Patents Examined by Omer S Mian
  • Patent number: 10966129
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing handover support information in a mobile communication system are provided. A method for an Base Station (BS) to provide information necessary for measurement report trigger performance to a Mobile Station (MS) after the MS determines neighboring BSs in a mobile communication system includes, in a case where the MS is an active mode MS, providing a Time To Trigger (TTT) independently by a specific neighboring BS to the active mode MS and, in a case where the MS is an idle mode MS, providing a reselection time period (Treselection) independently by the specific neighboring BS to the idle mode MS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan-Ho Min, Jung-Soo Jung, Dong-Wook Kim, Kyeong-In Jeong, Jong-Hyung Kwun, Chae-Gwon Lim, Young-Hyun Jeon
  • Patent number: 10958506
    Abstract: A system and method predict risks of failure or performance issues in a network to predictively position traffic flows in the network. For a traffic flow through a network, first data accumulated in a header of packets for the traffic flow is obtained, which header is populated by network elements along a path of the traffic flow through the network. Second data is obtained about the network in general including other network elements not along the path of the traffic flow. Machine learning analysis is performed to derive rules that characterize failure or performance risk issues in the network. The rules and topology data describing a topology of the network are applied to a model to create a topological graphical representation indicating failure or performance issues in the network that affect the traffic flow. A path for the traffic flow is modified based on the topological graphical representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Carlos M. Pignataro, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Rajiv Asati
  • Patent number: 10958368
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunication system includes base stations for communicating with terminal devices. One or more base stations support a power boost operating mode in which a base station's available transmission power is concentrated in a subset of its available transmission resources to provide enhanced transmission powers as compared to transmission powers on these transmission resources when the base station is not operating in the power boost mode. A base station establishes an extent to which one or more base stations in the wireless telecommunications system support the power boost operating mode conveys an indication of this to a terminal device. The terminal device receives the indication and uses the corresponding information to control its acquisition of a base station of the wireless telecommunication system, for example by taking account of which base stations support power boosting and/or when power boosting is supported during a cell attach procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew William Webb, Hideji Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10932098
    Abstract: A wireless access point supports media conferencing for wireless User Equipment (UE). The wireless access point wirelessly exchanges timing signaling with the wireless UE to synchronize the wireless UE. After the wireless UE is synchronized, the wireless access point wirelessly exchanges connect signaling with the wireless UE to receive an Establishment Cause and a Wireless Network Identifier from the wireless UE. The wireless access point selects a media conferencing Mobility Management Entity (MME) when the Establishment Cause is associated with the media conferencing MME. The wireless access point selects a data MME based on the Wireless Network Identifier when the Establishment Cause is not associated with the media conferencing MME. The wireless access point exchanges network signaling with the data MME or the media conferencing MME. The wireless access point wirelessly exchanges user data with the wireless UE under control of the data MME or the media conferencing MME.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Rajil Malhotra
  • Patent number: 10932320
    Abstract: A method for controlling, via a terminal, a sleep mode of a first communication module of the terminal. The first communication module is configured to exchange data with a first wireless access network. The terminal includes a second communication module, which is configured to exchange data with a second wireless access network. The second communication module has a maximum data rate that is lower than a maximum data rate of the first communication module. When the first communication module is in sleep mode, the second communication module is configured to listen to a downlink between the second wireless access network and the terminal. When the terminal receives an activation request from the server via the second communication module, the first communication module is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SIGFOX
    Inventor: Raoul Mallart
  • Patent number: 10924246
    Abstract: A method for instructing CSI feedback signaling configuration and base station are provided, the method comprising: a base station side notifies a terminal side, via the first higher layer signaling of a UE-Specific, a CSI-RS resource for measuring CSI, the CSI-RS resource comprising at least one of: the time frequency position of the CSI-RS resource in a subframe, the antenna port number configuration of the CSI-RS resource, a period and a subframe offset of the CSI-RS resource, the sequence identifier of the CSI-RS resource, and the power control information of the CSI-RS resource; the base station side instructs the terminal side to feed back the CSI corresponding to the CSI-RS resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: XI'AN ZTE NEW SOFTWARE COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Senbao Guo, Yu Ngok Li, Junfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10911363
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including identifying, by a processing system including a processor, performance indicators for a flow on a communication network. The system determines a size criterion for the flow, and a flow shaping criterion based on the data type and including a threshold value of a performance indicator. If the size criterion is met, the system monitors the performance indicators and initiates a flow shaping procedure responsive to the flow shaping criterion being met. The system also detects a change in the performance indicators due to the flow shaping procedure, and discontinues the procedure during the flow, responsive to the changed performance indicators not meeting the flow shaping criterion. The system may also resume the flow shaping procedure during the flow if the performance indicators subsequently meet the flow shaping criterion. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert C. Streijl, Robert Zegheru, Emir Halepovic
  • Patent number: 10904725
    Abstract: In an example, a method for wireless communications by a first wireless device, is disclosed comprising obtaining information regarding an environment for wireless communications between the first wireless device and at least one second wireless device and adjusting one or more operating parameters for the wireless communications, based on the information. As described herein, information from one service or application in a first RAT is used by the first wireless device to enhance performance in another service or application in a second RAT by the first wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Tien Viet Nguyen, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Kapil Gulati, Shailesh Patil, Libin Jiang, Zhibin Wu
  • Patent number: 10904849
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods to perform attachment of a wireless device to a next generation gateway via either a base station of a next generation radio access network (RAN) or a mobility management entity of a legacy RAN. An apparatus may be configured to receive an attachment request from a wireless device, determine authentication information via communication with a home subscriber server, determine, based at least in part on the authentication information, whether the wireless device is capable of communicating via the next generation RAT, and send, in response to determining the wireless device is capable, a connection request to a gateway of the next generation RAN. The authentication information may include subscription information associated with the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Huarui Liang
  • Patent number: 10897757
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving downlink control information in a wireless communication system supporting device-to-device communication and a device for the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hakseong Kim, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 10880830
    Abstract: A network device associated with a wireless network receives a network service-related request from a user device. The network device accesses a service profile associated with the user device to determine if the service profile includes preemptive power saving mode (PSM) data that is designated for preempting any user device-requested or network-requested power saving modes at the user device. The network device allocates, if the service profile includes the preemptive PSM data, preemptive PSM timers to the user device based on the preemption PSM data. The network device sends, in response to the network service-related request, an acceptance message to the user device that includes the preemptive PSM timers for use by the user device in executing a power saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Suzann Hua, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Ye Huang, Priscilla Lau
  • Patent number: 10873901
    Abstract: A communication device for handling a selection of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a device-to-device (D2D) communication comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing means coupled to the storage unit. The processing means is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise detecting a first PLMN and a second PLMN when performing at least one PLMN search, wherein the first PLMN does not provide a proximity service (ProSe) and the second PLMN provides the ProSe; and selecting the second PLMN to camp on the second PLMN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Liao, Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 10869361
    Abstract: A communication device, processing device or method constructs M RLC PDUs including M RLC SDUs, respectively, where M is larger than 1; submits, for a transmission opportunity, only L RLC PDUs for L RLC SDUs with lowest L SNs among the M RLC PDUs to a MAC layer, where L<M and the L RLC PDUs include a first RLC PDU having a poll to trigger status reporting at a receiving device; transmits the L RLC PDUs to the receiving device; constructs a second RLC PDU including a second RLC SDU having a highest SN among SNs of RLC SDUs submitted to the MAC layer, when the poll retransmission timer started upon submitting the first RLC PDU having the poll expires and no new RLC SDU or RLC SDU segment can be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gyeongcheol Lee, Seungjune Yi
  • Patent number: 10868685
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing explicit multicast local identifier assignment for per-partition default multicast local identifiers defined as subnet manager policy input in a high performance computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, an explicit multicast local identifier (MLID) assignment policy can be provided (as, e.g., administrative input) that explicitly defines which MLIDs will be used for which partitions in a subnet. Further, an MLID assignment policy can also define which dedicated MLIDs will be associated with given multicast group identifiers (for example, partition independent MLIDs). By employing such an MLID assignment policy, a new or restarted master subnet manger can observe and verify the MLIDs used for existing partitions, instead of generating new MGID to MLID mappings. In this way, changes in MLID associations for any corresponding MGID can be avoided as a result of master SM restarts or failovers, or any subnet-merge operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bjørn Dag Johnsen, Line Holen, Dag Georg Moxnes
  • Patent number: 10862594
    Abstract: A communication system includes one or more communication apparatuses, each including a transmission circuit and a reception circuit. The transmission circuit includes a transmission unit and a signal generator. The transmission unit transmits one of a first transmission signal including first transmission data or a second transmission signal including at least one of a periodic signal with a constant frequency or a narrow band modulation signal having lower speed than the first transmission data. The signal generator generates the second transmission signal. The reception circuit includes a reception unit that receives the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal a narrow band detector that outputs a narrow band detection signal through detecting the second transmission signal in a narrow band, and a determination unit that determines presence of a significant signal or presence of significant signal change in the narrow band detection signal and outputs a determination signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Tanaka, Fumitaka Kondo, Moonjae Jeong, Toru Terashima, Fumihiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10820264
    Abstract: The application discloses an Internet access method. The method includes receiving a first Internet access packet reported by a first BNG, the first Internet access packet carrying user information and information of the first BNG, and receiving the user's second Internet access packet reported by a second BNG, wherein the second Internet access packet carries user information and information of the second BNG. The method also includes recording, according to the user information, information of the first BNG and information of the second BNG in a BNG list to which the user belongs, and selecting, according to a preset policy, the first BNG from the BNG list. The method also includes delivering the user's forwarding information to the first BNG; and sending a response packet to the user, where the response packet is used to instruct the user to access the Internet by using the first BNG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chengyong Lin
  • Patent number: 10814805
    Abstract: A vehicular sensor system comprising an electronic control unit and a number of sensors associated with busses of the electronic control unit. The sensors may be wired in parallel with respect to their respective associated bus. The system may comprise a multi-pin power bus providing multiplex communication between the electronic control unit and the sensors. An associated method may be utilized to initialize and operate the sensor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Michael White
  • Patent number: 10812957
    Abstract: A method for establishing a wireless connection between a primary electronic device and a user-selectable one of a set of secondary electronic devices via a wireless communication channel; the primary electronic device comprising a display and a wireless communications interface, each of the set of secondary electronic devices comprising a user-activatable input and a wireless communications interface; wherein the method comprises: detecting at least a subset of said set of secondary electronic devices within a communication range of the primary electronic device; displaying, on the display of the primary electronic device, a list of the detected subset of secondary electronic devices; responsive to a user activation of a user-activatable input of a user-selected one of the subset of secondary electronic devices, sending an identification signal by the user-selected secondary electronic device, the identification signal identifying the user-selected secondary electronic device; responsive to receiving said id
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Oliver Wallington
  • Patent number: 10812374
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for segment routing (SR) with fast reroute in a container network. An SR ingress can receive a packet from a first container destined for a container service. The ingress can generate an SR packet including a segment list comprising a first segment to a first container service host, a second segment to a second service host, and a third segment to the service. The ingress can forward the SR packet to a first SR egress corresponding to the first host using the first segment. The first egress can determine whether the first service and/or host is reachable. If so, the first egress can forward the SR packet to the first host or the packet to the service. If not, the first egress can perform a fast reroute and forward the SR packet to a second SR egress corresponding to the second host using the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Giles Douglas Yorke Heron, Edward A. Warnicke, William Mark Townsley, Yoann Desmouceaux
  • Patent number: 10805436
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method, system, and medium to deliver an ingress packet to a queue at a gateway device. In an example, the gateway device can receive an ingress packet from an Ethernet. Moreover, the gateway device determines a memory queue identifier corresponding to a queue at a second gateway device for the ingress packet. Then, the gateway device delivers the ingress packet to the queue at the second gateway device without the ingress packet being processed at the plurality of server processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventor: F. Steven Chalmers