Patents Examined by Henry Baron
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Patent number: 9204314Abstract: A method (200) for data transmission from a sender (110) to a receiver (120), wherein the data transmission is performed in predefined time intervals by associated transmission processes. The sender (110) is adapted to perform a subsequent transmission for the associated process in a time interval after one round trip time (502). Specific transmissions are performed among the transmissions, wherein the specific transmissions are limited to a subset of the time intervals, the subset being smaller than the number of all time intervals in a round trip time (502). The method (200) comprises the steps of determining (230) a maximum number of specific transmissions within a round trip time (502), specifying (240) a number of associated processes for the specific transmissions, wherein the specified number is the maximum number, and associating (250) the processes for the specific transmissions with the specific transmissions.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Christian Hoymann, Henning Wiemann
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Patent number: 9204388Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatus, method, and computer program whereby a mobile station receives an indication from a base station in a physical layer field and interprets the indication for use in at least a power management function.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.Inventors: Xin Qi, Zexian Li, Antonio Marzia
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Patent number: 9166960Abstract: A validation method for validating IP information header in data packets from user equipment connected to a mobile telecommunications network (1) and accessing an IP network (5) through a proxy. In the method trusted location information of the user equipment (2) from a trusted source of the telecommunications network is requested (109). Then, the trusted location information is inserted into the IP information header of a message (112) to be sent to a location based function (17).Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Amedeo Imbimbo, Salvatore Loreto
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Patent number: 9166717Abstract: A cell within cellular network includes user equipments (UEs) that transmit data to a base station (eNB). Over a period of time, not all of the UEs will have data to transmit. The UEs are tracked as a scheduled portion and an unscheduled portion, wherein a UE is included in the scheduled portion in response to receiving a scheduling request from the UE. Synchronization is maintained between the eNB and each UE in the scheduled portion by sending a timing adjustment (TA) command if needed. Synchronization is maintained between the eNB and each UE in the unscheduled portion by allocating a periodic reference signal (sync-RS) to each UE in the unscheduled portion and by sending a respective timing adjustment (TA) command if needed to each respective UE in the unscheduled portion in response to a respective sync-RS received from each UE in the unscheduled portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Pierre Bertrand, Tarik Muharemovic, Zukang Shen
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Patent number: 9143251Abstract: For phase synchronizing nodes, on a node by node basis, following a tree-structured phase distribution network using the infrastructure of a telecommunications network, a first node transfers to a second node phase information substantially in phase with a phase reference internal to the first node and position signaling of the phase information with respect to component elements, such as bits, of a data signal carried by a link linking the nodes. The position signaling can be the number of component elements separating it from the phase information in a packet. The time to transfer the phase information through the link is precisely compensated.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: OrangeInventors: Sebastien Jobert, Fabrice Deletre, Yves Morlon
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Patent number: 9143301Abstract: Disclosed are an encoding ratio setting method and a radio communication device which can avoid encoding of control information at an encoding ratio lower than necessary and suppress lowering of the transmission efficiency of the control information. In the device, an encoding ratio setting unit (122) sets the encoding ratio R?control of the control information which is time-multiplexed with user data, according to the encoding ratio Rdata of the user data, ?PUSCHoffset as the PUSCH offset of each control information, and ?RANKoffset as the rank offset based on the rank value of the data channel using Expression (1). R control ? = O Q ? = max ( O ? O 10 - ? offset PUSCH + ? offset RANK 10 · R data ? , O 4 · M sc ) ( 1 ) Where ?x? is an integer not greater than x, and max(x,y) is the greater one among X and Y.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Sadaki Futagi, Daichi Imamura, Seigo Nakao, Masayuki Hoshino, Akihiko Nishio
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Patent number: 9131494Abstract: Disclosed is a method whereby a relay node receives a signal from a base station in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the invention comprises: a step in which a relay node receives, from the base station, a request signal for changing the size of a downlink physical control channel transmitted to a terminal corresponding to the relay node; a step in which a signal in response to the request signal is sent to the base station; a step of setting a downlink available symbol between the base station and the relay node, based on the request signal; and a step in which a relay node specific signal, sent from the base station, is received from the downlink available symbol.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hakseong Kim, Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim, Byounghoon Kim
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Patent number: 9124409Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate determining control region parameters related to a plurality of carriers and/or coordinated multiple point (CoMP) access points. Wireless devices can receive control region parameters related to the carriers or CoMP access points from a serving access point over control channel resources. Additionally or alternatively, wireless devices can assume all carriers or CoMP access points have substantially the same control region as indicated in a control format indicator channel from the serving access point or based on a configured value.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Tao Luo, Durga Prasad Malladi, Juan Montojo, Yongbin Wei, Xiaoxia Zhang, Ke Liu
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Patent number: 9118119Abstract: The present invention discloses a wireless communication device including a slot antenna, a radio-frequency (RF) signal processing module for processing an RF signal transmitted or received by the slot antenna, and an RF signal diplexer coupled between the slot antenna and the RF signal processing module for splitting up the RF signal into a first frequency component and a second frequency component during transmission, and synthesizing the RF signal corresponding to the first frequency component and the second frequency component during reception.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventor: Hsiao-Ting Huang
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Patent number: 9112575Abstract: A system and method for smart relay operation in a wireless communications system is provided. A method for smart relay operations includes receiving, at a smart relay, a transmission from a communications device, the transmission destined for a controller, decoding the transmission, computing a response based on the decoding, and transmitting the response to the controller.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shiau-He Tsai, Oghenekome Oteri, Tao Wu, Yang Tang, Philippe Sartori
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Patent number: 9106555Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing device (e.g., border router or network management server) transmits a discovery message into a computer network, such as in response to a given trigger. In response to the discovery message, the device receives a unicast reply from each node of a plurality of nodes in the computer network, each reply having a neighbor list of a corresponding node and a selected parent node for the corresponding node. Based on the neighbor lists from the replies and a routing protocol shared by each of the plurality of nodes in the computer network, the device may create a reference topology for the computer network, and based on the selected parent nodes from the replies, may also determine a current topology of the computer network. Accordingly, the device may then compare the current topology to the reference topology to detect anomalies in the current topology.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Navneet Agarwal, Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Ajay Kumar
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Patent number: 9107194Abstract: In an embodiment, a wireless data exchange network includes a wireless device (WD) operating under a wireless network communications protocol, a wireless access point (AP), operatively linked to the WD and a wired network, and operating under the wireless network communications protocol, and a wireless mobile device (WMD) capable of operatively linking with the WD and the AP, and operating under the network communications protocol. In another embodiment, a method for dynamically establishing a wireless data link between the WD and the AP wherein the WMD functions as a bridge there between, where the method may include determining the state of the data exchange link between the WD and the AP, selectively receiving and retransmitting data, by the WMD, from the WD to the AP and from the AP to the WD; and maintaining the wireless network communications protocol of the WMD during reception and retransmission of data between itself and the WD or the AP.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Crimson CorporationInventor: Roy Morris
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Patent number: 9100896Abstract: A method of updating repeatedly-transmitted information from a network to a user equipment in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The network transmits an indicator to the user equipment, the indicator indicating that repeatedly-transmitted information has been updated, and transmits the updated repeatedly-transmitted information to the user equipment in accordance with the indicator. The user equipment receives the updated repeatedly-transmitted information only if it receives an indicator from the network, the indicator indicating that the repeatedly-transmitted information has been updated.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sung Duck Chun, Young Dae Lee, Sung Jun Park, Seung June Yi
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Patent number: 9094456Abstract: The present invention relates to a system comprising a core network access packet data node (10i), a core network access edge node (20i), means holding subscriber data (50i), and means holding policy related data (30i), and a number of admission control means. The core network access packet data node (10i) and/or the core network access edge node (20i) is/are adapted to hold or receive access priority related information comprising a subscriber related access allocation priority parameter relating to a subscriber requesting a network resource, preliminary access decision means (2Ai, 2Bi) being provided for deciding if a network resource request, e.g. a bearer request, is to be handled i.e. given preliminary access, or rejected. Service allocation priority holding means (3i) are provided holding service priority related information comprising parameters relating to service importance and/or user/subscriber category.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventor: Dirk Kopplin
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Patent number: 9083523Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for wirelessly communicating multidrop packets via wireless networks. In one exemplary embodiment, communication devices of a multidrop system are respectively coupled to nodes of a wireless network. At least one of the nodes stores data for mapping multidrop addresses to network addresses. Upon receiving a multidrop packet, such node maps the multidrop address of the received packet to a network address identifying the packet's destination communication device within the multidrop system. The receiving node then inserts the multidrop packet into a unicast message and wirelessly transmits the unicast message through the wireless network to the remote node. The remote node depacketizes the unicast message to recover the multidrop packet and provides the multidrop packet to its destination.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: ADTRAN, Inc.Inventors: Kevin R. Banks, David B. Ewing
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Patent number: 9078145Abstract: In an overlay, network-based, wireless location system, LMUs typically co-located with BTSs are used to collect radio signaling both in the forward and reverse channels for use in TDOA and/or AOA positioning methods. Information broadcast from the radio network and by global satellite navigation system constellations can be received by the LMU and used to reduce the difficulty of initial system configuration and reconfiguration due to radio network changes.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: TruePosition, Inc.Inventors: Simon Issakov, Rashidus S. Mia, Robert J. Anderson
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Patent number: 9077655Abstract: Wireless networks and devices are ubiquitous today. For service providers to offer customers QoS and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) means in part providing resilient connectivity of wireless devices with good signal strength, good Signal to Noise and Interference Ratio (SNIR), and adequate useable bandwidth. Doing so requires that devices transmitting and receiving packets use over-the-air bandwidth efficiently and manage over-the-air congestion. According to embodiments of the invention QoS measurements and controls are incorporated only in the network (i.e. APs or controllers) and therefore QoS and SLAs can be achieved with all deployed client stations versus standards based approaches that require additional capabilities in network nodes, client stations and in most cases modifications to the applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: 3inova Networks Inc.Inventors: Jozef Babiarz, Marvin Krym
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Patent number: 9055522Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, device, and system for selecting route discovery, to enable flexible selection of a route discovery method. The method includes: determining the amount of data to be transmitted; selecting, according to the amount of data to be transmitted, symmetric path route discovery or asymmetric path route discovery; and transmitting a selection result to other nodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Hui Yang, Zhihao Xing, Houcheng Tang
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Patent number: 9049699Abstract: A method and system for providing wireless backhaul in a wireless radio access network having an overall allocated access bandwidth for access communication, the system including a radio access base station designed for out-of-band backhaul, the base station including an access transceiver communicating over an allocated frequency channel within the overall allocated access bandwidth, and an in-band backhaul unit coupled to the access base station including means for in-band communication of backhaul of the access base station.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Assaf Touboul, Oz Barak
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Patent number: 9049692Abstract: A hybrid access protocol (HAP) controls access of nodes of a network to a communication medium, such as a radio frequency communication channel. In one example, a one-hop neighbor of a root node receives priority information from the root node, which includes a list of communication time slots, and an indication of one or more of the communication time slots during which the one-hop neighbor has communication priority relative to other one-hop neighbors of the root node. If the one-hop neighbor has information to transmit to the root node, it waits a predetermined period of time before transmitting the information to the root node. While waiting, the one-hop neighbor listens for transmissions by other nodes. In response to expiration of the predetermined period of time without overhearing transmissions by other nodes, the one-hop neighbor transmits its data to the root node.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Itron, Inc.Inventors: Viet-Hung Nguyen, Bastien Mainaud