Communication Over Free Space Patents (Class 370/310)
  • Patent number: 10747217
    Abstract: A group or swarm of vehicles may be configured to move together in a predetermined formation. Each vehicle may include a navigation and communication system configured to provide communication and to determine accurate relative position, navigation, and time information for each vehicle in the group. Each vehicle may include a second radio frequency transceiver configured to receive and transmit in the high frequency (HF) or lower radio frequency band, and to measure and control the timing of the reception and transmission of the HF signals in relation to the timing of the reception and transmission of the HF signals with the other vehicles in the group to form an antenna propagation pattern to communicate over beyond line-of-sight distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Koenck, Anders P. Walker
  • Patent number: 10749838
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an DNS server and configuration loading method, an DNS network system, and a domain name resolution method and system. The present disclosure relates to the field of network communication technologies. The DNS server configuration loading method includes: dividing at least two NS partitions according to network carriers and/or regions; based on an IP address of an DNS server, obtaining an NS partition on which the DNS server has a traffic; from local records or database, filtering out domain name configuration information belonging to the NS partition corresponding to the DNS server; and loading the filtered-out domain name configuration information into a memory of the DNS server. The present disclosure significantly reduces the amount of DNS configuration; increases the efficiency for the DNS server to load the domain name configuration information; reduces the loading time; and reduces the memory resource consumption of the DNS server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: WANGSU SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoying Wu
  • Patent number: 10742343
    Abstract: An interference cancelation receiver can cancel channel state information reference signal interference using a single fast fourier transform (FFT), thereby reducing the complexity of the receiver. The transmitter can multiplex CSI-RS with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of another numerology, thereby improving a resource utilization. Thus, significant gains in link and system throughputs can be achieved via the use of the interference cancelation receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: SaiRamesh Nammi, Xiaoyi Wang, Arunabha Ghosh
  • Patent number: 10742598
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to maintaining an asynchronous communication via an intermediary. An agent executed on a device intermediary to clients and providers can receive a request from a client for an asynchronous communication between the client device and a provider device. The agent identifies a provider dynamic identifier identifying the provider. The agent uses a communication channel selection policy to determine a communication channel and a provider static identifier corresponding to the provider device. The agent maps a client dynamic identifier assigned by the server to a client static identifier of the client device. The agent generates a transmission data package including the content, a source address identifying the client dynamic identifier and a destination address identifying the provider static identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Anshul Kothari, Gaurav Bhaya, Amit Agarwal, Surojit Chatterjee, Vibhor Nanavati
  • Patent number: 10743197
    Abstract: A communications device in a high-frequency system, including: a scan module, configured to use a single beam for each space S region in a to-be-scanned sector of a cell to poll or cover all time T regions in the S region in a time-division manner, and send a synchronization sequence to user equipment in the T region by using a preset frame structure; and a determining module, configured to receive a sequence that is fed back by the user equipment, determine a location of the user equipment according to the sequence, and determine, according to the location of the user equipment, a serving beam for a base station to communicate with the user equipment, to confirm that scanning for the user equipment is completed. The embodiments of the present invention further provide a scanning method in a high-frequency system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia He, Ziming Yu, Minghui Xu
  • Patent number: 10742311
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for inter-satellite communications, transmissions between a satellite and neighboring satellites that share an orbital plane occur via an aft antenna or a forward antenna and transmissions between the satellite and neighboring satellites that do not share an orbital plane occur via the aft antenna or the forward antenna timed during orbital plane crossings. This occurs even if the total path length and number of links is higher than inter-satellite communications that use side-to-side transfers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Lynk Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyghe Robert Speidel, Andrew J. Gerber
  • Patent number: 10735321
    Abstract: A method to transmit and receive a packet in a bridge of a communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a first packet from a first network. The method also includes converting a medium access control (MAC) layer source address of the received first packet into a MAC address of the bridge. The method further includes transmitting the address-converted first packet to a node of a second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Jhin Shin, Jae-Eun Kang, Han-Su Kang, Sung-Il Park, Seong-Hee Park, Chil-Youl Yang, Myoung-Hwan Lee, Jang-Hee Lee, Chun-Ho Lee, Tae-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 10736079
    Abstract: An MBMS service reception method and an apparatus are provided for facilitating reception of Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) provided in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. The method for receiving MBMS in a radio communication system includes receiving User Service Description (USD) information including time information of the MBMS in a connected mode, determining whether a session of the MBMS has started based on the time information, and receiving, when the MBMS session has started, MBMS data of the MBMS session. The MBMS service reception method and apparatus of the present invention facilitates receiving the MBMS service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Jang, Himke Van Der Velde, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Kyeongin Jeong
  • Patent number: 10735565
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus capable of saving power. A wired LAN I/F control unit sets a connection standard (first connection standard) of a wired LAN I/F. A wireless LAN I/F control unit sets a connection standard (second connection standard) of a wireless LAN I/F. A connection-speed-management unit confirms a data transmission rate (first transmission rate) of a wired LAN and a data transmission rate (second transmission rate) of a wireless LAN. A system-control unit, when as a confirmation result by the connection-speed-management unit the transmission rate (first transmission rate) is higher than the transmission rate (second transmission rate), instructs the wired LAN I/F control unit to set the connection standard (first connection standard) having the low transmission rate (first transmission rate).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji Sasadai
  • Patent number: 10728747
    Abstract: A method for identifier management for user devices operating in an inactive mode includes receiving a first uplink transmission including a user device identifier associated with a user device, transmitting a first downlink transmission including an indication of an ephemeral identifier assigned to the user device, transmitting a second downlink transmission including data associated with the ephemeral identifier, and discarding the ephemeral identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny, William Anthony Gage
  • Patent number: 10727608
    Abstract: A method for upgrading a dual-band antenna assembly to a tri-band antenna assembly is provided. The dual-band antenna assembly includes a main reflector, and first and second antenna feeds arranged in a coaxial relationship and directed toward the main reflector. The first and second antenna feeds are for first and second frequency bands, respectively. The method includes positioning a third antenna feed through a medial opening in a center of the main reflector, with the third antenna feed directed towards the first and second antenna feeds. The third antenna feed is for a third frequency band. A subreflector is positioned between the main reflector and the first and second antenna feeds. The subreflector includes a frequency selective surface (FSS) material that is reflective for the third frequency band and transmissive for both the first and second frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: INTELLIAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Roy J. Paleta, Jr., Duncan McCoig, Mitchell L. Ahrendt, Griffin Keith Gothard, Robert Francis Meehan, Francisco Torres, Anthony James Vergamini, Colin Strachan, Andrew Lucas
  • Patent number: 10728802
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit first information to designate a first bandwidth narrower than a maximum available bandwidth extended based on a predetermined channel, and transmit second information to designate a plurality of channels including at least one channel different from a channel used in the first bandwidth among a plurality of channels in the maximum bandwidth: and controlling circuitry configured to control the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko Adachi, Ryoko Matsuo, Tomoya Tandai
  • Patent number: 10726405
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for implementing a networking transfer service, comprising the following steps: (1) user registration; (2) initial setting of supplier information, role activation of a supplier and wireless hotspot activation of the supplier; (3) a networking transfer service, comprising that a demander terminal extracts supplier service unit price information from a codeword of a wireless hotspot SSID of the supplier; (4) charging of the networking transfer service; and (5) termination of the networking transfer service. A system is provided and comprises a demander terminal, a supplier terminal and a networking transfer server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventor: Fan Wu
  • Patent number: 10721617
    Abstract: To facilitate LWA PDCP setting/scheduling, a method of providing dynamic PDCP status report polling is proposed. To enhance scheduling efficiency, the transmitter (can be eNB from DL or UE for UL) can dynamically poll PDCP status report for LWA behavior. The polling can be done by a standalone PDCP control PDU or use reserved bit in PDCP data PDU. The triggering condition for PDCP status polling includes: PDCP without poll time exceeds a first threshold, PDCP without poll bytes exceeds a second threshold, PDCP without poll PDU numbers exceeds a third threshold, a data buffer is empty, and when LWA is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: MediaTek INC.
    Inventors: Chi-Chen Lee, Yu-Ting Yao, Ching-Yueh Kao
  • Patent number: 10721626
    Abstract: A method assigning frequency bands on a cellular network including plural network nodes each configured to activate transmission links between pairs of corresponding network nodes to exchange traffic. The method includes, in response to assessment of a new transmission link to be activated between first and second network nodes: retrieving an indication of coordinates of first and second network nodes within a geographical area; retrieving an indication of resource sharing clusters, of the cellular network, each including a group of transmission links considered to potentially cause transmission collisions; selecting a set of the resource sharing clusters according to a comparison of coordinates of the first network node with coordinates of the network nodes corresponding to the transmission links of the resource sharing clusters; if the selected set of resource sharing clusters is not empty, carrying out operations including: activating a new transmission link by exploiting an assigned frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Barberis, Giorgio Calochira, Flavio Muratore
  • Patent number: 10721505
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a method for transmitting a broadcast signal. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to the present invention proposes a system which may support a next generation broadcast service, in an environment supporting next generation hybrid broadcast that uses a terrestrial broadcast network and an internet network. Further, the present invention proposes an efficient signaling method which can cover both the terrestrial broadcast network and the internet network, in an environment supporting next generation hybrid broadcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONIC INC.
    Inventors: Sejin Oh, Woosuk Ko, Sungryong Hong
  • Patent number: 10721594
    Abstract: Mobile devices provide a variety of techniques for presenting messages from sources to a user. However, when the message pertains to the presence of the user at a location, the available communications techniques may exhibit deficiencies, e.g., reliance on the memory of the source and/or user of the existence and content of a message between its initiation and the user's visit to the location, or reliance on the communication accessibility of the user, the device, and/or the source during the user's location visit. Presented herein are techniques for enabling a mobile device, at a first time, to receive a request to present an audio message during the presence of the user at a location; and, at a second time, detecting the presence of the user at the location, and presenting the audio message to the user, optionally without awaiting a request from the user to present the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Raja Bose, Hiroshi Horii, Jonathan Lester, Ruchita Bhargava, Kazuhito Koishida, Michelle L. Holtmann, Christina Chen
  • Patent number: 10711601
    Abstract: A system and method to automate data acquisition in a wireless telemetry network optimizes data acquisition to best match a target data set that the user desires given the performance limitations of the telemetry network. The user defines the target data set by providing inputs regarding a target quality of the target data set relative to a data set that has been produced and stored by a communication node in the network. The performance limitations of the network are defined in a system operating envelope. A data acquisition cycle is then automatically initiated and propagated in the network to acquire an actual data set that is an optimal match for the user's target given the system operating envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sukru Sarac, Clement Probel, Stephane Vannuffelen, Andriy Gelman, Arnaud Croux, Elias Temer, Khaled Mouffok
  • Patent number: 10716044
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a master information block (MIB) that includes an indication that there is no cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) on a frequency on which the UE is camped; and deprioritize a reselection procedure for one or more cells on the frequency based at least in part on the indication that there is no cell-defining SSB on the frequency. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chhavi Jain, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Thawatt Gopal
  • Patent number: 10707967
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for silent start when connecting a point-to-point (P2P) customer premises equipment (CPE) to a fiber access network. The P2P CPE may boot in a silent mode (by disabling an upstream optical transmitter) when the P2P CPE is connected to the fiber access network using a simplex fiber. Upstream transmissions are not sent by the P2P CPE unless a valid downstream signal with expected characteristics is detected by the P2P CPE. A valid downstream signal determination may indicate that the fiber access network is a P2P access network. A variety of characteristics may be used to validate the downstream signal including wavelength, a range of wavelengths, a line coding, a frame format, parity data, point to multipoint network information, point to point network information, logical link identifier, and a multi-point control protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Marek Hajduczenia
  • Patent number: 10708106
    Abstract: The present disclosure comprises: a demodulation unit for receiving a broadcast signal including a signal frame divided into a bootstrap area, a preamble area, and a data area, and demodulating the received broadcast signal according to an OFDM scheme; a frame parsing unit for parsing the signal frame from the demodulated broadcast signal; an L1 signaling processing unit for processing preamble data received in the preamble area of the parsed signal frame, and extracting L1 signaling data including time information; a physical layer pipe (PLP) data processing unit for processing PLP data of at least one PLP received in the data area of the parsed signal frame, and extracting at least one data packet; and a container encapsulation unit for generating a first container including the extracted time information, and generating a second container including the at least one extracted data packet, wherein each of the first container and the second container includes a first header, a second header, and a payload, th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaewan Kim, Youngjin Hong
  • Patent number: 10701626
    Abstract: A connection management resource receives performance information indicating bandwidth availability associated with multiple wireless access points in a wireless network. The connection management resource analyzes the performance information to identify an ability of each of the multiple wireless access points in the wireless network to provide a prospective new user access to a remote network. Based on the analysis of the performance information, the connection management resource produces a notification indicating the ability of each of the multiple access points to provide wireless bandwidth to the prospective new user to access the remote network. Via the notification, the prospective new user of a wireless access point is able to determine what to expect for bandwidth after establishing a respective link with the wireless access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Steven I. Geller
  • Patent number: 10701609
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for monitoring one or more properties of an asset using a plurality of mobile sensor nodes. The method includes enabling a first mobile sensor node of the plurality of mobile sensor nodes to perform a data collection operation pertaining to the one or more properties of the asset. The energy status of the first mobile sensor node performing the data collection operation is then monitored. Thereafter, the first mobile sensor node performs a handover of the data collection operation to a second mobile sensor node based on the energy status of the first mobile sensor node. Finally, the data pertaining to the one or more properties of the asset is collected from the plurality of mobile sensor nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: THE KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yasser Mohammad Seddiq, Mohammed Sulaiman BenSaleh, Syed Manzoor Qasim, Abdulfattah M Obeid, Ahmad Yahya Al-nasheri, Ahmad Masha Alotaibi, Abdulaziz S Almazyad
  • Patent number: 10693536
    Abstract: A method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The method for transmitting and receiving a phase compensation reference signal (PCRS) to compensate for phase noise. The method may determine whether a first precoding is applied to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and the PCRS to be transmitted to a terminal. The base station may also generate the DMRS and the PCRS, based on whether the first precoding is applied to the DMRS and the PCRS, and transmit data, the DMRS, and the PCRS to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaewon Kim, Jeehwan Noh, Hyunseok Ryu, Hyukmin Son, Hyunkyu Yu, Hyunil Yoo
  • Patent number: 10693726
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for data transmission between a transmitter-side data transmission unit and a receiver-side data transmission unit is provided. The method includes transmitting a first portion of a data packet from a real-time application to the receiver-side data transmission unit, receiving a communication channel availability indicator from the receiver-side data transmission unit, and, if the availability indicator shows that the communication channel is available, adjusting the configuration of the remaining data of the data packet to be transmitted within the maximum permissible data transmission time which is still available for the data packet and transmitting the remaining data to the receiver-side data transmission unit. A transmitter-side data transmission unit and a receiver-side data transmission unit configured to execute the data transmission method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Azad Ravanshid, David Gozalvez Serrano
  • Patent number: 10694364
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to providing local address information while roaming. A wireless device may connect to a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point in a roaming location. The wireless device may communicate with one or more servers of a home network via the WLAN access point. The wireless device may provide a local address of the wireless device to the home network in one or more messages related to a service. The home network may be configured to determine a location of the wireless device based on the local address and determine whether to provide the service based on the location of the wireless device. In response to the home network determining to provide the service based on the location of the wireless device, the wireless device may perform the service using the home network via the WLAN access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram B. Yerrabommanahalli, Christopher A. Volkert, Krisztian Kiss, Prashant H. Vashi, Rohan C. Malthankar, Yogesh D. Karandikar
  • Patent number: 10685556
    Abstract: A vehicle inspection system installed in an inspection line of a vehicle factory includes a barcode reader configured to recognize a vehicle which enters the inspection line; an antenna configured to connect a wireless on-board diagnostics (OBD) installed in the vehicle and wireless communication; an in-vehicle eCall system (IVS) installed in the vehicle and configured to provide an emergency road call service; and an inspector configured to determine whether the IVS operates normally through a simulation test of transmitting virtual accident event information to the vehicle connected to the wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yeon Park, Jihoon Park, Jin Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 10687357
    Abstract: A channel access method and apparatus are disclosed. The channel access method by an access point (AP) having a sector antenna in a wireless local access network (WLAN), may include transmitting a sector beacon with respect to any one sector among a plurality of sectors, transmitting and receiving data with at least one station in any one sector during a pre-scheduled sector interval, sequentially performing transmission of the sector beacon and transmission and reception of the data with respect to remaining sectors of the plurality of sectors excluding the any one sector, transmitting an omni beacon with respect to all of the plurality of sectors, and transmitting and receiving data with respect to at least one station of the plurality of sectors during a pre-scheduled Basic Service Set (BSS) interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Min ho Cheong, Hyoung Jin Kwon, Jae Seung Lee, Jae Woo Park, Sok Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 10686619
    Abstract: A broadband access system, comprising a broadband access hub device (hub device) and broadband access premise devices (premise devices) wirelessly coupled the hub device to provide broadband services to multiple user equipment (UEs), is described. The hub device may access broadband services on a fiber optic broadband network and wirelessly provide access to the broadband services to the premise devices. The premise device may wirelessly communicate with the hub device and communicate with user equipment (UEs) for providing access to the broadband services through the hub device. The premise device may be attached to an electric utility meter, and a power interface module of the premise device may supply electrical power to the premise device from the electric utility meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Avista Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Wayne Gustafson, Curtis Allen Kirkeby, Stephen Edward Schulte
  • Patent number: 10681142
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. One method can comprise transmitting a first identifier associated with a first service. Access to the first service can be provided to a user device using the first identifier. A filter element associated with the user device can be received. Transmission of a second identifier associated with a second service can be filtered based on the filter element, wherein filtering transmission inhibits access of the user device to the second service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Ivan Ong, Clifton Lowery
  • Patent number: 10681680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method and a device for communicating device-to-device. The method for a first device to transmit a signal to a second device according to one embodiment of the present invention enables the first device to request to a base station a resource allocation for transmitting the signal to the second device, receive from the base station scheduling information for transmitting the signal to the second device, and the signal can be transmitted from the first device to the second device on the basis of the scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information includes information on an uplink resource for transmitting the signal from the first device to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hanbyul Seo, Daewon Lee, Byounghoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10674505
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for supporting uplink Transmission Time Interval (TTI) bundling in Long Term Evolution (LTE) are provided. Methods, systems, and apparatus for signaling, activation/deactivation, and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) behavior are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Jin Wang, Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Stephen E. Terry
  • Patent number: 10673577
    Abstract: A method for re-transmitting data from nodes in a multi-hop wireless network to a control node, wherein each node is a child node to a corresponding parent node, each child node configured to communicate with the control node via its intervening parent node. The method comprises the control node determining or initiating determination of a transmission schedule for the nodes and the nodes re-transmitting previously transmitted data towards the control node using the schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Adnan Aijaz
  • Patent number: 10666335
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for selecting a beam in an electronic device. An electronic device includes: a plurality of antennas configured to form beams in different directions; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the plurality of antennas to form a wide beam, determine a transmission beam pattern of a transmitting side through the wide beam, control the plurality of antennas to form a reception beam, and determine a reception beam pattern to be used for receiving a signal from the transmitting side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoungjoo Lee, Mingyu Kang, Jinwoo Kim, Taeyoon Kim, Byungwook Yoo, Kookyeon Lee, Chaeman Lim, Ilgyu Choi
  • Patent number: 10666391
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method for encoding data in a wireless communication network. A communication device obtains an information bit sequence of a bit length K and a code length M. When M is greater than or equal to a first threshold and K is greater than or equal to a second threshold, the device divides the information bit sequence into p subsequences that are of an equal length K1. Then the device encodes each of the p subsequence to obtain p encoded subsequences. The device rate-matches each of the p encoded subsequences to obtain p rate matched subsequences, concatenates the p rate matched subsequences to obtain the output sequence of the code length M, then outputs the output sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Xu, Rong Li, Gongzheng Zhang, Yue Zhou, Lingchen Huang, Yunfei Qiao, Carmela Cozzo, Yiqun Ge
  • Patent number: 10660147
    Abstract: A communication apparatus which performs communication in a wireless LAN by operating as a base station or a terminal station of the wireless LAN determines, if currently connected to the wireless LAN as the terminal station when receiving the connection request from a first another apparatus, whether to cause the first another apparatus to connect to the currently connected wireless LAN. Then, the communication unit communicates with the first another apparatus via a second another apparatus which operates as the base station in the currently connected wireless LAN when determining to cause the first another apparatus to connect to the currently connected wireless LAN, and communicates with the first another apparatus not via the second another apparatus when determining not to cause the first another apparatus to connect to the currently connected wireless LAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takafumi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10659953
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe pruning a neighbor list sent to a client device using a predefined assignment corresponding to an AP or the client device which can reduce the time required for the client device to roam between APs in a WLAN deployment. The pruned neighbor list serves as a Wi-Fi client steering mechanism to affect which AP the client device chooses when roaming. In one embodiment, a controller uses information regarding fabric nodes in the backend infrastructure to prune the neighbor list to include only the APs that are assigned to the same fabric node as the current AP. In another embodiment, the controller considers a service provider corresponding to the client device when pruning the neighbor lists. The list may include only the neighboring APs assigned to provide Wi-Fi access for the same service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vishal S. Desai, Sanjay K. Hooda
  • Patent number: 10660063
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may send, to a core network entity (CNE), a message indicating a context release of a wireless device comprising paging assistance elements. The CNE may utilize one or more beam identifiers for paging the wireless device. The base station may remove the paging assistance information from memory. The CNE may send the paging assistance information back to the base station for paging the wireless device, thereby saving resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Kyungmin Park, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Alireza Babaei, Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 10657463
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method comprising answering one or more incoming phone calls received at one or more pre-specified phone numbers utilizing a bot. The bot is configured to engage in a conversation with a caller initiating an incoming phone call utilizing a voice recording that impersonates a human being. The method further comprises recording each conversation the bot engages in, and classifying each recorded conversation as one of poison data or truthful training data based on content of the recorded conversation and one or more learned detection models for detecting poisoned data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathalie Baracaldo Angel, Pawan R. Chowdhary, Heiko H. Ludwig, Robert J. Moore, Taiga Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10659281
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a broadcast signal is disclosed. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes link layer processing IP/UDP data to output a link layer packet, and physical layer processing the link layer packet based on a PLP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Woosuk Kwon, Minsung Kwak, Kyoungsoo Moon
  • Patent number: 10660002
    Abstract: A method for transferring a communication session from a first network to a second network. The method includes receiving, on the first network, a first request associated with a first user device to transfer a first communication session to a second network and a second request associated with a second user device to transfer a second communication session to the second network, accessing profile information associated with the first user device and the second user device, accessing subscription information associated with the first user device and the second user device, accessing performance requirements associated with each application running on each of the respective first user device and second user device, determining a priority of each of the respective requests based on the accessed profile information, subscription information, and performance requirements; and transferring one or more of the communication sessions to the second network based on the determining step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Sangar Dowlatkhah, Venson Shaw
  • Patent number: 10652819
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing the power consumption of a Base Station (BS) in a multi antenna system are provided. The method for reducing the power consumption of the BS includes identifying an amount of resources being in use for communication, determining whether to convert at least one Radio Frequency (RF) unit into a power saving mode considering the amount of resources, if converting at least one RF unit into the power saving mode, turning OFF a power supply of a power amplifier of at least one of at least two antenna paths constituting the at least one RF unit converted into the power saving mode, and increasing a gain of at least one antenna path turning ON a power supply such that a transmission Power Spectral Density (PSD) is not changed according to the power saving mode conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Ki Kim, Mi-Yeon Yu
  • Patent number: 10645615
    Abstract: A method for establishing bearers in a wireless communication system is provided. The wireless communication system includes a user equipment (UE), a base station, a core network, and a mobile edge computing (MEC) entity. The method includes the following actions. A first bearer between the UE and the MEC entity is established. The first bearer transports at least one data flow. Whether the at least one data flow forms a feedback loop is determined. A second bearer between the UE and the MEC entity is configured when the at least one data flow forms the feedback loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Wei, Chia-Fu Lee, Chun-Ting Chou
  • Patent number: 10644977
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to a scalable solution for end-to-end performance delay measurement for Segment Routing Policies on both SR-MPLS and SRv6 data planes. The scalability of the solution stems from the use of distributed PM sessions along SR Policy ECMP paths. This is achieved by dividing the SR policy into smaller sections comprised of SPT trees or sub-paths, each of which is associated with a Root-Node. Downstream SID List TLVs may be used in Probe query messages for signaling SPT information to the Root-Nodes Alternatively, this SPT signaling may be accomplished by using a centralized controller. Root-Nodes are responsible for dynamically creating PM sessions and measuring delay metrics for their associated SPT tree section. The root-nodes then send the delay metrics for their local section to an ingress PE node or to a centralized controller using delay metric TLV field of the response message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence Filsfils, Rakesh Gandhi, Tarek Saad, Sagar Soni, Patrick Khordoc
  • Patent number: 10642549
    Abstract: A communication apparatus including a direct wireless communication function determines whether the direct wireless communication function is automatically stopped based on a device setting and the type of an SSID to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Go Inoue
  • Patent number: 10645593
    Abstract: A system for determining and optimizing wireless network performance of a network having at least two access points comprises a plurality of wireless instruments configured to send, receive, and measure received wireless signals in a monitored area. The system further comprises a master controller in communication with the wireless instruments to form a distributed wireless network testing solution. The master controller is configured to send wireless signals to and receive wireless signals from the wireless instruments, measure the received wireless signals, and perform an analysis of the wireless signals to determine a radio frequency environment performance of the distributed wireless network based at least in part on the wireless signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Tempo Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Barmettler, Jason Edward Butchko
  • Patent number: 10645750
    Abstract: A method for assigning radio resources to a UE comprises receiving an uplink beacon transmission during a beacon occasion of the UE, determining that the uplink beacon transmission corresponds to a need by the UE for radio resources in an upcoming communication occasion of a discontinuous communication mode implemented by the UE, identifying at least one TRP to participate in data communication with the UE, receiving a grant of radio resources for the data communication, wherein the grant of radio resources is specified for use in the upcoming communication occasion, and transmitting the grant of radio resources to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny, Tao Cai, Johan Christer Qvarfordt
  • Patent number: 10637551
    Abstract: Facilitating generic reciprocity-based channel state information acquisition frameworks for advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise determining first uplink channel state information for a first mobile device based on first downlink channel state information received from the first mobile device. The first mobile device can be from a group of mobile devices in a wireless communications network. The operations can also comprise training a model on a difference between the first downlink channel state information and the first uplink channel state information to a defined level of confidence. Further, the operations can comprise employing the model to determine, without receipt of second downlink channel state information from a second mobile device of the group of mobile devices, second uplink channel state information for the second mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaoyi Wang, Arunabha Ghosh, SaiRamesh Nammi, Salam Akoum
  • Patent number: 10638383
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a waiting time related to determination of a radio link failure in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a message from a network, if a first timer for determination of the radio link failure is running and the message includes timer information related to the waiting time, starting a second timer related to the waiting time based on the timer information, and if the second timer expires before expiration of the first timer, determining a channel situation of a serving cell as a situation of the radio link failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electroncs Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Min Moon, Anshuman Nigam, Jung-Soo Jung, Sun-Heui Ryoo, Sung-Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 10635606
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a method and an apparatus of maintaining continuity of an on-going session over a wireless interface and a wired interface. The method includes identifying, by a media agnostic universal serial bus (MA-USB) layer, the on-going session between a USB host and a USB device over the wireless interface, detecting, by an application service platform (ASP) layer, an event corresponding to an interruption of the on-going session in the wireless interface, and concurrently continuing, by the ASP layer, the on-going session over a wired interface between the USB host and the USB device in response to the detected event. Wherein session continuity parameters are exchanged between the USB host and the USB device during one of an initial connection over the wireless interface and while initiating connection over the wired interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Mayuresh Madhukar Patil, Vimal Bastin Edwin Joseph