Patents Examined by Nathan S Taylor
  • Patent number: 11606734
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for supporting a user equipment (UE) handover of a target (T)-access and mobility management function (AMF) in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving a UE context creation request message from a source (S)-AMF, wherein the UE context creation request message includes packet data unit (PDU) session identifiers (ID) as a handover target and single (S)-network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) corresponding to each PDU session ID; determining whether the corresponding S-NSSAI is valid in the T-AMF; and sending, to a session management function (SMF), a PDU session update session management (SM) context request message only for a PDU session ID that corresponds to the S-NSSAI determined to be valid according to the determination result, out of the PDU session IDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangmin Park, Taehun Kim, Myungjune Youn, Hyunsook Kim, Jinsook Ryu
  • Patent number: 11582656
    Abstract: A method of handling invalid PDU session during handover procedure between non-3GPP access and 3GPP access in a mobile communication network is proposed. A UE establishes a PDU session over a first RAT, and then tries to handover the PDU session from the first RAT to a second RAT. However, at the network side, the PDU session over the first RAT does not exist anymore and the network considers the PDU session to be invalid. The network thus sends a PDU session establishment reject message back to the UE, with a 5GSM status message cause value #54 indicating “PDU session does not exist”. At the UE side, the PDU session over the first RAT is still valid (e.g., not inactive). In order to resynchronize with the network, the UE performs a PDU session release procedure to release the PDU session over the first RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MediaTek INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Huang-Fu, Chi-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11570823
    Abstract: An RO indication method and apparatus, an RO determination method and apparatus, a storage medium, a base station and a terminal are provided. The RO indication method includes: determining RO configuration information which includes at least one of followings: an association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively, and an association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles; and transmitting the RO configuration information to a UE. By the embodiments of the present disclosure, a network is able to determine an RO of a UE without considering influence caused by a maximum difference time of RTT and increasing an average waiting time for the UE to transmit a preamble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiangxin Gu
  • Patent number: 11570066
    Abstract: An approach to configure enterprise wireless mobile network slices. A method includes receiving slice definition information representative of a network slice, the slice definition information including an expected slice efficiency index of the network slice, provisioning the network slice, consistent with the slice definition information, in a wireless network, receiving telemetry corresponding to operational metrics of an instance of the network slice that is used by one or more devices in the wireless network, calculating an actual slice efficiency index for the instance of the network slice based on the telemetry corresponding to the operation metrics of the instance of the network slice, determining whether the expected slice efficiency index differs from the actual slice efficiency index by a predetermined threshold, and indicating a course of action to cause the actual slice efficiency index to more closely align with the expected slice efficiency index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Rajesh Indira Viswambharan, Girish Thimmalapura Shivanna, Mahaveer Jain
  • Patent number: 11570723
    Abstract: A mechanism which enables management of frequency resources while suppressing a calculation amount under an environment where location information of a communication device changes. A management server including: a creating unit to create list information; an acquiring unit to acquire a step size relating to transmission power setting of the communication device; a re-creation judging unit to judge whether or not to re-create the list information based on first location information when the list information has been created last time, second location information to be judged and the step size; and a notification unit to notify the communication device which uses the list information, of the re-created list information in a case where it is judged to re-create the list information and the list information created last time in a case where it is judged not to re-create the list information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Furuichi
  • Patent number: 11563553
    Abstract: Dynamically steering data traffic sessions based on traffic type may include: determining that both frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) are available for an air interface between a user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS); determining a first traffic type expected over the air interface for a first data traffic session; based on at least the first traffic type, determining that FDD is a preferred duplex scheme for the first data traffic session; instructing the UE to use FDD over the air interface for the first data traffic session; determining a second traffic type expected over the air interface for a second data traffic session; based on at least the second traffic type, determining that TDD is a preferred duplex scheme for the second data traffic session; and instructing the UE to use TDD over the air interface for the second data traffic session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Muhammad Tawhidur Rahman
  • Patent number: 11558804
    Abstract: A communication apparatus is provided that establishes a wireless LAN communication by handover. The communication apparatus communicates with an external apparatus through a first communication path. The communication apparatus includes a storage unit that store a communication parameter used for communicating with the external apparatus through a second communication path, a communication establishment control unit that performs control to establish communication with the external apparatus through the second communication path using the communication parameter stored, and a communication parameter change control unit that performs control to change the communication parameter stored in the external apparatus that establishes communication through the second communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiko Ishizu
  • Patent number: 11553376
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may receive an indication of a first set of parameters that corresponds to a direct communication link between an industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) device and a first controller; receive an indication of a second set of parameters that corresponds to an indirect communication link between the IIoT device and the first controller through a second controller; and schedule a communication on at least one of the direct communication link or the indirect communication link based at least in part on the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Piyush Gupta, Junyi Li, Hua Wang, Lik Hang Silas Fong
  • Patent number: 11553068
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a housing that includes a first plate oriented in a first direction, a second plate oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member covering a space between the first plate and the second plate; a printed circuit board disposed in the space of the housing; a contact structure that is processed and formed toward at least one side of the printed circuit board from the side member of the housing and provides a contact point with an external electronic device; and a contact point structure that is disposed between the contact structure and the printed circuit board. The contact structure includes: at least one contact part of which at least a part is exposed to an external space and is made of the same material as the side member; and an insulating part, disposed around the at least one contact part, for separating the contact part and the side member from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soogyu Lee, Joonwon Chang, Minsoo Kim, Kyujin Kwak, Jinwan An
  • Patent number: 11540261
    Abstract: A method for indicating the number of transmitting ports of User Equipment (UE), a network device, UE and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes that: if performance degradation exists for a present Band Combination (BC), whether the performance degradation exists for a present frequency and bandwidth combination or not is determined to obtain a determination result; and it is determined based on the determination result to indicate a network side that the UE uses a first number or second number of transmitting ports, the first number is smaller than the second number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Ning Yang, Zhi Zhang, Hai Tang
  • Patent number: 11540166
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine that uplink data associated with a first quality of service flow is available for transmission to a base station. The UE may transmit a buffer status report to the base station. In some examples, the buffer status report may include a buffer status of the first quality of service flow. The UE may then receive an uplink grant based on transmitting the buffer status report, and may transmit the uplink data based on the uplink grant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Linhai He, Sitaramanjaneyulu Kanamarlapudi, Gavin Bernard Horn
  • Patent number: 11533734
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, on an access link from a base station, a first downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a first communication on a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a second DCI that schedules a second communication on the PSSCH. The first communication and the second communication may be scheduled according to a rule for overlapping or ordering communications on the PSSCH that are associated with one or more hybrid automatic repeat request identifiers. The UE may transmit the first communication and the second communication as scheduled. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Liu, Jing Sun, Yisheng Xue, Xiaoxia Zhang, Shuanshuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11533696
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method and an apparatus for reducing co-channel interference, and a base station. The method includes: receiving, by a relay eNodeB ReNB, a propagation delay sent by a donor eNodeB DeNB, where the propagation delay is a delay of propagation between the DeNB and the ReNB; and adjusting, based on the propagation delay, timing parameters for sending uplink data and receiving downlink data by the ReNB, where the timing parameters are delays of the ReNB relative to the DeNB. The DeNB is used as a reference for the propagation delay between the DeNB and the ReNB, to delay timing of receiving the downlink data by the ReNB; and advance timing of sending the uplink data by the ReNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Jin, Honggang Wang, Qi Li, Hua Fan
  • Patent number: 11528741
    Abstract: A method, performed by a terminal, of transmitting or receiving a signal in a wireless communication system includes receiving control information including an uplink grant from a base station, determining whether there is a bandwidth part switching command based on the control information, and determining, based on the uplink grant, whether to transmit a physical uplink shared channel to the base station, based on whether there is the bandwidth part switching command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongho Yeo, Sungjin Park, Taehyoung Kim, Jonghyun Bang, Jinyoung Oh
  • Patent number: 11528674
    Abstract: If a propagation delay equal to or greater than a threshold value is detected in the uplink of a time-division duplex between a first wireless communication terminal and a first wireless base station, a suppression unit 52 performs control pertaining to resources in the time-division duplex of a first wireless communication terminal. Thereby, communication errors that occur in a second wireless communication terminal wirelessly connected to the second wireless base station that is different from the first wireless base station, to which the first wireless communication terminal is wirelessly connected, is suppressed by uplink communication performed by the first wireless communication terminal in accordance with the propagation delay. For example, this suppression process is a process pertaining to the assignment of resources a time-division duplex with respect to the first wireless communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takefumi Yamada, Youhei Oono, Yuichiro Segawa, Shinya Hanano, Takashi Yoshimoto, Yasuhiro Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11528595
    Abstract: A method for UE capability signaling to support NR-U is proposed. A UE transfers UE capability information to a mobile communication network, and the UE capability information includes information regarding whether the UE supports system information acquisition on an unlicensed cell. The UE receives configuration from a serving cell of the mobile communication network, and the configuration includes information for system information acquisition of one or more unlicensed cells on a frequency. The UE acquires system information of the one or more unlicensed cells on the frequency and reports the acquired system information to the serving cell, or stores the acquired system information in the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MediaTek INC.
    Inventor: Chiou-Wei Tsai
  • Patent number: 11510169
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for implementing a network consensus for a blockchain network that is characterized by one or more, or all, of the following attributes: (1) implementation of a Proof-of-Coverage scheme; (2) lack of permission for nodes to participate in the network; (3) decentralization, with lack of incentives to centralize; (4) byzantine fault tolerance; (5) based on useful work to the network; (6) high confirmed transaction rate; and (7) censor-resistant transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: Amir Haleem, Andrew Thompson, Andrew Allen, Marc Nijdam, Jay Kickliter
  • Patent number: 11510060
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are to provide a method for detecting wireless network security. The method comprises: establishing a wireless connection between a user equipment and a target wireless access point; obtaining security detection information on a wireless local area network where the user equipment is located; and classifying the security detection information and determining security status information corresponding to the wireless local area network based on the security detection information. The present application detects the connected wireless network, obtains corresponding security detection information based on security detection items, and classifies the security detection information and determines security status information corresponding to the wireless local area network according to the security detection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LIANGSHANG NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhen Wang, Di Gao
  • Patent number: 11510044
    Abstract: A method for communicating among responders from a plurality of responder agencies includes determining that responders from two responder agencies are located at an event or location. Each of the responders from the two responder agencies has a computing device that is configured to communicate with the other computing device of the responders. Authorization is received from the two responder agencies to permit direct communication between responders from the two responder agencies. A communication link is established between the computing devices of the responders of the two responder agencies in response to determining that the responders from the two responder agencies are located at the event or location and in response to receiving the authorization. The communication link permits direct communication between the responders of the two responder agencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Bohlander, Raymond T. Fortna, Anthony G. Huang, Jeffrey P. Jolma, Julianne C. Weiss, Aerianna K. Deluca
  • Patent number: 11503495
    Abstract: Logical Channel Prioritization (LCP) may be enhanced by accounting for Quality of Service (QoS) attributes of single hop and multi-hop paths. QoS attributes may be communicated as a QoS budget comprising a number of attributes, or as a single composite QoS “resistance” factor that quantifies the compounded impact of number of hops, latency, load conditions, and the like. The QoS budget or resistance may dynamically adjusted, and may be used by LCP to provide differentiated uplink resource allocation to data of the bearer or logical channel subject to different transmission paths between the transmitter and the receiver, for example. QoS budget and resistance information may be used to, e.g., enhance Buffer Status Report (BSR) and Scheduling Request (SR) operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: IPLA HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Pascal M. Adjakple, Stephen E. Terry, Qing Li, Joseph M. Murray, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Guodong Zhang, Mohamed Awadin, Yifan Li, Allan Y. Tsai