Patents Examined by T. Duong
  • Patent number: 11985535
    Abstract: On a control plane or on a user plane of a communication system, a parameter of service quality for a session between a user equipment and a data network is received (S2B01), the parameter is evaluated (S2B02) for a change of the parameter, and based on the evaluation (S2B03), the change of the parameter is reported (S2B04) to the control plane of the communication system. On the control plane, the parameter is received (S2A01). The parameter is evaluated (S2A02), and based on the evaluation (S2A03), re-location of a user plane network function is initiated and/or a new user plane network function is inserted (S2A04).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Klaus Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 11984674
    Abstract: The antenna device A1 includes an antenna 1 configured to transmit and/or receive radio waves, and a dielectric elastomer drive element 2 including a dielectric elastomer layer 21 and a pair of electrode layers 22 sandwiching the dielectric elastomer layer 21. The dielectric elastomer drive element is capable of changing an antenna characteristic of the antenna 1. With such a configuration, the antenna device can be made smaller and lighter while improving its antenna characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiki Chiba, Mikio Waki, Keisuke Oguma, Shinji Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11984975
    Abstract: A device may receive channel data associated with a channel provided between a network and a user device, and may calculate, based on the channel data, key performance indicator data that includes a plurality of key performance indicators for the channel. The device may multiply the plurality of key performance indicators by factors to generate factored key performance indicator data that includes a plurality of factored key performance indicators. The device may apply weights to the plurality of factored key performance indicators of the factored key performance indicator data to generate factored weighted key performance indicator data that includes a plurality of factored weighted key performance indicators. The device may calculate a quality indicator for the channel based on the factored weighted key performance indicator data, and may perform one or more actions based on the quality indicator for the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia R. Chang, Daryl M. Low, Jin Yang, Arda Aksu, Donna L. Polehn, Lalit R. Kotecha
  • Patent number: 11984661
    Abstract: An electronic device may include first and second phased antenna arrays and a triplet of first, second, and third ultra-wideband antennas. An antenna module in the device may include a dielectric substrate. The first and second arrays and the triplet may be formed on the dielectric substrate. The third and second ultra-wideband antennas may be separated by a gap. The first array may be laterally interposed between the third and second ultra-wideband antennas within the gap. The third ultra-wideband antenna may be laterally interposed between the first phased antenna array and at least some of the second array. An integrated circuit may be mounted to the dielectric substrate using an interposer. The antenna module may occupy a minimal amount of space within the device and may be less expensive to manufacture relative to scenarios where the arrays and the ultra-wideband antennas are formed on separate substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Jiang, Jiangfeng Wu, Siwen Yong, Hao Xu, Ana Papio Toda, Carlo di Nallo, Michael D. Quinones, Mattia Pascolini, Amin Tayebi, Aaron J. Cooper, Per Jakob Helander, Johan Avendal
  • Patent number: 11978952
    Abstract: Disclosed are a near field communication (NFC) antenna and an NFC communication apparatus for a mobile terminal. The NFC antenna includes a substrate; a ferrite, disposed on the substrate; and a first flexible printed circuit (FPC) antenna, disposed on the ferrite and including a first end and a second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Shengqiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11979321
    Abstract: An infrastructure device configured to: configure a first device to receive, from a second device, a first network packet to be transmitted by the first device to a first LAN device, the first network packet indicating a first subnet IP address as a destination address; configure the first device to select to transmit the first network packet to the first LAN device; configure the first device to receive, from the second device, a second network packet to be transmitted by the first device to a second LAN device, the second network packet indicating a second subnet IP address as a destination address; and configure the first device to select to refrain from transmitting the second network packet to the second LAN device based at least in part on the second packet indicating the second subnet IP address as the destination address is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventor: Rytis Karpuska
  • Patent number: 11979763
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present invention relates to a method for channel measurement and device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yiyan Zhang, He Wang
  • Patent number: 11979332
    Abstract: A system for establishing and maintaining a communications network includes: one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a first set of data associated with a first set of communication links, the first set of communication links configured to establish connection between devices; receiving a second set of data associated with a second set of communication links; receiving a determination of whether one or more communication links of the first set satisfy a pre-determined quality level; receiving a determination of whether one or more communication links of the second set satisfy the pre-determined quality level; receiving a selection from the one or more communication links of the second set that have been determined to satisfy the pre-determined quality level; and connecting the devices via the selected one or more communication links if one or more communication links of the first set is determined to not satisfy the pre-determined quality level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Rosen, Chelsea Georgan, Jon Aho, Venkatesh Ramaswamy
  • Patent number: 11973853
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus includes a packet type determination unit that determines whether or not a TLV packet includes a compressed IP packet, a context information determination unit that determines a context identifier and a context identification header type of the TLV packet determined to include the compressed IP packet, a CID-header storage unit that stores a source IP address assigned to the context identifier, a fixed header information storage unit that stores fixed header information in conformance with an operation specification of a broadcast wave, and a header restoring unit that generates a restored IP packet by decompressing the compressed data in accordance with the TLV packet determined to include the compressed IP packet, the source IP address acquired from the CID-header information storage unit on the basis of the context identifier, and the fixed header information acquired from the fixed header information storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11974287
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: After receiving, from a network device, information about K uplink data channels for repeating a data packet for K times and information about a first time domain resource for transmitting first uplink control information UCI, in a case in which the first time domain resource overlaps a first uplink data channel of the K uplink data channels in time domain and the first uplink data channel is overloaded, a terminal device determines a physical resource for transmitting the first UCI, and then sends the first UCI to the network device by using the determined physical resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Li, Lei Guan
  • Patent number: 11967780
    Abstract: This application provides an antenna structure and a communications terminal. The antenna structure includes an antenna radiator, a signal source, a first capacitor, and a first tuning circuit. A first terminal of the antenna radiator is grounded. A first terminal of the first capacitor and a first terminal of the first tuning circuit are electrically connected to a connection point of the antenna radiator. A second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to the signal source. A second terminal of the first tuning circuit is grounded. Antenna impedance of the first terminal of the first capacitor at target frequencies is in the first quadrant of a Smith chart, and the target frequencies are at least some frequencies in frequency bands covered by the antenna radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rihui Li, Rui Jiang, Zipeng Hou
  • Patent number: 11962495
    Abstract: A system including a transmission terminal, used for transmitting a target data packet obtained by encrypting and encapsulating a data flow; a network controller, deployed in a first Internet network and storing routing information from the transmission terminal to a receiving terminal; and a backbone transmission network device, deployed in a backbone transmission network and used for obtaining the routing information and the target data packet forwarded by the first Internet network and forwarding the target data packet to the receiving terminal based on the routing information. The present disclosure solves the technical problem of low efficiency and high cost of data transmission in the conventional techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Shunmin Zhu, Weiting Huang, Jianyong Chen
  • Patent number: 11963265
    Abstract: A communication apparatus can execute a first communication mode for allowing wireless communication with an information processing apparatus via an external access point. Also, the communication apparatus can execute a second communication mode for allowing the communication apparatus to function as a master station without intervention of the external access point to perform wireless communication with the information processing apparatus serving as a slave station. Furthermore, the communication apparatus can execute a third communication mode of a standard different from standards of the first communication mode and the second communication mode. The communication apparatus controls not to execute communication in either the second communication mode or the third communication mode based on a frequency band used in the first communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keigo Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11962489
    Abstract: A first layer one link aggregation master comprises a first port coupled to receive customer traffic; a first channel; a second channel; an aggregation engine coupled to the first and second channels; a first switch circuit coupled to the first port and to the first channel, and configured to communicate the customer traffic from the first port over the first channel to the aggregation engine, the aggregation engine including a splitter circuit configured to use layer one information to segment at least a portion of the customer traffic into a first virtual container and a second virtual container, the aggregation engine further including an encapsulation circuit configured to encapsulate the second virtual container using Ethernet standards for transport over the second channel; a radio access card configured to generate an air frame based on the first virtual container for wireless transmission over a first wireless link of a link aggregation group to the receiver; and a second switch circuit coupled to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Aviat U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Chaoming Zeng, Sergio Licardie
  • Patent number: 11963038
    Abstract: Provided in implementations of the present disclosure are a header compression processing method and apparatus, and communications equipment. The method comprises: transferring first configuration signaling between a first network element and a second network element, the first configuration signaling being used to control a header compression function of the first network element or the second network element; transferring second configuration signaling between the first network element and a terminal, the second configuration signaling being used to control a header compression function of the terminal; control of a header compression function comprising one of the following: starting the header compression function, header compression function configuration, and stopping the header compression function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Qianxi Lu, Yang Xu
  • Patent number: 11956337
    Abstract: This application provides a message parsing method, a data transmit end, a data receive end, and a system, and pertains to the field of network technologies. The method includes: when creating an XML message, the data transmit end may add a target identifier to the XML message to indicate an independent message block in the XML message, where the independent message block is an independent context-free message block, and then may transmit the XML message to the data receive end; and in a process of receiving the XML message, if it is detected that the target identifier exists in the XML message, the data receive end may capture, from the XML message, the independent message block corresponding to the target identifier, and then parse the captured independent message block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 11955720
    Abstract: A beam adjustment assembly includes a phase shifter and a connecting plate. The phase shifter includes a circuit board and main dielectric slabs configured to shift a phase. The circuit board is provided with a first strip and a second strip that are spaced. The first strip and the second strip are configured to respectively connect to radiating elements of an antenna. The connecting plate is slidably assembled on the circuit board and is configured to control an electrical connection between the first strip and the second strip. When sliding, the main dielectric slab can push the connecting plate to slide to control a quantity of radiating elements in the antenna system. The sliding of the main dielectric slab in the phase shifter is used as a driving mechanism of the connecting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huabing Su, Lei Chen, Runxiao Zhang, Yixing Zeng, Fan Zhang, Ping Lv
  • Patent number: 11955734
    Abstract: A slotted patch antenna used to generate polarized radio frequency fields in media having high permittivity. The slotted patch antenna may include a plurality of conductor layers, each being electrically coupled through a capacitive layer. The layers may contain pluralities of slots that form pluralities of conductor segments. The feed conductors carrying radio frequency signals may be capacitively coupled to intermediate conductors. The slotted patch antenna may include tuning conductor segments and slots. The slotted patch antenna may include conductor segments and slots that control current paths, internal field distributions, transmitted field distributions, and direction of transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Uro Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Lebaron, Laura Tyler Perryman
  • Patent number: 11955729
    Abstract: Embodiments of an antenna system and a method for operating an antenna are disclosed. In an embodiment, an antenna system includes a first ferrite element, a second ferrite element, a first coil wrapped around the first ferrite element, a second coil wrapped around the second ferrite element, a first antenna interface electrically coupled to the first coil, a second antenna interface electrically coupled to the second coil, and a conductor network connected between the first coil, the second coil, the first antenna interface, and the second antenna interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Oliver Kronschläger, David Knabl, Andreas Merl, Michael Stark, Erich Merlin
  • Patent number: 11956737
    Abstract: Provided are a power adjustment method and apparatus for an unlicensed spectrum, and a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device adjusting, in a first transition period, a transmission power from turning-off to turning-on for a target transmission, wherein the first transition period and a first gap at least partially overlap in a time domain, the first gap comprises the length of time between an end moment of a first transmission and a start moment of the target transmission, and the first transmission is the most recent transmission before the target transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zuomin Wu, Rongyi Hu