Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090080504 | Delay compensation for transmit/receive chain calibration and multiuser MIMO - Compensation is provided for errors in channel information that can result when there is a delay between the measurement of the channel information and the subsequent use of the channel information. In one embodiment, downlink channel prediction is performed within a user device, in a system employing closed loop MIMO with implicit feedback, to reduce the occurrence of errors during the calculation of a calibration parameter within an associated base station. In another embodiment, channel prediction is used to predict a downlink channel state for a user device at a future time when a multi-user MIMO data transfer is to occur between a base station and a number of selected user devices. | 03-26-2009 |
20090086842 | Unified closed loop SU/MU-MIMO signaling and codebook design - A multi-resolution codebook is used to provide quantization for channel related information in a wireless network that supports both single-user MIMO and multi-user MIMO. The multi-resolution codebook may include a higher resolution “fine” codebook for use with MU-MIMO subscriber stations and a lower resolution “coarse” codebook for use with SU-MIMO subscriber stations. A tracking codebook may also be used to provide quantization for updates to channel related information. In at least one embodiment, the tracking codebook includes a number of unit vectors (or orthogonal matrices) disposed upon a sphere cap. | 04-02-2009 |
20090251208 | LOW POWER SLICER-BASED DEMODULATOR FOR PPM - An apparatus and method for communications is disclosed. The apparatus includes a slicer configured to generate samples of a signal carrying information, and a demodulator having a digital integrator configured to integrate the samples, the demodulator being further configured to recover from the integrated samples data representative of the information carried by the signal. | 10-08-2009 |
20090278606 | AGC FOR SLICER-BASED LOW POWER DEMODULATOR - An apparatus and method for performing automatic gain control in a receiver are disclosed. The apparatus may include an amplifier, and the gain control may be based on an output from the amplifier during a time period in which a target signal is not present at the output of the amplifier. | 11-12-2009 |
20100005371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PUNCTURING PULSES IN A RECEIVER OR TRANSMITTER - An apparatus for data communication that receives a plurality of pulses from a remote communications device, determines a pulse puncturing rate based on the pulses, and punctures or discards subsequent pulses based on the pulse puncturing rate. During intervals when punctured pulses are expected, the apparatus operates in a lower power consumption mode for the purpose of conserving power. In another aspect, a receiving apparatus determines the pulse puncturing rate based on received pulses, and transmits the pulse puncturing rate information to a transmitting apparatus. In response, the transmitting apparatus sends a subset of the pulses it would have transmitted based on the pulse puncturing rate. Because the receiving apparatus receives fewer pulses (e.g., a subset), the receiving apparatus may operate in a lower power consumption mode for longer periods in order to conserve power. Similarly, because the transmitting apparatus sends fewer pulses, it may also operate in a lower power consumption mode for longer periods. | 01-07-2010 |
20100020863 | DETERMINATION OF RECEIVE DATA VALUES - Adverse effects associated with collisions in a wireless communication system are mitigated by defining one or more values for receive data. Here, data that is expected to be received during a data transmission may be set to a defined value. In some cases the defined value is a predefined value (e.g., zero or some other value). In some cases the defined value is based on noise and/or signals levels in the system. In some implementations a device may define receive data values for a period of time during which data is expected to be received and during which a transmission occurs. In some aspects a hybrid on-off keying scheme is employed to determine received data values. | 01-28-2010 |
20100290573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOCK DRIFT COMPENSATION DURING ACQUISITION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of wireless communication is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of samples from a transmission of a known sequence; identifying a peak position in the known sequence based on a correlation of the plurality of samples and the known sequence; and adjusting the identified peak position based on an offset. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed herein. | 11-18-2010 |
20110038309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION AND DETECTION OF FRAME INCLUDING BURSTS OF PULSES - A method of transmitting and receiving data frames using pulses is disclosed. According to the transmitting method, a first signal is transmitted including one or more bursts of pulses during a first portion of a transmission frame, and not transmitting the first signal during a second portion of the transmission frame. The not transmitting the first signal may include maintaining one or more silence periods for the second portion of the transmission frame, or transmitting a second signal distinct from the first signal. According to the receiving method, a signal including one or more bursts of pulses is received during a first portion of a transmission frame, an analysis of the one or more bursts of pulses is performed, and the transmission frame is detected based on the analysis of the one or more bursts of pulses. | 02-17-2011 |
20110060140 | SYNTHESIS OF (+) CORTISTATIN A AND RELATED COMPOUNDS - An in vitro synthesis of (+) cortistatin A from readily available precursors is disclosed, as are the syntheses of related 17-aryl substituted compounds, the 17-aryl substituted compounds themselves and novel compounds useful in their preparation. | 03-10-2011 |
20110182370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT DETECTION DURING PREAMBLE TRANSMISSION - A method for wireless communication is disclosed, the method including transmitting a plurality of preambles; and detecting an acknowledgement to one of the preambles during the transmission of another one of the preambles. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed. | 07-28-2011 |
20110183607 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATIONS IN LOW SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO ENVIRONMENTS - An apparatus is disclosed having a receiver configured to communicate, by a first apparatus, with a second apparatus in a first mode; determine side information by the first apparatus based on the communication during the first mode; and store the side information by the first apparatus for communication in a second mode with the second apparatus, wherein the first and second modes of communication have different date rates. A method for wireless communications is also disclosed. | 07-28-2011 |
20110261862 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND PROCESSING RECEIVED SIGNAL WITH PULSE SEQUENCE - Methods of detecting a pulse sequence in a received signal are disclosed, each of which entails operating on samples of the received signal. One method entails determining a correlation of samples with a reference sequence, and detecting the pulse sequence based on the correlation. Another method entails selecting a reference sample associated with a pulse, and detecting the pulse sequence by analyzing samples based on one or more lengths of a time hopping interval and the reference sample. Another method entails selecting a reference sample associated with non-restricted time hopping intervals, and detecting the pulse sequence by analyzing samples that are based on substantially one or more lengths of a half pulse interval and the reference sample. Further, disclosed is a method of determining a timing drift by selecting samples, determining a time delay between the selected samples, and determining the timing drift based on the determined time delay and an expected time delay. | 10-27-2011 |
20110292972 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMTTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL WITH QUASI-PERIODIC PULSE SEQUENCE - System and method are disclosed for synchronization of a transmitting device and a receiving device that communicate with each other via pulse modulation. The synchronization technique entails the transmitting device sending one or more quasi-periodic pulse sequences to the receiving device. A quasi-periodic pulse sequence is based on a substantially periodic pulse sequence, and may include some non-periodic pulses or not include some periodic pulses. The transmitting device may transmit frames each including a preamble that comprises one or more quasi-periodic pulse sequences, and a data payload that may comprise data. The receiving device receives the signal, generates samples of the signal, and detects the quasi-periodic pulse sequences in the received signal by analyzing samples based on a sample associated with a pulse and the period associated with the substantially periodic pulse sequence. The receiving device is further able to detect frames based on the detection of the sequence, and extract data therefrom. | 12-01-2011 |