Patents Examined by Luna Weissberger
  • Patent number: 11445424
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for switching resource pools by a device arranged to transmit according to a first resource pool is provided. The method includes sensing a second resource pool, determining whether the second resource pool has been sensed sufficiently long to apply sensing based resource selection, and selecting resources from an exceptional pool by using random resource selection, if the second resource pool has not been sensed sufficiently long to apply sensing based resource selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Himke Van Der Velde, Gert Jan Van Lieshout
  • Patent number: 11412432
    Abstract: This application provides a communication method, a network device, and a terminal. The communication method includes: determining, by a first network device, at least one candidate target cell and first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to trigger a terminal to determine one of the at least one candidate target cell as a to-be-handed-over-to cell; and sending, by the first network device, a first message to the terminal, where the first message includes first cell indication information and the first configuration information, and the first cell indication information is used to indicate the at least one candidate target cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Le Yan, Hongping Zhang, Qinghai Zeng, Min Xu, Wenjie Peng, Xiaoying Xu
  • Patent number: 11368269
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for multi-user transmission and reception in a wireless communication system and a device for same. More particularly, a method for performing multi-user (MU) transmission by a station (STA) device in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: generating a high efficiency-long training field (HE-LTF) sequence in a frequency domain in accordance with an MU transmission bandwidth; and transmitting a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) which comprises one or more symbols to which the HE-LTF sequence is mapped, wherein the HE-LTF sequence can be generated by multiplying one row of a P matrix to a length unit of a row of the P matrix in a predetermined sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunsung Park, Wookbong Lee, Hangyu Cho
  • Patent number: 11362965
    Abstract: A network device includes a hardware component. The network device includes a first device receiver operably connected to the hardware component via a first hardware component connection and adapted to receive a device. The network device further includes a second device receiver operably connected to the hardware component via a second hardware component connection. The first device receiver of the network device is adapted to reversibly reallocate the first hardware component connection to the second device receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Warren Meggitt
  • Patent number: 11357032
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a control information transmission method, a transmit end, and a receive end. The method includes: determining, by the transmit end, a first time domain resource used for sending scheduled data and a second time domain resource used for sending control information of the scheduled data in a transmission period, where the second time domain resource is a subset of the first time domain resource; and sending, by the transmit end, the control information on the second time domain resource, where the control information includes a parameter used to instruct the receive end to receive the scheduled data. Using the present invention can improve a success rate of data detection, shorten a transmission delay, and further improve reliability of a communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Li, Xingwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11350371
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes: a control unit configured to decide transmission power for multiplex communication in a wireless local area network (WLAN) on the basis of information obtained through reception from another communication apparatus; a processing unit configured to generate a frame including transmission power information indicating the transmission power for the multiplex communication decided by the control unit; and a communication unit configured to transmit the frame generated by the processing unit to the other communication apparatus. The communication control apparatus, communication apparatus, communication control method, communication method, and program can suppress deterioration in reception characteristics of a multiplexed frame in a wireless LAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Yuichi Morioka
  • Patent number: 11349749
    Abstract: Techniques are described for facilitating node protection for Broadcast, unknown Unicast, and Multicast (BUM) traffic for a multi-homed node failure. For example, each VTEP (e.g., PE device) may advertise a protected VTEP address that indicates an IP address of a remote PE device that is to be protected in the event of a node failure. In the event a multi-homed PE device fails, the ingress PE device sends a BUM packet including the protected VTEP address for the failed node. When an egress PE device receives the BUM packet, the egress PE device determines whether the BUM packet includes the protected VTEP address and whether the egress PE device is operating as a backup designated forwarder (DF). If the BUM packet includes the protected VTEP address and the egress PE device is a backup DF, the egress PE device forwards the BUM traffic to the ESI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram Nagarajan, Kapil Arora, Robert W. Kebler, Princy T. Elizabeth, Ramesh Kandula, Soumyodeep Joarder
  • Patent number: 11297631
    Abstract: OFDMA transmission by a plurality of terminal apparatuses is realized in a communication system in which CSMA/CA is premised and existing terminal apparatuses coexist. A communication method of a radio receiving apparatus of the invention includes the steps of: receiving a resource reserving signal which is transmitted from the radio transmission apparatus and which includes information indicating that the signal is addressed to the plurality of radio receiving apparatuses; and transmitting a resource reserving response signal to the radio transmission apparatus by using at least one radio resource with which the resource reserving signal is received, in which at least part of information included in the resource reserving response signal is identical to information included in the first resource reserving response signal transmitted by another of the radio receiving apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromichi Tomeba, Tomoki Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11290993
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for receiving a downlink signal from a base station by a terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises: when a downlink control signal from the base station includes a multi-user superposition transmission (MUST) application indicator, acquiring information for an interference signal and information for a downlink data signal included in the downlink control signal; and receiving the downlink data signal on the basis of the information for the downlink data signal and the information for the interference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hyungtae Kim
  • Patent number: 11290986
    Abstract: Backhaul resources may be allocated to different wireless communication links between different base stations, and local redistribution of resources among base stations may be utilized to account for variations in signal quality and/or variations in traffic experienced by different nodes of the backhaul network. A first access node function (ANF) may determine a need for additional backhaul resources, and may transmit a request message to one or more user equipment functions (UEFs) for additional backhaul resources. A UEF that receives the request message may forward the request to an associated second ANF. The second ANF, if it has backhaul resources available that the first ANF can use, may send a response to the first ANF, via the associated UEF, and the first ANF may use the additional resources that were originally allocated to the second ANF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Navid Abedini, Karl Georg Hampel, Junyi Li, Sundar Subramanian, Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Juergen Cezanne
  • Patent number: 11265847
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for transmitting and receiving, by a station, signals in a wireless LAN system and, more specifically, to a method for, when a station in a wireless LAN system is assigned one or more channels which do not include a primary channel on the system, setting and updating a network allocation vector (NAV) value applied to the one or more allocated channels, a method for transmitting and receiving signals on the basis of the same, and an apparatus therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungjin Park, Kyungtae Jo, Jinmin Kim, Hangyu Cho, Kiseon Ryu
  • Patent number: 11240062
    Abstract: An example embodiment includes a plurality of flight modules including a primary flight module and a secondary flight module. The embodiment includes a CAN controller, a second CAN controller, a first CAN bus configured to transmit primary control signals from the first CAN controller to the primary flight module and to the secondary flight module, and a second CAN bus configured to transmit secondary control signals from the second CAN controller to the primary flight module and the secondary flight module. The primary flight module is configured to perform functions responsive to receiving the primary control signals, and not in response to receiving the secondary control signals and the secondary flight module is configured to perform functions responsive to receiving the secondary control signals, and not in response to receiving the primary control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Wing Aviation LLC
    Inventors: Parsa Dormiani, Brian Viele
  • Patent number: 11228966
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first wireless node may establish a wireless connection between the first wireless node and a second wireless node in a wireless backhaul communications network. The first wireless node may identify, at the first wireless node, a need for additional resources for wireless communications with a third wireless node. The first wireless node may transmit a request message to the second wireless node indicating that resources are requested at the first wireless node. The first wireless node may receive an indication of one or more available resources from the second wireless node. The first wireless node may select one or more of the available resources for wireless communications with the third wireless node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Navid Abedini, Karl Georg Hampel, Junyi Li, Sundar Subramanian, Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Juergen Cezanne
  • Patent number: 11197220
    Abstract: A radio terminal according to one embodiment comprises a receiver configured to receive from a moving cell, identification information identifying the moving cell. The moving cell is managed by a movable communication device and moves along movement of the communication device. The receiver receives the identification information in a sidelink that is a direct radio link in a Proximity service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Saiwai, Noriyoshi Fukuta
  • Patent number: 11172563
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for wireless data broadcasting. The system provides a hub for broadcasting data wirelessly to a plurality of end devices, such as light fixtures, and a plurality of nodes for retrieving at least a portion of the data broadcasted from the hub. Each node is associated with at least one corresponding end device, and transmits data retrieved to the end device. A method is provided for broadcasting the data using the system. The method includes interrogating the nodes and determining what data is required by the corresponding end devices. The hub then packetizes, in RF packets, the required data and transmits data to each of several nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CITY THEATRICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Fails, Paul Kleissler, Philip Nye
  • Patent number: 11140605
    Abstract: A cell access method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes: obtaining a movement speed of a terminal; determining a signal strength offset value based on the movement speed; obtaining signal strength of a serving cell and signal strength of at least one neighboring cell, where the serving cell is a cell on which the terminal currently camps, and the neighboring cell is a cell in which the terminal can receive a signal; determining whether a sum of signal strength of a first neighboring cell in the at least one neighboring cell and the offset value is greater than or equal to a preset threshold; and if the sum of the signal strength of the first neighboring cell and the offset value is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, accessing, by the terminal, the first neighboring cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Shen, Huiping Qi, Yuanfeng Chen, Pengfei Feng, Nengfu Tang, Zixiang Xu
  • Patent number: 11140609
    Abstract: A communications device configured to transmit signals representing data to one or more in-coverage communications devices forming with the communications device a group, one of the in-coverage communications devices acting as an active relay node for the communications device, so that the in-coverage communications device can transmit signals representing the data to the infrastructure equipment of the mobile communications network, and to receive signals representing the data from the in-coverage communications device acting as the active relay node. The signals transmitted to the in-coverage communications device are received according to a device-to-device communications protocol, wherein the signals transmitted by the communications device or received by the communications device include an identifier which identifies the signals to the in-coverage communications device. One of the other in-coverage communications device can be selected by the infrastructure equipment to act as the active relay node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11122530
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for interne of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method of synchronizing device to device (D2D) terminals. Under partial coverage (PC) scenarios, an in coverage user equipment (ICUE) may send a D2D synchronization signal (D2DSS) and a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) on synchronization resources of a cell to implement mutual discovery of an ICUE and an out of coverage user equipment (OCUE) when a condition for triggering the D2DSS is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Chengjun Sun
  • Patent number: 11075834
    Abstract: A network interface card installed in a chassis switch, which includes a switch device and a controller, is provided. The switch device includes a plurality of ports coupled to other network interface cards in the chassis switch, and each of the other network interface cards is a fabric card or a line card. The controller is configured to perform different acts according to the card type of the network interface card, wherein the acts constitute a specific process of path planning which may prevent loops from occurring in the communication paths of control packet delivery between multiple network interface cards in the chassis switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chin-Chieh Huang
  • Patent number: 11071004
    Abstract: A method for marking network traffic in a link-aggregated network based on an application associated with the traffic. The method comprises receiving, via a cellular wireless network, one or more data packets destined for an electronic device and associated with an application. The method further comprises identifying an application type of the application. The method further comprises determining a priority of the one or more data packets based on the application type. The method further comprises transmitting, to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), the one or more data packets including an indication of the priority for forwarding the traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Indermeet Singh Gandhi, Jerome Henry