Patents Examined by Jason Mattis
  • Patent number: 8953439
    Abstract: Techniques are described for separating control plane functions in a network device using virtual machines. The techniques include initializing multiple virtual machine instances in a control unit of a standalone router, and running different control processes for the router in each of the virtual machines. For example, in a root system domain (RSD)-protected system domain (PSD) system, a control unit of the standalone router may support a RSD virtual machine (VM) and one or more PSD VMs configured to form logical devices and execute logically separate control processes without requiring physically separate, hardware-independent routing engines to form the PSDs. Each of the RSD VM and PSD VMs includes a separate kernel, an operating system, and control processes for the logical device. When a software failure occurs in the PSD VM, the PSD VM may perform a software failover without affecting the operation of the RSD VM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mu Lin, Sriram Raghunathan, David Ward, Zi Zhou
  • Patent number: 8948206
    Abstract: Quality of service information (QoSI) is included with a compressed header of a data packet and can be utilized by nodes supporting the header compression channel to perform QoS enforcements at a sub-flow granularity level. A basic mode of a method comprises (1) processing a packet using a process having a process-associated quality of service requirement to form a processed packet, and (2) including, with a compressed header for the processed packet, the header-included quality of service information which is derived using information indicative of the process-associated quality of service requirement. In another mode the header-included quality of service information is derived both from the process-associated quality of service requirement and quality of service information extracted from the received packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ghyslain Pelletier, Kristofer Sandlund
  • Patent number: 8948106
    Abstract: A node (26) of a radio access network (24) and method of operating such node controls transitions between radio resource control states for a wireless terminal (30). In an example embodiment and mode the method comprises: (1) upon completion of a data activity, making a prediction of a data transmission parameter; (2) making an assessment regarding probable accuracy of the prediction; and (3) using the assessment to make a determination whether or not to implement a radio resource control state switch (the “state switch”). The data transmission parameter may be a different parameter in respective differing example embodiments. In one example embodiment and mode the data transmission parameter comprises inter-arrival time between bursts of data activity. In another example embodiment and mode the data transmission parameter comprises burst size of a burst of data activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Hans Hannu, Jan Christoffersson
  • Patent number: 8948034
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for detecting, transmitting, and analyzing at least one safety-related signal (S1 . . . Sn), wherein the at least one safety-related signal (S1 . . . Sn) is detected using at least one detection unit (EE1 . . . EEn) and is transmitted to at least one analyzing unit (AE1 . . . AE4) via a radio system (FS). In order to simplify the detection of safety-related signals and improve the transmission thereof via a faulty radio path, at least two safety-related signals (S1, S2) are independently detected and transmitted to the analyzing unit (AE1 . . . AE4) via the radio system (FS) so as to allow a dangerous action to be carried out, and an output signal (FRS) for allowing a dangerous action to be carried out is generated by logically combining the received safety-related signals (S1 . . . Sn).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Elan Schaltelemente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Hotz, Jörg Koch, Björn Schlotzhauer
  • Patent number: 8942128
    Abstract: Detection and prevention of heavy congestion in a wireless network is disclosed herein. Radio links are monitored and if the number of radio links reaches a first threshold level, one or more network parameters are modified in order shrink a cell footprint and/or to control cell reselection. The monitored radio links can be downlink circuit switched and packet switched radio links. Alternatively or additionally, an uplink noise level can be monitored and if the uplink noise level reaches a second threshold level, the one or more network parameters can be modified, even if the number of radio links are not at the threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Vladimir Gusavac, Mark Austin, Tracy Andre
  • Patent number: 8934436
    Abstract: A base station configures a first set of subframes on a first carrier as special subframes. The base station transmits at least one unicast control message to a wireless device. The at least one unicast control message configures a second carrier. The base station configures the second carrier to enter a special subframe for every subframe in which the first carrier enters a special subframe, and the second carrier is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Ofinno Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 8929352
    Abstract: A general frequency division multiplex (GFDM) transmission system is proposed. Vacant frequency ranges are detected and subsequently used for transmission, wherein a single carrier transmission system with cyclic prefixing is deployed. A corresponding transmitter and receiver are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Fettweis, Marco Krondorf, Steffen Bittner
  • Patent number: 8917643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for managing carriers allocated to a terminal in a broadband wireless access system that supports multi-carrier. A method for managing carriers by a terminal in a broadband wireless access system supporting multi-carrier includes transmitting, to a base station, activation requests information for requesting the activation of at least one second carrier allocated from the base station through a first carrier according to the power state of the terminal, receiving, from the base station, a first message that includes activation indication information for indicating the activation of at least one target carrier of the at least one second carrier, and transmitting to the base station a second message which notifies the base station whether the at least one target carrier is ready per activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eun Jong Lee, Ki Seon Ryu, In Uk Jung, Young Soo Yuk
  • Patent number: 8913493
    Abstract: A system may receive data collected by a network for a plurality of calls that are to be routed by the network to a call center, detect an event based on the received data, determine a confidence level, for the event, that the event is a denial-of-service attack, determine a call service to be provided to the call center in response to detecting the event, and provide the call service based on the confidence level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Allen Haltom
  • Patent number: 8908620
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting resource allocation information. In the case when a wireless resource for a new terminal is fixedly allocated to a fixed allocation zone, the apparatus for transmitting resource allocation information determines a resource allocation method of allocating the wireless resource and determines an allocation form of a resource that is allocated by a resource allocation method to select any one information displaying method of a plurality of information displaying methods of displaying allocation information on the allocated resource on the basis of the determined resource allocation method and resource allocation form. Next, the resource allocation information is generated and transmitted on the basis of the selected displaying method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jun-Woo Kim, Jung Pil Choi, Eon Young Hong, Youn Ok Park
  • Patent number: 8902764
    Abstract: Provided is a base station device capable of reducing a DL-CSI feedback amount in a TDD type radio communication system in which a DL bandwidth is different from a UL bandwidth. In this device, a demultiplexing unit (133) separates an UL pilot, a DL-CQI, and a DL-CSI fed back from a plurality of UEs as communication partners; a channel estimation unit (134) performs channel sounding by using a UL pilot from a UE in which a DL channel and a UL channel are allocated by overlapping a part of the bandwidth so as to obtain UL-CSI; a control DL-CSI acquisition unit (135) performs interpolation of DL-CSI by using the DL-CSI of some RB contained in the bandwidth where the DL channel and the UL channel fed back from the UE are not overlapped; and a DL close loop control unit (104) combines the estimated UL-CSI and the interpolated DL-CSI so as to use them as DL-CSI for controlling the DL close loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tomohiro Imai, Shozo Okasaka, Katsuhiko Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 8897253
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for downlink resource allocation associated with a shared frequency band. A WTRU may receive resource allocation information associated with a component carrier and at least one carrier segment. The component carrier and the least one carrier segment may each comprise a plurality of resource block groups (RBG). At least two bitmaps may be associated with the resource allocation information. A size of a resource block group (RBG) of the component carrier and the at least one carrier segment may be based on a combined number of resource blocks (RB) of the component carrier and the one or more carrier segments divided by a 3GPP Rel-8/Rel-10 RBG size of the component carrier. The WTRU may determine at least one RBG allocated to the WTRU using the resource allocation information and may receive and decode the at least one RBG allocated to the WTRU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Sung-Hyuk Shin, Changsoo Koo, Ghyslain Pelletier, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Marian Rudolf, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Allan Y. Tsai, Pouriya Sadeghi
  • Patent number: 8885456
    Abstract: A clock-frequency-deviation detecting unit detects a clock-frequency deviation based on a synchronization signal for taking a frame synchronization included in a reception signal. A clock-frequency-deviation compensating unit compensates a clock-frequency deviation of the reception signal in a former stage of an FFT unit. A timing control unit controls a frame pulse position indicating a head of a frame, based on the synchronization signal. The FFT unit performs an FFT on the reception signal with the frame pulse position as a frame head position, and a demodulating unit demodulates an output of the FFT unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuhisa Kataoka
  • Patent number: 8885667
    Abstract: A replicator is configured to be coupled to a first packet-based network, and a packet analysis module and a router are coupled to the replicator. The router is configured to be coupled to a second packet-based network. The replicator receives packets from the first packet-based network, passes the packets to the router, and passes a copy of the packets to the packet analysis module. The packet analysis module identifies, in a set of customers of the second packet-based network, a top usage subset. The top usage subset includes those of the customers who are using more bandwidth of the second packet-based network than other ones of the customers. The top usage subset includes at least two of the customers. The packet analysis module identifies, at an entry point of the second packet-based network, routes of packets destined for the top usage subset. The router discards a predetermined percentage of the packets destined for the top usage subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Ron da Silva, Shan Huang, Michael S. Kelsen
  • Patent number: 8879464
    Abstract: The system generates a first data stream which represents a data signal. The first data stream is encoded via a first encoding technique. The first data stream comprises one or more packets with a duration and timestamp. The data signal is encoded into a second data stream using a different encoding technique with a corresponding packet in the second data stream. A packet in the second data stream has the same duration and timestamp as the corresponding packet in the first data stream. The first data stream is sent on a first network. The second data stream is sent on a second network. The first and second data streams are received. A missing/delayed packet in the first data stream is detected. The data signal is regenerated using the first data stream and the packet from the second data stream that corresponds to the missing/delayed packet in the first data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Roller Michaelis, Roger Toennis, Douglas M. Grover
  • Patent number: 8867385
    Abstract: A router, switch, or other network node generates reports that contain packet level statistics and other information for a monitored media stream. The media stream reports reduce the amount of bandwidth typically required for sending monitored media stream information back to a central analysis device. However the computation of other media stream analytics, such as long term statistical averaging or quality metric computation, is performed by the central analysis device to remove some of the processing burden from the individual network nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: David R. Oran
  • Patent number: 8861613
    Abstract: Media communication systems and methods for media encoded using scalable coding with temporal scalability are provided. Transmitting endpoints include switching information in their transmitted media to indicate if temporal level switching at a decoder can occur at any frame of the transmitted encoded media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Vidyo, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexandros Eleftheriadis
  • Patent number: 8855025
    Abstract: A management unit includes a communication device interface for facilitating a bidirectional data communication with multiservice communication devices via a wireless control channel, the bidirectional data communication including outbound control data sent to at least one of the multiservice communication devices and inbound control data received from at least one of the multiservice communication devices. At least one of the multiservice communication devices includes a collaboration module. A network interface receives network resource data from a plurality of networks. A management processing unit processes the inbound control data and the network resource data and that generates the outbound control data in response thereto to collaboratively establish at least one device setting of at least one of the multiservice communication devices via the collaboration module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Vinko Erceg, Brima B. Ibrahim, Jeyhan Karaoguz, John Walley, Arya Reza Behzad, David Rosmann
  • Patent number: 8854992
    Abstract: A method, a system and a base-station for automatically determining delays of data transmitted via Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and inflating these delays in order to reduce jitter and improve TCP throughput in a communications network. A Dynamic Jitter Reduction (DJR) logic/utility operating within a communications node measures delays on a rolling basis in order to capture the delay profile. Based on the delay profile, the DJR utility determines a delay target. The DJR utility ‘inflates’/augments future/expected delays toward the delay target by performing on one or more of the following: (a) using a delay based factor in the scheduler metric for TCP applications; (b) performing fine-tuning of link adaptation schemes; (c) delaying transmission of packets at the transmit or receive buffer; and (d) delaying transmission of a received TCP ACK signal from the media access control (MAC) sub-layer to TCP layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Xiao Xu, Hua Xu
  • Patent number: 8848664
    Abstract: A technique for flexibly performing processes depending on the type of a path for providing an additional service when there are a plurality of paths for providing additional services for the same session between terminals communicating with each other over a network is disclosed. According to the technique, when a mobile terminal (MN 100) establishes a QoS path using NSIS to a corresponding node (CN 124) on different types of data communication paths, a signaling message including information (MIE) representing the path type is created and transmitted. Each node (QNE) with an NSIS QoS function, which has received the message, identifies a plurality of QoS paths by comparing the MIE, a session identifier and a flow identifier, and performs processing of the QoS paths according to control information (CI) from MNs or/and the policy which the QNE has.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Hong Cheng, Pek Yew Tan, Takako Hori, Toyoki Ue