Patents Examined by Gregory Sefcheck
  • Patent number: 9172516
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for downlink pilot transmission solve the problem of power differences among OFDM symbols caused by Walsh Codes. The transmission method is that dedicated pilots are transmitted in the manner of code division multiplexing (CDM) or hybrid of CDM and frequency division multiplexing (FDM), wherein the dedicated pilots are configured with orthogonal sequence sets according to a preset frequency-domain granularity and rules on the resources for transmitting the dedicated pilots, and the same orthogonal sequence set is employed for the dedicated pilots in each frequency-domain granularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jing Xu, Deshan Miao, Shaohui Sun, Yu Ding, Guojun Xiao, Jun Chen
  • Patent number: 9167599
    Abstract: Methods of communicating location information from a subscriber to a repeater are described. The subscriber switches from a working channel to a data revert channel, transmits a request for a periodic or one-time window to transmit an update, and determines from grant information in the response announcement the allocated window and frame before switching back to the working channel. Before the allocated time, the subscriber switches to the data revert channel, confirms whether it remains scheduled to transmit the update from a repeater announcement, and if so transmits the location update in either the current or reserved window. The announcements from the repeater contain the identity of the next window and frame and the subscriber reserved to use the window in addition to grant information. The subscribers may or may not be time-aligned and the data and data revert channels may or may not be synchronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David G. Wiatrowski, Dipendra M. Chowdhary, Thomas B. Bohn, Puneet K. Puri, Roopak M. Ingole, Delia M. Marchosky, Abhishek Kumar
  • Patent number: 9167569
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for wireless communication. Control symbols are mapped to a plurality of resource element groups (REGs), which are not assigned to a physical channel format indication channel (PCFICH) or a Physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel (PHICH). The REGs are allocated in a time first manner. The mapped control symbols are transmitted on a packet dedicated control channel (PDCCH). Each of the REGs in a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a first slot in a subframe comprises two resource elements (REs) for transmission of a cell-specific reference signal and four REs for transmission of a control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Kyu Han, Ju-Ho Lee, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Young-Bum Kim, Byung-Sik Kim, Hyoung-Ju Ji
  • Patent number: 9167042
    Abstract: A first communication channel is established between a user device and a server using a cellular network. The user device receives a timeout interval for the first communication channel. The user device transmits a packet to maintain the first communication channel when the user device detects that other data is being transmitted using a second communication channel during the timeout interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Ehrhardt, Jalaja C. Kurubarahalli, Marc Solsona-Palomar, Deniz Hastorun
  • Patent number: 9167600
    Abstract: One of a plurality of radio terminals that transmit radio signals to a radio base station under a space multiplexing scheme, including a receiving unit that receives an access right request signal with respect to the radio base station from an other radio terminal, a prevention unit that prevents transmission of radio signals when receiving radio signals directed to an other radio terminal, a cancellation unit that cancels the prevention of transmission when receiving an access right assignment signal during the prevention of transmission and a transmitting unit that transmits a data signal to the radio base station according to the assignment signal, wherein radio signals are transmitted to the radio base station simultaneously with the other radio terminals and under the space multiplexing scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ryoko Matsuo, Tatsuma Hirano, Toshihisa Nabetani, Tomoko Adachi, Kiyoshi Toshimitsu
  • Patent number: 9161368
    Abstract: A communication terminal adjusts the transmission timing of data transmitted to a base station so that the base station can receive the data within a predetermined delay time. The communication terminal includes a reception section 701 for receiving priority of MAC control information transmitted from the base station, a priority control section 703 for defining the relationship between the priority of the MAC control information and priority assigned to DRB and SRB, and a transmission message generation section 704 for controlling so as to transmit information having a high priority early in accordance with the relationship between the priorities defined by the priority control section 703. According to the communication terminal, a comparison is made between the priority of the MAC control information and the priority assigned to the DRB and the SRB, whereby it is made possible to control what information is to be transmitted as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Takahisa Aoyama, Joachim Loehr
  • Patent number: 9154274
    Abstract: Techniques to use OFDM symbols of different sizes to achieve greater efficiency for OFDM systems. The system traffic may be arranged into different categories (e.g., control data, user data, and pilot data). For each category, one or more OFDM symbols of the proper sizes may be selected for use based on the expected payload size for the traffic in that category. For example, control data may be transmitted using OFDM symbols of a first size, user data may be transmitted using OFDM symbols of the first size and a second size, and pilot data may be transmitted using OFDM symbols of a third size or the first size. In one exemplary design, a small OFDM symbol is utilized for pilot and for transport channels used to send control data, and a large OFDM symbol and the small OFDM symbol are utilized for transport channels used to send user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jay Rod Walton, John W. Ketchum, Mark Wallace, Steven J. Howard
  • Patent number: 9137156
    Abstract: Techniques for efficiently distributing data packets in a network device are provided. In one embodiment, the network device can store a plurality of virtual IP addresses and a plurality of real server IP addresses in an SRAM-based table. The network device can then perform a lookup into the SRAM-based table to determine whether an incoming data packet is part of a first class of data packets destined for a virtual IP address in the plurality of virtual IP addresses, or is part of a second class of data packets originating from a real server IP address in the plurality of real server IP addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Kancherla, Sriniwas Polavarapu
  • Patent number: 9137073
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal on a bandwidth request channel, a mobile station apparatus using the same, a method for performing a bandwidth request procedure in relation to a bandwidth request from a mobile station, and a base station apparatus using the same are disclosed. A mobile station transmits a bandwidth request preamble and a bandwidth request message together to a base station to request a bandwidth. A region of the bandwidth request message may be configured as null tones. In response to the bandwidth request of the mobile station, the base station transmits a BR ACK A-MAP IE indicating reception of the bandwidth request to the mobile station in response to the bandwidth request. The base station transmits an uplink grant to the mobile station by a BR ACK A-MAP IE or a CDMA allocation A-MAP IE. Upon receipt of the uplink grant from the base station, the mobile station transmits uplink scheduled data to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jin Young Chun, Sung Ho Park, Bin Chul Ihm
  • Patent number: 9137104
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of remotely communicating with a managed machine. One example method of operation may include selecting the managed machine operating in a communication network, transmitting a connection request message to the managed machine and establishing a secure connection between the managed machine and an administrator machine. The example method may also include responsive to connecting with the managed machine, executing a host service on the managed machine, and connecting to the host service over the communication network via an application client operating on the administrator machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: KASEYA LIMITED
    Inventor: Derek Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 9136931
    Abstract: A cooperative multi-user multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) system coordinates wireless client devices to provide cooperative uplink transmissions. A group of wireless client devices is selected based on their channel state information such that their uplink transmissions are uncorrelated. All of the client devices in the group transmit data on the same set of OFDM subcarriers. Channel state information is also communicated to at least one base transceiver along with the data. The channel state information may be measured by the wireless client devices, or the channel state information may be determined from pilot tones transmitted by the wireless client devices and received by at least one base transceiver. A cooperative-MIMO processing system communicatively coupled to at least one base transceiver processes the received uplink transmissions and the channel state information to separate received interfering signals via subspace de-multiplexing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Genghiscomm Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Steve Shattil
  • Patent number: 9130885
    Abstract: A method in a network element includes processing input packets using a set of two or more functions that are defined over parameters of the input packets. Each function in the set produces respective interim actions applied to the input packets and the entire set produces respective end-to-end actions applied to the input packets. An end-to-end mapping, which maps the parameters of at least some of the input packets directly to the corresponding end-to-end actions, is cached in the network element. The end-to-end mapping is queried with the parameters of a new input packet. Upon finding the parameters of the new input packet in the end-to-end mapping, an end-to-end action mapped to the found parameters is applied to the new input packet, without processing the new input packet using the set of functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Ido Bukspan, Oded Wertheim, Benny Koren, Itamar Rabenstein, Amiad Marelli, Omri Flint, Dror Aharoni
  • Patent number: 9125190
    Abstract: Methods and systems for hybrid point to multipoint communication systems having multiple downlink channels and a single uplink channel, including the steps of centrally allocating bandwidth to, and synchronizing communications with, a first and a second wireless clients; transmitting, over a shared signal wired distribution line, a first downlink signal transported over a first frequency, a second downlink signal transported over a second frequency, and an uplink signal transported over a fifth frequency; converting the frequency of the first downlink signal to a third frequency, and bi-directionally wirelessly communicating with a first wireless client over the third frequency; converting the frequency of the second downlink signal to a fourth frequency, and bi-directionally wirelessly communicating with a second wireless client over the fourth frequency; and converting and superpositioning a first received wireless uplink signal having the third frequency and a second received wireless uplink signal having
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: GO NET SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Gal Zuckerman, Oz Liv, Roy Kinamon
  • Patent number: 9124469
    Abstract: An architecture and method is provided for call routing using both IMS and non-IMS frameworks. The method includes receiving presence information of a third party from a non-IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network device. The method further includes routing the third party to at least one callee designated device based on configurable preferences provided by the callee and correlated to presence information using an IMS compliant component. The method additionally includes providing a charging record for the routing on an IMS complaint charging platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Dingler, Sri Ramanathan, Matthew A. Terry, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • Patent number: 9124468
    Abstract: A method, Bridge, and system in a Provider Backbone Bridge Network (PBBN) for enabling frames from a Higher Layer Entity attached alternatively to a Provider Instance Port (PIP) on an I-Component of a Backbone Edge Bridge or to a Customer Backbone Port on a B-Component of the Backbone Edge Bridge, to reach an intended entity in the PBBN. A Multiplexed Service Access Point (SAP) of a Service Instance Multiplex Entity handles the frames of the Higher Layer Entity, and is assigned a Service Instance ID (I-SID) value that is universally recognized to identify Layer 2 Control Protocols. The Service Instance Multiplex Entity utilizes the Multiplexed SAP to transfer frames between the PIP or the Customer Backbone Port and the entity in the PBBN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Panagiotis Saltsidis
  • Patent number: 9125137
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for applying an extended access barring (EAB), the method performed by a machine type communication (MTC) device and comprising: recognizing, by an upper layer of the MTC device, a change from being operated in an override low priority to being operated in a low priority; informing, by the upper layer, a lower layer that the priority has been changed; and determining, by the lower layer, whether to apply the EAB, to handle at least one of an attach request, a tracking area update request, and a service request. If the EAB is applied, a RRC connection is barred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Kim, Hyun Sook Kim, Lae Young Kim, Tae Hyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 9118529
    Abstract: The present patent application comprises a method and apparatus to identify an address of a neighboring node, comprising the steps of identifying an existence of a neighboring cell, receiving a measurement report containing an identifier of the cell; sending an inquiry containing the identifier of the cell to a server, wherein the inquiry inquires what the IP address of the neighboring node of the cell is, and receiving an inquiry response containing the IP address of the neighboring node. In another embodiment, the inquiry containing the identifier of the cell is sent to other nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Masato Kitazoe
  • Patent number: 9118524
    Abstract: A method of packetizing digital information for packet-switched communications includes placing, at a transmitting device with memory and a processor, a most significant bit of a digital voice sample into a variable-length most significant bit packet having a high transmission priority for transmission over a packet-switched network in which a node receives the packet and independently determines how to route the packet. At the transmitting device, a least significant bit of the digital voice sample is placed into a variable-length least significant bit packet having a low transmission priority for transmission over the packet-switched network. Prioritization of packets as having a high transmission priority or low transmission priority is independent of content characteristics of digital voice samples with elements contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: Gary Whiton Pearson
  • Patent number: 9112582
    Abstract: A network apparatus for eliminating interference between transport ports includes a plurality of transport ports, a plurality of seed comparators, and a control unit. The plurality of seed comparators are coupled to the plurality of transport ports, respectively, wherein a first seed comparator is utilized for comparing a first seed of a first transport port with a second seed of a second transport port and accordingly generating a comparing result. The controlling unit is coupled to the plurality of seed comparators and the plurality of transport ports, for generating a control signal to cancel interference between the plurality of transport ports according to the comparing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Yuan-Jih Chu, Liang-Wei Huang, Hsuan-Ting Ho, Chih-Jung Chiang
  • Patent number: 9112959
    Abstract: A system and method of negotiating Media Gateways (MGs) between a plurality of call control nodes (CCNs). The system includes a first CCN which builds an original list of identifiers associated with at least one MG capable of being used in a call by the first CCN. The system also includes a second CCN for receiving the original list of identifiers from the first CCN. The second CCN removes from the original list any identifiers associated with any MG in the original list of identifiers which is not capable of being used in the call by the second CCN. The second CCN then forms a modified list of identifiers associated with at least one MG capable of being used in a call by the first CCN and the second CCN. The second CCN also selects a specified MG from the modified list and sends a first backward message from the second CCN to the first CCN identifying the specified MG. The first CCN may then validate that the specified MG is on the original list of identifiers and selects the specified MG for the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Dirk Kampmann