Wireless Transceiver Pre-Compensation for Frequency Shift

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Solution Overview

Problem

User equipment faces challenges in maintaining transmission frequency spectrum within designated communication channel boundaries due to time and frequency shifts caused by the movement of communication nodes in wireless communication systems.

Innovation Solution

The user equipment includes processing circuitry that synchronizes with communication nodes, receives data samples, adjusts signals based on frequency and time shifts, and transmits these signals using specific channels to maintain compliance with regulatory restrictions by pre-compensating for predicted shifts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If communication nodes move to provide flexible coverage, then adaptability of wireless communication is improved, but frequency spectrum stability deteriorates causing transmission to exceed channel boundaries

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoverage flexibilityVSAvoidfrequency spectrum precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by predicting future frequency shifts based on current node movement trends and pre-adjusting the transmission signal parameters before the actual frequency deviation occurs. This proactive approach allows the transmission to remain within channel boundaries despite ongoing node movement, resolving the contradiction between coverage flexibility and frequency precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If transmission frequency is adjusted to compensate for node movement, then frequency spectrum precision is improved, but system complexity increases due to real-time prediction and adjustment mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefrequency spectrum precisionVSAvoidsignal adjustment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring the communication node's movement status and using this information to dynamically adjust transmission signals. The processing circuitry receives movement information, predicts frequency shifts, and applies compensatory adjustments in real-time, creating a closed-loop control system that maintains frequency precision without requiring overly complex manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If real-time signal adjustment is implemented to maintain channel compliance, then transmission reliability is improved, but processing time and computational load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission reliabilityVSAvoidsignal processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs frequency shift prediction and signal adjustment in advance based on anticipated node movement patterns, rather than reacting after deviations occur. This preliminary action reduces the need for intensive real-time processing during critical transmission moments, thereby maintaining high reliability while minimizing processing time delays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20240097740A1Systems and methods to conform transmission to regulatory restrictions in wireless communications
Publication Date: 2024.03.21 APPLE INC
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AI summary

Frequency spectrum of wireless transmission signals are allocated based on availability and regulatory requirements. To ensure transmission signals are within designated channel boundary, user equipment utilizes processing circuitry coupled to a transceiver to pre-compensate for estimated frequency shift at the time of transmissions. Certain guard bands are provided such that the actual transmission signals with the frequency pre-compensation are within the designated channel boundary. Additionally, or alternatively, the user equipment utilizes the processing circuitry to pre-compensate for estimated time shift based on a crystal drift using temperature measurement.