Patents Examined by Tan Trinh
  • Patent number: 9125216
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for avoiding interference among multiple radios. In some aspects a communication channel of a first wireless interface of a device is determined to be adjacent to a frequency band in which a second wireless interface of the device is configured to communicate and channel measurement results are altered prior to transmission by the first wireless interface to a base station, effective to prevent the base station from selecting, for use by the first wireless interface, the channel adjacent to the frequency band of the second wireless interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Jihwan P. Choi, Ying Cai, Hui-Ling Lou, Manyuan Shen
  • Patent number: 9118390
    Abstract: A cell phone protection cover structure includes a battery cover, a support plate, a leather cover, and a protection plate. The battery cover is mounted to the back of the cell phone. The battery cover has a thick portion and a thin portion. The thick portion is directly adhered to the leather cover. The support plate corresponds to the thin portion of the battery cover and is adhered to the leather cover. The leather cover has a connecting section to connect with the protection plate. The support plate can be coupled to the thin portion of the battery cover to form the same plane with the thick portion. The support plate can be opened at an angle, so that the battery cover, the support plate and the protection plate form a triangle support for the cell phone to be placed obliquely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Lin, Chi-Vun Steven Bau
  • Patent number: 9119205
    Abstract: The present application relates to of the communication field and discloses a method, device and system for implementing frequency point switch based on CR. The method comprises: determining, by a cognitive base station, a candidate working frequency point for UE deployed in a cognitive frequency band; then sending to the UE broadcast information which at least carries the candidate working frequency point and instructing the UE to switch from the working frequency point currently used thereby to the candidate working frequency point by way of a frequency point switching command. In this way, the UE deployed in the cognitive frequency band can achieve frequency point switch quickly and accurately according to the instruction from the cognitive base station when an incumbent user accesses the working frequency point currently used by the UE, effectively avoiding interference to the incumbent user and thereby ensuring the service performance and service continuity of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Libo Wang, Jinling Hu, Guojun Xiao, Yu Yang, Wenling Bai, Xueming Pan, Qiubin Gao, Chenggang Jiang
  • Patent number: 9112619
    Abstract: A portable communications module (600) of FIG. 6 has an input (621) coupled to receive an incident signal. The input (621) split out a first audio channel containing a context audio track from the incident signal and directs the first audio channel along a first audio output path for selective audio output from a speaker (634, 620) either internally within or external to the module. The input (621)also directs a second audio channel in the incident signal to an RF audio transmitter chain for broadcast, the second audio channel comprising a composite audio signal from a plurality of audio tracks, each audio track embedded with a unique activation code that is present for substantially an entire duration of audio activity in each audio segment of each track. The input (621) is further arranged to apply a tone encoded signal in the incident signal to at least a tone decoder (640) in a data transmitter chain distinct from the audio transmitter chain (642).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: REGLER LIMITED
    Inventor: Jason Regler
  • Patent number: 9107231
    Abstract: Terminals in a wireless communication system are scheduled according to a metric based on average power data received from a plurality of terminals at a plurality of base stations. An acceptable metric lies below a threshold value determined by the particular user's quality of service requirement. Groups of terminals are scheduled for simultaneous transmission in respective intervals of time or frequency. An equation for the metric {tilde over (K)}o is defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Tait Limited
    Inventors: Peter Jeffry Smith, Dushyantha Anuruddha Basnayaka
  • Patent number: 9100917
    Abstract: A system-on-chip including a host interface module configured to interface the system-on-chip to a host processor of a wireless device and to communicate with the host processor of the wireless device via a bus. The bus uses an application programming interface of the system-on-chip. The host processor uses the application programming interface to configure a power save mode of the system-on-chip. A power management module operated the system-on-chip in the power save mode without performing a handshake with the host processor via the bus in response to the host processor stopping communication with the system-on-chip. The handshake includes (i) sending a request to enter the power save mode to the host processor via the bus and (ii) receiving an acknowledgement of the request from the host processor via the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Marvell International LTD.
    Inventors: Chuong Vu, Timothy Donovan, Kapil Chhabra, Sandesh Goel
  • Patent number: 9100231
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a hybrid approach for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) Interference Cancellation (IC). In certain aspects, if the PDSCH information is known for a serving cell but not be known for interfering cell(s), a hybrid approach that involves using Codeword-level IC (CWIC) for the serving cell and using Symbol-level IC (SLIC) for the interfering cells may be used for better IC performance. The hybrid IC approach may start with a UE attempting to decode the serving cell PDSCH. If the decode is unsuccessful, the UE may perform CWIC for the serving cell followed by SLIC using the results of the CWIC stage. After the SLIC stage, the UE may attempt to decode the serving cell PDSCH again. The UE may perform multiple operations of this method until the serving cell PDSCH is successfully decoded or a maximum number of iterations is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Taesang Yoo, Tao Luo, Hendrik Schoeneich, Myriam Rajih, Lu Zhao
  • Patent number: 9100923
    Abstract: A first radio base station (1A) calculates a traffic amount ratio in the first radio base station (1A). Further, when the traffic amount ratio is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the first radio base station (1A) controls to transmit interference information. Under this control, the first radio base station (1A) performs a measurement of interference power, a generation of the interference information and the transmission of the interference information to a second radio base station (1B). On the other hand, when the traffic amount ratio is less than the threshold value, the first radio base station (1A) controls to halt the transmission of the interference information. Under this control, the first radio base station (1A) performs none of the measurement of interference power, the generation of the interference information and the transmission of the interference information to the second radio base station (1B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Chiharu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9100136
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mitigating known interference at a receiving device are provided. A signal from a transmission source is received by a receiving device that is affected by an interference source. At least one of a first pilot signal associated with the transmission source and a second pilot signal associated with the interfering source is determined. The first pilot signal includes information broadcast from the transmission source and the second pilot signal includes information broadcast from the interference source. Interference caused by the interference source is mitigated from the received signal using at least one of the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
    Inventors: Yakun Sun, Hui-Ling Lou
  • Patent number: 9094920
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method in a radio communications network for controlling a transmission power of a user equipment (12) transmitting data to a radio base station (10) in the radio communications network. The radio base station (10) retrieves a target signal to interference ratio value and measures a signal to interference ratio of a signal transmitted with a current transmission power from the user equipment (12). The radio base station (10) then determines a user equipment capability of power control of the user equipment (12). Furthermore, the radio base station (10) computes a power control command based on the measured signal to interference ratio, the retrieved target signal to interference ratio, and the user equipment capability of power control, which power control command indicates a power control adjustment step of the user equipment (12). The radio base station (10) then transmits the power control command to the user equipment (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Mauricio Cea, Graham C Goodwin, Torbjörn Wigren
  • Patent number: 9092794
    Abstract: An electronic infrastructure consisting a plurality of client mobile devices, a distribution server and network that communicatively couples the plurality of client mobile devices and distribution server, wherein the distribution server collects survey questionnaires from a questionnaire source, distributes survey questionnaire to the plurality of client mobile devices. Then, the distribution server receives responses from the users of plurality of client mobile devices and analyzes the responses based upon several criteria. The criteria include region based analysis, race based analysis, age based analysis, other criteria based analysis, high priority analysis and/or satisfaction level analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Inventor: Bindu Rama Rao
  • Patent number: 9092383
    Abstract: A portable multimedia player is used to wirelessly access and control a media server that is streaming digital media by way of a wireless interface to a media unit such as a stereo/speakers in the case of streaming digital audio. In one embodiment, the portable multimedia player is wirelessly synchronized to a selected one(s) of a number of digital media files stored on the media server in such a way that digital media file metadata (song title, author, etc.) associated with the selected digital media file(s) only is transferred from the media server to be stored in the portable media player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Ko, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 9088332
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for mitigating the interference introduced by mobile relay nodes in a heterogeneous network are described. The techniques described apply fractional frequency reuse and power controlled beamforming to mitigate such interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Gary David Boudreau, Konstantinos Dimou
  • Patent number: 9084168
    Abstract: A relay station capable of communicating with a first base station, a second base station, and a mobile station, includes a relay unit configured to relay communication between the first base station and the mobile station; a receiving unit configured to receive load information concerning the second base station; and a changeover unit configured to change, from the first base station over to the second base station, a communication counterpart of the mobile station, communicating with the mobile station via the relay unit, the communication counterpart being changed based on the received load information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Tsubouchi, Hitoshi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9083434
    Abstract: A method of operating a repeater for wireless communication includes broadcasting, from the repeater, a pilot signal in a service area associated with the repeater. The pilot signal carries a scrambling code that permits mobile terminals to decode information transmitted by the repeater. The method further includes receiving a request to initiate communication from a mobile terminal that has received the pilot signal and, in response to receiving the request, establishing a communication link with the mobile terminal. The method further includes receiving, at a first antenna of the repeater, data transmitted wirelessly by the mobile terminal and transmitting, over a second antenna of the repeater, the received data to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Fredrik Gunnarsson, Pål Frenger
  • Patent number: 9084092
    Abstract: Process loads of a base station and a mobile station are reduced when setting a group with respect to a plurality of mobile stations. The base station stores group information corresponding to a group assignable to a wireless device in association with the wireless device. The base station transmits group information to the wireless device through a relay station according to an authentication request from the wireless device. The base station generates call information defining a group requesting participation. The base station transmits call information to the wireless device through the relay station. The wireless device determines whether the group defined by call information and received from the base station includes the group corresponding to group information. The wireless device participates in the group determined to be included. The wireless device performs a data communication with other wireless devices participating in the group through the relay station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yu Feng Liang
  • Patent number: 9078185
    Abstract: A mobile communication system 100 includes a selection unit 25 configured to select a transition target frequency from the plurality of frequencies when a condition under which a mobile communication terminal not utilize a transition source frequency being any of the plurality of frequencies is fulfilled, and an instruction unit 22 configured to instruct the mobile communication terminal to perform a transition to the transition target frequency selected by the selection unit. The selection unit 25 excludes the transition source frequency from a frequency candidate to be utilized by the mobile communication terminal until an elapsed time after the instruction of the transition to the transition target frequency exceeds a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Tsuneda, Hiroyuki Hosono, Takaaki Sato, Takeshi Terayama, Masafumi Masuda
  • Patent number: 9071323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooperative relaying system (1) and method (100) in which many different units in the network can be used in a common channel and time interval by way of repetition without requiring additional relay coordination in cases where the connection between the source and the destination is insufficient in wireless communication networks. The inventive system (1) and method (100) increases the probability of the transmission of the source data with the maximum diversity gain requiring no coordination thanks to determining the relays (3) without pre-selection and keeping the amount of band spent to a minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: ASELSAN ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Furuzan Atay Onat, Guven Yenihayat, Ahmet Ertugrul Kolagasioglu
  • Patent number: 9071983
    Abstract: A communication system includes: a signal identification module configured to receive a repeat response for receiving the repeat response associated with a receiver signal; a signal analysis module, coupled to the signal identification module, configured to determine a serving data, a serving channel estimate, an interference channel estimate, or a combination thereof an interference data from the repeat response with an interference-aware processing mechanism; a combining module, coupled to the signal analysis module, configured to combine the repeat response and the receiver signal based on the serving data, the serving channel estimate, the interference channel estimate, the interference data, or a combination thereof; and a decoding module, coupled to the combining module, configured to generate a replication data based on combining the repeat response and the receiver signal based on the serving data, the serving channel estimate, the interference channel estimate, the interference data, or a combination
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyukjoon Kwon, Jungwon Lee, Inyup Kang
  • Patent number: 9066368
    Abstract: Embodiments provide systems and methods for aligning the supply voltage signal applied to a power amplifier (PA) with the radio frequency (RF) output signal of the PA in a wireless device. The RF output signal is generated by applying a transmit signal to a transmit path of the wireless device. The supply voltage is generated by applying an envelope tracking (ET) signal, based on the transmit signal, to an envelope tracking (ET) path of the wireless device. Embodiments operate by estimating the delays of the ET path and the transmit path, and then controlling a relative delay between the transmit signal and the ET signal accordingly. In an embodiment, estimation of the delays of the ET path and the transmit path is done by correlating respective signals of each path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Lorenz, Sumant Ranganathan, Xinyu Yu, Sriraman Dakshinamurthy