Patents Examined by Habte Mered
  • Adaptive monitoring
    Patent number: 11363478
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a first message indicating a plurality of measurement configurations, each measurement configuration of the plurality of measurement configurations may include different sets of measurement parameters used for measuring a reference signal (RS) of a cell. The UE may also receive, from the base station, a second message indicating that the UE activate a first measurement configuration, deactivate the first measurement configuration, or switch to the first measurement configuration, where the first measurement configuration is from the plurality of measurement configurations. The UE may determine a measurement reporting scheme based at least in part on the indication to activate, deactivate, or switch to the first measurement configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Heechoon Lee, Hung Dinh Ly, Yeliz Tokgoz, Tingfang Ji, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal
  • Location change notification handling
    Patent number: 11356363
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a message at a network bridge from a computer system where the network bridge stores a forwarding table. The method also includes determining a type of the message. The method also includes upon a determination that the type of message is a network notification message, determining whether data within the message corresponds to an entry within the forwarding table. The method also includes upon determining that the data within the message corresponds to the entry within the forwarding table, halting a transmission of the message. The method also includes upon determining that the data within the message does not correspond to the entry in the forwarding table, transmitting the message to a device in communication with the network bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Tsirkin
  • Method and device for receiving downlink signal in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11350402
    Abstract: A method is provided for receiving a downlink signal through an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) in a wireless communication system by a user equipment (UE). The UE receives a parameter indicating a quasi co-location behavior type is. The UE further receives a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) associated with the EPDCCH. The UE attempts to decode the EPDCCH based on the DMRS. If a transmission mode configured in the UE is a transmission mode 10, the UE assumes that antenna ports of the DMRS are quasi co-located with antenna ports of a reference signal determined by the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Jonghyun Park, Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim
  • Feedback information transmission method and apparatus
    Patent number: 11343801
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe a feedback information transmission method and apparatus. The feedback information transmission method may include receiving, by a first terminal, first data sent by a second terminal. The method may also include sending, by the first terminal, feedback information for the first data to the second terminal in a first subframe, where there is second data to be sent by the first terminal in the first subframe. The feedback information may be carried in sidelink control information (SCI) of the second data, or the feedback information may be carried in a data packet carrying the second data. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the feedback information is carried in the SCI or the data packet carrying the second data, so that a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of a system can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenshan Zhao
  • Dynamic chain of service functions for processing network traffic in a virtual computing environment
    Patent number: 11336572
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enables a dynamic chain of virtual service functions for processing network traffic in a virtual computing environment. In a particular embodiment, a method includes providing a service chain policy to a virtual routing element connecting the respective service functions and determining an initial classification of a network packet entering the dynamic service chain. The initial classification indicates at least a first service function in a sequence of the service functions for processing the network packet. The method further includes providing a service chain policy to a virtual routing element connecting the respective service functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Nicira, Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Boutros, Mani Kancherla, Dharmaraja Rajan, Philip Kippen, Yashika Narang, Chidambareswaran Raman
  • Method and transition device for enabling communication of data in a wireless network
    Patent number: 11337114
    Abstract: A method and transition device for enabling communication of data between a remote radio unit and a central baseband unit in a wireless network. When detecting a first interface configuration used by the remote radio unit and a second interface configuration used by the baseband unit, the transition device configures interface functions, based on the first and second interface configurations. The interface functions are selected from a set of predefined interface functions associated with different interface configurations. The transition device then establishes a data flow between the remote radio unit and the central baseband unit over the transition device, and performs conversion between the first interface configuration and the second interface configuration for data communicated in the data flow, using the selected interface functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Miguel Berg, Per-Erik Eriksson, Chenguang Lu, Jacob Österling, Elmar Trojer
  • Mobile network policy freshness
    Patent number: 11330547
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining mobile network policy freshness. One method (700) includes accessing (702) a first policy associated with a first mobile network, a first policy identifier, and a freshness parameter. The method (700) includes determining (704), based on the freshness parameter, whether the first policy is fresh. The method (700) includes transmitting (706) a registration message to a second mobile network. The registration message includes the first policy identifier in response to determining that the first policy is not fresh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Dimitrios Karampatsis, Apostolis Salkintzis, Genadi Velev
  • Method and device for transmitting data
    Patent number: 11324007
    Abstract: A data transmission method, by a first UE is provided. The method includes detecting, on one or more carriers, a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) transmitted by a second UE, compensating, on each of the carriers, a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel's Demodulation Reference Signal Receiving Power (PSSCH-RSRP) of the second UE according to the detected PSCCH, determining, on each of the carriers, available candidate single-subframe resources according to the compensated PSSCH-RSRP, and transmitting the Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) using at least one of the available candidate single-subframe resources determined on all of the carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Yi Wang
  • Rate matching for multi-transmitter communication
    Patent number: 11323202
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive configuration information identifying respective rate matching resources of at least two groups and respective transmission configuration indication (TCI) states for the at least two groups. The user equipment may rate match a shared channel transmitted by one or more transmitters based at least in part on the respective rate matching resources and the respective TCI states. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun
  • User equipment, base station, and related methods
    Patent number: 11323197
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a resource mapping and transmission method and a corresponding base station and user equipment. The method comprises: generating radio frames for NB-IoT TDD, and in the radio frames for NB-IoT TDD, mapping a Narrowband Primary Synchronization Signal “NPSS,” a Narrowband Secondary Synchronization Signal “NSSS,” a Narrowband Physical Broadcast Channel “NPBCH,” and a Narrowband System Information Block Type 1 “SIB1-NB” to subframes selected from subframes 0, 4, 5, and 9 of the radio frames, wherein the NPSS, the NSSS, the NPBCH, and the SIB1-NB are respectively mapped into different subframes and are not respectively mapped into the subframes 5, 9, 0, and 4; and transmitting the generated radio frames. According to embodiments of the present invention, user equipment supporting NB-IoT TDD can exit a search for an NB-IoT TDD cell as early as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chao Luo, Renmao Liu
  • Flexible indication of transmission timing
    Patent number: 11310756
    Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from improved signaling. For example, anew radio communication system may benefit from a flexible indication of transmission timing. A method may include determining, at the user equipment, transmission timing based on a first parameter and a second parameter. The first parameter may indicate an offset as a number of slots. The second parameter may indicate an offset as a number of symbols within one of the slots. The method may also include using the transmission timing to at least one of send an uplink transmission or receive a downlink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Sigen Ye, Klaus Ingemann Pedersen, Volker Braun, Juho Mikko Oskari Pirskanen
  • VXLAN configuration method, device, and system
    Patent number: 11310080
    Abstract: In a VXLAN configuration method, a first network device obtains configuration information, generates first GRASP information based on the configuration information, and sends the first GRASP information to a second network device, where the configuration information includes VTEP device information, a plurality of pieces of VTEP device information are respectively used to indicate a plurality of VTEPs included in a VXLAN, the first GRASP information includes objective information, and the objective information is used to carry the configuration information. The second network device receives the first GRASP information and establishes a VXLAN tunnel based on the first GRASP information. In this way, automatic VXLAN configuration is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fanghong Duan, Yongsheng Geng
  • Packet sending method and apparatus, and storage device
    Patent number: 11310159
    Abstract: A packet sending method is applied to a data transmission system and comprising: receiving, by a network interface card of a second device, a first packet that is from a first QP of a first device and that is forwarded by using a switch; obtaining, by the network interface card of the second device, an instant rate of the first QP and a maximum sending rate of the first QP; determining, by the network interface card of the second device, an adjustment rate of the first QP based on the instant rate of the first QP and the maximum sending rate of the first QP; sending, by the network interface card of the second device, a congestion notification packet to the first device, where the congestion notification packet carries the adjustment rate of the first QP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dexian Su
  • Utilization of unused long-term UL assignments
    Patent number: 11304228
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method in an access node or evolved Node B, eNB, (110) for granting uplink, UL, transmission resources to one or a plurality of user equipments, UEs, (120-1, 120-2), comprising allocating an uplink transmission resource over one or a plurality of transmission time intervals, TTIs to a first UE (120-1); and granting an uplink transmission resource of a fraction of a certain TTI to a second UE (120-2), if it is detected that the uplink resource is not used for uplink transmission in the certain TTI by the first UE (120-1); the invention further refers to an corresponding eNB (110), corresponding first UE (120-1) a second UE (120-2), and corresponding methods performed in the UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Torsten Dudda, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, John Camilo Solano Arenas
  • Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit
    Patent number: 11303365
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a receiver configured to receive a physical downlink control channel for conveying downlink control information including a first information field; and a transmitter configured to report channel state information (CSI), wherein the first information field indicates first information, the first information indicates one of multiple states, each of the multiple states is configured for a serving cell, and is associated with: one or more CSI report configurations; one or more reference signal configurations for CSI measurement; and a bandwidth part (BWP) index for the serving cell, and in a case that CSI reports of BWPs in a plurality of the serving cells are triggered, a CSI report of the CSI reports for only a BWP indicated by the BWP index that is activated is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Kazunari Yokomakura, Shohei Yamada, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Multi-bluetooth radio device
    Patent number: 11304042
    Abstract: A multi-Bluetooth radio device is described. In an example, the device includes a first Bluetooth radio storing first instructions that, upon execution on the first Bluetooth radio, configure the first Bluetooth radio to perform first operations. The first operations include establishing a first communication link with a first device and receiving, over the first communication link, an audio packet from the first device. The device also includes a second Bluetooth radio storing second instructions that, upon execution on the second Bluetooth radio, configure the second Bluetooth radio to perform second operations. The second operations include establishing a second communication link with a second device and transmitting, over the second communication link, the audio packet to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sameet Ramakrishnan, Ravi Ichapurapu
  • Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for providing synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission pattern
    Patent number: 11304072
    Abstract: A method performed by a first network node for managing a configuration of neighbouring cells in a wireless communications network is provided. The first network node and a third network node operate in the wireless communications network. The first network node obtains (801) a configuration comprising a pattern indicative of whether or not one or more transmissions transmitted by a third network node actually are transmitted. The transmissions comprises any one out of Synchronization Signal, SS, blocks and beams. The first network node then manages (802) the configuration of neighbouring cells, based on the received configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Iana Siomina, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Helka-Liina Määttanen
  • Signal transmission method and apparatus
    Patent number: 11303387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to signal transmission methods and apparatus. One example method includes receiving, by a terminal device, modulation and coding scheme (MCS) information sent by a network device, determining a modulation order used by the terminal device for data transmission, where the modulation order is determined based on the MCS information sent by the network device, information about a waveform used by the terminal device, and a preset correspondence between an MCS index and a modulation order, and transmitting data based on the determined modulation order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Fengwei Liu
  • Information indication method and apparatus, base station and user equipment
    Patent number: 11297626
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information indication method and apparatus, a method and an apparatus for determining a CORESET of RMSI, a base station, user equipment and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: configuring, for a CORESET of RMSI corresponding to an SSB, indication information indicating that the base station has not transmitted the CORESET of the RMSI in a current transmission cycle of the SSB; adding the indication information to the SSB; and transmitting the SSB carrying the indication information to user equipment UE in a beam scanning manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Multicast transmissions management
    Patent number: 11296980
    Abstract: In multicast management, topology information identifying multicast distribution paths is maintained at a router serving as a root of a multicast distribution tree and/or as a first hop router. The router can detect congestion or failures based on messages from other routers. The router can request another router to change the multicast distribution paths as needed to load-balance the traffic, avoid congestion or failure, or eliminate duplicate traffic. In some embodiments, ECMP Redirect functionality is expanded to ECMP paths of arbitrary number of hops. Other features are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Muthulakshmi Radhakrishnan