Patents by Inventor Mark Earnshaw

Mark Earnshaw 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).

  • Publication number: 20170353891
    Abstract: In an access device associated with a first network cell, a method for enabling user equipment (UE) to obtain a service unavailable through the first network cell includes receiving a request for the UE to access the service, and identifying, in a message to the UE, a plurality of second network cells providing the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Richard Charles BURBIDGE, Takashi SUZUKI, David Philip HOLE, Johanna Lisa DWYER, Venkata Ratnakar Rao Rayavarapu, Maiyuran WIJAYANATHAN, Stephen McCANN, Andrew Mark EARNSHAW, Chen Ho CHIN
  • Publication number: 20170347342
    Abstract: A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify at least one of an uplink and a downlink resource allocated by a resource grant within a multi-carrier communication system wherein resource grants are specified by control channel element (CCE) subset candidates wherein the carriers used for data transmission and reception are configured carriers, the method comprising the steps of receiving activation signals specifying active and deactivated carriers from among the configured carriers, for active carriers (i) identifying a number of CCE subset candidates to decode and (ii) decoding up to the identified number of CCE subset candidates in an attempt to identify the resource grant; and for deactivated carriers, ignoring CCE subset candidates associated with the deactivated carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai
  • Publication number: 20170339684
    Abstract: A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify at least one of an uplink and a downlink resource allocated by a resource grant within a multi-carrier communication system wherein resource grants are specified by control channel element (CCE) subset candidates wherein the carriers used for data transmission and reception are configured carriers, the method comprising the steps of receiving activation signals specifying active and deactivated carriers from among the configured carriers, for active carriers (i) identifying a number of CCE subset candidates to decode and (ii) decoding up to the identified number of CCE subset candidates in an attempt to identify the resource grant; and for deactivated carriers, ignoring CCE subset candidates associated with the deactivated carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai
  • Patent number: 9820244
    Abstract: Systems and methods can be implemented on a wireless device and base stations to facilitate uplink synchronization. The wireless device can transmit a random access preamble to at least one base station serving the wireless device to initiate a random access procedure. The wireless device can identify a signal propagation time associated with the position of the wireless device and the position of the at least one base station serving the wireless device. The wireless device can also identify a positive time advance based on the identified signal propagation time for transmitting the random access preamble. Further, the wireless device can transmit the random access preamble to the at least one base station based on the identified time advance for random access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Jianfeng Weng
  • Patent number: 9814003
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of transmission in a wireless communication system comprises determining by a wireless device (201) a configuration of a plurality of power amplifiers (207) to achieve a single antenna transmission mode; amplifying a signal by said wireless device (201) using the configuration of the plurality of power amplifiers (207) to form a plurality of amplified signals; simultaneously transmitting at or about the same time by the wireless device (201) to a base station (202) the plurality of amplified signals from a plurality of physical antennas (212), wherein the plurality of physical antennas (212) are coupled to the configuration of the plurality of power amplifiers (207); and wherein the measured transmit power from the totality of the plurality of physical antennas (212) is about the same as the required transmit power using the single antenna transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hua Xu, Youn Heo, Zhijun Cai, Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Sean McBeath, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Publication number: 20170310523
    Abstract: An extensible communication system is described herein. The system includes a first module for receiving a root index value and for generating a constant amplitude zero auto-correlation sequence based on the root value. The system further includes a second module for receiving a seed value and for generating a Pseudo-Noise sequence based on the seed value. The system further includes a third module for modulating the constant amplitude zero auto-correlation sequence by the Pseudo-Noise sequence and for generating a complex sequence. The system further includes a fourth module for translating the complex sequence to a time domain sequence, wherein the fourth module applies a cyclic shift to the time domain sequence to obtain a shifted time domain sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: One Media LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. SIMON, Kevin A. SHELBY, Mark EARNSHAW, Sandeep Mavuduru KANNAPPA
  • Patent number: 9794958
    Abstract: An example method of mapping a plurality of modulation symbols of a plurality of physical layer pipes present in a frame to a resource grid of data cells for the frame is described. The modulation symbols of the plurality of physical layer pipes are represented by a two-dimensional array comprising the modulation symbol values for the plurality of physical layer pipes and the resource grid of data cells is represented by a one-dimensional sequentially indexed array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: One Media, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Earnshaw, Michael J. Simon, Kevin A. Shelby
  • Patent number: 9762347
    Abstract: A method for operating a transmitting device to communicate with a receiving device is described herein. The method includes the step of the transmitting device selecting a root index value from a set of root index values. The method further includes the step of the transmitting device generating a frequency domain Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation sequence based on the selected root index value. The method further includes the step of the transmitting device modulating the Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation sequence by a pseudo-noise sequence. The method further includes the step of the transmitting device generating an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing symbol, wherein the frequency domain Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation sequence modulated by the pseudo-noise sequence defines subcarrier values for the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: One Media, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin A. Shelby, Michael J. Simon, Mark Earnshaw, Zahir Jaffer Raza
  • Publication number: 20170251406
    Abstract: In an access device associated with a first network cell, a method for enabling user equipment (UE) to obtain a service unavailable through the first network cell includes receiving a request for the UE to access the service, and identifying, in a message to the UE, a plurality of second network cells providing the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Richard Charles BURBIDGE, Takashi SUZUKI, David Philip HOLE, Johanna Lisa DWYER, Venkata Ratnakar Rao Rayavarapu, Maiyuran Wijayanathan, Stephen McCann, Andrew Mark EARNSHAW, Chen Ho CHIN
  • Patent number: 9750006
    Abstract: A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify at least one of an uplink and a downlink resource allocated by a resource grant within a multi-carrier communication system wherein resource grants are specified by control channel element (CCE) subset candidates wherein the carriers used for data transmission and reception are configured carriers, the method comprising the steps of receiving activation signals specifying active and deactivated carriers from among the configured carriers, for active carriers (i) identifying a number of CCE subset candidates to decode and (ii) decoding up to the identified number of CCE subset candidates in an attempt to identify the resource grant; and for deactivated carriers, ignoring CCE subset candidates associated with the deactivated carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: GOLDEN VALLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai
  • Publication number: 20170207873
    Abstract: A method for operating a transmitting device to communicate with a receiving device is described herein. The method includes the step of the transmitting device selecting a root index value from a set of root index values. The method further includes the step of the transmitting device generating a frequency domain Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation sequence based on the selected root index value. The method further includes the step of the transmitting device modulating the Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation sequence by a pseudo-noise sequence. The method further includes the step of the transmitting device generating an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing symbol, wherein the frequency domain Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation sequence modulated by the pseudo-noise sequence defines subcarrier values for the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: ONE MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin A. SHELBY, Michael J. SIMON, Mark EARNSHAW, Zahir Jaffer RAZA
  • Publication number: 20170207945
    Abstract: A method for operating a transmitting device to communicate with a receiving device is described herein. The method includes the step of the transmitting device selecting a root index value from a set of root index values. The method further includes the step of the transmitting device generating a frequency domain Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation sequence based on the selected root index value. The method further includes the step of the transmitting device modulating the Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation sequence by a pseudo-noise sequence. The method further includes the step of the transmitting device generating an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing symbol, wherein the frequency domain Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation sequence modulated by the pseudo-noise sequence defines subcarrier values for the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: ONE MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin A. SHELBY, Michael J. SIMON, Mark EARNSHAW, Zahir Jaffer RAZA
  • Publication number: 20170188348
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a downlink message, wherein the downlink message includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of the first control channel element; determining a second index; determining a first orthogonal resource using the first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using the second index; spreading an uplink message using the first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading the uplink message using a second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting the first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting the second spread signal using a second antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hua XU, Youn Hyoung HEO, Zhijun CAI, Andrew Mark EARNSHAW, Mo-Han FONG, Sean Michael McBEATH, Robert Mark HARRISON
  • Patent number: 9674734
    Abstract: In an access device associated with a first network cell, a method for enabling user equipment (UE) to obtain a service unavailable through the first network cell includes receiving a request for the UE to access the service, and identifying, in a message to the UE, a plurality of second network cells providing the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Richard Charles Burbidge, Takashi Suzuki, David Philip Hole, Johanna Lisa Dwyer, Venkata Ratnakar Rao Rayavarapu, Maiyuran Wijayanathan, Stephen McCann, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Chen Ho Chin
  • Publication number: 20170156155
    Abstract: An example method of mapping a plurality of modulation symbols of a plurality of physical layer pipes present in a frame to a resource grid of data cells for the frame is described. The modulation symbols of the plurality of physical layer pipes are represented by a two-dimensional array comprising the modulation symbol values for the plurality of physical layer pipes and the resource grid of data cells is represented by a one-dimensional sequentially indexed array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Mark EARNSHAW, Michael J. Simon, Kevin A. Shelby
  • Patent number: 9660786
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a downlink message, wherein the downlink message includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of the first control channel element; determining a second index; determining a first orthogonal resource using the first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using the second index; spreading an uplink message using the first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading the uplink message using a second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting the first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting the second spread signal using a second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hua Xu, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Sean Michael McBeath, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 9655164
    Abstract: A method for discontinuous reception operation for carrier aggregation comprising: receiving a first set of discontinuous reception parameters for a first carrier and a different set of discontinuous reception parameters for a second carrier; and configuring discontinuous reception parameters on the first carrier and second carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Golden Valley Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Mo-Han Fong, Sean McBeath, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Youn Hyoung Heo, Yi Yu
  • Publication number: 20170126441
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sampling clock alignment and time offset signaling are disclosed herein. A transmitter broadcasting symbol-aligned frames at multiple baseband sampling rates can benefit from generating the frames to have durations that can be represented by an integer number of samples at two or more of the baseband sampling rates. In some embodiments, a transmitter adds samples to a frame to ensure that its duration meets such a criteria. Furthermore, the problem of signaling network time in symbol-aligned frames is simplified by sampling clock alignment. Approaches for signaling time offset of a transmission to the nearest millisecond boundary are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Mark EARNSHAW, John STEWART
  • Patent number: 9642129
    Abstract: A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify at least one of an uplink and a downlink resource allocated by a resource grant within a multi-carrier communication system wherein resource grants are specified by control channel element (CCE) subset candidates wherein the carriers used for data transmission and reception are configured carriers, the method comprising the steps of receiving activation signals specifying active and deactivated carriers from among the configured carriers, for active carriers (i) identifying a number of CCE subset candidates to decode and (ii) decoding up to the identified number of CCE subset candidates in an attempt to identify the resource grant; and for deactivated carriers, ignoring CCE subset candidates associated with the deactivated carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Golden Valley Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai
  • Patent number: 9584682
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and electronic devices are provided that enable data files to be transferred from a source device to one or more destination devices to share the data files. The method includes initiating a transfer of at least one data file to a destination device after detecting initiation of a file sharing session, the at least one data file being associated with the source device; after transferring at least a portion of the at least one data file, sending a first command to the destination device or receiving a second command from the destination device, the first command or the second command indicating an interaction with the at least one data file; and executing the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Jianfeng Weng