Patents by Inventor Graham Brend

Graham Brend 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).

  • Patent number: 10342020
    Abstract: A user equipment, radio control node, method and computer program are disclosed. The user equipment is configured to communicate with other devices across a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of radio coverage cells, the user equipment being configured to respond to receipt of a message from the network, the message comprising a wait time, to not transmit a connection request until after expiry of the wait time; wherein the user equipment is configured during the wait time to receive paging requests from the network; and is configured to respond to at least some of the paging requests, the user equipment being configured to select the at least some of the paging requests to respond to in dependence upon paging information received from the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend, Seau Sian Lim, Sudeep Kumar Palat
  • Patent number: 10034206
    Abstract: A method of controlling communication between a first network node and a second network node in a multi-carrier wireless communications system, network nodes and a computer program product are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend
  • Publication number: 20170181055
    Abstract: Aspects and embodiments relate to a user equipment control method for user equipment operating to communicate with a network access node in a wireless communications network, and a computer program product and user equipment operable to perform that method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend, Martin Warner
  • Publication number: 20160353517
    Abstract: A method, in a heterogeneous telecommunications network, for triggering UL-DL decoupling for a user equipment (UE) device, including receiving a detection trigger signal at a low power node of the network, the signal including data representing UL transmission information for the UE device, detecting, for a predetermined period, whether the UE is within a coverage region of the low power node, and performing UL-DL decoupling for the UE device in the event that the UE is detected within the predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Nicola Puddle, Shin Horng Wong, Graham Brend
  • Patent number: 9473934
    Abstract: A method is provided of authenticating a message from a femtocell base station in a wireless telecommunications network comprising a security gateway and a femto-gateway. The method comprising the steps of: checking by the security gateway that a source IP address in the message from the femtocell base station accords with that expected from that femtocell base station, and checking by the femto-gateway that the source IP address in the message accords with that expected from that femtocell base station by inspecting a database relating a femtocell base station identifier to source IP address data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Tony Putman, Graham Brend
  • Publication number: 20160262159
    Abstract: A user equipment, radio control node, method and computer program are disclosed. The user equipment is configured to communicate with other devices across a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of radio coverage cells, the user equipment being configured to respond to receipt of a message from the network, the message comprising a wait time, to not transmit a connection request until after expiry of the wait time; wherein the user equipment is configured during the wait time to receive paging requests from the network; and is configured to respond to at least some of the paging requests, the user equipment being configured to select the at least some of the paging requests to respond to in dependence upon paging information received from the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend, Seau Sian Lim, Sudeep Kumar Palat
  • Patent number: 9344941
    Abstract: User equipment and method of notifying a wireless communication network of impending autonomous cell reselection from a serving cell to a second cell. The user equipment comprises: monitoring logic, determining logic and notification logic. The monitoring logic is operable to monitor signals received from said serving cell and said second cell; the determining logic is operable to determine whether the signals received from said serving cell and said second cell meet predetermined cell reselection warning criteria, and the notification logic is operable, if said predetermined cell reselection warning criteria are met, to notify said serving cell of said impending autonomous user equipment cell reselection to said second cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend
  • Publication number: 20150140945
    Abstract: A node suitable for use in a warning message delivery chain (1) in a telecommunication cellular network, comprising :a receiver for receiving a warning message (2), a state determiner for determining the state of a downstream node (3, 5, 5?, 7, 7?,9, 9?) among “ON” or “OFF”, a sender for sending said warning message (2) at least to any downstream node (3, 5, 5?, 7, 7?, 9, 9?) whose state is “ON”, a store for storing said warning message (2), a repeater for sending said stored warning message (12) to any downstream node (3, 5, 5?, 7, 7?,9, 9?) whose state is “OFF” during the sending of said warning message (2) by said sender, after the state of said downstream node (3, 5, 5?, 7, 7?, 9, 9?) returns back to “ON”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Philippe Godin, Philip Sapiano, Owen Castellino, Graham Brend
  • Patent number: 8923842
    Abstract: A femtocell arrangement comprises a plurality of femtocells Femto 1 to Femto 13 having coverage distributed over a region, such as, for example, an office. A border femtocell, Femto 3 or Femto 10, of said plurality has coverage at an entrance to the region and is arranged to operate at a higher transmit power level to provide a larger coverage area than that provided by neighboring femtocells. In addition, the border femtocell may be allocated a specific Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) to show its designation as a border femtocell. An approaching user equipment UE 1 or UE 2 tends to attach to the higher transmit power border femtocells. The Femto Gateway managing the connection is aware of the likelihood that an approaching UE will tend to attach to a border femtocell, and this is further confirmed by the use of a specific PSC. Hence, handover is expedited as the most suitable femtocells may be chosen as targets for handover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Graham Brend, Philip Sapiano, Nigel Bradley, Tony Putman
  • Publication number: 20140248878
    Abstract: User equipment and method of notifying a wireless communication network of impending autonomous cell reselection from a serving cell to a second cell. The user equipment comprises: monitoring logic, determining logic and notification logic. The monitoring logic is operable to monitor signals received from said serving cell and said second cell; the determining logic is operable to determine whether the signals received from said serving cell and said second cell meet predetermined cell reselection warning criteria, and the notification logic is operable, if said predetermined cell reselection warning criteria are met, to notify said serving cell of said impending autonomous user equipment cell reselection to said second cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend
  • Publication number: 20130121167
    Abstract: A method of controlling communication between a first network node and a second network node in a multi-carrier wireless communications system, network nodes and a computer program product are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Nicola Puddle, Graham Brend
  • Publication number: 20130095792
    Abstract: A method is provided of authenticating a message from a femtocell base station in a wireless telecommunications network comprising a security gateway and a femto-gateway. The method comprising the steps of: checking by the security gateway that a source IP address in the message from the femtocell base station accords with that expected from that femtocell base station, and checking by the femto-gateway that the source IP address in the message accords with that expected from that femtocell base station by inspecting a database relating a femtocell base station identifier to source IP address data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Tony Putman, Graham Brend
  • Publication number: 20120165005
    Abstract: A femtocell arrangement comprises a plurality of femtocells Femto 1 to Femto 13 having coverage distributed over a region, such as, for example, an office. A border femtocell, Femto 3 or Femto 10, of said plurality has coverage at an entrance to the region and is arranged to operate at a higher transmit power level to provide a larger coverage area than that provided by neighboring femtocells. In addition, the border femtocell may be allocated a specific Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) to show its designation as a border femtocell. An approaching user equipment UE 1 or UE 2 tends to attach to the higher transmit power border femtocells. The Femto Gateway managing the connection is aware of the likelihood that an approaching UE will tend to attach to a border femtocell, and this is further confirmed by the use of a specific PSC. Hence, handover is expedited as the most suitable femtocells may be chosen as targets for handover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Graham Brend, Philip Sapiano, Nigel Bradley, Tony Putman