Using A Test Signal Patents (Class 455/67.14)
  • Patent number: 9800480
    Abstract: A hosted load generator framework provides functionality for evaluating the availability, reliability, and/or scalability of a network-based service. The framework includes a control service and a load-generating service. The control service provides a control interface through which a request to evaluate the performance of a service may be received. In response to receiving such a request, the control service determines a price for performing the load test. The control service may also cause the load test to be performed on the service under test using the load-generating service. The load-generating service is configured to perform the load test by executing load-generating instances configured to generate requests to the service under test. The load-generating instances also provide data regarding the status of the load test to the control service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventor: Ronnie Allen Eichler
  • Patent number: 9693390
    Abstract: Techniques to manage a mobile device based on network density are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device having a radio module operative to receive radio signals, a resource detector operative to collect a sample for one or more wireless resources based on the received radio signals, a network density module operative to estimate a network density for an operating environment of the mobile computing device based on the sample and a probability density function, and a parameter management module operative to manage one or more operational parameters of the mobile computing device based on the estimated network density. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: James Beninghaus, William Ngo, Welly Kasten, Neil Hendin
  • Patent number: 9647742
    Abstract: A method and system configures a wireless communication device to support various radio frequency test modes. A controller determines whether an RF test cable is connected between test equipment and a test connector while a corresponding transceiver(s) is operating. In response to determining that the RF test cable is connected between test equipment and the test connector while the corresponding transceiver is operating, the controller provides an antenna tuner configuration(s) corresponding to the operating transceivers to support a test mode which, for example, can include any of a carrier aggregation (CA) test mode and a diversity transmission test mode. However, if the RF test cable is not connected between test equipment and the test connector while the corresponding transceiver(s) is operating, the controller determines an antenna tuner configuration corresponding to a normal/non-test device communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Gregory R. Black
  • Patent number: 9634748
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus determine a precoding matrix indicator user equipment and a base station. The method includes: determining a precoding matrix indicator PMI where the PMI corresponds to a precoding matrix W, and the precoding matrix W satisfies a first condition, a second condition or a third condition; and sending the PMI to a base station. Embodiments of the present invention further provide a corresponding apparatus, and the corresponding user equipment and base station. Technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention can effectively control a beam, especially a beam shape and a beam orientation, in a horizontal direction and a perpendicular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianguo Wang, Yongxing Zhou
  • Patent number: 9615270
    Abstract: The present invention provides an intelligent power utilization communication product detecting system suitable for an intelligent power grid. The system includes: a simulation master station, including a master station computer and master station software and configured to perform communication data interaction with a detected acquisition terminal and determine the communication performance of the intelligent power utilization communication system according to the communication data interaction result; a remote wireless communication test and channel simulation subsystem, configured to test detected products; a local communication test and channel simulation subsystem, configured to perform channel environment simulation on a local communication channel between the detected products and complete communication performance test on the detected products; and a purification power supply subsystem, configured to provide electric energy and matched impedance and isolate external interference noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: State Grid Corporation of China, Jibei Electric Power Company Ltd Center Metrology
    Inventors: Ruiming Yuan, Haiting Tian, Hanji Ju, Siqi Li, Zhonglin Yi, Hengchun Ding, Chen Wang, Tongjia Wei, Yang Wang, Xiaoxi Tian
  • Patent number: 9557403
    Abstract: A method is described of using the mobile device so as to control the drain of power from the power source of the mobile device, the mobile device having at least two location determination techniques having respective power drain characteristics, the method includes selecting the location determination technique having a lower power drain characteristic the greater the determined distance of the mobile device from a predetermined location or area, and selecting the location determination technique having the greater power drain characteristic the smaller the determined distance of the mobile device from a predetermined location or area. The method thus uses the least accurate technique when furthest away and the most accurate technique when closer to a predetermined location or area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Bluedot Innovation Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Filip Eldic
  • Patent number: 9538406
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for using a terminal to detect a small-scale cell at the edge of coverage of the small-scale cell in a wireless communication system in which a macrocell and the small-scale cell coexist. The present invention may include: a step of measuring a macrocell; a step of comparing a value related to the reference signal received quality (RSRQ) acquired according to the macrocell measurement with at least one critical value; a step of determining whether or not to carry out at least one interference removal function for receiving a signal from a small-scale cell in accordance with the determined results; and a step of detecting the signal from the small-scale cell when the interference removal function is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yoonoh Yang, Jinyup Hwang, Manyoung Jung, Sangwook Lee, Suhwan Lim
  • Patent number: 9473930
    Abstract: Contact management using a callsheet record, including: enabling a user to make entries and selections to the callsheet record, wherein the entries and selections to the callsheet record creates call scripts and tracks results and status of calls made by the user; and storing the entries and selections made to the callsheet record for future reference and modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC
    Inventors: Ivan Gueron, Gurvinder Singh, Jamie Hilao, Jeffrey Lane, Anna Mijares, Srinivasan Subramaniam
  • Patent number: 9445377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a splitter of an indoor cellular network, with a plurality of antennas transmitting downlink signals and receiving uplink signals, the splitter distributing power to said plurality of antennas for a transmission of the downlink signals. The splitter adapts the signal power of the downlink signal for one antenna in accordance with the uplink signal received at said antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Said Soulhi, Taoufiq Abouzid
  • Patent number: 9408185
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for determining an operating mode of a device. A method for switching an operating mode of a device from a white-space bandwidth according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: starting a timer related to database access if the device is operating in a first operating mode; determining whether a message is received from the database while the timer is in operation; and switching to a second operating mode if a message is not received from the existing database and the timer has expired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eunsun Kim, Yunjung Yi, Byounghoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9326174
    Abstract: Various embodiments are described of devices and associated methods for processing a signal using a plurality of vector signal analyzers (VSAs). An input signal may be split and provided to a plurality of VSAs, each of which may process a respective frequency band of the signal, where the respective frequency bands have regions of overlap. Each VSA may adjust the gain and phase of its respective signal such that continuity of phase and magnitude is preserved through the regions of overlap. The correction of gain and phase may be accomplished by a complex multiply with a complex calibration constant. A complex calibration constant may be determined for each VSA by comparing the gain and phase of one or more calibration tones generated with each region of overlap, as measured by each of the VSAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen L. Dark, Daniel J. Baker, Johnathan R.W. Ammerman
  • Patent number: 9288768
    Abstract: In a mobile communication system, a mobile switching center 27 changes a transmission rate of communication data transmitted from a mobile station 16 and so on to a database 11 or a transmission rate of communication data transmitted from the data 11 to the mobile station 16 and so on, on a basis of request from the mobile station 16 and so on or the database 11, individually and independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerrry Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinori Uchida, Kuniyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9277459
    Abstract: A method for reporting in a wireless system, according to one embodiment, is provided. The method comprises: receiving a measurement setting from a serving cell, wherein the measurement setting comprises a system information report indicator for indicating a system information report of a cell to which a measurement result is reported; deciding whether a report condition is satisfied based on the measurement setting; and transmitting to the serving cell a measurement report message comprising the measurement result of the cell to which the result is reported, which satisfied the report condition. The measurement report message further comprises system information of the cell to which the report is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Jung, Young Dae Lee, Sung Duck Chun, Sung Jun Park, Seung June Yi
  • Patent number: 9225387
    Abstract: A method to test a signal path with vacant bandwidth by sending a test signal twice and processing two resulting nonlinear distortion signals captured in the vacant bands to determine presence of nonlinear distortion. If the signals correlate, the energy in the vacant bands is nonlinear distortion. If the test signal is sent followed by an inverse (in time-domain) of itself, and a resulting correlation peak is negative, the nonlinear distortion is determined to have been created by odd-order nonlinear distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Williams, Belal Hamzeh
  • Patent number: 9188618
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system for simulating electromagnetic environments, including a network of emitting and/or receiving probes to test at least one test antenna, channels for connecting the probes to a channel emulator, a signal emitting unit, a signal receiving unit, one of the units being connected to the emulator. The invention is characterized by a switching device having a first measurement position, in which the device connects the emulator respectively to at least one of the probes via the associated channel and connects the other unit to the test antenna, and a second position for calibrating the channels, in which the switching device connects the emulator to the other unit via the associated channel without passing through the network of probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Satimo Industries
    Inventor: Nicolas Gross
  • Patent number: 9184968
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer program products for energy and/or cost efficient selection of cyclic prefix length, based at least in part on consideration of propagation and channel conditions, are disclosed. The conditions can relate to, for example, the frequency selectivity and time dispersion of a radio channel, as well as its radio propagation profile and environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Konstantinos Dimou, Jan-Erik Berg
  • Patent number: 9166706
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of testing a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) includes generating high frequency test signals using the on-chip test circuit, measuring signal levels using on-chip power detectors, and controlling and monitoring the on-chip test circuit using low frequency signals. The RFIC circuit is configured to operate at high frequencies, and an on-chip test circuit that includes frequency generation circuitry configured to operate during test modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Hans Peter Forstner
  • Patent number: 9113359
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for loading uplink simulation data of a terminal, and a terminal, which belong to the field of wireless communication. The method comprises: after being powered on, the terminal imports simulation data to a memory of an uplink master-control Digital Signal Processor (DSP) of the terminal; the terminal performs uplink access, and transmits the simulation data to a channelized memory after the uplink access succeeds; then the terminal performs Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) on the simulation data in each uplink sub-frame, and transmits the transformed simulation data to a base station via a radio frequency unit. According to the disclosure, the problem that a single terminal can not load data services of multiple terminals at the same time is solved; therefore, the effect of simulating to load noise transmission, load multi-terminal transmission, and load noise and terminal service transmission is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Feng Liu
  • Patent number: 9113346
    Abstract: An active transceiver array for a wireless telecommunications network. The transceiver array comprises a plurality of calibratable transceiver modules. Each transceiver module comprises a transceiver chain operable to process a primary signal and generate a processed primary signal; a comparator unit operable to compare said primary signal and said processed primary signal to determine a transceiver chain error induced by said transceiver chain in said processed primary signal; and a correction unit which uses the transceiver error to correct said primary signal to be processed by said transceiver chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Florian Pivit, Daniel Markert
  • Patent number: 9106219
    Abstract: An embodiment includes an impedance calibration circuit having a calibrator configured to compare voltage levels at an external node and an internal node of the impedance calibration circuit and to generate an output based on the comparison. The calibrator further includes respective filters coupled between the external node and a first input of the comparator, and between the internal node and a second input of the comparator. The filters are configured for symmetric noise injection into the comparator from a chip ground line to which a programmable resistor at the internal node is coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
    Inventors: Mayank Kumar Singh, Daljeet Kumar, Hiten Advani
  • Patent number: 9094254
    Abstract: An antenna array of a base station is calibrated using outbound traffic signals. The outbound traffic signals are captured for use as reference signals before the outbound traffic signals enter transmit paths in a radio unit of the base station. The outbound traffic signals are captured for use as a feedback after the outbound traffic signals exit the transmit paths. Each of the reference signals is one of the outbound traffic signals to be transmitted. An impairment estimator estimates the impairment for each of the outbound traffic signals based on the feedback signal and the reference signals. For each transmit path, a set of weights of an all-pass filter is determined, where the all-pass filter has a frequency response that approximates the impairment estimation in an occupied frequency region where reference signal power is above a threshold. The set of weights is inversed to obtain equalizer taps for each of the transmit paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Marthinus Willem Da Silveira, Neil McGowan
  • Patent number: 9072002
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for monitoring antenna deterioration. When a signal is transmitted by a base station antenna at a tower-top of a cellular base station, a measurement antenna positioned at the tower-top receives the signal. The signal is measured to determine the signal power and the actual gain of the base station antenna is determined by comparing the determined signal power to the input power of the signal before it was transmitted by the base station antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Maneesh Gauba, Steven R. Bales, Sreekar Marupaduga, Andrew M. Wurtenberger
  • Patent number: 9042839
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a test system for displaying log information about the communication of a plurality of pseudo-base stations such that each pseudo-base station can be identified. A mobile communication terminal test system includes a display device which is connected to a plurality of pseudo-base station apparatuses through a network, receives a packet transmitted from each of the plurality of pseudo-base station apparatuses, and displays a communication log between layers on a display unit on the basis of log data included in the packet. The display device includes an information storage unit that stores information associated with the address of each of the plurality of pseudo-base station apparatuses in advance and a log data storage unit that stores the log data such that the pseudo-base station apparatus which has performed the communication can be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hayato Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9042848
    Abstract: A method of calibrating an envelope tracking system for a supply voltage for a power amplifier module within a radio frequency (RF) transmitter module. The method includes deriving a mapping function between an instantaneous envelope of a waveform signal to be amplified by the power amplifier module and the power amplifier module supply voltage to achieve a constant power amplifier module gain based on a gain compression factor, setting an envelope tracking path of the transmitter module into an envelope tracking mode in which mapping between the instantaneous envelope of the waveform signal and the power amplifier module supply voltage is performed using the derived mapping function, applying a training signal comprising an envelope that varies with time to the RF transmitter module, measuring a battery current, modifying the gain compression factor based on the measured battery current, and re-deriving the mapping function based on the modified gain compression factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Manel Collados Asensio, Hsin-Hung Chen, Jonathan Richard Strange
  • Patent number: 9031514
    Abstract: A self-calibration circuit and associated method for testing an RF device includes the RF device to be tested having transmit and receive sections, and a built-in self test (BIST) circuit coupled to the transmit and receive sections of the RF device on the same chip. The self-calibration circuit is configured to calibrate the receive section of the RF device in a receive test mode, and calibrate the transmit section of the RF device in a subsequent transmit test mode using the calibrated receive section to measure a transmit output signal from the transmit section and to provide calibration data therefrom used in the transmit section calibration. The self-calibration circuit may include a duplex filter coupled between the transmit and receive sections and the BIST circuit, and a multiplexor coupled between the RF device, and the BIST circuit, configured to select one or more of a plurality of RF devices to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Poul Olesen, Jan Soerensen
  • Patent number: 9031513
    Abstract: The invention relates to a test device for testing the transmission quality of radio devices by integrating a noise generating device in the transmission chain of the test device. To this end, data to be transmitted are imaged on individual partial data streams modulated onto signals associated with the partial data streams and having different carrier frequencies. At this point in the transmission chain, a noise proportion for at least a part of the signals is added to one signal each of a carrier frequency, in order to allow frequency-selective control of the noise proportions added to the signals of the carrier frequencies. The resulting noisy signals and non-noisy signals of the carrier frequencies are transmitted by a transmission device, and a response signal sent back by a radio device to be tested is received by a receiving device. An analysis device evaluates the received response signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Moritz Harteneck
  • Publication number: 20150126132
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for radio co-existence and/or component testing in wireless-enabled electronic devices. In one embodiment, a wireless-enabled electronic device (ED) is coupled to a user interface. Test personnel or other supervisory entities can execute test scripts from the user interface. Unlike prior art testing configurations, the disclosed embodiments are configured to perform testing without requiring additional equipment, configuration changes, etc. to the device being evaluated. In one exemplary case, the test scripts are configured to test various co-existence scenarios. The resulting data can be used to quickly identify problem devices via highly accurate results, as well as provide useful statistical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Chung, Qishan Yu
  • Publication number: 20150118971
    Abstract: Dynamic characterization of complex high-order nonlinearity in transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) signal chains of transceiver systems can be efficiently and accurately performed. A loopback connection may be used to facilitate self-characterization. Appropriate RX and TX configuration settings may be developed to facilitate de-coupling of individual RX and TX nonlinearities from measured cascade nonlinearity. The system's high-order response to a two-tone signal generation may be measured, and complex mathematical analysis may be performed to identify and isolate passband nonlinear components to extract a high-order memory-less model for the system. The extracted system model may be used in the corrective and non-iterative pre-distortion of generated signals and in the post-distortion of received signals to improve linearity performance of the transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Mohamad A. Zeidan, Christopher J. Behnke, Syed Jaffar Shah
  • Publication number: 20150118970
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for calibrating one or more transceiver components in a multi-transceiver system are provided. The method includes sending a calibration signal through a transmit path of a first transceiver of the multi-transceiver system, resulting in transmission of the calibration signal from an antenna of the first transceiver; receiving, by an antenna of a second transceiver of the multi-transceiver system, the transmitted calibration signal, and processing the received calibration signal through a receive path of the second transceiver; and calibrating one or more components of the multi-transceiver system using the received and processed calibration signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander THOUKYDIDES, Augustine LYTAN
  • Patent number: 9020442
    Abstract: A ranging method, executed in a ranging device, comprising steps of: obtaining a trip time of a received wireless signal, wherein the received wireless signal is a wireless signal from an object; calculating a statistical value of a rising time of the received wireless signal; when the statistical value of the rising time of the received wireless signal is smaller than the specific value, estimating a distance between the object and the ranging device according to a corrected trip time, wherein the statistical value of the rising time of the received wireless signal corrects the trip time of the received wireless signal to generate the corrected trip time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Dizic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Mastio, Zbigniew Ianelli
  • Patent number: 9020422
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of stations capable of communicating with each other. A station of the system may comprise multiple antenna subassemblies and a receiver coupled to the subassemblies. The station is operable to activate one or more of the subassemblies to determine a direction of a first incoming signal, and to then activate another one or more of the subassemblies to receive a second incoming signal from substantially the same direction. Alternatively, the station may comprise multiple antenna subassemblies and a receiver coupled to the subassemblies and operable to activate each of the subassemblies for a respective interval to service at least one respective transmitting station covered by the activated subassembly during the interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Liwen Chu, George A. Vlantis
  • Publication number: 20150111506
    Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a signal with a first component signal and at least one second component signal comprises a high-frequency processing device, which is embodied to mix the signal in order to form an intermediate-frequency signal and to digitize the latter in order to form a digital composite signal. The measuring device further comprises a digital mixer, which is embodied to generate a first digital composite test signal and a second digital composite test signal subject to a displacement of the frequency of the digital composite signal. Moreover, the measuring device comprises a digital filter, which is embodied to filter the first digital composite test signal in order to form a first digital test signal and to filter the second digital composite test signal in order to form a second digital test signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Jens Franke, Florian Lang, Michael Simon, Bjoern Coenen, Markus Niedl, Ronald Tonn, Johannes Steffens
  • Publication number: 20150111507
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide techniques, apparatuses, and systems for testing communications between devices in a wireless system. According to certain aspects, these techniques may involve utilizing one or more variable attenuators to simulate conditions of one or more wireless channels between devices in the wireless system. According to certain aspects, these techniques may be used to facilitate testing of communications for millimeter wave (mm-wave) (RF) systems (operating within the 60 GHz frequency band).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Reuven ALPERT
  • Patent number: 9014643
    Abstract: A mobile terminal testing device includes a reproduction unit that reproduces a BB signal to output at least one reproduced BB signal, an adder that adds a BB signal that are frequency-shifted and a reproduced BB signal to output an added BB signal, an up-converter that generates a multicarrier test signal by making a frequency conversion of the added BB signal of an I phase and Q phase and outputs the multicarrier test signal to UE, and an analyzer that analyzes a response signal output by the UE in response to the multicarrier test signal and the analyzer includes a throughput calculation unit that calculates throughput for the multicarrier test signal and an RSRP acquisition unit that acquires RSRP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Anritsu Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Aoki, Naofumi Naruse, Toyohiro Kayanuma, Ikuya Otani
  • Publication number: 20150103685
    Abstract: A system determines wireless network performance. A wireless instrument is configured to send, receive and measure received wireless signals in a monitored area. A master controller connected with the wireless instrument forms a distributed wireless network testing solution. The master controller is configured to send and receive wireless signals with the wireless instrument, measure received wireless signals and perform an analysis of the wireless signals to determine a radio frequency environment performance of the distributed wireless network based on the wireless signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Jason Edward Butchko, Mark Barmettler
  • Patent number: 9008588
    Abstract: In a system and method computerized devices are connected to each other over a wireless network and to a controller over an additional network. The devices perform antenna beam angle testing of the wireless network. The controller receives, over the additional network, transmitted and received test signal data acquired during such testing. Based on the test signal data, the controller calculates calibration data, which indicates, for each pair of devices, different path loss amounts associated with different transmitted test signal beam angles and a single transmitted test signal power level. The controller generates calibration matrices corresponding to each pair of devices using the calibration data; analyzes the matrices to determine, for each pair, an optimal antenna beam angle that results in the least amount of path loss; determines an optimal power level for the pair based on the path loss; and communicates the optimal specifications to the pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Adem G. Aydin
  • Patent number: 9002291
    Abstract: A standing wave detection method, a standing wave detection apparatus, and a base station are disclosed. The method includes collecting, a feedback signal from a feedback path of a base station which uses a baseband multi-tone signal as a transmission signal; performing calibration on the feedback signal by using stored calibration data to obtain a reflected signal in the feedback signal; and obtaining a standing wave detection value according to the transmission signal and the reflected signal that is in the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaofeng Xu, Zhengxiang Ma, Siqing Ye, Wei Wang, Pengfei Luo
  • Patent number: 9002290
    Abstract: A system and method for testing a radio frequency (RF) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) device under test (DUT) in which system costs are minimized by using fewer precision RF MIMO testing subsystems together with lower precision integrated RF MIMO signal conversion circuitry to test the DUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Litepoint Corporation
    Inventor: Christian Volf Olgaard
  • Patent number: 8995926
    Abstract: Radio frequency test systems for characterizing antenna performance in various radio coexistence scenarios are provided. In one suitable arrangement, a test system may be used to perform passive radio coexistence characterization. During passive radio coexistence characterization, at least one signal generator may be used to feed aggressor signals directly to antennas within an electronic device under test (DUT). The aggressor signals may generate undesired interference signals in a victim frequency band, which can then be received and analyzed using a spectrum analyzer. During active radio coexistence characterization, at least one radio communications emulator may be used to communicate with a DUT via a first test antenna. While the DUT is communicating with the at least one radio communications emulator, test signals may also be conveyed between DUT 10 and a second test antenna. Test signals conveyed through the second test antenna may be used in obtaining signal interference level measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Mow, Thomas E. Biedka, Ming-Ju Tsai, Liang Han, Xu Han, Anand Lakshmanan, Nanbo Jin, Hongfei Hu, Dean F. Darnell, Joshua G. Nickel, Jayesh Nath, Yijun Zhou, Hao Xu, Yuehui Ouyang, Nirali Shah, Mattia Pascolini, Robert W. Schlub, Ruben Caballero
  • Patent number: 8989244
    Abstract: A receiver is provided that receives signals from a device under test (DUT) for one or more modes of operation. For each mode, the system detects beacon transmission signals from the DUT, and counts the number of beacons for a period of time. If the count is not consistent with an expected count, e.g. a stored value, the system may preferably provide an output to indicate that there is a problem with the DUT. If the count is consistent with the expected count, the system may preferably perform further testing for other modes of operation. If the count output of the DUT is consistent with expected counts over each of the operation modes, the system may provide an indication that the DUT has passed the beacon tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: NETGEAR, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Amalan Arul Emmanuel, Jonathan M. Hummel, Shahrokh M. Zardoshti
  • Patent number: 8983395
    Abstract: Wireless communications circuitry such as radio-frequency power amplifiers may be tested using a test station. A test station may include a test host and a test unit coupled to the test host. The power amplifiers may be configured to transmit radio-frequency signals in allocated resource blocks within a particular radio channel. The power amplifier circuits may be configured to transmit signals utilizing only an allocated portion of its total available resource blocks so that the transmitted signals are output at maximum power levels. The power amplifiers may transmit in resource blocks near a low channel edge during a first time period and may transmit in resource blocks near a high channel edge during a second time period. The test unit may receive the signals generated from the power amplifiers and may perform desired radio-frequency measurements (e.g., test unit may measure adjacent channel leakage radio, signal-to-interference ratio, error vector magnitude, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anh Luong, Daniel C. Kong
  • Patent number: 8983394
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed of a switchplexer for performing test operations on a radio device. The switchplexer comprises a plurality of test ports corresponding to a plurality of radio device ports and a plurality of switches for routing test signals between the individual test ports. Processing logic is disclosed for controlling actuation of the switches to route test signals between individual test ports. The switchplexer disclosed herein may be incorporated into a mobile test device for self-test operations or may be used in a manufacturing or maintenance facility for testing and calibration operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: John Bradley Deforge, Daniel Noel Badiere, Christopher DeVries
  • Patent number: 8982714
    Abstract: A communication system is provided. A first communications device transmits at least one first message including predetermined bit sequences. A second communications device determines one or more antenna weighting vectors (AWVs) and one or more bitloading vectors (BLVs) by using the first message in accordance with a predetermined rule and transmits a second message including information pertinent to the AWVs and the BLVs to the first communications device. The first communications device further communicates with the second communications device about an AWV selected from the AWVs and the first and second communications devices apply the selected AWV to the corresponding antennas before exchanging data. The data includes a header carrying information pertinent to a BLV selected from the BLVs used to encode the data and a payload is transmitted to the second communications device. The second communications device decodes the data in accordance with the selected BLV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventors: Yung Ping Hsu, Yuh-Ren Jauh, Chao-Chun Wang
  • Patent number: 8977211
    Abstract: A system includes a radio frequency (RF) signal path configured to receive an input signal that includes at least one of a test signal and an RF signal. A local oscillator (LO) signal path is configured to supply a LO signal. A mixer includes a first input in communication with the RF signal path and a second input in communication with the LO signal path. A calibration control module is configured to receive an output of the mixer in response to the test signal and to adjust an effective duty cycle of the LO signal in the LO signal path based on the output of the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Carlo Tinella, Fernando De Bernardinis, Jody Greenberg
  • Patent number: 8976895
    Abstract: Method for calibrating a linearizer and linearized electronic component the method comprises predistortion, in a predistortion linearizer, of a signal upstream of an electronic component to compensate nonlinear distortion. Determining predistortion setting parameters comprises applying a bifrequency test signal to the component and measuring the relative amplitudes of the lines at the output of the component. A variable indicative of the magnitude |Kp| of the AM/PM conversion coefficient of the component is calculated on the basis of these measurements. The predistortion setting parameters are adjusted so as to minimize |Kp|. The method may in particular be implemented in a linearized amplifier device and in an amplifier test bench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
    Inventors: Jacques Sombrin, Xavier Giraud, Alexandre Guerin, Guy Lesthievent, Jean-Pierre Millerioux, Xavier Deplancq
  • Patent number: 8971874
    Abstract: Test systems for characterizing devices under test (DUTs) are provided. A test system for testing a DUT in a shunt configuration may include a signal generator and a matching network that is coupled between the signal generator and the DUT and that is optimized to apply desired voltage/current stress to the DUT with reduced source power. The matching network may be configured to provide matching and desired stress levels at two or more frequency bands. In another suitable embodiment, a test system for testing a DUT in a series configuration may include a signal generator, an input matching network coupled between the DUT and a first terminal of the DUT, and an output matching network coupled between the DUT and a second terminal of the DUT. The input and output matching network may be optimized to apply desired voltage/current stress to the DUT with reduced source power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Han, Matthew A. Mow, James G. Judkins, Thomas E. Biedka, Ming-Ju Tsai, Robert W. Schlub
  • Patent number: 8965301
    Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by a first node, a first carrier signal and receiving, from a second node, which receives the first carrier signal, a second carrier signal. The first node measures first and second values of a first phase, the first value assigned to a first frequency of the second carrier signal and the second value assigned to a second frequency of the second carrier signal. The first and second frequencies have a frequency difference. A third value of a second phase is assigned to a third frequency of the first carrier signal, and a fourth value of the second phase is assigned to a fourth frequency of the first carrier signal. The third and fourth frequencies have the frequency difference. A distance between the first and second nodes is determined from the frequency difference from the first and second values and from the third and fourth values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Wolfram Kluge, Eric Sachse
  • Publication number: 20150050894
    Abstract: A radio communication device includes a semiconductor integrated circuit including a transmission path and a reception path; a determination unit that determines whether firmware used for processing in the semiconductor integrated circuit is updated; an input unit that inputs predetermined test data to the transmission path when it is determined that the firmware is updated; a measurement unit that measures a time until the test data returns from the reception path; and a processor that compares the measured time with a reference time, and adjusts a delay time of a signal based on a result of the comparison, wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit includes a bypass that connects the transmission path and the reception path to turn back the test data to the reception path at a stage prior to conversion of a frequency of the test data to the radio frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: YASUHIRO MURAKAMI, YASUAKI TAKEUCHI, TAKASHI TANII, NOBUHIDE HACHIYA, Yusuke Yamamori
  • Publication number: 20150050893
    Abstract: Damage to conductive material that serves as bridging connections between conductive structures within an electronic device may result in deficiencies in radio-frequency (RF) and other wireless communications. A test system for testing device structures under test is provided. Device structures under test may include substrates and a conductive material between the substrates. The test system may include a test fixture for increasing tensile or compressive stress on the device structures under test to evaluate the resilience of the conductive material. The test system may also include a test unit for transmitting RF test signals and receiving test data from the device structures under test. The received test data may include scattered parameter measurements from the device structures under test that may be used to determine if the device structures under test meet desired RF performance criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua G. Nickel, Chun-Lung Chen, Tseng-Mau Yang, Nicholas G. Merz, Robert W. Schlub, Boon W. Shiu, Erica J. Tong
  • Publication number: 20150050895
    Abstract: A reactive radio interferer includes a plurality of time synchronized transmitting/receiving lines, each of which is designed to alternately carry out-monitoring phases in order to receive the radio spectrum and interference phases in order to transmit an interference signal on the basis of the radio spectrum received in the monitoring phase. Testing of the reactive radio interferer is performed by having one of the transmitting/receiving lines transmit a test signal within a monitoring phase, the test signal being received and evaluated by at least one other transmitting/receiving line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Askold Meusling, Torben Brack, Hubert Piontek