Patents Examined by Dung B Huynh
  • Patent number: 11411677
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a terminal device capable of efficiently performing communication in a communication system in which a base station device and the terminal device communicate with each other. [Solution] A terminal device that communicates with a base station device includes: a higher layer processing unit configured to set an STTI channel setting through signaling of a higher layer from the base station device; and a receiving unit configured to receive a first PDSCH in a case in which the STTI channel setting is not set and receive a second PDSCH in a case in which the STTI channel setting is set. The first PDCCH is mapped to one or more resource blocks, the second PDCCH is mapped to one or more sub resource blocks, and the second PDSCH is demodulated using a reference signal mapped to a symbol including the sub resource block or a resource element before the symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Shimezawa
  • Patent number: 11395153
    Abstract: A system for networking Wi-Fi Access Points in a Distributed Antenna System includes a plurality of Digital Access Units (DAUs). The plurality of DAUs are coupled and operable to route signals between the plurality of DAUs. The system also includes a plurality of Digital Remote Units (DRUs) coupled to the plurality of DAUs and operable to transport signals between DRUs and DAUs and a plurality of DAU ports and DRU ports. The system further includes a Framer/Deframer, wherein the cellular payload data is separated from the IP data and a network switch. The IP data from a plurality of DAU and DRU ports are buffered and routed to a plurality of DAU and DRU ports. Furthermore, the system includes a plurality of Wi-Fi access points coupled via a mesh network to Wi-Fi access points connected to a plurality of DRUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: DALI WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Sasa Trajkovic, Shawn Patrick Stapleton, Qianqi Zhuang
  • Patent number: 11395278
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a resource configuration method and an apparatus, to prevent user equipment (UE) from replying acknowledgement responses of different downlink subframes. The method includes: receiving, by UE, configuration information of an acknowledgement response resource, where the acknowledgement response resource is used by the UE to send a downlink data channel acknowledgement response of an nth transmission unit on an uplink control channel of an (n+k)th transmission unit, the configuration information includes first information, the first information is used to indicate a quantity of transmission units located before the nth transmission unit in a feedback window of the (n+k)th transmission unit; and sending, by the UE, the downlink data channel acknowledgement response of the nth transmission unit on the uplink control channel of the (n+k)th transmission unit based on the configuration information by using the acknowledgement response resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junchao Li, Zhengwei Gong, Chi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11374857
    Abstract: A network device management method for a first network device in autonomic networking includes obtaining management information of a service flow, the management information comprising a type of a management operation and an identifier of the service flow, and the first network device being an ingress network device of the service flow, determining a second network device on a forwarding path of the service flow based on the identifier of the service flow, the second network device being a next-hop network device of the first network device, sending a control packet having the management information to the second network device, the control packet indicating to the second network device to perform a management operation based on the type of the management operation and obtain information associated with the management operation, receiving, from the second network device, a response packet having information associated with the management operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yongkang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11363553
    Abstract: A radio node may calculate one or more performance metrics based on measured satellite signals, which are associated with a global positioning system, or wireless signals that are associated with a cellular-telephone network. Then, the radio node may determine, based on the one or more performance metrics, whether the radio node is a synchronization master in a cluster of radio nodes. When the radio node is the synchronization master, the radio node may provide information intended for a computer specifying that the radio node is the synchronization master and the one or more performance metrics. In response, the radio node may receive a synchronization request associated with another radio node in the cluster. Furthermore, the radio node may provide the synchronization information intended for the other radio node, where the synchronization information specifies time, frequency, and phase synchronization for at least the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Paul Petrus, Yves Eteve, Rajiv Gupta, Shailender Potharaju
  • Patent number: 11350384
    Abstract: An information transmission method and a related device are provided. The method includes: determining, by a base station, to send downlink information to P user equipments of at least one user equipment within a first time period; generating, by the base station, an indication field according to the determined P user equipments, where the indication field includes M bits, each of the at least one user equipment is corresponding to K bits of the M bits, the K bits are used to indicate whether the corresponding user equipment needs to receive and read the downlink information sent by the base station within the first time period, K is a positive integer greater than 1 and less than M, and P is an integer greater than or equal to 0; and sending, by the base station, the indication field to the at least one user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolei Tie, Feng Yu, Steven James Wenham
  • Patent number: 11329843
    Abstract: A method of multichannel acquisition and geophysical data is provided. Individual and autonomous node operating systems are provided. Separate communication channels for upstream and downstream data transfer, high voltage transfer and synchronization signals are provided. The method provides for an alternating waveform of injected current to maximize data precision and minimize soil ionization. Node type assignment interleaving is also provided to compress survey time. Self calibration of nodes is provided as is self addressing of a node array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Earthsystems Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bryant, Frederick Hershel Savage, Timothy Beets
  • Patent number: 11323200
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention relate to a method of allocating a radio resource and a device utilizing the same. The method comprises: a transmitter determines, according to an identification (ID) of a receiver at a present state, and based on a redefined rule, a channel time-frequency location where a control channel associated with the present state of the receiver is; and the transmitter transmits, via the control channel at the channel time-frequency location, and to the receiver, data time-frequency location indication information, a size of time-frequency resource occupied by data, and a data modulation and coding scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Feng, Hai Tang
  • Patent number: 11323287
    Abstract: Methods, systems and software products for configuring a virtual port for a physical server to support packets transfer between the physical server and other network nodes over a virtual network, comprising transmitting one or more configuration Protocol Data Units (PDU) of an extended Link Layer Data Protocol (LLDP) to a Network Interface Card (NIC) of a physical server connected to a network, the configuration PDU(s) comprising one or more extension Type Length Values (TLV) defining one or more virtual network settings for a virtual network port mapping the physical server in a virtual network. The NIC is configured to deploy the virtual network port to support exchange of packets between the physical server and one or more of a plurality of nodes of the virtual network by processing outgoing and incoming packets according to one or more virtual network virtualization protocols using one or more of the virtual network settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Katherine Barabash, Renato Recio
  • Patent number: 11324014
    Abstract: In order to maintain conformance with exposure limits, in band measurements may be performed. A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus may be provided for wireless communication at a user equipment. The apparatus receives an indication of a cell specific resource, e.g., a cell specific resource available for MPE measurement. The apparatus then performs a measurement based on the cell specific resource and determines whether to adjust a transmission characteristic of the user equipment based on whether the measurement meets a threshold. In another aspect a base station apparatus may configure a cell specific resource in which a user equipment may perform an MPE measurement and control use of the cell specific resource for the MPE measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ashwin Sampath, Joseph Burke, Raghu Challa, Udara Fernando, Andrzej Partyka, Muhammad Nazmul Islam
  • Patent number: 11323285
    Abstract: An architecture for a multichannel geophysical data acquisition system is provided in the field of electrical resistivity tomography. Individual and autonomous node operating systems are provided. Separate communication channels for upstream and downstream data transfer, high voltage transfer and synchronization signals are provided. A novel use of high voltage isolation barriers is also provided. A direct memory access data transfer process is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Earthsystems Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bryant, Frederick Hershel Savage, Timothy Beets
  • Patent number: 11310817
    Abstract: A configurable new radio (NR) resource scheduling and indication transmission procedure that may be executed by a base station and a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. For example, a base station may determine a number of synchronization signal blocks available for transmission of non-scheduling data, and transmit an indication signifying at least one of the number of synchronization signal blocks or a location of each of the number of synchronization signal blocks. Further, a UE may receiving an indication signifying at least one of a number of synchronization signal blocks or a location of each of the number of synchronization signal blocks. The UE may further determine one or more resource elements forming the number of synchronization signal blocks where non-scheduling data has been scheduled for transmission. The UE may receive the non-scheduling data within the one or more resource elements forming the number of synchronization signal blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Heechoon Lee, Tao Luo, Xiaoxia Zhang, Bilal Sadiq, Makesh Pravin John Wilson
  • Patent number: 11290153
    Abstract: A system and method for multi-cell access are provided. A method includes transmitting at least one control channel to a communications device. The at least one control channel includes control information, and the transmitting is performed by at least one cell in a subset of a cooperating set. The method also includes transmitting to the communications device based on control information transmitted to the communications device, or receiving from the communications device based on control information transmitted to the communications device. The transmitting is performed by at least one other cell in the cooperating set, or the receiving is performed by the at least one other cell in the cooperating set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Weimin Xiao, Deping Liu, Yunsong Yang
  • Patent number: 11283585
    Abstract: A decentralized communication device is provided that facilitates optimal positioning and orientation of one or more antennas for wireless communication with external devices. The decentralized communication device includes one or more master components and one or more slave components. The master and the slave components are physically separate and communicate wirelessly. In some embodiments the slave acts as a carrier frequency translator between the master and an external wireless device, where it communicates with the external device using a first frequency and communicates with the master using a second frequency which is different from the first frequency. In another embodiment the slave has most or all the physical layer to do the digital coding, digital modulation, data framing, data formatting and data packetization for communicating with an external device, in which case digital coding and digital modulation is distributed between the master and the slave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: GOLBA LLC
    Inventor: Mehran Moshfeghi
  • Patent number: 11283934
    Abstract: Methods are provided for providing a unified communication history of a multi-modal communication. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a plurality of event logs related to the multi-modal communication. The multi-modal communication comprises a first communication modality and a second communication modality. The method includes aggregating the one or more events from the event logs as a plurality of aggregated events and resolving an identity of each user from among the plurality of users in the plurality of aggregated events. The method includes storing the aggregated events into a communication history of the multi-modal communication. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUZE, INC.
    Inventors: Julio Viera, Alan Sapede, Clement Wehrung, Jedidiah Brown
  • Patent number: 11283730
    Abstract: A data migration method and an apparatus are applied to a scenario in which a user plane gateway communicating with a terminal is changed from a source user plane gateway to a target user plane gateway. The target user plane gateway receives an address of the terminal from a control plane gateway, obtains an Ethernet data packet based on the address of the terminal, and sends the Ethernet data packet to an Ethernet interface, so that a switch obtains the Ethernet data packet through the Ethernet interface, and updates a MAC address table based on the Ethernet data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Shi, Qianghua Zhu
  • Patent number: 11277795
    Abstract: A method for communication in a wireless LAN system according to an embodiment includes: receiving, by a first wireless terminal including a main radio module and a WUR module for receiving a wake-up packet modulated based on OOK scheme, the wake-up packet from a second wireless terminal based on the WUR module, wherein the wake-up packet includes first information indicating that a broadcast scheme is applied to the wake-up packet and second information for indicating the presence of a group addressed frame buffered by the second wireless terminal; and controlling, by the first wireless terminal, the main radio module such that the main radio module remains in a doze state until a predetermined wake-up time after reception of the wake-up packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeongki Kim, Kiseon Ryu, Jinsoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11265266
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium is provided in which a port switching program for causing a computer to execute a process including: transmitting, in response to a mirror switching instruction that specifies a migration source port and a migration destination port, a first mirror switching notification to a virtual switch that has the migration destination port to request a change of mirror setting in the migration destination port; canceling mirror setting for a transmission packet to the migration destination port in the migration source port; and canceling mirror setting for a received packet from the migration destination port in the migration source port in response to a second mirror switching notification from the virtual switch, the second mirror switching notification indicating the change of the mirror setting in the migration destination port is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11265249
    Abstract: The present invention enables the selection of network routes based on a combination of traditional route table entries, identity policy information, and trust level information determined dynamically for each network session. This enables a network operator to apply different policies to network entities presenting differing identity credentials. It also allows network operators to block access to networks and network resources when identity credentials are not provided or are unauthorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: BLUE ARMOR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: John William Hayes
  • Patent number: 11258556
    Abstract: This application provides a method for determining a reference signal sequence, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first indication information sent by a network device; determining, by the terminal device, a target resource based on the first indication information; determining, by the terminal device, a reference signal sequence based on parameters of a first bandwidth and parameters of a second bandwidth; and sending or receiving, by the terminal device, the reference signal sequence on the target resource. Based on the method for determining a reference signal sequence provided in this application, the reference signal sequence can be determined based on the parameters of the first bandwidth and the parameters of the second bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Wu, Hao Tang, Chi Zhang, Mengying Ding