Patents Examined by Elisabeth Benoit Magloire
  • Patent number: 11729769
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration for a group-common physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), where the group-common PDSCH is repeated for a number of repetitions. Accordingly, the UE may determine this number of repetitions and then monitor for the group-common PDSCH based on the number of repetitions. In some implementations, the group-common PDSCH may include a semi-static repetition scheme, where the number of repetitions is indicated via a group aggregation factor. Additionally or alternatively, the group-common PDSCH may include a dynamic repetition scheme, where the number of repetitions is indicated via a group repetition number. Additionally, the techniques described herein may enable the configuration for the repeated group-common PDSCH to include gaps between each repetition of the group-common PDSCH and for the UE to transmit acknowledgment feedback for the repetitions of the group-common PDSCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Peter Gaal, Kazuki Takeda, Jing Sun, Wanshi Chen, Ayan Sengupta, Juan Montojo, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Prasad Reddy Kadiri
  • Patent number: 11711293
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for routing in-bound communications to an infrastructure service. In an implementation, an infrastructure service receives a request from an end point for content associated with an origin. The service sends a connection request to the origin from an initial network address. After detecting a failure of the origin to respond to the connection request, the service sends multiple connection requests to the origin from different network addresses. Upon receiving one or more replies to the connection requests, the service identifies which reply was received first and a network address to which the reply was sent. The service proceeds to establish a connection with the origin using the identified network address and obtains the content from the origin over the connection. The infrastructure service may then send the content to the end point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Fastly, Inc.
    Inventors: Julien Benoist, Kristopher King Foster, Joel Jaeggli, Artur Bergman
  • Patent number: 11711711
    Abstract: A method for configuring a measurement gap is provided. The method is used in a first access network device of at least two access network devices that have established connections with a terminal. The method includes: when the first access network device is a configuration device among the at least two access network devices, the first access network device generates measurement gap configuration information; here, the configuration device is an access network device, that configures a measurement gap for the terminal, as a part of the at least two access network devices, and the measurement gap is used to indicate a period of time during which the terminal performs signal measurement at a frequency point except a present working frequency point; and the first access network device sends the measurement gap configuration information to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianhua Liu, Ning Yang
  • Patent number: 11711768
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for power control for wireless transmissions are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may reduce transmission power to channels for carrier aggregation such that a total transmit power of the WTRU is smaller than or equal to a maximum transmission power level in all symbols of a transmission. Further, transmission power may be allocated to the channels for carrier aggregation based on priority. Also, transmission power may be allocated to a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) with uplink control information over a PUSCH without uplink control information. Moreover, transmission power may be allocated to a PUCCH or a PUSCH over a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission. Additionally, the WTRU may transmit data over one or more channels, of the channels for carrier aggregation, at the respective transmission power allocated to the one or more channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Haim, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Stephen E. Terry, Virgil Comsa
  • Patent number: 11706139
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for communicating policy changes in a Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) based network deployment include receiving, at a first routing device, a first notification from a map server, the first notification indicating a change in a policy for LISP based communication between at least a first endpoint device and at least a second endpoint device, the first endpoint device being connected to a network fabric through the first routing device and the second endpoint device being connected to the network fabric through a second routing device. The first routing device forwards a second notification to the second routing device if one or more entries of a first map cache implemented by the first routing device are affected by the policy change, the second notification indicating a set of one or more endpoints connected to the second routing device that are affected by the policy change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash C. Jain, Sanjay Kumar Hooda, Satish Kondalam, Raja Janardanan, Aaditya Vadnere, Shivangi Sharma
  • Patent number: 11706135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to communications methods, apparatus and systems for providing media micro-services in a scalable and efficient manner. In an exemplary method embodiment, a packet plane control service entity performs the following operations: (i) receives a request from a Signaling-Session Border Controller to implement one or more micro-services on a media packet stream, the request including information about the media packet stream including stream identification information; generates instructions for one or more entities under the control of the packet plane control service entity to implement the requested one or more micro-services on the media packet stream; and communicates the generated instructions to the one or more entities under the control of the packet plane control service entity for implementation on the media packet stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Hart, Tolga Asveren, Ashish Sharma
  • Patent number: 11696246
    Abstract: In some examples, a source device categorizes a plurality of messages for transmission to a recipient device, the plurality of messages comprising vehicle-related information. Based on the categorizing, the source device identifies selected messages of the plurality of messages to be aggregated. The source device aggregates the selected messages into a single transmission from the source device to the recipient device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: James Randolph Winter Lepp, Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann
  • Patent number: 11696146
    Abstract: A cross-scheduling resource allocation method for NOMA-based DSS is provided for a first wireless technology carrier and a different second wireless technology carrier co-existing on a same network communication channel. The method includes providing a resource subframe the first carrier within the channel at a specified bandwidth and duration, synchronizing the second wireless carrier to the specified duration within the specified bandwidth, allocating first PRBs within a first portion of the specified bandwidth for the first technology user traffic and second PRBs within a second non-overlapping portion of the specified bandwidth for the second technology user traffic, programming a frequency gap between the first PRBs and the second PRBs, obtaining channel information regarding the target communication channel, and dynamically adjusting the programmed frequency gap based on the obtained channel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Dorin Gheorghe Viorel, Joseph Padden, Ruoyu Sun
  • Patent number: 11689989
    Abstract: A method includes responsive to a device sensing a phone being adjacent to the device, triggering the device and the phone in a preliminary communication mode; periodically broadcasting by the device in the preliminary communication mode a broadcast message (P2) with a unique identification; detecting a strength of the broadcast message (P2) by the phone; responsive to detecting the strength of the broadcast message (P2) greater than a first threshold (T1), establishing a restricted wireless connection between the phone and the device; transmitting packages between the device and the phone via the restricted wireless connection; detecting strengths of the packages; and responsive to detecting strengths of the packages respectively greater than the first threshold (T1) and a second threshold (T2), establishing a complete wireless communication between the device and the phone so as to connect the device to the network via the phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Beken Corporation
    Inventors: Weifeng Wang, Xiaoliang Yue, Ji Jiang
  • Patent number: 11690083
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to downlink (DL) transmissions using various powers and assigning frequency resources based on the powers. An example base station may transmit, to a first user equipment (UE), an indication of a first transmit (Tx) power for one or more first DL transmissions to a first group of a plurality of groups. The first group may include the first UE. The first Tx power may have a first power level different from a second power level of a second Tx power for one or more second DL transmissions to a second group of the plurality of groups. Then, the base station may transmit, to the first UE, a first DL transmission of the one or more first DL transmissions using the first Tx power. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Shimman Arvind Patel, Wanshi Chen, Huilin Xu, Hwan Joon Kwon, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Tingfang Ji
  • Patent number: 11683761
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may partially disable transmissions on a transmission port based on a temperature condition (e.g., chipset temperature or skin temperature exceeding threshold). In a further aspect, the UE may enable the partially disabled transmissions on the transmission port in response to cessation of the temperature condition. In a further aspect, the UE may transmit a capability indication to a base station that indicates that the UE is capable of supporting a transition from a multi-layer (rank-2) communication mode to a single-layer (rank-1) communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: James Francis Geekie, Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov, Raghu Narayan Challa, Mihir Vijay Laghate, Mahbod Ghelichi, Enoch Shiao-Kuang Lu
  • Patent number: 11671899
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system detects user equipment (UE) in communication with a network via a serving cell of the network; the network is configured to facilitate communications by one or more terrestrial UEs and one or more aerial UEs. The system monitors messages from an aerial UE regarding detection of a cell other than the serving cell, and receives information from the aerial UE regarding the detected cell. The method further includes analyzing the information to estimate a first quantity associated with the detected cell location relative to the serving cell and a second quantity associated with a power received at the aerial UE from the detected cell. The method also includes determining, based on the analyzing, whether the aerial UE is an unauthorized aerial UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Vivanco, David Ross Beppler, Slawomir Mikolaj Stawiarski
  • Patent number: 11665638
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing application context aware cell selection in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may determine a current location of the wireless device. The wireless device may determine cells associated with the current location of the wireless device. Application context based metric information may be determined for the cells associated with the current location of the wireless device. The wireless device may determine a cell with which to associate from the cells associated with the current location of the wireless device based at least in part on the application context based metric information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gencer Cili, Rawad Rahme, Mahak Goindani, Nabil Akdim, Enis Simsar
  • Patent number: 11665554
    Abstract: A beam management method, an apparatus thereof and an intelligent beam management device. The method includes: querying a database according to position information (x0, y0, z0) of a terminal equipment, the database including multiple entries, each entry containing beam measurement related information of a point (xi, yi, zi), selecting entries corresponding to points in a predetermined range of the terminal equipment from the database; selecting no more than a first number of base station transmitter beam identifiers with the highest number of occurrences from all the selected entries; and determining a base station transmitter beam serving the terminal equipment according to whether beams corresponding to the no more than a first number of base station transmitter beam identifiers belong to a serving base station or another base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Su Yi, Gang Sun, Xin Wang
  • Patent number: 11659408
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a differential beam pattern indication that indicates beam pattern information corresponding to a comparison between a first synchronization signal block (SSB) beam pattern associated with a first transmit receive point (TRP) and a second SSB beam pattern associated with a second TRP. The UE may receive an SSB associated with the second TRP based at least in part on the differential beam pattern indication. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hamed Pezeshki, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran, Taesang Yoo
  • Patent number: 11652761
    Abstract: A Network-on-Chip (NoC) includes a packet transmission switch, and a corresponding method of operating the NoC includes storing packets received from an input terminal in a buffer, storing buffer locations in which each of the packets is stored in an ordering queue of an output terminal, and sequentially outputting the packets from the output terminal according to the buffer locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongmin Jo, Heeseong Lee, Jaehyun Kim, Jinsu Jung
  • Patent number: 11653300
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for handling acknowledgement and retransmission timers during sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) communication. An example method by a transmitter user equipment (UE) generally includes transmitting a first repetition of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) to a receiver UE prior to entering an inactive state, while the transmitter UE is operating in a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) mode; returning to an active state to monitor for acknowledgment feedback from the receiver UE, wherein the return is based on a first timer relative to an end of the first repetition of the PSSCH; remaining in the active state for a duration defined by a second timer; and taking one or more actions depending on whether the transmitter UE receives acknowledgment feedback during the duration indicating failed reception of the first repetition of the PSSCH by the receiver UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kaidong Wang, Jelena Damnjanovic, Tao Luo, Ozcan Ozturk
  • Patent number: 11647500
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first sidelink user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a second sidelink UE via sidelink control information (SCI), a receiving (Rx) beam schedule indicating Rx beams associated with the first sidelink UE in a set of slots, wherein the Rx beam schedule indicates that the first sidelink UE is configured to tune to the Rx beams in the set of slots for possible sidelink receptions. The first sidelink UE may receive, from the second sidelink UE, a sidelink transmission using an Rx beam indicated in the Rx beam schedule. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yisheng Xue, Xiaoxia Zhang, Chih-Hao Liu, Jing Sun
  • Patent number: 11621827
    Abstract: Blockchain validation is provided by receiving a first validation request of a blockchain. A hashing algorithm is applied to a first block of the blockchain to generate a first hash value. In response to the first validation request of the blockchain, a first image from a plurality of images is provided on a display device. The first image is selected to be provided for display on the display device based on the first hash value. The first image may be compared to a second image that was provided for display on the display device prior to the first validation request and that image was provided based on a second hash value to determine whether the first image and the second image are substantially similar, which indicates that no changes have been made to the data in the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Frank Anthony Nuzzi
  • Patent number: 11622414
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, control signaling for communications in a wireless communications system. The control signaling may indicate a first duration for an inactivity timer. The UE may initiate the inactivity timer and a second timer based on identifying a period of inactivity. The second timer may have a second duration that is shorter than the first duration for the inactivity timer. In some examples, the second duration may be based on one or more parameters, such as a display status, a battery status, a scaling factor, the first duration, an application state, or any combination thereof. The UE may release a connection for the communications in the wireless communications system based on an expiration of the second timer, an expiration of the inactivity timer, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kuo-Chun Lee, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Satashu Goel, Ertugrul Necdet Ciftcioglu, Shanshan Wang, Daniel Amerga, Karthik Venkatram, Juan Zhang