Patents Examined by Henry Baron
  • Patent number: 10547372
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a communication system comprising a portal between radio-frequency propagation environments; one or more of interface points disposed in the plurality of propagation environment and configured to communicate with each other via the portal; and one or more access points disposed in one of the propagation environments, at least a portion being configured to communicate with a particular interface point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Theodore S. Rappaport, Dennis Shasha
  • Patent number: 10547410
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to transmitting transport blocks in subframes of a predefined length within a wireless communication system. A downlink control information including a resource grant comprising a predetermined modulation and a predetermined transport block size is received (user equipment is the transmitter) or generated (base station is the transmitter). Then transport block including channel coded data to be transmitted in a subframe with the predetermined modulation and the predetermined transport block size is generated. Sensing is performed in the subframes and based thereon, it is determined whether a partial subframe or a complete subframe is available for transmission of the generated transport block. Finally, the transport block is transmitted with a modified modulation different from the predetermined modulation if the partial rather than complete subframe is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Michael Einhaus, Jan Ohlhorst, Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart, Prateek Basu Mallick, Joachim Loehr
  • Patent number: 10548047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting a BSR in a D2D communication system, the method comprising: configuring a plurality of sidelink logical channels, wherein each of the plurality of sidelink logical channels is associated with one of a plurality of priorities, configuring a plurality of LCGs to which the plurality of sidelink logical channels belong, and transmitting a BSR using the one or more logical channel groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungjune Yi, Sunyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 10541915
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for improving the routing of control messages among components of a wireless communications system to control the provision of communications services to endpoint devices within a wireless network. An apparatus may include an interface to the network; a virtual switch to retrieve a device identifier of an endpoint device from a payload of a packet and to select a PCRF component to which to route the packet based on the device identifier, the endpoint device coupled to the network; and the selected PCRF component to grant a data session to the endpoint device based on an indication of a request by the endpoint device for the data session conveyed in the payload, the data session comprising an exchange of data between the endpoint device and the interface device through the network. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brendan N. Ryan, Chris Macnamara
  • Patent number: 10536868
    Abstract: A measurement method by a user equipment (UE) including receiving a first measurement list from a base station, the first measurement list including one or more measurement candidates, and measuring signal quality of at least some of the one or more measurement candidates independent of corresponding one or more measurement periods, the one or more measurement periods being periods determined for the at least some of the one or more measurement candidates may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Kyu Hong, Se-Jin Kim, Jae-Ho Song, Byung-Wook Kim, Myung-Hoon Yeon
  • Patent number: 10531493
    Abstract: Technology for decreasing latency for contention based scheduling request (SR) is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) can randomly select a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble index for a PRACH transmission. The UE can multiplex the PRACH preamble index together with a SR message containing a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) and a buffer status report (BSR) for the PRACH transmission. The UE can process, for transmission, to an enhanced node B (eNB), the PRACH preamble index multiplexed with the SR message in a subframe #(n) of the PRACH transmission, wherein n is a subframe number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Yuan Zhu, Wenting Chang, Gang Xiong, Qinghua Li, Huaning Niu
  • Patent number: 10531407
    Abstract: A method comprises transmitting a downlink frame initiating an uplink multi-user transmission. The uplink multi-user transmission includes a plurality of uplink frames simultaneously transmitted by a plurality of respective stations. The downlink frame including power control information for the plurality of uplink frames. The method further includes receiving the uplink multi-user transmission that is transmitted based on the power control information. Another method comprises receiving a downlink frame initiating an uplink multi-user transmission. The uplink multi-user transmission includes a plurality of uplink frames simultaneously transmitted by a plurality of respective stations. The downlink frame including power control information for the plurality of uplink frames. The method further comprises participating in the uplink multi-user transmission based on the power control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: NEWRACOM, INC.
    Inventor: Daewon Lee
  • Patent number: 10517109
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprises an antenna, a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to transmit an indication of uplink data on an uplink control channel on a condition that uplink data is in a buffer of the WTRU. The WTRU is configured to use the uplink control channel and an uplink data channel. The receiver is configured to receive an uplink scheduling message based on the transmitted indication of uplink data. The transmitter is further configured to transmit uplink data on the uplink data channel based on the received uplink scheduling message. The transmitted uplink data is included in a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU). The MAC PDU includes traffic volume information. A header of the MAC PDU includes a field indicating the presence of the traffic volume information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 10517077
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for implementing a mobile broadband device service. The method includes the following steps: obtaining, service information of a mobile broadband device according to a rule set on the host or by calling an application programming interface (API) of a Web server on the mobile broadband device; and when to use a corresponding function of the host for implementing a mobile broadband device service corresponding to the service information, executing, the corresponding function of the host by calling an API provided by an operating system (OS) of the host, to implement the mobile broadband device service. In the embodiments of the present disclosure limitations when the mobile broadband device is managed in the Web manner are reduced, and a capability of managing the mobile broadband device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhen Zhong
  • Patent number: 10505583
    Abstract: A digital subscriber line (DSL) network device for coupling to DSL communication lines, the network device comprising: multiplexing circuitry that transmits signals to vector-compliant consumer premises equipment (CPE) and legacy CPE via the DSL communication lines; and processing circuitry configured to: initiate transmission of a predetermined set of orthogonal pilot sequences to a plurality of vector-compliant CPEs; initiate transmission of data symbols corresponding to the set of orthogonal pilot sequences to one or more legacy CPEs; pre-process line errors of a victim vector-compliant CPE to remove far-end crosstalk due to the vector compliant disturber lines and perform the same pre-processing for the transmitted data symbols; determine far-end channel crosstalk information using a correlation of the pre-processed line errors and the pre-processed transmitted data symbols; and reduce far-end channel crosstalk of the victim vector-compliant CPE using the determined far-end channel crosstalk information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Haixiang Liang, Yujie He, Jianping Tu
  • Patent number: 10505771
    Abstract: An apparatus that can make a success of demodulation on the reception side even if the restrictions on the resource setting are lifted. The apparatus includes: a processing unit configured to variably set at least any of a number of subcarriers or a number of subsymbols included in a unit resource including one or more subcarriers or one or more subsymbols, and set a filter coefficient that is applied in accordance with different rules which depend on whether the number of subsymbols included in the unit resource is an even number or an odd number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Yoshizawa, Yukitoshi Sanada, Yuka Enjoji, Yuta Akai
  • Patent number: 10498652
    Abstract: In one aspect, a computerized method of an application routing service includes the step of using a deep-packet inspection (DPI) technique on a first network flow to identify an application. The method includes the step of storing an Internet-protocol (IP) address and a port number used by the application and an identity of the application in a database. The method includes the step of detecting a second network flow. The method includes the step of identifying the IP address and the port number of the application in the second network flow. The method includes the step of looking up the IP address and the port number in the database. The method includes the step of identifying the application based on the IP address and the port number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
    Inventors: Ajit Ramachandra Mayya, Parag Pritam Thakore, Stephen Craig Connors, Sunil Mukundan, Thomas Harold Speeter
  • Patent number: 10484056
    Abstract: A test device for simulating analog beams applied to a DUT includes a memory that stores instructions and a processor that executes the instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the test device to perform a process that includes obtaining, from the memory and based on instructions received for testing the DUT, a predetermined power level for a beam to be simulated for the DUT and a predetermined time delay for the beam to be simulated for the DUT. The process also includes applying the predetermined power level for the beam and the predetermined time delay for the beam to a set of subcarriers and cyclic prefix orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (CP-OFDM) symbol to obtain simulated characteristics of the beam from the perspective of the DUT. The process also includes sending, over a wired connection, the simulated characteristics of the beam from the processor to the DUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Javier Campos Garcia
  • Patent number: 10485019
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method for operating a mobile device including establishing a connection to a first base station designated as a PCell and establishing a connection to a second base station designated as a SCell. When the mobile device receives PDSCH from a TDD SCell in a subframe n, it transmits a HARQ ACK to an FDD PCell in subframe n+4. When the mobile device receives PDSCH in a downlink subframe from an FDD SCell, it transmits a HARQ ACK corresponding to the PDSCH to a TDD PCell in a selected uplink subframe. The selected uplink subframe may be the first valid uplink subframe following the downlink subframe. For example, where the downlink subframe carrying the PDSCH is subframe n, and the selected uplink subframe is subframe n+k, where k?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Anthony Edet Ekpenyong
  • Patent number: 10470050
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing uplink cellular communication in unlicensed frequency bands using Wi-Fi preamble information. A wireless device may receive downlink control information from a cellular base station. The downlink control information may indicate an uplink transmit opportunity for licensed assisted access communication for the wireless device. A length of the uplink transmit opportunity may be determined. Licensed assisted access uplink communication may be performed during the uplink transmit opportunity. A Wi-Fi physical layer preamble may be transmitted as part of the licensed assisted access uplink communication. A type of the Wi-Fi physical layer preamble may depend at least in part on the length of the uplink transmit opportunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Farouk Belghoul, Christian W. Mucke, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto
  • Patent number: 10462795
    Abstract: A method comprising: measuring separately co-channel interference and cross-channel interference at an apparatus; and providing, to a node, separate information regarding the co-channel interference and the cross-channel interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Frank Frederiksen, Kari Pekka Pajukoski
  • Patent number: 10447651
    Abstract: Technologies are described for using a cloud-based computer system to access services provided by a particular server over public Internet Protocol (IP) connections. In one aspect, a system includes a first computer system configured to run the particular server to provide a first service over public IP connections; and a second computer system configured to run a second server, where the particular server transmits, over public IP connections, a request for the second server to check the first service, where, responsive to receipt of the request for the second server to check the first service, the second server provides, to the particular server over public IP connections, information relating to whether the first service is available over public IP connections, and where the particular server updates an availability status of the first service over public IP connections based on the information provided by the second server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Thomassian, Jeffrey H. Michaud, Sathish K. Narayanaswamy, Jason Allen Townsend, Amul Goswamy
  • Patent number: 10440104
    Abstract: N nodes are assigned to a first layer of nodes having a first domain name server (DNS) anycast Internet Protocol (IP) address and a first fully qualified domain name (FQDN). M nodes are assigned to a second layer of nodes having a second DNS anycast IP address and a second FQDN. When a request to resolve the first FQDN for the first layer of nodes is received by a DNS of a node of the first layer and a load on the ES of the node is less than a threshold, the DNS handles the request by returning an edge server (ES) anycast IP address for the ES of the node. When the load on the ES is greater than the threshold, the DNS offloads the request by returning the second FQDN so that the second FQDN of the second layer is resolved to the second DNS anycast IP address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ashley Flavel, Pradeepkumar Mani, Nick Holt, David Maltz, Jie Liu, Oleg Surmachev
  • Patent number: 10439936
    Abstract: Measures, including methods, systems, non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums and computer programs for use in routing packet data. At a network switching device, a data packet is received from a device located upstream of the network switching device. The received data packet comprises routing data associated with a routing decision which has been taken for the data packet upstream of the network switching device. The routing data comprises an abstract media access control (MAC) address corresponding to a next hop destination for the data packet located downstream of the network switching device. At the network switching device, the abstract MAC address in the data packet is replaced with a real MAC address of the next hop downstream destination. At the network switching device, the data packet is forwarded towards the next hop downstream destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Metaswitch Networks Ltd
    Inventors: Simon Wingrove, Michael Curtis, Shaun Crampton, Alex Pollitt
  • Patent number: 10433223
    Abstract: A more efficient network can be achieved by leveraging an adaptive dejitter buffer. The dejitter buffer can be dynamically adjusted based off a network data analysis. The dejitter buffer memory/depth of a mobile device can be adjusted in accordance with receiving a delay interruption length and out-of-order packet data associated with another mobile device. Thereafter, the dejitter buffer memory can be filled with voice packet data to decrease a packet delay variation at the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Richard Brisebois, Sanjay Gupta