positions and power weight in a four-dimensional multi-probe anechoic chamber (4D-MPAC) test system through a probe selection algorithm, finally a 4D-MPAC dynamic channel test system for a target channel in a DUT test area is constructed, which makes a contribution to solve the current problem of OTA performance test for a time-domain non-stationary channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhengbo Jiang, Zhanyuan Wang, Chong Guo, Wei Hong, Zhangcheng Hao
  • Patent number: 11594085
    Abstract: A method and system that allows authorized individuals access into controlled access locations and the ability to grant temporary and limited access to guests into these locations. The method and system allows for navigational services to be provided to members and guests, and real-time tracking and confirmation to members and administrators that guests have arrived at their destination and did not enter any unauthorized areas. The method preferably can work through a system of wireless radio, sound and/or light-based beacons communicating with member and guest's electronic devices. Members and administrators can send one or more temporary electronic access keys to a guest's smartphone or other electronic device. Wireless radio, sound and/or light-based beacons provide an access control and location tracking system with real-time data about the member and guest whereabouts, allowing for the confirmation and tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: COLLATERAL OPPORTUNITIES, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Howard Kusens, Michael Kusens
  • Patent number: 11576078
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for selectively excluding data from compression prior to uplink to a telecommunication system. In an embodiment, the method analyzing a request by an application, executing within a device, to wirelessly uplink data to a telecommunication node. The method further includes establishing a set of logical channels assigned to the application. The method further includes transferring the data among one or more logical channels, of the set of logical channels, based on a status flag related to data compression corresponding to the data. The method further includes determining that the data is transferred via a compression-disabled logical channel, of the set of logical channels. The method further includes responding to determining that the data is transferred via the compression-disabled logical channel by bypassing a data compression function prior to preparing the data for uplink. The method further includes uplinking the data to the telecommunication node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Craig M. Trim, Faried Abrahams, Gandhi Sivakumar, Kushal S. Patel, Sarvesh S. Patel
  • Patent number: 11543382
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a method includes applying an alternating current having a frequency at a selected voltage to a sensor, wherein the voltage is applied between a reference electrode and a working electrode of the sensor, varying the frequency of the alternating current between a lower frequency and an upper frequency, measuring an impedance of the sensor between the reference electrode and the working electrode as a function of the frequency of the alternating current, analyzing the measured impedance to determine a total impedance of the sensor and the real and imaginary components of the total impedance at each applied frequency of the alternating current, and characterizing the sensor based on the total impedance at the low frequency end of the sensor and on the real and imaginary components of the total impedances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta Inc.
    Inventors: Jinshan Huo, Michael Hanko, Hermann GĂĽnther, Robert Tzschoppe
  • Patent number: 11545737
    Abstract: A method and system facilitate communication between a constellation of satellites and a mobile platform-mounted mobile communicator. The method and system may include the use of a first antenna suited for operation using a first frequency band in a first geographic region and a second antenna suited for operation using either the first or a second frequency band in a second geographic region. The method and system may use a controller to determine which antenna to activate based on one or more of a geographic indicator or a signal indicator. The system used by the method to facilitate the communication may have one or more enclosures over the antennas and controller for mounting to a mobile platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: GOGO BUSINESS AVIATION LLC
    Inventor: Sean Scott Cordone
  • Patent number: 11539450
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to 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). 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoonsung Park, Sungbum Park, Soonyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 11533694
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, apparatus, and computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for relative timing drift correction for distributed multi-user transmissions. In one aspect, a first access point (AP) may receive a first signal from a second AP. The first signal may be associated with a channel sounding procedure to be performed substantially simultaneously by the second AP and the first AP. The first AP may then receive a second signal from the second AP, and prior to a substantially simultaneous transmission by the second AP and the first AP. The second signal may include timing information relative to the first signal. The first AP may determine a start time of the substantially simultaneous transmission at the first AP based on the timing information, and may initiate the substantially simultaneous transmission according to the determined start time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sameer Vermani, Bin Tian, Lin Yang, Jialing Li Chen
  • Patent number: 11528000
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a module board including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides; a transmission input terminal; a transmission power amplifier that amplifies a transmission signal input from the transmission input terminal; a switch that switches between connecting and disconnecting the transmission input terminal and the transmission power amplifier, and a control circuit that controls the transmission power amplifier using digital control signals. The switch is disposed on the first principal surface, and the control circuit is disposed on the second principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Motoji Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11438849
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a reference signal, power information regarding the reference signal, and maximum power threshold for the communication device from a base station over a communication network. Further embodiments can include measuring a power of reference signal obtained from the base station resulting in a measure power, and determining a path loss between the base station and the communication device based on the measured power. Additional embodiments can include adjusting the antenna array to generate a coarse power adjustment for the communication device based on the path loss and the maximum power threshold, and providing a transmission signal to the base station according to the coarse power adjustment over the communication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Yupeng Jia, Yizhe Zhang, Ronald W. Borsato
  • Patent number: 11397205
    Abstract: A measurement system for testing a device under test includes a signal generation and/or analysis equipment, several antennas, several reflectors and a test location for the device under test. The antennas are connected with the signal generation and/or analysis equipment in a signal-transmitting manner Each of the antennas is configured to transmit and/or receive an electromagnetic signal so that a beam path is provided between the respective antenna and the test location. The electromagnetic signal is reflected by the respective reflector so that the electromagnetic signal corresponds to a planar wave. Each antenna and the corresponding reflector together are configured to provide a corresponding quiet zone at the test location. At least one of the quiet zones provided is larger than the at least one other quiet zone and/or at least one of the antennas is configured to operate at a different frequency compared to the at least one other antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Daniel Markert, Benoit Derat
  • Patent number: 11363428
    Abstract: A method for providing vehicular communication in an advanced wireless communication system, which includes instant feedback to enable synchronized cooperative driving, is provided. The method comprises: identifying, at a first V2X-UE, one or more second V2X-UEs in proximity to the first V2X-UE; transmitting, from the first V2X-UE- and to the one or more second V2X-UEs, control channel information identifying a portion of a data pool allocated for V2X intention data; transmitting, from the first V2X-UE and to the one or more second V2X-UEs and on the identified portion of the data pool, V2X intention data; and receiving, at a first V2X-UE- and on a reserved feedback channel, confirmation of receipt of the V2X intention data from a V2X-UE of the one or more second V2X-UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phong Nguyen, Huei-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11309924
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, changing a tuning value of a tunable component coupled to an antenna from a first tuning value to a second tuning value during a first stage, and changing the tuning value of the tunable component from the second tuning value to a third tuning value during a second stage that occurs subsequent to the first stage, wherein during each of the first stage and the second stage the antenna is not utilized by a transmitter for communication purposes, wherein the first stage and the second stage are separated from one another by a first active region, and wherein during the first active region the transmitter causes a first signal to be transmitted from the antenna for communication purposes. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Carsten Hoirup
  • Patent number: 11302808
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques, systems, and method for a semiconductor device that may include an III-V transistor with a resistive gate contact. A semiconductor device may include a substrate, and a channel base including a layer of GaN above the substrate. A channel stack may be above the channel base, and may include a layer of GaN in the channel stack, and a polarization layer above the layer of GaN in the channel stack. A gate stack may be above the channel stack, where the gate stack may include a gate dielectric layer above the channel stack, and a resistive gate contact above the gate dielectric layer. The resistive gate contact may include silicon (Si) or germanium (Ge). Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Marko Radosavljevic, Sansaptak Dasgupta, Han Wui Then
  • Patent number: 11304207
    Abstract: A Satellite Auto Alignment and Commissioning System and Method for Automated Antenna terminals (ATT) is disclosed. The method includes receiving Multicast information at a satellite modem from a server, sending the Multicast information to an API, transmitting a Clean carrier Wave (CW) from the satellite modem to the server in a frequency fixed by the Multicast information having a power at the satellite modem, measuring the SNR, the Copol, Cross-pol and ASI parameters and thresholds, stopping the transmission of the CW, comparing the measured parameters with thresholds, if at least one parameter does not meet its respective threshold, the API modifies that parameter at the AAT controlled by an antenna control unit, repeating previous steps until all parameters meet their respective thresholds in which the AAT is correctly aligned and polarized; and, calculating a saturation point at which the power of the satellite modem is maximum without distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Integrasys LLC
    Inventor: Alvaro Sanchez GarcĂ­a Viedma
  • Patent number: 11297522
    Abstract: A measurement gap indication method includes: obtaining indication information of whether a measurement gap is required when a user equipment operates with a target parameter; and transmitting the indication information to a network device. The target parameter includes at least one of carrier, carrier frequency band combination, bandwidth part, bandwidth part combination and reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Ma, Li Chen, Yumin Wu
  • Patent number: 11265043
    Abstract: A communication circuit includes a first buffer configured to output a signal indicative of a first logic state or a second logic state, a signal in which the first logic state and the second logic state are defined being input to the first buffer, a second buffer configured to output a signal indicative of any one of the first logic state, the second logic state, and a third logic state, the signal output from the first buffer being input to the second buffer, and a monitoring circuit configured to monitor a logic state indicated by the signal output from the first buffer and cause the second buffer, in a case where the logic state does not change during a first period, to output the signal indicative of the third logic state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventor: Shunichiro Masaki
  • Patent number: 11252646
    Abstract: A wireless communication network serves a wireless User Equipment (UE) with a wireless data service over wireless repeaters. A serving access node wirelessly receives UE signaling that indicates signal strengths for the wireless repeaters. The serving access node determines amounts of the wireless repeaters between the wireless UE and individual target access nodes. The serving access node selects a primary access node from the target access nodes based on the signal strengths and the wireless repeater amounts. The serving access node responsively transfers network signaling to the primary access node. The primary access node receives the network signaling and responsively serves the wireless UE with the wireless data service. The primary access node transfers additional network signaling to a secondary access node. The secondary access node receives the additional network signaling and responsively serves the wireless UE with the wireless data service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11249886
    Abstract: A computer program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium to implement a test group distribution method in a server device. The test group distribution method includes: generating identification information of a first test to be performed, differently from identification information of at least one test that is registered in advance, wherein the first test is performed by a plurality of user terminals classified into a plurality of groups; generating a unique identifier of each of users by using a first key comprising identification information of each user and a second key comprising the identification information of the first test; and determining test group information of each user based on the unique identifier of each user, the test group information corresponding to a group to which each user belongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hyperconnect, Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Il Ahn, Sang Pil Yoon
  • Patent number: 11187428
    Abstract: An air conditioning device remote control apparatus is provided with a transmission unit that transmits an operation signal to an associated air conditioning device, a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with an external wireless communication device or another remote control apparatus, and a main control unit that controls the transmission unit and the wireless communication unit. In a case in which the wireless communication unit receives an operation signal from the external wireless communication device or the another remote control apparatus, the main control unit transmits the operation signal to the associated air conditioning device, and performs detection of another remote control apparatus emitting radio waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11159287
    Abstract: A method for a network node of a cellular communication network is disclosed. The network node is adapted to communicate with a wireless communication device. The method comprises acquiring location-related parameters of the wireless communication device, dynamically determining—based on the acquired location-related parameters—a transmission pattern of reference signals (wherein the reference signals are for mobility measurements by the wireless communication device), indicating the determined transmission pattern to the wireless communication device and transmitting the reference signals in accordance with the determined transmission pattern. Dynamically determining the transmission pattern may be further based on handover statistics associated with the location-related parameters. The location-related parameters may comprise at least one of a geographical position of the wireless communication device and a travelling speed of the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventors: Andreas Cedergren, Andres Reial, Claes Tidestav
  • Patent number: 11115093
    Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of antenna modules configured to wireless communicate with a base station according to a first communication scheme; a plurality of temperature sensors respectively provided in the plurality of antenna modules and configured to detect a temperature of each antenna module; and a modem configured to detect a temperature difference between a highest temperature antenna module and a lowest temperature antenna module among the plurality of antenna modules, and switch from using a first antenna module performing wireless communication with the base station to a second antenna module among the plurality of antenna modules to perform the wireless communication with the base station based on the detected temperature difference being above a preset temperature difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungman Pyen, Jaehyeong Son, Eunsoo Na
  • Patent number: 11092663
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for representing user information including an antenna apparatus, a processing apparatus and a representation apparatus. The antenna apparatus receives signals of a transmitter in a scene with at least one directional characteristic relating to spatially different receive sensitivities. Alternatively or additionally, the antenna apparatus sends signals with at least one directional characteristic into a scene and receives signals of a transmitter from the scene. The processing apparatus processes the received signals with respect to the scene and determines representation data represented by the representation apparatus. Further, the invention relates to a respective method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Mario Schuehler, Lars Weisgerber, Johannes Arendt, Rainer Wansch, Heinrich Milosiu, Frank Oehler
  • Patent number: 11075832
    Abstract: A method for data transmission rate control in a network is provided. The method comprises the steps of establishing a connection to a device under test and transmitting rate control commands to the device under test via vendor specific information element fields of transmitting frames in order to control the transmission rate of the device under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: David Connolly, John True
  • Patent number: 11070263
    Abstract: This application provides example beamforming (BF) training methods, receiving devices, and sending devices. One example method includes performing BF training on at least one channel with a first device based on BF training request information, where the BF training request information includes antenna configuration information of the BF training and channel configuration information of the at least one channel. First feedback information sent by the first device is received, where the first feedback information includes a measurement result of the BF training, information about an antenna corresponding to the measurement result, beam information of the antenna, and channel information corresponding to the antenna. At least one of an optimal antenna configuration or digital domain BF precoding information on the at least one channel is determined based on the first feedback information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dejian Li, Jinnan Liu
  • Patent number: 11071067
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an antenna; a communication circuit connected with the antenna; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: identify a second amount of power corresponding to a second output signal outputted through the antenna for a second time using the communication circuit, the operation of identifying the second amount of power comprising an operation of identifying a second electromagnetic wave absorption rate corresponding to the second amount of power; determine a maximum output power for a third output signal to be outputted through the antenna according to a difference between a target electromagnetic wave absorption rate and the second electromagnetic absorption rate; and output the third output signal through the antenna based at least one the maximum output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Park, Joo-Han Kim, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Joohyun Do, Mingoo Kim, Taelee Lee, Dong-Il Son
  • Patent number: 11044623
    Abstract: A communications device includes a transmitter configured to transmit in one of plural segments of an available channel bandwidth signals representing data via a wireless access interface to a mobile communications network, a receiver configured to receive in one of the plural segments signals representing the data via the wireless access interface from the mobile communications network, and a controller configured to control the transmitter and the receiver. The controller is configured in combination with the transmitter and the receiver to measure a relative quality of signals received by the receiver in each of the plural segments, to transmit a measurement report to the mobile communications network, the measurement report including the measured relative quality of signals in each of the plural segments, and wherein, upon predetermined conditions being met, to skip the measuring of the relative quality of signals received in one or more of the plural segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale