Co-located Systems Patents (Class 455/448)
  • Patent number: 11973558
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication performed by a wireless communications device may include receiving, from a second wireless communication device, one or more signals associated with a beam parameter, determining, for each of a plurality of locations within a first zone, a first signal measurement for the one or more received signals, determining, at each of a plurality of locations within a second zone, a second signal measurement for the one or more received signals, wherein the second zone is different from the first zone, and determining whether the second wireless communication device satisfies an interference condition based at least in part on a cumulative distribution of at least one of the first signal measurements at the plurality of locations within the first zone or a cumulative distribution of at least one of the second signal measurements at the plurality of locations within the second zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mohammed Ali Mohammed Hirzallah, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Srinivas Yerramalli, Marco Papaleo, Vinay Chande, Giovanni Chisci, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Jing Sun, Rajat Prakash, Xiaoxia Zhang, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11943836
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and system related to providing service-based interfaces between network functions and a proxy call session control function for Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem services. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communication includes retrieving, by a proxy call session control function, an address of an access and mobility management function from a unified data management function. The proxy call session control function is configured to communicate with the unified data management function directly via a first service-based interface. The method also includes retrieving, by the proxy call session control function, information from the access and mobility management function. The proxy call session control function is configured to communicate with the access and mobility management function directly via a second service-based interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Arends, Nassereddine Sabeur, Raymond Ball
  • Patent number: 11930456
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device and a method for controlling transmission power of an electronic device in a wireless communication system. An electronic device may include: a housing; at least one radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) disposed in the housing and configured to support a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT; a first communication processor electrically or operationally connected to the at least one RFIC; a second communication processor electrically or operationally connected to the at least one RFIC and the first communication processor; and at least one memory which is operationally connected to the first communication processor and the second communication processor or is a part of at least one of the first communication processor or the second communication processor, and which is configured to store a first threshold value related to the at least one RFIC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyoungjoo Lee, Wonsuk Chung, Sangho Lee, Hyejeong Kim, Euichang Jung
  • Patent number: 11917500
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a broadcast set of access points from among the plurality of access points based on access point interference data associated with a plurality of access points disposed in an environment, where the access point interference data includes current radio frequency (RF) signal interference data associated with each of the plurality of access points, predicted RF signal interference data associated with each of the plurality of access points, or a combination thereof. The method includes partitioning a data packet into a plurality of data subpackets based on the broadcast set of access points and broadcasting the plurality of data subpackets to a vehicle via the broadcast set of access points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohsen Bahrami, Navid Tafaghodi Khajavi, Amin Ariannezhad, Elnaz Tavakoli Yazdi
  • Patent number: 11902847
    Abstract: A computing device is described for performing local interference avoidance, when supporting concurrent voice and data transmissions, and with access to multiple radios. The computing device predicts when coexistence issues will occur from maintaining independent voice and data transmissions using separate radios. To avoid local interference issues, the computing device automatically switches to operating a different combination of radios, making local interference less likely to occur. In some cases, the computing device may consolidate the voice and non-voice data exchanges to occur using a single radio. In some cases, rather than consolidation, the computing device may move the voice or the non-voice data exchange to a different radio as a way to avoid the local interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer, Nicholas M. McDonnell, Sathish Karunakaran
  • Patent number: 11864004
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to a base station for providing air-to-ground wireless communication over various altitudes. The base station includes a first antenna array comprising one or more antennas configured to form a first cell coverage area extending substantially from a horizon up to a first elevation angle away from the first antenna array to a predetermined distance from the first antenna array. The base station further includes a second antenna array configured at an uptilt elevation angle to form a second cell coverage area extending at least from the first elevation angle to a second elevation away from the second antenna array, wherein the first cell coverage area and the second cell coverage area are concentric to define the ATG cell at least to the predetermined distance and up to a predetermined elevation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Hyslop, Andrew P. Caplan
  • Patent number: 11838286
    Abstract: A method is disclosed, comprising: configuring, based on hardware characteristics of a radio access device, a first security certificate; setting up a first encrypted tunnel with a first security server using the first security certificate, the first security server configured to grant permission via the first security certificate for obtaining a second security certificate providing access to an operator core network; tearing down the first encrypted tunnel; and setting up a second encrypted tunnel to a second security server within the operator core network using the second security certificate, the second encrypted tunnel configured to allow the radio access device to securely communicate with the operator core network for providing connectivity for user devices to the operator core network, wherein the first encrypted tunnel and the second encrypted tunnel to use a single transport port to obtain the second security certificate via the first encrypted tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Getschmann, Ketan Supanekar, David Ruffen
  • Patent number: 11825477
    Abstract: Provided is a base station capable of suppressing increase of overhead of allocation result report in frequency scheduling in multi-carrier communication and obtaining a sufficient frequency diversity effect. In the base station, encoding units (101-1 to 101-n) encode data (#1 to #n) to mobile stations (#1 to #n), modulation units (102-1 to 102-n) modulate the encoded data so as to generate a data symbol, a scheduler (103) performs frequency scheduling according to a CQI from each mobile station so as to uniformly allocate data to the respective mobile stations for a part of RB extracted from a plurality of RB, and an SCCH generation unit (105) generates control information (SCCH information) to report the allocation result in the scheduler (103) to the respective mobile stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kuri, Akihiko Nishio, Masaru Fukuoka, Kenichi Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11800544
    Abstract: Provided are method and device for indicating a frame structure. The method includes determining one or multiple first time units; and indicating the frame structure of the one or multiple first time units. Further provided are method and device for determining a frame structure, a storage medium, and an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chenchen Zhang, Feng Bi
  • Patent number: 11797950
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method and a system to digitally track and monitor an automotive refinish repair process of a car within a car body shop. The car to be repaired is provided with at least one beacon inside the car and the car body shop is divided into a plurality of function-specific, geo-fenced areas, each geo-fenced area being served by at least one communication node. The at least one communication node is in communicative connection with a cloud server which provides, based on collected data of the repair process, push reports and/or notifications and/or alerts via a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Kingsley, Manjusha Khaire, Tim Wilder
  • Patent number: 11791917
    Abstract: A method for providing real-time propagation analysis is provided. The method includes receiving a request for propagation analysis from a wireless communication device located at a specified geographic location, selecting a propagation model from a plurality of propagation models based on available databases for the geographic location, generating a path loss estimation using the selected propagation model, and providing the path loss estimation to the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Saul A. Torrico
  • Patent number: 11727161
    Abstract: Design tools and methods of use for designing, ordering, and providing manufacturing and installation instructions for waveguide system networks include a system design tool including a location selection module to determine a selected location, a satellite imagery component to provide an image based on the selected location, an overlay module to overlay a design on the image, and a customization module to customize the design. The system design tool includes one or more design modules to at least one of automatically output and build via user input one or more design options based on the image, and a design customization module to select the design from the one or more design options. The system design tool includes a positioning module to set a pair of connectivity points such that a cable length may be automatically calculated based on a calculated distance between the pair of connectivity points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC
    Inventors: James Garrett Dewell, David Barth Hopper, Joseph Clinton Jensen
  • Patent number: 11728883
    Abstract: A network analytics control module may include processing circuitry configured to receive three dimensional location information and corresponding signal quality information for a particular asset in an air-to-ground (ATG) network, make a service quality inference for the particular asset based at least in part on the received information, and provide an instruction for a network control activity based on the service quality inference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: David Claassen, Douglas Hyslop
  • Patent number: 11612010
    Abstract: A system for wireless media streaming in ultra-low latency including: a source device transmitting payload to at least one destination device and receiving acknowledgement from at least one destination device; at least one destination device receiving payload from the source device and transmitting acknowledgement to the source device; wherein the source device is a primary wireless module which provides a primary wireless link and a secondary wireless module which provides a secondary wireless link, the primary wireless link for transmitting of payload to at least one destination device and the secondary wireless link for receiving acknowledgement from at least one destination device. The destination device is a primary wireless module providing a primary wireless link and a secondary wireless module providing a secondary wireless link, the primary wireless link for receiving payload from the source device and the secondary wireless link for transmitting acknowledgement to the source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Wai Kuen Tin
  • Patent number: 11611890
    Abstract: The embodiments herein related to a method in a network node, a network node, a method in a user equipment and a user equipment for handling base sequences in a communications network. The network node is configured to communicate with a first user equipment. The network node comprises information about a default base sequence and an alternative base sequence. The network node determines, for the first user equipment, that the alternative base sequence should replace the default base sequence. The network node sends information about the determined alternative base sequence to the first user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Stefano Sorrentino
  • Patent number: 11611972
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a device, a grant is received on a first interface. The grant is associated with transmission on a second interface. A first resource and/or a second resource are derived based upon the grant. A first transmission for delivering a transport block is performed on the first resource on a first transmission beam. The first transmission is on the second interface. A second transmission for delivering the transport block is performed on the second resource on a second transmission beam. The second transmission is on the second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Che Li, Li-Te Pan, Li-Chih Tseng, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11601194
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinated satellite and terrestrial channel utilization, are disclosed. One wireless system includes a plurality of base stations, a plurality of hubs, and a controller. For an embodiment, the controller is operative to determine discrete communication delays for each base station based upon a maximum propagation delay between each base station and the one or more of the 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, communicate the channel sharing map to the plurality of base stations. Further, each of the plurality of base stations operates to time wireless communication with the plurality of hubs based on the channel sharing map, the discrete communication delays of the base station, and a communication delay of a preceding base station according to the channel sharing map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Meghna Agrawal, Vijay Lewis
  • Patent number: 11589269
    Abstract: A base station for communication with a plurality of mobile terminals in a mobile communications network is disclosed. The base station includes a plurality of transmitters, in which each transmitter is configured to provide a transmit radio signal to a distinct space when compared to the other transmitters. A first transmitter is configured to provide to a first space, a transmit radio signal carrying a multicast service. A second transmitter is configured to provide to a second space, distinct from the first space, a transmit radio signal carrying a unicast service, and the second space shares a first boundary with the first space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Richard Mackenzie, Zaid Al-Daher, Michael Fitch
  • Patent number: 11570631
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to a base station for providing air-to-ground wireless communication over various altitudes. The base station includes a first antenna array comprising one or more antennas configured to form a first cell coverage area extending substantially from a horizon up to a first elevation angle away from the first antenna array to a predetermined distance from the first antenna array. The base station further includes a second antenna array configured at an uptilt elevation angle to form a second cell coverage area extending at least from the first elevation angle to a second elevation away from the second antenna array, wherein the first cell coverage area and the second cell coverage area are concentric to define the ATG cell at least to the predetermined distance and up to a predetermined elevation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Hyslop, Andrew P. Caplan
  • Patent number: 11528664
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device and a method for controlling transmission power of an electronic device in a wireless communication system. An electronic device may include: a housing; at least one radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) disposed in the housing and configured to support a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT; a first communication processor electrically or operationally connected to the at least one RFIC; a second communication processor electrically or operationally connected to the at least one RFIC and the first communication processor; and at least one memory which is operationally connected to the first communication processor and the second communication process or is a part of at least one of the first communication processor or the second communication processor, and which is configured to store a first threshold value related to the at least one RFIC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventors: Hyoungjoo Lee, Wonsuk Chung, Sangho Lee, Hyejeong Kim, Euichang Jung
  • Patent number: 11356195
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and apparatus are provided for selecting quality-reporting sub-carriers based on sub-carrier quantity information received from a base station. The method comprises: acquiring information indicating a number of sub-carriers; measuring channel quality of each of a plurality of sub-carriers within a communication band from a received signal; selecting sub-carriers satisfying a condition related to measured channel quality bands from the plurality of sub-carriers, wherein quantity of the selected sub-carriers corresponds to the quantity of sub-carriers indicated by the acquired information; and transmitting information indicating channel quality of the selected sub-carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Akihiko Nishio, Jun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11218908
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4th generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE). An operation method of a reception device in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving a signal transmitted through a plurality of antennas of a transmission device; determining an initial symbol vector on the basis of the signal; determining a first candidate symbol vector, on the basis of a plurality of solution vectors obtained by searching for the initial symbol vector; determining a second candidate symbol vector by changing at least one symbol value of the first candidate symbol vector; and determining a symbol vector transmitted from the transmission device, on the basis of at least a part of the second candidate symbol vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungmin Choi, Hanseok Kim
  • Patent number: 11057851
    Abstract: A technology related to a terminal apparatus, a communication method, and an integrated circuit is provided for efficiently monitoring a status of communication. The terminal apparatus communicates with the base station apparatus by switching between a first frequency and a second frequency in a cell, a timer for monitoring a radio link in the cell starts based on consecutively detecting that out of synchronization occurs a prescribed number of times, the timer stops in the case of switching between the first frequency and the second frequency, and any one of the first frequency and the second frequency is a frequency by which the terminal apparatus has established Radio Resource Control connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shoichi Suzuki, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 11019678
    Abstract: A method is for use in a mobile telecommunications network that comprises a base station providing wireless connectivity within a base station cell, a mobile node providing wireless connectivity within a local cell and configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station, and a terminal configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station and configured to communicate wirelessly with the mobile node; and the method comprises: activating a limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node; starting a first timer of fixed duration when or after the limited local radio connection is activated; and when the first timer has expired, activating a limited base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station and terminating the limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tsuda, Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10986492
    Abstract: Content of wireless equipment (WE) is managed over-the-air (OTA). Content is germane to feature(s) of the WE and is related to operation thereof. Management of the content is automatically implemented in response to attachment of the WE to a confined-coverage access point (AP). The WE and a network server enable, in part, such management. The confined-coverage AP enables exchange of signaling and data associated with management of the content amongst the WE and the network server. Content includes software (SW); management OTA of SW can include update of an in-use version of a SW application or related SW component(s). SW update signaling can comprise message(s) conveying a WE identifier and in-use version(s) of SW; request(s) for an update instruction; request(s) for at least one file associated with the SW; or message(s) indicative of availability of version(s) of SW newer than the in-use version(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Richard Brisebois, Juan Derrick Smith
  • Patent number: 10932157
    Abstract: Techniques and systems perform link aggregation and fault tolerance across a wireless link connecting two wired networks. In a first example, a wireless networking device includes first radio and a second radio communicatively coupled to a wired network communication interface. The first and second radios have different operational parameters for bandwidth of transmission and other factors. The wireless networking device may include a processing device to cause the wireless networking device to establish a single data communication channel via the first radio; determine throughput of communication has been affected by an impact condition causing communication via the first radio to be impacted negatively and the second radio impacted positively. Based on that determination the single data communication channel may be transitioned to be received via the second radio. Each radio may maintain an active/backup status or perform load balancing to provide transmission of the single data communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Jianpo Han, Xuefu Wang, Qiang Zhou, Guangzhi Ran
  • Patent number: 10904093
    Abstract: A cluster system self-organizing method including receiving, by a node A in a cluster system, a request message sent by an external node for requesting to join the cluster system, where the node A is one node in the cluster system, the node A and at least one other node in the cluster system mutually have a bidirectional neighbor relationship, and two nodes that have the bidirectional neighbor relationship mutually transmit information, separately determining, by the node A, whether a ratio of a space area that is of the node A and that is allocated in the cluster system to a space area that is of each bidirectional neighbor node of the node A and that is allocated in the cluster system meets a preset relationship, and establishing, by the node A, the bidirectional neighbor relationship with the external node when the preset relationship is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin Hu, Xiangping Wu, Peixing Peng
  • Patent number: 10764824
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control apparatus including a determination unit that, when a mobile station communicates with any of one or more cells, determines whether the mobile station should communicate via an access point, a selection unit that, when it is determined that the mobile station should communicate via the access point, selects an apparatus that operates as the access point for the mobile station, and a signaling unit that instructs the apparatus selected by the selection unit to operate as the access point, and instructs the mobile station to communicate via the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Sawai
  • Patent number: 10608755
    Abstract: System and method are described for reducing the amount and the duration of radio frequency interference that a wireless communication system operating in an unlicensed frequency band receives from nearby devices, by ensuring that neighboring wireless systems are aware of the existence of any wireless system implementing the present disclosure, as well as the frequency bands that are occupied by said wireless system. This is accomplished by placing processor equipped radio transceivers (denominated secondary transceivers) in the periphery of the primary geographic region covered by the wireless communication system incorporating this disclosure, directing the radio signals of said secondary transceivers towards region or regions surrounding said primary geographic coverage region, and using the processors to coordinate the transmission of signals from said secondary transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventor: Aram Falsafi
  • Patent number: 10601898
    Abstract: Measurement exchange networks and protocols to exchange measurements of a parameter amongst devices (e.g., IoT devices), select the best measurement(s), accuracy/precision-wise, and determine a process variable for a control system based on the selected best measurement(s). A device may select a peer-provided best measurement to output as the process variable in place of a local measurement, and/or compute the process variable from multiple best measurements (e.g., local and/or peer-provided measurements). Metadata may be used to select a measurement(s) and/or to increase reliability/trust of exchanged data. In this way, each device of an exchange group/network may obtain the highest measurement accuracy of all available collocated sensors with little or no additional processing or cloud connectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Oleg Pogorelik, Alex Nayshtut, Igor Tatourian, Omer Ben-Shalom
  • Patent number: 10588055
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to wireless communication, for example, methods and apparatus for network mode selection are described. In aspects, a method of wireless communication may include determining, by a user equipment (UE) while coupled to a first network using a first RAT, operation in a cellular data off mode, and determining whether to initiate selection or reselection to a second network using a second RAT based on a RAT power consumption data table. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ravi Teja Mandavilli, Prathviraj Shetty, Vitesh Kempanna Nataraj, Pavan Kumar Patted, Sravan Kumar Reddy Achamola, Kiran Koona
  • Patent number: 10506666
    Abstract: A wireless device capable of using multiple SIM cards to simultaneously communicate with multiple cellular networks is presented. The wireless device is a dual-SIM dual-data active device that is capable of receiving and transmitting data packets over multiple cellular networks simultaneously or at substantially the same time. The wireless device may include a second set of antennas and internal hardware, including a second model and processor enabling the wireless device to communicate with at least two cellular networks. The wireless device may select a cellular network to perform a task, such as complete a call or download a video based on a difference in signal strength between the two or more cellular networks supported by the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: InterMetro Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Rice, Christopher Fogel
  • Patent number: 10098072
    Abstract: A signal processing system, a digital signal processing device (or a digital unit), and a method of controlling transmission power in the system are provided. The digital unit allocates relatively high transmission power to a terminal located in a boundary area of adjacent cells served by two radio units, which is higher than transmission power for transmitting data to a terminal located at about a central area of each cell, rather than the boundary cell of adjacent cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki-Ho Lee, Yong-Gyoo Lee, Yung-Ha Ji
  • Patent number: 9877249
    Abstract: A method in which a terminal that supports a multi-carrier manages a primary carrier, including: receiving a primary carrier change command from a base station; and changing the primary carrier from a serving primary carrier to a target primary carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Juhee Kim, Eunkyung Kim, Soojung Jung, Jae Sun Cha, Kwang Jae Lim, Hyun Lee, Chul Sik Yoon
  • Patent number: 9686164
    Abstract: Methods and systems that facilitate allocating a transmission of data over multiple wireless links using an allocation server is provided. An indication of a first and second endpoint is received. An indication of a plurality of wireless links between the first and second endpoints is also received. The plurality of wireless links transmit data via an information network that includes an allocation server that monitors the packets of data transmitted via the plurality of wireless links. Such monitoring reveals whether one or more of the wireless links satisfies a threshold based on one or more of an amount of latency, jitter, and dropped packets between the first and second endpoints. Based on satisfying a threshold, one or more packets of data are allocated by the allocation server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Rodney Charles Kunkel, James Earl Riehl, Timothy Hugh Pearson
  • Patent number: 9648584
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data in a single-frequency network in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network includes receiving media for broadcast in a broadcast area of a plurality of broadcast areas associated with a single-frequency network, wherein the broadcast area comprises a plurality of cells; identifying a subset of defined broadcast resources for broadcasting the media to the broadcast area; broadcasting the media to the broadcast area using the subset of defined broadcast resources; and broadcasting a null pattern on the subset of defined broadcast resources in adjacent broadcast areas to the broadcast area. An associated LTE network and broadcast controller are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley M. Hiben, Henry W. Anderson, Jeff S. Anderson, Peter Drozt
  • Patent number: 9596019
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a group (G1, G2) of at least two transceiver units (1, 2; 3, 4) in at least one wireless communication system. The transceiver units (1, 2; 3, 4) in the group (G1, G2) are arranged for wireless communication with at least one other transceiver unit. The transceiver units (1, 2; 3, 4) in the group (G1, G2) are arranged to transmit signals with polarizations that are essentially parallel to each other when received by at least one transceiver unit for which the transmitted signals (5, 6) constitutes interference. The present invention also relates to a method, a node and a transceiver unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Henrik Asplund, David Astely, Johan Nystrom, Tobias Tynderfeldt
  • Patent number: 9585069
    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 a network may provide a time gap (e.g., an asynchronous time gap) during which an access terminal may temporarily cease monitoring transmissions from a source node so that the access terminal may acquire a unique identifier from a target node. In some aspects an access terminal may commence handover operations at a target node after determining whether the access terminal is allowed to access the target node. In some aspects a source node may prepare several target nodes for potential handover in the event confusion is detected or likely. Here, the source node may send information relating to the preparation of the potential target nodes to the access terminal whereby the access terminal uses the handover preparation information to initiate a handover at that target node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rajat Prakash, Rajarshi Gupta, Parag A. Agashe, Masato Kitazoe, Arnaud Meylan, Gavin B. Horn
  • Patent number: 9507009
    Abstract: Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) information is retrieved from mobile devices and employed to facilitate antenna location. Measurement information, including AGPS information, can be received from a plurality of mobile devices dispersed over a geographical region. The measurement information can include location and timing information for the plurality of mobile devices. A timing difference between co-located antennas of a base station associated with the plurality of mobile devices can be computed. The location of the co-located antennas can be determined based on evaluating errors resultant from estimations based on a plurality of test locations. The measurement information can be aggregated over time and can be employed to update the antenna locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Fix, Andrew G Hume, Sheldon Kent Meredith
  • Patent number: 9497766
    Abstract: In order to configure a communication device connected to a wireless network including N communication channels, the communication device being adapted for communicating via one communication channel at a time, means of selection of a channel from amongst the N communication channels enables: selecting a communication channel with an unknown disturbance level, when the disturbance level of at least one communication channel is unknown; and otherwise selecting the least disturbed communication channel. Dynamic configuration means include means for reactivating the selection means in case of disturbances representing unsatisfactory transmission conditions on the selected communication channel according to a predetermined criterion. The dynamic configuration means are deactivated when the selection means have been reactivated N times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SAGECOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventor: Anthony Reuche
  • Patent number: 9369915
    Abstract: An inter-system interference estimation method is disclosed for both primary and secondary radio systems. In the case of a primary system (such as a GSM system), inter-system interference estimation is based on a comparison of cell level measurement statistics before and after secondary spectrum usage in neighboring cells. In the case of a secondary system (such as an LTE system), inter-system interference estimation is based on a measurement on secondary spectrum before starting transmission on the secondary spectrum. Based on both of the above mentioned inter-system inter-cell interference estimations, a cell-level decision on the secondary spectrum usage is made, and optimization of radio resource allocation inside the systems may be carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Kari Juhani Hooli, Jari Yrjana Hulkkonen, Rauli Jarkko Kullervo Jarvela, Pasi Eino Tapio Kinnunen
  • Patent number: 9363768
    Abstract: A method of determining a carrier power in a communications system including a processor includes a) setting a power differential between a reference carrier and one or more carriers, b) measuring a number of satisfied users at the power differential, and c) measuring a capacity for the satisfied users at the power differential. The method also includes d) increasing the power differential by a predetermined amount and e) determining, using the processor, that the number of satisfied users at the increased power differential is greater than or equal to the number of satisfied users at the power differential. The method further includes f) repeating a)-c) and g) setting the carrier power at an iterated power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Dali Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Seyed Amin Hejazi, Shawn Patrick Stapleton
  • Patent number: 9326255
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a method, an apparatus and a system for interference management. In the embodiments of the present invention, a Home NodeB (HNB) registers in a macro cell in advance, so that a NodeB Controller (NBC) knows the information of a potential interference source HNB beforehand. Thus simply through a normal measurement and a report subsequently performed by a terminal, an interference source HNB can be found easily, and an interference management of the interference source HNB also can be performed. The solution can avoid the situation in the prior art that the interference management is performed necessarily with a cell identity of the interference source HNB obtained by the terminal. With the application of the solution, the interference management to the HNB can be performed timely and effectively and the interference experienced by the terminal from the HNB is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Xu, Dong Chen
  • Patent number: 9301304
    Abstract: A radio base station and a method therein are provided for determining where in a cell a UE, being served by the radio base station, is located. The method includes receiving at least a first and subsequently a second Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) value from the UE, and comparing the received first and second RSRP values. The method further includes selecting a first threshold value based on the comparison indicating increasing RSRP values corresponding to the UE moving towards a cell-center area, or selecting a second threshold value based on the comparison indicating decreasing RSRP values corresponding to the UE moving towards a cell-edge area. Further, the method includes determining whether the UE is located in the cell-center area or the cell-edge area using the selected threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Honglai Liu, Leon He, Yanchao Niu
  • Patent number: 9246556
    Abstract: A radio network control method that allows uplink signals transmitted by a mobile station to be received by two or more selected base station radio systems and then combined, thus providing receiver diversity. The method requires measurement of radio link qualities of the OFDM signals passing between mobile station and base station radio system. The method is selectively applied to individual mobile stations and for each mobile station to a selection from the available base station radio systems—the selection being based upon the relative and/or absolute measurements of radio link qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LTD.
    Inventors: Peter Cosimini, Andrew Dunkin, Paul Edwards
  • Patent number: 9237468
    Abstract: A method for logging and reporting IDC interference information is provided. The method includes receiving an IDC interference measurement configuration from a network, the IDC interference measurement configuration comprising information instructing that a logging of IDC interference information be started, performing first IDC interference measurement on a first subframe, logging first IDC interference information comprising a first IDC interference measurement result, performing second IDC interference measurement on a second subframe, logging second IDC interference information comprising a second IDC interference measurement result, and reporting the first IDC interference information and the second IDC interference information to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Jung, Seung June Yi, Young Dae Lee, Sung Jun Park, Jae Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 9167453
    Abstract: During scheduled or unscheduled wireless communication outage, restoration of crucial or critical cell site devices and/or base station device are prioritized. The system filters current key performance indicator values and historical key performance indicator values for a reference cell device to produce a filtered key performance indicator metric for the reference cell device, filters statistical data to produce filtered statistical data representing a filtered statistic for the reference cell device, determines a weighting factor for the reference cell device, and displays of a ranking score determined as a function of the weighting factor, the filtered statistic data, and the filtered key performance indicator metric. The ranking score provides an ordering that can be used to restore critical cell site devices and/or base station devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Vibhav Kapnadak, Zhi Li
  • Patent number: 9155019
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described including selecting a first route between a source node and a destination node using a bandwidth-aware routing protocol, determining if the selected first route satisfies a bandwidth requirement of an application of the source node, initiating a switch to a new channel selected from a back-up channel list if the bandwidth requirement of the application is not satisfied by the selected route, selecting a second route over the new channel using the bandwidth-aware routing protocol, determining if the selected second route over the new channel satisfies the bandwidth requirement of the application of the source node and streaming data from the source node to the destination node if the selected first route satisfies the bandwidth requirement of the application or if the selected second route over the new channel satisfies the bandwidth requirement of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Mingquan Wu, Hang Liu, Saurabh Mathur
  • Patent number: 9088641
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to transmitting data between a plurality of computing devices such as mobile telephones and other electronic communications devices, where a request is associated with placing a call to a contact, and where information associated with the request is stored and a request for a SIP proxy is made, and an IP address associated with the SIP proxy is transmitted to allow redirecting the call to a server via the SIP proxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jacob Guedalia, Isaac David Guedalia
  • Patent number: 9055556
    Abstract: Techniques for selecting radios and mapping applications to radios on a wireless device are described. The wireless network may have at least one application that is active and a plurality of radios that are available for use. In one design, the wireless device determines requirements of the at least one application, which may be related to throughput, latency, jitter, etc. The wireless device selects at least one radio among the plurality of radios based on the requirements of the at least one application and possibly other factors. The wireless device determines a mapping of the at least one application to the at least one radio based on the requirements of the at least one application, the performance of the at least one radio, and/or other factors. The wireless device maps the at least one application to the at least one radio based on the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard D. Wietfeldt, George Chrisikos