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20130308715 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION CODEWORD CONSTRUCTION FOR A CELLULAR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile station configured to receive transmissions from a two-dimensional array of antennas at a base station is provided. A main processor of the mobile station is configured to estimate first and second channel states and determine a co-phasing scalar component for each of multiple groups of antennas in the array based on the first channel state. The main processor is configured to generate a matrix X that includes a plurality of column vectors selected from a codebook based on the second channel state, generate a matrix P | 11-21-2013 |
20130336214 | APERIODIC AND PERIODIC CSI FEEDBACK MODES FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION - Coordinate multi-point (CoMP) transmission is facilitated by resolving collisions between feedback reporting. Based upon the conditions within the network, collision resolution may be by dropping a channel report during a subframe, multiplexing channel reports from a plurality of user equipment, compressing channel reports a plurality of user equipment, and combined reporting, either through joint reports or by using carrier aggregation, for conditions between a user equipment and a plurality of transmission points. New signaling and reporting formats facilitate selection of a collision resolution suitable for current network conditions. | 12-19-2013 |
20150200754 | APERIODIC AND PERIODIC CSI FEEDBACK MODES FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION - Coordinate multi-point (CoMP) transmission is facilitated by resolving collisions between feedback reporting. Based upon the conditions within the network, collision resolution may be by dropping a channel report during a subframe, multiplexing channel reports from a plurality of user equipment, compressing channel reports from a plurality of user equipment, and combined reporting, either through joint reports or by using carrier aggregation, for conditions between a user equipment and a plurality of transmission points. New signaling and reporting formats facilitate selection of a collision resolution suitable for current network conditions. | 07-16-2015 |
20150215090 | APERIODIC AND PERIODIC CSI FEEDBACK MODES FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION - Coordinate multi-point (CoMP) transmission is facilitated by resolving collisions between feedback reporting. Based upon the conditions within the network, collision resolution may be by dropping a channel report during a subframe, multiplexing channel reports from a plurality of user equipment, compressing channel reports from a plurality of user equipment, and combined reporting, either through joint reports or by using carrier aggregation, for conditions between a user equipment and a plurality of transmission points. New signaling and reporting formats facilitate selection of a collision resolution suitable for current network conditions. | 07-30-2015 |
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20130034064 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UE-SPECIFIC DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL SCRAMBLING - A user equipment (UE) is configured to communicate with a plurality of base stations in a wireless network. The UE includes a processor that receive a downlink grant scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) for the UE, the downlink grant being transmitted in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH). The processor also receives UE-specific demodulation reference signals (UE-RS) provided for demodulation of the PDSCH, wherein the UE-RS are scrambled according to a scrambling sequence initialized with an initialization value c | 02-07-2013 |
20130136098 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS - A network and user equipment are configured to support machine type communications is provided. The UE includes processing circuitry to process a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) to acquire at least one system information block (SIB). The processing circuitry also processes the at least one SIB to determine a location of a lite SIB (SIB-L). The processing circuitry determines a location of a lite physical downlink control channel (L-PBCCH) from the SIB-L. | 05-30-2013 |
20130201926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL AND HYBRID-ARQ INDICATOR CHANNELS IN LTE-A SYSTEMS - A subscriber station configured to receive one or more physical resource blocks (PRBs) from a base station, the PRBs comprising an enhanced physical data control channel (ePDCCH) and at least one of an enhanced physical downlink control format indicator channel (ePCFICH), an enhanced physical hybrid-ARQ indicator channel (ePHICH). A number of resource element groups (REGs) for the at least one of the ePCFICH or the ePHICH are mapped onto a first set of REs in each of one or more PRBs according to a mapping pattern. Also, a number of REGs for the ePDCCH are mapped onto a second set of REs in each of the one or more PRBs, wherein the first set of REs and the second set of REs do not have a common RE. | 08-08-2013 |
20130215842 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNELS TRANSMISSIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - An antenna port for an extended Physical Downlink Control CHannel (ePDCCH) transmission is determined based on at least an identifier for a leading extended Control Channel Element (eCCE) within the ePDCCH and an identifier for a user equipment (UE) to receive the ePDCCH transmission, and based on whether the ePDCCH transmission is localized or distributed. The determined antenna port is a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) port to which the UE is assigned. Symbols are mapped in sequence to resource elements (REs) and transmitted via the determined antenna port to the UE. | 08-22-2013 |
20130258964 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL-STATE-INFORMATION PILOT DESIGN FOR AN ADVANCED WIRELESS NETWORK - A base station and mobile station communicate using a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication. The base station includes a two dimensional (2D) antenna array comprising a number N of antenna elements configured in a 2D grid. The 2D antenna array is configured to communicate with at least one subscriber station. The base station also includes a controller configured to transmit N channel-state-information reference-signal (CSI-RS) antenna ports (APs) associated with each of the N antenna elements. The subscriber station includes an antenna array configured to communicate with at least one base station. The subscriber station also includes processing circuitry configured receives physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) from a 2D active antenna array at the at least one base station. The 2D active antenna array includes a number N antenna elements. The processing circuitry further configured to estimate a full CSI associated with the N antenna elements. | 10-03-2013 |
20130301448 | CSI DEFINITIONS AND FEEDBACK MODES FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus report channel state information (CSI) feedback of a user equipment (UE) in a coordinated multipoint communication system. The method includes identifying, when downlink transmissions to the UE are configured with at least two CSI subframe subsets, an interference measurement resource within one of the CSI subframe subsets belonging to a CSI reference resource. The method also includes using the identified interference measurement resource to derive an interference measurement. The apparatus includes a controller configured to, when downlink transmissions to the UE are configured with at least two CSI subframe subsets, identify an interference measurement resource within one of the CSI subframe subsets belonging to a CSI reference resource. The controller is configured to use the identified interference measurement resource to derive an interference measurement. | 11-14-2013 |
20140003375 | UPLINK HYBRID ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SIGNALING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS | 01-02-2014 |
20140016549 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CODEBOOK SUBSET RESTRICTION FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL ADVANCED ANTENNA SYSTEMS - A user equipment (UE) in a wireless network having two-dimensional antenna systems performs a method of codebook sampling. The method includes receiving from an eNodeB (eNB) an indication of a restricted subset M of vertical precoding matrices, wherein M is less than a total number of vertical precoding matrices N in a codebook, the codebook comprising a plurality of vertical precoding matrices and horizontal precoding matrices. The method also includes feeding back vertical precoding matrix indicators (V-PMI) to the eNB based on the restricted subset of vertical precoding matrices. | 01-16-2014 |
20140241150 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNALS AND SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS IN EXTENSION CARRIER OF LTE ADVANCED - A telecommunications system is configured to perform a method for mapping synchronization signals. The method includes transmitting data, reference signals, synchronization signals and control elements to at least one of the plurality of subscriber stations. The method also includes configuring DMRS parameters to avoid a collision between the DMRS and at least one of the synchronization signals in a middle 6 resource blocks (RBs) of a system bandwidth. | 08-28-2014 |
20150296491 | UPLINK HYBRID ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SIGNALING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A mobile station is capable of exchanging control information in a communication system. A mobile station transceiver receives downlink control information on an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) comprising a Enhanced Control Channel Elements (ECCE). A mobile station controller identifies a first resource for uplink control information based on the first ECCE of the at least one ECCE, a resource offset configured for the EPDCCH, and ACK/NACK resource offset on the EPDCCH, when the EPDCCH is distributed transmission, and also identifies a second resource for uplink control information based on the first ECCE of the at least one ECCE, a resource offset configured for the EPDCCH, ACK/NACK resource offset on the EPDCCH and C-RNTI, if the EPDCCH is localized transmission. The transceiver also transmits the uplink control information on the first resource or the second resource according to whether the EPDCCH is distributed transmission or localized transmission. | 10-15-2015 |
20160073383 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNELS TRANSMISSIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - An antenna port for an extended Physical Downlink Control CHannel (ePDCCH) transmission is determined based on at least an identifier for a leading extended Control Channel Element (eCCE) within the ePDCCH and an identifier for a user equipment (UE) to receive the ePDCCH transmission, and based on whether the ePDCCH transmission is localized or distributed. The determined antenna port is a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) port to which the UE is assigned. Symbols are mapped in sequence to resource elements (REs) and transmitted via the determined antenna port to the UE. | 03-10-2016 |
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20120088015 | Processing Of Whole Fruits And Vegetables, Processing Of Side-Stream Ingredients Of Fruits And Vegetables, And Use Of The Processed Fruits And Vegetables In Beverage And Food Products - Processing and use of whole fruits and vegetables or side-stream ingredients of juice extraction, paste, or ketchup process, or canning industry, in particular, the processing of the by-products, including pomace, and its use in beverage and food products. | 04-12-2012 |
20130052313 | PROCESSING OF WHOLE OR PORTIONS OF GENUS MUSA AND RELATED SPECIES - A method is provided for making a banana product comprising providing at least one unpeeled banana comprising banana peel and banana pulp, subjecting the at least one unpeeled banana to a heat treatment at a temperature and for a time sufficient to gelatinize starch present in the at least one unpeeled banana to form at least one heat treated unpeeled banana, and comminuting the at least one heat treated unpeeled banana to form a banana puree. A functional food ingredient is also provided comprising a banana puree including banana pulp and optionally banana peel. According to certain aspects the banana puree is dried and thereby provided in the form of a dried banana powder or flake. The functional food ingredient optionally performs as one or more of various ingredient types, for instance as a gluten substitute, a dip or whip base, a binder, an emulsifying agent, and the like. | 02-28-2013 |
20130156893 | Processing of Whole or Portions of Genus Musa and Related Species - A method is provided for making a banana or plantain product comprising providing at least one unpeeled banana or plantain comprising banana or plantain peel and banana or plantain pulp, subjecting the at least one unpeeled banana or plantain to a heat treatment at a temperature and for a time sufficient to gelatinize starch present in the at least one unpeeled banana or plantain to form at least one heat treated unpeeled banana or plantain, and comminuting the at least one heat treated unpeeled banana or plantain to form a banana or plantain puree. A functional food ingredient is also provided comprising a banana or plantain puree including banana or plantain pulp and optionally banana or plantain peel. Foods containing banana or plantain puree or powder are provided, including crackers, snack bars, cereals, smoothies, and cookies. | 06-20-2013 |
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20100160994 | CARDIOVASCULAR POWER SOURCE FOR AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS - Aspects according to the present invention provide a method and implant suitable for implantation inside a human body that includes a power consuming means responsive to a physiological requirement of the human body, a power source and a power storage device. The power source comprises a sheathed piezoelectric assembly that is configured to generate an electrical current when flexed by the tissue of the body and communicate the generated current to the power storage device, which is electrically coupled to the power source and to the power consuming means. | 06-24-2010 |
20100168587 | CATHETER IMAGING PROBE AND METHOD - A catheter imaging probe for a patient. The probe includes a conduit through with energy is transmitted. The probe includes a first portion through which the conduit extends. The probe includes a second portion which rotates relative to the conduit to redirect the energy from the conduit. A method for imaging a patient. The method includes the steps of inserting a catheter into the patient. There is the step of rotating a second portion of the catheter relative to a conduit extending through a first portion of the catheter, which redirects the energy transmitted through the conduit to the patient and receives the energy reflected back to the second portion from the patient and redirects the reflected energy to the conduit. | 07-01-2010 |
20110009701 | OCT USING SPECTRALLY RESOLVED BANDWIDTH - The embodiments disclosed herein is related to a system for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid (i.e., scattering) materials utilizing multiple channels of information. The multiple channels of information may be comprised and encompass spatial, angle, spectral and polarization domains. More specifically, the embodiments disclosed herein is related to methods and apparatus for utilizing optical sources, systems or receivers capable of providing (source), processing (system) or recording (receiver) a multiplicity of channels of spectral information for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid materials. In these methods and apparatus the multiplicity of channels of spectral information that can be provided by the source, processed by the system, or recorded by the receiver are used to convey simultaneously spatial, spectral or polarimetric information relating to the turbid material being imaged tomographically. The multichannel optical coherence tomographic methods can be incorporated into an endoscopic probe for imaging a patient. The endoscope comprises an optical fiber array and can comprise a plurality of optical fibers adapted to be disposed in the patient. The optical fiber array transmits the light from the light source into the patient, and transmits the light reflected by the patient out of the patient. The plurality of optical fibers in the array is in optical communication with the light source. The multichannel optical coherence tomography system comprises a detector for receiving the light from the array and analyzing the light. The methods and apparatus may be applied for imaging a vessel, biliary, GU and/or GI tract of a patient. | 01-13-2011 |
20130338495 | OCT USING SPECTRALLY RESOLVED BANDWIDTH - The embodiments disclosed herein is related to a system for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid (i.e., scattering) materials utilizing multiple channels of information. The multiple channels of information may be comprised and encompass spatial, angle, spectral and polarization domains. More specifically, the embodiments disclosed herein is related to methods and apparatus for utilizing optical sources, systems or receivers capable of providing (source), processing (system) or recording (receiver) a multiplicity of channels of spectral information for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid materials. In these methods and apparatus the multiplicity of channels of spectral information that can be provided by the source, processed by the system, or recorded by the receiver are used to convey simultaneously spatial, spectral or polarimetric information relating to the turbid material being imaged tomographically. The multichannel optical coherence tomographic methods can be incorporated into an endoscopic probe for imaging a patient. | 12-19-2013 |
20150265152 | CATHETER IMAGING PROBE AND METHOD - A catheter imaging probe for a patient. The probe includes a conduit through with energy is transmitted. The probe includes a first portion through which the conduit extends. The probe includes a second portion which rotates relative to the conduit to redirect the energy from the conduit. A method for imaging a patient. The method includes the steps of inserting a catheter into the patient. There is the step of rotating a second portion of the catheter relative to a conduit extending through a first portion of the catheter, which redirects the energy transmitted through the conduit to the patient and receives the energy reflected back to the second portion from the patient and redirects the reflected energy to the conduit. | 09-24-2015 |
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20080258704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING BROKEN PINS IN A TEST SOCKET - A method includes scanning a test socket after removal of a device under test to generate scan data. The scan data is compared to reference data. A presence of at least a portion of a pin in the test socket is identified based on the comparison. A test system includes a test socket, a scanner, and a control unit. The test socket is operable to receive devices under test. The scanner is operable to scan a test socket after removal of a device under test to generate scan data. The control unit is operable to compare the scan data to reference data and identify a presence of at least a portion of a pin in the test socket based on the comparison. | 10-23-2008 |
20110057666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING BROKEN PINS IN A TEST SOCKET - A method includes scanning a test socket after removal of a device under test to generate scan data. The scan data is compared to reference data. A presence of at least a portion of a pin in the test socket is identified based on the comparison. A test system includes a test socket, a scanner, and a control unit. The test socket is operable to receive devices under test. The scanner is operable to scan a test socket after removal of a device under test to generate scan data. The control unit is operable to compare the scan data to reference data and identify a presence of at least a portion of a pin in the test socket based on the comparison. | 03-10-2011 |
20130070745 | COMMUNICATING DATA FRAMES ACROSS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS THAT USE INCOMPATIBLE NETWORK ROUTING PROTOCOLS - A communication method operates to seamlessly transmit internet protocol (IP) data frames, such as IPv6 data frames, over a communication network that uses a non-IP network routing protocol, i.e., a communication network that implements a network routing protocol other than, or that is incompatible with an IP network routing protocol, such as the WirelessHART protocol. This communication method enables, for example, field devices or other intelligent devices within a process plant network that uses a non-IP communication network to perform messaging of IP data frames generated at or to be received by internet protocol enabled devices either within the process plant network or outside of the process plant network. | 03-21-2013 |
20150220080 | Managing Big Data In Process Control Systems - A big data network or system for a process control system or plant includes a data storage device configured to receive process control data from control system devices and store the process control data. The big data network or system identifies various parameters or attributes from the process control data, and creates and uses rowkeys to store the parameters according to various combinations, such as combinations using timestamps. The big data network or system may also store certain aggregate data analyses associated with time periods specified by the timestamps. Accordingly, the big data network or system efficiently stores real-time data having measurements within a database schema, and users or administrators can leverage the aggregate data to analyze certain data associated with certain time periods. | 08-06-2015 |
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20090242746 | INELASTIC BACKGROUND CORRECTION FOR A PULSED-NEUTRON INSTRUMENT - A method for correcting data collected with a neutron emitting instrument, includes: obtaining characterization data for the instrument, the characterization data including inelastic background data of the instrument; and correcting the collected data according to the characterization data. A computer program product and an instrument are provided. | 10-01-2009 |
20090326825 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING FORMATION WATER RESISTIVITY FROM A WIRELINE PULSED NEUTRON DEVICE - A method for estimating resistivity of a formation includes: selecting spectra collected by pulsed neutron instrument disposed down a wellbore traversing the formation, the spectra including capture interactions and inelastic interactions; deconvolving the spectra to estimate an elemental yield; converting the elemental yield to a total concentration value; subtracting a concentration value for drilling mud and a concentration value for the formation from the total concentration value to estimate a concentration in fluid within the formation; and converting the fluid concentration value to a resistivity value. A computer program product and an instrument are provided. | 12-31-2009 |
20100312479 | USE OF CHEMICALLY AND GEOLOGICALLY CONSISTENT CONSTRAINTS FOR OBTAINING ELEMENTAL CHEMISTRY DOWNHOLE - A method for estimating a lithotype of an earth formation, the method includes: obtaining at least two different energy spectra of radiation received from the earth formation using the logging tool, each energy spectrum having at least one of a natural gamma-ray spectrum, a fast neutron-induced inelastic spectrum, and a thermal neutron induced capture spectrum; establishing at least one geochemically-based constraint related to elemental spectral yields to be determined; determining the elemental spectral yields from the at least two different energy spectra by decomposing the at least two different energy spectra over weighted sum of monoelemental standards wherein at least one weight is constrained by the at least one geochemically-based constraint and each weight represents a proportion of one monoelemental standard; converting the elemental spectral yields to elemental concentrations; and using a classifier to receive the elemental concentrations as input and to provide a lithotype as output. | 12-09-2010 |
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20110218735 | Real-Time Lithology and Mineralogy Interpretation - Elemental analysis of an earth formation is obtained using measurements from a gamma ray logging tool. From only the elemental analysis and measurements of porosity, density and natural gamma rays, an estimate of the mineralogy of the formation is made treating the problem as one of minimizing a quadratic objective function subject to equality and/or inequality constraints. | 09-08-2011 |
20130048849 | METHODS FOR SOURCELESS DENSITY DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENT USING PULSED NEUTRON GENERATOR - Disclosed is a method for estimating a density of an earth formation penetrated by a borehole. The method includes: emitting a pulse of fast neutrons into the formation during a neutron-pulse time interval; detecting gamma-rays due to inelastic scattering and thermal capture of the emitted neutrons in the formation to provide a gamma-ray energy spectrum due to the inelastic scattering and the thermal capture during a first time interval within the neutron-pulse time interval and to provide a time spectrum of counts or count rates due to thermal capture during a second time interval occurring after the neutron-pulse time interval; determining a macroscopic capture cross section of the formation from a decay in the time spectrum of counts or count rates; determining an elemental weight fraction from the gamma-ray energy spectrum; and estimating the density of the formation using the macroscopic capture cross section and the elemental weight fraction. | 02-28-2013 |
20130292109 | Use of PNC Tools to Determine the Depth and Relative Location of Proppant in Fractures and the Near Borehole Region - Methods are provided for identifying the location and height of induced subterranean formation fractures and the presence of any associated frac-pack or gravel pack material in the vicinity of the borehole using pulsed neutron capture (PNC) logging tools. The proppant/sand used in the fracturing and packing processes is tagged with a thermal neutron absorbing material. When proppant is present, increases in detected PNC formation and/or borehole component cross-sections, combined with decreases in measured count rates, are used to determine the location of the formation fractures and the presence and percent fill of pack material in the borehole region. Changes in measured formation cross-sections relative to changes in other PNC parameters provide a relative indication of the proppant in fractures compared to that in the borehole region. | 11-07-2013 |