Patents Examined by Siren Wei
  • Patent number: 9843429
    Abstract: The prevent invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data. The method for receiving control data by a terminal can include the steps of: a terminal receiving redundant information on a first control channel from a base station; the terminal receiving a first subframe from the base station and first blind decoding being performed on the first subframe in order to monitor the first control channel; the terminal receiving a second subframe from the base station and second blind decoding being performed on the second subframe on the basis of the redundant information and the first blind decoding information in order to monitor a second control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunjung Yi, Dongyoun Seo, Suckchel Yang, Joonkui Ahn, Inkwon Seo
  • Patent number: 9843950
    Abstract: A method for and apparatus for performing data transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device performs a radio resource control (RRC) connection procedure with a macro cell having a first frequency, performs a radio resource management (RRM) measurement on a small cell having a second frequency or a third frequency, and reporting a result of the RRM measurement to the macro cell; and receives data via the second frequency or the third frequency of the TP, the data is consecutive data relayed from an initial transmission of the macro cell, wherein the macro cell and the small cell are connected with a fast backhaul by using air interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunjung Yi, Joonkui Ahn, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 9838189
    Abstract: Disclosed are an inter-cell coordinated interference measurement method and node, wherein, the method is applied to each node performing a coordinated interference measurement, and includes: receiving first measurement resource information transmitted by other network nodes via a backhaul link to a present node for coordinated interference measurement; determining second measurement resource information used by the present node for interference measurement according to the first measurement resource information transmitted by the coordinated network nodes, and instructing relevant coordinated network nodes to correspondingly configure a resource in accordance with the second measurement resource information of the present node; wherein the second measurement resource includes an interference measurement resource and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS); and performing interference measurement on the second measurement resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Zheng, Yu Ngok Li, Yunfeng Sun
  • Patent number: 9836479
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for storage of files. A removable memory device is configured to couple to a computing device, and a storage management application is stored in the removable memory device, the storage management application being executable by a processor circuit. The storage management application is configured to send a plurality of files for storage in a networked storage system, the networked storage system being remote to the computing device. The storage management system caches a subset of the files on the removable memory device and maintains a local file directory in the removable memory device. The local file directory lists the files stored in the networked storage system in association with an account linked to the removable memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Piragash Velummylum, Johanna S. Olson, Korwin J. Smith, James H. Wood
  • Patent number: 9819474
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to feed back feedback signals such as delivery acknowledgement signals properly even when the DL/UL configuration is reconfigured in TDD. A user terminal communicates, in time division duplexing, with a radio base station that reconfigures the DL/UL configuration, and has a judging section that judges a delivery acknowledgement in response to each DL subframe, and a feedback control section that allocates a delivery acknowledgement signal in response to each DL subframe to a UL subframe and sends feedback, and, when the number of DL subframes that correspond to a UL subframe is greater than a predetermined value in a radio frame after the reconfiguration of the DL/UL configuration, the feedback control section bundles at least part of the delivery acknowledgement signals for a plurality of DL subframes corresponding to the UL subframe, and sends feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagata, Kazuki Takeda, Chunyi Wang, Xiaolin Hou, Atsushi Harada
  • Patent number: 9807743
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an IRP manager configured to query at least one eNB to determine physical layer cell identification and/or LTE band information associated with one or more cell coverage areas associated with the at least one eNB and determine an optimal physical layer cell identification and LTE band for at least one cell associated with the at least one eNB. The optimal physical layer cell identification and/or LTE band may be based on, for example, network topology statistics (e.g., current cell coverage area, etc.), traffic load, etc. The optimal physical layer cell identification and/or LTE band information may be utilized by at least one UE within a coverage area of a WLAN AP to provide cell connection in the event the at least one UE falls outside the coverage area of a WLAN AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joey Chou, Adrian P. Stephens
  • Patent number: 9806908
    Abstract: Each compute node of a cluster compute server generates and maintains route information for routing messages to other nodes of the server. Each compute node identifies the other nodes connected to a fabric interconnect and generates, based on a set of routing constraints, routes to each of the other nodes. Each compute node communicates messages to other nodes of the server via the generated routes. Because the routes are generated at each compute node the processing load to generate the routes is distributed among the compute nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael E. James
  • Patent number: 9800512
    Abstract: A method for prioritizing traffic within the IP protocol of a data communications network, the method comprising detecting an activity belonging to a pre-defined group of high priority activities; identifying network elements associated with the high priority activity; and prioritizing traffic from the network elements associated with the high priority activity. Also disclosed is a management system arranged to implement the above-described method, and a data communications network comprising said management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Federico Pasini, Maurizio Pighetti
  • Patent number: 9794864
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for scanning in a wireless LAN. The method may comprise the following steps: an STA determining identifier information of an AP to be included in a probe request frame as a wildcard SSID and a wildcard BSSID, based on a first MLME; the STA receiving from the AP a frame including information on the BSSID of the AP and the SSID of the AP before a probe delay time expires; the STA determining wither the AP is a target AP based on the BSSID and the SSID; the STA redetermining the identifier information of the AP to be included in the probe request frame based on the BSSID and the SSID, when the AP is the target AP; and the STA unicasting a probe request frame that is re-determined based on the BSSID and the SSID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Giwon Park, Jinsam Kwak, Kiseon Ryu
  • Patent number: 9775160
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method is implemented by a network node in relation to a basic service set (BSS) that includes an access point providing a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The network node predicts a downlink data rate for downlink transmissions from the access point to a particular UE based on either signal qualities of a first set of uplink transmissions which are sent from the particular UE to the access point or a default signal quality value. The UE is either already part of the BSS or is being evaluated for admission to the BSS. The predicted downlink data rate is weighted by a metric that accounts for channel conditions of the BSS to determine a predicted downlink throughput for downlink transmissions from the access point to the particular UE. The predicted downlink throughput is used for controlling the BSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Alfred Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9775161
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for PHICH resource allocation in a wireless communication system that supports flexible TDD UL-DL configuration and in which different TDD UL-DL configurations are available and the TDD UL-DL configuration used by first UEs which operate according to the flexible TDD configuration can be different to the TDD UL-DL configuration used by second UEs which operate according to a long term TDD UL-DL configuration. The method comprising allocating a PHICH resource for both first UEs and second UEs according to LTE timing rules applicable to the TDD UL-DL configuration in use by second UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Phong Nguyen, Yuanrong Lan
  • Patent number: 9769853
    Abstract: It is left to a communication terminal side to judge whether to switch communication, and appropriate switching is not performed if a communication terminal does not have a function to switch communication based on the quality of communication. A communication apparatus comprises: a data signal transmitting unit that transmits a data signal to a communication terminal; a control signal transmitting unit that transmits a control signal for establishing communication with the communication terminal; and an area control unit that restricts, to a partial area within a communication possible area that a radio wave including the data signal can reach, a communication establishment possible area that a radio wave including the control signal can reach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SoftBank Corp.
    Inventors: Takenori Kobayashi, Shuzo Tarumi, Toshiyuki Hijikata, Ryuji Hosoda, Koichiro Kase, Kou Ikeda, Keita Kamiji, Yusuke Iwadate, Zhiwen Wu
  • Patent number: 9763144
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide novel solutions, including systems, methods and/or software, for handling calls in a dual-mode VoIP/cellular environment. Merely by way of example, some systems can be configured to determine whether to use a VoIP system or a cellular system to handle a particular call, and/or to transition a call from one network to the other network. Other systems can be configured to substitute a public number (which might be, for example, a VoIP number) for a private number (which might be, for example, a cellular number) when routing a call originating from a dual-mode phone on a cellular network. Further systems can be configured to allow a VoIP system to serve as an anchor for calls originated and/or delivered on a cellular system, for instance to facilitate a transition between cellular and VoIP service during a call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Qwest Communications International Inc.
    Inventors: Lance LaBauve, Charles I. Cook, Gilman R. Stevens
  • Patent number: 9729447
    Abstract: A network switch includes a memory configurable to store alternate table representations of an individual trie in a hierarchy of tries. A prefix table processor accesses in parallel, using an input network address, the alternate table representations of the individual trie and searches for a longest prefix match in each alternate table representation to obtain local prefix matches. The longest prefix match from the local prefix matches is selected. The longest prefix match has an associated next hop index base address and offset value. A next hop index processor accesses a next hop index table in the memory utilizing the next hop index base address and offset value to obtain a next hop table pointer. A next hop processor accesses a next hop table in the memory using the next hop table pointer to obtain a destination network address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Cavium, Inc.
    Inventors: Weihuang Wang, Mohan Balan, Nimalan Siva, Zubin Shah
  • Patent number: 9668175
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide novel solutions, including systems, methods and/or software, for handling calls in a dual-mode VoIP/cellular environment. Merely by way of example, some systems can be configured to determine whether to use a VoIP system or a cellular system to handle a particular call, and/or to transition a call from one network to the other network. Other systems can be configured to substitute a public number (which might be, for example, a VoIP number) for a private number (which might be, for example, a cellular number) when routing a call originating from a dual-mode phone on a cellular network. Further systems can be configured to allow a VoIP system to serve as an anchor for calls originated and/or delivered on a cellular system, for instance to facilitate a transition between cellular and VoIP service during a call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Qwest Communications International Inc.
    Inventors: Lance LaBauve, Charles I. Cook, Gilman R. Stevens
  • Patent number: 9661625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving a downlink signal by considering an antenna port relationship. A method for user equipment receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signal in the wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining a start symbol index of the PDSCH from the downlink subframe; and receiving the PDSCH signal based on the start symbol index. When the DCI is comprised according to DCI format 1A, and the downlink subframe is a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe, the start symbol index can be determined depending on a PDSCH start symbol value which is included in a PDSCH resource element mapping and Quasi co-location indicator (PQI) that is established by an upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Kijun Kim, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 9660751
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a processor that receives a downlink control information (DCI) associated with a transmission channel used for transmitting a RF signal and a control channel element index associated with the DCI. The processor determines a scrambling code based on the control channel element index for the DCI, scrambles the DCI using the scrambling code, generates a scrambled DCI, and modulates the scrambled. DCI to generate a modulated symbol. The processor uses look-up tables to determine a resource element group (REG) based on the control channel element index, map the modulated symbol to the REG, and generate a transmission frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Sanjay Batra, Atul Kumar
  • Patent number: 9660784
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for joint transmission cooperative multi-point. A set of n CSI reference signal resources are to be measured by a user device. The n CSI reference signal resources include at least one CSI reference signal resource spanning over at least two transmission points. Channel state information feedback corresponding to each CSI reference signal resource is configured. Upon receiving CSI from the user device, at least one precoder is selected for coherent joint cooperative multipoint transmission based on inter-transmission point phase relationship information. A co-phasing factor is derived from transmitted precoders over a cross-cell CSI reference signal resource, the derivation including transmission of reference signals using first and second precoding vectors on two ports, computation of a third vector using feedback based on the precoded reference signals, and computation of the co-phasing factor based on the first, second, and third vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Timo Erkki Lunttila, Weidong Yang, Klaus Hugl, Frederick Vook, Eugene Visotsky
  • Patent number: 9660787
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a method in which a terminal transmits an acknowledgement of reception performed through an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: decoding the EPDCCH in both a first EPDCCH physical resource block (PRB) set and a second EPDCCH PRB set; and transmitting an acknowledgement of reception performed through each EPDCCH. The resource indices for transmitting an acknowledgement of reception performed through each EPDCCH are determined in mutually different manner based on the type of the EPDCCH PRB set, whether or not the number of the PRB pairs contained in each EPDCCH PRB set corresponds to each other, and/or whether or not the EPDCCH PRB sets overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hanbyul Seo, Inkwon Seo, Hyukjin Chae
  • Patent number: 9654996
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for monitoring a radio link. In the method, a user terminal monitors a cell specific reference signal (CRS) and a channel state indication reference signal (CSI-RS), and judges whether to initiate radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment according to the CRS and the CSI-RS. The device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a monitoring unit and a judging unit. By applying the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, monitoring of the radio link can be more accurate, and RRC connection re-establishment can be performed in time, to reduce occurrence of misjudgments, thereby improving the experience on the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li Ji