Patents Examined by Huy D. Vu
  • Patent number: 11297168
    Abstract: A lighting network control server and method for translating non-light related data packets into a protocol that is compatible with a third party automation server are disclosed. For example, the lighting network control server includes a communication interface to receive data packets from a lighting network and to communicate with a third party automation server, a non-transitory computer readable medium to store sub-routines and instructions to execute a protocol adapter, and a processor communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the non-transitory computer readable medium to execute the protocol adapter to translate the data packets into a protocol that is compatible with the third party automation server and transmit the data packets that are translated to the third party automation server via the communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Dialight Corporation
    Inventor: Rizwan Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11290518
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods which disclose a command device which can be used to establish a wireless connection, through one or more wireless channels, between the command device and a remote device. An intention code may be generated, prior to, or after, the establishment of the wireless connection, and the remote device may be selected based on the intention code. The command device may initiate a wireless transfer, through one or more wireless channels of the established wireless connection, of an intention code, and receive acknowledgement that the intention code was successfully transferred to the remote device. The command device may then control the remote device, based on the intention code sent to the remote device, through the one or more wireless channels of the established wireless connection between the command device and the remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Lae-Hoon Kim, Erik Visser, Yinyi Guo
  • Patent number: 11284423
    Abstract: Methods, a user equipment (UE) and a base station are disclosed for processing scheduling request (SR). According to an embodiment, a random access procedure is performed for one or more first pending SRs in response to a first event. One or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) based SR transmission procedures are performed for one or more second pending SRs in response to a second event. The random access procedure is performed in parallel with the one or more PUCCH based SR transmission procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Min Wang, Jinhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11277345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for configuring an avionic network comprising determining sending rules imposing the sending of digital data in the form of frames of a first type or a second type, each frame of the first type being according to the protocol of the ARINC 664 P7 type and each frame of the second type being according to the protocol of the Ethernet type with predetermined routing. The method further comprises determining conveying rules comprising defining a path for each flow of the first type between a sending end system and a receiving end system, determining priority rules comprising defining a priority for each flow of the first type such that the priority of each flow of the second type is lower than the priority of each flow of the first type, and transmitting said rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Michael Templier, Jean-Philippe Neuser
  • Patent number: 11272568
    Abstract: A command reception method and apparatus and a communication system. The command reception method includes: receiving a command for activating or deactivating duplication transmission transmitted by a network device by using a bitmap field; and activating or deactivating duplication transmission of one or more packet data convergence protocol entities or radio bearers according to the bitmap field. Hence, one or more PDCP entities in the user equipment may be activated or deactivated with respect to duplication transmission modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yulong Shi, Meiyi Jia, Xin Wang
  • Patent number: 11265946
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The embodiments of the present invention provide methods and devices for network access. The method includes receiving a first request message forwarded by a distributed unit in a base station and indication information of the distributed unit with respect to the first request message, the first request message requesting to connect a user equipment to a network; determining a processing to be performed on the first request message based on the indication Information; and transmitting an indication of the determined processing to the distributed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiwei Wang, Lixiang Xu, Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang
  • Patent number: 11265122
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a downlink control information (DCI) that includes a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, may determine that the TCI state specifies a quantity of two or more quasi-co-location (QCL) relationships may identify, based at least in part on the determining, a multi-transmit receive point (TRP) demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port group configuration included in a multi-TRP DMRS port group configuration data structure, and may perform, based at least in part on the multi-TRP DMRS port group configuration, a channel estimation for a downlink of a wireless communication link between the UE and the TR. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Alexandros Manolakos, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11258694
    Abstract: A method is described and in one embodiment includes identifying at an initiator element a list of Internet protocol (“IP”) prefixes corresponding to routes designated as interesting routes, wherein the IP prefixes are included in a Routing Information Base (“RIB”) of the initiator; monitoring the RIB for a change in the list of IP prefixes; and, responsive to detection of a change in the list of IP prefixes, injecting at least a portion of the changed list of IP prefixes into a payload of an IKEv2 NOTIFY message and sending the IKEv2 NOTIFY message to a responder element peered with the initiator element, wherein the responder element updates an RIB of the responder element using the IP prefixes included in the received IKEv2 NOTIFY message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Edgar Barton, Patrick Grossetete, Laurent Aubert, Frederic Detienne, Graham Bartlett, Amjad Inamdar
  • Patent number: 11258714
    Abstract: A network interface card with traffic shaping capabilities and methods of network traffic shaping with a network interface card are provided. The network interface card and method can shape traffic originating from one or more applications executing on a host network device. The applications can execute in a virtual machine or containerized computing environment. The network interface card and method can perform or include several traffic shaping mechanisms including, for example and without limitation, a delayed completion mechanism, a time-indexed data structure, a packet builder, and a memory manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Prashant Chandra, Nandita Dukkipati, Vytautas Valancius
  • Patent number: 11259324
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for wireless local area network (WLAN) communication which support real-time application (RTA) packets. The access point (AP) schedules multiple-user (MU) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) transmissions for uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) for RTA packets by allocating resources to packet transmissions before RTA packet arrival. The AP contends for channel access before the expected time of arrival of the RTA packet in the DL or UL direction. The operations reduce RTA packet latency on the WLAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohamed Abouelseoud, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Liangxiao Xin
  • Patent number: 11240152
    Abstract: Techniques for exposing a subset of hosts on an overlay network, without exposing another subset of hosts on the overlay network, are disclosed. A component associated with an overlay network exposes a subset of hosts on the overlay network to components external to the overlay network. The component exposes the subset of hosts by distributing a mapping between (a) the hosts to-be-exposed and (b) the substrate addresses associated with the hosts. Alternatively, a component external to an overlay network exposes a subset of hosts on the overlay network to additional components external to the overlay network. The component exposes the subset of hosts by distributing a mapping between (a) the hosts to-be-exposed and (b) a substrate address associated with the particular component. In either embodiment, a mapping for hosts to-be-hidden is not distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Peter John Hill, David Allen McArthur, Jagwinder Singh Brar, Vivek Bhanu, Chris Higgins
  • Patent number: 11239933
    Abstract: A method for transporting Ethernet frame packets assembled from a constant bit rate (CBR) client stream from an ingress network node to an egress network node, each Ethernet frame packet including a payload region having a number of bytes of CBR client data from the CBR client stream determined by a client rate value of the CBR client stream. The method including synchronizing a reference clock signal and a ToD in the ingress network node to a packet-based time distribution mechanism, independently synchronizing a reference clock signal and a ToD in the egress network node to the packet-based time distribution mechanism, for an Ethernet frame packet assembling a presentation time packet including a sequence number and a presentation ToD for the Ethernet frame packet, and transmitting the Ethernet frame packets and the presentation time packet to the egress network node over the packet transport network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Microsemi Semiconductor ULC
    Inventors: Winston Mok, Richard Tsz Shiu Tse
  • Patent number: 11233685
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to wireless communication systems, and more particularly, to a design for generating and utilizing orthogonal cover code (OCC) sequences for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions. An exemplary method includes a user equipment (UE) selecting an orthogonal cover code (OCC) sequence for an uplink transmission, wherein the OCC sequence is selected from a first set of OCC sequences designed to achieve target peak to average power ratios (PAPRs) for a plurality of different modulation schemes; and transmitting the uplink transmission, via a wireless medium, with one of the modulation schemes using the selected OCC sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Yi Huang, Xiao Feng Wang, Seyong Park, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 11223566
    Abstract: A method for predicting an increase in amount of traffic in a particular cell of a telecommunication network, wherein said telecommunication network comprises a plurality of access nodes, wherein each of said access nodes is arranged to serve a cell in said telecommunication network, wherein each cell covers a predefined coverage area, said method comprising the steps of receiving event information from at least one source which is external to said telecommunication network, wherein said event information comprises geographic data and temporal data of events that are to take place, associating said events with at least one particular access node of said plurality of access nodes based on said geographic data of each of said events and based on said predefined coverage areas of said cells and predicting an increase in amount of traffic in a cell of said telecommunication network based on said associated events with at least one particular access node and their corresponding temporal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Inmaculada Serrano Garcia, Raquel Barco Moreno, Sergio Fortes Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11218415
    Abstract: A network element includes multiple ports and forwarding circuitry. The ports are configured to serve as network interfaces for exchanging packets with a communication network. The forwarding circuitry is configured to receive a multicast packet that is to be forwarded via a plurality of the ports over a plurality of paths through the communication network to a plurality of destinations, to identify a path having a highest latency among the multiple paths over which the multicast packet is to be forwarded, to forward the multicast packet to one or more of the paths other than the identified path, using a normal scheduling process having a first forwarding latency, and to forward the multicast packet to at least the identified path, using an accelerated scheduling process having a second forwarding latency, smaller than the first forwarding latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES TLV LTD.
    Inventors: Lion Levi, Amiad Marelli, George Elias, Oded Zemer, Yoav Benros
  • Patent number: 11212163
    Abstract: The disclosed method may include (1) detecting, within at least one interface of a first endpoint device, a connectivity failure that disrupts a Layer 2 service based on an MPLS connection between the interface of the first endpoint device and at least one interface of a second endpoint device, (2) in response to detecting the connectivity failure, sending, to the second endpoint device, a first bidirectional BFD packet that prompts the second endpoint device to at least partially disable the interface of the second endpoint device, (3) determining that the connectivity failure has been corrected, and then (4) re-establishing the Layer 2 service based on the MPLS connection by sending, to the second endpoint device, a second BFD packet that prompts the second endpoint device to re-enable the interface of the second endpoint device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc
    Inventors: Vamsi Krishna A, Venkata Ramana P, Viswanath K J
  • Patent number: 11184843
    Abstract: The embodiments in this invention extend distributed unit (DU), central unit (CU) and control plane of F1 (F1-C) capabilities so that differentiated DRBs of F1-U are placed on differentiated transport network components of equivalent QoS. This is achieved by a transport-aware DU and CU that can map each F1-U DRB into appropriate OSI layer 2-4 headers and can, subsequently, store such mappings. The F1-C interface is extended to distribute the layer 2-4 headers acquired from the transport network controller to the DUs and CU. A new control interface TN-C is defined between transport network controller and CU/DU. Furthermore, a trivial mapping of those embodiments is applicable for the N3 interface as well, which solves the same problem on the backhaul transport network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Netsia, Inc.
    Inventors: Arda Akman, Can Altay, Beytullah Yigit, Burak Gorkemli, Burcu Yargicoglu, Oguz Oktay, Seyhan Civanlar
  • Patent number: 11172394
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for channel state information CSI measurement, a terminal device and a network device. The method includes: a terminal device assumes that a first channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) and a second CSI-RS have a quasi co-location QCL association with respect to a spatial receiving parameter, where the first CSI-RS and the second CSI-RS are respectively a reference signal for channel measurement and a reference signal for interference measurement in a CSI measurement; and the terminal device performs the CSI measurement according to QCL information between the first CSI-RS and the second CSI-RS. The method, terminal device and network device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure are advantageous for improving receiving performance of a UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihua Shi, Wenhong Chen, Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11166168
    Abstract: A wireless communication system having base stations and remotely located terminal units. The base stations and the remotely located terminal units communicate data over operational wireless communication links assigned to respective sub-channels having tiles separated by frequency and time. Detectors for analysing extraneous received signals in unassigned tiles of the communication links discriminate between a first type of extraneous signals detected in unassigned tiles of one sub-frame and also detected in other unassigned tiles, and a second type of extraneous signals detected in the unassigned tiles but not detected in other unassigned tiles. The reaction of the base stations is different based on the type of extraneous signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Adam Nikolai Green, Fraser Murray Edwards
  • Patent number: 11166199
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for dynamically modifying bandwidth allocation corresponding to a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology. A current allocation of channel bandwidth corresponding to the first radio access technology and the second radio access technology is determined. One or more radio frequency conditions associated with a base station may be monitored, which could include loading at a particular cell site or sector and/or user devices that have a guaranteed bit rate. Based on monitoring of the radio frequency conditions, the current allocation of the channel bandwidth corresponding to the first radio access technology and the second radio access technology is dynamically modified to a different allocation of channel bandwidth corresponding to the first radio access technology and the second radio access technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Sreekar Marupaduga, Rajveen Narendran