Patents Examined by Clemence Han
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Patent number: 9960885Abstract: A system, method and device for wireless communication is provided. The method includes receiving, by a receiver, data from a wireless transmitter, receiving, by the receiver, retransmission of the data from the wireless transmitter, storing, by the receiver, the data, processing, by the receiver, the data without knowledge of the data length, and determining, by the receiver, a data length of the data.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jinhong Wu, Mostafa El-Khamy, Jungwon Lee
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Patent number: 9961625Abstract: An edge device comprising access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) features is disclosed. An edge device can be a device located at a logical edge of a wireless network. An edge ANDSF component can rank access network resources. The rank can be based on characteristics of an access network resource, a user profile, device resource demands, or a user behavior model. The user profile can comprise information facilitating pre-authentication of a device to an access network resource. Further, the user profile can be considered portable with regard to localized aspects of edge ANDSF components. The user profile provides improved ANDSF feature performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Venson Shaw, Sangar Dowlatkhah
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Patent number: 9955367Abstract: An apparatus and a method for feeding back data receiving status, applied to a system, are provided. The method includes sequencing, by a User Equipment (UE), downlink subframes for transmitting data with respect to each Component Carrier (CC), generating receiving status feedback information for the first X downlink subframes with respect to each CC according to the result of the sequencing, where X?M, wherein M is the number of downlink subframes on each CC, and transmitting the receiving status feedback information generated with respect to each CC to a base station. Accordingly, the UE will not misinterpret the receiving status for the downlink subframes due to inconsistencies with the base station between transmitting and receiving feedback. This affects the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission, saves the uplink overheads occupied by the receiving status feedback information, and increases the uplink coverage area.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yingyang Li, Chengjun Sun, Xiaoqiang Li
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Patent number: 9949169Abstract: Control flow enhancement for LTE-U operation. Aspects include enhancements to control flow processing for floating TTI operation for unlicensed cells including ePDCCH processing, aperiodic CSI reporting, DRX operation, and extended TTIs at the end of a transmission burst. The described aspects also include enhancements for reference signal configuration for unlicensed cells, processing of joint grants for multiple unlicensed cells, ePDCCH processing for partial subframes, and multi-channel DRS operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Tao Luo, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal
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Patent number: 9949254Abstract: A method for configuring a time division duplex (TDD) of a user equipment in a communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving from a base station a first TDD configuration; receiving from the base station a message including information related to a dynamic TDD configuration; receiving a second TDD configuration according to the received information related to the dynamic TDD configuration; receiving from the base station an uplink grant; and determining whether to apply the first TDD configuration or the second TDD configuration based on a method by which the unlink grant is received. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the advantages of configuring a shorter cycle of the TDD to the user equipment supporting the TDD in a wireless communication system, and rapidly configuring the TDD to the user equipment variably according to a communication situation are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sangbum Kim, Soenghun Kim, Kyeongin Jeong
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Patent number: 9935883Abstract: A load distribution for data units received by a particular packet inspection device that is part of a collection of packet inspection devices is determined, where the packet inspection devices in the collection are to examine content of corresponding received data units. For corresponding data units received by the particular packet inspection device, the determined load distribution favors keeping the corresponding data units at the particular packet inspection device. Based on metric information regarding utilization of at least the particular packet inspection device, the load distribution is dynamically modified.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Trend Micro IncorporatedInventors: James M. Rolette, Damon E. Fleury
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Patent number: 9928202Abstract: A two-to-one multiplexor comprises a first data input configured to hold data provided from a first preceding asynchronous pipeline stage and a second data input configured to hold data provided from a second preceding asynchronous pipeline stage, a 4-phase bundled data protocol facilitating communication between the first and the second data inputs and the first and second preceding asynchronous pipeline stage, an arbitration unit connected to the first data input and the second data input, and configured to select which of the data from the first and the second data inputs is released, a request release unit, and a reset unit wherein the arbitration unit, the request release unit, and the reset unit implement and complete a second 4-phase bundled data protocol facilitating communication with a succeeding asynchronous pipeline stage for transmission of the data chosen by the arbitration unit thereby providing asynchronous multiplexing of the data.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Fermi Research Alliance, LLCInventor: James R. Hoff
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Patent number: 9918341Abstract: In order to provide a generic access rule, the present disclosure proposes a new potential set of adaptivity rules for LBE based on LBT. The generic access rule of the present disclosure provides LTE-U and Wi-Fi coexistence and DL/UL coexistence in both LTE-U and Wi-Fi. The apparatus receives, from the first master device, a resource allocation for communicating with the second master device. The apparatus also determines a type of CCA procedure to perform before communicating with the second master device on an unlicensed channel. The apparatus further performs a CCA procedure to obtain a transmission opportunity based on the determining, the CCA procedure being one of an ICCA procedure or an ECCA procedure. In addition, the apparatus transmit data to the second master device in accordance with the resource allocation on the unlicensed channel when the transmission opportunity is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Marco Papaleo, Srinivas Yerramalli, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Tao Luo, Peter Gaal, Durga Prasad Malladi
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Patent number: 9907067Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving a downlink signal by considering an antenna port relationship. A method for user equipment receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signal in the wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining a start symbol index of the PDSCH from a downlink subframe; and receiving the PDSCH signal based on the start symbol index, wherein the PDSCH can be scheduled by means of downlink control information (DCI) which is received through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH).Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Inkwon Seo, Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim, Suckchel Yang
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Patent number: 9907079Abstract: A mobile station apparatus that obtains, from the base station apparatus, frequency information for a one cell of the plurality of the cells and a parameter of a timer, where a state of the one cell is changed to deactivation state based on expiry of the timer.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsunari Uemura, Shohei Yamada, Daiichiro Nakashima, Yasuyuki Kato
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Patent number: 9900891Abstract: In a process of beam change, the base station transmits a beam change instruction to a user equipment (UE) to indicate that the base station will change from a current beam to another beam, but the UE may not successfully receive the beam change instruction. The apparatus may be a base station that is configured to address such issues. The base station determines to change from a first beam to a second beam. The base station transmits, to a UE, a beam change instruction to indicate the determination to change to the second beam upon the determination to change to the second beam. The base station determines whether the UE has received the beam change instruction. The base station selects a third beam to communicate with the UE when the base station determines that the UE has not received the beam change instruction, wherein the third beam is a predefined beam.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Junyi Li, Tao Luo, Bilal Sadiq, Sony Akkarakaran
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Patent number: 9893870Abstract: Provided is a communication control device configured to control radio communication in accordance with a time division duplex (TDD) method, the communication control device including: a setting unit configured to set a link direction configuration indicating a link direction of each subframe, with respect to each frame including a plurality of subframes; and a control unit configured to control processes of automatic repeat request with respect to a terminal device that performs radio communication. The control unit controls the processes to make a number of the processes equal to or smaller than a maximum number according to setting of the link direction configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Nishiki Mizusawa
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Patent number: 9894610Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring On Durations in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving DRX information and indicator for selecting On Durations to be used for the UE; calculating one or more first On Durations in a DRX cycle based on the DRX information; and monitoring one or more second On Durations among the one or more first On Durations based on the indicator, wherein each On Duration comprises one or more subframes.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sunyoung Lee, Seungjune Yi, Youngdae Lee, Sungjun Park
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Patent number: 9893989Abstract: A network controller may include a flow identifier to identify a flow using frame information. The frame information may be transmitted by a network switch. The network controller may include a retriever to retrieve hard zoning configuration data corresponding to the flow. The hard zoning configuration data may be used by the network switch to update an access control list.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventor: Siamack Ayandeh
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Patent number: 9894564Abstract: In a wireless communication system, a user equipment device (UE) may undertake a circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) process by using or more secondary radio frequency (RF) receive chains to search for candidate circuit-switched (CS) cells, in parallel with using a primary RF receive chain to wait for an extended service request (ESR) response. The UE may send, using a first RF receive chain, an ESR message on a packet-switched (PS) network in response to receiving a CS voice call page on the PS network. The UE may also start an ESR timer upon sending the ESR message, and monitor, using the first RF receive chain, for receipt of an ESR response on the PS network. While monitoring for receipt of the ESR response, the UE may use a second RF receive chain to acquire an initial CS network, and detect whether the ESR timer expires before the ESR response is received.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Li Su, Wanping Zhang, Qiang Miao
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Patent number: 9888404Abstract: A method for receiving aperiodic channel status information (CSI) report in a wireless access system, the method performed by an evolved Node-B (eNB) and comprising: transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) message configuring two or more CSI measurement sets, wherein each of the two or more CSI measurement sets consists of one or more subframes; transmitting an aperiodic CSI request field triggering the aperiodic CSI report via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first subframe; and receiving the aperiodic CSI report with CSI on a second subframe, wherein the CSI is associated with a valid subframe which is included in one of the two or more CSI measurement sets, and the valid subframe is defined as a closest subframe from the second subframe in consideration of predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim
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Patent number: 9888430Abstract: Embodiments allow selection of a Discovery signal (DS) used to identify an eNB to a UE receiving the DS. The DS allows the UE to ascertain the existence and/or cell identifier of the eNB. DS comprise a plurality of other signals such as a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), a Cell Specific Reference Signal (CRS) and/or a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS). A DS occasion comprises a number of subframes where the selected signals that comprise the DS are transmitted. The signals selected for the DS, their characteristics and properties allow a UE to decode the cell identifier. The DS occasion occurs with a designated periodicity.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Seunghee Han, Xiaogang Chen, Alexei Davydov
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Patent number: 9888515Abstract: A device, system, and method synchronizes network states for a user equipment (UE) during a handover from a first network to a second network while the UE was in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state. The method includes determining whether a first context associated with a first non-default bearer over the first network is stored on the UE. The method includes when the first context is determined, determining a second context associated with a second non-default bearer over the second network is stored on the UE. The method includes transmitting a request to the first network over a default bearer for network state information relative to the first network. The method includes receiving the network state information from the first network, the network state information indicating that the UE does not have the first non-default bearer over the first network established. The method includes deleting the first context.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Raj Chaugule, Sanjay Verma, Xuqiang Hua, Anish Goyal, Deepankar Bhattacharjee
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Patent number: 9882755Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes encoding service data of Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs); bit interleaving the encoded service data; building at least one signal frame including the bit interleaved service data; and modulating data in the at least one signal frame by Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) method; inserting a preamble at a beginning of each of the at least one signal frame after the modulating step; and transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data, wherein the preamble includes two OFDM symbols and each of the two OFDM symbols is generated by a sequence multiplication, and wherein each of the two OFDM symbols in the preamble includes information for an emergency alert.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Byounggill Kim, Jaehyung Kim, Jaeho Hwang, Woosuk Ko, Sungryong Hong
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Patent number: 9883519Abstract: A mobile station device comprising circuitry that is configured and/or programmed to derive channel quality information which includes at least one of a channel quality indicator, a rank indication, and a precoding matrix indicator and to transmit the channel quality information using a physical uplink channel resource between a first physical uplink channel resource and a second physical uplink channel resource. The physical uplink channel resource is given by comparing a first bandwidth for the first physical uplink channel resource and a second bandwidth for the second physical uplink channel resource. The first bandwidth and the second bandwidth are expressed as a number of resource blocks.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Shohei Yamada