Channel Selection Or Allocation Patents (Class 455/464)
  • Patent number: 12080269
    Abstract: A speech-processing system receives input data corresponding to one or more characteristics of speech. The system determines parameters representing the characteristics and, using the parameters, encoded values corresponding to the characteristics. A speech synthesis component of the speech-processing processes the encoded values to determine audio data including a representation of the speech and corresponding to the characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Abdigani Mohamed Diriye, Jaime Lorenzo Trueba, Patryk Golebiowski, Piotr Jozwiak
  • Patent number: 12015457
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product is provided to select at least one channel based on one or more channel characteristics and initiate a first transmission to a first multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device, and further initiate a second transmission to a second multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device, such that at least a portion of the first transmission occurs simultaneously with at least a portion of the second transmission and both occur via a first wireless protocol; and is further configured to initiate a third transmission to a third multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device via a second wireless protocol including a 802.11n protocol, where the first wireless protocol includes another 802.11 protocol other than the 802.11n protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Woodbury Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Roc Lastinger, John Spenik, Brian C Woodbury
  • Patent number: 11792721
    Abstract: A mobile device can receive information blocks from one or more base stations, which can be emitted by the base stations within a particular radio band. The mobile device can identify base stations in an exclusivity state. The mobile device can establish a communication link with one of the base stations in the exclusivity state. In some cases, the mobile device can establish a communication link with the base stations that is in an exclusivity state and that matches a cell identifier stored on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Oceus Networks, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Charles Graffagnino, Kevin Dean Stiles
  • Patent number: 11341953
    Abstract: A speech-processing system receives input data corresponding to one or more characteristics of speech. The system determines parameters representing the characteristics and, using the parameters, encoded values corresponding to the characteristics. A speech synthesis component of the speech-processing processes the encoded values to determine audio data including a representation of the speech and corresponding to the characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Abdigani Mohamed Diriye, Jaime Lorenzo Trueba, Patryk Golebiowski, Piotr Jozwiak
  • Patent number: 11116009
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some wireless communications systems, some user equipment (UEs) may be configured for sidelink communications using a first radio access technology (RAT) (e.g., via a cellular network) and other wireless devices may be configured for sidelink communications using a second RAT (e.g., via a wireless local area network (WLAN)). In order to mitigate interference between communications using the first and second RAT, when a first UE is scheduled to transmit or receive a data transmission on a set of resources using the first RAT, the first UE may transmit a message using the second RAT indicating that the data transmission is to occur on the set of resources. Accordingly, the second device may receive the message and determine to refrain from communicating on the set of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Zhibin Wu, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Shailesh Patil, Kapil Gulati, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11108443
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product is provided to select at least one channel based on one or more channel characteristics and initiate a first transmission to a first multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device, and further initiate a second transmission to a second multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device, such that at least a portion of the first transmission occurs simultaneously with at least a portion of the second transmission and both occur via a first wireless protocol; and is further configured to initiate a third transmission to a third multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device via a second wireless protocol including a 802.11n protocol, where the first wireless protocol includes another 802.11 protocol other than the 802.11n protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: WOODBURY WIRELESS, LLC
    Inventors: Roc Lastinger, John Spenik, Brian C Woodbury
  • Patent number: 10887811
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications systems may transition between a real-time texting (RTT) mode and a text teletypewriter (TTY) mode and vice versa, on a user equipment (UE). A UE may make a determine to transition between two texting modes while coordinating the transfer of text data between the different modes. Some wireless communications systems may also transition a UE between a packet switched network and a circuit switched network without loss of signal and consistent text data delivery during the communication without losing the text data during the transition between the two coverage areas. Transitioning between modes and networks may provide a user with interoperability and the benefit of conveniently switching between two modes without service interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sanjeeth Ganapathy Kokengada, Sarat Chandra Battini, Vinaya Kumara T. V., Ramachandran Subramanian, Arindam Ghosh
  • Patent number: 10757640
    Abstract: A radio communication device is mounted on a vehicle including a power source, and the radio communication device includes: a radio communication unit that performs radio communication with one or more base stations; and a control unit that causes the radio communication unit to scan to find the base station capable of performing radio communication, wherein the control unit changes a waiting time until a next scan according to an ON state or an OFF state of the power source in a case where the base station capable of performing radio communication is not found through the scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Mori
  • Patent number: 10721556
    Abstract: Audio mix information is received from a plurality of users. Mix rules are determined from the audio mix information from the plurality of users, wherein the mix rules include a first mix rule associated with a first audio item. The first mix rule relates to an overlap of the first audio item with another audio item. The first mix rule is made available to one or more clients. After making the first mix rule available, an indication, from a respective client device, that the first audio item is to be mixed with a second audio item at the respective client device in accordance with the first mix rule is received. In response to the indication, a specification of the first mix rule is transmitted to the respective client device to be applied by the respective client device to generate a transition between the first audio item and the second item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Par Mikael Bohrarper, Sten Garmark, Niklas Martin Gustavsson, John Fredrik Wilhelm Noren, Gustav Söderström, Babar Zafar
  • Patent number: 10673729
    Abstract: An interference-based metric is used for control purposes in a cellular network, e.g., for controlling association of a user equipment to a cell of the cellular network. The metric is defined as a ratio of a first value and a second value. The first value represents the strength of a reference signal (RS) transmitted by a base station of the cell as measured by the user equipment. The second value represents the strength of interference (IF) at the user equipment. Depending on the metric, a radio access configuration for the user equipment and the cell is controlled. This may for example involve association of the user equipment to the cell, e.g., in the course of a handover process or idle mode cell selection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Torsten Dudda, Tim Irnich
  • Patent number: 10516451
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product is provided to select at least one channel based on one or more channel characteristics and initiate a first transmission to a first multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device, and further initiate a second transmission to a second multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device, such that at least a portion of the first transmission occurs simultaneously with at least a portion of the second transmission and both occur via a first wireless protocol; and is further configured to initiate a third transmission to a third multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device via a second wireless protocol including a 802.11n protocol, where the first wireless protocol includes another 802.11 protocol other than the 802.11n protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Woodbury Wireless LLC
    Inventors: Roc Lastinger, John Spenik, Brian C Woodbury
  • Patent number: 10492225
    Abstract: Techniques for mobile communication in an unlicensed frequency band are discussed. A network device (e.g., an evolved NodeB, or other cell network device) can generate a listen before talk (LBT) protocol in order to determine whether an unlicensed carrier of a secondary cell device is idle or busy. The LBT protocol can be generated as a one shot LBT within a two symbol duration of a potential downlink (DL) transmission burst, or multiple times within the two symbol duration. In response to an idle state detection, a discovery reference signal (DRS) can be transmitted. In response to the LBT protocol and the DRS transmission being misaligned, a reservation signal can be generated to reserve the unlicensed carrier for the DL transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Qiaoyang Ye, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Abhijeet Bhorkar, Jeongho Jeon
  • Patent number: 10455636
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for establishing communication links in a millimeter wave (mmWave) network by solving a linear integer packing problem is presented. The computer-implemented method includes determining active communication links between a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers, setting each active communication link to have any arbitrary chosen weight or priority, and setting a minimum link quality threshold for each active communication link and subjecting each active communication link to constraints. Detected phantom constraints are mitigated by introducing new constraints with binary coefficients and by modifying one or more existing constraints by setting a number of coefficients within the existing constraints to zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Narayan Prasad, Mohammad Khojastepour, Sampath Rangarajan, Yasaman Ghasempour
  • Patent number: 10419315
    Abstract: A method and device for performing a packet delay calculation in a PDCP entity in a wireless communication system. The method including receiving, by a PDCP transmitter, a PDCP SDU from an upper layer; generating, by the PDCP transmitter, a PDCP data PDU including the PDCP SDU and a time field corresponding to the PDCP SDU, wherein a value of the time field is set to a time when the PDCP SDU received from the upper layer; and transmitting, by the PDCP transmitter, the generated PDCP data PDU to a PDCP receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungjune Yi, Sunyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 10387625
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an input device capable of communicating with other electronic devices, including a housing, a key module, a communication module and a message prompt module. The key module includes a plurality of keys disposed in the housing. The communication module transmits or receives at least a signal. The message prompt module prompts at least a message. The communication module receives a first signal, and the message prompt module prompts a first preset message corresponding to the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: DEXIN ELECTRONIC LTD., DEXIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuan-Jung Chang
  • Patent number: 10349423
    Abstract: A method for selecting signal channel for a wireless networking device is provided. The method collects WLAN and non-WLAN interference information on the candidate channels. The method then determines a weighted grade for each of the candidate channels based on the collected WLAN and non-WLAN interference information. A channel is selected among the candidate channels based on the weighted grades. The method further adjusts WLAN transmit parameter of the wireless networking device based on the collected WLAN and non-WLAN interference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NETGEAR, INC.
    Inventors: Peiman Amini, Joseph Amalan Arul Emmanuel
  • Patent number: 10299302
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods peer-to-peer connection session setup. For example, a first peer-to-peer device may set a waiting timer to count a waiting period during a connection session setup of a session with a second peer-to-peer device; and during the waiting period, check whether the second peer-to-peer device is in the connection session setup by transmitting a probe request to the second peer-to-peer device, the probe request including an Information (Info) attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emily H. Qi, Elad Levy, Idan Maor
  • Patent number: 10251185
    Abstract: A method of assigning transmission resources by an access node includes allocating first transmission resources to a first device, and allocating second transmission resources to a second device, wherein the second transmission resources partially, but not completely, overlap the first transmission resources. An amount of overlap between the first transmission resources and the second transmission resources may be based on a target error rate for decoding transmissions received from the first device and the second device and/or a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of transmissions from the first device and the second device. Related access nodes are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Erik Eriksson, Martin Hessler
  • Patent number: 10244374
    Abstract: A service tool proximity detection system includes a service tool and an equipment controller. The service tool is operable to establish communication with the equipment controller of an equipment service system. At least one processor of the service tool proximity detection system is configured to generate a location proximity indicator to verify proximity of the service tool to a predetermined service location of the equipment service system, determine that the service tool is located local to the predetermined service location based on verifying that a response to the location proximity indicator matches an expected response, determine that the service tool is located remote from the predetermined service location based on verifying that the response to the location proximity indicator fails to match the expected response, and configure one or more functions of the service tool based on the location of the service tool relative to the predetermined service location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: David Ginsberg, Mark Olthuis, Fred G. Williams, Jody Phouthavong
  • Patent number: 10211895
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product is provided to select at least one channel based on one or more channel characteristics and initiate a first transmission to a first multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device, and further initiate a second transmission to a second multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device, such that at least a portion of the first transmission occurs simultaneously with at least a portion of the second transmission and both occur via a first wireless protocol; and is further configured to initiate a third transmission to a third multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device via a second wireless protocol including a 802.11n protocol, where the first wireless protocol includes another 802.11 protocol other than the 802.11n protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Woodbury Wireless LLC
    Inventors: Roc Lastinger, John Spenik, Brian C Woodbury
  • Patent number: 10206177
    Abstract: The invention relates to managing a power consumption of a mobile communication device being capable of transmitting transmission data at a transmission data rate towards a communication network. The method comprises reducing (101) a transmission data rate within a certain transmission time interval to reduce an energy consumption of the mobile communication device by a certain amount of energy, and storing (103) the certain amount of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jürgen Lerzer, Stefan Meyer
  • Patent number: 10091825
    Abstract: A network-to-network interface (NNI) device, including at least one push-to-talk (PTT) interface adapter, a processor connected to the at least one PTT interface adapter, and a non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the processor. The non-transitory computer readable medium has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the NNI device to receive a first PTT communication in a first PTT format through the at least one PTT interface adapter from a first PTT system, translate the first PTT communication into a second PTT communication in one or more second PTT formats, and transmit the second PTT communication through the at least one PTT interface adapter to one or more second PTT systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: KODIAK NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Krishnakant M. Patel, Ramu Kandula, Brahmananda R. Vempati, Harisha Mahabaleshwara Negalaguli, Bibhudatta Biswal, Basem Ahmad Ardah
  • Patent number: 10070378
    Abstract: Network devices are steered based on VHT (very high throughput) capabilities, a first radio of the plurality of radios is assigned to MU-MIMO (multiple user-multiple input/multiple output) communication. The first radio is capable of communication using MU-MIMO and is backward-compatible for communication using SU-MIMO (single user-multiple input/multiple output). A second radio of the plurality of radios is assigned to SU-MIMO communication. A connection request is received from a network device. A VHT capability of the network device is determined. The VHT capability is based on whether the network device is able to communicate using an MU-MIMO radio. Responsive to a determination that the network device is capable of MU-MIMO communication, the network device is matched to a radio capable of MU-MIMO communication. Responsive to a determination that the network device is not capable of MU-MIMO communication, the network device is matched to a radio capable of SU-MIMO communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventor: Teodoro Fornoles, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10069548
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product is provided to select at least one channel based on one or more channel characteristics and initiate a first transmission to a first multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device, and further initiate a second transmission to a second multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device, such that at least a portion of the first transmission occurs simultaneously with at least a portion of the second transmission and both occur via a first wireless protocol; and is further configured to initiate a third transmission to a third multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-capable portable wireless device via a second wireless protocol including a 802.11n protocol, where the first wireless protocol includes another 802.11 protocol other than the 802.11n protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Woodbury Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Roc Lastinger, John Spenik, Brian C. Woodbury
  • Patent number: 9851983
    Abstract: Incoming e-mails, instant messages, SMS, and MMS, are scanned for new language objects such as words, abbreviations, text shortcuts and, in appropriate languages, ideograms, that are placed in a list for use by a text input process of a handheld electronic device to facilitate the generation of text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Vadim Fux, Jason T. Griffin
  • Patent number: 9839005
    Abstract: Methods, devices, processors and computer program products for mobile terminal-based Radio Resource Management (RRM) and network optimization. The mobile terminal measures or otherwise obtains radio condition measurements (such as received power, interference, mobile transmit power and the like) and/or geographical location measurements. The radio condition measurements and/or location measurements are compared against historical data and/or target Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and, based on the comparison, a determination can be made as to whether adjustment of RRM parameters is warranted. By providing for RRM management at the mobile terminal level, as opposed to a cell or Radio Network Controller (RNC) level, better granularity of management is realized in the overall radio network. Further, individual mobile terminals can better tailor their radio resource needs to meet their conditions of use and, as such, better overall service can be realized by the individual mobile terminals in the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Amer Catovic, Peter H. Rauber
  • Patent number: 9775164
    Abstract: A method for selecting signal channel for a wireless networking device is provided. The method collects WLAN and non-WLAN interference information on the candidate channels. The method then determines a weighted grade for each of the candidate channels based on the collected WLAN and non-WLAN interference information. A channel is selected among the candidate channels based on the weighted grades. The method further adjusts WLAN transmit parameter of the wireless networking device based on the collected WLAN and non-WLAN interference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: NETGEAR, INC.
    Inventors: Peiman Amini, Joseph Amalan Arul Emmanuel
  • Patent number: 9603152
    Abstract: A wireless network channel allocation method for interference avoidance in a wireless network includes determining whether some or all of the one or more channels are used by other sources, if some or all of the one or more channels are used by other sources, determining whether one of channels used by other sources is currently used by the wireless network, if one of the channels used by other sources is currently used by the wireless network, switching the channel currently used by the wireless network to any one of the one or more channels except for the channel currently used by the wireless network, and if one of the channels used by other sources is not currently used by the wireless network, storing information about the channels used by the other sources, wherein the switched channel is a channel which is not most recently used by other sources according to the stored information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Sik Nam, Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9419676
    Abstract: A receiver for receiving a pilot generated based on a polyphase sequence having a constant time-domain envelope and a flat frequency spectrum is disclosed. In one design, the receiver includes at least one demodulator and at least one processor. The demodulator(s) receive at least one single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbol transmitted via a communication channel and including pilot symbols generated based on a polyphase sequence. The demodulator(s) remove a cyclic prefix in each SC-FDMA symbol and demodulate the at least one SC-FDMA symbol to obtain received pilot symbols. The processor(s) derive a channel estimate for the communication channel based on the received pilot symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ravi Palanki, Aamod Khandekar
  • Patent number: 9386475
    Abstract: Systems and techniques relating to wireless communications are described. A described technique includes monitoring a group of wireless channels for signals from one or more devices; identifying, within the group, one or more primary channels on which one or more signals are received from the one or more devices; and selecting, from the group of wireless channels, a primary channel for a wireless communication based on the one or more identified primary channels and an estimated traffic load associated with at least a portion of the group of wireless channels. The selecting can include using a first channel that is separate from the one or more identified primary channels as the selected primary channel when the estimated traffic load exceeds a threshold, and using a second channel from the one or more identified primary channels as the selected primary channel when the estimated traffic load does not exceed the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Harish Ramamurthy
  • Patent number: 9380526
    Abstract: An apparatus for enabling dual mode communication may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive (102), via a source cell, an indication of service availability for a particular service in a target cell, determine (104) whether a current transmission format of the target cell is indicative of the particular service being available at a region proximate to an edge of the target cell, switch to communication with the target cell from communication with the source cell in response to a determination that the current transmission format of the target cell indicates that the particular service is available’ at the region proximate to the edge of the target cell, and trigger (110, 112, 130) the target cell to make an adjustment (120, 132) to the transmission format to cover cell edge area in response to a determination that the current transmission format of the target cell indicates that the particular service is not available at the region proximate to the edge of the target cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Tommi Koivisto, Huang Leping
  • Patent number: 9325368
    Abstract: A period is defined to execute the sequences (processes) of communication data acquisition, measuring communication quality, communication quality data acquisition, and channel change. Processing is controlled to execute each process within a time limit set for each process and execute all processes in one cycle. This avoids that a delayed sequence influences and delays other sequences and can suppress delays. If processing fails to finish a sequence, it will resume the same sequence in the next cycle. For communication stations sharing timeslots, there are provided offset periods differing in length before the start of carrier sense in the timeslots for these stations. Consequently, even under a condition in which packet collision may occur, the collision of packets can be avoided by detecting a packet sent to another station by carrier sense. Moreover, by controlling sending priority of packets in the send queue of the gateway, sending delay can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Serizawa, Takashi Yano, Masayuki Miyazaki, Kenichi Mizugaki
  • Patent number: 9226187
    Abstract: Methods, network server, and mobile communication devices for reporting an MDT log are provided. The method, adopted by a network server, requesting a Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) log from a mobile communication device is disclosed, including: transmitting a first request message for the MDT log to the mobile communication device; in response to the first request message, receiving a first response message comprising a part of the MDT log from the mobile communication device, wherein the first response message indicates whether the MDT log reporting is finished or whether at least one more part of the MDT log is available; and transmitting a second request message for the MDT log to the mobile communication device when the first response message indicates that the MDT log reporting is not finished or at least one more part of the MDT log is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 9191940
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping a combined frequency division duplexing (FDD) Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)/Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) downlink subframe for use with half-duplex and full-duplex terminals in a communication system. Embodiments of the downlink subframe vary Forward Error Correction (FEC) types for a given modulation scheme as well as support the implementation of a smart antenna at a base station in the communication system. Embodiments of the system are also used in a TDD communication system to support the implementation of smart antennae. A scheduling algorithm allows TDM and TDMA portions of a downlink to efficiently co-exist in the same downlink subframe and simultaneously support full and half-duplex terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Wi-LAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Stanwood, Israel Jay Klein, George Lin, An Chen
  • Patent number: 9167474
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for effectively sharing a plurality of radio transceiver chains between a Backhaul link and a Radio Access Network (RAN), in which there is a wireless Base Station (BS) with some number of radio transceiver chains, the system initially allocates such chains between the Backhaul link and the RAN according to some criterion, the system dynamically monitors the performance of the Backhaul link and RAN to detect any deficiencies in desired levels of performance, and the system then reallocates the radio transceiver chains between the Backhaul link and the RAN in a manner calculated to help achieve the desired levels of performance. Optionally and in various embodiments, the digital signals to and from the Backhaul link, or to and from the RAN, may be MIMO signals, MRC signals, MMSE signals, or ML signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Redline Innovations Group Inc.
    Inventor: Dan Picker
  • Patent number: 9107222
    Abstract: A method for communicating in a wireless local area network. The method according to one embodiment includes transmitting, by a first station, a plurality of a request to send (RTS) frames to a second station through a plurality of subchannels; receiving, by the first station, at least one clear to send (CTS) frame; and transmitting, by the first station, a data frame to the second station. If the at least one CTS frame includes channel information indicating all of the at least one idle subchannel through which the at least one CTS frame is transmitted, the data frame is transmitted via the at least one idle subchannel indicated by the channel information, and if the at least one CTS frame does not include the channel information, the data frame is transmitted via at least one of the plurality of subchannels indicated by the plurality of RTS frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yong Ho Seok
  • Patent number: 9037145
    Abstract: A first mobile station operating on a first network according to a first network protocol receives a proxy request for access to a network resource, by from a second mobile station operating on a second network according to a second network protocol. The proxy request is received according to a third network protocol. The first mobile station determines a priority of the proxy request; accepts or denies the proxy request based on the determined priority of the proxy request; allocates resources to the proxy request, if the proxy request is accepted; and serves as a proxy mobile station for the second mobile station to access the network resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Mao, Trent J Miller, Francesca Schuler
  • Patent number: 9026121
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a wireless network with several access points connected to a communication infrastructure. Residential or business customers of the Internet arc provided an Internet interface (e.g., a digital subscriber line (DSL) modem) having a wireless transceiver. Two or more users may access the Internet or other network through the Internet interface. Each user can be assigned a unique Service Set-Identifier (SSID) with each SSID associated with a type of service (e.g., user video service, backhaul service, etc.). The amount of bandwidth assigned to the type of service (and user) may be governed by the equipment according to the assigned SSID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Qwest Communications Interatnational Inc.
    Inventors: Charles I. Cook, Thomas Schwengler
  • Patent number: 9026126
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to using available spectrum for peer to peer communications and for selecting which of several possibly available channels should be used. Various methods and apparatus are well suited to peer to peer networks in which channel usage decisions are made in a decentralized manner. A wireless terminal generates a list of potential available channels to be used for peer to peer communications, e.g., based on FCC information and/or local sensing. Channels are filled in accordance with a predetermined channel ordering. A wireless terminal migrates between the channels in accordance with changes in the number of peer devices using a channel. The network, in a distributed manner, changes the number of channels in use at a location in response to changes in numbers of active peer devices at a location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Junyi Li, Saurabha Rangrao Tavildar, Aleksandar Jovicic, Hongseok Kim
  • Patent number: 9014151
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for low-rate traffic signal transmission on Optical Transport Networks (OTN). The method includes: defining a frame format of the low-rate traffic optical channel data unit (ODU) signal for bearing the low-rate traffic signal; mapping the low-rate traffic signal to the low-rate traffic optical channel payload unit (OPU) of the low-rate traffic ODU signal, generating overhead bytes and filling the bytes in an overhead section of the low-rate traffic ODU to obtain the low-rate traffic ODU signal; multiplexing low-rate traffic ODU signals to an ODUk signal of which the rate matches the transmission rate rank of the OTN where the signal is transmitted, and transmitting the signal via the OTN. Based on this method, the invention provides an apparatus for the low-rate traffic signal transmission in the OTN as well. With this invention, the low-rate traffic signal transmission in the OTN can be implemented conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shimin Zou
  • Patent number: 9014728
    Abstract: A method for operating a call function of a portable terminal that may simply execute a call function while operating various applications, and intuitively provide a call relation interface, and an apparatus thereof, are provided. The method for operating a call function, includes displaying a call interface in which a phone number is automatically input when interaction is input to the call item, and executing a call function using the phone number when a call transmission interaction is input from the call interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Sic Sung, Young Jip Kim
  • Patent number: 9014709
    Abstract: A management device includes a managing unit that manages whether a dedicated access slot different from an access slot is assigned to the mobile terminal unit, the access slot being arbitrarily used by a mobile terminal unit when the mobile terminal unit gets random access to a base station unit, a selecting unit that selects a dedicated access slot which has not been assigned among dedicated access slots managed by the managing unit when having received a priority notification indicating that a mobile terminal unit being a communicating destination of the base station unit is a priority terminal given priority for performing communication, and an instructing unit that instructs the base station unit managed by the management device to reserve the dedicated access slot selected by the selecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9008034
    Abstract: A disclosed base station transmits a broadcast channel to a user device a predefined number of times in a predetermined cycle for communication with the user device. The base station includes a repetition unit configured to repeat the broadcast channel, after the broadcast channel is channel-coded, for the predefined number of times to generate multiple broadcast channels; and a signal waveform changing unit configured to process the generated broadcast channels such that the processed broadcast channels have different signal waveforms. Positions of the broadcast channels in the order of transmission in the predetermined cycle are associated with the signal waveforms of the broadcast channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Motohiro Tanno, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Kenichi Higuchi, Mamoru Sawahashi
  • Patent number: 9008678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of grouping a first plurality of cells contained in a subset of cells of a wireless telecommunication network (100) to a first cluster for receiving uplink data from a mobile telecommunication device (106; 200), and grouping a second plurality of cells contained in the subset of cells to a second cluster for transmitting downlink data to the mobile telecommunication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Lutz Schoenerstedt
  • Patent number: 9001754
    Abstract: Provided are a mobile station apparatus, a wireless communication system, and a wireless communication method that can improve reliability of handover while efficiently and early completing the handover. A mobile station apparatus 100 that switches base station apparatuses 200a and 200b to communicate with by handover includes: receiving an HO Command message including scheduled uplink transmission information from the base station apparatus of a handover source 200a; performing uplink transmission to the base station apparatus of a handover destination 200b based on the scheduled uplink transmission information; and executing handover in accordance with a random access procedure if a response is not received from the base station apparatus of a handover destination 200b with respect to a single time or plural times of the uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kato, Katsunari Uemura, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 9002364
    Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for allocating multiple subscriptions to a single mobile terminal thereby allowing concurrent termination of multiple calls at the mobile terminal are provided. A mobile terminal adapted to terminate multiple concurrent calls is described. In one implementation, a network need not have any configuration data regarding the multi-line capabilities of the mobile terminal. In other implementations, network-centric mechanisms are provided for allowing multiple concurrent calls to be terminated by a mobile terminal. Multiple concurrent calls may be terminated at a mobile terminal on separate carrier frequencies or alternatively may be terminated on a common carrier frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Tango Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, Douglas J. Bartek
  • Patent number: 9002392
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a carrier management in a broadband wireless communication system supporting multi-carriers are discussed. According to an embodiment, a method for a mobile station to perform a carrier management procedure with a base station supporting multiple carriers, includes receiving, by the mobile station from the base station, an instruction for a primary carrier change; transmitting, by the mobile station to the base station, an acknowledgement message indicating that the instruction is successfully received; and changing, at a specific time, a current primary carrier to one of the multiple carriers within the base station, wherein the specific time is determined based on the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eun Jong Lee, Ki Seon Ryu, In Uk Jung, Yong Ho Kim, Young Soo Yuk
  • Patent number: 8996023
    Abstract: For downlink communication with a communication terminal using a downlink radio resource allocated to this communication terminal by a radio resource allocating unit, if this communication terminal does not transmit a first known signal using an associated uplink radio resource associated with this downlink radio resource but it transmits the first known signal using a nonassociated uplink radio resource which is not associated with this downlink radio resource and which includes the frequency band of this downlink radio resource in a frequency direction, a communication unit controls the transmission directivity of a plurality of antennas based on a second known signal if the aforementioned communication terminal transmits the second known signal in the frequency band of the aforementioned downlink radio resource in an interval between a time period of this downlink radio resource and a time period of the aforementioned nonassociated uplink radio resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yuuki Nakasato
  • Patent number: 8989794
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided that include deploying a femto node in a wireless network. The femto node can measure received signal quality upon initialization in a wireless network and/or according to a timing. The femto node can determine whether to communicate in the wireless network based on comparing the received signal quality to a threshold signal quality. The timing can be determined based on various factors to ensure fairness among femto nodes initializing in the wireless network. A centralized entity can be used to determine the timing and/or whether a femto node should communicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mehmet Yavuz, Matt Stuart Grob, Varun Khaitan
  • Patent number: RE47568
    Abstract: A wireless network dynamically allocating a timeslot to a downlink dedicated channel to a user equipment (UE) in a cell is disclosed. A call may be reallocated a different timeslot midcall where the different timeslot has a highest quality rank in the cell. The timeslot may then be allocated to a downlink shared channel in the cell. The allocation of the timeslot to the downlink dedicated channel may be prioritized over the allocation of the timeslot to the downlink shared channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC
    Inventor: Peter Jonathon Legg