Adaptive Patents (Class 370/465)
  • Patent number: 9075765
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for state change in systems having devices coupled in a chained configuration. A number of embodiments include a host and a number of devices coupled to the host in a chained configuration. The chained configuration includes at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host. The at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host is configured to change from a first communication state to a second communication state responsive to receipt of a command from the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Radke, Victor Y. Tsai, James Cooke, Neal A. Galbo, Peter Feeley
  • Patent number: 9072040
    Abstract: A computer networking infrastructure for load balancing, which comprises a network, access points each with a first service set identifier, computing devices and a computing system. The computing system can receive requests from computing devices to access the network via a second service set identifier of an access point. In response to a request to access the network from a computing device, the computing system generates a list of access points which are able to support a connection with the computing device. The computing device may connect to the network via an access point on the list and via the first service set identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Medium Access Systems Private Ltd.
    Inventor: Yang Lit Fang
  • Patent number: 9071523
    Abstract: A frame transmission system includes a frame transmitter and a frame receiver. The frame transmitter includes a frame fragmentation unit and a reproduction header appending unit. The frame fragmentation unit fragments an input frame and outputs transfer frames when the length of the input frame exceeds a predetermined fragmentation reference frame length, and does not fragment the input frame and outputs the input frame as a transfer frame when the length of the input frame is less than or equal to the fragmentation reference frame length. The reproduction header appending unit appends a reproduction header to the transfer frames outputted from the frame fragmentation unit. Here, the reproduction header being required when the transfer frames are reproduced at a receiving side. The reproduction header appending unit varies the header length of the reproduction header to be appended to the transfer frame, according to the length of the input frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: FUJITSU TELECOM NETWORKS LIMITED, Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Takakuwa, Yasushi Nishine, Fumihiko Saito, Takashi Fukagawa, Mika Tokunaga, Toshihiro Koji, Tamotsu Matsuo, Takashi Monzawa, Liu Wang
  • Patent number: 9066266
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmission/reception of system information in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. An operation of a Base Station (BS) in a broadband wireless communication system includes determining whether to apply a system configuration corresponding to a previous value of a Secondary-Super Frame Header (S-SFH) change count changed according to update of system information and, when applying the system configuration corresponding to the previous value of the S-SFH change count, setting a parameter representing the applied system configuration to a first value and, when applying a system configuration corresponding to a current value of the S-SFH change count, setting the parameter to a second value, and transmitting a Primary-Super Frame Header (P-SFH) including the S-SFH change count and the parameter set to the first value or the second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun Won, Ji-Yun Seol, Mi-Hyun Lee, Doo-Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 9066164
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate system and method for handling large dynamical signals in a passive optical network system and in particular for determining scheduling of bursts from a plurality of optical network units. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for determining a bit error ratio, i.e. BER in received communication data, determining, using the BER, optimized transmission scheduling of communication bursts from the optical network units, and providing a signal to the optical network units indicating the transmission scheduling of transmission bursts in accordance with the determined optimized transmission scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERISSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Einar In De Betou, Stefan Dahlfort, Peter Ohlen
  • Patent number: 9065831
    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein for a device in a network to receive information configured to indicate a control plane traffic load level for one or more server devices that are configured to manage traffic for messaging and presence clients communicating via a messaging and presence protocol. The control plane traffic is associated with the messaging and presence protocol. A determination is made as to when the control plane traffic load level has become unbalanced among the two or more server devices and in response to determining that the control plane traffic load level has become unbalanced, sending a transfer message to one or more clients comprising information configured to initiate migration of one or more clients from a server device that is relatively overloaded to a server device that is relatively underloaded in order to balance the control plane traffic load level among the two or more server devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Arpan K. Ghosh, Sumeet Singh, Sukhdev S. Kapur, Subrata Banerjee
  • Patent number: 9060325
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide simplified methods and apparatuses for creating and administering an independent basic service set, or ad hoc wireless cell. A user is presented with a unified user experience that reduces the time and expertise required to utilize the independent basic service set functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Avraham Gabay
  • Patent number: 9060362
    Abstract: A method and system for overriding Carrier-Sense-Multiple-Access/Collision-Avoidance (CSMA/CA) without harming the traffic that occupies the channel are provided. The system and method may include for example detecting at a communication node having a plurality of antennas, a preamble transmitted by a co-channel neighboring node operating in compliance with IEEE 802.11 standard within a clear channel assessment (CCA) range of the communication node; and setting uplink transmit weights of the antennas of the communication node, to isolate the communication node from the neighboring node after the neighboring node has transmitted the preamble, to allow the communication node to access the co-channel, by keeping a transmitted signal level of the communication node as received by the neighboring node, below the CCA signal level at one or more of the antennas of said neighboring node. The system may for example implement the method in software running on a baseband processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Magnolia Broadband Inc.
    Inventors: Haim Harel, Stuart S. Jeffery, Phil F. Chen, Sherwin J. Wang, Kenneth Kludt
  • Patent number: 9049649
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for configuring consumption of service includes identifying a service to be consumed by a user, identifying a plurality of bearer technologies across which at least one electronic device can access the service, selecting one of the plurality of bearer technologies for use in configuring the at least one electronic device, and configuring the at least one electronic device for the service using one of a plurality of management frameworks according to the selected bearer technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Bindu Rao
  • Publication number: 20150146744
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an in-band process to inform an external repeater of a desired new configuration or mode of operation. After negotiation of rate and other information during an auto-negotiation routine, a network node sends configuration information to a network element, such as an external network repeater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Magesh Valliappan, Sameer Kanhaiyalal Shah, Sundararajan Chidambara, Anand Kumar Pathak
  • Patent number: 9042252
    Abstract: An appliance receives packets that are part of a flow pair, each packet sharing an application protocol. The appliance determines the application protocol of the packets by performing deep packet inspection (DPI) on the packets. Packet sizes are measured and converted into packet size states. Packet size states, packet sequence numbers, and packet flow directions are used to create an application protocol estimation table (APET). The APET is used during normal operation to estimate the application protocol of a flow pair without performing time consuming DPI. The appliance then determines inter-packet intervals between received packets. The inter-packet intervals are converted into inter-packet interval states. The inter-packet interval states and packet sequence numbers are used to create an inter-packet interval prediction table. The appliance then stores an inter-packet interval prediction table for each application protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: NETRONOME SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gavin J. Stark, Nicolaas J. Viljoen, Niel Viljoen
  • Patent number: 9043432
    Abstract: A method of managing content format conversion for transmission of converted content to a mobile device includes retrieving initial content, which includes video content, having a first format over a data communications network. The retrieved initial content is analyzed based on an identification of data delivery parameters relating to potential delivery of converted content and a determination is made as to whether or not the data delivery parameters meet predetermined criteria. The format of the initial content is converted to a second format only in response to a determination that the data delivery parameters meet the predetermined criteria. The converted content forms a message body of a message. A conversion management system configured to manage content format conversion for transmission of converted content to a mobile device, and a computer program for performing the method, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Timo Ahopelto
  • Patent number: 9036081
    Abstract: A video transmission device 10 has: a packer 11 which receives a video signal, a sync signal, and a data-enable signal, and generates a plurality of packet signals by packetizing the video signal and the sync signal based on the data-enable signal and according to the number of bytes of a packet corresponding to the number of gradation bits of the video signal; an encode unit 15 which generates a plurality of encoded packet signals by encoding the plurality of packet signals; and a serializer 14 which generates a serial packet signal by parallel-serial converting the plurality of encoded packet signals. The packer 11 generates a control signal including a pulse with a pulse width corresponding to the number of bytes of the packet, and the encode unit 15 subjects a portion of the packet signals corresponding to the pulse in the control signal from the packer, to an encode process which is different from a process for the other portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: THINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Seiichi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9037145
    Abstract: A first mobile station operating on a first network according to a first network protocol receives a proxy request for access to a network resource, by from a second mobile station operating on a second network according to a second network protocol. The proxy request is received according to a third network protocol. The first mobile station determines a priority of the proxy request; accepts or denies the proxy request based on the determined priority of the proxy request; allocates resources to the proxy request, if the proxy request is accepted; and serves as a proxy mobile station for the second mobile station to access the network resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Mao, Trent J Miller, Francesca Schuler
  • Patent number: 9036499
    Abstract: A telecommunications switching system employing multi-protocol routing optimization which utilizes predetermined and measured parameters in accordance with a set of user priorities in determining the selection of a telecommunications path to be utilized for transmitting a data file to a remote destination. The switching system has a first memory for storing the data file to be transferred, a second memory for storing predetermined parameters such as cost data associated with each of the telecommunications paths, a third memory for storing a set of user priorities regarding the transmission of data files, and means for measuring the value of variable parameters such as file transfer speed associated with each of the telecommunications paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: PATENTMARKS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Allen D. Kaplan, William F. McCarthy
  • Patent number: 9036580
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for dynamically configuring a flexible subframe is described. The UE includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The UE determines that a subframe is a flexible subframe. The UE determines whether a downlink is indicated for the flexible subframe. The UE sets the flexible subframe as a downlink subframe if a downlink is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhanping Yin, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 9031042
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for adapting a communication system to varying conditions. Using some form of discovery protocol, the communication standards supported by at least two communicants are determined. Each communicant may then periodically monitor the quality of the channel established by the communication standard and dynamically select a set of one or more communication standards to use for communicating. Further, when communicants share common non-standard parameterized implementations of communication standards, changes to the protocols which the communication standards comprise can be used to add options for a more dynamic response to changing conditions than is possible when adhering only to an established communication standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amer A. Hassan, Christian Huitema, Thomas Kuehnel, Vishesh M. Parikh
  • Patent number: 9030959
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring metrics associated with a wireless network is described. One embodiment includes capturing a packet transmitted over a network and determining a minimum delay of a plurality of previously captured packets, where each previously captured packet of the plurality of previously captured packets is associated with a delay. The embodiment further includes determining a current overall delay of the packet based on features of the packet and calculating a congestion indicator based on the current overall delay and the minimum delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Choon B. Shim
  • Patent number: 9030994
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a router able to cooperate with a mobile host of a home network for initializing a communication between said mobile host and a correspondent node over at least a first and a second networks, said mobile host comprising at least a first and a second network interfaces able to connect respectively to said first and second networks, said router being further able to: attach the mobile host to said second network; receive a request for a communication address; transmit a communication address to said mobile host; and configure said mobile host with a predefined model indicator for enabling said mobile host to receive through its second network interface some data sent by the correspondent node towards the first network interface. Embodiments of the invention also relate to a mobile host with which the router cooperates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Telemaco Melia, Yacine El Mghazli
  • Publication number: 20150117466
    Abstract: Systems (100) and methods (700) for increasing a predictability of Telematic Operations (“TOs”) of a Teleoperation System (“TS”). The methods involve: measuring an inherent latency of a Communications Link (“CL”) of TS which varies unpredictably over at least a first window of time; analyzing the inherent latency, which was previously measured, to determine a first reference value useful for increasing the predictability of the TOs; using the first reference value to select an amount of controlled latency to be added to CL (120) at each of a plurality of time points (502-518); and adding the amount of controlled latency to CL at each of the plurality of time points so as to increase the predictability of the TOs. In some scenarios, the amount of controlled latency added at a first time point is different than the amount of controlled latency added at a second time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew D. Summer, Paul M. Bosscher
  • Publication number: 20150117467
    Abstract: A method carried out by a network device comprising a plurality of network adapters for transmitting and/or receiving data through a first group of network adapters. Each network adapter of the first group of network adapters is capable of using a plurality of communication technologies for transmitting and/or receiving data. The each network adapter is configured to use a corresponding communication technology for transmitting and/or receiving data. The each network adapter is configured by a configuration corresponding to each network adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Wan Chun Leung
  • Patent number: 9021123
    Abstract: A method for receiving a single message includes a receiving communication adapter receiving a first sub-unit in a single message. A transmitting communication adapter partitions the single message into sub-units. The method further includes storing the first payload in the memory of a receiving device, appending a first completion code into the first sub-unit, and sending a first notification to a receiving entity of the first completion code. The receiving entity processes the first payload based on the first determination. The receiving communication adapter receives a second sub-unit of the multiple sub-units after the first payload is processed by the receiving entity. The method further includes storing the second payload in the memory of the receiving device. The receiving entity determines that the first sub-unit is completely stored based on the first completion code, and that the second sub-unit is completely stored based on a second completion code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Haakon Ording Bugge, Hans Westgaard Ry
  • Patent number: 9019987
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems to provide, to a wireless communication device (WCD), a mapping between a first unsupported message type and a first supported message type. One embodiment takes the form of a method that involves a base station transmitting in a coverage area, for receipt by a given WCD configured to send a first unsupported message type to the base station, a mapping that correlates the first unsupported message type with the first supported message type. As a result of transmitting the mapping, the base station receives, from the given WCD, a message of the first supported message type in the place of a message of the first unsupported message type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Sreekar Marupaduga, Nicholas Kullman, Andrew M. Wurtenberger
  • Patent number: 9019843
    Abstract: In a mobile data network with a breakout system, when data is broken out, the RLC function is split into two different flows, between the UE and the breakout system and between the breakout system and the RNC. These two flows are processed by different RLC functions that may drift apart and become out of synchronization resulting in errors that diminish the user's quality of experience. Other errors may also occur in communication on these two different flows. The breakout system attempts to correct these errors using data stored locally in communication data structures for the two data flows. If the errors cannot be corrected, the breakout system can initiate an RLC reset into both of these flows to resynchronize the data communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald L. Billau, Canio Cillis, Vincenzo V. Di Luoffo
  • Patent number: 9019934
    Abstract: Provided herein is a wireless communication system comprising a first device and a second device. The first device comprises a first radio type and a second radio type. The second device comprises a first radio type and a second radio type. The first device is adaptable to form a communication link with the second device using the first radio or the second radio. The first device can be adaptable to transmit data to the second device through the first radio type or the second radio type. The second device can be adaptable to form a communication link with the first device through dynamic switching between the first radio type and second radio type of the second device. The second device can be adaptable to receive data from the first device through the first radio type or the second radio type. The second device can be adaptable to transmit data to the first device using the first radio type or the second radio type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Hmicro, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Yun, Ali Niknejad, Venkateswara Sattiraju, Surendar Magar
  • Patent number: 9019960
    Abstract: A method to reduce latency in a data link communication is provided. The method includes compressing a data packet to be uplinked from a ground station to an aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) in an aircraft and determining a packet size of the data packet. The aircraft communications addressing and reporting system is configured to receive packets having a packet size less than or equal to a first threshold packet size. An Iridium router based unrestricted digital inter-working connectivity solution data service is implemented to uplink the compressed data packet if the packet size exceeds a second threshold packet size. A short burst data service is implemented to uplink the compressed data packet if the packet size is less than or equal to the second threshold packet size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Rithesh Cheriyath, SaiGopal Tumulu, SatyaBhaskar Payasam
  • Publication number: 20150110131
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for communicating using adaptive data compression. A system is configured to compare operation of an encrypted communications channel to at least one operational threshold for the encrypted communications channel and select a level of compression for the encrypted communications channel based on the comparing. The system is further configured to compress data packets to be transmitted over the encrypted communications channel in accordance with the level of compression, encrypt the data packets, and transmit, via a network, the encrypted and compressed data packets to a destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventor: James Anthony ROSKIND
  • Publication number: 20150110132
    Abstract: A device with dynamically tunable heterogeneous latencies includes an input port configured to receive a packet via a network, and a processing module configured to determine multiple values corresponding to a number of qualifying parameters associated with the packet. The processing module may use the values to generate a selector value and may allocate a latency mode to the packet based on the selector value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vijay Anand PURUSHOTHAMAN, Sandeep Kumar RELAN, Santhosh UMESH, Santosh Kalluthirike JANARDHAN, Tarun Kumar VARSHNEY, Mohan Venkatachar KALKUNTE, Venkateshwar BUDUMA, Samir Kishore Sanghani
  • Patent number: 9014205
    Abstract: A probe, listen and select (PLS) technique can be used to select from an available frequency spectrum a frequency band whose communication quality is suitable for wireless communication at a desired rate. Probe packets can be transmitted on different frequencies (223) during a known period of time (TPLS), and frequency channel quality information can be obtained (225) from the probe packets. This quality information can then be used to select a desirable frequency band (227). The communication quality of the selected band can also be used as basis for selecting (141) from among a plurality of modulation and coding combinations that are available for use in communications operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy M. Schmidl, Mohammed Nafie, Anand G. Dabak
  • Patent number: 9014037
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system, including: a depacketizer configured to receive loss information on a data packet and congestion information on the channel from a terminal receiving the data packet through the channel; a frame assembly configured to confirm a congestion situation predictor from the congestion information and frame-aggregate data transmitted to the terminal according to the congestion situation predictor; a redundancy controller configured to confirm a data packet loss predictor from the loss information and generate redundancy data of the data according to the data packet loss predictor; and a packetizer configured to transmit the frame aggregated data and the redundancy data, with being included in the data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Ki-Jong Koo
  • Patent number: 9014004
    Abstract: A method is provided for managing load balance in cellular heterogeneous networks. The method comprises: providing a plurality of spectrum carriers for conveying communication signals to/from a macro cell. At least one of the carriers is a shared carrier for conveying communication signals to/from the macro cell and to/from at least one small cell located at the geographical vicinity of the macro cell, and wherein the shared carrier is characterized in that data is the only type of communication signals being conveyed thereat when the cellular network is under congestion. One or more other spectrum carriers are dedicated carriers adapted to essentially convey voice calls, and wherein user terminals are steered away from dedicated carriers to the shared carrier, so that when a data session is initiated for a user terminal camped on the shared carrier, that session will be conveyed one or more of the small cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ziv Nuss, Itay Meir Mizrahi
  • Patent number: 9014209
    Abstract: A method and system may include a source station to provide wireless multicast transmission to a plurality of destination stations according to a protocol adaptation layer multicast management protocol. The protocol adaptation layer may lie above the MAC layer. The multicast management protocol includes formation, maintenance, and termination procedures. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michelle Gong, Guoqing Li
  • Patent number: 9014175
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for routing voice Internet Protocol (IP) packet to a selected processor are described herein. The methods may include initially receiving at a digital baseband receiver of a device a plurality of IP packets. After receiving the IP packets, the digital baseband receiver may determine whether the IP packets are voice or non-voice IP packets. If the IP packets are determined to be non-voice IP packets, the digital baseband receiver may route the non-voice IP packets to a first processor for processing. On the other hand, if the IP packets are determined to be voice IP packets, the digital baseband receiver may route the voice IP packets to a second processor for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce Fleming
  • Patent number: 9008115
    Abstract: Data streams stored in buffers are modulated by modulation sections. Multipliers multiply the signals output from the modulation sections by weights output from a weight control section. The signals output from the multipliers are added up by addition sections, subjected to radio transmission processing by transmission radio sections and sent through antennas. A buffer control section controls the buffers based on a retransmission count output from a retransmission count detection section. The weight control section outputs weights different from weights at the time of previous transmission to the multipliers every time data is retransmitted. This allows a diversity gain at the time of data retransmission to be increased even if a time variation of the propagation path environment for radio signals is slow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventor: Kenichi Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 9008114
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a plurality of data types; identifying a plurality of communication ranges for data transmission, wherein a first communication range of the plurality of communication ranges is less than a second communication range of the plurality of communication ranges, and wherein the first communication range corresponds to a first data type of the plurality of data types and the second communication range corresponds to a second data type of the plurality of data types; transmitting data in the first data type to a first wireless communication device located within the first communication range; and transmitting data in the second data type to a second wireless communication device located within the second communication range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Yael Maguire
  • Patent number: 9009761
    Abstract: A system and method for wirelessly transmitting audiovisual information. Training information may be stored in a memory. A plurality of packets may be generated, including the training information. The plurality of packets may also include audiovisual information. The plurality of packets may include first information identifying a first training pattern of a plurality of possible training patterns. The first training pattern may specify one or more locations of the training information in the plurality of packets. The first information may be usable by a receiver to determine the first training pattern of the plurality of possible training patterns. The plurality of packets may be transmitted in a wireless manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Coherent Logix, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin A. Shelby, Peter J. Nysen, Michael B. Doerr
  • Patent number: 9001837
    Abstract: A local area network system that includes a residential gateway in wired communication with a remote service provider and multiple set top boxes in wired communication with the residential gateway. Each set top box includes a network extender having a wired connection to a residential gateway of a local area network, a media player in communication with the network extender, and at least one wireless transceiver in communication with the network extender. The media player includes a computing processor executing instructions to format a signal received from the network extender for use by a media device. Each set top box is configured as an access point for a local area network of the residential gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Cedric Fung Lam, Tony Ong, Ke Dong, Steven Fong, Yut Loy Chan, Yifan Gao, Milo Steven Medin, Dov Shimon Zimring
  • Patent number: 9003199
    Abstract: A cryptographic device may include a cryptographic module and a communications module removably coupled thereto. The cryptographic module may include a first housing, a user Local Area Network (LAN) interface carried by the first housing, and a cryptographic processor carried by the first housing and coupled to the user LAN interface. The communications module may include a second housing and a network wireless LAN interface carried by the second housing. The network wireless LAN interface may be coupled to the cryptographic processor, and it may be switchable between wireless LAN modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Russell Wayne Dellmo, Eric Edmond Petkus, Bruce Wayne Yancy
  • Patent number: 8995469
    Abstract: Relays can be used to facilitate communication of a packet, such as from a base station to a mobile device. The packet can include a header that designates an intended destination for the packet. The header can transfer such that the intended destination designation can be sent with or without being decompressed at a relay. If there is more than one relay involved in communication, then the header can configure such that the header is accessible without performing decompression. However, if there is one relay stop, then the header can compress the designator in such a way that decompression should occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gavin B. Horn, Parag A. Agashe, Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, Xiaofei Wang
  • Patent number: 8995286
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and machine readable storage medium is disclosed for establishing a test protocol processor which identifies and removes predetermined messages from a network element port buffer. Subsequent to removal the test protocol processor may perform one or more of several actions according to the results of statistical calculations. These actions include allowing the message to drop, replacing the message after a delay, replacing the message after altering the payload of the message, and replacing the message after altering the message type. The disclosed autonomous self disrupting network element is particularly useful for providing a means to perform in situ field testing of network performance indicators under desired statistical conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Nausheen Naz, Csaba Marton, Suat R. Eskicioglu, Manikka Thyagarajan, Michael H. Lashley
  • Patent number: 8995932
    Abstract: Systems and methods for suppressing transmitter noise in a receive band of a co-located receiver that are suitable for wideband applications are disclosed. In one embodiment, an analog radio frequency transmit signal output by a transmitter includes a desired signal in a transmit band of the transmitter and transmitter noise in a receive band of a main receiver. A secondary receiver obtains a secondary receiver input signal that is representative of at least the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver and outputs a digital feedforward signal. A digital feedforward transmit noise cancellation subsystem generates a digital transmitter noise cancellation signal that is representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band based on the digital feedforward signal and subtracts the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal from a digital receive signal output by the main receiver to thereby provide a compensated digital receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Mark Wyville
  • Publication number: 20150085875
    Abstract: A system and method that utilize a learning system to maintain a set of geographical locations indicating an area where network data coverage is poor. When it is determined that a client device is moving towards such an area, the client is forced or instructed to switch to a lower delivery bitrate for video segments in order to force the client's Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) playback buffer to fill itself with enough low-quality video segments to enable the client to cross the area without video playback interruption. Thus, the client mobile device may be preemptively forced to choose the lowest bitrate specified in a manifest file for the delivered video segments as the bitrate for downloading video segments when approaching the poor coverage area. Hence, the client device can maintain a minimum level of Quality of Service (QoS) when moving through network areas with poor data coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Ericsson Television Inc
    Inventors: Chris Phillips, Charles Hammett Dasher, Michael Huber, Johan Kölhi
  • Publication number: 20150085878
    Abstract: An interface can be designed that efficiently constructs descriptors for streams of protocol data units (PDUs) and provides coherent views of the PDUs and the PDU stream for a requesting application regardless of location within a buffer pool for PDUs. The interface creates a descriptor for each PDU written into the buffer pool and links the descriptors in accordance with the appropriate order of the corresponding PDUs. The interface can create PDU descriptors hierarchically. For instance, a PDU descriptor for a PDU of a layer N protocol can refer to one or more PDU descriptors of a layer N?1 protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Ardalan Kangarlou, John David Strunk
  • Publication number: 20150085876
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus of compression on multiple data flows for communication between a user equipment (UE) and a serving node. The methods and apparatus include receiving multiple data flows for compression, wherein each of the multiple data flows includes a plurality of data packets, with each data packet having a data packet header and a payload. Further, the methods and apparatus include determining a compression state for each of the multiple data flows. Moreover, the methods and apparatus include performing a first compression algorithm on each of the multiple data flows determined to have a compression state set to a do-not-compress state, wherein the first compression algorithm includes compressing the data packet header of each data packet without compressing the payload of each data packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Murtuza Taheri CHHATRIWALA, Venkata Ramanan VENKATACHALAM JAYARAMAN, Rohit KAPOOR, Srinivasa Rao ERAVELLI, Sumanth GOVINDAPPA, Sivaram Srivenkata PALAKODETY
  • Patent number: 8989719
    Abstract: A device receives, from an application server, a message destined for a user equipment, and reformats the message into a non-access stratum (NAS) transparent message. The device also provides, to a home subscriber server, a query for an identification of a mobility management entity serving the user equipment, and receives, from the home subscriber server, the identification of the mobility management entity serving the user equipment. The device further provides the NAS transparent message to the identified mobility management entity, where the mobility management entity forwards the NAS transparent message to the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Xuming Chen, Andrew Youtz, Ho Yin Cheuk
  • Patent number: 8990428
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for facilitating interoperation between communication devices of different networks following different protocols is provided. The computer-implemented method enables creating a virtual device. The virtual device is a software representation of a first communication device in a first network. The computer-implemented method further comprises linking a synchronization module within the virtual device to the first communication device. The synchronization module receives data related to one or more attributes of the first communication device. The computer-implemented method comprises linking at least one mapping module within the virtual device to a second communication device. The mapping module facilitates conversion of the received data and transmission of the converted data to the second communication device for facilitating interoperation therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Infosys Limited
    Inventors: Lakshya Malhotra, Kumar Padmanabh, Sanjoy Paul
  • Patent number: 8989003
    Abstract: A code division multiple access (CDMA) communication device comprises a medium access controller (MAC) configured to receive data from a plurality of channels. Each channel is associated with a priority and an identifier. The MAC is further configured to multiplex the data of the plurality of channels for transmission over a CDMA channel based on the priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen E. Terry
  • Patent number: 8989204
    Abstract: The invention discloses a communication method and device of broadcast and/or multicast in radio network. The eNB determines dynamic scheduling control information of each service, according to the practical transmission of the broadcast and/or multicast service in one scheduling period, and provides, in a MAC packet data unit, the UE with the dynamic scheduling control information; the UE receives, in a MAC packet data unit, the dynamic scheduling control information, and receives the broadcast and/or multicast service data from the eNB in the scheduling period, according to the dynamic scheduling control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: He Wang, Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 8989151
    Abstract: The application relates to SMS over LTE radio access. Several alternatives are already known, such as specified in 3GPP TS 24.247 which supports text messaging capabilities and 3GPP 23.204 which supports all existing SMS capabilities through SMS encapsulation in IP. Furthermore, 3GPP 23.272 which relates to SMS in CS fallback. A further technique is known as Generic Access Network which is under study in 3GPP 23.879 relating to CS domain services over evolved PS access and in Voice Over LTE VOLGA. The present application provides a solution for handling messages between legacy networks in the form of circuit-switched networks and IP network architecture in the form of an IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS while minimizing the efforts needed for system integration by maximal reuse of existing functionalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Joerg Christian Ewert, Ralf Keller, Andreas Witzel
  • Patent number: RE45498
    Abstract: Disclosed are an adaptive pilot symbol assignment method that flexibly controls the number of transmit antennas according to each user's moving speed, channel status, or user request, and assigns proper pilot symbols in the downlink of an OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access) based cellular system; and a sub-carrier allocation method for high-speed mobile that allocates some sub-carriers to assign proper pilot symbols for ultrahigh-speed mobile users, and the rest of the sub-carriers to the other users to assign proper pilot symbols to the users, on the assumption that the ultrahigh-speed mobile users have a traffic volume almost insignificant to the whole traffic volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sok-Kyu Lee, Kwang-soon Kim, Kyung-Hi Chang