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United States Patent 9,985,857
Balasubramanian , et al. May 29, 2018
Network-based early packet loss detection
Abstract
A packet loss notification in a video transmission may be performed by a network device. The network device may receive a first video packet sent from a first client to a second client. The network device may determine that the first video packet has been lost. The network device may determine a video packet receiving port number of the first client. The network device may receive a second video packet sent from the second client to the first client. The network device may determine that the second video packet includes a destination port number that matches a video packet receiving port number of the first client. The network device may modify the second video packet by adding packet loss information indicating that the first video packet has been lost. The network device may send the modified second video packet to the first client.
Inventors:
Balasubramanian; Anantharaman (San Diego, CA), Ma; Liangping (San Diego, CA), Sternberg; Gregory S. (Mt. Laurel, NJ), Kerofsky; Louis (San Diego, CA), Neff; Ralph (San Diego, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
VID SCALE, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
VID SCALE, INC. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003319863
Appl. No.:
15/301,806
Filed:
April 3, 2015
PCT Filed:
April 03, 2015
PCT No.:
PCT/US2015/024257
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
October 04, 2016
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2015/153977
PCT Pub. Date:
October 08, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170187593 A1 Jun 29, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61975425 Apr 4, 2014
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 43/0829 (20130101); H04L 65/403 (20130101); H04N 7/152 (20130101); H04L 65/80 (20130101); H04L 65/608 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 12/26 (20060101); H04N 7/15 (20060101); H04L 29/06 (20060101)
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United States Patent 9,985,768
Terry , et al. May 29, 2018
Method and apparatus for selecting multiple transport formats and transmitting multiple transport blocks simultaneously with multiple H-ARQ processes
Abstract
A method and apparatus for selecting multiple transport formats and transmitting multiple transport blocks (TBs) in a transmission time interval simultaneously with multiple hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) processes in a wireless communication system are disclosed. Available physical resources and H-ARQ processes associated with the available physical resources are identified and channel quality of each of the available physical resources is determined. Quality of service (QoS) requirements of higher layer data to be transmitted are determined. The higher layer data is mapped to at least two H-ARQ processes. Physical transmission and H-ARQ configurations to support QoS requirements of the higher layer data mapped to each H-ARQ process are determined. TBs are generated from the mapped higher layer data in accordance with the physical transmission and H-ARQ configurations of each H-ARQ process, respectively. The TBs are transmitted via the H-ARQ processes simultaneously.
Inventors:
Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Wang; Jin (Princeton, NJ), Chandra; Arty (Manhasset Hills, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003319789
Appl. No.:
14/485,125
Filed:
September 12, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150003429 A1 Jan 1, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13872564 Apr 29, 2013
11614153 Apr 30, 2013 8432794
60754714 Dec 29, 2005
60839845 Aug 24, 2006
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 5/0057 (20130101); H04L 1/0025 (20130101); H04L 1/1678 (20130101); H04L 1/1812 (20130101); H04L 1/1822 (20130101); H04L 1/1887 (20130101); H04L 1/1893 (20130101); H04W 72/0413 (20130101); H04W 72/085 (20130101); H04L 1/1825 (20130101); H04L 1/0026 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 1/16 (20060101); H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04L 1/00 (20060101); H04W 72/08 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,986,038
Wang , et al. May 29, 2018
Systems, methods and apparatus for managing machine-to-machine (M2M) entities
Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus for managing machine-to-machine (M2M) entities are disclosed. Included herein is a method that may include implementing one or more management layers for managing M2M entities in an M2M environment. The method may also include using a plurality of management layers to manage a M2M area network, wherein the M2M area network may include one or more M2M end devices. The M2M end devices may include, for example, an M2M gateway and/or an M2M device. The management layers may include any of an application management layer, service management layer, network management layer and a device management layer. The management layers may provide any of configuration management, fault management, and performance management of the M2M entities.
Inventors:
Wang; Chonggang (Conshohocken, PA), Russell, Jr.; Paul L. (Conshohocken, PA), Lu; Guang (Thornhill, CA), Seed; Dale N. (Conshohocken, PA), Dong; Lijun (San Diego, CA), Starsinic; Michael F. (Conshohocken, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
IoT Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003321572
Appl. No.:
15/211,017
Filed:
July 15, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170013063 A1 Jan 12, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13983220 9426222
PCT/US2012/024634 Feb 10, 2012
61441911 Feb 11, 2011
61444323 Feb 18, 2011
61452422 Mar 14, 2011
61485631 May 13, 2011
61496812 Jun 14, 2011
61500798 Jun 24, 2011
61501046 Jun 24, 2011
61508564 Jul 15, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 67/125 (20130101); H04L 41/0213 (20130101); H04L 41/0233 (20130101); H04L 41/0273 (20130101); H04L 41/0806 (20130101); H04W 4/60 (20180201); H04W 4/70 (20180201); H04W 4/02 (20130101); Y04S 40/162 (20130101); Y04S 40/166 (20130101); H04L 41/06 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 29/08 (20060101); H04L 12/24 (20060101); H04W 4/00 (20180101); H04W 4/02 (20180101)
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United States Patent 9,986,514
Wang , et al. May 29, 2018
Method and apparatus of signaling and procedure to support uplink power level determination
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for determining a physical uplink power level for transmissions on a physical uplink channel. In one embodiment, a random access channel (RACH) uplink message is transmitted. The RACH uplink message includes a RACH message power level and/or a downlink pathloss figure. A downlink message including a power offset value is received. The physical uplink power level is set for transmissions on the physical uplink channel based on the power offset value. In another embodiment, a RACH uplink message is transmitted and a downlink message including a relative power offset value is received. The physical uplink power level for transmissions on the physical uplink channel is then set based on the relative power off set value.
Inventors:
Wang; Jin (Princeton, NJ), Levy; Joseph S. (Merrick, NY), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Olvera-Hernandez; Ulises (Montreal, CA), Somasundaram; Shankar (Sunnyvale, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003320353
Appl. No.:
15/213,641
Filed:
July 19, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160330694 A1 Nov 10, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14205623 Mar 12, 2014 9426756
12328522 May 6, 2014 8718694
61012281 Dec 7, 2007
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 52/242 (20130101); H04W 24/08 (20130101); H04W 52/146 (20130101); H04W 52/36 (20130101); H04W 74/0833 (20130101); H04W 52/50 (20130101); H04W 52/247 (20130101); H04W 52/245 (20130101); H04W 52/246 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04B 7/185 (20060101); H04W 74/08 (20090101); H04W 24/08 (20090101); H04W 52/50 (20090101); H04W 52/36 (20090101); H04W 52/14 (20090101); H04B 7/00 (20060101); H04W 52/24 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,986,541
Bala , et al. May 29, 2018
Uplink control information transmission methods for carrier aggregation
Abstract
A method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) for Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) using carrier aggregation is disclosed. Methods for UCI transmission in the uplink control channel, uplink shared channel or uplink data channel are disclosed. The methods include transmitting channel quality indicators (CQI), precoding matrix indicators (PMI), rank indicators (RI), hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK), channel status reports (CQI/PMI/RI), source routing (SR) and sounding reference signals (SRS). In addition, methods for providing flexible configuration in signaling UCI, efficient resource utilization, and support for high volume UCI overhead in LTE-A are disclosed.
Inventors:
Bala; Erdem (East Meadow, NY), Pietraski; Philip J. (Jericho, NY), Shin; Sung-Hyuk (Northvale, NJ), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Tsai; Allan Y. (Boonton, NJ), Levy; Joseph S. (Merrick, NY), Adjakple; Pascal M. (Great Neck, NY), Haim; John W. (Baldwin, NY), Olesen; Robert L. (Huntington, NY), Pan; Kyle Jung-Lin (Saint James, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003320375
Appl. No.:
15/187,826
Filed:
June 21, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160302189 A1 Oct 13, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12582462 Oct 20, 2009 9402247
61106847 Oct 20, 2008
61115351 Nov 17, 2008
61172127 Apr 23, 2009
61218782 Jun 19, 2009
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/0413 (20130101); H04B 7/024 (20130101); H04L 1/1812 (20130101); H04L 5/001 (20130101); H04W 72/0446 (20130101); H04L 5/0053 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04B 7/066 (20130101); H04B 7/0632 (20130101); H04B 7/0639 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20180101); H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04B 7/024 (20170101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04B 7/06 (20060101)
Field of Search: ;370/329
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InterDigital, Inc. - Common Stock
Settlement Date
Short Interest
Percent Change
Average Daily Share Volume
Days to Cover
05/15/2018 1,392,182 (15.30) 271,589 5.13
04/30/2018 1,643,623 27.11 369,208 4.45
04/13/2018 1,293,091 1.17 246,284 5.25
03/29/2018 1,278,130 (5.39) 234,686 5.45
03/15/2018 1,350,899 3.34 227,656 5.93
02/28/2018 1,307,251 (10.46) 454,070 2.88
02/15/2018 1,459,970 3.49 313,925 4.65
01/31/2018 1,410,751 (6.97) 262,787 5.37
01/12/2018 1,516,391 11.69 353,514 4.29
12/29/2017 1,357,678 (25.18) 220,940 6.15
12/15/2017 1,814,582 (2.86) 323,678 5.61
11/30/2017 1,868,087 7.19 255,333 7.32
11/15/2017 1,742,824 13.51 317,214 5.49
10/31/2017 1,535,337 7.90 272,652 5.63
10/13/2017 1,422,896 (6.22) 257,481 5.53
09/29/2017 1,517,206 (9.60) 391,107 3.88
09/15/2017 1,678,350 (2.83) 298,575 5.62
08/31/2017 1,727,151 0.13 266,895 6.47
08/15/2017 1,724,910 (12.22) 292,042 5.91
07/31/2017 1,964,963 (0.33) 381,081 5.16
07/14/2017 1,971,455 (0.19) 265,936 7.41
06/30/2017 1,975,204 (9.87) 276,097 7.15
06/15/2017 2,191,388 8.55 329,036 6.66
05/31/2017 2,018,758 6.65 348,544 5.79
InterDigital Issues Revenue Guidance for Second Quarter 2018
WILMINGTON, Del., May 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that it expects its total second quarter 2018 revenue to be between $63 million and $67 million. This range is comprised primarily of recurring revenue and includes less than $1 million of non-recurring revenue.
Under the accounting rules in effect prior to the company’s adoption of ASC 606, the company’s expected second quarter 2018 total revenue range would have been between $85 million and $88 million, again comprised primarily of recurring revenue and less than $1 million of non-recurring revenue. The company is providing this information under the previous revenue recognition rules solely in the interest of comparability during the transition year to ASC 606, and it should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, nor superior to or in isolation from, the financial guidance prepared in accordance with ASC 606.
This revenue guidance does not include the potential impact of any new patent license, technology solutions or patent sale agreements that may be signed, or any arbitration or dispute resolutions that may occur, during the balance of second quarter 2018.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements include information regarding the company’s current expectations with respect to second quarter 2018 revenue. Words such as "expects," "projects," "forecast," and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual outcomes could differ materially from those expressed in or anticipated by such forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: (i) the entry into additional patent license, patent sales or technology solutions agreements; (ii) the accuracy of market sales projections of the company's licensees, changes in our estimates of second quarter 2018 sales by our per-unit licensees, delays in payments from our licensees and related matters; (iii) amounts of royalties payable following routine audits, if any, and the timely receipt of such amounts during second quarter 2018; (iv) the timing and outcome of the company's litigation and arbitration proceedings and the payment of any related awards; and (v) new developments in the company’s litigation or arbitration proceedings. We undertake no duty to update publicly any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as may be required by applicable law, regulation or other competent legal authority.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
InterDigital Contact:
Patrick Van de Wille
Email: patrick.vandewille@interdigital.com
+1 (858) 210-4814
ATIS Successfully Tests Its OS-IoT Software Over LTE, Bringing the Power of oneM2M to Lightweight Applications
05/22/2018 MARCELLA WOLFEPRESS RELEASES
WASHINGTON — ATIS today announced that it has successfully demonstrated devices using its OS-IoT Software accessing cloud-based oneM2M standard services over the public LTE network. The OS-IoT open source client platform is now available to allow lightweight devices to access oneM2M IoT clouds without having to run full oneM2M database and routing functions. The global oneM2Mstandard defines a common, interoperable, platform for IoT systems, providing application-independent building blocks that fulfill core tasks of secure data collection, management and distribution.
As the IoT revolution advances, a broad range of applications, including wearable devices, low-cost environmental monitors, smart meters and smart cities applications, depend on highly-evolved machine-to-machine communications capabilities. The use of the oneM2M standard can address current concerns about IoT security, trustworthiness and data privacy while still providing openness where appropriate. OS-IoT simplifies development of oneM2M support for the many IoT devices that need to meet aggressive targets for device cost and power consumption.
“With OS-IoT, developers of IoT devices now have full and easy access to oneM2M’s capabilities, which will help reduce time-to-market and barriers to entry for their applications and make them easily available for use over cellular technology,” said ATIS President and CEO Susan Miller. “Working together, OS-IoT and the oneM2M standards free developers to focus on the unique value-add, revenue-generating aspects of their innovations instead of spend their time solving data management and security issues.”
“A standards-based approach is essential to facilitating the growth of IoT markets. InterDigital has long seen the oneM2M standard as the broadest standard for the services that enable a range of IoT applications,” said Jim Nolan, Executive Vice President, Products at InterDigital. “It was an honor to be part of this significant milestone for ATIS and its community by contributing the ChordantTM platform for testing of the cloud-based oneM2M services.”
The heart of OS-IoT is a client library with minimal architectural dependencies – permitting targeting of different CPUs and operating systems. The OS-IoT library provides device-side (i.e. Application Entity in oneM2M terminology) support for fundamental oneM2M network and protocol functions, allowing application developers to interact with the system over a resource-oriented API. ATIS provides test cases and extensive documentation of the library at os-iot.org.
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About ATIS
As a leading technology and solutions development organization, the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) brings together the top global ICT companies to advance the industry’s business priorities. ATIS’ 150 member companies are currently working to address 5G, cyber security, robocall mitigation, IoT, artificial intelligence-enabled networks, the all-IP transition, network functions virtualization, smart cities, emergency services, network evolution, quality of service, billing support, operations, and much more. These priorities follow a fast-track development lifecycle – from design and innovation through standards, specifications, requirements, business use cases, software toolkits, open source solutions, and interoperability testing.
ATIS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ATIS is the North American Organizational Partner for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a founding Partner of the oneM2M global initiative, a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and a member of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). For more information, visit www.atis.org
05/01/2018
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United States Patent 9,979,446
Xia , et al. May 22, 2018
Method for WiFi beamforming, feedback, and sounding (WiBEAM)
Abstract
Methods for WiFi beamforming, feedback, and sounding (WiBEAM) are described. Codebook based beamforming feedback signaling and sounding mechanisms for use in wireless communications are disclosed. The methods described herein improve the feedback efficiency by using Givens rotation based decompositions and quantizing the resulting angles of the Givens rotation based decompositions using a range from a subset of [0, 2.pi.]. Feedback may also be divided into multiple components to improve feedback efficiency/accuracy. Time domain beamforming reports for taking advantage of channel reciprocity while still taking into account practical radio frequency (RF) channel impairments are also described. Beamforming feedback that prioritized the feedback bits in accordance with the significance of the bits is also disclosed. A preamble structure to enable the use of smoothing methods for improved channel estimation, codebook designs that may be used for codebook based beamforming feedback, and multi-resolution explicit feedback are disclosed as well.
Inventors:
Xia; Pengfei (San Diego, CA), Ghosh; Monisha (Chicago, IL), Lou; Hanqing (Syosset, NY), Olesen; Robert L. (Huntingdon, NY), Oteri; Oghenekome (San Diego, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003307691
Appl. No.:
15/599,651
Filed:
May 19, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170257153 A1 Sep 7, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14040249 Sep 27, 2013 9680538
61707452 Sep 28, 2012
61770879 Feb 28, 2013
61783918 Mar 14, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04B 7/0421 (20130101); H04B 7/066 (20130101); H04B 7/0617 (20130101); H04B 7/0628 (20130101); H04L 1/0073 (20130101); H04B 7/0639 (20130101); H04B 7/0641 (20130101); H04L 1/007 (20130101); H04B 7/0634 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04B 7/04 (20170101); H04B 7/06 (20060101); H04L 1/00 (20060101)
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United States Patent 9,979,451
Sahin , et al. May 22, 2018
Method and apparatus for multilayer transmission and hybrid relaying with multiple out-of-band relays
Abstract
A method and apparatus for hybrid multi-layer transmission includes receiving a multi-layer signal from a source device, wherein the multi-layer signal includes a plurality of sublayers. A quantity of the plurality of sublayers is decoded and partial information relating to the decoded sublayers is transmitted to a destination device.
Inventors:
Sahin; Onur (London, GB), Park; Seok-Hwan (Millburn, NJ), Simeone; Osvaldo (New York City, NY), Zeira; Ariela (Huntington, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Wilmington
Newark
N/A
NJ
DE
US
Assignee:
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC. (Wilmington, DE)
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Newark, NJ)
Family ID:
1000003307696
Appl. No.:
14/783,697
Filed:
April 11, 2014
PCT Filed:
April 11, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/033729
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
October 09, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2014/169169
PCT Pub. Date:
October 16, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160080055 A1 Mar 17, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61811404 Apr 12, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04B 7/0473 (20130101); C07D 307/12 (20130101); C07D 307/24 (20130101); H04W 88/08 (20130101); C08K 5/1535 (20130101); C08K 5/42 (20130101); H04B 7/155 (20130101); C08K 5/11 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04B 7/02 (20180101); H04L 1/02 (20060101); H04B 7/04 (20170101); C07D 307/12 (20060101); C07D 307/24 (20060101); H04W 88/08 (20090101); C08K 5/1535 (20060101); C08K 5/42 (20060101); H04B 7/155 (20060101); C08K 5/11 (20060101)
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United States Patent 9,980,213
Lynch , et al. May 22, 2018
Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless network selection
Abstract
Methods, apparatus and systems for managing an exposure of a network to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. One representative method includes receiving, by an access point (AP) of the network, information associated with the WTRU; and selectively exposing, by the AP, the network.
Inventors:
Lynch; Kenneth F. (King of Prussia, PA), Hergenhan; Scott C. (King of Prussia, PA), Cuffaro; Angelo A. (Montreal, CA), Reznik; Alexander (King of Prussia, PA), Targali; Yousif (Sammamish, WA), Shah; Yogendra C. (King of Prussia, PA), Choyi; Vinod Kumar (King of Prussia, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003308278
Appl. No.:
14/913,538
Filed:
August 22, 2014
PCT Filed:
August 22, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/052247
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
February 22, 2016
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2015/031184
PCT Pub. Date:
March 05, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160212695 A1 Jul 21, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61871776 Aug 29, 2013
62002413 May 23, 2014
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 48/18 (20130101); H04W 48/08 (20130101); H04W 48/06 (20130101); H04W 28/0268 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 8/30 (20090101); H04W 28/02 (20090101); H04W 48/18 (20090101); H04W 48/06 (20090101); H04W 48/08 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/252,431
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United States Patent 9,980,259
Terry , et al. May 22, 2018
Method and apparatus for minimizing redundant enhanced dedicated channel allocation information
Abstract
A method and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) that does not have an allocation of enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resources is disclosed. The WTRU transmits E-DCH channel allocation information to a Node-B. In response to transmitting the E-DCH channel allocation information, the WTRU activates a timer. On a condition that an acknowledgement to the transmitted E-DCH channel allocation information is not received, the WTRU retransmits the E-DCH channel allocation information. On a condition that an acknowledgement to the transmitted E-DCH channel allocation information is received, the WTRU waits to transmit the E-DCH channel allocation information or updated E-DCH channel allocation information until the timer expires.
Inventors:
Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Dick; Stephen G. (Nesconset, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003308309
Appl. No.:
14/933,478
Filed:
November 5, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160057751 A1 Feb 25, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13718147 Dec 18, 2012 9185685
11114390 Jan 8, 2013 8351371
60567144 Apr 30, 2004
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/0413 (20130101); H04L 1/1848 (20130101); H04W 28/06 (20130101); H04W 72/04 (20130101); H04W 72/1289 (20130101); H04W 72/1242 (20130101); H04W 74/004 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04W 72/1205 (20130101); H04W 72/1278 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 28/06 (20090101); H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04W 74/00 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,980,295
Pelletier , et al. May 22, 2018
Random access procedures in wireless system
Abstract
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may detect cell congestion by selecting a preamble type as a function of priority level, transmitting the preamble to a serving cell, receiving a random access response (RAR) from the serving cell, determining a congestion state of the serving cell as a function of the received RAR, and/or responding to the congestion state of the serving cell. RACH functionality may be improved by allocating one or more sets of Physical RACH (PRACH) resources to a WTRU. The WTRU may configure the additional PRACH resources based on the allocation. A WTRU may determine a second set of PRACH resources based at least in part on a first set of PRACH resources. A WTRU may determine additional sets of PRACH preambles and may utilize modified PRACH preambles and/or modified PRACH preamble formats. The WTRU may signal additional PRACH resources.
Inventors:
Pelletier; Ghyslain (Montreal, CA), Ahmad; Saad (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
N/A
DE
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003308343
Appl. No.:
15/410,979
Filed:
January 20, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170135135 A1 May 11, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13838231 Mar 15, 2013 9603048
61611836 Mar 16, 2012
61644562 May 9, 2012
61678387 Aug 1, 2012
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 5/005 (20130101); H04W 74/0833 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 74/08 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101)
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United States Patent 9,980,296
Wang , et al. May 22, 2018
Method and apparatus for communication in a network of WLAN overlapping basic service set
Abstract
A method and apparatus for communication in a network of WLAN overlapping basic service set (OBSS) are disclosed. A station or an access point may indicate its interference reporting and inter-BSS coordination capabilities in a message. At least one of quality of service (QoS) settings, transmission opportunity (TXOP), restricted access window (RAW) or beacon subinterval schedules, or traffic indication map (TIM) or uplink access window assignment may be coordinated. The station may receive a request for interference measurements on the basic service set (BSS) of the station or neighboring BSSs that the station can overhear. The station may transmit an interference measurement report to an access point. The coordination may be performed based on the interference measurement report. Furthermore, STAs may transmit channel or sector preferences to APs and receive channel or sector assignments.
Inventors:
Wang; Xiaofei (Cedar Grove, NJ), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003308344
Appl. No.:
14/760,347
Filed:
January 10, 2014
PCT Filed:
January 10, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/011081
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
July 10, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2014/110397
PCT Pub. Date:
July 17, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150359008 A1 Dec 10, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61751558 Jan 11, 2013
61774043 Mar 7, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 74/0875 (20130101); H04W 74/002 (20130101); H04W 74/004 (20130101); H04W 74/0891 (20130101); H04W 84/12 (20130101); H04L 1/1671 (20130101); H04W 72/04 (20130101); H04W 72/1289 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 74/08 (20090101); H04W 74/00 (20090101); H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04W 84/12 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 1/16 (20060101)
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Apple versus Samsung patent trial comes down to the meaning of a three-word phrase
Ben Lovejoy - May. 18th 2018 4:12 am PT
The trial to finalize the damages owed by Samsung to Apple for infringing five of its patents is set to rest on the meaning of a three-word phrase.
If the court accepts Apple’s definition, high damages are likely to be awarded. If it instead opts for Samsung’s definition, a far lower sum is likely to be awarded …
Those three words are: ‘article of manufacture.’
It’s already been ruled that Samsung infringed five of Apple’s patents. Two of them are ‘utility’ ones – related to features – for the rubber-band effect when scrolling to the bottom of a page, and slide to unlock. Those, however, are almost irrelevant when it comes to the damages dispute. What matters here are the three design patents: those concerning the look of the iPhone.
Apple claims that its design patents cover the look of the entire phone, and that when Samsung copied that look, the entire Samsung phone was an ‘article of manufacture’ which infringed Apple’s patents. Therefore, argues Apple, Samsung should hand over all the profits it made from those phones.
Samsung argues that Apple’s three design patents protect very specific parts of the phone, namely the display screen, the front glass and the bezel. It says those are the ‘articles of manufacture’ and therefore damages should only be awarded on the value of those three components.
Judge Lucy Koh already ruled last year on a 4-part test to define the term:
•“[T]he scope of the design claimed in the plaintiff’s patent, including the drawing and written description”;
•“[T]he relative prominence of the design within the product as a whole”;
•“[W]hether the design is conceptually distinct from the product as a whole”; and
•“[T]he physical relationship between the patented design and the rest of the product,” including whether “the design pertains to a component that a user or seller can physically separate from the product as a whole,” and whether “the design is embodied in a component that is manufactured separately from the rest of the product, or if the component can be sold separately.”
As CNET reports, Samsung made a strong pitch through an expert witness, industrial designer Sam Lucente, that those tests favor its view.
Lucente said he applied the four-factor test and indeed ordered parts and kits off the internet to replace screens on Samsung phones. “I replaced the display screen, front glass and bezel in 35 minutes, and the phone worked fine,” he said, an action he said bears on the fourth factor about whether a component can be physically separated from the rest of the product.
Lucente also pointed out that while the Samsung Galaxy S had been found to infringe Apple’s patents, the rather similar Galaxy Ace was ruled not to.
“By simply changing a small detail — adding a chrome finish to a feature, changing slightly the shape of button at the bottom and a small change of the bezel — it’s now a non-infringing alternative design,” Lucente said.
That supports Samsung’s view that it’s about the details, not the overall look.
Apple is, however, sticking to its guns, and even though the damages had previously been reduced from the $1B originally awarded, insists this is the correct sum. Its own witnesses argued that it was clear from the patent language that what was being described was the holistic look of the phone.
The trial is scheduled to end today, so it shouldn’t be long until we have a ruling. The latest number awarded was $399M, so anything above that will be a win for Apple, anything below it will be a victory for Samsung.
https://9to5mac.com/2018/05/18/apple-samsung-patent-trial-latest/
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3 Years, 20 Companies, 18 Groundbreaking Experiments: 5G-Crosshaul Successfully Concludes Most Ambitious 5G Transport Network...
Date : 05/17/2018 @ 4:00AM
A consortium of twenty industry-leading companies, including InterDigital Europe, today announced the successful completion of a nearly three-year European Union Horizon 2020 project aimed at developing a 5G integrated backhaul and fronthaul transport network. After nearly three years, the project, 5G-Crosshaul, is now the de-facto concept for the 5G integrated fronthaul/backhaul transport network.
The 5G-Crosshaul consortium was selected in 2015 to develop a 5G integrated backhaul and fronthaul transport network that enables a flexible and software-defined reconfiguration of all networking elements in a multi-tenant and service-oriented unified management environment. The transport network flexibly interconnects distributed 5G radio access and core network functions hosted on in-network cloud nodes. This is achieved through the implementation of a control infrastructure using a unified, abstract network model for control plane integration and a unified data plane encompassing innovative high-capacity transmission technologies, as well as novel deterministic-latency switch architectures.
“It has been truly an honor to oversee one of the most ambitious 5G transport network research and development efforts to date,” said Arturo Azcorra, Director of IMDEA Networks, Co-founder of 5TONIC, and Project Coordinator of 5G-Crosshaul. “The successful results of the 5G-Crosshaul project have advanced scientific knowledge and international standardization of 5G systems, and ultimately contributed to an increase in Europe’s 5G global competitiveness.”
The 5G-Crosshaul solution was demonstrated and validated through 18 experiments integrating multiple technology components from the partners. Real-world trials took place at sites in Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona and Taiwan, and delivered sub-millisecond latency, tens of Gbps throughput, and proven energy and cost savings up to 70%, depending on the deployment scenario. The trials also demonstrated fast service deployment time in the order of minutes, taking advantage of SDN and NFV concepts.
“The 5G-Crosshaul project has delivered a novel transport network that provides overall resource optimization and brings the CAPEX and OPEX investments to a reasonable ROI range,” said Xavier Costa, Head of 5G Networks R&D and Deputy General Manager of the Security & Networking R&D Division, NEC Laboratories Europe, and the Technical Manager of the project. “This project’s major innovation has set the stage to deliver on the huge increased available bandwidth and ultra-low-latency required by the fifth generation of network technologies.”
Following its final project review by independent experts appointed by the European Commission, the 5G-Crosshaul project was declared to “have fully achieved its objectives and milestones and delivered exceptional results with significant immediate or potential impact.” The EU experts report highlighted “Significant results linked to dissemination, exploitation and impact potential,” in particular:
•91 papers - in several prestigious journals;
•74 presentations/panels/webinars, and 14 (Co-)organized workshops;
•28 demonstrations including at flagship events such as MWC'16 and MWC'17;
•35 normative contributions feeding into key standardization specifications of eCPRI, G.metro, IETF CCAMP, IETF DETNET, and ONF; and
•25 contributions for information purpose in several standardization bodies and fora such as NGMN, ITU-T, FSAN, ETSI, IEEE, BBF, and ONF.
The EU experts report continued to note that “several key innovations have been identified, and some of them have been mapped to products for exploitation. The project has so far registered five patent applications. Future exploitation plans are expected to emerge by the partners, outside the project umbrella and based on these innovations.”
“Throughout its lifetime, the 5G-Crosshaul project has successfully delivered 60-plus technological and informational contributions to the advancement of 5G standards,” said Paola Iovanna, Ericsson, and the Innovation Manager of the project. “The project produced radical technology innovations, several directly mapped to products, setting this project as one of the most groundbreaking and unique projects to date.”
“Not long ago, a fusion of fronthaul and backhaul was merely a topic of discussion to meet the requirements of 5G. Now, the 5G-Crosshaul project has delivered the architecture to deliver this fusion – the integrated 5G transport network,” said Alan Carlton, Vice President, InterDigital Europe. “We are honored to again be a part of the leaders driving the latest wireless innovation. This milestone project underscores InterDigital’s commitment to delivering technologies and solutions that benefit the entire industry, as well as the enterprises and consumers who benefit from those capabilities.”
For more information on the 5G-Crosshaul project, please visit http://5g-crosshaul.eu/
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
InterDigital Contact:
Patrick Van de Wille
Email: patrick.vandewille@interdigital.com
+1 (858) 210-4814
Henry Tirri Joins InterDigital as Chief Technology Officer
Date : 05/17/2018 @ 4:00AM
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced the appointment of Dr. Henry Tirri as Chief Technology Officer.
Dr. Tirri is a technology executive with deep experience in a variety of technology areas, including areas of increasing relevance to mobile such as artificial intelligence, automotive and data analytics, among others. Dr. Tirri was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Harman International Industries (HARMAN) and previously led connected car research and development at the company. Prior to HARMAN, Dr. Tirri occupied a variety of roles over more than a decade at Nokia, including Executive Vice President and Head of Technologies Business, Chief Technology Officer, and Senior Vice President and Head of the Nokia Research Center.
“Henry Tirri is a recognized visionary technologist, and a great addition to the InterDigital team as we broaden our technology footprint and as mobile technology enters an ever-widening array of new industry segments,” said William J. Merritt, President and CEO of InterDigital. “InterDigital is entering an exciting period, with the impact of our longtime technology area – wireless – continuing to grow and with the company expanding into new areas like sensor technology and video. Henry’s broad experience and deep rooting in R&D are tremendous assets to the company at a time of unprecedented opportunity for InterDigital.”
In his new role at InterDigital, Dr. Tirri will lead the company’s technology vision and strategy, including the evolution of the company’s technology road map. Working closely with other executives, Dr. Tirri will partner with internal R&D efforts, external investments and corporate development in executing the company’s technology vision.
Most recently, Dr. Tirri served in an advisory role with multinational banking corporation BBVA. He holds a PhD in computer science from University of Helsinki, has held professorships at University of Helsinki, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, and Aalto University, and is a Fellow of the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT).
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
InterDigital Contact:
Patrick Van de Wille
Email: patrick.vandewille@interdigital.com
+1 (858) 210-4814
What makes smart cities, smart?
By Jim Nolan
IoT and other smart technologies offer cities the potential to save money while improving the lives of their residents.
Global urbanization is seemingly unstoppable, and with more and more citizens, the cost of living in cities is skyrocketing, threatening to increase social inequality, slow down economic growth and push up crime levels. Smart cities are said to provide the solution to this problem by implementing technology into city projects to help reduce costs.
Technology has therefore brought city infrastructure to the forefront of our agendas – and increasingly citizens are embracing smart homes, and local and national governments are promoting smart technology initiatives, from smart street lighting to driverless public transport. There’s no denying it, smart cities are no longer a thing of the future. They’re very much here.
But becoming a smart city is more than simply reveling in technology advancements. According to a recent study conducted by ABI Research, in partnership with InterDigital, on behalf of its Smart Cities-focused business, ChordantTM, and CA Technologies, the scope for efficiency improvements through the deployment of smart city technology in a typical mega city (a metropolitan area with a total population in excess of ten million), across all urban sectors and segments, amounts to more than US$5 trillion in yearly cost savings globally.
However, in order to successfully utilize smart city technologies and resources in a way that will bring about significant cost savings, all smart cities stakeholders will need to think beyond merely deploying smart street lights. Indeed, if enterprises, governments and citizens are to benefit from smart city technologies, a holistic approach which promotes collaboration should be at the heart of the smart city vision.
A smarter approach to utilities
Smart city technology has already been touted for new innovations such as smart bins and smart meters. But, in fact, when it comes to utilities, smart technology can extend way beyond this.
For citizens, the adoption of these new technologies will see the deployment of home microgrids, smart home solutions, and energy and water-saving appliances to help reduce energy and water consumption. This, in turn, will reduce citizen expenditure on utilities.
For governments, smart street lights systems alone could yield a 30% cost saving, while water utilities could be slashed by removing the need for manual leak detection through the deployment of advanced leak detection systems. Opportunities for cost savings for governments also exist through water waste management and waste prevention systems. Street cleaning is another area in which cities can use technology to drive down costs, deploying autonomous or driverless vehicles for cleaning and maintainence and saving on employee costs.
Finally, enterprises could also see significant cost savings and reduction in utilities through the use of microgrids to increase energy efficiency. Adopting these technologies could contribute to a potential $1.66 trillion cost-saving opportunity.
Improving living standards
Public safety and security are big government concerns, driven by the rise in terrorist and crime threats. The deployment of AI-based automation for surveillance cameras, for example, can reduce the cost of monitoring video footage, while optimizing data storagefor governments, and improving public safety for citizens.
Governments also face a huge challenge in providing affordable accomodation to citizens, while maintaining a balance between homes and enterprise buildings. New developments that make housing affordable, based on new models for community living relating to multimodal transit, shared renewable community grids and efficient buildings, present a solution to this challenge for both governments and citizens.
Technology is also playing a role in transforming healthcare practices, helping to combat rising costs. Remote healthcare allow for shorter stays in hospital and is a win-win situation for both the healthcare sector and for citizens, as it provides cheaper care and in some cases, improves healthcare standards.
Driving down cost in transportation
Transportation and mobility is a major cost for cities, citizens and enterprises. For cities, it continues to be a major cost center in governmental budgets. But the deployment of smart city technologies, such as electronic toll collection (ETC), vehicle to infrastructure (V2X) and intelligent traffic light systems, can optimize the use of existing road capacity and, in turn, help reduce these costs.
For citizens, transportation and mobility represent the second largest item in family budgets, closely behind housing. Yet the deployment of smart city technology can lead to the emergence of new paradigms that can result in significant economic savings for citizens, such as ridesharing, mobility as a service (MaaS) and in the long term, driverless car sharing. Ultimately, these technologies will lower the cost of services that may have otherwise been too expensive, or even unattainable for some.
And enterprises can benefit from IoT technology for freight transportation, allowing shippers to select the most flexible and affordable transport based on cargo capacity.
Problem shared, problem halved
While smart city and IoT technologies can yield significant cost savings, simply deploying these technologies is not enough. Embracing the sharing economy model should also be a priority for smart city stakeholders. This should see the joining together of technologies, platforms and solutions into a holistic, automated, autonomous, closed-loop system capable of altering parameters based on data to regulate supply and demand.
To solve the challenge of creating an interoperable, agnostic ecosystem, smart city stakeholders should encourage the birth of dedicated marketplaces, aggregating multiple ecosystem partners and providing scalable and vendor-agnostic platforms and data services, and applications. These marketplaces will become pivotal for smart city stakeholders to keep the cost of deploying new platforms to a minimum while also enabling the continued use of legacy systems and platforms.
This approach has already been used in the UK through the oneTRANSPORT initiative, which is based on an open standardized platform for transport data. Through the oneTRANSPORT initiative, governments and private sector organizations have been able to provide citizens with an enhanced transport experience through the sharing of both real-time and historical transport information from data producers to transport authorities, application developers and others.
A bright future
The cost of living in cities is only going to increase, and citizens, governments and enterprises have the challenge of utilizing existing and nascent technologies to increase efficiency and enhance quality of life within our mega cities. If cities are to successfully harness the $5 trillion cost-saving opportunity through IoT and smart technologies, it’s essential that sharing paradigms are at the heart of their strategies.
Jim Nolan, EVP of Chordant,InterDigital
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Qualcomm-NXP deal still on hold in China, trade talks with U.S. eyed: sources
Michael Martina, Adam Jourdan
May 15, 2018 / 7:12 AM / Updated 11 hours ago
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Qualcomm’s proposed $44 billion takeover of rival NXP Semiconductors is yet to see a concrete breakthrough in China, sources said, tempering hopes a lull in trade tensions with the United States had prompted Beijing to speed up its ruling on the deal.
China’s approval would likely depend on the progress of broader trade discussions, three people with knowledge of the deal said, as senior Chinese and U.S. officials meet this week in Washington for their second round of high-stake talks.
They made little apparent progress in discussions in Beijing earlier this month. The U.S. ambassador to China said on Tuesday the two countries were still “very far apart” on resolving trade frictions.
Washington and Beijing have proposed tens of billions of dollars in tariffs in recent weeks, fanning worries of a full-blown trade war that could hurt global supply chains and dent business investment plans.
Qualcomm’s takeover of NXP has been caught in the crosshairs of the trade tensions. The deal has received approval from eight of the nine required global regulators, with Chinese clearance the only one pending.
NXP shares jumped on Monday after a media report said China had resumed its review of the deal and that the commerce ministry had been asked to speed up the process.
This followed President Donald Trump’s pledge on Sunday to help China’s ZTE Corp get “back into business” after a U.S. ban hurt the telecom equipment maker, signaling a thaw in trade relations.
However, two sources told Reuters there had been no outward change in the review process that has been ongoing since Qualcomm refiled its application for the deal in April.
There has been no clear new signs since Sunday pointing to an imminent approval of the deal, one of the sources said.
The second source, who is familiar with Qualcomm’s dealings with Chinese regulators, said the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) had not provided the company with any updates on the review.
The Ministry of Commerce and SAMR did not have an immediate comment when contacted by Reuters on Tuesday. Qualcomm did not respond to requests for comment.
BROADER TALKS IN FOCUS
China is unlikely to approve the deal while broader trade talks and discussion around ZTE are still in the balance, but it could quickly give the go-ahead at the “right political moment”, antitrust lawyers and people close to Qualcomm said.
“Because of the current trade tensions and the ZTE incident they are just waiting for the right timing to do it,” said one Beijing-based antitrust lawyer, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak about the matter.
He added that Chinese regulators had already been looking at the case for a “very long time” and had identified remedies that Qualcomm needed to implement to resolve competition issues and push the deal through.
“From a procedural perspective, (the Chinese regulators) could clear the case even tomorrow or this week,” he said.
Clinching the deal is key for Qualcomm, which is looking to diversify its customer base and become the leading chip supplier to the fast-growing automotive market.
The sharp change in Trump’s stance on ZTE has fueled optimism about the prospects of the deal, sources said.
“This is the first positive indicator I’ve seen for some time,” said a third U.S.-based technology industry executive with knowledge of the deal.
“For suppliers to ZTE - including Qualcomm, Google, Intel and InterDigital - positive engagement is a good outcome.”
Reporting by Michael Martina and Matt Miller in BEIJING, Adam Jourdan in SHANGHAI and Greg Roumeliotis in NEW YORK; Writing by Adam Jourdan; Editing by Himani Sarkar
Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-qualcomm/qualcomm-nxp-deal-still-on-hold-in-china-trade-talks-with-u-s-eyed-sources-idUSKCN1IG1JI
United States Patent 9,973,297
Marinier , et al. May 15, 2018
System and method for adaptive modulation
Abstract
Systems, methods, and/or techniques for improving downlink spectrum efficiency may be disclosed. For example, a higher order modulation (HOM) transmission may be provided to a device. The higher order modulation transmission may be configured to be indicated by the network or a device. Additionally, multiple modulation and coding scheme (MCS) tables, transport block size (TBS) tables, and/or channel quality index (CQI) tables may be provided to support the higher order modulation transmission.
Inventors:
Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Tooher; J. Patrick (Montreal, CA), Pelletier; Ghyslain (Laval, CA), Rudolf; Marian (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
N/A
DE
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003294365
Appl. No.:
14/760,373
Filed:
January 11, 2014
PCT Filed:
January 11, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/011180
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
July 10, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2014/110467
PCT Pub. Date:
July 17, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150358111 A1 Dec 10, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61821189 May 8, 2013
61857397 Jul 23, 2013
61751557 Jan 11, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 1/0016 (20130101); H04L 1/0003 (20130101); H04L 27/0008 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04L 1/0026 (20130101); H04L 1/1854 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 27/28 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 1/00 (20060101); H04L 27/00 (20060101); H04L 1/18 (20060101)
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United States Patent 9,973,322
Wang , et al. May 15, 2018
Data split between multiple sites
Abstract
Splitting data in a wireless communications network. Data may be split to use multiple base stations for transmission to user equipment in order to improve the bandwith if a UE is on a cell edge, or may be split by user equipment for transmission to multiple base stations in order to improve handover. Data splitting may be performed at the Packet Data Convergence Protocol layer, at the Radio Link Control layer, or at the Media Access Control layer on user equipment or on a base station. Data may instead be split in a network node, such as in a serving gateway, in order to reduce X2 interface load or delay carrier aggregation.
Inventors:
Wang; Carl (Melville, NY), Li; Kai (Highland Park, NJ), Movva; Sasidhar (Superior, CO), Pietraski; Philip J. (Jericho, NY), Kaur; Samian (Plymouth Meeting, PA), Zeira; Ariela (Huntington, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003294388
Appl. No.:
15/207,422
Filed:
July 11, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160323790 A1 Nov 3, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13578735 9392515
PCT/US2011/024438 Feb 11, 2011
61304377 Feb 12, 2010
61303769 Feb 12, 2010
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 5/0091 (20130101); H04B 7/15592 (20130101); H04L 5/0007 (20130101); H04L 61/2007 (20130101); H04W 28/08 (20130101); H04W 36/08 (20130101); H04W 92/20 (20130101); H04B 7/022 (20130101); H04B 7/15 (20130101); H04L 5/0053 (20130101); H04W 36/28 (20130101); H04W 92/10 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04B 7/155 (20060101); H04W 28/08 (20090101); H04W 36/08 (20090101); H04L 29/12 (20060101); H04B 7/15 (20060101); H04B 7/022 (20170101); H04W 36/28 (20090101); H04W 92/10 (20090101); H04W 92/20 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,973,404
Pelletier , et al. May 15, 2018
Connectivity robustness in wireless systems
Abstract
Systems and methods are contemplated for reconfiguration of one or more MAC instances while the WTRU is operating using dual- or multi-MAC instance connectivity. For example, upon reception of RRC reconfiguration information that modifies one or more secondary MAC instances, the WTRU may transmit a reconfiguration complete message to a Macro eNB (MeNB) and may synchronize to small-cell or secondary eNB (SeNB), for example if triggered by one or more of an RRC flag, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order (MeNB/SeNB), MAC activation information, etc. For example, the WTRU may synchronize to the SeNB for specific type(s) of RRC reconfigurations, but not other type(s) of RRC reconfigurations. Although examples may be described in terms of dual connectivity, the WTRU may establish connectivity and perform mobility procedures with more than two radio access network (RAN) nodes (e.g., eNBs), and the embodiments described may be equally applicable to those scenarios.
Inventors:
Pelletier; Ghyslain (Montreal, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003295789
Appl. No.:
15/033,619
Filed:
October 30, 2014
PCT Filed:
October 30, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/063263
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
April 29, 2016
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2015/066385
PCT Pub. Date:
May 07, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160285716 A1 Sep 29, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61937990 Feb 10, 2014
61897550 Oct 30, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 43/0811 (20130101); H04L 5/0098 (20130101); H04L 61/6022 (20130101); H04W 74/0833 (20130101); H04W 72/0413 (20130101); H04W 76/20 (20180201); H04L 5/001 (20130101); H04W 76/15 (20180201)
Current International Class: H04L 12/26 (20060101); H04L 29/12 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 74/08 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,973,751
He , et al. May 15, 2018
Slice base skip mode signaling for multiple layer video coding
Abstract
Methods and apparatus may be used to signal slice skip mode of a multiple layer scalable coding system. A correlation between the corresponding regions of video signals in multiple layers and inter-layer processing techniques may make it possible to infer a slice or picture in the enhancement layer from the corresponding region in a base layer picture. Accordingly, a video stream may be encoded to indicate that an enhancement layer slice or picture may be skipped.
Inventors:
He; Yong (San Diego, CA), Ye; Yan (San Diego, CA), He; Yuwen (San Diego, CA), Xiu; Xiaoyu (San Diego, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
VID SCALE, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
VID SCALE, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003296349
Appl. No.:
13/968,695
Filed:
August 16, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20140050264 A1 Feb 20, 2014
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61683923 Aug 16, 2012
61705701 Sep 26, 2012
61828369 May 29, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04N 19/587 (20141101); H04N 19/132 (20141101); H04N 19/174 (20141101); H04N 19/70 (20141101); H04N 19/33 (20141101); H04N 19/46 (20141101); H04N 19/463 (20141101); H04N 19/187 (20141101)
Current International Class: H04N 11/02 (20060101); H04N 19/587 (20140101); H04N 19/70 (20140101); H04N 19/33 (20140101); H04N 19/187 (20140101); H04N 19/174 (20140101); H04N 19/132 (20140101); H04N 19/46 (20140101); H04N 19/463 (20140101)
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United States Patent 9,973,966
Karampatsis , et al. May 15, 2018
User-plane congestion management
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems for user-plane congestion management are provided. Among these method, apparatuses and systems is a method, implementable by a base station (and/or a serving gateway), for mitigating user plane congestion. The method may include sending a congestion indication to a core network; receiving a general packet radio system (GPRS) tunneling protocol (GTP) packet including an first internet protocol (IP) packet associated with a first flow within a bearer; obtaining, from a header of the GTP packet, an indicator indicative of a priority of the IP packet, wherein the indicator was inserted into the header of the GTP packet by the core network responsive to the congestion indication; and dropping any of the GTP packet and the first IP packet on condition that a priority of a second IP packet associated with second flow within the bearer takes precedence over the priority of the first IP packet.
Inventors:
Karampatsis; Dimitrios (Middlesex, GB), Kaur; Samian (Plymouth Meeting, PA), Adjakple; Pascal M. (Great Neck, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003294874
Appl. No.:
14/759,818
Filed:
January 10, 2014
PCT Filed:
January 10, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/011099
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
July 08, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2014/110410
PCT Pub. Date:
July 17, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160112896 A1 Apr 21, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61806807 Mar 29, 2013
61751550 Jan 11, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 28/0289 (20130101); H04L 47/22 (20130101); H04W 72/1242 (20130101); H04W 28/0252 (20130101); H04W 28/0268 (20130101); H04L 47/32 (20130101)
Current International Class: G01R 31/08 (20060101); H04W 28/02 (20090101); H04L 12/823 (20130101); H04L 12/815 (20130101); H04W 72/12 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,973,994
Somasundaram , et al. May 15, 2018
Cell selection and reselection for closed subscriber group cells
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods are provided for performing cell reselection. A method includes camping on a non-closed subscriber group (CSG) cell that is selected using frequency priorities; scanning other frequencies for non-CSG cells and CSG cells; detecting a CSG cell being a highest ranked cell on a frequency different than a frequency of the non-CSG cell that the WTRU is camped on; and selecting the detected CSG cell, being on a whitelist, and disregarding the frequency priorities in cell selection.
Inventors:
Somasundaram; Shankar (Sunnyvale, CA), Wang; Peter S. (E. Setauket, NY), Olvera-Hernandez; Ulises (London, GB), Mukherjee; Rajat P. (Toronto, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003294893
Appl. No.:
15/440,197
Filed:
February 23, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170164261 A1 Jun 8, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14880788 Oct 12, 2015 9615303
13674450 Oct 13, 2015 9161298
12410075 Nov 13, 2012 8310946
61082013 Jul 18, 2008
61038833 Mar 24, 2008
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 36/30 (20130101); H04J 11/0093 (20130101); H04W 24/02 (20130101); H04W 48/16 (20130101); H04W 48/20 (20130101); H04W 36/14 (20130101); H04W 84/045 (20130101); H04W 4/06 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 4/06 (20090101); H04W 36/30 (20090101); H04J 11/00 (20060101); H04W 48/16 (20090101); H04W 48/20 (20090101); H04W 24/02 (20090101); H04W 36/14 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,974,090
Watfa , et al. May 15, 2018
EPC enhancements for proximity services
Abstract
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to describe reporting and/or reacting to a mobility event. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may comprise a processor configured, at least in part, to establish a proximity service (ProSe) session with a second WTRU, detect the occurrence of a mobility event in a cellular network while the ProSe session is ongoing, determine a type of action to be performed with respect to the ProSe session based on one or more of the type of mobility event and type of ProSe session, and transmit a notification to a node in the cellular network, wherein the notification includes an indication of an action to be performed on the ProSe session. The node may be one of an evolved Node B (eNB), proximity server, or mobility management entity (MME). The node may be the second WTRU.
Inventors:
Watfa; Mahmoud (Saint Leonard, CA), Wang; Guanzhou (Brossard, CA), Ahmad; Saad (Montreal, CA), Sun; Li-Hsiang (Smithtown, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003295814
Appl. No.:
14/902,079
Filed:
July 3, 2014
PCT Filed:
July 03, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/045453
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
December 30, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2015/003153
PCT Pub. Date:
January 08, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160374104 A1 Dec 22, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61842877 Jul 3, 2013
61880822 Sep 20, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/10 (20130101); H04W 36/0011 (20130101); H04W 4/80 (20180201); H04W 76/23 (20180201); H04W 36/0022 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/10 (20090101); H04W 4/00 (20180101); H04W 36/00 (20090101
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AT&T’s LTE network to support out-of-sight flying in new federal drone tests
by Mike Dano | May 11, 2018 12:07pm
AT&T confirmed it is working with both the city of San Diego and the commonwealth of Virginia to support major tests of drone technology. Importantly, the carrier said its LTE network will be used to support “beyond visual line of sight” drone flying, meaning drone pilots will navigate their drones in real time via a connection to the device through AT&T’s LTE network rather than just watching the drones.
The two tests are part of an undertaking by the U.S. secretary of transportation to create a regulatory framework that can integrate drones into the nation’s airspace. USDOT said this week it selected 10 state, local and tribal governments—which include the city of San Diego and the commonwealth of Virginia—as participants in its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. The White House initiative partners the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with local, state and tribal governments, “which then partner with private sector participants to safely explore the further integration of drone operations,” according to a USDOT release.
“For these projects we’ll use our Flying Cell On Wings (COW) to provide LTE cellular coverage in coverage-denied environments, including after disasters and during emergency operations. Our LTE cellular network will also be used to provide reliable and secure communications in support of the safety case necessary for advanced drone operations, such as beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) for package delivery and linear inspections,” AT&T said in a statement to FierceWireless. “In addition to helping advance the safe integration of drone operations nationwide, we plan to apply key learnings to FirstNet to give first responder subscribers even more innovative technologies that can help them stay safe and achieve their lifesaving missions.”
Further, the city of San Diego disclosed additional details about the drone tests it plans to run, as well as some of the partners—which include Qualcomm, Uber, Intel, GE, Airmap and others—that it will work with.
“San Diego’s local program will include projects like flying medical specimens from UC San Diego for expedited results and cost savings, testing food delivery from restaurants to consumers using Uber, enhancing public safety by deploying drones to incident scenes in advance of first responders and testing the integration and communication between driverless cars and unmanned aircraft systems,” the city said in a release.
The tests are a significant step in the U.S. government’s approach toward drone regulation. Amateur drone pilots must keep their drones at or below 400 feet and must be able to see the devices at all times, but the FAA is working to allow select companies to test non-line-of-sight technologies for drone piloting. For example, Praxis Aerospace Concepts International (PACI) recently obtained authorization from the FAA to conduct “non-line-of-sight” flying in Nevada, largely due to the company’s use of 700 MHz spectrum that won’t suffer from interference from other users. That means that PACI’s pilots will be able to install cameras on their drones and fly them by watching the real-time video (transmitted over PACI’s 700 MHz network) from the cameras.
Operators like AT&T, not surprisingly, are keen to create a new market of devices that can make use of their networks.
As Reuters noted, the USDOT’s 10 test programs will support a variety of drone applications. For example, Apple plans to use drones to improve the accuracy of its Apple Maps service, while a startup called Flirtey will fly medical equipment on drones to heart-attack victims in Nevada.
Interestingly, Reuters noted that Amazon—which has made clear its desire to build a nationwide fleet of drones to deliver packages for its customers—was not selected by the USDOT to test advanced drone services.
https://www.fiercewireless.com/iot/at-t-s-lte-network-to-support-out-sight-flying-new-federal-drone-tests
Apple-Samsung patent battle revived in California court
Apple and Samsung are facing each other in a California court for a third trial involving the same set of five patents.
Apple was originally awarded $1.05bn (£772m) in 2012 after a jury found the South Korean firm had infringed several of the iPhone's innovations.
That sum was reduced to about $400m after the first retrial and other legal efforts by the Galaxy smartphone-maker.
But a fresh hearing became necessary after a Supreme Court ruling on how the penalties were calculated.
Retrial judge Lucy Koh, who also sat in the first case, has said she intends to apply a "Groundhog Day" rule.
This reference to the 1993 movie, in which a day repeats itself, restricts the two companies to rehashing the evidence they presented before rather than offering up new facts.
Jurors must also stick to the previous judgement that Samsung copied three design patents concerning the look of the original iPhone, and two utility patents involving its pinch-to-zoom feature and bounce-back scrolling effect.
They may, however, decide to settle on a different award, based on the fact the Supreme Court has provided them more latitude.
Neither Apple nor Samsung provided comment when asked.
design patent is a 25-year registered monopoly right, which describes a new, original and ornamental design for a manufactured object.
They are called "registered designs" in Europe and most parts of the world, but "design patents" in the US.
In the current case, Samsung was found guilty of infringing three design patents.
Two concern the front and rear look of the original iPhone's body.
The third covers the graphical user interface showing the layout of apps on its homescreen.
Design dilemma
The retrial centres on several handsets that are no longer sold by Samsung, including the Droid Charge, Mesmerize and Galaxy S2.
Samsung had objected to the size of the design patent portion of the existing penalty, which had been determined by how much profit it had made from selling the handsets.
It argued that consumers had not bought the phones for their aesthetics alone, but also their functionality.
As such, it said, the amount should have been limited to the value of the offending parts and not the complete devices.
In December 2016, eight Supreme Court judges sided with its argument, and ruled that it was wrong that lower courts should always consider the "relevant article of manufacture" in such cases to be the end product sold to consumers.
Instead, the judges unanimously decided that an award could be based solely on the value of the components involved.
However, the justices did not set out how this should be applied in practice.
Instead, they referred the matter back to the federal court.
As a result, the California jury will still need to determine what was the "relevant article of manufacture" in this case - the complete infringing smartphones or just some of their parts.
Apple may say it should still be the former in this dispute, arguing that the phones would have had no value without the designs of their bodies and user interface.
Whatever the verdict, it is likely to set a precedent for other US-based patent disputes.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44108835
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03/29/2018 1,278,130 (5.39) 234,686 5.45
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