Patents Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I
  • Patent number: 12225384
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards network slice pre-configuration for cellular communication systems, including 5G and subsequent generation cellular communication systems. Network equipment can be preconfigured to identify whether a network slice identifier included in a network communication belongs to a group of network slice identifiers. If so, the network equipment can process the network communication either according to a network slice rule that corresponds specifically to the network slice identifier, or according to a default group network slice rule for the group to which the network slice identifier belongs. Different groups of network slice identifiers can be associated with different sets of group network slice rules which can be arranged to reduce the work of setting up network slice identifiers in various network slicing scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Feza Buyukdura
  • Patent number: 12225516
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first value for a first parameter to a first user equipment, wherein the first parameter pertains to a first number of scans to be performed by the first user equipment to detect a first signal having a first frequency within a first frequency band as part of a first scanning procedure, and transmitting a second value for a second parameter to the first user equipment, wherein the second parameter pertains to a first amount of time that the first user equipment is to wait between the first scanning procedure and a second scanning procedure, the second scanning procedure pertaining to detection of the first signal having the first frequency within the first frequency band. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Yupeng Jia, Hongyan Lei
  • Publication number: 20250047644
    Abstract: A content filtering system and method includes receiving in a network device in a network from a user device, a user selected set of rules identifying a set of URLs to be blocked. The set of rules are loaded into the network device. The network device receives from the user device a request to access a specified URL. A determination is made at the network device whether the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules. If the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules, then the specified URL is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Mark Austin, Shahab Azmoudeh, Joseph Dorsey, Victor Nilson, Christopher Sambar, Jerald Weber
  • Publication number: 20250048347
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, configuring, coordinating, and operating frequency division multiplexing on one or more access and backhaul links. The subject disclosure further describes how an IAB node and a serving parent node can coordinate resource block (RB) usage and RB set usage using over-the-air signaling. Other embodiments are described in the subject disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Thomas Novlan
  • Publication number: 20250047654
    Abstract: Processing data resulting from an execution of a plurality of different applications to identify at least one notification that is to be provided to a user of a client device, identifying criteria associated with the user, the criteria including a role of the user within an organization and a preference of the user, determining a characteristic associated with the at least one notification based on the identifying of the criteria, and providing the at least one notification having the characteristic to the client device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Umayal Roja Swarnam
  • Patent number: 12219449
    Abstract: In a 6G network, microservices can be utilized in the absence of a core network. For example, after a mobile device has authenticated, through its carrier network, with a transport service layer, microservices can be allocated to the mobile device without having to be transmitted via the core network. Thus, removing the core network from the process can generate a direct line of microservices from the transport layer to the end-user. Furthermore, additional microservices and/or resources can be access through a microservices library. Consequently, packets can be securely transmitted be a wireless network facilitating sending packet profile data from one to many node devices in anticipation of the packet traversing the various node devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Sangar Dowlatkhah, Zhi Cui
  • Patent number: 12219377
    Abstract: A method includes selecting a study group including a first network element and a second network element of a network, selecting a control group including a third network element, identifying times at which a change is deployed at the first network element and the second network element, time-aligning the change at the first element and the change at the second network element to a common time, performing a statistical analysis that compares the performance of the network before the common time to the performance of the network after the common time, detecting an impact of the change on a performance of the network based on the statistical analysis, and initiating a remedial action when the impact comprises a degradation to the performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Ajay Mahimkar, Zihui Ge, Sanjeev Ahuja, Nauman Shafi, Shomik Pathak
  • Patent number: 12219619
    Abstract: Long-term evolution assisted new radio initial access and mobility for 5G or other next generation networks are provided herein. A method can include transmitting, by a first network device of a wireless network and comprising a processor, a first timing synchronization signal and first acquisition information of the first network device to a mobile device. In response to the transmitting and based on a transmission received from the mobile device, a connection between the mobile device and a radio resource control of the wireless network can be facilitated. In addition, in response to the mobile device determining the location of the second timing synchronization signal based on the data indicative of the location of the second timing synchronization signal, the second network device can transmit, to the mobile device, the second timing synchronization signal and second acquisition information of the second network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Novlan, Salam Akoum, Arunabha Ghosh, Milap Majmundar
  • Patent number: 12219473
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of receiving a query for 5G Session Management Functions (SMFs) to handle a connection request, wherein the query includes a slice ID and data network name; determining a list of SMFs that each have a blockchain ID immutably recorded on a blockchain, wherein the blockchain ID is authorized to provide service to the slice ID; and sending, responsive to the query, the list of SMFs. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Feza H. Buyukdura
  • Patent number: 12219025
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a management manifest for a network function (NF) software application, wherein the NF software application is to be deployed in a cloud computing environment, based on the generating the management manifest, deriving a software package that includes the NF software application and the management manifest, and causing the software package to be outputted for deployment in the cloud computing environment, wherein inclusion of the management manifest with the NF software application in the software package facilitates utilization of the management manifest for monitoring and management of a system that results from deployment of the NF software application in the cloud computing environment. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Sean Simon
  • Patent number: 12218718
    Abstract: Channel state information (CSI) can be transmitted to a network node incrementally to increase network efficiency. The CSI feedback framework can be enhanced by allowing a user equipment (UE) to report multiple sets of CSI feedback, where each set can comprise a rank indicator (RI), a pre-coder matrix indicator (PMI), and a channel quality indicator (CQI). Since a different set may have a different sub-band, the CSI feedback framework can support the sub-band rank, wherein rank data from a wideband and the sub-band can be used by the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaoyi Wang, Arunabha Ghosh, Salam Akoum
  • Patent number: 12219392
    Abstract: Switching a device between bandwidth parts of a channel bandwidth can be managed. A bandwidth part (BWP) management component (BWPMC) can determine characteristics relating to communication rate, quality of service (QoS), or device power based on analysis of data relating to operation of the device, including data relating to service type of a service used by the device or traffic type of data communicated by the device. If heavy traffic is detected, BWPMC can determine whether switching from a smaller BWP to a larger BWP can improve communication rate or QoS. If so, BWPMC can initiate a switching timer. If heavy traffic is still detected when timer has ended, BWPMC can switch from smaller BWP to larger BWP, set another timer, and check again when that timer ends. BWPMC can bypass BWP switching for the device when power saving mode is on or low battery power is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Yupeng Jia
  • Publication number: 20250039769
    Abstract: Prioritization and selection of signals and associated cells can be managed. User equipment module (UEM) of user equipment (UE) can determine a context associated with a communication session based on analyzing usage behavior information relating to usage behavior, and profile information relating to a profile, associated with the UE. The profile information can be determined by a core module based on information relating to the network or previous communication sessions. Based on analysis results, including context, UEM can determine a characteristic, other than signal strength, that can be more heavily weighted over other characteristics associated with UE or network to facilitate determining which cell, of a cell group, the UE is to connect to for the communication session. UEM can determine and select the cell of the cell group to which the UE is to connect, based on the context and the highest weighted characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Howard L. Lang
  • Publication number: 20250039681
    Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to, in response to feature activation at an access point, planning and deploying service elements of a network service across transport and core network segments in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include receiving a request to implement a network service in a network that includes access point equipment connected via a transport segment to a core network segment. The method can further include, based on the request, selecting deployment locations in the network for service elements to enable the network service, with an element of the service elements being selected to be deployed at a deployment location. Further, the method can include deploying the service element at the selected deployment location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Seyed Hashemi, Shahriar Ziari
  • Publication number: 20250039658
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages reuse of mobile subscriber identity information. Further aspects may include mobile subscriber identity information used in a device having multiple device profiles indexed, directly or indirectly, by multiple ki (e.g. shared secret keys). Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Walter Cooper Chastain, Stephen Emille Chin
  • Publication number: 20250037384
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing a first depiction of an exhibit environment, wherein the first depiction of the exhibit environment comprises an image of at least one artifact and an image of at least one interface element, and wherein the at least one interface element is located in the exhibit environment at a first location relative to the at least one artifact; obtaining a first user profile of a first user, wherein the first user profile comprises at least one first preference of the first user, and wherein the first user is located in a first remote environment; and facilitating a presenting of a first modified version of the first depiction of the exhibit environment in the first remote environment, wherein the first modified version moves the image of the at least one interface element to a second location relative to the at least one artifact, wherein the second location is different than the first location, and wherein the second location is selected based upon
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Jean-Francois Paiement, Wen-Ling Hsu, Tan Xu, Aritra Guha, Qiong Wu
  • Publication number: 20250039059
    Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to deploying network equipment. For example, a method described herein can include facilitating receiving a first request to deploy first network equipment at a deployment location, with the first request including a first deployment parameter for the first network equipment. The method further includes, based on the first network equipment and the first deployment parameter, generating a deployment template. Further, the method can facilitate receiving a second request to deploy second network equipment at the deployment location, with the second request including a second deployment parameter for the second network equipment. The method can further include, based on the deployment template and the second deployment parameter, deploying the second network equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Allison Whittaker, Jeff Johnson, Jayant V. Ragde, Abdelmajid Belhareth, Keith Dorking, Mohammad Nikain, Vahid Tavassoli, Jiyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20250039697
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of receiving network configuration data from a plurality of location-based services nodes in a network; transforming the network configuration data into reference audit values; comparing the reference audit values with the network configuration data received from each location-based services node in the plurality of location-based services nodes to generate corrections; and sending the corrections to each location-based services node in the plurality of location-based services nodes responsive to the network configuration data deviating from the reference audit values. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Abbas Fazal, Leimeng Shi, Syed Anwar Aftab
  • Patent number: 12212903
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying network elements of a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) domain of an optical waveguide communication system that includes a group of optical-add-drop multiplexor (OADM) devices. Operations are observed for the WDM domain configured to deliver communication services configured for simultaneously transporting independent signals across a network of single optical waveguides. A demand for optical waveguide communication services is determined and the WDM network is configured according to the optical fiber communication link requirement and according to the observations. The configured WDM network includes at least one OADM device of the group of OADM devices configured to provide a WDM cross-frequency network path of the configured WDM network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Communications Services India Private Limited
    Inventors: Mritunjay Pandey, Subhash Kapoor, Lynn Rivera, Saurav Paira
  • Patent number: 12213034
    Abstract: Described is intelligent security based on the detection of the presence of mobile devices within a defined region, determined via accurate mobile device location sensing, e.g., within on the order of one meter. Upon detection of the presence of a mobile device within a defined region via mobile device millimeter wave-based position sensing, an identity associated with the mobile device is obtained. If the identity associated with the mobile device is not a trusted identity, action can be taken based on the presence of the identity within the defined region. The intelligent security can be implemented within an application program of a registered user's mobile device and/or a security system, such as a commercially available security system with alarm monitoring services. Various criteria can determine the action(s) to take, including by which region (if more than one), time of day, identity trust level, duration of presence, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Hongyan Lei