Patents Examined by A. Davenport
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Patent number: 10080224Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises determining a movable network device is moving along a repeatable sequence of access point devices in a deterministic network; and establishing a deterministic track along the repeatable sequence of access point devices, the deterministic track comprising insertion slots allocated for insertion of a data packet, by the movable network device, into the deterministic track via any one of the respective access point devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Pascal Thubert, Patrick Wetterwald, Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Eric Michel Levy-Abegnoli
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Patent number: 10079780Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a packet processing method and a device. The method includes: receiving a data packet that is generated and sent by a destination device after the destination device receives a first interest packet that is forwarded by a source device via the forwarding node, where the data packet carries a content name that is the same as a content name of content requested by using the first interest packet; when forwarding the first interest packet, generating, a PIT entry corresponding to the first interest packet in the PIT; and when determining that the data packet carries a second interest packet, matching the content name carried in the data packet with a content name in the PIT entry, and forwarding the data packet to the source device according to a port in the matched PIT entry.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuanzhe Xuan, Zhefeng Yan
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Patent number: 10045293Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for compressed sensing (CS). The CS is a signal processing concept wherein significantly fewer sensor measurements than that suggested by Shannon/Nyquist sampling theorem can be used to recover signals with arbitrarily fine resolution. In this disclosure, the CS framework is applied for sensor signal processing in order to support low power robust sensors and reliable communication in Body Area Networks (BANs) for healthcare and fitness applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Harinath Garudadri, Pawan Kumar Baheti, Somdeb Majumdar
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Patent number: 9992009Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for performing uplink transmission in a wireless communications system. A mobile terminal is provided with a set of available transport formats by receiving at least one UL grant comprising a transport format indication pointing to one or more transport formats. The mobile terminal then selects a suitable transport format from the set, for example in dependence on propagation channel conditions, for transmission of a scheduled transmission.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Stefan Wager, Mats Sågfors
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Patent number: 9967005Abstract: Pilots suitable for use in MIMO systems and capable of supporting various functions are described. The various types of pilot include—a beacon pilot, a MIMO pilot, a steered reference or steered pilot, and a carrier pilot. The beacon pilot is transmitted from all transmit antennas and may be used for timing and frequency acquisition. The MIMO pilot is transmitted from all transmit antennas but is covered with different orthogonal codes assigned to the transmit antennas. The MIMO pilot may be used for channel estimation. The steered reference is transmitted on specific eigenmodes of a MIMO channel and is user terminal specific. The steered reference may be used for channel estimation. The carrier pilot may be transmitted on designated subbands/antennas and may be used for phase tracking of a carrier signal. Various pilot transmission schemes may be devised based on different combinations of these various types of pilot.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: John Ketchum, Mark Wallace, J. Rodney Walton, Steven Howard
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Patent number: 9961568Abstract: A method for a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system defining a dedicated channel (DCH) active set and an enhanced-dedicated channel (E-DCH) active set, the method including performing a power measurement of a pilot signal from a cell that is not included in the E-DCH active set but included in the DCH active set, and performing a power measurement of a pilot signal from a cell that is included in the E-DCH active set.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Mazlyn Mona Mustapha
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Patent number: 9960872Abstract: A network device including first and second queues, a determination module, a counter module, a comparison module and a blocking shaper. The determination module determines a size of the second frame. The counter module determines an amount of time remaining in a guard band and converts the amount of time to a size representative of the time remaining in the guard band. The guard band refers to a period of time leading up to a window. The first frame is scheduled to be forwarded from the first queue during the window. The comparison module compares the size of the second frame to the size representative of the time remaining in the guard band and generates a result based on the comparison. The blocking shaper, based on the result, determines whether to permit or block transmission of the second frame from the second queue during the guard band.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventor: Donald Pannell
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Patent number: 9942794Abstract: A user of a communications network is prevented from consuming an excessive amount of channel bandwidth by restricting use of the channel in accordance with the type of data being downloaded to the user. The user is provided an initial number of credits. As the user consumes the credits, the data being downloaded is checked to determine if is permissible or non-permissible. Non-permissible data includes file-sharing files and movie downloads if user subscription does not permit such activity. If the data is permissible, the user is provided another allotment of credits equal to the initial allotment. If the data is non-permissible, the user is provided an allotment of credits less than the initial allotment. Various restriction policies also can be applied, such as levying additional fees and/or terminating the user's access to the channel. Also, incentives can be provided to entice the user curb the misuse.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventor: Falguni Sarkar
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Patent number: 9924483Abstract: Internet protocol (IP) address allocations in distributed EPC networks can be published to an IP address registry maintained at the central EPC entity in order to facilitate the routing of authentication authorization, and accounting (AAA) signaling of third party networks throughout the distributed EPC network architecture. The address allocations can be published directly to an address registry maintained by the central EPC entity, or indirectly via a cloud management server. Additionally, latencies associated with UE authentication in distributed EPC network architectures can be mitigated by triggering communication of the authentication or authorization profile upon reception of an update location request (ULR) message at the central EPC network entity.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kaippallimalil Mathew John, Zhixian Xiang
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Patent number: 9924502Abstract: A method of obtaining control information on a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes performing blind decoding for a joint DCI format including at least two DCI formats for at least two terminals including the terminal, wherein the size of the joint DCI format is determined depending on the kind of the at least two DCI formats, and the terminal further receives information for performing blind decoding on the DCI format for the terminal in the joint DCI format.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2012Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyeyoung Choi, Jinmin Kim, Seunghee Han, Hyukmin Son, Hyunwoo Lee
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Patent number: 9917669Abstract: An access point (AP) and a communication system are provided. The access point comprises at least but not limited to a transceiver, a network connection unit, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured for the following steps. The AP receives channel access requests of the user equipments (UEs) from the UEs. Next, the AP transmits a channel request data according to QoS requirements of plurality of channel access requests of the UEs to the server. Afterward, the AP receives resource allocation information associated with the channel request data from the server, wherein the resource allocation information comprises an allocated result of physical channels and transmission power configurations. Subsequently, the AP allocates the physical channels to the UEs according to the QoS requirements of the channel access requests of the UEs and the resource allocation information.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: National Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Sau-Hsuan Wu, Hsi-Lu Chao, Chun-Hsien Ko
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Patent number: 9918338Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting an uplink synchronization signal in a wireless access system supporting a high-frequency band, a method for designing a detection filter for the same and an apparatus for supporting the same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for detecting a random access channel signal by a base station in a wireless access system supporting the high-frequency band comprises: allocating a cyclic shift value used in the base station; configuring a received signal vector for a signal transmitted via a random access channel; detecting at least one RACH signal from the received signal vector, using a frequency domain detecting filter; and identifying at least one terminal having transmitted at least one RACH signal, using a target terminal detecting filter, wherein the filter for detecting a target terminal may be set on the basis of the cyclic shift value.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kitae Kim, Kilbom Lee, Jaehoon Chung, Jinmin Kim
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Patent number: 9900250Abstract: A method for programming a MAC address table by a first leaf node in a network comprising a plurality of leaf nodes is provided. Each leaf node comprises one or more Virtual Tunnel End Points (“VTEPs”) and instantiates a plurality of Virtual Routing and Forwarding elements (“VRFs”), with a corresponding Bridge Domain (“BD”) assigned to each VRF. The method includes obtaining information indicating one or more VTEP Affinity Groups (VAGs), each VAG comprising an identification of one VTEP per leaf node, obtaining information indicating assignment of each VRF to one of the VAGs, assigning each VAG to a unique Filtering Identifier (“FID”), thereby generating one or more FIDs, and programming the MAC address table, using FIDs instead of BDs, by populating the MAC address table with a plurality of entries, each entry comprising a unique combination of a FID and a MAC address of a leaf node.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Liqin Dong, Yibin Yang
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Patent number: 9893979Abstract: Previously available network management systems fail to adequately enable discovery of a network topology that includes both compliant and non-compliant networking devices. By contrast, and to that end, various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses that determine whether or not a loop exists within uplink metadata associated with first and second compliant devices, wherein the loop in the uplink metadata is characterized by pointers provided to indicate that the first and second compliant devices operate to send externally addressed traffic to one another contrary to the operation of the first and second compliant devices within a network; and resolve the loop by adding a non-compliant device to topology-link map data associated with the first and second compliant devices in response to determining the existence of the loop, wherein the topology-link map data archives accessible information about the topology of the network based at least on the uplink metadata.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Grant Allen Marvin, Timothy J. Passaro, Justin Joel Delegard, James Michael Roewe
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Patent number: 9893958Abstract: A computer readable storage medium stores a set of instructions operable by a processor. The set of instructions is operable to determine a metric related to connection delays in a network; determine a level of service degradation for a selected one of a plurality of mechanisms for accessing the network; and instruct a user equipment to use a further one of the plurality of mechanisms, if the level of service degradation for the selected one of the plurality of mechanisms is greater than a predetermined degradation threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Moshiur Rahman, Paritosh Bajpay
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Patent number: 9887927Abstract: Packets or data units and their related credit returns each include an assigned phase value. When a credit test is desired, the phase value of outgoing data units is changed, for example from 0 to 1, and a new counter is set to a value of the outstanding credits having the original phase value. With each original phase credit received, the counter value is decremented. When a credit having the new phase value is received, the counter value indicates the amount of any credit error and appropriate corrections may be made.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.Inventors: Narasimha Golla, John Terry, Kung-Ling Ko, Abhay Gupta
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Patent number: 9867200Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for use with wireless networks having one or more cell in which each cell includes a base station (BS), at least one relay station (RS) and at least one mobile station (MS). The at least one relay station can be used as an intermediate station for providing communication between the BS and MS. Methods are provided for an RS to initially access the network, access of the RS by MSs initially accessing the network, methods of allocating OFDM resources for communicating between the BS, RS and/or MS for example dividing transmission resources into uplink and downlink transmissions, and methods of inserting pilot symbols into transmission resources used by the RS. In some embodiments on the invention, the methods are consistent and/or can be used in conjunction with existing standards such as 802.16e.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jianglei Ma, Hang Zhang, Peiying Zhu, Mo-Han Fong, Wen Tong, Ming Jia
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Patent number: 9860884Abstract: Provided are a method for monitoring a control channel in a wireless communication system and a wireless device using the same. The wireless device monitors a downlink control channel inside a search space, which is defined by at least one pair of physical resource blocks (PRB). Indexing with respect to a plurality of enhanced control channel element (ECCE) differs depending on an ECCE-to-EREG (enhanced resource element group) mapping method.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hak Seong Kim, Han Byul Seo
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Patent number: 9853847Abstract: In a wireless OFDM multi-carrier communication system, a mobile station obtains measurement result of a first received signal strength indication (RSSI) of a first preamble signal transmitted from a base station over a first radio frequency (RF) carrier. The mobile station also obtains signal offset information between the first RF carrier and a second RF carrier of the base station. In response to the measurement result and the signal offset information, the mobile station estimates a second RSSI of a second preamble signal transmitted by the base station over the second RF carrier without performing scanning over the second RF carrier. In one novel aspect, the mobile station identifies a carrier group containing multiple carriers that belong to the same base station. Measurement optimization, initial cell selection and cell reselection optimization, report reduction, and other carrier group based optimization can be achieved in the multi-carrier system based on identified carrier group.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: MediaTek Inc.Inventors: Chao-Chin Chou, I-Kang Fu
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Patent number: 9788345Abstract: Disclosed is a method for wireless communication, including identifying a path loss and a size of a message that a user equipment will transmit after a transmission of a preamble, selecting a first preamble set from at least two preamble sets if the path loss is less than a first threshold and the size of the message is greater than a second threshold, selecting a preamble from the selected first preamble set if the first preamble set is selected, transmitting the selected preamble, and receiving a response message in response to the transmission of the selected preamble.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyeong-In Jeong, Himke Van Der Velde, Gert Jan Van Lieshout, Yong-Jun Kwak, Soeng-Hun Kim