Patents Examined by Marsha D. Banks-Harold
  • Patent number: 11818620
    Abstract: Provided are a method executed by user equipment (UE), UE, and a base station. The method includes: receiving from the base station a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) message containing a handover command; storing a handover configuration included in the first RRC message; and managing the handover configuration. Before receiving the RRC message containing the handover command, the UE still maintains communication with a source base station before a handover is executed, thus shortening data transmission interruption time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Ningjuan Chang, Shohei Yamada, Renmao Liu
  • Patent number: 11758521
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring mesh peer link and a method and apparatus for switching channel in wireless mesh network are provided. A method of configuring a mesh peer link in a wireless mesh network includes a first mesh station transmitting a mesh peering open frame to a second mesh station, and the first mesh station receiving a mesh peering confirm frame from the second mesh station in response to the mesh peering open frame, wherein the first mesh station and the second mesh station support a very high throughput (VHT), and wherein the mesh peering open frame and the mesh peering confirm frame comprise a VHT capability information element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTIT
    Inventors: Jae Seung Lee, Sok-kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11489792
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for a connected vehicle to form a vehicular micro cloud. In some embodiments, a method includes determining, by an onboard vehicle computer, that a queue is present in a roadway environment and that a vehicle that includes the onboard vehicle computer is present in the queue. The method includes causing a set of member vehicles to form a vehicular micro cloud in the roadway environment responsive to determining that the queue is present in the roadway environment so that determining that the queue is present triggers a formation of the vehicular micro cloud, where the vehicular micro cloud includes a set of vehicles which each share all of their unused vehicular computing resources with one another to generate a pool of vehicular computing resources that exceeds a total vehicular computing resources of any single member vehicle and is used to benefit the set of member vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Takamasa Higuchi, Seyhan Ucar, Onur Altintas
  • Patent number: 11490330
    Abstract: A method and power control unit for supplying electric power to a first radio unit of a network node in a wireless network. The power control unit obtains a scheduled power demand related to an amount of electric power required in the first radio unit for transmissions scheduled in an imminent time interval such as a resource block or subframe. Then, electric power is supplied to the first radio unit from a power supply unit if the power demand does not exceed a power threshold, or from the power supply unit and a supplementary power source if the power demand exceeds the power threshold. The supplementary power source may comprise a battery that can be connected or disconnected for successive time intervals depending on the scheduled power demand which may fluctuate greatly depending on the first radio unit's transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Lars Humla, Lackis Eleftheriadis
  • Patent number: 11477748
    Abstract: An apparatus to be controlled (40) is remotely controlled by a remote-control apparatus (10) through a wirelessly-connected communication network (20). The apparatuses (40) includes a delay measurement unit (403) configured to measure a communication delay, a logarithmic conversion unit (406A) configured to logarithmically convert the communication delay, a smoothing unit (406B) configured to smooth the communication delay, a radio-wave index value measurement unit (404) configured to measure a radio-wave index value, a model learning unit (406C) configured to generate a learning model, a communication delay estimation unit (407) configured to calculate an estimated communication delay value by using the learning model and the radio-wave index value, and a speed determination unit (408A) configured to calculate a second operation amount to be input to a drive unit (408B), based on the estimated communication delay value and a first operation amount input from the remote control apparatus (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11470234
    Abstract: A wireless camera includes a wireless signal transceiver device, a processor circuit, and a camera device. The processor circuit controls the wireless signal transceiver device to operate at a Miracast mode in response to a first command, in order to connect with an external device. The camera device shots an object to generate first video streaming data having a first format. Under the Miracast mode, the processor circuit repacks the first video streaming data as second video streaming data having a second format, and transmits the second video streaming data to the external device via the wireless signal transceiver device, and in order to display the second video streaming data by the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: AVer Information Inc.
    Inventors: Jhan-Jhang Liao, Chia-Feng Wu, Cheng-Cheng Yu
  • Patent number: 11444869
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for enhanced segment routing across computer networks. The routing of data traffic may be enhanced by accounting for additional considerations, beyond typical network parameters, when selecting segment routes via which to route the data traffic. For instance, a service provider (SP) may wish to consider business priorities when selecting a segment route to another SP. The techniques described herein include mechanisms for gathering and/or receiving information regarding business priorities, analyzing the business priorities, and determining a segment route. As such, through accounting for additional considerations beyond typical network parameters, enhanced segment routing may potentially improve client service and network operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankush Ganpatrai Arora, Ruchir Jain, Vinay Saini, Atahar Khan
  • Patent number: 11418275
    Abstract: An audio playback system that includes audio playback devices each including a communication module, a playback module and a processing module is provided. The communication module receives a beacon signal and audio signal packets and generates an interrupt signal. The processing module receives the interrupt signal to retrieve an audio source timestamp corresponding to an audio source system time from the beacon signal, compares the audio source timestamp with an internal time generated based on an internal system time when the beacon signal is received to calculate a difference therebetween, receives a playback initialization signal from the audio source device that includes an audio source system playback initialization time, calculates an internal system playback initialization time according to the difference and the audio source system playback initialization time and controls the playback module to playback the audio signal packets from the internal system playback initialization time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Fan Chiu, You-De Liu
  • Patent number: 11419124
    Abstract: Devices and methods of providing joint scheduling in a full-duplex LTE system are generally described. The UE measures intra-cell interference at the UE caused by a UL transmission from each intra-cell UE, calculates a ratio of the intra-cell interference over an average inter-cell interference, determines whether the intra-cell UE is an aggressor or non-aggressor based on whether the ratio exceeds a threshold, transmits at least some of the determinations to the eNB as feedback, and communicates with the eNB based on a schedule that is dependent on the feedback such that the UE is neither an aggressor nor is subject to interference from aggressors. The schedule may also be based on wideband CQI feedback based on a ratio of an average overall DL interference plus noise over the average inter-cell interference plus noise and/or subband CQI feedback based on SINR measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shu-Ping Yeh, Jingwen Bai, Sung-En Chiu, Ping Wang, Feng Xue, Yang-Seok Choi, Shilpa Talwar
  • Patent number: 11411761
    Abstract: A detection device includes: an object data extraction unit that extracts, from one or more pieces of communication data which are transmitted from one or more electronic control units, at least part of a payload contained in communication data that satisfies a predetermined condition, information by which the communication interval between the communication data can be calculated, and a serial number of the communication data as object data; a partial sequence creation unit that creates, using the extracted object data, a partial sequence containing information corresponding to at least part of a payload and information indicating a communication interval from two or more pieces of object data with the same serial number; and a detection unit that detects, using the created partial sequence, predetermined communication data based on the order relation between at least part of a payload and the corresponding part of another payload and a communication interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Shibahara, Takuma Koyama, Yasushi Okano
  • Patent number: 11411765
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to managing industrial internet of things end points and includes one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors and comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause one or more switches to perform operations comprising: identifying a first end point using a protocol associated with the first end point, determining a classification for the identified first end point based on one or more attributes of the first end point, identifying one or more related end points having the classification in common with the first end point, segmenting the first end point with the identified one or more related end points, and applying one or more policies to the segmented first end point and the one or more related end points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Balaji Sundararajan, Vivek Agarwal, Anand Oswal, Chethan Channappa, Subhash Kodnad, Jeevan Sharma
  • Patent number: 11394762
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for controlling Bluetooth multimedia devices, the device including a Bluetooth chip configured to establish a point to multipoint link from the Bluetooth chip to a plurality of Bluetooth multimedia devices, and to stream a multimedia stream to at least one of the plurality of Bluetooth multimedia devices. The Bluetooth chip is further configured to: retrieve from each Bluetooth multimedia device an indication of a signal strength of each link between the device and the corresponding Bluetooth multimedia device; and select at least one Bluetooth multimedia device to which stream the multimedia stream based on the retrieved indications of signal strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Girardier, Julien Goupy, Etienne Ruffieux
  • Patent number: 11356854
    Abstract: During handover of a radio terminal (1) from a first network to a second network, a target RAN node (3) is operates to: receive, from a core network (5), slice information about a network slice which is included in the second network and to which the radio terminal (1) is to be connected; create, upon receiving the slice information, radio resource configuration information that is to be used by the radio terminal (1) after the handover in the second network; and transmit this radio resource configuration information through the first network to the radio terminal (1). It is possible to contribute to appropriately configuring an AS layer or NAS layer of a target RAT in inter-RAT handover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Futaki, Sadafuku Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11356293
    Abstract: A CANopen-based train network data transmission method includes: switching, when a first CAN channel of a first slave node is detected as faulty, to a second CAN channel of the first slave node to receive over a standby network a heartbeat packet and data transmitted by another relevant node; monitoring, if no heartbeat packet transmitted by a relevant second slave node is received from the standby network within a preset heartbeat period, by an active master node, in an active network, a heartbeat packet and data transmitted by the second slave node; receiving, through the second CAN channel, the heartbeat packet and the data of the second slave node forwarded by the active master node to the standby network when the active master node detects in the active network the heartbeat packet and the data transmitted by the second slave node through the first CAN channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Junsheng Mo, Wenxiao Zeng, Long Zhao
  • Patent number: 11343679
    Abstract: During handover of a radio terminal (1) from a first network to a second network, a target RAN node (3) is operates to: receive, from a core network (5), slice information about a network slice which is included in the second network and to which the radio terminal (1) is to be connected; create, upon receiving the slice information, radio resource configuration information that is to be used by the radio terminal (1) after the handover in the second network; and transmit this radio resource configuration information through the first network to the radio terminal (1). It is possible to contribute to appropriately configuring an AS layer or NAS layer of a target RAT in inter-RAT handover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Futaki, Sadafuku Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11336309
    Abstract: A front-end module includes: a first front-end circuit that transmits signals in a first band in a CA mode; and a second front-end circuit that transmits signals in a second band in the CA mode. The second front-end circuit includes a second quadplexer for the first and second bands. The first front-end circuit includes: a first quadplexer for the first and second bands; and an impedance variable circuit that is connected to a transmission terminal that is included in the first quadplexer and corresponds to the second band. In the CA mode, the impedance variable circuit serves as a reflection circuit that causes reflection of transmission waves in the second band. In a non-CA mode, the impedance variable circuit serves as a matching circuit that transmits or absorbs transmission waves in the second band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Nagumo, Kanta Motoki, Shiyunsuke Ootomo
  • Patent number: 11325710
    Abstract: A method for flight information synchronization using ad hoc networking involves enabling a broadcast of an update to a passenger device from a pilot device, determining an update frequency for the broadcast of the update from one or more network thresholds, and determining to broadcast the update when the broadcast is enabled and one or more broadcast thresholds are satisfied. The method further involves generating the update, which includes an estimated time of arrival (ETA), and broadcasting the update by switching between an infrastructure mode and an ad hoc mode and transmitting the update via the ad hoc mode. The update is received by and displayed on the passenger device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: FOREFLIGHT LLC
    Inventors: Jason Miller, Krista Miller, Sebastian Peleato
  • Patent number: 11283408
    Abstract: Described examples include Ethernet physical layer (PHY) interface integrated circuits with transmit interface circuitry for transmitting data to an Ethernet network through a magnetic interface, which includes a voltage mode first amplifier with an output that generates a first voltage signal from a supply voltage according to a data input signal. The transmit interface circuit also includes a feedforward second amplifier circuit with an output stage that operates in a first mode to generate a current signal from the supply voltage according to the first voltage signal and to provide the current signal to the first amplifier output to boost a peak voltage at the output above the supply voltage to facilitate support for higher peak signal voltage swings for 10Base-T applications while using 2.5 volt or other low voltage supply levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sumantra Seth, Ashwin Ramachandran, Gururaj Ghorpade
  • Patent number: 11277822
    Abstract: Computer readable media, methods, and apparatuses for location estimation using multi-user multiple-input multiple-output in a wireless local-area network are disclosed. An apparatus is disclosed comprising processing circuitry configure to: encode a fine timing measurement (FTM) initiate (FTI) frame, the FTI frame comprising M0 message uplink resource allocations for a plurality of responders to transmit M0 messages to the HE STA. The processing circuitry further configured to configure the HE STA to transmit the FTI frame to the plurality of responders, and decode M0 messages from the plurality of responders in accordance with the M0 message uplink resource allocations, where the M0 messages are to be received at the HE STA at times T2 in accordance with multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO). The processing circuitry further configured to acknowledge the M0 messages to be transmitted at a time T3, and decode M1 messages comprising a corresponding time T1 and time T4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ganesh Venkatesan, Chittabrata Ghosh
  • Patent number: 11258540
    Abstract: Techniques are described to provide ultra-reliability for cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) PC5 communications, including Network Assisted mode and Autonomous mode communications. In one example, a method includes receiving, by a radio unit of a system, a communication from a user equipment, such as a V2X-UE, wherein the communication comprises a data packet, a Layer 2 destination identifier, and an indication that the data packet is associated with a transmission type; determining whether transmission for the data packet is allowed for the transmission type; based on determining that transmission for the data packet is allowed for the transmission type, communicating a response to the UE, wherein the response provides a confirmation to the UE that the data packet was received by the radio unit and that the transmission type can be performed by the radio unit; and transmitting, by the radio unit, the data packet to one or more other UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Vimal Srivastava, Srinath Gundavelli