Patents by Inventor Menzo Wentink

Menzo Wentink 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).

  • Unscheduled peer power save mode
    Patent number: 9282513
    Abstract: Embodiments of unscheduled peer power save systems, devices and methods are disclosed. For example, a method of saving power for nodes configured to communicate via a direct link is provided. In one embodiment, among others, the method comprises forming, at an access point node (AP node), a indication frame for a client node, when no service period has occurred for the client node for a period of time at least equal to an indication window; sending the formed indication frame from the AP node to the client node through an access point; receiving, at the client node, the peer traffic indication from the access point; and determining, at the client node, that the AP node has traffic to send to the client node based on the indication frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventor: Maarten Menzo Wentink
  • Probe messaging for direct link connections
    Patent number: 9271136
    Abstract: There lies a challenge to develop a technique of effectively establishing a direct communication link between client devices in a communication network. In some implementations, an associated STA is a client device which is associated with a particular access point (AP). A non-associated STA is a client device which is not associated with the AP. A tunneled probe request may be transmitted by an associated STA through the AP to be broadcast to other associated STAs. In some implementations, an active scan may be combined with a tunneled probe request in order to establish a communication link between an associated STA and a non-associated STA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Maarten Menzo Wentink, Krishnan Rajamani
  • Collision avoidance systems and methods
    Patent number: 9258842
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments of collision avoidance systems and methods. One method embodiment, among others, comprises a client sending an end of transmission (EOT) request to an access point (AP), and responsive to the EOT request, the AP responding with an EOT frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLC
    Inventor: Menzo Wentink
  • Systems and methods for low-overhead wireless beacons having next full beacon indications
    Patent number: 9253808
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for communicating a compressed beacon are described herein. In some aspects, a method of communicating in a wireless network. includes generating a compressed beacon. The compressed beacon includes a next full beacon time indication (NFBTI). The method further includes transmitting, at an access point, the compressed beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Santosh Paul Abraham, Guido Robert Frederiks, Simone Merlin, Maarten Menzo Wentink
  • Apparatus and methods for block acknowledgment compression
    Patent number: 9253290
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for compressing block acknowledgment (ACK) frames/packets are described herein. In some aspects, a method of communicating in a wireless network includes generating a block acknowledgment frame comprising a plurality of fields in the following order: a block acknowledgment identifier field including an identifier of the block acknowledgment frame; a starting sequence control field including at least one of a sequence number and a function of a sequence number of a data unit for which the block acknowledgement frame is sent; and a block acknowledgement bitmap field indicating a received status of a number of data units. The method further includes wirelessly transmitting the block acknowledgment frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred Asterjadhi, Simone Merlin, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Santosh Paul Abraham, Zhi Quan
  • SIGNALING TECHNIQUES FOR UL MU MIMO/OFDMA TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20160021678
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be an access point. The access point transmits, to one or more stations, a first message indicating resource allocation and a specific time for the one or more stations to transmit uplink data based on downlink transmission of a second message. The access point transmits, to the one or more stations, the second message in the downlink transmission. The access point receives the uplink data from the one or more stations at the specific time based on the downlink transmission of the second message in accordance with the resource allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Simone MERLIN, Gwendolyn Denise BARRIAC, Maarten Menzo WENTINK
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTI USER UPLINK COMPATIBILITY WITH LEGACY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160014729
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, a method of transmitting a physical layer convergence protocol data unit on a wireless medium includes generating a first portion and a second portion of the physical layer convergence protocol data unit, transmitting the first portion at a first data rate, the first portion decodable by a first and second sets of devices, and transmitting the second portion at a second data rate higher than the first data rate, the second portion decodable by the second set of devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Maarten Menzo Wentink, Simone Merlin, Albert Van Zelst
  • Systems and methods for low-overhead wireless beacon timing
    Patent number: 9232473
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for communicating a compressed beacon are described herein. In some aspects, a method of communicating in a wireless network includes transmitting, at an access point, a full beacon at a first multiple of a beacon interval. The method further includes transmitting a compressed beacon at each beacon interval that is not the first multiple of the beacon interval. Another method of communicating in a wireless network includes receiving, at a wireless device, a full beacon at a first multiple of a beacon interval. The method further includes receiving a compressed beacon at a beacon interval that is not the first multiple of the beacon interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Santosh Paul Abraham, Guido Robert Frederiks, Simone Merlin, Maarten Menzo Wentink
  • SYMMETRIC TRANSMIT OPPORTUNITY (TXOP) TRUNCATION
    Publication number: 20150373745
    Abstract: Various embodiments of symmetric transmit opportunity (TXOP) truncation (STT) systems and methods are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, comprises receiving a frame that truncates a TXOP around a first station, and responsive to receiving the frame, sending a second frame that truncates the TXOP around a second station. Others system and method embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventor: Menzo Wentink
  • Methods for signaling a maximum number of MSDUs in a transmission
    Patent number: 9220023
    Abstract: A first wireless station provides a configuration indication value that specifies a maximum number of medium access control layer service data units (MSDUs) that may be included in each medium access control layer protocol data unit (MPDU), or in each aggregated MPDU (A-MPDU), received by the first wireless station. A second wireless station receives the configuration indication value from the first wireless station, and in response, transmits only MSDUs (or A-MSDUs) having no more than the specified maximum number of MSDUs to the first wireless station. The configuration indication value can be included in various elements transmitted between the first and second wireless stations, including for example, a high throughput (HT) capabilities element, a very high throughput (VHT) capabilities information field, a VHT operation element or an add block acknowledge (ADDBA) response frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Guido Robert Frederiks, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Vincent Knowles Jones, IV, Ashish Kumar Shukla
  • Direct link setup through an extended service set
    Patent number: 9210731
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method includes storing first channel information related to a first communication channel that a first apparatus is capable of communicating over and a second communication channel that the first apparatus is communicating over via a first access point. The method also includes receiving a direct link setup message from a second apparatus to form a direct link between the first apparatus and the second apparatus. The direct link setup message includes second channel information related to a third communication channel the second apparatus is capable of communicating over and a fourth communication channel the second apparatus is communicating over via a second access point. The method further includes selecting at least one communication channel for communication based on the first channel information and the second channel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Maarten Menzo Wentink, Sidharth Thakur
  • Systems and methods for access point triggered transmissions after traffic indication map paging
    Patent number: 9210720
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for reducing collisions in a wireless communications network are described herein. In one aspect an apparatus for wireless communication is provided. The apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first message over a communication medium to a plurality of nodes configured to be selectively at least partially powered down during time periods in which the first message is not expected to be transmitted. The first message indicates a subset of the plurality of nodes for which data is available for transmission. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to initiate a process for transmitting the data available to the subset of the plurality of nodes after the first message is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Santosh Paul Abraham, Alfred Asterjadhi, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Simone Merlin, Zhi Quan
  • POWER SAVE WITH DATA FETCH TIME PERIOD
    Publication number: 20150351031
    Abstract: A particular method includes receiving a power save polling frame from a station at an access point. The method also includes, in response to receiving the power save polling frame, transmitting a frame from the access point to the station indicating whether traffic associated with the station is buffered at the access point. Another particular method includes transmitting a frame from the station to the access point indicating that the station is to enter the power save mode and refraining from entering the power save mode until receipt of an end of data frame. Yet another particular method includes receiving a fetch trigger frame at an access point and refraining from transmitting one or more fetched data frames from the access point until a fetch time has elapsed or a delivery trigger frame is received. The access point is configured to communicate with other stations during the fetch time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Maarten Menzo Wentink, Hemanth Sampath
  • MULTI-USER MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20150341955
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for enhanced multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) wireless communications. The proposed method may reduce and/or eliminate stringent frequency and time synchronization requirements for stations (STAs) to participate in a downlink MU-MIMO transaction by utilizing deterministic scheduling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hemanth Sampath, Vincent Knowles Jones, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Santosh P. Abraham
  • Systems and methods for applying multi-source multiple-input multiple-output communications
    Patent number: 9197299
    Abstract: A method for applying multi-source multiple-input multiple-output communications by a base station is described. The method includes obtaining data for transmission to a wireless communication device. The method also includes sending a second portion of the data to an assisting base station. The method also includes sending an indication frame that comprises an identifier of the wireless communication device to the assisting base station. The method also includes transmitting a first portion of the data on a first set of spatial streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Maarten Menzo Wentink, Didier Johannes Richard Van Nee
  • System and method of communication using distributed channel access parameters
    Patent number: 9191970
    Abstract: A device includes a processor and a memory accessible by the processor. The memory includes access category data specifying one or more access categories. The one or more access categories include a sensor access category specifying distributed channel access parameters to be used by one or more station devices to wirelessly communicate sensor data via a network. The memory further includes instructions executable by the processor to send at least a portion of the access category data to a station device to enable the station device to communicate sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Maarten Menzo Wentink, Simone Merlin, Alfred Asterjadhi, Zhi Quan, Santosh Paul Abraham
  • Acknowledgement (ACK) type indication and deferral time determination
    Patent number: 9191469
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for indicating a type of response for acknowledging a protocol data unit. One example method for wireless communications by a first apparatus generally includes transmitting a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) to a second apparatus and setting at least one bit in a PLCP header of the PPDU to indicate a type of response expected from the second apparatus responsive to the transmitted PPDU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Maarten Menzo Wentink, Alfred Asterjadhi
  • BASIC PROBE REQUEST
    Publication number: 20150327158
    Abstract: A method of scanning for access points (APs) within wireless range of a station (STA) includes broadcasting a basic probe request having a frame body consisting of three or less information elements, receiving from each of a number of APs a basic probe response including a service set identification (SSID) of the corresponding AP, and selectively initiating a regular probing operation with a subset of the number of APs based, at least part, on the received SSIDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Maarten Menzo Wentink
  • System and method of communication using distributed channel access parameters
    Patent number: 9185726
    Abstract: A method includes in response to receiving a modified enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameter set IE at a station, determining a value of an EDCA parameter based on a delta value in the modified EDCA parameter set IE and based on a base value of the EDCA parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Maarten Menzo Wentink, Simone Merlin, Alfred Asterjadhi, Zhi Quan, Santosh Paul Abraham, Amin Jafarian
  • Multi-user transmission during reverse direction grant
    Patent number: 9179476
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for multiuser transmission during a grant to utilize unused portion of a transmit opportunity (TXOP) that is assigned to an initiator device. A responder device may receive, from an initiator device, at least one grant to utilize unused portion of the TXOP. In response to the grant and during the unused portion of the TXOP, The responder device may transmit a first message intended for the to the initiator device, and one or more messages intended for one or more other stations using multi-user transmission schemes. The messages transmitted to stations other than the initiator device may include an indication that the station does not need to respond (e.g., with an acknowledgment) upon receipt of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Maarten Menzo Wentink