Patents by Inventor Vanessa Fakhoury

Vanessa Fakhoury 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).

  • MU-MIMO operation control
    Patent number: 11949472
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) operation of an access node serving a plurality of user devices. The method comprises acquiring a speed category for a user device of the plurality of user devices and controlling the MU-MIMO operation in relation to the user device based on the speed category. In some embodiments, controlling the MU-MIMO operation in relation to the user device based on the speed category comprises one or more of: controlling reference signal transmission for the user device based on the speed category and controlling MU-MIMO group affiliation of the user device based on the speed category. In some embodiments, controlling reference signal transmission for the user device based on the speed category comprises controlling a duration of a time interval between subsequent reference signal transmissions for the user device based on the speed category. Corresponding apparatus and network node are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Per Fryking, Jianmin Hou, Harish Venkatraman Bhat, Vanessa Fakhoury, Xin Zhou
  • MU-MIMO OPERATION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20220311482
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) operation of an access node serving a plurality of user devices. The method comprises acquiring a speed category for a user device of the plurality of user devices and controlling the MU-MIMO operation in relation to the user device based on the speed category. In some embodiments, controlling the MU-MIMO operation in relation to the user device based on the speed category comprises one or more of: controlling reference signal transmission for the user device based on the speed category and controlling MU-MIMO group affiliation of the user device based on the speed category. In some embodiments, controlling reference signal transmission for the user device based on the speed category comprises controlling a duration of a time interval between subsequent reference signal transmissions for the user device based on the speed category. Corresponding apparatus and network node are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Per Fryking, Jianmin Hou, Harish Venkatraman Bhat, Vanessa Fakhoury, Xin Zhou