Combining Or Distributing Information Via Time Channels Using Multiple Access Technique (e.g., Tdma) Patents (Class 370/442)
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Patent number: 10356358Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for capturing, transcoding, and caching off-air programming at a location local to the consumer. According to certain embodiments, a device is provided that receives off-air (e.g., broadcast) and/or cable (e.g. ClearQAM) programming via one or more antennas and caches the programming in various streams having various bit rates for later viewing using, for example, Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) streaming. Such a device can be incorporated in a larger system that can stream content via a data communication network (e.g., the Internet) and the device in a seamless manner. The device also can be controlled by a remote system via the data communication network, and further can be configured to stream content to a remote device via the data communication network.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Roger Lynch, John Paul, Robert Drew Major, David Kummer
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Patent number: 10353857Abstract: A packet transmitting unit transmits, to a node via RDMA communication, a packet with a first identifier that represents a predetermined process and a second identifier that represents a destination communication interface and is a logical identifier, as a destination, being added thereto. A plurality of communication interfaces exist. A packet receiving unit receives a packet transmitted from the node via RDMA communication, selects a communication interface that is a destination of a received packet and is used in the predetermined process, based on the first identifier and the second identifier added to the received packet, and transfers the received packet to a selected communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Yuichiro Ajima
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Patent number: 10353836Abstract: A network interface controller includes a media access controller and a host adapter. The host adapter includes a transmit route connected to receive an in-band packet from a host and further connected to transmit the in-band packet to the media access controller. The network interface controller also includes a sideband port controller connected to receive a sideband packet destined for a network from a sideband endpoint and further connected to transmit the sideband packet to the host adapter. The host adapter further includes a host buffer to store the in-band packet, a sideband buffer to store the sideband packet, and an arbiter connected to allow, at different times, the in-band packet to advance along the transmit route from the host buffer to the media access controller and the sideband packet to advance along the transmit route from the sideband buffer to the media access controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jean-Paul Aldebert, Claude Basso, Jean-Luc Frenoy, Fabrice J. Verplanken
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Patent number: 10356580Abstract: The invention relates to a method for configuring a device equipped with a subscriber identity module in a mesh network environment. The device is configured retrieve at least one first piece of configuration information from at least one other device in the same mesh network and configure itself at least partly on the basis of the retrieved configuration information. Further, the device is configured to establish a connection to a network node, to indicate presence of the device in the mesh network, and to retrieve at least one second piece of configuration information. Finally, the device is arranged to configure itself on the basis of the retrieved at least one second piece of configuration information received from the network node.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: TELIA COMPANY ABInventor: Timo Saija
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Patent number: 10349364Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with the coexistence of multiple radio devices in a same environment are described. According to one embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions includes instructions for transmitting and receiving radio signals in accordance with at least one wireless communication technology. The instructions also include instructions for discovering a plurality of radio devices operating within a same radio band within a same geographic region. At least one radio device of the plurality of radio devices operates based on at least two different wireless communication technologies. The instructions further include instructions for generating a master clock reference and temporally synchronizing the plurality of radio devices with respect to the master clock reference.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventor: Paul A. Lambert
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Patent number: 10277957Abstract: For delivering an AV live content, time being divided into transmission periods, the AV live content being divided into chunks, a server performs: obtaining at least one multicast reference stream intended to transport one chunk per transmission period; obtaining at least one multicast side stream intended to transport, for each transmission period, a plurality of chunks which at least includes the same chunk as in each multicast reference stream and at least one preceding chunk; and synchronously transmitting each multicast reference stream and each multicast side stream along the transmission periods. A device willing to receive the AV live content performs: joining one multicast side stream for obtaining at least one chunk transmitted in a first transmission period; and switching to one multicast reference stream for obtaining subsequent chunks which are transmitted from a second transmission period following the first transmission period.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: BROADPEAKInventors: Rêmy Brebion, Dominique Colombel, Jacques Le Mancq
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Patent number: 10275961Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for handling the response sequence with geometric elimination of a plurality of keyless fobs. The remote fobs are interrogated with a body control module. A first signal is issued from a first set of remote fobs in a first time slot in response to the interrogation signal from the body control module. A second signal is issued from a second set of remote fobs in a second time slot in response to the interrogation signal from the body control module. The second time slot differs from the first time slot. A first remote fob is authenticated when the first signal is received by the body control module in a free and clear state. The second remote fob is authenticated when the second signal is received by the body control module in the free and clear state. If neither the first nor second signals are received in the free and clear state, the remote fobs are re-interrogated by the body control module.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Aaron P. Creguer, Thomas E. Utter, Ron Y. Asmar, David T. Proefke
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Patent number: 10256954Abstract: Disclosed are a method, apparatus and system for data transmission in a downlink virtual multi-antenna system. The method includes: N terminals receive downlink data and/or downlink Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs) from one Node B or multiple Nodes B, N being a positive integer larger than or equal to 2; and one terminal in the N terminals forwards the downlink data and/or downlink DMRSs received from the one Node B or multiple Nodes B to M terminal(s), M being a positive integer larger than or equal to 1. A first forwarding unit of the apparatus is configured to forward received downlink data and/or downlink DMRSs of a Node B to M terminal(s) by one terminal in N terminals, M being a positive integer larger than or equal to 1.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: ZTE CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Ngok Li, Jin Xu, Jun Xu, Liujun Hu
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Patent number: 10257329Abstract: A wireless communications apparatus includes first/second data source/sinks that respectively source/sink PDCP SDU and MAC PDU for transfer to/from a memory unit and hardware accelerators controlled by a control processor (CP). In response to sourcing transmit PDCP SDU for transfer to the memory unit, the CP controls the hardware accelerators to generate and write PDCP, RLC, MAC headers to the memory unit and assemble the generated headers and the transmit PDCP SDU from the memory unit into transmit MAC PDU for provision to the second data sink. In response to sourcing receive MAC PDU for transfer to the memory unit, the CP controls the hardware accelerators to decode PDCP, RLC MAC headers of the receive MAC PDU in the memory unit to determine locations of receive PDCP SDU in the memory unit and fetch the receive PDCP SDU from the determined locations for provision to the first data sink.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventors: Ahsan Aziz, Amal Ekbal, Vincent Kotzsch
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Patent number: 10231238Abstract: A network coordinator in a time-slotted channel hopping (“TSCH”) network can include a processing device and a memory on which instructions are stored for causing the processing device to (i) determine a first guaranteed time slot in a first occurrence of a hopping pattern is unassigned to any TSCH node of a plurality of TSCH nodes in the TSCH network; (ii) transmit a beacon during the first guaranteed time slot in the first occurrence of the hopping pattern; (iii) receive a signal from a TSCH node outside the TSCH network requesting joinder to the TSCH network; (iv) join the TSCH as a joined TSCH node; (v) assign a second guaranteed time slot to the joined TSCH node; (vi) determine the second guaranteed time slot in a second occurrence of the hopping pattern is assigned; and (vii) listen for communication from the joined TSCH node during the second guaranteed time slot.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Jeff B. Shudark, Chris Calvert
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Patent number: 10225202Abstract: A transmitter arrangement using randomization is disclosed. The arrangement includes one or more randomizers, a measure component and a frame select component. The one or more randomizers are configured to generate one or more randomized frames from an original frame. The measure component is configured to measure a criterion for the original frame and the one or more randomized frames. The frame select component is configured to select a frame for transmission from the one or more randomized frames and the original frame. The selection is performed according to the measured criteria, such as frame duration.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: David Levy
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Patent number: 10218528Abstract: A node forms a network by scanning for an existing network. If an existing network is not found, the node operates as a network controller node of the first network and admits at least one client node to the first network. As a network controller node, the node designates one of the client nodes as a scout node. The scout node removes itself from the first network and scans for a second network. If the scout node does not return to the first network after a predetermined time, it is assumed that the scout node has found a second network. The network controller node of the first network then designates the remaining client nodes as scout nodes, and then joins the second network as a client node. Therefore, multiple networks are avoided.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, LLCInventors: Ronald Lee, Ken Chu, Robert Lawrence Hare, Jr., Glenn Delucio, Zong Liang Wu
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Patent number: 10211891Abstract: A method for operating a communications controller in a wireless communications system includes scheduling a pair of user equipments (UE) located in different ones of a plurality of split beams using an appropriate code pair that produces the plurality of split beams for multi-user multiple-input multiple output (MU-MIMO) mode transmission, and transmitting data packets to the pair of UEs in accordance with the appropriate code pair.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Zhengxiang Ma
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Patent number: 10191509Abstract: An information processing device including: a processor configured to: obtain external times that are measured at different time points in another device, measure of the information processing device in response to obtaining each of external times, and correct a first external time that is obtained in a first time period of a plurality of sequential time periods based on a rate of a change in the internal times from a second external time to a third external time, the second external time being an external time at which a time difference between a corrected time of an external time and an internal time is minimum in the second time period, the third external time being an external time at which a time difference between a corrected time of an external time and an internal time is minimum in the third time period.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Toshiaki Funakubo, Kazuho Maeda
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Patent number: 10135957Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer program products for traffic information signaling in a wireless communications network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication network is disclosed. The method includes selecting, from a variable number of control fields, one or more control fields for inclusion in a frame. The method further includes generating the frame comprising the selected number of control fields, each control field comprising an end of control field, the end of control field storing an indicator indicative of an end of the selected number of control fields or a presence of another control field in the frame. The method further includes transmitting the frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alfred Asterjadhi, Simone Merlin, George Cherian, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Gang Ding, Qingjiang Tian, Yan Zhou
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Patent number: 10127168Abstract: A network interface controller includes a media access controller connected to receive an in-band packet and further connected to receive a sideband packet. The network interface controller includes a host adapter that includes a receive route connected to receive the in-band packet and the sideband packet from the media access controller, and further connected to transmit the in-band packet to a host. The network interface controller includes a sideband port controller comprising a sideband receive buffer. The host adapter further includes a first receive buffer to store the in-band packet and to store the sideband packet. The host adapter further includes an arbiter connected to allow, at a time, the in-band packet to advance from the first receive buffer along the receive route towards the host and further connected to allow, at a different time, the sideband packet to advance to the sideband receive buffer of the sideband port controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jean-Paul Aldebert, Claude Basso, Jean-Luc Frenoy, Fabrice J. Verplanken
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Patent number: 10057094Abstract: An interference cancellation (IC) processor, a method, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a method of constructing an integrated circuit are provided. The IC processor includes a plurality of mono interference cancellation (MIC) filter estimation processors; a combined effective channel calculation processor; a combined filter calculation processor; and a combined filter processor, including a first input connected to the output of the combined filter calculation processor, a second input for receiving a signal for setting a length of the combined filter that is connected to a second input of the IC processor, a third input connected to the input of the MIC-BRC processor, and an output for providing a filtered output of a de-rotated GMSK signal that is connected to a second output of the IC processor that provides a filtered output yi of the de-rotated GMSK signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Kee-Bong Song, Shuangquan Wang, Hairuo Zhuang
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Patent number: 10028157Abstract: A bit allocation device includes: a channel estimation unit, performing a channel estimation to generate a plurality of channel qualities of a plurality of subcarriers; a processing unit, coupled to the channel estimation unit, generating a first plurality of bit numbers of the plurality of subcarriers according to the plurality of channel qualities; and a control unit, coupled to the processing unit, generating a second plurality of bit numbers of the plurality of subcarriers according to the first plurality of bit numbers and an upper limit of a total bit number.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.Inventors: Yu-Che Su, Tai-Lai Tung
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Patent number: 10009673Abstract: A method of communication between a base band unit (BBU) and a plurality of remote radio units (RRUs) via a point-to-multipoint time division multiplexing passive optical network (TDM-PON) system is provided. The method can be performed by an ONU and comprises receiving Ethernet packets from the Ethernet interface of an RRU of the plurality of RRUs, performing time-division multiplexing of the Ethernet packets to generate multiplexed packets, storing in a buffer of the ONU the multiplexed packets based on a pre-determined buffer starting time and buffer size, packaging the multiplexed packets in the buffer to fixed length transmission blocks (TBs) having pre-allocated time slots for TDM-PON upstream transmission, and transmitting the TBs to an optical line terminal (OLT) that is communicatively coupled to the BBU such that no contention of TBs occurs at the OLT.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Frank Effenberger, Huaiyu Zeng, Jiang Qi, Liang Song, Xiao Sun
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Patent number: 9960823Abstract: A method and apparatus for scheduling a beam in a mobile communication system are provided. A terminal receives signals through a plurality of switching beam directions, and receives a plurality of beams that are transmitted while performing beam switching in a transmission time interval (TTI) unit by a base station. The terminal selects a signal having largest intensity among received signals, and transmits an uplink scheduling request signal in a beam direction corresponding to the selected signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Il Gyu Kim, Jun Hwan Lee, Hee Sang Chung
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Patent number: 9946673Abstract: A network interface controller includes a media access controller connected to receive an in-band packet and further connected to receive a sideband packet. The network interface controller includes a host adapter that includes a receive route connected to receive the in-band packet and the sideband packet from the media access controller, and further connected to transmit the in-band packet to a host. The network interface controller includes a sideband port controller comprising a sideband receive buffer. The host adapter further includes a first receive buffer to store the in-band packet and to store the sideband packet. The host adapter further includes an arbiter connected to allow, at a time, the in-band packet to advance from the first receive buffer along the receive route towards the host and further connected to allow, at a different time, the sideband packet to advance to the sideband receive buffer of the sideband port controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jean-Paul Aldebert, Claude Basso, Jean-Luc Frenoy, Fabrice J. Verplanken
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Patent number: 9930549Abstract: A method for communication between a wireless device node in a wireless sensor network (WSN) and control apparatus or control processes of an industrial control system is used to determine a method of radio transmission which provides a greater or a lesser measure of transmission quality between nodes. Thus a transmitter node measures a transmission quality metric of at least one packet received from two or more different switching branches, identifies which of the two or more switching branches has the greater transmission quality metric, distributes data packets with a first priority to the switching branch with the greater transmission quality metric, and transmits data packets with the first priority such as real-time data on the switching branch with the greater transmission quality metric. A wireless node, a sensor network system and a computer program for carrying out the method are described.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: ABB RESEARCH LTD.Inventors: Johan Åkerberg, Mikael Gidlund
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Patent number: 9928192Abstract: A network interface controller includes a media access controller and a host adapter. The host adapter includes a transmit route connected to receive an in-band packet from a host and further connected to transmit the in-band packet to the media access controller. The network interface controller also includes a sideband port controller connected to receive a sideband packet destined for a network from a sideband endpoint and further connected to transmit the sideband packet to the host adapter. The host adapter further includes a host buffer to store the in-band packet, a sideband buffer to store the sideband packet, and an arbiter connected to allow, at different times, the in-band packet to advance along the transmit route from the host buffer to the media access controller and the sideband packet to advance along the transmit route from the sideband buffer to the media access controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jean-Paul Aldebert, Claude Basso, Jean-Luc Frenoy, Fabrice J. Verplanken
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Patent number: 9917730Abstract: A peer-to-peer wireless controller topology provisioning system includes plurality of networking devices. A plurality of peer-to-peer wireless controllers are included in each networking device and are each configured to control a portion of a single wireless link with another peer-to-peer wireless controller. A management subsystem determines relative locations for each of the networking devices, and a number of peer-to-peer wireless controllers available in each of the networking devices. The management subsystem then uses a maximum hop constraint and a minimum bandwidth constraint to generate a peer-to-peer wireless controller topology for at least some of the peer-to-peer wireless controllers that are available in the networking devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Sanjay Sane, Christopher Stephen Petrick
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Patent number: 9886404Abstract: A network interface controller includes a media access controller and a host adapter. The host adapter includes a transmit route connected to receive an in-band packet from a host and further connected to transmit the in-band packet to the media access controller. The network interface controller also includes a sideband port controller connected to receive a sideband packet destined for a network from a sideband endpoint and further connected to transmit the sideband packet to the host adapter. The host adapter further includes a host buffer to store the in-band packet, a sideband buffer to store the sideband packet, and an arbiter connected to allow, at different times, the in-band packet to advance along the transmit route from the host buffer to the media access controller and the sideband packet to advance along the transmit route from the sideband buffer to the media access controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jean-Paul Aldebert, Claude Basso, Jean-Luc Frenoy, Fabrice J. Verplanken
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Patent number: 9859975Abstract: An apparatus and a method for detecting an uplink optical signal. The apparatus includes a memory and a processor, where the processor is configured to determine a remaining bandwidth in a target uplink frame as a test window, where the remaining bandwidth in the target uplink frame indicates an unallocated bandwidth in the target uplink frame, and detect an uplink optical signal in the determined test window. Therefore, a remaining bandwidth obtained after bandwidth allocation in a target uplink frame is used to detect an uplink optical signal, which can effectively use a resource without the need of independently opening a test window and using an extra resource to detect the uplink optical signal, thereby avoiding waste of a resource and improving test efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaofei Zeng, Sanzhong Li, Gang Zheng
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Patent number: 9843230Abstract: A wireless power transmission system, according to some implementations, includes: an antenna configured to transmit radio frequency signals for both data transmission and power transmission; and a wireless device coupled with the antenna, the wireless device configured to cause the antenna to transmit the radio frequency signals for the data transmission and the power transmission; wherein the wireless device includes a communication module configured to perform data transmission operations with respect to power transmission operations according to a temporal schedule; and wherein the temporal schedule specifies occurrence of the data transmission operations and the power transmission operations at different intervals.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventor: Michael Sasha John
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Patent number: 9832848Abstract: A lighting system includes: a lighting device; a lighting controller; and a system controller. The system controller includes: a timer; a schedule storage for storing schedule information; a first communication circuit; and an instruction controller which causes a first communication circuit to transmit control information which includes an instruction associated with time indicated by a counter value. The lighting controller includes: a sensor which detects a person in a space where the lighting device is disposed, and brightness of the space; a second communication circuit; and a dimming controller which switches to one of modes that is indicated in the control information from another of the modes and executes the one of the modes, where the modes include (a) a human detection mode, (b) a brightness detection mode, and (c) a dimming level fixed mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuto Hidaka
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Patent number: 9780897Abstract: An optical transmission apparatus that accommodates client signals in a line signal, includes: an OPUn mapper unit that receives and maps the client signals; and a mapping control unit that determines the number of pieces of client data to be mapped to a payload portion and determines the timing to insert client data and information on the number of pieces of client data into the payload portion to control mapping performed in the OPUn mapper unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Konishi, Kazuo Kubo
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Patent number: 9774822Abstract: Content distribution systems, methods and user interfaces are described wherein a modulator dynamically duplicates output of multiple channels, a plurality of receivers are individually tuned to one of the multiple channels, wherein a single transport stream can be sent on the multiple channels to each of the desired receivers and wherein the distribution can occur in multiple modes, and user interfaces which allow a manager of the content distribution system to dynamically change the channels on each receiver so that each of the receivers can be tuned to one of the multiple channels through the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: THOMSON LicensingInventors: Steven Charles Rhoads, Douglas Paul Strachota
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Patent number: 9736860Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for scheduling node access to a shared resource. A method can include determining a position assignment for each of a plurality of nodes to create a ring schedule, the ring schedule defining time frames in which each node of the plurality of nodes has access to a resource that is shared among the plurality of nodes, the ring schedule comprising a plurality of epochs, and each of the plurality of epochs comprising a plurality of positions that define a time at which access to the resource begins, each of a plurality of nodes including a position assignment each epoch, and updating the ring schedule including permuting positions of the ring schedule with the position assignment remaining static or changing at least one position assignment in an epoch of the plurality of epochs.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventors: Joud Khoury, Christophe Jean-Claude Merlin, Dan Alan Coffin
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Patent number: 9735864Abstract: A method is presented for supporting SNCP over a packet network connecting to two SDH sub-networks and transporting one or more SDH paths that are SNCP-protected in both SDH sub-networks. The packet network connects to each of two sub-network interconnection points by a working path and a protection path. The packet sub-network may provide the same type of path protection as an SDH sub-network using SNCP, while avoiding bandwidth duplication.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: ORCKIT IP, LLCInventors: Daniel Cohn, Rafi Ram
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Patent number: 9722735Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting uplink control information in an LTE Advanced system are disclosed. A user device may determine whether uplink control information and/or available channels meet certain criteria and determine whether the uplink control information should be transmitted on a physical uplink control channel, a physical uplink shared channel, or both, based on the criteria. Criteria may include the size of the uplink control information (absolute size or relative to space available on a channel or a threshold value), the type of control information bits, the number of available (i.e., active or configured) component carriers, and the amount of power that may be required to transmit the uplink control information on more than one channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Sung-Hyuk Shin, Pascal M. Adjakple, John Haim, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Vincent Roy
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Patent number: 9716856Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for capturing, transcoding, and caching off-air programming at a location local to the consumer. According to certain embodiments, a device is provided that receives off-air (e.g., broadcast) and/or cable (e.g. ClearQAM) programming via one or more antennas and caches the programming in various streams having various bit rates for later viewing using, for example, Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) streaming. Such a device can be incorporated in a larger system that can stream content via a data communication network (e.g., the Internet) and the device in a seamless manner. The device also can be controlled by a remote system via the data communication network, and further can be configured to stream content to a remote device via the data communication network.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Echostar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Roger Lynch, John Paul, Robert Drew Major, David Kummer
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Patent number: 9713153Abstract: A method for communicating in a wireless local area network, and a device therefore are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes selecting, by a transmitting station, a transmission channel; and transmitting, by the transmitting station, a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) over the selected transmission channel to a receiving station. The transmission channel includes a primary channel and a first channel if the first channel was idle. The transmission channel includes the primary channel, the first channel and a second channel if both the first channel and the second channel were idle. The primary channel is positioned between the first channel and the second channel if the transmission channel includes the primary channel, the first channel and the second channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Yu Jin Noh, Yong Ho Seok, Bong Hoe Kim, Dae Won Lee
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Patent number: 9705625Abstract: An ONT and a method therein for maintenance and administration of the ONT are provided. The ONT is comprised in an Optical Distribution Network, ODN. The method comprises connecting 210 an OLT in the ODN to a maintenance unit comprised in the ONT when a first signal is received from the OLT instructing the ONT to enter a maintenance mode. The method comprises updating 220 existing maintenance and administration information in the maintenance unit, the maintenance and administration information relating to the operation of the ONT when receiving new maintenance and administration information from the OLT. The method comprises connecting 230 the OLT to a host which host is connected to the ONT when receiving, from the OLT, a second signal instructing the ONT to enter an operation mode, or after a predetermined period of time; and operating 240 the ONT in accordance with the updated maintenance and administration information in the maintenance unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Kim Laraqui, Stefan Dahlfort, Patryk Urban, Gemma Vall-Ilosera
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Patent number: 9699533Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for transporting deterministic traffic in a gigabit passive optical network. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Optical Line Termination (OLT) for exchanging data traffic in a Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) having a controller programmed to generate a timeslot schedule for transport of a desired bandwidth of constant bit rate (CBR) data traffic by selecting one or more timeslots from periodic frame clusters operating according to a GPON Transmission Convergence (GTC) protocol. Additional embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: John Siwko, Andrew Jeffrey Hall
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Patent number: 9692563Abstract: An example method for upstream contention measurement and reporting in Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) remote physical layer (R-PHY) network environments is provided and includes receiving, at a Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) core from a R-PHY node over a converged interconnect network (CIN) in the DOCSIS R-PHY network environment, an indication of a collision level in an upstream network between the R-PHY node and a plurality of cable modems (CMs), calculating a congestion level in the upstream network based on the collision level indicated by the R-PHY node, adjusting back-off window parameters for cable modem retransmissions based on the calculated congestion level, and adjusting a contention transmission opportunity density in a downstream Media Access Protocol (MAP) message based on the adjusted back-off window parameters.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Tong Liu, Hang Jin
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Patent number: 9667334Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for transmitting a common signal in hybrid beamforming. The method includes: acquiring an analog common signal to be transmitted; selecting a different codeword for each RF chain from a codebook for analog beamforming and obtaining an analog beamformer; beamforming the analog common signal to be transmitted in each RF chain according to the analog beamformer; and transmitting the beamformed analog common signal in each RF chain.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Wei Xi, Xiaolin Hou, Huiling Jiang
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Patent number: 9647914Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for logging a radio resource control (RRC) failure of user equipment (UE) and receiving the log. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for logging an RRC failure of UE may comprise the steps of: attempting random access; if the failure of random access is sensed, logging information on the failure; and if the success of random access is sensed, transmitting information on the failure logged before the success to a connected base station. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus and a method which effectively log a channel state or a connection failure can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Bum Kim, Soeng Hun Kim, Kyeong In Jeong
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Patent number: 9571397Abstract: A method of transmitting data allows flow control information to be transmitted with the user data over a synchronous bus. A channel is defined, identifying the source and at least one sink, and this includes the definition of a transport profile, indicating a flow control requirement for the data. Data is then transmitted from the source over the bus in at least one data time slot (30) and, if indicated by the transport profile, flow control information is also transmitted from the source over the bus in at least one flow control time slot (20) associated with the data time slot.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: OPTIS CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventor: Xavier Lambrecht
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Patent number: 9526111Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication in an unlicensed spectrum. In one method, a clear-to-send (CTS) signal may be employed to manage or otherwise limit potential interference for communications in the unlicensed spectrum. For example, communications using long term evolution (LTE) may employ an unlicensed spectrum, particularly for small cell deployment. In such case, the LTE communications may be protected from interference due to communications by other networks, such as WiFi, using the unlicensed spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jubin Jose, Junyi Li, Bo Tan, Assaf Touboul
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Patent number: 9510208Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for wireless communication. In one example, a sequence may be determined based on at least one of: an operator identifier associated with an operator using a spectrum or a clear channel assessment (CCA) slot index associated with the operator using the spectrum. At least one channel based on the determined sequence may be used to communicate over the spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yongbin Wei, Wanshi Chen, Tao Luo, Peter Gaal, Hao Xu, Tingfang Ji, Naga Bhushan
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Patent number: 9485324Abstract: A broker may be used as an intermediary to exchange messages between producers and consumers. The broker may store and dispatch messages from a physical queue stored in a persistent memory. More specifically, the broker may enqueue messages to the physical queue that are received from producers and may dispatch messages from the physical queue to interested consumers. The broker may further utilize one or more logical queues stored in transient memory to track the status of the messages stored in persistent memory. As messages are dispatched to and acknowledged by interested consumers, the broker deletes acknowledged messages from the physical queue. The messages deleted are those preceding a physical ACKlevel pointer that specifies the first non-acknowledged message in the physical queue. The physical ACKlevel pointer is advanced in the physical queue based on the relative position of corresponding logical ACKlevel pointers maintained by the logical queues.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Maxim E. Fateev, Alan Stuart Robbins, Marvin M. Theimer
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Patent number: 9485025Abstract: An optical management node comprising a memory comprising instructions, a processor coupled to the memory and configured execute the instructions, wherein executing the instructions causes the processor to schedule data transmissions across an electrical network between a plurality of user terminals and an optoelectrical interface by using time division multiplexing or time division multiple access based on optimization of crosstalk performance of electrical lines of the electrical network, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit schedule information to the optoelectrical interface via an optical network. Also disclosed is a method implemented in a management node comprising scheduling data transmissions with a plurality of user terminals across a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) network using time division scheduling based on optimization of crosstalk performance of DSL lines of the DSL network, and transmitting schedule information to the user terminals via an optical network.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yuanqiu Luo, Frank Effenberger
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Patent number: 9479279Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to multiple protocol tunneling using time division operations. An embodiment of an apparatus includes an interface for communication with a second apparatus, the interface including a shared communication link; and a multiplexer to multiplex data of each of multiple protocols into time slots for transmission, the protocols including a first protocol. The time slots are distributed among the protocols, where the distribution of the time slots among the protocols includes assigning one or more time slots to the first protocol to enable the data of the first protocol to meet one or more performance requirements for the first protocol.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Jeffrey M. Gilbert, Hoon Choi, Chandlee B. Harrell, Gyudong Kim, Young Il Kim, Ju Hwan Yi
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Patent number: 9430941Abstract: A method for collecting the information from the mobile devices for producing real-time traffic data is provided. The process ensures that the collection of data from a mobile device to be non-intrusive to the user of the mobile device by using only communication channels that are already open and by using only Global Positioning System (GPS) data from an application that is already running on the mobile device. The mobile device will participate in the data collection only if its battery power is above certain threshold level or if its battery is currently being charged. The method will not let a mobile device participate in the data collection process if the mobile device has already provided more than a threshold amount of data to the traffic data collection during a particular period of time. The method let only mobile devices that are moving beyond certain speed to participate.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Ronald K. Huang, Jason Dere
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Patent number: 9430378Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a plurality of data frames representing at least one virtually concatenated data stream, storing the plurality of data frames in a memory; and recording, for each of a plurality of data frames, a physical write address that indicates a position in the memory and a virtual write address that includes a multiframe indicator and a byte number indicator.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jing Ling, Soowan Suh, Juan-Carlos Calderon
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Patent number: 9418539Abstract: A remote control apparatus including: a storage unit for storing message set information constituting information about one or more message sets each including one or more messages including different control requests; a control unit for generating binary code data each corresponding to the one or more messages each corresponding to the different control requests; and a communication interface unit for transmitting the binary code data to a controlled apparatus, wherein transmitted and received data amounts are minimized.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jeong-sik In
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Patent number: RE46476Abstract: A DTV transmitter includes a pre-processor pre-processing enhanced data, a data formatter generating enhanced data packets including the pre-processed enhanced data, and a multiplexer multiplexing the enhanced data packets with main data packets. The transmitter further includes an RS encoder RS-coding the multiplexed packets by adding systematic RS parity data to each main data packet and by adding non-systematic RS parity place holders to each enhanced data packet, and a data interleaver interleaving the RS-coded packets. The non-systematic RS parity place holders are placed after the enhanced data within each interleaved enhanced data packet, and a sequence of known data place holders is periodically included in the interleaved enhanced data packets.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: In Hwan Choi, Kyung Won Kang, Kook Yeon Kwak