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| 20090213946 | PARTIAL RECONFIGURATION FOR A MIMO-OFDM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Partial reconfiguration of programmable logic for supporting a Multiple-input, Multiple-Output Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (“MIMO-OFDM”) communication system is described. A PHY block in a programmable device may be instantiated generally in part in programmable logic of the programmable device. Control information is obtained for a network node when deployed and/or from a wireless transmission of a packet or frame, which is demodulated in the PHY block. Responsive to the control information demodulated, bitstream information is obtained to configure the portion of the PHY block using the programmable logic of the programmable device. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213947 | BLOCK BOUNDARY DETECTION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Method and apparatus for block boundary detection is described. A signal is received. The signal is quantized to provide a quantized signal to at least one correlator, the quantized signal being a sequence of samples. The sequence of samples and a reference template including totaling partial results from the at least one correlator are cross-correlated to provide a result, the result being a symbol timing synchronization responsive to the cross-correlation also known as block boundary detection. The cross-correlation is provided in part by combining by exclusive-ORing a regression vector obtained from the sequence of samples and a coefficient term vector obtained from the reference template. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090232254 | Detector Using Limited Symbol Candidate Generation for MIMO Communication Systems - A circuit detects symbols transmitted from multiple transmitting antennas to multiple receiving antennas. A distance block for an initial transmitting antenna in an ordering of the transmitting antennas determines a distance value for each symbol in a constellation. A selector block selects a limited number of candidates for the initial transmitting antenna from the symbols having smaller distance values. For each first and successive second transmitting antenna in the ordering, a distance-selector block selects a candidate for the second transmitting antenna for each candidate for the first transmitting antenna. The candidate for the second transmitting antenna is a pairing having a smaller distance value among the pairings of the candidate for the first transmitting antenna and the symbols. An identifier block selects a last candidate having a smaller distance value among the candidates for a last transmitting antenna in the ordering. The last candidate includes the detected symbols. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100007565 | Detecting In-Phase and Quadrature-Phase Amplitudes of MIMO Communications - Circuits detect communications from multiple transmitting antennas to multiple receiving antennas. A respective first block for each non-initial transmitting antenna determines partial distances for pairings of a first candidate and a quadrature-phase amplitude. A respective second block for the initial transmitting antenna determines partial distances for combinations of phase amplitudes. A respective second block for each non-initial transmitting antenna determines partial distances for pairings of a second candidate and an in-phase amplitude. A respective first selector for each non-initial transmitting antenna selects the first candidates from the pairings for the respective second block having smaller partial distances. A respective second selector for each non-initial transmitting antenna selects the second candidates from the pairings for the respective first block having smaller partial distances. An identifier circuit selects a final candidate with a smaller partial distance from the pairings of the respective second block for the last transmitting antenna. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100008451 | Symbol Detection in a MIMO Communication System - Circuits are provided for detecting symbols transmitted from multiple transmitting antennas to multiple receiving antennas. A circuit includes distance blocks, selectors, and an identifier block. Each distance-block includes at least one sub-block, and each sub-block inputs a candidate for a corresponding transmitting antenna. The sub-block determines partial distances for pairings of the candidate and each symbol in a constellation from a partial distance of the candidate and signals received at the receiving antennas. At least one selector assigns each pairing for each candidate for a corresponding transmitting antenna to a bin having a range that includes the partial distance of the pairing. The selector selects candidates for a successive transmitting antenna from the bins having the smaller ranges. The identifier block selects a final candidate that is one of the pairings for a last transmitting antenna having a smaller partial distance. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100040177 | MIMO Symbol Detection for SNR Higher and Lower than a Threshold - A system detects symbols communicated from multiple transmitting antennas to multiple receiving antennas. A first detector determines the symbols from respective partial distances of potential choices for symbols from a constellation. A second detector determines the symbols from respective partial distances of more potential choices. The first and second detectors determine their partial distances from signals received at the receiving antennas. The second detector has a lower bit error rate than the first detector. The potential choices for the second antenna are smaller than the potential choices for the first antenna in response to a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) being higher than a threshold. An evaluator estimates the SNR of the signals received at the receiving antennas. The evaluator enables the first detector in response to the SNR being lower than the threshold, and the evaluator enables the second detector in response to the SNR being higher than the threshold. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100052780 | METHOD OF AND CIRCUIT FOR REDUCING DISTORTION IN A POWER AMPLIFIER - An integrated circuit having a circuit for reducing distortion in a power amplifier is disclosed. The integrated circuit comprises a predistortion circuit coupled to receive a signal to be amplified; sample capture buffers coupled to an output of the predistortion circuit and an input/output port of the integrated circuit; and an estimator circuit coupled to the sample capture buffers, wherein the estimator circuit generates parameters for the predistortion circuit based upon the output of the predistortion circuit and an output of the power amplifier received at the input/output port of the integrated circuit. A method of reducing distortion in a power amplifier is also disclosed. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100272195 | PEAK-TO-AVERAGE POWER RATIO REDUCTION WITH BOUNDED ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE - Method and apparatus for signal processing to minimize the peak to average power ratio of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (“OFDM”) or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (“OFDMA”) signal with bounded error vector magnitude for an integrated circuit are described. An Active Constellation Extension (“ACE”) iteration, using a constellation points adjustment module, is performed. Symbols outside of a bounded region after the ACE iteration are identified. The bounded region is determined responsive to an error vector magnitude target. The symbols identified are translated to the bounded region. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100322352 | SPHERE DETECTOR PERFORMING DEPTH-FIRST SEARCH UNTIL TERMINATED - Systems and methods detect a communication received at receiving antennas from transmitting antennas. Each transmitting antenna transmits a symbol in a constellation. A sphere detector performs a depth-first search until the depth-first search terminates in response to a terminate signal requesting the result from the sphere detector. The depth-first search evaluates respective distances of one or mode leaf nodes in response to the communication received at the receiving antennas. The depth-first search selects the result from these nodes in response to the respective distances. The result includes a selected leaf node that identifies a corresponding symbol in the constellation for each transmitting antenna, with this symbol detected as transmitted by the transmitting antenna. | 12-23-2010 |
