Patents Examined by Hoyet H Andrews, III
  • Patent number: 10541724
    Abstract: A system and methods for managing a transformer area in an electrical distribution grid having at least one substation transformer and one service transformer are presented. At least one Remote Hub governed by a policy may be provided, which collects data about the transformer area. The Remote Hub may also execute a discovery procedure to inventory Remotes in the transformer area. The Remote Hub may use the collected data to detect events, such as exceptional conditions, configuration changes, or derived results, within the transformer area. Based on the collected data, the Remote Hub is able to transmit data about the transformer area via a Substation-to-Edge channel. A method and system for forming and establishing boundaries of Transformer Area Networks is also presented. Discovery procedures may be used to form Transformer Area Networks out of Remote Hubs and Remotes powered by the same phase of the service transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: Astrolink International LLC, Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia Reid Martin, Henrik F. Bernheim, Jerritt Hansell, Michael Alan Lucas
  • Patent number: 10498394
    Abstract: A system and methods for managing a transformer area in an electrical distribution grid having at least one substation transformer and one service transformer are presented. At least one Remote Hub governed by a policy may be provided, which collects data about the transformer area. The Remote Hub may also execute a discovery procedure to inventory Remotes in the transformer area. The Remote Hub may use the collected data to detect events, such as exceptional conditions, configuration changes, or derived results, within the transformer area. Based on the collected data, the Remote Hub is able to transmit data about the transformer area via a Substation-to-Edge channel. A method and system for forming and establishing boundaries of Transformer Area Networks is also presented. Discovery procedures may be used to form Transformer Area Networks out of Remote Hubs and Remotes powered by the same phase of the service transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: Astrolink International LLC, Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia Reid Martin, Henrik F. Bernheim, Jerritt Hansell, Michael Alan Lucas
  • Patent number: 10303638
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques including a method for data acquisition in a system having a plurality of data acquisition units and a controller coupled to the plurality of data acquisition units by a pair of wires. The method includes providing a resistive element controllable to change resistance between the pair of wires, distributing a control load across a plurality of signal frames, and broadcasting the plurality of signal frames. A controller is disclosed for coupling to a plurality of data acquisition units. Further, a system for data acquisition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Andreas Kolof
  • Patent number: 10284431
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for managing a global network topology. One method includes an operation for generating, by a network device, a local topology identifying which network entities are connected to each external port of the network device. The network device is configured to execute a network device operation system (ndOS), and the network device is configured to share information associated with the local topology with other ndOS network devices that execute ndOS. Further, the method includes an operation for receiving one or more remote local topologies from respective one or more ndOS network devices. The network device generates a global topology based on the local topology and the one or more remote local topologies, where the global topology is shared by the network device and the ndOS network devices executing ndOS, and the global topology identifies which entities are connected to one or more of the ndOS network devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Pluribus Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Sunay Tripathi
  • Patent number: 10284263
    Abstract: A coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission radio network is provided. Each cell in the CoMP network may include antenna nodes distributed at different geographical locations and coupled to a common baseband processing unit. When operating a user device in the CoMP network, the device may register with a neighboring baseband unit and may be served using at least one antenna node. The device may receive reference signals from different antenna nodes in its vicinity, compute receive signal strength levels, and report the measurements to the corresponding baseband unit. The baseband unit may then switch appropriate antennas in/out of use based on the measured results. If desired, the device may be served using more than one antenna node that may or may not be part of the same cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Sassan Ahmadi
  • Patent number: 10263866
    Abstract: A Device Abstraction Proxy (DAP) interface receives a request for operational data relating to Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) services provided to a plurality of DSL terminals in a DSL network by two or more providers. The DAP interface receives, in response to the request, the operational data, including operational data for a plurality of DSL lines coupled to the plurality of DSL terminals. The DAP then identifies at least two of the plurality of DSL lines as belonging to a common neighborhood of DSL lines, each of the at least two of the plurality of DSL lines respectively associated with at least two of the plurality of DSL terminals being provided the DSL services by different providers. Embodiments correlate a condition and/or a performance of one of the at least two DSL lines identified as belonging to the common neighborhood with a condition and/or performance of another one of the at least two DSL lines identified as belonging to the common neighborhood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: ASSIA SPE, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Kerpez, John Cioffi, Marc Goldburg
  • Patent number: 10263894
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for congestion control for acknowledged communication over networks detects congestion based on trends of flight size and transmission rate in order to adapt a congestion window in accordance with a detection result. Such congestion detection enables, for example, distinguishing between the congestion with or without unfair competition. Moreover, the measured transmission rate or its trend can be filtered to compensate for time variations. An end node or a proxy can be used for congestion control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BEQUANT S.L.
    Inventors: Jose Lopez Serrano, Luis PiƱeiro Blanca, Guillermo Lopez Serrano
  • Patent number: 10243677
    Abstract: A network node of a wireless communications network is provided in a means of transportation, for an aircraft, for ascertaining sources of interference, to a system with such a network node, to an associated method for ascertaining sources of interference of a wireless communications network provided in a means of transportation, for the aircraft, and to a computer program for executing the method. The network node includes an interference-power-ascertaining component, for ascertaining an interference power of an interfering radiation emitted from a source of interference, and a transmitting component for wireless or wirebound transmission of the ascertained interference power to a control device for determining at least one of a direction of the interfering radiation and a distance of the source of interference, including the position of the source of interference, on the basis of the ascertained interference power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Mueller, Uwe Schwark
  • Patent number: 10237838
    Abstract: A method for improving the accuracy of synchronization between base stations even when the propagation path condition between the base stations is poor or when noises are large is provided. A base station (100) according to the present invention includes a communication unit (10) configured to receive a first reference signal transmitted from a first base station (101) and a second reference signal transmitted from a communication device (102) different from the first base station (101), and an execution unit (20) configured to obtain synchronization between the base station (100) and the first base station (101) based on the first and second reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomozou Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10230589
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter describes herein methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for configuring service networks. According to one aspect, the method includes collecting parameters defining a network service. In another aspect, the method includes generating a plurality of flow interfaces for modeling the network service based on the collected parameters, wherein each of the flow interfaces is associated with a logical device. In another aspect, the method includes generating at least one packet virtual network (PVN) including at least a portion of the plurality of generated flow interfaces. In another aspect, the method includes visually outputting, in a service network user interface, a graphical representation of the network service based on interface connectivities between the plurality of generated flow interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Latham, Eamon O'Grady, Timothy Matt, David C. Campbell
  • Patent number: 10171559
    Abstract: A network device stores a Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VxLAN) Tunnel Endpoint (VTEP) membership information that associates VxLANs each with a corresponding set of VTEPs authorized to originate VxLAN packets on that VxLAN. The network device receives from a communication network a VxLAN packet that identifies a VxLAN and an originating VTEP. The VTEP compares the originating VTEP to the set of VTEPs associated with the VxLAN in the VTEP membership information that matches the identified VxLAN. If the comparison indicates that the originating VTEP is not included in the set of VTEPs authorized to originate VxLAN packets, the VTEP discards the received VxLAN packet. Otherwise the VTEP further processes the VxLAN packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Cai, Yuxiang Chen, Danmu Wu, Zhiyong Fang
  • Patent number: 10164799
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a remote radio unit (RRU), which is connected to a baseband unit (BBU) and an antenna, comprising: a service transmit channel configured to transmit a first correction signal through the antenna, and a standing wave detecting circuit associated with the service transmit channel, wherein: a working frequency of the standing wave detecting circuit is consistent with the service transmit channel, and the standing wave detecting circuit is capable of detecting a standing wave ratio of the service transmit channel and is configured to receive a correction signal looped back by the antenna, and send the correction signal looped back by the antenna to the BBU, wherein the correction signal looped back by the antenna comprises a portion of the first correction signal reflected by the antenna and is used for a calculation of a correction coefficient of the service transmit channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiongshu Yi, Chaochao Zhang, Lu Guan, Yun Liu
  • Patent number: 10158411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for transmitting, by a terminal, channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: subsampling a code book for four antenna ports; and feeding back the CSI on the basis of the subsampled code book, wherein the CSI includes a rank indicator (RI) reported together with a precoding type indicator (PTI), and if the RI is greater than 2, the PTI is set to one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyungtae Kim, Kijun Kim, Hyunho Lee
  • Patent number: 10044564
    Abstract: A connecting node for a communications network is described, especially for connection of a network element of the communications network to the communications network, wherein the connecting node has a first interface for connection of the network element to the connecting node and a second interface for connection of the connecting node to the communications network, wherein the connecting node is constructed to enable an exchange of data between the communications network and the network element via the first and second interface, and wherein the connecting node is constructed to read and/or to alter and/or to block data exchanged between the communications network and the network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Likkei
  • Patent number: 9985798
    Abstract: A method for transmitting first and second data between subscriber stations of a bus system via a first channel jointly used by a plurality of subscriber stations and via a second channel of the bus system, used in addition to the first channel by a plurality of subscriber stations, the first channel using the access method and transmission protocol of the CAN specification or the extension thereof, the TTCAN specification, the access to the second channel being controlled according to an arbitrary access method, and first data to be transmitted via the first channel and second data to be transmitted via the second channel being transmitted via a joint signal line, and a data signal being formed as a function of the first data, and a modulation signal being formed as a function of the first and second data, and the modulation signal being superposed on the data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Hartwich, Reiner Schnitzer
  • Patent number: 9986063
    Abstract: A receiving terminal (400) has: a reception stack unit (410) which connects to a communication network; an issuance management unit (440) which transmits a data request packet; and an H-RTT measurement unit (450) which determines a timeout period until retransmission of the data request packet, and in accordance with the determined timeout period, performs retransmission of the data request packet until data is received by the reception stack unit (410). The reception stack unit (410) connects to the communication network via a plurality of communication interfaces. The issuance management unit (440) transmits the data request packet from each of the plurality of communication interfaces. The H-RTT measurement unit (450), for each of the communication interfaces, measures the RTT between the communication interface and a data-bearing node, and on the basis of the RTT, determines a timeout period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eiichi Muramoto
  • Patent number: 9954700
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus for transmitting a frequency-modulated signal is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes a pilot tone generation device for generating a pilot tone. The transmitting apparatus also includes a modulation device for obtaining the generated pilot tone and a modulating useful signal and for generating a frequency-modulated signal based on a combination of the generated pilot tone and the modulating useful signal. The generated pilot tone has a frequency outside a frequency range of the modulating useful signal in order to vary a frequency range of the frequency-modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralph Oppelt, Michael Wiehl
  • Patent number: 9936433
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing a radio access node cluster (4) comprising a plurality of radio access nodes (2). By determining connectivity metrics and comparing to predefined thresholds, a decision is taken if a radio access node (2) of the radio access node cluster (4) is to be detached from radio access node cluster (4) or if a neighboring radio access node (6) is to be added to the radio access node cluster (4). All radio access nodes belonging to the radio access node cluster (4) share a common cell identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jinhua Liu, Zhan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9928483
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, that provide automated topology change detection and policy based provisioning and remediation in information technology systems, among other functions and advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Level 3 Communication, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Dean Cotten, Richard David Haase, Kevin Dean Wein, James Edward Borowicz, Madhukar Bandi, Eric Alden Rumer, Craig W. Hotes
  • Patent number: 9917634
    Abstract: A relay apparatus includes a reception analog filter that extracts a desired signal from a received signal, an A/D converter that converts the signal after passage through the reception analog filter into a digital signal, a demultiplexing unit that demultiplexes the digital signal converted by the A/D converter into m signals, a reception-side compensating unit that digitally compensates for an analog characteristic of the reception analog filter with respect to the m signals demultiplexed by the demultiplexing unit, and a multiplexing unit that multiplexes the m signals digitally compensated by the reception-side compensating unit. The reception-side compensating unit further demultiplexes each of x signals not sufficiently compensated among the digitally-compensated m signals into k signals, digitally compensates for the analog characteristic of the reception analog filter, and multiplexes the k signals after the digital compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Fujimura