Patents Examined by Khalid W Shaheed
  • Patent number: 11714166
    Abstract: A system for localizing an ultra-wide band (UWB) apparatus comprises a UWB transceiver that identifies and extracts features of at least one channel impulse response (CIR); and a special-purpose processor that applies a machine learning classification process to the extracted CIR features to localize the UWB apparatus in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Filippo Casamassima, Wolfgang Eber, Stefan Tertinek
  • Patent number: 11711739
    Abstract: An embodiment may comprise: transmitting, by a user device in a low activity state a type of the low activity state being according to an anchor access node, a random access message to a network node providing a target cell of a cell reselection. The method may also comprise, in response to receiving a random access response for the random access message from the network node providing the target cell, transmitting, to the network node providing the target cell, a radio connection reactivation request, the reactivation request comprising an indication of an anchor access node of the user device. The method may also comprise, in response to the radio connection reactivation request, receiving a radio connection reactivation message indicating a radio connection reactivation to the anchor access node as a logical link associated with a radio link provided by the target cell of the cell reselection or receiving an inactivation message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Mikko Säily, Tommi Jokela, Sofonias Hailu
  • Patent number: 11711135
    Abstract: An unmanned mobile communication station is adapted for location in a marine environment and includes a platform adapted for flotation or is semi-submersible, a communication node for sending and receiving wireless signals, a power system for energizing said communication node, a data center, at least one sensor for detecting the geolocation of the platform; and a processor for receiving signals from said sensors and controlling communication to and from communication nodes wherein embodiments include both autonomous and remote controlled navigation and propulsion systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Nehal Gajjar, Alexander Jacques Fleming
  • Patent number: 11711737
    Abstract: Methods and systems for preventing or delaying handovers to target access nodes that are not configured to provide uplink split mode, include determining that an uplink usage requirement or a power headroom of a wireless device meets a threshold, and preventing handovers of the wireless device to access nodes that are not capable of utilizing uplink split mode. Access nodes capable of utilizing uplink split mode are configured to receive uplink data via at least two different radio access technologies simultaneously, including 4G LTE and 5G NR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LP
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11706593
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is an interference protection mechanism for communications using a transmit beam in a sidelink. [Solution] A terminal device capable of communication using any communication method classified as vehicle-to-x (V2X) includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first information relating to allocation of a resource pool that can be used by a plurality of terminal devices using the communication method and second information relating to transmit power which is associated with a beam ID of one or a plurality of transmit beams which the terminal devices use in communication using the communication method; a parameter determination unit that determines parameters relating to the transmit beams on the basis of the first information and the second information; and a transmission processing unit that performs packet transmission processing using the communication method on the basis of the determined parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Uchiyama, Naoki Kusashima
  • Patent number: 11696252
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining proximity of architectural structure coverings. A user device receives a broadcast signal from each of a plurality of architectural structure coverings. An ordered list of the plurality of the architectural structure coverings is then maintained based on the broadcast signal. At least a portion of the ordered list is displayed on a display of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventor: Wesley Felteau
  • Patent number: 11696241
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first set of synchronization signals from a first synchronization source and may receive a second set synchronization signals from a second synchronization source, where the UE determines a first priority for the first synchronization source based on a first identification (ID) associated with the first set of synchronization signals and a second priority for the second synchronization source based on a second ID associated with the second set of synchronization signals. Accordingly, the UE may then select the first synchronization source or the second synchronization source based on which synchronization source has a higher priority and communicate with the selected synchronization source (e.g., via sidelink communications).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kapil Gulati, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Junyi Li, Shuanshuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11690085
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes one or more base stations able to divide resources between multiple network operators sharing the base station. A shared base station is configured to monitor a contribution to the load on the base station associated with network operators sharing the base station resources and to provide the determined contribution to the load to one or more other base stations for use in load balancing between the base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francesca Serravalle, Neeraj Gupta, Robert Paterson, Satoshi Noma
  • Patent number: 11683084
    Abstract: It is dynamically suppressed of a downlink interference in a reverse link of a multi-feeder link of a same frequency between an aerial-staying type communication relay apparatus and plural gateway (GW) stations. A relay communication station of the communication relay apparatus estimates plural propagation path responses respectively between plural GW stations and an antenna for feeder link of the communication relay apparatus based on reception results of plural pilot signals received from each of plural GW stations. The relay communication station calculates a weight for suppressing an interference signal that causes an interference by a transmission signal transmitted from a relay communication station to the GW station and received by another GW station, based on the plural propagation path responses, with respect to each of the plural GW stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HAPSMobile Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Fujii, Teruya Fujii
  • Patent number: 11678207
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for improving communications when encountering aggressive communication systems. In one embodiment, a communication system comprises a wireless access point operable to link a first user equipment (UE) to a WiFi network via a contention based mode that directs the WAP to share radio frequency spectrum with other WAPs. The communication system also comprises a communication processor operable to query at least the first UE to determine aggressive radio frequency (RF) band activity by another communication system in range of the WAP, to determine that the aggressive RF band activity by the other communication system is pushing communication with the first UE via the WAP below a threshold level, and based on the determination, direct the WAP to switch to a contention free mode to communicate with the first UE in contention free mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Alireza Babaei
  • Patent number: 11678243
    Abstract: A method for wireless communication, including: analyze handover events, during a period of time, associated with one or more mobile devices in an area having mobile device coverage provided by a plurality of cells, the one or more mobile devices in wireless communication with one or more cells of the plurality of cells determining mobile device coverage pattern information including one or both of: a pattern of traffic in the area, and a pattern of network load for the area, wherein the mobile device coverage pattern information is determined based at least in part on one or more items of contextual information; and determine one or more locations, in the area, associated with a drop rate higher than a threshold drop rate based at least in part on the determined pattern information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Future Dial, Inc.
    Inventors: George Huang, Dan Kikinis, Alejandro Magana
  • Patent number: 11671960
    Abstract: In one embodiment is an operating method of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: transmitting a first sidelink control channel (SCI) on a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH); and transmitting a second SCI on a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), wherein the modulation order of a second stage SCI is used in determining the number of symbols for transmission of the second stage SCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Uihyun Hong, Seungmin Lee, Daesung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11671786
    Abstract: Systems and methods include data storage that stores user information for a plurality of user devices; a beacon that is configured to be associated with a first unique identifier; and a backend system that receives data that includes user information for one of the user devices, assigns the first unique identifier to the one of the user devices, and transmits a digital asset, which includes the first unique identifier and first information, to the one of the user devices. The beacon broadcasts the first unique identifier via a short-range transmission at a first location and the one of the user devices detects the first unique identifier at the first location, compares it to the identifier associated with the digital asset, and displays a notification that includes the first information if there is a match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Dwij Trivedi, Gabe Gindele, Anant Sajnani
  • Patent number: 11664883
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a device having an envelope detector, an oscillator, a switch driver, a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations of comparing a first signal received from the envelope detector and a second signal received from the oscillator within a high probability interval, thereby generating a valid detection; and activating the switch driver responsive to the valid detection. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Bennett, Irwin Gerszberg, Giovanni Vannucci, Farhad Barzegar
  • Patent number: 11659480
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing access prioritization to a private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network operating in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum include receiving, at a network device of the private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, a functional group associated with a user equipment (UE) and a traffic load of a cell of the private LTE network associated with the UE. An access priority associated with the functional group and the traffic load is determined and provided to a CBRS access point (AP) which controls access to the cell. The access priority indicates to the CBRS AP a priority with which the UE is allowed to access the cell and can include a high priority, a low priority, or no access indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vimal Srivastava, Indermeet Singh Gandhi, Sangram Kishore Lakkaraju, Sri Gundavelli
  • Patent number: 11632711
    Abstract: A wireless communication device and method therein for cell scanning in a wireless communication networks are disclosed. The wireless communication device is capable of wireless communication with at least a first Radio Access Technology, RAT, at a first carrier frequency. The wireless communication device performs (410) a cell scanning on the first carrier frequency for determining a possible access node to connect to. When no synchronization signal on the first frequency is detected, or when a synchronization signal on the first frequency is detected but connection establishment procedure to the access node broadcasting the detected synchronization signal is unsuccessful, the wireless communication device obtains (420) system deployment information for the first carrier frequency and determines (430) at least a second carrier frequency for cell scanning based on the system deployment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Bengt Lindoff, Joakim Axmon
  • Patent number: 11627588
    Abstract: A base station includes: a communication circuit configured to communicate with a mobile station; a prediction circuit configured to predict a period during which communication with the mobile station is blocked; and a controller configured to control the communication circuit in such a way that communication data to be transmitted to the mobile station in the period during which communication is blocked are transmitted in a period before the period during which communication is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihide Maeda
  • Patent number: 11627615
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) indication method is applied to a core network device and includes: receiving an access request from a terminal; adding a first Subscriber Profile ID (SPID) value to first signaling in response to determining that the terminal is a UAV according to the access request, where the first SPID value characterizes a UAV identity of the terminal; and transmitting the first signaling to a base station, such that the base station determines that the terminal is the UAV according to the first SPID value included in the first signaling and provides the terminal with a dedicated UAV service. Thus, the core network device informs the base station whether the terminal is a UAV through the first signaling, thereby saving signaling overheads and improving efficiency of providing the UAV service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11622266
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for key refresh triggering. One apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor that starts a counter corresponding to a UE having a small-data traffic pattern. In response to the transceiver receiving small-data traffic associated with the UE, the processor determines if a security key is valid based on a value of the counter. If the value of the counter indicates the security key is invalid, then the processor triggers a key refresh procedure. The processor relays the small-data traffic in response to the UE having a valid security key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Andreas Kunz, Genadi Velev, Joachim Loehr, Prateek Basu Mallick, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Alexander Johann Maria Golitschek Edler von Elbwart
  • Patent number: 11614331
    Abstract: Magneto-electric quasistatic (MEQS) field may be used to track positions of persons and/or objects inside metallic environments. A magneto-electric quasistatic field generator may generate a magneto-electric quasistatic field inside a metallic environment. A magneto-electric quasistatic field detector inside the metallic environment may detect the magneto-electric quasistatic field and generate output signals conveying characteristics of the magneto-electric quasistatic field. The relative position of the magneto-electric quasistatic field detector with respect to the magneto-electric quasistatic field generator may be determined based on the output signals. The position of the magneto-electric quasistatic field detector/generator and/or the position of a person/object carrying the magneto-electric quasistatic field detector/generator may be tracked using the relative position of the magneto-electric quasistatic field detector with respect to the magneto-electric quasistatic field generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Robert Kwan Meng Seah, Hailing An, Darmindra Arumugam