Patents Examined by Frank Duong
  • Patent number: 11108683
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, subsequent to receipt of a packet from a first customer network node destined for a second customer network node at a first provider network node, determining whether a local connection exists between the first provider network node and the second customer network node, the provider network node forming part of an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (“EVPN”)—Virtual Private Wire Service (“VPWS”) domain; if a local connection is determined to exist between the first provider network node and the second customer network node, determining whether the local connection has failed; if the local connection is determined not to have failed, switching the packet to the second customer network node via the local connection instead of via the EVPN-VPWS domain; and if the local connection is determined to have failed, switching the packet to the second customer network node via the EVPN-VPWS domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Patrice Brissette, Ali Sajassi
  • Patent number: 11109259
    Abstract: A core network node includes a transmitter configured to transmit a control plane data back-off timer to restrict a request from a UE for data transmission via Control Plane CIoT EPS Optimization. A UE includes a receiver configured to receive a control plane data back-off timer from a core network node, and a controller configured to not initiate data transmission via Control Plane CIoT EPS Optimization while the control plane data back-off timer is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Iskren Ianev, Genadi Velev, Andreas Kunz, Toshiyuki Tamura
  • Patent number: 11096129
    Abstract: Certain embodiments may relate to wireless communication systems. For example, some embodiments may relate to non-terrestrial networks (NTN). A method, in certain embodiments, may include receiving, by a user equipment (UE), at least one resynchronization message from at least one first network entity (NE). The method may also include resynchronizing, by the UE, with at least one second NE after at least one time period with at least one parameter based upon the at least one resynchronization message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Jeroen Wigard, Rafhael Amorim, Istvan Z. Kovacs, Matthew Baker, Mads Lauridsen
  • Patent number: 11096177
    Abstract: An operation mode switching method and user equipment are disclosed, so that an operation mode of the user equipment can be automatically switched. A specific solution is: determining, by user equipment, that a current data transmission rate of the user equipment is less than a first rate threshold, and/or a battery temperature of the user equipment is greater than a first temperature threshold; determining, by the user equipment, that the user equipment is in a CA operation mode; changing, by the user equipment, a transmission mode parameter of the user equipment to a transmission mode parameter corresponding to a non-CA operation mode; and restarting, by the user equipment, a communications module of the user equipment, and sending a first access request to a base station, where the first access request carries the transmission mode parameter corresponding to the non-CA operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liangguang Xu, Xin Lv, Fan Yang, Bo Meng
  • Patent number: 11088873
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to gateway devices coupled to a connection point device. A system can include a first gateway device communicatively coupled to a connection point device and a second gateway device. The second gateway device can be communicatively coupled to the connection point device and the first gateway device and can take control of a portion of the connection point device in response to a failure of the first gateway device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Flynn, Christoph J. Graham
  • Patent number: 11070332
    Abstract: A first terminal receives, on a radio link of a cellular network, at least one uplink pilot signal transmitted by at least one second terminal. The first terminal transmits, on the radio link and to an access node of the cellular network, an uplink report message indicative of at least one property of the received at least one uplink pilot signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Rickard Ljung, Basuki Priyanto, Bo Larsson, Zhinong Ying, Erik Bengtsson
  • Patent number: 11070303
    Abstract: The forwarding of a management message received in a network device includes determining whether a previously received message sent by the same sender has looped back to the network device. The message is forwarded if the received message is not a loop back of a previously received message, and dropped otherwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Jing Yuen Chan, Avininderpal Singh Grewal, Petr Budnik
  • Patent number: 11070605
    Abstract: Described embodiments include a system that includes a network interface and a processor. The processor is configured to identify, via the network interface, a state of congestion in a communication channel between a base station belonging to a cellular network and a client device, to calculate, responsively to the state of congestion, a maximum sustainable encoding bit rate (MSEBR) for a video that is being downloaded by the client device, from a server, via the communication channel, the video being encoded at a plurality of different predefined bit rates, and to inhibit the client device, in response to calculating the MSEBR, from downloading a segment of the video that is encoded at any one of the predefined bit rates that exceeds the MSEBR. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Vasona Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Roni Bar Yanai, Ofer Weill, Vijay Devarapalli
  • Patent number: 11064532
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) to provide downlink (DL) channel-quality reports during a random-access (RA) procedure in a cell provided by a network node in a radio access network (RAN). Such embodiments include receiving, from the network node, a first indicator indicating that the UE may have to report DL channel quality in a particular message of the RA procedure; and initiating the RA procedure. The UE may be configured to operate in a coverage-enhancement (CE) mode. Such embodiments can also include initiating DL channel quality measurements based on the first indicator, wherein the DL channel quality measurements can be initiated before receiving a RA response from the network node. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a network node, as well as UEs and network nodes configured to perform the respective methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Johan Bergman, Yutao Sui, Tuomas Tirronen, Emre Yavuz
  • Patent number: 11057167
    Abstract: A method and apparatus may include configuring a split bearer. The split bearer is configured with a first data path between a user equipment and a first network node, and the split bearer is also configured with a second data path between the user equipment and a second network node. The split bearer is configured for a switching operation. The switching operation includes an operation where data transmission is restricted to be towards only one of the first data path and the second data path. The method also includes first transmitting on the split bearer towards the first data path. The method also includes performing the switching operation. The transmitting towards the first data path is switched to transmitting towards the second data path. The method also includes second transmitting on the split bearer towards the second data path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventor: Henri Markus Koskinen
  • Patent number: 11057911
    Abstract: A wireless speaker system includes a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The first transceiver is configured to establish a first wireless link with a data source for receiving a plurality of data packets, and to establish a second wireless link with a second transceiver for transmitting a set of parameters to the second transceiver to enable the second transceiver to sniff the plurality of data packets from the data source. The first transceiver is further configured to send a second acknowledgment to the data source via the first wireless link upon failure to receive the plurality of data packets from the data source via the first wireless link and upon receiving a first acknowledgment from the second wireless transceiver via the second wireless link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Beken Corporation
    Inventors: Weifeng Wang, Lulai Chen
  • Patent number: 11043986
    Abstract: A mesh interconnect interface includes a dielectric slice; first micro-bumps aligned along a longitudinal axis and positioned closest to a driver bank, which is to be coupled to a first mesh stop of a first chiplet; second micro-bumps similarly aligned and positioned farthest from the first driver bank; third micro-bumps similarly aligned and positioned closest to a second driver bank, which is to be coupled to a second mesh stop of a second chiplet; fourth micro-bumps similarly aligned and positioned farthest from the second driver bank, wherein the longitudinal axis is orthogonal to a gap between the chiplets. The groups of micro-bumps are disposed on the slice. A first group of wires are embedded in the slice to couple the first and second micro-bumps. A second group of wires are interleaved with the first group of wires and embedded in the slice to couple the second and third micro-bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Edward Burton
  • Patent number: 11044724
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a communication method, a network side device, and a terminal device. When a quantity of minimum scheduling time units in one time of scheduling performed by a network side device is S, and the network side device and a terminal device transmit data in a first transmission mode, a target scheduling rule can be determined by the terminal device from N scheduling rules. The scheduling rule includes at least one of a quantity T of transport blocks in one time of scheduling and a mapping relationship between T transport blocks and S minimum scheduling time units in one time of scheduling. The first transmission mode is a single-antenna transmission scheme or a multi-antenna transmission scheme. Communication can be performed, by the network side device, with the terminal device according to the target scheduling rule. In this way, proper scheduling rules can be selected to adapt to different scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinlin Peng, Pengpeng Dong, Longbao Wang
  • Patent number: 11039415
    Abstract: A method for downlink data transmission includes: sending a paging message in a wireless notification area, the paging message carrying data need to be sent to a user equipment (UE); and receiving, after the data in the paging message is acquired by the UE, a receipt confirmation message returned by the UE, the receipt confirmation message being indicative of the UE successfully receiving the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11039446
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices, and techniques to indicate operations by extremely high throughput (EHT) devices on an operating bandwidth, including devices in a basic service set (BSS) supporting the use of a 320 MHz channel. In some aspects, the supported functionality may include extensions to flexibility and support rules, structures, and signaling using legacy fields, frames, and features. In addition, the supported functionality may include channel sensing and reporting, such as per-channel network allocation vectors (NAVs) for the sub-channels of the operating bandwidth. A device may identify an operating mode for an operating bandwidth and determine a value for a bandwidth query report (BQR) or a target wake time (TWT) element. The device may check multiple NAVs for sub-channels of the operating bandwidth. The operating bandwidth may span concurrent operations on traditional Wi-Fi frequency bands including the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands as well as the 6 GHz band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred Asterjadhi, George Cherian, Abhishek Pramod Patil, Bin Tian
  • Patent number: 11039473
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver and a processor. The processer performs a contention procedure based on a back-off counter, in each of a plurality of channel and accesses, by using the transceiver, at least one of the plurality of channels based on the contention procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinsoo Ahn, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11032803
    Abstract: A method for transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is performed by a terminal and includes: a step for receiving on at least one serving cell, a downlink data channel based on short transmission time interval (sTTI); and a step for transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-acknowledgment (ACK) information about the received downlink data channel, wherein a cell to which an uplink control channel on which the HARQ-ACK information is to be carried is to be transmitted can be set to support an sTTI-based operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunho Lee, Yunjung Yi, Daesung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11032042
    Abstract: A candidate control channel resource determining method and apparatus are provided. Under the method, a first and a second aggregation level can be determined by a terminal. The aggregation level is a quantity of control channel resource elements in a candidate control channel. The first aggregation level is less than the second aggregation level. Control channel resource elements in a candidate control channel set corresponding to the second aggregation level form a first quantity of candidate control channel sets corresponding to the first aggregation level. One of the first quantity of candidate control channel sets corresponding to the first aggregation level can be determined as a target set based on an identifier of the terminal. A control channel resource element occupied by each candidate control channel in the target set can be determined. A candidate control channel in the target set can be detected for a received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xu Zhang, Lixia Xue, Bingyu Qu
  • Patent number: 11032835
    Abstract: A method for determining link direction of resources in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving frame configuration information from a base station, wherein the frame configuration information indicates at least one of default resources and flexible resources in a frame, receiving downlink control information (DCI) format from the base station, and determining link direction of the flexible resources in the frame based on the frame configuration information and the DCI format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Min Gyu Kim, Suck Chel Yang, Joon Kui Ahn
  • Patent number: 11026196
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for synchronization of sensing operations performed by a plurality of devices. The method may include collecting sensing capabilities of one or more connected devices that are communicably coupled with a central device. Each connected device may include one or more sensors, and the sensing capabilities may include at least sensor type and sensing interval for each sensor. The method may also include coordinating sensing operations performed by the central device and the one or more connected devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ju-Yong Do, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Weihua Gao, Gengsheng Zhang, Rayman Pon