Patents Examined by Christopher M Crutchfield
  • Patent number: 11375454
    Abstract: This application discloses a scheduling method, an access point, and a station. The method includes generating, by an access point AP, a first frame, where the first frame includes reservation information of each of at least one trigger frame, a first trigger frame is any one of the at least one trigger frame, and reservation information of the first trigger frame includes an identifier of the first trigger frame, start time of the first trigger frame, and a constraint condition of a station STA corresponding to the first trigger frame, and broadcasting, by the AP, the first frame to at least one STA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mao Yang, Bo Li, Yanchun Li
  • Patent number: 11368201
    Abstract: A method for sidelink groupcast transmission, performed by a transmitting terminal, may comprise configuring a first feedback resource located at a first time point and a second feedback resource located at a later time point than the first time point; transmitting groupcast control information and groupcast data to a receiving terminal group; receiving first feedback information through the first feedback resource from at least one terminal belonging to a first subgroup of the receiving terminal group; and receiving second feedback information through the second feedback resource from at least one terminal belonging to a second subgroup of the receiving terminal group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Go San Noh, Il Gyu Kim, Jun Hyeong Kim, Ju Ho Park, Jung Hoon Lee, Jun Hwan Lee, Hee Sang Chung
  • Patent number: 11356540
    Abstract: A method, gateway device, computer and computer to program product for monitoring responder interaction with equipment and credentialing of a responder are provides. A gateway device includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store responder credentials and equipment data. The processor is in communication with the memory and is configured to translate equipment data received from equipment in a first format according to a first protocol to a second format according to a second protocol, the translated equipment data to be relayed to a computer. The processor is also configured to register equipment data in the memory. The gateway device also includes a transceiver configured to receive the equipment data from external equipment, transmit responder credentials to the computer and transmit the translated equipment data to the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Scott Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Longin James Kloc, Michael Scott Sabolcik, Kimberly Michelle Henry, Darin Kyle Thompson, David M. Barbarine
  • Patent number: 11356944
    Abstract: A data collection device capable of communicating with an endpoint device over a network comprises a first communication means for low data rate messaging, a second communication means for high data rate messaging, and a controller configured to send a wake-up command including a request for data to the endpoint device at a low data rate via the first communication means, the wake-up command requiring the requested data to be transmitted at a high data rate, and receive the requested data from the endpoint device at the high data rate via the second communication means. When transmission via a high data rate is not required, data may be transmitted to the data collection device at the low data rate via the first communication means. The wake-up command may involve a regularly scheduled request for data, an unscheduled request for data, and/or an alarm event. Various methodologies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Itron, Inc.
    Inventors: Johann de Jager, Christopher Lloyd Osterloh
  • Patent number: 11356924
    Abstract: A first base station (1) is configured to send, to a second base station (2), first configuration information that is necessary to establish a data bearer and a data radio bearer in the second base station (2) for a C/U-plane split scenario (S105). Further, the first base station (1) is configured to keep the first configuration information in the first base station (1) even after the data bearer and the data radio bearer are established in the second base station (2) (S109). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to a reduction in a path switch delay when a UE moves between cells in the C/U-plane split scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Aminaka, Hisashi Futaki
  • Patent number: 11350291
    Abstract: In a mobile communication system including a base station provided with a plurality of antenna ports, and user equipment that executes radio communication with the base station, the base station transmits a beam stream including a first beam for transmitting data to the user equipment, and one or more second beams for transmitting a precoded reference signal in a direction toward a vicinity of the first beam; and upon receiving the beam stream, the user equipment selects, from the first beam and the second beam, and transmits, to the base station, one or more suitable beam indexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kakishima, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11349705
    Abstract: A route failure and a device failure are detected in a short time without erroneous recognition. A multiplexing system includes: a first system having a pair of processing devices forming a pair; a second system having a pair of processing devices forming a pair that are different from the first system; each processing device of the first system and the second system includes a survival monitoring unit configured to monitor a failure of the each processing device or the each LAN based on a device time-out for confirming survival of the each processing device and a route time-out for confirming survival of the each LAN set to be longer than the device time-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Kawai, Hideki Osonoi, Hidenori Omiya
  • Patent number: 11343020
    Abstract: A radio communication method and device are provided. The method includes: performing a compression processing on uplink control information to be transmitted in a target time unit, wherein the compression processing includes a compression processing performed on Coding Block Group (CBG)-based feedback response information included in the uplink control information; and transmitting the uplink control information after the compression processing in the target time unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanan Lin
  • Patent number: 11343770
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for receiving, by a terminal, a signal of another terminal by using a time resource pattern of transmission (T-RPT) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: determining subframes through which the another terminal transmits data, by applying a T-RPT bitmap to subframes within a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) period; and receiving D2D data from at least some of the subframes through which the another terminal transmits data, wherein when the terminal has received first information within the PSCCH period, the terminal switches subframes into a sleep mode according to the first information even though the T-RPT bitmap indicates that data is to be transmitted through the subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyukjin Chae, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 11343728
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A first base station may receive, from a second base station, parameters for a selection of an uplink of the cell. A handover to the selected uplink may be performed based on the parameters and a measurement associated with a signal of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Kyungmin Park, Esmael Dinan, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Hua Zhou, Alireza Babaei, Ali Cirik
  • Patent number: 11343818
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to method for transmitting positioning reference signals (PRSs) in a cell served by a base station. The base station maps PRSs onto different groups of time-frequency resources according to different respective PRS patterns, wherein each of the different groups spans one or more consecutive subframes in time. The base station transmits the PRSs in the cell in accordance with said mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Meng Wang, Yufei Blankenship
  • Patent number: 11343192
    Abstract: A packet processing method, where a server allocates an identifier of a network slice to a terminal device based on a service type of the terminal device and sends the identifier of the network slice to a control device. The control device determines parameter information of the network slice based on the identifier and determines a forwarding path based on the parameter information. Then, the control device adds a forwarding resource included in the forwarding path to a forwarding resource of the network slice. When the terminal device sends the service packet, the service packet is forwarded using the forwarding resource of the network slice. Hence, the control device dynamically determines the forwarding resource for the network slice based on a service requirement such that a forwarding resource in a network can be fully used, saving forwarding resource and improving network flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guanghui Sun, Yang Yang
  • Patent number: 11343783
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of receiving a synchronization signal block by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, in one of two half frames included in a frame, a synchronization signal block including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and receiving a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in a resource region carrying the PBCH. Information about the half frame in which the synchronization signal block is received may be obtained from a sequence of the DMRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Ko, Kijun Kim, Sukhyon Yoon, Youngsub Kim, Eunsun Kim
  • Patent number: 11337111
    Abstract: A method of assembling segments and a receiving end are provided. The method includes: determining, in the case that the receiving end receives a target data packet at a RLC layer, whether the target data packet is a segment of a RLC data packet based on a header of the target data packet; arranging the segment of the RLC data packet received by the receiving end, in the case that the target data packet is the segment of the RLC data packet; assembling, in the case that the receiving end receives all segments of the RLC data packet, all segments of the RLC data packet to obtain the RLC data packet; and delivering the RLC data packet to a PDCP layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yumin Wu, Xiaodong Yang
  • Patent number: 11334518
    Abstract: An embedded file network server based on a seismic data stream includes a broadband power management module, a main control unit, a serial-port-to-RS232 module, a PHY bridge layer, an SD card, and a network interface. The main control unit includes serial port, an SDIO interface, an internal RAM, DMA units, and a MAC drive layer. The main control unit performs seismic data interaction with an external device through the serial port, and receives seismic data through an internal interruption, and the received seismic data stream is stored in the internal RAM. The internal RAM transfers the received seismic data stream to the SDIO interface and MAC driver layer through the DMA units. The SDIO interface stores the seismic data stream in the SD card for data backup. The MAC driver layer is coupled to the PHY bridge layer for inputting and outputting the seismic data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qing Xu, Tianyao Hao, Yuan Wang, Chunlei Zhao, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11337258
    Abstract: Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method for communicating with user equipment (UE) by a base station is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: identifying a type of one or more services required by the UE; notifying the UE of information on a configuration of a medium access control (MAC) layer and a physical (PHY) layer configured according to the identified type of one or more services; and communicating with the UE on the basis of the information on the configuration of the MAC layer and the PHY layer configured according to the identified type of one or more services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Bin Chang, Anil AgiWal, Sang-Wook Kwon, Hyun-Jeong Kang, Kyung-Kyu Kim, Young-Joong Mok, Sang-Kyu Baek, June Hwang
  • Patent number: 11329702
    Abstract: A multi-input multi-output (MIMO) Bluetooth module with effectively suppressed mutual interference is disclosed. The MIMO Bluetooth module has multiple Bluetooth transceivers which operate in a synchronized transmission mode, in which no Bluetooth transceiver is permitted to transmit data when any of the Bluetooth transceivers are receiving data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Fang Hsu, Li-Chun Ko
  • Patent number: 11329795
    Abstract: A required time specification unit specifies time it took for a round-trip communication in half-duplex wireless communication. A bitrate determination unit determines a value corresponding to a size of data generated by a video data generation unit per unit time based on the specified time and a given target time regarding the round-trip communication. The search occurrence estimation unit estimates whether or not a communication path search process with an HMD is occurring. The bitrate determination unit changes the determined value so that magnitude of change in the value corresponds to a result of the estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
  • Patent number: 11329744
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a transmission terminal, a time information processing device, and a synchronization method capable of improving synchronization accuracy in a wireless network are provided. According to an embodiment, a sensor system includes a sensor, a transmission terminal, and a time information processing device. The transmission terminal includes an event signal generator, an event time determiner, a communication time determiner, and a communicator. The event signal generator detects the occurrence of an event on the basis of a physical quantity detected by the sensor. The event time determiner determines a detection time of the event. The communication time determiner determines a transmission time at the time of transmission to the time information processing device. The communicator transmits time information to the time information processing device. The time information processing device includes a reception time determiner and a time information processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Yuki Ueda
  • Patent number: 11323280
    Abstract: A network node adapted to forward incoming data packets, the network node including a tag identifying unit, adapted to identify a tag of an incoming data packet as a replicate tag; a tag look-up module, adapted to retrieve from a tag table a number of replications and destinations for the replicate tag; a replicating engine, configured to replicate the incoming data packet according to the number of replications, thereby generating replicated data packets; and a forwarding unit, adapted to forward the replicated data packets to the destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Gunter Van De Velde, Andrew Dolganow, Praveen Muley, Wim Henderickx, Adam Simpson