Patents Examined by A. S. Roberts
  • Patent number: 10455371
    Abstract: A system of this invention is directed to a communication processing system that suppresses an increase in number of control messages even if devices cannot receive a group message. The communication processing system includes a holder that holds identifiers of a plurality of devices included in a device group as a target of a group messaging requested from an application, an unreached-device list acquirer that acquires an unreached-device list created by excluding, identifiers of devices which the group message has reached from the identifiers held in the holder based on responses to delivery of the group message, and a message deliverer that delivers a message based on the group messaging to devices having identifiers included in the unreached-device list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoji Hirata, Toru Yamada, Akira Kamei, Hotaka Sugano, Masahiro Serizawa, Satoshi Hasegawa, Masashi Shimoma, Yumiko Okuyama
  • Patent number: 10454637
    Abstract: A transmitting method includes: configuring a frame using a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, by allocating time resources and frequency resources to a plurality of transmission data; and transmitting the frame, wherein the frame includes a first period in which a preamble which includes information on a frame configuration of the frame is transmitted, and a second period in which the plurality of transmission data are transmitted by at least one of time division and frequency division, and among the plurality of OFDM symbols, OFDM symbols included in the second period include pilot symbols arranged along a time axis with a predetermined spacing therebetween, and a predetermined number of data symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Yoshio Urabe, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 10448373
    Abstract: A method for receiving system information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting coverage enhancement, the method includes receiving, by the UE, a first system information block (SIB) from a base station, the first SIB including scheduling information indicating resource block information and transport block size information for a second SIB; and repeatedly receiving, by the UE, the second SIB from the base station based on the indicated resource block information and transport block size information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Joonkui Ahn, Yunjung Yi, Hyangsun You, Bonghoe Kim
  • Patent number: 10439930
    Abstract: A method of batch processing implemented using a pre-classification mechanism of a network interface controller is provided. The method includes receiving, by the pre-classification mechanism of the network interface controller, rules for populating a first receive queue and a second receive queue, receiving, by the pre-classification mechanism, packets corresponding to a first protocol intermingled with packets corresponding to a second protocol, and populating, by the pre-classification mechanism of the network interface controller, the first receive queue exclusively with the packets corresponding to the first protocol and the second receive queue exclusively with the packets corresponding to the second protocol based on the rules such that a central processing unit is able to obtain a first batch of the packets from the first receive queue and process each of the packets from the first batch using a same node graph path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Li, Katherine Zhao, Jun Liu
  • Patent number: 10433341
    Abstract: The document discloses a method for sending a Random Access Response (RAR) message and a node. The method includes: a first type node sends an RAR through a downlink channel, and the RAR carries one or more pieces of RAR information of a second type node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kun Liu, Bo Dai, Zhaohua Lu, Shuqiang Xia, Xianming Chen, Jing Shi, Huiying Fang
  • Patent number: 10425928
    Abstract: A first method for wireless communications may comprise determining sizes of payloads of user equipments (UEs), determining whether to multiplex the payloads of the UEs based on the sizes of the payloads, and allocating codes or cyclic shifts to the UEs to transmit the payloads on a single interlace of resources. A second method for wireless communications may comprise determining a first code or a first cyclic shift used for a first transmission using an interlace of resources, and allocating second codes or second cyclic shifts to UEs for a second transmission, where the second transmission may be multiplexed with the first transmission on the interlace of resources. A third method for wireless communications may comprise allocating a first interlace of resources for a first transmission for occupying an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, and allocating a second interlace of resources, occupied by a base station, for a second transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Xiaoxia Zhang, Tao Luo, Durga Prasad Malladi, Yongbin Wei
  • Patent number: 10425802
    Abstract: A radio terminal according to an embodiment includes a controller configured to perform inter-frequency sidelink discovery transmission of transmitting a sidelink discovery signal at a frequency different from a frequency of a serving cell. The controller is further configured to receive, from the serving cell, a message including resource allocation information and frequency information. The resource allocation information is information indicating radio resources to be used for the inter-frequency sidelink discovery transmission. The frequency information is information indicating the different frequency to which the resource allocation information is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Henry Chang, Chiharu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10419950
    Abstract: A monitoring processing method and device are provided. In a monitoring processing method, a monitoring receiver receives a monitoring request message sent by a monitoring initiator, and the monitoring request message contains a monitoring task; and the monitoring receiver may interact with at least one of the monitoring initiator and a monitoring executor based on a monitoring identifier corresponding to the monitoring task to execute monitoring processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 10420162
    Abstract: Method of connecting a User Equipment, UE, to a telecommunication network via an access node comprised in said network, said method comprising the steps of receiving, by said access node, a connection request from said UE, retrieving, by said access node, connection configuration parameters for said UE related to a prior connection between any UE and said telecommunication network, determining, based on a time value associated to said connection configuration parameters related to said prior connection, that said connection configuration parameters related to said prior connection can be re-used, connecting, by said access node, said UE to said telecommunication network via said access node by setting up said connection configuration parameters related to said prior connection, for said UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Fredrik Gunnarsson, Diana Andrei, Samuel Axelsson, Olof Axel Granberg
  • Patent number: 10419193
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment that includes receiving a redundancy version (RV) of control information during a transmission time interval (TTI) from a network to which the user equipment has established a connection, wherein the control information comprises a plurality of RVs, determining a first value corresponding to the TTI, determining a second value based on a connectivity parameter measurement of the connection and determining whether to perform a decode operation on the RV based on a comparison of the first value and the second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Junsung Lim, Zhu Ji, Jia Tang, Johnson O. Sebeni
  • Patent number: 10419185
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for listen before talk-based random access with partial subframes. For example, a method 500 by a network node 115 is provided for transmitting a random access (RA) response. The method includes forming, by the network node 115, a first signal 300, 400 for transmission to a wireless device 110. Forming the first signal may include placing a response message 302, 406 within a first partial subframe of the first signal. The first partial subframe may include a control data portion of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) message 304, 408. The method may further include transmitting, by the network node 115, the first signal to the wireless device 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Amitav Mukherjee, Henrik Sahlin
  • Patent number: 10412726
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for X2 signaling. The method comprises, in a wireless communication network supporting coordinated multiple point transmission, transmitting load information from a first base station to at least one second base station via X2 signaling, wherein the load information comprises at least one item of i) a relative narrowband beam information element or ii) a relative narrowband scheduling information element. Current X2 signaling is enhanced to support coordinated multiple point transmission with non-ideal backhaul and improve interference coordination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Zhilan Xiong, Min Zhang, Hakon Helmers, Zizhou Wang
  • Patent number: 10411986
    Abstract: An example method comprises receiving, by a first PHY of a first transceiver, a timing packet, timestamping, by the first transceiver, the timing packet and providing the timing packet to a first intermediate node, determining a first offset between the first intermediate node and the first transceiver, updating a first field within the timing packet with the first offset between the first intermediate node and the first transceiver, the offset being in the direction of the second transceiver, receiving the timing packet by a second transceiver, the timing packet including the first field, information within the first field being at least based on the first offset, determining a second offset between the second transceiver and an intermediate node that provided the timing packet to the second transceiver and correcting a time of the second transceiver based on the information within the first field and the second offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Aviat U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Janez Mihelic, Tadej Markovic
  • Patent number: 10405207
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique which combines a 5G (5th Generation) communication system, for supporting a higher data transmission rate following 4G (4th Generation) systems, with IoT (Internet of Things) technology, and to a system for the communication technique. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety-related services), based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention relates to a method and device for receiving broadcast information by means of a terminal in a communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghan Kim, Jinyoung Oh, Seung-Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10405347
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for listening-based transmission. The method is performed at a communications device of a first type with a plurality of beams and operable on an unlicensed spectrum. The method comprises identifying a beam direction for a communications device of a second type when there is data directed to the communications device of the second type and obtaining a backoff counter for the identified beam direction. The method also comprises selecting at least one beam direction for listening during. The beam in each of the at least one beam direction covers at least one communications device of the second type having data directed thereto. The method further comprises scheduling transmission to a communications device of the second type in the identified beam direction when the backoff counter corresponding to that beam direction reaches a certain threshold. Embodiments also relate to corresponding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Cong Shi, Gen Li
  • Patent number: 10404491
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a communication technique for fusing, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system; and a system therefor. The communication technique can be applied, on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology, to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like). A method for estimating a channel in a communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: confirming a code and antenna distinguishing scheme used in channel estimation; generating a channel estimation code on the basis of the confirmed code and antenna distinguishing scheme; and transmitting the generated channel estimation code through a plurality of transmission antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jee-Hwan Noh, Tae-Young Kim, Ji-Yun Seol, Hyun-Il Yoo
  • Patent number: 10405361
    Abstract: A switching-on method for implementing automatic switching-on of base station, which is applied on a base station, includes: establishing, by the base station, an interactive link with a base station controller; transmitting, by the base station, an identifier uniquely identifying the base station; and receiving, by the base station, switching-on parameters corresponding to the identifier and executing the switching-on parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zhe Shuai
  • Patent number: 10390295
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling access of a terminal if the terminal accesses from a wireless LAN network to a mobile communication network, when the mobile communication network (for example, UMTS, LTE and the like) and the wireless LAN network are linked in a wireless communication system. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for transmitting information on connectable peripheral wireless LAN networks. Thus, the present invention can reduce a load of a network since the network can control the access of a terminal, and can reduce unnecessary power consumption and solve a connection delay problem by providing a valid wireless LAN network list to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Jang, Sangbum Kim, Soenghun Kim, Wooseong Kim, Kyeongin Jeong
  • Patent number: 10383160
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a data processing method, apparatus, and device. The method includes: sending, by a user equipment UE, updated metadata; obtaining a metadata index value corresponding to the updated metadata; and broadcasting, by the UE, the obtained metadata index value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiang Yi, Guowei Ouyang, Hui Jin, Yue He
  • Patent number: 10383076
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method used in a radio node, and an associated radio node. The radio node is served by a superior radio node and serves one or more subordinate radio nodes. The method includes: receiving a first synchronization signal from the superior radio node; obtaining a first downlink transmission time position for the first synchronization signal; determining a second downlink transmission time position for a second synchronization signal to be transmitted by the radio node, based on the first downlink transmission time position; and transmitting the second synchronization signal via the second downlink transmission time position to the one or more subordinate radio nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Hai Wang, Qianxi Lu, Rui Fan, Jinhua Liu