Phase Measuring (e.g., Group Delay, Propagation Effect, Etc.) Patents (Class 455/67.16)
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Patent number: 8290495Abstract: A base station is capable of performing a method for velocity estimation in a mobile communication system. In the velocity estimation method, a received signal is delayed by a plurality of different sample intervals. A candidate maximum Doppler frequency for each of the delayed received signals is estimated. A maximum Doppler frequency in a reliable period is selected among the candidate maximum Doppler frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Goo-Hyun Park, Sung-Kwon Jo
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Patent number: 8289087Abstract: A computer-implemented method, device, and program product for detecting a phase shift between an I data clock and a Q data clock in processing an I data signal or a Q data signal used in quadrature modulation or quadrature demodulation. The method includes: receiving an input of the I data clock and the Q data clock; performing exclusive-ORing (XORing) on the I data clock and the Q data clock; latching a result of the performance of XORing on a phase sampling clock which is asynchronous with the I data clock and the Q data clock; incrementing a first number; incrementing a second number; comparing the incremented first number and the incremented second number and determining, based on a phase determination criterion, a phase shift between the I data clock and the Q data clock; and detecting a phase shift between the I data clock and the Q data clock.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yasunao Katayama, Yasuteru Kohda, Nobuyuki Ohba
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Patent number: 8285222Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for identifying a communication device includes a signal generator coupled to a transmit horn and a computing system coupled to a receive horn through a receiver. The signal generator is operable to generate an excitation waveform from the transmit horn such that the communication device passively reflects a response waveform. The computing system is operable to receive the response waveform from the communication device and compare the response waveform to a plurality of reference waveforms to determine the identity of the communication device.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2007Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Eddie R. Brock, Thomas G. Ribardo, Jr., Darrell L. Young, Yuri Owechko
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Publication number: 20120252522Abstract: A signal transmission device includes: a communication device that transmits first information and second information, wherein at the time of transmitting the first information, the communication device controls a strength of a transmission signal thereof on the basis of the second information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shigenori UCHIDA, Hirofumi Kawamura
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Patent number: 8280421Abstract: A terminal device free of interference between an RACH and a PUSCH or the like even when a base station device with a large coverage is installed. In the device, a configuration number extraction unit (103) extracts a configuration number from a BCH received by a BCH reception unit (102). A control unit (104) determines the corresponding RACH format (the necessity of repetition, the CP length TCP, the second preamble length TPRE2, and the GT length TGT) according to the configuration number, notifies a repetition unit (109) of the result of the judgment of necessity of repetition, notifies the repetition unit (109) of the second preamble length TPRE2, notifies a CP addition unit (110) of the CP length TCP, and notifies a GT addition unit (112) of the GT length TGT. When the repetition unit (109) receives the notification of performing the repetition, it performs the repetition according to the second preamble length received from a TPRE2 determination section (154).Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masahiko Nanri, Tsutomu Onuki, Takayuki Kawamura
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Patent number: 8280313Abstract: A base station selecting method of this invention includes the steps of causing each of a plurality of ID transmitters (102) provided in the communication range of a wireless base station (103) to transmit location ID information for identifying the installation location of the ID transmitter (102) by a near field wireless communication scheme, and when a wireless terminal device (101) has received the location ID information, determining a connection destination wireless base station (103) based on the received location ID information. This makes it possible to speed up search processing and switch processing of the wireless base station (103) while suppressing an increase in the cost of the wireless terminal device (101) and also facilitate coverage design and coverage change of the wireless base station (103).Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Kenichi Ishii
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Publication number: 20120244819Abstract: Embodiments of cognitive radio technology can recover and utilize under-utilized portions of statically-allocated radio-frequency spectrum. A plurality of sensing methods can be employed. Transmission power control can be responsive to adjacent channel measurements. Digital pre-distortion techniques can enhance performance. Embodiments of a high dynamic range transceiver architecture can be employed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventor: Haiyun Tang
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Patent number: 8265565Abstract: Transmitting non-polluting dummy pilot signals in a wireless communication network permits estimation of the downlink propagation channels between a number of joint transmitters and a lesser number of receivers. With fewer receivers than transmitters, loop back information from the receivers is not sufficient to determine the downlink propagation channels between the transmitters and receivers. For N transmitters and M receivers, (N?M) dummy pilot symbols are transmitted to facilitate downlink channel estimation. Each dummy pilot signal is transmitted to an imagined or dummy receiver that is virtually located such that its downlink channel coefficient vector is orthogonal to those of the real receivers. Transmit pre-filtering based on estimated propagation channels is applied to the information signals for the real receivers and to the dummy pilot signals. The extent to which the dummy pilot signals interfere at each receiver is an indication of mismatch between estimated and actual propagation channels.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Paul W. Dent
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Patent number: 8260319Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a distance between a wireless transceiver and a wireless receiver arranged to communicate with each other in a wireless communication network, the wireless receiver having an active and an inactive reception state, the method comprising transmitting, with the wireless receiver in the active reception state, a first transmission signal, receiving a first reflection signal, the first reflection signal being a reflection of the first transmission signal and influenced by the active reception state of the wireless receiver, transmitting, with the wireless receiver in the inactive reception state, a second transmission signal, receiving a second reflected signal, the second reflection signal being a reflection of the second transmission signal and influenced by the inactive reception state of the wireless receiver, and determining a distance between the wireless transceiver and the wireless receiver based on the second reflection signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Rosemount Tank Radar ABInventors: Fabian Wenger, Mats Nordlund
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Patent number: 8260234Abstract: Apparatus and method for calibration in a multi-antenna system are provided. The method includes setting at least two transmission paths connected to antennas, respectively, as reference transmission paths, when receiving compensation signals transmitted in the reference transmission paths in at least two reception paths connected to the antennas, respectively, determining a phase difference of the reception paths using the received compensation signals, and calibrating the reception paths using the phase difference of the reception paths.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Heon-Ki Chae, Keun-Chul Hwang, Soon-Young Yoon, Seok-Wan Rha
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Publication number: 20120208468Abstract: A mobile communications method, device, and system for adjusting a phase parameter in a diversity signal, based at least in part on phase feedback from a base station. While in uplink communication with a base station, a mobile device may receive a phase feedback signal from the base station. The mobile device may calculate a modified value of a phase parameter based on the phase feedback signal in order to transmit diversity signals with a gradual change in phase difference. The modified value may be between a phase parameter value indicated by the base station's phase feedback signal and a phase parameter value initially transmitted by the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Inventors: Sherwin J. Wang, Eduardo Abreu, Haim Harel
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Patent number: 8233852Abstract: An apparatus may include a non-linear module, a control module, and a calibration module. The non-linear module produces an output signal from an input signal. The control module selects, upon an occurrence of a calibration condition, a calibration operation from two or more calibration operations. Each of the two or more calibration operations may generate one or more correction values for the non-linear module. Further, each of the calibration operations produces the input signal from a pre-input signal. This selected calibration operation is performed by the calibration module. The two or more calibration operations include a first calibration operation and a second calibration operation. The first calibration operation produces the input signal from the pre-input signal according to a predictive technique. The second calibration operation produces the input signal from the pre-input signal according to a non-predictive technique.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Pine Valley Investments, Inc.Inventors: Walid K. M. Ahmed, Eoin Carey, Qing Li, Ajit K. Reddy
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Patent number: 8219035Abstract: Calibrating signal processing paths for a plurality of transmission devices by obtaining calibration data for at least one of the signal processing paths for each of the transmission devices and determining a plurality of calibration weights from the calibration data for each of the transmission devices. A calibration variance is calculated between the plurality of calibration weights and it is determined if the calibration variance is below a calibration variance threshold. Additionally, a phase variation and a magnitude variation are calculated from the calibration data for each of the transmission devices with respect to a reference transmission signal obtained from a reference transmission device and it is determined for each of the transmission devices if the phase variation is below a phase variation threshold and if the magnitude variation is below a magnitude variation threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Reverb Networks, Inc.Inventor: Richard Glenn Kusyk
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Patent number: 8208916Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method of predicting a radio-wave environment. The apparatus may include an arrival recognition unit to determine whether a ray emitted from a transmission unit of the ray tracing scheme arrives within a reception radius, a position determination unit to determine an arrival position where the ray arrives within the reception radius, and a processing unit to correct the reception radius by differently applying a size of the ray according to the arrival position.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Myoung-Won Jung, Nam Ho Jeong
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Patent number: 8200210Abstract: In a method and device, simple hardware such as a standard User Equipment (UE), a mobile telephone, is used to collect the impulse response of a radio channel. The data generated is used to classify radio channels based on the impulse response estimates by estimating distribution parameters of the impulse response. This makes it possible to distinguish between different types of fading and hence, radio environments by matching the parameters to known radio channel models.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Kjell Larsson, Markus Andersson
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Patent number: 8175536Abstract: A channel estimation and prediction unit 18 estimates a channel and predicts a plurality of channels for a next transmission slot. An SVD unit 19 performs singular value decomposition on a plurality of channel prediction values. An eigenvalue calculation unit 20 calculates a plurality of eigenvalues in a slot, whereas an eigenmode quality calculation unit 21 calculates a single quality for each eigenmode, considering variation frequency of the eigenvalue in the slot and outputs the quality to a transmission adaptive control unit 22.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventor: Kenta Okino
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Patent number: 8160608Abstract: Techniques and apparatus are described for detecting a position of a target. A position detection device associated with a wireless communication system includes an accumulator to sample and accumulate a pulse signal included in an input signal. A double-sliding window is connected to the accumulator to detect a starting point of the input signal. Also, a synchronization controller is connected to the accumulator to generate a synchronization signal to enable the accumulator to sample and accumulate the pulse signal. In addition, a time shift calculator is connected to the accumulator to correct the detected starting point of the input signal based on the accumulated pulse signal. Further, a position calculator is connected to the time shift calculator to calculate a position of a target based on the corrected starting point.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Core Logic, Inc.Inventor: Young-Hoon Jo
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Patent number: 8160503Abstract: A speed parameter or channel quality parameter are determined in a mobile device based on variation in frequency offset measurement. A higher variation in the frequency offset measurement reflects a poorer channel quality and a higher speed; a lower variation in the frequency offset measurement reflects a better channel quality and a lower speed. The parameter(s) may be fed back to the system and used, for example, to make adaptive modulation and coding decisions.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Nagula Tharma Sangary, Sean Bartholomew Simmons, David Blaine Dietz, Perry Jarmuszewski, Oleksiy Kravets
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Patent number: 8155025Abstract: Spectrum monitoring measurements are made by microcell base stations in a layered cellular network, while not serving calls or engaged in processing calls. The microcell base station transmits a first control message from to a microcell mobile station, to increase the duration for the mobile station to reside in the camping state on a control channel of the microcell base station. The microcell base station transmits a second control message from the microcell base station to the microcell mobile station, to increase the duration for the mobile station to reside in a call origination state while attempting to access a control channel of the microcell base station. Then, to perform the spectrum monitoring measurement, the base station's transmitter is turned off, the receiver is retuned to the frequency to be monitored, a signal strength measurement taken on that frequency, the receiver is retuned back to its assigned frequency, and the transmitter is turned back on, all in a short time interval.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Mathilde Benveniste, Sushil Kumar Prabhu
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Patent number: 8150325Abstract: An exemplary signal interference control system is disclosed that utilizes a computer system, such as programmable logic circuits or computer controlled logic gates, to generate blanking or control signals for various types of radio frequency receiver and transmitter combinations. Control signals are generated based on signal characteristic information stored in a memory including a delay following receipt of a pre-trigger signal from a radio frequency transmitter and a pulse width of control signal(s) generated for specified receivers, frequencies or systems. In one embodiment, information can be retrieved from a memory and used to generate an interference control signal. One or more control signals can be routed to a related or associated receiver to reduce or eliminate interference effects.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Brad A. Prichard
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Patent number: 8150435Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of transmitting channel quality data for channels in a wireless communication system, and to a corresponding receiver and transmitter. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a plurality of channel quality indicators for a corresponding plurality of frequency intervals and transmitting information about channel quality indicators in the form of differentially encoded slope data.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Icera Inc.Inventors: Carlo Luschi, Tarik Tabet, Abdelkader Medles, Nallepilli Ramesh
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Patent number: 8150447Abstract: A method and arrangement is provided for adjusting the transmission power of radio signals sent over a radio link from a second node to be received by a first node reducing the transmission power consumption and/or optimizing the radio system capacity. The first node maintains a quality target of the link by generating a SIR target value by means of running an outer loop power control, which SIR target value is used for generating a power adjustment command to be sent to the second node for adjusting the transmission power such that a power level adequate for providing the quality target of the link is achieved. The method comprises the step of detecting an abrupt change in the conditions of the radio signals received from the second node, generating a temporary SIR target value, and replacing the SIR target value generated by the outer loop power control with the temporary SIR target value when generating the power adjustment command to be sent to the second node for adjusting the transmission power.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2007Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Muhammad Ali Kazmi, Rong Hu
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Patent number: 8150436Abstract: A radio-wave propagation characteristic prediction assisting system includes a storage section, an attribute information input section, and an output section. The storage section stores attribute information of a region and reference information useful for predicting a radio-wave propagation characteristic in the region in association with each other. The attribute information input section inputs attribute information of a region whose radio-wave propagation characteristic is to be predicted. The output section searches information stored in the storage section to specify a region having an attribute which matches with the attribute information input by the attribute information input section, and outputs reference information associated with the specified region.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Tomohide Hattori
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Patent number: 8140103Abstract: An ad hoc peer-to-peer network is provided in which a transmitter wireless terminal is configured to establish a peer-to-peer communication link with a receiver wireless terminal over a shared communication channel. The transmitter wireless terminal may scale its transmit power as a function of a channel gain for the communication channel between the transmitter and receiver wireless terminals. The scaled transmit power may be utilized by the transmitter and receiver wireless terminals to perform link scheduling over the communication channel. For instance, the scaled transmit power may be used by the transmitter wireless terminal to perform a transmitter yielding with other neighboring transmitter wireless terminals utilizing the shared communication channel. Similarly, the scaled transmit power may be used by the receiver wireless terminal to perform receiver yielding with other neighboring receiver wireless terminal utilizing the shared communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Xinzhou Wu, Junyi Li, Rajiv Laroia, Saurabh Tavildar
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Patent number: 8131224Abstract: Phase and gain of a transmit signal are measured at a transmitter by determining a first time delay having a first resolution at a measurement receiver between a reference signal from which the transmit signal is generated and a measured signal derived from the transmit signal by comparing amplitudes of the reference signal and the measured signal. A second time delay having a second resolution finer than the first resolution is determined at the measurement receiver between the reference signal and the measured signal based on the first time delay. The reference signal and the measured signal are time aligned at the measurement receiver based on the second time delay and the phase and gain of the transmit signal are estimated after the reference signal and the measured signal are time aligned.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: St-Ericsson SAInventors: Wael A. Al-Qaq, Zhihang Zhang, Nikolaus Klemmer
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Patent number: 8126404Abstract: To evaluate an energy level of a signal received through a radio interface between radiocommunication stations, successive measurement samples depending on the energy of the signal are obtained, and an average of said samples is calculated, to evaluate the energy level. The calculation of the average of the samples is performed with an averaging duration depending on a service to which the received signal pertains.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2001Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Nidham Ben Rached, Thierry Lucidarme, Arnaud De Lannoy
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Patent number: 8125990Abstract: Systems are presented in which a network database is populated and updated with delay values representing measured network delays in routing calls between call control entities of a communications network. The network entities can query the database to make informed decisions regarding call routing based on the delay values, and the database entries are provided by the network elements, which measure actual or pseudo calls routed in the network.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Cynthia Kae Florkey, Ruth Schaefer Gayde, John Richard Rosenberg
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Patent number: 8126405Abstract: A method measures a time from transmitting a ranging signal to receiving the ranging signal via a channel of a wireless network, and a received signal strength (RSS) of the ranging signal. A distance is estimated based on the time, and a path loss based on the RSS. Probabilities of conditions of the channel are estimated based on the distance and the path loss, wherein the condition is in one of line-of-sight (LOS), or non-LOS (NLOS).Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory, Inc.Inventors: Chunjie Duan, Nayef Alsindi, Jinyun Zhang
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Publication number: 20120045999Abstract: An adaptive array antenna device (120) includes: a wireless transmission antenna unit (121) which wirelessly transmits content data to q partner device; a path information calculation unit (123) which calculates transmission path information for specifying radiation pattern with which the content data can be wirelessly transmitted to the partner device, before an instruction to transmit the content data to the partner device is issued; and a memory (124) in which the transmission path information calculated by the path information calculation unit (123) is stored. The wireless transmission antenna unit (121) starts transmitting the content data to the partner device using the radiation pattern specified by the transmission path information stored in the memory (124), when the instruction to transmit the content data to the partner device is issued.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventor: Takeshi Ono
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Patent number: 8121589Abstract: A mobile station receives dedicated signaling from the network to obtain measurement configuration data specified for it. The measurement configuration data stored in the mobile station include: measurement object elements each designating communication resources on which measurements are requested by the network; reporting configuration elements each defining reporting criteria to trigger a measurement report from the mobile station to the network and a reporting format indicating at least one quantity included in the measurement report; and measurement identity elements each identifying a relationship between a measurement object element and a reporting configuration element such that any measurement report sent from the mobile station in accordance with this reporting configuration element includes at least one quantity measured on communication resources designated by the corresponding measurement object element.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Patrick Fischer, Romain Masson
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Patent number: 8121590Abstract: A method in a node of cellular telecommunication network comprising receiving downlink quality measurements of a primary carrier frequency and at least one secondary carrier frequency and combining the received downlink quality measurements of the primary carrier frequency and secondary carrier frequency. The downlink quality measures are combined by determining a combined downlink quality measure for the downlink quality measurements of the primary carrier frequency and the at least one secondary carrier frequency and determining a difference in logarithmic scale between the downlink quality measurements of the primary carrier frequency and the combined downlink quality measure for the downlink quality measurements of the primary carrier frequency and the at least one secondary carrier frequency to be used as the combined quality measure.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Muhammad Kazmi, Joakim Bergström
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Patent number: 8116696Abstract: An rf signal transmitter for transmitting rf signals through a plurality of antennas is described, which comprises: a transmit section adapted to selectively set, with respect to an input signal, the initial phase of an output to at least one of said antennas depending on a time or frequency region used for communication and to provide delay to the output on an antenna-by-antenna basis and on the basis of a transmission timing or a transmission frequency; and a quality information receive section for receiving quality information from destination station, i.e., a wireless terminal unit, said quality information concerning the rf signal transmitted from said transmit section and received at said destination station.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshizo Nogami, Kimihiko Imamura, Ryota Yamada
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Patent number: 8103219Abstract: The automatic frequency correction value applied by a receiver is altered to minimize long-term drift of a path delay profile. In one embodiment, the phase or timing error resulting from constant frequency corrections is accumulated, and an estimated frequency correction value is selectively quantized into an actual frequency correction value in response to the accumulated phase/timing error. The quantized value above or below the estimate is selected to minimize the accumulated phase/timing error that gives rise to path delay profile drift. In another embodiment, a timing circuit measures the instantaneous path delay profile drift incurred with each frequency correction, and integrates the instantaneous drift measurements over time to yield a path delay profile drift. The drift (or its rate of change) is then used to adjust a frequency correction value so as to minimize the drift.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Andres Reial, Bo Bernhardsson, Xiaohui Wang
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Patent number: 8095161Abstract: A method for determining a transmission timing is provided. The method includes steps of, at a first point in time, determining a first transmission timing for transmissions from a user entity to a first radio transceiver, and determining a representation of a first position of the user entity in relation to the first radio transceiver and at least a second and a third radio transceiver. The method further includes, at a second point in time, subsequent to the first point in time, determining a representation of a second position of the user entity in relation to the first, second and third radio transceivers, and adjusting the transmission timing based on a difference of the first position and the second position.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: David Sandberg
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Patent number: 8078114Abstract: A system and method for determining a signal propagation delay between a transmitter and a receiver, and for adjusting a transmission time based on the propagation delay. A central station inserts a marker into a transmitted signal at a time corresponding to a received timing signal. The MCT receives the signal from the central station and determines a time difference between receipt of the marker and the detection of the time interval event. A transmission by the MCT is adjusted by an amount of time proportional to the time difference.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Judd Erlenbach, Franklin J. Gutterman, Bin Tian
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Patent number: 8073452Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for utilizing unused portions of an allocated frequency spectrum in a wireless communications system that broadcasts content to wireless stations. A first wireless station may communicate with a second wireless station on an idle broadcast channel while keeping the resulting interference level below an acceptable maximum limit at the other wireless stations. Using interference level information that are measured at the wireless stations, the wireless station can negotiate with the other wireless station on an establishment channel for subsequent communications on one or more broadcast channels. The wireless station may receive broadcast content on a time slice that corresponds to a broadcast channel and that is further processed by the wireless station. Otherwise, the wireless station can utilize the corresponding time to measure an interference level for the corresponding channel or to transmit or receive data to/from another wireless station.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Jouni Kossi, Mika Kahola
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Patent number: 8064840Abstract: A method and transceiver for determining spectrum availability within a give area is disclosed. The given area includes cells in a grid. A belief evaluator receives a measurement from a signal and assigns an instantaneous belief indicator, an instantaneous disbelief indicator and an instantaneous ignorance indicator based on a detection threshold and the power level of the measurement. The indicators quantify the probability of a presence of a transmitter within the grid cell. A belief accumulator uses the instantaneous indicators along with accumulated belief, disbelief and ignorance indicators from previous measurements to determine cumulative belief, disbelief and ignorance indicators. The accumulated belief, disbelief and ignorance indicators are the results of previous measurements and belief/disbelief/ignorance determinations for the grid cell. An allocator indicates the status of the grid cell and whether a spectrum is available.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Shared Spectrum CompanyInventors: Mark Allen McHenry, Alexe E. Leu
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Patent number: 8055226Abstract: A method of correcting the frequency response of an RF receiver having a frequency translation device and a fixed IF frequency section uses calibration data representing frequency responses over a wide frequency range for multiple center frequencies. The calibration data are based upon a multi-dimensional model for the frequency translation device that includes at least center frequency and offset frequency. The calibration data are stored in the RF receiver during factory calibration. A run-time normalization of the RF receiver produces a normalization frequency response at a reference frequency, and a relative frequency response at a desired center frequency is derived from the calibration data. The normalized and relative frequency responses are combined to produce an overall frequency response that is used by the RF receiver to configure an inverse filter to correct channel linear distortion produced by the frequency response of the frequency translation device at the desired center frequency.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.Inventors: Yi He, Marcus K. Da Silva
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Patent number: 8055186Abstract: The invention reduces the time needed for an automatic channel search on a device receiving channels of different widths. The invention proposes a channel detection method which carries out a first scan of the frequency range in order to locate all the carrier frequencies. The measurements are saved. Then an analysis of the saved measurements can determine whether it comes from a satellite or FM source, only the data corresponding to satellite sources are kept.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Marc Louchkoff, Antony Pesin, Jean-Pierre Bertin
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Patent number: 8054924Abstract: A data transmission method with phase shift error correction comprising: transmitting through a network a transmission signal, wherein the transmission signal comprises a reference signal component having a predetermined frequency and a data signal component; receiving the transmission signal, wherein the received transmission signal includes a phase shift error caused by the network, wherein the phase shift error is in both the received reference signal component and the received data signal component; generating a multiplier signal at a receiver having the predetermined reference frequency; using the multiplier signal to determine the phase shift error in the received transmission signal; and correcting the received data signal component using the determined phase shift error.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: General Motors LLCInventor: Sethu K. Madhavan
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Patent number: 8045926Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of system and method are provided for measuring signal amplitude, phase and/or delay offsets between multiple transmit signals fed through the transmit signal processing chains and wirelessly transmitted over the transceive antennas of separate transceiver modules, wherein transmit signal coupling between the transmit antennas of said transceiver modules' transmit signal processing chains may be used for synchronizing the transmit signals and calibrating their amplitude, phase and/or delay parameters. The exemplary embodiments further provide a front end arrangement of a wireless transceiver device which can comprise at least two independently controllable transceiver modules, each connected to an associated spatial diversity transceive antenna and comprising at least one associated transmit signal processing chain and at least one associated receive signal processing chain coupled to a common baseband processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks OyInventors: Risto Martikkala, Kauko Heinikoski, Pekka Adolfsen
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Patent number: 8045928Abstract: A test system for adjusting a wireless communication device by impedance loading features includes a power supply for generating a plurality of voltages, a test fixture coupled to the power supply for generating impedances corresponding to a plurality of impedance loading areas, a test equipment coupled to a test point of the wireless communication device via the test fixture for measuring a plurality of radio frequency characteristic sets of the wireless communication device, and a decision device coupled to the test equipment for determining an optimal impedance loading area of the wireless communication device according to the plurality of radio-frequency characteristic sets.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Wistron NeWeb CorporationInventor: Chen-Shu Peng
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Patent number: 8010044Abstract: The present invention utilizes a communication method including acquiring, with a radio base station, reception quality of the received signal received via no relay station from a radio base station measured with a radio terminal and reception quality received via a relay station from the radio base station and selecting the route for the radio terminal on the basis of both reception qualities acquired. Moreover, the present invention utilizes a relay station including a receiving unit for received signal in the transmission timing for transmission from the radio terminal notified from the radio base station, a measuring unit for measuring reception quality of the received signal obtained by the reception, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the result of measurement to the radio base station.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Masato Okuda
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Patent number: 8000662Abstract: A transmission characteristic adjustment device and the like that can carry out circuit adjustment before an error occurs, and has a transmission characteristic with high reliability without generating an error are provided. The device determines existence or non-existence of a difference with respect to confirmed data based on each phase of a multiphase clock, detects a window width in a time axis direction of receiving data based on a result of the determination and a phase of the multiphase clock, and evaluates a setting value of a circuit element of the transmission element or the reception element that has an influence on a receiving waveform based on a fluctuation of the detected window width, and changes the setting value of the circuit element of the transmission element or the reception element based on a result of the evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Daita Tsubamoto, Makoto Suwada, Hitoshi Yokemura, Masaki Tosaka
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Patent number: 8000744Abstract: An apparatus and method for beamforming in a communication system are provided, in which a base station receives a channel vector from each of a plurality of mobile stations, generates an uplink channel matrix using the received channel vectors, generates a beamforming weight vector using the uplink channel matrix and a fixed constant that minimizes a channel error rate, and forms beams using the beamforming weight vector.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eun-Chul Yoon, Min-Su Lee
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Patent number: 8000228Abstract: Methods (500, 800) and corresponding systems (100, 200, 300, 400, 900) for generating a pilot symbol (330) include providing an M-point parallel transform sequence that is a discrete Fourier transform of a CAZAC sequence (312, 504-508). The M-point parallel transform sequence (312) is distributed (316, 510) to a set of M subcarriers among N subcarriers to form an N-point frequency-domain sequence (318) wherein the M subcarriers are evenly spaced apart. An N-point inverse fast Fourier transform (320, 512) is performed to convert the N-point frequency-domain sequence to an N-point time-domain sequence (322). The N-point time-domain sequence is converted (324, 514) to a serial sequence (326), and a cyclic prefix is added (328, 516) to the serial sequence to form a pilot symbol (330).Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2010Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: James W. McCoy
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Patent number: 7995974Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for revoking a talk burst, which includes: entering a pending release state by a talk burst after a client having the talk burst releases the talk burst initiatively; monitoring a duration of the talk burst in the pending release state; and revoking the talk burst when the duration of the talk burst in the pending release state exceeds a preset duration. An embodiment also discloses an apparatus for revoking a talk burst. By applying certain embodiments of the present invention, after a client initiatively releases a talk burst so that the talk burst enters a pending release state, the talk burst can be revoked in time and the waiting time of the client is saved.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wangguang Zhang
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Patent number: 7991362Abstract: A wireless terminal determines the position of a moving base station and determines timing and/or frequency corrections. A wireless terminal determines its relative position with respect to the base station and determines a timing adjustment correction. The wireless terminal applies the determined timing correction to control uplink signaling timing and achieve synchronization at the base station's receiver. The wireless terminal determines its relative velocity with respect to the moving base station and determines a Doppler shift adjustment which it adds to the uplink carrier frequency or to its baseband signal. Base station position is determined from the current time and stored information correlating the base station position with time, e.g., for a geo-synchronous satellite. Base station position information, e.g., a GPS derived base station position fix, is determined from downlink airlink broadcast information, e.g., for an aircraft base station.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2005Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Frank A. Lane, Rajiv Laroia, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 7986755Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a calibration system employed in a multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) system for beamforming and receiving a plurality of streams. The system includes a first calibration circuit responsive to inphase (I) and quadrature (Q) pairs of stream and operative to calibrate each I and Q pair and a second calibration circuit responsive to the calibrated I and Q pairs for all streams, wherein the first and second calibration circuits perform calibration in the time domain.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2007Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Ralink Technology CorporationInventors: Chien-Cheng Tung, Thomas Edward Pare, Jr.
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Patent number: RE43543Abstract: A mobile transceiver and a method of detecting movement of the mobile transceiver in a radio system. The radio system includes at least one base station and terminals. The movement of the mobile transceiver is measured by at least one acceleration sensor (114-116) to take the movement of the mobile transceiver onto account in the operation of the radio system.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2001Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 9 LLCInventors: Tapio Frantti, Petri Mähönen