Patents Examined by Jose L Perez
  • Patent number: 10390336
    Abstract: A base station and a related method are provided. The base station includes a transmitter which, in operation, transmits, to a user equipment (UE), values configured for different base station coordination types, respectively, wherein each of the base station coordination types defines which base stations among multiple base stations perform coordinated transmission in that base station coordination type. The base station further includes a receiver which, in operation, receives a channel quality indicator (CQI) reported from the UE, wherein the CQI is calculated at the UE in reference to the values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Hui Tong, Masayuki Hoshino, Daichi Imamura, Ming Xu
  • Patent number: 10375733
    Abstract: A method of performing beamforming in a base station is provided. The method includes receiving random access channel signals transmitted in one or more transmit beams from a terminal, using one or more receive beams, determining at least one best transmit beam from the one or more transmit beams and at least one best receive beam from the one or more receive beams, and transmitting information about the best transmit beam and the best receive beam to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su-Ryong Jeong, Yeong-Moon Son, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Tae-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10374952
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed for increasing Layer-3 LPM (longest prefix match) routing database in a network platform. In some embodiments, chipsets in fabric modules (FMs) can be partitioned into multiple banks. Network traffic can be directed towards a corresponding bank in the FMs by using a LPM table on a line card (LC). Entries in the LPM table on the LC can be programmed either statically or dynamically based upon LPM routes that are dynamically learned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ayan Banerjee, Sameer Merchant, Ramana Mellacheruvu, Ramesh V. N. Ponnapalli, Srinivasan Ramabadran
  • Patent number: 10356623
    Abstract: Aspects for reducing interference between networks are provided. A signal transmitted by a first network over a communications medium using an unlicensed frequency spectrum is decoded to determine one or more parameters of a packet in the signal. A level of utilization of the communications medium by the first network can be estimated based at least in part on a signal strength of the signal and the one or more parameters. A time for communicating in a second network over the communications medium using the unlicensed frequency spectrum can be adjusted based at least in part on the level of utilization of the communications medium by the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Kamel Sadek, Mohammad Naghshvar, Nachiappan Valliappan
  • Patent number: 10334483
    Abstract: The present solution relates to a method in a source serving gateway (207a) for triggering relocation of at least one user equipment bearer resource from the source serving gateway (207a) to at least one target serving gateway (207b) in a communication network (200). The source serving gateway (207a) serves the user equipment (203) by providing bearer resources to the user equipment (203). The source serving gateway (207a) detects (501) an event indicating relocation of the at least one user equipment bearer resource from the source serving gateway (207a) to the at least one target serving gateway (207b). Furthermore, the source serving gateway (207a) sends (502) a message to a mobility management node (205, 209). The message comprises a trigger to relocate the at least one user equipment bearer resource from the source serving gateway (207a) to the at least one target serving gateway (207b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Folke Ahlström, Lasse Olsson, Peter Ramle
  • Patent number: 10313400
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for selecting a network resource, in which a “controlled-entity” device connected to an IP network (20) is also capable of accessing at least one other physical and/or virtual telecommunications network. According to the method, after a step in which a request is sent or relayed by the controlled-entity or is sent to the controlled-entity, the controlled-entity then receives a session control signal containing a resource identifier representative of the physical or virtual network that the controlled-entity may or must use in order to satisfy the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: 3G LICENSING S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Le Rouzic, José Doree
  • Patent number: 10292067
    Abstract: An eNodeB or other cell access point device can receive demand data from mobile devices served by the cell. The demand data can represent an estimate of demand over a future period for network resources (e.g., bandwidth). The cell can aggregate this demand data and determine price data for the time period or for various intervals of the time period, then transmit the price data to the mobile devices. The price data can operate as a collaborative approach to scheduling traffic. For example, data (e.g., delay tolerant data) can be shifted (e.g., delayed for a few seconds) based on an examination of the price data in conjunction a determined priority of the data. Such can be applicable to data traffic not traditionally thought of as delay tolerant such as streaming video or web browsing, and can be accomplished without negatively impacting the quality of service or experience of the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Kaustubh Joshi, Rajesh Krishna Panta, Cong Shi
  • Patent number: 10271342
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for allocating PUCCH resources for HARQ feedback so as to minimize the total number PUCCH resources that are allocated while avoiding resource collision. A base station in an uplink Pcell allocates resource sets for use by a plurality of user terminals for providing HARQ feedback to support downlink transmissions to the user terminals in the same transmission time interval. The base station configures a resource group for each user terminal. Each resource group comprises a predetermined number of the allocated resource sets. The base station sorts the user terminals in the order of priority from highest to lowest and selects, in order of priority, a resource set for each user terminal from its configured resource group. To select resources for the user terminal, the base station calculates a weight for each resource set available to the user terminal, and allocate an available resource set with minimum weight to the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Hong Ren
  • Patent number: 10218472
    Abstract: A communication terminal is capable of simultaneously communicating through a plurality of carriers by carrier aggregation, and the communication terminal comprises: a quality measurement unit for measuring the reception quality of a radio wave transmitted through a plurality of carriers from a base station of a connected cell to obtain a measured value; a primary carrier storage unit storing information specifying a primary carrier chosen from the plurality of carriers; a comparator for comparing a measured value of the primary carrier measured by the quality measurement unit to a threshold value; and a cell search unit for searching for another cell when the measured value of the primary carrier is less than or equal to the threshold value. Consequently, a search threshold value for carrier aggregation can be appropriately determined to perform a cell search and a quality measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Takahisa Aoyama, Jun Hirano, Takashi Tamura
  • Patent number: 10212696
    Abstract: A first user terminal supporting D2D (Device-to-Device) communication comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to perform processes of: receiving, D2D resource information from a base station, determining data radio resources and control radio resources on the basis of the D2D resource information, from among D2D radio resources available for the D2D communication, transmitting, D2D communication control information by using the determined control radio resources to a second user terminal, the D2D communication control information indicating locations of the determined data radio resources, and transmitting and retransmitting, D2D communication data by using the determined data radio resources to the second user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Naohisa Matsumoto, Kugo Morita
  • Patent number: 10212083
    Abstract: A control channel for routing management messages to or from an OpenFlow controller is separated from a reserved port within a data channel for routing unknown data packets to or from the OpenFlow controller. The port may be reserved by setting a reserved port flag. A packet routing table may include a table miss entry that indicates the unknown packets should be routed via the reserved port. By utilizing the reserved port to route unknown packets, the unknown packets do not traverse into the control channel, and the separation of the OpenFlow control channel from the OpenFlow data channel is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Chidambaram Bhagavathiperumal, Yi Bo Song, Liang Yang
  • Patent number: 10206129
    Abstract: Technologies generally described herein relate to connection of a mobile device to a base station in a wireless communication system. Example mobile devices may include a receiver, a data communication module, a switch module, and a signal consolidator. The receiver may be configured to receive, from a base station through a cellular band, a first control signal including control information regarding the base station. The data communication module may be configured to communicate with the base station through a non-cellular band. The switch module may be coupled to the receiver and to the data communication module, and configured to determine that a power level of the first control signal is higher than a first threshold value and activate the data communication module in response to the determination. The data communication module may be further configured to receive a second control signal including the control information from the base station through the non-cellular band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventors: Jin Sam Kwak, Hyun Oh Oh, Ju Hyung Son
  • Patent number: 10194328
    Abstract: Generation and use of geographic databases of frequency spectral information within an operating frequency band. Described herein are methods of making databases of geospectral information and using these databases to optimize performance of wireless networks. For example, a network of wireless radio devices that monitor the frequency spectrum of the operating frequency band may provide this geographically marked information to a central database to create a database of geospectral frequency information. This geospectral frequency information may be used to characterize, optimize or modify a network of wireless radio device, or to modify an individual wireless radio device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Sriram Dayanandan, Vish Ponnampalam
  • Patent number: 10178703
    Abstract: A wireless access network node receives, from a user equipment (UE), information relating to a random access procedure. The wireless access network node sends, to the UE, an indication to stop the random access procedure, based on the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Ayman Ahmed Mahmoud Abdel-Samad, Dinesh Kumar Arora, Mohamed Galal El-Din Ebrahim, Takashi Suzuki, Eswar Vutukuri
  • Patent number: 10158718
    Abstract: In one example, a method is provided for a lighting node within a lighting infrastructure to communicate data to other nodes within a lighting sensory network. The method includes receiving, at the lighting node, a first message from a server instructing the lighting node to enter into a sensor transmit mode associated with a first type of sensor data, the first message including transmission parameters for transmitting secure sensor messages associated with the first type of sensor data to the other nodes and a retransmit base interval associated with the first type of sensor data. The method includes obtaining, at the lighting node, the first type of sensor data and recording a timestamp associated with a time the first type of sensor data was obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Kent W. Ryhorchuk
  • Patent number: 10063670
    Abstract: The application provides a route synchronization method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a first FEF, an entire network address request message sent by a second FEF, where the entire network address request message includes an MAC address and an FC network segment of the second FEF; parsing, by the first FEF, the entire network address request message, acquiring the MAC address and the FC network segment of the second FEF, and storing the MAC address and the FC network segment of the second FEF in a routing table of the first FEF; and sending, by the first FEF, a response message to the second FEF, where the response message includes a MAC address and an FC network segment of the first FEF. Thus, distributed routing of an FCoE network is implemented, and scalability of the FCoE network is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Chen, Wei Song, Xingfeng Jiang
  • Patent number: 10063292
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer-readable media for wireless communication may involve techniques for managing multi-user (MU) operation when a device in a wireless network has coexisting radios. Such techniques may involve identifying a change in a multiple radio access technology (RAT) coexistence status of a first device, e.g., a change between a coexistence status that is not disruptive to MU communications and one that is disruptive. For a device communicating with a network using Wi-Fi, the change in the multiple RAT coexistence status may indicate a change between inactive Bluetooth (BT) communications and active BT communications concurrent with Wi-Fi communications. Based at least in part on the identified change in the multiple RAT coexistence status, a MU communications operation at a second device may be adjusted, for example, by disabling MU communication between the first and second devices over a first RAT when the first device changes to a coexistence status that may disrupt MU communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Olaf Josef Hirsch, Xiaolong Huang, Srinivas Katar
  • Patent number: 9930648
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for transmitting a downlink control channel in at least one block of resources. The downlink control channel comprises a set of resource element groups. The method may be executed by a transmitting node, e.g., an eNB. The transmitting node first determines whether to transmit the downlink control channel using localized or distributed transmission. Responsive to determining to use localized transmission, the transmitting node performs the transmission such that all resource element groups in the set that are comprised in the same block of resources are mapped to the same antenna port, and the antenna port depends on which subset of resource element groups in the block of resources are used for the downlink control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Mattias Frenne, Jung-Fu Cheng, Johan Furuskog, Christian Hoymann, Havish Koorapaty, Daniel Larsson
  • Patent number: 9872279
    Abstract: A base station and a related method are provided. The base station includes a transmitter which, in operation, transmits, to a user equipment (UE), values configured for different base station coordination types, respectively, wherein each of the base station coordination types defines which base stations among multiple base stations perform coordinated transmission in that base station coordination type. The base station further includes a receiver which, in operation, receives a channel quality indicator (CQI) reported from the UE, wherein the CQI is calculated at the UE in reference to the values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Hui Tong, Masayuki Hoshino, Daichi Imamura, Ming Xu
  • Patent number: 9832768
    Abstract: A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of transmitting, by a radio base station DeNB, a first downlink signal in a first subframe to a relay node RN, a step of transmitting, by the relay node RN, a second downlink signal in a second subframe to a mobile station UE, a step of notifying, by the relay node RN, the radio base station DeNB of information indicating “Half duplex inband Relay Node”, and a step of transmitting, by the radio base station DeNB, a transmission timing of R-PDCCH and R-PDSCH in a Un subframe to the relay node RN according to the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata