Patents Assigned to Renesas Mobile Corporation
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Patent number: 8576901Abstract: A modem is provided for a wireless device that is capable of providing service for at least two SIMs. The modem has at least a first set of modem components and a second set of modem components. The modem selectively reconfigures the arrangement of the plural sets of modem components. In a first configuration, the first set of modem components provides wireless connection service for a first SIM of the wireless device and the second set of modem components provides wireless connection service for a second SIM of the wireless device. This allows active wireless connections to be made on behalf of both SIMs simultaneously by the sets of modem components. In a second configuration, the first set of modem components and the second set of modem components provide wireless connection service for the first SIM.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Nguyen Quan Tat, Stuart Ian Geary, Jari Juhani Ruohonen, Andrew Bishop, Sami Jutila, Alexander Graham Charles, Roy Hansen
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Patent number: 8576897Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for a method of operating an analog-to-digital converter of a transceiver which includes a transmitter and a receiver, the receiver including the analog-to-digital converter. The method includes determining a maximum conversion rate of the analog-to-digital converter, wherein the determining step includes determining a temperature of the analog-to-digital converter, and selecting a conversion rate of the analog-to-digital converter, based on the determined maximum conversion rate and a frequency of an unwanted signal component of the receiver, such that the selected conversion rate places an alias response of the unwanted signal component to a frequency range which is substantially non-overlapping with a wanted signal component of the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventor: Markus Nentwig
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Publication number: 20130278472Abstract: Apparatus, methods, computer software and computer program products are provided for tuning a user equipment antenna to simultaneously operate at more than one resonant frequency by combining a first electrical load and a first frequency selective component to tune the antenna to a first resonant frequency with respect to signals in a first frequency range, and combining a second electrical load and a second frequency selective component to tune the antenna to a second resonant frequency with respect to signals in a second frequency range. The first electrical load, the second electrical load, the first frequency selective component and the second frequency selective component act to tune the antenna to operate simultaneously at the first resonant frequency and the second resonant frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Marko Tapio Autti, Seppo Rousu
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Patent number: 8565100Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided to facilitate communications with MTC devices. An apparatus may include processing circuitry configured at least to receive a broadcasted triggering message and to determine whether the triggering message identifies a machine-type communication (MTC) gateway or another device within a capillary network supported by the MTC gateway. The processing circuitry may cause at least a portion of the triggering message to be provided to a device within the capillary network in an instance in which the triggering message identifies the device within the capillary network. The processing circuitry may also be configured to determine an action requested by the triggering message in an instance in which the triggering message identifies the MTC gateway.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Matti Kullervo Jokimies, Gilles Charbit
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Publication number: 20130272226Abstract: Systems and techniques for managing channel reservation in a full-duplex wireless network. A transmitting node sends a media access control frame to a receiving node, including an integrity check field in a header of the frame. Upon performing an integrity check and determining that the media access control frame is addressed to itself, the receiving node sends a transmission so as to reserve the channel. If the receiving node has no data to send, the transmission may be an acknowledgement field, and if the receiving node has data to send, the transmission may he a media access control frame including an integrity check field in a header of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATIONInventor: Wei LI
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Publication number: 20130273924Abstract: A wireless device transmits a device-to-device discovery signal using the same transmission resource that is used for transmitting uplink retransmissions to a base station by a second wireless device. The device-to-device discovery signal is transmitted at a power that is determined in accordance with a control signal received by the wireless device from the base station. In an example, the wireless device transmits the device-to-device discovery signal on an uplink control channel established for use for sending uplink control signals to the base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATIONInventors: Sami-Jukka HAKOLA, Matti PIKKARAINEN, Ville VARTIAINEN, Anna PANTELIDOU, Juha Pekka KARJALAINEN, Timo Kalevi KOSKELA, Samuli TURTINEN
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Patent number: 8559421Abstract: Apparatus for use in a wireless network has a fast clock for operation in an active wakeup mode and a sleep clock for operation in a sleep mode. A calibration for the sleep clock is calculated based on the fast clock. A quality value for that new calibration is determined. If the quality value of the new calibration is higher than a quality value of an old calibration, the new calibration is used, and, if not, the new calibration is discarded and the old calibration is used. Alternatively or in addition, the length of time until the next calibration is estimated. It is then determined whether the new calibration is of sufficient quality to last for the estimated time until next calibration, and, if not, the calibration measurement period is extended.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Tomi Ville Merio, Ilari Hannes Nummila
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Patent number: 8554167Abstract: A wireless device has two or more radio systems and SIM channels. At least a part of the first radio system can be shut down to reduce the power consumed by the device. This occurs if the first radio system is unable to obtain suitable service for the first SIM channel and the second radio system is at least one of (i) providing at least some service on the second SIM channel for the device, and (ii) capable of searching for service for the first radio system.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Stuart Ian Geary, Nguyen Quan Tat, Andrew Bishop, Graham Alexander Charles, Sami Jutila, Jari Juhani Ruohonen
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Patent number: 8553748Abstract: The present invention introduces a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for mitigating effects of alias responses in a transceiver, by selecting a clock rate for an analog-to-digital converter based on a determined maximum conversion rate of the ADC. The selected conversion rate places an alias response of the unwanted signal component to a frequency range which is substantially non-overlapping with a wanted signal component of the receiver. Furthermore, a temperature of the transceiver may be measured e.g. by a temperature compensation unit of a reference oscillator. Furthermore, a data table may be used by a processing unit for linking temperatures with maximum conversion rates of the analog-to-digital converter. The method is implemented in the processing unit of the transceiver which is further configured to execute the operations of the corresponding computer program product according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventor: Markus Nentwig
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Patent number: 8549234Abstract: A memory controller that allows shared access to a memory device via a plurality of write ports and read ports. A write port includes a data buffer that allows data to be written to a first number of its storage locations at a pre-determined time. A write arbiter is able to read data from a second number of storage locations of a data buffer of a write port at a pre-determined time and write the read data to a memory device. A read port is configured to respond to requests to read data and includes a data buffer. A read arbiter is able to read, at a pre-determined time, data from the memory device on behalf of one of the read ports, and to write the read data into a second number of storage locations of the data buffer of the read port on whose behalf the data was read.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Ari Petteri Hatula, Mika Tapani Lehtonen
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Patent number: 8548469Abstract: An apparatus and method for attaching a wireless device to a wireless network. The apparatus comprises a processor arranged to, responsive to receipt of a reject message from a network control apparatus, cause the wireless device to: transmit a first attach request to the network control apparatus using a first communication layer and an existing connection between the wireless device and the network control apparatus; and responsive to a notification of a failure of the first attach request originating from a second communication layer which is lower than the first communication layer, transmit a second attach request to the network control apparatus using the first communication layer and a new connection between the wireless device and the network control apparatus, wherein transmission of the second attach request is effected independently of a timer started on receipt of the notification of a failure.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignees: Renesas Mobile Corporation, Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Hannu Petri Hietalahti, Marko Tapani Niemi, Hannu Eero Oskari Bergius, Jorma Johannes Kaikkonen
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Patent number: 8548474Abstract: The invention concerns a method and an apparatus implementing the method. In the method is received a neighbor cell relation list and a request to report new cells not included in the neighbor cell relation list to the mobile node to a mobile node. The mobile node detects at least one new cell not included in the neighbor cell relation list and stores information regarding the at least one new cell not included in the neighbor cell relation list in a memory. The mobile node determines whether a threshold number of new cells not included in the neighbor cell relation list have been stored in the memory of the mobile node. In response to reaching the threshold number, the mobile node preparing for transmitting the information regarding the at least one new cell not included in the neighbor cell relation list to a radio network node.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Keiichi Kubota, Brian A. Martin
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Publication number: 20130250778Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided according to an example embodiment to distributed communications. In this regard, a method includes causing an actual channel and a shadow channel to be configured to carry information for a logical channel. In some example embodiments, the logical channel is configured for at least one QCI class. The method of this embodiment may also include configuring an actual channel on a secondary link and a shadow channel on a primary link. The method of this embodiment may also include causing the shadow channel and the actual channel to be swapped such that the actual channel is configured on the primary link and the shadow channel is configured on the secondary link in an instance in which it is determined that the secondary link is no longer available.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATIONInventors: Gilles Charbit, Matti Kullervo Jokimies
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Publication number: 20130252603Abstract: There is described a signalling system for a wireless communication network, in which wireless network there are one or more performance categories of different Radio Frequency (RF) front end sections, wherein each category has a performance capability associated therewith. The system includes: retrieving from memory at the user device information indicative of the category, or its associated performance capability, appropriate for the RF front end section of the user device; and transmitting a signalling message to a network entity, the signalling message including the information. The network entity may manage the user device based on the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATIONInventors: Antti Oskari IMMONEN, Jouni Kristian KAUKOVUORI, Christopher Peter CALLENDER
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Publication number: 20130250870Abstract: Mechanisms for controlling communications conducted in multiple frequency bands so as to decrease an interference level between the communications. When an interference situation caused between an UL communication performed on at least one frequency band and a DL communication performed on another frequency band is determined, a partial denial processing is conducted so as to deactivate a dedicated part of resource blocks used for the first communication on the at least one frequency band of the first communication in the case of an interference situation being determined. The first communication is then continued in parallel to the second communication, on the basis of resources different from the dedicated part of resource blocks deactivated in the partial denial processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATIONInventors: Jouni Kristian KAUKOVUORI, Antti Oskari IMMONEN, Jukka Tapio RANTA
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Publication number: 20130252613Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided according to an example embodiment to provide a cellular based ITS environment. In this regard, a method includes causing a secondary cell carrier (SCC) to be configured for a mobile terminal located in a vehicular target area. The method of this embodiment may also include causing the SCC to be activated by signaling a vehicular fast activation block (VFAB). The method of this embodiment may also include causing the SCC to deactivate based on a signal strength measurement, received from a road side unit (RSU), in an instance in which the signal strength measurement does not satisfy a predetermined threshold over a measurement period based on a timer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATIONInventors: Gilles Charbit, Matti Kullervo Jokimies
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Publication number: 20130251011Abstract: Measures for use in processing data in a user equipment radio receiver, the radio receiver comprising a modem adapted for wireless communication with a telecommunications network. Data associated with wireless communication conducted via the modem is received, the received data being defined in a first domain. The received data is transformed from the first domain into a second domain using a transform function to generate transformed data in the second domain. The transformed data is compressed in the second domain to produce compressed data in the second domain. The compressed data is stored in memory in the user equipment radio receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATIONInventors: Mika Eljas VENTOLA, Janne Ari Olavi AULA
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Publication number: 20130250871Abstract: Mechanisms for controlling communications conducted in multiple frequency bands so as to decrease an interference level between the communications. When an interference situation caused between an UL communication performed on at least one frequency band and a DL communication performed on another frequency band is determined, a partial denial processing is conducted so as to deactivate a dedicated part of resource blocks used for the first communication on the at least one frequency band of the first communication in the case of an interference situation being determined. The first communication is then continued in parallel to the second communication, on the basis of resources different from the dedicated part of resource blocks deactivated in the partial denial processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATIONInventors: Jouni Kristian KAUKOVUORI, Antti Oskari IMMONEN, Jukka Tapio RANTA
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Patent number: 8543111Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a computer program product for controlling cell search procedure, including a user equipment determining a change of position in relation to a serving cell; determining the quality of signal received from the serving cell; and stopping the cell search procedure if the change of position is smaller than a first value and the loss of signal quality is lower than a second value.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Lauri Ilmari Harju, Kaj Tapio Jansen
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Patent number: 8543117Abstract: A prioritized measurement list is stored in a memory, and each entry in the prioritized measurement list defines a unique combination of frequency layer and radio access technology for a serving cell and for neighbor cells. Based on at least signal strength of the serving cell, there is selected, from a neighbor list according to the prioritized measurement list, a set of entries for measuring according to a selection rule. The selection rule provides: for the case in which the signal strength of the serving cell is relatively high, the selected set is a first set and represents higher priority ones of the prioritized measurement list; and for the case in which the signal strength of the serving cell is relatively low, the selected set is a second set and represents lower priority ones of the prioritized measurement list.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Christopher Peter Callender