Patents Examined by Vinncelas Louis
  • Patent number: 10524293
    Abstract: Provided are a user equipment (UE), an eNode B (eNB) and a wireless communication method for Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA). A UE for LAA according to one embodiment can comprise: a first circuit operative to perform a first listen-before-talk (LBT) in a system bandwidth; a second circuit operative to perform a second LBT in an allocated bandwidth; and a transmitter operative to transmit a signal in the allocated bandwidth if the first LBT is unsuccessful and the second LBT is successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Li Wang, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Joachim Loehr, Michael Einhaus, Lilei Wang, Masayuki Hoshino
  • Patent number: 10492145
    Abstract: A method and apparatus may include activating, by a network node, power of a global-positioning-system receiver or power of an active antenna of the global-positioning-system receiver. The apparatus uses the global-positioning-system receiver to perform synchronization of the apparatus. The method may include receiving at least one measurement, wherein the at least one measurement comprises real-time, predictive, or historic data. The method may also include determining a holdover duration based on the at least one measurement. The holdover duration corresponds to a length of time where the power of the global-positioning-system receiver or the power of the active antenna is to be turned off. The method may also include deactivating the power of the global-positioning-system receiver or the power of the active antenna for the holdover duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Andrew Killen, Alex Hirsbrunner, Kirk Ingemunson, William Walsh
  • Patent number: 10484271
    Abstract: Interest packets are provided that include a dual control plane and forwarding plane function that avoids the asymmetry associated with traditional information centric networking. Interest packets are used to update the control plane for routing purposes, as well as to request data from the content caches and providers. Instead of identifying a return path, the interest packets include an identifier of other content advertised by the client device issuing the interest packet. An advertised content identifier is stored in a data structure with an identification of the corresponding client device. Data packets include the advertised content identifier of the corresponding interest packet, in addition to the name of the requested content. When a data packet is received for requested content, the advertised content identifier is used to determine where to route the data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Cedric Westphal
  • Patent number: 10484946
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for efficiently reporting measurement information required for handover in active-state terminals executing a power-saving operation in a packet-based communication system. The method includes the steps of: (a) receiving a discontinuous reception (DRX) period, a discontinuous transmission (DTX) period, and a measurement information report parameter that are decided by a base station; and (b) measuring channel quality according to a measurement information report period included in the measurement information report parameter, and reporting measurement information formed based on the measurement information report parameter by using radio resources allocated by the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae-Heung Kim, Jung-Im Kim, Kyoung-Seok Lee, Byung-Han Ryu, Seung-Chan Bang
  • Patent number: 10470189
    Abstract: A more efficient over-the-air software push can be facilitated by leveraging a smart scheduling system for vehicles. The smart scheduling system can use location and network capacity data to prioritize over-the-air software pushes for vehicles. For instance, a vehicle, which is only operational during off-peak wireless network hours can receive a software push during the off-peak times because wireless network capacity is not an issue. However, vehicles, which are used primarily during heavy peak wireless network times can receive software in a prioritized manner based on location data, frequency of use, network capacity, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lien K. Tran, Simon D. Byers, Carlos Eduardo De Andrade, Emir Halepovic, David John Poole, Christopher T. Volinsky
  • Patent number: 10469211
    Abstract: A Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) method and an apparatus in a communication system are provided. The method includes receiving, by a Subscriber Station (SS), first data from at least one first member Base Station (BS) among member BSs of a cooperative cell, when the cooperative cell is configured with the member BSs to provide a communication service to the SS, generating a response signal indicating a reception result of the first data, and transmitting the response signal to at least one predefined second member BS from among the member BSs. The member BSs include a master BS for controlling communication of the member BSs and at least one slave BS for communicating with the SS under the control of the master BS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ok-Seon Lee, Young-Bin Chang, Rakesh Taori, Yeong-Moon Son
  • Patent number: 10470102
    Abstract: A router management server may be utilized to manage a plurality of home routers. Appropriate access control rules may be determined by the router management server for various client devices including IoT devices based on the type and/or make/model of the client devices. MAC address-bound WLAN passphrases may be assigned to the client devices and bound to the MAC addresses associated the client devices. Further, WLAN passphrases may be associated with expiration periods and/or access control rules. Therefore, a secure home network environment that takes into account the vulnerabilities of IoT devices may be achieved without the involvement of an IT department. Moreover, Flexibility of WLAN passphrase management may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ZITOVAULT, INC.
    Inventors: Ron Keidar, Timothy McElwee
  • Patent number: 10455511
    Abstract: Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for implementing scalable power in a wireless device. Multiple radio access technology architectures running different operating clock frequencies are supported by providing a scaled static clock frequency and dynamic clock frequencies by dynamically switching parallel paths of processing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventor: Andreas Menkhoff
  • Patent number: 10455474
    Abstract: A Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system is provided. The MS includes, generating a message for requesting to generate a service flow, the message including mobility management information of the service flow, and transmitting the message including the mobility management information. The mobility management information is used to determine whether the service flow requires an anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Shin Park, Rakesh Taori, Yeong-Moon Son
  • Patent number: 10447444
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may identify a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration for user equipment (UE). The base station may transmit an SRS grant message to a UE indicating the SRS configuration. An indication of SRS parameters may be included in the SRS grant message, and may include the SRS parameters or a location of the SRS parameters. That is, SRS parameters may be transmitted in a control channel with the SRS grant message or may be separately sent in a data channel as indicated by the indication of SRS parameters. In some cases, SRS parameters may be determined based on previously received UE feedback regarding channel conditions or power limitations. Alternatively, the base station may make its own environment measurements or assign SRS parameters autonomously. The UE may signal SRS transmissions to the base station according to the SRS grant message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Sundar Subramanian, Tao Luo, Juergen Cezanne, Bilal Sadiq, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 10439961
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling a network fabric are disclosed. Labels are assigned to paths between endpoints in the network fabric. Switches in the path are configured to communicate data communication packets having the label along the path. Upon receiving a first data communication packet from a first one of the switches in the network fabric for communication to a destination endpoint over the network fabric, the label for a path from the first switch to the destination is obtained, the first packet is communicated to the destination endpoint and the first switch is caused to communicate subsequent data communication packets corresponding to the first data communication packet over the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Michael Henkel, Burson Keith Patton, Marc Cottington
  • Patent number: 10440767
    Abstract: A user terminal performs dual connectivity communication with a first base station and a second base station. The user terminal has a controller that performs a process of transmitting data belonging to a split bearer to the first base station via a first transmission path that passes through the first base station and via a second transmission path that passes through the second base station. When performing the process of transmitting the data to the first base station, the controller autonomously distributes the data to the first transmission path and the second transmission path without relying on an instruction from the first base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Yushi Nagasaka, Akinori Iwabuchi, Masato Fujishiro, Katsuhiro Mitsui, Henry Chang
  • Patent number: 10433322
    Abstract: A wireless device is used in a wireless communication system that includes a base station for controlling communication in which a time division duplex frame including at least one uplink subframe and at least one downlink subframe is transmitted. The wireless device includes: a request transmitter that transmits a request for performing D2D (device-to-device) communication to the base station; a receiver that receives position information to indicate a position at which a blank subframe is allocated in the time division duplex frame from the base station; and a scheduler that determines a schedule for D2D communication based on the position information and reports the schedule to a corresponding wireless device. The blank subframe is configured to include a symbol for control signal and a plurality of blank symbols in which no signal is transmitted from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hongyang Chen, Michiharu Nakamura, Chenxi Zhu
  • Patent number: 10433212
    Abstract: A device implementing an unscheduled power save mode with peer notification may include at least one processor that may be configured to receive, from a network coordinator device, an acknowledgement of a request to enter an unscheduled power save mode. The processor may be further configured to, responsive to receipt of the acknowledgment, transmit an indication of entering the unscheduled power save mode to at least one other device of the network and then enter the unscheduled power save mode. While in the unscheduled power save mode, the processor may be configured to receive, from the network coordinator device, an acknowledgement of a request to exit the unscheduled power save mode. The processor may be further configured to exit the unscheduled power save mode responsive to the acknowledgment, and transmit an indication of exiting the unscheduled power save mode to the at least one other device of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
    Inventor: Payam Torab Jahromi
  • Patent number: 10419288
    Abstract: A network operating system agent can operate to facilitate communications to a network device and a managing server of self-organizing network devices to exchange contexts between an application managed by a user equipment device and the network device. Relationships between self-organizing devices and applications of a user equipment device can be extended so that the network devices are context aware of the application settings. In response to detecting the user equipment device communicating via the network devices, a set of user equipment device parameters and a set of application settings of the application can be communicated to the network devices. The application settings can be modified according to the a set of radio network performance settings of the self-organizing network devices with the user equipment device based on the set of user equipment device parameters and the set of application settings of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mostafa Tofighbakhsh, David R. Wolter
  • Patent number: 10420106
    Abstract: A common information transmission method and an apparatus relate to the communications field, and to reduce repeated sending of common information from a base station to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) during sending of the common information, and improve utilization of resources between the base station and the UEs. The method includes obtaining, by UE, frequency domain location information of a first transmission bandwidth, determining, by the UE, a size and a location of the first transmission bandwidth in a bandwidth of the UE according to the frequency domain location information, where the bandwidth of the UE is one of system bandwidths, and receiving, by the UE over the first transmission bandwidth according to the size and the location of the first transmission bandwidth, common information sent by a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingyuan Sun, Lixia Xue
  • Patent number: 10412714
    Abstract: A channel sending method and apparatus, and a channel receiving method and apparatus relate to the communications field, where the sending method includes separately setting a repetition quantity and a sending start time of a control channel, and a repetition quantity and a sending start time of a data channel, where the repetition quantity of the control channel is less than the repetition quantity of the data channel or the sending start time of the control channel is earlier than the sending start time of the data channel, sending the control channel according to the repetition quantity and the sending start time of the control channel, and sending the data channel according to the repetition quantity and the sending start time of the data channel. Hence, the sending method can save transmit power and resolve a problem of a lag of data channel demodulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huifang Wu, Yueying Zhao, Meng Hua
  • Patent number: 10404552
    Abstract: Digital communications receive signals from the network tap represent “tapped” data. The tapped data is forwarded to a time stamp module. The time stamp module generates a time stamp and inserts the time stamp in each packet body. The time stamp represents a “time” when data packet content is considered to be generated at a sending node from which the tapped data originates. A packet time-stamped in this manner is then forwarded to one or more receivers, such as the recorder for additional processing. One such processing may be a performance measurement based at least in part on the time stamp that, as described, represents the time at which data packet content is considered to have been generated by the sending node. The network tap may be filterable, and either copper-based or a fiber tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: OnTime Networks AS
    Inventor: Øyvind Holmeide
  • Patent number: 10397011
    Abstract: For logical multicasting in overlay networks, at a data processing system, an original unicast packet is received from a first component in a first computing node in an overlay network. To cause multicasting in the overlay network the received original unicast packet was unicast by the first computing node only to the data processing system, and a multicast data structure for the overlay network is maintained only by the data processing system, the multicast data structure containing information of each receiver that is configured to receive unicast packets during logical multicasting in the overlay network. From a set of subscriber receivers in the multicast data structure, a subset of the subscriber receivers is selected. A copy of the original unicast packet is unicast to each subscriber receiver in the subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jing He, Jing Lu, Jun Yao
  • Patent number: 10389462
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a digital signal processor, including: a signal generation unit, configured to generate a first digital signal and a second digital signal; a first modulation unit, configured to modulate the first digital signal to obtain a third digital signal; a second modulation unit, configured to modulate the second digital signal to obtain a fourth digital signal; a first phase shifting unit, configured to perform phase shifting on the third digital signal, to output the third digital signal and a fifth digital signal; a second phase shifting unit, configured to perform phase shifting on the fourth digital signal, to output the fourth digital signal and a sixth digital signal; an adder, configured to calculate a sum of the third digital signal and the fourth digital signal, to obtain a seventh digital signal; and a subtractor, configured to subtract the sixth digital signal from the fifth digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Zhang, Tianjian Zuo, Enbo Zhou