Patents by Inventor Yonghua Lin

Yonghua Lin 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: 20130155879
    Abstract: Spectrum access for Internet of things (IOT) applications including receiving information about expected use by a primary user of a spectrum band in a radio frequency spectrum. The spectrum band is classified into at least two working modes based on the expected use. The spectrum band is sensed to determine a current access pattern of the primary user. Based on the classifying and the sensing, one of the working modes is selected as a current working mode of the primary user. Transmissions are scheduled on the spectrum band using a current schedule that is responsive to the current working mode of the primary user. If the current working mode of the primary user changes, the sensing, selecting, scheduling, and determining whether the current working mode has changed are re-performed. Otherwise, the transmission scheduling and determining if the current working mode has changed are re-performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ting He, Kang-Won Lee, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Murtaza Zafer, Hai Zhan
  • Patent number: 8417831
    Abstract: A network system adopting a first IP protocol is provided. The network system includes an address allocating server and a communication terminal supporting both the first IP protocol and a second IP protocol, wherein the address allocating server dynamically allocates an address of the second IP protocol to the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Ge, Zhiyong Liang, Yonghua Lin, Yan Qi Wang
  • Publication number: 20120315942
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing spectrum interference between wireless networks. This is realized by arranging at least one sub-coordinating apparatus, namely, a monitoring apparatus, in respective wireless network, and by arranging a coordinating apparatus, namely, an allocation apparatus in the whole network. Wherein, the sub-coordinating apparatus monitors the spectrum utilization situation of the wireless network where it is located, reports it to the coordinating apparatus, and requests the coordinating apparatus for spectrum resource when new spectrum resource is needed. The coordinating apparatus maintains the spectrum utilization information of each wireless network, and allocates appropriate spectrum resource to the sub-coordinating apparatus which requests spectrum resource based on the maintained information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yonghua Lin, Jianbin Tang, Jun Song Wang, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Hai Zhan, Chao Zhu, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Patent number: 8325676
    Abstract: A method and a wireless access point device for a network layer handoff of a wireless mobile node over a wireless local area network. The method includes detecting a wireless mobile node that has moved into the coverage area of the wireless access point device; maintaining an available IP address pool; selecting a temporary IP address from the IP access pool in response to the detection of the mobile node moving into the coverage area; and assigning a temporary IP address to the mobile node for use by the node during an interim period. The method produces a network layer handoff of a wireless mobile node over a local area network. Also provided is a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing the steps of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lin Chen, Zhiyong Liang, Yonghua Lin
  • Publication number: 20120300766
    Abstract: A wireless communication system base station, and a remote radio head (RRH) and a computer-implemented synchronization method for the wireless communication system base station. The RRH is communicably coupled to a baseband unit (BBU) of the wireless communication system base station through a network, and the BBU processes and transmits downlink data to the RRH. The RRH includes: a time-delay measurement unit for measuring a time-delay for the downlink data to arrive at the RRH from the BBU; and a time-delay notification unit for notifying from the RRH to the BBU of time-delay data on the time-delay measured by the time-delay measurement unit, wherein the time-delay data is used to advance the starting time for the BBU to process and transmit the downlink data by an amount of time obtained based on the time-delay data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Lin Chen, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120302273
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing spectrum interference between wireless networks. This is realized by arranging at least one sub-coordinating apparatus, namely, a monitoring apparatus, in respective wireless network, and by arranging a coordinating apparatus, namely, an allocation apparatus in the whole network. Wherein, the sub-coordinating apparatus monitors the spectrum utilization situation of the wireless network where it is located, reports it to the coordinating apparatus, and requests the coordinating apparatus for spectrum resource when new spectrum resource is needed. The coordinating apparatus maintains the spectrum utilization information of each wireless network, and allocates appropriate spectrum resource to the sub-coordinating apparatus which requests spectrum resource based on the maintained information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yonghua Lin, Jianbin Tang, Jun Song Wang, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Hai Zhan, Chao Zhu, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120163299
    Abstract: A wireless communication system base station, and a remote radio head (RRH) and a computer-implemented synchronization method for the wireless communication system base station. The RRH is communicably coupled to a baseband unit (BBU) of the wireless communication system base station through a network, and the BBU processes and transmits downlink data to the RRH. The RRH includes: a time-delay measurement unit for measuring a time-delay for the downlink data to arrive at the RRH from the BBU; and a time-delay notification unit for notifying from the RRH to the BBU of time-delay data on the time-delay measured by the time-delay measurement unit, wherein the time-delay data is used to advance the starting time for the BBU to process and transmit the downlink data by an amount of time obtained based on the time-delay data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Lin Chen, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120140711
    Abstract: A base station apparatus, methods of receiving and sending data, and a computer readable article of manufacture. A computer implemented method includes the following for receiving and sending data: receiving the data by an RF header module; grouping data received; transferring the grouped data to a data processing apparatus; distributing the grouped data into an uplink sub-channel; merging the distributed data using at least one downlink sub-channel; transferring the merged data to a transceiving apparatus; degrouping the merged data; and sending the merged data by RF header module. A method of receiving data, a method of sending data, and computer readable non-transitory articles of manufacture are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Yonghua Lin, Ravinder Kumar Sabhikhi, Qing Wang, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Patent number: 8139567
    Abstract: A base station apparatus adaptive for antenna arrays including at least one radio frequency (RF) header module, at least one data processing apparatus, and transceiving apparatus for transceiving data between the at least one radio frequency (RF) header module and the at least one data processing apparatus. The transceiving apparatus includes an uplink module to group data received by the RF header module according to grouping configuration information, and to transfer the grouped data to the data processing apparatus; and a downlink module to degroup the data from the data processing apparatus according to the grouping configuration information, and to transfer the degrouped data to the RF header module. Also provided are methods of receiving and sending data, and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing a computer implemented method of sending and receiving data for a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Yonghua Lin, Ravinder Kumar Sabhikhi, Qing Wang, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Patent number: 8140585
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for partitioning, sorting a data set on a multi-processor system. Herein, the multi-processor system has at least one core processor and a plurality of accelerators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liang Chen, Kuan Feng, Yonghua Lin, Sheng Xu
  • Patent number: 8055681
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of storing data includes setting a first data node in a first storage area and setting a second data node in a second storage area. The second data node is an element of a plurality of elements forming a first flat table of at least one flat table in the second storage area. The step of setting a first data node includes storing in the first data node a two-tuple linker which comprises a first identifier indicating the first flat table and a second identifier indicating the row of the element in the first flat table. In another aspect a corresponding data storage structure is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bhavesh Dhanji Budhabhatti, Yonghua Lin, Chien D. Vu, Yan Qi Wang
  • Publication number: 20110055833
    Abstract: A co-processor system and a method for loading an application to a local memory of a co-processor system. In the method, re-locatable code and descriptive data are copied from a loading region to a non-loading region. An executable image to be loaded is loaded using the re-locatable code copied to the non-loading region according to the descriptive data. The local memory includes a loading region and a non-loading region, the loading region stories a loader and descriptive data of an executable image to be loaded of the application, and the loader includes re-locatable code. A system is provided for carrying out the steps of the method. In accordance with the system and method of the present invention, flexibility of co-processor system application development is improved without occupying additional storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li Hui Guo, Yan Li, Haibo Lin, Yonghua Lin, Yudong Yang
  • Patent number: 7747553
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rule set partitioning based packet classification method for Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhi Yong Liang, Yonghua Lin, Kai Zheng, Yi Ge, Yan Qi Wang
  • Publication number: 20100118831
    Abstract: A method and a wireless access point device for a network layer handoff of a wireless mobile node over a wireless local area network. The method includes detecting a wireless mobile node that has moved into the coverage area of the wireless access point device; maintaining an available IP address pool; selecting a temporary IP address from the IP access pool in response to the detection of the mobile node moving into the coverage area; and assigning a temporary IP address to the mobile node for use by the node during an interim period. The method produces a network layer handoff of a wireless mobile node over a local area network. Also provided is a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing the steps of the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lin Chen, Zhiyong Liang, Yonghua Lin
  • Publication number: 20100115031
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable article of manufacture for enabling peer-to-peer (P2P) applications in a wireless mobile network. The system includes: a uniform resource identifier (URI) request analyzer module to intercept and analyze a request from a mobile terminal to capture content; and at least one P2P content service agent module to obtain the content locally or over a computer network acting as a P2P peer according to the content request captured by the URI request analyzer module, and to transfer the content to the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yonghua Lin, Ling Shao, Yi Xin Zhao, Kai Zheng
  • Publication number: 20100031003
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for partitioning, sorting a data set on a multi-processor system. Herein, the multi-processor system has at least one core processor and a plurality of accelerators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Liang Chen, Kuan Feng, Yonghua Lin, Sheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20090296636
    Abstract: A base station apparatus adaptive for antenna arrays including at least one radio frequency (RF) header module, at least one data processing apparatus, and transceiving apparatus for transceiving data between the at least one radio frequency (RF) header module and the at least one data processing apparatus. The transceiving apparatus includes an uplink module to group data received by the RF header module according to grouping configuration information, and to transfer the grouped data to the data processing apparatus; and a downlink module to degroup the data from the data processing apparatus according to the grouping configuration information, and to transfer the degrouped data to the RF header module. Also provided are methods of receiving and sending data, and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing a computer implemented method of sending and receiving data for a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Yonghua Lin, Ravinder Kumar Sabhikhi, Qing Wang, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20090157900
    Abstract: A network system adopting a first IP protocol is provided. The network system includes an address allocating server and a communication terminal supporting both the first IP protocol and a second IP protocol, wherein the address allocating server dynamically allocates an address of the second IP protocol to the communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Yi Ge, Zhiyong Liang, Yonghua Lin, Yan Qi Wang
  • Publication number: 20090138931
    Abstract: A novel method and system for enhancing user experience when switching channel in digital video broadcasting system is proposed. The invention proposes a server-based cache mechanism which caches all channels simultaneously in a cache server near from the video playing terminal. The channel switch latency could be heavily reduced since the initial part of the current GOP of any channel could be retrieved from the cache server, therefore the user experience is improved greatly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guo Hui Lin, Yonghua Lin, Yudong Yang, Yu Yuan
  • Patent number: 7492708
    Abstract: The present invention reduces the burden of the network having heavier load, maintains the load balance among different networks, and improves the overall resource utilization efficiency and transmission qualities of the networks, by providing a network forwarding apparatus for selectively distributing the IP packets to be forwarded to the network having less traffic for transmission by monitoring in real-time the traffic in the different networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Ge, Dan Li, Zhiyong Liang, Yonghua Lin, Yan Qi Wang