Patents by Inventor Vijay Lewis

Vijay Lewis 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).

  • Publication number: 20240171260
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for operating a wireless satellite service are disclosed. One method includes maintaining, by a satellite service server, a database of an activation status of each of a plurality of subscriber devices as provided by a plurality of terrestrial service providers, receiving, by a satellite network, a request from a wireless device to access the wireless satellite service through a satellite link, wherein the satellite network is electronically connected to the satellite service server, querying, by the satellite network, the satellite service server to confirm whether the wireless device requesting access to the wireless satellite service is a subscriber device that is activated, providing, by the satellite service server, the activation status of the wireless device to the satellite network, and performing, by the satellite network, a wireless device attachment process with a one of the plurality terrestrial service providers based upon the activation status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Milne, Prasanna Venkatesan Srinivasan Iyengar, Birender Panwar, Prem Shankar, Vijay Lewis, Andrew Nuttall, Meghna Agrawal, Anand Radhakrishnan
  • Patent number: 11990983
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems of hub communication with a satellite network or a terrestrial network are disclosed. One method includes detecting presence of the satellite network, detecting, by the hub, presence of a terrestrial network, selecting to connect to one of the satellite network or the terrestrial network based on a priority ruleset, estimating a propagation delay between the hub and a base station of the satellite network when the satellite network is selected, adjusting a timing offset between transmit and receive radio frames at the hub based on whether the satellite network or the terrestrial network is selected, and based at least on the propagation delay, and communicating with the base station of the satellite network or a base station of the terrestrial network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Moshe Noah, Vijay Lewis, Meghna Agrawal, Kalle Ruttik, Yihenew Dagne Beyene, Barry Winata
  • Publication number: 20240040650
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for managing a User Equipment (UE) connection to a wireless network are disclosed. One method includes attaching, by a core network, the UE to the wireless network, storing, by the core network, at least a first subset of an attach context and a UE operational data set, wherein the UE stores at least a second subset of the attach context in memory and network operational data sets, wherein the UE transmits packets using the second subset of the attach context and the network operational data sets. The method further comprises receiving, by the core network, the packets from the UE using the first subset of the attach context, and urging by the core network the first subset of the attach context based on the UE network operational data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghna Agrawal, Andrew Nuttall, Soham Dhiren Desai, Anand Radhakrishnan, Vijay Lewis
  • Publication number: 20240008060
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for communicating through a wireless link are disclosed. A method includes scheduling, by a server, communication between a base station and a plurality of user devices, receiving, by the base station, the scheduled communication, providing, to each user device, a data profile that includes a periodicity, an offset, and a carrier frequency based on the scheduled communication, receiving, by the base station, uplink wireless communication from each of the plurality of user devices according to the data profile of each of the user devices and according to the scheduled communication, and simultaneously broadcasting, by the base station, acknowledgements of reception of uplink wireless communication from each of the plurality of user devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghna Agrawal, Andrew Nuttall, Vijay Lewis
  • Patent number: 11863292
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinated satellite and terrestrial channel utilization, are disclosed. One wireless system includes one or more controllers. For an embodiment, the one or more controllers are operative to (or configured to) determine one or more communication delays for each base station of a plurality of base stations based upon a maximum propagation delay between each base station and one or more of a plurality of hubs, generate a channel sharing map that includes a timing of communication between each base station and the one or more of the plurality of hubs, wherein each of the plurality of base stations operates to time wireless communication with the plurality of hubs based on the channel sharing map, and the one or more communication delays of the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Meghna Agrawal, Vijay Lewis
  • Patent number: 11811493
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinated access to a wireless link through data profiles are disclosed. One method includes receiving through the wireless link, by each hub associated with a base station, one or more data profiles from a network management element, receiving, by each hub, data from data sources associated with the hub, controlling, by each hub, a timing of communication of the data for each of the data sources from the hub to the base station through the wireless link based on the one or more data profiles, allocating preamble codes to each of the data sources, wherein different preamble codes are allocated to different data sources of different hubs that report within a margin of time of each other, and including the allocated preamble codes with the data of each of the data sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: Skylo Technologies, Inc., Skylo
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Vijay Lewis, Sreedhar Sambangi, Meghna Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20230354337
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinating satellite and terrestrial base station resource block suppression are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Meghna Agrawal, Christopher Acker, Vijay Lewis
  • Patent number: 11800540
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for communicating through a wireless link are disclosed. A method includes scheduling, by a server, communication between a base station and a plurality of hubs, receiving, by the base station, the scheduled communication, providing, to each hub, a data profile that includes a periodicity, an offset, and a carrier frequency based on the scheduled communication, receiving, by the base station, uplink wireless communication from each of the plurality of hubs according to the data profile of each of the hubs and according to the scheduled communication, and simultaneously broadcasting, by the base station, acknowledgements of reception of uplink wireless communication from each of the plurality of hubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghna Agrawal, Andrew Nuttall, Vijay Lewis
  • Patent number: 11799544
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a satellite wireless communication system are disclosed. One system includes a base station, a satellite, a beam management controller, and a plurality of wireless devices. The base station is configured to wirelessly communicate according to a schedule between the base station and each of the plurality of wireless devices within a scheduling frame. The satellite is operative to form a plurality of beams between the satellite and the wireless devices and support a wireless satellite link between the base station and the wireless devices through the plurality of beams. The beam management controller is operative to assign beam allocations for the scheduled wireless communication between each of the wireless devices and the base station that is time aligned with the scheduling frame, wherein each of the beam allocations includes an assignment to at least one of the plurality of beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Meghna Agrawal, Vijay Lewis
  • Publication number: 20230318734
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for adaptive satellite wireless communication parameter selections are disclosed. One method includes predicting, by a base station, characteristics of a communication channel between the base station and a wireless hub, wherein a satellite is located within the communication channel between the base station and the wireless hub, and selecting, by the base station, wireless communication parameter selections including at least an MCS (modulation and coding scheme) based on the predicted characteristics of the communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Meghna Agrawal, Yihenew Dagne Beyene, Keijo Tapio Lehtinen, Vijay Lewis
  • Publication number: 20230299845
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems of hub communication with a satellite network or a terrestrial network are disclosed. One method includes detecting presence of the satellite network, detecting, by the hub, presence of a terrestrial network, selecting to connect to one of the satellite network or the terrestrial network based on a priority ruleset, estimating a propagation delay between the hub and a base station of the satellite network when the satellite network is selected, adjusting a timing offset between transmit and receive radio frames at the hub based on whether the satellite network or the terrestrial network is selected, and based at least on the propagation delay, and communicating with the base station of the satellite network or a base station of the terrestrial network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Moshe Noah, Vijay Lewis, Meghna Agrawal, Kalle Ruttik, Yihenew Dagne Beyene, Barry Winata
  • Patent number: 11758604
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinating wireless communication are disclosed. One method includes generating, by a wireless radiator, a plurality of selectable directional wireless communication links capable of providing connectivity across a plurality of cells, wherein each of the cells is spatially different from other cells, and wherein each of the cells covers a cell area, wherein a plurality of hubs are located within the cell area, generating, by a controller, a cell map, wherein the cell map maps which of the directional wireless links, which of the plurality cells, and which of the hubs are active as a function of time, thereby supporting a wireless communication link between the base station and the hubs of the cell area corresponding with the active directional wireless link, and providing the cell map to the base station and the hubs of each of the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Lewis, Meghna Agrawal, Keijo Tapio Lehtinen, Yihenew Dagne Beyene, Christopher Acker, Rounak Salim, Andrew Nuttall
  • Publication number: 20230254174
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for configuring multicast communication, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghna Agrawal, Andrew Nuttall, Vijay Lewis, Yihenew Dagne Beyene, Keijo Tapio Lehtinen
  • Publication number: 20230224808
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for connecting a wireless device across multiple wireless networks are disclosed. One system includes a state machine and a router. The state machine operates to maintain a network availability of each of a plurality of wireless networks for a wireless device, wherein each of the plurality of wireless networks include network characteristics. The router operates to select a one of the plurality of wireless networks based on the network availability and the network characteristics as maintained by the state machine, process data packets according to the selected available wireless network based on the network characteristics of the selected available wireless network, and route the processed data packets to the wireless device through the selected one of the plurality of wireless networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Meghna Agrawal, Vijay Lewis
  • Publication number: 20230209630
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinating wireless communication are disclosed. One method includes generating, by a wireless radiator, a plurality of selectable directional wireless communication links capable of providing connectivity across a plurality of cells, wherein each of the cells is spatially different from other cells, and wherein each of the cells covers a cell area, wherein a plurality of hubs are located within the cell area, generating, by a controller, a cell map, wherein the cell map maps which of the directional wireless links, which of the plurality cells, and which of the hubs are active as a function of time, thereby supporting a wireless communication link between the base station and the hubs of the cell area corresponding with the active directional wireless link, and providing the cell map to the base station and the hubs of each of the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Lewis, Meghna Agrawal, Keijo Tapio Lehtinen, Yihenew Dagne Beyene, Christopher Acker, Rounak Salim, Andrew Nuttall
  • Patent number: 11689382
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for configuring multicast communication, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghna Agrawal, Andrew Nuttall, Vijay Lewis, Yihenew Dagne Beyene, Keijo Tapio Lehtinen
  • Patent number: 11690006
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for connecting a wireless hub across multiple wireless networks are disclosed. One system includes a state machine and a router. The state machine operates to maintain a network availability of each of a plurality of wireless networks for a hub, wherein each of the plurality of wireless networks include network characteristics, wherein the network characteristics include at least IP and non-IP protocols, satellite and non-satellite communication channels, and a connection status. The router operative to select a one of the plurality of wireless networks based on the network availability and the network characteristics as maintained by the state machine, process data packets according to the selected available wireless network based on the network characteristics of the selected available wireless network, and route the processed data packets to the hub through the selected one of the plurality of wireless networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Meghna Agrawal, Vijay Lewis
  • Patent number: 11664887
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems of hub communication with a satellite network or a terrestrial network are disclosed. One method includes detecting presence of the satellite network, detecting, by the hub, presence of a terrestrial network, selecting to connect to one of the satellite network or the terrestrial network based on a priority ruleset, estimating a propagation delay between the hub and a base station of the satellite network when the satellite network is selected, adjusting a timing offset between transmit and receive radio frames at the hub based on whether the satellite network or the terrestrial network is selected, and based at least on the propagation delay and a frame offset between uplink and downlink frames at base station, and communicating with the base station of the satellite network or a base station of the terrestrial network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Moshe Noah, Vijay Lewis, Meghna Agrawal, Kalle Ruttik, Yihenew Dagne Beyene, Barry Winata
  • Publication number: 20230121596
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for connecting a wireless hub across multiple wireless networks are disclosed. One system includes a state machine and a router. The state machine operates to maintain a network availability of each of a plurality of wireless networks for a hub, wherein each of the plurality of wireless networks include network characteristics, wherein the network characteristics include at least IP and non-IP protocols, satellite and non-satellite communication channels, and a connection status. The router operative to select a one of the plurality of wireless networks based on the network availability and the network characteristics as maintained by the state machine, process data packets according to the selected available wireless network based on the network characteristics of the selected available wireless network, and route the processed data packets to the hub through the selected one of the plurality of wireless networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Meghna Agrawal, Vijay Lewis
  • Publication number: 20230112767
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for dynamically controlling a local buffer of a modem of a wireless device are disclosed. One method includes receiving transmission packets in the local buffer of the modem of the wireless device for wireless transmission to a receiving device, purging a transmission packet from the local buffer after receiving an acknowledgement of reception of the transmission packet from the receiving device, and requesting acknowledgement from the receiving device when a queue of the transmission packets within the local buffer exceeds a threshold level, wherein a time delay is introduced before the requesting of the acknowledgement, wherein the time delay is based at least on a propagation delay of the wireless transmission between the wireless device and the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghna Agrawal, Yihenew Dagne Beyene, Keijo Tapio Lehtinen, Vijay Lewis, Andrew Nuttall