Patents Examined by Asad M. Nawaz
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Patent number: 11224016Abstract: A first communications device and a method therein for handling of active mode operation after transmitting data to a second communications device. The first and the second communications devices are operating in a wireless communications network. The first communications device transmits a first data transmission to the second communications device and enters a sleep mode. At a number of points in time, the first communications device temporarily wakes up from the sleep mode to an active mode for an active mode period. Further, the first communications device indicates, to the second communications device, a point of time of the active mode period.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Anna Larmo, Bo Hagerman, HÃ¥kan Persson, Meng Wang
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Patent number: 11218947Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data processing method, a node, a structure, and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by an aggregation node, a first non-access stratum message sent by user equipment (UE), where the aggregation node includes at least two types of interfaces, and each type of interface is used to receive a first non-access stratum message of one radio access technology (RAT) type; converting, by the aggregation node, the first non-access stratum message into a non-access stratum message in a first format based on a RAT type of the first non-access stratum message, where the first format is a non-access stratum message transmission format supported between the aggregation node and a core-network control plane entity; and sending, by the aggregation node, the non-access stratum message in the first format to the core-network control plane entity. A sink design of the aggregation node saves sending and receiving resources of a core network and improves packet forwarding efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Xin Xiong, Zhenglei Huang, Shiyong Tan, Bo Lin, Yanmei Yang
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Patent number: 11218399Abstract: A method and network device for embedded area abstraction. Specifically, the method and network device described herein implement the abstraction of one or more subareas of an area within a network implementing a link state protocol. Abstraction of a given subarea of a given area within a network may provide for routing using network devices in the given subarea without requiring that the network devices, in the complement of the given subarea within the given area, maintain link state information respective to the entire network topology of the given subarea.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.Inventor: Anthony Joseph Li
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Patent number: 11218405Abstract: A method for service function chaining in a network includes defining, for a flow of packets, a chain of selected network service functions (NSFs) to be traversed by the flow. Each of the selected NSFs is associated with a programmable switch. The method also includes generating a chain establishment packet (CEP) that contains network identifier information (NII) about the selected NSFs and that is configured as a regular network packet to be delivered to the destination node along a network path that includes the programmable switches to which the selected NSFs is associated. Each programmable switch, upon receipt of the CEP and based on the NII about the selected NSFs contained in the CEP, performs installation of packet forwarding rules for the flow together with network address and port translation operations, and selects, on behalf of the respective NSF, socket parameters for use by the NSF for processing the flow.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Giuseppe Siracusano, Roberto Bifulco
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Patent number: 11219042Abstract: An apparatus and a method for performing vehicle to everything (V2X) communication are provided. A method for performing the V2X communication of a user equipment includes receiving a network configuration of a plurality of configured grant-free (GF) resources within a network scheduled sidelink resource from a base station, and performing the V2X communication using the configured GF resources.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventors: Huei-Ming Lin, Zhenshan Zhao
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Patent number: 11212760Abstract: Narrowband communications in a wireless communications system may include a common synchronization signal, such as a primary synchronization signal (PSS), secondary synchronization signal (SSS), or physical broadcast channel (PBCH). Content of the common synchronization signal may indicate a location of narrowband data transmissions in a narrowband region of a system bandwidth. The location of the narrowband region may be in-band within one or more wideband transmissions, within a guard-band bandwidth adjacent to the wideband transmissions bandwidth, or within a stand-alone bandwidth that is non-adjacent to the wideband transmissions. The common synchronization signal may be located within a predefined search frequency and may include an anchor synchronization channel present in certain resources of allocated narrowband communications resources.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Hao Xu, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Juan Montojo, Yongbin Wei, Jing Lei, Renqiu Wang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen
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Patent number: 11212054Abstract: A data transmission method and apparatus for determining a transport block size, the method including obtaining, by a first device, a first parameter, where the first parameter is used to indicate a quantity of resource elements included in a resource mapping unit, determining, by the first device, a first transport block size based on the first parameter, and transmitting, by the first device, data based on the first transport block size.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiuqiang Xu, Yan Chen, Lei Wang, Yinggang Du
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Patent number: 11206537Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a session activation method, a mobility management function entity, a session management function entity, a terminal, and a system. The method includes: obtaining, by a mobility management function entity, a protocol data unit (PDU) session activation request of a terminal, where the PDU session activation request includes an identifier of a PDU session and an identifier of the terminal, and the PDU session activation request is used to request activation of the PDU session; sending, by the mobility management function entity, the PDU session activation request to a session management function entity; and activating, by the session management function entity, the PDU session based on the PDU session activation request.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jingwang Ma, Lin Shu
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Patent number: 11206582Abstract: Embodiments for performing a fast return to Wi-Fi following completion of a cellular voice call are provided. These embodiments include detecting that a device has switched from communicating over a Wi-Fi interface to communicating over a cellular interface; determining the earliest time that the device can switch back to Wi-Fi; and instituting the switch. In some embodiments, the process of performing a fast return to Wi-Fi is carried out by devices having small form factors, such as smartwatches and other wearables, which may be susceptible to coexistence and peak power problems. The fast return to Wi-Fi embodiments disclosed herein allow a device to perform a voice call over a cellular interface when Wi-Fi calling is not available, and switch over to a Wi-Fi interface immediately upon completion of the voice call in order to conserve battery life, achieve higher data speeds, and avoid high costs associated with cellular data transmissions.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Venkateswara Rao Manepalli, Paul V. Flynn, Artiom Shamis, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Vijay Venkataraman, Ajoy K. Singh, Veerendra Boodannavar
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Patent number: 11206599Abstract: There is provided a main unit and a distributed antenna system including the same. The main unit for constituting a distributed antenna system that receives a base station signal from at least one base station, transmits the base station signal to at least one user terminal, and includes a plurality of main units, the main unit includes: a first receiver for receiving a first group of base station signals; a second receiver for receiving a second group of base station signals from another main unit; a signal combiner for combining the first and second groups of base station signals; and a delay compensator for compensating for time delay corresponding to a path between the main unit and the other main unit with respect to the first group of base station signals before combining the first and second groups of base station signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventors: Do Yoon Kim, Hyoung Ho Kim, Kwang Nam Seo
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Patent number: 11202253Abstract: A method for selecting a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) at a user equipment (UE), comprising receiving, from a network entity, a list of PLMN identifiers, attempting to register the UE with a network using at least one PLMN identifier from the list of PLMN identifiers, and if the attempt to register with the network is successful, performing a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) registration to an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Sub-system (IMS) associated to the PLMN identifier.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Nicholas James Russell, Adrian Buckley, Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker
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Patent number: 11197337Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An apparatus and an operation method of a base station in a wireless communication system are provided. The method may include performing data communication with a terminal that is in a first sub-state of a radio connection state, and controlling to change the state of the terminal from the first sub-state to a second sub-state of the radio connection state on the basis of whether data related to the terminal is generated during a transfer duration. Here, the first sub-state is a state in which resources for terminal context information related to the data communication are allocated in a first layer and a second layer, and the second sub-state is a state in which the resource is allocated in the first layer and is released in the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwangjin Choi, Dongsook Kim, Hanseok Kim, Hwajin Cha
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Patent number: 11197224Abstract: A wireless mesh network has a coordinator that is configured to determine a topology of the network and define, based on the topology, a plurality of routes through the network. For each route, the coordinator is configured to assign a plurality of nodes to the route. Each of the nodes assigned to the route is configured to receive messages and wirelessly retransmit messages that include a route identifier that identifies the route. Since messages are forwarded through the network based on route identifiers, it is unnecessary for the nodes to maintain conventional routing tables and to broadcast route discovery messages in order to learn routes for populating the routing tables with route data, thereby reducing network traffic and congestion.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Synapse Wireless, Inc.Inventor: William R. Baker
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Patent number: 11197317Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes monitoring, by a first wireless device, at least one predetermined symbol period of a subframe for an indication that a second wireless device has obtained access to a shared radio frequency spectrum; determining a starting symbol for a transmission by the second wireless device over the shared radio frequency spectrum based on detecting the indication; and receiving the transmission by the second wireless device over the shared radio frequency spectrum based on the determined starting symbol.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Wanshi Chen, Srinivas Yerramalli, Tao Luo, Peter Gaal, Hao Xu
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Patent number: 11191084Abstract: A method of selecting a frequency block includes determining a first value representing a lowest noise level of a radio channel at a first or second node, calculating a first metric representing a ratio between a first desired signal strength and the first value, determining a second value representing a lowest noise level of a radio channel at the first or second nodes, calculating a second metric representing a ratio between a second desired signal strength and the second value, selecting, on the basis of at least the first and second metrics and amongst a set of frequency blocks including at least the first and second frequency blocks, a frequency block for transmission of a message between the first and second nodes, indicating a sub-band of the selected frequency block, and causing transmission of the message on the indicated sub-band.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Telenor Maritime OyInventors: Teemu Antero Vanninen, Matti Petteri Raustia
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Patent number: 11184462Abstract: A client computer requests a resource from an ISP/OSP. The ISP/OSP maintains multiple instances of the resource. In deciding to which instance of the resource to route the client computer, a resource selection server takes network routability information into account. Geographic proximity, resource utilization, network utilization, and/or maintenance of peering agreements may also be taken into account in selecting the instance of the resource.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.Inventors: Pablo Averbuj, Mark J. Muehl, Vijay Gill
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Patent number: 11177982Abstract: A method for transmitting feedback includes generating explicit channel feedback for a plurality of transmit beam-receive beam combinations (TRBCs) between the user device and a transmit-receive point (TRP), generating a modified resource in accordance with explicit feedback configuration information, the modified resource configured to convey the explicit channel feedback, wherein an explicit channel feedback associated with each TRBC is conveyed on a different data symbol of the modified resource, and transmitting the modified resource to the TRP using a single TRBC.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Bin Liu, Pengfei Xia, Nathan Edward Tenny, Hongcheng Zhuang
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Patent number: 11178697Abstract: A random access method and a terminal are provided. The random access method comprises: receiving random access mechanism configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the random access mechanism configuration information includes a random access type and random access time-frequency resource information corresponding to the random access type, and the random access type includes a first random access mechanism and/or a second random access mechanism; and performing a random access process of the first random access mechanism or the second random access mechanism according to the random access mechanism configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin Ren, Tony Ekpenyong, Xueming Pan
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Patent number: 11178599Abstract: Wireless mesh networking protocols are taught that provide neighbor node discovery in a network utilizing directional transmissions. The established mesh network is utilized to trigger stations in the mesh network to assist in neighbor discovery. The new node joining the network then does not need to wait for beacons from other mesh nodes in starting the process to join the mesh network. In this way the discovery of available nodes is accelerated. Numerous variations and scenarios of the apparatus and method are described.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Mohamed Abouelseoud, Ramy Abdallah, Kazuyuki Sakoda
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Patent number: 11171751Abstract: According to an example of an embodiment, a method is provided including transmitting, from a base station to a user equipment, at least one message indicative of a starting resource and an ending resource of a resource allocation, wherein the at least one message comprises: a resource indication value indicating an index of the starting resource corresponding to either a first resource allocation granularity or a second resource allocation granularity different from the first resource allocation granularity, a number of contiguously allocated resources following the starting resource, and at least one of: an offset value related to the first resource allocation granularity; and a truncation indication for indicating whether the user equipment is to truncate the resource allocation; and communicating, by the base station, data in accordance with the starting resource and the ending resource.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Karol Schober, Timo E. Lunttila, Juha S. Korhonen