Patents Examined by Aixa A Guadalupe Cruz
  • Configuring telecommunications network using data obtained from user equipment
    Patent number: 11606716
    Abstract: Techniques and systems relate to utilizing network metrics to optimize performance and network coverage for a telecommunications network. Using techniques described herein, a telecommunications network may utilize network metrics collected from user equipment (UE) devices to determine how where to deploy cells, such as 5G cells, in order to optimize network performance. Metrics are collected by UE that indicates the use of different wireless access technologies (e.g., 3G, 4G, 4G LTE, 5G, . . . ) within a telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Jong Sung Yoon
  • Efficient packet classification for dynamic containers
    Patent number: 11595503
    Abstract: A novel algorithm for packet classification that is based on a novel search structure for packet classification rules is provided. Addresses from all the containers are merged and maintained in a single Trie. Each entry in the Trie has additional information that can be traced back to the container from where the address originated. This information is used to keep the Trie in sync with the containers when the container definition dynamically changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
    Inventors: Mohan Parthasarathy, Jayant Jain, Xinhua Hong, Anirban Sengupta
  • Packet processing method and network device
    Patent number: 11588568
    Abstract: A packet processing method includes receiving a first packet by a first receiving interface of a media conversion module of a first network device, where the first packet includes a first alignment marker (AM), sending a second packet by a first sending interface of the media conversion module, where the second packet includes the first AM, and where the second packet is the first packet processed by the media conversion module, and calculating a time interval T1 between a time at which the media conversion module receives the first packet and a time at which the media conversion module sends the second packet, where the T1 is used to compensate for a first timestamp at which the first network device receives or sends the third packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhui Wang, Liqing Chen, Hongwei Niu, Yunlei Qi
  • Method for determining spectrum utilization
    Patent number: 11582010
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method in a network node (100A) for determining spectrum utilization for a plurality of numerologies transmitted within an allocated bandwidth includes selecting one or more of the plurality of numerologies. For each of the one or more selected numerologies, a spectrum utilization is determined. The spectrum utilization is based on the spectrum utilization that would be achieved if the selected numerology was transmitted across the allocated bandwidth. A physical resource block (PRB) allocation is calculated based on the allocated bandwidth and the spectrum utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Thomas Chapman, Farshid Ghasemzadeh
  • Discovery channel for unlicensed frequency band
    Patent number: 11553405
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for advertising operating channels that are being operated in an unlicensed frequency band. One or more access points (APs) may transmit discovery information on a dedicated discovery channel for the unlicensed frequency band. The discovery information may indicate at least one operating channel that is being used by an AP for providing wireless access. The discovery information also may include other information useful for a station (STA) to discover APs, operating channels, and operating parameters. The STA may monitor the dedicated discovery channel to obtain the discovery information without conducting an active scanning or passive scanning procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alfred Asterjadhi, George Cherian, Abhishek Pramod Patil, Yan Zhou, Venkata Ramanan Venkatachalam Jayaraman
  • Method for reporting power headroom, method for receiving power headroom, user equipment, base station, medium and system
    Patent number: 11528669
    Abstract: Method for reporting power headroom, method for receiving power headroom, user equipment, base station, medium and system are provided. The method for reporting power headroom includes: determining a first carrier and a first time slot corresponding to the first carrier for transmitting a PHR; acquiring a first time slot group corresponding to at least one other carrier, wherein the first time slot group includes N time slots, uplink data transmission is performed in at least one of the N time slots, N is a positive integer, and the first time slot includes the first time slot group in a time domain; generating the PHR based on power headroom corresponding to die first time slot and power headroom corresponding to the first time slot group; reporting the PHR to a base station using the first time slot. Power headroom corresponding to different carriers may be accurately reported to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xingya Shen
  • Data processing method, terminal device and network device
    Patent number: 11502776
    Abstract: A data processing method includes: selecting, by a network device according to a downlink control information (DCI) format of DCI used for scheduling data, a modulation coding scheme (MCS) mapping table to be used, the MCS mapping table including a mapping relationship between multiple MCS indication information and multiple MCSs, the DCI format including a first DCI format and a second DCI format; determining, by the network device according to the MCS mapping table and an MCS used for processing the data, an MCS indication information carried in the DCI; and sending, by the network device, the DCI carrying the MCS indication information to a terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenhong Chen
  • Rate matching
    Patent number: 11489618
    Abstract: A method for facilitating Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, rate matching is presented. The method is performed in a network node (2) and comprises sending (102) to a wireless device (1) an indication whether a group of all available resources of an aperiodic Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS, resource pool is used in a given subframe, wherein the sending (102) comprises transmitting, to a wireless device in transmission mode 9, a Downlink Control Information, DCI, format 2C message, in values of two additional bits representing a determined use of CSI-RS resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Siva Muruganathan, Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Communications device and method of communications
    Patent number: 11451365
    Abstract: Methods for communications and of communication device involve determining a half-duplex communications mode for a communications device, and in response to determining the half-duplex communications mode for the communications device, disabling an echo canceller of the communications device and determining a time-division multiplex (TDM) communications schedule over a point-to-point communications link. In response to disabling the echo canceller and determining the TDM communications schedule over the point-to-point communications link, data transmission is conducted over the point-to-point communications link according to the TDM communications schedule without echo cancellation at the communications device. The TDM communications schedule specifies non-overlapping transmission time slots for different communications devices and a silent period for echo fade-out between consecutive transmission time slots of the non-overlapping transmission time slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Gerrit Willem den Besten
  • Dynamic weighing device
    Patent number: 11445341
    Abstract: A dynamic weighing device has a plurality of weighing sensors that constitute a weighing sensor network via Ethernet. One of the weighing sensors is selected as a primary node, which performs time synchronization with the other nodes via a time synchronization protocol. Alternatively, the other nodes synchronize a time offset relative to the time of the primary node. Each weighing sensor continuously packetizes and sends a plurality of consecutive pieces of weighing information to a terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus calculates a weighed weight result of the dynamic weighing device at the same moment, based on time information in the weighing information obtained through depacketization, In such a weighing sensor network, by means of the time synchronization, weighing data at each moment is accurate when the weighing data is processed on a terminal such as a meter, thereby improving the reliability of sampling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Precision Instruments Co., Ltd., Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Measurement Technology Co., Ltd., Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dake Tan, Lifeng Cai
  • Communication configuration method and device
    Patent number: 11438842
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention are relate to wireless communications. In the embodiments of the present invention, a first terminal determines configuration information for determining a target communication period, wherein the target communication period is a period in which direct communication interface sending and/or receiving can be performed by means of a direct communication interface; and the first terminal determines the target communication period according to the configuration information and notifies a second terminal of the configuration information by means of the direct communication interface, so that the terminal performing direct communication determines the target communication period according to the configuration information and performs direct communication interface sending and/or receiving in the target communication period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yali Zhao
  • Sidelink multi-antenna transmission and reception
    Patent number: 11438876
    Abstract: A wireless device may determine that sidelink data is transmitted in a slot via multi-layer transmission over multiple antenna ports. A mapping the same sidelink control information to each antenna port of the multiple antenna ports may be made. The sidelink control information based on the mapping and the sidelink data are transmitted during the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Hyukjin Chae, Esmael Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Yunjung Yi
  • Maximizing throughput on a variable bandwidth communication interface
    Patent number: 11424849
    Abstract: Maximizing throughput on a variable bandwidth communication interface is presented herein. A first device, based on information that was received from a second device via a communication link communicatively coupling the first device to the second device, determines a rate of change of data packet loss of first data packets that have been transmitted, based on a first data transmission rate via the communication link, from the first device to the second device; and in response to the rate of change of data packet loss being determined to satisfy a defined condition that is based on a defined state of a group of defined states corresponding to respective data transmission rates comprising the first data transmission rate, modifies the first data transmission rate to obtain a second data transmission rate, and transmits, based on the second data transmission rate, second data packets to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: David Small, Joseph Zolik, Sridhar Narahari
  • Method and apparatus for performing random access in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11388757
    Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses for performing a random access of a terminal in a wireless communication system. A method, performed by a terminal, of performing a random access, according to an embodiment, includes receiving preamble configuration information from a base station, obtaining a RACH (random access channel) preamble scaled in length in proportion to a difference between an expected minimum distance and an expected maximum distance to the base station from opposed edges of a cell served by the base station, based on the preamble configuration information and transmitting the obtained RACH preamble to the base station to access a NTN (non-terrestrial network).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yinan Qi, Mythri Hunukumbure
  • Network architecture, methods, and devices for a wireless communications network
    Patent number: 11381445
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications network, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes determining a reporting quality threshold for a parameter related to channel state information (CSI); performing a measurement for each of a plurality of beams from a first predetermined set of beams for evaluation; evaluating the measurement for each of the plurality of beams against the reporting quality threshold; discontinuing the performing and evaluating of measurements in response to determining that the reporting quality threshold is met for one of the beams, such that one or more beams in the first predetermined set of beams are not measured and evaluated; and reporting, to the wireless communications network, CSI for the one of the beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Janne Peisa, Gunnar Mildh, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Wager, Jonas Kronander, Karl Werner, Richard Abrahamsson, Ismet Aktas, Peter Alriksson, Junaid Ansari, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Henrik Asplund, Fredrik Athley, Håkan Axelsson, Joakim Axmon, Johan Axnäs, Kumar Balachandran, Gunnar Bark, Jan-Erik Berg, Andreas Bergström, Håkan Björkegren, Nadia Brahmi, Cagatay Capar, Anders Carlsson, Andreas Cedergren, Mikael Coldrey, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Erik Dahlman, Ali El Essaili, Ulrika Engström, Mårten Ericson, Erik Eriksson, Mikael Fallgren, Rui Fan, Gabor Fodor, Pål Frenger, Jonas Fridén, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Anders Furuskär, Johan Furuskog, Virgile Garcia, Ather Gattami, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ulf Gustavsson, Bo Hagerman, Fredrik Harrysson, Ning He, Martin Hessler, Kimmo Hiltunen, Songnam Hong, Dennis Hui, Jörg Huschke, Tim Irnich, Sven Jacobsson, Niklas Jaldén, Simon Järmyr, Zhiyuan Jiang, Martin Johansson, Niklas Johansson, Du Ho Kang, Eleftherios Karipidis, Patrik Karlsson, Ali S. Khayrallah, Caner Kilinc, Göran N. Klang, Sara Landström, Christina Larsson, Gen Li, Bo Lincoln, Lars Lindbom, Robert Lindgren, Bengt Lindoff, Fredrik Lindqvist, Jinhua Liu, Thorsten Lohmar, Qianxi Lu, Lars Manholm, Ivana Maric, Jonas Medbo, Qingyu Miao, Reza Moosavi, Walter Müller, Elena Myhre, Johan Nilsson, Karl Norrman, Bengt-Erik Olsson, Torgny Palenius, Sven Petersson, Jose Luis Pradas, Mikael Prytz, Olav Queseth, Pradeepa Ramachandra, Edgar Ramos, Andres Reial, Thomas Rimhagen, Emil Ringh, Patrik Rugeland, Johan Rune, Joachim Sachs, Henrik Sahlin, Vidit Saxena, Nima Seifi, Yngve Selén, Eliane Semaan, Sachin Sharma, Cong Shi, Johan Sköld, Magnus Stattin, Anders Stjernman, Dennis Sundman, Lars Sundström, Miurel Isabel Tercero Vargas, Claes Tidestav, Sibel Tombaz, Johan Torsner, Hugo Tullberg, Jari Vikberg, Peter Von Wrycza, Thomas Walldeen, Anders Wallén, Pontus Wallentin, Hai Wang, Ke Wang Helmersson, Jianfeng Wang, Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Niclas Wiberg, Emma Wittenmark, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Ali Zaidi, Zhan Zhang, Zhang Zhang, Yanli Zheng
  • Resource unit sharing
    Patent number: 11375411
    Abstract: Resource Unit (RU) sharing between Access Points in a wireless network is provided by identifying a first Access Point (AP) associated with a first user device, wherein the first AP has won contention for a RU; identifying a second AP associated with a second user device, wherein the first user device and the second user device are located within an overlapping area served by the first AP and the second AP; identifying an unused portion of the RU to which the first AP has not scheduled traffic between the first AP and the first user device; and assigning the unused portion to the second AP for communication between the second AP and the second user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mukesh Taneja, Sudhir K. Jain
  • Resource allocation determination method, resource allocation indication method, user equipment and network device
    Patent number: 11363581
    Abstract: A resource allocation determination method, a resource allocation indication method, a UE and a network device are provided. The resource allocation determination method applied for the UE includes: determining the quantity N of bits of a resource allocation indication field in DCI; determining a BWP where a data channel is located based on the DCI; and determining resource allocation for the data channel in the BWP where the data channel is located based on information about the resource allocation indication field in the DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanping Xing, Xuejuan Gao, Tony Ekpenyong
  • Systems and methods for adaptive SRS transmit antenna selection
    Patent number: 11363473
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively enabling antenna selection at a wireless device for uplink sounding reference signal transmission in a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) wireless communication system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node comprises making a determination as to whether to enable or disable antenna selection at a wireless device for transmission of uplink sounding reference signals based on: an estimated speed of movement of the wireless device; both the estimated speed and a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) for one or more downlink channels to the wireless device; or the estimated speed, the SINR for the one or more downlink channels, and a rank used for downlink transmission to the wireless device. The method further comprises sending, to the wireless device, an indication that indicates whether the wireless device is to enable or disable antenna selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Hong Ren, Jianguo Long, Yongquan Qiang
  • Method for performing uplink synchronization in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11350377
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate, after a 4G communication system such as an LTE system. The present invention relates to a method for guaranteeing a quality of a service in a wireless communication system. Specifically, a method for a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a PRACH from a terminal; identifying a transmission pattern of the PRACH for a symbol group including a plurality of symbols transmitted in a single tone; acquiring information of phase difference between tones, in which the PRACH has been received, according to multiple intervals between symbol groups on the basis of the transmission pattern of the PRACH; estimating a phase offset on the basis of the information of phase difference; and generating uplink timing information for transmission to the terminal, by using a timing offset converted from the estimated phase offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonghyeuk Lee, Hyuncheol Kim
  • Method and user equipment for receiving downlink signal, and method and base station for transmitting downlink signal
    Patent number: 11316723
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system are provided. Carrier information about a second carrier that is different from a first carrier can be transmitted on the first carrier. Downlink data for UE can be transmitted on the second carrier based on the carrier information. The first carrier is a carrier having a synchronisation signal and a physical broadcast channel, and the second carrier can be a carrier without any synchronisation signals or physical broadcast channels. The first carrier can be operated on a single resource block in a guard frequency that is used in the wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunsun Kim, Yunjung Yi