Patents Assigned to Alcatel
  • Publication number: 20210282142
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication method, a network device and a terminal device. There is provided a communication method implemented at a network device, comprising: determining power allocation information for multiuser superposition transmission, the power allocation information indicating power allocation for the multiuser superposition transmission between a near terminal device and far terminal devices on one or more spatial layers; and transmitting the power allocation information to the near terminal device dynamically. There is also provided a communication method implemented at a terminal device, as well as corresponding network device and terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicants: Alcatel Lucent, Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Zhuo Wu, Jun Wang, Gang Shen, Karol Schober
  • Patent number: 11115240
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for performing analog CSI feedback in a user equipment, comprising: a. obtaining an analog CSI matrix corresponding to the user equipment, the analog CSI matrix satisfies a condition below: X XH=D, where X denotes the analog CSI matrix, H denotes conjugate transpose of matrix, and D denotes a diagonal matrix; b. obtaining dominated element information corresponding to the analog CSI matrix according to predetermined index information, and transmitting the dominated element information to a base station. The solution according to the present disclosure can reduce feedback overheads to a greater extent, has a high CSI feedback quality, and can reliably implement CSI recovery at the base station side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Qingchuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11115080
    Abstract: A vectoring controller is configured to determine first coefficient values for a vectoring matrix at a first tone based on a first number of iterations through an iterative update algorithm and a first channel matrix estimate at the first tone, and to determine second coefficient values for the vectoring matrix at a second neighboring tone based on a second number of iterations through the iterative update algorithm and a second channel matrix estimate at the second tone. The vectoring controller is configured to start with the first coefficient values as initial values for the respective second coefficient values in the iterative update algorithm. The second number of iterations is lower than or equal to the first number of iterations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Rodrigo Bastos Moraes, Paschalis Tsiaflakis, Mihaela Jivanescu, Jochen Maes, Carl Nuzman
  • Patent number: 11101885
    Abstract: A bidirectional optical repeater having two unidirectional optical amplifiers and a supervisory optical circuit connected to optically couple the corresponding unidirectional optical paths. In an example embodiment, the supervisory optical circuit provides three pathways therethrough for supervisory optical signals, the first pathway being from the output of the first optical amplifier to the input of the second optical amplifier, the second pathway being between the input of the first optical amplifier and the input of the second optical amplifier, and the third pathway being from the output of the second optical amplifier to the input of the first optical amplifier. The pathways are arranged such that the remote monitoring equipment of the corresponding optical transport system can use optical time-domain reflectometry to determine and monitor, as a function of time, the individual gains of the first and second optical amplifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ALCATEL SUBMARINE NETWORKS
    Inventors: Omar Ait Sab, Ludivine Moirot
  • Patent number: 11101920
    Abstract: A transmitting device performs a channel assessment in a previous sub-frame in an unlicensed carrier. After a successful channel assessment, the transmitting device starts a data transmission. The transmitting device transmits a control message for indicating the data transmission in (E)PDCCH. The control message may include the starting time of the data transmission and/or at least one transmission characteristic in the previous sub-frame. The transmission device may transmit an initial control message for indicating a potential data transmission being started in the sub-frame in which the initial control message is transmitting. Method and apparatus enable (E)CCA to take place at any time, and data transmission to start earlier than the next sub-frame boundary after a successful completion of (E)CCA, thus improving the data transmission capacity, especially in circumstances when the maximum length of transmission is constrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Matthew P. J. Baker, Sigen Ye, Teck Hu, Shin Horng Wong, Feng Han
  • Patent number: 11095370
    Abstract: A bidirectional optical repeater having two unidirectional optical amplifiers and a supervisory optical circuit connected to optically couple the corresponding two optical paths through the repeater. In an example embodiment, the supervisory optical circuit is symmetrical in the sense that it enables the two optical input/output port pairs of the repeater to be interchangeable and functionally equivalent at least with respect to two supervisory wavelengths and some in-band and/or out-of-band wavelengths. This symmetry can advantageously be used, e.g., to improve the installation process directed at installing such optical repeaters in an undersea cable system. For example, a single directional orientation of the optical repeaters does not need to be maintained throughout the cable system, which can significantly reduce the risk and/or cost of installation errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: ALCATEL SUBMARINE NETWORKS
    Inventor: Stephane Ruggeri
  • Patent number: 11096109
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a first network element includes a memory storing computer-readable instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to cause the first network element to, obtain user equipment (UE)-side parameter values from a user domain of the UE, convert a first data stream received from a second network element into multiple second data streams over multiple data communication paths between the UE and the first network element and allocate the multiple second data streams to at least one of the multiple data communication paths based on the UE-side parameter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent S.A.S.
    Inventors: Stepan Kucera, Kariem Fahmi, Kamakshi Sridhar, Jonathan Segel
  • Patent number: 11096067
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for coordination of transmission from a first and at least one further base station (M1, P1), wherein said first base station (M1, P1) evaluates the usage by said at least one further base station (M1, P1) of at least one subframe, and said first base station (M1, P1) uses said at least one subframe for transmission dependent on the evaluated usage by said at least one further base station (M1, P1) of said at least one subframe, and a base station therefore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Oliver Stanze, Andreas Weber
  • Patent number: 11095616
    Abstract: Improved virtualized application performance is provided through disabling of unnecessary functions, such as unnecessary encryption and decryption operations. An example method performed by a hypervisor includes the steps of obtaining a request from a first virtual machine to perform one or more of encrypting and decrypting of a communication between the first virtual machine and a second virtual machine; determining when the first and second virtual machines execute on a same host as the hypervisor; and in response to the first and second virtual machines executing on the same host: processing the communication without performing the one or more of encrypting and decrypting of the communication, wherein the hypervisor initiates an encryption of further communications between the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine in response to at least one of the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine being moved from the same host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Igor Faynberg, Hui-Lan Lu
  • Patent number: 11088859
    Abstract: A method for delivering dynamic policy rules for an end user of a communication service during a communication session is provided. The method includes receiving subscription information at a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) in order to determine an initial policy; applying the initial rules via a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF); triggering an Extended Online Charging System (EOCS) for the user's service/network resource usage; rating and charging the user via the EOCS in real time; triggering a change of policy in a change notification from the EOCS to the PCRF; determining new rules for the new policy at the PRCF; receiving the new rules and applying them at the PCEF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: Nokia of America Corporation, Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Kim Brouard, Thomas Levy, Yigang Cai
  • Patent number: 11087317
    Abstract: A method to provide authentication services to third party vendors by a service provider hosting an authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) server or a similar device that can authenticate users for some other service. This method enables easy and substantially error-free end-user authentication, which forms the basis for enabling electronic transactions (e.g., web-based) that are less vulnerable to fraud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Thyagarajan Nandagopal
  • Patent number: 11076280
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of user equipment which performs cellular transmission via a serving base station. The method may comprise: sending a request message to the serving base station to request allocation of a resource for device-to-device (D2D) discovery transmission; receiving from the serving base station an indication message for indicating the allocated resource; and performing the D2D discovery transmission on the allocated resource while the cellular transmission is performed. The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a method of a serving base station, user equipment, and a serving base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Yun Deng, Yong Liu, Dong Li
  • Publication number: 20210225073
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a method for determining a 3D model of a surface (S), executed by a 3D model determination device (4), comprising: —obtaining (S1) a plurality of 2D+Z images of said surface (S) from respective 2D+Z image sources (3), —determining (S2), in function of the 2D+Z images, implicit surface data (sdf+) modeling said surface (S), wherein the implicit surface data (sdf+) specify, for respective points (p{circumflex over (?)} of a 3D field, a distance (d) between said point and said surface and a 2D+Z image source identifier (C0, C1, C2) associated with said point, —determining (S3) a plurality of vertices (V;) in function of the implicit surface data, —for at least one of said vertices, determining (S4) at least one 2D+Z image source associated with said vertex in function of the implicit surface data, and at least one texture identifier (T,ID) and 2D texture coordinates (vi) associated with said vertex in function of 2D+Z image source modeling data associated with the determined at least one 2D
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Donny Tytgat
  • Patent number: 11064404
    Abstract: A method of wireless data transmission at a first radio access point, including detecting a degradation of a first radio link established for a first frequency band between the first radio access point and a user equipment, and sending, addressed to a network entity, information to trigger a handover or handover decision of the wireless data transmission from the first radio link of the first radio access point operating in the first frequency band to a second radio link of a second radio access point operating in the first frequency band depending on the result of the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Hardy Halbauer, Anton Ambrosy, Danish Aziz, Hajo-Erich Bakker, Volker Braun, Jens Gebert
  • Publication number: 20210199746
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, a device and a computer readable medium for determining a location of a communication device. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device determines a location of a terminal device relative to a network device using signals received from the terminal device via a reference antenna and a switchable antenna array, thereby improving precision of determining the location of the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Fei Gao, Chaojun Xu, Gang Shen
  • Publication number: 20210204187
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, a device and a computer-readable medium for guaranteeing communication service. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a source network device that currently serves the terminal device transmits, to a target network device which will serve the terminal device, information about the amount of resources of network slices utilized by the terminal device. The target network device configures the amount of resources based on the information. In this way, successful handover of the terminal device from the source network device to the target network device is guaranteed, so as to ensure continuity of communication services of the terminal device. In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure creates a network slice in the target network device, which avoids possible interruptions of communication service caused by mapping from the terminal device to the slices supported by the target network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Junrong Gu, Xiaobing Leng, Dawei Wang, Dongyao Wang, Jun Wang
  • Publication number: 20210194539
    Abstract: A vectoring controller is configured to determine first coefficient values for a vectoring matrix at a first tone based on a first number of iterations through an iterative update algorithm and a first channel matrix estimate at the first tone, and to determine second coefficient values for the vectoring matrix at a second neighboring tone based on a second number of iterations through the iterative update algorithm and a second channel matrix estimate at the second tone. The vectoring controller is configured to start with the first coefficient values as initial values for the respective second coefficient values in the iterative update algorithm. The second number of iterations is lower than or equal to the first number of iterations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Rodrigo BASTOS MORAES, Paschalis TSIAFLAKIS, Mihaela JIVANESCU, Jochen MAES, Carl NUZMAN
  • Publication number: 20210193726
    Abstract: The optoelectronic device includes a matrix of optoelectronic components including semiconductor optical amplifiers SOAs, the semiconductor optical amplifiers SOAs containing an active layer of gallium nitride GaN having multiple InGaN/GaAsN or InGaN/AlGaN quantum wells on a substrate of p-doped gallium nitride and covered with a layer of n-doped gallium nitride. The p-doped gallium nitride GaN substrate forms a column of p-GaN covered with a layer of an insulator in biocompatible material. The device can include a matrix having multiple electronic components of different heights. The optoelectronic component can be a photodiode or a semiconductor optical amplifier SOA. This optoelectronic device can be used in epiretinal or subretinal prostheses. A single epiretinal or subretinal prosthesis can include a matrix of photodiodes and a matrix of semiconductor optical amplifiers SOAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Alexandre GARREAU, Romain BRENOT, Raphael AUBRY
  • Patent number: 11044780
    Abstract: A mobile network entity, such as Mobility Management Entity MME, is for the support of Mobile-Terminated MT Data Delivery via an interface such as the T6a interface between a Service Capability Exposure Function SCEF and the mobile network entity, towards a User Equipment UE using extended idle mode DRX served by the mobile network entity is configured to receive from the SCEF a MT Data Delivery Request including information indicating a time frame within which a MT Data Delivery Response is awaited by the SCEF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Bruno Landais, Laurent Thiebaut, Jean-Jacques Trottin, Michael Dolan, Alessio Casati
  • Publication number: 20210184799
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for assigning user equipment HARQ time and base station HARQ time in a radio communication network, wherein the user equipment HARQ time is for the user equipment to process the HARQ process, the base station HARQ time is for the base station to process the HARQ process, the user equipment HARQ time being longer than the base station HARQ time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Hua Chao, Yonggang Wang, Yu Chen, Wei Xiong, He Wang