Patents Assigned to FutureWei Technologies
  • Publication number: 20200042031
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to technology for generating multi-phase signals. An apparatus includes 2{circumflex over (?)}n phase signal generation stages. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to provide a mode input of each of the 2{circumflex over (?)}n stages with an active periodic binary signal with remaining inputs of each of the 2{circumflex over (?)}n stages provided with another periodic binary signal to collectively generate a 2{circumflex over (?)}n phase signal in a first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence E Connell, Timothy McHugh, Ramesh Chadalawada, Brian Iehl
  • Publication number: 20200042322
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to technology executing store and load instructions in a processor. Instructions are fetched, decoded and renamed. When a store instruction is fetched, the instruction is cracked into two operation codes in which a first operation code is a store address and a second operation code is a store data. When a fusion condition is detected, the second operation code is fused or merged with an arithmetic operation instruction for which a source register of a store instruction matches a destination register of the arithmetic operation instruction. The first operation code is then dispatched/issued to a first issue queue and the second operation code, fused with the arithmetic operation instruction, is dispatched/issued to a second issue queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Qian Wang, Xiaohan Ma, Xingyu Jiang
  • Patent number: 10555271
    Abstract: An embodiment method for operating a base station includes instructing, by the base station, a mobile device to transmit, over grouped communications resources, a first instance of a data structure for D2D signaling. The data structure includes a first data field that indicates at least one of a D2D frame number, a D2D multiplexing configuration, a resource allocation for D2D signaling, an identifier of a D2D synchronization source, a type of a D2D synchronization source, or whether the mobile device is in coverage of a network. The data structure also includes a second data field indicating at least one of whether a D2D signaling operation is prohibited, or a type of prohibited D2D signaling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Classon, Philippe Sartori
  • Patent number: 10555257
    Abstract: A method for operating a station associated with an access node includes receiving one or more wake-up radio (WUR) Beacons, wherein the one or more WUR beacons each comprises timing information and an identifier associated with the access node, and wherein the station is configured to receive WUR Beacons to that a first timing information with a WUR receiver, and reporting, to the access node, information about the one or more WUR Beacons, the information comprising at least one of second timing information, signal quality information, or error information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yunsong Yang
  • Patent number: 10555263
    Abstract: A method for controlling an uplink signal transmit power at the user equipment and a UE configured to perform such a method are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a downlink reference signal transmit power associated with a first resource indicator, a downlink reference signal transmit beamforming gain associated with a second resource indicator, an uplink signal receive beamforming gain associated with a third resource indicator, and an uplink signal target receive power associated with a fourth resource indicator and transmitting an uplink signal associated with a fifth resource indicator to a transmission point with a transmit power calculated based on the combination, wherein the downlink reference signal transmit power associated with the first resource indicator and the downlink reference signal transmit beamforming gain associated with the second resource indicator are signaled together as a single metric associated with a sixth resource indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pengfei Xia, Bin Liu, Richard Stirling-Gallacher
  • Patent number: 10551640
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a polarization beam splitter optically coupled to a first light path and a second light path and configured to receive a CW light having a plurality of wavelengths, forward a first light beam of the CW light along the first light path, and forward a second light beam of the CW light along the second light path. A first multiplexer coupled to the first light path and configured to de-multiplex the first light beam into a first plurality of channels each corresponding to one of the plurality of wavelengths. A second multiplexer coupled to the second light path and configured to de-multiplex the second light beam into a second plurality of channels each corresponding to one of the plurality of wavelengths. A modulator coupled to the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer and configured to modulate the first plurality of channels and the second plurality of channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yangjing Wen, Yan Cui, Xiao Shen, Yu Sheng Bai
  • Patent number: 10554130
    Abstract: A method includes generating a first ramp signal for controlling a first portion of a converter, generating a second ramp signal for controlling a second portion of the converter, controlling a state of a first switch of the first portion through comparing the first ramp signal to a control signal and a state of a first switch of the second portion through comparing the second ramp signal to the control signal and determining a switching cycle of the converter through comparing a current flowing through an inductor of the converter to a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Liming Ye, Jinbo Huang, Heping Dai, Dianbo Fu, Daoshen Chen
  • Patent number: 10554128
    Abstract: A DC to DC converter uses a multi-level boost converter topology. In addition to the input voltage being connected to an output node through a boost inductor in series with a pair of diodes, a bridge circuit generates a multi-level waveform on one side of flying capacitor, which is on the other side connected between the series connected diodes. The boost converter topology maintains low voltage stress on its components under abnormal conditions on the output node and allows for simple pre-charging of the flying capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Yu, Jinxiang Zhan, Dianbo Fu
  • Patent number: 10554280
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided to provide for Channel State Information (CSI) feedback of hybrid beamforming. In a first example embodiment, a method for signaling a beamforming reference signal (BFRS) is provided. A resource block is created for the BFRS, the resource block containing a plurality of resource elements, each resource element defined by a time-frequency resource within one subcarrier and one multiplexing symbol. A total number of analog transmit beams for the BFRS is then determined, along with grouping information for the analog transmit beams for the BFRS. Then, the resource block, the total number of analog beams, and the grouping information are transmitted from a first network controller to a user equipment (UE). Then the BFRS is transmitted from the first network controller to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Qian Cheng, Weimin Xiao, Jialing Liu
  • Patent number: 10554548
    Abstract: A method includes an interconnect performing a partial direct memory access of a packet to obtain packet header data of a packet header, using the packet header data to generate a packet forwarding decision identifying a packet destination address, and initiating a direct memory access of a packet payload to the packet destination address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yunsong Lu
  • Patent number: 10554551
    Abstract: A method implemented by a sending host implemented as a network element (NE) comprises receiving, by a receiver of the sending host, a set of locators from a distributed mapping system, each of the locators in the set of locators being an address associated with the receiving host, storing, in a memory of the sending host, the set of locators in an entry of a local identifier (ID)-to-locator database in association with an ID of the receiving host, transmitting, by a transmitter of the sending host, a plurality of packets to a plurality of endpoint routers (xTRs), each of the xTRs associated with each of the locators in the set of locators, and receiving, by the receiver of the sending host, a response from one of the xTRs in response to sending the plurality of packets to the plurality of xTRs, a locator associated with the one of the xTRs being an address of a current location of the receiving host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiran Makhijani, Renwei Li
  • Patent number: 10554335
    Abstract: A method includes determining an error vector magnitude for analog signals received by multiple antennas in an array of antennas of a base station, assigning quantization bits to a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) of the base station such that some ADCs have different numbers of quantization bits allocated from a fixed total number of available quantization bits of the base station, and applying the analog signals to the ADCs with quantization bits assigned to reduce the error vector magnitude of the analog signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Gatherer, Jinseok Choi
  • Patent number: 10554555
    Abstract: A method implemented in a network element (NE) configured to operate in an information centric network (ICN), the method comprises creating, by a processor of the NE, a minimum spanning tree for an overlay cluster to which the NE is assigned within a host domain, wherein the minimum spanning tree comprises a root corresponding to the NE and a plurality of member nodes assigned to the overlay cluster, and broadcasting, by a transmitter coupled to the processor, a hash cluster setup (HCS) message to the member nodes, wherein the HCS message comprises source path routing information for the overlay cluster and hop limit values corresponding to distances within the ICN between the NE and each of the member nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aytac Azgin, Ravishankar Ravindran
  • Patent number: 10555192
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for predicting received signal strength in a telecommunication network includes receiving, by one or more processors that execute a convolutional neural network, geographic data representing geographic information of a geographic area and antenna and transmit power information of a base station in the geographic area; inputting the geographic data and the antenna and transmit power information into the convolutional neural network; predicting received signal strength using the convolutional neural network that includes a number of convolution layers based on the received geographic data and the antenna and transmit power information, the received signal strength representing signal strength of wireless signals received at different locations in the geographic area; and outputting the predicted received signal strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Xin Zhang, Jie Ren, Ruilin Liu, Xufeng Chen, Xie Wang, Qitao Song, Lizhou Zhou, Xiujun Shu
  • Patent number: 10554050
    Abstract: A method comprises operating a plurality of power optimizers connected in series between two input terminals of an inverter, wherein the plurality of power optimizers are connected to a plurality of solar panels to form a plurality of power modules connected in series, measuring operation parameters of the plurality of the solar panels, calculating a maximum power flow of each solar panel based upon the measuring, determining a mode transition range based upon the maximum power flows of the plurality of solar panels and configuring a first power optimizer to operate in a pass-through mode if a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) current of a first solar panel connected to the first power optimizer is within the mode transition range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Heping Dai, Xiaolin Mao, Dianbo Fu, Huibin Zhu
  • Patent number: 10555307
    Abstract: A method for sending a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) includes setting a demodulation symbol to a first value to specify a BFRQ signal, encoding the demodulation symbol with a first orthogonal code sequence, thereby producing an encoded first sequence of symbols, and send the encoded first sequence of symbols on a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource allocated for a first scheduling request (SR) transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Bin Liu, Pengfei Xia
  • Patent number: 10555359
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes detecting a failure of a first link between the UE and an access node, and based thereon, detecting a second link between the UE and the access node, sending, to the access node, a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) on one or more physical random access channel (PRACH) resources associated a third link conveying a reference signal, wherein the third link and the second link are quasi co-located (QCLed), wherein the BFRQ includes a group identifier associated with a UE group including the UE, and monitoring one or more PRACH response opportunities associated with the one or more PRACH resources for a beam failure recovery response (BFRP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Pengfei Xia, Young Hoon Kwon, Bin Liu
  • Patent number: 10554500
    Abstract: A network model is provided for modeling the nodes in networks such as access networks having a tree topology. Using the model, a network description can be generated that includes a node description for each node in the access network. A node description for a node includes an extra field to define child nodes relative to a modeled node. The node description also includes an extra field to describe a link from a modeled node to an upstream node. The connecting links and intermediate nodes of access nodes are exposed and can be manipulated. By providing a node description with child and link fields, a separate link data store can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jingjing Zhang, Wei Wei, Liurong Qian
  • Patent number: 10554141
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an isolated power converter coupled to an input dc power source, wherein the isolated power converter comprises a first switch network coupled to a first transformer winding and a second switch network coupled to a second transformer winding and a non-isolated power converter coupled to the second switch network of the isolated power converter, wherein a current flowing through the non-isolated power converter is a fraction of a current flowing through the isolated power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Heping Dai, Liming Ye, Dianbo Fu, Daoshen Chen
  • Publication number: 20200035402
    Abstract: An apparatus for a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) coil, comprising: a first coil layer of a PCB; a plurality of vias coupled to and distributed to cover substantially the surface of the first coil layer within the PCB; and a second coil layer of the PCB and coupled to the vias to cover substantially the surface of the second coil layer, wherein the vias are positioned between the first coil layer and the second coil layer and enable substantially high current and low equivalent series resistance (ESR) for the multilayer PCB coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jorge ZABACO