Patents Examined by Peter K Mak
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Patent number: 10708861Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure is an electronic device used for a network control terminal and a method used for the electronic device, and an electronic device used for a network node and a method used for the electronic device. The electronic device used for the network control terminal comprises: a processing circuit, configured to configure, for a relay link between the network node and one or more other network nodes, a SL-DRX for the network node and/or the one or mote other network nodes and perform relay transmission between the network node and the one or more other network nodes on the basis of the configuration of the SL-DRX.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Xiaodong Xu, Yunqiu Xiao, Xin Guo, Shiqing Zhang, Yi Zhang
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Patent number: 10708001Abstract: A packet is received from a first link, and includes identification of a sender and a destination. An acknowledgement of receiving the packet is transmitted toward the sender, and the packet is forwarded, over a second link, toward the destination. A copy of the packet is stored in a queue. Upon detecting that the destination failed to receive the packet forwarded over the second link, the copy of the packet is retrieved from the queue and re-transmitted over the second link to the destination.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventor: Matthew Mario Butehorn
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Patent number: 10701407Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system of pause and replay of media content through bookmarks on a server device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a server device includes authenticating a user of a client device, communicating a media content to the client device through a network, processing a pause request of the client device to pause the media content, storing a bookmark location indicating a current playback location of the media content in the client device on the server device, processing a play request of the user to play the media content from the bookmark location (e.g., the play request may be received from a different client device of the user), and communicating the media content from the bookmark location to the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: III Holdings 1, LLCInventors: Arun Kalmanje, Sachin Gupta
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Patent number: 10686723Abstract: A method for determining a Quality of Service (QoS) policy can be based on requested bandwidth. The method may initially receive a connection request which includes a requested bandwidth that corresponds to an application. The method may then determine a policy for an application data flow associated with the application based on the connection request. A bandwidth designation, which is based on the requested bandwidth, may be assigned to the application data flow based on the determined policy. Finally, the policy and the bandwidth designation may be provided so that a bearer can be assigned.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Celico PartnershipInventors: Deepak Kakadia, Donna L. Polehn, Lalit R. Kotecha, Priscilla Lau, David Chiang, Arda Aksu, Maria G. Lam
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Patent number: 10681764Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for logging a radio resource control (RRC) failure of user equipment (UE) and receiving the log. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for logging an RRC failure of UE may comprise the steps of: attempting random access; if the failure of random access is sensed, logging information on the failure; and if the success of random access is sensed, transmitting information on the failure logged before the success to a connected base station. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus and a method which effectively log a channel state or a connection failure can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Bum Kim, Soeng Hun Kim, Kyeong In Jeong
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Patent number: 10673556Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting control information and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: detecting one or more PDSCHs on a plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of cells are divided into a first cell set having PCell and a first SCell, and a second cell set having one or more second SCells; and as feedback for the one or more PDSCHs, transmitting HARQ-ACK information over PUCCH, wherein when the one or more PDSCHs are detected only in the first cell set, the HARQ-ACK information contains only a HARQ-ACK response for the first cell set, and when the one or more PDSCHs are detected at least in the second cell set, the HARQ-ACK information contains HARQ-ACK responses for both the first and the second cell sets.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Daesung Hwang, Seungmin Lee
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Patent number: 10638430Abstract: A wireless device transmits first control information, via a secondary physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of a secondary cell, with a first transmit power computed based on an adjustment factor. The wireless device receives a power control command of the secondary PUCCH and ignores the power control command by not applying the power control command to the adjustment factor in response to a time alignment timer of a timing advance group comprising the secondary cell not running. The wireless device transmits second control information on the secondary PUCCH with a second transmit power computed based on the adjustment factor initialized to a first value.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Ofinno, LLCInventor: Esmael Dinan
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Patent number: 10638421Abstract: Method for operating a capillary network gateway (100-1), wherein the capillary network gateway (100-1) comprises an interface to a base station (103) of a cellular network for connecting the capillary network gateway (100-1) to a mobile telecommunication network and an interface for connecting at least one machine device (101-1, 101-2, 101-3) via at least one radio connection (107) to the capillary network gateway (100-1), comprising the steps of determining (S101), by the capillary network gateway (100-1), a condition to switch into a power-saving mode; instructing (S102) the at least one machine device (101-3) to associate to a further capillary network gateway (100-2), if the condition is fulfilled; and connecting (S103) the capillary network gateway (100-1) to a further capillary network gateway (100-2) via a radio connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Piergiuseppe Di Marco, Anna Larmo, Francesco Militano
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Patent number: 10638533Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for logging a radio resource control (RRC) failure of user equipment (UE) and receiving the log. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for logging an RRC failure of UE may comprise the steps of: attempting random access; if the failure of random access is sensed, logging information on the failure; and if the success of random access is sensed, transmitting information on the failure logged before the success to a connected base station. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus and a method which effectively log a channel state or a connection failure can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Bum Kim, Soeng Hun Kim, Kyeong In Jeong
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Patent number: 10631171Abstract: The present application provides a method and a device for scheduling multi-flow transmission. The method includes: receiving a MAC layer configuration parameter corresponding to a media access control MAC entity, where when there is one MAC entity, the MAC layer configuration parameter includes at least two sets of mappings, and the mapping includes a first mapping and/or a second mapping; or when there are at least two MAC entities, a MAC layer configuration parameter of each MAC entity includes a set of mapping, and the mapping includes a third mapping and/or a second mapping; and executing a MAC layer function according to the MAC layer configuration parameter, and performing MAC layer data transmission. Embodiments of the present application can satisfy a demand of multi-flow transmission.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Weiwei Song, Bo Lin, Xin Xiong
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Patent number: 10630363Abstract: An electronic device in a wireless communication system, and a wireless communication method. The electronic device includes one or more processing circuits, and is configured to: respond to a measurement instruction from a base station in a wireless communication system, and separately measure channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs) on one or more antenna ports; and generate feedback information according to the measurement result, so that the base station selects, from the one or more antenna ports, an antenna port used for transmitting to the CSI-RSs to the electronic device, the feedback information including occupation information of occupation condition of each of the one or more antenna ports. Port selection for CSI-RSs can be implemented, beamforming CSI-RS interference between cells and within a cell can be reduced, and system performance can be improved only requiring very low signaling overheads.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Xu, Cheng Gao, Siqi Liu, Bingcheng Jin, Jinhui Chen
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Patent number: 10616818Abstract: A mobile application gateway configured to interconnect mobile communication devices on a cellular network with an enterprise network is provided. The mobile application gateway includes a voice and data signaling gateway configured to provide routing functionalities, service functionalities and admission control. A gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) is configured to establish a secure data session between one or more of the mobile communication devices and the enterprise network by establishing a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) tunnel between a carrier-hosted serving GPRS support node (SGSN) and the GGSN.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.Inventor: Andrew Silver
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Patent number: 10609147Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network determines behavioral profiles of a plurality of nodes in the network. The behavioral profile for a particular node indicates whether the node is an occasional transmitter or a periodic transmitter. The device identifies similarly behaving nodes based on their behavioral profiles. The device assigns groups of the nodes to uplink transmission windows based on their behavioral profiles. The similarly behaving nodes that are periodic transmitters are assigned to the same uplink transmission windows and similarly behaving nodes that are occasional transmitters are assigned to different uplink transmission windows. The device controls the plurality of nodes to use their assigned uplink transmission windows via target wake time values sent to the plurality of nodes.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jerome Henry, Robert Edgar Barton, Rajesh S. Pazhyannur, Kedar Krishnanand Gaonkar
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Patent number: 10594584Abstract: A transmitted transport communication protocol (TCP) packet in an established TCP connection is intercepted and resent with a modified IP layer to determine network nodes within a network path. No new connection is required, and the data may be transmitted to its intended location as part of the existing connection, bypassing firewalls and other obstacles commonly affecting ping commands. The change to the IP layer may include a modified TTL value. Address location and response time may be determined for each node in a network path.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Suraj Puvvada
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Patent number: 10582530Abstract: A method, wireless device and network node are disclosed. According to one aspect, a wireless device comprises a radio interface configured to obtain a timer value, T, for measuring time elapsed from a start of a semi-persistent scheduled, SPS, uplink, UL, data transmission. The wireless device comprises processing circuitry configured to perform an SPS UL data transmission associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, process identification, ID, wherein the HARQ process ID is one of a plurality of HARQ process IDs. The processing circuitry is configured to perform a new data transmission or autonomous retransmission with said HARQ process ID at the next available time for said HARQ process ID after elapsed time T.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Zhenhua Zou, Ali Behravan, Daniel Larsson
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Patent number: 10582413Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters of logical channel(s) grouped into logical channel group(s) comprising a 1st logical channel group. A padding buffer status report (BSR) is triggered. A truncated BSR is transmitted in in response to: the triggering of the padding BSR; and a number of padding bits being: larger than a size of a short BSR plus a short BSR subheader; and smaller than a size of a long BSR plus a long BSR subheader. The truncated BSR indicates a presence of a buffer size field for the first logical channel group corresponding to a presence bit. The buffer size field indicate an amount of data available across logical channels of the first logical channel group. The truncated BSR comprises: a number of buffer size fields for logical channel groups with logical channels having available data for transmission following a decreasing order of priority.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Ofinno, LLCInventors: Alireza Babaei, Esmael Dinan
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Patent number: 10554717Abstract: Systems and processes are provided for dynamically adjusting and routing signals and communications. According to one aspect, one or more codecs applied to the signals may be switched or changed to manage signal quality. According to another aspect, communications may be re-routed to an intended recipient entirely over the Internet. The systems and processes described herein are especially well suited for use in connection with detention environments.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: INTELMATE LLCInventors: Richard Torgersrud, Peter K. Sheerin
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Patent number: 10554542Abstract: A label distribution method and device are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes: a first routing device sends a first BGP update message including a first VPN instance identifier and a first RT to a second routing device; the first routing device receives a second BGP update message including a second VPN instance identifier and a second RT; the first routing device allocates a first VPN instance label to a second VPN instance after the second routing device determines that the first RT is equal to the second RT; and the first routing device sends a third BGP update message including the first VPN instance label to the second routing device. Mutual learning on VPN instances is performed, and a label is allocated to a VPN instance, so that a service tail end node can identify a VPN instance from which an L3VPN service specifically comes.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhenbin Li
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Patent number: 10554557Abstract: Methods and apparatus for acknowledgment of multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving a first wireless message from a first station at least partially concurrently with receiving a second wireless message from a second station, generating a first acknowledgment message in response to receiving the first wireless message, generating a second acknowledgement message in response to receiving the second wireless message, and transmitting the first acknowledgment message to the first station at least partially concurrently with transmitting the second acknowledgement message to the second station.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Simone Merlin, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Hemanth Sampath, Sameer Vermani
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Patent number: 10531478Abstract: A method for communication in a wireless telecommunications system is provided. The method comprises receiving, by a first User Equipment (UE), a reference signal transmitted by a second UE and transmitting, by the first UE to a network node, a report indicating that the reference signal was received. The reference signal is received in a detection opportunity that occurs as one of a single detection opportunity or a portion of a pattern of detection opportunities.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Robert Novak, Biswaroop Mukherjee, Masoud Ebrahimi Tazeh Mahalleh