Patents Examined by Gerald A Smarth
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Patent number: 11362757Abstract: An apparatus including: a first transmission processing unit that generates transmission signal sequences of multiple power layers that are to be multiplexed using power allocation; and a second transmission processing unit that processes a transmission signal sequence of a power layer using an interleaver, a scrambler, or a phase coefficient corresponding to the power layer for each of one or more of the multiple power layers. The apparatus improves accuracy of decoding of a desired signal when multiplexing/multiple access is performed using power allocation.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota Kimura, Hiroaki Takano, Ryo Sawai, Shinichiro Tsuda
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Patent number: 11356194Abstract: A communication system that uses a wired transmission line and multi-carrier modulation includes a transmitting device and a receiving device that are connected through the wired transmission line, wherein the receiving device includes an estimator configured to estimate a first SINR (Signal-to-Interference-Plus-Noise Ratio) of a first sub-carrier and a second SINR of a second sub-carrier, the transmitting device includes a power adjustor configured to boost a transmission power for the first sub-carrier such that an SINR of the first sub-carrier reaches a first SINR threshold corresponding to a first MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme) that is larger than the first SINR, and back off a transmission power for the second sub-carrier such that an SINR of the second sub-carrier is lowered to a second SINR threshold corresponding to a second MCS that is smaller than the second SINR, and the transmitting device allocates the first MCS to the first sub-carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: MEGACHIPS CORPORATIONInventor: Taiji Kondo
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Patent number: 11350314Abstract: An improved Wi-Fi access point classifies network data packets with classification identifiers provided by RTC/RTE devices without scanning the content of them. The access point receives inbound and outbound packet classification identifiers from the RTC/RTE applications running on the RTC/RTE devices. The identifiers are provided to a hardware data packet classifier. The hardware data packet classifier applies the identifiers against ingress packets and egress packets respectively. Data packets of the same class are assigned with a same priority. The prioritized network data packets are scheduled for transmission based on their respective priorities. The scheduled network data packets are forwarded to respective network interfaces for transmission.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Agora Lab, Inc.Inventor: Yue Cao
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Patent number: 11349629Abstract: A base station communicating data to/from plural mobile terminals over plural OFDM sub-carriers within a coverage area. The base station allocates transmission resources provided by a first group of the plural OFDM sub-carriers within a first frequency band to mobile terminals of a first type and allocates transmission resources provided by a second group of the plural OFDM sub-carriers within a second frequency band to terminals of a second type, the second group being smaller than the first group and the second frequency band selected from within the first frequency band. The base station transmits control information including resource allocation information for terminals of the first type over a first bandwidth corresponding to the combined first and second groups of OFDM sub-carriers and transmits control information including resource allocation information for terminals of the second type over a second bandwidth corresponding to the second group of OFDM sub-carriers.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: SCA IPLA Holdings Inc.Inventors: Darren McNamara, Andrew Lillie, Peter Darwood, Martin Beale
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Patent number: 11343859Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates. the wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal; and a processor for processing the wireless signal. The processor is configured to perform a transmission based on a transmission opportunity (TXOP) limit which is a maximum value of a TXOP, which is a time interval in which a wireless communication terminal has a right to initiate a frame exchange sequence in a wireless medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Juhyung Son, Geonjung Ko, Jinsam Kwak
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Patent number: 11330085Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a data transmission protection method, a data transmission protection device, a data transmission protection system and a computer readable storage medium, the method includes: encapsulating a packet header for a data flow to be transmitted at an ingress node to form an encapsulated data flow, where the packet header includes a control word and a flow identification; copying the encapsulated data flow to obtain a copied data flow, and transmitting the encapsulated data flow and the copied data flow together; and recovering the data flow at a terminating node according to the control word and the flow identification.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Guangping Huang
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Patent number: 11330640Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates. The wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal; and a processor for processing the wireless signal. The processor is configured to perform a transmission based on a transmission opportunity (TXOP) limit which is a maximum value of a TXOP, which is a time interval in which a wireless communication terminal has a right to initiate a frame exchange sequence in a wireless medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Juhyung Son, Geonjung Ko, Jinsam Kwak
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Patent number: 11310708Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method, an access network device, a core network device, and user equipment. One example method includes: sending, by a core network device, a handover request to an access network device, wherein the handover request comprises first information, and the first information comprises an identifier of allowed network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI); and sending, by the access network device, a handover request acknowledgement to the core network device.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.Inventors: Feng Han, Yinghao Jin, Hong Li, Wei Tan
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Patent number: 11308260Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for causing display of a first set of representations of a first set of hyperlinks. In operation, a first input from a user is received indicating a selection of one of the first set of hyperlink representations and causes, in response to receiving the first input, display of a second set of representations of a second set of hyperlinks. Further, a second input from the user is received indicating a selection of one of the second set of hyperlink representations, and causes, in response to receiving the second input, navigation to a destination specified by the selected one of the second set of hyperlink representations.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Alof Media, LLCInventor: Gal Arav
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Patent number: 11303525Abstract: Provided is a communication system in which an administrator can easily perform setting for communication. When having received a new packet, which is a packet for which control information conforming to header information has not been set yet, a packet transfer means 72 notifies a control means 71 of header information of the new packet. The control means 71 holds a list of items that can be specified from an IP address, and sets control information in the packet transfer means 72 on the basis of an item specified from an IP address included in the header information and on the basis of the list, when the header information is notified from the packet transfer means 72.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Go Fujimoto, Tsukasa Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11303727Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method [400], a system [200], an edge device [204] and a computer program for routing user data traffic from an edge device [204] to a network entity [206]. The method encompasses receiving, at least one data packet of user data traffic relating to a request for availing a service, via an authenticated user device. The method thereafter comprises identifying, one or more parameters from the at least one data packet of user data traffic. Further the method comprises generating, one of a positive and a negative response based on the identified one or more parameters and a corresponding policy associated with each parameter. Thereafter, the method routes the user data traffic to an EoGRE tunnel to transmit said user data traffic to a network entity [206], based on the positive response.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: JIO PLATFORMS LIMITEDInventors: Rajat Bansal, Anil Pawar
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Patent number: 11296949Abstract: Disclosed embodiments describe systems and methods for predicting health of a link. A device in communication with a link can identify profile information of a stream of network traffic traversing the link. The device can determine a first prediction of health of the link by applying one or more rules to the plurality of parameters of the profile information. The device can determine a second prediction of health of the link by applying a classifier to one or more timed sequences of the plurality of parameters of the profile information. The device can establishes a respective weight for each of the first prediction of health and the second prediction of heath. The device can select, using the respective weight, between the first prediction of health and the second prediction of health to provide a predictor of the health of the link.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.Inventors: Anup Lal Gupta, Praveen Raja Dhanabalan
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Patent number: 11296987Abstract: A system to facilitate resolving traffic congestion in a network switching fabric is described. The system includes a processor and a machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive a notification from a virtual connect switch indicating that a congestion condition has been detected in remote direct memory access (RDMA) over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) data traffic flowing from a first end point to a second end point via a first of a plurality of paths between the first end point and the second end point, identify a second of the plurality of paths between the first end point and the second end point and modify the RoCE data traffic to flow from the first end point to the second end point via the second path.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Vijay Chakravarthy Gilakala, Aravind Badiger, Ravindhar Uppada
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Patent number: 11290987Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station and user equipment (UE) may utilize different slot structures for communications depending on the type of data to be transmitted. A base station may configure the slot structures based on a capability of a UE or operation conditions. The base station may identify a slot structure for a first slot, which may be group-specific or UE-specific, and determine a slot structure for a subsequent slot, which may be UE-specific or based on the slot structure of the first slot. A set of slot structure combinations may be identified to be used by a UE for combining the first and subsequent slots, and one combination may be selected based on a capability of the UE, an operation to be performed by the UE, an operational condition associated with the UE, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Wanshi Chen, Heechoon Lee, Peter Gaal
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Patent number: 11290871Abstract: Example communications methods and systems are described. One example communications system includes a base station supporting connectivity to a core network of the first communications standard and a core network of the second communications standard. One example method includes that a terminal receives information broadcast by the base station. The information includes a first and a second area identities. When the terminal enters a cell served by the base station from a cell of the second communications standard and when the second area identity does not belong to a current area list of the terminal, the terminal initiates an area update to the core network of the second communications standard. The base station broadcasts the area identities of the two communications standards.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wenjie Peng, Mingzeng Dai, Hongzhuo Zhang
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Patent number: 11277295Abstract: An example of the present specification proposes a technique for decoding a plurality of wireless signals having different characteristics. For example, the plurality of wireless signals may have different CP lengths, be received in different frequency bands, or be configured by different channels. An example of the present specification proposes an example of performing of decoding by using a plurality of reception windows on the basis of a specific wireless signal. Another example of the present specification proposes an example of a proposal of feedback information to a transmission UE on the basis of a specific wireless signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Heejin Kim, Hanbyul Seo, Seungmin Lee
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Patent number: 11277301Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may transmit downlink control information that may comprise an indication for an uplink beam management procedure or a downlink beam failure recovery procedure. A wireless device may receive the downlink control information and determine a type of procedure to perform based on the indication.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Kyungmin Park, Alireza Babaei
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Patent number: 11272553Abstract: Embodiments of the current disclosure facilitate the creation of a wireless connection between a host device and an accessory device over a wireless medium. For instance, according to some embodiments, a method of connecting an accessory device to a host device includes transmitting a plurality of advertising beacons over a wireless medium. Each wireless beacon can contain information identifying a predetermined time when the accessory device will begin a page scan. The accessory device can begin the page scan at the predetermined time and can receive pages from a host device during a page scan window of the page scan over the wireless medium. The received pages can then be subsequently used to establish an ad hoc network connection between the accessory device and the host device.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Sriram Hariharan
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Patent number: 11272551Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and more specifically to transmission resource management for ordered physical random access channel (PRACH) signals. An example method performed by a base station generally includes providing an indication of a set of transmission resources, within a narrowband region of a wider system bandwidth, for transmitting scheduled physical random access channel (PRACH) signals by a first user equipment (UE) and transmitting a command to the first UE to transmit a scheduled PRACH.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Renqiu Wang, Xiao Feng Wang, Hao Xu
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Patent number: 11272397Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: receiving, by a user equipment and from a network node, an indication of at least one subset and information comprising parameters for configuring a plurality of radio link control (RLC) entities for data duplication for a radio bearer and mapping at least one configured RLC entity of the plurality of RLC entities to the at least one subset; and based on the information and at least one criterion, determining an activation status of the at least one configured RLC entity in the at least one subset.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Ping-Heng Kuo, Daniela Laselva, Dawid Koziol