Patents Examined by Will Lin
  • Patent number: 9232419
    Abstract: System and method for using multiple data packet signal testers having narrower data packet signal bandwidths for testing multiple data packet signal transmitters having wider data packet signal bandwidths. Using multiple data packet signal testers with narrower receiver bandwidths to process respective portions of the wider bandwidth of the data packet signals produced by the devices under test (DUTs) enables use of lower cost, narrower-bandwidth test equipment to test wide-bandwidth signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: LITEPOINT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Christian Volf Olgaard
  • Patent number: 9225403
    Abstract: A transmission method and system for use in a base station of a mobile communication network. It provides a simple and efficient technique which improves the performance of prior art solutions for MIMO user equipments (especially in bad or medium radio conditions scenarios).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Brendan McWilliams, Yannick Le Pezennec
  • Patent number: 9215695
    Abstract: A mobile station apparatus efficiently codes and transmits ACK/NACKs for a plurality of PDSCHs. The mobile station transmits a plurality of ACK/NACKs for transport blocks transmitted by a base station apparatus in a plurality of component carriers to the base station. First and second ACK/NACKs are individually coded, repetition processing is performed on coded bits of the first ACK/NACKs until the number of coded bits of the first ACK/NACKs reaches a first value, the repetition processing is performed on the coded bits of the second ACK/NACKs until the number of coded bits reaches a second value, the coded bits of the first ACK/NACKs and the coded bits of the second ACK/NACKs are concatenated, and the first ACK/NACKs and the second ACK/NACKs are transmitted to the base station apparatus using one physical uplink channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Yosuke Akimoto, Tatsushi Aiba
  • Patent number: 9209959
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing a carrier frequency of a node included in a distributed network are provided. The apparatus includes a frequency offset estimating unit, an offset average value calculating unit, and a frequency adjustment value calculating unit. The method includes receiving preambles from a plurality of nodes adjacent to the node, estimating offsets of the carrier frequencies from the received preambles for each of the plurality of neighbor nodes, calculating an average value of the estimated offsets, calculating an adjustment value of the carrier frequencies with respect to the entirety of the plurality of neighbor nodes by using the average value, and adjusting a carrier frequency of the node on the basis of the adjustment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Kim, Jihyung Kim, Hyun-jae Kim, Kwang Jae Lim, DongSeung Kwon
  • Patent number: 9178818
    Abstract: A communication apparatus that couples to a core network in a network system including a first access network coupled to the core network via a first relay, and a second access network coupled to the core network via a second relay, the communication apparatus including: a processor to store, when a first packet is transmitted to a first destination address included in a first address range and not included in a second address range, cache information regarding the second address range to a memory, the first address range being assigned to the first access network and the second address range being assigned to the second access network and being included in the first address range, and a transmitter to transmit, when a second packet for a second address included in the second address range is generated, the second packer to the second apparatus based on the cache information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Shinya Kano
  • Patent number: 9167494
    Abstract: A method and mobile device (UE) for enabling services in multi-RAT networks which support at least HSPA and LTE, comprising: identifying an initial radio technology on which a UE requesting service is camped, within a current cell; determining an indication of coverage of another radio technology available on the current cell which provides higher speed access than the initial one; deciding carrying the service, either through the initial radio technology or the other one of higher speed access, according to the previous indication. The indication of coverage can be based on any of the following criteria or a combination of them is met: 1) Terminal is camped on a HSDPA capable or LTE capable cell, 2) HSDPA signal strength is higher than a threshold, 3) LTE signal strength is higher than a threshold, 4) Measurements on the Peak Rate of the UE in a past time and in a location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrea De Pasquale, Francisco Javier Dominguez Romero
  • Patent number: 9160648
    Abstract: A Content-Centric Network and a method of performing routing between domains therefore are provided. The method includes identifying a route from an anchor hub in a first domain to one or more hubs in the first domain, the anchor hub being configured to store routing information between a first border hub of the hubs in the first domain and a second border hub in a second domain, detecting, by each of the hubs in the first domain, a neighboring hub based on a sync direction corresponding to the identified route, and sharing the routing information with the neighboring hub, the sharing of the routing information including performing a sync operation between the neighboring hub and each of the hubs in the first domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Ik Hong, Jae Hoon Kim, Byoung-Joon Lee, Ji Hoon Lee, Myeong Wuk Jang
  • Patent number: 9148363
    Abstract: A method for multicast routing may include receiving, at a router of a receiving multicast domain, a data packet from a forwarding multicast domain. The method may further include configuring the router to operate as if a multicast forwarding information base entry is directly connected, and configuring the router with a reverse path forwarding override with source discovery such that a path used by multicast traffic is different from a path used for unicast traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Madhu Prashanth Kannan, Christopher Sean Affleck, Anand Aparna, Duane Edward Mentze
  • Patent number: 9148341
    Abstract: Devices and methods for partially upgrading a programmable pluggable transceiver that is in service using the regular datapaths without degrading the basic transparent, hitless pass-through functionality of the transceiver. The programmable logic gate array can be divided into four generalized parts: core logic for basic transceiver pass-through functionality over the datapaths, upgradeable internal logic, connectivity logic for selectively outputting on the datapaths from the core and internal logics, and control logic for isolating, upgrading and reconnecting the internal logic without affecting the basic transparent hitless pass-through functionality of the transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Marie Josèphe Janz, Luc Chouinard, David George Coomber
  • Patent number: 9143416
    Abstract: An example expander includes a processor, a switch, and a plurality of physical layer devices (PHYs). The processor is to detect an error condition and, in response to detecting the error condition, cause the expander to enter a reduced functionality mode which keeps the switch and the plurality of physical layer devices (PHYs) operating notwithstanding the error condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael G. Myrah, Jose Dirceu Grundler Ramos, Daniel Minto Ilha
  • Patent number: 9137129
    Abstract: An access network comprises a first network interface device coupled to a customer network and configured to provide an interface between the access network and the customer network. The access network also comprises a second network interface device coupled to a core network and configured to provide an interface between the access network and the core network. The first network device is configured to insert a Status Type Length Value (TLV) element into a Continuity Check Message (CCM) to form a modified CCM and to transmit the modified CCM to the second network interface device. The Status TLV element includes fields for at least one of a dying gasp indication from a customer premise equipment or performance monitoring data. The second network interface device is configured to store data from the Status TLV in a database entry associated with an identification number of the first network interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Calix, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Noel Missett, Berkay Baykal, Tim Joseph Ethen
  • Patent number: 9137817
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments relate to scheduling communications by multiple medium-access-control (MAC) modules. For example, a wireless communication unit may be configured to receive binding information from a host, the binding information defining a plurality of bindings between a plurality of MACs and a plurality of different Physical layer (PHY) communication channels sharing a common PHY module, wherein a binding of the bindings binds between a PHY channel of the PHY channels and one or more MACs of the plurality of MACs, and wherein, based on the binding information, the wireless communication unit is to schedule communication of the plurality of MACs over the plurality of PHY channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alla Galla Gevorkov, Oleg Yusimov, Ariel Chen
  • Patent number: 9137804
    Abstract: Systems and Methods for supporting carrier aggregation with different TDD configurations are proposed. In a first novel aspect, corresponding apparatus structure is described. In a second novel aspect, aggregation constraint is discussed. In a third novel aspect, transceiving mechanisms over multiple component carriers in DL/UL overlapped subframes are proposed. For simultaneous DL/UL transceiving, band combination indication methods are proposed, and HARQ feedback mechanisms are proposed. For non-simultaneous DL/UL transceiving, transceiving configuration methods are proposed, and the same HARQ feedback mechanisms are proposed. In a fourth novel aspect, CQI/RLM/RRM measurement mechanisms are proposed. In a fifth novel aspect, UE capability signaling mechanisms are proposed. The objective is to support flexible aggregation, to enhance DL data throughout, and to improve UL transmit power efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Shiang-Jiun Lin, Pei-Kai Liao, Meng-Ying Tsai, Yih-Shen Chen
  • Patent number: 9123219
    Abstract: A wireless fire detection monitoring system comprises a control unit which includes a wireless transceiver and control software to implement a wireless multi-hop communications protocol. A network of battery powered monitoring devices is provided for monitoring alarm conditions. Each monitoring device includes software to implement the wireless communication protocol with one of, the control unit and at least one other child member of the plurality, or, at least two other members of the plurality where a selected device communicates with at least one child device and at least one parent device. The wireless multi-hop communications protocol comprises a time division multiple access communications protocol with the monitoring devices being time synchronized and the control unit and the monitoring devices are adapted to communicate compliant with the IEEE 802.11 standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Vinayak Sadashiv Kore, Steve Huseth, Patrick Gonia, Andrew G. Berezowski
  • Patent number: 9113457
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information when a plurality of cells are configured, comprising the following steps: receiving PDCCH; generating reception reply information on PDSCH which corresponds to the PDCCH; and transmitting the reception reply information through PUCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Mingyu Kim, Joonkui Ahn, Dongyoun Seo
  • Patent number: 9107084
    Abstract: A wireless device, a network apparatus, a test equipment and a method in a heterogeneous radio-communication system configured to perform and report measurements in view of patterns including at least two types of subframes are provided. The wireless device has a transceiver and a processing unit. The transceiver is configured to send and to receive signals from more than one cell, and to receive information defining a first pattern related to first cells. The processing unit is configured to determine a second pattern related to second cells based on the first pattern and at least one of an indication or predefined rule relating the first pattern and the second pattern, to perform measurements related to the signals, and to report, to a network node, measurement results based on the measurements, the measurement results being related to signals received from a number of one or more cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Iana Siomina, Muhammad Kazmi
  • Patent number: 9107025
    Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein may be directed towards a system, and corresponding method, for sending machine-to-machine (M2M) application specific parameters. These parameters may allow a network operator to guide M2M application behaviour in accordance with potentially limited recourses in the network. These parameters may also be used to provide IPv6 address information to a gateway node and/or M2M server and/or Service Capability Server (SCS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Louis Segura, Hans Rönneke
  • Patent number: 9105377
    Abstract: A system and method for enhanced auto-negotiation for NGBASE-T. Link partners can be configured to exchange advanced NGBASE-T configuration information such as type, profile, capability and mode information of the PHY in one or more next page messages. Determined cabling parameters that are reflective of communication channel characteristics can be used in the auto-negotiation selection of a configuration for NGBASE-T operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wael William Diab
  • Patent number: 9094989
    Abstract: In a case where a transmission timing in a mobile station apparatus varies among individual cells, efficient random access can be performed. A base station apparatus which is applied to a mobile communication system in which random access from a mobile station apparatus to a base station apparatus is executed allocates a plurality of cells to the mobile station apparatus, groups the cells into groups in each of which cells have an identical transmission timing in the mobile station apparatus, notifies the mobile station apparatus of transmission timings determined for the individual groups, permits the mobile station apparatus to execute random access using any one of the cells included in the groups, and notifies the mobile station apparatus of random access execution information about the cell for which random access is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kato, Katsunari Uemura, Shoichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9094990
    Abstract: Device, system, and method of multi-user multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) wireless communication. In some embodiments, a wireless communication device (102) may be capable of receiving a plurality of channel feedback transmissions from a plurality of user devices (104, 106, 108) respectively, wherein a channel feedback transmission from a user device of the user devices includes partial information relating to a MIMO channel matrix between the wireless communication unit and the user device; and transmitting a multi-user MIMO transmission to the plurality of user devices according to a MIMO beamforming scheme, wherein the MIMO beamforming scheme is based on the plurality of channel feedback transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory Morozov, Alexander Maltsev, Alexei Davydov