Hand-off Control Patents (Class 370/331)
  • Patent number: 11758449
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting and/or receiving handover requests with network information. One method (1000) includes transmitting (1002) a handover request to a target device. The handover request includes: first information indicating that a source communication network corresponding to a source device is unable to support a predetermined quality of service; and second information corresponding to capacity of the source communication network. The method (1000) includes receiving (1004) a response to the handover request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Lianhai Wu, Haiming Wang, Jing Han, Jie Shi, Zhennian Sun, Xiaodong Yu
  • Patent number: 11758543
    Abstract: A wireless device may receive, from a base station, first configuration parameters and second configuration parameters. The first configuration parameters may indicate first physical layer uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for reporting uplink feedback to the base station, and the second configuration parameters may indicate second PUCCH resources for reporting sidelink feedback to the base station. The wireless device may transmit, via a first PUCCH resource of the first PUCCH resources, an uplink feedback report of a downlink transport block. The wireless device may transmit, via a second PUCCH resource of the second PUCCH resources, a sidelink feedback report of a sidelink transport block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Hyukjin Chae, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Yunjung Yi, Kyungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11758387
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present application discloses a method and device for information transmission, and a computer storage medium. The method may include: sending a first message to a network device, wherein the first message includes communication capability information of the terminal on a PC5 interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Qianxi Lu, Ning Yang, Huei-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11751041
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a first radio device comprising means for performing the following. The first radio device transmits, using a connectionless mode, an advertising message. Subsequently, the first radio device receives, from a second radio device at a second reception time instance measured by the first radio device using the connectionless mode, a scan request. The first radio device transmits, to the second radio device, the scan response using the connectionless mode. Finally, the first radio device performs an auxiliary activity involving wireless communication between the first and second radio devices. The performing of the auxiliary activity is initiated at a first starting time defined to occur at a pre-defined time interval following an anchor point corresponding to the second reception time instance or to a subsequent timestamp generated in response to the receiving of the scan request at the second reception time instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NORDIC SEMICONDUCTOR ASA
    Inventors: Johan Stridkvist, Jan Müller
  • Patent number: 11751116
    Abstract: Coordinated P-GW change for SIPTO may be provided. A WTRU may send and/or receive one or more flows via a first PDN connection and via a first P-GW. The WTRU may send an indication to the network that at least one flow of the first PDN connection is available for SIPTO. The indication may include one or more SIPTO preferences. The WTRU may receive a message from a MME. The message may trigger establishment of a second PDN connection via a second P-GW. The WTRU may move, while maintaining the first PDN connection, the at least one flow from the first PDN connection to the second PDN connection. The WTRU may deactivate the first PDN connection when the one or more flows have been moved to the second PDN connection and/or when no information has been received via the first PDN connection after a predetermined duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Saad Ahmad, Li-Hsiang Sun
  • Patent number: 11751109
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a set of system information blocks (SIBs) common to a set of cells of a non-terrestrial network (NTN), the set of SIBs indicating one or more parameters common to the set of cells for communications with the set of cells. The UE may receive a first SIB associated with a first cell of the set of cells of the NTN, where the first SIB includes cell-specific information indicating a first set of cell-specific parameters for communications with the first cell. The UE may then communicate with the first cell using the first set of cell-specific parameters associated with the cell-specific information of the first cell and at least a first sub-set of parameters of the one or more parameters that are common to the set of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bharat Shrestha, Umesh Phuyal, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Prasad Reddy Kadiri
  • Patent number: 11750417
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed include a method for establishing a communication connection. The method includes: receiving a connection request message transmitted by a first terminal, the connection request message carrying a first user identifier and a second user identifier; determining a second relay node corresponding to the second user identifier, the second relay node being a relay node communicatively connected to a second terminal; transmitting the connection request message to the second relay node through a relay path to the second relay node, so that the second relay node transmits the connection request message to the second terminal; and transmitting, in response to receiving a connection confirmation message returned by the second terminal, the connection confirmation message to the first terminal, so that the first terminal establishes a communication connection with the second terminal based on the connection confirmation message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Lei Xie, Guangwen Wu, Daibin Xie, Yale Zhang
  • Patent number: 11743947
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing random access in a user equipment for a small cell e-NB with a small cell service area in heterogeneous e-NB cell carrier integration (dual connectivity or inter-eNB carrier aggregation) in mobile communication systems. In accordance with the present examples, a method for performing random access in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a configuration request message for configuring a Serving Cell Group (SCG) from a second eNB located in a service area of a first eNB through the first eNB; configuring an SCG cell based on the configuration request message, and sending a configuration response message in response to the configuration request message to the second eNB through the first eNB; and performing random access if there is uplink data present on a logic channel (LCH) relocated into the SCG cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Seong Kim, Soeng-Hun Kim, Himke Van Der Velde
  • Patent number: 11743790
    Abstract: A system may allow for generic end user mobile devices to be operated using a virtualized personal device framework. The virtualized personal device framework may provide for a collective intelligence network platform that allows offloading of heavy computing processes onto virtual instance in a cloud network and enables crowd sourcing services for smart cities that may provide smart emergency services in which end-users collaborate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Syed Anwar Aftab, John Murray, Mazin Gilbert, Manoop Talasila
  • Patent number: 11743693
    Abstract: In an example, a wired network device receives a first join message originating from a client device associated with a first wireless access point (WAP) connected to another wired network device in a broadcast domain. An entry corresponding to the client device is created in a remote receiver record of the wired network device. In response to the client device transitioning from the first WAP to a second WAP connected to the wired network device, it is determined that the client device is locally connected to the wired network device. Intention of the client device to receive multicast traffic is identified. A second join message directed to the network address of the multicast group and distributed in the broadcast domain. A traffic flow path for the multicast traffic via the wired network device and the second WAP to the client device is configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Vinayak Joshi, Tathagata Nandy, Venkatavaradhan Devarajan, Saumya Dikshit
  • Patent number: 11743793
    Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to handover of a user equipment (UE) between a standalone mode of operation and a non-standalone mode of operation. For example, a UE may be handed-over from standalone to non-standalone, or vice versa. Moreover, this handover may be an inter-system handover (e.g., between an LTE core network and an NR core network).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xipeng Zhu, Tom Chin, Kuo-Chun Lee, Ajith Tom Payyappilly, Masato Kitazoe
  • Patent number: 11743784
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration parameters to send a handover completion message at the end of a handover. A source cell may notify the UE of a handover via a handover command and the UE may acquire system information, and in some cases, a downlink message, from a target cell. The UE may identify a waveform configuration, numerology configuration, and/or modulation scheme using information from the handover command message, the system information, and/or the downlink message. The UE may also determine occasions for transmitting a PUSCH. For example, each occasion may include a set of time-frequency resources on which the PUSCH may be transmitted. The UE may send the handover completion message to the target cell via the PUSCH, during the one or more identified occasions, using the identified configuration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung Dinh Ly, Yi Huang, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11743791
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may provide for the return (e.g., reconnection) of a User Equipment (“UE”) to a first radio access network (“RAN”) to which the UE was connected, after the UE has been redirected to a second RAN based on the occurrence of an event. The event may include a voice call placed by or to the UE. The return of the UE to the first RAN may occur based on the occurrence of another event, such as the voice call being terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Helen Osias Eglip, Suzann Hua, Maqbool Chauhan, Ali Imdad Malik
  • Patent number: 11743796
    Abstract: A method is performed in a first infrastructure equipment for a handover of a wireless device from the first infrastructure equipment as a source to a second infrastructure equipment as a target. The method comprises maintaining a mapping between a plurality of packet bearers and a data radio bearer for the wireless device, each of the plurality of packet bearers being configured to provide a specified quality of service, determining that the wireless device should handover from the first infrastructure equipment to the second infrastructure equipment, determining that the second infrastructure equipment does not support the mapping of the plurality of packet bearers to the data radio bearer, and providing an indication of a mapping of the plurality of packet bearers for the second infrastructure equipment after handover to one of a core network equipment and the second infrastructure equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vivek Sharma, Brian Alexander Martin, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11743742
    Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for wireless communication including random access between a base station and a user equipment (UE). The UE transmits a first random access message to a serving cell. The UE receives a second random access message from the serving cell, in response to the first random access message. The UE transmits a third random access message to one or more transmission reception points of the serving cell in a beam sweep pattern for reception on multiple beams and using resources based on at least one of a beam pool index or a TRP index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11736988
    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 5G communication technology and 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. A handover method of a terminal in a mobile communication system according to the present disclosure includes transmitting UE capability information including a random access-free handover indicator to a first base station, receiving a handover command message from the first base station, and transmitting, when the handover command message includes uplink resource information, a handover complete message to a second base station based on the uplink resource information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangbum Kim, Donggun Kim, Alexander Sayenko, Jaehyuk Jang, Soenghun Kim, Gert Jan Van Lieshout
  • Patent number: 11737132
    Abstract: Disclosed herein includes a system, a method, and a device for providing latency sensitive links. A wireless device can receive, from a wireless node, an advertisement message indicating a set of wireless local area network (WLAN) links that support one or more defined latency requirements, a capability of the wireless node to support the set of WLAN links, a plurality of parameters, an operating mode, and a status for the set of WLAN links. The wireless device can send, to the wireless node responsive to the advertisement message, a request to access a first link of the set of WLAN links. The request can indicate a capability of the wireless device to interoperate with the wireless node to use the first link. The wireless device can access the first link of the set of WLAN links if the wireless node accepts the request to access the first link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Chunyu Hu
  • Patent number: 11736255
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a wireless communication device that functions as a base station, and one or more wireless communication terminals that communicate with the wireless communication device as slave units, a controller in the wireless communication device sets propriety information indicating whether or not reception of a packet transmitted from the wireless communication terminals is possible during a downlink transmission period when the wireless communication device transmits a packet, and a communication section in the wireless communication device transmits the packet including the propriety information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Hirata, Yuichi Morioka, Kosuke Aio
  • Patent number: 11737004
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for transmitting data from a vehicle using a Wi-Fi network. A method includes: collecting, by a processor, performance data associated with a plurality of access points in the Wi-Fi network; segmenting, by a processor, a route into a plurality of route segments; mapping, by a processor, the plurality of access points to the plurality of route segments; selecting, by a processor, a set of access points from the plurality of access points based on the collected performance data, wherein the set of access points comprises a selected access point for each route segment of the plurality of route segments; predicting, by a processor, a scanning channel based on the set of access points and a current location of the vehicle; and selectively transmitting, by a processor, packet data based on the set of access points, the scanning channel, and the associated performance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jinzhu Chen, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Shu Chen, Chuan Li, Donald K. Grimm
  • Patent number: 11736989
    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. The present disclosure provides a random access method, a network node and a user equipment. With the solution of the above embodiment of the present disclosure, the performance of the UE randomly accessing the target cell can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi Xiong, Chen Qian, Bin Yu, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 11729742
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate generally to a Control plane, CP, node, a method performed by the CP node, a Radio Access Network, RAN, node and a method performed by the RAN node. More particularly the embodiments herein relate to handling paging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Stefan Rommer, Paul Schliwa-Bertling
  • Patent number: 11729849
    Abstract: A solution for handling network congestion includes: attempting, by a user equipment (UE), to initiate a data session (e.g., a voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) call) over a packet data network (PDN); receiving, by the UE, a notification of network congestion; based on at least a fast retry timer and a fast retry counter, attempting, by the UE, fast retries up to a maximum number of fast retries at a fast retry time interval; and based on at least none of the initial attempt and the fast retries initiating the data session, attempting, by the UE, slow retries at a slow retry time interval until the data session is initiated or a trigger condition halts the slow retries. In some examples, the UE receives a retry parameter set from the network including the maximum number of fast retries, the fast retry time interval, and the slow retry time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Zhang, Syed Toaha Ahmad, Jaime Enrique Rodriguez Villate, Hsin Fu Henry Chiang, James J. Bae, Adnan Rahat, Hang Hoi Yau
  • Patent number: 11728944
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, using a random access channel transmission and when operating in an idle mode or inactive mode, a request for information identifying a reference signal configuration; and selectively receive, as a response to the request and based at least in part on a mode of the UE, the information identifying the reference signal configuration for reception of a reference signal, wherein the reference signal is a channel state information reference signal or a tracking reference signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11729693
    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. The present invention provides a method of a base station for supporting an inter-system handover from an evolved packet system (EPS) system to a 5th generation (5G) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Hong Wang, Xiaowan Ke, Weiwei Wang
  • Patent number: 11722934
    Abstract: A device (110) arranged for wireless communication (130) has a processor (112) to execute a handover sequence to establish a new connection with a further device (120). A handover request message has a protocol indication indicating one or more alternative communication protocols that are supported by the requester and a channel indication indicating at least one channel to be used for a new connection. Upon receiving a first handover request message including an initial protocol indication and an initial channel indication, it is determined whether the new connection is to be established based on the initial protocol indication and via a selected channel based on the initial channel indication. If not so, the processor determines a second protocol indication and a second channel indication indicating at least one further channel to be used for the new connection and sends a second handover request message. Effectively the role of handover requester and handover selector are switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Arnoldus Cornelis Bernsen, Franciscus Antonius Maria Van De Laar
  • Patent number: 11722884
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a (e.g., 5G) wireless network has a (e.g., CBSD) base station and any suitable number of instances of user equipment (UE). For each group of one or more UEs, one of the UEs is designated as a primary UE that stores UE context information for the other (secondary) UEs in the UE group. To connect to a secondary UE, the base station can retrieve the UE context information from the secondary UE's associated primary UE without having to retrieve the secondary UE's context information from the core network, thereby reducing backbone bandwidth usage and delays in connecting the secondary UE, especially when many secondary UE request connections within a short time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Volkan Sevindik
  • Patent number: 11722587
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network recorder includes a storage device; a motherboard; and daughter-cards. Each of the daughter-cards includes an input port, a packet analyzer, an entropy calculator, a comparator, and a processor. The input port receives a plurality of computer data packets. The packet analyzer identifies header fields and a starting point of the payload data in the plurality of computer data packets. The entropy calculator examines the payload data of the plurality of the computer data packets to respectively generate an entropy estimate for each of the plurality of computer data packets. The comparator compares each entropy estimate with an entropy truncation threshold to generate an entropy exceed signal to indicate that the payload data of a computer data packet can be truncated to conserve storage space. The processor compresses at least some of the payload data of the plurality of computer data packets that are not truncated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Endace Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Frank Donnelly, Jeremy Stringer, Stuart Wilson
  • Patent number: 11722898
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a detection and defense system relating to a network connection sharing application. For example, the system can simulate a request for a network password using a conventional application that shares this information. The application may be implemented on, for example, a mobile device or a virtual machine (VM). In some embodiments, the mobile device/VM attempts to establish a network connection to an access point (AP) using the shared password over a tunnel established between the AP and mobile device/VM. If the mobile device/VM can connect to the AP, an assumption may be made that the user credentials have been leaked and a potential security risk exists. An alert can be sent to a network administrator of the communication network (e.g., to perform an action, etc.). The action may include, for example, changing the password, removing access from one or more users, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Jianpo Han, Yafeng Jiang, Guangzhi Ran
  • Patent number: 11716660
    Abstract: A method of relaxing frequency measurement by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, system information comprising first configuration information associated with frequency measurement and second configuration information associated with relaxed frequency measurement, the second configuration information comprising at least one of first information associated with a criterion for the terminal with low mobility (low mobility criterion) or second information associated with a criterion for the terminal not at cell edge (not at cell edge criterion), identifying whether at least one of the low mobility criterion or the not at cell edge criterion is fulfilled, and determining whether to perform frequency measurement based on the identifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyeob Jung, Soenghun Kim, Anil Agiwal
  • Patent number: 11716776
    Abstract: A method for pairing a terminal with an access point in a wireless communication network is described. The network comprises a plurality of access points that are centrally coordinated by a manager device. The method comprises the following steps executed by at least one access point: receiving a first message comprising information indicating that said terminal wishes to pair with said access point; sending a second message to said manager device, said second message comprising information indicating that said terminal wishes to pair with said access point; adding, in at least one beacon frame of said access point, information indicating that a pairing session is active, only on receipt of a message from said manager device notifying said access point to engage a pairing session with said terminal; and pairing said access point and said terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventor: Sylvain Le Roux
  • Patent number: 11716285
    Abstract: A method and system may provide virtual port communications. A data frame, containing a destination identifier in a destination field and payload, may be modified by inserting a first virtual machine tag therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ilango S. Ganga
  • Patent number: 11716783
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a method for handling a user plane by a UE configured for dual connectivity operation. The method includes receiving a RRC reconfiguration message including one or more Layer 2 indications and a Layer 2 configuration corresponding to one or more radio bearers from one of a MN and a SN involved in a dual connectivity operation of the UE. Further, the method includes performing, by the UE, one of: reestablishing of a RLC entity and a data recovery procedure for a PDCP entity corresponding to the radio bearer based on the one or more Layer 2 indications and the Layer 2 configuration received in the RRC reconfiguration message, and reestablishing of a RLC entity and reestablishing of a PDCP entity corresponding to the radio bearer based on the one or more Layer 2 indications and the Layer 2 configuration received in the RRC reconfiguration message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Neha Sharma, Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale
  • Patent number: 11716652
    Abstract: Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and devices are disclosed for collecting access point telemetry. A first access point is identified that is associated with a single instance on a pod. A hash identifier is identified, where the hash identifier identifies a radio frequency (RF) neighborhood of the first access point based on a geographical location of the first access point. Subsequent access point members of the RF neighborhood are dynamically determined by dynamically assigning a second access point to the RF neighborhood, the dynamic assignment based on the second access point being within a threshold geographical location to the first access point. Telemetry from the second access point is directed towards the single instance on the pod, where the pod receives telemetry for all access points in the dynamically determined RF neighborhood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vishal Satyendra Desai, Santosh Babaji Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11711740
    Abstract: A first base station receives, from a wireless device, a measurement result of a cell of a second base station, and sends, to the wireless device and based on the measurement result, a command of a conditional handover towards the cell of the second base station. The command comprises at least one handover execution condition comprising at least one of a reference signal received power, a reference signal received quality, a first time value indicating a time offset for a decision of a handover execution, or a second time value indicating a time duration when the command of the conditional handover is valid. The first base station receives, from the wireless device and based on the wireless device determining that at least one criteria of the at least one handover execution condition is met by the cell, a handover execution notification indicating a random access procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Kyungmin Park, Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 11706672
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may connect to a set of source cell groups (CGs). The UE may receive a target cell group setup information, the target cell group setup information being associated with a set of target CGs. The UE may connect to the set of target CGs based at least in part on the target cell group setup information during a handover from the set of source CGs to the set of target CGs. The UE may disconnect from the set of source CGs after connecting to the set of target CGs. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Olufunmilola Omolade Awoniyi-Oteri, Wooseok Nam
  • Patent number: 11706283
    Abstract: A distributed computing network includes one or more vehicles, each vehicle configured to act as a node in the distributed computing network, and a remote server including a processor and a memory module storing one or more non-transient processor-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the remote server to establish a data connection with the one or more vehicles, predict a pattern-of-use of the one or more vehicles, determine a predicted current use of the one or more vehicles, and allocate a computational task to the one or more vehicles based on the predicted pattern-of-use and the predicted current use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Shingo Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11700231
    Abstract: A method in which a communication device can be configured with a MAC address so that when the user logs into a network environment using a communication device from among a number of communication devices a MAC address is assigned to the user and is specific to the user. The MAC address assignment can be used for pairing with a communication device assigned to the user (e.g. a near-field communication device). A database containing MAC addresses can be connected to communication devices through a network and can provide user-specific MAC addresses that are readable into or otherwise transmittable to a predetermined communication device when a user logs into the network. The database can be managed by a server or other computer device of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Unify Patente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Lederer, Johann Zeiner
  • Patent number: 11700651
    Abstract: A method of radio bearer transmission in dual connectivity for a network in a long term evolution (LTE) system is disclosed. The method comprises generating at least a packet data convergence protocol protocol data unit (PDCP PDU) by a PDCP entity of the network corresponding to a radio bearer (RB), and assigning each PDCP PDU with an identity, wherein the identity indicates which PDCP entity the PDCP PDU belongs to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hung-Chen Chen, Ching-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 11695743
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for managing a connection between a device and a server resource, the method comprising: establishing the connection between the device and a first server of the server resource; registering a connection identifier relating to the connection between the device and the first server in a first database entry of a database arrangement; pre-computing, at the first server, an encrypted alert for the device, the alert being provided with a pre-defined future communication sequence number; and transmitting the alert from the first server to the database arrangement for storage in association with the first database entry of the database arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Izuma Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Hanno Becker, Hannes Tschofenig
  • Patent number: 11696197
    Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: upon detecting that a first condition is met, causing a transmission of a measurement report to a wireless network; acquiring a conditional handover command from the wireless network; upon detecting that a second condition, associated with the conditional handover command, is met, starting a handover execution timer for triggering execution of a handover from a source cell to a target cell; detecting that a radio link failure condition is met before the execution of the handover is triggered; and on the basis of the detecting, signaling, to the wireless network, information indicative of a cause of a conditional handover failure to be either misconfigured first condition or misconfigured second condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Irina-Mihaela Balan, Andreas Lobinger, Guillaume Decarreau, Ingo Viering
  • Patent number: 11696358
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a gateway. The gateway detects that a procedure for activating or deactivating a bearer has been initiated. The gateway receives a first modify bearer or modify access bearers request message for the same PDN connection and UE as the bearer activation or deactivation procedure is intended for. The gateway detects a bearer mismatch between a first set of bearers and a second set of bearers known by the gateway and associated with said same PDN connection and UE. The gateway accepts, during a time interval, the received modify bearer or modify access bearers request message even though the bearer mismatch has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Tony Olsson, Patrik Hermansson, Yong Yang
  • Patent number: 11696193
    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. The present disclosure provides a random access method, a network node and a user equipment. With the solution of the above embodiment of the present disclosure, the performance of the UE randomly accessing the target cell can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi Xiong, Chen Qian, Bin Yu, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 11696150
    Abstract: Network planning based on collected crowd-sourced access point quality and selection data can optimize access point frequency and/or bandwidth selection. A cloud-based application can be utilized in conjunction with a mobile device to build a database of access point quality and thresholds suitable for real-time and other jitter-sensitive services. The mobile device jitter measurements and selection thresholds can be collected at a cloud platform, which creates an access point performance and selection threshold profile from which the network can facilitate access point frequency and/or bandwidth selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Richard Brisebois, Jeffrey Mikan, Kurt Huber
  • Patent number: 11695509
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine to decode or refrain from decoding a transport block (TB) transmitted from a base station based on a decodability condition. The decodability condition may include whether an effective UE throughput for decoding the TB is greater than a predetermined decoding throughput threshold or not. If the effective UE throughput is greater than the predetermined decoding throughput threshold, the UE may refrain from decoding the TB. In some cases, the TB may be a subsequent transmission from the base station based on an initial transmission not being correctly decoded, and the UE may refrain from decoding the subsequent transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gabi Sarkis, Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Peter Gaal, Hari Sankar, Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov
  • Patent number: 11689334
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for submitting data in sequence, a network device, a terminal device and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: when a bearer of data streams is transferred from a first network device to a second network device, the first network device sends first instruction information to the second network device, wherein the first instruction information is used for instructing the second network to transmit the transferred data streams on a new bearer in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Xin You
  • Patent number: 11689999
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for performing an initial access in a limited bandwidth. The method of a user equipment (UE) for performing an initial access in a limited bandwidth may include receiving at least one of i) first configuration information which is configured for a UE having a limited bandwidth in which an available bandwidth is narrower than a predetermined bandwidth and ii) second configuration information which is configured for a UE having the predetermined bandwidth, and performing an initial access based on one of the first configuration information and the second configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ki-Hyeon Park
  • Patent number: 11683732
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an access point sends a first frame. The first frame carries a TXOP handover enforcement THE indication field which is a first value or a second value. The first value instructs a station that has accessed a channel to hand over a held TXOP to the access point, and the second value instructs the station that has accessed the channel to hand over the held TXOP to the access point when a handover condition is satisfied. It can be learned that the STA hands over the held TXOP to the AP. Therefore, the AP may be a TXOP holder through the TXOP handover even if the AP fails to obtain the channel through contention, so that a probability of holding the TXOP by the AP is improved, a probability of scheduling a STA by the AP is improved, and system resource utilization is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongjia Su, Jun Zhu, Yingpei Lin
  • Patent number: 11683731
    Abstract: A method, performed by a network node. The method is for handling a switch of a wireless device from a source to a target link. The network node and the device operate in a wireless communications network. Given a configuration of the target link indicating resources to perform random access to the network node during the switch, the network node, transmits, prior to the switch, an indication to the device. The indication indicates an update to the configuration. The network node changes the configuration of the target link, based on the update. The changing is performed only after receiving a confirmation of at least one of: i) from the device, that the device has received the indication, and ii) from a first network node operating in the wireless communications network, that it has transmitted the indication to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Sakib Bin Redhwan, Pradeepa Ramachandra, Reza Moosavi, Nicklas Johansson, Icaro L. J. Da Silva, Sofia Ek
  • Patent number: 11683847
    Abstract: For establishing network connections via a trusted gateway function, a method includes: relaying a first set of messages of a first type between a remote unit and a mobile communication network (“MCN”) via a non-3GPP access, sending a connection setup request to the remote unit via the non-3GPP AN, and relaying subsequent messages of the first type between the remote unit and the MCN via the non-3GPP access, wherein the first set of messages are encapsulated with a first encapsulation protocol and wherein the first set of messages initiate a registration procedure to the MCN, wherein the connection request setup contains information for activating a second encapsulation protocol, wherein the subsequent messages are encapsulated with the second encapsulation protocol, and wherein the subsequent messages complete the registration procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Apostolis Salkintzis
  • Patent number: 11683736
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and eNB equipment for supporting seamless handover. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving, by a target eNB, random access information or an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message from a UE; transmitting, by the target eNB, a data transmission stopping indication message to a source eNB; and, stopping, by the source eNB, transmitting downlink data to the UE, and/or stopping, by the source eNB, receiving uplink data from the UE. The present invention further provides several other methods and eNB equipments for supporting seamless handover. By the methods for supporting seamless handover provided by the present invention, the delay of data transmission and the unnecessary data transmission or unnecessary data monitoring of a source eNB can be avoided, the waste of resources and the power consumption can be reduced, and the missing and duplication transmission of data can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang, Gert Jan Van Lieshout