Patents by Inventor Paul Bucknell
Paul Bucknell 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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Patent number: 11290948Abstract: A wireless communication system, including: a device configured to: store a access parameter; transit a Radio Resource Control (RRC) CONNECTED mode to an RRC IDLE mode; and transmit a first message for the access request when in the IDLE mode and storing the access parameter; and a base station configured to: receive the first message; and after receiving the first message, transmit to the terminal a second message indicating that the access parameter is valid or third message indicating the access request is rejected.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Paul Bucknell, Yiwei Fang, Dorin Viorel, Timothy Moulsley
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Patent number: 11202280Abstract: A terminal including; a memory configured to store a first table and a second table different from the first table; a receiver configured to receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection setup signaling including information indicating the first table or the second table, a controller configured to configure a buffer table to the first table or the second table according to the information; and, a transmitter configured to transmit a RRC Connection setup complete signaling after configured the table, wherein, the transmitter transmits a signal including an index of the buffer table accorded to amount of data that the terminal has, the index indicates a range of data amount.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Haibo Xu, Yoshiaki Ohta, Katsumasa Sugiyama, Paul Bucknell
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Patent number: 11006300Abstract: In LTE a measurement configuration message, which instructs a terminal (10, 11, 12) on when to transmit a measurement report, is per frequency carrier dependent. A measurement object configuration for 5G/NR wireless communication is provided which is independent of carrier frequency, allowing multiple measurement objects to be configured for one particular carrier frequency. Each measurement object can be defined over a particular time duration (T1, T2, T3), frequency range, time/frequency grid, beam, and/or a particular frequency carrier (Layer 1, Layer 2) in order to satisfy various requirements on RRM measurement of NR. Thus, for a particular terminal (10, 11, 12) and a particular carrier frequency, a base station (20, 21, 22, 23) can define multiple measurement objects over different time/frequency grids.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Paul Bucknell, Xusheng Wei
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Patent number: 10784998Abstract: A buffer status reporting scheme for a terminal (10) wishing to transmit data simultaneously in multiple RATs of a wireless communication network, which enables the co-ordination of multiple base stations (12, 14) of different RATs (e.g. LTE eNB, UMTS base station, WiFi access point, etc.) with the assistance of the terminal (10) in order to achieve efficient radio resource scheduling for multi-RAT multi-flow aggregation in uplink. A radio bearer is configured for multi-RAT multi-flow aggregation by the network, and multiple logical channel IDs are assigned to this RB that may be associated with different RATs. Logical channels associated with a certain RAT (or a given set of RATs) may be grouped into one logical channel group for radio resource scheduling reason. The terminal (10) performs buffer status reporting, according to the configuration, on all involved RATs and sends reports/indications to one or more involved base stations (12.14).Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Zhaojun Li, Timothy Moulsley, Paul Bucknell, Milos Tesanovic
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Patent number: 10652161Abstract: A data signal is transmitted in a wireless communication system from a primary station to a secondary station. The data signal comprising a medium access control header (MAC-hs header) and a protocol data unit associated with the medium access control header. The medium access control header comprising a set at least one field (e.g. TSN, SEG, LI, FMT, LCid), wherein a size allocated to at least one field of the set is determined based on a length of the protocol data unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Paul Bucknell, Matthew Peter John Baker
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Patent number: 10616823Abstract: An access method of a device (10) such as an MTC device to a network (20, 30, 40) which allows the transmission of small data packets without the need to read all the System Information normally required to make an initial network access. The device (10) may notify the network that an access request is occurring from a device that was either specifically allowed to use a stored access configuration or is accessing the cell using modified system information being broadcast by the cell. Such notification may be implicit in the characteristics (choice of preamble, timing, frequency and/or repetition) of the access request. The network, preferably having knowledge of the method being used by the device to access the network, can either reject this access or accept it depending on whether the access was from a stored configuration or read from System Information.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Paul Bucknell, Yiwei Fang, Dorin Viorel, Timothy Moulsley
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Publication number: 20190364447Abstract: In LTE a measurement configuration message, which instructs a terminal (10, 11, 12) on when to transmit a measurement report, is per frequency carrier dependent. A measurement object configuration for 5G/NR wireless communication is provided which is independent of carrier frequency, allowing multiple measurement objects to be configured for one particular carrier frequency. Each measurement object can be defined over a particular time duration (T1, T2, T3), frequency range, time/frequency grid, beam, and/or a particular frequency carrier (Layer 1, Layer 2) in order to satisfy various requirements on RRM measurement of NR. Thus, for a particular terminal (10, 11, 12) and a particular carrier frequency, a base station (20, 21, 22, 23) can define multiple measurement objects over different time/frequency grids.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Paul Bucknell, Xusheng WEI
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Patent number: 10440690Abstract: A terminal, includes a buffer status report table; at least another table for extended buffer status report; a receiver looks for an indication in a signaling received from a base station wherein the indication corresponds to a type of buffer status report table and selects a table from among the buffer status report table and the at least another table for extended buffer status report based on the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table, wherein the indication corresponding to the type of buffer status report table can be determined according to a type of the terminal; and an index sender sends the index to a base station an index obtained from the selected table according to an amount of data in a buffer of the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Haibo Xu, Yoshiaki Ohta, Katsumasa Sugiyama, Paul Bucknell
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Patent number: 10420133Abstract: A wireless communication method wherein: a terminal (1) transmits first and second data streams to a network; wherein the first data stream is associated with both a first cell and a second cell of a plurality of cells (10, 20, 22, 24) serving the terminal, and the second data stream is associated with the second cell; and the terminal (1) transmits at least one signalling message including first information relating to data to be sent in the first data stream and/or second information relating to data to be sent in the second data stream to at least one of the first cell and the second cell based on predetermined rules corresponding to association between cells and data streams.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yiwei Fang, Timothy Moulsley, Zhaojun Li, Paul Bucknell
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Patent number: 10349342Abstract: A method may include detecting multiple system-information block (SIB) blocks and associated content. The associated content may be stored. The method may further include detecting multiple change flags associated with the multiple SIB blocks, each of the multiple change flags associated with one of the multiple SIB blocks. In response to detecting a change flag having a first change flag value, content of the SIB block associated with the first change flag may be reused. The first change flag value may represent an absence of a change to the content of the SIB block associated with the first change flag. In response to detecting the change flag having a second change flag value, the SIB block associated with the second change flag may be detected and the associated content stored. The second change flag value may represent a change to the content of the associated SIB blocks.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Dorin G. Viorel, Paul Bucknell, Akira Ito
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Patent number: 10334630Abstract: A method is provided for managing a wireless network traffic by comprising designating a first resource block of a first base station for access by a random access channel (RACH). The method additionally comprises designating a first plurality of random access subframes associated with the first resource block for access by a user-over-control plane message, and receiving a random access signal at the first base station over a subframe from an endpoint. The random access signal is received on the RACH using a wireless network and is attempting to access one of the first plurality of designated random access subframes. Further, the method comprises determining if the random access signal is a user-over-control plane message, and processing the random access signal on the one of the first plurality of designated random access subframes.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Dorin Gheorghe Viorel, Akira Ito, Paul Bucknell, Chenxi Zhu
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Patent number: 10070481Abstract: The present invention relates to method for communicating in a network comprising the step a) of a primary station transmitting to at least one secondary station on a downlink control channel an indication related to a resource allocated to said secondary station in accordance with a semi persistent schedule, wherein the step a) comprises the step of transmitting to the secondary station at least two messages including at least part of the indication in one subframe.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Timothy James Moulsley, Paul Bucknell
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Publication number: 20180159784Abstract: A data signal is transmitted in a wireless communication system from a primary station to a secondary station. The data signal comprising a medium access control header (MAC-hs header) and a protocol data unit associated with the medium access control header. The medium access control header comprising a set at least one field (e.g.TSN, SEG, LI, FMT, LCid), wherein a size allocated to at least one field of the set is determined based on a length of the protocol data unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Paul Bucknell, Matthew Peter John Baker
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Patent number: 9954654Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network comprising at least one primary station communicating with at least one secondary station, comprising (a) the secondary station sending to the primary station a buffer status report representative of the amount of data in a buffer of the secondary station, (b) in absence of acknowledgement from the primary station, the secondary station retransmitting the buffer status report and, (c) if a maximum number of retransmissions has been reached, the secondary station sending a further buffer status report to the primary station.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Paul Bucknell, Bernard Hunt, Matthew Peter John Baker, Timothy James Moulsley
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Patent number: 9924532Abstract: The invention provides for association of data streams (and/or logical channels) with individual carriers (cells), and independent buffer status reporting per carrier for terminals with more than one uplink carrier configured. In a “Small Cell” scenario for 3GPP LTE, a terminal may be simultaneously served by a macro cell and one or more small cells. These may operate at different frequencies, have different traffic loading and support different QoS (Quality of Service). The invention allows independent control of traffic on the uplinks to the macro cell and the small cells, which can be used to optimize the user experience in relation to the available resources at any given time/location, and allows particular data to be routed via particular cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yiwei Fang, Timothy Moulsley, Zhaojun Li, Paul Bucknell
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Patent number: 9887926Abstract: A data signal is transmitted in a wireless communication system from a primary station to a secondary station. The data signal comprising a medium access control header (MAC-hs header) and a protocol data unit associated with the medium access control header. The medium access control header comprising a set at least one field (e.g. TSN, SEG, LI, FMT, LCid), wherein a size allocated to at least one field of the set is determined based on a length of the protocol data unit. For example, the size allocated to a segmentation indication field (SEG) determined for a protocol data unit of a first length is less than the size determined for a protocol data unit of a second length, the second length being higher than the first length, the segmentation indication depending on a number of segments that the protocol data unit is subdivided into.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Paul Bucknell, Matthew Peter John Baker
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Patent number: RE46960Abstract: A communication system, such as UMTS, comprises a scheduler (12) in a first station (PS) which is able to control a user equipment (UE1, UE2). The scheduler when operating in a data transmission mode, such as HSUPA (High-Speed Uplink Packet Access) controls the user equipment with combinations of absolute grants (AG) and relative grants (RG). The relative grants serve to adapt a transmission parameter relative to a reference value. The reference value for the relative grant is selected dependent on a property of one or more of the grants. Such a property may comprise the absolute grant being an all process grant or a single process grant.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Matthew P. J. Baker, Paul Bucknell
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Patent number: D849265Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: PRECISION NANOSYSTEMS INCInventors: Andre Wild, Timothy Leaver, Shao Fang Shannon Chang, Niklaus Alexander Andre, Rodney Paul Bucknell, Andrew Robert Patterson, Phillip Higgins, Thomas William Cameron Debenham
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Patent number: D878622Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Precision NanoSystems Inc.Inventors: Andre Wild, Rodney Paul Bucknell
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Patent number: RE48234Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for communicating between a primary station and a secondary station comprising (a) at the secondary station, upon arrival of a data packet to be transmitted to the primary station, buffering said data packet in a buffer, (b) at the secondary station, after the expiration of a time period starting at arrival of the data packet, transmitting to the primary station a request for an uplink transmission resource if a grant of uplink transmission resource is not received during the said time period, (c) at the primary station, granting to the secondary station an uplink transmission resource.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Matthew P. J. Baker, Timothy J. Moulsely, Paul Bucknell, Bernard Hunt, Milos Tesanovic