Patents Examined by Hong Shao
  • Patent number: 11973722
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for duplex switching based on network power modes. A UE may receive a first indication that a first power mode of a network entity is associated with a first duplex type for the network entity and a second power mode of the network entity is associated with a second duplex type for the network entity. The first duplex type and the second duplex type may correspond to at least one of full-duplex communication or half-duplex communication. The UE may receive a second indication of a switch from the first power mode associated with the first duplex type to the second power mode associated with the second duplex type and communicate with the network entity based on the second power mode and the second duplex type for the network entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Ahmed Elshafie, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Hung Dinh Ly
  • Patent number: 11968738
    Abstract: A discontinuous reception apparatus for a terminal, where discontinuous reception includes a sleep period and an active period that are of the terminal and that are indicated by a network. The apparatus includes: a receiving circuit configured to receive motion state information of the terminal, where the motion state information is used to indicate a motion state of the terminal; and a first processing circuit configured to determine, based on the motion state of the terminal, duration for waking up the terminal in advance, and enable the terminal to enter the active period in advance by the duration before the sleep period indicated by the network ends. The apparatus is configured to enter, based on a change in the motion state of the terminal or a change in received signal quality, the active period in advance before the sleep period indicated by the network ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dongsheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11968047
    Abstract: This application provides a method and an apparatus for sending feedback information and a method and an apparatus for receiving feedback information, to reduce resource waste in a data retransmission process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huang Huang, Kuandong Gao, Peng Guan, Bo Fan, Lei Chen
  • Patent number: 11968752
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to establishing a connection between a client device within a 2G or 3G network and 5G core through an interworking function. The present technology can perform establishing a Gn-4G interworking function (IWF) between a client access network and a packet anchor network and performing one or more network functions through the Gn-4G IWF in providing a client of the client access network access to network services through the packet anchor network. The one or more network functions appear as one or more Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) functions from the client access network (e.g., 2G or 3G network). The one or more network functions concurrently appear as one or more S4 Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) functions from the packet anchor network (e.g., 4G or 5G network).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Irfan Ali, Ian McDowell Campbell, Ravi Shankar Mantha
  • Patent number: 11963058
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing dual active protocol stack handovers in a frequency range above 24 GHz. A UE may transmit an indication to a base station indicating a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover capability of the UE corresponding to a frequency range (FR) above 24 GHz. The UE may receive, from a target cell of the one or more cells, a command to perform a DAPS handover from a source cell to the target cell. While performing the DAPS handover and maintaining a data connection with the source cell, the UE may perform measurements on the target cell followed by a physical random access channel (PRACH) procedure. The UE may then receive a source cell release command from the target cell and release the data connection with the source cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11962416
    Abstract: A method for operating a network node of a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method comprises determining and/or adjusting a HARQ signaling format for a terminal configured for carrier aggregation based on a number of DL carriers and/or a number of HARQ bits configured for the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Fredrik Huss, Peter Bengtsson, Yu Yang
  • Patent number: 11956730
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) power control parameter h(nCQI,nHARQ) for two Carrier Aggregated (CA) PUCCH formats—PUCCH format 3 and channel selection. The value of h(nCQI,nHARQ) may be based on only a linear function of nHARQ for both of the CA PUCCH formats. Based on the CA PUCCH format configured for the User Equipment (UE), the e-Node B (eNB) may instruct the UE to select or apply a specific linear function of nHARQ as a value for the power control parameter h(nCQI,nHARQ), so as to enable the UE to more accurately establish transmit power of its PUCCH signal. Values for another PUCCH power control parameter—?F_PUCCH(F)—are also provided for use with PUCCH format 3. A new offset parameter may be signaled for each PUCCH format that has transmit diversity configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Jung-Fu Cheng, Dirk Gerstenberger, Daniel Chen Larsson
  • Patent number: 11950209
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device, method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium for reusing control resources for data transmission. In example embodiments, if downlink data is to be transmitted to a terminal device, a network device determines a control resource set associated with the terminal device in a control resource region. The network device selects, from the control resource set, localized control resources for control information associated with the downlink data, and selects data resources for the downlink data in the control resource region and a data resource region. The network device transmits the control information to the terminal device by using the localized control resources, and transmits the downlink data to the terminal device by using the data resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Dongsheng Fan, Yigang Cai
  • Patent number: 11943021
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and radio communication method in a radio communication system. The electronic apparatus includes: one or more processing circuits configured to execute the following operations: determining, based on an antenna array corresponding to the electronic apparatus, corresponding a transceiver unit (TXRU) configuration, wherein each TXRU is associated with one set of antenna units having a same polarization direction, the antenna array includes plural antenna units having M rows, N columns and P-dimensional polarization directions, and M, N and P are natural numbers; and adding antenna configuration information to a radio resource control (RRC) signaling to be use in a user equipment (UE) in the radio communication system, wherein the antenna configuration information is used to obtain a number of the TXRU in the antenna configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gaosi Li, Jinhui Chen, Xin Zhang, Zaixue Wei, Nanxi Li
  • Patent number: 11916811
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to integrated circuit devices that may include a network processor in a data processing die and an on-package memory in a base die. The data processing die may implement one or more network functionalities that may exchange data with low-latency memory, high capacity in the base die. The data processing die may be programmable fabric, which may be dynamically reconfigured during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Clark, Scott J. Weber, Ravi Prakash Gutala, Aravind Raghavendra Dasu
  • Patent number: 11917523
    Abstract: A polymorphic network control system and a polymorphic network control system method supporting terminal mobile access. A network architecture is redesigned based on the idea of separation of an identifier from a locator. In this network mode, the three-layer protocol is no longer a traditional IP message, but a message carrying a locator and an identifier. The polymorphic SDN network controller is responsible for forwarding the data packet to a destination corresponding to a destination locator. When the network location of a mobile device is changed, the transmission connection established based on the identifier will suspend communication due to the disconnection of the physical link. When the mobile device is re-accessed and a new forwarding path is established, the transmission connection can recover communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: ZHEJIANG LAB, INFORMATION ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhongxia Pan, Peng Yi, Le Tian, Tao Zou, Juan Shen
  • Patent number: 11902884
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for reducing overhead in a probe request and probe response message exchange used in wireless networks. An access point (AP) may receive a first signal from a station (STA). The first signal may include a probe request message that includes an identification of the STA. The AP may determine that the STA is not currently associated with the AP and has not been associated with the AP within a predetermined time using a stored STA information table. The AP may generate a probe response message upon determining that a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the first signal is above a predetermined threshold. The AP may then transmit a second signal to the STA. The second signal may include the probe response message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AIRTIES S.A.S.
    Inventors: Metin Ismail Taskin, Muharrem Sarper Gokturk
  • Patent number: 11895604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: detecting an SS/PBCH block, wherein the SS/PBCH block includes a PBCH payload and a PBCH DMRS; and on the basis of characteristics of the PBCH DMRS, processing the PBCH payload on the basis of any one from among a plurality of WF methods, wherein the plurality of WFs include at least a CP-OFDM method and a DFT-s-OFDM method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seonwook Kim, Kijun Kim, Sukhyon Yoon, Hyunsoo Ko, Suckchel Yang, Changhwan Park
  • Patent number: 11895641
    Abstract: A control device of the present invention is for provision in a gateway device that includes multiple communication units that perform wireless communication with terminal devices using different communication methods. Based on communication unit individual information that is acquired from the communication units and includes information indicating at least characteristics of the communication methods of the communication units, operations of the communication units are scheduled so as to prevent the overlapping of periods in which the communication units perform signal transmission/reception with the terminal devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kento Yoshizawa, Ryo Miyatake, Yusuke Asai, Daisei Uchida
  • Patent number: 11895024
    Abstract: A method, device and computer readable medium for delivering packets. The method comprises in response to receipt of, at a first VNFC, a data-plane packet for a terminal device, performing a predetermined transport processing of the packet to obtain a processed packet (610); the packet including a network address of the first VNFC as a destination address; forwarding the processed packet from the first VNFC to a virtual switch (620); and delivering the processed packet from the virtual switch to a second VNFC based on a first mapping between an identity of the terminal device and an identity of the second VNFC (630); the second VNFC separated from the first VNFC, the second VNFC serving the terminal device and including at least one first data-plane application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Lei Xu, Bing Zhang, Mingming Xia
  • Patent number: 11877353
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-contained mesh radio extension unit, comprising a receiving sleeve having an open volume and a first data connector for communicative coupling to a communication device or cellular phone inserted in the open volume. A low-gain internal antenna and a high-gain external antenna are coupled to a digital data link (DDL) with a first DDL operating frequency. The DDL provides bidirectional internet protocol (IP) connectivity between the first data connector and a peer-to-peer meshed communication network, controlling one or more of the antennae as transceivers at the first DDL operating frequency. An integrated power supply system powers the DDL and includes a rechargeable internal battery and an external power interface. A control system automatically routes IP packets received or transmitted by the DDL and includes a network address translation (NAT) router and an IP addressing service for assigning and tracking IP addresses across the peer-to-peer meshed communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fenix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Drapp, Stefan Schaner, Michael Wong
  • Patent number: 11876679
    Abstract: A control system including several controllers for managing several switching elements. A first controller registers a second controller for receiving a notification when a data tuple changes in a network information base (NIB) storage of the first controller that stores data for managing a set of switching elements. The first controller changes the data tuple in the NIB. The first controller sends the notification to the second controller of the change to the data tuple in the NIB. The first and second controllers operate on two different computing devices. Each controller receives logical control plane data for specifying logical datapath sets and converts the logical control plane data to physical control plane data for enabling the switching elements to implement the logical datapath sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nicira, Inc.
    Inventors: Teemu Koponen, Martin Casado, Jeremy Stribling, Natasha Gude
  • Patent number: 11876645
    Abstract: A method operable by a communication network gateway for providing communication services includes (a) supporting respective communication links with a plurality of communication service providers, (b) supporting a plurality of virtual local area networks (VLANs), (c) associating each virtual local area network (VLAN) with a respective communication service provider of the plurality of communication service providers, and (d) routing data between each VLAN and the respective communication link of the respective communication service provider associated with the VLAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Riland, Rob Alderfer, Dennis Alan Brown, Jane Keys, John C. Bahr, Thomas Holtzman Williams, Derek Digiacomo, Austin Ralph Pahl, Mark Davies, Yuan Tian, Darshak Thakore, David Daniel Smith
  • Patent number: 11870838
    Abstract: A wireless gateway for steering a client device between content streaming apparatuses in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The gateway provides an access point (GW AP) including a gateway steering controller configured to determine whether a client device should be steered to a content streaming apparatus based on at least one sample measurement on received signal strength between the client device and the content streaming apparatus and at least one other content streaming apparatus, and conduct steering logic calculations. The steering logic calculations are compared against predetermined thresholds, and said gateway steering controller provides an instruction to steer the client device to one of the content streaming apparatuses based on a difference between the steering logic calculations and the predetermined thresholds. Optionally, the gateway steering controller may also provide band steering as well as signal strength steering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Jay Strater, Gregory Nakanishi, Michael J. Hartman
  • Patent number: 11864126
    Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enable FD devices to apply power backoff and/or power allocation prioritization rules that are specific to FD transmissions. In one aspect, a UE determines an FD specific power backoff associated with each of at least one transmission of a plurality of transmissions in a slot that is configured as an FD slot, each FD specific power backoff is based on whether a corresponding transmission would cause self-interference with a DL reception in the FD slot, and the plurality of transmissions are overlapping in time. The UE determines a transmission power for each of the at least one transmission in the FD slot based on the determined FD specific power backoff for each of the at least one transmission. The UE transmits one or more of the at least one transmission based on the determined transmission power for the corresponding transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Ahmed Attia Abotabl