Patents Examined by Raj Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 9554343
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to report transmit power information of each subframe adequately when a plurality of transmit power are set in a plurality of subframes constituting radio frames. A radio base station performs the steps of setting at least three or more kinds of varying transmit power in a plurality of subframes constituting a radio frame, and also determining a power ratio between a reference signal and a shared data channel signal in each subframe, generating bitmap information that represents a type pattern of transmit power set in the plurality of subframes, reporting the bitmap information and the power ratio to a user terminal and/or another radio base station, and generating the bitmap information with reference to a table in which the power ratio of each subframe and identifiers are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagata, Nobuhiko Miki, Mingju Li, Liu Liu, Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 9548795
    Abstract: A method of identifying a wireless power receiver for a mobile device in a wireless power system includes transmitting a first identity of the mobile device to a wireless power base station of the wireless power system via a first wireless communication interface, receiving a first message including the first identity from the wireless power base station via a second wireless communication interface, and identifying the first message is destined to the mobile device according to the first identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Patent number: 9532242
    Abstract: A method for enabling a mobile terminal to continue to be served by a home base station when the mobile terminal is in a coverage area of the serving home base station and the coverage area of the serving home base station starts superposing with a coverage area of another home base station having a same physical cell identity and being synchronized with the serving home base station, each home base station broadcasting the physical cell identifier in its coverage area. The method includes: determining that the coverage areas start superposing, determining at least one timing offset to be applied at a predetermined moment by at least one of the home base stations for transferring signals in its cell, transmitting to the mobile terminal the at least one timing offset and the moment, and applying the at least one timing offset at the moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Loic Brunel, Cristina Ciochina
  • Patent number: 9526014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing a logged measurement in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives a measurement configuration and a terminal selection parameter from a base station. The terminal determines whether or not to apply the measurement configuration based on the terminal selection parameter. If the measurement configuration is determined to be applied, the terminal logs a measurement based on the measurement configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Jung, Seung June Yi, Young Dae Lee, Sung Duck Chun, Sung Jun Park
  • Patent number: 9525478
    Abstract: Systems and methods for peer group diagnosis detection are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a beam profile including a plurality of satellite beam characteristics is determined. A peer group of satellite terminals is determined. Terminal profiles with terminal characteristics for the satellite terminals in the peer group are determined. A normalized baseline profile including normalized terminal characteristics for the peer group is determined. Measured operational statistics of the satellite terminals in the peer group are received and converted into normalized operation statistics using the terminal profiles and the normalized baseline profile. Normalized peer group operational statistics including a mean and a standard deviation of normalized operational statistics are determined. A normalized deviation of the normalized operational statistics is determined for each satellite terminal. The normalized deviations for each satellite terminal are compared to a threshold deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventor: Jack Rozmaryn
  • Patent number: 9521580
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing the potential of interference between a cell tower and a neighboring EMR source. At a base station, such as an eNodeB, it is determined that a sector of the cell tower has the potential for interference with the EMR source based on, for instance, monitoring of network parameters, a computation of the sector's azimuth, and a distance between the sector and the EMR source. Time intervals are computed corresponding to when the EMR source emits EMR in a direction of the sector of the base station, Uplink and downlink transmissions to and from the sector of the cell tower are ceased during the computed time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Wurtenberger, Sreekar Marupaduga, Chaitanya Chukka
  • Patent number: 9516168
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method are disclosed for initiating a call-back sequence using NFC technology. Embodiments include capturing an image using an NFC reader determining an identification of active queues, displaying an indication of the active queues on a display screen using a session queuing component, obtaining a user selection of a queue as a selected queue using the session queuing component, sending a request to a communication system in a data format for an expected wait time associated with the selected queue, receiving the expected wait time from the communication system, and sending a confirmation to the communication system in a data format for a call-back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Virtual Hold Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Eric I. Camulli
  • Patent number: 9516607
    Abstract: There is a provided a method for deciding transmission power to securely transmit data, the method comprising: determining a transmission rate toward an intended receiver, based on an upper limit of a decoding error probability of the intended receiver and a lower limit of a decoding error probability of an unwanted over hearer; and deciding a transmission power toward the intended receiver based on the upper limit and the lower limit. Here, if the upper limit is lower than the lower limit, the transmission toward the intended receiver is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Daesung Hwang, Ilmin Kim
  • Patent number: 9504017
    Abstract: A subscriber unit-based method and a subscriber unit include locally maintaining a status of each working channel of a plurality of working channels in a wireless communication system; responsive to an inbound request, selecting one of a plurality of idle working channels of the plurality of working channels and a dedicated control channel; and sending the inbound request on the selected channel. An infrastructure-based method is also provided. Variously, the methods and systems increase service capacity in radio communication systems using idle working channels as flexible control channels. An infrastructure-based method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yunhai Yang, Daniel J McDonald
  • Patent number: 9496949
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for application dedicated transceivers. In one example, a method for operating a wireless device includes, in a device application, initiating a request for a dedicated-transceiver. In response to the request, the method further includes, in the device operating system, requesting dedicated-transceiver information from a transceiver system on the device and, once the information is received from the transceiver system, transferring a dedicated-transceiver response to the application. The method also provides, in the device application, initiating a communication handshake with the transceiver system and, upon completion of the handshake, communicating application data to the transceiver system without the use of the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: John Gatewood, Sunny R. Dubey, Bhanu Prakash Voruganti, Matthew P. Hund
  • Patent number: 9497578
    Abstract: A near field communications (NFC) device is disclosed that is capable of optimizing a gain for received signals. Measurements are made of signals received from an NFC environment and are compared to one or more threshold hold values. Based on the comparison, it is determined whether the measurements indicate underamplification or overamplification. Depending on the results of the analysis, one or more components within the NFC device is adjusted to increase or decrease the gain, respectively. The measurements may be taken during an unloaded baseline state or during loading, and may be compared to previous measurements to estimate their accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Philip Stewart Royston
  • Patent number: 9491633
    Abstract: Managing spectrum use in a managed area where spectrum use is carried out by an incumbent user on an intermittent basis includes sensing spectrum use in the managed area and determining that the incumbent spectrum user is actively using spectrum in the managed area by analyzing sensor data. A spectrum use policy associated with characteristics of the determined spectrum use is made and one or more secondary spectrum users are notified that spectrum defined in the identified policy is unavailable for use by the one or more secondary users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Spectrum Bridge, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin U Roberts, Don Joslyn, Jeffery C Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9467883
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for checking the state of a beacon device are disclosed. The system for the checking the state of a beacon device includes a beacon device and a service device. The beacon device transmits information about a beacon state to the service device and then receives a response signal from the service device. The service device receives the information about the beacon state from the beacon device, performs an update with the received information about the beacon state in association with a list of beacon devices, searches for the information about the beacon state of the beacon device, and provides the found information about the beacon state to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Yong Shin, Jae Hyung Huh
  • Patent number: 9461756
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for calibrating a terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a modem; a transmission chain configured to process a signal input from the modem and transmit the processed signal via an antenna; a reception chain configured to process a signal received via the antenna and transmit the processed signal to the modem; and a connector configured to connect an output of the transmission chain and an output of the reception chain via an envelope detector and a switch configured to turn on/off the envelope detector, calibrate a DC offset voltage and I and Q signals of the transmission chain by inputting a one-tone signal of 1 MHz into the transmission channel via the modem in a state where the envelope detector is turned on, and calibrate a second order input intercept point (IIP2) characteristic value by adjusting the signal input into the modem via the reception channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Young-Taek Lee
  • Patent number: 9460320
    Abstract: In a transceiver, on a top surface of a rectangular plate-shaped substrate, transmission radiating elements and receiving radiating elements are provided. The transmission radiating elements extend in the horizontal or lateral direction from the center of the substrate. The receiving radiating elements extend in the vertical or longitudinal direction from the center of the substrate. Inductors included in a matching feeding element are individually electromagnetically coupled to transmission-side feeding points that are inner end portions of the transmission radiating elements and receiving-side feeding points that are inner end portions of the receiving radiating elements. A transmission signal is transmitted with a wave polarized in the horizontal or lateral direction, and a signal having a vertical or longitudinal polarization direction is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ieki, Ken Sakai, Noboru Kato, Koji Shiroki
  • Patent number: 9447960
    Abstract: A lighting fixture has a lighting fixture body in which a light device is mounted, the lighting fixture body including a positional information transmission part that transmits positional information of the lighting fixture to a wireless terminal; a terminal information reception part that receives identification information of the wireless information and the positional information from the wireless terminal that has received the positional information; a terminal information transmission part that transmits the identification information and the positional information to a management server which manages a position of the wireless terminal; and a voltage conversion part that converts a voltage supplied by an external power source and supplies the converted voltage to the positional information transmission part, the terminal information reception part and the terminal information transmission part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shin Kusakari
  • Patent number: 9444561
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for simulating per-UE Doppler shifts. One exemplary method includes generating uplink signals to be transmitted from a plurality of different simulated UEs to an air interface device under test. The method further includes applying per-UE Doppler shifts to the signals, wherein applying per-UE Doppler shifts includes applying different Doppler shifts to at least some of the signals. The method further includes transmitting the signals to the air interface device under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: IXIA
    Inventors: Prasada Rao Devarasetty, Zhiyong Yan
  • Patent number: 9445451
    Abstract: An electronic device that communicates input messages and output messages with another electronic device using a Bluetooth Low Energy communication protocol is described. In particular, the electronic device receives input messages using a predefined characteristic to convey input information associated with a set of input attribute types. A given input message includes one or more input-command characters specifying a given input attribute type in the set of input attribute types and, optionally, an input delimiter and an input value in an input argument associated with the given input attribute type. Moreover, the electronic device provides output messages using the predefined characteristic to convey output information associated with a set of output attribute types. A given output message includes one or more output-command characters specifying a given output attribute type in the set of output attribute types. In this way, the predefined characteristic can be repurposed to convey other attribute types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Leeo, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Taylor
  • Patent number: 9425852
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatus and methods for antenna sharing in a mobile device. In certain configurations, a mobile device includes a switching circuit that controls access of a plurality of transceivers to a plurality of antennas. The switching circuit includes a multi-pole multi-throw switch and a single-pole multi-throw switch, and has a first mode in which the switching circuit electrically connects a WiFi transceiver to a first antenna via a first transmit signal pathway through the multi-pole multi-throw switch. The switching circuit also has a second mode in which the switching circuit electrically connects the WiFi transceiver to a second antenna via a second transmit signal pathway through both the multi-pole multi-throw switch and the single-pole multi-throw switch. The multi-pole multi-throw switch includes an insertion loss component along the first transmit signal pathway to substantially match a total insertion loss of the first and second transmit signal pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Lui Lam, William Gerard Vaillancourt
  • Patent number: 9413416
    Abstract: A transmit and receive RF multiplexer, which includes a first hybrid RF transmit coupler, a first hybrid RF receive coupler, a hybrid RF antenna coupler, and RF bandpass filter and inversion circuitry, is disclosed. The first hybrid RF transmit coupler has a first main transmit port and a pair of transmit ports having a first in-phase transmit port and a first quadrature-phase transmit port. The first hybrid RF receive coupler has a first main receive port and a pair of receive ports having a first in-phase receive port and a first quadrature-phase receive port. The hybrid RF antenna coupler has a main coupler port and a pair of coupler ports having an in-phase coupler port and a quadrature-phase coupler port, such that the main coupler port is coupled to a primary RF antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Nadim Khlat