Patents Examined by Hashim Bhatti
  • Patent number: 9414378
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an apparatus, a method and a computer program for scheduling a data transmission. The apparatus 10 is operable for scheduling data transmissions to a mobile transceiver in a mobile communication system. The apparatus 10 comprises means for determining 12 a delay between a transmission of a first data packet and a transmission of a next data packet to the mobile transceiver, the delay depending on an acknowledgement packet received from the mobile transceiver for the first data packet. The apparatus 10 further comprises means for scheduling 14 data transmissions to the mobile transceiver based on the delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Oliver Stanze, Uwe Doetsch, Mark Doll
  • Patent number: 9397796
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus of a base station or a User Equipment (UE) in communication with each other are provided. The UE is configured by the base station for operation with an adapted Time Division Duplex (TDD) UpLink-DownLink (UL-DL) configuration. A process enabling transmission of Channel State Information (CSI) from the UE for communication in two different sets of DL Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Aris Papasakellariou
  • Patent number: 9397949
    Abstract: A terminal communicating via a network including a forwarding device(s) for forwarding a packet and a control device for controlling the forwarding device(s) in accordance with a request from the forwarding device, includes: a communication unit that receives a processing rule specifying a process of adding, to a packet, quality information related to communication quality with respect to the terminal, from the control device, a memory unit that stores the received processing rule, and a processing unit that in a case of communicating via the network, adds quality information to a packet in accordance with a processing rule that corresponds to the packet by referring to the processing rule stored in the memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Sonoda, Hideyuki Shimonishi, Masayuki Nakae, Masaya Yamagata, Yoichiro Morita
  • Patent number: 9380533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for supporting carrier aggregation. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for enabling user equipment to receive a signal from a base station in a wireless communication system which supports carrier aggregation, wherein said the method comprises the steps of: setting a first component carrier to a paused state; receiving state change information for the first component carrier via the second component carrier during the paused state of the first component carrier; and monitoring a control channel via the first component carrier if the state change information indicates a predetermined value. The present invention also relates to an apparatus for the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Chung, Yeong Hyeon Kwon, Seung Hee Han, So Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 9374807
    Abstract: A method for uplink scheduling over a communication channel in a communication network including at least one UE and an eNodeB, is described. The method comprises determining whether the UE is associated with at least one of Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) bearers and non-Guaranteed Bit Rate (non-GBR) bearers. Based on the determining, for each of the GBR-bearers and the non-GBR-bearers, computing a demand for resources for establishing an uplink communication, wherein the demand is computed based physical layer characteristics and transport layer characteristics associated with the communication channel. The demand computed is communicated as a request message to the eNodeB. In response to the request message, receiving an allocation of the resources for uplink scheduling from the eNodeB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Hemant Kumar Rath, Munmun Sengupta, Anantha Simha
  • Patent number: 9369388
    Abstract: Embodiments generally provide techniques for load balancing data transmitted between line cards across a network fabric. Embodiments receive, at a first line card within a modular Ethernet switch, data to be transmitted to a second line card within the modular Ethernet switch. A mask table is accessed using a value corresponding to the second line card as an index in order to retrieve a mask value. Embodiments select one of a plurality of links for the first line card for use in transmitting the data, based on a load balancing algorithm and the retrieved mask value. The data is then transmitted to the second line card using the selected link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James Zhijiang Shen, Pingching Vincent Ng, Huaqing Zeng, Ju Lin
  • Patent number: 9363821
    Abstract: A method for allocating a resource in a serving base station (BS) in a cooperative communication system is provided. The method includes detecting a base station identifier (BSID) of the serving BS and a BSID of each of other serving BSs included in the cooperative communication system; determining an available resource which the serving BS will use and an available resource which each of other serving BSs will use based on the BSID of the serving BS and the BSID of each of the other serving BSs; and transmitting information on the determined available resources to cooperative communication cell member BSs which the serving BS manages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeong-Moon Son, Jung-Shin Park
  • Patent number: 9357492
    Abstract: Operations for a WLAN-capable remote control device and a controlled device are disclosed. A first network device (e.g., remote control) may receive a user input for controlling operation of a second network device (e.g., controlled device) of a communication network. The first network device may transition to an active operating state in response to receiving the user input. The first network device may transmit the first user input to the second network device. The first network device may exit the active operating state in response to successfully transmitting the first user input to the second network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rahul Malik, Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, Qi Xue, Bibhu Prasad Mohanty, Kevin Neal Hayes
  • Patent number: 9350505
    Abstract: Selective processing of one or more packets to be transmitted from a wireless communication device to another wireless communication device is effective to reduce the peak to average power ratio (PAPR) of the transmission. The one or more packets are transmitted via two or more sub-bands of an available transmission medium. The number of coefficients or factors within that sequence corresponds to the number of sub-bands via which the one or more packets are to be transmitted. Also, a phase ramp or time-domain cyclic shift may be added to one or more of the packets after having undergone multiplication by one of the coefficients or factors within the sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ron Porat, Jun Zheng
  • Patent number: 9345019
    Abstract: Various schemes are provided to improve SR resource utilization by adapting SR resource allocation to traffic pattern. In a first Scheme, SR resource allocation is configured more accurately. In one example, UE provides assistant information for eNB to determine or adjust SR configuration based on the received assistant information. In a second Scheme, multiple SR periods are configured and adapted to traffic pattern. In one example, eNB configures a set of SR resources with multiple SR periods, and UE applies different SR periods based on predefined events. Unused SR resources could be recycled by eNB for PUSCH data transmission. In a third Scheme, multiple SR allocations are configured and adapted to concerned applications. In one example, eNB configures multiple sets of SR resources adapted to predefined applications, and UE applies SR configurations based on corresponding applications. The additional SR configurations could be activated and/or deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chie-Ming Chou, Chia-Chun Hsu, Per Johan Mikael Johansson
  • Patent number: 9344357
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for aggregating label-switched paths (LPSs). One method for aggregating LSPs may include a first node comparing forwarding equivalence classes (FECs) associated with respective label-switched paths (LSPs). The first node identifies FECs that differ by a given number of bits, such as one or two bits based on the comparison. The first node generates an aggregate FEC that masks out the differing bits, thereby reducing the number of LSPs. The first node transmits the aggregate FEC to an ingress node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ijsbrand Wijnands, Greg Shepherd, Christian Martin, Rajiv Asati
  • Patent number: 9344943
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adapting thresholds for measurement triggering and measurement report triggering are disclosed. An example method, suitable for implementation in a base station, begins with monitoring (510, 610) a cell load for the cell served by the base station. The method continues with the determining (520, 630) of a first signal threshold for the serving cell to be used for triggering neighbor cell measurements by at least a first mobile terminal, or a second signal threshold for the serving cell to be used for triggering reporting of neighbor cell measurements by the first mobile terminal, or both, where said determining is based on the monitored cell load. The determined first signal threshold or the determined second signal threshold, or both, are transmitted (530, 640) to the first mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Oumer Teyeb, Mats Folke, Gunnar Mildh, Stefan Wager, Henning Wiemann
  • Patent number: 9329912
    Abstract: Embodiments of a symmetric multi-processing (SMP) system can provide full affinity of a connection to a core processor when desired, even when ingress packet distribution, protocol processing layer and applications may autonomously process packets on different cores of the SMP system. In an illustrative embodiment, the SMP system can include a server application that is configured to create a plurality of tasks and bind the plurality of tasks to a plurality of core processors. One or more of the plurality of tasks are configured to create a corresponding listening endpoint socket, bind and listen on a protocol address that is common to the plurality of tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Rekesh John, Srinivasa R. Addepalli
  • Patent number: 9301257
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to reduce power consumption in user equipment (UE) that operates in a connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) mode while in communication with wireless network are disclosed. A C-DRX warm-up period before the UE enters an on-duration is adjusted dynamically based on one or more factors including a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configuration, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values, and Doppler shift values. The C-DRX warm-up period is adapted based on the pattern of DL subframes in the UL/DL subframe configuration by including DL subframes that best contribute to channel estimation and adaptive tracking loops based on measured SNR and Doppler shift conditions. Favorable channel conditions, such as higher SNR and lower Doppler shift, can require fewer DL subframes and consequently shorter C-DRX warm-up periods. Higher Doppler shift values indicate more rapidly varying channel conditions and require DL subframes positioned closer to the start of the on-duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhu Ji, Johnson O. Sebeni, Tahir Shamim
  • Patent number: 9301281
    Abstract: A method for communication in a wireless telecommunications network is provided. The method comprises coordinating, by a wireless device, with a first network node to identify a first radio resource configuration comprising a first set of radio resources which is used by the wireless device to communicate with the first network node. The first set of radio resources comprises at least one of radio resources in which the wireless device transmits to the first network node, or radio resources in which the wireless device receives from the first network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Robert Novak, William Anthony Gage, Biswaroop Mukherjee, Yufei Wu Blankenship
  • Patent number: 9301181
    Abstract: An interference measurement method of a terminal is provided for facilitating downlink transmission in the mobile communication system based on Distributed Antenna System (DAS) in which multiple antennas controlled by a base station are distributed within the service area of the base station. The interference measurement method includes receiving channel measurement information and interference measurement information from a base station, receiving channel state information reference signals, calculating, when the received channel state information reference signal is for channel measurement, a received signal energy based on the channel measurement information and, when the received channel state information reference signal is for interference measurement, an interference based on the interference measurement information, generating channel quality information based on the received signal energy and the interference, and transmitting the channel quality information to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Younsun Kim, Hyojin Lee, Juho Lee, Kiil Kim
  • Patent number: 9294390
    Abstract: A hash table storage method includes: obtaining attribute information of at least two levels of hash tables; sequentially obtaining Key information from a received packet according to the attribute information of the at least two levels of hash tables; sequentially determining whether the Key information is stored in its corresponding hash table; and storing the Key information in its corresponding hash table if the Key information is not stored in its corresponding hash table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenxiao Liu, Xindong Teng
  • Patent number: 9295080
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) prevents re-transmissions of downlink high-speed data during a tune away procedure when an acknowledgment (ACK) to the high-speed data is not received at a network. In one instance, the UE decodes a first high-speed grant and corresponding downlink high-speed data before tuning away from a serving base station. The UE determines that a first timing for transmitting an acknowledgement of the decoded high-speed downlink data occurs during a tune away gap. The UE determines a second time for sending the acknowledgment based on a determination of a second high-speed grant missed during the tune away gap. The UE transmits an acknowledgement (ACK) for the decoded downlink high-speed data in accordance with a time line of the missed second high-speed grant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ming Yang, Tom Chin, Qingxin Chen
  • Patent number: 9258809
    Abstract: Methods of multi-point carrier aggregation configuration and data forwarding are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a primary connection is established between a UE and a primary base station in a primary cell with a first UE-ID. A second connection is configured between the UE and a second base station in a secondary cell with a second UE-ID. Component carriers from the primary and the second connections are configured and aggregated. Mobility management functions are performed on the primary connection. In another embodiment of the current invention, a first UE data is received from a primary connection with a UE connecting to a first base station, a second UE data is received from a second base station. The first UE data and the second UE data are combined. A third UE data from a network entity is distributed to the first and the second base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Pei-Kai Liao, Yih-Shen Chen
  • Patent number: 9236990
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) from a base station supporting multiple transmit antennas to a mobile station. The method according to one embodiment includes transmitting, at the base station, information of one or more CSI-RS configurations to the mobile station; and transmitting, at the base station, at least one downlink subframe mapped with the CSI-RSs to the mobile station. The one or more CSI-RS configurations include i) at least one CSI-RS configuration for which the mobile station assumes non-zero transmission power for the CSI-RS, ii) at least one CSI-RS configuration for which the mobile station assumes zero transmission power for the CSI-RS, or iii) at least one CSI-RS configuration for which the mobile station assumes non-zero transmission power for the CSI-RS and at least one CSI-RS configuration for which the mobile station assumes zero transmission power for the CSI-RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kijun Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Hanbyul Seo, Daewon Lee