Patents Examined by Yemane Mesfin
  • Patent number: 11246046
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing device determines one or more profiles of respective wireless network issues, each of the one or more profiles having a set of associated parameters. By monitoring wireless conditions in a particular wireless network, the computing device may then detect that the wireless conditions exhibit trigger conditions correlated to a particular set of associated parameters for a particular profile of a particular wireless network issue. In response to detecting that the wireless conditions exhibit trigger conditions, the computing device may then capture and store data regarding the wireless conditions, accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Henry, Robert Edgar Barton
  • Patent number: 11233687
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus for a device-to-device (D2D) terminal in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises a transmission device and a reception device; and a processor, wherein the processor generates and transmits a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS), wherein, if a PSBCH is transmitted in a subframe in which the PSSS and the SSSS are being transmitted and is normal CP, the PSSS and a PSBCH on power is the average power of a period, in the subframe in which the PSSS and the SSSS are being transmitted, not including a transient period, wherein the transient period of a starting part of the period for the PSSS and PSBCH ON power is not overlapped with an OFDM symbol on which the PSSS is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyukjin Chae, Suhwan Lim, Hanbyul Seo, Hakseong Kim, Inkwon Seo
  • Patent number: 11234169
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for signaling frequency hopping information for data transmissions sent over a plurality of transmission time intervals. In some cases, a sequence may be selected and transmitted to indicate whether frequency hopping is used and/or additional information about how the frequency hopping will occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wanshi Chen, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Peter Gaal, Shailesh Patil, Shuanshuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11224057
    Abstract: Systems and methods discussed herein are directed to allocating subframes (or slots) of radio frames for LTE uplink transmissions and NR uplink transmissions. In some instances, subframes (or slots) of radio frames may be allocated for LTE downlink transmissions and NR downlink transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Wafik Abdel Shahid, Thomas P. Lucht, Yasmin Karimli, Ming Shan Kwok
  • Patent number: 11223539
    Abstract: Evaluation of a plurality of activities comprising a service includes, for each of the plurality of activities, identification of a network service path of the activity from the source to the user, wherein a network service path of a first activity of the plurality of activities is different from a network service path of at least one other of the plurality of activities, measurement of a service quality metric for each respective network segment of each identified network service path, and, for each of the plurality of activities, determination of a service quality metric based on the service quality metrics measured for each of the network segments of the network service path of the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Chinna Polinati, Purushottam Shridhar Amradkar, Joan Ouyang, Arne Lynn Gaenz, Edward Ministerio Sarausad, Christine Jefson
  • Patent number: 11223500
    Abstract: A method for enabling traffic acceleration in a mobile telecommunication network. The method includes the steps of receiving, at a Radio Network Node, a reply message from a content delivery provider located outside the mobile telecommunication network; intercepting the reply message; extracting a token from the reply message; comparing the token with a stored token in the Radio Network Node; replacing in the reply message, an Internet protocol IP address of a content delivery provider server with a preset IP address corresponding to an acceleration edge server in the mobile network, when there is a match between the token and the stored token; and sending from the Radio Network Node the modified reply message to a mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Ayodele Damola
  • Patent number: 11218394
    Abstract: Directional capacity of interfaces for networking devices are dynamically modified. Network traffic utilization of one direction of a network interface may be determined. A modification to a capacity of the networking device to process network traffic in the one direction of the network may be determined. The modification may then be applied to the networking device so that subsequent network traffic is processed according to the modified capacity in the one direction of the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamie Plenderleith, Alan Michael Judge, Gianluca Grilli, Alaa Adel Mahdi Hayder
  • Patent number: 11212701
    Abstract: A method for packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) protocol data unit (PDU) duplication and transport block (TB) repetition is provided. The method includes providing a radio access network (RAN) configuration having at least one of a PDCP PDU duplication configuration or a TB repetition configuration, performing at least one of PDCP PDU duplication or TB repetition based on one or more triggering events in the RAN configuration, where the PDCP PDU duplication includes providing at least one duplicated PDCP PDU to a radio link control (RLC) bearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Yung-Lan Tseng, Chie-Ming Chou
  • Patent number: 11211984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reporting a channel state for a narrowband-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) terminal in a wireless communication system, the method, according to one embodiment of the present invention, being executed by a NB-IoT terminal configured so as to operate in a single resource block (BR)-unit NB, and comprising the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a request for the reporting of aperiodic channel state information; according to the request, calculating a channel quality indicator of at least one NB corresponding to a resource for which channel state information is being measured; and transmitting the calculated channel quality indicator to the base station, wherein the channel quality indicator is calculated during a valid subframe interval comprising at least one subframe, wherein the valid subframe interval may exclude a subframe in which a synchronization signal is transmitted from the at least one NB, or a subframe in which the terminal monitors a different NB th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kunil Yum, Yunjung Yi
  • Patent number: 11212590
    Abstract: Approaches for performing all DOCSIS downstream and upstream data forwarding functions using executable software. DOCSIS data forwarding functions may be performed by classifying one or more packets, of a plurality of received packets, to a particular DOCSIS system component, and then processing the one or more packets classified to the same DOCSIS system component on a single CPU core. The one or more packets may be forwarded between a sequence of one or more software stages. The software stages may each be configured to execute on separate logical cores or on a single logical core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Harmonic, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Levy, Pavlo Shcherbyna, Alex Muller, Vladyslav Buslov, Victoria Sinitsky, Michael W. Patrick, Nitin Sasi Kumar
  • Patent number: 11206116
    Abstract: A technique for assigning pilot signals to user equipments is described. The UEs access an RBS that provides radio access. As to a method aspect of the technique, an access burst including initial pilot signals is received from the UEs, wherein at least two of the UEs apply simultaneously the same initial pilot signal. A multicast channel to the at least two UEs is estimated based on the received access burst. A combined signal power received at the RBS is computed for the at least two UEs based on the estimated multicast channel. A message to the at least two UEs is sent using the multicast channel. The message is indicative of the combined signal power and assigns different pilot signals to the at least two UEs, wherein the assignment depends for each of the at least two UEs on the combined signal power and a signal power received at the respective UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Erik G. Larsson, Emil Björnson
  • Patent number: 11206614
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system and method, for determining power requirements according to a data connection with a remote server that provides services to support execution of a remote application that corresponds to a local application that executes on the mobile device. The power requirements are compared to a remaining charge of a battery of the mobile device to obtain a comparison, and the remote application, in lieu of the local application that executes on the mobile device according to the comparison. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, Brandon B. Hilliard, William Cottrill, Ivan Rasnik, Radhika Gouni
  • Patent number: 11202212
    Abstract: The disclosed system provides a facility for improving user call quality at a mobile device. The system includes an over-the-top (OTT) client that may be installed on the mobile device for allowing a user to initiate call quality tests. The system performs a call quality test to generate a call quality score or metric from the obtained audio sample via a Call Quality Algorithm. If the call quality score or metric falls below a predetermined threshold, the system may suggest (via the OTT client or via a push notification) that the user of the mobile device switch from the first communication interface (e.g., a radio network such as 4G) to a second communication interface (e.g., Wi-Fi) on the mobile device. The disclosed system tracks the call quality score or metric of multiple mobile devices operating within a telecommunications network, identifies service outages within the network, and notifies impacted mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Hemanth Karanam
  • Patent number: 11196703
    Abstract: There is provided a radio base station suitable for a wireless communications network. The radio base station is arranged to request a local IP address from a DHCP server the request including a local port number. The radio base station is further arranged to receive a response from the DHCP server comprising a local IP address, an external IP address and port forwarding information. The radio base station is also arranged to send a service record update to a DNS server, the service record update comprising the service capability information of the radio base station, the external IP address, and the port forwarding information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Johan Kölhi, Lars Hallström, Tomas Thyni, Annikki Welin
  • Patent number: 11184195
    Abstract: A first method comprises sending to at least one user equipment a signal, the signal including hopping parameters and being related to sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission, wherein at least one subset/SRS resource is sent for at least one numerology/beam pair, and wherein independent hopping is carried out in each subset for one specific numerology/beam pair or, when different SRS resources are configured for different numerologies/beams, the subset is defined for each SRS resource and independent hopping is made for each SRS resource; and receiving an SRS transmission from the at least one user equipment in accordance with the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Yi Zhang, Deshan Miao, Kungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11184869
    Abstract: An intermediary base station supporting mobile terminal (MT) functionality and/or a user equipment (UE) may receive a time alignment (TA) command and associated timer value from one or more distributed units (DUs) and/or a central unit (CU) of a parent base station. The TA command and timer value may be based on an experienced or potential timer expiration associated with a TA of a communication link. The TA command may specify an updated TA value and a timer reset for scheduling communications on the communication link. In some examples, the TA command may be in response to a TA command request provided by the MT or UE on allocated resources or configurations indicated by the parent base station. In other cases, the TA command may be in response to a random access procedure on allocated resources or configurations indicated by the parent base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Navid Abedini, Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Jianghong Luo, Karl Georg Hampel, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11184886
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a base station, and a user equipment for implementing carrier aggregation. The method includes: determining, by a primary base station, to add a cell for a user equipment UE; and sending, by the primary base station, a first message to the UE, where the first message is used to instruct the UE to add the cell, the first message includes configuration information of the cell and an identifier or index of a base station to which the cell belongs, and the base station to which the cell belongs is a secondary base station. In the embodiments of the present invention, under the control of the primary base station of the UE, a cell of another base station can be added for the UE, so as to implement carrier aggregation between base stations, thereby further increasing user throughput of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongping Zhang, Qinghai Zeng
  • Patent number: 11184111
    Abstract: An approach is described for a method, system, and product, the approach includes setting up a sorted unique value array, receiving a user input, receiving data for polar encoding, generating an output array based on locations determined using the sorted unique value array and values determined using the data for polar encoding, and transmit data using 5g wireless communication protocol that has been processed by polar encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Poojan Rajeshbhai Shah
  • Patent number: 11172441
    Abstract: A method for controlling discontinuous reception in a wireless transmit/receive unit includes defining a plurality of DRX levels, wherein each DRX level includes a respective DRX cycle length and transitioning between DRX levels based on a set of criteria. The transitioning may be triggered by implicit rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen E. Terry, Peter S. Wang, Jin Wang
  • Patent number: 11171692
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting a feedback frame by performing multi input multi output (MIMO) beamforming procedure in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. Specifically, a first station (STA) generates the feedback frame based on the MIMO beamforming procedure. The first STA transmits the feedback frame to a second STA. The feedback frame includes a feedback subcarrier for a predetermined frequency band. A first subcarrier transmitted first in the feedback subcarrier and a second subcarrier having subcarrier indices ?2 and 2 are statically transmitted. The first subcarrier is configured as a left edge subcarrier or right edge subcarrier of the predetermined frequency band. A subcarrier index of a third subcarrier included in the feedback subcarrier is determined based on a grouping value which is a subcarrier interval. The third subcarrier is a subcarrier excluding the first subcarrier and the second subcarrier from the feedback subcarrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunwoong Yun, Jinmin Kim, Sungjin Park, Jinsoo Choi