Patents Examined by Elton Williams
  • Patent number: 10708222
    Abstract: In one example, a method for configuring an interface includes creating an alias interface, where the alias interface is associated with a corresponding base interface. An alias address such as an IPv6 address is then created and assigned to the alias interface. The alias address is then added to the base interface, the base interface including a statically configured address. Finally, access to the base interface is enabled by way of the alias interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Alan Bean
  • Patent number: 10708076
    Abstract: An apparatus determines a signal to be sent dependent on at least one triggering event. The signal is determined based upon at least one of at least one rule and at least one condition. The at least one of at least one rule and at least one condition is determined dependent on input comprising at least one of apparatus type, apparatus capabilities, traffic type, service type, and connection type. The signal is transmitted by the apparatus based upon the at least one triggering event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Ilkka Keskitalo
  • Patent number: 10707937
    Abstract: A method by which a terminal receives a downlink signal in a wireless access system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: receiving information on a plurality of channel status information (CSI) processes including two or more CSI-reference signals (CSI-RSs); receiving a downlink control signal including an indicator indicating a specific CSI-RS; selecting a quasi co-located (QCL) CSI process in which the specific CSI-RS is configured as a representative CSI-RS from among the plurality of CSI processes; selecting, as a QCL CSI-RS or a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS), a CSI-RS corresponding to the most recently reported CSI-RS indicator from among the two or more CSI-RSs included in the QCL CSI process; and receiving a downlink data signal by using the DM-RS and the QCL CSI-RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyungtae Kim, Jonghyun Park
  • Patent number: 10707984
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for calculating sensor timing corrections at a sensor device. The methods and apparatus determine a sampling period as a number of cycles of an internal clock counted while a configured number of samples is captured in a slave device, determine a time interval between samples using an offset from a time of an observed occurrence of a hardware event on a communication link, the offset being received in a command from a master device, and adjust the time interval between samples by iterative digital approximation to correct for differences between timing of the slave device and the master device while concurrently calculating a watermark time corresponding to a sample start time configured by the master device for one or more slave devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Radu Pitigoi-Aron
  • Patent number: 10681606
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for switching access points in a fast moving scenario in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus of a communication station (STA) includes transceiver circuitry to: send a request to a first access point (AP) to associate with the first AP to access a network, and receive a service set identifier (SSID), a channel number, an ordered listing of APs for association when traveling in a fast moving scenario, and a plurality of basic service set identifications (BSSIDs) corresponding to the ordered listing of APs. The apparatus includes processing circuitry to determine whether a signal strength of a second AP exceeds a signal strength of the first AP in the fast moving scenario fast moving scenario access point switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Yu Zhou
  • Patent number: 10674437
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein involve network-side operations that include adjusting scheduling or reporting times of a wireless device, to accommodate acquisition of neighbor-cell System Information, SI, by the device while operating under conditions of enhanced coverage with respect to the neighbor cell. Further disclosed are network-side operations that include determining the repetition level to be used for transmitting SI, for providing enhanced coverage to one or more wireless devices. Additionally, disclosed device-side operations include configuring the autonomous gaps used in a SI acquisition procedure, in dependence on the number of repetitions determined to be needed for acquiring the SI of a neighbor cell, while the device is operating under enhanced coverage with respect to the neighbor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Santhan Thangarasa, Joakim Axmon, Muhammad Kazmi, Kazuyoshi Uesaka
  • Patent number: 10666538
    Abstract: Method for testing a radio frequency (RF) data packet signal transceiver device under test (DUT) via a wireless signal medium that enables final functional testing of a fully assembled DUT without requiring wired signal connections. System performance characteristics indicative of manufacturing assembly defects, such as defective antennas or subsystem connections, can be performed using over the air (OTA) test signals communicated wirelessly between the DUT and a tester. By using actual DUT performance characteristics determined during earlier manufacturing tests, such as receiver sensitivity and transmitter power, and known power levels available from the tester transmitter, the OTA signal path loss (i.e., attenuation of the wireless signal) can be estimated and used to confirm the final state of system operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: LITEPOINT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Christian Volf Olgaard
  • Patent number: 10667288
    Abstract: A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving timing information and a time-frequency resource configuration for an uplink subframe; selecting at least a first set of time-frequency resources of the uplink subframe on which to transmit; and transmitting a grantless transmission on at least the first set of time-frequency resources. The time-frequency resource configuration identifies a correspondence between at least one receive beam in a set of one or more receive beams and at least one set of time-frequency resources in one or more sets of time-frequency resources of the uplink subframe. The first set of time-frequency resources is selected based at least in part on a transmit beam of the UE, a correspondence of the transmit beam to a receive beam in the set of one or more receive beams, and a correspondence of the receive beam to the selected first set of time-frequency resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Andrei Dragos Radulescu, Chirag Sureshbhai Patel, Tamer Kadous
  • Patent number: 10659151
    Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for utilizing a flexible slot indicator in wireless communication. A base station (BS) may establish communication with a first user equipment device (UE). The BS may determine a transmission direction for each of a plurality of symbols included in one or more slots. The BS may transmit a slot format indicator (SFI) to the UE. The SFI may indicate the transmission direction for each of the plurality of symbols included in one or more slots. The BS and the UE may perform communication during the one or more slots according to the determined transmission direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuchul Kim, Wei Zeng, Xiangying Yang, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun
  • Patent number: 10659176
    Abstract: A method for identifying a radio frequency transmitter is described, wherein a radio frequency signal is received via a radio frequency channel, the radio frequency signal including at least one radio frequency sequence. The sequence received is split into a plurality of chunks. The radio frequency channel is equalized by using a first subset of the plurality of chunks. The amplitude of each chunk of a second subset of the plurality of chunks is measured in the equalized radio frequency channel. The at least one amplitude is used for deciding whether the at least one sequence of the radio frequency signal corresponds to a sequence listed in a list. Further, a system for identifying a radio frequency transmitter is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Otmar Wanierke
  • Patent number: 10645692
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for indicating uplink subframes on an unlicensed frequency spectrum. The method includes: acquiring configuration information of allocated uplink subframes and a timing position of a current subframe; setting a preset first ordinal number of subframe after the current subframe as a first uplink subframe after the current subframe; and sending indication signaling in a preset second number of subframes before the set first uplink subframe, a terminal that receives the indication signaling acquiring a timing position of the uplink subframes according to the indication signaling. The method for indicating uplink subframes on an unlicensed frequency spectrum extends the TDD frame structure, so that the TDD frame structure is more flexible to adapt to more transmission environments, and improves transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: YULONG COMPUTER TELECOMMUNICATION SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Ju Li
  • Patent number: 10624126
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a closed loop Listen Before Talk (LBT) which is a coexistence mechanism used by wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, to access unlicensed shared spectrum, such as the ISM UNII bands (5 GHz). The embodiments disclosed herein enable a base station to coordinate the LBT process at both the base station and a receiver in order to avoid hidden node interference where the interfering nodes are outside the sensing range of the transmitting node. The base station device can send a LBT trigger to the receiver to synchronize the clear channel assessments that are performed at each device to determine if there is any activity on the channel. The receiving device can send back a report to the base station device, and if no activity on the channel is detected, the base station device can schedule a transmission on the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Novlan, Arunabha Ghosh, Abdulrauf Hafeez
  • Patent number: 10594462
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for structured resource allocation signaling. In one novel aspect, an 8-bit RU allocation filed is allocated in the HE-SIG-B common field for each 20 MHz. The structured resource signaling supports more than four MU-MIMO users. In one embodiment, the STA decodes the 8-bit RU allocation signal following a structured resource unit (RU) allocation rule, and determines the RU. In one embodiment, the STA decodes the first two bits of the 8-bit RU allocation signal to determine a first category of the RU allocation. The categories of the RU allocation includes a large RU size category indicating larger than or equal to 20 MHz RUs exist, a two 106-tone category indicating two 106-tone RUs exist, and a no-large-RU category indicating only smaller-than-242-tone RUs exist. The STA further decodes based on the category. A lookup table (LUT) for RU allocation is built and decoded based on a structured signaling rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Tianyu Wu, Jianhan Liu, Shengquan Hu, Thomas Edward Pare, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10581486
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide system for determining an event associated with a mode of transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves on a surface of a transmission medium, identifying according to the event an updated mode for transmitting or receiving adjusted electromagnetic waves on the surface of a transmission medium, and transmitting or receiving the adjusted electromagnetic waves based on the updated mode. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Robert Bennett, Irwin Gerszberg, Farhad Barzegar, Donald J. Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
  • Patent number: 10575272
    Abstract: In the present invention, a method for synchronizing frequency and time in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting the same are disclosed. Particularly, a method for synchronizing frequency and time performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system may include receiving a specific signal including a PSS, compensating the specific signal with at least one time offset candidate, generating at least one first differentiation value, generating at least one second differentiation value, calculating a cross correlation value between the at least one first differentiation value and the at least one second differentiation value, and estimating a time offset and a frequency offset of the PSS based on a time offset candidate that corresponds to a greatest cross correlation value among at least one cross correlation value calculated for at least one time offset candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seokmin Shin, Hyunsoo Ko, Bonghoe Kim, Byounghoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10574581
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for advertising network layer reachability information specifying a quality of service for a network flow are disclosed. An example first network device disclosed herein is to advertise a first flow specification and a first quality of service for a first network flow to be received by the first network device, and access a second flow specification and a second quality of service advertised by a second network device for a second network flow that is to be received by the second network device. The example first network device is also to update bits of an incoming packet that belongs to the second network flow to determine an updated incoming packet, and assign the updated incoming packet to a routing queue corresponding to the second quality of service to cause the updated incoming packet to be routed towards the second network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Penn L. Pfautz, Huajin Jeng
  • Patent number: 10575241
    Abstract: A method for service discovery in a neighbor awareness network (NAN), and a terminal device, where the method includes receiving, by a first device, a first service discovery message sent by a second device, where the first service discovery message carries service identifier information and first path information, and the first path information includes identifier information of the service initiating device, or identifier information of the second device and the service initiating device, determining, by the first device, second path information according to the first path information, where the second path information includes the identifier information of the service initiating device and identifier information of the first device, and sending, by the first device, a second service discovery message, where the second service discovery message carries the service identifier information and the second path information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gaokun Pang, Ping Fang
  • Patent number: 10541918
    Abstract: An example network device includes a flow cache configured to store a flow cache entry that indicates a memory address referenced by one or more actions of the flow cache entry and a first learn index for the memory address, a memory address map configured to store a second learn index for the memory address, and one or more processors implemented in circuity. The network device is configured to receive a packet for the flow and obtain, from the flow cache entry for the flow, the memory address referenced by the one or more actions and the first learn index. The network device is further configured to determine the first learn index matches the second learn index and forward, in response to the determining, the packet using the one or more actions of the flow cache entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Manmeet Singh, L. Timothy Patrick, Swamy Sadashivaiah Renu Kananda
  • Patent number: 10536934
    Abstract: Techniques for supporting both localized and frequency-distributed control channel messages in the same enhanced control channel region are disclosed. An example method begins with receiving (2010) a downlink signal comprising an enhanced control region consisting of at least two sets of physical resource block (PRB) pairs. The method continues with the forming (2020) of one or more distributed enhanced control-channel elements (eCCEs) from a first set of PRB pairs by aggregating physical layer building blocks from multiple PRB pairs to form each distributed eCCE. One or more localized eCCEs are formed (2030) from a second set of PRB pairs by aggregating physical layer building blocks such that each of the localized eCCEs is formed from physical layer building blocks from within a single PRB pair of the second set. Control channel message candidates are formed (2050) from the distributed eCCEs and localized eCCEs, respectively, and decoded (2060).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Mattias Frenne, Johan Furuskog, Havish Koorapaty, Daniel Larsson
  • Patent number: 10536881
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Systems and methods provide a service that effectively transmits or receives data simultaneously using a 3GPP system, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), and a non-3GPP system, such as a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), in a network where the 3GPP system and the non-3GPP system coexist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sangsoo Jeong