Patents by Inventor Pascal M. Adjakple

Pascal M. Adjakple 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: 20170290066
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for a reporting process. A home monitoring device may be equipped with a camera or some type of sensor. The home monitoring device may generate data based on input from the camera or sensor. A reporting device may receive the data from a home monitoring device. The reporting device may assess this information to determine if an event has occurred. The reporting device may send a message including the data based on the determination. The reporting device may establish a multiway communication between the home monitoring device, the user interface, and the reporting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter S. Wang, Kai Liu, Pascal M. Adjakple, Saad Ahmad, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Virgil Comsa, Mahmoud Watfa
  • Publication number: 20170289866
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for handover of a Wireless Transmitter/Receiver Unit (WTRU) moving between a local network and another network. The WTRU established a local IP access (LIPA) session in the local network via a first Access Point (AP). The method includes receiving, by a second AP in the other network, a request to connect to the other network; and transitioning the LIPA session in the local IP network to a managed remote access (MRA) session in the other network. The transitioning includes establishing a path between the first AP and the second AP via a gateway, and informing the gateway of the transition to the MRA session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Mahmoud Watfa, Saad Ahmad, Pascal M. Adjakple, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Behrouz Aghili
  • Patent number: 9781761
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for multiple radio access technology (multi-RAT) access mode operation for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. A WTRU and a network may enable a multi-RAT access mode of operation based on at least one of WTRU subscription, a service agreement of the WTRU, a roaming status of the WTRU, a selected access point name (APN), an Internet protocol (IP) flow class, a subscriber profile identity for the WTRU, requested quality of service, or a proximity indication indicating proximity to a cell supporting multi-RAT access mode. The WTRU may send a capability indication of support of multi-RAT access to a network, wherein the multi-RAT access mode is enabled based on the capability indication. A partial handover of bearers may be performed. In performing the handover, the target cell is determined based on a priority rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal M. Adjakple, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Peter S. Wang, Kai Liu, Saad Ahmad
  • Patent number: 9781636
    Abstract: Method and apparatus efficiently signal and use resources for wireless communications supporting circuit switched (CS) and packet switched sessions (PS). Signaling and interaction between the wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and various network entities, such as the Mobility Management Entity (MME), the Visitor Location Register (VLR), and Base Stations (BS), are used to implement circuit switched fall back (CSFB) in a PS system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Watfa, Behrouz Aghili, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Pascal M. Adjakple, J. Patrick Tooher, Peter S. Wang
  • Patent number: 9763179
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for supporting a two-stage device-to-device (D2D) discovery using a D2D interworking function (IWF). A D2D IWF component may be configured to perform mapping between an application running on an application server and a third generation partnership project (3GPP) network, and provide a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) to allow discovery to be provided as a service to D2D applications. An application identifier may be mapped to a 3GPP identifier. Further, a method and apparatus are described for performing client-server discovery. A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured for a listen-only operation, and a second WTRU may be configured to transmit beacons. The first and second WTRUs may perform a radio access network (RAN) discovery procedure at an access stratum (AS) layer. A method and apparatus for performing charging for D2D service using a D2D IWF are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Ravikumar V. Pragada, Saad Ahmad, Balaji Raghothaman, Samian J. Kaur, Pascal M. Adjakple, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Zhuorong Deng, Kiran K. Vanganuru, Gregory S. Sternberg, Guanzhou Wang, Michael F. Starsinic, Alexander Reznik, Juan Carlos Zuniga, Eldad M. Zeira
  • Patent number: 9763282
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a WTRU to operate using multiple schedulers. The WTRU may exchange data with the network over more than one data path, such that each data path may use a radio interface connected to a different network node and each node may be associated with an independent scheduler. For example, a WTRU may establish a RRC connection between the WTRU and a network. The RRC connection may establish a first radio interface between the WTRU and a first serving site of the network and a second radio interface between the WTRU and a second serving site of the network. The RRC connection may be established between the WTRU and the MeNB and a control function may be established between the WTRU and the SCeNB. The WTRU may receive data from the network over the first radio interface or the second radio interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ghyslain Pelletier, Paul Marinier, Diana Pani, Stephen E. Terry, Pascal M. Adjakple, Samian Kaur
  • Patent number: 9763143
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing handover with a relay node (RN) are described. A donor eNodeB (eNB) includes circuitry configured to establish a wireless backhaul link with an RN and an X2 interface with at least one other eNB, circuitry configured to receive over the wireless backhaul link an X2 application protocol (X2AP) handover request message indicating that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) of the RN is being requested to be handed over to another eNB, and circuitry configured to send the handover request message to the another eNB over the X2 interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal M. Adjakple, Stephen E. Terry
  • Publication number: 20170257886
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed such that a network (e.g., a radio access network, RAN, node) may provide a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) with a service-based network access for a new service. The RAN node may comprise a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor operatively coupled to the receiver and the transmitter. The receiver may be configured to receive a request message from the WTRU. The request message may indicate service-based network access information. The processor may be configured to select a service node belonging to a core network based on information in the request message. The transmitter may be configured to send a response message to the WTRU. The response message may indicate accepted service-based network access information, wherein the accepted service-based network access information is associated with at least one public land mobile network (PLMN) identifier (ID).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Pascal M Adjakple, Peter S Wang, Kai Liu, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Saad Ahmad, Shamim Akbar Rahman
  • Publication number: 20170257843
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for machine type communication (MTC) authentication and triggering may be performed by an MTC interworking function (MTC-IWF). On a condition an Internet protocol (IP) connection does not exist between a services capability server (SCS) and an MTC device, a device trigger message may be received by the MTC device over a Tsp interface. The device trigger message may include a cryptographic key and may have an associated level of urgency. The method may further comprise determining a level of network congestion and transmitting the device trigger, including the received cryptographic key, to the MTC device in accordance with the associated level of urgency. A report may be sent to the SCS, associated with the determined level of network congestion, to indicate either success or failure of the device triggering procedure. The received cryptographic key may be used to secure an IP connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter S. Wang, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Behrouz Aghili, Pascal M. Adjakple, Kai Liu, Mahmoud Watfa, Saad Ahmad, Samian Kaur, Guanzhou Wang
  • Patent number: 9756550
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for providing compatible mapping for backhaul control channels, frequency first mapping of control channel elements (CCEs) to avoid relay-physical control format indicator channel (R-PCFICH) and a tree based relay resource allocation to minimize the resource allocation map bits. Methods and apparatus (e.g., relay node (RN)/evolved Node-B (eNB)) for mapping of the Un downlink (DL) control signals, Un DL positive acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK), and/or relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) (or similar) in the eNB to RN (Un interface) DL direction are described. This includes time/frequency mapping of above-mentioned control signals into resource blocks (RBs) of multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) single frequency network (MBSFN)-reserved sub-frames in the RN cell and encoding procedures for these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kalpendu R. Pasad, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Mihaela C. Beluri, Marian Rudolf, Pascal M. Adjakple, John W. Haim
  • Publication number: 20170222933
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of offloading traffic in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The wireless communication system, for example, an evolved Node-B (eNB) comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The transmitter is configured to transmit, to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), a broadcast system information (SI) message of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system indicating that traffic off-load (TO) is supported. The transmitter is further configured to, after transmitting the broadcast SI message, transmit a non-access stratum (NAS) message to the WTRU, wherein the NAS message indicates that a TO service is available for the WTRU. The receiver is configured to receive, from the WTRU, a signaling for initiating TO service in response to at least the transmitted NAS message. The processor, operatively coupled to the transmitter and the receiver, is configured to communicate using the TO service while maintaining at least one bearer with the WTRU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Pascal M. Adjakple, Behrouz Aghili, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, J. Patrick Tooher, Mahmoud Watfa
  • Patent number: 9722735
    Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting uplink control information in an LTE Advanced system are disclosed. A user device may determine whether uplink control information and/or available channels meet certain criteria and determine whether the uplink control information should be transmitted on a physical uplink control channel, a physical uplink shared channel, or both, based on the criteria. Criteria may include the size of the uplink control information (absolute size or relative to space available on a channel or a threshold value), the type of control information bits, the number of available (i.e., active or configured) component carriers, and the amount of power that may be required to transmit the uplink control information on more than one channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Sung-Hyuk Shin, Pascal M. Adjakple, John Haim, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Vincent Roy
  • Patent number: 9713039
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for handover of a Wireless Transmitter/Receiver Unit (WTRU) moving between a local network and another network. The WTRU established a local IP access (LIPA) session in the local network via a first Access Point (AP). The method includes receiving, by a second AP in the other network, a request to connect to the other network; and transitioning the LIPA session in the local IP network to a managed remote access (MRA) session in the other network. The transitioning includes establishing a path between the first AP and the second AP via a gateway, and informing the gateway of the transition to the MRA session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Watfa, Saad Ahmad, Pascal M Adjakple, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Behrouz Aghili
  • Publication number: 20170201913
    Abstract: An eNB may receive a first signal from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), including a closed subscriber group identification (CSG ID) for a home eNodeB (HeNB). The eNB may send, based on the first signal, a membership verification request with the CSG ID for the HeNB to a core network. The eNB may receive a result of a membership verification indicating that the WTRU is permitted to access the HeNB. The eNB may send, based on the result of the membership verification, a message to the HeNB for the HeNB to establish communication with the WTRU, wherein the message includes radio access bearer (RAB) information associated with the WTRU. The eNB may receive a configuration message from the HeNB. The eNB may transmit a second signal including a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message to the WTRU, the RRC reconfiguration message based on the received configuration message from the HeNB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal M. Adjakple, Mahmoud Watfa, James M. Miller, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20170195822
    Abstract: Procedures, mechanisms, methods, and techniques are provided that trigger power saving mode (PSM) functionality in the at least one wireless transmit receive units, group of WTRUs or subset of the group of WTRUs. The trigger may be in response to an application layer request to set one or more predetermined PSM settings, wherein the trigger originates from one or more application servers (APs) directed to a core network by way of an interface such as an SCEF that may be included on a device (e.g., a gateway, computing device, and/or the like) and may be configured for enabling the application server to request enabling and disabling PSM functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Watfa, Guanzhou Wang, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Behrouz Aghili, Pascal M. Adjakple, Dimitrios Karampatsis, Saad Ahmad, Amir Helmy
  • Patent number: 9693366
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed such that a WTRU may obtain network operator agnostic wireless access for a service. The WTRU may receive a system information (SI) broadcast from a radio access network (RAN) node. The SI broadcast may indicate that an operator of the RAN node supports service-based network access. The WTRU may send a service request to a virtual service provider to request the service. The WTRU may receive a service response from the virtual service provider. The WTRU may receive a service response from the virtual service provider, the service response indicating a mobile network operator (MNO) to use for obtaining the service and subscription information for accessing the MNO, wherein the MNO is different than the operator of the RAN node. The WTRU may access the MNO to obtain the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal M. Adjakple, Peter S. Wang, Kai Liu, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Saad Ahmad, Shamim Akbar Rahman
  • Patent number: 9686771
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for transmitting and receiving data by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) over the control plane. The methods may receive data without the use of an Internet Protocol (IP) address. In an example method, a WTRU may enter an evolved packet system (EPS) mobility management (EMM)-registered control plane only (CPO) state after receiving an attach accepted message for CPO operation, and enter an EMM-deregistered state after receiving a detach message, a tracking area update (TAU) reject message or an attach reject message. In another method, a WTRU may switch between operational modes that use an IP address and a user plane to transmit and receive data, and the CPO mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Watfa, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Pascal M Adjakple, Kai Liu, Peter S Wang, Saad Ahmad, Behrouz Aghili
  • Patent number: 9681480
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to perform a multi-radio access technology (RAT) access (MRA) operation. The apparatus may include a WTRU non-access stratum (NAS) entity to communicate with a first and second NAS entity of a first and second core network (CN). Alternatively, the first WTRU NAS entity communicates with a first NAS entity of a first CN, and a second WTRU NAS entity communicates with a second NAS entity of a second CN. The apparatus may include a radio resource control (RRC) entity which controls a first RAT connected to the first CN and a second RAT connected to the second CN. Alternatively, the apparatus includes an RRC entity which controls a first connection using a first RAT connected to the first CN and a second connection using a second RAT connected to a second CN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal M. Adjakple, Mahmoud Watfa, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Peter S. Wang, Kai Liu, Saad Ahmad, Ghyslain Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20170150396
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for controlling the application of Selected Internet Protocol (IP) traffic offload (SIPTO) or Local IP Access (LIPA) services for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The SIPTO and LIPA services may be performed over packet data network (PDN) connections. A user of the WTRU may be prompted to accept or reject the usage of the SIPTO or LIPA services. The user of the WTRU may request switching from SIPTO or LIPA services to non-SIPTO or non-LIPA services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Watfa, Pascal M. Adjakple, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Kai Liu, Saad Ahmad, Peter S. Wang
  • Patent number: 9661564
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of performing selective internet protocol (IP) selective offload (SIPTO) or local IP access (LIPA) is disclosed. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) receives a broadcast message from a Node-B. Then the WTRU receives a message from the Node-B that SIPTO service, or LIPA service is available for that WTRU. The WTRU then communicates using the SIPTO or LIPA service. A method an apparatus for receiving a paging message for SIPTO or LIPA services is also disclosed. The paging message includes an indicator that indicates that the message is for SIPTO or LIPA communications. The indicator may be a temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI) assigned by the network specifically for SITPO or LIPA communications. The indicator may also be a single bit designated to indicate that a paging message is a for SIPTO or LIPA traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Watfa, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Behrouz Aghili, Pascal M. Adjakple, J. Patrick Tooher