Patents Examined by Jean F Voltaire
  • Patent number: 11490376
    Abstract: A method of transmitting data is provided. The method of transmitting data includes transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information on frequency domain resources of at least one subband on which carrier sensing is to be performed, performing carrier sensing on the at least one subband, and allocating idle resources within one or more subbands to the UE, and transmitting to the UE control information indicating the resources allocated to the UE. The disclosure also provides a method of transmitting a HARQ-ACK, a method of transmitting an OFDM symbol, a base station, a UE, and a computer readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing xing Fu, Chen Qian, Bin Yu, Qi Xiong
  • Patent number: 11483818
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to time-domain transmission scheduling for user equipment that is capable of operating in dual connections are described. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication is described. The method includes receiving, at a wireless device, information indicating a time-domain transmission pattern, determining a periodic transmission pattern based on the time-domain transmission pattern and an offset of the wireless device, and transmitting data, to the communication node, according to the periodic transmission pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Li Niu, Zhongda Du, Yajun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11477746
    Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node operating as a current reference grand master (GM) node in a vehicle network includes: transmitting a first synchronization message including a first reference time of the first communication node; receiving a first response message from a second communication node, the first response message including a first synchronization offset indicating a difference between a first local time of the second communication node and the first reference time; receiving a second response message from the second communication node, the second response message including a second synchronization offset indicating a difference between the first local time and a second reference time of a third communication node operating as a GM node; and determining the first communication node or the third communication node as a new reference GM node based on a result of comparison between the first synchronization offset and the second synchronization offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Woon Seo, Dong Ok Kim, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 11431448
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a device in a node for wireless communication. The first node transmits first information; receives second information; transmits a first bit-block set on a first time-frequency-resource block; transmits or drops transmission of a third bit-block set on a third time-frequency-resource block; and receives a second signal on a fourth time-frequency-resource block; the first information is used for indicating that the fourth time-frequency-resource block is associated with the third time-frequency-resource block; the second information indicates that the fourth time-frequency-resource block is associated with the first time-frequency-resource block; the second signal is used for indicating whether a target bit-block set is correctly received; when the first node transmits the third bit-block set on the third time-frequency-resource block, the target bit-block set is the third bit-block set, otherwise the target bit-block set is the first bit-block set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Keying Wu, Xiaobo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11412493
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving at least one Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a communication system supporting Carrier Aggregation (CA) are provided. The method for receiving includes receiving information representative of presence of carrier indicator by higher layer signaling from a Node B; receiving information representative of at least one cell indicator by higher layer signaling from the Node B; defining an UE specific search space based on aggregation level, an UE ID, and at least one carrier indicator value, where the UE specific search space includes a set of Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) candidates based on the aggregation level; decoding at least one PDCCH including at least one DCI respectively by the UE ID; and acquiring the at least one DCI, wherein the at least one carrier indicator value is based on the at least one cell indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Aris Papasakellariou, Joon-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 11405117
    Abstract: Method for determining a characteristic of detection and/or identity information and/or location information of a receiver, wherein: a) a primary wave is emitted by an antenna, b) adjustable elements are controlled with a plurality of sets of parameters, to modify the propagation of a primary wave and/or of a secondary wave coming from the receiver, and c) signals received by the antenna are saved, and d) the characteristic of the receiver in the medium is determined based on the signals received for each set of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: GREENERWAVE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Geoffroy Lerosey, Philipp Del Hougne, Mathias Fink, Alexandre Aubry
  • Patent number: 11397909
    Abstract: A method of tracking remotely captured sensor readings in relation to mobile or stationary assets. Remote assets with local sensors are associated with sensor interface device capable of capturing local sensor readings along with geolocation and timestamps, and transmitting such information via a network interface to a server for storage in a sensor record database. A user in communication with the server can indicate a sample request, via which a subset of sensor records for a particular time window is extracted and the sensor readings and geolocations displayed to the user. The information could be presented in graphic map format. The sensor interface device has a self-contained power supply not requiring power input, allowing for long term remote field use. The server and sensor interface device for use in association with the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TATTLE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Aaron Serhan
  • Patent number: 11382034
    Abstract: A network system comprises a first logic block providing a link to a first network via an access point of a WLAN and a second logic block communicating with a node of a second network (such as a WPAN) and configured to provide a link between the node and the first network via the access point. The network system is configured to maintain continuous connections to both the access point and the node while receiving power. The second logic block can communicate with the node using a modified communication protocol that is only partially compliant with an 802.11x communications protocol. A wireless hub can integrate a WPAN with a WLAN including, in part, a wireless circuit compliant with the WLAN standard (such as an 802.11x standard), a processor, and a memory. The wireless circuit can connect to the WPAN without losing connectivity (such as association and synchronization) to the WLAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Ozmo Licensing LLP
    Inventors: Katelijn Vleugels, Roel Peeters
  • Patent number: 11382002
    Abstract: A radio network (6) and a radio terminal (4) are configured to, when the radio terminal (4) is using a first cell (10) served by a first radio station (1) as a primary cell and a second cell (20) served by a second radio station (2) as a secondary cell, change the secondary cell form the second cell (20) to a third cell (30) while keeping communication status information regarding the radio terminal (4) on the second cell (20). It is thus, for example, possible to enable a communication service in the secondary cell to be continued after the secondary cell is changed when the radio terminal which is simultaneously using a plurality of cells served by different radio stations changes the secondary cell from a cell of one radio station to a cell of another radio station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Futaki, Hiroaki Aminaka
  • Patent number: 11375454
    Abstract: This application discloses a scheduling method, an access point, and a station. The method includes generating, by an access point AP, a first frame, where the first frame includes reservation information of each of at least one trigger frame, a first trigger frame is any one of the at least one trigger frame, and reservation information of the first trigger frame includes an identifier of the first trigger frame, start time of the first trigger frame, and a constraint condition of a station STA corresponding to the first trigger frame, and broadcasting, by the AP, the first frame to at least one STA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mao Yang, Bo Li, Yanchun Li
  • Patent number: 11356944
    Abstract: A data collection device capable of communicating with an endpoint device over a network comprises a first communication means for low data rate messaging, a second communication means for high data rate messaging, and a controller configured to send a wake-up command including a request for data to the endpoint device at a low data rate via the first communication means, the wake-up command requiring the requested data to be transmitted at a high data rate, and receive the requested data from the endpoint device at the high data rate via the second communication means. When transmission via a high data rate is not required, data may be transmitted to the data collection device at the low data rate via the first communication means. The wake-up command may involve a regularly scheduled request for data, an unscheduled request for data, and/or an alarm event. Various methodologies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Itron, Inc.
    Inventors: Johann de Jager, Christopher Lloyd Osterloh
  • Patent number: 11356924
    Abstract: A first base station (1) is configured to send, to a second base station (2), first configuration information that is necessary to establish a data bearer and a data radio bearer in the second base station (2) for a C/U-plane split scenario (S105). Further, the first base station (1) is configured to keep the first configuration information in the first base station (1) even after the data bearer and the data radio bearer are established in the second base station (2) (S109). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to a reduction in a path switch delay when a UE moves between cells in the C/U-plane split scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Aminaka, Hisashi Futaki
  • Patent number: 11334518
    Abstract: An embedded file network server based on a seismic data stream includes a broadband power management module, a main control unit, a serial-port-to-RS232 module, a PHY bridge layer, an SD card, and a network interface. The main control unit includes serial port, an SDIO interface, an internal RAM, DMA units, and a MAC drive layer. The main control unit performs seismic data interaction with an external device through the serial port, and receives seismic data through an internal interruption, and the received seismic data stream is stored in the internal RAM. The internal RAM transfers the received seismic data stream to the SDIO interface and MAC driver layer through the DMA units. The SDIO interface stores the seismic data stream in the SD card for data backup. The MAC driver layer is coupled to the PHY bridge layer for inputting and outputting the seismic data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qing Xu, Tianyao Hao, Yuan Wang, Chunlei Zhao, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11337258
    Abstract: Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method for communicating with user equipment (UE) by a base station is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: identifying a type of one or more services required by the UE; notifying the UE of information on a configuration of a medium access control (MAC) layer and a physical (PHY) layer configured according to the identified type of one or more services; and communicating with the UE on the basis of the information on the configuration of the MAC layer and the PHY layer configured according to the identified type of one or more services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Bin Chang, Anil AgiWal, Sang-Wook Kwon, Hyun-Jeong Kang, Kyung-Kyu Kim, Young-Joong Mok, Sang-Kyu Baek, June Hwang
  • Patent number: 11323280
    Abstract: A network node adapted to forward incoming data packets, the network node including a tag identifying unit, adapted to identify a tag of an incoming data packet as a replicate tag; a tag look-up module, adapted to retrieve from a tag table a number of replications and destinations for the replicate tag; a replicating engine, configured to replicate the incoming data packet according to the number of replications, thereby generating replicated data packets; and a forwarding unit, adapted to forward the replicated data packets to the destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Gunter Van De Velde, Andrew Dolganow, Praveen Muley, Wim Henderickx, Adam Simpson
  • Patent number: 11290926
    Abstract: Method for discovering handover capabilities of a mobile communication network includes: receiving, by a user equipment, handover capability information from the mobile communication network, wherein the user equipment communicates with a core network using either a first or a second radio access technology; and based on the first radio access technology being used, initiating handover, by the user equipment, from the first to the second radio access technology when the handover capability information indicates a capability of the mobile communication network to support a handover from the first to the second radio access technology; and/or based on the second radio access technology being used, initiating handover, by the user equipment, from the second to the first radio access technology when the handover capability information indicates a capability, of the mobile communication network to support a handover from the second radio access technology to the first radio access technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Mari Melander, Rene Ververgaert
  • Patent number: 11284248
    Abstract: A method and apparatus allocates an IP address between terminals in a wireless communication network in which terminals directly communicate with each other in a wireless scheme without an AP. The method for allocating an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a wireless terminal capable of performing P2P communication, includes a discovery step of discovering at least one external terminal capable of performing the P2P communication and connecting with the at least one discovered external terminal by the wireless terminal; and a negotiation step of negotiating and determining with the external terminal which external terminals become a group owner and a group client in a P2P group, respectively by the wireless terminal. One of the discovery step and the negotiation step includes transmitting an IP address to be allocated to the group client to the external terminal from the wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongmu Choi, Changsoon Kim, Hakkwan Kim, Namju Cho
  • Patent number: 11277195
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for providing enhanced network coverage in a wireless network. The apparatus has a first antenna system for providing a first sector of a network, and a second antenna system for providing a second sector of the network. Further, the apparatus has a third antenna system for communicating with a base station of the network to provide a common wireless backhaul link for the first sector and the second sector. The apparatus also comprises control circuitry to monitor a performance characteristic of the common wireless backhaul link, and in dependence on the performance characteristic, to implement at least one mechanism to influence whether items of user equipment within at least one of the first sector and the second sector connect to the network via the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AIRSPAN IP HOLDCO LLC
    Inventors: Paul Nicholas Senior, Masayoshi Son, Eric Donald Stonestrom
  • Patent number: 11265766
    Abstract: A radio network (6) and a radio terminal (4) are configured to, when the radio terminal (4) is using a first cell (10) served by a first radio station (1) as a primary cell and a second cell (20) served by a second radio station (2) as a secondary cell, change the primary cell from the first cell (10) to a third cell (30) served by a third radio station (3) while keeping communication status information regarding the radio terminal (1) on the second cell (20). It is thus, for example, possible to enable a communication service in the secondary cell to be continued even after the primary cell is changed when the primary cell is changed during execution of carrier aggregation (e.g., Inter-eNB CA) on a plurality of cells served by different radio stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Futaki, Hiroaki Aminaka
  • Patent number: 11252552
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of communicating in a data path group. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) device to communicate during one or more Discovery Windows (DW) of a NAN cluster; and to communicate with one or more NAN devices of at least one data path group having a data path topology according to a scheduling scheme corresponding to the data path topology, the data path group including two or more NAN devices of the NAN cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Po-Kai Huang, Elad Oren, Dibakar Das, Emily H. Qi, Minyoung Park