Plural Modulated Carriers Patents (Class 455/17)
  • Patent number: 11849421
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some user equipment (UE) may be equipped with multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs). A multi-SIM UE may receive a control message at a first SIM which indicates a set of sounding reference signal (SRS) resources for receiving SRS according to a first periodicity. The UE may also receive a registration message at a second SIM which includes a first parameter indicating a first set of paging occasions for receiving paging messages in accordance with a second periodicity. The UE may identify a collision in time between the one or more SRS resources and paging resources, and may transmit a registration request message to a base station. The UE may then receive a second registration message which includes a second parameter for calculating a second set of paging occasions that have a third periodicity that are non-overlapping with the SRS resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Priyangshu Ghosh, Akash Srivastava, Rajeev Kumar
  • Patent number: 11425696
    Abstract: One innovative aspect of the subject matter described in this disclosure may be implemented in a method for wireless communication. The method may be performed, for example, by a first entity of a multi-link device (MLD) to receive a first control frame transmitted on a first wireless link and set, in response to receiving the first control frame, a network allocation vector (NAV) for each link of multiple wireless links of the first MLD based on a duration field in the first control frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: George Cherian, Abhishek Pramod Patil, Sai Yiu Duncan Ho, Alfred Asterjadhi
  • Patent number: 11330524
    Abstract: In a wireless communication terminal, a processor is configured to execute sleep determination when a wireless communicator receives a sleep-declaration packet from a sleep-declaration terminal. The processor is configured to determine that sleep by the sleep-declaration terminal is accepted if an upper-rank terminal in a wake-up state other than the sleep-declaration terminal is present. The processor is configured to determine that the sleep by the sleep-declaration terminal is not accepted in the first sleep determination if the upper-rank terminal in the wake-up state other than the sleep-declaration terminal is not present. The processor is configured to cause the wireless communicator to transmit a sleep-prohibition packet to the sleep-declaration terminal when the processor determines that the sleep by the sleep-declaration terminal is not accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryuichi Kiyoshige
  • Patent number: 11082926
    Abstract: The present invention herein provides apparatus and method, allowing a user to acquire a target location wherever the target is with a target mobile locator. The target mobile locator includes a RF receiver, a transmitter, a GPS locator and a circuit. After receiving “wake-up” signal from the user, GPS locator and/or transmitter can be activated and the target location is sent back to the user. Prior to receiving the wakeup signal, at least one of the GPS locator and the transmitter are either energy reduced state or off state such that the consumption of the energy is minimized in the locator. Therefore, the locator is active for long periods of time. Optionally, a battery can be recharged using, for example, a solar cell under the sun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventor: Robert D. Fish
  • Patent number: 10985862
    Abstract: A wireless communicating method includes: performing one resource unit allocation upon a channel; and allocating a first resource unit and a second resource unit in said one resource unit allocation to a station, wherein the first resource unit is different from the second resource unit. By using the wireless communication method, throughput rate can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Tao Hsieh, Tung Sheng Yang, Hsuan-Yu Liu, Kun-Chien Hung, YungPing Hsu, Jianhan Liu, Shengquan Hu, Chih-Shi Yee, Thomas Edward Pare, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10925112
    Abstract: A method for applying for media transmission permission, and a method and an apparatus for canceling media transmission permission are provided. The method for applying for media transmission permission includes: determining, by a first terminal, that a second terminal needs to transmit media data; and sending, by the first terminal, media transmission permission request indication information to a mission critical service (MCS) server, where the media transmission permission request indication information is used to instruct the MCS server to grant media transmission permission to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cuili Ge, Niranth Amogh
  • Patent number: 10880722
    Abstract: A method and system for tracking endpoint location information of a first mobile device and a second mobile device that are members of a common talkgroup is provided. The first mobile device is located at a first communication system and the second mobile device is located at a second communication system. A first mobility update request from the first mobile device is received at a cloud-based mobility management service. The first mobility update request includes a request to update first endpoint location information of the first mobile device. The mobility management database is updated with the first endpoint location information. A second mobility update request from the second mobile device is received at the cloud-based mobility management service. The second mobility update request includes a request to update second endpoint location information of the second mobile device. The mobility management database is updated with the second endpoint location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel J. McDonald, Svend Frandsen
  • Patent number: 10749737
    Abstract: Disclosed is an interoperability gateway system that provides backup connection between a dispatch center and a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system in the event the dispatch center is disconnected from the LMR system. In general, this may be accomplished by providing an RF link between the disconnected site and the interoperability gateway via a controller, or interoperability site network interface (ISNI), that is activated when the dispatch center is disconnected from the LMR system. The interoperability gateway provides the backup connection by allocating a control station for each channel available at the disconnected LMR system. When compared to conventional dispatch console backup schemes, the disclosed interoperability gateway system greatly reduces the equipment needed to provide dispatch console backup, thereby decreasing equipment and operation costs, and simplifying operation by providing a solution that is virtually transparent to the dispatcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: E.F. JOHNSON COMPANY
    Inventors: Arindam Roy, Brandon Hudson Yarbrough, Jon Bartosch, Steven Newman
  • Patent number: 10643409
    Abstract: A control system is provided which comprises a controller and an interface. The controller is configured to detect at least one user permitted to use at least one smart lock, and send a wake-up command via the interface to the at least one smart lock by which the at least one smart lock is instructed to activate a radio connection for a mobile device of the at least one user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ari Varelius
  • Patent number: 10616115
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a computer system for managing data transfer. The computer system includes a memory, a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, a send component and a receive component having a message queue and a controller. A single link interface communicatively couples the send component to the receive component. The single link interface includes a mainline channel and a sideband channel, and the computer system is configured to perform a method. The method includes transmitting mainline channel messages over the mainline channel from the send component to the receive component. The method further includes transmitting sideband channel messages over the sideband channel from the send component to the message queue of the receive component. The method further includes utilizing the controller to control a flow of the sideband channel messages to the message queue without relying on sending feedback to the send component about the flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard K. Errickson, Thomas A. Gregg, Leonard W. Helmer, Jr., Michael P. Lyons, Kulwant M. Pandey, Peter K. Szwed
  • Patent number: 10602569
    Abstract: A method for applying for media transmission permission, and a method and an apparatus for canceling media transmission permission are provided. The method for applying for media transmission permission includes: determining, by a first terminal, that a second terminal needs to transmit media data; and sending, by the first terminal, media transmission permission request indication information to a mission critical service (MCS) server, where the media transmission permission request indication information is used to instruct the MCS server to grant media transmission permission to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cuili Ge, Niranth Amogh
  • Patent number: 10555310
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some wireless communications systems, a base station may communicate with multiple user equipment (UEs) that support different features. As described herein, a base station may schedule communications on a set of resources with UEs that support a particular feature. The base station may transmit an indication (e.g., to one or more UEs) of the feature that is to be supported for a UE to communicate on the set of resources, and the UE may receive the indication and determine whether to communicate on the set of resources based on determining if the particular feature is supported. Accordingly, a UE that fails to support the feature may reduce processing costs and save power by ignoring the set of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Juan Montojo, Durga Prasad Malladi
  • Patent number: 10548026
    Abstract: Network hardware devices are organized in a wireless mesh network (WMN) including a base station node (BSN) device connected to a tower in a geographic area and multiple home access node (HAN) relay devices located in a geographic area and separated from one another by a distance up to approximately 500 meters. A first set of HAN relay devices is organized in a first linear sub-mesh network with a first deployment layout having an S-shape or an inverse S-shape. Each of the first set of HAN relay devices establishes a frequency-division duplex (FDD) link between itself and at least one other HAN relay device and at least one of the first set of HAN relay devices establishes a time-division duplex (TDD) link over which the at least one of the HAN relay devices communicates with the BSN device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jungtao Liu
  • Patent number: 10498361
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to a first user equipment (UE), a second UE and methods thereof for reliable group transmissions. The group includes multiple UEs transmitting the same Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ), buffer data packets to a network node. The method in the first UE includes receiving a predetermined number of Non ACKnowledgments (NACKs), performing a checksum calculation on the HARQ buffer, receiving a computed checksum from a second UE acting as a coordinator of the group; comparing the calculated checksum with the received computed checksum and stopping/refraining from further transmission of the HARQ buffer data to the network node when the calculated checksum and the received computed checksum differ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Mårten Ericson, Jan Christoffersson, Min Wang
  • Patent number: 10148341
    Abstract: Technology for a cellular signal booster operable to amplify cellular signals is disclosed. The cellular signal booster can include a downlink cellular signal path configured to amplify and filter a received downlink cellular signal in a plurality of selected bands. The downlink signal path can combine at least a first band and a second band in the plurality of selected bands. The cellular signal booster can include a controller operable to perform network protection by adjusting an uplink gain or noise power for at least one of a first band or a second band in an uplink signal path. The uplink gain or noise power can be adjusted for the first band in the uplink signal path or the second band in the uplink signal path using a signal strength associated with the received downlink cellular signal on the downlink cellular signal path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: WILSON ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Casey James Nordgran, Christopher Ken Ashworth, Patrick Lee Cook
  • Patent number: 10070380
    Abstract: A cell access method and a cell access apparatus are provided. The cell access method includes steps of: measuring pilot signals for each of multiple cells that have been searched out, the pilot signals transmitted on a pilot resource for each cell being beam-formed using a set of beam-forming vectors configured for the cell; and selecting a cell corresponding to an optimum pilot signal measurement result from the multiple cells that have been searched and accessing the selected cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: China Academy Of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Hui Li, Qiubin Gao, Runhua Chen, Rakesh Tamrakar
  • Patent number: 9960487
    Abstract: A distributed antenna system (DAS) including a wide band antenna device having respective transmit and receive antennas disposed in a single package and arranged to provide mutual isolation so that in use noise from the transmit antenna is isolated from the transmit antenna, whereby reception is possible at the same frequency as transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: ZINWAVE LIMITED
    Inventors: Trevor Gears, Zafer Boz, Graham Ronald Howe, Emiliano Mezzarobba, Andrew Robert Bell
  • Patent number: 9900440
    Abstract: A method for managing a teleconference session includes initiating a teleconference session with a plurality of telecommunication devices, monitoring the teleconference session to identify at least one topic discussed by one or more of a plurality of attendees of the teleconference session, and identifying a unique identification of at least one attendee. The method may further include associating the at least one topic with the unique identification, determining when a first telecommunication device associated with the attendee has disconnected from the teleconference session, determining that the topic is discussed by a second attendee of the plurality of attendees after the first telecommunication device has disconnected from the teleconference session, and establishing a connection with the first telecommunication device responsive to determining that the topic is discussed by the second attendee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Apurva S. Patel, Prasad P. Purandare
  • Patent number: 9865149
    Abstract: A child tracking system includes an electronic device that may be manipulated. A pair of tracking units is provided. Each of the tracking units may be worn by an associated one of an adult and a child. Each of the tracking units may be in communication with a global positioning satellite. Thus, a physical location corresponding to each of the tracking units may be identified. Each of the tracking units is in electrical communication with the electronic device. Thus, the electronic device may display the physical location corresponding to each of the tracking units. Each of the tracking units has a fingerprint reader to read fingerprints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Amanda Pence
  • Patent number: 9628965
    Abstract: A method for merging active group calls includes receiving, at a first Push to Talk (PTT) server, a request to merge a first and a second active group call. A first and a second group of PTT clients participate in the first and the second active group call, respectively. The first PTT server may send a first invite message to a first group PTT server which hosts the first group call. In response to the first invite message, the first PTT server may receive a first response message. The first PTT server may send a second invite message to a second group PTT server which hosts the second group call. In response to the second invite message, the first PTT server may receive a second response message. The first PTT server may host a merged PTT group call which includes the first and the second group of PTT clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Allen, Adrian Buckley
  • Patent number: 9510166
    Abstract: A method for merging active group calls includes receiving, at a first Push to Talk (PTT) server, a request to merge a first and a second active group call. A first and a second group of PTT clients participate in the first and the second active group call, respectively. The first PTT server may send a first invite message to a first group PTT server which hosts the first group call. In response to the first invite message, the first PTT server may receive a first response message. The first PTT server may send a second invite message to a second group PTT server which hosts the second group call. In response to the second invite message, the first PTT server may receive a second response message. The first PTT server may host a merged PTT group call which includes the first and the second group of PTT clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Allen, Adrian Buckley
  • Patent number: 9402166
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assigning a talk group to a radio within a communication system is provided herein. During operation a router receives a communication from a radio over a channel. The communication uses a first talk group that is not assigned to the channel. In response, the router will forward identification information for the user over the channel using a pre-arranged second talk group. Once communication is received using the second talk group (at, for example a console), the receiver will program the radio with an appropriate talk group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Hans C Sowa, Daniel J. McDonald
  • Patent number: 9351036
    Abstract: A channel receiving apparatus includes: a first modulating device converts a first channel into a first predetermined frequency according to a first oscillating signal and a second oscillating signal; and a second modulating device converts a second channel into a second predetermined frequency according to a third oscillating signal and a fourth oscillating signal; wherein the first oscillating signal has a first frequency, the second oscillating signal has a second frequency, the third oscillating signal has a third frequency, and the fourth oscillating signal has a fourth frequency, when the third frequency is substantially equal to the first frequency, the third oscillating signal is arranged to be shifted by a predetermined frequency range to have a fifth frequency different from the first frequency, and when the second frequency is substantially equal to the first frequency, the second frequency and the first frequency are shifted by the predetermined frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Rafael microelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Meng-Ping Kan, Chun-An Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9160827
    Abstract: A telephone number is automatically adjusted in the context a business card or other telephone number exchange. The country code, area code, or other prefix portion is added, removed, or modified based on a location associated with the telephone number and/or a location associated with the recipient. In one example, a sending device looks up location information by contacting the service provider, using locally-stored information, or otherwise, and, based on this information, includes an appropriate prefix. The sending device can also use a location associated with the recipient in determining an appropriate prefix or adjusting a received prefix, for example, based on the recipient's own telephone number. Adjustments to telephone numbers can also be made by recipient devices, intermediary devices, and any other devices that may be involved in the exchange of telephone numbers, business card information, or related activities, and in other contexts as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Swapnil R. Dave, Devrim Varoglu
  • Patent number: 9143881
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that provide interactive services relating to an information presentation to user equipment (UE) are presented. A presentation management component (PMC) provides at least a portion of the information presentation to one or more UEs, which can be integrated with the PMC, to facilitate enabling one or more UE users to use interactive services in relation to a tour of a point(s) of interest associated with the PMC. The interactive services comprise, for example, broadcast communications to desired UEs in a tour group, UE clustering, customized tour recommendations, whiteboard feature, note-taking functions, “slow down” option, and “raise hand” option. Respective UEs in a group are configured to be a master UE, sub-master UE, or slave UE, wherein the master UE at least partially controls communications of the other UEs in the group, and the sub-master UE at least partially controls communications of UEs in a sub-group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Fan, Thomas Barrett, Jennifer K. Lam
  • Patent number: 9088937
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided causing a mobile station to, after experiencing a dropped call, originate a subsequent call via a coverage area different than that used for the first call. In an embodiment, a mobile station detects that, when it was engaged in the first call at a first location via a first wireless coverage area, the mobile station experienced the first call being dropped. When the mobile station subsequently attempts to originate a second call, the mobile station determines that its current location is within a threshold distance of the first location, and responsively attempts to originate the second call via a second wireless coverage area different from the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Manoj Shetty, Sachin Vargantwar, Bhagwan Khanka, Deveshkumar Rai
  • Patent number: 8973060
    Abstract: There is provided a method where a terminal amplifies an MBS signal that the terminal receives using a terminal in an MBS service, transmits the amplified signal to another terminal and controls it in order to overcome the fact it is not possible to provide high quality contents over a broad area due to interference signals between MBS zones, a terminal is used as a repeater at MBS transmission time only, and an output of a repeating signal of the terminal is controlled so that an excessive interference signal for another MBS area is not generated when the terminal operates as a repeater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Young-Il Kim
  • Patent number: 8958350
    Abstract: Messages transmitted between a receiver and a transmitter are used to maximize a communication data rate. In particular, a multicarrier modulation system uses messages that are sent from the receiver to the transmitter to exchange one or more sets of optimized communication parameters. The transmitter then stores these communication parameters and when transmitting to that particular receiver, the transmitter utilizes the stored parameters in an effort to maximize the data rate to that receiver. Likewise, when the receiver receives packets from that particular transmitter, the receiver can utilize the stored communication parameters for reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Marcos C. Tzannes, Dongjun Lee, Todor Cooklev, Colin Lanzl
  • Patent number: 8948703
    Abstract: An evaluation device is adapted for providing a transceiver system with performance information thereof. The transceiver system models a channel between a transmitter and a receiver thereof using Nakagami distribution with a fading parameter. The evaluation device includes a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) computing module, a capacity computing module, and an output module. The SNR computing module is operable to set an average SNR for the channel between the transmitter and the receiver, and to compute an expected value and variance of an effective SNR of the transceiver system according to the fading parameter and the average SNR. The capacity computing module is operable to compute an outage capacity of the transceiver system based upon the expected value and the variance of the effective SNR and a transmission outage parameter. The output module is operable to provide the transceiver system with the average SNR and the outage capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: I-Shou University
    Inventors: Ching-Tai Chiang, Rong-Ching Wu, Chen-Sen Ouyang, Jong-Ian Tsai
  • Patent number: 8867431
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method in which a relay performs multicell cooperative communication comprises the steps of: receiving scheduling information and data from a base station; receiving a bypass indicator from the base station; performing protocol layer processing on the scheduling information and data in accordance with the bypass indicator; and transmitting the processed data to a user equipment in accordance with the processed scheduling information, wherein said bypass indicator indicates that the protocol layer processing should be performed for only a portion of the protocol layer of the relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hak Seong Kim, Dae Won Lee, Ki Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 8843144
    Abstract: A set of different pilot structures are designed for use in different environments and/or different user behaviors that are expected to occur in a cell. The radio conditions for a user are estimated. Each user is then assigned an area (108A-E) in resource space for its communication, which has a suitable pilot configuration. In one embodiment, the entire resource space is provided with different pilot structures in different parts (110A-D) In advance and allocation of resources to the users are then performed in order to match estimated radio conditions to the provided pilot structure. In another embodiment, allocation is performed first, and then the actual pilot structure is adapted within the allocated resource space area to suit the environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Johan Nyström, Pál Frenger, Erik Dahlman, Svante Signell, Göran Klang
  • Patent number: 8787269
    Abstract: A method for communicating with a relay station is disclosed. The method for communicating with a relay station comprises transmitting resource allocation information of downlink traffic and uplink traffic from a base station to the relay; and transmitting the downlink traffic to the relay by encapsulating the downlink traffic in accordance with the resource allocation information and receiving encapsulated uplink traffic from the relay in accordance with the resource allocation information. It is possible to enable efficient communication through a relay using a minimum interface without deterioration of throughput even in the case that a base station does not know detailed attributes of a relay existing in a system. Also, it is possible to coordinate collision through a master relay in case of a system supporting multi-hop relays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yeong Hyeon Kwon, Min Seok Noh, Sung Ho Moon, Dong Cheol Kim, Jin Sam Kwak, Hyun Woo Lee, Seung Hee Han
  • Publication number: 20140162548
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a relay apparatus capable of performing normal relay transmission for broadcast waves by preventing effects caused by wraparound in a relay apparatus. For broadcast waves received by a relay apparatus (2), the same broadcast data are placed in each of a defined segment (f0) and a first segment (f1) other than the defined segment, whereupon the relay apparatus removes broadcast data for the defined segment (f0) from the received broadcast waves, and transmits broadcast waves in which the broadcast data for the first segment (f1) have been exchanged with each of the defined segment (f0) and a second segment (f2) other than the defined segment and the first segment. As a result, the defined segment (f0) which imparts wraparound effects to the received broadcast waves is removed, and therefore, it is possible to perform normal relay transmission of the broadcast waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sakata, Jun Abe, Osamu Otosaka, Makoto Watanabe, Motoki Chibazaki, Kazuhiko Yoshii
  • Patent number: 8743769
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radio communication device capable of improving the usage efficiency of resources in multi-stage relay to reduce the amount of delay of a relay signal and improving the reception quality of signals by a relay station or a base station. A transmission determining unit 16 determines whether to transmit the relay signal and whether to transmit ACK/NACK on the basis of whether there is an error in the relay signal, and on the basis of ACK/NACK received from a one-hop-downstream radio communication device. An MCS determining unit 17 provided in the transmission determining unit 16 determines an MCS for the relay signal. A transmission instruction generated by the transmission determining unit 16 is output to a buffer 11 and an ACK/NACK generating unit 19. The determined MCS is output to an error correction coding unit 12 and a modulation unit 13. The ACK/NACK generating unit 19 generates ACK when there is no error in the relay signal, and generates NACK when there is an error in the relay signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Horiuchi, Seigo Nakao, Kenichi Miyoshi, Katsuhiko Hiramatsu, Hiroaki Morino
  • Patent number: 8731463
    Abstract: A technique for configuring, in real time, an equipment item receiving and processing primary signals which are transmitted to it by satellite link, the technique including transmitting secondary signals with frequencies spread over a band at least partially overlapping a frequency band occupied by the primary signals, the secondary signals including signalling parameters which are used, in real time, by the equipment item to configure processing applied to the primary signals. The technique is applicable to dynamic switching of beams in a multi-beam satellite and to dynamic switching of frames, for example in a time-division multiple access system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Erwan Corbel, Cédric Baudoin, Mathieu Dervin, Zakariya Faraj
  • Patent number: 8688044
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for selective equalization enablement based on modulation type are disclosed. One such method includes receiving a signal via an RF channel, detecting a modulation type of the signal, and selecting an equalization circuit for processing the signal based on the modulation type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Brima Ibrahim, Hea Joung Kim, Paul Lettieri
  • Patent number: 8681685
    Abstract: According to a detailed embodiment of the invention, the RS implements the following operations by using each of M shift parameter groups: Based on M shift parameters in the group, shifting respectively M decoded bit streams and merge the M shifted bit steams to get a check bit stream. Consequently M check bit streams are obtained by using M shift parameter groups. Then the RS transmits M check bit streams to the BS. The BS has received the M uplink signals from mobile terminals before and makes the M check bit streams as the check information of those uplink signals in order to check them better and reduce error rate. By adopting the method and device proposed by the invention, it is ensured in the low SNR regime error user rate or error block rate is more ideal in multi-user detection in the BS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Jun Li, Mingli You
  • Patent number: 8676138
    Abstract: A method of handling system information reception for a mobile device capable of receiving and transmitting on a plurality of component carriers in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving system information of a secondary component carrier of the plurality of component carriers via a first dedicated signaling, and maintaining the system information of the secondary component carrier valid until an update of the system information of the secondary component carrier is received via a second dedicated signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 8665741
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for: selecting a reception path to receive information from a first receiver path through a first receiver portion in a transceiver portion of the apparatus or from a second receiver path in a receiver portion separate from the transceiver portion of the apparatus, wherein both of the first and second receiver paths receive the information using a same frequency band of a same radio access technology; and receiving the information using the selected reception path. Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for: transmitting first information using a transmission frequency band of a radio access technology over a transmission path in a transceiver; and, for the radio access technology and a reception frequency band, receiving second information over a receiver path in a secondary receiver, where the transceiver does not have a receiver path configured to receive the reception frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Hannu T. Laurila
  • Patent number: 8644267
    Abstract: A wireless communication system, including: a plurality of wireless communication terminals connected to each other in a wired fashion and configuring a cluster; and a plurality of wireless communication base stations, wherein each of the wireless communication base stations divides a call signal into short signals, intermittently transmits the signals to the plurality of the wireless communication terminals, and varies transmission timing from one wireless communication base station to another, and the plurality of the wireless communication terminals receive the call signals from the plurality of the wireless communication base stations in a time division and alternate fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 8644287
    Abstract: A wireless communication system, an apparatus, and a method for transmitting information to describe network topology of the wireless communication system in a mobile multi-hop relay standard are disclosed. The system can either be a two-hop relay station system or a multi-hop relay station system. The apparatus can use a CDMA ranging code set to transmit information and manage other apparatuses of the wireless communication system under a mobile multi-hop relay standard. The CDMA ranging code set comprises a mobile station (MS) code set and a relay station (RS) code set. The MS code set is used to transmit information from the MS to the base station (BS). Likewise, the RS code set is used to transmit information from the RS and the BS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventors: Yi-Hsueh Tsai, Chih-Chiang Hsieh, Heng-Iang Hsu, Yung-Ting Lee, Kan-Chei Loa
  • Patent number: 8634767
    Abstract: A plurality of repeater devices may utilize extreme high frequency (EHF) interface to detect and/or track entities that may be located within the plurality of repeater devices. Each of the plurality of repeater devices may transmit EHF signals that may enable identification of the transmitting repeater device. Identification of the transmitting repeater devise may comprise use of unique information and/or transmission parameters. Each of the plurality of repeater devices may determine characteristics of received EHF signals to enable determining presence and/or location of entities within the plurality of repeater devices. These characteristics may comprise identity of transmitting repeater devices, signal power, signal amplitude, delay of signal, and/or reception angle. Non-extremely high frequency (non-EHF) connections may be utilized within the plurality of repeater devices to coordinate and/or update detection and/or tracking of entities within the plurality of repeater devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8634779
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a secondary station in a network, the secondary station comprising a transceiver adapted for simultaneously receiving transmissions from a primary station controlling a first cell and at least one primary station controlling a second cell, the method comprising the secondary station (a) selecting a first precoding matrix for the first cell out of a primary set of precoding matrices for the first cell, (b) selecting a subset of at least one precoding matrix for the at least one second cell in dependence on the first precoding matrix, out of a set of subsets of precoding matrices for the second cell, (c) selecting a second precoding matrix for the at least one second cell out of the selected subset of precoding matrices for the second cell, (d) transmitting a first indicator representative of the first precoding matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V., Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Timothy James Moulsley, Choo Chiap Chiau
  • Patent number: 8630265
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are directed to receiving an active set update message indicating that a mode of operation allowing a certain modulation scheme is enabled or disabled and performing at least one of: performing a MAC reset procedure, updating a set of reference enhanced transport format combination indicators (E-TFCIs) and associated power offsets, determining actions related to E-DPCCH boosting, modifying information related to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), and modifying an index that indicates an E-DCH transport block size table. The update message includes at least one modified information element (IE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Marinier, Benoit Pelletier, Diana Pani
  • Patent number: 8626225
    Abstract: A method for reporting power headroom-related information for a plurality of aggregated carriers. The method includes reporting the power headroom-related information for a number of the aggregated carriers that is less than or equal to the total number of aggregated carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Sean McBeath, Mo-Han Fong
  • Patent number: 8600441
    Abstract: A system and method for use in a communication system that includes at least one base station and at least one relay node (RN) for communicating with a user agent (UA), the system comprising a base station that includes a processor and an antenna assembly capable of simultaneously transmitting at least first and second layer base station beams to the UA and a relay node (RN) that includes a processor and an antenna assembly capable of simultaneously transmitting at least first and second layer RN beams to the UA, wherein the first base station beam and first RN beam superpose on each other during transmission and the second base station beam and second RN beam superpose on each other during transmission so that the RN is transparent to the UA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hua Xu, Zhijun Cai, Yi Yu
  • Patent number: 8565758
    Abstract: An integrated wireless network and associated method are provided for facilitating wireless communication onboard an aircraft. The integrated wireless network includes a wireless distribution system including a wired interface and a plurality of wireless radios. The wireless distribution system may also include a combiner and one or more antennas, such as leaky feeder antenna(s), extending through the cabin compartment of the aircraft. The combiner may provide the combined wireless signals to the antenna for transmission. And, the combiner may deconstruct wireless signals received by the antenna and provide the deconstructed wireless signals to a respective wireless radio. The integrated wireless network of this embodiment also includes one or more wireless data concentrators having a plurality of wireless radios in communication with the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ethan Owyang, David T. Kirkland, Frank L. Whetten, Scott Edward Marston, Bradley J. Mitchell, Kenneth P. Kirchoff, Sudhakar S. Shetty
  • Patent number: 8565673
    Abstract: A hierarchical WRAN includes a relay station (RS) possessing dual roles. A RS acts from the perspective of a base station (BS) as a consumer premise equipment (CPE) terminal just as any other first tier CPE terminal. Simultaneously, the RS, from the perspective of other second tier CPEs, acts as a BS providing all of the functional capabilities of a BS. The RS includes dual medium access control (MAC) functions in which a first MAC function serves to interface the RS with the BS while the second MAC function serves to interface the RS with the at least one CPE terminal. The RS further includes a convergence layer that maps, at the RS, the first MAC to the second MAC. The dual MAC capability of the RS enables the RS to pipeline frame transmission in both single and multi-channel operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Wendong Hu
  • Patent number: 8520655
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to effectively utilize adaptive modulation and improve stability of wireless communication, without departing from standards, by independently controlling MCSs of retransmission data and usual data and using MCS suitable for each data. In the wireless communication system of the present invention, a frame, in which an error occurs, in both a transmitting device and a receiving device and the error part are specified, and MCS used in the frame is specified. Therefore, it is possible to modulate/demodulate the error part based on desired MCS without loading MCS on HARQ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Sahara
  • Patent number: RE44860
    Abstract: A paging apparatus and method in a mobile communication system providing an MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service). In the mobile communication system, to page a UE for a first service through a primary carrier during a second service in progress through a secondary carrier, a PICH (Paging Indication Channel) transmitter in a Node B transmits paging indication information to the UE through the primary carrier by oscillating the primary carrier as a transmission frequency. A PCH (Paging Channel) transmitter transmits paging information to the UE through the primary carrier or the secondary carrier by oscillating the primary carrier or the secondary carrier as the transmission frequency under a predetermined control. A PBMSCH (Physical Broadcast Multicast Shared Channel) transmitter transmits data of the second service through the secondary carrier by oscillating the secondary carrier as the transmission frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Kwak, Hyeon-Woo Lee, Myeong-Sook Seo, Joon-Goo Park, Sung-Ho Choi, Sung-Hoon Kim