Patents Examined by Mahmudul Hasan
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Patent number: 10200179Abstract: A control information feedback method (CIFM), a user equipment (UE) using the CIFM and a base station using the CIFM are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes determining an uplink association index k? according to an uplink reference configuration an uplink grant (UL Grant) in a subframe n?k?, wherein the UL Grant is used to indicate physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission in a subframe n, n being an integer and k? being the uplink association index, determining a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information according to a downlink reference configuration, wherein the downlink reference configuration is used to determine a downlink association set {k0, k1, . . . kMc?1} and transmitting the HARQ-ACK information by a PUSCH in the subframe n, wherein the terminal device is configured with a TDD uplink-downlink configuration, and wherein the uplink reference configuration is different from the downlink reference configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chaojun Li, Bo Li, Yongxia Lyu, Yan Cheng
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Patent number: 10104639Abstract: A method for paging a user equipment, UE, in a radio access network, RAN, served by a core network node. When a UE attaches to the radio access network, a service area identity included in the respective a respective registration message from each UE, is received and registered in the core network node. The method further includes a step of receiving one or more data packets to be sent to a receiving UE attached to the network and determining a permitted latency for delivery of the one or more data packets to the UE. When permitted latency exceeds a predetermined latency threshold, a step of retrieving the registered SAI for the receiving UE is performed. In a concluding step in the method of paging, a first page is performed of the UE, directing the first page to cells belonging to a first paging area determined by the retrieved SAI.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Qi Xia, Erik De Wit, Lennart Sörenson, Håkan Svensson
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Patent number: 10075939Abstract: A method and system for allocating shareable wireless transmission resources. A resource pool is established. The resource pool is divided into a plurality of physical layer allocation units usable for wirelessly transmitting control information and traffic data. The allocation units are assigned at the media access control layer for the wireless transmission of the control information and traffic data. The system and method of the present invention also allows mobile stations to be dynamically grouped into multicast groupings to reduce system overhead resource requirements.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hang Zhang, Jianglei Ma, Ming Jia, Mo-Han Fong, Peiying Zhu, Wen Tong
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Patent number: 10070414Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reporting a channel quality indicator for a relay node-dedicated physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) from a base station by a relay node in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method comprises the following steps: receiving one or more reference signals from the base station; calculating a channel quality indicator for the R-PDSCH on the basis of one or more reference signals; and reporting the channel quality indicator to the base station. The calculation of the channel quality indicator is performed under the assumption that a specific number (NRE) of available resource elements is included in a subframe in which the R-PDSCH is transmitted. The specific number (NRE) of the available resource elements is determined on the basis of information relating to a last symbol of the R-PDSCH, wherein the starting symbol and the last symbol are set by an upper layer signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim, Hakseong Kim
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Patent number: 10057886Abstract: Provided are a radio transmission apparatus and a radio transmission method whereby the increase of number of signaling bits can be suppressed and further the flexibility of frequency scheduling can be improved. A notified RBG calculating unit (203) that adds a predetermined offset value of “1” or “?1” to one of the start RBG number and the end RBG number of allocated RBG number information (b?i) output by a scheduling unit (201), thereby calculating notified RBG number information (bi). An RBG total number setting unit (204) calculates the total number of RBGs, which is to be notified, by adding “1” to the total number of allocated RBGs. A notified information generating unit (205) applies the notified RBG number information (bi) and the notified total number of RBGs (Nrb?) to a predetermined formula, thereby generating and transmitting, to terminals, notified information (r).Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Sun Patent TrustInventors: Takashi Iwai, Daichi Imamura, Akihiko Nishio, Yoshihiko Ogawa, Shinsuke Takaoka
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Patent number: 9954651Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile communication system and a mobile communication method which enable high-quality transmission and reception of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) control information when a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus communicate using a broad frequency band formed by a plurality of component carriers. In a mobile communication system where a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus communicate using a plurality of downlink component carriers, the base station apparatus allocates a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource to the mobile station apparatus for the transmission of HARQ control information, and the mobile station apparatus uses the PUSCH resource to transmit HARQ control information to the base station apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Enomoto, Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 9941940Abstract: A communication method for a wireless network is disclosed. The wireless network comprises a plurality of wireless devices. The method comprises transmitting one or multiple packets with an omni-beam by a first wireless device to a second wireless device in a packet exchange during an omni-beam duration to indicate a sectorized-beam duration, receiving the packet(s) by a third wireless device, transmitting/receiving data by the first wireless device using a sectorized beam in a packet exchange with the second wireless device during the sectorized beam duration, and detecting by the third wireless device the sectorized beam packet(s) from the first wireless device and packet(s) from the second wireless device, if no sectorized beam packet(s) from the first wireless device and packet(s) from the second wireless device is detected, the third wireless device starting to communicating with a fourth wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: James June-Ming Wang, Jianhan Liu, Yung-Ping Hsu, Chih-Shi Yee, Chao-Chun Wang, Vishakan Ponnampalam
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Patent number: 9936496Abstract: A base station for wireless network uses one or more MIMO channels having subchannels, to communicate with multiple user equipments, and allocates the sub channels to the user equipments. Different subchannels of a given one of the channels can be allocated to different user equipments. The ability to allocate sub channels individually rather than only allocating entire channels can enable higher data rates to be achieved. This is particularly useful for improving data rates at cell boundaries or sector boundaries, where the coverage is traditionally weakest. A user equipment can use subchannels from different MIMO channels from different sectors or from different base stations.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fiona Wilson, Keith Wilson
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Patent number: 9860885Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a base station device, a terminal device, a communication method, an integrated circuit, and a radio communication system enabling a base station and a terminal device to decide a parameter related to a reference signal and efficiently communicate. A terminal device receives a reference signal associated with a physical downlink shared channel, the terminal device including means that receives the reference signal generated on the basis of a physical layer cell identity in a case in which a predetermined downlink control information format is used for scheduling of the physical downlink shared channel, and means that receives the reference signal generated on the basis of a parameter configured by a higher layer in a case in which a downlink control information format other than the predetermined downlink control information format is used for scheduling of the physical downlink shared channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Kimihiko Imamura, Kazuyuki Shimezawa
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Patent number: 9854546Abstract: A global navigation satellite system (“GNSS”) positioning method is provided, based upon a GNSS radio signal that comprises a navigation message transmitted as a succession of data packets. Each data packet is present in the GNSS radio signal as a sequence of symbols obtained by application of a code preceded by a synchronization symbol header. The data packets are organized internally into data fields. At least certain data packets of the succession of data packets contain a synchronization bit field translated by application of the code into a synchronization symbol pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALESInventors: Thomas Grelier, Lionel Ries
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Patent number: 9730183Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reporting a channel quality indicator for a relay node-dedicated physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) from a base station by a relay node in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method comprises the following steps: receiving one or more reference signals from the base station; calculating a channel quality indicator for the R-PDSCH on the basis of one or more reference signals; and reporting the channel quality indicator to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim, Hakseong Kim
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Patent number: 9713134Abstract: Disclosed is a method for a base station to transmit a downlink control channel to a terminal in a time division duplex (TDD)-based wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises determining the number of basic resource allocation units for each resource block pair for a downlink control channel on the basis of the type of a sub-frame during which the downlink control channel is transmitted; mapping, by basic resource allocation unit, control information for the terminal to a transmission resource; and transmitting, to the terminal, the downlink control channel comprising the control information, wherein, if the type of the sub-frame is the type in which a downlink transmission interval and a uplink transmission interval coexist, then the number of basic resource allocation unit for each resource block pair is determined on the basis of the length of the downlink transmission interval.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myoungseob Kim, Hanbyul Seo
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Patent number: 9661603Abstract: Techniques for providing neighbor reports for use in passive positioning of a client station are disclosed. An example method for broadcasting network neighbor reports according to the disclosure includes generating a beacon transmission, determining a neighbor report count value, if the neighbor report count value is greater than zero, then broadcasting the beacon transmission including at least a beacon frame and the neighbor report count value, and decrementing the neighbor report count value; if the neighbor report count value is equal to zero, then broadcasting the beacon transmission including at least a beacon frame and a neighbor report, and resetting the neighbor count value.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Carlos Horacio Aldana
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Patent number: 9596354Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for providing a ringback tone (RBT). The system for providing an RBT to a user comprises: a sound file storage for storing a sound file; a user database receiving sound selection information from a user terminal, recording a sound identifier of the sound file corresponding to the sound selection information, receiving output position information of the selected sound file from the user terminal, and recording the sound position information; and an RBT providing unit reproducing a region which corresponds to the output position information from the sound file corresponding to the sound identifier with reference to the sound file storage and the user database so as to be provided as an RBT.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Inventor: Yun Ho Jeon
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Patent number: 9590920Abstract: Described herein is a system having a multi-host Ethernet controller (102) configured to provide communication and control between two or more independent host processors (104) and a network device. In one implementation, the multi host Ethernet controller (102), having an integrated L2 switch (110) to enable a plurality of independent host systems to access same physical gigabit network port concurrently. Each host processor (104) sees the controller as PCI based independent network controller and accesses the controller using its own mini-port driver. The common programming parameters such as Link Speed or Inter Packet Gap (IPG) are programmed by a virtualization engine. Packets from network (LAN) are switched based on MAC destination address and sent to corresponding host based on MAC destination address. Packets from each host processor (104) are forwarded to network interface or other host processor (104) based on MAC destination address.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Ineda Systems, Inc.Inventors: Balaji Kanigicherla, Krishna Mohan Tandaboina, Laxmi Narayana Yakkala, Sitaram Banda, Chaitanya K, Hari Prasad Koluguri, Ravikanth Aluru
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Patent number: 9565656Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reporting a channel quality indicator for a relay node-dedicated physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) from a base station by a relay node in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method comprises the following steps: receiving one or more reference signals from the base station; calculating a channel quality indicator for the R-PDSCH on the basis of one or more reference signals; and reporting the channel quality indicator to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim, Hakseong Kim
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Patent number: 9554400Abstract: A wireless communication device including: a transmitter unit configured to transmit an RTS (Request To Send) packet to a plurality of wireless communication devices; a receiver unit configured to receive a CTS (Clear To Send) packet responding to the RTS packet; and a data processing unit configured to transmit data packets from the transmitter unit to the plurality of wireless communication devices when the CTS packet is received by the receiver unit from at least some of the plurality of wireless communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Yuichi Morioka
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Patent number: 9503276Abstract: A method of operating a communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving a first OSI layer two packet from a first network interface; determining transmission type of the first OSI layer two packet; determining whether to send a second OSI layer two packet according to the transmission type, origin and destination of the first OSI layer two packet; determining destination address and transmission type of the second OSI layer two packet when determined to send the second OSI layer two packet; and sending the second OSI layer two packet through a second network interface when determined to send the second OSI layer two packet; wherein when the first OSI layer two packet is encapsulated in at least one layer three packet, the second OSI layer two packet is not encapsulated in any OSI layer three packet; and wherein when the first OSI layer two packet is not encapsulated in any Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) layer three packet, the second OSI layer two packet is encapsulated in at least one OSI layerType: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: PISMO LABS TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Kam Chiu Ng, Yu Yeung, Ka Kei Liu
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Patent number: 9497722Abstract: Methods and systems for coherent distributed communication techniques using time reversal are disclosed. In one aspect, cooperating nodes of a cluster can move relative to each other and relative to an intended receiver of the nodes' data transmissions. The nodes are synchronized to a common time reference, and data for transmission from the cluster is distributed to the nodes. The intended receiver sends a sounding signal to the nodes. Each node receives the sounding signal, obtains the channel response between the intended receiver and itself, and time-reverses the channel response. Each node then convolves its time-reversed channel response with the data to obtain the node's convolved data. Each node waits a predetermined time following the time reference signal, as determined based on the common time reference. At the expiration of the predetermined time period, the nodes simultaneously transmit their convolved data.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: ZIVA CORP.Inventors: Anis Husain, Jeremy Rode, David Smith, Mark Hsu, Maha Achour
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Patent number: 9473354Abstract: A method of assigning a resource from amongst a plurality of resources to a resource-utilizing entity from amongst a plurality of resource-utilizing entities, wherein a resource-to-resource-utilizing entity assignment has an associated cost. The method includes computing network flow costs of assignments for assigning resources to the resource-utilizing entities. The method constructs a flow network including source nodes corresponding to the resources, transhipment nodes corresponding to the assignments and a demand node, the flow network having arcs representing flow between the nodes, each arc having an associated network flow cost. The method then solves a Minimum Cost Flow problem for the flow network with negated arc costs to obtain flow values for the assignments, and assigns a resource to a resource-utilizing entity dependent on the flow value obtained.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Sami Erol Gelenbe, Stelios Timotheou