Patents by Inventor Simone Provvedi

Simone Provvedi 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: 8842564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and devices for allowing a communication terminal to configure a measurement gap pattern on a downlink carrier frequency for measurement on a target carrier frequency by said communication terminal, the communication terminal being capable of performing measurements on at least two downlink carrier frequencies without measurement gap, the method comprising: obtaining an indication that there is a need for the measurement gap pattern, for performing the measurement on the target carrier frequency; retrieving information about how to configure the measurement gap pattern; and determining, based on the retrieved information, the downlink carrier frequency on which the measurement gap pattern is to be configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Muhammad Kazmi, Simone Provvedi
  • Patent number: 8781126
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate security in response to a handover from an initial network to a subsequent network, such as a handover between a packet-switched network and a circuit-switched network. The method, apparatus and computer program product may provide at least one security key for use in the subsequent network following handover from the initial network such that communications conducted via the subsequent network, including initial communications, may be secure. In order to provide at least one security key for use in the subsequent network, at least one security key of the initial network may be identified along with a nonce in response to a determination that a handover is to be made. The at least one security key of the subsequent network may then be determined based upon the at least one security key of the initial network and the nonce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Geary, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Simone Provvedi, Steven Franklin, Keiichi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20120263054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and devices for allowing a communication terminal to configure a measurement gap pattern on a downlink carrier frequency for measurement on a target carrier frequency by said communication terminal, the communication terminal being capable of performing measurements on at least two downlink carrier frequencies without measurement gap, the method comprising: obtaining an indication that there is a need for the measurement gap pattern, for performing the measurement on the target carrier frequency; retrieving information about how to configure the measurement gap pattern; and determining, based on the retrieved information, the downlink carrier frequency on which the measurement gap pattern is to be configured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Muhammad Kazmi, Simone Provvedi
  • Patent number: 8155040
    Abstract: In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method, apparatus, and executable computer program to perform operations including receiving at a user equipment information from a network access node, prioritizing capability information of the user equipment in accordance with the received information, and transmitting all or at least part of the prioritized capability information to the network access node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Franklin, Leonardo Provvedi, Timothy Norris, Martin Robinson, Simone Provvedi
  • Publication number: 20110249563
    Abstract: Embodiments herein dynamically adapt the size of downlink Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol data units (PDUs) sent by a radio network controller (RNC) to a user equipment (UE) via a base station. Notably, the RNC effectively matches downlink RLC PDU size to the radio conditions at the UE using one or more indirect indicators of those radio conditions. Example indirect indicators include active set size, common pilot channel power, and the number of positive RLC PDU acknowledgments received, to name a few. The embodiments therefore prove particularly advantageous to wireless communication systems based on existing standards that already provide the RNC with such indirect indicators, since no new or additional control signaling need be introduced. Method embodiments herein thus include determining one or more indirect indicators of radio conditions at the UE, and dynamically adapting the size of downlink RLC PDUs in dependence on those one or more indirect indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Simone Provvedi, Anders Jonsson
  • Publication number: 20110122801
    Abstract: In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method, apparatus, and executable computer program to perform operations including receiving at a user equipment information from a network access node, prioritizing capability information of the user equipment in accordance with the received information, and transmitting all or at least part of the prioritized capability information to the network access node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Franklin, Leonardo Provvedi, Timothy Norris, Martin Robinson, Simone Provvedi
  • Patent number: 7899075
    Abstract: A method includes performing transport format combination selection so as to maximize transmission of higher priority data. The method operates, when scheduled and/or non-scheduled grants are taken into account for a transmission time interval, giving data of a given priority belonging to a scheduled MAC-d flow precedence over any lower priority data, whether belonging to a scheduled or a non-scheduled MAC-d flow; and giving data of a given priority belonging to a non-scheduled MAC-d flow precedence over any lower priority data, whether belonging to a scheduled or a non-scheduled MAC-d flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Whitehead, Simone Provvedi
  • Publication number: 20100220862
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate security in response to a handover from an initial network to a subsequent network, such as a handover between a packet-switched network and a circuit-switched network. The method, apparatus and computer program product may provide at least one security key for use in the subsequent network following handover from the initial network such that communications conducted via the subsequent network, including initial communications, may be secure. In order to provide at least one security key for use in the subsequent network, at least one security key of the initial network may be identified along with a nonce in response to a determination that a handover is to be made. The at least one security key of the subsequent network may then be determined based upon the at least one security key of the initial network and the nonce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Geary, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Simone Provvedi, Steven Franklin, Keiichi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20080273463
    Abstract: A method includes performing transport format combination selection so as to maximize transmission of higher priority data. The method operates, when scheduled and/or non-scheduled grants are taken into account for a transmission time interval, giving data of a given priority belonging to a scheduled MAC-d flow precedence over any lower priority data, whether belonging to a scheduled or a non-scheduled MAC-d flow; and giving data of a given priority belonging to a non-scheduled MAC-d flow precedence over any lower priority data, whether belonging to a scheduled or a non-scheduled MAC-d flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Whitehead, Simone Provvedi