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United States Patent 9,893,844
Terry , et al. February 13, 2018
Method and system for supporting multiple hybrid automatic repeat request processes per transmission time interval
Abstract
A method and apparatus may be used for supporting multiple hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) processes per transmission time interval (TTI). A transmitter and a receiver may include a plurality of H-ARQ processes. Each H-ARQ process may transmit and receive one TB per TTI. The transmitter may generate a plurality of TBs and assign each TB to a H-ARQ process. The transmitter may send control information for each TB, which may include H-ARQ information associated TBs with the TBs. The transmitter may send the TBs using the associated H-ARQ processes simultaneously per TTI. After receiving the TBs, the receiver may send feedback for each of the H-ARQ processes and associated TBs indicating successful or unsuccessful receipt of each of the TBs to the transmitter. The feedback for multiple TBs may be combined for the simultaneously transmitted H-ARQ processes, (i.e., TBs).
Inventors:
Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Olesen; Robert L. (Huntington, 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:
1000003117706
Appl. No.:
15/018,227
Filed:
February 8, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160156436 A1 Jun 2, 2016
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14467880 Aug 25, 2014 9258096
14082986 Aug 26, 2014 8819514
13735515 Nov 19, 2013 8589753
13309713 Jan 8, 2013 8352824
11670202 Dec 6, 2011 8074137
60839462 Aug 23, 2006
60765076 Feb 3, 2006
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 1/1861 (20130101); H04B 7/0413 (20130101); H04B 7/0632 (20130101); H04L 1/1607 (20130101); H04L 1/1812 (20130101); H04W 72/0446 (20130101); H04L 5/0053 (20130101); H04L 5/0055 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04W 72/0406 (20130101); H04L 1/1887 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04B 7/06 (20060101); H04B 7/04 (20060101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 1/16 (20060101); G08C 25/02 (20060101)
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United States Patent 9,894,457
Dong , et al. February 13, 2018
Method and apparatus to support M2M content and context based services
Abstract
Devices, computer readable media, and methods for supporting services at an application service layer (ASL) are disclosed. The ASL may be a machine-to-machine (M2M) services capability layer (SCL). Content functions may interpret the data to generate a semantic description of the data. Semantic information associated with data may be stored. Context aware functions may process the semantic description of the data to generate lower level contextual cues. Context aware reasoning functions may process the lower level contextual cues to deduce higher level context. An application or a second ASL may use the contextual cues and the situational context to trigger an action. The ASL may create a trigger condition based on a received message. The ASL may invoke a function based on detecting a trigger condition. The ASL may perform a command based on a received command. The ASL may use a objective function and feedback to control a device.
Inventors:
Dong; Lijun (Bridgeport, PA), Seed; Dale N. (Allentown, PA), Russell, Jr.; Paul L. (Pennington, NJ), Wang; Chonggang (Princeton, NJ), Ding; Zongrui (San Diego, CA), Lu; Guang (Montreal, CA), Akbari; Mohsen (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003120780
Appl. No.:
13/757,331
Filed:
February 1, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20130203394 A1 Aug 8, 2013
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61594629 Feb 3, 2012
61653772 May 31, 2012
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 4/00 (20130101); H04W 4/70 (20180201)
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;455/414.1,514,550.1,561,418-420
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United States Patent 9,894,556
Tomici , et al. February 13, 2018
Methods, systems and apparatus for managing and/or enforcing policies for managing internet protocol ("IP") traffic among multiple accesses of a network
Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus for managing and/or enforcing one or more policies for managing internet protocol ("IP") traffic among multiple accesses of a network in accordance with a policy for managing bandwidth among the multiple accesses are disclosed. Among the methods, systems and apparatus is a method that may include obtaining performance metrics associated with the multiple accesses. The method may also include adapting one or more rules of one or more the policies for managing IP traffic among the plurality of accesses based, at least in part, on the performance metrics and the policy for managing bandwidth among the plurality of accesses. The method may further include managing IP traffic associated with at least one wireless transmit and/or receive unit ("WTRU") among the plurality of accesses responsive to the adapted rules.
Inventors:
Tomici; John L. (Southold, NY), Chitrapu; Prabhakar R. (Blue Bell, PA), Reznik; Alexander (Pennington, NJ), Lopez-Torres; Oscar (Naucalpan, MX), Ye; Chunxuan (San Diego, CA), Patel; Milan (Harrow, GB), Livet; Catherine M. (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003120752
Appl. No.:
15/239,059
Filed:
August 17, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160381594 A1 Dec 29, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13446685 Apr 13, 2012 9473986
61475023 Apr 13, 2011
61546543 Oct 12, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 28/0268 (20130101); H04L 45/123 (20130101); H04L 45/308 (20130101); H04M 15/66 (20130101); H04W 28/0289 (20130101); H04W 28/16 (20130101); H04L 45/38 (20130101); H04W 76/12 (20180201); H04W 88/02 (20130101)
Current International Class: G06F 15/16 (20060101); H04W 28/02 (20090101); H04L 12/721 (20130101); H04L 12/725 (20130101); H04W 28/16 (20090101); H04M 15/00 (20060101); H04W 88/02 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;709/224
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United States Patent 9,894,573
Pani , et al. February 13, 2018
Multi-cell WTRUS configured to perform mobility procedures and methods
Abstract
Dual-cell or multi-cell Wireless Transmit Receive Units (WTRUs) configured to implement mobility procedures are described. The WTRU configurations implement methods to optimize and allow mobility for the procedures of cell search and cell reselection, measurement reporting and inter-frequency handovers, compressed mode measurements, and soft handovers.
Inventors:
Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Pelletier; Benoit (Roxboro, CA), Cave; Christopher R. (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA), Di Girolamo; Rocco (Laval, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilimington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003118263
Appl. No.:
14/951,273
Filed:
November 24, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160080993 A1 Mar 17, 2016
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Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12429466 Apr 24, 2009 9226205
61048128 Apr 25, 2008
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 36/04 (20130101); H04W 36/0016 (20130101); H04W 74/006 (20130101); H04W 36/0083 (20130101); H04W 88/02 (20130101); H04W 36/18 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 36/04 (20090101); H04W 36/00 (20090101); H04W 74/00 (20090101); H04W 36/18 (20090101); H04W 88/02 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;455/436-452 ;370/332
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United States Patent 9,894,618
Shin , et al. February 13, 2018
Wireless device for controlling transmission power
Abstract
A wireless device and a method of operating the wireless device is disclosed for controlling a transmission power of a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). A total transmission power employed by the WTRU when transmitting via a single antenna may be offset by a total transmission power offset value from a total transmission power employed by the WTRU when transmitting via a plurality of antennas.
Inventors:
Shin; Sung-Hyuk (Northvale, NJ), Pietraski; Philip J. (Jericho, NY), Roy; Vincent (Longueuil, CA), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Pan; Kyle Jung-Lin (St. James, NY), Grieco; Donald M. (Manhasset, NY), Stern-Berkowitz; Janet A. (Little Neck, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003120734
Appl. No.:
15/361,852
Filed:
November 28, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170078972 A1 Mar 16, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14628737 Feb 23, 2015 9510294
12725713 Feb 24, 2015 8964868
61160958 Mar 17, 2009
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/27 (20180201); H04W 52/10 (20130101); H04W 52/146 (20130101); H04W 52/42 (20130101); H04W 72/0446 (20130101); H04W 72/0473 (20130101); H04W 52/40 (20130101); H04B 7/024 (20130101); H04B 7/0413 (20130101); H04B 7/0689 (20130101); H04L 1/0003 (20130101); H04W 52/242 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 52/10 (20090101); H04W 52/42 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 52/14 (20090101); H04W 52/40 (20090101); H04L 1/00 (20060101); H04B 7/024 (20170101); H04B 7/06 (20060101); H04B 7/0413 (20170101); H04W 52/24 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,894,655
Pan , et al. February 13, 2018
Adaptive uplink/downlink timeslot assignment in a hybrid wireless time division multiple access/code division multiple access communication system
Abstract
A wireless network device may receive a first list indicating a first assignment for uplink and downlink time intervals in a time division duplex (TDD) frame and determine at least first downlink time intervals based on the first list. The device may receive a second list indicating a second assignment for uplink and downlink time intervals in a TDD frame and determine at least first uplink time intervals based on the second list. The device may determine at least second downlink time intervals and second uplink time intervals based on a third list, wherein the third list indicates a third assignment for uplink and downlink time intervals in a TDD frame, and wherein the second downlink time intervals include downlink time intervals of at least the first downlink time intervals and the second uplink time intervals include uplink time intervals of at least the first uplink time intervals.
Inventors:
Pan; Kyle Jung-Lin (Saint James, NY), Zeira; Ariela (Huntington, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003118306
Appl. No.:
15/470,292
Filed:
March 27, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170201991 A1 Jul 13, 2017
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Patent Number
Issue Date
15161990 May 23, 2016 9609650
14746402 May 24, 2016 9350521
14337868 Jun 23, 2015 9066341
12348637 Sep 23, 2014 8842644
11347340 Jan 6, 2009 7474644
09910329 Feb 7, 2006 6996078
60221009 Jul 27, 2000
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/0446 (20130101); H04B 7/2618 (20130101); H04W 72/1273 (20130101); H04L 5/14 (20130101); H04W 72/1268 (20130101); H04L 5/0073 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 12/28 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04B 7/26 (20060101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04L 5/14 (20060101); H04W 72/12 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,894,686
Di Girolamo , et al. February 13, 2018
Random access in dynamic and shared spectrums
Abstract
Systems and methods for using a communication system in a spectrum are provided. For example, a random access or RACH procedure may be performed where the random access or RACH procedure may be configured to reduce secondary interference and/or to be used in a pixel-based environment. The random access or RACH procedure may include selecting a RACH preamble; sending a RACH preamble and/or format information; determining a transmission power of the RACH preamble and/or the format information; determining a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) and preamble ID associated with the RACH preamble; and/or selecting a physical RACH (PRACH).
Inventors:
Di Girolamo; Rocco (Laval, CA), Freda; Martino M. (Laval, CA), Gauvreau; Jean-Louis (La Prarie, CA), Laughlin; Scott (Montreal, CA), Purkayastha; Debashish (Collegeville, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003118327
Appl. No.:
15/147,274
Filed:
May 5, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160249384 A1 Aug 25, 2016
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Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14380489 9363829
PCT/US2013/027540 Feb 24, 2013
61746797 Dec 28, 2012
61603002 Feb 24, 2012
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 74/0808 (20130101); H04W 72/0446 (20130101); H04W 16/14 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/00 (20090101); H04W 74/08 (20090101); H04W 16/14 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;455/454
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No Happy Ending for Broadcom, Qualcomm
Rick Merritt, SiliconValley Bureau Chief 2/12/2018 02:01 AM EST
Broadcom has a better-than-even chance of acquiring Qualcomm, but it's not the best remedy for problems that the cellular giant largely brought on itself.
Financial and market analysts that I talked to agree that the $121 billion deal is in the best interests of stockholders for the short-term. But long-term, they say that it’s bad for the industry and that Broadcom’s growth-by-acquisition model will not be sustainable.
“I think the deal will be good for Broadcom’s stock price, but as a former engineer, I will weep about it,” said one stock analyst who asked not to be named.
“The Broadcom model is good for stockholders and bad for the industry,” said an industry watcher who also asked not to be named.
They refer to the former Avago’s history of carving up its acquisitions, keeping the best bits, managing their costs tightly, and selling off the rest. It happened with LSI, Broadcom, and Brocade. Qualcomm is the next and largest target of what some former Broadcom executives call Hock Tan’s “financial engineering.”
Tan would sell off Qualcomm’s RF360 joint venture with TDK, its Centriq ARM server group and perhaps a big chunk of its patent portfolio — perhaps even throwing in some patents from the former LSI and classic Broadcom. There’s some debate about whether he would sell off the former CSR Bluetooth and former Atheros Wi-Fi groups.
The crown jewel, of course, is Qualcomm’s cellular baseband franchise and, to a lesser extent, its mobile application processor business, which Tan would tightly manage. Hock Tan once told one analyst, “I sit on the mountaintop, watching farmers plant their fields, and when it’s time for the harvest, I come down and pick it.”
This is a harsh model, but business is harsh. The problem with Tan’s model is that he requires others to plant and water seeds for fruits that he eventually harvests.
Two or three years after what would be by far the biggest merger in the semiconductor industry, his investors would be hungry for growth again. It’s a kind of addiction. Eventually, the king of the mountain looks like the fool on the hill.
Qualcomm is the victim of its own hubris. For decades, it has reportedly charged some of the steepest patent royalties in the cellular industry to recoup its R&D investment. Since the CDMA era, its demands have drawn lawsuits and regulatory actions, culminating in the falling out with Apple and another top customer, said by some to be Huawei.
Qualcomm deserves a premium for leadership engineering in cellular. But how much? I’d love to see a detailed analysis of its research spending relative to its royalty charges, but numbers on the latter remain confidential in today’s opaque patent market.
Clearly, the company makes big investments, but Apple claims that Qualcomm charges five times the royalties of all other cellular patent holders combined. I note that Samsung — another frenemy of Apple — plunked down a staggering $26 billion on capital equipment for its fabs — a whopping 40% of its semiconductor sales in 2017.
The value of a patent is whatever people are willing to pay for it, and Qualcomm has consistently pushed the envelope to the breaking point. It could at any point — even now — recalibrate its IP business model, but I doubt that it will.
My gut tells me that Paul Jacobs would rather let Hock Tan pull out his fingernails than let him buy the company that his father co-founded — even if he got the 13th seat on a merged company’s board. Similarly, I can’t imagine him reforming the business model behind the storied patent wall in its headquarters.
So I suspect that shareholders will decide the company’s fate — more specifically, the few dozen executives who control proxy votes for big institutional investors such as Blackrock, Vanguard, and Fidelity. Experts tell me that they take input from their in-house stock analysts, but in the end, these proxy execs make their own calls.
I called Qualcomm’s top 10 institutional investors. Not a single one would speak with me. So I suspect that there may be no resolution for this matter until the proxy vote on competing slates of directors is announced on or about March 6.
Even then, analysts say that Qualcomm’s deal to buy NXP could throw a monkey wrench into the works. Qualcomm could increase its bid for NXP, and China could approve the deal any day, scaring Broadcom off.
Hock Tan wants a few big leading product franchises to manage and a few juicy pieces to sell off. NXP is not seen as a prize in his eyes, say analysts.
There are many shoes yet to drop in this semiconductor soap opera. None of them look very pretty to me.
— Rick Merritt, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, EE Times
https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1332956
I have read several news items today concerning Qualcomm's most recent rejection of an offer by Broadcom each of which include this refrain about a resolution to the Apple litigation, an example paragraph as follows:
The San Diego chipmaker's board rejected Broadcom's unsolicited offer of $82 per share after the close on Thursday. Qualcomm said the bid provides no value for its pending purchase of NXP Semiconductors NV (NXPI) , for the resolution of licensing disputes with Apple Inc. (AAPL) and for the opportunity to sell a new generation of technology for 5G wireless networks.
MW Apple loses in Qualcomm-Samsung license agreement
Feb 06, 2018 13:32:00 (ET) By Ryan Shrout
Samsung and Qualcomm amend and extend their cross-licensing deal, possibly laying to rest a legal dispute between Qualcomm and Apple
Lost in the shuffle of earnings releases last week was an important announcement (https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2018/01/31/qualcomm-and-samsung-amend-long-term-cross-license-agreement) between Samsung and Qualcomm.
Qualcomm thinks it will be a help in its legal battle with Apple and other vendors over licensing disputes. Qualcomm believes the extension of its licensing agreement with Samsung will enable it to lay to rest the combative legal dispute with the iPhone maker and bring along with it a boost in revenue through back-pay and future royalties.
With news leaking over the weekend of an upgraded buyout offer (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qualcomm-m-a-broadcom-exclusive/exclusive-broadcom-to-raise-qualcomm-bid-in-push-for-talks-sources-say-idUSKBN1FO0SG) from Broadcom (AVGO), Qualcomm (QCOM) continues to look for ways to show its value and potential for growth to shareholders. The battle with Apple (AAPL), along with the pending legal concerns in various regions, is one angle the market is watching to measure Qualcomm's long-term value.
In the announcement last week, Samsung and Qualcomm agreed to amend and extend their cross-licensing agreement that allows the companies to use each other's technologies in product development. Most importantly, the Samsung agreement is part of a device-level license, meaning Qualcomm will earn a fixed amount for every smartphone Samsung ships. As Samsung is the world's largest provider of phones in the world, this is a significant win for Qualcomm.
But the underlying implication of this agreement should have an impact on the ongoing legal battles between Qualcomm and Apple surrounding these very same licensing methods. The crux of Apple's dispute is that per-device licensing fees are fundamentally disadvantageous to everyone in the market, except for Qualcomm. Apple is fighting to tear up the current agreements that Qualcomm has with its vendors (which Apple is using to build its phones and avoid a direct agreement with Qualcomm) and force a per-segment or per-family licensing fee that it believes is fairer and, obviously, much less expensive.
The renewed agreement with Samsung is a sign that the largest mobile-technology providers in the marketplace do not view the business practices of Qualcomm as overly aggressive or unreasonable. If Samsung finds it fair and necessary to engage with Qualcomm to license the company's patent portfolio, all while maintaining record revenue growth, there is little reason that Apple cannot, and will not, have to do the same. This marks another data point, and a big one, for Qualcomm in the ongoing legal fight.
Also important is that Samsung has agreed to step away from its involvement in the Korean Fair Trade Commission investigation (and current appeal) into Qualcomm's licensing practices and business models. Considering Samsung was the instigator of the inquiry by the KFTC, this provides a higher likelihood of the appeal from the San Diego-based company being approved. In a year that has seen several legal setbacks fall upon Qualcomm, the removal of the KFTC complaint would be welcome news.
Though details were sparse in the agreement announcement, the easy assumption is that Qualcomm offered Samsung an advantageous agreement in order to help clear the battle with the KFTC and use in the battle with Apple. Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) regulations do specify that licensors must offer equal terms for all partners, regardless of size and situation. But nothing precludes Qualcomm from providing additional resources (engineering help), access to additional intellectual property (IP) that would otherwise not be available, etc.
A second announcement between Qualcomm and Samsung (https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2018/01/31/qualcomm-and-samsung-announce-expanded-strategic-relationship) on the same day, also overlooked amid the mass discussion over financials, mentions an expansion of the "strategic relationship" between the Korean technology company and Qualcomm's product division. Details are again limited, but it includes wording that can give us clues. Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon says the new agreement will be "driving core mobile technology into many different segments." This might include the use of Snapdragon processors in more of Samsung's smartphones, a new family of Samsung Windows 10 PCs using Snapdragon hardware, or even something surrounding process technology and foundry agreements.
Ryan Shrout is the founder and lead analyst at Shrout Research (https://www.shroutresearch.com/), and the owner of PC Perspective (http://pcper.com/). Follow him on Twitter @ryanshrout (https://twitter.com/ryanshrout).
-Ryan Shrout; 415-439-6400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com
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United States Patent 9,887,752
Xi , et al. February 6, 2018
Managing control signaling overhead for multi-carrier HSDPA
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing control signaling overhead for a multi-carrier HSDPA (MC-HSDPA) may be disclosed. In particular, a plurality of downlink carriers may be received and bundled or paired. Configuration information indicative of the bundling may then be generated and transmitted. Additionally, one or more components such as antennas, user equipment (UE), and the like may receive an indication of a configuration or state via a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) order where the indication includes order bits and order types and the configuration may be applied to activate and/or deactivate the components or operations such as uplink closed-loop transmit diversity (CLTD), uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). The order bits and/or order types may also be extended to support the activation/deactivation of additional carriers of MC-HSDPA.
Inventors:
Xi; Fengjun (San Diego, CA), Cai; Lujing (Morganville, NJ), Levy; Joseph S. (Merrick, NY), Pelletier; Benoit (Roxboro, CA), Zhang; Hong O. (Manalapan, NJ)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003104449
Appl. No.:
15/177,857
Filed:
June 9, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160294459 A1 Oct 6, 2016
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Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13371320 Feb 10, 2012 9407404
61441949 Feb 11, 2011
61480804 Apr 29, 2011
61522972 Aug 12, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04B 7/06 (20130101); H04L 5/001 (20130101); H04L 5/0098 (20130101); H04W 72/0406 (20130101); H04L 5/003 (20130101); H04L 5/0058 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04B 7/06 (20060101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/328,329,338,401,465
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United States Patent 9,887,808
Kwak , et al. February 6, 2018
Method and apparatus for implementing space frequency block coding in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing wireless communication system
Abstract
The present invention is related to a method and apparatus for implementing space frequency block coding (SFBC) in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless communication system. The present invention is applicable to both a closed loop mode and an open loop mode. In the closed loop mode, power loading and eigen-beamforming are performed based on channel state information (CSI). A channel coded data stream is multiplexed into two or more data streams. Power loading is performed based on the CSI on each of the multiplexed data streams. SFBC encoding is performed on the data streams for each of the paired subcarriers. Then, eigen-beamforming is performed based on the CSI to distribute eigenbeams to multiple transmit antennas. The power loading may be performed on two or more SFBC encoding blocks or on each eigenmodes. Additionally, the power loading may be performed across subcarriers or subcarrier groups for weak eigenmodes.
Inventors:
Kwak; Jaeyoung (Morganville, NJ), Olesen; Robert L. (Huntington, NY), Bultan; Aykut (Santa Clara, CA), Zeira; Eldad M. (Huntington, NY), Koo; Changsoo (Melville, NY), Ozluturk; Fatih M. (Sands Point, NY), Huang; Yuejin (Coram, NY), Pasad; Kalpendu R. (Cupertino, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003106110
Appl. No.:
15/433,011
Filed:
February 15, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170163382 A1 Jun 8, 2017
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Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
15061703 Mar 4, 2016 9608772
14695989 Apr 5, 2016 9306702
14021783 Jun 9, 2015 9054924
12360351 Sep 10, 2013 8532210
11201695 Mar 17, 2009 7505529
60601338 Aug 12, 2004
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04B 7/0417 (20130101); H04B 7/066 (20130101); H04B 7/0626 (20130101); H04B 7/0632 (20130101); H04L 1/0003 (20130101); H04L 1/0009 (20130101); H04L 1/0026 (20130101); H04L 5/006 (20130101); H04L 5/0007 (20130101); H04L 27/156 (20130101); H04L 27/2626 (20130101); H04L 1/0606 (20130101); Y02B 70/30 (20130101); H04L 2027/0046 (20130101); H04L 5/0023 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 27/26 (20060101); H04L 1/00 (20060101); H04L 1/06 (20060101); H04B 7/0417 (20170101); H04L 27/156 (20060101); H04B 7/06 (20060101); H04L 27/00 (20060101); H04L 5/00 (20060101)
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United States Patent 9,887,828
Pelletier , et al. February 6, 2018
Component carrier activation/deactivation in multi carrier systems
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for addressing wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) behavior in response to configuration, configuration parameters and access issues related to the activation/deactivation process when the WTRU may be configured with multiple serving cells or carrier aggregation.
Inventors:
Pelletier; Ghyslain (Montreal, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Rudolf; Marian (Montreal, CA), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Olesen; Robert L. (Huntington, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003104516
Appl. No.:
15/254,332
Filed:
September 1, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160373233 A1 Dec 22, 2016
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14522801 Oct 24, 2014 9491793
12950622 Dec 23, 2014 8917605
61262810 Nov 19, 2009
61293520 Jan 8, 2010
61304149 Feb 12, 2010
61307803 Feb 24, 2010
61314446 Mar 16, 2010
61330150 Apr 30, 2010
61355756 Jun 17, 2010
61373678 Aug 13, 2010
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 5/0098 (20130101); H04L 5/001 (20130101); H04W 24/10 (20130101); H04W 52/365 (20130101); H04W 72/0406 (20130101); H04W 76/025 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04W 76/068 (20130101); H04W 52/34 (20130101); H04W 76/028 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 52/36 (20090101); H04W 24/10 (20090101); H04W 52/34 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/329
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United States Patent 9,888,503
Wang , et al. February 6, 2018
Fast initial link setup discovery frames
Abstract
A method for fast initial link setup (FILS) for use in a wireless station, is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a FILS discovery (FD) frame from an access point (AP). The FD frame comprises an FD frame control field and FD frame contents. The FD frame control field comprises a service set identifier (SSID) indicator, indicating whether an SSID field in the FD frame contents contains a full SSID or a short SSID and an SSID length field, indicating a size of the full SSID or the short SSID contained in the SSID field in the FD frame contents. The method further comprises determining whether to associate with the AP based on the received FD frame; and on a condition the determination is positive, the method further comprises transmitting an association request frame to the AP. A wireless station is also disclosed.
Inventors:
Wang; Lei (San Diego, CA), Murias; Ronald G. (Calgary, CA), Targali; Yousif (Sammamish, WA), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Olesen; Robert L. (Huntington, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003105112
Appl. No.:
14/985,669
Filed:
December 31, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160157279 A1 Jun 2, 2016
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Application Number
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Patent Number
Issue Date
13933401 Jul 2, 2013 9232548
61667600 Jul 3, 2012
61695177 Aug 30, 2012
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/021 (20130101); H04W 48/12 (20130101); H04W 48/16 (20130101); H04W 84/12 (20130101); H04W 36/0061 (20130101); H04W 48/18 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04W 48/12 (20090101); H04W 48/16 (20090101); H04W 36/00 (20090101); H04W 84/12 (20090101); H04W 48/18 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/328-339
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United States Patent 9,888,522
Pani , et al. February 6, 2018
Method and apparatus for enabling and disabling a supplementary downlink carrier
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for multi cell wireless communication, wherein a status of a secondary serving cell is determined. On the condition that the secondary serving cell is disabled, a Hybrid Repeat Request (HARQ) process associated with the secondary serving cell is released.
Inventors:
Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Pelletier; Benoit (Roxboro, CA), Cave; Christopher R. (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003106084
Appl. No.:
14/834,256
Filed:
August 24, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150365998 A1 Dec 17, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12615871 Nov 10, 2009 9155122
61113149 Nov 10, 2008
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/064 (20130101); H04L 1/1812 (20130101); H04W 76/046 (20130101); H04L 1/1835 (20130101); H04W 52/0216 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04L 1/1822 (20130101); Y02B 70/30 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04W 52/02 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/252
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Broadcom Pressures Qualcomm to Negotiate After Raising Bid
By Ian King February 05, 2018 ?12?:?21? ?PM
Broadcom Ltd. offered Qualcomm Inc.’s shareholders a $16 billion bigger payday, ratcheting up the pressure on its rival chipmaker to negotiate while deriding Qualcomm’s plan for independence as “pie in the sky.”
“Any rational board would engage with us,” Broadcom Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan said in an interview. “It’s an offer that provides more value to the shareholders of Qualcomm than any standalone value that Qualcomm has tried, or may think they can try to create.”
Broadcom early Monday raised its bid for Qualcomm to about $121 billion in an attempt to force what could be the largest-ever technology deal. The new offer of $82 a share is 17 percent higher than an opening proposal in November that was rejected. It’s the “best and final” proposal, Broadcom said.
Tan is raising the stakes for Qualcomm Chief Executive Officer Steve Mollenkopf to come talk or face a March shareholder vote that could oust his board. Investors contacted by Bloomberg at the time of the initial bid said they would need more than $80 a share to side with Broadcom. Qualcomm said Monday it had received Broadcom’s revised proposal and would review the offer before responding.
Mollenkopf dismissed the earlier bid as not even warranting consideration and his team has avoided responding to outreach, according to Tan. The two men disagree on the future of the industry and have opposite views on how a semiconductor company should be run. Broadcom believes the boom years are over and expensive spending to get into new areas is a waste of shareholder money. Qualcomm’s leaders argue that a new growth surge is just around the corner.
The proposed combination would cap more than two years of consolidation in the semiconductor industry and create the world’s third-largest chipmaker, with products in almost all smartphones.
Qualcomm has argued that regulators would be unlikely to quickly, if ever, approve such a combination. Tan has said he’s already identified two minor businesses that overlap and assured regulators that he’d spin them off to speed approval. Broadcom also has started regulatory approval processes in the U.S., China and the European Union, the company’s antitrust lawyer Daniel Wall, of Latham & Watkins, said Monday.
Tan said he’s prepared to offer a breakup fee that would be in the multiple-billions of dollars and at the high end of the range typically offered in such circumstances. He’ll also offer shareholders payments that increase with time if regulatory approval takes longer than the year he’s forecasting, something that will give Broadcom an incentive to get it done quickly.
“For Qualcomm, while the price is higher, the ‘best and final’ nature of the deal may be viewed as increasing the chance [Broadcom] could walk,” Stacy Rasgon, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. wrote in a note to investors. “We suspect the price is still below what [Qualcomm] is looking for; at a minimum by the metrics they outlined a few weeks ago they would likely still consider an $82 bid as undervaluing them.”
Current Qualcomm board member Paul Jacobs, and one other, have been invited to join the new board, Broadcom said.
The offer also hinges on Qualcomm’s ongoing $47 billion purchase of NXP Semiconductors NV. Investors have piled into the stock, arguing Qualcomm’s $110-a-share offer must be improved. But Broadcom said the NXP deal must either be concluded at the current offer or terminated. Qualcomm shares fell 2.8 percent to $64.24 at 11:01 a.m. in New York. Broadcom rose 2.9 percent and NXP was little changed.
Broadcom’s hostile bid for the larger San Diego-based company is the latest and most audacious move by Tan in a string of deals that have made his company one of the world’s largest suppliers of semiconductors. He wants Qualcomm for its leading smartphone modem chip division, an example of what he calls a “franchise” that will continue to dominate.
Qualcomm has countered that its future is much brighter as a standalone company. The chipmaker says it’s on the cusp of breaking into new markets for products such as servers, personal computers and autos, putting it on a path to becoming much bigger.
That argument has been hurt by attacks on its licensing business. Regulators around the world are fining or investigating Qualcomm, supporting elements of Apple Inc.’s claims in a lawsuit against the company that it abuses its dominant position. Qualcomm has countered that it expects to win in court over time.
The fate of Qualcomm’s licensing business is key to its future. The company is unique in the chip industry because most of its profit comes from charging fees on patents that cover the fundamentals of all modern phone systems. That cash influx fuels industry leading research and design that in turn helps its chip unit build products that dominate the smartphone industry.
Investors will have to choose whether they want to take the money from Broadcom now or sit tight and hope for a favorable resolution of its legal entanglements and for the promised new market growth to kick in.
Before reports of Broadcom’s initial offer in November, Qualcomm’s stock had been trading at less than $55, partly because of worries its earnings would continue to be hurt by customers such as Apple refusing to pay license fees.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-05/broadcom-pressures-qualcomm-to-negotiate-after-raising-bid
Qualcomm and Samsung amend cross-license agreement, team up for 5G
Samsung inked a licensing agreement covering both 3G and 4G with Qualcomm back in 2009 for use of the latter’s CDMA2000, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and OFDMA patents. The company would pay $1.3 billion for use of Qualcomm’s patents. The $1.3 billion upfront payment granted Samsung a license to use Qualcomm’s patents for 15 years while also paying additional royalties but the royalty rate was not disclosed. Qualcomm’s royalty rate is said to be different for every company and Samsung reportedly pays some of the lowest rates due to massive volumes.
Qualcomm and Samsung today announced an expansion of the 2009 global patent cross-license agreement covering mobile devices and infrastructure equipment. Qualcomm is yet to provide specifics of the new deal but the head of its licensing division Alex Rogers said during the earnings call today that Samsung will continue to pay royalties on handset sales, instead of combining the royalty agreement with its chip purchases.
Samsung agrees to drop regulatory action
Qualcomm was hit with a $825 million fine by the South Korean Fair Trade Commission in December last year after a three-year investigation. The KFTC accused Qualcomm of having an “unfair business model” and creating a monopoly. The company was also ordered to negotiate with rival chipmakers on patent licensing in good faith and to renegotiate its chip supply agreements with handset makers if requested.
Samsung was one of the few companies enlisted for reference by the KFTC during its investigation and the company also filed its interventions in Qualcomm’s appeal of the regulator’s decision. Samsung will now be withdrawing its interventions in Qualcomm’s appeal of the KFTC decision in the Seoul High Court as part of this new agreement.
This deal comes at a crucial time for Qualcomm as it looks to solve its legal matters while trying to fend off a hostile takeover bid from Broadcom. It will hope that this deal with Samsung sends a signal to investors that it’s capable of mending its relationships with customers without Broadcom’s help.
“We believe this amended agreement provides the foundation for a long-term, stable relationship with Samsung following the KFTC investigation,” said Rogers.
Qualcomm and Samsung have also inked a multi-year strategic relationship agreement to enhance cooperation in various technology areas and across a range of mobile devices. This agreement extends the companies’ relationship through the transition to 5G.
https://www.sammobile.com/news/qualcomm-and-samsung-amend-cross-license-agreement-team-up-for-5g/
Qualcomm hopes Samsung deal will fix its antitrust woes
The two companies will work together on 5G tech.
Rachel England, @rachel_england 02.01.18 in Business
Troubled chipmaker Qualcomm has struck a deal with Samsung that may quash its hefty antitrust case in South Korea and ward off a rumoured hostile bid takeover from rival Broadcom. While the exact terms of the deal haven't been disclosed, the new patent cross-licensing agreement stipulates that Samsung "will be withdrawing" its interventions in Qualcomm's appeal against its $854 million fine from the Korean Fair Trade Commission.
The two companies plan to work together on Qualcomm's processors, facilitating a "transition to 5G". Qualcomm has already agreed similar commitments from a number of Chinese smartphone makers, including Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo. The partnership will surely help to counteract the damaging effects of the numerous fines and legal battles the company has faced in recent times. The deal was announced as Qualcomm reported first-quarter revenue growth of just one percent, after it swung to a net loss of $6 billion in the three months ending December 2017. It needs to start demonstrating strong growth again if it's to avoid a hostile takeover bid from rival Broadcom which, if successful, would be the biggest takeover in tech history.
https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/01/qualcomm-hopes-samsung-deal-will-fix-its-antitrust-woes/
2018 iPhones Expected to Use Intel Modems Exclusively
Qualcomm's legal battles with Apple mean the company's modems probably won't be used in new iPhone models this year.
Matthew Humphries Icon By Matthew Humphries February 5, 2018 8:45AM EST
The European Commission fined Qualcomm $1.2 billion last month after it found the company had paid off Apple to use its chips exclusively between 2011 and 2016. Now, in a complete reversal of fortunes, analysts believe we won't see any Qualcomm modems in this year's iPhone models.
As MacRumors reports, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Choo Kuo has revised his stance on the use of Qualcomm modems in 2018 iPhones. Initially he expected about 30 percent of modems to be provided by Qualcomm and the rest sourced from Intel. Now Kuo believes Intel will supply all the modems Apple requires, pushing Qualcomm out completely.
There seems to be two key reasons for a shift to Intel as an exclusive supply partner this year. The first is Qualcomm's ongoing legal action against Apple, which accuses the company of failing to protect Qualcomm's trade secrets as well as several allegations regarding modem performance, meddling in agreements with manufacturers, and breached agreements between the two companies. Qualcomm even went so far as to file suit against Apple's device manufacturers (Foxconn, Pegatron, Wistron, and Compal Electronics). With such a legal battle in full swing, you can understand why Apple would prefer not to be a customer.
The second reason is the fact Intel now has a modem Apple can use across all US networks. The Intel XMM 7560 modem includes support for GSM and CDMA, which allows the same modem chip to be used for iPhones on AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint.
In the short term, Kuo believes it makes sense for Apple to choose Intel and therefore put extra pressure on Qualcomm to look again at its legal action against them. Longer term, however, he doesn't believe Intel will remain an exclusive supplier. It may be Apple finds another company to provide some of those modems beyond 2018, or Qualcomm could return as a supplier depending on its actions.
In terms of anyone planning to purchase a new iPhone model in 2018, it makes zero difference which modem is inside as long as it works.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/359008/2018-iphones-expected-to-use-intel-modems-exclusively
United States Patent 9,882,684
Gauvreau , et al. January 30, 2018
Method and apparatus for operating supplementary cells in licensed exempt spectrum
Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating supplementary cells in licensed exempt (LE) spectrum. An aggregating cell operating in a frequency division duplex (FDD) licensed spectrum is aggregated with a LE supplementary cell operating in a time sharing mode for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) operations. The LE supplementary cell may be an FDD supplementary cell dynamically configurable between an UL only mode, a DL only mode, and a shared mode, to match requested UL and DL traffic ratios. The LE supplementary cell may be a time division duplex (TDD) supplementary cell. The TDD supplementary cell may be dynamically configurable between multiple TDD configurations. A coexistence capability for coordinating operations between the LE supplementary cell with other systems operating in the same channel is provided. Coexistence gaps are provided to measure primary/secondary user usage and permit other systems operating in the LE supplementary cell channel to access the channel.
Inventors:
Gauvreau; Jean-Louis (La Prairie, CA), Freda; Martino M. (Laval, CA), Lin; Zinan (Basking Ridge, NJ), Murray; Joseph M. (Schwenksville, PA), Ye; Chunxuan (San Diego, CA), Bala; Erdem (East Meadow, NY), Beluri; Mihaela C. (Jericho, NY), Castor; Douglas R. (Norristown, PA), Chincholi; Amith V. (Sunnyvale, CA), Cuffaro; Angelo A. (Laval, CA), Dai; Yuying (Brossard, CA), Demir; Alpaslan (East Meadow, NY), Gredone; Joseph (Chalfont, PA), Yang; Rui (Greenlawn, NY), Ma; Liangping (San Diego, CA), Di Girolamo; Rocco (Laval, CA), Purkayastha; Debashish (Collegeville, PA), Touag; Athmane (Laval, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003091544
Appl. No.:
15/219,179
Filed:
July 25, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160337090 A1 Nov 17, 2016
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Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13984180 9419776
PCT/US2012/024079 Feb 7, 2012
61440288 Feb 7, 2011
61560571 Nov 16, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 1/1893 (20130101); H04L 5/0032 (20130101); H04L 5/0055 (20130101); H04L 5/06 (20130101); H04L 5/14 (20130101); H04L 5/143 (20130101); H04W 16/24 (20130101); H04L 5/1469 (20130101); H04W 72/082 (20130101); H04L 1/1812 (20130101); H04L 1/1861 (20130101); H04W 16/14 (20130101); H04W 28/16 (20130101); H04W 72/0453 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04J 3/00 (20060101); H04W 16/24 (20090101); H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04L 5/14 (20060101); H04L 5/06 (20060101); H04W 28/16 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 72/08 (20090101); H04W 16/14 (20090101)
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Verizon follows AT&T’s lead, scraps plans to sell Huawei phones in the US
Jacob Siegal @JacobSiegal January 30th, 2018
Just weeks after AT&T’s plans to begin selling Chinese-made Huawei phones in the United States were jettisoned, it appears that Verizon has followed suit. Bloomberg reports that Verizon changed course due to pressure from the US government, closing off another potential channel for a new established Android brand in the West.
It is still possible to procure a Huawei smartphone in the US, which can then be paired with either carrier’s network, but as Bloomberg notes, direct sales would have introduced millions of new customers to the brand. Huawei is one of the best-selling brands in the world, and yet it still hasn’t made a sizable impact in this region.
In addition to blocking the popular and feature-rich Huawei Mate 10 Pro from being sold directly by the country’s two most popular carriers, the government is also slowing down progress on establishing the next generation of mobile networks. Huawei wants to be one of the first manufacturers to offer 5G phones, but the US government’s concern about Chinese spying means those phones will be unavailable at US carriers when they begin rolling out.
“Your phone is the ultimate Trojan horse,” said Recon Analytics analyst Roger Entner. “If someone has control of your phone, they can do a lot with it. In a nightmare scenario, they can turn on the microphone or the camera and, — if you working for a defense contractor or chipmaker — they can obtain sensitive info.”
The current administration believes that allowing companies with ties to the Chinese government to begin selling equipment or helping establish a 5G network in the US would be a security risk. Not only is that making it impossible for Huawei to establish a foothold in the US, but it has also reportedly led the Trump administration to believe that nationalizing the construction of a 5G network would be a secure and worthwhile alternative.
http://bgr.com/2018/01/30/verizon-huawei-mate-10-pro-launch-canceled/
Here's What You Need To Know About That 'Nationalized 5G' Proposal
By David Meyer
Sunday brought a big surprise in the form of a leaked proposal to create a secure, government-controlled “5G” network in the U.S. that would keep out the Chinese (in more ways than one).
The document, leaked to Axios and largely verified by Reuters, was the product of a “senior National Security Council official” who recently presented it to senior officials from other agencies.
The proposal may or may not already be dead in the water, but it looks like the White House will continue to push for certain elements of what was in there. That means it’s worth taking a deeper look at what the memo called for.
Hold up. What’s 5G?
Right now you probably use fourth-generation (4G) mobile broadband through your phone and other mobile devices. It’s really fast, but fifth-generation (5G) wireless broadband should be able to provide even better connections. And that will make it useful as a substitute for fixed-line broadband in places like the rural U.S., where the economics of fixed-line rollouts have proven unattractive to cable companies.
If it lives up to the industry’s promises, 5G will also be much better suited than 4G to handling the data from the “internet of things”—from connected cars to smart vending machines—and it will allow telecom companies to run their networks more efficiently.
Gotcha. So what did the memo say?
There’s a lot to unpack here, but here’s the headline for the presentation: “The Eisenhower National Highway System for the Information Age”—a secure, nationwide 5G network that would reflect American values and counter China’s “dominant position in the manufacture and operation of network infrastructure,” along with China’s position as the “dominant malicious actor in the Information Domain.”
Here are the key details:
•China, where the state owns the big mobile operators, reserves up to 70% of its mobile infrastructure market for its top equipment vendors, Huawei and ZTE, effectively funding them through protectionism. Meanwhile, U.S. vendors are mostly out of the picture these days. So the U.S. should push back.
•That means the American government building a nationwide 5G network within just three years—a timespan that includes the recreation of a “telecommunications manufacturing base in the U.S.” There would need to be new national standards for deploying the infrastructure, in order to speed up the process.
•There would also need to be new security standards for this version of 5G, in order to “build a network that is inherently secure” against Chinese cyberattacks. The network would make it possible to fight back against those who “steal intellectual property and private data, sow division and obscure bad behavior, slander and defame the innocent, prey on the weak and plans the seeds for total darkness in the event of all-out war.”
•To make the 5G network a better defensive tool, anonymity would not be allowed on it.
•Friendly countries might choose to partner with the U.S. on this—attracted by U.S.-developed security capabilities. This would create a “democratic counter” to China’s Belt and Road soft-power initiative.
•Rural broadband would “guarantee a revenue stream” while the government figures out other business models that could pay for all this. The 5G network would “provide 100 Mbps speeds to approximately 80% of rural customers.”
•The network’s development would also allow the U.S. to avoid losing the “AI arms race” to China, where “complete elimination of privacy standards” allows the authorities to mine people’s data freely.
So what’s the political reaction?
Brutal. Once it went public, the proposal quickly met stiff resistance on many fronts.
Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said he opposed the “costly and counterproductive distraction” from the policies needed to put the U.S. at the forefront of 5G—the upcoming new generation of wireless broadband technology. (It’s worth noting that U.S. carriers are already preparing to roll out 5G, based on already-agreed standards, this year.)
Politicians from both parties rushed to condemn the proposal—”We’re not Venezuela,” said House Energy & Commerce Committee chair Greg Walden—as did telecom companies.
Within a day of the original leak, Recode reported White House officials as saying the leaked document was “outdated” and the nationalized 5G network plan “probably might never be.”
“There are a lot of things on the table,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said. “Again, these are the very earliest stages of the discussion period, and there’s been absolutely no decision made other than…the need for a secure network.”
But how much of the proposal actually makes sense? According to experts, some elements aren’t actually so out there. But others are.
The economic case
“I’ve been wondering what the U.S. government was going to do,” said Joe Madden, a Mobile Experts analyst who has been fretting about China’s protectionist telecoms strategy.
China did indeed invest huge amounts of money in building out its 4G networks, and over a decade that took Huawei and ZTE to the number one and two spots when it comes to the number of radio transceivers that are sold to telecoms companies. However, Madden said, those companies still had to rely on U.S. firms’ semiconductors for that equipment. And this time China is planning to build out its own semiconductor capabilities for the 5G rollout.
“That puts the U.S. at a big disadvantage from an economic point of view,” said Madden. “The national security implications are secondary—I think this is a trade thing.”
But what about the idea of funding the network through revenue from rural broadband rollouts? That’s where it really makes no sense. “It’s a safe bet that if you put broadband out in rural areas, you will get some revenue, from ranchers [and so on],” said Madden. “There’s just not a lot of those people out there. The revenue stream is fairly risk-free, but it’s small.”
How about the proposed timescale then? Disruptive Analysis’s Dean Bubley is deeply sceptical about the three-years thing. “It would likely take a decade-plus to roll out genuine national coverage, including in rural areas. The U.S. probably doesn’t have the manpower,” he said.
The security aspect
As Sanders said, the one thing the White House is sure about right now is that it wants a secure network. But would what was proposed actually provide that?
According to Madden, there is a “valid concern” about using network equipment from an unfriendly country, particularly if they make everything down to the processing chips (a concern that has of course been animating the Chinese when it comes to American chips). “There is a danger that there could be a back door that could open a security hole in the system,” he said.
However, as Bubley noted, the proposal does not mention radio spectrum that would be useful for giving people connectivity indoors. So users’ devices would constantly need to switch over to other connections that aren’t part of some government-controlled network. “Which sort of blows up the idea of a completely firewalled separate Internet,” he said.
The cybersecurity expert Alan Woodward, a professor at the University of Surrey in England, said the proposed network would not “protect anyone more than the current Internet” because it would presumably have to connect to the regular Internet. “If the U.S. government were talking about building a standalone 5G network then maybe they could secure it from certain threats but I don’t see what use such a network would be,” he said.
However, Woodward added, there are some reasons why it might make sense to build a 5G network under government control. Firstly, it would make it easier to demand that equipment suppliers—such as Huawei—allow the authorities to strip down the equipment and check it for flaws that might aid a foreign government. Secondly, it would make it possible for the government to “flip the appropriate switches in an emergency and use it for essential use only.”
“Third, again if you build, own and operate a 5G network, and you assume that it will be the mobile network of choice in your country, then you can conduct surveillance operations much more easily,” Woodward added.
However, he noted, it would be difficult for the government to stop companies from rolling out competing networks. “Assuming the U.S. didn’t government didn’t give itself a monopoly on 5G, then it’s difficult to see how their network would be the preferred network for consumers in a few years’ time. Other countries do it, but they typically are much smaller and have maybe one state owned telecommunications company running their infrastructure already.”
“All in all I would be very surprised if the U.S. government progressed with this idea, but I can fully understand why it might be considered,” Woodward said.
http://fortune.com/2018/01/30/national-security-council-nationalized-5g-proposal/
Alleged Trump administration docs show military weapons a 5G concern
Saying China is poised to become the global leader in 5G and AI, the US government has suggested mandating 5G standards to protect its physical and virtual borders, as well as working with allies to deploy 5G in developing nations, according to documents Axios reported as being prepared by a senior US government official.
By Corinne Reichert | January 29, 2018 -- 02:55 GMT (18:55 PST) | Topic: Security
The Trump Administration is considering setting standards for a secure nationwide 5G mobile network to be used by both civilians and military weapons, in addition to signing up allies to help deploy 5G to developing nations in order to "inoculate" them against China, according to alleged leaked government documents published by Axios.
According to the PowerPoint presentation and accompanying memo titled "Secure 5G: The Eisenhower National Highway System for the Information Age", which Axios said were produced by a "senior national security council official", the United States must build a centralised 5G network over the next three years due to the rising dominance of China.
5G will form both a "defensive perimeter" protecting US information against cyber attacks or involvement by malicious state actors while also enabling the use of data-intensive physical weaponry, the alleged government memo says.
It adds that currently, even the US Department of Defense (DoD) is "unprepared for the information age".
"The vaunted F-35 is incapable of being used to its full potential, because the data rates on our current networks preclude the full use of its data collection. Soon it will be joined by other advanced aircraft that are similarly data monsters," the alleged memo states, referring to America's latest problematic fighter jet.
The alleged memo also refers to the B-21 Raider stealth bomber; the P-8 Poseidon military aircraft, which Boeing said is used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; the Aegis Combat System, which intercepts medium-range ballistic missiles; and the F-35 stealth fighter, which Lockheed Martin says uses sensor technology.
Using one 5G network for such military-grade applications and another for everyday internet access is too costly, the alleged memo argues.
"Building a secure, resilient, layered, and global 5G network will transform how the Joint Force operates and allow for the full use of data-intensive weapons systems like Aegis, P-8, F-35, and B-21 ... in the Air Force alone, efforts to get the F-22 and F-35 to communicate require purpose-built gateways," the alleged memo explains.
"An advanced, resilient, and secure network that is shared with the public will allow federal communications to blend in with other traffic, increasing security, improving joint synergy, and reducing program costs. Continuing to ride on our own networks is like building two Eisenhower National Highway systems, one for civilian traffic and one for military traffic. We couldn't afford that in the 1950s physical domain, and we can't afford [that] in the 21st Century information domain."
The 5G network should also be built with "active defence" as a concern, the alleged memo adds.
"As we learned in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the first step in asserting control over chaos is to take away anonymity. A network that identifies the adversary and responds to attack is [a] fundamental requirement of the information age," it says.
"National security becomes an important driver for deployment. Much like concertina wire on a beach facing assault, or a city wall meant to keep out bandits, the case can be made that a nationwide secure network is required to create a defensive perimeter in the information domain. Since we are afforded the benefit of two large oceans for our physical defence, why not build the equivalent situation in the information domain?"
The US government must therefore "provide clear direction and strong leadership" on building a 5G network by the end of President Donald Trump's first term, the alleged PowerPoint presentation says.
It suggests that this be done by making spectrum in the 3.7-4.2GHz band available quickly; standardising wireless, network, site requirement, and infrastructure specifications; ensuring the deployment of fibre networks nationwide via "an enforced requirement to lay fibre alongside any other construction" to provide 100Mbps speeds to 80 percent of the rural population; "strongly" signalling to equipment vendors the intent for a secure 5G supply chain; and signing up allies to "cooperatively build" similar 5G networks and collaborate on building them in emerging markets globally.
Pointing to former President Dwight D Eisenhower's interstate and President John F Kennedy's space program as examples of "inspired leadership" by the US, the alleged government slide deck says the nation must take the 4G-5G move as an "opportunity to build it securely ... Otherwise, China will win politically, economically, militarily".
According to the documents, Chinese tech giant Huawei has become a leader in 5G networking technologies due to support from the Chinese government -- with China itself becoming "the dominant malicious actor in the information domain" -- while noting the disappearance of US telecommunications manufacturers.
"Huawei has used market-distorting pricing and preferential financing to dominate the global market for telecommunications infrastructure. China sets aside up to 70 percent of its mobile infrastructure market for Huawei and ZTE, only allowing Western vendors to compete for the remainder," the alleged government memo says.
"The magnitude of the Chinese market reserved to Huawei and ZTE allows the companies to effectively fund their R&D with domestic sales while insulating the companies against global infrastructure spending downturns. The government has also extended an estimated $100 billion line of credit to Huawei to finance deals abroad. Combined with aggressive pricing, diplomatic support, and suspected payments to local officials, Huawei has quickly taken market share in the radio infrastructure market as well as optical and routing, leaving them poised to take market leadership of 5G."
Huawei has thus surpassed Western companies Ericsson and Nokia in radio infrastructure, and US networking giant Cisco in routing, the alleged memo contends.
As only Cisco, Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Qualcomm, Juniper, Huawei, and ZTE are set to take part in 5G deployments globally, the alleged memo explains that US 5G networks will therefore "debut on equipment from just this small group of companies, which would include Chinese suppliers unless informal restrictions against their inclusion in national networks are maintained for 5G networks".
The FBI is continuing to monitor market activity by Huawei and ZTE, according to the alleged memo, with a suggestion that the agency be permanently tasked with reporting to Congress the national security risks associated with using Chinese vendors for domestic networks.
The suggestion of signing up allies among foreign nations to partner with the US on its 5G network, meanwhile, would produce the "long-term effect to be a lessening of Huawei's global dominance", and building American-standardised 5G networks in developing markets through joint finance efforts with these allies could "help inoculate developing countries against Chinese neo-colonial behaviour", the alleged memo says.
Also citing the artificial intelligence (AI) "arms race", the alleged US government memo continues that China is similarly on the verge of winning in this sphere -- which the memo compares to previous competition over nuclear weaponry.
"The current algorithm battles are slowly drifting in China's favour as companies like Google build AI research centres inside China's information sphere and world-class data scientists mine the data (ours and theirs) without restraint," the alleged memo states.
"China has already catapulted into the lead for facial recognition to support its authoritarian regime. Much like America's success in the competition for nuclear weapons, China's 21st Century Manhattan Project sets them on a path to getting there first."
Possible US 5G standardisation
According to the alleged government documents, the US is looking into various aspects of how it can standardise national and international 5G deployment, while citing the benefits of security, prosperity, allied cooperation ("Japan all in"), and the information age.
"What type of network should we build -- single block or multi block? What spectrum can we make available? Can we standardise siting requirements? Can we rebuild a telecommunications manufacturing base in the US? Can we elicit allies and partners to build with US? Can we elicit allies and partners to jointly grow these networks in the developing world?"
A single-block network would require a single network to be virtually shared by all retail service providers -- a tough sell to the carriers, which have been investing in building out their own infrastructure, the alleged memo notes -- but a multi-block network would be less secure, according to the alleged documents.
Only Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile currently have nationwide 5G spectrum in the 28GHz, 2.5GHz, and 600MHz bands, respectively, the alleged government papers note, with the 28GHz band the only real major 5G enabler. The government could make more 28GHz spectrum available, but sales "can take as long as seven years", while the FCC could have a mid-band (3.7-4.2GHz) solution ready in six to eight months, it says.
There are no cons listed for standardising site specifications in the memo.
"Current efforts to build 5G networks in the United States have struggled with local siting requirements. For example, Ericsson is struggling with deployment of a 5G network in Seattle, because each municipality has unique processes for getting approval to deploy," the alleged memo says.
"These can include different format for drawings, different pole mounts, and/or different aesthetics for the equipment. Additionally, some municipalities want to charge a fee, thus increasing both expense and deployment time. The bottom line is that a three-year deployment time is not achievable without a nationwide standard for siting."
Equipment manufacturers could then move their manufacturing facilities to the US for 5G "in time to allow for a three-year deployment timeline", it says.
However, while saying a nationwide 5G deployment within three years would be "faster than anyone is currently predicting", Korea is launching a network next month for the Winter Olympics in partnership with Intel.
Across the US, carriers are already building out their own 5G networks, with Verizon planning on launching a 5G network in Sacramento in the second half of 2018, AT&T to provide 5G to 12 markets by the end of 2018, T-Mobile beginning a 5G rollout in 2019, and Sprint undertaking 5G trials with Ericsson.
While Intel is partnering with several US carriers on 5G, and is running interoperability trials with Huawei, no Huawei involvement in US 5G networks has been announced as yet.
ZDNet has sought comment from Huawei.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/alleged-trump-administration-docs-show-military-weapons-a-5g-concern/
U.S. is said to consider building 5G network amid China concerns
Margaret Talev and Jennifer Epstein
Bloomberg
January 29, 2018, 8:19 AM
The U.S. is in talks with private companies to build a secure 5G network amid concerns about China and cybersecurity, said two administration officials familiar with the plans.
Talks are preliminary, and key decisions over funding and control haven't been reached, said the people, who discussed the deliberations on condition of anonymity. The government aims to decide on a plan by the end of September and build it out over the next few years, said one of the officials.
If the U.S. opts for one secure network rather than multiple systems, the main unresolved questions would be what portion of the project would be taxpayer funded, and whether it would be owned by the government, a private consortium or some combination of public and private entities, one of the officials said.
If the federal government directly participates in building a wireless network intended for commercial use, it'd be a departure from the decades-long tradition of auctioning licenses to telecommunications companies to build their own networks.
A handful of carriers, including Verizon, have already been moving from trials to deployments of the next-generation wireless network known as 5G. Most mobile-phone companies are targeting 2020 for the initial roll-out of the technology, which promises 10 times faster speeds and lower latency, or lag time, in transferring data when it's requested.
The Trump administration is in contact with U.S., European and Asian companies, but not Chinese firms, one of the officials said.
Engineers are still trying to figure out how to make 5G work. Rain, fog and trees have long been the enemy of high-frequency radio waves. Given the relatively short, fragile nature of 5G signals, carriers have to configure networks differently. They're shifting more of the network hardware from tall towers that are scattered to spread signals over broad areas, to smaller, more clustered sites like rooftops and street poles.
Axios, citing sensitive documents it had obtained, reported earlier Sunday that Trump national security officials are considering a takeover of part of the nation's mobile network to guard against China. The best way to protect against China -- the "dominant malicious actor in the Information Domain" -- is for the U.S. to build a network itself and then rent access to carriers such as AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US, Axios quoted a memo as saying.
One of the officials dismissed the notion of a "takeover" referenced by Axios as not part of the administration's thinking.
"Thanks to multibillion-dollar investments made by American companies, the work to launch 5G service in the United States is already well down the road," AT&T said in a statement. "We have no doubt that America will lead the 5G revolution."
The company didn't comment on whether it was in talks about a government-run network. Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile didn't respond to requests for comment late Sunday.
According to the documents, a secure 5G network is critical to create a secure pathway for new technologies like self-driving cars and virtual reality, Axios reported.
U.S. lawmakers have sounded alarms about the growing power of Huawei, the Chinese network equipment maker that's expanded its market share around the globe, with its products operating networks in Europe and Latin America. A government-backed plan to accelerate the development of 5G in the U.S. would require support from Huawei's top rivals, such as Nokia Oyj and Ericsson AB.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-biz-bsi-secure-5g-network-20180129-story.html
Achieving Trump's goal of the 5G network
by William Merritt | Jan 25, 2018, 12:01 AM
The past few weeks have been eventful for wireless research, showing how new advances in mobile communication, one of the fundamental building blocks for so much technology today, have to be driven by both the grassroots and policymakers to be successful.
Just before the new year, 3GPP in Lisbon — the standards-setting body that drives cellular wireless — successfully completed the first 5G specification. That work brought together dozens of companies and included the efforts of our team of researchers at InterDigital, including one who chaired one of the most important sub-committees. For them and all our engineers, it was a significant milestone after many years of advanced research. Those are the grassroots of wireless innovation.
Meanwhile in the U.S., President Trump released his national security strategy, outlining ways to protect Americans domestically and internationally but also highlighting opportunities to help secure our future. Among plans to expand our energy infrastructure, enhance American trade competitiveness, and boost education and apprenticeship programs was another important priority — working to “improve America’s digital infrastructure by deploying a secure 5G Internet capability nationwide.”
To some political commentators, this was a surprise. But to the innovators hard at work to make this technology possible, it means that the folks at the top are listening to us and beginning to realize the possibilities that a full-scale 5G network offers. It is perhaps even more promising that Trump recognizes this as a part of his transformational plan to revitalize American infrastructure.
Large or small, and whether rooted in “traditional” or “new” industries, any city can reap the benefits of the Internet of Things through future-focused planning, and a federal commitment to implementing 5G technology that will be central to the robust adoption of the Internet of Things, means our policymakers are already planning for the future. This means cities will soon be able to use data to improve traffic, boost sustainability and energy efficiency, and assess environmental and air quality data in real time. A study released last week by ABI Research and sponsored by my company outlined the potential cost savings to be had: over $5 trillion annually by 2022 can be saved by enterprises, governments and citizens globally through the use of smart city technology.
But to achieve Trump’s goal of implementing a nationwide 5G network, we must support the innovators who are developing this revolutionary technology.
It takes millions of hours of research and development by scientists at universities, governments and private companies around the world to develop technologies like Wi-Fi, 4G LTE/5G and the Internet of Things. We at InterDigital routinely seek out the best and the brightest to find the best solutions to achieve the next generation of wireless communication standards. The United States already has jumpstarted some important initiatives: US Ignite with their Smart Gigabit Communities program, as well as the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research that helps coordinate public-private partnerships to serve as testbeds for 5G/IoT technology. With those initiatives and the work of companies like us and university researchers, we are laying the foundation and policies needed to achieve truly smart cities.
These initiatives are important, but the most important areas of support from the top — from the Trump administration and congressional lawmakers — have less to do with technology initiatives, and more to do with promoting a healthy ecosystem for research and development.
The most important is preserving the incentive for companies like InterDigital to continue pioneering this research. Companies that work to develop wireless standards depend on robust intellectual property protections to preserve their hard work and ensure that innovators are properly compensated. Without assurances that successful research and development will be compensated, innovation will suffer and technological progress will slow. Conversely, when companies see the potential for financial reward in research, they pour investment and their best people into the mix. Gil Amelio, a former member of our board and past CEO of numerous technology leaders including Apple, captured this brilliantly a few months ago.
Finally, an America-first innovation policy must provide access to the global pool of talent. While it is important to protect U.S. workers and promote policies that enhance STEM education, America’s innovative companies have to attract and retain the best and brightest from around the world to ensure our standing as the global center for innovation. Without immigration policies that allow international students at U.S. universities to utilize their talents in America, and without a way to bring talent from abroad, we risk allowing that talent to foster competing companies abroad that would ultimately harm U.S. innovators.
Overall, Trump’s national security strategy offers significant promise for smart city infrastructure, next-generation wireless communications, and a robust private innovation sector that works collaboratively with the federal government. And through continued collaboration and communication, together we can create smart technology that benefits every city and citizen in America.
William J. Merritt is President and CEO of InterDigital, a mobile technology company that designs and develops advanced technologies that enable and enhance mobile communications and capabilities. Chordant is InterDigital’s Smart City-focused IoT business.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/achieving-trumps-goal-of-the-5g-network/article/2646925
United States Patent 9,877,354
Heller January 23, 2018
Proxy mobile node capability for mobile IP
Abstract
A method and system are provided for transmitting information in a Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) environment, which includes a home agent (HA) provided at a home network, a base station (BS) broadcasting a pilot signal, a foreign agent (FA) provided at or associated with the BS, a mobile node (MN) providing the ability to detect and identify itself to a BS, a proxy mobile node (PMN) Identifying the MN wherein the PMN is provided at the BS. If the PMN identifies the MN, the PMN retrieves an IP address for each of the MN, FA and HA and sends a registration request to the FA. The FA relays the registration request to the HA, and the proxy MN is registered with the HA. Thus, the MN functionality is provided transparently to the MN by the PMN. This significantly simplifies the configuration of the MN and the Mobile IP network.
Inventors:
Heller; Howard Andrew (Indialantic, FL)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
IPR Licensing, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
IPR Licensing, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003077908
Appl. No.:
14/920,400
Filed:
October 22, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160050638 A1 Feb 18, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
11601891 Nov 20, 2006 9179431
09826060 Nov 21, 2006 7139833
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 80/04 (20130101); H04W 8/26 (20130101); H04W 68/00 (20130101); H04W 60/00 (20130101); H04W 88/182 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 80/04 (20090101); H04W 8/26 (20090101); H04W 60/00 (20090101); H04W 68/00 (20090101); H04W 88/18 (20090101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,877,043
He , et al. January 23, 2018
Methods and systems for intra block copy coding with block vector derivation
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for encoding and decoding video using derived block vectors as predictors in intra block copy mode. In an exemplary encoding method, an encoder identifies at least a first candidate block vector for the prediction of an input video block, where the first candidate block vector points to a first candidate block. The encoder then identifies a first predictive vector (e.g. a block vector or a motion vector) that was used to encode the first candidate block. From the first candidate block vector and the first predictive vector, the encoder generates a derived predictive vector from the first candidate block vector and the first predictive vector. The encoder then encodes the video block in the bit stream using the derived predictive vector for the prediction of the input video block.
Inventors:
He; Yuwen (San Diego, CA), Ye; Yan (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:
1000003077649
Appl. No.:
14/743,657
Filed:
June 18, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150373366 A1 Dec 24, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
62014664 Jun 19, 2014
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04N 19/521 (20141101); H04N 19/147 (20141101); H04N 19/186 (20141101); H04N 19/94 (20141101); H04N 19/593 (20141101); H04N 19/70 (20141101); H04N 19/90 (20141101); H04N 19/463 (20141101)
Current International Class: H04N 7/12 (20060101); H04N 19/463 (20140101); H04N 19/186 (20140101); H04N 19/90 (20140101); H04N 19/94 (20140101); H04N 19/513 (20140101); H04N 19/70 (20140101); H04N 19/147 (20140101); H04N 19/593 (20140101)
Field of Search: ;375/240.16
PPP
United States Patent 9,877,202
Freda , et al. January 23, 2018
Method and procedure for communication between databases or spectrum management functions
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for providing a victim database discovery procedure. The victim database discovery procedure may be guided by an initial list of potential victim databases that may be defined by physical properties such as the geographic or regional relationships of the areas that may be protected by each database. Exchange procedures are disclosed in which incumbent information between two databases is exchanged. Also described herein are exchanges of information between databases whereby a querying database may receive restrictions on associated operating parameters of Cognitive Radio Systems (CRSs) under their control in an area. Further, a procedure is described herein by which a database that receives a request for shared spectrum from a CRS may first forward the request to a neighboring or victim database to determine the allowable channels and then may make the actual allocation based on this information and its own incumbents.
Inventors:
Freda; Martino M. (Laval, CA), Ojanen; Pekka (Espoo, FI)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003077789
Appl. No.:
15/028,361
Filed:
October 8, 2014
PCT Filed:
October 08, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/059731
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
April 08, 2016
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2015/054408
PCT Pub. Date:
April 16, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160262024 A1 Sep 8, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61888362 Oct 8, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/0453 (20130101); H04W 16/14 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 16/14 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,877,242
Marinier , et al. January 23, 2018
Method and apparatus of resolving PCI confusion for providing inbound mobility to closed subscriber group
Abstract
Method and apparatus for providing inbound mobility to closed subscriber group (CSG) and hybrid cells are described. A wireless communication device includes a receiver configured to receive, from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), information indicating that a physical cell identity (PCI) of a neighbor closed subscriber group (CSG) cell corresponds to a predefined CSG cell range, and a transmitter configured to transmit, to the WTRU in response to receiving the information indicating that the PCI of the neighbor CSG cell corresponds to the predefined CSG cell range, an indication to report system information of the neighbor CSG cell. In response to receiving the system information of the neighbor CSG cell, the wireless communication device may initiate a handover of the WTRU to the neighbor CSG cell.
Inventors:
Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Somasundaram; Shankar (Sunnyvale, CA), Olvera-Hernandez; Ulises (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003077818
Appl. No.:
15/262,364
Filed:
September 12, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160381608 A1 Dec 29, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12759908 Apr 14, 2010 9445318
61255251 Oct 27, 2009
61220226 Jun 25, 2009
61218820 Jun 19, 2009
61185793 Jun 10, 2009
61169190 Apr 14, 2009
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 36/0083 (20130101); H04W 36/0061 (20130101); H04W 88/08 (20130101); H04W 88/02 (20130101); H04W 84/045 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101); H04W 36/00 (20090101); H04W 88/02 (20090101); H04W 88/08 (20090101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,872,196
Proctor, Jr. , et al. January 16, 2018
Subscriber-controlled registration technique in a CDMA system
Abstract
A method and apparatus for dynamic uplink communication in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. The method includes receiving, by the mobile station, a first channel from a first base station, wherein the first channel includes an indication, wherein the indication has one of two states, wherein the base station transmits on forward link channels including a pilot channel, traffic channels and the first channel. The method also includes receiving, by the mobile station, a communication from the first base station on a condition that the indication has a first state of the two states, and selecting, by the mobile station, a second base station based on received pilot signals from a plurality of base stations on a condition that the indication has a second state of the two states.
Inventors:
Proctor, Jr.; James A. (Indiatlantic, FL), Ferguson; Dennis D. (Orlando, FL)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
IPR Licensing, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
IPR Licensing, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003066865
Appl. No.:
15/245,981
Filed:
August 24, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160366609 A1 Dec 15, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14071183 Nov 4, 2013 9456376
11454614 Nov 5, 2013 8576805
10435927 Jul 4, 2006 7072316
09301483 May 13, 2003 6563809
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 28/0231 (20130101); H04B 17/318 (20150115); H04L 5/006 (20130101); H04L 5/0053 (20130101); H04W 48/06 (20130101); H04W 48/20 (20130101); H04L 5/0051 (20130101); H04W 48/10 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04B 7/216 (20060101); H04W 28/02 (20090101); H04W 48/06 (20090101); H04W 48/20 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04B 17/318 (20150101); H04W 48/10 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/328-350,449,457,232-237 ;455/146-150,152,506-515
PPP
United States Patent 9,871,831
Shaheen January 16, 2018
Method for supporting circuit switched interworking
Abstract
A method includes receiving internet protocol (IP) multimedia core network subsystem (IMS) session content that includes voice call content in IMS domain and multimedia content in IMS domain; translating the voice call content in IMS domain to voice call content in circuit switched (CS) domain; transmitting the voice call content in CS domain to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via a CS domain entity and a radio access network (RAN); and transmitting the multimedia content in IMS domain to the WTRU via a PS domain entity and the RAN.
Inventors:
Shaheen; Kamel M. (King of Prussia, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003066556
Appl. No.:
14/733,581
Filed:
June 8, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150271215 A1 Sep 24, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14047770 Oct 7, 2013 9055137
13349321 Oct 8, 2013 8553682
11627432 Apr 3, 2012 8149820
60763639 Jan 31, 2006
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 65/1069 (20130101); H04L 12/66 (20130101); H04L 65/103 (20130101); H04L 65/104 (20130101); H04L 65/1016 (20130101); H04L 65/1083 (20130101); H04M 7/006 (20130101); H04W 76/025 (20130101); H04L 65/605 (20130101); H04W 84/042 (20130101); H04L 29/06027 (20130101); H04L 65/1006 (20130101); H04M 7/123 (20130101); H04W 80/00 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 12/66 (20060101); H04L 29/06 (20060101); H04M 7/00 (20060101); H04W 84/04 (20090101); H04M 7/12 (20060101); H04W 80/00 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/352-356
PPP
United States Patent 9,872,228
Aghili , et al. January 16, 2018
Efficient signaling for machine type communication
Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments for Machine Type Communication (MTC). The techniques disclosed may reduce signaling by transmitting MTC data over control planes and avoiding a full cycle of connection procedures typically required for transmission. MTC data may be directly appended to a control plane message. In addition, in order to reduce the signaling load, a WTRU may autonomously release the connection without being told by the network. Techniques may be used to indicate a network provider's machine type communication (MTC) capability. The MTC services or capabilities that may be provided by a respective network operator may be communicated to a WTRU.
Inventors:
Aghili; Behrouz (Commack, NY), Murray; Joseph M. (Schwenksville, PA), Gauvreau; Jean-Louis (La Prairie, CA), Pinheiro; Ana Lucia A. (Beaverton, OR), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Cai; Lujing (Morganville, NJ), Gomes; Sylvie (Manhasset, NY), Cave; Christopher R. (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003066893
Appl. No.:
15/350,405
Filed:
November 14, 2016
Prior Publication Data
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US 20170064611 A1 Mar 2, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
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Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13636508 9497566
PCT/US2011/029550 Mar 23, 2011
61316596 Mar 23, 2010
61320610 Apr 2, 2010
61329392 Apr 29, 2010
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 48/10 (20130101); H04W 4/00 (20130101); H04W 8/24 (20130101); H04W 4/005 (20130101); H04W 4/20 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 48/10 (20090101); H04W 8/24 (20090101); H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04W 4/20 (20090101)
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Industrial Internet Consortium and National Institute of Standards and Technology Present IIoT Energy Forum on February 9 in McLean, Virginia
January 19, 2018 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC™), the world’s leading organization transforming business and society by accelerating the adoption of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), will present a one-day Forum on the impact of IIoT on the energy industry on February 9, 2018. The MITRE Corporation will host the forum in McLean, VA.
IIC and NIST Present IIoT Energy Forum on February 9 in McLean,
Offered in partnership with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and part of the IIC Global Event Series, this public event will showcase industrial internet technologies and IIC and NIST activities in the energy sector. It will feature experts from both the IIC and NIST and shine a spotlight on smart grids, industrial analytics, cybersecurity and standards.
“The Global Event Series is a crucial part of IIC’s industry outreach program bringing industry stakeholders and end users together,” said Wael William Diab, Chair of the IIC Global Event Series and Senior Director at Huawei. “Many industries are turning to IIoT to monitor the efficiency of their assets and the energy and utility sector is no exception.”
“IIoT-enabled assets present new vectors of vulnerability across connected systems and distributed devices in the energy and utility industry,” said Bob Martin, Senior Principal Engineer, Trust & Assurance Cyber Technologies, The MITRE Corporation. “Trustworthy IIoT will have an impact not only on cost optimization but also on energy regulations, policy and standards.”
The agenda includes:
• Guest speakers from The Department of Energy, MITRE and NIST who will discuss requirements, gaps and opportunities for leveraging the data that is building up within and around energy systems, and how to use that data to increase production and decrease costs.
• A panel of testbed experts from Xilinx, Wipro Digital, NIST and InterDigital Communications, Inc. who will discuss emerging technologies and applications based on testbed examples, including smart grids.
• Panels on Standards & Architecture and Security, moderated by IBM and Intel respectively, both with a focus on energy.
MITRE is a secure facility and pre-registration is required. Registration for non-US citizens closes on January 24 at 5pm EST and registration for US citizens closes January 31 at 5pm EST.
About the Industrial Internet Consortium
The Industrial Internet Consortium is the world’s leading membership program transforming business and society by accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The IIC delivers a trustworthy IIoT in which the world’s systems and devices are securely connected and controlled to deliver transformational outcomes. The Industrial Internet Consortium is a program of the Object Management Group (OMG).
Note to editors: Industrial Internet Consortium is a registered trademark of OMG. For a listing of all OMG trademarks, visit www.omg.org/legal/tm_list. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contacts
Industrial Internet Consortium
Karen Quatromoni, +1-781-444-0404 x146
InterDigital to Present at 20th Annual Needham Growth Conference
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that the company will be presenting at the 20th Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York, NY on January 18, 2018. The presentation will take place at 1:30 PM ET, and will be webcast live and accessible through the Investors section of the company's web site, www.interdigital.com. An archived replay of the presentation will also be available following the conference.
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InterDigital, Inc. - Common Stock
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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
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02/28/2017 1,552,902 17.72 754,104 2.06
02/15/2017 1,319,121 26.28 407,973 3.23
01/31/2017 1,044,573 14.88 269,677 3.87
01/13/2017 909,276 2.05 329,518 2.76
AT&T, Intel, IBM target safer Smart Cities with LTE sensors
- Sabrina Dougall 10th January 2018
Technology must make our lives safer, our communications faster, our cities better places to live in. Those are the views of the world’s largest telecommunications company AT&T, which this week bolstered its smart cities vision with a remote LTE-based monitoring system for rails and roads.
As part of its ongoing Smart Cities initiative, AT&T this week launched its digital infrastructure solution, which will attach LTE-enabled sensors to monitor cracks and tilts, sending alert triggers automatically when significant events are detected.
AT&T joined forces with Cisco, Deloitte, Ericsson, GE, IBM, Intel, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. to support its network systems, after launching its Smart Cities project in 2015. Since then, the US-based conglomerate established spotlight cities in Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta, the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Sand extraction compromised the stability of Hintze Ribeiro bridge in Portugal, leading to its total collapse in 2001 when a bus drove over it during a storm. Cars plummeted into the fast-flowing river and 59 people lost their lives in the disaster. The concrete and steel structure was over one hundred years old and yet nothing was done to prevent the tragedy occurring.
Today’s bridges are still monitored for safeness using intermittent visual inspections by human experts. With rampant urbanisation characterising the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, almost half of bridges in the US are now more than 50 years old. Hard-to-access structures throw up difficulties for regular safety checks, and an overload of data can all-too-often leave governing bodies overwhelmed with unstructured information. Urban citizens are left waiting for the next Grenfell tower scenario.
“Safety is a top concern of citizens and cities alike. This concern extends beyond the realm of crime and natural disasters. It also includes the safety of our infrastructure,” said Mike Zeto, general manager of AT&T Smart Cities. “We’re pleased to test this solution, which will allow for smart infrastructure analysis and monitoring.
Monitoring solutions such as those from AT&T should vastly improve safety and planning in urban developments of the future. Governments and organisations will be able to remotely monitor the physical conditions of structures, with computers alerting human controllers to anomalies presenting potential risk to life. In the long-term, hundreds if not thousands or millions of lives could be saved from building collapse tragedies. In addition, the need for fewer human inspections could lower operational costs.
https://www.cbronline.com/news/att-intel-ibm-smart-cities-lte-sensors-iot
Now may be good timing for Gemalto to renew their license with IDCC (with some back payment due). JMHO