Patents by Inventor Gunnar Heikkila

Gunnar Heikkila 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).

  • Publication number: 20190052932
    Abstract: It is provided a method, performed by a MOS, Mean Opinion Score, estimator, for predicting a multimedia session MOS. The multimedia comprises a video and an audio, wherein video quality is represented by a list of per time unit scores of a video quality, an initial buffering event and rebuffering events in the video, and wherein audio quality is represented by a list of per time unit scores of audio quality. The method comprises: generating video features from the list of per time unit scores of the video quality; generating audio features from the list of per time unit scores of the audio quality; generating buffering features from the initial buffering event and rebuffering events in the video; and estimating a multimedia session MOS from the generated video features, generated audio features and generated buffering features by using machine learning technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jing Fu, Junaid Shaikh, Tomas Lundberg, Gunnar Heikkilä
  • Patent number: 10015688
    Abstract: A technique that assists in identifying services for monitoring data traffic in a communication network is provided. The communication network includes a terminal configured to transceive data traffic and a component configured to measure data traffic. As to a method aspect of the technique, the terminal associates one or more communication services that are executed or executable at the terminal with one or more communication endpoints. The terminal further sends a service identification report indicative of the association to the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Gunnar Heikkilä, András Rácz, András Veres
  • Publication number: 20180091386
    Abstract: A method and a scoring node for estimating a user's Quality of Experience, QoE, when a service is delivered in a media stream to the user by means of a communication network. Quality-related parameters pertaining to the service delivery are extracted, and an individual opinion score is determined for each of a set of quality models by applying each respective quality model in the set on the quality-related parameters. An aggregated opinion score is then determined as a weighted average of the individual opinion scores. The aggregated opinion score can then be used as an estimation of the user's QoE for the service delivery, e.g. when evaluating the service and/or the communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Tomas LUNDBERG, Jing FU, Gunnar HEIKKILÄ, Junaid SHAIKH
  • Patent number: 9848374
    Abstract: Network services exchange data packets with mobile terminals wirelessly connected to a network. The network receives reports from a subset of the mobile terminals. The reports indicate network services used by the reporting mobile terminals. Various corresponding methods include the network associating one or more first data packets with one of the network services based on the reports. The first data packets originate from, or are addressed to, the reporting mobile terminals. The network derives or adapts, based on data included in the first data packets, one or more rules for identifying the network service based on data included in second data packets. The second data packets are different from the first data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Gunnar Heikkilä, András Rácz, András Veres
  • Patent number: 9743306
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performance reporting in a wireless network, wherein at least one terminal is associated to a terminal report server by means of information in the terminal. Prior to initiating the performance report, information on operator identity is retrieved. The operator identity is combined with information identifying the associated terminal report server to compile a fully qualified domain name. Connectivity information to the terminal server report is requested and received from a domain name server, whereupon a performance report session to the terminal report server is initiated using the received connectivity information. The invention also relates to a terminal wherein the inventive method is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Fredrik Gunnarsson, Gunnar Heikkilä, David Lindegren, Johan Moe, Andras Valkó, András Veres
  • Patent number: 9554251
    Abstract: A user terminal (100) for a cellular communications system, equipped with means (115, 130, 105) for making and receiving transmissions in the cellular communications system. The user terminal (100) is equipped with a motion sensor (135) for sensing movements of the user terminal (100), and the user terminal (100) is also equipped with a reporting function (140) for reporting movements sensed by the motion sensor (135) to another party in the cellular communications system if said movements exceed a predefined threshold in duration and/or in magnitude. In embodiments, the reporting function (140) is arranged to include one or more of the direction, duration or magnitude of said movements in its reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON
    Inventor: Gunnar Heikkilä
  • Patent number: 9461891
    Abstract: A method (300) for executing an application on a user terminal in a cellular communications system, comprising measuring (305) the service quality available to the application in the cellular communications system and sending information (310) on the measured service quality to a node in the cellular communications system. If the service quality is degraded (315) to be below a predefined threshold, an analysis is performed of why the service quality is below said threshold and the results of said analysis is transmitted (325) to a node in the cellular communications system, the results comprising (330) one or more reasons for the degradation of the service quality as well as information (335) grading the impact of said reasons on the degradation of the service quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSON
    Inventor: Gunnar Heikkilä
  • Publication number: 20160198394
    Abstract: Techniques for maintaining rules for identifying network services are presented. The network services exchange data packets with mobile terminals wirelessly connected to a network. The network receives reports from a subset of the mobile terminals. The reports indicate network services used by the reporting mobile terminals. Various corresponding methods including the network associating one or more first data packets with one of the network services based on the reports. The first data packets originate from, or are addressed to, the reporting mobile terminals. The network derives or adapts, based on data included in the first data packets, one or more rules for identifying the network service based on data included in second data packets. The second data packets are different from the first data packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Gunnar HEIKKILÄ, András RÁCZ, András VERES
  • Patent number: 9363684
    Abstract: A method of determining loss of IP packets that are transported over a network (102), where each IP packet comprises a number of data packets. The method comprises: i) extracting (501) a first data packet from a first IP packet (41), ii) extracting (502) a second data packet from a second IP packet, iii) retrieving (503, 504) a first sequence number from a first data packet and a second sequence number from a second data packet, where each of the sequence numbers is indicative of a sequence of data packets and has a value belonging to a set of a number of unique values, iv) calculating (505) a difference (?cc) between the sequence numbers, and v) determining (506) a number (k) of lost IP packets, as a function of the difference (?cc) between the sequence numbers. Related computer readable medium and customer equipment are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jorgen Gustafsson, Gunnar Heikkila, Tomas Lundberg
  • Publication number: 20150350938
    Abstract: A technique that assists in identifying services for monitoring data traffic in a communication network is provided. The communication network includes a terminal configured to transceive data traffic and a component configured to measure data traffic. As to a method aspect of the technique, the terminal associates one or more communication services that are executed or executable at the terminal with one or more communication endpoints. The terminal further sends a service identification report indicative of the association to the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Gunnar HEIKKILÄ, András RÁCZ, András VERES
  • Publication number: 20150004950
    Abstract: A user terminal (100) for a cellular communications system, equipped with means (115, 130, 105) for making and receiving transmissions in the cellular communications system. The user terminal (100) is equipped with a motion sensor (135) for sensing movements of the user terminal (100), and the user terminal (100) is also equipped with a reporting function (140) for reporting movements sensed by the motion sensor (135) to another party in the cellular communications system if said movements exceed a predefined threshold in duration and/or in magnitude. In embodiments, the reporting function (140) is arranged to include one or more of the direction, duration or magnitude of said movements in its reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Gunnar Heikkilä
  • Publication number: 20140376396
    Abstract: A method (300) for executing an application on a user terminal in a cellular communications system, comprising measuring (305) the service quality available to the application in the cellular communications system and sending information (310) on the measured service quality to a node in the cellular communications system. If the service quality is degraded (315) to be below a predefined threshold, an analysis is performed of why the service quality is below said threshold and the results of said analysis is transmitted (325) to a node in the cellular communications system, the results comprising (330) one or more reasons for the degradation of the service quality as well as information (335) grading the impact of said reasons on the degradation of the service quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Gunnar Heikkilä
  • Patent number: 8902782
    Abstract: A method and a device utilizing an algorithm using measurement data derived from parameters related to a video-streaming player and/or parameters related to data transport is disclosed. The data are used as input data in a model designed to generate a value corresponding to the quality of the multimedia sequence, such as for example a MOS score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jörgen Gustafsson, Gunnar Heikkilä, Martin Pettersson, Xiangchun Tan
  • Publication number: 20140295864
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performance reporting in a wireless network, wherein at least one terminal is associated to a terminal report server by means of information in the terminal. Prior to initiating the performance report, information on operator identity is retrieved. The operator identity is combined with information identifying the associated terminal report server to compile a fully qualified domain name. Connectivity information to the terminal server report is requested and received from a domain name server, whereupon a performance report session to the terminal report server is initiated using the received connectivity information. The invention also relates to a terminal wherein the inventive method is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Fredrik Gunnarsson, Gunnar Heikkilä, David Lindegren, Johan Moe, Andras Valkó, András Veres
  • Patent number: 8668587
    Abstract: In a method and a device for determining the perceived quality of service for a wireless gaming service a perceived gaming quality is determined based on measurable game and transport parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jorgen Gustafsson, Gunnar Heikkila, Pontus Sandberg
  • Publication number: 20130194958
    Abstract: A method of determining loss of IP packets that are transported over a network (102), where each IP packet comprises a number of data packets. The method comprises: i) extracting (501) a first data packet from a first IP packet (41), ii) extracting (502) a second data packet from a second IP packet, iii) retrieving (503, 504) a first sequence number from a first data packet and a second sequence number from a second data packet, where each of the sequence numbers is indicative of a sequence of data packets and has a value belonging to a set of a number of unique values, iv) calculating (505) a difference (?cc) between the sequence numbers, and v) determining (506) a number (k) of lost IP packets, as a function of the difference (?cc) between the sequence numbers. Related computer readable medium and customer equipment are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jorgen Gustafsson, Gunnar Heikkila, Tomas Lundberg
  • Patent number: 8339976
    Abstract: A method and a device utilizing an algorithm using measurement data derived from parameters related to a video-streaming player and/or parameters related to data transport is disclosed. The data are used as input data in a model designed to generate a value corresponding to the quality of the multimedia sequence, such as for example a MOS score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jörgen Gustafsson, Xiangchun Tan, Gunnar Heikkilä, Martin Pettersson
  • Publication number: 20100273558
    Abstract: In a method and a device for determining the perceived quality of service for a wireless gaming service a perceived gaming quality is determined based on measurable game and transport parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jorgen Gustafsson, Gunnar Heikkila, Pontus Sandberg
  • Publication number: 20100053300
    Abstract: In a method of quality assessment for a multimedia signal comprising video telephony media in a video telephony system, the multimedia signal is received SIO, a plurality of parameters of said multimedia signal are extracted S20, and an objective quality measure is determined S30 for the video telephony media based on representations of at least two of the extracted parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Torbjörn Einarsson, Jörgen Gustafsson, Gunnar Heikkilä, Martin Pettersson, Xiangchun Tan
  • Publication number: 20100008241
    Abstract: A method and a device utilizing an algorithm using measurement data derived from parameters related to a video-streaming player and/or parameters related to data transport is disclosed. The data are used as input data in a model designed to generate a value corresponding to the quality of the multimedia sequence, such as for example a MOS score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jörgen Gustafsson, Gunnar Heikkilä, Martin Pettersson, Xiangchun Tan