Patents Assigned to Wireless Innovation
  • Publication number: 20160295635
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed to manage the enhanced medium access control-e (MAC-e) and enhanced MAC-es resources and respective variables for the enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) in the enhanced Cell_FACH state. Due to the nature of the E-DCH transmission in the uplink (UL) in the Cell_FACH state and the fact that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) might set up and release the E-DCH resources more frequently, methods to deal with the TSN numbering are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Diana Pani, Rocco DiGirolamo, Christopher R. Cave, Paul Marinier, Benoit Pelletier
  • Patent number: 9462526
    Abstract: An enhanced uplink user equipment is in soft handover. A radio network controller selects a primary Node-B out of a plurality of Node-Bs supporting the soft handover. The radio network controller receiving successfully received enhanced uplink data packets from the plurality of Node-Bs. The radio network controller reordered the successfully received enhanced uplink data packets for in-sequence deliver. The primary Node-B sends specified scheduling information to the user equipment that the other Node-Bs does not transmit. At least the primary Node-B transmits acknowledgements and negative acknowledgements to the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Publication number: 20160277213
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for communicating with the Internet via a gateway are disclosed. The gateway may be a Radio Access Network (RAN) gateway. The gateway may communicate data with at least one user equipment (UE). The gateway may route the data via one or more interfaces. The data may be routed by bypassing a core network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Prabhakar R. Chitrapu, Narayan Parappil Memon, Fatih M. Ozluturk, Brian Gregory Kiernan
  • Patent number: 9438381
    Abstract: A method and system for an enhanced uplink (EU) operation in a wireless communication system during soft handover. The system comprises a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), at least two Node-Bs, and a radio network controller (RNC). One Node-B may be designated as a primary Node-B, and the primary Node-B may control EU operation during soft handover including uplink scheduling and hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ). Soft buffer corruption is avoided during soft handover by controlling H-ARQ by the primary Node-B. Alternatively, an RNC may control EU operation during soft handover including H-ARQ. In this case, an RNC generates final acknowledge/non-acknowledge (ACK/NACK) decision based on the error check results of the Node-Bs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Stephen G. Dick, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, James M. Miller, Sung-Hyuk Shin
  • Patent number: 9425637
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system, topology, and methods for providing electrical power to electronic devices from various power sources are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Wireless Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Ramin Rostami
  • Publication number: 20160242093
    Abstract: A method and wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed that is configured to perform cell reselection to another cell when the WTRU is in a CELL_FACH state using an Enhanced-Dedicated Channel (E-DCH). The cell reselection is based on internal measurements by the WTRU. Alternatively, the cell reselection can be WTRU based on the WTRU measurements reported to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Diana Pani, Rocco DiGirolamo, Christopher R. Cave, Paul Marinier, Benoit Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20160242094
    Abstract: A method and wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed that is configured to perform cell reselection to another cell when the WTRU is in a CELL_FACH state using an Enhanced-Dedicated Channel (E-DCH). The cell reselection is based on internal measurements by the WTRU. Alternatively, the cell reselection can be WTRU based on the WTRU measurements reported to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Diana Pani, Rocco DiGirolamo, Christopher R. Cave, Paul Marinier, Benoit Pelletier
  • Patent number: 9414314
    Abstract: A method for performing outer loop power control in wireless communications includes initializing a time interval clock to count down a predetermined time interval; receiving and decoding a channel quality indicator (CQI) message; computing a decision metric value for each symbol in the decoded CQI message; determining whether the CQI message is erroneous; counting a number of erroneous CQI messages; and signaling a wireless/transmit receive unit to adjust an uplink transmission power on a condition that the time interval clock has expired and the number of erroneous CQI messages exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen G. Dick, James M. Miller
  • Patent number: 9414167
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatus and system for generating user detectable audio and mechanical vibration signals. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: ADVANCED WIRELESS INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Ramin Rostami
  • Patent number: 9385777
    Abstract: A wireless communications system employs code-division multiple access information transmission techniques where the uplink and downlink transmission bandwidths are unequal. The higher bandwidth is an integer multiple of the lower bandwidth. The present system requires a base station and a subscriber unit to have two pseudo-random code generators which can be clocked separately. Alignment of the uplink and downlink pseudo-random spreading codes is achieved by truncating the code sequence for the lower speed link at the conclusion of a complete code sequence for the higher speed link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventor: Fatih M. Ozluturk
  • Patent number: 9379860
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method and system for transferring wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU)-specific information to support enhanced uplink (EU) operation in a wireless communication system. A radio network controller (RNC) obtains WTRU-specific information, and transfers the WTRU-specific information to the Node-Bs. Each Node-B is configured to schedule uplink transmissions from a WTRU and utilizes the WTRU-specific information in operation of EU transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 9374816
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed to manage the enhanced medium access control-e (MAC-e) and enhanced MAC-es resources and respective variables for the enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) in the enhanced Cell_FACH state. Due to the nature of the E-DCH transmission in the uplink (UL) in the Cell_FACH state and the fact that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) might set up and release the E-DCH resources more frequently, methods to deal with the TSN numbering are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Diana Pani, Rocco DiGirolamo, Christopher R. Cave, Paul Marinier, Benoit Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20160174202
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed to manage the enhanced medium access control-e (MAC-e) and enhanced MAC-es resources and respective variables for the enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) in the enhanced Cell_FACH state. Due to the nature of the E-DCH transmission in the uplink (UL) in the Cell_FACH state and the fact that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) might set up and release the E-DCH resources more frequently, methods to deal with the TSN numbering are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Diana Pani, Rocco DiGirolamo, Christopher R. Cave, Paul Marinier, Benoit Pelletier
  • Patent number: 9369917
    Abstract: A system and method which improve the performance of a wireless transmission system by intelligent use of the control of the flow of data between a radio network controller (RNC) and a Node B. The system monitors certain criteria and, if necessary, adaptively increases or decreases the data flow between the RNC and the Node B. This improves the performance of the transmission system by allowing retransmitted data, signaling procedures and other data to be successfully received at a faster rate, by minimizing the amount of data buffered in the Node B. Flow control is exerted to reduce buffering in the Node B upon degradation of channel qualities, and prior to a High Speed Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) handover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Stephen E. Terry, Yi-Ju Chao
  • Patent number: 9357390
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for communicating with the Internet via a gateway are disclosed. The gateway may be a Radio Access Network (RAN) gateway. The gateway may communicate data with at least one user equipment (UE). The gateway may route the data via one or more interfaces. The data may be routed by bypassing a core network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Prabhakar R. Chitrapu, Narayan Parappil Menon, Fatih M. Ozluturk, Brian Gregory Kiernan
  • Patent number: 9325204
    Abstract: A system, topology, and methods for providing power or data to electronic devices are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. The system may include an internal power source, charging module, modem, and an external power coupling module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Wireless Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Ramin Rostami
  • Patent number: 9313809
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus is provided for terminating an enhanced random access channel (E-RACH) message in an E-RACH transmission. Triggers for terminating the E-RACH message are provided. The actions upon termination of the E-RACH messages are provided to release enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resources while in cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state or transition to cell dedicated channel (CELL_DCH) state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Diana Pani, Rocco DiGirolamo, Christopher R. Cave, Vincent Roy, Paul Marinier, Eldad M. Zeira
  • Publication number: 20160057675
    Abstract: An enhanced uplink user equipment is in soft handover. A radio network controller selects a primary Node-B out of a plurality of Node-Bs supporting the soft handover. The radio network controller receiving successfully received enhanced uplink data packets from the plurality of Node-Bs. The radio network controller reordered the successfully received enhanced uplink data packets for in-sequence deliver. The primary Node-B sends specified scheduling information to the user equipment that the other Node-Bs does not transmit. At least the primary Node-B transmits acknowledgements and negative acknowledgements to the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: SIGNAL TRUST FOR WIRELESS INNOVATION
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 9271280
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed to manage the enhanced medium access control-e (MAC-e) and enhanced MAC-es resources and respective variables for the enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) in the enhanced Cell_FACH state. Due to the nature of the E-DCH transmission in the uplink (UL) in the Cell_FACH state and the fact that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) might set up and release the E-DCH resources more frequently, methods to deal with the TSN numbering are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Diana Pani, Rocco DiGirolamo, Christopher R. Cave, Paul Marinier, Benoit Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20160029415
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus is provided for terminating an enhanced random access channel (E-RACH) message in an E-RACH transmission. Triggers for terminating the E-RACH message are provided. The actions upon termination of the E-RACH messages are provided to release enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resources while in cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state or transition to cell dedicated channel (CELL_DCH) state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Diana Pani, Rocco DiGirolamo, Christopher R. Cave, Vincent Roy, Paul Marinier, Eldad M. Zeira