公开(公告)号：US11463548B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US17020431

申请日：2020-09-14

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Wei Wei ,  Jingjing Zhang ,  Konstantinos Kanonakis

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L67/56 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/00 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04N19/149 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/176

Abstract: A telecommunications edge cloud (TEC) element comprising a plurality of TEC hardware components comprising a computing component that includes one or more processors, a storage component that includes a memory, a networking component, with the TEC device being deployed between a client and a packet network, the computing component being configured to manage a computing resource in the computing component, a networking resource in the networking component, and a storage resource in the storage component, allocate the computing resource for a first application of the plurality of different applications, execute the first application using the computing resource, allocate the networking resource for a second application of the plurality of different applications, execute the second application using the networking resource, allocate the storage resource for a third application of the plurality of different applications, execute the third application using the storage resource.

公开(公告)号：US11429550B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US17153639

申请日：2021-01-20

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Wesley Shao

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F13/16

Abstract: An extended peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device includes a host PCIe fabric comprising a host root complex. The host PCIe fabric has a first set of bus numbers and a first memory mapped input/output (MMIO) space on a host CPU. An extended PCIe fabric includes a root complex endpoint (RCEP) as part of an endpoint of the host PCIe fabric. The extended PCIe fabric has a second set of bus numbers and a second MMIO space separate from the first set of bus numbers and the first MMIO space, respectively.

公开(公告)号：US11429408B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US17164452

申请日：2021-02-01

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Zhixian Xiang

IPC: G06F15/173 ,  G06F9/455 ,  H04L41/50

Abstract: Systems and methods for network function virtualization (NFV) resource management are disclosed that include receiving, by a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), a reuse requirement for a first network service (NS) and determining, by the NFVO, that at least one constituent virtual network function (VNF) instance in the first NS is retainable for reuse in a second NS according to the reuse requirement when the first NS is to be terminated. In some embodiments, these systems and methods also include retaining, by the NFVO, the at least one constituent VNF instance in the first NS for reuse in the second NS.

公开(公告)号：US20220224566A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-14

申请号：US17707797

申请日：2022-03-29

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Fang YU ,  Zhixian Xiang

IPC: H04L12/46 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/143

Abstract: An apparatus and method for terminating a virtual network function (VNF) instance according to termination requirements of the VNF instance. The termination requirements may be defined in a VNF descriptor corresponding to the VNF instance. A network function virtualization (NFV) management entity may obtain the termination requirements and initiate termination of the VNF instance based on the obtained termination requirements.

公开(公告)号：US11363123B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US16931825

申请日：2020-07-17

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Lin Han

IPC: H04L12/46 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L47/17 ,  H04L69/00 ,  H04L69/16 ,  H04L69/166 ,  H04L69/167 ,  H04L69/22 ,  H04L69/325

Abstract: A method implemented by a network element (NE) comprises generating, by a processor, an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) packet comprising an IPv4 header, a plurality of extension headers, and upper layer data, wherein the IPv4 packet indicates a total length of the IPv4 packet and a total length of the plurality of extension headers, indicating, by the processor, a protocol number associated with a first extension header of the plurality of extension headers in a protocol field of the IPv4 header, indicating, by the processor, a protocol used to encode the upper layer data of the IPv4 packet in a last protocol field of a last extension header of the plurality of extension headers, and transmitting, by a transmitter, the IPv4 packet to another NE.

公开(公告)号：US11362959B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US16822458

申请日：2020-03-18

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Toerless Eckert ,  Alexander Clemm

IPC: H04L12/875 ,  H04L47/56 ,  H04L47/6275 ,  H04L45/74

Abstract: Latency Based Forwarding (LBF) techniques are presented for the management of the latencies, or delays, of packets forwarded over nodes, such as routers, of a network. In addition to a network header indicating a destination node for receiving the packet, a packet also includes an LBF header indicating the packets accumulated delay since leaving the sender, a maximum latency for the entire journey from the sender to the receiver and a minimum latency for the entire journey from the sender to the receiver. When a packet is received at a node, based on the accumulated delay, the maximum latency, and the minimum latency, the node places the packet in a forwarding queue to manage the delays between the sender and the receiver. The LBF can also indicate a policy for the forwarding node to used when determining the enqueueing of the packet.

公开(公告)号：US20220166137A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US17457528

申请日：2021-12-03

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc. ,  Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc.

Inventor： Stefano Galli ,  Munawar Kermalli ,  Xiao-Feng Qi ,  Shouyuan Shi ,  Dennis Prather ,  Janusz Murakowski ,  Garrett Schneider

IPC: H01Q3/26 ,  H04Q11/00 ,  H04W16/28

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system includes an optical switch matrix, an optical lens coupled to the switch matrix, and a wireless transmitter coupled to the lens. The switch matrix is configured to switch first optical signals from input ports to output ports of the switch matrix, and output second optical signals that are based at least partially on the first optical signals. The lens is configured to transform wave formats of the second optical signals based on the output ports over which the second optical signals are received. The transmitter includes an antenna array and circuitry coupled to the array. The circuitry is configured to receive the second optical signals from the lens, convert the second optical signals into beamformed wireless signals in accordance with the transformed formats, and transmit the beamformed wireless signals, which signals have spatial characteristics in accordance with the transformed formats, over the array.

公开(公告)号：US11334355B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US15586937

申请日：2017-05-04

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Alan Gatherer ,  Sushma Wokhlu ,  Peter Yan ,  Ywhpyng Harn ,  Ashish Rai Shrivastava ,  Tong Sun ,  Lee Dobson McFearin

IPC: G06F9/38 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F12/0853 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F12/0884 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/0868 ,  G06F12/0855

Abstract: Technology for providing data to a processing unit is disclosed. A computer processor may be divided into a master processing unit and consumer processing units. The master processing unit at least partially decodes a machine instruction and determines whether data is needed to execute the machine instruction. The master processing unit sends a request to memory for the data. The request may indicate that the data is to be sent from the memory to a consumer processing unit. The data sent by the memory in response to the request may be stored in local read storage that is close to the consumer processing unit for fast access. The master processing unit may also provide the machine instruction to the consumer processing unit. The consumer processing unit may access the data from the local read storage and execute the machine instruction based on the accessed data.

公开(公告)号：US11334237B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US16164423

申请日：2018-10-18

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Zongfang Lin ,  Reza Yazdani ,  Chen Tian ,  Lawrence Davison ,  Ziang Hu

IPC: G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  H04M1/72403 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0486 ,  H04M1/725

Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic device is provided, comprising receiving a selection contact within a first icon region of a first icon displayed on a pressure-sensing display screen of the electronic device, displaying on the pressure-sensing display screen a second set of icons related to the first icon, detecting that the selection contact uninterruptedly moves to a second icon of the second set of icons and selects the second icon, displaying on the pressure-sensing display screen a third set of icons related to the second icon, detecting that the selection contact uninterruptedly moves to a third icon of the third set of icons and selects the third icon, and initiating an application or function associated with the third icon.

公开(公告)号：US11330542B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US16716140

申请日：2019-12-16

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Philippe Sartori ,  Deping Liu ,  Brian Classon ,  Qiang Li

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W76/14

Abstract: A method and system for including a base station that configures a first user equipment (UE) that is in a radio resource control connected state with the base station. The UE is configured to be a synchronization source and transmit a first device-to-device synchronization signal (D2DSS) by using a synchronization resource that comprises a time resource, a frequency resource or a time and frequency resource. The base station instructs the first UE to transmit the first D2DSS using the synchronization resource. The base station signals the UE to configure the UE separately from the signal to transmit the D2DSS, and both of the signals are performed with radio resource control signaling from the base station to the UE.