Patents by Inventor Giovanni Stea
Giovanni Stea has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20220374154Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus comprising interface circuitry to receive memory access commands directed to a memory device, each memory access command specifying a memory address to be accessed. The apparatus comprises scheduler circuitry to store a representation of a plurality of states accessible to the memory device and, based on the representation, determine an order for the received memory access commands. The apparatus comprises dispatch circuitry to receive the received memory access commands from the scheduler circuitry and issue the received memory access commands, in the determined order, to be performed by the memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Michael Andrew CAMPBELL, Matteo Maria ANDREOZZI, Lorenzo BIAGINI, Giovanni STEA, Ankit MEHTA
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Publication number: 20220353732Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide edge computing mechanisms for network congestion identification and control, and for providing predicted QoS notifications. The network congestion control embodiments enable context-aware, location-aware, radio network information-aware congestion event identification and control at the transmitter/sender device, which provides a new category of congestion control algorithms exploiting the aforementioned information via edge computing services, where an edge computing framework acts as broker. The predicted QoS notifications include predictions of radio signal quality and conditions as well as predicted edge or cloud computation resources. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Miltiadis FILIPPOU, Dario SABELLA, Giovanni NARDINI, Giovanni STEA, Antonio VIRDIS, Leonardo GOMES BALTAR
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Patent number: 11455268Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to electronic interconnects including one or more switches and, more particularly, to delay bound determination for electronic interconnects.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Arm LimitedInventors: Matteo Maria Andreozzi, Michael Andrew Campbell, Giovanni Stea, Raffaele Zippo
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Patent number: 11425777Abstract: A method for managing data packets transmitted by a first user equipment to be received by a second user equipment through a radio network includes having the radio network comprising a radio transceiver station receive data packets transmitted by the first user equipment. For each data packet received, checking whether the data packet comprises a request for a data packet tunneling. For each data packet comprising a request for data packet tunneling, providing the data packet to a relay protocol entity at a Radio Link Control protocol layer. The relay protocol entity is configured for generating at least one tunneling data packet, said generating at least one tunneling data packet comprises inserting at least a portion of the transmitted data packet into the at least one tunneling data packet and transmitting the tunneling data packet to the second user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Caretti, Giovanni Nardini, Dario Sabella, Giovanni Stea, Antonio Virdis
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Publication number: 20210255981Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to electronic interconnects including one or more switches and, more particularly, to delay bound determination for electronic interconnects.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Matteo Maria Andreozzi, Michael Andrew Campbell, Giovanni Stea, Raffaele Zippo
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Patent number: 10785679Abstract: A first user equipment can communicate with a second user equipment in a direct mode or in an infrastructure mode via a base station of a network. To communicate with the second user equipment, the first user equipment generates packets and forwards the packets to a lower protocol layer of a protocol stack. The first user equipment also acts as a buffer protocol entity by storing the packets until acknowledgement of receipt is received from the second user equipment. If the first user equipment switches from the direct mode to the infrastructure mode, or vice versa, the first user equipment forwards each of the stored packets to the lower protocol layer for transmission to the second user equipment using the current mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Caretti, Giovanni Nardini, Dario Sabella, Giovanni Stea, Antonio Virdis
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Publication number: 20200128606Abstract: A method for managing data packets transmitted by a first user equipment to be received by a second user equipment through a radio network includes having the radio network comprising a radio transceiver station receive data packets transmitted by the first user equipment. For each data packet received, checking whether the data packet comprises a request for a data packet tunneling. For each data packet comprising a request for data packet tunneling, providing the data packet to a relay protocol entity at a Radio Link Control protocol layer. The relay protocol entity is configured for generating at least one tunneling data packet, said generating at least one tunneling data packet comprises inserting at least a portion of the transmitted data packet into the at least one tunneling data packet and transmitting the tunneling data packet to the second user equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco CARETTI, Giovanni NARDINI, Dario SABELLA, Giovanni STEA, Antonio VIRDIS
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Publication number: 20200128437Abstract: A first user equipment can communicate with a second user equipment in a direct mode or in an infrastructure mode via a base station of a network. To communicate with the second user equipment, the first user equipment generates packets and forwards the packets to a lower protocol layer of a protocol stack. The first user equipment also acts as a buffer protocol entity by storing the packets until acknowledgement of receipt is received from the second user equipment. If the first user equipment switches from the direct mode to the infrastructure mode, or vice versa, the first user equipment forwards each of the stored packets to the lower protocol layer for transmission to the second user equipment using the current mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco CARETTI, Giovanni NARDINI, Dario SABELLA, Giovanni STEA, Antonio VIRDIS
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Publication number: 20190342860Abstract: A method of broadcasting a message among user equipment in a broadcast area covered by a wireless communication network is proposed. The wireless communication network comprises at least one radio base station which is adapted to manage communications of user equipment in one or more respective served areas. The method comprises having the at least one radio base station identifying user equipment comprised in the broadcast area; among the user equipment within the broadcast area, estimating a set of transmitter user storing the message to be broadcasted; among the user equipment within the broadcast area, estimating a set of receiver user equipment not storing the message and being able to receive the message sent by at least one transmitter user equipment through a device to device communication, and selecting a subset of transmitter user equipment for transmitting the message ensuring that the receiver user equipment in said set receive the message with a predetermined confidence.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco CARETTI, Giovanni NARDINI, Dario SABELLA, Giovanni STEA, Antinio VIRDIS
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Patent number: 10349421Abstract: A method for allocating communication resources for communications performed by user equipment in a mobile communication network comprises receiving a first indication about an amount of available communication resources and obtaining information about interfering communications between user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Caretti, Giovanni Nardini, Andrea Rossali, Dario Sabella, Giovanni Stea, Antonio Virdis
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Patent number: 9924475Abstract: A method manages sub-frame data transmission in a cellular network including a macro node and at least one small node associated therewith. The method includes at a macro node side: based on channel quality information from user equipment associated with the macro node, grouping the user equipment into a first group that can be served at a macro node first transmission power and a second group that has to be served at a macro node second transmission power higher than the macro node first transmission power, and determining a sub-frames pattern including: a number of no-transmission sub-frames wherein data transmission is prevented at the macro node side, a number of limited-transmission sub-frames wherein data transmission is allowed at the macro node side at only the first transmission power, and a number of normal-transmission sub frames wherein data transmission is allowed at the macro node side at the second transmission power.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Caretti, Dario Sabella, Giovanni Stea, Antonio Virdis
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Patent number: 9848436Abstract: A method for allocating resource blocks of a transmission frame on a cellular network. The cellular network includes a cluster of antennas and a master unit of the cluster. Each antenna of each cluster is configured to provide radio coverage over a corresponding cell to exchange data with corresponding user equipment in communication with the antenna. During the transmission frame the antennas of the cluster are configured to be selectively activated and muted according to a plurality of cluster muting conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Caretti, Giovanni Nardini, Dario Sabella, Giovanni Stea, Antonio Virdis
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Patent number: 9844002Abstract: A method for managing a cellular network, which comprises a plurality of macro nodes defining respective macro cells and a plurality of small nodes within said macro cells, the method comprising, at each current time snapshot of a plurality of time snapshots and for each macro cell, providing, according to a history traffic load of the cellular network, an overload probability in a first configuration of the cellular network with only macro nodes activated. The method further comprises identifying, among said plurality of time snapshots, first candidate time snapshots for small nodes deactivation in each first candidate time snapshot the overload probability being lower than a threshold overload probability, and if the current time snapshot is one among the first candidate time snapshots, deactivating each small node having a current number of allocated radio resources lower than a threshold number.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Caretti, Dario Sabella, Giovanni Stea, Antonio Virdis
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Publication number: 20170339646Abstract: A method manages sub-frame data transmission in a cellular network including a macro node and at least one small node associated therewith. The method includes at a macro node side: based on channel quality information from user equipment associated with the macro node, grouping the user equipment into a first group that can be served at a macro node first transmission power and a second group that has to be served at a macro node second transmission power higher than the macro node first transmission power, and determining a sub-frames pattern including: a number of no-transmission sub-frames wherein data transmission is prevented at the macro node side, a number of limited-transmission sub-frames wherein data transmission is allowed at the macro node side at only the first transmission power, and a number of normal-transmission sub frames wherein data transmission is allowed at the macro node side at the second transmission power.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: Telecom Italia S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Caretti, Dario Sabella, Giovanni Stea, Antonio Virdis
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Patent number: 9635681Abstract: A method scheduling resources allocation within a wireless communications network including at least one network cell including a central unit providing coverage over the network cell and managing at least one transmission frame for putting the central unit into communication with at least one user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2011Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Giovanni Accongiagioco, Matteo Maria Andreozzi, Marco Caretti, Roberto Fantini, Daniele Migliorini, Dario Sabella, Giovanni Stea
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Publication number: 20170055270Abstract: A method for allocating communication resources for communications performed by user equipment in a mobile communication network comprises receiving a first indication about an amount of available communication resources and obtaining information about interfering communications between user equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco CARETTI, Giovanni NARDINI, Andrea ROSSALI, Dario SABELLA, Giovanni STEA, Antonio VIRDIS
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Publication number: 20160353373Abstract: A method for managing a cellular network, which comprises a plurality of macro nodes defining respective macro cells and a plurality of small nodes within said macro cells, the method comprising, at each current time snapshot of a plurality of time snapshots and for each macro cell, providing, according to a history traffic load of the cellular network, an overload probability in a first configuration of the cellular network with only macro nodes activated. The method further comprises identifying, among said plurality of time snapshots, first candidate time snapshots for small nodes deactivation in each first candidate time snapshot the overload probability being lower than a threshold overload probability, and if the current time snapshot is one among the first candidate time snapshots, deactivating each small node having a current number of allocated radio resources lower than a threshold number.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco CARETTI, Dario SABELLA, Giovanni STEA, Antonio VIRDIS
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Publication number: 20160113028Abstract: A method for allocating resource blocks of a transmission frame on a cellular network. The cellular network includes a cluster of antennas and a master unit of the cluster. Each antenna of each cluster is configured to provide radio coverage over a corresponding cell to exchange data with corresponding user equipment in communication with the antenna. During the transmission frame the antennas of the cluster are configured to be selectively activated and muted according to a plurality of cluster muting conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco CARETTI, Giovanni NARDINI, Dario SABELLA, Giovanni STEA, Antonio VIRDIS
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Patent number: 9107150Abstract: A method scheduling link activations within a wireless communications network including at least one network cell including a base station providing radio coverage over the network cell and at least one relay node putting the base station into communication with a user equipment within the network cell over an access link. The relay node communicates with the base station over a backhaul link. The method includes estimating, for the relay node, an access link capacity according to status information indicative of a status of the user equipment associated with the relay node, estimating a backhaul link capacity of the relay node according to the status information, and scheduling, for the relay node, either a backhaul link activation or an access link activation such that one of the backhaul link and access link is activated, in a predetermined time interval, based on a comparison between the access capacity and backhaul capacity.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.AInventors: Matteo Maria Andreozzi, Marco Caretti, Roberto Fantini, Daniele Migliorini, Vincenzo Maria Pii, Dario Sabella, Giovanni Stea
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Patent number: 9036624Abstract: Data streams are transmitted from a node towards a receiver in a communication network in the form of data packets for playout via a reproduction buffer at the receiver. The data packets are arranged in a scheduling queue and dropped from the scheduling queue if their sojourn time in the queue exceeds a given drop deadline. The reproduction buffer is emulated at the node in order to determine respective playout values for the data packets which are indicative of expected playout instants for the data packets by the reproduction buffer at the receiver. The drop deadlines are assigned to the data packets as a function of the respective playout values determined via the reproduction buffer as emulated at the node.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2009Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.Inventors: Dario Sabella, Marco Caretti, Matteo Maria Andreozzi, Giovanni Stea