Patents Examined by Brenda H. Pham
  • Patent number: 11611389
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for determining a network configuration. For instance, a system may include a controller including one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive information from each of a plurality of available nodes within a network, the plurality of available nodes including at least one aerial vehicle; determine a plurality of constraints for a future point in time, each one of the plurality of constraints including one or more minimum service requirements for a geographic area; attempt to determine a first network configuration for each of the plurality of available nodes that satisfies all of the constraints; when unable to determine the first network configuration, determine a second network configuration for the plurality of available nodes and at least one additional ground-based node that satisfies all of the constraints; and send instructions in order to affect the second network configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aalyria Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Barritt, Mauro de Oliveira Filho
  • Patent number: 11611998
    Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anil Agiwal, Hyunjeong Kang
  • Patent number: 11611664
    Abstract: A new audio quality assessment system includes an assessment system running in a receiver system of a VoIP communication system. The new audio quality assessment system determines an accurate MOS of a VoIP call within a time window. The audio quality assessment system determines an effective PLC counter, a PLC impact factor, an effective AS counter, an AS impact factor, a network impact factor, a codec type of the received voice packets, a bitrate of the received voice packets, an initial MOS from a configured codec-bitrate MOS table, and determines the accurate MOS based on these data. The determined MOS is more accurate and efficiently obtained since it is based on efficiently collected statistics of the receiver system's modules and a pre-configured codec-bitrate MOS table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Agora Lab, Inc
    Inventors: Xiaohan Zhao, Ruofei Chen, Siqiang Yao, Fan Li
  • Patent number: 11606777
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a control channel resource configuration associated with an unlicensed spectrum, wherein the control channel resource configuration is associated with an indication of whether a resource to be used for an uplink control channel in the unlicensed spectrum is a fixed resource, a floating resource, or an adaptive resource. The UE may identify the resource based at least in part on the control channel resource configuration. The UE may transmit uplink control information on the identified resource. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jing Sun, Tanumay Datta, Kapil Bhattad, Ananta Narayanan Thyagarajan, Xiaoxia Zhang, Pravjyot Singh Deogun
  • Patent number: 11596003
    Abstract: A UE may receive, from a base station/TRP, a configuration for a beam pair including an UL beam and a DL beam and transmit a RACH message via the UL beam while receiving DL information via the DL beam. The UE and/or the base station/TRP may be configured to operate in a FD mode. In aspects, the UE may transmit a RACH preamble based on a first mode of transmission. After a threshold time delay measured from the transmission of the RACH preamble, the UE may retransmit the RACH preamble based on a second mode of transmission. The second mode of transmission may be a same mode of transmission or a different mode of transmission from the first mode of transmission. Each mode of transmission may be based on one or more of TDM, FDM, or SDM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Junyi Li, Navid Abedini, Yan Zhou, Kapil Gulati, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11586488
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for managing faulting network devices. A first network device can receive an error. The first network device can generate one or more frames including data indicative of the error. The first network device can broadcast the one or more frames to one or more neighboring network devices. It may be determined that the first network device is inaccessible. The first data can be retrieved and presented from a second network device among the one or more neighboring network devices. In some embodiments, a network management system can utilize the first data to generate a machine learning model that classifies whether network devices are instances of network devices designated for a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) process. In some embodiments, the network management system can apply the first data to a machine learning classifier to determine whether to initiate the RMA process for the first network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kailash Chandra Panda, Samir Kumar Patro, Pon Murugesh P, Guru Prasanna Prusty, Varun Mahajan, Sumit Kumar Gupta
  • Patent number: 11581989
    Abstract: An orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) frame tone allocation includes a 256 tone payload consisting of 228 data and pilot tones and 28 null tones. The 28 null tones consist of guard tones and at least one direct current (DC) tone. In one example, the 256 tone payload consists of 224 data tones, 4 common pilot tones, and 28 null tones. In another example, the 256 tone payload consists of 222 data tones, 6 common pilot tones, and 28 null tones. In yet another example, the 256 tone payload may consist of 220 data tones, 8 common pilot tones, and 28 null tones. The OFDMA frame may be a downlink OFDMA frame or an uplink OFDMA frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Suh, Osama Aboul-Magd
  • Patent number: 11582619
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which beam configuration management service is provided. A network device of a wireless access network provides the service that includes identifying redundant configurations across carriers associated with a cell group, and links the common beam configurations to these carriers. The service also includes identifying any difference in beam configurations relative to the common beam configurations for a carrier. The service may transmit this beam configuration information in a control plane message to an end device. The end device may use the beam configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Lily Zhu, Hui Zhao, Andrew E. Youtz
  • Patent number: 11582654
    Abstract: Systems and methods of handing over a wireless device 300 are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method performed by a source base station 100 of handing over a wireless device 300 from the source base station 100 to a target base station 200 may include determining that a wireless device 300 is to be handed over from the source base station 100 to the target base station 200. Further, the method may include sending, to the target base station 200, a current mapping between one or more flow identifiers and a first set of data radio bearers used for communication between the wireless device 300 and the source base station 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Gunnar Mildh, Paul Schliwa-Bertling
  • Patent number: 11582802
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method at a user equipment for performing a random access procedure, wherein the UE randomly selects a random access preamble from a given set of preambles to be used for the random access procedure, the method comprising the steps of detecting (420) a partitioning of the given set of random access preambles into a first and a second partition, detecting (430) a certain capability of the UE, and selecting (440) a random access preamble from the fist partition to indicate the certain capability to a base station; the invention further refers to a corresponding method in a base station, a corresponding UE, and a corresponding base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Andreas Höglund, Olof Liberg, Tuomas Tirronen
  • Patent number: 11575440
    Abstract: Path computation systems and methods are provided herein. According to one embodiment, a method includes obtaining topological information representing a topology of at least a portion of a network. The topological information includes one or more nodes and one or more links, each link configured to connect a node with a neighboring node. Each node includes a plurality of internal components and a plurality of connections configured to interconnect the internal components. The method further includes running path computation through the topological information to determine a plurality of paths from a first internal component to a second internal component. Also, the method includes applying elimination rules during the path computation to filter out one or more paths detected as being invalid. The elimination rules are based on one or more predetermined path sequences that include at least two hops involving an unviable sequence of specific types of internal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Seemant Bisht, Sujit Kumar, Mohit Chhillar, Dominic Richens
  • Patent number: 11575457
    Abstract: A method for power-smart packet processing includes, in response to an event trigger signal, generating, by a state machine, a number of enable signals. The method further includes applying the enable signals to a number of single-level inferred clock (SLICK) gates to generate multiple clock signals with cycles of latency. The clock signals are applied to at least some of a number of groups of flops used for packet processing. The enable signals are clock-gated enable signals that start at consecutive cycles of a main clock, and stay active for at least one cycle of the main clock. The method further includes using flow-aware clock-gating technology (FACT) to distinctly identify logic and tables and continually variable traffic (CVT) to control packet rate and packet spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
    Inventor: Sachin Prabhakarrao Kadu
  • Patent number: 11575793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a service system supporting a voice call using a digital assistant device, a method thereof, and a non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program recorded thereon, and more particularly, to a service system which performs a call between a digital assistant device and a terminal corresponding to a call opponent through a voice command of a user and supports call conversion between the digital assistant device and a user terminal through the voice command of the user, a method thereof, and a non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program recorded thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SK PLANET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: NamHoon Kim, DongKeun Kim
  • Patent number: 11576160
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to multiplexing uplink control channel signals from different users are provided. A first wireless communication device obtains an uplink control channel multiplex configuration indicating a first frequency spreading sequence and at least one of a second frequency spreading sequence or a first spatial direction. The first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a first uplink control channel signal including a first reference signal and a first uplink control information signal in a frequency spectrum based on the uplink control channel multiplex configuration. The first reference signal is based on the first frequency spreading sequence and the first uplink control information signal is based on at least one of the second frequency spreading sequence or the first spatial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Zhifei Fan, Jing Sun
  • Patent number: 11570107
    Abstract: A method and system for increasing the collection of network traffic data in a network based on the occurrence of predetermined criteria. A network appliance manages network traffic in the network and passes data traffic on the network. Network traffic data is collected based on the data traffic passing through the network appliance at a normal level. It is determined whether the network traffic data indicates an abnormal condition. The collection of network traffic data is increased through the network traffic appliance when an abnormal condition is detected. The network traffic data from the increased collection is stored in a memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Exinda Networks PTY, Ltd.
    Inventors: Greg Veres, Sandra Loop
  • Patent number: 11558295
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for validating data in a data structure used for forwarding packets by a network device comprising sending a data packet probe identifying a destination and including a segment ID, wherein the segment ID maps to a first interpretation by a receiving router to perform an action on the data packet probe to rewrite a portion of a destination address in a header of the data packet probe, and to redirect the data packet probe to the network device that initiated the data packet probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Carlos M. Pignataro, Zafar Ali, Syed Kamran Raza
  • Patent number: 11540271
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for selecting an uplink (UL) transmit beam by a user equipment (UE). A UE may receive, from a base station (BS), one or more beamformed downlink signals using one or more receive beams. The UE may select an uplink transmit beam based, at least in part, on the one or more beamformed downlink signals. The UE may transmit an uplink signal using the selected uplink transmit beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Tao Luo, Xiao Feng Wang, Sony Akkarakaran, Sumeeth Nagaraja, Shengbo Chen, Kaushik Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 11539412
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards beam recovery for an antenna array. One or more recovery beams or recovery beam patterns can be defined for an antenna array, and in response to a failure, the antenna array can be restored to a defined recovery beam or recovery beam pattern. Techniques for defining recovery beams and recovery beam patterns for the antenna array, selecting a recovery beam or recovery beam pattern for the antenna array, and entering a selected recovery beam or recovery beam pattern by the antenna array are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mostafa Tofighbakhsh, Rittwik Jana, Bogdan Ungureanu, Deva-Datta Sharma, Shraboni Jana
  • Patent number: 11533260
    Abstract: A method and system for increasing the collection of network traffic data in a network based on the occurrence of predetermined criteria. A network appliance manages network traffic in the network and passes data traffic on the network. Network traffic data is collected based on the data traffic passing through the network appliance at a normal level. It is determined whether the network traffic data indicates an abnormal condition. The collection of network traffic data is increased through the network traffic appliance when an abnormal condition is detected. The network traffic data from the increased collection is stored in a memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Exinda Networks PTY, Ltd.
    Inventors: Greg Veres, Sandra Loop
  • Patent number: 11522798
    Abstract: A method and system for increasing the collection of network traffic data in a network based on the occurrence of predetermined criteria. A network appliance manages network traffic in the network and passes data traffic on the network. Network traffic data is collected based on the data traffic passing through the network appliance at a normal level. It is determined whether the network traffic data indicates an abnormal condition. The collection of network traffic data is increased through the network traffic appliance when an abnormal condition is detected. The network traffic data from the increased collection is stored in a memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Aurea Software FZ-LLC
    Inventors: Greg Veres, Sandra Loop