Patents Assigned to Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
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Patent number: 11129017Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes deriving security keys for a signaling radio bearer (SRB) in accordance with a first message received from an access node, initiating security for the SRB in accordance with the first message, receiving, from the access node, a second message including at least one security parameter for at least one data radio bearer (DRB), wherein the at least one security parameter is associated with a session that includes the at least one DRB, and wherein the second message is secured with the security keys for the SRB, and initiating security for the at least one DRB in accordance with the at least one security parameter.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny, Yi Guo
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Publication number: 20210288828Abstract: A method implemented by a controller in a software defined network (SDN), the method comprising sending, to an overlay edge node, a query message comprising a client specific multicast address, receiving, from the overlay edge node, one or more report messages corresponding to the query message, wherein each of the one or more report messages comprises an address of each of one or more virtual machines (VMs) coupled to the overlay edge node, and updating membership of a multicast group, which is identified by the client specific multicast address, such that the one or more VMs are members in the updated membership of the multicast group.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Linda Dunbar, Michael McBride
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Patent number: 11121975Abstract: A method for establishing a temporal label switched path (T-LSP) implemented in a node in a network. The method includes receiving a path request including a time interval and a set of constraints; obtaining traffic engineering information from a first database; computing, by the node, a path satisfying the time interval and the set of constraints based on the traffic engineering information obtained; storing the time interval and the set of constraints in a second database; and instructing an ingress node of the temporal LSP to signal the temporal LSP in the network along the path computed at a start of the time interval identified in the path request and to tear down the temporal LSP at an end of the time interval identified in the path request.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Huaimo Chen
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Patent number: 11115898Abstract: A method performed by a first device is disclosed that includes sending a light of sight, LOS, determination request to a second device which communicates with the first device, wherein the LOS determination request includes an indication of a dual polarization procedure for Line of Sight (LOS), with the indication of the dual polarization procedure for LOS is used indicating that a same sequence of bits is sent at two polarizations to the same direction; a channel measurement for each of the two received sequences at the two polarizations is compared to determine whether a transmission between the first device and the second is LOS or NLOS.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventor: George Calcev
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Patent number: 11108465Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor configured to determine a set of first lanes associated with a PON, select a subset of second lanes from the set, and perform lane bonding by bonding the subset to an ONU. A transmitter coupled to the processor is configured to transmit a lane bonding assignment to the ONU. An ONU includes a plurality of receivers configured to receive a first message comprising an announcement indicating an OLT lane capability. A processor coupled to the receivers is configured to process the first message and generate a second message in response to the first message, wherein the second message comprises a report indicating an ONU lane capability and prompting lane bonding in a PON. A plurality of transmitters coupled to the processor is configured to transmit the second message to the OLT.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jianhe Gao, Yuanqiu Luo, Xuming Wu
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Patent number: 11106629Abstract: A method and system for a distributing and computing platform are provided that generates a mapping between each of a plurality of applications and a plurality of application storage formats, wherein each application has a mapping to at least one application storage format; stores the mapping of the application and the application storage format in the name node; obtains a data node storage format information for each of the plurality of data nodes; stores the data node storage format information for each of the plurality of data nodes in the name node; and stores data generated by at least one of the plurality of applications in at least one data node based on the mapping information stored in the name node. Through the above embodiment, the distributing and computing platform may store the data in the data node with the storage format which is proper for the application.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Da Qi Ren
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Patent number: 11100406Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for a managed knowledge network platform (KNP). Model dissimilarity values for model pairs are obtained, each model pair including a first model of a plurality of models in a KNP and a different model in the plurality of models. Path lengths between a first model node of a plurality of model nodes in the KNP and each one of other model nodes are computed, where the first model node represents the first model and the first model node is connected to a first user node of a plurality of user nodes representing users of the KNP. At least one of the different models is selected based on the model dissimilarity values and the path lengths. A recommendation that includes the at least one model is generated for a first user represented by the first user node.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Luhui Hu, Hui Zang, Ziang Hu
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Patent number: 11102783Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, by the UE from a transmit-receive point (TRP), a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration for a SRS resource, determining, by the UE, at least one transmit beam for transmitting a SRS, wherein the at least one transmit beam is determined in accordance with TRP receive beam information and the SRS configuration, and transmitting, by the UE, the SRS on the SRS resource using the at least one transmit beam in accordance with the SRS configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Bin Liu
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Patent number: 11101224Abstract: Techniques and structures for improving shielding of an integrated circuit package are provided. The integrated circuit package includes a die including a plurality of bump sites and a substrate connected to the die at the plurality of bump sites. The substrate includes at least one layer that implements one or more signal traces and a plurality of shield traces. Each shield trace in the plurality of shield traces is coupled to a ground plane by a plurality of slot vias.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shiqun Gu, Tiejun Liu, Zhao Chen
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Patent number: 11102741Abstract: Embodiments are provided herein for determining a synchronizing master for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a cellular network environment. In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) receives a discovery signal comprising a timing reference, and determines a transmitter of the discovery signal. In accordance with the determination of the transmitter of the discovery signal, the UE performs one of synchronizing to the timing reference in the discovery signal and transmitting a second discovery signal. The UE performs the synchronizing to the timing reference if the transmitter of the discovery is a cellular network. Alternatively, the UE transmits the second discovery signal upon determining that the transmitter of the discovery signal is a second UE that is out of coverage of a cellular network.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Sartori, Vipul Desai, Mazin Ali Al-Shalash, Anthony C. K. Soong, George Calcev, Brian Classon
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Patent number: 11102118Abstract: An ICN-over-IP architecture, which supports ICN-dependent IP addresses, is provided as an integrated architecture requiring small changes within the network, utilizing the incrementally introduced ICN-enabled IP routers efficiently where ICN-enabled IP routers are distributed within/across domains and are capable of coordinating among others based on domain or ICN imposed policies. System, devices and methods are provided achieving improved performance with the introduction of additional ICN-enabled IP routers within/across domains, and continuing to perform efficiently by relying on the principles of the current IP forwarding and taking advantage of IP's currently available features.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Aytac Azgin, Ravishankar Ravindran
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Patent number: 11100316Abstract: An activity recognition device comprises a port configured to receive a video stream from a video source for a first object and a second object; a memory configured to store instructions and image frames of the video stream; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the memory, the one or more processors configured to: select portions of the image frames based on presence of the first object; determine areas within the portions of image frames, wherein locations of the first object in the video frames are bounded by the determined areas; determine motion of the first object and locations of a second object within the areas of the image frames; and identify an activity according to the determined motion and locations of the second object, and generate an alert according to the identified activity.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Fatih Porikli, Qijie Xu, Luis Bill, Huang Wei
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Patent number: 11088632Abstract: A system includes a first inverter connected between a dc power source and an input terminal of a first leg of a coupled inductor, a second inverter connected between the dc power source and an input terminal of a second leg of the coupled inductor, a third inverter connected between the dc power source and an input terminal of a third leg of the coupled inductor, and an output filter connected between the coupled inductor and an ac power source, wherein output terminals of the first leg, the second leg and the third leg of the coupled inductor are connected together and further connected to the output filter.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dianbo Fu, Yunfeng Liu
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Patent number: 11089625Abstract: A method for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in a wireless network is provided. The method includes transmitting, by a base station, a resource grant message to a first user equipment (UE), the resource grant message identifying available resources for V2X communication by the first UE. The method further includes receiving, by the base station, a feedback report from a second UE, the feedback report indicating a quality of the V2X communication by the first UE.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Sartori, Majid Ghanbarinejad, George Calcev
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Patent number: 11088926Abstract: A system, computer-implemented method, and/or non-transitory computer-readable media may provide a warm start technique for cloud-hosted functions. A call is received from a web application. In response to the received call, a function graph is activated and includes a collection of functions associated with the web-application. The function graph also includes a plurality of states and transitions between the states. In response to the activation of the function graph, a cloud-hosted function associated with a particular state in the plurality of states included in the function graph is determined Before the particular state is triggered within the function graph to execute the cloud-hosted function, the determined cloud-hosted function is instantiated.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hong Zhang, Henry Louis Fourie, Farhad P. Sunavala
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Patent number: 11080266Abstract: A computer implemented method for detecting errors in data includes obtaining one or more graph functional dependency (GFD) rules comprising a set of GFD rules, obtaining a set of GFDs representative of the data, building a canonical graph for the GFD rules, and determining that one or more GFD of the set of GFDs conflict based on the set of GFD rules and the canonical graph and, based thereon, determining an error in the set of GFDs.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Wenfei Fan, Xueli Liu, Yu Chen
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Patent number: 11080274Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system at a network switch provides using one or more processors to perform a pre-defined database function on query data contained in data messages received at the network switch, with the performing producing result data, and wherein the pre-defined database function is performed on the query data in a first mode of operation to a state of full completion, generating complete result data and no skipped query data, and in a second mode of operation to a state of partial completion, generating partially complete result data and skipped query data. Further, the method and system performing one or more network switch functions to route the complete result data, and/or route the partially complete result data and skipped query data, to one or more destination nodes. In addition, an application programming interface (API) is used to define the database function.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yu Dong, Qingqing Zhou
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Patent number: 11082169Abstract: A system and method of scheduling transmissions. A wireless device such as an eNodeB (eNB) may schedule a transmission of a wideband (WB) signal on a micro-frame selected from a plurality of WB micro-frames of a WB carrier. A narrowband (NB) subframe may span a portion of the selected WB micro-frame in the frequency-domain, and the selected WB micro-frame may overlap at least a portion of the NB subframe in the time-domain. The WB signal and an NB signal may be transmitted over the WB micro-frame and the NB subframe in accordance with a first numerology and a second numerology, respectively. A WB subframe may be divided into a plurality of micro-frames. The transmission direction of the WB micro-frame may be scheduled according to a transmission rule based on the contents of a payload in the NB subframe.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Sartori, Vipul Desai, Qian Cheng, Lukasz Krzymien, Carmela Cozzo, Weimin Xiao, Anthony C. K. Soong
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Patent number: 11082176Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide techniques for receiving reference signals by a user equipment (UE) from a base station in a downlink channel, as well as transmitting a linear combination index from the UE to the base station. In particular, the linear combination index identifies a combination of beams selected from a set of beams in accordance with the RS.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Bin Liu, Pengfei Xia
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Patent number: RE48742Abstract: Embodiments are provide for communicating data or other non-control information messages within a downlink control channel directly, rather than in a data channel or broadcast channel. Thereby, radio resource utilization can be substantially improved in the cellular system, such as in the case of transmitting smaller data packets. In an embodiment, a transmitter arranges a set of time-frequency radio resources, associated with a downlink control channel, for transmitting information other than control information sent on the downlink control channel. The transmitter then sends, on the set of time-frequency radio resources, a data information message comprising the information other than the control information. The information other than the control information comprises one of user-specific data information and broadcast data information. A receiver then receives on the downlink control channel, control information and the data information message.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Fredrik Berggren, Anthony C. K. Soong