IP Library Granted Patent US 11,764,825
Granted Patent B2
US 11,764,825 · App. 17/972,414 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Systems and methods for tunable out-of-band interference mitigation

Inventors: Jung-il Choi (Sunnyvale, CA); Mayank Jain (Sunnyvale, CA); Wilhelm Steffen Hahn (Sunnyvale, CA); Alfred Riddle (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
H04B1/50H04B1/0067H04B1/1027H04B1/525H04B1/0057H04B2001/1045
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Patent No.
US 11,764,825
App. No.
17/972,414
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.

Claims (63)

1. A system for interference mitigation, the system associated with a first signal and a second signal, the system comprising:

a receive bandpass filter configured to suppress signals outside a receive band;

a transmit bandpass filter configured to suppress signals outside a transmit band;

a transmit band interference cancellation system (TxICS) communicatively coupled between the receive bandpass filter and the transmit bandpass filter;

a receive band interference cancellation system (RxICS) communicatively coupled between the receive bandpass filter and the transmit bandpass filter in parallel with the TxICS;

a duplexer communicatively coupled to an antenna of a communication system;

a first signal coupler communicatively coupled between the duplexer, the receive bandpass filter, and a transmitter of the communication system, wherein:

the duplexer is communicatively coupled between the first signal coupler and the antenna;

the receive bandpass filter is communicatively coupled between the first signal coupler and the TxICS; and

the receive bandpass filter is communicatively coupled between the first signal coupler and the RxICS; and

a second signal coupler communicatively coupled between the duplexer, the transmit bandpass filter, and a receiver of the communication system, wherein:

the duplexer is communicatively coupled between the second signal coupler and the antenna;

the transmit bandpass filter is communicatively coupled between the second signal coupler and the TxICS; and

the transmit bandpass filter is communicatively coupled between the second signal coupler and the RxICS.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the TxICS is configured to:

generate TxICS signal samples by sampling the first signal;

generate a TxICS interference cancellation signal by transforming the TxICS signal samples into a TxICS representation of self-interference present in the second signal; and

subtract the TxICS interference cancellation signal from the second signal.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein:

the first signal is a transmit signal of the transmitter; and

the second signal is a receive signal of the receiver.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the TxICS representation of self-interference present in the receive signal comprises a representation of the transmit signal, in the transmit band, as received by a receiver.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the TxICS is further configured to:

generate a second interference cancellation signal by modelling a representation of the transmit signal, in the transmit band, as generated by a transmitter; and

subtract the second interference cancellation signal from the signal samples.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the TxICS is further configured to:

generate a second interference cancellation signal by modelling a representation of the transmit signal, in the transmit band, as generated by a transmitter; and

subtract the second interference cancellation signal from the signal samples.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the TxICS comprises a digital transmit band interference canceller (TxDC) comprising:

a TxDC component generator configured to generate a set of signal components from the TxICS signal samples;

a TxDC multi-rate adaptive filter configured to generate an interference cancellation TxDC component by combining a weighted sum of the signal components of the set of signal components, wherein the TxICS interference cancellation signal comprises the interference cancellation TxDC component; and

a TxDC transform adaptor configured to set a TxDC transform configuration of at least one of: the component generator or the multi-rate adaptive filter.

8. The system of claim 2 , wherein the TxICS comprises a digital transmit band interference canceller (TxDC) comprising:

a TxDC component generator configured to generate a set of signal components from the TxICS signal samples;

a TxDC multi-rate adaptive filter configured to generate an interference cancellation TxDC component by combining a weighted sum of the signal components of the set of signal components, wherein the TxICS interference cancellation signal comprises the interference cancellation TxDC component; and

a TxDC transform adaptor configured to set a TxDC transform configuration of at least one of: the component generator or the multi-rate adaptive filter.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein:

the TxDC multi-rate adaptive filter is configured to combine the weighted sum according to a mathematical model selected from the group consisting of: a generalized memory polynomial model, a Volterra model, and a Wiener-Hammerstein model; and

the TxDC transform adaptor is configured to set the TxDC transform configuration of the multi-rate adaptive filter based on the mathematical model.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the TxDC transform adaptor is configured to set the TxDC transform configuration based on a residue signal sampled downstream of subtracting the TxICS interference cancellation signal from the second signal.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the TxICS further comprises an analog transmit band interference canceller configured to transform the first signal into an interference cancellation TxAC component by combining a set of modified versions of the first signal, wherein:

each modified version of the set of modified versions of the first signal is modified from the first signal by at least one of: filtering, scaling, or delaying; and

the TxICS interference cancellation signal comprises the interference cancellation TxC component.

12. The system of claim 2 , wherein the TxICS comprises an analog transmit band interference canceller configured to transform the first signal into an interference cancellation TxAC component by combining a set of modified versions of the first signal, wherein:

each modified version of the set of modified versions of the first signal is modified from the first signal by at least one of: filtering, scaling, or delaying; and

the TxICS interference cancellation signal comprises the interference cancellation TxC component.

13. The system of claim 2 , wherein the RxICS is configured to:

generate RxICS signal samples by sampling the first signal;

generate a RxICS interference cancellation signal by transforming the RxICS signal samples into a RxICS representation of self-interference present in the second signal; and

subtract the RxICS interference cancellation signal from the second signal.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the RxICS is configured to:

generate RxICS signal samples by sampling the first signal;

generate a RxICS interference cancellation signal by transforming the RxICS signal samples into a RxICS representation of self-interference present in the second signal; and

subtract the RxICS interference cancellation signal from the second signal.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the RxICS representation of self-interference present in the receive signal comprises a representation of the transmit signal, in the receive band, as received by a receiver.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the RxICS comprises a digital receive band interference canceller (RxDC) comprising:

a RxDC component generator configured to generate a set of signal components from the RxICS signal samples;

a RxDC multi-rate adaptive filter configured to generate an interference cancellation RxDC component by combining a weighted sum of the signal components of the set of signal components, wherein the RxICS interference cancellation signal comprises the interference cancellation RxDC component; and

a RxDC transform adaptor configured to set a RxDC transform configuration of at least one of: the RxDC component generator or the RxDC multi-rate adaptive filter.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second signal coupler comprises a match circuit.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the match circuit is configured to perform impedance matching between the receiver and at least one of the TxICS or the RxICS.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the match circuit is configured to perform delay matching between the receiver and at least one of the TxICS or the RxICS.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the match circuit is further configured to perform impedance matching between the receiver and at least one of the TxICS or the RxICS.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2024
From: JAIN, MAYANK
To: KUMU NETWORKS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066953/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2024
From: CHOI, JUNG IL
To: KUMU NETWORKS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066953/0646 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2024
From: HAHN, WILHELM STEFFEN
To: KUMU NETWORKS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066956/0720 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2024
From: RIDDLE, ALFRED
To: KUMU NETWORKS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066957/0086 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2023
From: KUMU NETWORKS, INC.
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 066090/0165 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2022
From: CHOI, JUNG-IL; JAIN, MAYANK; HAHN, WILHELM STEFFEN; RIDDLE, ALFRED
To: KUMU NETWORKS, INC.
Reel/Frame 061580/0588 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation 17088438 · Nov 3, 2020
Continuation 16808624 · Mar 4, 2020
Continuation 16248679 · Jan 15, 2019
Continuation 15937237 · Mar 27, 2018
Provisional Application 62571595 · Oct 12, 2017
Provisional Application 62490932 · Apr 27, 2017
Provisional Application 62477341 · Mar 27, 2017
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