Patents Examined by Khaled Kassim
  • Patent number: 9730221
    Abstract: A mobile station (MS) performs a first random access procedure using a dedicated preamble for non-contention based random access on a first available random access channel (RACH) of a plurality of RACHs in time domain within a period that the dedicated preamble is valid. In addition, the MS performs a second random access procedure using the dedicated preamble for non-contention based random access on the first available RACH after the predetermined time window has expired in a case that a random access response to the transmitted preamble is not received within a predetermined time window monitoring for the random access response. The MS also transmits the dedicated preamble on a RACH allowed to transmit by the BS, where any one of the RACHs in frequency domain is allowed to be transmitted by the BS over a period of time that the plurality of RACHs are allocated to a single carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiichiro Nakashima, Shohei Yamada, Yasuyuki Kato, Yasuo Sugawara
  • Patent number: 9722912
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes system and methods for network planning. The systems and methods can incorporate network traffic demands, availability requirements, latency, physical infrastructure and networking device capability, and detailed cost structures to calculate a network design with minimum or reduced cost compared to conventional methods. In some implementations, the method include providing an initial, deterministic set of failures, and then successively performing a network optimization and a network availability simulation to determine which failures most impact the performance of the network model. The high impact failures can then be provided back into the system, which generates an improved network design while still maintaining minimum cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoxue Zhao, Emilie Jeanne Anne Danna, Christoph Albrecht, Bikash Koley, Satyajeet Singh Ahuja, Vinayak Dangui
  • 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: 9712956
    Abstract: An Internet phone may be physically located based on its credential. The credential is related to a MAC address of the Internet phone. The MAC address is related to a port identifier of a network switch in communication with the Internet phone. The port identifier is related to a physical location of the Internet phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Alan Uhler
  • Patent number: 9712341
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems and computer readable media for providing E.164 number mapping (ENUM) translation at a bearer independent call control (BICC) and/or session initiation protocol (SIP) router. One aspect of the subject matter described herein includes a system for providing ENUM translation. The system includes an ENUM database. The system also includes a signaling router for receiving a bearer independent call control (BICC) signaling message that includes a first call party identifier, for obtaining, from the ENUM database, a first SIP address associated with the first call party identifier, for generating a first SIP signaling message that includes the first SIP address, and for routing the first SIP signaling message to a destination SIP node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Tekelec, Inc.
    Inventor: Petrus Wilhelmus Adrianus Jacobus Maria Nas
  • Patent number: 9712392
    Abstract: VoIP networks and methods are disclosed for configuring SIP endpoints of VoIP networks. An application server of a VoIP network identifies an endpoint configuration for the SIP endpoints, and generates a configuration command based on the endpoint configuration. The application server formats a SIP message to include the configuration command, and transmits the SIP message to the SIP endpoints. Responsive to receiving the SIP message, the SIP endpoints process the SIP message to identify the configuration command, and set local configuration parameters based on the configuration command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Yigang Cai, Alexander Aihao Yin
  • Patent number: 9712567
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one embodiment of the invention, methodologies and mechanisms are provided that enable methods, systems and software for supporting or implementing functionality to intercept a phone call and/or data transmission in a cellular network and direct it to at least one receivers' VoIP account if the account is active and provides VoIP connectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Saru, Janne Aaltonen, Ismo Antikainen
  • 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: 9705620
    Abstract: A memory controller is provided to increment a source timestamp count responsive to a clock signal. Further, the memory controller associates the source timestamp count to a respective word for each endpoint in a plurality of endpoints. The memory controller transmits the received clock signal, a respective data word, and an associated source count to each endpoint. Each endpoint increments a destination count responsive to the clock signal. Each endpoint further transmits its respective word to an external memory responsive to the destination count being greater than or equal to the associated source count by a threshold margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Philip Michael Clovis, Michael Drop, Isaac Berk
  • Patent number: 9705789
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for managing multicast traffic in a domain, such as a G.hn domain. A method includes storing, at a first node of a domain, a plurality of next nodes for transmitting messages in the domain, forwarding, from the first node to the plurality of next nodes, a probe message transmitted from a second node in response to a request from a third node to join a group to receive a multicast flow that enters the domain from the second node, and storing, at the first node, a list of nodes in association with the multicast flow. The list of nodes is determined at least in part based on a path through which the probe message is transmitted from the second node to the third node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Marcos Martinez Vazquez, Agustin Badenes Corella
  • Patent number: 9706489
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing anti-collision features while providing a wireless asymmetric network are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system includes a hub having a wireless control device that is configured to control communications in the wireless asymmetric network architecture and nodes each having a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver to enable bi-directional communications with the wireless control device of the hub. The wireless control device of the hub is configured to detect a communication from a first node of the nodes, determine whether at least a portion of the communication is unintelligible to circuitry of the hub or circuitry coupled to the hub, and determine whether a collision of communications transmitting at approximately the same time from the first node and a second node has likely occurred when the at least portion of the communication is unintelligible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LOCIX Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Subramanian, Elad Alon, Vikram Pavate
  • Patent number: 9705824
    Abstract: A modular system uses point-to-point communication between field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) on a control module and each port module, respectively, to manage basic module functions, such as power, environmental monitoring, and health checks on the modules and their components. This allows a chassis to be managed without fully powering each card first, frees processors on the modules from having to perform health checks, allows dedicated resources to rapidly monitor the health of each card, and prevents one bad card from disabling management of all cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Force10 Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: David K. Wong
  • Patent number: 9705773
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a probabilistic framework that can calculate the probability of fulfilling demands for a given set of traffic flows. In some implementations, the probability of fulfilling demands can be based on the probability of infrastructure component failures, shared risk link groups derived from a cross-layer network topology, and traffic engineering (TE) considerations. The consideration of the cross-layer network topology enables the systems and methods described herein to account for the relationship between the physical and logical topologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoxue Zhao, Emilie Jeanne Anne Danna, Alireza Ghaffarkhah, Ajay Kumar Bangla, Christoph Albrecht, Wenjie Jiang, Benjamin Preskill, Bikash Koley
  • Patent number: 9699763
    Abstract: A network node, method, and mobile terminal for providing circuit-switched (CS) voice calls to a mobile terminal operating in a packet-switched (PS)-only network. A control node such as an EPC node in an SAE/LTE PS-only network is modified to mimic the messaging functionality of a Serving GPRS Service Node (SGSN). The EPC node is connected to an MSC/VLR in a CS network through a Gs interface. The EPC node registers the terminal with the MSC/VLR and provides a VLR TMSI to the terminal. When the MSC/VLR receives an incoming CS voice call for the terminal, the MSC/VLR notifies the EPC node, which sends a paging message to the terminal. To set up the CS voice call, the terminal sends a paging response directly to the MSC/VLR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Ann-Christine Sander
  • Patent number: 9697542
    Abstract: A system for deploying Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services is provided. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) having a controller element to receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message from an originating communication device requesting communications with a terminating communication device, and establish an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between the originating communication device and an advertisement media system to present at the originating communication device an advertisement message that replaces a ringback tone associated with the terminating communication device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Chaoxin Qiu, Diana M. Cantu
  • Patent number: 9699226
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for display dependent analysis of call data in an IBPX. In an example embodiment, an apparatus communicatively coupled to an IPBX server is configured to route VoIP calls in the IPBX. An interface circuit is configured to selected parameters of interest based on display capabilities of a set of devices and generate subscription requests to subscribe the devices to the parameters of interest. A first processing circuit is configured to generate call summary metrics from call event messages for calls routed by the IPBX server. A second processing circuit subscribes a device identified in the subscription request to the selected set of parameters of interest identified in the subscription request. The second processing circuit evaluates call summary metrics for each parameter of interest subscribed to by the devices and provides results of the evaluation to devices that are subscribed to the parameter of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: 8x8, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhishen Liu, Qing Zhao
  • 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: 9693353
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal apparatus wherein even when a SC-FDMA signal is divided into a plurality of clusters and the plurality of clusters are then mapped to respective discontinuous frequency bands (when C-SC-FDMA is used), the improvement effect of system throughput can be maintained, while the user throughput can be improved. In the apparatus, a DFT unit (210) subjects a symbol sequence of time domain to a DFT process, thereby generating signals of frequency domain. A setting unit (211) divides the signals input from the DFT unit (210) into a plurality of clusters according to a cluster pattern that is in accordance with an MCS set, an encoding size, or the number of Ranks occurring during MIMO transmissions, which is indicated in those signals input, and then maps the plurality of clusters to the respective ones of a plurality of discontinuous frequency resources, thereby setting a constellation of the plurality of clusters in the frequency domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Shinsuke Takaoka, Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura, Masayuki Hoshino
  • Patent number: 9692561
    Abstract: A method of determining a soft buffer size for a transport block comprises determining a basic unit for the soft buffer size according to a legacy soft buffer size for the transport block and a first parameter, and determining the soft buffer size for the transport block according to the basic unit and a second parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chia-Wen Hsieh