Patents Examined by Shick Hom
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Patent number: 9667482Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a detection unit to detect a change in a port state of a physical path; a calculation unit to calculate a predicted amount of traffic to be allocated to the physical path for each of classes prioritized with predefined priorities within the traffic when the change in the port state is detected, and to calculate a bandwidth allocation ratio to a physical bandwidth of the physical path, for each of the classes to be allocated for the physical path according to the calculated predicted amount of traffic for each of the classes; a setting unit to set the calculated bandwidth allocation ratio for each of the classes; and a control unit to control a flow rate of the traffic for each of the classes to be flowed in the physical path according to the set bandwidth allocation ratio for each of the classes.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Kenji Minato
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Patent number: 9660955Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products to communicate using a synthetic Media Access Control (synMAC) addresses are provided. The method includes the step of receiving and storing a first message assigning a first synMAC address. The first synMAC address is distinct from a unique stored Media Access Control (MAC) address. A second message including a second synMAC address is received. The first synMAC address is compared to the stored second synMAC address. The second message is accepted and processed if the first synMAC address is equal to the second synMAC address. In another example, a first device assigns a common synthetic Media Access Control (synMAC) address to multiple devices. The first device then broadcasts a message including the common synMAC address to each of the devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLCInventor: Kenneth Silver
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Patent number: 9660830Abstract: A control method executed by a packet processing device, the control method includes receiving, by a first processor, a received packet; identifying first processing execution information corresponding to the received packet, from among a plurality of first processing execution information, by referring to the first memory, based on packet identification information included in the received packet; and transmitting processing specification information included in the identified first processing execution information together with the received packet, to a second processor, when the processing specification information included in the identified first processing execution information specifies processing by the second processor; receiving, by the second processor, the processing specification information included in the identified first processing execution information and the received packet; and executing the processing for the received packet in accordance with second processing execution information specifType: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kazuki Hyoudou, Takeshi Shimizu
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Patent number: 9661553Abstract: A mobile terminal comprising: a positioning module arranged to determine a geographical location of the mobile terminal; a local transceiver for connecting to local wireless access networks; and processing apparatus for communicating with a first, packet-based network by forming connections with the wireless local area networks using the local transceiver. The processing apparatus is configured to determine measures of connection quality experienced by the mobile terminal on ones of the connections, and to record the determined measures in a database associating measures of connection quality with geographical locations.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mark Alastair Gillett, Soren Vang Andersen, Christoffer Asgaard Rödbro
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Patent number: 9648567Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting external interference on an uplink channel of a serving cell in a communication network, such as a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. Detecting external interference includes identifying neighbor cells of the serving cell and obtaining neighbor cell data associated with each neighbor cell. For each neighbor cell, a processor estimates a noise-rise contribution resulting from communication between the neighbor cell and user equipment based on the neighbor cell data. The processor generates a noise-rise threshold for the serving cell based on the noise-rise contributions estimated for the neighbor cells. Thereafter, the processor obtains a noise-rise measurement at the serving cell and generates an alert indicating external interference when the noise-rise measurement exceeds the noise-rise threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Isam Robert Makhlouf, Eirene Shipkowitz Smith
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Patent number: 9622089Abstract: The present invention relates to wireless networks and more specifically to systems and methods for selecting available channels free of radar signals from a plurality of radio frequency channels. One embodiment includes a cloud DFS super master, a plurality of radar detectors, and one or more client devices. The cloud DFS super master is programmed to receive the results of a scan for a radar signal from each of the plurality of radar detectors, geo-location information for the plurality of radar detectors, geo-location information for the client devices and a request for available radio channels from the client devices. The cloud DFS super master is programmed to determine one or more radio channels that are free of radar signals within a distance of the client device.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Network Performance Research GroupInventors: Terry F K Ngo, Seung Baek Yi, Erick Kurniawan, Kun Ting Tsai
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Patent number: 9621442Abstract: A network monitoring and network congestion analysis can be performed based on a comparison of data packets at multiple different network nodes installed at different locations on a communication path. A downstream network node may be installed at a user location while an upstream network may be installed at an access router further up the network. A network congestion analyzer may receive data packet information including timestamps from both network nodes, and may compare the data packet information to group the data packets into application flows and match the corresponding packets from the different network nodes. Based on the data packet matching, the network congestion analyzer may calculate packet loss, packet delay, packet delay variation, and perform other network congestion analysis techniques for the application flows corresponding to a user's various devices and the applications executing on those devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Yiu Lee, Alain Durand
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Patent number: 9615303Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for performing cell reselection, the method includes detecting a signal of cell for cell reselection on a frequency, where the signal includes an intra-frequency reselection indicator, determining from the signal whether the cell is a barred cell, on a condition that the cell is a barred cell, determining that the barred cell is not a candidate for cell reselection, determining whether the barred cell is a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell, and allowing intra-frequency cell reselection to a different cell on the frequency regardless of the value of the intra-frequency reselection indicator on a condition that the barred cell is a CSG cell and that the different cell meets reselection criteria.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Shankar Somasundaram, Peter S. Wang, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Rajat P. Mukherjee
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Patent number: 9608791Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) are provided. The HARQ ACK/NACK transmission method includes receiving a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in a subframe of a first cell, identifying an ACK subframe for transmitting HARQ ACK/NACK corresponding to the PDSCH, and transmitting the HARQ ACK/NACK in the identified ACK subframe of a second cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seung Hoon Choi, Joon Young Cho, Jin Kyu Han, Young Bum Kim, Hyoung Ju Ji
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Patent number: 9609090Abstract: A signaling method is provided by a device in a WLAN. The device includes signaling information in an address field, generates a MAC frame including the address field, and transmits a PHY frame including a data field into which the MAC frame is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: NEWRACOM, INC.Inventors: Ilgu Lee, Jeongchul Shin, Jongee Oh, Changwahn Yu, Hyungu Park
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Patent number: 9602462Abstract: Techniques for an exponential moving maximum (EMM) filter for predictive analytics in network reporting are disclosed. In some embodiments, a process for predictive analytics in network reporting using an EMM filter includes pre-processing network-related data by performing exponential moving maximum (EMM) filtering on the network-related data; and determining predictive analytics based on the EMM filtered network-related data.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Infoblox Inc.Inventors: Bin Yu, Les Smith, Mark Threefoot
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Patent number: 9596678Abstract: Provided are a base station, whereby the erroneous detection of control information can be reduced, thereby preventing the degradation of the system throughput. A base station (100) maps a downstream allocation control information unit, which is addressed to a terminal (200), to a first resource region, which can be used for any of a downstream control channel region and a downstream data channel region, or to a second resource region, which can be used only for the downstream control channel, so as to transmit the downstream allocation control information unit. In the base station (100), a control unit (102) establishes a scale of the PDCCH region, and a transmission region establishing unit (131) establishes, on the basis of a scale value established by the control unit (102), a mapping region to which the DCI is mapped within the R-PDCCH region and the PDCCH region.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Sun Patent TrustInventors: Akihiko Nishio, Seigo Nakao, Yasuaki Yuda, Ayako Horiuchi, Sujuan Feng, Michael Einhaus
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Patent number: 9591662Abstract: Techniques for acknowledging data transmissions in a multi-carrier wireless communication network are disclosed. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) receives a data transmission on at least one component carrier (CC) in a plurality of configured CCs. The UE determines acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information for the data transmission and determines an uplink channel for sending the ACK/NACK information. When the ACK/NACK information is sent on a PUCCH, the UE may perform power control based on which CCs in the plurality of configured CCs data is received. When the ACK/NACK information is sent on a PUSCH, the UE may determine a number of resource elements based on its CC configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Wanshi Chen, Xiaoxia Zhang, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo, Xiliang Luo, Tao Luo, Jelena Damnjanovic, Aleksandar Damnjanovic
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Patent number: 9584204Abstract: A transmitter and a method therein for transmitting discovery signals to a receiver. The transmitter and the receiver arc comprised in a radio communications system. The transmitter transmits two or more discovery signals over two or more directions. Each discovery signal is configured to span over a fraction of a carrier bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2012Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Kumar Balachandran, Dennis Hui
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Patent number: 9548914Abstract: The invention measures the rates of a whole population of existing lines together with a line characteristic, such as capacitance, that can be measured prior to provisioning. Using these measures, a rating we refer to as a “quality figure” is generated for each distribution point by looking at the rate of the lines running through that distribution point, and comparing those rates to the rates of other lines having the same line characteristic across the whole population of lines. Distribution points that have lines operating better (faster) than the average for their given line characteristic will have higher quality figures. To estimate the rate of a new line, the quality figure of the distribution point that the new line passes through is used in conjunction with the measured line characteristic as a look up on the whole population of lines.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited companyInventors: David Michael Rohlfing, Philip Antony Everett, Ashley Pickering
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Patent number: 9538567Abstract: A wireless communication device performs an inter-device wireless communication with another wireless communication device in accordance with the Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Direct specification. This wireless communication device includes a receiving unit. This receiving unit receives an action frame that contains information about the role of the wireless communication device and is specified in the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 802.11 specification.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoya Yamaura
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Patent number: 9531505Abstract: A representation of a series of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgments may be obtained. Each HARQ acknowledgment in the series may have either positively or negatively acknowledged one or more HARQ subpackets that were consecutively transmitted from the RAN to a WCD. Based on at least the representation of the series of HARQ acknowledgments, an amount of HARQ subpackets to consecutively transmit to the WCD may be determined. The RAN may consecutively transmit the amount of HARQ subpackets to the WCD.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventor: Daniel A. Vivanco
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Patent number: 9521615Abstract: A method in a first network node (215) for handling transport network data traffic in a first base station (201) is provided. The first base station (201) comprises a transport network transmission equipment (205) and the transport network transmission equipment (205) is a part of a transport network. When the first base station (201) is in a sleep mode, the first network node (215) determines (306, 801) that the transport network transmission equipment (205) should be bypassed by activating a relay (209) comprised in the first base station (201) such that data traffic from a second network node (217) is transmitted via the relay (209) to a third network node (220).Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Lars Westberg, Ralf Bergqvist, Erik Friman, Johan Rune
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Patent number: 9516687Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system and a method thereof, an information processing apparatus and a method thereof, an information processing terminal and a method thereof, which can start wireless communication easily and promptly. When an electromagnetic wave radiated from a reader/writer of a PDA is received in a reader/writer of a personal computer, the personal computer notifies the PDA of device information stored therein. The PDA establishes synchronization for Bluetooth communication with the personal computer in accordance with a Bluetooth address contained in the device information and selects a service in accordance with a service record contained in the device information to establish communication via Bluetooth. The present invention can be applied to various information processing apparatuses such as a personal computer or a PDA.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Sasai, Hiroshi Kakuda, Masamitsu Higo
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Patent number: 9510265Abstract: One embodiment disclosed herein relates to a routing method performed by a unit forming a node in a network made up of a plurality of nodes, the method comprising receiving or generating a message including destination geographical position data representing the geographical position of a destination node of the message and transmitting the message to a neighboring node selected from a plurality of neighboring nodes as a function of the destination geographical position and as a function of a location table, the location table including the geographical position of at least one neighboring node. In some embodiments, the method comprises receiving path data from a neighboring node on board a first vehicle, the path data representing a planned path for the first vehicle and updating the location table as a function of the path data.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: OrangeInventor: Pascal Bodin