公开(公告)号：US10567964B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US15358345

申请日：2016-11-22

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nathan Edward Tenny ,  Hui Jin

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W12/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W88/18 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: A method includes establishing, by a mobile device in a wireless network, an indirect connection of a first device to a node of the wireless network using the mobile device as an intermediate node for wireless transport and transferring, by the mobile device, data over the indirect connection via a first wireless link comprising a direct device connection between the first device and the mobile device and a second wireless link comprising a direct 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) connection between the mobile device and the wireless network. The indirect connection supports security protection of communications between the node of the wireless network and the first device based at least in part on an active security context maintained within the wireless network for communication via at least one messaging protocol layer with at least the first device.

公开(公告)号：US10448289B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US15655994

申请日：2017-07-21

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nathan Edward Tenny ,  Xuelong Wang

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/04

Abstract: A method for operating a first access node in a dual connectivity (DuCo) handover includes receiving an event trigger for a combined event from a user equipment (UE), sending to a second access node, a combined instruction for primary secondary cell (PSCell) addition and a role change with the second access node in accordance with the event trigger, adding as the second access node as a PSCell, and indicating to the UE, a role change between the first access node and the second access node.

公开(公告)号：US10440500B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-08

申请号：US16031122

申请日：2018-07-10

Applicant: FutureWei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nathan Edward Tenny

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G01S5/14

Abstract: A method for operating a device includes selecting a set of access nodes in accordance with a first estimated position of a user equipment (UE), sending, to the set of access nodes, a first message to activate positioning signal transmission, sending, to the UE, a request for position measurement information, and receiving, from the UE, the position measurement information.

公开(公告)号：US10420109B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-17

申请号：US15487012

申请日：2017-04-13

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Richard Stirling-Gallacher ,  Bin Liu ,  Lili Zhang ,  Nathan Edward Tenny

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/022 ,  H04B7/08

Abstract: A method for transmitting feedback includes receiving feedback configuration information for explicit channel feedback for a plurality of transmit beam-receive beam combinations (TRBCs) between the user device and transmit-receive points (TRPs) of a multi-point set associated with the user device, generating the explicit channel feedback for the plurality of TRBCs, generating at least one modified uplink resource for each TRP in a subset of the TRPs of the multi-point set, the modified uplink resources are generated in accordance with the feedback configuration information, the modified uplink resources are configured to convey the explicit channel feedback to the subset of TRPs of the multi-point set, and transmitting the modified uplink resources to the subset of the TRPs of the multi-point set, where the at least one modified uplink resource associated with a TRP in the subset of the TRPs is transmitted to the TRP using a single TRBC.

公开(公告)号：US10225754B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-05

申请号：US14971797

申请日：2015-12-16

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nathan Edward Tenny ,  Da Wang ,  Jian Wang ,  Richard Stirling-Gallacher

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W48/16

Abstract: A method includes determining a quality of service (QoS) of a direct link between an edge device and a communications controller and determining a hub search parameter in accordance with the QoS of the direct link between the edge device and the communications controller. The method also includes searching for hub devices in accordance with the hub search parameter.

公开(公告)号：US10178702B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US15478908

申请日：2017-04-04

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nathan Edward Tenny ,  Xuelong Wang ,  Haibo Xu ,  Hao Bi

IPC: H04W76/00 ,  H04W76/04 ,  H04W36/04 ,  H04W64/00 ,  H04W36/02 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W92/12

Abstract: A method for operating a first distributed unit (DU) includes participating in a link layer context transfer with a second DU, establishing a user data path for a mobile device, the user data path connecting the mobile device with a centralized unit (CU) including a radio control protocol entity communicating with the mobile device, and storing first user data for the mobile device received from the CU and second user data for the mobile device received from the second DU. The method includes establishing a connection with the mobile device, sending the first user data and the second user data to the mobile device, and adapting the link layer context to operate in the first DU for exchanging data between the CU and the mobile device, wherein adapting the link layer context includes associating an uppermost protocol layer of the first DU with a lowest protocol layer of the CU.

公开(公告)号：US20180310188A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-25

申请号：US16009712

申请日：2018-06-15

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Richard Stirling-Gallacher ,  Bin Liu ,  Nathan Edward Tenny ,  Lili Zhang

IPC: H04W16/28 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: A method includes measuring beam-formed reference signals transmitted by a plurality of mmWave transmission points (TPs), sending a cloud cell formation request including indicators associated with best mmWave TPs determined in accordance with the measured beam-formed reference signals, receiving a cloud cell formation request response including indicators associated with a subset of the best mmWave TPs selected by a central controller in accordance with selection information, where the subset of the best mmWave TPs includes a first mmWave transmission point (TP) serving as a master TP and a second mmWave TP serving as a slave TP, and establishing a cloud cell with mmWave TPs of the subset of the best mmWave TPs selected by the central controller, where a data connection is established with the slave TP and at least a control connection is established with the master TP.

公开(公告)号：US20180254922A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15448102

申请日：2017-03-02

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Richard Stirling-Gallacher ,  Bin Liu ,  Pengfei Xia ,  Nathan Edward Tenny ,  Hongcheng Zhuang

IPC: H04L25/02 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A method for transmitting feedback includes generating explicit channel feedback for a plurality of transmit beam-receive beam combinations (TRBCs) between the user device and a transmit-receive point (TRP), generating a modified resource in accordance with explicit feedback configuration information, the modified resource configured to convey the explicit channel feedback, wherein an explicit channel feedback associated with each TRBC is conveyed on a different data symbol of the modified resource, and transmitting the modified resource to the TRP using a single TRBC.

公开(公告)号：US10057787B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15092388

申请日：2016-04-06

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Richard Stirling-Gallacher ,  Nathan Edward Tenny ,  Bin Liu ,  Lili Zhang

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W56/00

CPC classification number: H04W16/28 ,  H04B7/024 ,  H04B7/0617 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W56/001

Abstract: A method includes measuring beam-formed reference signals transmitted by a plurality of mmWave transmission points (TPs), sending a cloud cell formation request including indicators associated with best mmWave TPs determined in accordance with the measured beam-formed reference signals, receiving a cloud cell formation request response including indicators associated with a subset of the best mmWave TPs selected by a central controller in accordance with selection information, where the subset of the best mmWave TPs includes a first mmWave transmission point (TP) serving as a master TP and a second mmWave TP serving as a slave TP, and establishing a cloud cell with mmWave TPs of the subset of the best mmWave TPs selected by the central controller, where a data connection is established with the slave TP and at least a control connection is established with the master TP.

公开(公告)号：US20180206178A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-19

申请号：US15405488

申请日：2017-01-13

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nathan Edward Tenny ,  Tingting Geng ,  Hao Bi

IPC: H04W48/10 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/00

CPC classification number: H04W48/10 ,  H04W48/12 ,  H04W72/005 ,  H04W72/0433 ,  H04W72/1289

Abstract: A method for system information (SI) management includes maintaining global SI applicable to an entirety of a hypercell controlled by a controller and local SI associated with at least one distributed controller of the hypercell, generating a global local SI indicator (GLSII) indicating usage of the local SI in the hypercell, and broadcasting the global SI including the GLSII.