Patents Examined by Ryan C Kavleski
  • Patent number: 10531517
    Abstract: A connection method for a wireless system, wherein the wireless system includes an access point, an electronic device, a relay device and an appliance; the electronic device and the relay device are connected to the access point, respectively; the relay device is connected to the appliance via signals; the relay device is adapted to send control commands to the appliance. The connection method includes the following steps: connecting the relay device to a server through the access point; sending an IP address of the relay device assigned by the access point to the server; sending an inquiry command from the electronic device to the server; sending a connection request command to the received IP address; establishing a connection between the electronic device and the relay device when a connection-successful information is received. Thus, the risk that the electronic device connection could be disconnected is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: GRAND MATE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Chin Huang, Chin-Ying Huang, Hsin-Ming Huang, Hsing-Hsiung Huang, Yen-Jen Yeh
  • Patent number: 10492101
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for enhancing a processing capability of a base station, a baseband device, a base station, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a base station, data of a terminal; performing control plane protocol processing on the terminal by using a first BBP, and performing all or part of data transmission protocol processing on the data of the terminal by using a second BBP; and sending processed data of the terminal. In this way, another BBP shares all or part of data transmission protocol processing for a terminal that accesses a BBP, to enhance a processing capability of the base station on the whole, thereby implementing inter-board load balancing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Libo Wu
  • Patent number: 10484159
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems disclosed provide for the configuration of acknowledgments of data. In some aspects, a method includes generating an aggregated media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (A-MPDU) frame, comprising a media access control protocol data unit (MPDUs), the media access control protocol data unit (MPDUs) comprising a media access control (MAC) header and data, wherein the media access control (MAC) header comprises an indication of an acknowledgment type for the data of the MPDU; and transmitting the A-MPDU onto a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred Asterjadhi, George Cherian, Simone Merlin
  • Patent number: 10477528
    Abstract: A wireless device receives a downlink control information (DCI) comprising SRS request field indicating whether an SRS is transmitted in the last symbol of the subframe; and an ending symbol field for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) indicating whether the PUSCH is transmitted in a last symbol of the subframe. The wireless device transmits, in the subframe, one or more transport blocks based on the ending symbol field. The wireless device transmits the SRS signal in the last symbol of the subframe when the SRS request field indicates that SRS transmission is triggered. The DCI may further indicate a multi-subframe grant (MSFG).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Alireza Babaei
  • Patent number: 10432474
    Abstract: A technique for mapping relationships among virtual elements across a system includes, for a server having a virtualized network interface controller (vNIC) with a plurality of vNIC links connected to a switch, identifying relationships between physical ports on the switch and virtual ports on the switch. For each vNIC link, local area network (LAN) interface information on the server is identified and data structures are created establishing topology information between the switch and the server. A mapping of each vNIC link to a respective virtual port on the switch is created by correlating the topology information with the LAN interface information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ranjith R. Nair, Sanket S. Sangwikar, Amit S. Wankhede
  • Patent number: 10432475
    Abstract: A technique for mapping relationships among virtual elements across a system includes, for a server having a virtualized network interface controller (vNIC) with a plurality of vNIC links connected to a switch, identifying relationships between physical ports on the switch and virtual ports on the switch. For each vNIC link, local area network (LAN) interface information on the server is identified and data structures are created establishing topology information between the switch and the server. A mapping of each vNIC link to a respective virtual port on the switch is created by correlating the topology information with the LAN interface information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ranjith R. Nair, Sanket S. Sangwikar, Amit S. Wankhede
  • Patent number: 10425957
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for multi-user scheduling in a MIMO system are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes, receiving, by a base station, PMIs and CQIs of first codewords and second codewords, where the PMIs and the CQIs are fed back by N UEs; grouping UEs whose PMIs are the same into one pairing group to divide the N UEs into M pairing groups; and determining a user pairing combination of each pairing group according to a CQI of a first codeword of each UE in the pairing group and a CQI of a second codeword of each UE in the pairing group. The method further includes determining an optimal user pairing combination from M user pairing combinations. The base station schedules two UEs in the optimal user pairing combination simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing Yang, Ni Ma
  • Patent number: 10419945
    Abstract: A network controller of a communication network that serves one or more communication devices controls placement of one or more communication devices, such as a range extender, in the communication network. The network controller can control a communication device (e.g., a mobile device) and an access point serving the communication device to measure one or more wireless characteristics to generate first and second measurement information, respectively. The network controller can determine a placement score based on the first measurement information and the second measurement, and determine a placement location of the ranger extender within the communication network based on the placement score. The network controller can provide the placement location to the communication device and/or the range extender to indicate the placement location in which the range extender is to be positioned within the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Roni Abiri, Segev Ravgad
  • Patent number: 10420151
    Abstract: A system and method are described for collecting data from an out of range Internet of Things (IoT) device. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: collecting data at an internet of things (IoT) device which does not have a permanent, reliable network connection with an IoT hub or a service; storing the collected data in a storage of the IoT device; detecting the presence of a mobile device and responsively establishing a local wireless communication channel with the mobile device; transferring the collected data to a temporary storage on the mobile device; establishing a communication channel between the mobile device and the IoT hub or service; forwarding the collected data from the mobile device to the IoT hub or service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Afero, Inc.
    Inventor: Omar Zakaria
  • Patent number: 10420103
    Abstract: A method for use in a user equipment, including transferring data to the base station of a first cell (A1); sending an uplink scheduling request to the base station of a second cell (A3) in dependence on the condition that the user equipment has sufficient transmission power for performing inter-site carrier aggregation (A2); receiving an uplink resource allocation message from the base station of the second cell (A5) if the load of the second cell satisfies predetermined conditions (A4); transferring data to the base stations of the first and second cells via carrier aggregation (A6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Hua Wang, Claudio Rosa, Klaus Ingemann Pedersen
  • Patent number: 10412780
    Abstract: Method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) device communicating during discontinuous reception (DRX). The UE may determine a data traffic pattern of an application executing on the UE. The UE may compare the data traffic pattern against a plurality of DRX configuration settings of a base station (BS). The UE may determine that the DRX configuration settings do not match the data traffic pattern. The UE may select a first DRX configuration setting based on the data traffic pattern. The UE may perform communication according to the first DRX configuration settings. The UE may transmit a scheduling request (SR) outside of a DRX on-duration according to the data traffic pattern. Transmitting the SR may be based on the DRX configuration settings not matching the data traffic pattern of the application. In response to transmitting the SR, the UE may receive downlink data of the application from the BS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Venkateswara Rao Manepalli, Abhishek A. Bhonsle, Raghuveer Mallikarjunan, Sarma V. Vangala, Srinivas Burugupalli
  • Patent number: 10397879
    Abstract: A wireless device receives a downlink control information (DCI) for transmission of one or more transport blocks on an unlicensed cell. The wireless device calculates a transmission power employed for transmission of a reservation signal and a plurality of PUSCH symbols. The wireless device transmits via a first plurality of resource blocks (RBs) and until a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) starting symbol, a reservation signal with the transmission power. The wireless device transmits, via the first plurality of RBs and starting at the PUSCH starting symbol, the one or more transport blocks with the transmission power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 10382238
    Abstract: A wireless device receives a message comprising at least one information element (IE) associated with a timing advance group (TAG). The at least one IE at least indicates one of a value of the time alignment timer (TAT) IE or a TAT of the TAG is disabled. The wireless device transmits uplink signals on a secondary cell in the TAG only after receiving a timing advance command (TAC) if the IE indicates the value of the TAT IE. The wireless device transmits uplink signals on the secondary cell regardless of receiving the TAC if the IE indicates that the TAT is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 10382230
    Abstract: Devices and methods for decoding a symbol transmitted over a millimeter wave (mmWave) channel. Receiving a test symbol transmitted over the mmWave channel. Estimating channel state information (CSI) of the mmWave channel using a block sparse signal recovery on the test symbol, according to a multi-dimensional spreading model with statistics on multi-dimensional paths. The multi-dimensional spreading model with statistics on multi-dimensional paths include an angle of departure (AoD), angle of arrival (AoA), and a path spread for the AoD and a path spread for the AoA, propagating in the mmWave channel. Receiving a symbol over the mmWave channel, and decoding the symbol using the CSI, wherein steps of the method are performed by a processor of a receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Pu Wang, Milutin Pajovic, Philip Orlik
  • Patent number: 10375724
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for detecting a device-to-device signal, a user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: receiving a first message; determining, according to the first message, a first timing advance for a first user equipment to detect a D2D signal sent by a second user equipment; determining a reference time according to a received reference signal; determining, according to the first timing advance and the reference time, a first time for detecting the D2D signal; and detecting the D2D signal at the first time. So that when the user equipment detects the D2D signal at the determined time for detecting a D2D signal, a D2D signal detection success rate can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Wang
  • Patent number: 10368264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for triggering a buffer status reporting in dual connectivity, the method comprising: configuring a threshold value for a PDCPentity associated with a first MAC entity for a first eNB and a second MAC entity for a second eNB for a radio bearer; checking, by the PDCP entity, whether an amount of uplink data available for transmission in the PDCP entity is less than the threshold value; and indicating, by the PDCP entity, that the amount of uplink data available for transmission in the PDCP entity is ‘0’ to the second MAC entity, if the amount of uplink data available for transmission in the PDCP entity is less than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungjune Yi, Sunyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 10362434
    Abstract: Methods and systems for communication management are disclosed. Services and/or clients in a system can specify or determine timeout parameters in communication requests. A timeout parameter can be a time allocated to process a request and/or fulfill a task associated with a request. Tasks can be delegated to other devices or services, and the tasks can be sent with additional timeout parameters based on the first timeout parameter. A notification can be sent when a time to process a request or fulfill a task is predicted to exceed one or more of the timeout parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Chun Hsu, Michael Horwitz, Chris Orogvany, Alfred Stappenbeck
  • Patent number: 10355964
    Abstract: A method of capturing selected network data includes selecting a first server from a plurality of servers in accordance with a first criterion, and the first server processing a first packet of a plurality of packets; selecting a second packet from the plurality of packets in accordance with a second criterion, and providing data associated with the second packet to a capture server. The first and second criteria are based on second information associated with the second packet. The second information is associated with one of the session layer, presentation layer, and application layer. A corresponding system and computer-readable device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: Sunil Maloo
  • Patent number: 10356227
    Abstract: A method is implemented by a node of a network domain having a plurality of nodes, where the node functions as an ingress node of the network domain for a data flow. The method enables data flow analysis across the network domain. The method includes receiving a data packet belonging to a data flow at an ingress node of the network domain, determining whether the data packet is to be marked for the data flow analysis, determining whether an egress node of the network domain for the data flow supports data packet marking, marking the data packet with a marking label indicating to supporting nodes in the network domain that the data packet is to be processed for data flow analysis, and forwarding the data packet toward the egress node of the network domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Albert Jining Tian, Ramanathan Lakshmikanthan, Evgeny Tantsura
  • Patent number: 10356694
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for generating and transmitting system information in a mobile radio cell. In said method, system information is grouped into several information frames, information required for a mobile user device in order to verify if said mobile user device has access to the mobile radio cell being grouped into a single information frame, and the information frames are fed to the data securing layer by the network layer and are transmitted by means of the physical layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Hyung-Nam Choi, Michael Eckert, Bernd Kemmer, Wolfgang Math