Patents Examined by Harun Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 10826637
    Abstract: A radio communication device capable of randomizing both inter-cell interference and intra-cell interference. In this device, a spreading section primarily spreads a response signal in a ZAC sequence set by a control unit. A spreading section secondarily spreads the primarily spread response signal in a block-wise spreading code sequence set by the control unit. The control unit controls the cyclic shift amount of the ZAC sequence used for the primary spreading in the spreading section and the block-wise spreading code sequence used for the secondary spreading in the spreading section according to a set hopping pattern. The hopping pattern set by the control unit is made up of two hierarchies. An LB-based hopping pattern different for each cell is defined in the first hierarchy in order to randomize the inter-cell interference. A hopping pattern different for each mobile station is defined in the second hierarchy to randomize the intra-cell interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura, Katsuhiko Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 10820359
    Abstract: A traffic hub used in mobile communications for data offloading, diversion and security. The traffic hub includes an Evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG) module configured to transmit and receive data packets for a mobile device in Roaming Untrusted Wi-Fi network for secured access to an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network, a Trusted WLAN Access Gateway (TWAG) module configured to transmit and receive the data packets for a mobile device in Roaming Trusted Wi-Fi network for secured access to the EPC network and a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Tunneling Protocol (GTP) Proxy (GProxy) module, the GProxy module being the core module of the traffic hub configured to enforce policy rules on the data packets prior to exchanging the data packets with logically selected Peer Gateway General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Serving Node (GGSN)/Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway (PGW) and ePDG/TWAG nodes. The GProxy also operates as a GTP-aware firewall to protect Home GGSN/PGW nodes from malicious traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Syniverse Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ravi Tandon, Huiyue Xu
  • Patent number: 10820361
    Abstract: A method, electronic device, and non-transitory computer readable medium for controlling Wi-Fi channels. The method comprises, in response to identifying an application to be executed, identifying, by the electronic device, available Wi-Fi channels to use for sending and receiving data for the application. The method also includes identifying, by the electronic device, which one of the available Wi-Fi channels to use for sending and receiving the data for the application based on preset mappings between applications and the available Wi-Fi channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qian Wu, Harsimran Singh
  • Patent number: 10805922
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to transmitting a sequence of sets of data, from a communication device to an access point of a wireless communication network, through at least one radio communication channel to improve radio communication quality to cope with environmental condition changes and/or location changes of the communication device and/or changes of usage of the communication device in terms of mobility. For each set of data, a value of at least one parameter to be used by the communication device for transmission is determined by selecting, in a list of predetermined values of parameters, a corresponding value. The number of occurrences of each predetermined value is determined according to a probability that the selection leads to a transmission of data with at least one quality criteria fulfilling at least one predefined condition. Each set of data is then transmitted according to the value of said at least one parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: ABEEWAY
    Inventors: Patrick Savelli, Mikaël Guenais
  • Patent number: 10791016
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for dynamic bandwidth allocation are disclosed. One method includes communicating, by a plurality wireless nodes, with each other through a plurality of wireless links, and wherein each wireless link of the plurality of nodes is assigned a specific symbol phase rotation based on a classification of the wireless link, constructing, by a node, a packet including data that is to be transmitted to a receiving node in the wireless network, wherein the constructed packet includes a plurality of symbols, retrieving the specific symbol phase rotation based on the classification of the specific wireless link over which the plurality of symbols are to be transmitted over, rotating a phase of each successive symbol based on the specific symbol phase rotation of the specific wireless link, and based on a position of the symbol within the constructed packet, and controlling transmission of the constructed packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Krishna Gomadam, Djordje Tujkovic
  • Patent number: 10791049
    Abstract: A method for distributing transmission path information, including: distributing, by a first routing bridge which stores a MAC address of a host on a local link, transmission path information of the host on the local link to a remote routing bridge of a non-local link, the transmission path information including the MAC address of the host on the local link and identification information of a second routing bridge, so that the remote routing bridge learns the transmission path information from the first routing bridge. The present application further provides corresponding routing bridges. The present application may enable the remote routing bridge to timely learn the transmission path information of the host under the condition that a data packet sent by the host is not received, so as to send data to the host according to a new transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mingui Zhang
  • Patent number: 10779353
    Abstract: A device may receive a request to establish a packet data network (PDN) session for a user device. The device may provide a first instruction to establish the PDN session for the user device with a temporary default bearer based on receiving the request. The temporary default bearer may be maintained for less than a duration of the PDN session. The device may receive an indication to release the temporary default bearer after providing the first instruction to establish the PDN session. The device may provide a second instruction to release the temporary default bearer and maintain one or more signaling sessions associated with the PDN session based on receiving the indication to release the temporary default bearer. The one or more signaling sessions, associated with the PDN session, may be maintained after the temporary default bearer has been released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, Wing-Cheong V. Yeung, Emerando M. Delos Reyes, Niranjan B. Avula
  • Patent number: 10778591
    Abstract: A system for optimizing network traffic is described. The system includes a transport communication protocol (TCP) controller configured to acquire data regarding a flow of a plurality of data packets over a link and to determine TCP characteristics for the flow, a traffic prioritization module configured to assign a flow priority to the flow, and a traffic priority controller configured detect congestion on the link and determine a congestion window size for the flow based on the flow priority and the TCP characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chaitra Maraliga Ramaiah, Praveen Raja Dhanabalan
  • Patent number: 10764722
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for subscriber sampling for network packet forwarding based upon unique subscriber identifiers. Control packets within input packets are processed to identify unique subscriber identifiers and related session identifiers, which are stored in records within a tracking table. Each input packet is analyzed to extract a session identifier and a unique subscriber identifier if present within the input packet. When a unique subscriber identifier is not present, the tracking table is accessed to determine a unique subscriber identifier associated with the session identifier extracted from the packet. The input packet is sampled based upon the unique subscriber identifier to determine whether or not to output the input packet as a sampled packet. The subscriber sampling can include hash-based sampling, dynamic function based sampling, and/or other subscriber/call based sampling methods. Sampled packets are forwarded to egress port(s) for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robin O'Connor, Shardendu Pandey, Bogdan Tenea
  • Patent number: 10764194
    Abstract: A network interface controller includes a host interface, which is configured to be coupled to a host processor having a host memory. A network interface is configured to receive data packets from a network, each data packet including a header, which includes header fields, and a payload including data. Packet processing circuitry is configured to process one or more of the header fields and at least a part of the data and to select, responsively at least to the one or more of the header fields, a location in the host memory. The circuitry writes the data to the selected location and upon determining that the processed data satisfies a predefined criterion, asserts an interrupt on the host processor so as to cause the host processor to read the data from the selected location in the host memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Kagan, Noam Bloch
  • Patent number: 10757743
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for packet detection in a point-to-point wireless communication network is disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a receiving node, a plurality of packets, adjusting, by an adjustable gain amplifier of the receiving node, a power level of the received plurality of packets, controlling, by a gain control module, a gain of the adjustable gain amplifier, thereby controlling the power level of the received plurality of packets, monitoring the controlled gain of the gain control module over a period of time, identifying a timing of reception of interfering packets based on the monitoring of the controlled gain of the gain control module over the period of time, and adjustably controlling, by the gain control module, the gain of the adjustable gain amplifier based on the identified timing of reception of the interfering packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Djordje Tujkovic, Krishna Gomadam, Vish Ponnampalam
  • Patent number: 10750504
    Abstract: A wideband carrier (e.g., LTE carrier) is shifted up or down in frequency, within an allocated frequency band, by an integer multiple of the channel raster spacing (e.g., 100 KHz). This reduces the size of the guard band on one side of the carrier, and expands the guard band on the other side. A narrowband carrier (e.g., NB-IoT carrier) is then deployed within the expanded guard band, at or near a frequency such that the transmission is orthogonal to the wideband carrier transmissions, such as by using a shared N frequency grid spacing (e.g. at 100 KHz spacing, and using 15 KHz subcarriers). The narrowband carrier thus maintains orthogonality with the wideband carrier, but has “room” within the expanded guard band to both transmit on a frequency close to the frequency grid spacing, and to boost transmit power (e.g., by 6 dB), while remaining within the spectral mask. The shifted wideband carrier is transparent to wideband UEs, as the frequency shift is an integer multiple of the channel raster spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Spendim Dalipi, Dominique Everaere, Asbjörn Grövlen, Kenneth Sandberg, Yutao Sui, Yi-Pin Eric Wang
  • Patent number: 10742528
    Abstract: Each of multiple vehicle data collection devices are configured to collect data streams associated with operation of a vehicle. The data streams include time-stamped speed data. A transmitter is configured to transmit the data streams. An analytics server is configured to receive the data streams transmitted by the transmitter and to process the data. In connection with the processing, data streams with at least one common time stamp are identified. The time-stamped speed for one of the data streams at a first time interval is compared to the time-stamped speed for another of the identified plurality of data streams at a second time interval, where the second time interval comprises the first time interval plus an additional time increment. Based on the comparison, it is determined whether the two of the plurality of data streams are associated with a same trip or a different trip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
    Inventor: David E. Fawcett
  • Patent number: 10721770
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for control plane measurements in a wireless device. The wireless device may measure, across multiple sub-frames received over an unlicensed spectrum, received cell-specific reference signals (CRS) from a cell to obtain CRS measurements. The wireless device may identify one or both of a first subset of the CRS measurements associated with a first subset of the sub-frames including opportunistic transmissions and a second subset of the CRS measurements associated with a second subset of the sub-frames including guaranteed transmissions. The wireless device may compute one or both of a first signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) value for the first subset of the CRS measurements and a second SINR value for the second subset of the CRS measurements. The wireless device may monitor a radio link condition of the wireless device based at least in part on the first SINR value or the second SINR value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Madhavan Srinivasan Vajapeyam, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Tao Luo, Yongbin Wei, Durga Prasad Malladi
  • Patent number: 10721005
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to signal strength based printings. In an example, signal strength based printings can employ a personal computing device including a network adapter coupled to a computer network, an antenna to receive a wireless signal from a mobile electronic device, a processor to compare a signal strength indication (RSSI) value of the received wireless signal to a RSSI threshold value, and send, via the network adapter, a printable file to a printer based on the comparison of the RSSI value to the RSSI threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronaldo Rob Ferreira, Endrigo Nadin Pinheiro, Adilson Arthur Mohr, Fabio Delazeri Riffel, Jose Paulo Xavier Pires, Christopher Charles Mohrman, Valiuddin Y Ali
  • Patent number: 10715288
    Abstract: An access point (AP) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) uses a protocol to determine frequency/time resource allocations of resource units (RUs) in parallel with data transfer to and from WLAN stations (STAs). The AP generates a sounding table associating STAs with RUs for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL). The AP processes the sounding table to create a channel map table and then the AP allocates particular RUs to particular STAs. The STAs then receive and transmit data from and to the AP over the allocated RUs. This approach achieves good throughput while reducing the use of signaling and pilot overhead associated with channel sounding. To avoid interruption of ongoing transmissions, a newly arriving STA is grouped and sounded with other STAs. The protocol includes a joint sounding and data epoch followed by a determination of the channel map table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Shani, Guoqing Li, Joonsuk Kim, Ashok Ranganath
  • Patent number: 10715446
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collecting congestion information at a switch of a leaf-spine network. The switch processes a path finding packet. Congestion information is obtained relating to congestion between ports of the switch. The congestion information is inserted into the payload of the path finding packet. The switch multicasts the path finding packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zixiong Wang
  • Patent number: 10701676
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a clear channel assessment (CCA) method, an information receiving method, and apparatuses thereof. The CCA method comprises: sending downlink information on a first carrier, wherein the downlink information comprises first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that at least one part of at least one symbol of at least one subframe is idle; and performing CCA on at least one neighboring carrier of the first carrier in at least a time of the at least one part that is idle. According to the methods and the apparatuses in the embodiments of the present application, a part of channel resources can be reserved when downlink information is transmitted on a carrier, so as to prevent interference caused by local leakage of the carrier to CCA on a neighboring carrier, thereby preventing CCA blocking between carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING ZHIGU TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wentao Liu, Yong Li
  • Patent number: 10701740
    Abstract: An input pen includes a switching operation detection unit that detects an operation of switching connection between the input pen and an information processing device, a touch detection unit that detects whether or not the input pen touches the information processing device, and a device connection control unit that controls connection with the information processing device. The information processing device includes a touch information processing unit that detects that the input pen touches and obtains information of the touch position, and a pen connection control unit that controls connection with the input pen. In a case where the switching operation detection unit detects the operation of switching connection of a user and the touch information processing unit detects that the input pen touches within a predetermined time, the connection is established between the input pen and the information processing device which is touched by the input pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10667094
    Abstract: A device, system and method for determining a prioritized list of communication groups is provided. A computing device monitors current call statistics of a plurality of communication groups, the communication device assigned to the plurality of communication groups. The computing device, based on a comparison of the current call statistics with historical call statistics of the plurality of communication groups, generates a prioritized list of the plurality of communication groups. The computing device transmits, to the communication device, the prioritized list. The communication device may render the list for selection of a communication group, and/or automatically change to a highest priority communication group of the prioritized list, and/or when bandwidth of a current site is unavailable to communicate on the highest priority communication group, roam to a site with available bandwidth to change to a highest priority communication group in the prioritized list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yunhai Yang, Daniel J. McDonald, David R. Mills