Patents Examined by Abdullahi Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11647551
    Abstract: A method of user information management includes that, a first network element transmits a setup request message of a user equipment (UE) radio bearer context to a second network element, the setup request message includes at least one of the following information: a first UE association flag, configuration information about signaling radio bearers (SRBs) or information about SRB transmission channel uplink address; and upon reception of a setup response message of the UE radio bearer context fed back by the second network element, the first network element determines that information of the UE radio bearer context is established by the second network element; the setup response message includes at least one of the following information: configuration information about SRBs set up by the second network element, configuration information about modified SRBs, a second UE association flag, information about SRB transmission channel downlink address, or a cause value for configuration modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yin Gao, He Huang
  • Patent number: 11646974
    Abstract: A method for end point data communications anonymization for a local communications hub is provided. The method commences with receiving a first request addressed to a server from a computing device. The method further includes selecting a first remote communications hub from a plurality of remote communications hubs. The method continues with modifying the first request to generate a first modified request and sending the first modified request to the first remote communications hub. The first remote communications hub modifies the first modified request to produce a second modified request and forwards the second modified request to the server. The method further includes receiving a first response to the second modified request from the server, modifying the received first response to produce a first modified response, modifying the first modified response to produce a second modified response, and providing the second modified response to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Ooma, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Gillon, Hai Lei, Tobin E. Farrand, David A. Bryan
  • Patent number: 11638218
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be configured to determine a PSD based on a transmission power associated with transmission of an uplink signal. The apparatus may be configured to select one of a first beam or a second beam for the transmission of the uplink signal based on the PSD. The second beam may be wider than the first beam, and may be generated by a single antenna element of the apparatus. The apparatus may be configured to transmit the uplink signal using the selected one of the first beam or the second beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ruhua He, Shrenik Patel, Sang-June Park, Mihir Vijay Laghate, Raghu Narayan Challa
  • Patent number: 11632153
    Abstract: This invention is a transmission device capable of enhancing the reception characteristics of a terminal when employing transmit diversity using two antenna ports in an ePDCCH. In a base station (100) that transmits a reference signal to a terminal (200) using two antenna ports, a setting unit (102), on the basis of the reception quality of the terminal, sets as the aforementioned two antenna ports either a first antenna port pair for which DMRS (reference signals) do not undergo mutual code multiplexing, or a second antenna port pair for which the DMRS do undergo code multiplexing. A transmitter (109) transmits the DMRS from the two antenna ports set in the setting unit (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tadashi Yoshida, Ayako Horiuchi, Takashi Iwai, Yoshihiko Ogawa, Akihiko Nishio
  • Patent number: 11611913
    Abstract: A technique for preparing User Equipment, UE, mobility to a 2G/3G network for a UE moving from a 5G network, optionally via a 4G network, to the 2G/3G network is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique is performed by a network node of the 5G network and comprises triggering (S304) providing one or more 2G/3G Quality of Service, QoS, parameters to the UE required to hand over at least one QoS flow established between the UE and the 5G network to the 2G/3G network when the UE moves to the 2G/3G network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ralf Keller, Afshin Abtin, Ann-Christine Sander
  • Patent number: 11539465
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting acknowledgement information reporting on subject transmissions based on a HARQ codebook. The HARQ codebook indicates a bit pattern of the acknowledgement information. The bit pattern has a plurality of subpatterns, each subpattern being associated to a different subdivision of a reception time interval to which the acknowledgement information pertains. Each subpattern includes a predetermined number of bits of acknowledgement information associated to subject transmissions of the subdivision. There are also disclosed related methods and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Sorour Falahati, Robert Baldemair, Daniel Chen Larsson, Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11533695
    Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The UE may attempt to detect synchronization signals, including Long Term Evolution (LTE) synchronization signals from eNBs, New Radio (NR) synchronization signals from gNBs, and sidelink synchronization signals (SLSSs) from other UEs. The UE may prioritize an LTE synchronization signal over an SLSS, and may prioritize an NR synchronization signal over an SLSS. If the UE does not detect an LTE synchronization signal or an NR synchronization signal, the UE may select an SLSS. The UE may prioritize an SLSS from a UE that is directly synchronized to an eNB or a gNB over an SLSS from another UE that is indirectly synchronized to an eNB or a gNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexey Khoryaev, Jerome Parron, Mikhail Shilov, Sergey Panteleev
  • Patent number: 11493315
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a blasting system, the blasting system including: a drilling device configured to form blasting holes on a blasting target on the basis of a blasting design map; a charging device configured to place explosives in the blasting holes; detonators configured to detonate the explosives; a central control unit configured to confirm a position of a worker in real time, the worker driving the detonators; and a worker terminal configured to transmit worker position information to the central control unit, the worker position information indicating the worker position. The blasting system of the present disclosure can automatically connect the detonator to the central control unit, and improve worker convenience of the blasting work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HANWHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Woong Park, Tae Seob Shin
  • Patent number: 11483719
    Abstract: An apparatus for beam configuration in a wireless communication system, including a transceiver; and at least one processor connected with the transceiver and configured to: form at least one beam cluster from beams of a base station; determine a configuration of the at least one beam cluster; and configure the beams in the at least one beam cluster according to the determined configuration
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huiyang Wang, Yi Zhao, Chanjuan Wei, Jing Zhu, Hao Ni, Meifang Jing, Xiaohui Yang, Ranran Zhang
  • Patent number: 11463901
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, calculating a respective first quality metric for each cell of a plurality of cells included in a network, calculating a respective second quality metric for each cell of the plurality of cells, calculating a capacity of each cell of the plurality of cells in accordance with the first quality metric for the cell and the second quality metric for the cell, and allocating traffic of the network amongst the plurality of cells in accordance with the respective capacity of each cell of the plurality of cells. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Huahui Wang, Gopalakrishnan Meempat, Ravi Raina
  • Patent number: 11463205
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for a plurality of sidelink communications. The UE may identify at least a subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on one or more parameters. The UE may transmit, on a sidelink, the at least the subset of HARQ feedback in a HARQ feedback occasion. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shuanshuan Wu, Kapil Gulati, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Shailesh Patil, Arjun Bharadwaj, Tien Viet Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11463919
    Abstract: This application discloses example communications methods and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving, by a core network element, a first request message from a terminal, where the first request message is used to request information used for PC5 interface-based communication of the terminal. The core network element can then send, to the terminal and based on the first request message, a quality of service (QoS) rule used for the PC5 interface-based communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiangwei Ying, Yanmei Yang, Meng Li
  • Patent number: 11445410
    Abstract: A wireless communication system delivers a wireless data service to User Equipment (UE) responsive to a handover. A Centralized Unit (CU) transfers a handover registration to a Network Repository Function (NRF). A Session Management Function (SMF) transfers a handover subscription for the UE to the NRF. The CU detects a handover of the UE and responsively transfers a handover notice for the UE to the NRF. In response to the handover subscription for the UE from the SMF, the NRF transfers the handover notice for the UE to the SMF. The SMF modifies the wireless data service for the UE responsive to the handover notice for the UE. For example, the SMF may implement data encryption for the UE responsive to the handover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Zheng Cai
  • Patent number: 11438803
    Abstract: A system includes a participating device, an input-output interface, and a processor coupled to the input-output interface wherein the processor is further coupled to a memory, the memory having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations including authenticating the participating device as an edge device on a network, allocating a resource on the participating device to be used for serving a user device operating on the network, receiving a request for service from the user device, and causing the participating device to provide a service to the user devices using the resource from the participating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Joseph Soryal
  • Patent number: 11432118
    Abstract: Apparatus for V2X communications comprising an application layer configured to analyze a high-risk scenario involving a self-vehicle and other vehicles, an access or network layer configured to ensure reception of messages broadcast by the self-vehicle by requesting acknowledged only from vehicles identified as involved in the high-risk scenario, and an interface connecting the application layer to the access or network layer for carrying results of the analysis of the high-risk scenario and the identification of involved vehicles. In an exemplary method of use, a self-vehicle performing identifies vehicles involved in a high-risk scenario, broadcasts one or more times a first message that can prevent or mitigate the high-risk, requests acknowledgement for the first message from only the identified vehicles, and rebroadcasts the first message if acknowledgement is not received from all the identified vehicles before a predetermined condition is fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Autotalks Ltd.
    Inventors: Onn Haran, Ron Toledano, Yossi Shaul
  • Patent number: 11418400
    Abstract: A method for configuring a cluster may comprise selecting cluster members from among a plurality of communication nodes; identifying radio signal strength deviations between the cluster members; generating sensor groups by classifying the cluster members according to sensor types; selecting a head candidate group and a sensor candidate group of each of the sensor groups based on the radio signal strength deviations; selecting a cluster head in the head candidate group; selecting operating sensor nodes in the sensor candidate group; and configuring one among the operating sensor nodes as a virtual device, wherein the virtual device operates to transmit information obtained from the operating sensor nodes to the cluster head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Dae Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11418298
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relates to a method, device, and system for transmitting data. The method can include receiving a transport block (TB) transmitted by a transmitting terminal, the TB comprising a plurality of code blocks (CBs), and determining an erroneous CB in the TB, and determining, according to a preset affiliation between CBs and code block groups (CBGs), whether each CBG includes an erroneous CB, any CB corresponding to m CBGs in the affiliation, and m being a preset positive integer. The method can further include, for each CBG, if the CBG includes an erroneous CB, determining that feedback information corresponding to the CBG is a negative acknowledgement (NACK), and if the CBG does not comprise an erroneous CB, determining that the feedback information corresponding to the CBG is a positive acknowledgement (ACK), and transmitting the feedback information corresponding to each CBG to the transmitting terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Yajun Zhu, Juejia Zhou, Wei Hong, Chunhua Liu, Yong Li
  • Patent number: 11411702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pilot tone generating method and apparatus of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access system and method, and a channel estimation method and apparatus using the same. The channel estimation apparatus includes a pilot tone extracting unit for extracting a pilot tone, which is inserted within a frame with data tone, masked with an orthogonal code; a pilot tone unmasking unit for unmasking of the pilot tone extracted from the pilot tone extracting unit by using an orthogonal code information; and a channel estimation operating unit for estimating a channel by calculating an average of the pilot tones which is unmasked in the unmasking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Kwan Lee, Jung-Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 11405139
    Abstract: A method of data retransmission can include receiving a transport block (TB) including code block groups (CBGs) corresponding to a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process from a transmitter at a receiver in a wireless communication system, and transmitting a TB/CBG indicator along with HARQ retransmission information from the receiver. The HARQ retransmission information includes a HARQ acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback or a retransmission indication for the first HARQ process. The TB/CBG indicator indicates whether the HARQ-ACK feedback or the retransmission indication is TB-level or CBG-level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Cheng-Rung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11399412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a server, a method and a system for allowing a user terminal to receive and use a data capacity shared by a donor terminal, and provide a reward that is as much as the data capacity shared by the donor terminal and provide, to the user terminal, charging information corresponding to the use of data, thereby enabling a fair and meaningful compensation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventor: Sang Joon Ahn