Patents Examined by Joshua L Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11837266
    Abstract: An enhanced TL-TCAM lookup-table hardware search engine includes a plurality of enhanced TL-TCAM cell circuits. There are m enhanced TL-TCAM cells circuits connected in parallel to form a sub-segment circuit. The word line WL, match line ML and ML_x of each enhanced TL-TCAM cell circuit in the sub-segment circuit are respectively short-connected together, the match line ML is connected to the drain electrode of an N-type transistor N15, ML_x is connected to the gate electrode of the N-type transistor N15, and the source electrode of the N-type transistor N15 is connected to ground, ML_x is connected to the drain electrode of an N-type transistor N14, the source electrode of the N-type transistor N14 is connected to ground, and the gate electrode of the N-type transistor N14 is connected to the signal line OneX_in-Sement_b, a plurality of sub-segment circuits are connected in parallel to form a word circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Jianwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11785474
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing multi-tier quasi-licensed spectrum wireless service via a common wireless access node such as a small-cell. In one embodiment, the quasi-licensed system utilizes multi-sector antennae to create antenna lobes adaptively according to parameters associated with different cell sectors, such as user traffic, random access requests, and/or interference. In one variant, when the user traffic or interference is determined to be very high in a particular sector, the sector is configured and activated based on the availability of low-noise spectrum. In another variant, when a new sector is created, the electrical power resources available for that sector are checked, and based on the amount of power available at that sector, either CBSD Category A or B status is allocated to that sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventors: Volkan Sevindik, Haider Syed
  • Patent number: 11776307
    Abstract: Arrangement for acquiring images for producing a head related transfer function filter is disclosed. In the arrangement the camera of a mobile phone or similar portable device is adjusted for the imaging. All acquired images are analyzed and only suitable images are sent further for producing the head related transfer filter. The arrangement is further configured to provide instructions to the user so that the whole head and other relevant body parts are sufficiently covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Antti J. Vanne, Tomi A. Huttunen, Jukka O. Antikainen
  • Patent number: 11778602
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a method and device for obtaining location information of a terminal by using a wireless communication system. Provided according to an embodiment is a device for acquiring the location information of a terminal, the device comprising at least one downlink signal receiver, at least one uplink signal receiver, and a controller for controlling the downlink signal receiver and uplink signal receiver, wherein the controller configures uplink resource assignment information on the basis of control information received by the downlink signal receiver and determines whether an uplink signal is received, on the basis of the uplink resource allocation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY), INFOSEIZE SYSTEMS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Hi Chan Moon
  • Patent number: 11769556
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a scheme for estimating an optimal read threshold voltage using a deep neural network (DNN) with a reduced number of processing. A controller includes a combined neural network, which receives first and second cumulative distribution function (CDF) values, each CDF value corresponding to a program voltage (PV) level associated with a read operation on the cells. The combined neural network generates first and second connection vectors based on the first and second CDF values and first weight values, and estimates an optimal read threshold voltage based on the first and second connection vectors and second weight values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Haobo Wang, Aman Bhatia, Fan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11763877
    Abstract: A memory device includes pages arranged in columns and each constituted by a plurality of memory cells on a substrate, voltages applied to a first gate conductor layer, a second gate conductor layer, a first impurity layer, and a second impurity layer in each memory cell included in each of the pages are controlled to perform a page write operation of retaining, inside a channel semiconductor layer, a group of positive holes generated by an impact ionization phenomenon or by a gate-induced drain leakage current, and the voltages applied to the first gate conductor layer, the second gate conductor layer, the first impurity layer, and the second impurity layer are controlled to perform a page erase operation of discharging the group of positive holes from inside the channel semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Sakui, Nozomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11743737
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product for performing dynamic spectrum sharing in a wireless communication system. A control plane message identifying a radio resource in a plurality of radio resources for controlling transmission of a data packet in a plurality of data packets between a plurality of communication devices is generated. The generated control plane message is transmitted. Using the identified radio resource, transmission of the data packet is controlled in a user plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Altiostar Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Sridhar Bhaskaran
  • Patent number: 11743878
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) may determine a set of inputs to a neural network configured to predict radio frequency channel conditions or a user context associated with the UE. In some aspects, the set of inputs includes historical data related to a wireless environment, a communication pattern, or a behavior pattern associated with the UE. The apparatus of the UE may determine, using the neural network and based at least in part on the set of inputs, an optimal number of aggregated carriers to maximize one or more of a power parameter or a performance parameter. The apparatus of the UE may communicate using the optimal number of aggregated carriers. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sharad Shahi, Madhup Chandra, Tom Chin
  • Patent number: 11736907
    Abstract: A terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications network, the terminal device comprising receiver circuitry and control circuitry, wherein the control circuitry is configured to: control the receiver circuitry to receive a first signal indicating that a warning notification message is to be transmitted by infrastructure equipment of the network using a multicast or broadcast transmission; in response to the reception of the first signal, control the receiver circuitry to receive a second signal transmitted by infrastructure equipment of the network using predetermined communication resources, the second signal comprising information for the terminal device to use to determine communication resources for the multicast or broadcast transmission of the warning notification message; determine the communication resources for the multicast or broadcast transmission of the warning notification message using the information comprised in the second signal; control the receiver circuitry to receive the warnin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Vivek Sharma, Brian Alexander Martin, Shinichiro Tsuda, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shin Horng Wong
  • Patent number: 11723009
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for conducting wireless communication are provided. One method includes identifying a location of a device and obtaining spectrum usage data from a database. The spectrum usage data indicates a licensed entity licensed within an area including the location of the device to communicate across a first sub-band of frequencies within a frequency band, and one or more transmission characteristics of the transmissions of the licensed entity. The method further includes determining beam steering characteristics for wireless transmissions of the device within the frequency band using the spectrum usage data. The beam steering characteristics are determined using the transmission characteristics for the licensed entity and configured to reduce interference with the transmissions of the licensed entity within the frequency band caused by the wireless transmissions of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Vinko Erceg, Ron Porat, Thomas Derham, Matthew J. Fischer, Christopher David Szymanski
  • Patent number: 11723008
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system operating with shared spectrum channel access. A method of operating a UE includes receiving an SS/PBCH block; determining a higher-layer parameter ssb-SubcarrierOffset based on an MIB of a PBCH included in the SS/PBCH block; determining a bit (??+5) from a payload of the PBCH; and determining a first value (kSSB) based on a second value (kSSB). Four LSBs of the second value (kSSB) are indicated by the higher-layer parameter ssb-SubcarrierOffset and an MSB of the second value (kSSB) is indicated by the bit (??+5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongbo Si, Yingzhe Li
  • Patent number: 11716591
    Abstract: A method of determining a position of a mobile telecommunication device (10) which transmits a signal (S) to base stations (1, 2, 3, . . . ) connected by a data link (8) comprises the steps of: correlating the received signal (S) and a reference signal (S?) so as to produce a correlation for each base station, detecting a maximum in each correlation, which maximum is indicative of a time of arrival of the signal (S) at the respective base station, and using the respective times of arrival and the distances (D1, D2, . . . ) derived therefrom to derive a location of the mobile telecommunication device. The method uses receivers (21, 22, . . . ) coupled to a data network (7), each receiver (21, 22, . . . ) deriving the reference signal (S?) from the received signal (S). Each base station may select, if it receives multiple reference signals, the reference signal (S?) having the highest quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: K. Miza LLC
    Inventors: Martin Van Rijn, Franciscus Hendrikus Elferink
  • Patent number: 11706808
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random access method, a terminal, and a network device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, first resource configuration information sent by a network device, where the first resource configuration information is used to indicate M first frequency resources and N second frequency resources, and M and N are positive integers greater than or equal to 1; sending a random access request on a target first frequency resource to the network device; and receiving a random access response sent by the network device on a target second frequency resource, where the target first frequency resource is a free frequency resource in the NI first frequency resources, and the target second frequency resource is a free frequency resource in the N second frequency resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yumin Wu, Wei Bao
  • Patent number: 11706739
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for coordinating communication and avoiding and/or mitigating collisions for multi-subscriber identity module devices in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may coordinate communication associated with different subscriber identity modules and/or may mitigate collisions between communications associated with different subscriber identity modules. A network may provide information to improve coordination and/or mitigate collisions. A network may adjust paging schedules and/or provision of alert messages to improve coordination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza Shikari, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Vijay Venkataraman, Yaoqi Yan, Yuqin Chen, Zhiwei Wang
  • Patent number: 11706701
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for wireless communications are provided. The method is performed by a UE and includes: reading system information of a plurality of cells on a first carrier frequency to obtain identification information of a plurality of PLMNs; reporting, by an AS entity of the UE, the identification information of the plurality of PLMNs to a NAS entity of the UE; selecting, by the NAS of the UE, one of the plurality of PLMNs as a selected PLMN; searching for the plurality of cells on the first carrier frequency during a cell selection procedure; and selecting a suitable cell belonging to the selected PLMN from the plurality of cells on the first carrier frequency based on the cell selection procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Mei-Ju Shih, Yung-Lan Tseng, Hung-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11700508
    Abstract: A network entity, such as a user equipment (UE), may request that a network provide multicast and broadcast services, e.g., where the request includes entity preferences such as network slice selection information. The network may provide information regarding provision of such services, where the information may include, for example, whether a service will be provided via a user plane or a control plane connection, network slice information, additional connections to be formed, separate encryption for such connections, etc. A Multicast/Broadcast Network Function (MBNF) may be used to establish such connections and manage a broadcast and multicast sessions. The MBNF may, for example, manage groups of entities, check an entity's access privileges for services, communicate with the a Management and Network Orchestration (MANO) system to reserve resources, and send data to entities over a shared control plane connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongkun Li, Michael F. Starsinic, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Rocco Di Girolamo, Qing Li
  • Patent number: 11696156
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which radio units (RUs), distributed units (DUs), or combinations thereof, may have a single hardware configuration that may be configured to implement different functions for radio frequency (RF) and baseband processing at a base station. A desired functionality for a RU or DU may be identified, and the RU or DU may be configured to implement the functionality through run-time configuration or boot images to implement a particular set of functions that may be needed for a particular cell or deployment. A RU or DU may be reconfigured following an initial configuration to perform different functions following the reconfiguration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rotem Cooper, Charles Alfred Bergan, Victor Abramsky, Puneet Sethi
  • Patent number: 11696095
    Abstract: Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) using a location server and service based interfaces (SBIs) and SBI service operations in a Fifth Generation wireless network. The location server may be, e.g., a Location Management Function (LMF). The LMF may be in either a serving Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a UE or in a Home PLMN for a roaming UE. The LMF may receive a location service request for the UE using an SBI and may communicate with another entity in the network, through a second entity and using an SBI, to obtain location information for the UE measured by the other entity. The LMF may determine a location for the UE based on the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen William Edge, Hong Cheng, Haris Zisimopoulos
  • Patent number: 11689887
    Abstract: Disclosed is an approach for improving performance of a radio-based positioning system by detecting and excluding mobile radio nodes. The disclosed approach involves processors (e.g., of positioning server(s) and/or of a computing device) making a determination (i) that a speed of a computing device is at or above a threshold speed, and (ii) that at least one condition is met, the at least one condition indicating that a radio node is moving substantially along with the computing device. In response to making the determination, the processors may deem the radio node to be a mobile node. Given this, the processors may in turn exclude the radio node for positioning purposes, which may ultimately improve performance of the radio-based positioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Henri Jaakko Julius Nurminen, Mikko Blomqvist
  • Patent number: 11683822
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for selection of a scheduling user equipment. One embodiment of a computer-readable storage device storing machine readable code, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive first information from a plurality of user equipments, wherein the first information indicates at least one sidelink user equipment in communication with each user equipment of the plurality of user equipments. In some embodiments, the code further causes the processor to select a scheduling user equipment from the plurality of user equipments based on a quality of a first connection interface and a second connection interface of each user equipment of the plurality of user equipments indicated in the first information. In some embodiments, the code further causes the processor to transition to a fallback mode in response to mode 2d resource allocation being unavailable and occurrence of a radio link failure or a handover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Ganesan, Prateek Basu Mallick, Joachim Loehr, Ravi Kuchibhotla