137 patents
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Utility
System and method of providing a medium access control scheduler
27 Dec 22
A method of operating an uplink scheduler as part of a medium access control scheduler on a satellite includes selecting, from a plurality of user terminals, a first number of zero-bandwidth request user terminals from the plurality of user terminals, selecting, from the plurality of user terminals, a second number of non-zero-bandwidth request user terminals from the plurality of user terminals, binning the second number of non-zero-bandwidth request user terminals into a plurality of bins based on a respective bandwidth requirement for each non-zero-bandwidth request user terminal and based on a minimum user terminal grant and allocating, according to a grant allocation algorithm, a respective grant of radio resources in an uplink frame to each user terminal of the plurality of user terminals into a respective bin of the plurality of bins in an order associated with increasing bandwidth needs.
Jayasuryan V. Iyer, Khasim Shaheed Shaik Mahammad, Yashodhan Dandekar, Ramakrishna Akella, Chen Chen, Phillip E. Barber, Peter J. Worters
Filed: 3 Jun 21
Utility
Connector backshell assembly
13 Dec 22
A connector backshell assembly includes a module hood sealable against a connection port having a first connector, a harness hood configured to house a second connector mateable with the first connector, a backshell configured to provide strain relief to a wire harness extending from the second connector and securable on the harness hood after the second connector is housed within the harness hood, and a latch assembly having a latch handle moveable from a first position into a second position to move the harness hood into sealing engagement with the module hood.
Jeremy C. Wright, Kristina T. T. Kellogg
Filed: 28 Sep 20
Design
Antenna apparatus
6 Dec 22
David Milroy, Anthony Sims, J Gabriel Rustia
Filed: 3 Jun 19
Design
Antenna apparatus
29 Nov 22
David Milroy, Duncan Edwin Adams, Anthony Sims, J Gabriel Rustia
Filed: 3 Jun 19
Utility
Antenna apparatus having antenna spacer
22 Nov 22
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna assembly includes a patch antenna array including an upper patch antenna layer, a lower patch antenna layer, and a spacer therebetween, wherein the spacer includes a plurality of apertures defined by cell walls, wherein the each aperture aligns with an upper patch antenna element and a lower patent antenna element from the patch antenna array.
David Milroy, Duncan E. Adams, Ersin Yetisir
Filed: 3 Jun 20
Utility
Near Zero Intermediate Frequency (Nzif) Compensation of Local Oscillator Leakage
17 Nov 22
In an embodiment, a communications system includes a first transmitter including a digital beamforming baseband section configured to receive an input signal to be transmitted, the input signal at a baseband frequency, and a modulation section electrically coupled to the digital beamforming baseband section and a first antenna of a phased array antenna.
David Francois Jacquet, Marc Gens, Paul Lee Pearson, Pascal Triaire
Filed: 25 Jul 22
Utility
Stack Patch Antenna Assembly
3 Nov 22
An antenna assembly in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a stack patch antenna assembly defining a plurality of antenna cells made from a plurality of patches, wherein the stack patch antenna assembly includes a first patch layer separated from a second patch layer by a spacer; a beamformer lattice including one or more beamformers, wherein each beamformer corresponds to a subset of antenna cells of the plurality of antenna cells; and a PCB assembly made up from a plurality of layers, the PCB assembly having a feed structure from the stack patch antenna assembly to the beamformer lattice disposed in the PCB assembly, wherein the stack patch antenna assembly is external to the PCB assembly.
Ersin Yetisir
Filed: 2 Jul 21
Utility
System and method for over-the-air antenna calibration
1 Nov 22
An antenna calibration system for a phased array antenna in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure generally includes: a beamformer lattice including at least first and second beamformers, each corresponding to a subset of antenna cells, and each including a calibration section for comparing a reference signal to a non-reference signal; and a calibration antenna within the subset of antenna cells corresponding with the first beamformer, wherein the calibration antenna is configured to deliver a first reference signal (mTx) from the first beamformer to be received by a first operating antenna for comparison with a first non-reference signal (Rx) in the first beamformer or in the second beamfomer, and/or wherein the calibration antenna is configured to deliver a second non-reference signal (Tx) from a second operating antenna for comparison with a second reference signal (mRx) in the first beamformer or in the second beamformer.
Ersin Yetisir
Filed: 2 Jul 21
Utility
Channel extraction digital beamforming
25 Oct 22
In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system includes a channel extractor configured to segregate a received signal into a plurality of channel signals, wherein the plurality of channel signals includes a plurality of data signals; and a plurality of decoders electrically coupled to the channel extractor and configured to decode each of the plurality of channel signals into a respective plurality of decoded data beam portions.
Alireza Mehrnia, Masoud Kahrizi, Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Bagher Afshar, Ali Sajjadi, Bernd Pregardier, Ka Shun Carson Pun, Omid Nasiby, Igor Elgorriaga
Filed: 5 Mar 21
Utility
Satellite constellations
25 Oct 22
A method of communication with a non-GEO constellation of satellites, includes providing an Earth-based terminal configured for communication with a satellite constellation, and establishing communication between the Earth-based terminal and a non-GEO constellation of satellites, the non-GEO constellation of satellites including a first plurality of satellites orbiting at a first inclination, wherein each of the satellites in the first plurality of satellites is in a discrete planar orbit to form a first snake of satellites, the first snake of satellites including adjacent satellites in adjacent orbits having adjacent RAAN (Right Ascension of the Ascending Node), wherein the Earth-based terminal is positioned and configured for continuous communication with at least one satellite from the non-GEO constellation of satellites.
Jonathan F. C. Herman, Stephen Mance, Paul A. Forquera, Mark Krebs
Filed: 23 Nov 20
Utility
Channel aggregation digital beamforming
11 Oct 22
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first plurality of digital beamformers associated with a first channel, the first plurality of digital beamformers configured to encode each data beam of a first plurality of data beams of the first channel to generate an encoded first plurality of data beams; a second plurality of digital beamformers associated with a second channel different from the first channel, the second plurality of digital beamformers configured to encode each data beam of a second plurality of data beams of the second channel to generate an encoded second plurality of data beams; and a channel combiner, electrically coupled to the first and second plurality of digital beamformers, and configured to generate a combined channel comprising an aggregation of at least a portion of the encoded first plurality of data beams and at least a portion of the encoded second plurality of data beams.
Alireza Mehrnia, Masoud Kahrizi, Ka Shun Carson Pun, Omid Nasiby, Alex Ahmad Mirzaei
Filed: 26 Feb 21
Utility
Antenna modules for phased array antennas
11 Oct 22
In some embodiments, a phased array antenna, includes a plurality of antenna modules arranged in an antenna lattice configuration to form the phased array antenna, wherein an antenna module of the plurality of antenna modules includes an antenna element packaged together with an amplifier.
Alireza Mahanfar, Souren Shamsinejad, Shaya Karimkashi Arani, Siamak Ebadi, Ersin Yetisir, Peter Sung Tri Hoang, Javier Rodriguez De Luis, Nil Apaydin
Filed: 21 Apr 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Beamforming In Hybrid Beamforming Antennas
6 Oct 22
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for hybrid beamforming.
Eric Pepin, Kim W. Schulze, Amir Agah, Dean A. De Carli, Philippe Riondet
Filed: 24 Mar 22
Utility
Low Voltage Variable Gain Amplifier with Low Phase Sensitivity
29 Sep 22
Technologies are provided for variable gain amplifiers (VGAs).
Frederic Duez, Frederic Paillardet
Filed: 29 Mar 22
Utility
Compact Radio Frequency Combiner
29 Sep 22
Amir Agah, Eric Pepin, Kim W. Schulze
Filed: 24 Mar 22
Design
Antenna apparatus
13 Sep 22
Jackson Shaffner, Anthony Sims, Michael J. Conte, Victor Q. Dang, David Milroy, Duncan Edwin Adams, Ryan Kennett
Filed: 9 Jan 20
Design
Antenna apparatus
6 Sep 22
Jackson Shaffner, Anthony Sims, Ryan Kennett
Filed: 9 Jan 20
Design
Antenna apparatus
6 Sep 22
Jackson Shaffner, Anthony Sims, Michael J. Conte, Victor Q. Dang, David Milroy, Duncan Edwin Adams
Filed: 9 Jul 20
Design
Antenna apparatus
6 Sep 22
Jackson Shaffner, Ryan Kennett, Anthony Sims, David Milroy, Duncan Edwin Adams
Filed: 9 Jan 20
Utility
Over-the-air Calibration of Antenna System
1 Sep 22
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a transmit section including a first baseband section and a first radio frequency (RF) section, wherein the transmit section is configured to receive a calibration signal, the first RF section is configured to generate a RF calibration signal based on modulating the calibration signal.
David Francois Jacquet, Masoud Kahrizi, Robert Baummer, JR., Jean-Noel Rozec, Fabrice Jean André Belvèze, Paul Lee Pearson, Francois Lucien Emile Icher, Marc Gens, Pascal Triaire
Filed: 18 May 22