Patents by Inventor Hemanth Sampath

Hemanth Sampath 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: 9838940
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for deferral based on basic service set identification (BSSID) information. According to certain aspects, a method for wireless communications is provided. The method generally includes receiving, on a shared access medium, a packet having at least one deferral-related parameter and deciding whether to defer transmission on the shared access medium based, at least in part, on the deferral-related parameter. Another method may generally include generating a packet comprising at least one deferral-related parameter to be used by another apparatus for deciding whether or not the other apparatus should defer transmitting on a shared access medium and providing the packet to the other apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Simone Merlin, Hao Zhu, Srinivas Katar, Lawrence Winston Yonge, III, Chao Zou, Bin Tian, Yan Zhou, Hemanth Sampath
  • Patent number: 9839024
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for transmitting data are described herein. In some aspects, a method comprises generating a first message. The first message may comprise an allocation of a first station to a first frequency channel and a second station to a second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting the first message over the first frequency channel and the second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a second message to the first station using the first frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a third message to the second station using the second frequency channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hemanth Sampath, Bin Tian, Rahul Tandra, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Yan Zhou, Sameer Vermani, Simone Merlin
  • Patent number: 9831983
    Abstract: Systems, method and apparatus of managing wireless communication are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventors: Hemanth Sampath, Simone Merlin, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Santosh Paul Abraham
  • Patent number: 9825683
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for communicating Channel State Information (CSI) feedback. In some aspects, the CSI feedback is communicated in a very high throughput (VHT) wireless communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Santosh Paul Abraham, Simone Merlin, Sameer Vermani, Hemanth Sampath
  • Patent number: 9813994
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for managing transmit power in a television white space (TVWS) network. One example method generally includes transmitting a sequence of request-to-send (RTS) messages at different transmit power levels to an apparatus and determining if a clear-to-send (CTS) message was received in response to at least one of the RTS messages corresponding to a particular one of the transmit power levels. Another example method generally includes receiving, at a first apparatus from a second apparatus, a packet that cannot be decoded by the first apparatus; determining at least one of a time or a duration corresponding to the packet; transmitting a query with an indication of the at least one of the time or the duration; and receiving a message from the second apparatus in response to the query, the message identifying the second apparatus as a source of the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Santosh Paul Abraham, Sameer Vermani, Hemanth Sampath, Stephen J. Shellhammer, Rahul Tandra
  • Patent number: 9813135
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for communicating Channel State Information (CSI) feedback. In some aspects, the CSI feedback is communicated in a very high throughput (VHT) wireless communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Santosh Paul Abraham, Simone Merlin, Sameer Vermani, Hemanth Sampath
  • Patent number: 9813938
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically adapting channel access or transmission parameters based upon an identified channel access parameter or previously used transmission parameter are disclosed. In an aspect, an electronic device for communication over a wireless network is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a processor configured to generate a message that identifies one rule of a plurality of rules. Each of the plurality of rules defines a process for adapting a value of a communication parameter based on an identified channel access parameter. Also, each of the plurality of rules provides a particular quality of service and a particular priority for communication with the electronic device. The electronic device further comprises a transceiver configured to transmit the message to a station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Amin Jafarian, Maarten Menzo Wentink, James Simon Cho, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Yan Zhou, Hemanth Sampath
  • Patent number: 9806848
    Abstract: Systems, method and apparatus of managing wireless communication are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hemanth Sampath, Simone Merlin, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Santosh Paul Abraham
  • Patent number: 9800501
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, a method for wireless communication is provided. The method includes transmitting a clear to transmit (CTX) message to two or more stations, the CTX indicating an uplink transmission opportunity, the CTX message further comprising a request that the two or more stations concurrently transmit uplink data at a specific time. The method further includes receiving a plurality of uplink data from at least two stations at the specific time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Hemanth Sampath, Sameer Vermani
  • Patent number: 9787355
    Abstract: Systems and methods for communication using hybrid signals are disclosed. In one aspect an apparatus for communication includes a processing system configured to encode a first set of information in a plurality of symbols and to encode a second set of information according to a spacing among the symbols. The apparatus may further comprise a transmitter configured to transmit to a device the symbols with the spacing among the symbols. In another aspect, an apparatus for communication includes a processing system configured to decode a first set of information from a plurality of symbols encoded with the first set of information or a second set of information from a spacing among the symbols by determining the spacing among the symbols. The apparatus may further comprise a receiver configured to receive the symbols via a wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Bin Tian, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Sameer Vermani, Hemanth Sampath
  • Patent number: 9781671
    Abstract: A particular method includes receiving a first frame from a station at an access point indicating that the station is to enter a power save mode. The method also includes transmitting one or more data frames from the access point to the station. The one or more data frames were buffered for transmission prior to receipt of the first frame. The method further includes transmitting an end of data frame to the station. Another particular method includes transmitting a first frame from the station to the access point indicating that the station is to enter the power save mode. The method also includes refraining from entering the power save mode until an end of data frame is received from the access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Maarten Menzo Wentink, Hemanth Sampath
  • Patent number: 9775046
    Abstract: An apparatus for wireless communications includes a processing system. The processing system is configured to turn off a first wireless interface configured to support communications within a first coverage area. The processing system is further configured to communicate with a second apparatus using a second wireless interface configured to support communications within a second coverage area greater than the first coverage area. The processing system is further configured to turn on the first wireless interface based on the communication with the second apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Mohammad Hossein Taghavi Nasrabadi, Hemanth Sampath, Santosh P. Abraham
  • Patent number: 9774481
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using travelling pilots for channel estimation are described herein. In one aspect, wireless communications apparatus is described that comprises a processor configured to divide a plurality of tones on which pilot signals are to be transmitted among a plurality of symbols, wherein each symbol includes less than all of the plurality of tones and the plurality of symbols includes at least a subset of the plurality of tones. The wireless communication apparatus further comprises a transmitter configured to transmit, during a given symbol, pilot signals on the tones included in the given symbol, wherein the tones over which the pilot signals are transmitted are changed from symbol to symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Didier Johannes Richard Van Nee, Hemanth Sampath, Sameer Vermani, Tao Tian
  • Patent number: 9763262
    Abstract: The present application relates generally to wireless communications, and more specifically to systems, methods, and devices for deferral based on transmission opportunity (TXOP) information. One aspect of the present disclosure provides An apparatus configured to wirelessly communicate. The apparatus includes a processing system configured to obtain a deferral-related parameter from a packet transmitted on a shared wireless access medium and decide whether to defer transmission on the shared wireless access medium based, at least in part, on the at least one deferral-related parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Simone Merlin, Chao Zou, Srinivas Katar, Hemanth Sampath, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac
  • Patent number: 9763190
    Abstract: A method includes transmitting, at an electronic device in a neighbor aware network (NAN), a discovery beacon at a designated discovery beacon transmission time. The designated discovery beacon transmission time is determined based on an internal clock of the electronic device. The method further includes synchronizing the internal clock to a clock reference that is external to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Santosh Paul Abraham, Alireza Raissinia, George Cherian, Hemanth Sampath
  • Patent number: 9756526
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for constructing or determining a training sequence as a part of transmission preamble to minimize (or at least reduce) a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) at a transmitting node. In one example, a long training field (LTF) sequence of a preamble is determined that combines a set of interpolating sequences with LTF tone values. The LTF tone values may cover at least a portion of bandwidth of a first size, with each of the LTF tone values repeated for different subcarriers. The phases of tones of the LTF sequence may be rotated per bandwidth of the first size and certain tones of the LTF sequence may have a stream of values at pilot locations. For example, the phases of tones of the LTF sequence may be rotated in an effort to reduce PAPR during a transmission of the LTF sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Didier Johannes Richard Van Nee, Hemanth Sampath
  • Publication number: 20170244476
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for high-efficiency wireless frequency division multiplexing are provided. A method includes exchanging, at an access point, at least one frame reserving a wireless medium with at least one of a first and second wireless device. The method further includes receiving a first communication on a first set of wireless frequencies from the first wireless device. The method further includes receiving a second communication, at least partially concurrent with the first communication, on a second set of wireless frequencies from the second wireless device. The method further includes transmitting at least one acknowledgment of the first and second communication. The first set and the second set are mutually exclusive subsets of a set of wireless frequencies available for use by both the first and second wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Hemanth Sampath, Sameer Vermani, Bin Tian, Yan Zhou, Rahul Tandra
  • Patent number: 9742590
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for using channel state information (CSI) feedback for multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmission. For certain aspects, a method of wireless communications generally includes generating a training frame and transmitting the generated training frame. The training frame typically includes first information identifying a group of one or more apparatuses and second information indicating whether each of the apparatuses in the group is to determine at least one characteristic of a channel. For other aspects, a method of wireless communications generally includes receiving a request at an apparatus and transmitting, in response to the received request, a packet using frame aggregation, wherein two or more frames are transmitted in a single transmission using a single header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Santosh Paul Abraham, Simone Merlin, Hemanth Sampath, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Vincent Knowles Jones, IV
  • Patent number: 9736849
    Abstract: A method for wireless communications is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of requests to transmit data from a plurality of apparatuses; determining resource allocation for a set of apparatuses in the plurality of apparatuses, wherein the determination is based on the plurality of requests; and transmitting a message comprising the resource allocation to the set of apparatuses to permit data transmission. Another method for wireless communications is disclosed that includes contending for access to a medium based on a request, by an apparatus, with a plurality of other apparatuses; receiving a message, the message comprising a resource allocation based on requests from the apparatus and the other apparatuses, wherein the resource allocation permits data transmission from the apparatus and some of the other apparatuses; and transmitting data by the apparatus based on the message. Apparatuses for performing the methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Santosh Paul Abraham, Simone Merlin, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Hemanth Sampath
  • Publication number: 20170230214
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for constructing or determining a training sequence as a part of transmission preamble to minimize (or at least reduce) a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) at a transmitting node. In one example, a long training field (LTF) sequence of a preamble is determined that combines a set of interpolating sequences with LTF tone values. The LTF tone values may cover at least a portion of bandwidth of a first size, with each of the LTF tone values repeated for different subcarriers. The phases of tones of the LTF sequence may be rotated per bandwidth of the first size and certain tones of the LTF sequence may have a stream of values at pilot locations. For example, the phases of tones of the LTF sequence may be rotated in an effort to reduce PAPR during a transmission of the LTF sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Didier Johannes Richard Van Nee, Hemanth Sampath