Patents by Inventor Kurt William Otte

Kurt William Otte 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).

  • Patent number: 9924395
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for transmission of measurement reports from a UE to a base station. A method may include receiving a measurement configuration message from a serving cell. The method may include determining a report value from the measurement configuration message, the report value indicating a number of measurement reports to be transmitted to the serving cell. The method may include, based on the number of measurement reports indicated by the report value, determining whether to wait for a signal measurement result of at least one neighboring cell to become available prior to sending a measurement report to the serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Masato Kitazoe, Kurt William Otte, Arvind Swaminathan
  • Patent number: 9167491
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a system for optimizing pilot search window size selection for inter RAT handovers is implemented. An IWS may receive a message including at least one measurement value for each 1x pilot PN in a 1x network, obtained from measurements requested by an eNB and performed by a UE. The IWS may select one or more parameters for pilot search based on the at least one measurement value for the UE to use for pilot searching in the 1x network. Further the IWS may transmit the selected one or more parameters for pilot search to the UE for pilot searching in the 1x network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kurt William Otte, Masakazu Shirota
  • Patent number: 9084287
    Abstract: A method for 1x/LTE dual domain camping with a single radio UE is described. The method includes adaptively sharing a first receive chain and a second receive chain between a first radio access technology (RAT) modem and a second RAT modem of the single radio UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Arvind Swaminathan, Srinivasan Balasubramanian, Kurt William Otte, Bhupesh Manoharlal Umatt, Vanitha Aravamudhan Kumar
  • Patent number: 8831618
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided for reducing the amount of time for sending a measurement report message, such as a Pilot Strength Measurement Message (PSMM), after sending a completion message in wireless communication. A first radio access technology is monitored, and an indication is received on a second radio access technology. Before a transfer is made to the second radio access technology based on the indication, a UE receives neighbor information for the second radio access technology via the first radio access technology. Thereafter, a transfer is performed to transfer the UE from the first radio access technology to the second radio access technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kurt William Otte, Masakazu Shirota
  • Publication number: 20140036707
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for transmission of measurement reports from a UE to a base station. A method may include receiving a measurement configuration message from a serving cell. The method may include determining a report value from the measurement configuration message, the report value indicating a number of measurement reports to be transmitted to the serving cell. The method may include, based on the number of measurement reports indicated by the report value, determining whether to wait for a signal measurement result of at least one neighboring cell to become available prior to sending a measurement report to the serving cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Masato Kitazoe, Kurt William Otte, Arvind Swaminathan
  • Publication number: 20120040675
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a system for optimizing pilot search window size selection for inter RAT handovers is implemented. An IWS may receive a message including at least one measurement value for each 1x pilot PN in a 1x network, obtained from measurements requested by an eNB and performed by a UE. The IWS may select one or more parameters for pilot search based on the at least one measurement value for the UE to use for pilot searching in the 1x network. Further the IWS may transmit the selected one or more parameters for pilot search to the UE for pilot searching in the 1x network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Kurt William Otte, Masakasu Shirota
  • Publication number: 20110014919
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided for reducing the amount of time for sending a measurement report message, such as a Pilot Strength Measurement Message (PSMM), after sending a completion message in wireless communication. A first radio access technology is monitored, and an indication is received on a second radio access technology. Before a transfer is made to the second radio access technology based on the indication, a UE receives neighbor information for the second radio access technology via the first radio access technology. Thereafter, a transfer is performed to transfer the UE from the first radio access technology to the second radio access technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Kurt William Otte, Masakazu Shirota
  • Patent number: 7423994
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for searching a list of pilot signals. A method is provided for searching a list of pilot signals in a communication network. The method includes defining a prio list that indicates an order in which the list of pilot signals will be searched, obtaining a search duration, and determining an indicator that identifies a portion of the prio list that can be searched within the search duration. The method also includes performing a search of the portion of the prio list, and updating the list of pilot signals based on the results of the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jing Liu, Bijan Tuysserkani, Jon James Anderson, Kurt William Otte, Matthias Brehler
  • Patent number: 7215956
    Abstract: Techniques for scanning other frequency channels for candidate base stations are described. In one scheme, the scanning of other frequency channels is performed based on the received signal quality (e.g., pilot Ec/Io) for an active base station that a wireless device is monitoring for user-specific and overhead messages. The scanning is bypassed if the active pilot Ec/Io exceeds a high threshold and performed if the active pilot Ec/Io is between the high threshold and a low threshold. In another scheme, the scanning of other frequency channels is performed at a rate that is a function of the active pilot Ec/Io. In yet another scheme, the scanning of other frequency channels is performed based on the active pilot Ec/Io and further using an adaptive timer. The timer is set to an initial value and thereafter adjusted by variable amounts determined by active pilot Ec/Io measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Qualcomm, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jing Liu, Jon James Anderson, Kurt William Otte
  • Patent number: 7054361
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing control signals, comprising a processor coupled to a memory, for generating a signal sequence. The processor encodes the signal sequence into a plurality of symbols using a 5 pulse position modulated (5 PPM) scheme. Advantageously, the last position of each symbol encoded under the 5 PPM scheme is set to a low bit. The symbol sequence represents a signaling protocol having a payload portion and a header portion, wherein the header portion comprises a plurality of fields for defining the payload portion. The payload portion indicates keyboard characters or coordinates for a pointing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Kurt William Otte, Barry Weber, Steven Charles Rhoads