Patents by Inventor Himke Van Der Velde

Himke Van Der Velde has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11646943
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system or networks beyond 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Himke Van Der Velde
  • Patent number: 11647427
    Abstract: A method of processing state information relating to user equipment in a communications system comprising a radio access network, the method comprising: maintaining current state information relating to the user equipment; and on the basis of a change of connection of the user equipment from a first cell to a second cell: transmitting a current value associated with a given state information part to the target radio access node in response to detecting at least one of one or more predetermined triggers that indicate that the target radio access node may not have received the current value from the source radio access node; or relying on the target radio access node having received the current value from the source radio access node if said at least one of said one or more predetermined triggers is not detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Himke Van der Velde, Gert Jan Van Lieshout
  • Publication number: 20230138415
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to: a communication technique merging IoT technology with a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE); and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail, and security- and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, provided are a method and a device for reducing power consumption of a stationary terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Jaehyuk JANG, Soenghun KIM, Anil AGIWAL, Himke VAN DER VELDE
  • Publication number: 20230135437
    Abstract: An idle mode measurement method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving measurement configuration information in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode; performing measurement in the RRC idle mode, based on the measurement configuration information; receiving a UEInformationRequest message for requesting a result of the measurement in the RRC idle mode; and transmitting a UEInformationResponse message including the result of the measurement in the RRC idle mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Sangyeob JUNG, Soenghun KIM, Himke VAN DER VELDE
  • Patent number: 11622360
    Abstract: A communication method and a terminal and a base station adapted to the method are provided. The communication method of a terminal includes: receiving a message containing information regarding a semi-persistent scheduling (SRS) configuration from a base station; determining whether a sub-frame configured with a non-adaptive re-transmission is identical to a sub-frame configured with an uplink grant according to the SPS configuration; and when: a sub-frame configured with a non-adaptive re-transmission is identical to a sub-frame configured with an uplink grant according to the SPS configuration; and the terminal does not have data to be first transmitted via the sub-frame configured with an uplink grant according to the SPS configuration, performing the non-adaptive re-transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangbum Kim, Soenghun Kim, Jaehyuk Jang, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Himke Van Der Velde
  • Publication number: 20230087912
    Abstract: A method, performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, includes: transmitting, to a first cell, capability information of the terminal including information on whether the terminal supports plurality of cell reselection priorities (CRPs); receiving, from the first EUTRAN cell, a radio resource control (RRC) Connection Release message including an alternativeCRPindication parameter indicating to apply CRP broadcast in system information, based on the capability information of the terminal; transitioning to an RRC idle mode or an RRC inactive mode based on the RRC Connection Release message, and camping on a second cell; receiving, from the second cell, system information; and determining, based on the system information, whether to apply a first CRP for an inter-RAT frequency or a second CRP for at least one EUTRAN frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Sangyeob JUNG, Soenghun KIM, Himke VAN DER VELDE
  • Publication number: 20230081337
    Abstract: A method of processing state information relating to user equipment in a communications system comprising a radio access network, the method comprising: maintaining current state information relating to the user equipment; and on the basis of a change of connection of the user equipment from a first cell to a second cell: transmitting a current value associated with a given state information part to the target radio access node in response to detecting at least one of one or more predetermined triggers that indicate that the target radio access node may not have received the current value from the source radio access node; or relying on the target radio access node having received the current value from the source radio access node if said at least one of said one or more predetermined triggers is not detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Himke Van der Velde, Gert Jan Van Lieshout
  • Patent number: 11601918
    Abstract: Method for radio communication with base station, by user equipment (UE), apparatus in UE for radio communication with base station, a method for radio communication with a UE by a base station, and an apparatus in a base station for radio communication with a UE are provided. The method for radio communication with a base station, by a UE, includes determining whether to start a first timer based on a predetermined condition, in response to a buffer status reporting triggered; starting the first timer in response to the predetermined condition being satisfied; in response to an uplink resource for a buffer status report transmission being available before the first timer expires, transmitting an uplink packet including a buffer status report using the available uplink resource; and in response to no uplink resource for the buffer status report transmission being available and the first timer expiring, transmitting a scheduling request to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Soeng-Hun Kim, Gert Jan Van Lieshout, Kyeong-In Jeong, Himke Van Der Velde
  • Publication number: 20230066714
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 4th-Generation (4G) communication system or 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 disclosure discloses a method by a first base station in a wireless communication system, the method including transmitting, to a second base station, a handover (HO) request message including conditional handover (CHO) information; and receiving, from the second base station, a HO request acknowledge message including identifier information on at least one cells associated with the second base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: June HWANG, Himke VAN DER VELDE
  • Patent number: 11570615
    Abstract: Provided is a communication method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the communication method including receiving a UE capability information request triggered by a core network from a base station and transmitting a non-access stratum (NAS) message including a UE capability identifier to the base station, in which the UE capability identifier is assigned by the core network through NAS signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungri Jin, Soenghun Kim, Himke Van Der Velde
  • Publication number: 20230024664
    Abstract: A method for operating a mobile device in a mobile communication network. The method comprises transmitting a mobile device component identifier to a network node within the mobile communication network. The mobile device component identifier identifies at least one hardware or software component of the mobile device. The mobile device component identifier is indicative of capability information specifying at least one capability of the mobile device for communication with the mobile communication network. A corresponding method for operating a network node is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Gert Jan VAN LIESHOUT, Himke VAN DER VELDE, Seonghun KIM
  • Patent number: 11553551
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed are a method and a device for supporting the connection of a terminal operating in an RRC inactivation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyeob Jung, Soenghun Kim, Donggun Kim, Himke Van Der Velde, Anil Agiwal, Jungsoo Jung
  • Publication number: 20230007506
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system or networks beyond 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Himke VAN DER VELDE, Seungri JIN, Jaehyuk JANG, Sangbum KIM
  • Publication number: 20230007722
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for providing power preference information in a wireless communication system. A terminal according to an embodiment of the disclosure may identify the necessity for transition from a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode and transmit, to a base station, a connection release request message including state information preferred by the terminal. In this case, the state information preferred by the terminal may include information indicating whether a state preferred by the terminal is an idle mode, an inactive mode, a connected mode, or a random mode, and the random mode may indicate that the terminal prefers to be released from the connection mode but there is no preferred mode among the idle mode and the inactive mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sangkyu BAEK, Himke VAN DER VELDE, Soenghun KIM
  • Patent number: 11546903
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for transmitting and receiving system information (SI). A method for receiving SI by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system includes receiving, by the UE, the SI including first partial bits of a system frame number (SFN) without second partial bits of the SFN on a broadcast channel (BCH) at a first subframe of a radio frame, the first partial bits of the SFN having the same value during a predetermined N successive radio frames of a BCH transmission period, where N is a positive integer; and acquiring, by the UE, the second partial bits of the SFN for the radio frame, the second partial bits of the SFN having different values in different radio frames of the predetermined N successive radio frames of the BCH transmission period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kyeong-In Jeong, Himke Van Der Velde, Soeng-Hun Kim, Joon-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 11546790
    Abstract: An idle mode measurement method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving measurement configuration information in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode; performing measurement in the RRC idle mode, based on the measurement configuration information; receiving a UEInformationRequest message for requesting a result of the measurement in the RRC idle mode; and transmitting a UEInformationResponse message including the result of the measurement in the RRC idle mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyeob Jung, Soenghun Kim, Himke Van Der Velde
  • Patent number: 11546842
    Abstract: A network selection, a random access method, and an apparatus of a Machine Type Communication (MTC) User Equipment (UE) for use in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) are provided. A cell selection method of an MTC terminal of the present disclosure includes receiving a message from a base station forming a cell, determining whether the message includes an MTC supportability indicator, and barring, when the message includes no MTC supportability indicator, scanning a frequency used in communication with the base station during a determined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Jang, Boon Loong Ng, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Himke Van Der Velde, Kyeongin Jeong
  • Patent number: 11523458
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling an active state in a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving, from a base station, information related to a starting position of an active state and information related to a length of a first timer; deriving the starting position of the active state based on the information related to the starting position; starting the first timer set to the length of the first timer and entering the active state at the derived starting position; terminating the active state if control data indicating a transmission of user data is not received until the first timer expires; extending a period of the active state if the control data is received before the first timer expires; and terminating the active state based on a control signal indicating a termination of the active state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Soeng-Hun Kim, No-Jun Kwak, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Himke Van Der Velde
  • Publication number: 20220386107
    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. Methods and systems for handling encoding of radio capability information of UE using RACS. A method disclosed herein includes encoding radio capability information of a user equipment (UE) in formats of multiple radio access technologies (RATs) that have been supported by a public land mobile network (PLMN) in which the UE is registered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Varini GUPTA, Anikethan Ramakrishna Vijaya KUMAR, Lalith KUMAR, Narendranath Durga TANGUDU, Fasil Abdul LATHEEF, Himke VAN DER VELDE, Kundan TIWARI
  • Patent number: 11510110
    Abstract: A method of processing state information relating to user equipment in a communications system comprising a radio access network, the method comprising: maintaining current state information relating to the user equipment; and on the basis of a change of connection of the user equipment from a first cell to a second cell: transmitting a current value associated with a given state information part to the target radio access node in response to detecting at least one of one or more predetermined triggers that indicate that the target radio access node may not have received the current value from the source radio access node; or relying on the target radio access node having received the current value from the source radio access node if said at least one of said one or more predetermined triggers is not detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Himke Van der Velde, Gert Jan Van Lieshout