Spectrum Sharing For Different Type Of System (e.g., Point-to-point Microwave, Television, Etc.) Patents (Class 455/454)
  • Patent number: 11950103
    Abstract: A communication control device (40) includes: an acquisition unit (441) that acquires a spectrum grant request following a certain scheme from a plurality of second radio systems that perform a wireless communication using a radio wave of a frequency band used by a first radio system; a classification unit (442) that groups the second radio systems into a plurality of groups according to a scheme of the spectrum grant request; and a calculation unit (443) that calculates a communication parameter of the second radio system for each of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Furuichi
  • Patent number: 11943683
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media described herein can be operable to facilitate location determination, communications with an AFC system, configuring operational parameters in response to an identification of active 6 GHz paths, and timing distribution and low-latency services. Methods, systems, and computer readable media are described herein for implementing and improving use of automated frequency coordination (AFC), operational deployment of the 6 GHz band for unlicensed devices, and use of the 6 GHz band for low-latency services, timing distribution, and QoS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Carol J. Ansley, Charles Cheevers, Ian Wheelock, Thomas Gravely
  • Patent number: 11943786
    Abstract: Methods of mapping, indicating, encoding and transmitting uplink (UL) grants and downlink (DL) assignments for wireless communications for carrier aggregation are disclosed. Methods to encode and transmit DL assignments and UL grants and map and indicate the DL assignments to DL component carriers and UL grants to UL component carriers are described. Methods include specifying the mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit DL assignment and DL component carriers that receive physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit UL grants and UL component carriers that transit physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when using separate coding/separate transmission schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Philip J. Pietraski, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11923955
    Abstract: A unified radio system for providing wireless communication to a communication device on an aircraft regardless of aircraft altitude may include a terrestrial network including a plurality of terrestrial base stations configured to communicate primarily in a ground communication layer below a first altitude, an ATG network including a plurality of ATG base stations configured to communicate primarily in an ATG communication layer above a second altitude, an air-to-air mesh network for data relays through connected aircraft, and an aircraft with an onboard antenna assembly and a unified radio. The unified radio may be configured to monitor network parameters of the terrestrial network and the ATG network and switch between a currently serving network and a non-serving network based on the network parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Elbert Stanford Eskridge, Jr., Bruce J. Holmes, Gerard James Hayes, James Evans Ladd, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11889335
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for downlink channel quality report for narrowband Internet of things user equipment. The method may include determining one or more of a physical random access channel repetition level or a reference signal received power. The method may also include selecting a channel quality table to use based on one or more of the physical random access channel repetition level or the reference signal received power. The method may further include determining a downlink channel quality report by using the selected channel quality table. In addition, the method may include transmitting the downlink channel quality report to the network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Rapeepat Ratasuk, Nitin Mangalvedhe, David Bhatoolaul
  • Patent number: 11889318
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide reliable voice connections dual-connectivity environments, given limitations of available spectrum. A system includes a first wireless station and a second wireless station. The first wireless station provides a shared spectrum of a first frequency band, the shared spectrum including a first spectrum for a first cellular wireless standard and a second spectrum for a second cellular wireless standard. The second wireless station is at least partially within a coverage area of the first wireless station and provides a third spectrum for the second cellular wireless standard. The third spectrum is a millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum. The first wireless station broadcasts a parameter barring an end device in an idle mode from camping on the second spectrum. The first wireless station or the second wireless station triggers the end device to swap to the second spectrum when a paging request for a voice call is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lily Zhu, Ratul Kumar Guha, Jignesh S. Panchal, Balaji L. Raghavachari, Niranjan B. Avula, Timothy M. Dwight, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Imtiyaz Shaikh, Kalyani Bogineni, Andrew E. Youtz, Xin Wang, Sagiv Draznin
  • Patent number: 11863644
    Abstract: A push notification delivery system includes a server system including a processor, a network interface, and memory storing program instructions having code segments for receiving a received push notification, code segments for determining at least one of a favorable push time and a favorable message format based upon a database of received push information developed from a plurality of prior sent push notifications, and code segments for pushing the message to the destination in accordance with the at least one of a favorable push time and a favorable message format. A method for delivering push notifications includes receiving a received push notification including a message and a destination, sending a sent push notification derived from the received push notification to the destination in accordance with at least one favorable condition, receiving received push information related to the sent push notification, and storing the received push information in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Airship Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik A. Onnen, Steven L. Osborn, II
  • Patent number: 11856412
    Abstract: Systems and methods to identify a growth classification/categorization for a geographic area that helps a network provider to solve for what types of planning opportunities are available at various area granularities is disclosed. The system computes values for a set of growth criteria for a geographic area. The growth criteria are related to planning, usability, customer experience, sales, population, and so on. Based on the growth-criteria values, the system identifies a classification/categorization for the area. For example, the system classifies an area as an invest area (e.g., requiring engineering action), a grow area (e.g., requiring sales action/being sales ready), a defend area (e.g., requiring engineering and sales actions to continue current trend), or a fix area (e.g., likely requiring both engineering and sales actions to improve current trend). Based on the area classification, the system can then provide actionable insights to drive improvement in network coverage and customer experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurpreet Singh, Stephen Todd Vancleve, Pankaj Saxena, Ashwini Kumar
  • Patent number: 11848794
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide for data transmission using alert signals to carry data, which can be used in such applications as data network communications between sensors (e.g., cameras, motion, radar, etc.) and computing equipment within vehicles (e.g., smart and autonomous cars).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Ethernovia Inc.
    Inventors: Hossein Sedarat, Ramin Shirani, Roy T. Myers, Jr., Darren S. Engelkemier
  • Patent number: 11811690
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating positioning reference signals (PRSs) for narrowband communication are provided. A first wireless communication device determines a time-frequency PRS pattern based at least in part on a narrowband communication frequency band configuration and a PRS subframe configuration mode associated with a set of subframes. The first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a plurality of PRSs using the determined PRS time-frequency pattern in the set of subframes. The PRS subframe configuration mode can indicate a first configuration including a bitmap indicating a set of PRS subframes positioned within a group of contiguous subframes, a second configuration indicating a subset of the group of contiguous subframes that may carry the PRSs, or a combination thereof. The first configuration and/or the second configuration can be used to indicate the set of subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arul Durai Murugan Palanivelu, Kapil Bhattad, Manikandan Chandrasekar, Alberto Rico Alvarino
  • Patent number: 11798423
    Abstract: A drone and a positioning method thereof, a drone communication system and an operation method thereof are provided. The positioning method of the drone is applicable for a drone to cruise in a flight field. The positioning method includes the following steps: flying according to a destination coordinate in the flight field; sensing a plurality of base stations via a first wireless communication module to obtain a plurality of first radio wave signals of the plurality of base stations; positioning according to the plurality of first radio wave signals to determine a current coordinate of the drone; and flying toward the destination coordinate in the flight field according to the current coordinate. In this way, the drone is capable of reliably positioning to effectively perform automatic flight missions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
  • Patent number: 11792724
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver and reception signal control circuitry. The receiver, in operation, receives a first downlink data signal transmitted from a first communication station and receives a second downlink data signal transmitted from a first communication station, the first downlink data signal and the second downlink data signal being received over a first downlink channel and a second downlink channel that are at least partially overlapped in time and frequency domain. The reception signal control circuitry, in operation, demodulates the received first downlink data signal and a second downlink data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventor: Yutaka Murakami
  • Patent number: 11743768
    Abstract: A wireless communication link is established between a first station (STA) and a second STA in a 6-GHz band. The first STA and the second STA the communicate in the 6-GHz band using a low-power indoor (LPI) long range (LR) physical-layer protocol data unit (PPDU). The LPI LR PPDU includes a legacy preamble, a universal signal field (U-SIG), an extreme-high-throughput signal field (EHT-SIG), an extreme-high-throughput short training field (EHT-STF), an extreme-high-throughput long training field (EHT-LTF), and a payload. Each of the legacy preamble, U-SIG and EHT-SIG is modulated and duplicated over multiple 20-MHz subchannels for a 80-MHz, 160-MHz or 320-MHz bandwidth over which the LPI LR PPDU is transmitted. Each of the EHT-STF, EHT-LTF and payload is modulated and transmitted on an entirety of the 80-MHz, 160-MHz or 320-MHz bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianhan Liu, Shengquan Hu, Hsuan-Yu Liu, Thomas Edward Pare, Jr., Yungping Hsu
  • Patent number: 11737017
    Abstract: A control information utilization method and an apparatus of a terminal with heterogenous technology communication modules operating in a same frequency band are provided to protect against unnecessary battery power consumption. A control information reception method of a terminal includes receiving control information from a base station using a first module, determining a channel occupancy time based on the control information using a licensed assisted access (LAA) radio identifier, and transferring the channel occupancy time to a second module that is operating in a same frequency band as the first module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suha Yoon, Suyoung Park, Sunghyuk Shin, Euichang Jung, Joonyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 11729829
    Abstract: This application discloses a communication method. The method includes: comparing, by a second transmit end device, a second bandwidth carrying at least one second service transmission and a first bandwidth, wherein the first bandwidth is used by a first transmit end device within a first specified time period on an unlicensed frequency band to complete first service transmission, the at least one second service transmission started in a remaining time period of the first specified time period after the first service transmission is completed; performing channel listening on the second bandwidth based on a result of the comparison; and performing, by the second transmit end device, the second service transmission on the second bandwidth if the second bandwidth is found to be in an idle state. In addition, a corresponding transmit end device is disclosed. This application discloses a channel listening mechanism applicable to a flexible-bandwidth scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiong Jia, Jun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11711701
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example, a method includes instantiating a first user equipment (UE) module on a first computing device and instantiating a second UE module on a second computing device connected to the first computing device by a wired network. A first base station (BS) module associated with the first UE module is instantiated on a third computing device coupled to the wired network and a second BS module associated with the second UE module is instantiated on a fourth computing device coupled to the wired network. A first resource allocation map is sent from the first BS module to the second BS module. An interference metric is generated based on the first resource allocation map. A data transmission between the second UE module and the second BS module is modulated based on the interference metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Xiong Yang, Mourad B. Takla, Matthijs Andries Visser, Chokri Trabelsi, Sankrith Subramanian
  • Patent number: 11700541
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Techniques to use capability information for user equipment in wide band systems such as millimeter wave systems. The capability information can include information indicative of support for limited non-contiguous intra-band carrier aggregation. The capability information can include information indicative of support for sharing time and frequency tracking information between cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Timo Ville Vintola, Shrenik Patel, Peter Gaal, Joseph Binamira Soriaga
  • Patent number: 11689319
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a message indicating, for each or multiple partial bands, a set of possible channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configurations. The UE may further receive downlink control information (DCI) from a base station, which may indicate a set of downlink resource associated with a first partial band. The UE may select a first CSI-RS configuration from the set of possible CSI-RS configurations for the first partial band based on the DCI, and when the base station transmits CSI-RS, the UE may obtain CSI-RS measurements over the first partial band during the set of downlink resources using the selected first CSI-RS configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 11683819
    Abstract: Dynamic configuration of multiple radios of an access point is described. An example of an access point includes a processor; a memory; hardware filters; and a first set of radio chains and antennas, the access point including a first radio mode for operation as a single radio on a first channel to service a first BSS and a second radio mode for operation as a first radio on the first channel and a second radio on a second channel to perform an additional service, wherein the access point is to provide dynamic configuration of the radios including, upon determining that operation of the first channel to service the first BSS is not compatible with a particular hardware filter of the first radio, migrating the first BSS from the first radio to the second radio to service on the second channel, and providing the additional service on the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Nitin Changlani, Farhan Hasnain, Mohd Shahnawaz Siraj, Manoj Thawani, Deven Patel
  • Patent number: 11665768
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example determining that a first connection between a first device and a wireless access point is not functional, wherein a non-functional connection between the first device and a backhaul network causes the first connection between the first device and the wireless access point to become not functional. Information is received from a second device via a second connection, wherein the second connection includes a wireless connection via a dedicated channel of a radio access network of the second connection. The dedicated channel will not be released while providing service via the second connection, the information being provided to the first device via a wireless channel. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Barrett Kreiner, Ryan Schaub, Timothy Knezevich
  • Patent number: 11665719
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data, applicable to a data transmitting end with a plurality of unlicensed channel resources, includes: determining a first unlicensed channel resource which is idle from the plurality of unlicensed channel resources; setting the first unlicensed channel resource as a first working channel resource for data transmission; and transmitting data over the first working channel resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yajun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11653217
    Abstract: A method for selecting at least one channel for a network element in a shared spectrum communication system is provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of candidate channels of a frequency band of the shared spectrum communication system. For each channel of the plurality of channels, the method further includes: evaluating the channel based on one or more of a plurality of criteria for the network element; scoring the channel based on the evaluation of the channel for the network element; and ranking the plurality of candidate channels based on the assigned scores for each of the plurality of channels. The method further includes selecting at least one channel based on the ranking of the plurality of candidate channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andrew E. Beck, Ariful Hannan
  • Patent number: 11606237
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a maximum power reduction for non-contiguous radio resource allocations. One apparatus includes a processor that receives a non-contiguous resource allocation and calculates a fraction of resource block punctured from a smallest containing contiguous allocation (“SCCA”). Here, the SCCA is the smallest set of contiguous resource blocks that encompasses the non-contiguous resource allocation. The processor determines a first additional maximum power reduction for the non-contiguous resource allocation in response to the fraction of punctured resource blocks being less than a threshold value. The apparatus includes a transceiver that transmits an uplink signal on the non-contiguous resource allocation using the first additional maximum power reduction in response to the fraction of punctured resource blocks being less than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Colin Frank
  • Patent number: 11606798
    Abstract: A terrestrial communication systems, specifically a signal collision avoidance system between a terrestrial transmitter and an airborne receiver, is disclosed. The terrestrial communication system includes an electronic processor configured to determine a receive frequency from a nearby airborne receiver, determine a transmit frequency from a communicatively coupled terrestrial transmitter, and modify the transmit frequency of the terrestrial transmitter based on the determined receive frequency and transmit frequency. To modify the transmit frequency, the electronic processor compares the receive frequency and the transmit frequency to determine a channel type. Based on the determined channel type, including co-channel and adjacent-channel, the electronic processor modifies a spectrum signature of the transmit frequency so that the transmit frequency does not interfere with the receive frequency of the airborne receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ATC Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ilya Ziskind, David Nance
  • Patent number: 11546917
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to reducing user equipment (UE)-to-UE cross-link interference are provided. A user equipment (UE) may receive from a base station (BS), a time-division-duplexing (TDD) pattern. The UE may establish a guard band on uplink resources from resources specified in the TDD pattern. Alternatively, the UE may reduce power to uplink resources from the resources specified in the TDD pattern. The UE transmits the resources using a carrier and as specified in the TDD pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Marco Papaleo, Alessio Marcone
  • Patent number: 11539809
    Abstract: A push notification delivery system includes a server system including a processor, a network interface, and memory storing program instructions having code segments for receiving a received push notification, code segments for determining at least one of a favorable push time and a favorable message format based upon a database of received push information developed from a plurality of prior sent push notifications, and code segments for pushing the message to the destination in accordance with the at least one of a favorable push time and a favorable message format. A method for delivering push notifications includes receiving a received push notification including a message and a destination, sending a sent push notification derived from the received push notification to the destination in accordance with at least one favorable condition, receiving received push information related to the sent push notification, and storing the received push information in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Airship Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik A. Onnen, Steven L. Osborn, II
  • Patent number: 11533632
    Abstract: A dual band LTE small cell base station communicates on both licensed bands and unlicensed bands. The small cell base station modifies the communication protocol utilized by the licensed band to enable communication over an unlicensed band. This modification involves replacing the physical (PHY) layer of the licensed band communication protocol with the PHY layer of a to-be-used protocol in an unlicensed band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: NETGEAR, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Clegg
  • Patent number: 11515951
    Abstract: A system includes a base station, an antenna coupled to the base station, and an antenna line device coupled to the antenna. The antenna line device is Internet Protocol (IP) addressable and is configured to receive a control signal from a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Sammit Patel
  • Patent number: 11496912
    Abstract: Assessing signaling characteristics for wireless receivers after being deployed within a service area is contemplated. The wireless receivers may be assessed for purposes of optimizing signaling interactions according to measurements generated during normal operating conditions and/or as a function of actual usage as opposed to estimates or other approximations generated prior to deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Malas, Joshua Redmore, Orne Brocaar
  • Patent number: 11496410
    Abstract: Systems and methods to establish and execute market-driven variable price offerings among the lenders and borrowers in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage. The method comprises establishing and executing market-driven variable price offerings among lenders and borrowers. A bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage is formed based on the established and executed market-driven variable price offering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Dawson, Peter G. Finn, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Jenny S. Li
  • Patent number: 11496905
    Abstract: A method and a network entity in a wireless communication system sharing spectrum resources. The method includes identifying a coordination phase to identify at least one neighboring network entity using the shared spectrum resources and perform reservation of the shared spectrum resources and transmitting, during the coordination phase, a coordination request message to the at least one neighboring network entity. The method further includes receiving, during the coordination phase, a coordination response message from the at least one neighboring network entity and determining an amount of the shared spectrum resources to reserve based on the coordination response message. The method further includes transmitting, to at least one terminal in a cell of the network entity, a data transmission using at least some of the determined amount of the reserved resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongho Jeon, Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam, Joonyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 11457473
    Abstract: This application discloses a communication method. The method includes: comparing, by a second transmit end device, a second bandwidth carrying at least one second service transmission and a first bandwidth, wherein the first bandwidth is used by a first transmit end device within a first specified time period on an unlicensed frequency band to complete first service transmission, the at least one second service transmission started in a remaining time period of the first specified time period after the first service transmission is completed; performing channel listening on the second bandwidth based on a result of the comparison; and performing, by the second transmit end device, the second service transmission on the second bandwidth if the second bandwidth is found to be in an idle state. In addition, a corresponding transmit end device is disclosed. This application discloses a channel listening mechanism applicable to a flexible-bandwidth scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiong Jia, Jun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11452104
    Abstract: The frequency spectrum management apparatus includes a processing circuit, and the processing circuit is configured to: determine, in response to a frequency spectrum resource request from one or more secondary systems, available frequency spectrum information about each secondary system; determine, according to frequency spectrum management information from the one or more secondary systems, a managed secondary system managed by a frequency spectrum coordination apparatus and a non-managed secondary system not managed by the frequency spectrum coordination apparatus; determine, based on system information about the managed secondary system, a non-managed secondary system, the interference thereof with respect to the managed secondary system exceeding a predetermined threshold value, to be an interference secondary system; and acquire system information, about the interference secondary system, to be sent to the frequency spectrum coordination apparatus, so that the frequency spectrum coordination apparatus c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen Sun, Xin Guo
  • Patent number: 11438874
    Abstract: Disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention is a method by which a terminal selects a resource on a plurality of component carriers (CCs) and transmits a signal in a wireless communication system, and the method for transmitting signals on a plurality of CCs comprises the steps of: performing sensing on an anchor CC for a first time period; performing sensing on a non-anchor CC for a second time period; allowing a terminal to select, at the ending times of the first time period and the second time period, a resource through which a signal is to be transmitted on the anchor CC; and transmitting a signal through a resource selected on the anchor CC and a resource on the non-anchor CC, which is connected by the resource selected on the anchor CC, wherein the second time period should be included in the first time period, and the ending times of the first time period and the second time period are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hyukjin Chae
  • Patent number: 11412389
    Abstract: A communication control device including: a management unit configured to manage one or more first wireless communication devices; and an information exchange unit configured to exchange, with another communication control device that manages one or more second wireless communication devices, information related to frequency sharing by the second wireless communication devices. The information related to frequency sharing includes information related to a frequency band in which high-priority access can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Furuichi
  • Patent number: 11399334
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to channel access for discovery reference signal (DRS) transmissions in a spectrum shared by multiple network operating entities are provided. A first wireless communication device identifies a plurality of allowable transmission starting locations within a DRS measurement time configuration (DMTC) window, where at least one of the plurality of allowable transmission starting locations is offset from boundaries of a plurality of transmission slots of the DMTC window. The plurality of allowable transmission starting locations is associated with an allowable number of category 2 (CAT2) listen-before-talks (LBTs) within the DMTC window and a duration of the DRS transmission. The first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a DRS beginning at a first transmission starting location of the plurality of allowable transmission starting locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kapil Bhattad, Ananta Narayanan Thyagarajan, Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun
  • Patent number: 11395344
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting an uplink signal by a terminal in a non-licensed band. In particular, the method comprises: performing a clear channel assessment (CCA) on the non-licensed band; and transmitting the uplink signal on a specific slot on the basis of the result of performing the CCA, wherein when the specific slot is a random access channel (RACH) slot, the uplink signal is transmitted on the basis of a default timing advanced (TA) value for RACH signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sukhyon Yoon, Seonwook Kim, Changhwan Park, Hanjun Park, Joonkui Ahn, Suckchel Yang
  • Patent number: 11388607
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method may include transmitting, by a priority access user, one or more registration request messages to a spectrum access system. The method may further include receiving, by the priority access user, one or more registration response messages from the spectrum access system. The one or more registration response messages may contain an indication that the spectrum access system has time granular sharing capability. The method may further include transmitting, by the priority access user, one or more heartbeat messages to the spectrum access system. The one or more heartbeat messages may contain an indication of a heartbeat interval. The method may further include receiving, by the priority access user, one or more heartbeat response messages from the spectrum access system. The heartbeat response messages may contain an indication of a heartbeat interval that is longer than the indication of the one or more heartbeat messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Fabiano De Sousa Chaves
  • Patent number: 11368940
    Abstract: A system includes at least one computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions and at least one processor in communication with the at least one computer-readable storage medium. When executing the instructions, the system is directed to receive, from a user of a second wireless network, a request to transmit second wireless network data over a first wireless network and determine a protocol based on one or more parameters associated with the first wireless network and the second wireless network for transmitting the data. The protocol may indicate a resource allocation between second wireless network data transmission and first wireless network data transmission. The system is further directed to obtain information related to a first spectrum of the first wireless network for transmitting the second wireless network data based on the protocol and transmit, to the user, the information related to the first spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: METIS IP (SUZHOU) LLC
    Inventors: Qimei Chen, Zhi Ding
  • Patent number: 11349583
    Abstract: A measuring robot (1) measures radio waves using a radio wave measuring unit (11) at a measurement point. A self-propelled route control unit (14) controls, in a case that reliability of communication using the radio wave at the measurement point is determined to be low based on one or more of a measurement result by the radio wave measuring unit (11) and information on an obstacle detected by a terrain/obstacle/position detection sensor unit (12), a radio wave measuring unit (11) to measure the radio wave more precisely compared to the measurement of the electromagnetic wave in a case that the reliability of the communication using the radio wave is determined to be high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Miyatake, Kohei Suzaki, Yusuke Asai, Hiroyuki Shiba
  • Patent number: 11343645
    Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one communication module; a memory; and a processor operably connected to the at least one communication module and the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Sejong Yoon, Doosuk Kang, Moonseok Kang, Hyunchul Kim, Yi Yang, Jonghoon Jang
  • Patent number: 11341089
    Abstract: A self-optimizing interval detection data structure is provided herein. A data storage system as described herein can include a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can include a candidate assignment component that maps properties of a resource of the data storage system to respective candidate data structures; a latency estimation component that estimates respective latencies associated with the respective candidate data structures; and a selection component that selects a candidate data structure of the respective candidate data structures having a latency that is less than a threshold latency, resulting in a selected data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventor: Suraj Raju
  • Patent number: 11316641
    Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate handling of uplink communications. For example, certain wireless communication systems may benefit from an uplink coverage extension for unlicensed band operation. A method can include configuring a first interlace having a first starting physical resource block. The method can also include configuring a second interlace having a second starting physical resource block offset from the first physical resource block. The method can further include transmitting or receiving a signal based on a combination of the first interlace and the second interlace. The combination can include at least one cluster but less than two clusters in each measurement interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Juhani Hooli, Timo Erkii Lunttila
  • Patent number: 11304191
    Abstract: A method for transmitting information includes: determining a target frequency range involved in an in-device interference in user equipment when the in-device interference is likely to occur, the target frequency range including a target downlink frequency range and at least one target uplink frequency range; adjusting a transmission resource configuration within the target frequency range; and transmitting information over a transmission resource after adjustment of the transmission resource configuration within the target frequency range, to avoid occurrence of the in-device interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Juejia Zhou
  • Patent number: 11284436
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a data sending method and a communications device. The method includes: sensing, by a communications device, a carrier located in a first unlicensed frequency band, where the first unlicensed frequency band includes at least one carrier; and sending, by the communications device, data on a carrier whose channel state is sensed to be idle. The communications device senses a first carrier in the first unlicensed frequency band, and sends the data on the first carrier that is successfully sensed to be idle. Another communications device may also sense in the first unlicensed frequency band, and send data in the first unlicensed frequency band when sensing successfully. Therefore, users of different services may fairly contend and coexist in an unlicensed frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingpei Lin, Lei Huang, Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11277251
    Abstract: A radio frequency spectrum management system and method for detecting and redirecting interfering radio frequency signals includes one or more radio frequency spectrum management device, each device having an antenna to scan a device area of influence and detect interfering radio frequency signals. A radio frequency spectrum management device also includes a controller to analyze detected interfering radio frequency signals and to delineate operative parameters for redirecting clearance signals. A radio frequency transmitter transmits redirecting clearance signals over the device area of influence via the antenna, in accordance with the operative parameters for redirecting clearance signals delineated by the controller. A radio signal amplifier boosts a redirecting clearance signal to a predetermined clearance signal amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Millard, Howard Melamed, Stevan Melamed
  • Patent number: 11272394
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in which a congestion control service is provided. The congestion control service provides for congestion detection and management in relation to a diversified radio access network. The congestion control service includes using a radio spectrum re-allocation mechanism pertaining to different radio access technologies of the diversified radio access network to mitigation detected congestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jignesh S. Panchal, Kalyani Bogineni, Yuexin Dong
  • Patent number: 11240675
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method comprises receiving design criteria for a fixed microwave network; identifying proximate interfering signals; determining whether interference levels satisfy design criteria of the fixed microwave network; and if the interference levels do not satisfy the design criteria, then optimize operating parameters of radio systems of the fixed microwave network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Peter S. Young, Joseph N. Marzin
  • Patent number: 11240824
    Abstract: Interference on an uplink between user equipment (UE) and a network site can disrupt the communications between the two. An interference mitigation tool can mitigate the effects such interference has on the communications between the UE and the network site by selecting a mitigation action for implementation at the network site. The interference mitigation tool can receive spectrum scan data from the network site to identify the presence of interference in an operating band of the network site. The interference mitigation tool can then determine possible mitigation actions and can select a mitigation action based on a variety of factors or criteria. Additionally, the interference mitigation tool can reverse previously implemented mitigation actions if the interference is no longer impacting the network site. Further, when selecting a mitigation action, the interference mitigation tool can also consider neighboring network sites and how the selected mitigation action would impact them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Mohamed Amer
  • Patent number: 11234264
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses and computer program products for enabling efficient uplink data transmission in a wireless communication system. A method implemented at a user equipment (UE) includes: receiving an uplink grant from a network node, the uplink grant indicating a granted resource associated with a plurality of channels; detecting availability of the plurality of channels; determining an uplink transmission parameter based on the uplink grant and a result from the detection; and transmitting data to the network node according to the determined uplink transmission parameter. Embodiments of the present disclosure may enable adaptive uplink transmission and increase uplink transmission opportunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Gen Li, Rui Fan, Jinhua Liu