Patents Examined by Amancio Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11368893
    Abstract: The communication device collects information regarding the communication quality of communication by the first other communication device and information regarding the type of the first other communication device; and transmits information regarding the communication quality corresponding to at least one of the types along with the information regarding the types to a second other communication device based on the information collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga, Masaru Otaka, Satoshi Onodera
  • Patent number: 11363508
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle uses a calculation unit to calculate a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a controller, uses a search unit to search for an available moving body communication line when the distance exceeds a predetermined threshold in a case where the unmanned aerial vehicle and the controller are directly communicating with each other, and uses a communication continuation processing unit to perform predetermined processing for continuing the communication depending on a search result. The unmanned aerial vehicle, the controller, and the management device may be linked to a block-chain network by communication via the block-chain network in association with processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Nakajima, Hirotaka Uchitomi
  • Patent number: 11363481
    Abstract: The disclosed technology teaches dispersion analysis of individual UE devices, measuring the span of cellular locations in a 5G network over which the bulk of a user's data, voice minutes and text messaging usage take place. Dispersion analysis also measures the span of cellular locations over which the bulk of a user's transactions and failed transactions take place, providing insights into camping behavior on specific cellular locations and hot spot formation. The technology disclosed includes new collection and filtering of location data to pinpoint cellular communication challenges encountered by users as well as system improvement and remediation opportunities. Additionally, this technology enables reporting of the detected behavior and related hot spots formation analysis with identifiers of UE mobile devices involved. The technology also applies to 3G 4G and future mobile networks and can be utilized for a group of UE devices selected for analysis, by device, geography, or affinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Peretz M. Feder, Sandra R. Thuel, Meenal Agarwal
  • Patent number: 11357049
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication apparatus that can notify surrounding apparatuses of the presence of the apparatus that is receiving data. A wireless transmission processing section of a communication apparatus serving as a data frame transmitting side transmits, under control of a transmission timing control section, a data frame to a destination communication apparatus so as to include intermittent transmission-suspension periods. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a wireless LAN system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Sugaya
  • Patent number: 11356841
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a beyond-4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety-related services). At least one processor receives a remote management command from a profile server, determines if the remote management command can be handled, performs the received remote management command, switches the remote management command to a local management command if necessary according to the result of performing the remote management command, and controls the transceiver so as to transmit the result of performing the remote management command or the local management command to the profile server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyewon Lee, Jonghan Park, Duckey Lee, Sangsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11356908
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for a handover. The methods may include establishing a connection between a vehicle terminal and a first macro evolved Node B (MeNB) and a connection between the vehicle terminal and a secondary evolved Node B (SeNB), the vehicle terminal in a dual connectivity mode with the first MeNB and the SeNB; receiving, by the vehicle terminal, a handover command from the first MeNB; and disconnecting, based on the handover command, the vehicle terminal from the first MeNB and establishing synchronization between the vehicle terminal and a second MeNB, wherein the connection between the vehicle terminal and the SeNB is maintained. The SeNB is a secondary vehicle terminal meeting a preset condition or an SeNB installed at a fixed location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Dapeng Wu, Yaping Cui, Ruyan Wang, Feng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11350323
    Abstract: A mobile communication network switching method, device, UE and storage medium are provided. The method includes that: a measurement configuration message sent by a base station is received, candidate frequency points are measured to obtain a signal strength parameter of each candidate frequency point, and at least one candidate frequency point meeting a switching condition is determined; a signal strength parameter of a mobile communication signal of a current frequency point is monitored when in a call state; when the signal strength parameter meets a preset condition, a signal strength parameter of the at least one candidate frequency point meeting the switching condition is increased in the same trend, and report information of the at least one candidate frequency point is reported to the base station; and a switching instruction fed back by the base station is received, and a network switching operation is performed according to the switching instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventor: Biao Chang
  • Patent number: 11350335
    Abstract: A base station switching method includes obtaining a current location and a motion status of a mobile device; predicting, based on the current location and the motion status of the mobile device, duration from a current moment to a moment when a base station that serves the mobile device completes switching from a first base station to a second base station, where the first base station currently serves the mobile device, and the second base station serves the mobile device after the first base station; and after the mobile device maintains a first communication connection to the first base station and establishes a second communication connection to the second base station, initiating the switching from the first base station to the second base station when a specified threshold is reached after a predetermined period of time of the duration elapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yangbo Lin
  • Patent number: 11350332
    Abstract: A method is provided for transferring a mobile terminal attached to a first access entity of an operator to a second access entity of a set of access entities controlled by at least one other operator within a communication network, the method implemented by a control device for routing data of the terminal. The method includes receiving, a connectivity message from entities of the set, determining an eligibility value relative to each entity based on at least one received parameter and a cooperation factor between the first entity and each other entity, selecting the second entity on the basis of the determined eligibility value, transmitting a transfer message to the first entity and to the second entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Veronica Karina Quintuna Rodriguez, Gaƫl Fromentoux, Xavier Marjou
  • Patent number: 11337130
    Abstract: A method for an infrastructure equipment of a wireless telecommunications network, the wireless telecommunications network comprising a base station and a non-terrestrial network part, the non-terrestrial network part transmitting one or more beams to provide a wireless access interface for transmitting signals to and receiving signals representing data from a communications device within a coverage region of a cell or a spot beam, the method comprising: determining a location of the communications device, determining the coverage region of the cell or the spot beam, determining a relative motion, relative to the communications device, of the coverage region of the cell or the spot beam, and based on the location and the relative motion, initiating a cell change of the communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri
  • Patent number: 11336352
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for determining whether a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) is to be transmitted, and a configuration for transmission of the CSI-RS on a wideband based on an outcome of a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation in multiple sub-bands of the wideband. In one aspect, a base station may transmit sub-band usage information indicating sub-band availability before the CSI-RS, thereby allowing a user equipment (UE) to determine whether the CSI-RS will be transmitted and, if so, on which sub-bands the CSI-RS will be transmitted. Furthermore, rate matching configurations are provided based on whether sub-band usage has been received, based on which sub-bands are available. Still further, power configurations and resource element selection criteria are provided for wideband CSI-RS and CSI feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jing Sun, Ananta Narayanan Thyagarajan, Kapil Bhattad, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11330486
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for improved wireless terminal roaming. In some embodiments, a management module determines access point density metrics for a plurality of centrally managed access points of a communications site. The density metric considers an average RSSI of access point signals received by other access points of the site, and each access point's contribution to the average. A determination of whether a particular wireless terminal roams is based on the density metrics of the source and target access point, as well as statistics relating to a current capacity of each of the access points. The disclosed embodiments may determine that a wireless terminal should transition/roam away from an access point even when that access point's RSSI value at the wireless terminal is above a threshold that would cause traditional methods to inhibit roaming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenfeng Wang, Jacob Thomas
  • Patent number: 11323935
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing crowdsourced network identification and switching are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: collect characteristics of a first network accessed by an application executed by the IHS at a given location, transmit information related to the characteristics, the application, and the location to a crowdsourcing server, and receive a message from the crowdsourcing server to switch from the first network to a second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Dileep Kumar Soma, Anantha K. Boyapalle, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Patent number: 11323937
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a control method for providing call continuity in a weak electric field environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juho Kim, Chinkyu Kang, Kiyong Lee, Yongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 11323977
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a user equipment and a base station are provided for implementing location area update. In the method, the UE obtains a judgment result by determining whether there is data to be transmitted currently, when a radio access network-based location area update (RLAU) is triggered, where the data to be transmitted is one of service data and signaling data. The UE determines a second message based on the judgment result and a first message, where the first message is an original connection resume request message, and the second message carries a cause value requesting for resuming connection. The UE transmits the second message to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Software co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaowei Jiang
  • Patent number: 11317472
    Abstract: A method is performed by a mobility management entity (MME) in a network. Responsive to a session request from user equipment (UE), the MME initiates a session request procedure that includes: selecting a control plane serving gateway (SGW) and a user plane packet data network gateway (PGW) to establish a session for the UE; and receiving from the control plane SGW a session response to the session request, the session response including an identifier of the user plane PGW. After the session is established, responsive to a relocation request from the UE, the MME initiates a relocation procedure that includes: selecting a new control plane SGW; and sending to the new control plane SGW a new session request with the identifier of the user plane PGW, to cause the new control plane SGW to perform selecting the user plane PGW for the session in the relocation procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sanjeev Panem Jaya, Dishant Mukesh Parikh, Anand Arun Alshi
  • Patent number: 11317336
    Abstract: Example communication methods and apparatus are described. One example communication method includes receiving broadcast information by a terminal device. The broadcast information includes a first parameter and a second parameter that are for a first cell. The first parameter is used for cell selection or cell reselection performed by a terminal device that supports supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier transmission, and the second parameter is used for cell selection or cell reselection performed by a terminal device that does not support SUL carrier transmission. The terminal device performs cell selection or cell reselection based on the first parameter when the terminal device supports SUL carrier transmission. The terminal device performs cell selection or cell reselection based on the second parameter when the terminal device does not support SUL carrier transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongping Zhang, Wenjie Peng, Mingzeng Dai, Yang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11317330
    Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to technologies for providing steering for devices of a Wi-Fi network. A steering operation to hand off a client from a first device of the Wi-Fi network to a qualified second device of the Wi-Fi network is initiated based on a performance factor. The steering operation from the first device to the second device is performed in a manner that avoids packet loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: LiDan Chen, Haokeng Yu, Tao Peng, ZiJie Chen
  • Patent number: 11310697
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a core node capable of appropriately allocating a radio resource of a RAN Slice allocated for a specific service to a radio terminal that uses this specific service. A core node according to the present disclosure includes: a determination unit configured to determine a radio resource to be allocated in accordance with a service provided for a radio terminal; and a communication unit configured to transmit resource identification information indicating the radio resource determined in the determination unit to a base station that manages a plurality of radio resources for each RAN Slice associated with a service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayo Oohira, Masaaki Kosugi, Toshiyuki Tamura, Yusuke Takano
  • Patent number: 11304038
    Abstract: A communication system supporting communication for nodes of a vehicle (103) comprises wireless access points (203, 205) for communication using directional beams. Wireless modems (701, 703, 111, 113) of the vehicle (103) establish a mm wave radio communication link to an access point (203). The vehicle network transmits link indications to at least one of the access points (203, 205) where a link indication provides a link between a MAC address of a wireless modem (701, 703, 111, 113) and a vehicle identity indication for the vehicle (103). An air interface scheduler (1001) for an access point (201) performs MAC layer scheduling over mm wave radio communication links established for the access point (201) in response to the first vehicle identity indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Blu Wireless Technology Limited
    Inventors: Peter Jonathon Legg, Stuart Ryan