Communication Techniques For Information Carried In Plural Channels Patents (Class 370/464)
  • Patent number: 8462740
    Abstract: A control channel generation method, a control channel decoding method, and a BS and an MS for implementing the methods are provided. The control channel generation method includes placing a frame control header (FCH) and a MAP within a TTI and generating a control channel for an enhanced communication system at a position after the MAP within the TTI. Another control channel generation method includes generating a control channel for the enhanced communication system and placing an FCH and a preamble at a position after the control channel. These methods enable implementation of an enhanced system that overcomes problems of the legacy system while minimizing influence exerted upon legacy MSs in the case where the base station generates a new control channel for a new MS or where an MS decodes a new control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Sam Kwak, Yeong Hyeon Kwon, Seung Hee Han, Hyun Woo Lee, Dong Cheol Kim, Min Seok Noh
  • Patent number: 8462683
    Abstract: A hybrid expansion unit includes at least one digital communication interface adapted to communicate first and second sets of N-bit words of digitized spectrum with an upstream device. The hybrid expansion unit further includes at least one analog communication interface adapted to communicate first and second sets of bands of analog spectrum with a downstream device. The hybrid expansion unit is adapted to convert between the first set of N-bit words of digitized spectrum and the first set of bands of analog spectrum. The hybrid expansion unit is further adapted to convert between the second set of N-bit words of digitized spectrum and the second set of bands of analog spectrum. The first set of bands of analog spectrum occupy a first frequency range and the second set of bands of analog spectrum occupy a second frequency range. The first frequency range and the second frequency range do not overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance K. Uyehara, David Hart, Dean Zavadsky, Larry G. Fischer
  • Patent number: 8462816
    Abstract: A method for mapping service data is provided. The method includes: calculating a payload value according to service data to be transmitted; inserting the payload value into a payload value region of a corresponding frame in one group of data frames, in which the payload value is used to indicate an amount of service data carried by corresponding containers in a next group of data frames; and extracting service data of a payload value size carried by a previous group of data frames, and mapping the service data to a payload region after being respectively carried by corresponding containers. Correspondingly, an apparatus for mapping service data, and a method and an apparatus for de-mapping service data are further provided. The invention can be applied to the mapping of service data of various rates, moreover, service data of various types can be mapped by adopting one data structure of data frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hui Yin
  • Patent number: 8457153
    Abstract: The practical transmission range of an electrical cable can be extended by converting between electrical and optical signals using an HDMI-optical converter that receives an SFP+ optics transceiver. A pair of SFP+-based HDMI adapters/extenders can connect to a pair of HDMI cables, where one of the HDMI cables is connected to an HDMI Source and one of the HDMI cables is connected to an HDMI Sink. Each of the SFP+-based HDMI cable extenders can terminate with an SFP+ port to house a hot pluggable SFP+ transceiver. The apparatus can transmit 10 G video data to the distance that is supported by the SFP+ product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Nguyen, David Lai, Norman Tang, Nick Peng
  • Patent number: 8458753
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining and selecting digital coding and/or decoding technology, delivery bitrates, and resolution parameters for programming and data delivery over, e.g., a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises an HFC cable or satellite network that includes a server process interfacing with a plurality of customer premises equipment (CPE), and/or associated client devices, each having different display resolution, bitrate, and/or decoding capabilities profiles. The server determines the one or more capabilities possessed by the CPE or client device, and evaluates one or more program or content choices for possible delivery to that CPE or device based on its profile. The selection process may also take into consideration network and/or CPE operational considerations, such as conservation of downstream bandwidth, CPE uprating capability, client device power consumption, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Charles A. Hasek, Jeffrey P. Markley
  • Patent number: 8447887
    Abstract: A network device comprises a host, including a device driver, and a network interface. The network interface includes a first media access controller, the first media access controller configured to, when activated, use a media access controller address for transferring data from the host to the first network, and transferring data from the first network to the host. A second media access controller is configured to, when activated, also use the media access controller address for transferring data from the host to the second network, and transferring data from the second network to the host. The device driver is configured to select either the first network or the second network for communication with the host, and the first media access controller or the second media access controller is respectively activated in response to the device driver selecting the first network or the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Loc, Lawrence Tse, Heng-Jui H Hsu
  • Publication number: 20130121253
    Abstract: A method for communicating network status information includes receiving, via a first link, a request for status information from a client device, the first link being a link between a router device and a client device. In response to the request, a data exchanger is polled for status information via a second link. The second link is a link between the router device and the data exchanger. The status information identifies a state of a third link between the data exchanger and a wide area network. The status information is received via the second link and communicated to the client device via the first link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: CRADLEPOINT, INC.
    Inventor: CRADLEPOINT, INC.
  • Patent number: 8442134
    Abstract: Synchronization tracking in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver by obtaining a DFT output vector; determining a sample timing offset indication using reference symbols extracted from the DFT output vector; and adapting the OFDM symbol timing using said determined indication. To provide an improved post-DFT algorithm for estimating time tracking error in OFDM receivers the determining includes (a) estimating the channel transfer function at equidistant frequency positions using said reference symbols, for a first OFDM symbol; determining plural frequency correlations for said equidistant frequency positions for said OFDM symbol; (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for subsequent OFDM symbols; (d) linearly combining said plural frequency correlations for said plural OFDM symbols obtained in steps (a) through (c), for obtaining said sampling clock offset indication wherein the linear combining uses nonzero weights only. An OFDM receiver circuit arrangement performing this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Andreas Gerhard Bury
  • Patent number: 8442546
    Abstract: A radio base station (eNB) according to the present invention includes: a calculation unit (12) configured to calculate an adjusted value of a reception quality, based on the reception quality in a specific mobile station in at least one first resource block assigned to the specific mobile station in a PUSCH, and the number of resource elements assigned to transmission of dedicated control information in the first resource blocks; and a selection unit (13) configured to select, based on the adjusted value of the reception quality, the number of bits which can be transmitted and a modulation scheme that should be used in the first resource blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ofuji, Hiroyuki Ishii, Naoto Okubo
  • Patent number: 8437366
    Abstract: Certain aspects for the start-up procedure of transceivers supporting higher data rates over twisted-pair copper cabling are provided for 10 Gbit/sec Ethernet links (10GBASE-T). During a PMA (physical medium attachment) training period of the start-up procedure, long PMA training frames are exchanged periodically between link partners. A significant portion of each PMA training frame consists of known pseudo random sequences simultaneously transmitted over four wire pairs. PMA training frames include an InfoField for exchanging parameters and control information between link partners. For example, the InfoField's payload comprises fields for indicating current transmit power backoff (PBO), next PBO, requested PBO, transition count, control information, and for communicating precoder coefficients. Information in InfoFields is repeated and is not necessary that a link partner decodes every InfoField.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Gottfried Ungerboeck, Scott Powell
  • Patent number: 8437739
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a cryptosync is disclosed that generates a cryptosync with the desired variability without the overhead in complexity and size of prior cryptosyncs. The cryptosync is generated from a combination of fields including fields relating to the segmentation and reassembly of the data packets at a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal. The resultant cryptosync does not repeat during the use of a particular security key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ravindra Patwardhan, Fatih Ulupinar, Parag Arun Agashe, Rajat Prakash
  • Patent number: 8437247
    Abstract: A method of packet element transmission for a mobile device of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes detecting errors of a received protocol data unit, comprising a plurality of control elements and a plurality of service data units, according to order of the plurality of control elements and the plurality of service data units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 8432933
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the transmission of waveforms to aid channel estimation, timing synchronization, and AGC bootstrapping in a wireless network. The method includes inserting at least one TDM pilot symbol located at a transition between wide area and local area waveforms to facilitate decoding of the transmission block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Mao Wang, Bojan Vrcelj, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, Ashok Mantravadi
  • Patent number: 8433003
    Abstract: A system including a magnitude measuring module, an energy normalization module, and a metric generation module. The magnitude measuring module is configured to measure magnitudes of real portions of differentially demodulated signals, wherein the differentially demodulated signals are generated by differential demodulation of signals received from a base station. The energy normalization module is configured to generate a sum of energies of a plurality of subcarriers included in the signals received from the base station. The metric generation module is configured to generate a plurality of metrics for a plurality of symbols included in the signals received from the base station. The metric generation module is further configured to detect, based on the plurality of metrics, a preamble symbol included in the signals received from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungwon Lee, Qing Zhao
  • Patent number: 8428081
    Abstract: A configurable Ethernet connector comprises a first interface comprising wired and wireless interfaces and a second interface comprising wired and optical interfaces. The configurable Ethernet connector receives signals via one interface and converts the signals for transmission via the other interface and vice versa. Signal conversion in both directions may occur simultaneously. The configurable Ethernet connector comprises an antenna and/or a wireless access point. A cable attached to the configurable Ethernet connector may comprise an antenna. The configurable Ethernet connector may provide at least of subset of antenna functionality to a communication device. The configurable Ethernet connector and/or a corresponding attached connector may comprise one or more of PHY devices. A corresponding connector that is coupled to the configurable Ethernet connector may sense communication protocols and/or capabilities of the configurable Ethernet connector and may be configured accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Wael William Diab, Harry Shannon Tyson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8428080
    Abstract: Methods to control reconfiguration of multiple radio access bearers in a mobile wireless device connected to a wireless network are described. The mobile wireless device is connected to the wireless network through a voice connection and a data connection simultaneously. The data connection is concurrently active with the voice connection. Transmission of one or more signaling messages for the data connection is delayed until the voice connection terminates. Representative signaling messages include messages that reconfigure a radio access bearer supporting the data connection and messages estimated to exceed a pre-determined transmission time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Longda Xing, Li Su, Jianxiong Shi
  • Patent number: 8422581
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-antenna transmission device (400) which can perform MLD by using a simple configuration of a reception device in a MIMO-AMC system. The multi-antenna transmission device (400) includes common signal point mapping units (401, 402) for mapping data transmitted from different antennas (111, 112) in transmission scheme using MIMO spatial multiplexing, to common signal points shared by respective modulation methods. Thus, the arrangement of baseband signal points obtained by mapping a code word after channel encoding onto an IQ plane can be shared as common signal points shared by modulation methods. Accordingly, the reception device need not prepare a particular circuit for performing MLD calculation in accordance with a combination of the methods for modulating the signals which have been MIMO-space multiplexed. This can reduce the circuit size of the MLD calculation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Yosoku, Yutaka Murakami
  • Patent number: 8416802
    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein to segment subcarriers for broadcast transmission to one or more mobile stations. A broadcast message to be transmitted from a first device is generated. The broadcast message comprises a plurality of symbols and each symbol is to be transmitted at a different one of a plurality of frequency subcarriers. The plurality of subcarriers is divided into groups and each group of subcarriers is assigned to a corresponding one of a plurality of antennas of the first device. The groups of subcarriers are transmitted from corresponding ones of the plurality of antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hang Jin, John Grabner, Daniel Wee
  • Patent number: 8412126
    Abstract: Methods of forming a downlink beam in an adaptive antenna system of a communications system that may reduce inter-system and/or intra-system interference include receiving vectors of signals including signals transmitted by user terminals of the communications system and signals transmitted by transceivers of an independent communications system, obtaining spatial information for the user terminals of the communications system and the transceivers of the independent communications system, generating complex transmitting weights that form spatial nulls directed at the transceivers of the independent communications system, and transmitting a downlink communications signal using the complex transmitting weights. Related systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: ATC Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peter D. Karabinis, Dunmin Zheng
  • Publication number: 20130077640
    Abstract: A data communication system is disclosed including a cable medium and modulator adapted to carry data and power between a high speed data source and a high speed data sink. Relatively high speed data (e.g. the TMDS data of an HDMI interface) may be carried on optical waveguides in the cable medium. Relatively low-speed data (e.g., DDC data and clock, and CEC of an HDMI interface) may be carried on a separate set of optical waveguides or wire mediums. The optical waveguides allow for substantially less signal distortion of the high-speed data, thereby allowing the cable medium to achieve much higher lengths without significantly affecting the high-speed signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: COSEMI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: COSEMI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  • Patent number: 8406630
    Abstract: An optical transceiver unit for an optical WDM transmitting and receiving device is taught, with a transmitting unit to which a data signal can be fed to a specified channel input port of a multiplexer unit, wherein a separate channel wavelength is allocated to each channel input port, and the transmitting unit can be tuned with respect to optical carrier wavelength across a specified range of wavelengths. The transmitting unit is constructed so that, within the specified range of wavelengths, discrete wavelengths can be set that correspond to the channel wavelengths. In tuning mode, the controller unit can drive the transmitting unit so that the possible channel wavelengths are scanned through. The controller unit evaluates the reception signal fed to it from the receiving unit for whether abort criteria for tuning mode have been fulfilled or not, wherein the scanning process is continued until the abort criteria are fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: ADVA Optical Networking SE
    Inventors: Henning Hinderthür, Oliver Bleck
  • Patent number: 8406349
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for receiving a signal for a MIMO system. The receiving apparatus includes: a QR decomposer for calculating a unitary matrix Q, an upper triangle matrix R, and a vector size for a received signal; a multiple dimension detector for calculating a first LLR for an output of the QR decomposer through multiple dimension detection; an inverse matrix and weight calculator for calculating an inverse matrix for the upper triangle matrix R and a weight; an interference remover for regenerating a symbol for a demodulated data stream using the fist LLR and removing interference from an output vector of the QR decomposer using the regenerated symbol; and a weight zero forcing unit for performing zero forcing on the interference removed output vector from the interference remover using the inverse matrix of the upper triangle matrix R and the weight and calculating a second LLR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yuro Lee, Jong-Ee Oh, Minho Cheong, Sok-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 8406332
    Abstract: Information transmission in a multiple-input multiple-output (“MIMO”) wireless communication system is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Alireza Bayesteh, Amin Mobasher, Hua Xu, Yongkang Jia, Yi Yu, Jack Anthony Smith, Zhijun Sam Cai, Shiwei Gao
  • Patent number: 8406251
    Abstract: In an RF communication system, aspects for processing multipath clusters may comprise tracking a plurality of received clusters of signals and estimating a phase and amplitude of at least a portion of each of the plurality of received clusters of signals. Each of the plurality of received clusters of signals may be specified in time and an aggregate of received signal paths in a single cluster for a single base station may be processed. At least one cluster path processor may be assigned to process the plurality of received clusters of signals from each transmitting antenna at a single base station. At least one cluster path processor may be assigned to each of a plurality of base stations that are utilized for soft handoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kent, Uri M. Landau
  • Patent number: 8407284
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for transporting data to a cloud network. In aspects, an administrator of a data payload may wish to transport the data payload from a data distribution service to a candidate cloud provider to leverage cost, security, redundancy, consolidation, or other advantages. The data distribution service can identify candidate cloud providers that are able to host the data payload. Further, the data distribution service can examine any relationships between the administrator and the candidate cloud providers, and, based on the relationships, can present the administrator with respective offers from the candidate cloud providers to host the data payload. The administrator can review the offers, make a selection, and the data payload can be transported to the selected candidate cloud provider for hosting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventor: James Michael Ferris
  • Publication number: 20130070785
    Abstract: An optical transport system configured to transmit a set of two or more optical variants per bit-word, with the optical variants in the set being different from one another in one or more of the time of transmission, spatial localization, polarization of light, carrier wavelength, and subcarrier frequency. Differences between the optical variants may also be due to different respective constellation mapping. The optical variants of each set are detected and processed at the receiver in a manner that enables coherent summation of the corresponding electrical signals prior to constellation de-mapping. The coherent summation tends to average out the deleterious effects of linear and nonlinear noise/distortions imparted on the individual optical variants in the optical transport link because said noise/distortions are incoherent in nature. A BER reduction enabled by the use of optical variants may be implemented in addition to or instead of that provided by FEC coding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.
    Inventors: Xiang Liu, Peter J. Winzer, Andrew Chraplyvy
  • Publication number: 20130070786
    Abstract: An optical transport system configured to transmit at least two phase-conjugated optical variants carrying the same modulated symbols, with the phase-conjugated optical variants in being different from one another in one or more of polarization of light, the time of transmission, spatial localization, optical carrier wavelength, and subcarrier frequency during transmission. The two phase-conjugated optical variants can be generated by a single polarization-diversity transmitter to be orthogonally polarized, and propagate through an optical transmission link with the same wavelength and spatial path. The optical variants are detected and processed at the receiver in a manner that enables coherent summation of the corresponding electrical signals prior to constellation de-mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Xiang Liu, Andrew Roman Chraplyvy, Robert William Tkach, Peter J. Winzer
  • Patent number: 8396076
    Abstract: Systems and methods for roaming between a mobile node and at least one serving node connected to a network are disclosed. The present application provides a method for roaming between. In the system and method, a first communication is established between the mobile node and one of the serving nodes through a control server, when an Ethernet transceiver is used by the mobile node. Ethernet is used for communications between the mobile node and the control server, and a wireless communication technology for communications between the control server and the serving node. The control server also translates communications between Ethernet and the wireless communication technology. In the system and method, a second communication is established between the mobile node and one of the serving nodes with the wireless communication technology, when a wireless communication technology transceiver is used by the mobile node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael S. Borella, Sundar Raman
  • Patent number: 8396153
    Abstract: A method and system for cooperative multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) transmission and reception operations in a multicell wireless network. Under the method, antenna elements from multiple base stations and/or multiple antennas are utilized to from an augmented MIMO antenna array that is used to transmit and receive MIMO transmissions at base stations and/or terminals. The cooperative MIMO transmission scheme supports higher dimension space-time-frequency processing for increased capacity and system performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Adaptix, Inc.
    Inventors: Manyuan Shen, Guanbin Xing, Hui Liu
  • Patent number: 8391142
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a packet destined to a wireless node, buffering the packet, and scheduling a time at which to transmit the packet to the wireless node. Scheduling the packet may include determining an application-layer protocol associated with the packet. The method may also include wirelessly transmitting the packet to the wireless node at the scheduled time. In one embodiment, the method may also include sending information to a node that originated the packet indicating that the packet is buffered. In another embodiment, sending information to the node that originated the packet indicating that the packet is scheduled to be wirelessly transmitted at the scheduled time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Blasinski, Oleg Berzin
  • Patent number: 8391393
    Abstract: A method for a user equipment to precode and transmit an uplink signal efficiently in a 4-antenna system and a method for a base station to receive the transmitted signal efficiently are disclosed. Four antennas of a user equipment can be grouped by a 2-antenna unit. In consideration of this antenna group, it is able to perform precoding using antenna selection/DFT matrix of the antenna group unit. Moreover, a rank-3 codebook can be configured to include a precoding matrix of a type in consideration of power balance per antenna and a precoding matrix including one non-zero component only in one row for maintaining a good CM property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moon Il Lee, Wook Bong Lee, Jae Hoon Chung, Hyun Soo Ko, Bin Chul Ihm
  • Patent number: 8385374
    Abstract: A multilane communication device and methods for using the multilane communication device. In one embodiment, a physical coding sub-layer module comprising includes multiple data transfer lanes in a port of a multi-lane Ethernet switch for transferring blocks of data between devices in the port. The physical coding sub-layer module further includes a synchronization marker generator for generating synchronization markers to be periodically transmitted over the multiple data transfer lanes. The physical coding sub-layer module further includes a data marker module configured to generate at least two data marker blocks from a respective portion of a synchronization marker and a respective portion of a block of data, and to provide the at least two data marker blocks to respective first and second ones of the multiple of data transfer lanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L.) Ltd.
    Inventor: Aron Wohlgemuth
  • Patent number: 8385360
    Abstract: Control channel information is formulated for transmission in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. In an example embodiment, a method entails formulating control channel information for a transmitting device operating in an OFDM system in which a control channel spans n OFDM symbols, with n being an integer. The method includes acts of allocating, creating, and mapping. Control channel data is allocated to at least one set of resource element groups. At least one order for the set of resource element groups is created in accordance with one or more permutation mechanisms that involve at least one interleaving sequence having a low cross-correlation property. The set of resource element groups is mapped to resource elements of the n OFDM symbols of the control channel responsive to the order that is created using the permutation mechanism(s). The permutation mechanisms may include interleaving sequence(s) and/or cyclic shift(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Karl Molnar, Jung-Fu Cheng, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 8385446
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus and method of a Maximum Likelihood (ML) scheme in a Single-Carrier (SC) system are provided. The apparatus includes at least two antennas, at least two Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) demodulators, at least two subcarrier mappers, at least two OFDM modulators, and a detector. The antennas receive signals. The OFDM demodulators convert the signals into frequency domain signals. The subcarrier mappers confirm signals mapped to frequency domain subcarriers. The OFDM modulators convert the signals into time domain signals. The detector constructs at least one set for candidate transmission symbols and detects receive signals through ML detection using the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Jong-Ho Lee, Joo-Hyun Lee, Sung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hyeuk Lee, Sung-Yoon Jung, Chungyong Lee, Jaesang Ham, Myoung-Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 8385364
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to allocate resources in discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiple access (DFT-S-OFDMA) networks, which involve determining a reward for each user when assigned a frequency chunk (FC) of subcarriers, where each FC is a set of contiguous subcarriers; splitting each user into one or more sub-users, with each sub-user having identical rewards; and assigning resources with a message-passing based FC allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Yang, Xiaodong Wang, Narayan Prasad
  • Patent number: 8386626
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, it may be determined, at a first processing element of a device with a plurality of processing elements, that first data is to be transmitted in association with a first network connection. A first entry associated with the first data may then be stored into a first of a plurality of transmit queues. It may subsequently be determined, at a second processing element of the device, that second data is to be transmitted in association with the first network connection. A second entry associated with the second data may then be stored into a second of the plurality of transmit queues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anil Vasudevan, Sujoy Sen, Partha Sarangam
  • Patent number: 8379519
    Abstract: A method for implementing resource and admission control in PUSH mode in nomadism scenario of NGN comprises the following steps: after a subscriber accesses NGN in a visited network, initiates a service request to AF of a home network thereof, and receives a resource request transmitted by AF, SPDF of the home network transmitting the resource request to A-RACF of the visited network through SPDF of the visited network; A-RACF of the visited network making a resource policy decision on the resource request, and transmitting the decision result to RCEF of the visited network for policy installation; A-RACF of the visited network transmitting a resource request response to SPDF of the home network through SPDF of the visited network; in these steps, after receiving the resource request, SPDF of the home network and/or SPDF of the visited network perform authorization examining for the resource request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jianjie You, Jun Song
  • Patent number: 8379747
    Abstract: A spatial sub-channel selection and pre-coding apparatus for being operative in a first communication device, the first communication device being adapted for communicating with a second and a third communication device using MIMO (Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output) radio channels, a first MIMO radio channel extending between the first communication device and the second communication device having at least one spatial sub-channel, a second MIMO radio channel extending between the first communication device and the third communication device having at least one spatial sub-channel, wherein one of the first MIMO radio channel or the second MIMO radio channel has at least two spatial sub-channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Guthy, Wolfgang Utschick, Guido Dietl, Josef Nossek, Pedro Tejera
  • Patent number: 8379667
    Abstract: A broadcast receiving terminal, which implements a service executing method, includes a receiver operable to receive an application, a recording medium, and a service executer operable to execute a service that uses one or more resources in a service execution environment intended for the service. The terminal also includes an associater operable to associate the service execution environment with resource set information indicating the one or more resources used by the service, when the application requests the service executer to execute the service, and a storager operable to store, into the recording medium, a plurality of service execution environments together with the associated resource set information that are associated by the associater. The terminal further includes a resource manager operable to provide, to a selected service, one or more resources indicated in the resource set information in the associated service execution environment, in the recording medium, stored by the storager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Harada, Yoshio Kawakami, Takakazu Shiomi, Takaaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8379587
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, a radio base station (40) and a mobile terminal (50) for allocating resources in a telecommunications network, where communications between the radio base station (40) and the mobile terminal (50) take place over a plurality of carriers. The method comprises transmitting and receiving a resource allocation message comprising one or more bits. Each of the bits corresponds to a number of resource blocks, where the number is determined from the ratio of the aggregate bandwidth of the plurality of carriers divided by the bandwidth of the carrier over which the resource allocation message is sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Erik Dahlman, Ylva Jading, Bengt Lindoff
  • Patent number: 8369353
    Abstract: A method of operating a communication system is disclosed. A first communication link of a first type is established to exchange communication traffic. A performance indicator for said first communication link is monitored. A second communication link of a second type is established. Based on the performance indicator, a portion of the communication traffic is moved from the first communication link to the second communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Ahsan Habib, Pallavur Sankaranaraynan
  • Patent number: 8369357
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing mobility in an Internet protocol (IP) network environment is provided that includes a cell site element operable to receive an address resolution protocol (ARP) signal from a base station. The ARP signal is associated with a selected mobile station that can roam between networks. In response to the signal, the cell site element evaluates a table that identifies a plurality of mobile stations and if the selected mobile station is not present in the table, then a mobility registration request is generated and communicated to a next destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayaraman R. Iyer, Anand K. Oswal
  • Patent number: 8369354
    Abstract: It is proposed a method for synchronizing a transmission of applications data frames provided to a sender device, the transmission being done between said sender device and at least one receiver device via a synchronous communications network implementing a clock that defines a network cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Romain Guignard, Arnaud Closset
  • Patent number: 8363652
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for switching and/or routing electronic data between two networks communicating at different bit rates, where the bit rate of the faster network divided by the bit rate of the slower network is a non-integer. A switching/routing unit interconnects the networks via two set of lanes, one set connected to each network. Each lane communicates at a bit rate that is a common factor of the two bit rates. One set of lanes communicates with a set of transceivers that communicate at the faster bit rate on the faster network. The other set of lanes communicates with a (larger) set of network elements (NEs) that communicate at the slower bit rate on the slower network. Each transceiver and NE is structured so that the total bit rate of the lanes communicating with it is equal to the bit rate of its respective network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventor: Doron Handelman
  • Patent number: 8363676
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is proposed a method of adding/detecting an adaptive and extendable segment index for re-segmentation and an apparatus thereof. According to the present invention, the method of adding a segment index comprising steps of determining whether a re-segmentation happens; looking for in a re-segmentation header of a current block a bit indicating the end of the re-segmentation header and the start of other information if it is determined a re-segmentation happens; and inserting two bits immediately before the bit indicating the end of the re-segmentation header and the start of other information, a first bit indicating a higher level re-segmentation has happened, and a second bit indicating one part generated in this re-segmentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Tao Yang, Feng Wang
  • Patent number: 8362917
    Abstract: A device and method for determining communications parameters such as signal strength is provided. The device includes a plurality of meters, each having an associated transceiver configured to receive a different communications protocol. Communications signals are received by a communications module and transmitted to the plurality of meters. The plurality of meters provide an indication of a signal parameter, such as signal strength for example, to allow the operator to decide which communications protocol the end device should use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Feldman, Chi Yao Chen, Thomas Q. Wong, Michael Parobek, Vivekanand Shiwmangal, Costas Magoulas
  • Patent number: 8358602
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing network connectivity in wireless networks are provided. This network connectivity can involve a mobile node being able to connect with more than one network at the same time and supporting multiple protocol sessions. Additionally, modifications can be made to allow a mobile node to have multiple IP addresses. These modifications include using a packet data network identifier along with a network control protocol to allow a network device to provide to user equipment (UE) multiple packet data network connections. The network device can be a access gateway or HPRD serving gateway (HSGW) that sets up the PDN connections for the UE. The packet data network identifier can be used to distinguish between multiple PDN connections for a UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanil Kumar Puthiyandyil, Rajesh Velandy
  • Patent number: 8358665
    Abstract: Described herein are various techniques for remotely controlling the presentation of multimedia data contained within a multiplex signal by various devices on a local area network. According to one aspect, a method is provided that allows for controlling the presentation of multimedia data being delivered to one or more devices on a local area network. Control is provided through the steps of receiving at least a portion of a multiplex signal at a control device, determining at the control device the one or more logical channels contained within the multiplex signal, detecting the presence of a controllable device on the local area network, receiving at least a portion of the multiplex signal at the controllable device, and transmitting instructions from the control device to the controllable device that instructs the controllable device to present to a user at least one type of multimedia data associated with one or more of the logical channels of the multiplex signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Vijayalakshmi R. Raveendran
  • Publication number: 20130010806
    Abstract: Provided is a transmitting and receiving system and method in which a transmitting and receiving device mounted on an operation system unit can process a signal received from an equipment connected to a standby system unit and a signal to be transmitted to the equipment connected to the standby system unit. A data signal and a control signal to be transmitted to a receiving device of the operation system unit are multiplexed by a parallel/serial conversion using a multiplexer. The signals are transmitted to the operation system unit as a serial received signal. The signal is demultiplexed by a serial/parallel conversion using a demultiplexer of the operation system unit. Further, a data signal and a control signal to be transmitted to the equipment connected to the standby system unit are multiplexed by a parallel/serial conversion using a multiplexer. The signals are transmitted from the operation system unit to the standby system unit as a serial signal to be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norimitsu Yamaki
  • Publication number: 20130003756
    Abstract: A method for providing information by optimizing the data rate to a vehicle over a three-phase power line utilized to provide power to the vehicle is described. The method includes generating carrier signals in three separate frequency bands, modulating various data onto the three carrier signals to generate three transmission signals, switching the three transmission signals onto respective conductors of the three-phase power line, demodulating the various data within the vehicle, and providing the various data to one or more vehicle systems. The three transmission signals are dynamically monitored such that the three frequency bands are controlled to optimize a data rate of the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Timothy M. Mitchell, Anil Kumar, Bertin Koala, Brian E. Ward, Nha T. Nguyen, Roger C. vonDoenhoff