Patents Examined by Ivan O Latorre
  • Patent number: 11051233
    Abstract: A base station (1) controls state transitions of a radio terminal (2) among first to third RRC states. In addition, the base station (1) explicitly or implicitly informs the radio terminal (2) about whether a network slice configured in the radio terminal (2) for data communication at least in the first RRC state is available in each cell included in a RAN notification area configured by a RAN (3). It is thus, for example, possible to allow a radio terminal in a first state (e.g., RRC_INACTIVE state) to be easily aware of the availability of network slices in a cell to be reselected or a reselected cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Futaki, Sadafuku Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11044197
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to processing network traffic data units (NTDUs). More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to processing NTDUs transmitted between client device and the one or more protected resources. The protected resources are logically surrounded by a perimeter, which is implemented as a set of network devices that manage the flow of NTDUs between client devices and the protected resources. The perimeter works in conjunction with a set of filtering devices to determine whether a given NTDU can ultimately be transmitted to, and processed by, a protected resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Francis Capper, Kenneth James Duda, Hugh Holbrook
  • Patent number: 11039323
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resources and using beams are disclosed herein. In an example, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may measure a plurality of beam reference signals transmitted from a base station. Further, the WTRU may select a beam reference signal from among the plurality of measured beam reference signals. Also, the WTRU may receive a configuration message from the base station that includes correspondence information regarding the plurality of beam reference signals, wherein the correspondence information designates at least one set of PRACH resources for each of the plurality of beam reference signals. In addition, the WTRU may determine a set of PRACH resources designated for the selected beam reference signal based on the received correspondence information. Moreover, the WTRU may transmit a PRACH signal using at least one PRACH resource of the determined set of PRACH resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Virgil Comsa, Meilong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11032856
    Abstract: A method includes determining configuration information of a preset data bearer, where the preset data bearer is used to transmit data, and the configuration information comprises a data transmission mode of data transmitted over a radio interface through the preset data bearer. The method also includes sending the configuration information of the preset data bearer to a mobile terminal before establishment of a radio resource control (RRC) connection to the mobile terminal is completed, where the configuration information of the preset data bearer is used by the mobile terminal to transmit data through the preset data bearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongping Zhang, Qinghai Zeng
  • Patent number: 11026216
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for control channel transmission in a wireless network are disclosed. A disclosure is provided with at least one resource block (RB) including a first control channel element associated with a first antenna port (AP) and a second control channel element associated with a second AP. The first and second control channel elements might be used for transmission of a single control channel, and a first reference signal sequence associated with one of the first AP and the second AP is selected for transmission of the single control channel based on a control channel element index value, such that a resource element of the at least one RB can be detected to decode the first control channel element and the second control channel element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bingyu Qu, Philippe Sartori
  • Patent number: 11026096
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to carry out communication adequately in cells (for example, unlicensed bands) where listening is executed prior to transmission. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a receiving section that receives common control information, via a downlink control channel, in an LAA SCell (License-Assisted Access Secondary Cell), and a control section that controls a communication process in the LAA SCell based on the common control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 11019530
    Abstract: The system obtains packets-to-be-compressed at a compressor at a transmitter that transmits packets through a channel to a decompressor at a receiver. It also obtains cross-layer information regarding a state of the channel from lower-layer network entities in the transmitter. The system then determines whether to request feedback from the decompressor based on a predetermined policy, and requests and receives feedback from the decompressor based on the determination. The system uses the cross-layer information and any received feedback to estimate a state of the channel and the decompressor. The system also determines a compression level based on a compression policy and the estimations for the state of the channel and the decompressor. The system generates the packets-to-be-transmitted by selectively compressing the headers of the packets-to-be-compressed based on the determined compression level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Zhi Ding, Wenhao Wu
  • Patent number: 11012877
    Abstract: In accordance with the example embodiments there is at least a method and apparatus to determine a measurement configuration for a mobile communication device, wherein the measurement configuration is specific to the mobile communication device; associate a reporting configuration for the mobile communication device; and send the measurement configuration and the reporting configuration to the mobile communication device to trigger the measurement and the reporting at the mobile communication device. Further, in accordance with the example embodiments there is at least a method and apparatus to receive a measurement configuration and a reporting configuration from a network node; and trigger a measurement and a measurement report based on the measurement configuration and the reporting configuration from the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Malgorzata Tomala, Tero Henttonen
  • Patent number: 10999745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving scheduling information relating to uplink data; and transmitting the uplink data through a time slot having a plurality of symbols by using the scheduling information, wherein: when a reference signal for beam-arrangement is not transmitted in the time slot, a transmission beam direction of the uplink data remains the same in the time slot; and when the reference signal for beam-arrangement is transmitted in the time slot, the transmission beam direction of the uplink data is changed according to a transmission beam direction of the reference signal for beam-arrangement, in a symbol at which the reference signal for the beam-arrangement is transmitted in the time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Jiwon Kang
  • Patent number: 10992425
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may include a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) receiver that is configured to detect multiple PDCCHs in a subframe i?K, the multiple PDCCHs including a first PDCCH. The UE may also include a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmitter that is configured to transmit multiple PUSCHs, the multiple PUSCHs being transmitted in a license-assisted access (LAA) cell, the multiple PUSCHs including a PUSCH which is scheduled by the first PDCCH, the PUSCH being transmitted in a subframe i. A transmit power of the PUSCH may be derived using a value indicated by a transmit power control (TPC) command field which is included in the first PDCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Zhanping Yin
  • Patent number: 10986032
    Abstract: A radio communication device includes a reception unit that receives a part of data transmitted from a first communication device, via a first path including a radio channel between the radio communication device and the first communication device and that receives another part of data transmitted from the first communication device, via a second path that goes through a second communication device; a control unit that performs communication control in accordance with a state of data communication performed via the second path; and a transmission unit that transmits, to the first communication device via the first path by using control performed by the control unit in accordance with the state of the data communication performed via the second path, reception state information that specifies data that has been received or data that has not been received by the reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ohta, Shinichiro Aikawa
  • Patent number: 10986024
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for a dynamic prefix list for route filtering. In one example, a network device comprises a control unit comprising one or more processors; one or more interface cards coupled to the control unit; a routing protocol process configured to execute on the control unit to exchange, using the interface cards, routing protocol advertisements with a peer network device in accordance with a routing protocol; and a configuration database comprising a routing policy that references a dynamic prefix list comprising one or more prefixes. The routing policy includes at least one action for application to routes for import or export, by the network device via a routing protocol, that match any of the one or more prefixes of the dynamic prefix list. The dynamic prefix list comprises a routing table to store the one or more prefixes, the routing table separate from the configuration database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Vinay K Nallamothu
  • Patent number: 10986020
    Abstract: A hash value is determined based on a payload of a message associated with a first system, the hash value related to a message flow instance that includes the message, wherein the payload associates the message with the message flow instance. Upon sending the message to a second system, generating a first event corresponding to the message, wherein the first event includes the hash value. The first event is sent to a monitoring system. The monitoring system receives a second event including the hash value, wherein the hash value included in the second event is determined in association with the second system. Based on the hash value, a relation is determined to associate the first event and the second event with the message flow instance. The message flow instance is reconstructed based on the determined relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Joy Bhattacharjee, Anantharaman Ravi, Mohsin Soudagar, Lokesh Chouhan, Raghav Sampath
  • Patent number: 10972381
    Abstract: In one embodiment, in-band operations data (e.g., In-situ Operations, Administration, Maintenance and/or other operations data) is added to Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding (S-BFD) packets. In one embodiment, a S-BFD packet received by a node includes a BFD discriminator and operations data. Reactive processing is identified based on the BFD discriminator. The S-BFD packet and the operations data (e.g., in an operations data field in a header of the received S-BFD packet, in an IOAM Type-Length-Value (TLV), etc.) is processed according to the identified reactive function. Examples of these reactive actions include, but are not limited to, determining a result based on processing of said particular operations data by the local node or a remote analytics server, and sending a response packet including unprocessed and/or a result of the processed operations data (e.g., performance, loss, jitter, an indication of compliance with a service level agreement, and/or another data measurement or result).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos M. Pignataro, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Reshad Rahman, Frank Brockners, Shwetha Subray Bhandari
  • Patent number: 10966152
    Abstract: A method, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a base station for transferring small packets are described. The WTRU generates a packet that has one or more of a medium access control (MAC) or a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) header, the one or more of the MAC or the PLCP header including a field. On a condition that the WTRU has data buffered for transmission, the WTRU includes in the field information that indicates a time or a transmission opportunity (TXOP) needed to transmit at least one packet of data that the WTRU has buffered for transmission. The WTRU transmits the packet to another WTRU in the wireless network. The WTRU receives another packet from the other WTRU with a granted TXO) based on the time needed to transmit the at least one packet of the data that the WTRU has buffered for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Wang, Guodong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10958384
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for a terminal receiving re-transmitted data in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method may comprise the steps of: receiving from a base station a plurality of transport blocks that include a plurality of code block groups; the respective code block groups mapping and transmitting first HARQ-ACK signals with respect to the respective plurality of code block groups on the basis of an order in which the respective plurality of transport blocks are received, and an order that is included in the respective plurality of transmission blocks; and receiving one or more code block groups that are re-transmitted based on the transmitted first HARQ-ACK signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daesung Hwang, Yunjung Yi, Hyunho Lee
  • Patent number: 10952114
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method, device, and system for selecting a user plane functional entity supporting non-3GPP access ensure service continuity. When a user equipment (UE) performs access via a 3GPP network, subscription data of the UE are obtained by a CP functional entity. The subscription data include indication information that indicates whether the UE is allowed to connect to a non-3GPP network. If the indication information indicates that the UE is allowed to connect to the non-3GPP network, a target UP functional entity supporting the non-3GPP access is selected by the CP functional entity. The present application is applicable to the field of communications technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youyang Yu, Xiaoji Sun
  • Patent number: 10939487
    Abstract: A headset communication device includes at least one processor configured to transmit, via a dedicated virtual communication channel of a wireless communication protocol, local beacon data to one or more remote headset communication devices within a work environment, to discover a remote headset communication device included in the one or more remote headset communication devices by receiving, via the dedicated virtual communication channel of the wireless communication protocol, remote beacon data that is transmitted by the remote headset communication device, to automatically synchronize, based on the remote beacon data, the headset communication device with the remote headset communication device, and, to transmit, via one or more additional virtual communication channels of the wireless communication protocol, local audio communication data to the one or more remote headset communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Roger Kihlberg, Marcus J. Ekblad
  • Patent number: 10939450
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a user equipment, UE, is operable for multiple sub-carrier spacing values. The UE comprises memory operable to store instructions and processing circuitry operable to execute the instructions, whereby the UE is operable to determine one of a plurality of time-domain resource allocation tables based on first information received from a network node. The first information comprises a Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI. The UE is operable to determine a time-domain resource allocated to the UE for transmission or reception of a wireless signal based on the determined one of the plurality of time-domain resource allocation tables and second information received from the network node. The second information comprises a time-domain resource allocation field value received in downlink control information, DCI. The UE is further operable to transmit or receive the wireless signal using the determined time-domain resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Jung-Fu Cheng, Daniel Larsson, Ravikiran Nory, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 10938748
    Abstract: A packet processing method, including receiving a first packet from a first switch, where the first packet belongs to a service flow that flows from a first device to a second device, determining a service chain through which the service flow passes, determining a forwarding path of the service flow according to the service chain through which the service flow passes, modifying the first packet to obtain a second packet, where the second packet belongs to the service flow, and a valid payload of the second packet includes a valid payload of the first packet and forwarding path indication information, generating a first flow table according to the forwarding path of the service flow, controlling a communications interface to send the first flow table to the first switch, and sending the second packet to the first switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongqiang Yang, Shaofu Zuo