Patents by Inventor Graham Brend
Graham Brend has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10342020Abstract: A user equipment, radio control node, method and computer program are disclosed. The user equipment is configured to communicate with other devices across a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of radio coverage cells, the user equipment being configured to respond to receipt of a message from the network, the message comprising a wait time, to not transmit a connection request until after expiry of the wait time; wherein the user equipment is configured during the wait time to receive paging requests from the network; and is configured to respond to at least some of the paging requests, the user equipment being configured to select the at least some of the paging requests to respond to in dependence upon paging information received from the network.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend, Seau Sian Lim, Sudeep Kumar Palat
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Patent number: 10034206Abstract: A method of controlling communication between a first network node and a second network node in a multi-carrier wireless communications system, network nodes and a computer program product are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLCInventors: Shin Horng Wong, Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend
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Publication number: 20170181055Abstract: Aspects and embodiments relate to a user equipment control method for user equipment operating to communicate with a network access node in a wireless communications network, and a computer program product and user equipment operable to perform that method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Alcatel LucentInventors: Shin Horng Wong, Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend, Martin Warner
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Publication number: 20160353517Abstract: A method, in a heterogeneous telecommunications network, for triggering UL-DL decoupling for a user equipment (UE) device, including receiving a detection trigger signal at a low power node of the network, the signal including data representing UL transmission information for the UE device, detecting, for a predetermined period, whether the UE is within a coverage region of the low power node, and performing UL-DL decoupling for the UE device in the event that the UE is detected within the predetermined period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: Alcatel LucentInventors: Nicola Puddle, Shin Horng Wong, Graham Brend
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Patent number: 9473934Abstract: A method is provided of authenticating a message from a femtocell base station in a wireless telecommunications network comprising a security gateway and a femto-gateway. The method comprising the steps of: checking by the security gateway that a source IP address in the message from the femtocell base station accords with that expected from that femtocell base station, and checking by the femto-gateway that the source IP address in the message accords with that expected from that femtocell base station by inspecting a database relating a femtocell base station identifier to source IP address data.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Tony Putman, Graham Brend
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Publication number: 20160262159Abstract: A user equipment, radio control node, method and computer program are disclosed. The user equipment is configured to communicate with other devices across a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of radio coverage cells, the user equipment being configured to respond to receipt of a message from the network, the message comprising a wait time, to not transmit a connection request until after expiry of the wait time; wherein the user equipment is configured during the wait time to receive paging requests from the network; and is configured to respond to at least some of the paging requests, the user equipment being configured to select the at least some of the paging requests to respond to in dependence upon paging information received from the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Alcatel LucentInventors: Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend, Seau Sian Lim, Sudeep Kumar Palat
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Patent number: 9344941Abstract: User equipment and method of notifying a wireless communication network of impending autonomous cell reselection from a serving cell to a second cell. The user equipment comprises: monitoring logic, determining logic and notification logic. The monitoring logic is operable to monitor signals received from said serving cell and said second cell; the determining logic is operable to determine whether the signals received from said serving cell and said second cell meet predetermined cell reselection warning criteria, and the notification logic is operable, if said predetermined cell reselection warning criteria are met, to notify said serving cell of said impending autonomous user equipment cell reselection to said second cell.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Shin Horng Wong, Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend
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Publication number: 20150140945Abstract: A node suitable for use in a warning message delivery chain (1) in a telecommunication cellular network, comprising :a receiver for receiving a warning message (2), a state determiner for determining the state of a downstream node (3, 5, 5?, 7, 7?,9, 9?) among “ON” or “OFF”, a sender for sending said warning message (2) at least to any downstream node (3, 5, 5?, 7, 7?, 9, 9?) whose state is “ON”, a store for storing said warning message (2), a repeater for sending said stored warning message (12) to any downstream node (3, 5, 5?, 7, 7?,9, 9?) whose state is “OFF” during the sending of said warning message (2) by said sender, after the state of said downstream node (3, 5, 5?, 7, 7?, 9, 9?) returns back to “ON”.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: Alcatel LucentInventors: Philippe Godin, Philip Sapiano, Owen Castellino, Graham Brend
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Patent number: 8923842Abstract: A femtocell arrangement comprises a plurality of femtocells Femto 1 to Femto 13 having coverage distributed over a region, such as, for example, an office. A border femtocell, Femto 3 or Femto 10, of said plurality has coverage at an entrance to the region and is arranged to operate at a higher transmit power level to provide a larger coverage area than that provided by neighboring femtocells. In addition, the border femtocell may be allocated a specific Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) to show its designation as a border femtocell. An approaching user equipment UE 1 or UE 2 tends to attach to the higher transmit power border femtocells. The Femto Gateway managing the connection is aware of the likelihood that an approaching UE will tend to attach to a border femtocell, and this is further confirmed by the use of a specific PSC. Hence, handover is expedited as the most suitable femtocells may be chosen as targets for handover.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Graham Brend, Philip Sapiano, Nigel Bradley, Tony Putman
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Publication number: 20140248878Abstract: User equipment and method of notifying a wireless communication network of impending autonomous cell reselection from a serving cell to a second cell. The user equipment comprises: monitoring logic, determining logic and notification logic. The monitoring logic is operable to monitor signals received from said serving cell and said second cell; the determining logic is operable to determine whether the signals received from said serving cell and said second cell meet predetermined cell reselection warning criteria, and the notification logic is operable, if said predetermined cell reselection warning criteria are met, to notify said serving cell of said impending autonomous user equipment cell reselection to said second cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventors: Shin Horng Wong, Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend
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Publication number: 20130121167Abstract: A method of controlling communication between a first network node and a second network node in a multi-carrier wireless communications system, network nodes and a computer program product are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventors: Shin Horng Wong, Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend
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Publication number: 20130095792Abstract: A method is provided of authenticating a message from a femtocell base station in a wireless telecommunications network comprising a security gateway and a femto-gateway. The method comprising the steps of: checking by the security gateway that a source IP address in the message from the femtocell base station accords with that expected from that femtocell base station, and checking by the femto-gateway that the source IP address in the message accords with that expected from that femtocell base station by inspecting a database relating a femtocell base station identifier to source IP address data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventors: Tony Putman, Graham Brend
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Publication number: 20120165005Abstract: A femtocell arrangement comprises a plurality of femtocells Femto 1 to Femto 13 having coverage distributed over a region, such as, for example, an office. A border femtocell, Femto 3 or Femto 10, of said plurality has coverage at an entrance to the region and is arranged to operate at a higher transmit power level to provide a larger coverage area than that provided by neighboring femtocells. In addition, the border femtocell may be allocated a specific Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) to show its designation as a border femtocell. An approaching user equipment UE 1 or UE 2 tends to attach to the higher transmit power border femtocells. The Femto Gateway managing the connection is aware of the likelihood that an approaching UE will tend to attach to a border femtocell, and this is further confirmed by the use of a specific PSC. Hence, handover is expedited as the most suitable femtocells may be chosen as targets for handover.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Graham Brend, Philip Sapiano, Nigel Bradley, Tony Putman