Patents Examined by Bao G Nguyen
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Patent number: 11197263Abstract: Network hardware devices organized in a wireless mesh network (WMN). The mesh network device receives, from a first device that is not part of the WMN, a first request to receive information about radar events in an area. The first request includes an identifier of a Dynamic Frequency (DFS) channel and first proximity data for at least one mesh network device in the vicinity of the first device. The mesh network device determines that i) the first device is located within the area; and ii) the first device is communicatively coupled with the at least one mesh network device and sends authorization to receive information about the radar events and coverage map data that identifies the area. The mesh network device sends, to the first device, first data about a first radar event in response to the radar event.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kun Ting Tsai, Kiran Kumar Edara
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Patent number: 11134532Abstract: A radio communication system includes a radio access network (1) and a radio terminal (2). The radio access network (1) includes a first base station (11) that manages a first cell (110) and a second base station (12) that manages a second cell (120). The radio terminal (2) supports dual connectivity involving a bearer split in which a network bearer between the radio terminal (2) and a core network (3) is split over the first base station (11) and the second base station (12). The radio access network (1) is configured to transmit, to the radio terminal (2), first control information that relates to an access stratum and is necessary for the dual connectivity involving the bearer split. It is thus possible to provide, for example, a control procedure or signalling necessary for starting dual connectivity involving a bearer split.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Hisashi Futaki
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Patent number: 11121746Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for indicating a preference to receive a single-user multiple input multiple output (SU-MIMO) or multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission from an access point (AP). Embodiments include generating a standard action frame that contains an action field that species a preference to receive a SU-MIMO or MU-MIMO transmission from the AP. A station (STA) can transmit the generated action frame to the AP. The STA can receive an acknowledgement frame from the AP that indicates the AP is configured to use the requested transmission method. The STA can then receive data from the AP using the requested transmission method.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ping Wang, Guoqing Li, Veerendra Boodannavar, Daniel R. Borges, Sreevalsan Vallath
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Patent number: 11109376Abstract: Techniques for structured channel rasters for unlicensed spectrum are described. In an aspect, a first channel raster is identified, where the first channel raster is determined from a set of carrier frequencies and is used over an unlicensed or shared spectrum for a wireless wide area network (WWAN). The first channel raster is aligned with a second channel raster that is used over the unlicensed spectrum for a wireless local area network (WLAN). A frequency scanning may be performed by a user equipment (UE) or a network entity over the unlicensed spectrum for the WWAN using the first channel raster. In an aspect, the first channel raster is used over the unlicensed spectrum for the WWAN supported by the user equipment (UE) or the network entity.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Tamer Adel Kadous, Heechoon Lee, Tingfang Ji, Durga Prasad Malladi, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11102752Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for reception of a paging message. One apparatus includes a processing unit and a transceiver that receives one or more paging occasion configurations in a system information block. The processing unit determines a paging frame and a paging occasion identity within the paging frame based on at least one of: a UE identity and a discontinuous reception cycle length and selects a paging occasion configuration from the received one or more paging occasion configurations, wherein the selected paging occasion configuration is associated with the determined paging occasion identity. The processing unit also determines a paging slot and a paging symbol within the determined paging slot based on the selected paging occasion configuration and decodes a physical downlink control channel (“PDCCH”) carrying paging downlink control information (“DCI”) on the determined paging symbol within the determined paging slot of the determined paging frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Hyejung Jung, Prateek Basu Mallick, Joachim Loehr, Vijay Nangia, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Robert Love
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Patent number: 11096175Abstract: A communication system is disclosed in which a base station communicates with machine-type-communication (MTC) devices by dividing the base station's cell bandwidth into (non-overlapping) narrowbands. The base station identifies, based on a communication received from a communication device, a capability of that communication device to retune between narrowbands, and provides, to that communication device, control information for controlling how that communication device retunes between different narrowbands, wherein the control information is based on the identified capability of that communication device to retune between narrowbands.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Yassin Aden Awad
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Patent number: 11071029Abstract: A communication device may establish a second wireless connection with an external device in a case where a first wireless connection is established with the external device, determine whether a predetermined signal is received from the external device, and determine a preservation time according to the determination. The preservation time may be a time for preserving a state of the communication device in a parent station state after the second wireless connection has been disconnected. In a case where it is determined that the predetermined signal is received, one of a first preservation time and a second preservation time which is longer than the first preservation time may be determined as the preservation time, and in a case where it is determined that the predetermined signal is not received, the other of the first preservation time and the second preservation time may be determined as the preservation time.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takeshi Shibata, Hirotaka Asakura
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Patent number: 11064023Abstract: A method for actively allocating available bandwidth to consumer nodes by a resource node delivering time-sensitive multimedia content in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. The method comprises performing a check if the resource node can allocate bandwidth to at least one additional consumer node from the consumer nodes; selecting at least one consumer node from a list of consumer nodes addressable by the resource node; and sending an availability notification to each of the selected at least one consumer node from the list of consumer nodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.Inventors: Omer Luzzatti, Eran Weiss, Shimon Kogan, Jonathan Zion Mozes, Jonathan Stern
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Patent number: 11005764Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) communications. A TCP packet may be received. An artificial error may be added to the TCP packet to prevent the occurrence of a TCP meltdown.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Nevada, Las VegasInventors: Yoohwan Kim, Ju-Yeon Jo, Khanh D. Pham
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Patent number: 10999171Abstract: A method of determining the latency of path segments in a communication network that uses multi-bit data packets comprises generating a test packet for use in determining the latency of path segments in the network; transmitting the test packet from a first device coupled to the network; storing in the test packet the time when a preselected bit in the test packet is transmitted from the first device; when the test packet is received by a second device coupled to the network, storing in the second device at least one of (a) the time when a preselected bit in the test packet is received by the second device and (b) the difference between (i) the time when the preselected bit in the test packet is transmitted from the first device and (ii) the time when the test packet is received by the second device.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Accedian Networks Inc.Inventors: Claude Robitaille, Pierre Trudeau
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Patent number: 10999101Abstract: A controller node receives a list of a first plurality of flows programmed on a network switch. The controller node extracts a flow cookie value from a flow cookie data field of each flow in the first plurality of flows on the received list and calculates a session identifier on the basis of the extracted cookie values. At least one add flow command is transmitted from the controller node to the network switch to program a second plurality of flows on the network switch. The at least one add flow command comprises flow cookie values in the flow cookie data fields of each of the flows in the second plurality of flows which are set equal to the calculated session identifier. At least one delete flow command is transmitted from the controller node to the network switch to delete programming of the first plurality of flows on the network switch.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Metaswitch Networks, LtdInventors: Robert Brockbank, Alex Pollitt, Michael Curtis, Shaun Crampton
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Patent number: 10952185Abstract: A network node comprised in a wireless communication network is for managing allocation of uplink resources regarding remaining data blocks of an uplink transmission performed by a device. The network node sends, to the device, first allocation information that identifies uplink resources that have been allocated to the device for uplink transmission of said remaining data blocks. The remaining data blocks being associated with the allocated uplink resources, respectively. The network node also sends, to the device, and the device receives, a second allocation information that identifies one or more of said allocated uplink resources identified by the first allocation information, wherein said second allocation information further identifies one or more of said remaining data blocks as data blocks to be excluded by the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventors: Jens Bergqvist, Ulf Händel, Björn Hofström, Nicklas Johansson, Hans Torstensson
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Patent number: 10952092Abstract: A method includes, in response to receiving an overload start indication from a network node, composing and sending first signaling to at least one user equipment to indicate that an overload condition exists for the network node and, in response to receiving an overload end indication from the network node, composing and sending second signaling to the at least one user equipment to indicate that the overload condition no longer exists. A further method includes receiving at a user equipment first signaling from a network access node that indicates that an overload condition exists for a network node and abstaining from making a network access attempt until receiving second signaling from the network access node that indicates that the overload condition no longer exists for the network node. Corresponding apparatus and computer programs are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Jarkko T. Koskela
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Patent number: 10952227Abstract: The present invention discloses a resource scheduling method and an apparatus, and is applied to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal UE, a first time division duplex TDD configuration and a second time division duplex TDD configuration; determining the first TDD configuration or the second TDD configuration as a target TDD configuration corresponding to the UE; dividing, based on the target TDD configuration, subframes corresponding to the UE into a first subframe subset, a second subframe subset, and a third subframe subset; and performing channel quality state measurement based on the first subframe subset, the second subframe subset, and the third subframe subset, and reporting a measurement result of the channel quality state measurement to an eNB, so that the eNB schedules a subframe resource according to the measurement result.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lili Zhang, Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Bin Liu
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Patent number: 10932120Abstract: Examples relate to determining mobile network class of service. In one example, a computing device may receive, from a mobility management entity (MME), a request from a device that requested access to a network operated by the MME, the request specifying an account identifier and location data that corresponds to the device; based on the location data, determine that the device is roaming; based on the account identifier and in response to the determination that the device is roaming, identify a class of service (CoS) for the device; and provide the MME with response data including the identified CoS.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Jeffrey M. Cameron, Anders H. Askerup, John I. Ayers
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Patent number: 10912051Abstract: Methods and devices for synchronizing a device clock in a wireless network (e.g. a LPWAN) are disclosed. Example methods comprise identifying a device temperature, identifying a clock drift associated with the identified device temperature and applying a correction to the device clock based on the identified drift. For the identified device temperature, the drift is identified by comparing the confidence of the drift value in a pre-calibration curve generated from fixed drift values in a pre-calibration table with the confidence of the drift value in a learning curve generated from variable drift values in a learning table and selecting the drift value from the curve having the higher drift confidence.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: FUNDACIÓ PER A LA UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYAInventors: Xavier Vilajosana Guillén, Borja Martínez Huerta, Ferran Adelantado Freixer, Pere Tuset Peiró
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Patent number: 10904729Abstract: A base station may receive repetitive data transmitted using a particular set of radio resources The base station may apply a first orthogonal pattern, assigned to a first user equipment (UE), to a segment of subframes of the received repetitive data. The base station may apply a second orthogonal pattern, assigned to a second UE, to the segment of subframes of the received repetitive data. The base station may determine first repetitive data, transmitted by the first UE using the particular set of radio resources, based on applying the first orthogonal pattern to the segment of subframes of the received repetitive data. The base station may determine second repetitive data, transmitted by the second UE using the particular set of radio resources, based on applying the second orthogonal pattern to the segment of subframes of the received repetitive data.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Yee Sin Chan, Jin Yang, Jignesh S. Panchal, Lei Song
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Patent number: 10897335Abstract: Systems and methods for signaling a pattern of cyclic shifts and orthogonal cover codes for use by a wireless device in multi-layer transmissions are presented. In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving a signal that includes B bits for identifying a reference signal. Each of several available reference signals are defined by a cyclic shift and an orthogonal cover code. Further, the method includes using the B bits to identify the cyclic shift and orthogonal cover code according to pre-determined tables that map each value of the B bits to a pattern of cyclic shift and orthogonal cover code combinations for a multi-layer transmission scheme. The patterns for the multi-layer transmission scheme include first and second patterns based on the same cyclic shifts, but where some, but not all, of the cyclic shifts in the first pattern are associated with the same corresponding orthogonal cover codes in the second pattern.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Stefano Sorrentino, George Jöngren
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Patent number: 10887243Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for aggregating bandwidth from multiple sources. In embodiments, a user device, such as a cellular telephone, may have a communications channel established with both a cellular tower and a wireless access point (WAP). When the user device transmits data, this data transmission may be divided between the multiple communications channels concurrently, so as to utilize the combined bandwidth of the multiple channels. Each communication channel may be prioritized, such as by prioritizing using the cellular channel until it is at capacity, and then using the WAP channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Samir Hodroj, Yasmin Karimli
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Patent number: 10873899Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described that implement techniques and protocols to enable a station to receive a neighbor query request from a first associated access point that is associated with the station. The station may wirelessly communicate a neighbor report of a second access point to the first access point while the station is unassociated with the second access point.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Abhishek Pramod Patil, George Cherian, Santosh Paul Abraham