End-to-end Transmission System Patents (Class 375/133)
  • Patent number: 10667168
    Abstract: A base station transmits, during a first period, a first plurality of voice packets of a first talking period on a first plurality of subcarriers of a first carrier. The base station transmits, during a second period, a second plurality of voice packets of a second talking period on a second plurality of subcarriers of a second carrier. The base station transmits, in the first period and the second period, data traffic packets on a third plurality of subcarriers. There is at least one guard band between at least two subcarriers in the third plurality of subcarriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 10630408
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an overlapped multiplexing modulation method, apparatus, and system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SHEN ZHEN KUANG-HI HEZHONG TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Chunlin Ji, Shasha Zhang
  • Patent number: 10602554
    Abstract: A method and a wireless device (110) for managing a set of resources for transmission of data to a further wireless device (120) using D2D communication are disclosed. The wireless device (110) and the further wireless device (120) are capable of being operated in a mixed cellular and D2D radio network (100). The set of resources are comprised in a cellular spectrum of the mixed cellular and D2D radio network (100). The wireless device (110) selects, from among the set of resources, a sub set of resources for the transmission of data according to a hopping algorithm for distribution of the sub set of resources among the set of resources. Then, the wireless device (110) sends a scheduling command to the further wireless device (120). The scheduling command indicates the selected sub set of resources. The wireless device (110) sends the data to the further wireless device (120) on the selected sub set of resources using D2D communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Wänstedt, Qianxi Lu, Stefan Parkvall, Stefano Sorrentino
  • Patent number: 10587305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the telecommunication of data by frequency hopping in a first frequency band, wherein the frequency hops follow a predetermined time sequence, known at least to a data transmitter, characterized in that it comprises the following steps implemented by said data transmitter: defining, from a pseudo-random sample, successive values of respective differences in frequency (?fs1, ?fs2, ?fs3, . . . ; ?fd1, ?fd2, ?fd3, etc.) in order to determine the hopping time sequence starting at a first frequency (f1), transmitting to at least one data receiver at a first frequency (f1), said first frequency being randomly selected (S1) within the first frequency band, then at successive frequencies (S5) which, starting at the first frequency, comply with said successive values of respective differences in frequency, said successive values of differences in frequency defining, at reception, a succession of reception frequencies for useful data to be received from said data transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventor: Jean Schwoerer
  • Patent number: 10574291
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal apparatus wherein CoMP communication can normally be performed without increasing the overhead of an upstream line control channel. In this apparatus, a spreading unit primarily spreads a response signal by use of a ZAC sequence established by a control unit. A spreading unit secondarily spreads the response signal, to which CP has been added, by use of a block-wise spread code sequence established by the control unit. The control unit controls, in accordance with sequence numbers and a hopping pattern established therein, the circular shift amount of the ZAC sequence to be used for the primary spread in the spreading unit and the block-wise spread code sequence to be used for the secondary spread in the spreading unit. The hopping pattern established in the control unit is a hopping pattern common to a plurality of base stations that CoMP-receive the response signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Seigo Nakao, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Daichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10567201
    Abstract: Disclosed is an information transmission method. The method includes that: a first communication node determines a resource or parameter for a second communication node to transmit a reference signal, and indicates the resource or parameter to the second communication node through signaling; and the second communication node receives the signaling transmitted by the first communication node, determines the resource or parameter for transmitting the reference signal based on the signaling or based on the signaling and a rule predefined by the first communication node and the second communication node, and uses the determined resource or parameter to transmit the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yuxin Wang, Chuangxin Jiang, Shujuan Zhang, Zhaohua Lu, Yu Ngok Li
  • Patent number: 10548159
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for dynamic resource allocation, scheduling and signaling for variable data real time services (RTS) in long term evolution (LTE) systems. Preferably, changes in data rate for uplink RTS traffic are reported to an evolved Node B (eNB) by a UE using layer 1, 2 or 3 signaling. The eNB dynamically allocates physical resources in response to a change in data rate by adding or removing radio blocks currently assigned to the data flow, and the eNB signals the new resource assignment to the UE. In an alternate embodiment, tables stored at the eNB and the UE describe mappings of RTS data rates to physical resources under certain channel conditions, such that the UE uses the table to locally assign physical resources according to changes in UL data rates. Additionally, a method and apparatus for high level configuration of RTS data flows is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Arty Chandra, Mohammed Sammour, Jin Wang
  • Patent number: 10516589
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for a sensor web for Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a system can monitor a health status of an IoT sensor device of a plurality of IoT sensor devices. The system can determine that the health status of the IoT sensor device indicates a sensor malfunction experienced by the IoT sensor device, and in response, can generate and send an alert to a forensic analytics module. The alert can identify the sensor malfunction. In response to the alert, the forensic analytics module can determine a last known location of the IoT sensor device. The system can obtain a set of satellite images of the last known location of the IoT sensor device, and can utilize the set of satellite images of the last known location to determine a cause of the sensor malfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy Innes, Alexander MacDougall, Nigel Bradley, Bhumit Patel, Christopher Carl, David Spivey, Wasib Khallil
  • Patent number: 10462738
    Abstract: Base station device with reduced power consumption and method thereof. The base station device includes a transmitter configured to implement time-division multiple access (TDMA). The transmitter transmits payload signals in a TDMA frame including a first timeslot and a second timeslot, with one of the first timeslot and the second timeslot designated as an active timeslot and the other of the first timeslot and the second timeslot designated as an idle timeslot. The base station device includes an electronic processor coupled to the transmitter and configured to control transmission of calls through the transmitter. The electronic processor is configured to transmit payload signals during the active timeslot and de-key the transmitter during the idle timeslot. During a voice call, the electronic processor is configured to re-kay the transmitter during a portion of the idle timeslot to transmit synchronization information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur Christopher Leyh, Thomas B. Bohn, Gregory J. Buchwald
  • Patent number: 10445087
    Abstract: A communication system includes a first node and a second node, the first node is configured to obtain first information indicating reachability of data to the second node, specify a number of frames when transmitting, to the second node, a file to be used for updating of software at the second node, specify, based on the first information and the number of frames, a transmission method candidate to transmit the file, and notify the second node of the specified transmission method candidate, the second processor is configured to, generate updating information indicating whether the software can be updated based on the file to be transmitted by the transmission method candidate, and notify the first node of the updating information, the first processor is configured to, specify a transmission method of the file, based on the updating information, transmit the file to the second node by using the specified transmission method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Fuyuta Sato
  • Patent number: 10447322
    Abstract: A front-end module (FEM) is disclosed that includes an integrous signal combiner. The integrous signal combiner can process received signals and use a set of resonant circuits to filter signal noise prior to recombination of a plurality of signal bands that form an aggregate carrier signal. These resonant circuits may be placed after a set of low noise amplifiers and can be used to more efficiently reduce noise and parasitic loading within each of a set of signal paths. Each resonant circuit may be configured to filter noise relating to a bandwidth for a signal that is to be combined with the signal of the signal path that includes the resonant circuit. In some implementations, the integrous signal combiner can be a tunable integrous signal combiner with resonant circuits that may be reconfigurable or dynamically configurable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephane Richard Marie Wloczysiak
  • Patent number: 10425825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, particularly, to a method and an apparatus therefor, said method comprising the steps of: configuring a plurality of cells including a licensed band cell and an unlicensed band cell; receiving SRS configuration information for the unlicensed band cell, wherein the SRS configuration information comprises subframe period and offset information for SRS transmission; and performing a procedure for transmitting SRS from a first subframe periodically configured on the unlicensed band cell on the basis of the SRS configuration information, wherein if the first subframe belongs to a UE-reserved time duration on the unlicensed band cell, then the SRS is transmitted in the first subframe, and wherein if the first subframe does not belong to the UE-reserved time duration on the unlicensed band cell, then the transmission of the SRS is skipped in the first subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Hanbyul Seo, Yunjung Yi
  • Patent number: 10411755
    Abstract: A method of sharing a spectrum by frequency hopping includes receiving frequency usage information for a shared spectrum of a first communication system, setting a weight for determining a ratio of channels to be used for communication by frequency hopping of a second communication system from among first channels of the second communication system corresponding to an unused spectrum in the shared spectrum and second channels of the second communication system corresponding to a used spectrum in the shared spectrum, based on the received frequency usage information, and selecting a frequency hopping channel from among the first channels and the second channels based on the set weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jaesung Lim, Hoki Baek, Seonjoo Choi
  • Patent number: 10412360
    Abstract: A wireless transmission system, method and device for stereoscopic video are provided. The wireless transmission system includes a wireless transmission device and multiple user devices communicating with the wireless transmission device. Each of the user devices receives a stereoscopic video stream corresponding to a user visual angle. The stereoscopic video stream is composed of multiple views of multiple visual angles. The wireless transmission device obtains the user visual angle for the stereoscopic video stream and a modulation type of each of the user devices respectively, selects multiple transmission visual angles among the multiple visual angles according to the user visual angles, and transmits the stereoscopic video stream corresponding to the transmission visual angles to the corresponding user devices respectively by adjusting the modulation type of the user devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Patent number: 10396965
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for communicating with a machine-type communication (MTC) user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station (BS) configures a first MTC transmission time interval (M-TTI) for a first UE and a second M-TTI for a second UE in a subband, and communicates with the first UE and the second UE in the subband by using the first M-TTI and the second M-TTI. In this case, the first UE and the second UE have different coverage enhancement (CE) level from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yunjung Yi
  • Patent number: 10368239
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for encrypting a broadcast message of a base station are disclosed. For example, the method selects an encryption key for the broadcast message and encrypts the broadcast message using the encryption key to create an encrypted broadcast message. The method then transmits an identifier of the encryption key and transmits the encrypted broadcast message over a broadcast channel. A method for decrypting a broadcast message that is encrypted is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Roger Piqueras Jover
  • Patent number: 10348361
    Abstract: A measuring device for phase-coherent analysis of frequency-hopping signals is provided. The measuring device comprises a signal acquisition unit and an analyzing unit. Whereas the signal acquisition unit is configured to obtain an In-phase/Quadrature-phase-signal (I/Q-signal) and to provide said I/Q-signal for the analyzing unit, the analyzing unit is configured to detect hop occurrences at nominal hop frequencies based on the provided I/Q-signal. In addition to this, the analyzing unit is further configured to specify at least one common reference frequency with respect to the hop occurrences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Lagler, Luke Cirillo
  • Patent number: 10321439
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system and a device therefor. Particularly, the method for performing D2D communication in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, by a first terminal from a base station, downlink control information including resource allocation information for D2D transmission; transmitting, by the first terminal to a second terminal, D2D control information on a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) on the basis of the resource allocation information for the D2D transmission; and transmitting, by the first terminal to the second terminal, D2D data on a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on the basis of the resource allocation information for the D2D transmission, wherein frequency hopping can occur between a resource of the PSCCH for a first transmission of the D2D control information and a resource of the PSCCH for a second transmission of the D2D control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hakseong Kim, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 10277270
    Abstract: Provided are a method of transmitting, by a user equipment, a uplink signal in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving control information related to a codeword cover used for a multiplexing of a multiple of user equipments from a base station, generating a transmission symbol of a specific length by repeating a data symbol in a specific time unit, generating the uplink signal by applying the codeword cover of the specific length to the generated transmission symbol, and transmitting the generated uplink signal to the base station through a single tone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunggye Hwang, Hyukjin Chae, Yunjung Yi, Kijun Kim
  • Patent number: 10263662
    Abstract: The invention discloses a cyclic-Frequency shift orthogonal frequency division multiplex spread spectrum device, comprising: at least one communication device for performing the conversion between a series of bits and a frequency domain symbol out of a plurality of frequency combination patterns; wherein different patterns correspond to different bit values; and the device forms a cyclic frequency shift value utilizing a frequency reordering, each of the cyclic frequency shift values corresponding to a frequency combination pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: GUIZHOU DINGTONGXIN TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventor: Jeng-Shiann Jiang
  • Patent number: 10158514
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present invention relates to channel estimation and equalization in a cellular environment on the basis of an FBMC transmission and reception technique. A communication method of a base station according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: determining a reference signal (RS) pattern building block of a plurality of cells according to filter information of the plurality of cells; determining an RS pattern of the plurality of cells by using the determined RS pattern building block and the size of a resource block (RB); and transmitting, to a terminal, information about the determined RS pattern. According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a method and an apparatus for mapping a reference signal in a multi-cell environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Hoka, Kyeongyeon Kim, Keonkook Lee, Chanhong Kim, Taeyoung Kim, Jiyun Seol, Yeohun Yun, Byunghwan Lee
  • Patent number: 10111230
    Abstract: A method for communicating in a communications system using beamformed transmissions includes blanking an interference antenna beam out of a plurality of available antenna beams that one of causes interference to and receives interference from at least one neighboring base station during a conflict time interval of a frame, wherein the blanking is in accordance with configuration information comprising frame configuration information received from the at least one neighboring base station and frame configuration information of a serving base station (SBS), thereby producing a plurality of candidate antenna beams, scheduling communications opportunities for user equipments (UEs) in the conflict time interval on the plurality of candidate antenna beams, and communicating with scheduled UEs using the communications opportunities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Lili Zhang
  • Patent number: 10110504
    Abstract: A data center includes a plurality of computing units that communicate with each other using wireless communication, such as high frequency RF wireless communication. The data center may organize the computing units into groups (e.g., racks). In one implementation, each group may form a three-dimensional structure, such as a column having a free-space region for accommodating intra-group communication among computing units. The data center can include a number of features to facilitate communication, including dual-use memory for handling computing and buffering tasks, failsafe routing mechanisms, provisions to address permanent interface and hidden terminal scenarios, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ji Yong Shin, Darko Kirovski, David T. Harper
  • Patent number: 10059354
    Abstract: A locomotive-to-wayside device communication system for a train having a locomotive travelling in a track network having wayside devices associated therewith. The system includes: an on-board communication device associated with the locomotive for transmitting and receiving data; and a wayside communication device associated with a wayside device, wherein the wayside communication device is programmed or configured to transmit data at or over (a) at least one power level, (b) at least one reporting interval, (c) at least one frequency, (d) at least one communication protocol, or any combination thereof. A wayside communication device and a locomotive-to-wayside device communication method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Kernwein
  • Patent number: 10038606
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a channel learning entity is configured to receive a priori network data via a transceiver. The channel learning entity generates at least one measurement of the communication environment based on the a priori network data, and generates first report data for transmission via the transceiver based on the at least one measurement of the communication environment. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
    Inventor: Olivier van de Wiel
  • Patent number: 9972332
    Abstract: Encoding and decoding methods and apparatus are described. An example method is described for embedding information into audio by determining a first set of frequency components to represent a synchronization block, the synchronization block representing one of a plurality of different message types, one frequency component from each set of frequency components being located in a respective code band, and spacing between adjacent code bands is equal to or less than the spacing between adjacent frequency components of each code band. Determining amplitudes of respective ones of the first set of frequency components representing the synchronization block based on a masking ability of an audio block of the audio. Synthesizing the first set of frequency components representing the synchronization block to determine a first set of synthesized code frequency components, based on the determined amplitudes. Combining the first set of synthesized code frequency components with the audio block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Pavlovich Topchy, Arun Ramaswamy, Venugopal Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 9965422
    Abstract: A sensor system utilizing adaptively selected carrier frequencies is disclosed. The system includes a system bus, a bus master, and a sensor. The system bus is configured to transfer power and data. The bus master is coupled to the system bus and is configured to provide power to the bus and receive data from the bus. The sensor is coupled to the system bus and is configured to transfer data on the bus using an adaptively selected carrier frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: David Levy, Harald Witschnig, Dirk Hammerschmidt, Wolfgang Scherr, Andrea Morici
  • Patent number: 9955456
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network determines a first channel hopping schedule for the device to receive unicast communications from one or more neighbors of the device. The first channel hopping schedule differs from channel hopping schedules used by the one or more neighbors to receive unicast communications. The device determines a second channel hopping schedule for the device that includes a common channel that is common to the device and the one or more neighbors at any given point in time, wherein the second channel hopping schedule is self-generated by each of the device and the one or more neighbors. The device switches from the first channel hopping schedule to the second channel hopping schedule, in response to a network event. The device causes a particular neighbor to join the network using the second channel hopping schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hui, Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 9955365
    Abstract: Conditional progressive encoding and decoding is discussed, in which a receiver receives a plurality of encoded message segments as a sequence of messages, and sequentially decodes each of the message segments in sequence, in which the decoding of the next encoded message segment is triggered only by successfully decoding the current encoded message segment. On the transmitter side, the transmitter breaks a message payload into a sequence of message segments, and then independently processes each message segment for generating error detection coding and encoding into multiple codeword segments. The transmitter multiplexes each codeword segment over the spectral space of subcarriers to transmit the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jamie Menjay Lin, Jing Jiang, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Tingfang Ji
  • Patent number: 9935729
    Abstract: A partition based slot assignment method and apparatus, applying to other nodes than a sink node in a multi-hop sensor network including: transmitting a detection request packet including subtree information of a subtree of the sink node, using a node one-hop away as a root node; determining whether other nodes and the sink node are in the same subtree according to received detection request packets transmitted by other nodes including subtree information of subtrees of the other nodes; and storing the subtree information of the subtrees of other nodes in a local collision table if the other nodes and sink node are not in a same subtree, and transmitting the table to a parent node of the sink node. By changing a slot assignment in a larger network into independent slot assignments in smaller networks, a slot assignment problem resulting from a large number of nodes may be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Longteng Yi, Hao Wang, Xiaojing Fan, Jun Tian, Taiji Kondo
  • Patent number: 9923651
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving transmission segments from at least one device over a plurality of channels pursuant to a channel-switching schedule, the channel-switching schedule comprising an iteratively-repeated channel sequence. The iteratively-repeated channel sequence comprises a plurality of channels, the channel-switching schedule specifying an assigned transmission duration for each channel. In addition, the method includes, for at least one channel of the plurality of channels, detecting interference during a time segment of the assigned transmission duration, the time segment comprising at least one of a beginning portion and an ending portion of the assigned transmission duration. Further, the method includes responsive to the detected interference, determining to shift, by a specified quantity of time, a future channel switch indicated by the iteratively-repeated channel sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: WatchGuard, Inc.
    Inventor: A. Thomas Emberson
  • Patent number: 9900129
    Abstract: Considering individual sequences T1, . . . , TK over N successive frames for performing K individual transmissions, one time and frequency resource is allocated to each individual transmission per frame. The time and frequency resources can be represented by a grid with time resources on one dimension and frequency resources on another dimension. A managing device: computes a figure of merit G(A, T1, . . . , TK) for each possible set of the individual sequences T1, . . . , TK over the N successive frames on which respective frequency hopping sequences [A1, . . . , AN]=A apply, the figure of merit G(A, T1, . . . , TK) being representative of transmission robustness to interference and/or noise and/or path loss, and being determined under a constraint such that the frequency hopping sequences A1, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Loic Brunel, Nicolas Gresset
  • Patent number: 9893917
    Abstract: In a first mode of dedicated control channel (DCCH) operation, a wireless terminal is allocated more segments than in a second mode. The wireless terminal uses different information bit to modulation symbol mapping in the different modes. On a per DCCH segment basis, the same number of modulation symbols are communicated in either mode but more information bits are conveyed in the second mode. Information bits for a DCCH segment are partitioned into two subsets. The two subsets are used to generate another set, each of the two subsets and the another set are input to the same mapping function to generate three equal size sets of modulation symbols which are transmitted via the DCCH segment. Uplink tone hopping is used such that one of the equal size sets of modulation symbols for the DCCH segment uses the same tone but a different set uses a different tone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tom Richardson, Hui Jin, Junyi Li, Vladimir Parizhsky
  • Patent number: 9888405
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and related apparatuses for determining statistics descriptive of packets received at a particular location on a network out of a set of packets transmitted on the network, which include transmitting first and second groups of packets on the network, the packets in the first and second groups labeled with first and second labels, respectively (the packets in the second group not in the first group), incrementing first and second packet counters associated with the particular network location in response to packet(s) in the first and second groups, respectively, being received at the network location until all packets in the first and second groups have drained from the network, and using values read from the first and second packet counters to determine a statistic descriptive of the packets received at the particular network location out of those in the first and second groups transmitted on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas James Edsall, Satyam Sinha
  • Patent number: 9848025
    Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating information within a business organization network using a one or more communication bands on a HF communication network. A computer device may be used to control communication by selecting a frequency band and/or frequency at which communication may take place to optimize latencies to at or near the physical limitation of HF radio wave communication over long distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Services Development Company LLC
    Inventors: Alexey Goldin, John Hutchings, Mikhail Malyshev
  • Patent number: 9838080
    Abstract: A method is for processing a channel analog signal coming from a transmission channel. The method may include converting the channel analog signal into a channel digital signal, and detecting a state of the transmission channel based on the channel digital signal to detect whether the transmission channel is, over an interval of time, one or more of linear and time invariant and linear and cyclostationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Yoann Bouvet, Pierre Demaj
  • Patent number: 9813109
    Abstract: A communication system constructs a communication network using a hopping pattern designated in a router advertisement between a wireless communication device that transmits the router advertisement designating the hopping pattern of channel hopping and an opposite party communication device that receives the router advertisement. The wireless communication device comprises a receiver configured to receive a router advertisement transmitted from another wireless communication device, a generator configured to generate the hopping pattern that does not use the same channel at the same time with respect to a hopping pattern that is designated by the router advertisement received by the receiver, and a transmitter configured to transmit the router advertisement that designates the hopping pattern generated by the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiyo Akisada, Kazunori Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 9781659
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are described for supporting macrocell-to-femtocell hand-ins of active macrocell communications for a mobile device. A mobile device may perform an out-of-band (OOB) search for the femtocell, the OOB search triggered by a proximity detection configuration command from the macrocell. The mobile device may wirelessly communicate with a located femtocell via an OOB link, and receive femtocell information from the femtocell via the OOB link. The mobile device may transmit the received femtocell information to the macrocell. The macrocell may generate instruction for a mobile device search based on the femtocell information. The macrocell may transmit such instructions to the mobile device for an in-band search for the femtocell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Olufunmilola O. Awoniyi, Samir S. Soliman, Soumya Das, Andrei D. Radulescu
  • Patent number: 9755909
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a device, and a system for controlling a network path, where the method includes: the first control device generates path information for a first AP according to network topology information, and generates first forwarding information for the first AP according to acquired forwarding resource information of the first AP and the path information, and sends the first forwarding information to the first AP; the first control device determines that a second AP which is not managed by the first control device is included in the path information, sends the path information to a second control device for managing the second AP, so that the second control device generates second forwarding information for the second AP according to the path information and the acquired forwarding resource information of the second AP, and sends the second forwarding information to the second AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Xiong, Xiaoqian Wu, Changjiang Yan, Jiehui Hu
  • Patent number: 9729377
    Abstract: A method for determining a symbol boundary in a data packet belonging to a received OFDM signal is provided. The data packet includes a first training filed and a second training field, which begins with a guard interval. The method includes detecting the beginning of the data packet, and starting an automatic gain control process. The method further includes, after the automatic gain control process is locked, determining autocorrelation peaks and estimating the symbol boundary from times of the autocorrelation peaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Optis Circuit Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Achraf Dhayni
  • Patent number: 9692124
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a circuit for receiving a request to initiate a first multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) communication session and a second MIMO communication session, and configuring a first antenna configuration and a second antenna configuration to enable the first MIMO communication session and the second MIMO communication session. The first MIMO communication session shares spectrum from the first antenna configuration and the second antenna configuration, and the second MIMO communication session utilizes spectrum from the second antenna configuration that differs from the shared spectrum. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Achilles Technology Management Co II, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank M. Caimi, Mark T. Montgomery, Mark W. Kishler, Robert Giometti, John Marshall
  • Patent number: 9673856
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises: allocating, to each network device in a time slotted channel hopping network, a corresponding swapping schedule that maps the network device to different unique sequence offsets for different timeslots allocated to the corresponding network device, each unique sequence offset identifying a corresponding shifted position in a prescribed repeating channel hopping sequence relative to an epochal start of a linearly increasing timeslot value; and causing each network device to transmit according to its corresponding swapping schedule, enabling a channel hopping sequence of each network device to be undetectable relative to the prescribed repeating channel hopping sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal Thubert, Patrick Wetterwald, Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Eric Michel Levy-Abegnoli
  • Patent number: 9660765
    Abstract: Low latency wireless communication applications require highly dynamic allocation of resources. Providing allocation information on a highly dynamic basis increases the overhead of control signaling for allocation. A technique known as blind decoding is used to reduce the control signaling overhead for allocation information. However, blind decoding may occasionally lead to invalid detection of allocation messages which in turn may lead to a number of problems such as wasted bandwidth, increased power consumption, reduced throughput, etc. A method and apparatus are disclosed that detect the invalid allocation messages by maintaining a record of previously received allocation messages and using it to check the validity of the newly received allocation messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: MBIT WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Keerthivasan Suresh, Kirubakaran Ponnurangam, Krishnavelan Sivaraman
  • Patent number: 9660744
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving transmission segments from at least one device over a plurality of channels pursuant to a channel-switching schedule, the channel-switching schedule comprising an iteratively-repeated channel sequence. The iteratively-repeated channel sequence comprises a plurality of channels, the channel-switching schedule specifying an assigned transmission duration for each channel. In addition, the method includes, for at least one channel of the plurality of channels, detecting interference during a time segment of the assigned transmission duration, the time segment comprising at least one of a beginning portion and an ending portion of the assigned transmission duration. Further, the method includes responsive to the detected interference, determining to shift, by a specified quantity of time, a future channel switch indicated by the iteratively-repeated channel sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Enforcement Video, LLC
    Inventor: A. Thomas Emberson
  • Patent number: 9660698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication arrangement comprising a node and a leaky cable running between a first and second converter arrangement. The first converter arrangement connects a first downlink signal and a second downlink signal to the cable, and converts the second downlink signal from a first frequency to a second frequency. The cable's other end is connected to the second converter arrangement which converts the second downlink signal from the second frequency to the first frequency. The second converter arrangement also converts a first uplink signal from a third frequency to a fourth frequency. The first converter arrangement receives the converted first uplink signal from the second converter arrangement and converts it from the fourth frequency to the third frequency. The first frequency is separated from the second frequency, and the third frequency is separated from the fourth frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Anders Derneryd, Andreas Nilsson
  • Patent number: 9603129
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for requesting and allocating bandwidth in a broadband wireless communication system. The method and apparatus includes a combination of techniques that allow a plurality of CPEs to communicate their bandwidth request messages to respective base stations. One technique includes a “polling” method whereby a base station polls CPEs individually or in groups and allocates bandwidth specifically for the purpose of allowing the CPEs to respond with bandwidth requests. The polling of the CPEs by the base station may be in response to a CPE setting a “poll-me bit” or, alternatively, it may be periodic. Another technique comprises “piggybacking” bandwidth requests on bandwidth already allocated to a CPE. Currently active CPEs request bandwidth using unused portions of uplink bandwidth that is already allocated to the CPE. The CPE is responsible for distributing the allocated uplink bandwidth in a manner that accommodates the services provided by the CPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Wi-LAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Stanwood, James F. Mollenauer, Israel Jay Klein, Sheldon L. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 9585102
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for a User Equipment (UE) for multiplexing at least one uplink channel and an uplink signal and for controlling the transmission power for an uplink channel and an uplink signal. A method of a UE for controlling an uplink transmission power may include setting the uplink maximum transmission power for each of a plurality of cell groups including one or more serving cells; and allocating the transmission power for an uplink channel and an uplink signal based on at least one of: the uplink maximum transmission power, a total sum of the transmission power of one or more uplink channels and an uplink signal transmitted in each of the plurality of cell groups, and the total maximum transmission power of the UE, and the uplink channel includes a PUCCH or a PUSCH, and the uplink signal includes a SRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Seok Noh, Woo-jin Choi
  • Patent number: 9559749
    Abstract: Systems and methods for encoding information in a preamble used in a frequency agile radio network are disclosed. In one example, a method comprises creating a plurality of preamble patterns, wherein each preamble includes an N bit header and M bit body, wherein N and M are integers greater than two. The method further comprises identifying the preamble patterns that have headers with a bit pattern that cannot occur in the body, wherein the preamble has a run length no greater than P bits, wherein P is an integer greater than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Digi International Inc.
    Inventor: Helaman David Pratt Ferguson
  • Patent number: 9537613
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate identifying resources upon which an acknowledgment can be sent or received in a wireless communication environment that leverages coordinated multi-point (CoMP). The resources can be identified based upon a criterion that can be identifiable to a non-anchor cell base station (as well as an anchor cell base station, a mobile device, etc.). The criterion can be an identifier corresponding to a mobile device, where the identifier maps to a predetermined set of resources. Examples of the identifier can include a media access control identifier (MACID), a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), a short C-RNTI, etc. Further, the criterion can be physical resources corresponding to a transmission, where the acknowledgment is responsive to the transmission. Moreover, the acknowledgment can be sent or received in connection with a cooperation technique (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ravi Palanki, Alexei Y. Gorokhov
  • Patent number: 9526001
    Abstract: In embodiments, apparatuses, methods, and storage media may be described for establishing a direct connection between two UEs. Each UE may be provisioned with a temporary identifier by a server of a wireless network of the UE. The UEs may then be configured to broadcast the temporary IDs in radio signals over radio resources that are separate from the radio resources of the network. The temporary IDs may not contain identifying information of the broadcasting UE that is interpretable without receiving further information from the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexandre S. Stojanovski, Pingping Zong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Mo-Han Fong