Communication device, infrastructure equipment and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11736242B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US17215405

    申请日:2021-03-29

    Abstract: A communications device includes receiver circuitry, transmitter circuitry, and controller circuitry controlling the transmitter circuitry and the receiver circuitry to receive data in accordance with an automatic repeat request (ARQ) type protocol in which the data is received as a plurality of encoded data packets encoded with an error correction code and the transmitter circuitry transmits a feedback signal depending on whether each of the data encoded packets is estimated as having been decoded successfully by the receiver circuitry. The controller circuitry is configured to evaluate a quality measure of each encoded data packet and in response to the evaluated quality measure to transmit an early indication of the feedback signal to the wireless communications network, before the encoded data packet has been decoded by the error correction decoder.

    Waveform Indicators for Fault Localization in 5G and 6G Messages

    公开(公告)号:US20230261811A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-17

    申请号:US18305307

    申请日:2023-04-21

    CPC classification number: H04L1/206 H04L1/201

    Abstract: Message faults are an increasing problem for 5G and expected 6G networks, due to growth, crowding, and signal fading problems. Disclosed are procedures for determining which particular message element of a corrupted message is faulted, and optionally the most likely correction. A receiver can identify the faulted message element by measuring the fluctuations, in phase and amplitude, of the waveform of each message element, as well as the modulation quality, frequency offset, and other signal measurements. Faulted message elements are likely to have higher fluctuations, higher modulation deviations, and higher signal irregularities, than the unfaulted ones. Mitigation can then be applied to the faulted message elements, thereby recovering the correct message and avoiding a costly retransmission delay. AI models may enhance the fault detection sensitivity by exploiting correlations between the various waveform measurement parameters, and then may predict the corrected value of the faulted message elements.

    MODULAR PIM ANALYZER AND METHOD USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20180219651A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15460672

    申请日:2017-03-16

    CPC classification number: H04L1/206 H04L1/244 H04L1/247

    Abstract: A modular PIM analyzer includes: a first signal amplification module provided with a first signal generator for generating a first frequency signal under control of a first MCU, and a first power amplifier for generating a first amplified frequency signal through the amplification of the first frequency signal under control of a first ALC circuit; a second signal amplification module provided with a second signal generator for generating a second frequency signal under control of a second MCU, and a second power amplifier for generating a second amplified frequency signal through the amplification of the second frequency signal under control of a second ALC circuit; and a triplexer module for extracting a test frequency signal using the first amplified frequency signal and the second amplified frequency signal, transmitting the test frequency signal to a device under test, and receiving a PIM signal being reflected from the device under test

    Energy efficient highway addressable remote transducer C8PSK modem

    公开(公告)号:US20180109403A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-19

    申请号:US15294680

    申请日:2016-10-15

    CPC classification number: H04L1/206 H04L27/20

    Abstract: A method and a Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART) soft modem device (SMD) for transmitting a C8PSK signal and receiving and demodulating an Analog signal in either FSK or C8PSK comprising a HART message is provided. A transmitter of HART-SMD improves efficiency by reducing the computation complexity with a novel table lookup technique. A demodulator of the HART-SMD receives the Analog signal, samples and converts the Analog signal into digital data at a predetermined digital sample rate. The demodulator implements a two-step phase estimation technique followed by a single step timing estimate to achieve an optimal operating region for the receiver so that the receiver can be ready to receive state in a very short time as required in C8PSK specifications. A simple method of doing automatic modulation classification by negating the presence of an FSK modulation by the positive assertion of the presence of C8PSK modulation, or by the absence of C8PSK Signal and the presence of Energy detect to assert the presence of FSK signal is also stated.

    Apparatus comprising an antenna array

    公开(公告)号:US09917714B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-13

    申请号:US15121893

    申请日:2015-02-25

    Abstract: Apparatus (100) is described comprising: an antenna array (1021 . . . 102N); a plurality of units (1041 . . . 104N), each unit configured to mix a radio frequency signal from one or more of the antennas (102) with oscillating signals having phases defined by a global signal and to provide in-phase and quadrature-phase signals; a constellation rotation system configured to, for each unit, rotate a constellation point associated with the in-phase and quadrature-phase signals by a rotation angle to provide adjusted in-phase and quadrature-phase signals; signal buses (106, 107) for global in-phase and quadrature-phase signals configured to receive the adjusted in-phase and quadrature-phase signals, respectively, from a plurality of the units; a feedback system configured to, for each unit, compare one or more of the adjusted in-phase and quadrature-phase signals with one or more of the global in-phase and quadrature-phase signals to determine an error in the rotation angle.

    Correction of demodulation errors based on machine learning

    公开(公告)号:US09838159B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-05

    申请号:US14953931

    申请日:2015-11-30

    Inventor: Donna L. Polehn

    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to receive data and first channel information pertaining to a transmission of the data; store first constellation data and demodulate the data; determine whether any error exists pertaining to the data; receive retransmitted data and second channel information when an error exists; demodulate the retransmitted data; calculate error vector magnitude data; generate corrective constellation data based on the error vector magnitude data, the first channel information, and the second channel information, wherein the corrective constellation data includes at least one reference constellation point that is repositioned on a constellation plane relative to at least one corresponding reference constellation point of a default constellation data; and use the corrective constellation data when demodulating additional data that is subsequently received.

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