Patents Examined by William D. Cumming
  • Patent number: 11284398
    Abstract: A communication link configuration method includes: sending capability enquiry signaling to a terminal, the capability enquiry signaling being used for querying about a wireless transmission capability of the terminal; receiving capability reporting signaling sent by the terminal, the capability reporting signaling including first information for representing the wireless transmission capability of the terminal; and configuring a corresponding communication link for the terminal according to the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11284461
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a packet transmission for a split bearer to reduce latency in a wireless communication system are provided. A method by a third node for controlling a packet transmission for a split bearer connected to a first node and a second node in a wireless communication system includes obtaining information related to a buffer state of each of the first node and the second node, determining a packet arrival time at a terminal through each of the first node and the second node based on the information related to the buffer state of each of the nodes, selecting one of the first node and the second node based on a comparison of the packet arrival time corresponding to the first node with the packet arrival time corresponding to the second node, and transmitting a packet to the terminal through the selected node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongsook Kim, Dongho Kwak, Hoon Huh
  • Patent number: 11271633
    Abstract: A communication device for an ultra-high-speed vehicle comprises a processor for performing a radio resource control function for communication between a first mobile device and the communication device, and a plurality of distributed antennas (DAs) positioned in a path of the first mobile device and transmitting or receiving a signal according to a control of the processor. The communication device also comprises a memory for storing at least one command executed by the processor. The at least one command is executed to configure a first sliding window including n DAs corresponding to a first position of the first mobile device, among the plurality of DAs, and perform communication with the first mobile device located at the first position by using the n DAs. Therefore, the performance of a communication system can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Soon Gi Park
  • Patent number: 11272573
    Abstract: A communication device performs direct communication between terminals. The system transmits and receives wireless signals and controls transmission of data using a predetermined resource pool and reception of feedback from a transmission destination terminal of the data. The system performs control to secure a resource for transmission of the data and a resource for the feedback for the transmission destination terminal of the data within the predetermined resource pool, and notifies the transmission destination terminal of information regarding the resource for the feedback by using SCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Uchiyama, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima, Hiroki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11265123
    Abstract: A method for a terminal to transmit and receive signals for position estimation in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a downlink (DL) positioning reference signal (PRS) from each of a serving base station and reference base stations; measuring phase differences between sinusoidal components included in the DL PRSs for each of the serving base station and the reference base stations; generating an uplink (UL) PRS on the basis of the measured phase differences; and transmitting the UL PRS to the serving base station, wherein the terminal may report the phase difference measured for the serving base station and the phase differences measured for the reference base stations through the transmission of the UL PRS to the serving base station. The terminal is capable of communicating with at least one of another terminal, a terminal related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myeongjin Kim, Sangrim Lee
  • Patent number: 11265879
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for receiving, by a network entity from a user equipment (UE), a component carrier/bandwidth portion (CC/BWP) grouping capability message that indicates a capability of the UE to support CC/BWP group-based signaling; transmitting, by the network entity to the UE, a CC/BWP grouping indication that identifies at least one CC/BWP group based on the CC/BWP grouping capability message; transmitting, by the network entity to the UE, a CC/BWP configuration message that includes CC/BWP group configuration information that identifies a CC/BWP group configuration for the at least one CC/BWP group; communicating, by the network entity with the UE, on at least one CC/BWP of the at least one CC/BWP group based on one or more communication parameters configured according to the CC/BWP group configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tianyang Bai, Yan Zhou, Kiran Venugopal, Jung Ho Ryu, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Ruhua He
  • Patent number: 11265967
    Abstract: A user device is disclosed including a receiver that receives from a first radio base station of a first system a setting information relating to a signaling radio bearer, and a processor that sets, in a dual connectivity between the first radio base station and a second radio base station of a second system, based on the setting information, a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity of the signaling radio bearer to a PDCP entity of a second system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi, Tooru Uchino, Wuri Andarmawanti Hapsari
  • Patent number: 11259175
    Abstract: An overheating protection method for user equipment includes: sending a first signaling to a base station, the first signaling carrying indication information indicating that the user equipment has a capability of report a temporary capability of the user equipment; monitoring whether the base station returns a second signaling on the basis of the first signaling within a preset time period; and determining whether the base station has the capability of solving overheating of the user equipment on the basis of a monitoring result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11259141
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and provides example positioning assistance data sending methods, systems, and devices. One example solution includes receiving, by a positioning server, at least one positioning request sent by a core network device, where the positioning request includes an identifier of user equipment (UE) and an identifier of a serving cell of the UE. The positioning server can then send at least one piece of positioning assistance data to a base station based on the at least one positioning request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chenwan Li, Yinghui Yu
  • Patent number: 11252563
    Abstract: Management of hosted channel membership of a communication platform is described. A request can be received from a first client of a first user, associated with a first organization, of the group-based communication platform, wherein the request is to associate a second user, associated with a second organization, with a communication channel of the first organization. An invitation to join the communication channel can be sent to a second client of the second user. In response to receiving an indication of an acceptance of the invitation, the second user can be associated with the communication channel. A request can be received from the second client to associate other user(s) associated with the second organization with the communication channel and the other user(s) can be associated with the communication channel based at least in part on permission(s) associated with the communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ilan Frank, Shanan Delp, Michael Demmer, Sri Vasamsetti, Neha Sharma
  • Patent number: 11252656
    Abstract: A method and system for determining an optimal wireless channel for a Wi-Fi access point in a cloud-based software defined network (SDN) using an Application Programming Interface (API) is described. Initially, the API collects the measurement information and media access control (MAC) addresses from a plurality of nearby Wi-Fi access points to a client device. The measurement information is analyzed to determine a location of the client device using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model. To determine the location of the client device, the API creates a plurality of clusters of Wi-Fi access points and updates the plurality of clusters with one or more newly identified Wi-Fi access points. Thereafter, the API calculates an optimal wireless channel for a Wi-Fi access point from the cluster using the AI model and enables the client device to automatically switch to the optimal wireless channel for connecting with the Wi-Fi access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: AMBEENT WIRELESS
    Inventor: Mustafa Ergen
  • Patent number: 11240693
    Abstract: Presented is a method for detecting link quality and a terminal device. The method includes that: a terminal device receives a first event reported by a first protocol layer in a second protocol layer, the first event being configured to indicate that quality of a signal in a first signal set is poor enough to meet a first condition; and the terminal device determines that a second event occurs in the second protocol layer based on the first event, the second event being configured to indicate that quality of a link corresponding to the signal in the first signal set is poor enough to meet a second condition. The method and terminal device are favorable for improving signal transmission performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihua Shi, Wenhong Chen, Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11239874
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for wireless communication is provided. The apparatus includes a transceiver, a dedicated modem, a frequency converter, at least one controller and a bus. The transceiver receives a first wireless signal associated with a first predefined wireless communication standard and a second wireless signal associated with a second predefined wireless communication standard. The dedicated modem is capable of processing the first wireless signal. The frequency converter down converts a second frequency of the second wireless signal. The controller receives data on the second wireless signal and processes the data on the second wireless signal. The bus is configured to divert the data from the second wireless signal from being received at the dedicated modem by directly transmitting the data from the second wireless signal to memory. The controller is further programmed to access the memory for processing the data on the second wireless signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Deeyook Location Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Eran Shpak
  • Patent number: 11228882
    Abstract: An embodiment wireless communication linkage control apparatus is configured to determine a position determination technique of a mobile terminal based on state information of a vehicle, to determine the current position of the mobile terminal, thereby controlling maintenance or release of wireless communication linkage with the mobile terminal depending on the position of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hye Won You, Min Hyuk Oh, Seung Jae Lee, Pyoung Hwa Lee, Hyung Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11224004
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking mobile devices are provided. One system comprises at least one processor and memory storing code which when executed by the at least one processor configure the at least one processor to perform a method of tracking a mobile device. The method comprises receiving broadcasting an IMSI message, receiving an IMSI attach request message from a mobile device, and identifying the mobile device within a location area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TRESPASS TRACKER LTD.
    Inventors: Joel Roberto Sotomayor, Idris Soule Alaofe
  • Patent number: 11212345
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a network entity in a wireless communication system supporting ranging capability. The method includes generating a medium access control (MAC) common part sublayer-data request primitive including a ranging enable indicator and a ranging request measurement and control IE (RRMC IE) with a reply-time request. The RRMC IE includes request fields for a reply time, a round-trip measurement, a time-of-flight, an angle of arrival (AOA) azimuth, an AoA elevation, a ranging control information, a reserved bit, an RRMC table length, and an RRMC table. The method further includes transmitting MAC Data including the RRMC IE to another network entity and receiving MAC Data including a ranging reply time instantaneous IE from the other network entity. A local value of a receive ranging counter is identified at the network entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheda Li, Aditya V. Padaki, Boon Loong Ng
  • Patent number: 11212693
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a measurement report by a wireless node in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises measuring a channel for obtaining channel congestion information; and transmitting the measurement report including the channel congestion information to the network, wherein the channel congestion information is determined based on a number of times a busy period appears and a number of busy samples, within a reporting interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jayeong Kim, Sunghoon Jung, Sangwon Kim
  • Patent number: 11212649
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium determine the position of a mobile device. Position data items are collected that indicate if the mobile device was located in a vicinity of a predetermined public transportation building when the respective position parameter was captured. Motion data items are also collected that represent a respective motion parameter captured by the mobile device within the vicinity of the predetermined public transportation building. Based on the positioning data item(s), the motion data item(s) and/or public transportation data, it is determined if the mobile device has left the vicinity of the predetermined public transportation building on board a public transportation vehicle and/or has arrived at the vicinity of the predetermined public transportation building on board a public transportation vehicle and, if so, the motion data item(s) are associated with a boarding or waiting and/or arrival area for passengers of the public transportation vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Pavel Ivanov, Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Henri Jaakko Julius Nurminen
  • Patent number: 11206632
    Abstract: A method of determining a position of a user equipment (UE) relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The method of determining a position of a user equipment (UE) includes measuring, via at least one of a downlink (DL) or an uplink (UL), a first measurement of a set of measurements. The method further comprises estimating, at least in part, the position of the UE using the first measurement of the set of measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yinan Qi
  • Patent number: 11206711
    Abstract: A 5G or pre-5G communication system is provided to support higher data transmission rates after 4G communication systems such as LTE. To support communication of a terminal that dually accesses a first radio access technology (RAT) communication system and a second RAT communication system, a session generation request message for transmitting traffic is received from a terminal. A target communication system that is to generate a data path with respect to the traffic from the first RAT communication system and the second RAT communication system is determined, the data path for the target communication system is configured, and information about the configured data path is transmitted to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Shin Park, Ki-Suk Kweon, Sang-Jun Moon, Ji-Cheol Lee, Jin-Sung Lee