Patents by Inventor Oronzo Flore

Oronzo Flore 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: 11343694
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to providing an indication that a user equipment (UE) is within coverage by a particular network are provided. An example method of wireless communications obtaining, by a first wireless communication device from a second device associated with a second network, information regarding whether the first wireless communication device is within coverage by a first network. The first wireless communication device supports dual connectivity with the first network and the second network. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the information, whether to display an icon indicating that the first wireless communication device is connected to the first network. The method further includes in response to a determination to display the icon, displaying, by the first wireless communication device, the icon on a display coupled to the first wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kuo-Chun Lee, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Reza Shahidi, Srinivasan Balasubramanian, Aziz Gholmieh, Oronzo Flore, Haris Zisimopoulos, Gerardo Giaretta, Suli Zhao
  • Patent number: 10433160
    Abstract: Confusion resulting from assigning the same node identifier to multiple nodes is resolved through the use of confusion detection techniques and the use of unique identifiers for the nodes. In some aspects an access point and/or an access terminal may perform operations relating to detecting confusion and/or providing a unique identifier to resolve confusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gavin B. Horn, Parag A. Agashe, Rajat Prakash, Rajarshi Gupta, Masato Kitazoe, Nathan E. Tenny, Oronzo Flore
  • Patent number: 10334559
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate employing a paging indicator channel in connection with high speed channels in a wireless communications network. A paging indicator transmission can be sent on the paging channel to one or more mobile devices. The paging indicator indicates that additional information such as a full paging messages, other control plane data or other user plane data is expected to be transmitted at a specific time instant (e.g., subframe) on the associated high speed channel. A set of parameters can be transmitted on common channels that specify a set of associated subframes in a high speed channel. Mobile devices can analyze the set of parameters to determine the associated subframes and receive the subframes in accordance with a schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Aziz Gholmieh, Francesco Grilli, Etienne François Chaponniere, Oronzo Flore
  • Patent number: 10264550
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate employing a paging indicator channel in connection with high speed channels in a wireless communications network. A paging indicator transmission can be sent on the paging channel to one or more mobile devices. The paging indicator indicates that additional information such as a full paging messages, other control plane data or other user plane data is expected to be transmitted at a specific time instant (e.g., subframe) on the associated high speed channel. A set of parameters can be transmitted on common channels that specify a set of associated subframes in a high speed channel. Mobile devices can analyze the set of parameters to determine the associated subframes and receive the subframes in accordance with a schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Aziz Gholmieh, Francesco Grilli, Etienne F Chaponniere, Oronzo Flore
  • Publication number: 20180368016
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to providing an indication that a user equipment (UE) is within coverage by a particular network are provided. An example method of wireless communications obtaining, by a first wireless communication device from a second device associated with a second network, information regarding whether the first wireless communication device is within coverage by a first network. The first wireless communication device supports dual connectivity with the first network and the second network. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the information, whether to display an icon indicating that the first wireless communication device is connected to the first network. The method further includes in response to a determination to display the icon, displaying, by the first wireless communication device, the icon on a display coupled to the first wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kuo-Chun Lee, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Reza Shahidi, Srinivasan Balasubramanian, Aziz Gholmieh, Oronzo Flore, Haris Zisimopoulos, Gerardo Giaretta, Suli Zhao
  • Publication number: 20180176884
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate employing a paging indicator channel in connection with high speed channels in a wireless communications network. A paging indicator transmission can be sent on the paging channel to one or more mobile devices. The paging indicator indicates that additional information such as a full paging messages, other control plane data or other user plane data is expected to be transmitted at a specific time instant (e.g., subframe) on the associated high speed channel. A set of parameters can be transmitted on common channels that specify a set of associated subframes in a high speed channel. Mobile devices can analyze the set of parameters to determine the associated subframes and receive the subframes in accordance with a schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Aziz GHOLMIEH, Francesco GRILLI, Etienne François CHAPONNIERE, Oronzo FLORE
  • Patent number: 9648493
    Abstract: Confusion resulting from assigning the same node identifier to multiple nodes is resolved through the use of confusion detection techniques and the use of unique identifiers for the nodes. In some aspects an access point and/or an access terminal may perform operations relating to detecting confusion and/or providing a unique identifier to resolve confusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gavin B. Horn, Parag A. Agashe, Rajat Prakash, Rajarshi Gupta, Masato Kitazoe, Nathan E. Tenny, Oronzo Flore
  • Patent number: 9379835
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate network management and optimization. As described herein, a network and a device communicating with the network can exchange network management information, thereby supporting a Self Organized Network (SON) architecture for improved network management and optimization performance. A Non-Access Stratum (NAS) layer protocol and/or an Internet Protocol (IP) application, in combination with a set of associated network management messages, can be utilized to exchange network management information between a device and a network. As further described herein, various procedures can be utilized to install a SON policy to a device in order to define device behavior for operations such as collecting and reporting information related to network management. Additionally, a set of standardized events can be defined, based on which a device can detect the occurrence of an event and report the occurrence to an associated network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Osok Song, Masato Kitazoe, Oronzo Flore, Anjali Mishra, Francesco Grilli
  • Patent number: 9338695
    Abstract: Techniques for signaling carrier bandwidths supported by a user equipment (UE) for carrier aggregation are disclosed. A UE may be configured with a plurality of carriers for carrier aggregation. Each carrier may have one carrier bandwidth of a set of possible carrier bandwidths. The set of possible carrier bandwidths may be dependent on a band in which the carrier belongs. Multiple combinations of carrier bandwidths for the plurality of carriers may be possible. The UE may identify at least one supported carrier bandwidth combination for the plurality of carriers. Each of the supported carrier bandwidth combinations may include a particular carrier bandwidth for each configured carrier. The UE may send signaling indicative of the at least one supported carrier bandwidth combination. The UE may thereafter communicate on the plurality of carriers based on a carrier bandwidth combination selected from the supported carrier bandwidth combination(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Masato Kitazoe, Tingfang Ji, Peter Gaal, Gene Fong, Lorenzo Casaccia, Oronzo Flore
  • Patent number: 9246541
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate providing uplink inter-cell interference cancellation. A radio network controller can receive measurement reports in order to identify non-serving nodes that are receiving interference from user equipment. Based on evaluation of such measurement reports, an interference message can be communicated to a Node B, wherein such measurement report can include information that allows the Node B to cancel or terminate the interference caused by such identified user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sharad Deepak Sambhwani, Oronzo Flore
  • Patent number: 9166875
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a communication event is detected, one or more aspects of the detected communication event are analyzed and at least one of the one or more aspects of the detected communication event is stored on an user equipment in a log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Anjali Mishra, Francesco Grilli, Masato Kitazoe, Oronzo Flore, Thomas B. Wilborn
  • Patent number: 9100890
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for facilitating switching HSPA (high speed packet access) serving cells from each of an RNC (radio network controller), base station, and access terminal are provided. The RNC pre-configures an access terminal and each base station in an active set for HS-DSCH operation by providing identification codes identifying each of the base stations. The RNC transmits data packets tagged with sequence numbers to each base station where they are synchronously buffered. The access terminal initiates a handover by transmitting a PDU (protocol data unit) to each of the base stations. The PDU is encoded with the identification code of a target base station and a sequence number of a subsequent packet. The target receives the PDU and directly completes the handover with the access terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Etienne F. Chaponniere, Oronzo Flore
  • Publication number: 20150140993
    Abstract: Confusion resulting from assigning the same node identifier to multiple nodes is resolved through the use of confusion detection techniques and the use of unique identifiers for the nodes. In some aspects an access point and/or an access terminal may perform operations relating to detecting confusion and/or providing a unique identifier to resolve confusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Gavin B. Horn, Parag A. Agashe, Rajat Prakash, Rajarshi Gupta, Masato Kitazoe, Nathan E. Tenny, Oronzo Flore
  • Patent number: 8909227
    Abstract: Techniques for performing handover of a user equipment (UE) in a cell-to-base station manner are described. The UE may receive a handover command to perform handover from a source base station to a target base station. The source base station may send context information for the UE to the target base station, and the context information may be available to all cells of the target base station. The UE may attempt handover from a serving cell of the source base station to a first cell of the target base station. The UE may attempt handover to a second cell of the target base station if the handover to the first cell fails. The UE may (i) receive the first and second cells from the source base station or (ii) receive only the first cell from the source base station and determine the second cell based on broadcast system information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Masato Kitazoe, Oronzo Flore
  • Publication number: 20140254551
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for facilitating switching HSPA (high speed packet access) serving cells from each of an RNC (radio network controller), base station, and access terminal are provided. The RNC pre-configures an access terminal and each base station in an active set for HS-DSCH operation by providing identification codes identifying each of the base stations. The RNC transmits data packets tagged with sequence numbers to each base station where they are synchronously buffered. The access terminal initiates a handover by transmitting a PDU (protocol data unit) to each of the base stations. The PDU is encoded with the identification code of a target base station and a sequence number of a subsequent packet. The target receives the PDU and directly completes the handover with the access terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Etienne F. CHAPONNIERE, Oronzo Flore
  • Patent number: 8824436
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for efficient allocation of frequency spectrum blocks. In one example, there is provided a method, operable by one or more network entities, for reallocating a portion of a first frequency band allocated to a first radio access technology (RAT) to a second RAT. The method may involve determining a migration block granularity for reallocating the portion of the first frequency band to the second RAT. The method may involve identifying spectrum block(s) of the determined granularity in the first frequency band. The method may involve aggregating the identified spectrum block(s) with a native carrier in a second frequency band allocated to the second RAT. The method may involve controlling of the aggregated spectrum block(s) via the native carrier for the second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Oronzo Flore, Peter Gaal, Mungal Singh Dhanda, Ravi Palanki
  • Patent number: 8780732
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate network management and optimization. As described herein, a network and a device communicating with the network can exchange network management information, thereby supporting a Self Organized Network (SON) architecture for improved network management and optimization performance. A Non-Access Stratum (NAS) layer protocol and/or an Internet Protocol (IP) application, in combination with a set of associated network management messages, can be utilized to exchange network management information between a device and a network. As further described herein, various procedures can be utilized to install a SON policy to a device in order to define device behavior for operations such as collecting and reporting information related to network management. Additionally, a set of standardized events can be defined, based on which a device can detect the occurrence of an event and report the occurrence to an associated network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Osok Song, Masato Kitazoe, Oronzo Flore, Anjali Mishra, Francesco Grilli
  • Patent number: 8737359
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for optimizing feedback-based radio resource management (RRM) parameters comprising establishing a communication link in a serving cell within a network; performing at least one of the following: processing a plurality of measurements received to determine viability of the servicing cell and a neighboring cell, wherein the viability determination is associated with at least one RRM parameter configured by the network, analyzing an interaction between a user equipment and the network, wherein at least one RRM parameter associated with the interaction is configured by the network, or analyzing an internal procedure performed within the user equipment wherein at least one RRM parameter of the internal procedure is configured by the network; determining whether the at least one RRM parameter configured by the network should be changed; and using a transmit data processor for sending a feedback message to the network with a change recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Amer Catovic, Oronzo Flore
  • Patent number: 8705501
    Abstract: Aspects are disclosed for self-configuring an access point via a backhaul connection. A backhaul connection is established between an access point base station and a neighboring base station. Information associated with an external neighbor parameter is then received via the backhaul connection, and an internal neighbor parameter is self-configured based on the external neighbor parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rajarshi Gupta, Rajat Prakash, Oronzo Flore
  • Patent number: 8676223
    Abstract: System(s) and method(s) are provided for inter-cell interference management in a wireless communication system. A base station perform interference management by conveying and receiving load indicator messages over a backhaul communication link to disparate neighboring base stations that serve interfering mobile stations. Reporting of load indicators takes place according to a reporting policy that is event-based, and accounts for variations of interference metrics over available time-frequency resources. Communication with neighboring base stations is limited to a monitoring interference set, which can be determined statically, according to deployment characteristics of a wireless network, or the set can be adjusted dynamically according to a set of received UL signals or a set of DL CQI measurement reports. Reporting policy and interference set can be autonomously adapted to optimize backhaul traffic as well as interference control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Juan Montojo, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Durga Prasad Malladi, Oronzo Flore