Patents Examined by Shripal Khajuria
  • Patent number: 10003442
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal to a receiver by a transmitter in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes mapping one or more transmission steams to first logical antenna ports, mapping signals mapped to the first logical antenna ports to second logical antenna ports, and mapping signals mapped to the second logical antenna ports to physical antennas to transmit the signals mapped to the physical antennas to the receiver, wherein the number of the first logical antenna ports is less than or equal to the number of the second logical antenna ports and varies with a channel state between the transmitter and the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jiwon Kang, Jaehoon Chung, Kilbom Lee, Ilmu Byun, Hyunsoo Ko
  • Patent number: 10004105
    Abstract: Provided is a network self-healing method in which, when a link between a parent device and a child device breaks down in a wireless communication network of a cluster-tree structure in which a main communication device (referred to an access point (AP)) manages network operation, routers that are devices capable of having their child devices, and end devices that are devices incapable of having their child devices are associated with each other in a parent-child device relationship, the link is restored. When a router becomes an orphan device, the router makes network re-association in a cluster unit while maintaining synchronized operation with its child devices, and thus time, energy and signaling burden for network self-healing is largely reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Yong Hwan Lee, Jin Seok Han, Jae Seok Bang, Dong Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9999035
    Abstract: Provided are a method for a terminal transmitting uplink control information (UCI) through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. A transmission power to be applied to the uplink control channel is determined on the basis of a value subordinate to a PUCCH format, and at least one type of UCI is transmitted from the physical uplink control channel by using the transmission power that is determined, wherein when the PUCCH format is PUCCH format 3, and the at least one type of UCI includes acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement(ACK/NACK) and periodic channel state information (CSI), the value subordinate to the PUCCH format is determined on the basis of the number of bits of the ACK/NACK and the number of bits of the periodic CSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Joon Kui Ahn, Yun Jung Yi, Suck Chel Yang, Bong Hoe Kim
  • Patent number: 9992038
    Abstract: A multi-hop ad hoc communications network may allow optical communications between underwater nodes. Each node may be fitted with environmental sensors. Each node may collect data from the sensors and transmit the data to other nodes in the network according to a time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme. The data may propagate through a series of child and parent nodes to reach a master node. The master node may have a wired connection for power and data transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Cody Youngbull, David Ganger, Andres Mora, Andrea Richa, Jin Zhang, Chenyang Zhou, Xinhui Hu
  • Patent number: 9992331
    Abstract: In order to allow for redundant call recording, a first message is received by a first media recorder indicating that a second media recorder is recording a media stream of a communication session between a plurality of communication devices. The first message includes a unique identifier for the communication session between the plurality of communication devices. A determination is made that the second media recorder is unable to continue to record the media stream. In response to determining that the second media recorder is unable to record the media stream, the first media recorder sends a second message, to a Session Border Controller (SBC), that includes the unique identifier for the communication session between the plurality of communication devices. The SBC streams the media stream to the first media recorder. The first media recorder receives the media stream and records the media stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventor: Manish Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 9986550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, apparatus and system for configuring control channels in a mobile communication network and a mobile station. In order to suggest another improved scheme for configuring control channels, in particular control channels related to the transmission of user data the invention suggests aligning the size of the control channel information of different formats to an equal number of coded control channel information bits and/or modulation symbols for each control channel. The control channels may comprise scheduling related control information. According to another aspect of the invention, the size of the control channel information is aligned by means of modulation and/or coding, however the control channel information is aligned to one out of a set of numbers of coded control channel information bits and/or modulation symbols for each control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Wengerter, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Akihiko Nishio
  • Patent number: 9980153
    Abstract: A method of operating a femtocell network cluster is disclosed. One example method of operating the femtocell network cluster may include certain operations, such as, selecting a master femtocell access point among various femtocell access points operating on the femtocell network cluster and updating a master table to include the master femtocell access point in the master table neighbor list. Other operations may include transmitting the master table to each of the femtocell access points informing them of the identity of the master femtocell access point. The tables may be maintained by all of the femtocell access points operating on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Martin Edward Osborn, Seong Ju Seo, Kyungsik Choi
  • Patent number: 9979762
    Abstract: A data transmission method and a system thereof are provided according to the disclosure. A first type is determined for the data to be transmitted by the first data terminal in the local area network, data of the first type stored in all data terminals in the local area network is detected and is transmitted to the server in accordance with the first predetermined rule, where the first terminal is any one of the data terminals in the local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fan Zheng, Pengcheng Jia, Changjian Hu
  • Patent number: 9954797
    Abstract: An interconnect apparatus enables improved signal integrity, even at high clock rates, increased bandwidth, and lower latency. An interconnect apparatus can comprise a plurality of logic units and a plurality of buses coupling the plurality of logic units in a selected configuration of logic units arranged in triplets comprising logic units LA, LC, and LD. The logic units LA and LC are positioned to send data to the logic unit LD. The logic unit LC has priority over the logic unit LA to send data to the logic unit LD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Interactic Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Coke S. Reed, David Murphy
  • Patent number: 9948548
    Abstract: An example method is provided and may include steps of configuring a HeNB with plurality of global eNode B identities (global eNB IDs), where each global eNB ID is associated with one of a plurality of HeNB gateways (HeNB-GWs), and broadcasting a first global eNB ID by the HeNB when the HeNB is served by a first HeNB-GW. When/if the HeNB loses connectivity with the first HeNB-GW, the method provides a step of switching the broadcasting from the first global eNB ID to a second global eNB ID and re-parenting the HeNB, now broadcasting or is configured to start/continue broadcasting the second global eNB ID, from being served by the first HeNB-GW to being served by a second HeNB-GW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Indermeet Singh Gandhi
  • Patent number: 9942155
    Abstract: A traffic offloading method, apparatus, and system, relates to the field of communications technologies, and resolves a problem of difficulty in implementing traffic offloading on a downstream node in a solution of the prior art. The method may include receiving, by a downstream node, flow table support capability information of an upstream node, determining, according to the flow table support capability information, whether the upstream node supports a downstream node flow table, where the downstream node flow table includes at least one flow entry, and each flow entry corresponds to one flow, and sending the downstream node flow table to the upstream node when the upstream node supports the downstream node flow table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jishang Yang
  • Patent number: 9936494
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for assigning interference measurement resources. A method includes receiving at least one identifier, which determines, at least in part, at least one interference measurement resource that partially overlaps with another at least one interference measurement resource. The at least one interference measurement resource comprises a number of resource elements out of a set of resource elements. The method also includes measuring interference based at least in part on the at least one interference measurement resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stefan Geirhofer, Peter Gaal, Yongbin Wei
  • Patent number: 9936504
    Abstract: An indicator indicates whether Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) Service Area Identifier (SAI) frequency information broadcast from a wireless communication network to a wireless communication device is being updated dynamically. Based on the indicator, the wireless communication device may apply different procedures for acquiring an MBMS service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Henry Chang
  • Patent number: 9929936
    Abstract: A method for sending a multicast packet and a switch. A first switch receives a multicast packet from a first customer edge or a second customer edge, where the first customer edge is connected to the first switch in a single-homed manner, and the second customer edge is connected, in an all-active manner, to N switches that include the first switch; the first switch determines a specified multicast tree of the first switch; the first switch encapsulate the multicast packet, where a destination switch unique identification address in a header of the encapsulated multicast packet is a unique identification address of a root of the specified multicast tree of the first switch; and the first switch forwards the encapsulated multicast packet to a network side using the specified multicast tree of the first switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Ye, Guangrui Wu
  • Patent number: 9907095
    Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE) and an Evolved Node-B (eNB) and methods for random access are generally described herein. As part of a random access procedure, the UE may transmit a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble in a first portion of PRACH time and frequency resources and may receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) block that includes a random access response (RAR) to the PRACH preamble. The PDSCH block may be based on a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) associated with the first portion of the PRACH resources. Accordingly, the UE may use the RA-RNTI to determine that the PDSCH block is intended for the UE without usage of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) blocks for the PDSCH block. In some embodiments, the UE may be configured for machine-type communication (MTC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Seunghee Han, Gang Xiong
  • Patent number: 9900896
    Abstract: A method for receiving interference information for interference cancellation of a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a multi-user downlink (DL) control channel including cyclic redundancy check (CRC) parity bits scrambled by a multi-user identifier (ID), from a base station (BS), wherein the multi-user DL control channel includes control information for each of a plurality of transport blocks (TBs) to be transmitted through a plurality of layers, and the TBs are configured to be transmitted to other UEs in a multi-user group, and decoding TBs to be transmitted to other UEs in the multi-user group using the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kijun Kim, Hakseong Kim, Hanbyul Seo, Hyungtae Kim, Jonghyun Park, Byounghoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9894695
    Abstract: Provided are a network access system and method. The system comprises a control plane node which is connected with a UE via a radio interface, connected with an MME via an S1 interface, and configured to process control plane data; and a user plane node, connected with the UE via a radio interface, connected with an SGW via an Ss interface, and configured to process user plane data. It is solved the problem in the related art that a core network is impacted because of frequent information interaction among nodes due to the fact that a user switches among cells, and then achieves the effects of reducing the information interaction among the nodes and reducing the impact on a core network signalling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhongming Chen, Yada Huang, Zhongda Lin
  • Patent number: 9894556
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for managing and/or enforcing one or more policies for managing internet protocol (“IP”) traffic among multiple accesses of a network in accordance with a policy for managing bandwidth among the multiple accesses are disclosed. Among the methods, systems and apparatus is a method that may include obtaining performance metrics associated with the multiple accesses. The method may also include adapting one or more rules of one or more the policies for managing IP traffic among the plurality of accesses based, at least in part, on the performance metrics and the policy for managing bandwidth among the plurality of accesses. The method may further include managing IP traffic associated with at least one wireless transmit and/or receive unit (“WTRU”) among the plurality of accesses responsive to the adapted rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Tomici, Prabhakar R. Chitrapu, Alexander Reznik, Oscar Lopez-Torres, Chunxuan Ye, Milan Patel, Catherine M. Livet
  • Patent number: 9882808
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a packet processing method and apparatus. A first protocol identifier of a first to-be-processed packet is acquired; and first protocol rule profile information that corresponds to the first protocol identifier is acquired from a rule profile repository, where the rule profile repository stores protocol rule profile information of at least one protocol, protocol rule profile information of each protocol in the at least one protocol is associated with a protocol identifier of the protocol, the protocol rule profile information of the protocol is used to describe a method and a parameter for processing a packet, and the packet meets a standard stipulated by the protocol; and the first to-be-processed packet is processed according to the acquired first protocol rule profile information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duoliang Fan, Yang Wang, Bo Zhang, Qin Wu
  • Patent number: 9877343
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus transitions to a dormant state and transmits a very low duty cycle signal (LDCS) while in the dormant state. The apparatus may transmit an LDCS configuration to a second entity, the second entity being one of an LPN that is not in a dormant state and a macro cell. The apparatus may further monitor for a RACH messages at a predetermined RACH delay after transmitting the LDCS. The apparatus may transition to a DRX/DTX mode. The DRX/DTX mode may be matched to at least one connected UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hao Xu, Durga Prasad Malladi, Yongbin Wei, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Tao Luo