Patents Examined by Berhanu Belete
  • Patent number: 9723607
    Abstract: A method for transmitting machine type communication (MTC) downlink data. The method includes acquiring, by a user equipment (UE), downlink transmission parameters, where the downlink transmission parameters include a quantity of resource blocks in downlink transmission bandwidth that is configured by a base station for the UE, an antenna port used by the base station for sending the MTC downlink data, and at least one of the following a cell-specific frequency shift value or a cyclic prefix (CP) type, setting, by the UE, a local oscillator frequency of a receiver according to the downlink transmission parameters; and receiving, by the UE, the MTC downlink data sent by the base station, where a subcarrier located in a subcarrier reservation location does not carry any data signal or reference signal, and the subcarrier reservation location is determined in the downlink transmission bandwidth by the base station according to the downlink transmission parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuiping Long
  • Patent number: 9716991
    Abstract: A computing system includes: a context module configured to determine a transfer context for invoking a state transfer between a source device and a target device; a modulation module, coupled to the context module, configured to generate a transfer modulation based on the transfer context for adjusting to a modulation scheme suited for the transfer context; and a transmission module, coupled to the modulation module, configured to send a communication packet based on the transfer modulation for detecting the source device and the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Hyuck Lee, James M. A. Begole
  • Patent number: 9712240
    Abstract: A method implemented by an edge node in an optical network, the method comprising receiving one or more information centric networking (ICN) service flows, each of which is identifiable by a service label, determining at least one optical resource to be provisioned to the one or more service flows based on the one or more service labels, converting the one or more ICN service flows to one or more optical flows, and transmitting the one or more optical flows using the at least one optical resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravishankar Ravindran, Guo-Qiang Wang, Xinwen Zhang
  • Patent number: 9698966
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for signal transmission and reception in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) system. The method includes receiving, from a base station, first configuration information including an uplink reference Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configuration; receiving, from the base station, second configuration information including a downlink reference UL-DL configuration; receiving, from the base station, third configuration information including an equivalent UL-DL configuration based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information; and communicating signals with the base station based on the third configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyoungju Ji, Seunghoon Choi, Youngbum Kim
  • Patent number: 9686047
    Abstract: To perform control of PUSCH retransmission efficiently in a wireless communication system where a mobile station apparatus and a base station apparatus communicate with each other using a plurality of downlink component carriers. In a mobile station apparatus which communicates with a base station apparatus using a plurality of downlink component carriers and a plurality of uplink component carriers, in case that the downlink component carrier corresponding to the uplink component carrier is set not to be used for downlink communication, the mobile station apparatus flushes HARQ buffers of the uplink component carrier associated with the downlink component carrier set not to be used for downlink communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Daiichiro Nakashima, Katsunari Uemura
  • Patent number: 9678840
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a control entity (such as a policy server) in communication with a plurality of border routers in a network, generates failover entries for one or more traffic flows. Each failover entry specifies a backup path to be used by a border router when the border router determines that a wide area network interface of the border router has failed. The control entity sends the failover entries to each of the border routers. A border router operating in a network stores failover entries for one or more traffic flows. For packets received at the border router either from a local area network interface or via a tunnel from another border router, when the border router detects that the wide area network interface has failed, the border router determines how to handle the packets based on the stored failover entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chao Zhou, Will Lipeng Jiang, Jun Liu
  • Patent number: 9681425
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which downlink transmission modes in a wireless network are semi-statically configured for a mobile terminal in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) operation. The apparatus provides multiple precoding matrix indicators (PMIs) for a plurality of ranks. The provision of multiple PMIs by the apparatus enables balanced performance among different ranks and avoids less than optimal performance observed when the apparatus provides only a single rank and PMI that are generally not optimal for all transmissions. Feedback configuration information received by an apparatus defines a plurality of channel state information feedback instances conditioned on an admissible rank value. Rank indicators (RIs) and PMIs corresponding to the feedback instances are determined and feedback is provided for the channel state information feedback instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stefan Geirhofer, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal, Yongbin Wei, Naga Bhushan
  • Patent number: 9668212
    Abstract: A physical layer low power communication method and apparatus are provided. The physical layer low power communication method may include receiving a data packet from a transmitter, measuring a channel quality using a preamble and signal field information included in the data packet and determining whether recovery of the data packet is possible, calculating an error generation rate according to a determination result, and discarding the data packet and operating in a power save mode when the error generation rate is higher than a predetermined reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Il Gu Lee, Jeong Chul Shin, Hee Soo Lee, Sok Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 9667512
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising: listening, by a first digital device in a group of digital devices, for any advertisement for a particular service; responsive to the first digital device not receiving any advertisement for the particular service for a predetermined period of time: transmitting, by the first digital device, a first advertisement for the particular service; and providing, by the first digital device, the particular service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Aruba Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Pradeep Iyer, Santashil Palchaudhuri
  • Patent number: 9660716
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, systems and methods are provided for improving signal quality and signal reliability over wireless communication using polarization diversity. Some embodiments use polarization diversity on a wireless channel to address and compensate for fading conditions such as non-frequency selective fading (also referred to as power fading, attenuation fading, and flat fading) and frequency selective fading (also referred to as multipath fading and dispersive fading). For example, some embodiments utilize a horizontal signal and a vertical signal on the same wireless channel when wirelessly communicating data between a transmitter and a receiver to address a fading condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Aviat U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Youming Qin, Frank Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9652192
    Abstract: A sink device in a Wireless Display (WD) system may establish a user input device control communication channel between a source device and sink device in a WD system to allow the sink device to send device control inputs to the source device. The user input device control communication channel may include a reverse channel architecture referred to as the Wi-Fi User Input Back Channel (UIBC) that has been modified to transport one or more additional input types over UDP. For example, UIBC may be extended to transport voice input and VNC input types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Phanikumar Kanakadurga Bhamidipati, Xiaolong Huang, Vijayalakshmi Rajasundaram Raveendran
  • Patent number: 9655031
    Abstract: In order to reduce a disruption of communication which occurs upon performing an active scan, an access point (10_2) includes an interface on DS side (100_2) which communicates with different access points (10_1 and 10_3) through distribution system (DS) media (30), and an interface on terminal side (200_2) which generates, when receiving from a terminal (20) not being in communication with the access point through a radio channel (CH2) a probe request frame (FR7) which is the one for scanning an access point capable of communicating with the terminal and which includes an address (A100_1) for the DS media (30) to identify the different access point (10_1) being in communication with the terminal (20), a response frame (FR8) addressed to the address (A 100_1) and responding to the probe request frame (FR7), and makes the interface on DS side (100_2) transmit the response frame (FR8) to the DS media (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Sashihara
  • Patent number: 9654384
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for asymmetrical link aggregation includes detecting a link change corresponding to a previously selected port of a first set of ports used to forward frames to one of a plurality of aggregation switches connected via the first set of ports to an access switch. The method also includes re-selecting, using the access switch, a port of the first set of ports according to a distribution algorithm that ensures that all frames with a given source address are forwarded using a single port and causes frames with different source addresses to be distributed uniformly among the first set of ports in response to detecting the link change. Also, the method includes generating and sending a fake reverse address resolution protocol (RARP) frame including the given source address of the frame from the re-selected port in response to detecting the link change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Amitabha Biswas, Jayakrishna Kidambi, Gang Tang, Zi Jin Tao
  • Patent number: 9654361
    Abstract: In one embodiment, data is received at a device regarding a network-monitoring process in which one or more nodes in a network export network metrics to one or more collector nodes. A change to the network-monitoring process is determined based on the received data. The device also adjusts the network-monitoring process to implement the determined change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Sukrit Dasgupta
  • Patent number: 9648662
    Abstract: An apparatus enabling establishment of a Bluetooth mesh network comprises at least two Bluetooth transceiver circuitries and an internal connection between the at least two Bluetooth transceiver circuitries. The Bluetooth transceiver circuitries are simultaneously connected to different Bluetooth piconets, and the apparatus operates as a bridge between the piconets. Concatenation of such apparatuses enables construction of a Bluetooth mesh network where the bridge devices may be simultaneously connected to multiple Bluetooth piconets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: 9Solutions Oy
    Inventors: Sami Herrala, Jari Kylmänen, Jaakko Niemi
  • Patent number: 9642183
    Abstract: An information handling system communicates through plural wireless interfaces with plural external wireless devices by automatically selecting associated external wireless devices based upon the proximity of the information handling system to the devices. Positioning of wireless devices is stored in memory to allow a wireless transceiver of the information handling system to power down until within range of a wireless device of interest. For example, an information handling system interfaced with a WLAN through a wireless access point retrieves a wireless device map with wireless devices of one or more work zones located in the WLAN area, each work zone having a set of one or more wireless peripherals in connectivity stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Bruce C. Montag
  • Patent number: 9635688
    Abstract: A communication system for carrying out data communication among a plurality of communication stations is disclosed in which a first communication station for transmitting to other communication stations a Request To Send (RTS) signal for requesting a transmission upon the start of the data transmission; and a plurality of second communication stations transmitting to other communication stations a Clear To Send (CTS) signal for notifying the completion of preparing the reception, wherein the first communication station transmits the RTS signal describing at least each of addresses the second communication stations that are desired to receive the data, and receives a plurality of CTS signals transmitted from each of the second communication stations in order to increase communication capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takano
  • Patent number: 9629169
    Abstract: A presence of interference between a first wireless network and a second wireless network is determined. Transmissions in the first wireless network are coordinated with transmissions in the second wireless network to reduce interference between the first wireless network and the second wireless network. Transmissions in the first wireless network are scheduled based on the coordinating to reduce interference between the first wireless network and the second wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongyuan Zhang, Yakun Sun, Hui-Ling Lou
  • Patent number: 9621697
    Abstract: A VoIP telephone provides basic VoIP capabilities, such as those defined by SIP, with an onboard communications engine that presents a user interface at a display. More complex communications capabilities are provided by interfacing the telephone with an information handling system and driving the user interface of the telephone with a UC application executing on the information handling system. For example, the telephone has an LCD that presents a number pad or basic telephone number list for interaction with the communications engine; however, UC application drives a user interface with greater processing power and storage available from the information handling system, such as an address book or communication actions not supported by the communications engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Kevin Mundt
  • Patent number: 9603172
    Abstract: A system is configured to receive, from a user device, voice traffic to be sent to another user device; determine whether the voice traffic is local traffic based on whether an eNodeB, associated with the user device, and another eNodeB, associated with the other user device, are served by a particular network device; forward the voice traffic, as non-local traffic, to another network device, associated with a packet data network, for processing when the eNodeB or the other eNodeB are not served by the particular network device; process the voice traffic as local traffic when the eNodeB and the other eNodeB are served by the particular network device; and forward, to the other user device via the other eNodeB, the voice traffic, as local traffic, where the forwarding is performed in a manner that does not include routing the voice traffic via the other network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Sagiv Draznin, Steven R. Rados, Lalit R. Kotecha, Vikram K. Rawat, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, Yee Sin Chan