Patents Issued in January 24, 2017
  • Patent number: 9554274
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for authentication levels associated with a wearable device. The system is configured to receive an indication that a user is in possession of the wearable device; authenticate the wearable device; receive an indication from the user to execute a transaction; determine that the user continues to remain in possession of the wearable device; determine that the transaction requires an authentication level higher than the default authentication level; receive additional authentication credentials associated with the authentication level required to execute the transaction; authenticate the wearable device using the additional authentication credentials received from the user; and execute the transaction associated with the authentication level higher than the default authentication level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph B. Castinado, Phillip W. Mork, Kimberly C. Turner
  • Patent number: 9554275
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for communication system that includes a mobile application (software) installed on a user mobile device, a communications gateway, capable of performing EAP-SIM and/or EAP-AKA WPA2 wireless authentication & authorization, a Ground-based gateway, capable of proxying RADIUS messages, handling SIP communications and SMPP (SMS) messaging, and an integrated communications gateway platform (ICP), capable of performing the functions of a BTS, VLR and SIP/SMPP communications router. The systems, devices and methods allows for vehicle passengers, such as aircraft passengers the capability to use their mobile communication devices, such as smart phones and their smart phone numbers to send and receive calls and text messages to remote communication devices anywhere in the world while on the aircraft, wherein the remote communication devices display the phone numbers of the mobile communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Satcom Direct, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Bantoft, Curt Allen Gray
  • Patent number: 9554276
    Abstract: A system, machine readable medium and method for utilizing protocol conversions in policy changing enforcement is disclosed. A message, in a first protocol, is received from a network gateway device including identifying information unique to a client attempting to access a resource from a server. The message is processed using one or more portions of the client identifying information as a unique key identifier. A policy access request is generated, in a second protocol, and includes at least the unique key identifier. The policy access request is sent to a policy server, wherein the policy server is configured to provide policy enforcement information of the client associated with the policy access request. The policy enforcement information is received and one or more policies from the policy enforcement information are enforced to network traffic between the client and the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: F5 Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Nat Thirasuttakorn, Jason Haworth, Brandon Burns, Ian Michael Smith
  • Patent number: 9554277
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for managing access rights are described herein. One method includes receiving, by a mobile device, information from a passive tag located at an entrance to an area, wherein the information includes identification information for the entrance, sending, by the mobile device to a computing device of an access control system associated with the area, the information from the passive tag and a request to access the area, and granting, by the computing device of the access control system, access to the area based on the information from the passive tag and the request to access the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Vinayak G, Anantha Padmanabha Rahul U
  • Patent number: 9554278
    Abstract: A relay apparatus detects a request, sent from a communication apparatus, to grant an access authority for a desired resource, sends, in the case where the request to grant the access authority has been detected, an authorization request requesting the granting of the access authority to a server, receives an authorization response, which is a response to the authorization request, from the server, saves the authorization response, generates an authorization relay response based on the authorization response, and sends the authorization relay response to the communication apparatus, wherein in the case where a request to grant the access authority sent from another communication apparatus different from the communication apparatus has been detected, the relay apparatus sends the authorization relay response in response to the request to the other communication apparatus based on the saved authorization response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Yaosaka
  • Patent number: 9554279
    Abstract: A secure access system, including a stationary computing device that controls access to secure data over a secure network, including an authorized area of authentication (AAA) generator, generating an AAA for administering the secure data, an AAA validator, validating a mobile computing device that a request to access the secure data over the secure network, by verifying that a current location of the mobile device is within the AAA, and an access controller, enabling the mobile device to access the secure data, only in response to the validator affirmatively validating the mobile device, and a mobile computing device including a location identifier, dynamically identifying a current location of the mobile device, a connection controller for logging into the secure network, and an access requestor, submitting to the access controller via the secure network (i) an access request for the secure data, and (ii) the current location of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Finjan Mobile, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Lin Kremer, Geoffrey House, Lee McDole, Michael Godlewski, Rudolph Mutter, Timothy Shipman, Jules Panopoulos
  • Patent number: 9554280
    Abstract: A method for managing data communication between a communication device (102) and another device (112) in a communication network, comprises providing (500) data for transmission by the communication device (102), and controlling by at least one secure management element (300, 304) operating in a secure environment (218) in the communication device the transmission of the provided data by the communication device so as to manage data transmitted by the communication device. The step of controlling may include at least one of controlling an amount of data transmitted, controlling a time of transmission of data and controlling a periodicity of transmission of data. A communication device and a method of managing data received by a communication device are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Timothy J. Wright, Dean H. Vogler, Joel D. Voss
  • Patent number: 9554281
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for allocating frequencies in a radio access network (RAN) that includes a plurality of radio nodes each associated with a cell and a services node operatively coupled to the radio nodes. In accordance with the method, the radio nodes (RNs) in the RAN are divided into a plurality of clusters of RNs. A fractional frequency reuse (FFR) pattern is generated for each cluster. Transmission resources are allocated to the radio nodes in each cluster in accordance with the respective FFR pattern that is generated for each cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SPIDERCLOUD WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Han-Ting Chiang, Krishna Sayana, Brian Dunn, Hithesh Nama, Peter J. Worters
  • Patent number: 9554282
    Abstract: A method for use in mobile station. The method comprises detecting a special code transmitted by first base station, wherein the special code is associated with a border of a restricted area. The method further comprises, in response to detection of the transmitted special code, determining a position of the mobile station and comparing the position of the mobile station to the border of the restricted area. The method also comprises determining whether the mobile station is in the restricted area or a permitted area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: David Steer
  • Patent number: 9554283
    Abstract: Carrier aggregation using unlicensed frequency bands. A primary carrier for communication between a base station (BS) and a wireless user equipment (UE) device may be configured according to a first wireless communication technology. The primary carrier may be on a licensed frequency band. A secondary carrier for communication between the BS and the UE may also be configured according to a first wireless communication technology. The secondary carrier may be on an unlicensed frequency band. Channel conditions for each of multiple possible channels of the unlicensed frequency band may be assessed according to a second wireless communication technology as part of configuring the secondary carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tarik Tabet, Dawei Zhang, Wen Zhao
  • Patent number: 9554284
    Abstract: A system for communicating wireless signals includes a passive optical network (PON) between a central office (CO) and network subscribers. The CO has an optical line terminal (OLT) and a wireless base station. An RF/Optic converter converts base station radio frequency (RF) signals to and from corresponding optical signals. An optical combiner combines signals of the OLT and signals of the RF/Optic converter for communication over the PON with at least one optical network unit (ONU) at a location of one or more of the network subscribers, so that signals of the OLT and converted wireless base station signals are carried together over the PON. A fiber mounted wireless antenna unit (FMCA) having an optical interface and a wireless antenna, and communicating wireless signals of the wireless antenna with the ONU, including performing conversions between wireless RF signals and optical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: ALVARION LTD.
    Inventors: Mordechai Gejbrowitz, Mordechai Zussman, Dan Sade, Gil Shacham
  • Patent number: 9554285
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for communication between moving objects (e.g., a train) and land-based systems (e.g., base stations of mobile wireless networks). For example, wireless communication may be established between a train and one or more base stations arranged along a track travelled by the train. In some instances, multiple-input and multiple-output arrays may be configured, comprising antennas of one or more communication relays arranged on the train, and the one or more base stations. Communications may be performed concurrently via multiple communication channels, such as channels of a MIMO arrays, using cooperative communication schemes for example. Channel state information (CSI) may be stored, remotely or locally, such as in a data storage system, and for communicating via the communication channel(s), channel state information may be determined, such as depending on information defining the current location of communication relays used in establishing the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SWISSCOM AG
    Inventor: Thomas Zasowski
  • Patent number: 9554286
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for determining a location of a portable wireless device in relation to a vehicle is provided. The apparatus comprises a first base station that includes a first transceiver for being positioned about a vehicle. The first transceiver is configured to operate at a first operating frequency for transmitting and receiving at least one first signal to and from the portable wireless device to provide a first distance of the portable wireless device with respect to the vehicle. The first operating frequency generally corresponds to a distance accuracy value and the first distance generally corresponds to an actual distance of the portable wireless device from the vehicle that is adjusted by the distance accuracy value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Riad Ghabra, Keith A. Christenson
  • Patent number: 9554287
    Abstract: A mobile communications system comprises a first group of one or more base stations which are arranged to communicate signals with mobile units via a wireless access interface by transmitting and/or receiving radio signals within a first frequency band; a second group of one or more base stations which are arranged to communicate signals with mobile units via a wireless access interface by transmitting and/or receiving radio signals within a second frequency band; and a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventor: Martin Warwick Beale
  • Patent number: 9554288
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of wireless communication, and relate particularly to a method, a system, and a device for confirming an uplink-downlink configuration, for use in confirming via interference detection whether or not a cell is capable of conducting independently the uplink-downlink configuration. The method of the embodiments of the present invention comprises: a network side device confirming the receipt of a first RSRP value of a reference signal from a second cell by a first cell, the second cell being an adjacent cell of the first cell (201); on the basis of the first RSRP value, the network side device confirming whether or not the first cell is capable of conducting autonomously the uplink-downlink configuration (202).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xueming Pan, Shaohui Sun, Guojun Xiao, Fei Qin, Zukang Shen, Yu Ding
  • Patent number: 9554289
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a management method, apparatus, and system for coverage optimization. The method includes obtaining measurement reports of a coverage optimization target region, and determining an actual value of a coverage optimization target within the coverage optimization target region according to the measurement reports. Coverage optimization processing is performed on the coverage optimization target region when the actual value of the coverage optimization target is smaller than a preset expected value of the coverage optimization target. According to the embodiments of the present invention, automatic determination is implemented to determine whether the coverage optimization processing needs to be performed on the coverage optimization target region, thereby improving management efficiency of coverage optimization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Xiaoli Shi
  • Patent number: 9554290
    Abstract: A wireless communication system and methods for automatically switching device identifications are disclosed, where the device identifications are automatically determined by a plurality of work devices connected to a cable network after a connection time, respectively, and the one among the plurality of work devices becomes a main device may transmit a survive message to the work devices becoming a backup device, and the main device is determined as failing to work normally and a new main device is automatically determined again when the backup device fails to receive the survive message transmitted by the main device or a switch notification transmitted by the main device, so that the wireless communication on a carrier may have an improved stability and the technical efficacy may be achieved that the work device may automatically and rapidly determine the main device when no main device existing in the wireless network environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MOXA INC.
    Inventor: Chiung-Yu Chu
  • Patent number: 9554291
    Abstract: Systems and methods of generating an RF stimulus signal with different power levels for IC testing. A DC modulating signal is used to power modulate a radio frequency (RF) carrier signal and thereby generate an RF stimulus signal at varying power levels. The DC modulating signal includes a sequence of DC waveforms at different voltage levels. A DC voltage transition in the modulating signal instantaneously triggers the transition of an output power in the RF stimulus signal. Reference waveforms that can cause a known response pattern in a DUT may be added at the beginning of the modulating signal for data calibration purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventor: Jason Smith
  • Patent number: 9554292
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards methods and systems for performance monitoring for mobile applications. In an embodiment, a method of monitoring performance of a mobile application is provided. A mobile application is operated on a wireless mobile device. A progress indicator being displayed on a display screen of the mobile device during operation of the mobile application on the wireless mobile device is automatically detected. Data indicative of a time duration of the progress indicator is obtained. The data indicative of the time duration is communicated to a centralized server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ofer Ronen, Keith Simmons
  • Patent number: 9554293
    Abstract: Technologies are generally described for providing a transition between predictive and mobile-assisted spectral allocation. In some examples, wireless devices may be enabled to determine adequacy of theft allocated spectral path to meet their communication needs by analyzing signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of their assigned sub-carriers. If a wireless device determines a current sub-carrier to be inadequate based on the analysis, it may send information associated with preferred sub-carriers to a base station. The base station may determine one or more nearby good clusters based on a comparison of a sequence of received preferred sub-carriers and the spectral paths represented by the nearby cluster centers, and select a re-allocated spectral path with shortest information distance to the sequence of preferred sub-carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventor: Arvind Vijay Keerthi
  • Patent number: 9554294
    Abstract: A method of operating a spectrum system includes issuing communicating transmitter commands to a spectrum operator system from the spectrum system. The spectrum operator system is in communication with a transmitter. The method also includes instructing, using a computing processor, the spectrum operator system to identify a set of wireless terminals associated with the transmitter, instruct the set of wireless terminals or a subset of the wireless terminals associated with the transmitter to return network measurements to the spectrum system, and instruct different subsets of wireless terminals associated with the transmitter over time to return network measurements to the spectrum system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mitch Trott, Murari Srinivasan, Milo Steven Medin
  • Patent number: 9554295
    Abstract: A radio measurement collection method in one embodiment is provided with: a step (S142) wherein, in an idle state, radio-environment measurement is performed on a target LTE frequency band in accordance with measurement parameters set by an LTE base station (eNB); a step (S143) wherein, in an idle state, radio-environment measurement is performed on a frequency band for a non-LTE radio access technology and/or an LTE frequency band other than the target frequency band; and a step (S146) wherein, if the result of the measurement in step S142 is less than a threshold, the result of the measurement in step S142 and the result of the measurement in step S143 are both logged together with location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Noriyoshi Fukuta
  • Patent number: 9554296
    Abstract: Embodiments for managing device trigger action requests are generally described herein. The device trigger action requests may include a recall or replacement Device-Action Request. In some embodiments, a Device-Action Request command is received at a network entry point node from an external services capability server with an action type attribute value pair set to indicate a device trigger action request for performing an action on an old device trigger request, the network entry point node determines a status of the old device trigger request from the external services capability server and the network entry point node sends a Device-Action Answer command to the external services capability server with a request-status type attribute value pair to report a status of the old device trigger request in response to the device trigger action request for performing an action on the old device trigger request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Varun Rao, Puneet Jain
  • Patent number: 9554297
    Abstract: Technology for periodic channel state information (CSI) reporting using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is disclosed. One method can include a user equipment (UE) generating a CSI report with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) first reporting type and a CSI report with a PUCCH second reporting type; and dropping a CSI report with the PUCCH first reporting type of a serving cell when the CSI report with the PUCCH first reporting type has a collision with the CSI report with PUCCH second reporting type of the serving cell. The PUCCH first reporting type can have a lower priority level than the PUCCH second reporting type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghee Han, Alexei Davydov, Jong-Kae Fwu, Kamran Etemad
  • Patent number: 9554298
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for measuring interference in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives, from a base station, a zero-power channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) indicator that indicates whether or not to estimate interference using a zero-power CSI RS signal, and, according to the zero-power CSI RS indicator, measures interference on the basis of the zero-power CSI RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jin Young Chun, Ki Tae Kim, Su Nam Kim, Ji Won Kang, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9554299
    Abstract: A method for aperiodic channel status information (CSI) reporting in a wireless access system, and a user equipment (UE) for performing the method are discussed. The method is performed by a user equipment (UE) and includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message configuring one or more CSI measurement sets. Each of the one or more CSI measurement sets includes one or more subframes. The method includes receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including a CSI request field triggering the aperiodic CSI reporting; and reporting a CSI on a subframe ‘n’. The CSI has been measured on a subframe ‘n-nCQI_ref’. ‘nCQI_ref’ is a value which makes the subframe ‘n-nCQI_ref’ to be included in a valid CSI measurement set which is closest from the subframe ‘n’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim
  • Patent number: 9554300
    Abstract: If a wireless device does not know how many data contexts can be supported, then the wireless device might attempt to establish more data contexts than are supported. Such attempt would normally be rejected. However, the signalling involved in the attempt to establish another data context and the rejection of that attempt is considered wasteful. Embodiments of the present disclosure allow such waste to be reduced or avoided by signalling to the wireless device when the maximum number of data contexts is reached or when it is about to be reached. Such signalling can occur before any attempt to establish more data contexts than are supported. Thus, wasteful signaling involved with attempting to establish more data contexts can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker, Bhabani Sankar Panda, Maiyuran Wijayanathan
  • Patent number: 9554301
    Abstract: A shunting method and system for multi-network joint transmission and an access network element are provided, and the method includes that a network element of a 3GPP access network transmits a shunting request message to a network element of a WLAN access network; upon reception of a success response from the network element of the WLAN access network, the network element of the 3GPP access network transmits to a UE a shunting command to indicate the UE to access a target WLAN access network corresponding to the network element of the WLAN access network; and after determining that the UE has successfully accessed the target WLAN access network, the network element of the 3GPP access network performs data shunting transmission through a shunting connection between the network element of the 3GPP access network and the network element of the WLAN access network. By means of the disclosure, it is possible to implement shunting control over multi-network joint transmission by a network side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventor: Feng He
  • Patent number: 9554302
    Abstract: QoS based uplink data buffering while TTI bundling is enabled by a wireless user equipment (UE) device. The UE may establish a packet-switched connection with a network via a wireless link. The UE may receive, at a media access control (MAC) layer, an indication to enable TTI bundling. The UE may selectively buffer uplink data at an application layer based on the indication to enable TTI bundling. The uplink data may be buffered selectively based on Quality of Service (QoS) considerations. Uplink transmissions may subsequently be performed using TTI bundling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samy Khay-Ibbat, Navid Damji, Sreevalsan Vallath, Sarma V. Vangala, Johnson O. Sebeni
  • Patent number: 9554303
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamically changing the quality of service (QoS) for a subscriber of a cellular radio system. Bandwidth-on-Demand (BoD) enables the subscriber to dynamically switch to higher bandwidth and to enable a higher throughput. This may be for a limited time or amount of data, for example. The initiation may be by the subscriber, carrier, sponsor, or automatically by an application. The QoS increase may be dynamically priced in a kind of auction. The wireless device may contact the policy servers of a multiple network operator (MNO), which in turn contacts the Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server in the MNO's core network. The policy server contacts the scheduler on the serving basestation which then determines whether to allocate more resources (i.e. bandwidth in the form of subcarriers, resource blocks, resource elements, timeslots) to the subscriber. The initiation may start a timer or data counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: PLUSN LLC
    Inventors: Richard E. Hitt, Per Von Zelowitz, Brent Hansen Horine, Karthikesh Raju
  • Patent number: 9554304
    Abstract: A scalable medium access control (“MAC”) module is provided that avoids conflict resource reservation so that network performance does not degrade as the number of hops or nodes in a wireless network increases. The MAC also provides different access schemes for traffic with different quality of service (“QoS”) requirements such that QoS is guaranteed and network resources are efficiently utilized. Furthermore, the resource allocation scheme determines the routing path as resources is allocated for data traffic, thereby achieving more robust layer-2 routing at the MAC layer. Finally, the scalable MAC is compliant with both WiMedia MAC and IEEE 802.15.3 MAC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: OL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
    Inventors: Xudong Wang, Chao Gui, Abhishek Patil, Weilin Wang, Michael Nova
  • Patent number: 9554305
    Abstract: Embodiments of User Equipment (UE) and methods to support reception of content for use by an application supported by a Port Control Protocol (PCP) client are disclosed herein. The UE may receive, from a PCP server, a first portion of video content for use by the application during a first time period. The UE may send a PCP update message that includes one or more mobility status parameters. The UE may receive a second portion of the video content for use by the application during a second time period. The first and second portions of the video content may be received from a first and a second mobility anchor, which may operate as relays for the PCP server. The second mobility anchor may be determined based on a referred IP prefix included in the PCP date update message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Hassnaa Moustafa, Danny Moses, Jeffery R. Foerster, Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Vallabhajosyula S. Somayazulu, Wu-Chi Feng, Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde, Kathiravetpillai Sivanesan, Rath Vannithamby, Candy Yiu
  • Patent number: 9554306
    Abstract: A method in a wireless communications device having a first protocol stack for use with a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second protocol stack for use with a second RAT, the first protocol stack comprising a reordering component associated with a first layer of the first protocol stack and arranged to implement a data reordering queue, the method for transitioning from the first RAT to the second RAT, the method comprising: determining that the device should transition from the first RAT to the second RAT; in response to determining that the device should transition, determining that data is present in a reordering queue implemented by the reordering component; sending the data present in the reordering queue to a second layer which is higher than the first layer; and attempting transitioning from the first RAT to the second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Gideon Roberts
  • Patent number: 9554307
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication apparatus with multiple antenna sets installed on the radio interface between the communication apparatus and on-land base station, and a mobility method for the communication apparatus. In some embodiments, a communication apparatus may include a first antenna and a second antenna separated with a distance; and a digital unit connected to the first and second antennas and configured to support at least one backhaul context with the first antenna and at least another backhaul context with the second antenna at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Peng Chen
  • Patent number: 9554308
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for transmitting scheduling requests for uplink transmission resources following a handover. A user equipment (UE) may determine that a handover from a first base station to a second base station has occurred, and may implement one or more processes to enhance efficiency in communications following the handover. A UE, for example, may wait for successful acquisition and/or derivation of timing information from a base station before attempting to schedule uplink resources with the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mouaffac Ambriss, Mutaz Zuhier Afif Shukair, Salil Sawhney, Deepak Krishnamoorthi
  • Patent number: 9554309
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting an indicator in a wireless communication system is provided. According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a source eNodeB (eNB) initiates handover for a user equipment (UE), it informs a target eNB about whether the handover is to avoid in-device coexistence (IDC) interference problems or not. Alternatively, according to another embodiment of the present invention, an eNB, which the UE reestablished, informs an eNB, which radio link failure (RLF) of the UE occurred, about that the cause of UE's RLF was IDC interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyungmin Park, Insun Lee, Daewook Byun, Jian Xu
  • Patent number: 9554310
    Abstract: A random access method and an evolved Node B (eNB) is described. The method includes: receiving, by a target evolved Node B (eNB), a handover request message including information of multiple target component carriers selected by the source eNB; determining, by the target eNB, whether to allow the multiple target component carriers selected by the source eNB; sending, by the target eNB, a handover request acknowledgement message including information about at least two determined target component carriers for the UE. If the multiple target component carriers selected by the source eNB are allowed by the target eNB, the at least two determined target component carriers include the multiple target component carriers selected by the source eNB. Otherwise, the at least two determined target component carriers include one or more newly configured target component carriers configured by the target eNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junren Chang, Yajuan Li, Shulan Feng
  • Patent number: 9554311
    Abstract: A method and corresponding system to help manage resources in a wireless communication system. When a first access network has allocated a resource for use in serving a UE and the UE has then transitioned from being served by the first access network to being served by a second access network, a determination may be made that (i) the UE has then moved into particular coverage of the second access network and (ii) the first access network does not have a coverage area that corresponds with that particular coverage area of the second access network. In response, the first access network may then release the resource that it had allocated for use in serving the UE. In a scenario where the first access is configured to normally release the resource upon expiration of a resource-release timer, the release in response to the determination may advantageously occur before the timer expires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Saravana Velusamy, Deveshkumar Rai
  • Patent number: 9554312
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for handling in-band signaling messages in radio access networks is provided. The method and apparatus may setup a logical channel, where the logical channel provides packet data control protocol in-band signaling for radio bearers, provide a unique logical channel identifier for the logical channel, receive a packet with a logical channel identifier tag and identify a packet data unit of the packet as a signaling packet data unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Benoist Sebire, Vinh Van Phan, Merja Vuolteenaho
  • Patent number: 9554313
    Abstract: Cell relocation procedures to address handover between a macro radio network controller (RNC) and a home base station in a wireless communication network, while accounting for access control or membership verification procedures needed to support a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) at the home base station. An example method begins with the receiving of a request for handover of the mobile terminal from an RNC of the macro wireless network. A closed subscriber group (CSG) identifier for the home base station and a cell access mode for the home base station are then sent, to a core network node associated with the macro wireless network, for use by the core network node in membership verification or access control for the mobile terminal. In response, the home base station receives a CSG membership status for the mobile terminal from the core network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Angelo Centonza
  • Patent number: 9554314
    Abstract: An approach is provided for cell re-selection. A notification message is generated to indicate initiation of a coverage area re-selection procedure to operate in a new coverage area from a current coverage area. The re-selection procedure is performed if an acknowledgement message is received in response to the notification message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Sami-Jukka Hakola, Karri Ranta-Aho, Markus Klaus Andrea Wimmer, Thomas Stadler
  • Patent number: 9554315
    Abstract: A method performed by user equipment (UE) includes receiving a request to access a service unavailable through a first network cell associated with the UE, and receiving a message from an access device associated with the first network cell, wherein the message identifies a plurality of second network cells providing the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Richard Charles Burbidge, Takashi Suzuki, David Philip Hole, Johanna Lisa Dwyer, Venkata Ratnakar Rao Rayavarapu, Maiyuran Wijayanathan, Stephen McCann, Mark Earnshaw, Chen-Ho Chin
  • Patent number: 9554316
    Abstract: A system, device, and method for real-time handoff in a mobile IP network is provided. In an embodiment, an indication that a mobile device is in a new network is sent out more often in a beacon than in an IRDP message in order to provide an effective seamless connectivity between service areas for wireless communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: G. R. Konrad Roeder, John Stromseth, Sukhjinder Singh
  • Patent number: 9554317
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) including one or more processors configured to cause the UE to prepare to reselect to a macro cell responsive to the UE placing an emergency call in a femtocell, wherein preparing to reselect is performed in addition to placing the emergency call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Stefano M. Faccin, Young Ae Kim, Johanna L. Dwyer, Mo-Han Fong, David P. Hole, M. Khaledul Islam, Paul Carpenter, Jeffrey William Wirtanen, Maiyuran Wijayanathan
  • Patent number: 9554318
    Abstract: Call handoff from an 802.1x network to a cellular network, and vice versa. A wireless device that has both cellular and 802.1x capability detects the strength of a cellular signal and of an 802.1x signal. If a call is taking place over the 802.1x network and the strength of the 802.1x signal drops below a particular level and the strength of the cellular signal is above a certain level, the call is handed off from the 802.1x network to the cellular network. If a call is taking place over the cellular network and the cellular signal strength drops below a certain level while the 802.1x signal strength is above a certain level, the call is handed off from the cellular network to the 802.1x network. In addition, the user of the wireless device can manually initiate the handoff by actuating a handoff selector of the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventor: Mark J Enzmann
  • Patent number: 9554319
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate monitoring RF channels in a wireless communication environment to determine whether one or more channels comprise a forward-link-only (FLO) signal. A receiver can receive a first RF channel with a FLO signal and can monitor other RF channels for FLO signals. Upon a determination that a monitored RF channel comprises a FLO signal, the receiver can switch between the first RF channel and the monitored RF channel, employing information on current MLC decoding status, to facilitate providing seamless reception of the FLO signal, which can be superframe synchronized between RF channels. FLO signal detection can be performed using one or more of a wide-area identification channel energy detection protocol and a wide-area overhead information symbol decoding error detection protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Linbo Li, Ashok Mantravadi, Fuyun Ling, Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi
  • Patent number: 9554320
    Abstract: A mobile communication system includes a mobile station provided in a moving object moving along a predetermined route, and a plurality of base stations provided along the route. The mobile station includes an interruption time determining unit that determines whether an interruption time, in which the base station communicating with the mobile station which is currently connected is interrupted communication with the mobile station, is within a predetermined permissible time range for a travel direction side of the route more forward than a current position of the moving object, and a handover processing unit that performs handover processing when the interruption time determining unit determines that the interruption time is not within the permissible time range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Syusaku Yamamoto, Masatoshi Tominaga, Shinichi Hayashi, Yutaka Miyajima
  • Patent number: 9554321
    Abstract: A method of initiating a telecommunication session for a communication device include submitting to one or more telecommunication carriers a proposal for a telecommunication session, receiving from at least one of the one or more of telecommunication carriers a bid to carry the telecommunications session, and automatically selecting one of the telecommunications carriers from the carriers submitting a bid, and initiating the telecommunication session through the selected telecommunication carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Shumeet Baluja, Michael Chu, Mayumi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 9554322
    Abstract: A transmission control method for a vehicular ad hoc network system having a plurality of mobile nodes is provided. The mobile nodes include a source node, a destination node, and a plurality of relay nodes. The source node transmits a data packet to the destination node through the relay nodes. The method includes each mobile node capturing mobility information being periodically broadcasted from neighboring mobile nodes to correspondingly update the connection state table thereof, wherein the connection state table records the coverage remaining time between the mobile node and neighboring mobile nodes; when any of relay nodes determines that the coverage remaining time between the relay node and the subsequent mobile node is less than a predefined threshold, the relay node transforms into a proxy node, stores the data packet, and establishes a reliable sub-connection between the proxy node and a next proxy node or the destination node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY
    Inventors: Chung-Ming Huang, Shih-Yang Lin, Ching-Yuan Lin
  • Patent number: 9554323
    Abstract: Embodiments produce a set of instructions for connecting to a network through a network access point based on data crowdsourced from mobile computing devices. The crowdsourced data describes interactions between the mobile computing devices and the network access point when establishing a connection to the network. A cloud service analyzes the crowdsourced data to identify a set of instructions for association with the network access point. The mobile computing devices replay the set of instructions when subsequently attempting to connect to the network access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Banks, Piyush Goyal, Shai Guday, Triptpal Singh Lamba, David Neil MacDonald, Darya Mazandarany, Christopher R. Rice, Saumaya Sharma