Patents Examined by George C Atkins
  • Patent number: 10375691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for managing wireless resources, and an access point (AP) using the same. The method for managing wireless resources, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise: a monitoring step of monitoring the use state of an operation channel being used, so as to determine the use state of the wireless resources for the operation channel; and a control step of changing, by the AP, the frequency of the operation channel or handing a terminal connected to the AP over to a neighboring AP according to the determined use state of the wireless resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yang-Seok Jeong, Young-Keum Song, Jong-Hwa Shin, Mi-Ji Choi
  • Patent number: 10355879
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch that is a member of a fabric switch. The switch includes a keepalive response module that identifies a keepalive response packet that does not correspond to any keepalive packet previously transmitted by the switch. The switch also includes a switch identifier extraction module that extracts a switch identifier from a payload of the keepalive response packet, where the switch identifier corresponds to another member switch in the fabric switch. The switch further includes a forwarding module that constructs a packet that includes the payload and is destined to the other member switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Ray, Phanidhar Koganti, Shunjia Yu, Vardarajan Venkatesh
  • Patent number: 10348545
    Abstract: A broadcast signal transmitter is provided that includes an input formatter, a Forward Error Correction (FEC) encoder, a constellation mapper, a time interleaver, a framer and a waveform generator. The input formatter input processes input data to output Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) data. The FEC encoder performs FEC encoding on the PLP data. The constellation mapper performs constellation mapping on the PLP data. The time interleaver is configured to time interleave the PLP data. The framer is configured to generate a signal frame comprising the PLP data. The waveform generator is configured to generate a transmission broadcast signal comprising the signal frame. A number of carriers of the signal frame is determined by the equation: NoC=NoC_max?k*?, wherein NoC is the number of carriers, NoC_max is a maximum number of carriers, k is a reducing coefficient, and ? is a control unit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyung Kim, Chulkyu Mun, Woosuk Ko, Jongseob Baek, Sungryong Hong
  • Patent number: 10341933
    Abstract: A method and corresponding system for controlling whether a UE is served by a relay base station, based on consideration of the maximum-supported MCS of the relay base station's associated UE-relay. The method could apply where the UE is already served by the relay base station, in which case the question could be whether the UE continues being served by the relay base station or rather hands over to another base station. Or the method could apply where the UE is not yet being served by the relay base station, in which case the question could be whether the UE should initially attach with or hand over to the relay base station. Further, the method could be carried out by the UE and/or by a base station or other network entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Vanil Parihar, Sreekar Marupaduga, Nitesh Manchanda
  • Patent number: 10341224
    Abstract: A flow control information routing system includes a receiver node device coupled to a sender node device by intermediate node devices that receive data traffic directed downstream, transmit the data traffic downstream, and provide flow control information upstream that is based on the data traffic transmitted downstream. The sender node device may perform a first layer 3 routing decision to direct a traffic flow to the receiver node device along a first traffic flow path that includes first intermediate node device(s). The sender node device may then receive flow control information provided by the first intermediate node device(s) and, in response, perform a second layer 3 routing decision using the flow control information in order to direct the traffic flow to the receiver node device along a second traffic flow path that includes second intermediate node device(s) and that does not include the first intermediate node device(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Shivakumar Sundaram, Ramesh Balaji Subramanian
  • Patent number: 10342002
    Abstract: The resent invention relates to a wireless communication system, and particularly to a method and device for same, the method including the steps of: receiving, from a base station, L1 information about M number of UCells (M?N) on which downlink resources are temporarily configured, wherein M number of UCells (M?N) are a subset of N number of UCells; selectively aggregating K number of UCells (K<M) from among N number of UCells depending on a terminal's cell aggregation capability; and communicating with the base station by using the aggregated K number of UCells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Joonkui Ahn, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 10341884
    Abstract: Channel clearance using a shared radio frequency spectrum band may be performed for both a base station and a user equipment (UE). A base station may perform a listen before talk (LBT) procedure and verify one or more channels in a shared radio frequency spectrum band are available for transmissions and, if the LBT procedure is successful, transmit a pre-grant transmission to one or more UEs. The UEs may perform an LBT procedure for channel(s) indicated in the pre-grant transmission. If the UE LBT procedure passes, the UE may transmit a channel clearance signal, and may transmit a feedback communication responsive to the pre-grant transmission. The feedback communication may indicate, for example, the pre-grant transmission was received and which of the one or more channels are available based on the LBT procedure. The base station may receive the feedback communication and initiate transmissions to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jing Sun, Tao Luo, Xiaoxia Zhang, Taesang Yoo, Siddhartha Mallik
  • Patent number: 10334597
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for transmitting and receiving a signal for device-to-device (D2D) communication and an apparatus therefor, which are used in a wireless access system supporting D2D communication. A method for a device transmitting and receiving a signal according to one aspect of the present invention may comprise the steps of: identifying signals that are scheduled for a particular subframe configured for D2D transmission and reception; determining whether the scheduled signals overlap; and transmitting the scheduled signals on the basis of a pre-determined priority if the scheduled signals overlap. To this end, the priority may be determined based on the type of signal. More preferably, the priority may be determined in the order of a synchronization signal, a D2D communication signal and a D2D discovery signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hanbyul Seo, Hakseong Kim, Joonkui Ahn
  • Patent number: 10327204
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding apparatus, for a power saving mode operation in a wireless LAN, the method including: an AP transmitting, on the basis of a virtual bitmap of a TIM element comprised in a beacon frame, a PS-poll request frame to a plurality of target STAs that have received the indication of the existence of pended downlink data; the AP receiving, on overlapped time resources, each of a plurality of PS-poll frames from each of a plurality of PS-poll transmission STAs that are indicated on the basis of the PS-poll request frame among the plurality of target STAs; and the AP, on the overlapped time resources, transmitting each of a plurality of downlink frames to each of the plurality of PS-poll transmission STAs as a response to each of the plurality of PS-poll frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Giwon Park, Kiseon Ryu, Jeongki Kim, Hangyu Cho, Suhwook Kim
  • Patent number: 10320537
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new downlink frame format to support MU-MIMO and OFDMA, and methods, apparatuses, etc. therefor. In an aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting data to a plurality of STAs by an AP in a WLAN may include generating a HE-LTF field for the plurality of STAs, and transmitting a PPDU frame to the plurality of STAs, the PPDU frame including the HE-LTF field and data for the plurality of STAs. The data for the plurality of STAs may be transmitted to different STA on each of a plurality of subchannels, and a starting point of the HE-LTF field may be same across the plurality of STAs and an end point of the HE-LTF field may be same across the plurality of STAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NEWRACOM, INC.
    Inventor: Yongho Seok
  • Patent number: 10321349
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for downloading of filtering rules onto a mobile device. The described technique includes determining, from among at least two lists of filtering rules intended for downloading onto a mobile device, a priority sublist with a high indicator of frequency of actuation of the filtering rules from the list. The priority list is downloaded onto the mobile device. Each of the remaining non-downloaded lists of filtering rules is broken up into parts of a certain size, and a set of groups of filtering rules is formed, in each of whose groups is placed not more than one part of each remaining non-downloaded list of filtering rules. The groups of filtering rules are downloaded onto the mobile device with a certain interval of time until said formed set of groups is fully downloaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: AO Kaspersky Lab
    Inventors: Alexey P. Komissarov, Victor V. Yablokov, Alexey M. Chikov
  • Patent number: 10313246
    Abstract: In one example, a processor may receive network traffic from a demultiplexer via a first network interface card and place portions of the network traffic into a plurality of hash buckets. The processor may further process a first portion of the portions of the network traffic in at least a first hash bucket of the plurality of hash buckets and forward a second portion of the portions of the network traffic in at least a second hash bucket of the plurality of hash buckets to a switch via a second network interface card. In one example, the switch distributes the second portion of the network traffic to one of a plurality of overflow probes. In one example, the plurality of overflow probes comprises a network function virtualization infrastructure for processing the second portion of the network traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Arthur L. Zaifman, John M. Mocenigo
  • Patent number: 10292151
    Abstract: A method for resource allocation includes: a base station determining a user equipment UE to which a resource block is to be allocated; and if the index number of any resource block among the allocated resource blocks of the UE falls within a preset first index number range, judging whether the number of the allocated resource blocks of the UE is less than the preset first parameter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wurong Zhang, Rong Zhou
  • Patent number: 10291526
    Abstract: A router advertisement may be received by a network device, and may include router service information corresponding to a service associated with a router on a network. A virtual local area network (VLAN), which may be one of a plurality of VLANs, for receiving the router advertisement may be identified. A VLAN may be associated with one or more client devices. An access point on the network may be identified. The identified access point is associated with a client device that is associated with the identified VLAN. A VLAN configuration for the identified access point is determined, which may include determining the number of VLANs included in the configuration. The router advertisement may be transmitted according to the VLAN configuration of the identified access point. The router advertisement facilitates a connection to the network when the router advertisement is received by the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventor: Isaac Theogaraj
  • Patent number: 10291525
    Abstract: Provided are devices, computer-program products, and methods (e.g. methods implemented on a network device) for caching and forwarding router advertisements. In some implementations, a router advertisement may be received by a network device. In these implementations, a router advertisement may include router service information. The router service information may correspond to a service associated with a router on a network. In some implementations, the router advertisement is stored. In some implementations, a router solicitation is also received. In these implementations, the router solicitation is associated with a client device on the network. In some implementations, the stored router advertisement is transmitted. In these implementations, the stored router advertisement is sent as a unicast packet. The stored router advertisement may facilitate a connection to the network when the stored router advertisement is received at the client device that was associated with the router solicitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventor: Isaac Theogaraj
  • Patent number: 10277363
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement transmission method, a user equipment, and a base station. The transmission method includes: receiving, by a user equipment, on a first serving cell and in a downlink subframe n?k, PDSCH transmission or a downlink control channel that indicates downlink SPS release, where a duplex mode of the first serving cell is FDD, or all subframes on the first serving cell are downlink subframes, or one radio frame on the first serving cell includes nine downlink subframes and one special subframe; and transmitting, in an uplink subframe n, an HARQ-ACK response corresponding to the first serving cell and the downlink subframe n?k; where n is an integer, k is a positive integer, k belongs to a set K, and the set K is determined according to first HARQ-ACK timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan Cheng, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese
  • Patent number: 10270634
    Abstract: A signal transmission apparatus includes: a first receiving unit to receive a probe signal transmitted by transmitting end; wherein, the signal is generated based on a recommended signal configuration from previous signal to noise ratio (SNR) probings; a first processing unit to probe a channel SNR according to the signal; a first determining unit to determine transmission signal configuration and signal transmission performance of a final channel SNR obtained by multiple SNR probings; and a first transmitting unit to transmit the configuration and the performance to the transmitting end, where the transmitting end transmits an actual transmission signal according to the configuration and the performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hao Chen, Lei Li, Weizhen Yan, Bo Liu
  • Patent number: 10270520
    Abstract: A, method and apparatus for wirelessly transmitting data to a plurality of terminals in each of a plurality of beams through a plurality of transmit feeds includes selecting, for each beam, two or more terminals among the plurality of terminals in the beam as a subgroup of terminals, on the basis of channel state information of the plurality of terminals; determining, for each beam, equivalent channel state information representing the subgroup of terminals in the beam on the basis of the channel state information of the terminals of at least one of the plural subgroups of terminals; and determining a set of weight coefficients that relate the plurality of transmit feeds to a plurality of signals that are intended for transmission in the plurality of beams on the basis of the equivalent channel state information representing the plural subgroups of terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: European Space Agency
    Inventors: Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou, Alberto Ginesi, Giorgio Taricco, Dimitrios Christopoulos, Symeon Chatzinotas, Bjorn Ottersten, Miguel Angel Vazquez, Ana Isabel Perez-Neira, Stefano Andrenacci, Alessandro Vanelli Coralli
  • Patent number: 10270680
    Abstract: A method of avoiding routing interruption during transition to a topology transparent zone (TTZ) is described. The method includes virtualizing a path from an edge router to another edge router within the TTZ in a first direction without removing original links, wherein the original links are links from the edge router to its neighboring routers within the TTZ, receiving, by the edge router within the TTZ, a router link state advertisement (LSA) from the another edge router within the TTZ while the original links remain in place, wherein the LSA comprises a path from the another edge router to the edge router in a second direction different from the first direction, and removing, by the edge router within the TTZ, the original links after the LSA has been received from the another edge router and the virtualization of the path is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FutureWei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Huaimo Chen, Renwei Li, Anil Kumar S N, Veerendranatha Reddy Vallem
  • Patent number: 10264616
    Abstract: A method of receiving LTE data by a user device, the data being transmitted on a channel of an unlicensed band comprising the steps of receiving a cell ID from a primary LTE cell, receiving system information from the primary LTE cell for access to an unlicensed channel, receiving LTE data on the channel of an unlicensed band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS S.A.
    Inventors: Jerome Bertorelle, Guillaume Vivier