Patents Examined by Alpus Hsu
  • Patent number: 10791437
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transferring data via a two-way radio transmission are described herein. An example method may commence with collecting, by a data collection device, asset data. The method may continue with preprocessing, by the data collection device, the asset data for transmission. The method may further include determining, by the data collection device, a mode for the transmission of the asset data. The method may further include transmitting, by at least one of the data collection device and a two-way radio device communicatively coupled to the data collection device, the asset data to a data server. The asset data may be transmitted based on the mode for the transmission via at least one communication channel and at least one intermediate device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: HDWB, LLC
    Inventors: Eric William Hoffmann, John Myrl Warren
  • Patent number: 10779312
    Abstract: Described techniques provide for communications using multiple different transmission time intervals (TTIs) while in a configured DRX mode that allows efficient scheduling and allocation of resources, and relatively efficient power usage at a user equipment (UE). In some cases, two or more available TTIs for transmissions between a base station and a UE may be identified, and a DRX cycle configured based at least in part on the available TTIs. During monitoring periods of a configured DRX cycle for a first TTI, the UE may be configured to monitor for control signal transmissions associated with a different TTI duration. In some cases, resources for a shorter TTI may be allocated using a two-stage grant. In some cases, multiple component carriers may be configured for one or more different TTIs, and one component carrier may be used to cross schedule resources on other component carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ozcan Ozturk, Wanshi Chen, Jing Sun, Shimman Arvind Patel, Seyedkianoush Hosseini
  • Patent number: 10778508
    Abstract: Bypass switch systems and methods are disclosed for in-line monitoring of network traffic. Network ports receive ingress packets from a network and transmit processed packets as egress packets back to the network. Tool ports send the ingress packets to in-line network tools and receive the processed packets back from the in-line network tools. Tap output ports operate in a first configuration setting to output copies of ingress packets received by a network port and in a second configuration setting to output copies of processed packets transmitted as egress packets by a network port. For one embodiment, copies of ingress packets received by a network port are output through one tap output port, and copies of processed packets transmitted as egress packets by a network port are output through another tap output port. These packets copies are then analyzed to evaluate the operation of the in-line tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ophir S. Artzi, Kevin Formby
  • Patent number: 10771475
    Abstract: Techniques for exchanging control and configuration information in a network visibility system are provided. In one embodiment, a control plane component of the network visibility system can receive one or more first messages from a data plane component of the network visibility system, where the one or more first messages define one or more forwarding resources available on the data plane component. The control plane component can further retrieve configuration information stored on the control plane component that comprises one or more network prefixes to be monitored by the network visibility system, and can determine one or more mappings between the network prefixes and the forwarding resources. Upon determining the one or more mappings, the control plane component can generate one or more packet forwarding rules based on the mappings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Extreme Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaochu Chen, Arvindsrinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan, Shailender Sharma, Ivy Pei-Shan Hsu, Sanjeev Chhabria, Rakesh Varimalla
  • Patent number: 10772043
    Abstract: Example methods and systems are disclosed to facilitate detection and identification of devices connected to a cellular network and that are causing interference to the cellular network. An example method may include receiving, by a serving base station of the device, a first set of information associated with data communications of a device utilizing a cellular network. The method may further include determining the device is an interfering device based on the first set of information associated with the data communication substantially corresponding with an interfering device profile, and in response tracking the device. During the tracking of the device, a second set of information associated with the data communications from the device may be obtained, and an interfering device type of the device may be determined based on the second set of information. An action may be performed on the interfering device based on its interfering device type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Giuseppe De Rosa, Joseph Thomas, Feiling Jia, Mario Kosseifi, Ronald Kiefer, Xidong Wu, Richard John Mountford
  • Patent number: 10764912
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to communicating a scheduling request (SR) in a wireless network. A frame structure that allows dynamic switching of transmission time intervals (TTI) between uplink and downlink communications may be used to communicate with a network entity. At least one SR mode can be selected for SR transmission to the network entity in one or more of the TTIs configured for uplink communications based at least in part on the frame structure. The SR can be transmitted to the network entity in at least one uplink TTI of the one or more TTIs configured for uplink communications based at least in part on the at least one SR mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Madhavan Srinivasan Vajapeyam, Jelena Damnjanovic, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Onkar Jayant Dabeer
  • Patent number: 10750436
    Abstract: One or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In a NAN system, NAN devices may operate to establish a datapath and multiple NAN devices may operate with one another in the form of a NAN cluster to facilitate communications processes. Portions of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for one or more wireless device (e.g., NAN devices) to transition into a cluster (e.g., a NAN cluster). In particular, wireless devices, having established a datapath, may be further organized into a data cluster (e.g., a NAN data cluster) within a cluster, which may be usable to facilitate the transitioning of a group of connected wireless devices (e.g., data clusters) between clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Maksim Shmukler, Lilach Zukerman, Oren Shani
  • Patent number: 10742265
    Abstract: A method for access to a shared communication medium, referred to as the medium, access to the medium being of the “carrier sense multiple access” type, wherein an electronic device, in order to be able to send a message over the medium, the message including information representing a message type, waits for a backoff time before checking whether the medium is available to send the message, the backoff time being determined randomly and lying between a minimum backoff time and a maximum backoff time, wherein the maximum backoff time is dependent on the type of message to be sent over the medium by the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM ENERGY & TELECOM SAS
    Inventor: Jérémie Sergi
  • Patent number: 10735165
    Abstract: Devices and methods for transmitting information in resource blocks between a base station and one or more communication devices are disclosed. In each resource block (RB) used for a data or control channel transmission, a plurality of non-overlapping regions of resource elements (REs) are defined. Each region is associated with one or multiple unique reference symbols (RSs), and may be further associated with one or more antenna ports. When user equipment (UE) demodulates the information it receives in a particular region of an RB, it uses the RS and/or antenna port associated with that region. The RS and/or antenna port information may be used, for example, to estimate a channel of the communication network or to demodulate and decode the data contained within the associated regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Havish Koorapaty, Robert Baldemair, Jung-Fu Cheng, Mattias Frenne, Daniel Larsson
  • Patent number: 10735167
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for pilot time slot hopping to mitigate interference-based pilot time slot contamination. Embodiments include generating a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system message frame structure comprising a header comprising a plurality of header time slots, an uplink (UL) time slot (optional), and a downlink (DL) time slot. Generating includes determining, based on a predetermined scheme, allocation of at least one of the plurality of header time slots to at least one user device within a predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Erik Bengtsson
  • Patent number: 10735239
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a method by which a D2D terminal transmits a synchronization signal in a wireless communication system, the synchronization signal transmission method comprising: generating a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS); and transmitting the PSSS, wherein the transmission power of the PSSS is the same as the transmission power of a channel in which system and synchronization-related information is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyukjin Chae, Hanbyul Seo, Hakseong Kim, Suhwan Lim, Inkwon Seo
  • Patent number: 10721783
    Abstract: A method and system for a first node to transmit packets to a second none, comprising receiving a packet from a local area network (LAN) interface, inspecting the packet; determining whether the packet satisfies at least one packet condition; transmitting the packet through a predefined tunnel if the packet satisfies the at least one packet condition; transmitting the packet through a second tunnel if the packet does not satisfy the at least one packet condition. The predefined tunnel is a first tunnel and is established before the packet is received by the first node. The second tunnel belongs to a first tunnel group or a second tunnel group. The first tunnel, the second tunnel and other tunnels may together form an aggregated connection. Further, the use of predefined tunnel may be based on whether the packets satisfy a session condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: PISMO LABS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Patrick Ho Wai Sung, Kit Wai Chau, Kam Chiu Ng, Wan Chun Leung, Ying Kwan, Martin Langmaid
  • Patent number: 10716037
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for accessing a network by one or more client devices via a plurality of access devices of wireless type. An access device receives a hand-over request for performing a hand-over from one of the client devices accessing the network via the access device, the hand-over request comprising an indication of one or more candidate access devices of the other access devices for performing the hand-over. The hand-over between the access device and a target access device of the candidate access devices is negotiate in response to the hand-over request. A further hand-over is negotiate of a further client device accessing the network via a source one of the other access devices between the access device and the source access device. The access device enables the further client device to access the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gianluca Gargaro, Davide Fazzone, Raffaele G Sperandeo, Luigi Lombardi
  • Patent number: 10715455
    Abstract: In one embodiment, for each distribution period of time, each packet flow is assigned to a path through a packet switching device (e.g., switch fabric) with all packets of the packet flow being sent in order over the assigned path. For a next distribution period, different paths are assigned for these packet flows, with all packets being sent in order over the new corresponding selected path. In one embodiment, these paths are switched often enough to prevent congestion, yet infrequent enough so as to minimize resources for reordering. In one embodiment, the reordering is done at the egress and only for predefined high bandwidth flows (e.g., elephant flows). A distribution period indication is typically associated with each packet to identify its corresponding distribution period. In one embodiment, each routing and egress switching stage in a switching fabric performs reordering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Williams, Jr., Naader Hasani, Mohammed Ismael Tatar, David Delano Ward
  • Patent number: 10708000
    Abstract: Techniques for contention window size (CWS) adaptation (CWSA) are discussed. One example apparatus can comprise a processor that can receive HARQ messages UEs in response to PDSCH transmissions in one or more reference subframes. The HARQ messages can comprise HARQ-ACK values that denote a HARQ-ACK state for a transport block associated with License Assisted Access (LAA) operation, wherein each of the HARQ-ACK states is one of a DTX state, an ACK state, a NACK state, or an “any” state. The processor can also; determine a metric value for each of the HARQ-ACK states; calculate a CWS adjustment metric based on the determined metric values; increase a CWS to a next higher allowed value when the CWS adjustment metric is greater than or equal to a threshold; and reset the CWS to a minimum allowed value when the CWS adjustment metric is less than the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hong He, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Seunghee Han, Abhijeet Bhorkar, Jeongho Jeon
  • Patent number: 10700772
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to achieve dynamic bandwidth allocation among terminal groups (TGs) with proportional fairness in terms of both throughput and spectrum usage across a network. Quality of service (QoS) metrics for such TGs can be satisfied in terms of maximum throughput and spectrum utilization, while also satisfying QoS metrics such as latency, throughput, and prioritized traffic services for individual terminals within the TGs. A centralized bandwidth manager can be utilized to manage such dynamic bandwidth allocation across multiple Code Rate Organizers (CROs), including environments in which the multiple CROs manage communications across multiple IPGWs for multiple terminal groups. Because, in such environments, a given conventional CRO cannot effectively manage allocations across the entire network, the centralized bandwidth management functionality can be introduced to assess the flows for multiple TGs across multiple CROs and to make bandwidth allocations accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Jun Xu, Chandrasekhar Sangireddi, Robert James Torres, Thomas Jagodits, Sandeep Ahluwalia, Satyajit Roy, Amit Arora, Joseph Sanju George
  • Patent number: 10693798
    Abstract: A system receives an incoming datastream at an incoming data rate or transmits an outgoing datastream at an outgoing data rate. The system may include a detection circuit to monitor the signal quality of the datastream. Responsive to changes in the monitored signal quality, the system may switch the data rate from a first data rate to a new data rate. If signal conditions are favorable, the system may switch to a higher data rate than the first data rate. If signal quality conditions worsen, the system may switch from the first data rate to a lower data rate to allow for a reduction in error rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
    Inventor: German Stefan Otto Feyh
  • Patent number: 10694550
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method of operating a base station in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a terminal, a first random access signal transmitted by a plurality of transmit beams of the terminal, determining a receive beam based on a signal strength of the first random access signal, receiving, from the terminal, a second random access signal transmitted by the plurality of transmit beams of the terminal using the receive beam, and establishing a connection between the terminal and the base station based on a signal strength of the second random access signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yinan Qi, Maziar Nekovee
  • Patent number: 10694422
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for the convergence of a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a post-4G system and the IoT technology. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety services) based on the 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for processing data in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donggun Kim, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 10686663
    Abstract: For a logical switching element implemented across several managed switching elements, some embodiments provide a method that receives a packet for processing through a logical processing pipeline of the logical switching element. The method processes the packet through a first set of stages of the logical processing pipeline of the logical switching element. The method modifies a set of context tag values to indicate a logical output port of the logical switching element for the packet. The method forwards the packet to a managed switching element of the several managed switching elements based on the logical output port in the set of context tag values stored in the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Casado, Teemu Koponen, Pankaj Thakkar