Patents Examined by Raymond S Dean
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Patent number: 11974236Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for controlling total average transmission power of a radio base station. A method is performed by a control device. The method comprises performing, for a current discrete time value t, control of total average transmission power {Ptot}(t) of the radio base station according to a back-off power control loop. The total average transmission power {Ptot}(t) is computed over an averaging time window T of the present value of momentary transmission power and the N?1 values of momentary transmission power preceding the present value of momentary transmission power. The method comprises evaluating, for a future discrete time value less than, or equal to, t+T, the total average transmission power, assuming that values of momentary transmission power for all discrete time values from t up to t+T, starting at the next discrete time value t+1, is limited to a minimum value of said momentary transmission power.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Torbjörn Wigren, Shiguang Guo
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Patent number: 11968577Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may configure a power control process associated with a wireless device. Closed-loop power control (CL-CP) for the wireless device may be reset based on a change of channel conditions. The wireless device may change a transmit power and/or reset the CL-CP based on various conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Alireza Babaei, Kyungmin Park
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Patent number: 11962341Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic device and a method for wireless communication including a power amplification circuit. According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: a radio frequency processing module comprising radio frequency circuitry, a first power amplification circuit connected to the radio frequency processing module, a second power amplification circuit connected to the radio frequency processing module and the first power amplification circuit, and a front-end module comprising circuitry connected to the second power amplification circuit and an antenna and configured to transmit a signal, wherein the second power amplification circuit is configured to acquire, from the first power amplification circuit, a first signal obtained by amplifying a signal output from the radio frequency processing module and a second signal by amplifying a signal output from the radio frequency processing module.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yousung Lee, Dongil Yang, Hyoseok Na, Doohwan Lee
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Patent number: 11956711Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for an access point (AP) that does not use a flash memory for some storage (e.g., storing software images, logs, data, and other content used or generated by the AP) and file system operations (e.g., reading and writing dynamic files used by the AP). A method that may be performed, by an AP having a limited amount of flash memory, includes downloading a system image from a network entity, other than the AP, via a wireless network connection; and providing wireless local area network (WLAN) AP services using the downloaded system image.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sreekanth Natarajan, Vairamuthu Karuppiah
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Patent number: 11945605Abstract: Retrofittable satellite systems for an in-orbit host satellite comprising an enhancement module for adding a capability to the in-orbit host satellite, modifying the function of the in-orbit host satellite, and/or extending the function of the in-orbit host satellite. The in-orbit, retrofittable satellite system comprises a transfer vehicle for transferring the enhancement module from a first to a second location and a service vehicle for receiving the enhancement module from the transfer vehicle and installing the enhancement module on the in-orbit host satellite.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Katalyst Space Technologies, LLCInventors: Erik Olaf Harang, Ghonhee Lee, Nicholas Peter Liapis
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Patent number: 11950109Abstract: A satellite communication system includes a phased antenna array having a field of view (FoV) and configured to communicate with a plurality of cells in the FoV via a plurality of beams. Each of the plurality of beams is associated with one of the plurality of cells. A phased antenna array is configured to apply adaptive taper selection, based on both the satellite position (in relation to a satellite service beam) and its surrounding interference scenario.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: AST & Science, LLCInventors: Sriram Jayasimha, Abel Avellan, Huiwen Yao
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Patent number: 11949149Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a first housing including a first area, a second housing coupled to be slidable in a first direction from the first housing and including a second area overlapping the first area in a slide-in state, an antenna structure disposed in the first housing to overlap the first area when the first housing is viewed from the top, a conductive part disposed in the second area and electromagnetically connected to the antenna structure in the slide-in state, and wireless communication circuitry electrically connected to the antenna structure. The wireless communication circuitry may be configured to transmit and/or receive radio signals in at least one designated frequency band through the antenna structure and the conductive part in the slide-in state.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seongyong An, Hyeonuk Kang, Jiho Kim, Kyungmoon Seol, Kyihyun Jang, Jaebong Chun
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Patent number: 11943717Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of antennas and at least one processor configured to support long-term evolution (LTE) communication and new radio (NR) communication. The at least one processor may be configured to identify at least one time of transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS) set in the NR communication, transmitted through each of the plurality of antennas, identify at least one time of the LTE communication corresponding to the at least one time of transmission of the SRS, identify a block error rate (BLER) of the LTE communication in at least one frequency band associated with the LTE communication simultaneously in use with the NR communication, at the at least one time of the LTE communication, and based on the BLER satisfying a designated condition, perform an SRS restriction operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyoungho Lee, Sungsick Kim
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Patent number: 11937186Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a federated learning configuration comprising an indication of a power control loop for providing an update associated with a machine learning component, wherein the power control loop facilitates receiving the update at a received power that satisfies a received power condition associated with an over-the-air update aggregation procedure. The UE may transmit the update to the base station based at least in part on the federated learning configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Hamed Pezeshki, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran
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Patent number: 11930457Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that determines a power control parameter for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), based on reception of a medium access control control element (MAC CE); and a transmitting section that transmits the PUSCH by using transmission power based on the power control parameter. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a parameter for transmission power control can be appropriately determined.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
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Patent number: 11917728Abstract: A small cell device includes a housing body, a heat sink, an interface board, a first power amplifier (PA) board, a second PA board, a power board, and a main board. The housing body defines a cavity and has two depthwise ends. The heat sink is coupled to the housing proximate a first depthwise end. The interface board is positioned within the cavity and adjacent to the heat sink. The first PA board is positioned within the cavity and adjacent to the interface board and the heat sink. The second PA board is positioned within the cavity and proximate a second depthwise end. The power board is positioned within the cavity and adjacent to the second PA board. The main board is positioned within the cavity between the interface board and the second PA board. The heat sink dissipates heat generated during operation of at least the first PA board.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ubicquia, Inc.Inventors: Ronald B. Zimmerman, III, Ian B. Aaron
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Patent number: 11910343Abstract: Apparatus and methods for S-SSB transmission are provided. In an aspect, an S-SSS symbol is followed by a gap symbol. In another aspect, a first PSBCH symbol is followed by an S-SSS symbol. In a further aspect, the same MPR is used for the entire S-SSB, thus reducing/mitigating transient periods. For example, the S-SSS symbols in the S-SSB may be selected from a set of sequences having the same MPR as the S-PSS symbols. Alternatively, the MPR of the entire S-SSB may be selected based on a sequence ID of an S-SSS. In an aspect, additional symbols may be configured in the S-SSB to compensate for power reduction.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Arjun Bharadwaj, Kapil Gulati, Shuanshuan Wu, Tien Viet Nguyen, Sudhir Kumar Baghel
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Patent number: 11905013Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method, which comprises causing an article to be picked up and delivered via a working drone substantially without human intervention. The working drone is coupled to a support drone via a tether. The working drone is controlled via a wireless communication system that transmits signals from the support drone to the working drone. The wireless communication system constructed to communicate with a box that receives deliveries via the drone.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventors: Brandon Thomas Pargoe, William Stavanja, Danny Neal, Charles Neal
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Patent number: 11902916Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device in a node for wireless communication. A first node receives a first signal and a second signal, and the first node transmits a first information block and a second information block in a first time window. The first information block and the second information block are used for determining whether the first signal and the second signal are correctly received respectively; transmit power values of physical layer channels carrying the first information block and the second information block are both a first power value. Through the design in the disclosure, a transmit power of a feedback channel on a sidelink is associated with a priority; and when multiple feedback channels are transmitted in one same time window, a proper transmit power can be determined to optimize performances of the feedback channels on the sidelink.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Qi Jiang, Keying Wu, Xiaobo Zhang
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Patent number: 11902001Abstract: A system and method for selecting antenna panels for communicating with satellites. The receive panels directed towards a location in the sky where the satellite is expected to be. When the signal from the satellite is received by the panels, parameters of the signals are checked against a threshold. All the panels having the parameters above the threshold are grouped together as a receive group. The parameters of the signals at the receive groups are compared to determine the best receive panel, and the transmit panel associate with the receive panel is selected as the transmit panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: WAFER LLCInventor: Steven H. Blumenthal
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Patent number: 11889386Abstract: A device searching method includes a first device that obtains a relative location between a second device and the first device is based on location information of the first device and the location information of the second device; if it is determined, based on the relative location, that the second device is not within a shooting range of the first device, the first device indicates to move the first device toward the second device until the second device is within the shooting range of the first device; and the first device highlights the area in which the second device is located in the shooting range of the first device.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanshan He, Qiang Xu, Xuan Zhou
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Patent number: 11881927Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling satellites are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain a request for image data. The request can be associated with a priority for acquiring the image data. The computing system can determine an availability of a plurality of satellites to acquire the image data based at least in part on the request. The computing system can select from among a plurality of communication pathways to transmit an image acquisition command to a satellite based at least in part on the request priority. The plurality of communication pathways can include a communication pathway via which the image acquisition command is indirectly communicated to the satellite via a geostationary satellite. The computing system can send the image acquisition command to the selected satellite via the selected communication pathway. Data from the satellite can be relayed to ground-based stations via one or more relay satellites.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: PLANET LABS PBCInventor: Kiruthika Devaraj
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Patent number: 11882529Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, such as a user equipment, configured to transmit information in a physical uplink shared channel direction using, selectably, a first waveform or a second waveform, the second waveform having lower peak to average power ratio than the first waveform, provide, to a network node controlling a cell in which the apparatus is attached, first and second power headroom information, and select to either continue using the first waveform on the physical uplink shared channel, or to switch to using the second waveform on the physical uplink shared channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Juhani Hooli, Cássio Barboza Ribeiro, Marco Maso, Alessio Marcone, Nhat-Quang Nhan, Youngsoo Yuk
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Patent number: 11868910Abstract: A device for generating training data sets for signal type recognition has at least one radio frequency signal generator for generating at least one artificial radio frequency signal, a radio frequency receiver connected to the at least one radio frequency signal generator for receiving the at least one artificial radio frequency signal generated by the at least one radio frequency signal generator, and a signal data recorder connected to the radio frequency receiver for storing the radio frequency signal received by the radio frequency receiver as a training data set. Further, a method for generating training data sets as well as a training data set are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Mahmud Naseef
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Patent number: 11863292Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinated satellite and terrestrial channel utilization, are disclosed. One wireless system includes one or more controllers. For an embodiment, the one or more controllers are operative to (or configured to) determine one or more communication delays for each base station of a plurality of base stations based upon a maximum propagation delay between each base station and one or more of a plurality of hubs, generate a channel sharing map that includes a timing of communication between each base station and the one or more of the plurality of hubs, wherein each of the plurality of base stations operates to time wireless communication with the plurality of hubs based on the channel sharing map, and the one or more communication delays of the base station.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Meghna Agrawal, Vijay Lewis