Patents Examined by Stephen Steiner
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Patent number: 9717069Abstract: A method for intra-cluster D2D retransmission comprises: calculating parameters of a first and a second retransmission modes for an acknowledgement device in a cluster at which data from a network node is decoded correctly; reporting the parameters to the network node; and determining whether or not to retransmit the data to at least one non-acknowledgement device in the cluster at which the data from the network node is decoded incorrectly, in response to a selection between the first and the second retransmission modes from the network node based at least in part on the parameters according to a pre-determined criterion.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Bin Zhou, Jing Xu, Wenjia Lin, Haifeng Wang, Zhenhong Li
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Patent number: 9712650Abstract: A system for PIM fast failover recovery includes a network of a plurality of switching devices. The plurality of switching devices includes a source switching device near a source communicatively connected to a receiver switching device near a receiver by a first interface and at least a third switching device that is communicatively connected to the receiver switching device by a second interface and further is communicatively connected to the source switching device by a third interface. The receiver switching device may discover that the first interface has failed and responds by sending the third switching device a PIM graft message prior to deleting an associated first interface route entry.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Chidambaram Bhagavathiperumal, Solomon Coriiu, Angu S. Chandra Sekaran, Ashok K. Somosundaram
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Patent number: 9693326Abstract: The method comprising at least one phase synchronized cellular base station having at least one transmit antenna for transmitting a signal to a at least one non-phase synchronized cellular base station, where it comprises transmitting by said at least one transmit antenna of said phased-synchronized cellular base station a beacon signal to said at least one non-phase synchronized cellular base station, included as part of said transmitted signal, said beacon signal comprising two orthogonal length-8 Walsh-Hadamard sequences to be broadcasted by said at least one phase synchronized cellular base station in order to provide said phase synchronization.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Telefonica, S.A.Inventor: Javier Lorca Hernando
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Patent number: 9648588Abstract: A channel transmission/reception method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving channels between a base station and a mobile terminal efficiently in a mobile communication supporting massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission are provided. The method includes determining a resource to which a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) addressed to a terminal is mapped within a resource block, the DMRS resource being positioned in at least one of a first resource set capable of being allocated for DMRS and a second resource set symmetric with the first resource set on a time axis, and transmitting the DMRS and DMRS allocation information to the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Younsun Kim, Aris Papasakellariou, Kiil Kim, Juho Lee, Hyojin Lee, Joonyoung Cho
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Patent number: 9642035Abstract: A wireless local area network comprises an access point and at least one wireless device. The access point indicates in a downlink transmission whether access to the network is based on active scan or polling. The indication is changeable responsive to whether a beacon transmission time is approaching, whether a new scan is to be forced or whether network traffic is about to reach an overload condition.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignees: ZTE Corporation, ZTE (USA) Inc.Inventors: Yonggang Fang, Bo Sun, Kaiying Lv
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Patent number: 9596637Abstract: In order to facilitate communication between an electronic device and another electronic device, the electronic device determines communication-quality metrics for a first connection in a wireless network based on received information from the other electronic device. Then, the electronic device calculates an overall communication-quality indicator for the first connection based on at least some of the communication-quality metrics. Moreover, the electronic device dynamically adapts the communication with the other electronic device based on the overall communication-quality indicator. For example, the electronic device may establish a second connection in a cellular-telephone network and may use the second connection to communicate with the other electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Hansen, Kee-Bong Song, Syed A. Mujtaba, Vinay R. Majjigi, Xiaowen Wang
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Patent number: 9588508Abstract: A call unit transmits a call signal to verify the presence or absence of slave devices, which correspond to motors, to all of the slave devices after a master device is activated. A response reception unit determines the number of the slave devices, based on the number of response signals to the call signals. A communication speed change determination unit determines whether or not a data communication speed between the master device and the slave devices should be changed from a first speed to a second speed different from the first speed during a period from the time when the number of the slave devices is determined to the time when the drive of the motors is stopped, in accordance with a result of comparison of between the number of the slave devices and a predetermined number.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: FANUC CorporationInventor: Taku Sasaki
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Patent number: 9577905Abstract: Improved debugging capabilities for network packet path tracing. Embodiments trace both the control and data planes. During control plane operations each switch appends its identity to the payload, providing a full trace of the control plan path. Responses containing the forward path payload are provided back at each hop, the responses being routing back by tracing back the forward direction control plane. The data plane is monitored by setting traps along the control plane path, with responses at each hop that indicate a given switch has been used being returned along the control plane path.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.Inventors: Nikunj Vaidya, Vardarajan Venkatesh
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Patent number: 9577955Abstract: A data switch for a packet data switch includes switching nodes connected to each other in an interconnecting matrix, providing a multiplicity of data paths between an incoming data or telecom port and an outgoing data or telecom port of the data switch. The interconnecting switching nodes can achieve high capacity data switching by providing a partial switching solution at each node, distributing the switching load. A switching protocol for interconnecting switching nodes allows data packets to be selectively passed from any incoming port on an interconnecting switch node to any interconnecting switching node or outgoing port connected to it. In at least one example, the switching protocol has mechanisms in it to provide for the duplicating of the contents of the data packet and pass them to multiple interconnecting switching nodes or outgoing ports.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Inventor: Forrest Lawrence Pierson
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Patent number: 9571365Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to receive plural acknowledgment packets each including an identifier for identifying a packet and information indicating selective acknowledgment which are transmitted from a reception node that has received a data packet transmitted from a transmission node via a network to the transmission node via the network, and determine that a data packet loss occurs in the reception node in a case where a first identifier and first information included in a first acknowledgment packet among the plural acknowledgment packets are respectively matched with a second identifier and second information included in a second acknowledgment packet received after the first acknowledgment packet among the plural acknowledgment packets.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Fumiyuki Iizuka, Yuji Nomura
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Patent number: 9572079Abstract: A system and method are provided for intelligently incorporating a mmWave communication link in a heterogeneous cellular/Wi-Fi networking environment. The combination improves overall data transmission capacity of the heterogeneous networking environment, and also provides superior user Quality of Experience. The combination of the mmWave communication link with the cellular/Wi-Fi communication system is integrated in a synergistic manner that allows each of the individual communication technologies to complement the other. Using highly-directional beamforming antennas the mmWave communication link provides wide area network coverage by deploying a plurality of directional beams in sectors to complement the coverage area of the wide area network systems operating in other frequency bands.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Vallabhajosyula Z. Somayazulu, Carlos Cordeiro, Guoqing Li, Bahareh Bahar Sadeghi, Ali S. Sadri
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Patent number: 9565680Abstract: A method and an apparatus for configuring a channel resource, a base station, and a user equipment are disclosed. The method includes: determining load information of a cell; according to the load information, that the cell reaches a congested state, configuring channel resource configuration information for a new user equipment accessing the cell, where the configuration information includes: a first DPCH Pilot bit transmit power offset and/or a first number of pilot bits, the first DPCH Pilot bit transmit power offset is smaller than a power offset configured for a user equipment in a non-congested state, and the first number of Pilot bits is smaller than a number of Pilot bits that is configured for a user equipment in a non-congested state, and sending the configuration information to the new user equipment. The method can improve downlink throughput of the cell and reducing a call drop rate.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoxia Wang, Jian Li
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Patent number: 9544936Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing bearers are provided. In a current telecommunications system, a maximum number of bearers are available to simultaneously support various services. By utilizing different internet protocol addresses from differing networks, the maximum number of bearers may be increased. Specifically, by registering a user device with both an IPv4 and IPv6 network, with different IP addresses associated with the respective bearers, a user device may access an additional number of bearers in excess of the previous maximum number of bearers available.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Suryanarayanan Ramamurthy, Rajat Kumar, Talat Jamshidi
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Patent number: 9537786Abstract: The present application discloses methods, devices, and systems for information processing based on distributed buses. A server may receive processing request packets from one or more client terminals and enter the processing request packets into a single input information queue. After determining a number of idle information processing threads, the server may use the idle information processing threads to process the selected processing request packets to obtain response data packets. Each information processing thread is configured to use a respective output information queue to store response data packets generated by the information processing thread. The server may then transmit the response data packets within a respective output information queue to a corresponding client terminal. The current method, as well as the devices and systems associated with the method, may be used to facilitate information processing, improve efficiency, and prevent excessive burden and data loss.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Aimin Lin, Qian Zhang
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Patent number: 9510242Abstract: In one embodiment the modem has a network interface, application interface, processor, and memory. The network interface exchanges radio data with a network. The application (or host) interface exchanges application data with an application (or host) processor. The processor converts a unit of radio data to a corresponding unit of application data. The memory stores each unit of application data received by the modem. The processor is configured to execute a selective discard function to reduce traffic by determining if a newly arrived unit of application data is a duplicate of a stored unit of application. In the case that the newly arrived unit of application data is a duplicate of the stored unit of application data, the processor is further configured to selectively discard the duplicate unit of application data in dependence on whether an acknowledgement of the data has been already recognized by the processor.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Nvidia CorporationInventors: Flavien Delorme, Fabien Besson, Bruno De Smet
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Patent number: 9485199Abstract: A system and method for data flow identification and alignment in a 40/100 gigabit Ethernet gearbox. Virtual lane (VL) identifiers can be identified to create an effective wiring diagram for data flows. This wiring diagram enables a multiplexer or de-multiplexer to align the VL identifiers to match physical lane identifiers.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventor: Ali Ghiasi
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Patent number: 9479301Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for forming Control Channel Elements (CCEs) from Resource Element Groups (REGs) that are located in one or more Physical Resource Block (PRB) pairs from a set of PRB pairs, for determining a first symbol in a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), and for determining whether the PDSCH includes all PRB pairs indicated by a respective PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Aris Papasakellariou, Hyoung-Ju Ji, Jin-Kyu Han
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Patent number: 9451641Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for improving data service availability. Certain aspects provide methods and apparatus for wireless communications by a UE including determining, while the UE is in a coverage area of a first network, that a connection to a second network, comprising a packet data network (PDN), is disconnected locally, and taking at least one action to avoid a rejection of a request to connect to the second network.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Shyamal Ramachandran, Thomas Klingenbrunn, Zhong Ren, Vitaly Drapkin
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Patent number: 9408137Abstract: A discovery signal that a first device joining in direct communication broadcasts through a radio channel is provided. The discovery signal includes a first field representing whether the discovery signal is a signal for discovering a device or a signal for discovering a service, and a second field including one of device identifier information of the first device and service information of a service that the first device provides according to a value of the first field.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Soojung Jung, Sung Kyung Kim, Seungkwon Cho, Chanho Yoon, Hyung Jin Kim, Sung Cheol Chang, DongSeung Kwon
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Patent number: 9374845Abstract: A method for wireless communication may include a mobile entity receiving a timing indicator for a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle during a DRX mode, and adjusting at least an acknowledgement timing in response to receiving the timing indicator for the DRX cycle. A base station in communication with the mobile entity may provide a timing indicator for a DRX cycle during a DRX mode to the mobile entity, transmit at least one of downlink (DL) data or an uplink (UL) grant indicator to the mobile entity at a first time, and waiting from the first time for a time period indicated by the timing indicator before receiving at least one of an acknowledgement of the DL data or UL data responsive to the UL grant from the mobile entity.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Hao Xu, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal