Patent classifications
H04B17/101
Method for Distance Determination
Example embodiments relate to methods for distance determination. One embodiment includes a method for determining a distance between a first radio signal transceiver and a second radio signal transceiver. The method includes receiving a first set and a second set of measurement results. The first set is acquired by the first radio signal transceiver based on signals transmitted from the second radio signal transceiver and the second set is acquired by the second radio signal transceiver based on signals transmitted from the first radio signal transceiver. The first set is representable as including, for each of a plurality of frequencies, a measurement pair. The method also includes calculating, for each frequency of the plurality of frequencies, a preliminary estimate of a value proportional to a one-way frequency domain channel response. Additionally, the method includes determining a final estimate of the value proportional to the one-way frequency domain channel response.
TEST INSTRUMENT FOR 5G CPE ANTENNA INSTALLATION
Disclosed are a test instrument and testing methods for audibly providing signal metrics (such as signal strength and/or signal quality) of fifth-generation network (5G) beams to assist installation of 5G Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) antenna at a premises. A test instrument may obtain signal metrics and provide audio output based on the signal metrics at various locations of the premises. The audio output may be transmitted to a headphone device worn by a user. In this manner, the user may select an appropriate location on the premises at which to install the 5G CPE antenna via audible queues that are based on the measured signal metric at a given location. The test instrument may provide fine-tuning capabilities by also audibly providing directional information that indicates where the 5G CPE antenna should be pointed or moved to align the 5G CPE antenna to a 5G beam.
Methods and apparatus to facilitate layer 1 user equipment (UE) filtering for millimeter wave frequencies
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating L1 UE-side filtering for mmW frequencies are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a user equipment includes configuring a filter coefficient for a serving beam. The example method also includes applying the filter coefficient to the serving beam to determine an updated filtered measurement result. The example method also includes reporting the updated filtered measurement result to a base station.
POWER AMPLIFIER POWER DETECTION FOR INITIATING RETRAINING OF DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION
Apparatus and methods for retraining digital pre-distortion are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a mobile device includes a transmit chain and a front end system. The transmit chain generates a transmit signal and converts the transmit signal to a radio frequency input signal, and includes a digital pre-distortion circuit that provides digital pre-distortion to the transmit signal. The front end system includes a power amplifier that amplifies the radio frequency input signal to generate a radio frequency output signal, and a power detector that generates a detection signal based on detecting an output power of the power amplifier. The detection signal controls initiation of a retraining sequence of the digital pre-distortion circuit.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING MULTIPLE MMWAVE ANTENNAS
A testing system may include a test electronic device having a test antenna disposed in a first signal path of a first antenna array of an electronic device. The test antenna may receive a first signal from the first antenna array. The testing system may also include a reflector disposed in a second signal path of a second antenna array of the electronic device. The reflector may reflect a second signal from the second antenna array to the test antenna. The reflector may include a flat, parabolic, or elliptical curvature that reflects a radio frequency signal emitted by the second antenna array to the test antenna.
Simultaneous transmit and receive capability indication method for multi-link devices
A method is performed at a first multilink device configured to communicate wirelessly with a first radio and a second radio of a second multilink device. The method includes accessing a set of parameters for a known mathematical model that establishes a frequency separation to be imposed between transmission from the first radio and reception at the second radio in order to achieve a predetermined reception performance at the second radio when the transmission and the reception are simultaneous. The method further includes, using the known mathematical model, computing the frequency separation based on the set of parameters.
Test instrument for 5G CPE antenna installation
Disclosed are a test instrument and testing methods for audibly providing signal metrics (such as signal strength and/or signal quality) of fifth-generation network (5G) beams to assist installation of 5G Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) antenna at a premises. A test instrument may obtain signal metrics and provide audio output based on the signal metrics at various locations of the premises. The audio output may be transmitted to a headphone device worn by a user. In this manner, the user may select an appropriate location on the premises at which to install the 5G CPE antenna via audible queues that are based on the measured signal metric at a given location. The test instrument may provide fine-tuning capabilities by also audibly providing directional information that indicates where the 5G CPE antenna should be pointed or moved to align the 5G CPE antenna to a 5G beam.
Semiconductor apparatus
A semiconductor apparatus includes an interconnect substrate which includes an antenna module region in which an antenna and a semiconductor integrated circuit electrically connected to the antenna are disposed, and at least one evaluation region situated next to the antenna module region and used to evaluate characteristics of the antenna, wherein the at least one evaluation region has at least one slit formed therein such that the slit includes at least a portion, situated opposite the antenna, of a boundary line that separates the antenna module region and the evaluation region from each other.
Communication device and method for echo signals management
A communication device includes a donor receiver that receives a plurality of first beam of input radio frequency (RF) signals. The communication device further includes a service transmitter that transmits a plurality of second beam of RF signals in a first radiation pattern to a user equipment (UE). The communication device further includes control circuitry that detects an amount and a direction of reflected RF signals at the donor receiver. The control circuitry applies polarization to the plurality of second beam of RF signals and calibrates the polarization to minimize the reflected RF signals at the donor receiver. A second radiation pattern is generated for the plurality of second beam of RF signals and communicated to the UE based on the calibrated polarization.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF IMPAIRMENTS ON A LINE OF A WIRED NETWORK
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus including means configured to perform: obtaining a measured channel frequency response, and a measured noise power spectral density for a line of a wired network susceptible to an impairment; deriving, in case of an indication of an impairment present on the line, from the measured channel frequency response and the measured noise power spectral density, a first theoretical noise representation for the line with the impairment and a second theoretical noise representation for the line without the impairment; and determining information indicative of a location of the impairment in the line, by processing the measured noise power spectral density, the first theoretical noise representation, and the second theoretical noise representation with a neural network.