Patents Examined by Lionel Preval
  • Patent number: 9396159
    Abstract: A server interconnect system includes a first server node operable to send and receive messages and a second server nodes operable to send and receive messages. The system further comprises a first interface unit in communication with the first server node and a second interface unit in communication with the second server node. The first interface unit has a first set of message send registers and a first set of message receive registers. Similarly, the second interface unit has a second set of message send registers and a second set of message receive registers. The server interconnect system also includes a communication switch that receives and routes a message from the first or second server nodes when either of the first or second registers indicates that a valid message is ready to be sent. A method implemented by the server interconnect system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael K. Wong, Rabin A. Sugumar, Stephen E. Phillips, Hugh Kurth, Suraj Sudhir, Jochen Behrens
  • Patent number: 9369238
    Abstract: A terminal is configured to receive data packets from a base station and provide feedback to the base station. The feedback concerns the reception status of the received data packets and may comprise an ACK/NAK. A method in the terminal comprises receiving and decoding data packets from the base station in a subframe. It is further established whether any data packet within the received subframe is not correctly received and detected whether any subframe, expected to be received, has been missed. Further, acknowledgement information ACK/NAK is generated, and a scrambling code is selected with which the ACK/NAK is scrambled. The scrambled ACK/NAK is then sent to the base station, concerning the reception status of the data packets within the received subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: David Astely, Daniel Larsson
  • Patent number: 9363828
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of requesting a random access connection between a mobile terminal and a base station includes: receiving, by the mobile terminal, information comprising at least one signature root sequence index, a cyclic shift parameter, and a number of signatures used for representing a boundary between a first signature set and a second signature set; preparing, by the mobile terminal, random access signatures according to the at least one signature root sequence index and the cyclic shift parameter, wherein at least one of the random access signatures is associated with the first signature set and the remaining of the random access signatures are associated with the second signature set; and selecting, by the mobile terminal, a random access preamble from the first signature set or the second signature set based on a message size and a radio condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Fischer, Remi Feuillette, Dragan Vujcic
  • Patent number: 9363173
    Abstract: A packet switching system for a packet transfer network, the system having an architecture including a plurality of line cards, each including an ingress path pipeline, with processing elements, and an egress buffer, and an electro-optical In/Out (IO) interconnect coupling the line cards to one another in a full mesh connectivity, in the absence of a switch fabric, wherein the ingress path pipeline of each line card is coupled by means of the electro-optical IO interconnect to the egress buffer of each of the plurality of line cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Compass Electro Optical Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Laor, Eyal Oren, Vladimir Miliavsky
  • Patent number: 9331959
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a detector to receive a multiplexed signal including a plurality of signals having different frame periods and detect switching information included in the multiplexed signal; a sorter to sort a plurality of pieces of detected switching information into one or more groups according to types of corresponding signals; an adjuster to adjust an order of transferring the switching information sorted, according to a period with which the switching information is received; a transfer unit to transfer the plurality of pieces of switching information sorted, based on a result of the adjustment performed by the adjuster; a controller to generate path setting information to set transmission paths of the signals based on the plurality of pieces of switching information transferred from the transfer unit; and a switch unit to set the transmission paths based on the path setting information generated by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishida, Hideaki Tazawa, Masato Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9298175
    Abstract: A method for detecting an abnormal traffic on a control system protocol, includes: checking whether session information exists in a management table; adding a new entry to the management table; checking whether a transaction ID in a table entry is the same as that of the received MODBUS request message; and checking whether data and length thereof of the received MODBUS request message are the same as those in the table entry. Further, the method includes detecting an abnormal traffic; and updating the table entry with packet information of the MODBUS request message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Byoung-Koo Kim, Dong Ho Kang, Seon-Gyoung Sohn, Youngjun Heo, Jung-Chan Na, Ik Kyun Kim
  • Patent number: 9294949
    Abstract: A method of estimating interference and noise of a communications channel includes receiving a data sequence transmitted over the communications channel at a receiver, and computing a sequence of channel estimates based on the received data sequence. The method also includes computing a difference sequence based on the sequence of channel estimates and the sequence of channel estimates subjected to a displacement in time or frequency, and determining a covariance measure of the difference sequence as an estimate of the interference and noise of the communications channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Rajarajan Balraj
  • Patent number: 9258361
    Abstract: Techniques for transferring data among nodes on a network are disclosed. Some example methods include a downloader-initiated random linear network coding algorithm. A downloading node may be aware of the chunks of original data held by neighboring nodes, and the downloading node can request linear combinations of chunks from the neighboring nodes that are linearly independent of any linear combinations of chunks already held by the downloading node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nirwan Ansari, Nan Wang
  • Patent number: 9253064
    Abstract: A system and method for selfish child clustering are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a selfish node; and a plurality of servicing nodes each connected to the selfish node, wherein the selfish node selects a first one of the servicing nodes to service requests therefrom; and wherein the selfish node evaluates a responsiveness of the first one of the servicing nodes and, responsive to a determination that the responsiveness of the first one of the servicing nodes is unacceptable, the selfish node selects a second one of the servicing nodes to service requests therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeremy R. Brown
  • Patent number: 9253795
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to schedule the uplink grant in a manner that efficiently utilizes uplink resources. In the context of a method from the perspective of the user equipment, an indication regarding data to be transmitted is received and a scheduling request is caused to be provided via a control channel. The scheduling request is configured to indicate a size of the data to be transmitted. In response to a grant, data may be caused to be transmitted via allocated uplink resource blocks. In the context of a method from the perspective of a base station, a scheduling request including an indication of the requested size of the uplink grant is received via a control channel. The method may cause the grant to be provided to a user equipment and, in response, may receive data from the user equipment via allocated uplink resource blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jianke Fan, Seppo Alanara
  • Patent number: 9246801
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for transmitting context information defining contexts for packet labels in a network. More specifically, a network device, e.g., a router, implements the context transmission techniques to facilitate debugging or troubleshooting of the network. The network device may comprise an interface card that receives a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) data unit from another network device in accordance with a label switching protocol. The data unit may include a label stack affixed to a payload. The label stack may include one or more MPLS labels and context information associated with at least one of these labels, The interface card may, when forwarding the data unit, parse the data unit to determine the context information and then forward the data unit in accordance with these MPLS labels. A control unit included within the network device may record the forwarding of the data unit and the determined context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Kireeti Kompella
  • Patent number: 9226315
    Abstract: A intelligent backhaul system is disclosed to manage and control multiple intelligent backhaul radios within a geographic zone. The intelligent backhaul system includes multiple intelligent backhaul radios (IBRs) that are able to function in both obstructed and unobstructed line of sight propagation conditions, one or more intelligent backhaul controllers (IBCs) connecting the IBRs with other network elements, and an intelligent backhaul management system (IBMS). The IBMS may include a private and/or public server and/or agents in one or more IBRs or IBCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: CBF Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Negus, Kevin J. Duffy
  • Patent number: 9203644
    Abstract: A unique RVID is used for each spoke node to identify traffic flowing from that spoke node to the hub and from the hub to the spoke. Spoke nodes perform MAC learning on any frame containing their assigned unique RVID and only bridge traffic received on the ring to a client port if the traffic contains their assigned RVID. Thus, MAC learning at the spoke is localized to client routes, or to routes of interest that pass through the hub. The hub node learns C-VID/RVID-ringport bindings for traffic on the ring. When a frame is received on the ring, the hub will use the C-VID and RVID to determine the I-SID and forward the traffic onto the external network. When a frame is received from the external network, the hub node will use the I-SID & C-VID to determine the RVID of the spoke node, and then use the C-VID & RVID to determine, from its forwarding database, which ringport should be used to output the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Holness, Abdullah Bashar, Marc-Andre Rochon
  • Patent number: 9204463
    Abstract: An RF unit and a modem unit receive a packet signal, containing information regarding a frame construction, which is transmitted from a base station apparatus in a first period of a frame at least including first periods and second periods. An extraction unit identifies the second period in the frame, based on the received packet signal. A setting unit sets a waiting time period in the identified second period. A carrier sensing unit carries out carrier sensing over the waiting time period set by the setting unit. The modem unit and the RF unit broadcast the packet signal based on a result of the carrier sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Nagai, Yoshiharu Doi, Ken Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 9203670
    Abstract: A transmitting/receiving apparatus and method for separating multiple broadcast signals in a terrestrial cloud broadcast service are provided. A method of transmitting a terrestrial cloud broadcast signal by a terrestrial cloud broadcast signal transmitting apparatus may include generating the terrestrial cloud broadcast signal based on a frame structure for terrestrial cloud broadcast, the frame structure including a plurality of sub-frames, wherein a first sub-frame of the sub-frames includes two or more preamble symbols and transmitting the generated terrestrial cloud broadcast signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung Ik Park, Heung Mook Kim, Nam Ho Hur, Jeong Chang Kim
  • Patent number: 9197370
    Abstract: Provided is a method of detecting a packet error of a return link performed in a satellite communication apparatus receiving a packet through the return link. The method includes generating a first return link packet combination by assembling at least one fragmented packet received through the return link, and determining an error of the packet using at least one piece of information among fragmentation information on at least one second return link packet received after the first return link packet combination is generated, whether or not the first return link packet combination is complete, and packet process state information. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize packet loss caused by a reassembly error of a received packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun Ha Hong, Deock Gil Oh, Min Su Shin, Man Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 9191787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for a real time transmission of transcribed voice data via a wireless packet network of a telecommunication network used by IP-Relay or IP-CTS for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. The invention provides a text relay service communication system for a real-time transmission of transcribed voice data via a wireless packet network, comprising a text data receiving part for receiving text data generated and sent by a call agent; a text data transmitting algorithm part for generating dummy text data when the text data receiving part has not received any text data from the call agent for a pre-determined time period; and a text transmitting part for transmitting the text data and the dummy text data via the wireless packet network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Miracom USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Wonjae Cha
  • Patent number: 9191771
    Abstract: An access point (AP) in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure provides a convenient approach to provision wireless devices. In an embodiment, the AP initiates push button mode of WPS procedures with a wireless device, in response to receiving of a provisioning request from the wireless device, without requiring a WPS push button signal locally. The AP thereafter operates to complete provisioning of the wireless device. According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a wireless device may also participate in push button mode of WPS, without requiring a push button signal locally. In an embodiment, a wireless device automatically transmits a request for provisioning. An AP within the transmission range, responds back with a command to initiate push button mode of WPS procedures. The wireless device communicates with the AP to complete provisioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: GAINSPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Prashant Viswanathan, Vishal Batra, Pankaj Vyas
  • Patent number: 9179362
    Abstract: A method for network coding includes encoding a plurality of message packets to produce a plurality of encoded packets. Each message packet and each encoded packet includes a plurality of symbols having an index and each symbol of the encoded packets is generated by applying a Reed-Solomon code to the symbols of the message packets having the same index as the symbol of the encoded packets. A length of the encoded packets is the same as a length of the message packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Samantha Rose Summerson, Anuj Batra, Srinath Hosur, Georgios Angelopoulos
  • Patent number: 9172446
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an access point (AP) accessing a channel occupied by a neighboring AP within clear channel assessment (CCA) range. The method is implemented by setting a transmit null towards the neighboring AP, while acquiring accurate channel knowledge with minimal bandwidth penalty to surrounding networks, via a combination of sparse explicit sounding, and a following implicit channel estimation of the neighboring APs for updating the explicit data achieved by the sparse explicit sounding. An AP implementing the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Magnolia Broadband Inc.
    Inventors: Haim Harel, Phil F. Chen, Stuart S. Jeffery, Kenneth Kludt, Thorp Rivingston