Patents Examined by Amar Persaud
  • Patent number: 9264316
    Abstract: Network node (110), and method (300) in a network node (110), for load control in a cell (130) in a wireless communication system (100). The method (300) comprises starting an interference cancellation process, for reducing interference between uplink signals, estimating an interference cancellation gain, relative to an interference reduced received uplink signal power resulting from the interference cancellation process, wherein the interference cancellation gain is estimated after the start of the interference cancellation process but before the interference cancellation process is completed. In addition, the method (300) comprises controlling the traffic load of the cell (130), by considering the estimated interference cancellation gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Xinyu Gu, Stephen Grant, Niklas Johansson, Torbjörn Wigren, Zhang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9264371
    Abstract: An exemplary router is provided for an integrated circuit that has distributed buses and is arranged on a transmission route that leads from a transmission node to a reception node on the distributed buses to relay data. The distributed buses include first and second routes, each leading from the router to the reception node. The router includes a notifying section which sends a data transfer permission request to a second router on the first route and a third router on the second route and which determines whether or not the request is approved before a predetermined standby period passes to see if there is any abnormality in the first and second routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Yamaguchi, Atsushi Yoshida, Tomoki Ishii
  • Patent number: 9258696
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of route optimization involving a first mobile device associated with a first home gateway. One embodiment of the method is implemented in a first mobility forwarding entity and includes registering the first mobile device at the first mobility forwarding entity. The first mobile device is registered using a session key included in a registration message transmitted by the first mobile device. The embodiment also includes establishing a secure route between the first mobility forwarding entity and a terminating node using the session key. The secure route bypasses the first home gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent
    Inventors: Ganapathy Sundaram, Violeta Cakulev
  • Patent number: 9225626
    Abstract: An exemplary system and method for providing virtual multiple lines in a communication system is provided. The exemplary system allows a plurality of simultaneous phone calls to be conducted via a single access identifier (e.g., phone number). In exemplary embodiments, the system comprises a hub configured to route calls via PSTN and VoIP. The determination as to how the call should be routed may be performed by the hub, a call services server, or a combination of both. At least one client device may be coupled in communication with the hub and configured to enable placement or receipt of a second or subsequent call when a first call is active. The client device is coupled to a communication device which places or receives the second or subsequent call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ooma, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Capper, Jeff Peck, Dennis Peng
  • Patent number: 9210071
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method implemented in at least one fat tree network node for improved load distribution, wherein the node is one of a plurality of fat tree network nodes in a fat tree network each of which implement a tie-breaking process to produce minimum cost trees, is described. In some embodiments, a spanning tree computation for each root node of the fat tree network in order from a lowest ranked root node to a highest ranked node is performed, a filtering database for each root node of the fat tree network, wherein the filtering database includes a set of media access control (MAC) addresses of the leaf nodes of the fat tree network generated, and link utilization for each computed tree to use as a prefix to link identifiers used for at least one tie-breaking algorithm added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: David I. Allan, Scott A. Mansfield
  • Patent number: 9209858
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes receiving signals from user equipment, despreading the received signals by applying an unused channelization code, and determining the uplink noise power based on output of the despreading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Jerry Zhenyu Wang, Kumud Kumar Sanwal, Jonqyin Sun, Kai Xie, Susan M. Miller, Marc E. Shelton
  • Patent number: 9191917
    Abstract: A method in an eNodeB, a radio network controller, or a base station controller for handling paging of a first user equipment being in idle mode is provided. The base station is comprised in a communication system. The base station obtains (301) an indication from a mobility management entity or from a serving GPRS support node within the communication system. The indication indicates a type of downlink data to be transmitted to the first user equipment. After the base station has determined (302) a paging policy based on the obtained indication of type, it sends (303) a paging message to the user equipment according to the determined paging policy. The paging message notifies the first user equipment that there is downlink data to be transmitted to the first user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Arash Beygzadeh
  • Patent number: 9179446
    Abstract: In a communications system, one or more mobile devices may be programmed through the use of an assigned channel of a logical channel. For example, a broadcast control channel (BCCH) transmission may be received by one or more mobile devices, the transmission comprising a set of instructions to program the mobile devices. The BCCH transmission may be used to program certain mobile devices, such as a type or brand of device, or mobile devices having certain features, such as call waiting. The mobile device may be configured to accept a transmission, such as a packet in a GPRS network, on one channel while rejecting a transmission on other channels. Further, the mobile device may be reconfigured to accept additional channel transmissions or reject currently approved channel transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: DeWayne Allan Sennett, Brian Kevin Daly
  • Patent number: 9167604
    Abstract: The methods and an apparatuses for scanning in WLAN are disclosed. A method of a scanning of a station (STA) may include monitoring a channel during a probedelay based on a MAC sublayer management entity (MLME)-SCAN.request primitive indicating an active scanning for a target Access Point (AP), receiving a frame including a channel congestion indicator from an AP during the probedelay, generating a MLME-SCAN.change request primitive to request a change of a scanning type parameter included in the MLME-SCAN.request primitive when the channel congestion indicator indicates that the channel is congested, generating a MLME-SCAN.change confirm primitive to confirm the change of the scanning type parameter included in the MLME-SCAN.request primitive as a response of the MLME-SCAN.change request primitive, and performing a passive scanning for the target AP based on the MLME-SCAN.change confirm primitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gi Won Park, Ki Seon Ryu, Jin Sam Kwak, Han Gyu Cho
  • Patent number: 9160618
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for managing virtual link aggregation (vLAG) includes coupling a first networking switch with a second networking switch using an interswitch link (ISL), wherein the first networking switch is positioned at a boundary between Layer-2 (L2) and Layer-3 (L3), and wherein the second networking switch is positioned at the boundary between L2 and L3; creating a virtual link aggregation (vLAG) comprising connections between the first and second networking switches and an access switch in L2, wherein each networking switch comprises a virtual router redundancy protocol (VRRP) module; and interacting and modifying a VRRP state machine to perform active internet protocol (IP) forwarding when a connection between one of the networking switches and the access switch fails or one of the networking switches does not function properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan WX Li, Tamanna Z. Sait, Naveen C. Sekhara, Venkatesan Selvaraj
  • Patent number: 9144006
    Abstract: In a gateway (GW), when interference is detected by an interference detection unit, a frame generation unit sends an interference broadcast signal. A terminal receives the interference broadcast signal sent at a maximum transmission power from the GW to which the terminal belongs. The interference broadcast signal includes information on a planned transmission power value that is a transmission power value of a data signal in the GW and is smaller than the maximum transmission power value. The interference broadcast signal is sent at the maximum transmission power value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujita, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Yun Wen
  • Patent number: 9100224
    Abstract: A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system includes at least one Internet Protocol (IP) terminal setting up a call through a switching system according to a signaling protocol, and at least one computer terminal capable of remotely accessing the IP terminal. The IP terminal sets up the call by exchanging a signaling message with a counterpart IP terminal when the computer terminal has remotely accessed the IP terminal, by transmitting a packet received through the call to the computer terminal, and by transmitting a packet received from the computer terminal to the counterpart IP terminal. A subscriber can receive and originate a call by accessing the subscriber's IP terminal irrespective of the subscriber's location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Joon-Sung Chun
  • Patent number: 9094319
    Abstract: The invention provides a CDeX system of equipment lists and a method thereof, the method includes following steps: scanning electronic devices in the first LAN conformable to the UPnP protocol by the first OTT-box to thereby establish a first equipment list; when the first router is capable of communicate with a second LAN through a wireless network tunnel, delivering the first equipment list to the first router by the first OTT-box; accessing a second identifier of the second router by the first OTT-box; delivering the first equipment list to the second router in the second LAN by the first router according to the second identifier; and delivering a second equipment list provided by the second OTT-box to the first router by the second router, in which the second equipment list is corresponding to electronic devices in the second LAN conformable to the UPnP protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsiang-Chun Liu
  • Patent number: 9088527
    Abstract: A method and system for allocating bandwidth among communication sessions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes performing a first allocation to a first communication session and performing a second allocation to a second communication session. The method includes performing a reallocation of bandwidth from the first communication session to the second communication session based on a predetermined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Moni Manor, Parameshwaran Krishnan, Jon Louis Bentley, Gregory Thomas Osterhout, Peter George Tarle, Alex Beck
  • Patent number: 9083606
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles to manage routing in networks are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a first network element associated with a problematic network element; identifying a first maximum transmission unit of the first network element and a second maximum transmission unit of the problematic network element; determining whether the first and second maximum transmission units are different; and when the first and second maximum transmission units are different, identifying a value of a greater one of the first and second maximum transmission units and configuring the first network element and the problematic network element to each have the identified value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Interactions LLC
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Qian, Michael Zinnikas, Jackson Liu
  • Patent number: 9084216
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which the method of wireless communication includes identifying a reference cell; selecting a plurality of candidate cells based on a criteria; determining a characteristic for the reference cell and the plurality of candidate cells; and setting a position based on the determined characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tom Chin, Guangming Shi, Kuo-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 9065773
    Abstract: A system includes a module associated with a first stage of a switch fabric directly coupled to a module associated with a second stage of the switch fabric via a single physical hop having multiple virtual channels. The module associated with the first stage is configured to assign a virtual channel identifier associated with a virtual channel with a data packet using a hash function and to send the data packet through the virtual channel based on the virtual channel identifier. The module associated with the second stage is configured to send a flow control signal to the module associated with the first stage when an available capacity of a queue is less than a predetermined threshold. The module associated with the first stage is configured to suspend sending data packets via the virtual channel in response to the flow control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Gunes Aybay
  • Patent number: 9025497
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to media forwarding for a group communication session within a wireless communications system. A server receives a frame for a given timeslot from each of a first plurality of access terminals participating in the group communication session, each of the received frames having an associated data rate. The server selects at least one and less than all of the received frames based at least in part on the associated data rates of each of the received frames. The server sends the selected at least one frame to a second plurality of access terminals participating in the group communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ashu Razdan, Devang Narendra Bhatt, Rajan Verma
  • Patent number: 9025552
    Abstract: The invention provides a cross-domain multi-media resource identification system and a method thereof. The method includes: the first router transmits the first equipment list of the first LAN to the second router; the second router transmits the second equipment list of the second LAN to the first router; a first electronic device transmits a read request to the second router through the first router when the first electronic device in the first LAN intends to obtain a specific multi-media file of a second electronic device in the second LAN; the second router returns a text message file to the first router; the first router converts the specific internal internet address into an actual external internet address according to the text message file; the first electronic device plays the specific multi-media file according to the actual external internet address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 9019813
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a networking system includes a first networking switch positioned at a boundary between Layer-2 (L2) and Layer-3 (L3), the first networking switch including a first virtual router redundancy protocol (VRRP) module, a second networking switch connected to the first networking switch via an interswitch link (ISL), the second networking switch being positioned at the boundary between L2 and L3 and including a second VRRP module, and an access switch positioned in L2, the access switch being configured to be connected to the first and second networking switches in a virtual link aggregation (vLAG), the first VRRP module being configured to perform active internet protocol (IP) forwarding when the second networking switch is not performing active IP forwarding, and the second VRRP module being configured to perform active IP forwarding when the first networking switch is not performing active IP forwarding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan WX Li, Tamanna Z. Sait, Naveen C. Sekhara, Venkatesan Selvaraj