Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Murray
Joseph M. Murray 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: 20190174346Abstract: Layer 2 structures and procedures may be used for beam management in new radio networks. In a first example, a new radio layer 2 structure may be used to facilitate beam management at the medium access control sublayer. In a second example, new radio feedback mechanisms may be signaled between peer medium access control entities and used to assist with beam management. In a third example, new radio beam management procedures may include new radio beam training, new radio beam alignment, new radio beam tracking, or new radio beam configuration. In a fourth example, new radio connection control procedure may include new radio initial access or new radio mobility management.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Joseph M. MURRAY, Pascal M. ADJAKPLE, Wei CHEN, Lakshmi R. IYER, Qian ZHANG, Guodong ZHANG, Allan Y. TSAI
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Patent number: 10306671Abstract: Current approaches to transmitting uplink data in a network often require resources to be granted. In an example, a node or apparatus may configure a plurality of devices to operate in a grant-less mode in accordance with a respective grant-less access allocation. Grant-less operations may be managed, for example, to meet the reliability and latency requirements and battery life requirements for different types of devices. For example, the state transition between grant-less and grant based may be managed.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLCInventors: Qing Li, Guodong Zhang, Pascal M. Adjakple, Allan Y. Tsai, Qian Zhang, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Wei Chen, Joseph M. Murray, Tianyi Xu
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Patent number: 10271295Abstract: The present application is at least directed to an apparatus on a 5G network. The apparatus includes a non-transitory memory including instructions stored thereon for performing configuration of an initial access signal in the 5G network. The apparatus also includes a processor, operably coupled to the non-transitory memory, capable of executing an instruction of monitoring transmission of a downlink sweeping subframe including a beam sweeping block carrying a downlink initial access signal. The processor is capable of also executing the instruction of detecting the downlink initial access signal carrying a synchronization channel. The processor is capable of also executing the instruction of determining, based on the synchronization channel, an identity of the beam sweeping block associated with the downlink initial access signal. The present application is also directed to an apparatus configured to perform downlink synchronization of a cell in the 5G network.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLCInventors: Allan Y. Tsai, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Guodong Zhang, Joseph M. Murray, Qing Li, Wei Chen, Pascal M. Adjakple, Tianyi Xu
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Publication number: 20190098672Abstract: The present application is at leasted directed to an apparatus including a non-transitory memory including instructions to perform random access in a beam sweeping network having a cell. The network includes a downlink sweeping subframe, an uplink sweeping subframe and a regular sweeping subframe. The apparatus also includes a processor operably coupled to the non-transitory memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions of selecting an optimal downlink transmission beam transmitted by the cell during the downlink sweeping subframe. The processor is also configured to execute the instructions of determining an optimal downlink reception beam from the optimal downlink transmission beam. The processor is further configured to execute the instructions of determining a random access preamble and a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource via resource selection from the optimal downlink transmission beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Joseph M. MURRAY, Pascal M. ADJAKPLE, Wei CHEN, Lakshmi R. IYER, Qian (Emily) ZHANG, Allan Y. TSAI, Guodong ZHANG, Qing LI
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Patent number: 10182459Abstract: The application describes an apparatus including a non-transitory memory including instructions to perform random access in a beam sweeping network having a cell. The network includes a downlink sweeping subframe, an uplink sweeping subframe and a regular sweeping subframe. The apparatus also includes a processor operably coupled to the non-transitory memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions of selecting an optimal downlink transmission beam transmitted by the cell during the downlink sweeping subframe. The processor is also configured to execute the instructions of determining an optimal downlink reception beam from the optimal downlink transmission beam. The processor is further configured to execute the instructions of determining a random access preamble and a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource via resource selection from the optimal downlink transmission beam.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLCInventors: Joseph M. Murray, Pascal M. Adjakple, Wei Chen, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Qian (Emily) Zhang, Allan Y. Tsai, Guodong Zhang, Qing Li
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Patent number: 10153891Abstract: A method and apparatus for coexistence among wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) operating in the same spectrum are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include a processor that receives a configuration of a coexistence gap pattern defining a pattern of transmission periods and silent periods for the WTRU. The processor may control the WTRU to transmit information during the transmission periods and to not transmit information during the silent periods of the coexistence gap pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Martino M. Freda, Rocco Di Girolamo, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Scott Laughlin, Athmane Touag, Mihaela C. Beluri, Joseph M. Murray, Yuying Dai, Stephen E. Terry, Parul Mudgal, Kamraan Nasim Syed
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Patent number: 10153870Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating supplementary cells in licensed exempt (LE) spectrum. An aggregating cell operating in a frequency division duplex (FDD) licensed spectrum is aggregated with a LE supplementary cell operating in a time sharing mode for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) operations. The LE supplementary cell may be an FDD supplementary cell dynamically configurable between an UL only mode, a DL only mode, and a shared mode, to match requested UL and DL traffic ratios. The LE supplementary cell may be a time division duplex (TDD) supplementary cell. The TDD supplementary cell may be dynamically configurable between multiple TDD configurations. A coexistence capability for coordinating operations between the LE supplementary cell with other systems operating in the same channel is provided. Coexistence gaps are provided to measure primary/secondary user usage and permit other systems operating in the LE supplementary cell channel to access the channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdongs, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Martino M. Freda, Zinan Lin, Joseph M. Murray, Chunxuan Ye, Erdem Bala, Mihaela C. Beluri, Douglas R. Castor, Amith V. Chincholi, Angelo A. Cuffaro, Yuying Dai, Alpaslan Demir, Joseph Gredone, Rui Yang, Liangping Ma, Rocco Di Girolamo, Debashish Purkayastha, Athmane Touag
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Patent number: 10111122Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to schedule user equipment (UE) measurements. An HeNB may identify a first cluster of UEs and a second cluster of UEs. The HeNB may determine a measuring gap schedule relating to the first cluster of UEs and the second cluster of UEs. The measuring gap schedule may indicate a measurement time for each cluster. The measurement time may indicate that UEs in a cluster withhold a transmission during the measurement time. The UEs in the cluster may measure a spectrum (e.g., frequency, channel, etc.) associated with a supplementary cell during the measurement time. The HeNB may send the measuring gap schedule to the first cluster of UEs and the second cluster of U Es. The HeN B may receive spectrum measurements of the supplementary cell from the first cluster of UEs and the second cluster of UEs, e.g., in accordance with the measuring gap schedule.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Amith V. Chincholi, Joseph M. Murray, Martino Freda, Alpaslan Demir
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Patent number: 10085292Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting machine-type communications (MTC) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may configure itself to operate in a mobile-originated-only mode. The WTRU may perform no, or a subset of, radio resource control (RRC) idle and/or non-access stratum (NAS) idle/standby state procedures in the mobile-originated-only mode. For example, the WTRU may perform cell reselection but not paging monitoring in the mobile-originated-only mode. Alternatively, the WTRU may perform paging monitoring but not cell reselection and location update. The operation in the mobile-originated-only mode may be triggered explicitly or implicitly. For example, the WTRU may operate in the mobile-originated-only mode if an inactivity timer expires. The WTRU may switch the mode in accordance with a pre-configured schedule. After transition of the operation mode, the WTRU may send a message to the network indicating such mode switch.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Ana Lucia A. Pinheiro, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Rocco Di Girolamo, Joseph M. Murray, Christopher R. Cave, Diana Pani, Behrouz Aghili, Mahmoud Watfa
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Publication number: 20180270815Abstract: Coexistence gaps may permit one radio access technology (RAT) to coexists with another RAT by providing period in which one RAT may be silent and another may transmit. Methods may account for the RAT traffic and for the presence of other secondary users in a channel. Methods may be provided to dynamically change the parameters of a coexistence gap pattern, such as the duty cycle, to adapt to both the RAT traffic and the presence of other secondary users. Methods may include PHY methods, such as synchronization signal (PSS/SSS) based, MIB based, and PDCCH based, MAC CE based methods, and RRC Methods. Measurements may be provided to detect the presence of secondary users, and may include reporting of interference measured during ON and OFF durations, and detection of secondary users based on interference and RSRP/RSRQ measurements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Erdem Bala, Mihaela C. Beluri, Debashish Purkayastha, Scott Laughlin, Martino M. Freda, Rocco Di Girolamo, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Athmane Touag, Joseph M. Murray, David S. Bass
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Patent number: 10070431Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus may be used to provide assistance for connection procedures in a hierarchical network where macro cells may be operating in licensed spectrum while small cells may be operating in dynamic and shared spectrums, such as TVWS. This may be done, for example, to allow an LTE system performing carrier aggregation (CA) to reconfigure itself to change from a supplementary cell (SuppCell) in one dynamic and shared spectrum channel to a SuppCell in another dynamic and shared spectrum channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Athmane Touag, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Rocco Di Girolamo, Martino M. Freda, Joseph M. Murray, Mihaela C. Beluri, Scott Laughlin, Debashish Purkayastha, Angelo A. Cuffaro
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Publication number: 20180160473Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed that may provide assistance across networks using different radio access technologies. A centralized gateway (CGW) may be provided to facilitate the assistance via client devices in the networks. The CGW and client devices may use a common protocol and common interface to take actions relating to the assistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Rocco Di Girolamo, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Zinan Lin, Joseph M. Murray, Athmane X. Touag, Saad Ahmad, Martino M. Freda
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Publication number: 20180152268Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating supplementary cells in licensed exempt (LE) spectrum. An aggregating cell operating in a frequency division duplex (FDD) licensed spectrum is aggregated with a LE supplementary cell operating in a time sharing mode for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) operations. The LE supplementary cell may be an FDD supplementary cell dynamically configurable between an UL only mode, a DL only mode, and a shared mode, to match requested UL and DL traffic ratios. The LE supplementary cell may be a time division duplex (TDD) supplementary cell. The TDD supplementary cell may be dynamically configurable between multiple TDD configurations. A coexistence capability for coordinating operations between the LE supplementary cell with other systems operating in the same channel is provided. Coexistence gaps are provided to measure primary/secondary user usage and permit other systems operating in the LE supplementary cell channel to access the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Martino M. Freda, Zinan Lin, Joseph M. Murray, Chunxuan Ye, Erdem Bala, Mihaela C. Beluri, Douglas R. Castor, Amith V. Chincholi, Angelo A. Cuffaro, Yuying Dai, Alpaslan Demir, Joseph Gredone, Rui Yang, Liangping Ma, Rocco Di Girolamo, Debashish Purkayastha, Athmane Touag
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Patent number: 9955375Abstract: A method for sensing measurement gap scheduling includes allocating a new supplementary carrier in a license-exempt spectrum by a radio resource management (RRM) entity in an evolved Node B (eNB); configuring a local cognitive sensing entity in the eNB by the RRM entity; configuring a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for cognitive sensing through radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the RRC signaling being generated by the eNB; configuring a local cognitive sensing entity at the WTRU by a dynamic spectrum management (DSM) entity; and signaling a start and a duration of a measurement gap to an enhanced sensing component.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Amith V. Chincholi, Joseph M. Murray, Alpaslan Demir, Martino M. Freda, Athmane Touag, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, David S. Bass
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Publication number: 20180103418Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments for Machine Type Communication (MTC). The techniques disclosed may reduce signaling by transmitting MTC data over control planes and avoiding a full cycle of connection procedures typically required for transmission. MTC data may be directly appended to a control plane message. In addition, in order to reduce the signaling load, a WTRU may autonomously release the connection without being told by the network. Techniques may be used to indicate a network provider's machine type communication (MTC) capability. The MTC services or capabilities that may be provided by a respective network operator may be communicated to a WTRU.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Behrouz Aghili, Joseph M. Murray, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Ana Lucia A. Pinheiro, Diana Pani, Lujing Cai, Sylvie Gomes, Christopher R. Cave
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Patent number: 9930568Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described. According to a method, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) communicates with a base station using a first base station operating frequency and a set of cell configuration parameters. The WTRU receives information indicating a second base station operating frequency to use for communications with the base station at a given time. The WTRU communicates with the base station using the second base station operating frequency and the same set of cell configuration parameters on or after the given time.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Murray, Chunxuan Ye, Zinan Lin, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Alpaslan Demir, Angelo A. Cuffaro, Rocco DiGirolamo, James M. Miller
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Patent number: 9882684Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating supplementary cells in licensed exempt (LE) spectrum. An aggregating cell operating in a frequency division duplex (FDD) licensed spectrum is aggregated with a LE supplementary cell operating in a time sharing mode for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) operations. The LE supplementary cell may be an FDD supplementary cell dynamically configurable between an UL only mode, a DL only mode, and a shared mode, to match requested UL and DL traffic ratios. The LE supplementary cell may be a time division duplex (TDD) supplementary cell. The TDD supplementary cell may be dynamically configurable between multiple TDD configurations. A coexistence capability for coordinating operations between the LE supplementary cell with other systems operating in the same channel is provided. Coexistence gaps are provided to measure primary/secondary user usage and permit other systems operating in the LE supplementary cell channel to access the channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Martino M. Freda, Zinan Lin, Joseph M. Murray, Chunxuan Ye, Erdem Bala, Mihaela C. Beluri, Douglas R. Castor, Amith V. Chincholi, Angelo A. Cuffaro, Yuying Dai, Alpaslan Demir, Joseph Gredone, Rui Yang, Liangping Ma, Rocco Di Girolamo, Debashish Purkayastha, Athmane Touag
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Patent number: 9872228Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments for Machine Type Communication (MTC). The techniques disclosed may reduce signaling by transmitting MTC data over control planes and avoiding a full cycle of connection procedures typically required for transmission. MTC data may be directly appended to a control plane message. In addition, in order to reduce the signaling load, a WTRU may autonomously release the connection without being told by the network. Techniques may be used to indicate a network provider's machine type communication (MTC) capability. The MTC services or capabilities that may be provided by a respective network operator may be communicated to a WTRU.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Behrouz Aghili, Joseph M. Murray, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Ana Lucia A. Pinheiro, Diana Pani, Lujing Cai, Sylvie Gomes, Christopher R. Cave
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Patent number: 9860939Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed that may provide assistance across networks using different radio access technologies. A centralized gateway CGW (210, 710) may be provided to facilitate the assistance via client devices in the networks (220). The CGW (210, 710) and client devices may use a common protocol (311) and common interface to take actions relating to the assistance (780).Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2011Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Rocco Di Girolamo, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Zinan Lin, Joseph M. Murray, Athmane Touag, Saad Ahmad, Martino Freda
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Publication number: 20170367110Abstract: Current approaches to transmitting uplink data in a network often require resources to be granted. In an example, a node or apparatus may configure a plurality of devices to operate in a grant-less mode in accordance with a respective grant-less access allocation, such that, when the plurality of devices transmit messages uplink in the network, the messages are transmitted using frequency resources defined by the respective grant-less access allocation, and the plurality of devices transmit the messages without being granted access to transmit the messages, so as to operate in the grant-less mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Qing Li, Guodong Zhang, Pascal M. Adjakple, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Allan Y. Tsai, Qian Zhang, Wei Chen, Joseph M. Murray, Tianyi Xu