Patents Examined by Chuong Ngo
  • Patent number: 11337129
    Abstract: A user equipment for an unmanned aerial vehicle for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry which is configured to communicate with at least one base station. The circuitry is further configured to transmit an indication of a change from an airborne mode to a terrestrial mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vivek Sharma, Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11330658
    Abstract: A method and system to control configuration of dual-connectivity service a user equipment device (UE), wherein the dual-connectivity service including the UE being served concurrently by a master node (MN) over a first connection and by a secondary node (SN) over a second connection. An example method includes (i) identifying multiple pairs of access nodes as candidate pairs of access nodes to be the MN and SN for the dual-connectivity service, (ii) for each identified pair, determining an inter-access-node communication delay, (iii) comparing the determined inter-access-node communication delays of the identified pairs and, based on the comparing, selecting one of the identified pairs to be the MN and SN for the dual-connectivity service, and (iv) causing the dual-connectivity service to be set up for the UE with the selected pair of access nodes being the MN and SN for the dual-connectivity service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11330654
    Abstract: A communications apparatus includes a radio transceiver transmitting or receiving wireless signals in a wireless network and a processor. The processor is configured to perform operations comprising: storing cell information of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA)-New Radio (NR) Dual Connectivity (EN-DC); and performing a mobility procedure to camp on the LTE cell according to the stored cell information of the LTE cell supporting EN-DC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Tsung-Wei Tu, Yen-Chih Yang
  • Patent number: 11317311
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a spatial reuse method. The method includes: receiving, by a first node in BSS1, a measurement request sent by a second node in BSS2, where one or more first service periods SP1 are allocated in the BSS1, one or more second service periods SP2 are allocated in the BSS2, and the measurement request is used to request to measure the one or more second service periods SP2; receiving, by the first node in the BSS1, a measurement report of the second node in the BSS2, where the measurement report is a report of measuring the one or more first service periods SP1; and determining, by the first node in the BSS1 based on the received measurement report, whether to allow spatial reuse of the one or more first service periods SP1 and the one or more second service periods SP2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changfeng Ding, Xiao Han, Rong He
  • Patent number: 11317302
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided. The MDT configuration method includes setting MDT configuration information for performing an MDT measurement on a specified network device, adding the MDT configuration information to specified signaling, and sending the specified signaling to a base station, so that the base station determines, according to the MDT configuration information, a terminal to be configured that meets a specified MDT measurement condition, and then sends the MDT configuration information to said terminal, and said terminal performing MDT measurement on the specified network device according to the MDT configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11310687
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a mobility prediction for the UE. The UE may determine one or more radio resource management (RRM) measurement parameters based at least in part on the mobility prediction. The UE may perform one or more RRM measurements based at least in part on the one or more RRM measurement parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rajeev Kumar, Xipeng Zhu, Ozcan Ozturk, Shankar Krishnan, Linhai He, Gavin Bernard Horn
  • Patent number: 11310685
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication processor and a second communication processor, the second communication processor is configured to receive, from the first communication processor, a first report condition for measurement information for a signal from at least one which corresponds to a second network communication, identify a second report condition which corresponds to connection failure of the electronic device to a first base station corresponding to the second network communication, and transfer the first measurement information to the first communication processor, and the first communication processor is configured to transmit, to a base station corresponding to a first network communication, the first measurement information received from the second communication processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yungyu Bae, Yongsang Cho, Jiyoung Cha, Sangho Lee
  • Patent number: 11303747
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for limiting, disabling and/or activating a wireless communication device during operation of a vehicle or participation in an activity. In one embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a wireless transmission device that is configured to transmit a first wireless signal toward a first designated region, and a second wireless signal toward a second designated region. A wireless communication device is then configured to receive the first wireless signal and, in response thereto, limit or disable certain features of the wireless device. This can be done by disabling certain features (e.g., cellular service, Bluetoothâ„¢, telephone calls, text messaging, etc.) or disabling (e.g., powering down, etc.) the entire cell phone. The wireless communication device is further configured to receive the second wireless signal and, in response thereto, enable the features that have been disabled or limited via the first wireless signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Artifex Software Inc.
    Inventors: Miles Jones, Michael J. Vrhel, Scott Sackett
  • Patent number: 11304255
    Abstract: When a first access node is serving a UE with standalone connectivity on a first frequency band and is considering setup of dual-connectivity service for a UE where a secondary connection for the UE would be on the first frequency band as well, the first access node could determine that the UE supports dual-band dual-connectivity service and could responsively (i) reconfigure the UE's connection with the first access node to be on a second frequency band instead and (ii) configure the secondary connection on the first frequency band. This process could help conserve the first access node's resources on the first frequency band for use to serve dual-connectivity-capable UEs that are not dual-band dual-connectivity capable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11304067
    Abstract: A method for reporting an optimal beam includes: a MSG3 is sent to a base station on a measured optimal beam; and a MSG4 returned by the base station is waited to be received on both the optimal beam and an initial beam originally configured to send the MSG3. As the MSG3 is sent to the base station on a measured optimal beam, the optimal beam can be reported implicitly in the random-access process; and as no bit for representing beam information needs to be additionally defined, resources can be saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11297662
    Abstract: Methods and systems for connecting a device to a wireless telecommunications network. The methods can include receiving an inquiry from a device for connecting to an antenna array. The methods can also include determining if the inquiry satisfies one or more predetermined connection rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Reeves, Simon Youngs, Mark Peden
  • Patent number: 11290907
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for testing features of a mobile device application based on their likely use by various user classes or personas. Each of a plurality of mobile computing devices may be associated with respective user classes that each have a respective set of characteristics. A particular mobile computing device application may be installed on each of the plurality of mobile computing devices, and each of the mobile computing devices may attempt to execute the same feature of the application. When any of the mobile computing devices fails to execute the feature, an indication of the failure may be logged, along with an indication of the user class associated with the mobile computing device that failed to execute the feature, and an error associated with the feature for one or more user classes may be detected based on the logged indication(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Mitchell, Peter Myron
  • Patent number: 11291071
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a radio frequency band selection service is provided. The radio frequency band selection service may include a default service band, a default coverage band, and a threshold value that allows an end device to select a radio frequency band to camp on when in an idle mode, select a radio frequency band to obtain service when in a connected mode, and select stand-alone or non-stand-alone services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lily Zhu, Susan Wu Sanders, Brian T. Mecum, Monte Giles
  • Patent number: 11277875
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling whether to establish dual connectivity for a user equipment device (UE) when the UE has a primary connection with a first access node, where establishing the dual connectivity includes adding for the UE a secondary connection with a second access node on a carrier. An example method includes, when coverage strength of the UE from the second access node on the carrier is high enough to trigger establishing the dual connectivity, (a) making a determination of whether both (i) the coverage strength of the UE from the second access node on the carrier is threshold low and (ii) insertion loss of the carrier at the second access node threshold high and (b) using the determination as a basis to control whether to establish the dual connectivity for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11277194
    Abstract: An operation method of a first node belonging to an Xhaul network in a wireless backhaul system including the Xhaul network may comprise transmitting first resource allocation information to a second node and third nodes; receiving, from the second node, information of cross polarization interferences (XPIs) measured for wireless signals through wireless links generated based on the first resource allocation information; generating second resource allocation information indicating resources allocated to each of the second node and the third nodes based on the information of the XPIs; and transmitting the second resource allocation information to the second node and the third nodes, wherein the XPIs for the wireless signals are measured by the third nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Kyung Yeol Sohn
  • Patent number: 11277874
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes at least one communication processor which receives data via a first cellular communication or a second cellular communication, and an application processor, wherein the at least one communication processor is configured to receive, from a master node corresponding to the first cellular communication, first partitioned data among partitioned data produced by partitioning the data, and receive second partitioned data from a secondary node corresponding to the second cellular communication, identify a first sequence number of the first partitioned data and a second sequence number of the second partitioned data, and induce a decrease in or a stop of transmission of pieces of partitioned data to the electronic device via a node which transmits partitioned data corresponding to a small sequence number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeonsoo Kim, Daejun Kang, Yushin Kim, Keonyoung Lee, Yongjae Jung
  • Patent number: 11275164
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus connectable to an external electronic apparatus includes a wireless communicator configured to receive a wireless signal from the external electronic apparatus; a sound wave receiver configured to receive a sound wave signal from the external electronic apparatus; and a controller configured to, based on an initial distance between the external electronic apparatus and the electronic apparatus measured by using the wireless signal and the sound wave signal, measure a propagation constant between the external electronic apparatus and the electronic apparatus, and when the initial distance between the external electronic apparatus and the electronic apparatus is changed to a first distance, measure the first distance based on the propagation constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Suk Un Yoon
  • Patent number: 11272360
    Abstract: A communication method and a related apparatus, where sending, by an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity, a request message to a session management function (SMF) entity, wherein the request message comprises a data network name (DNN) of a terminal device and an identifier of a slice of the terminal device; obtaining, by the SMF entity, a security policy based on the DNN of the terminal device and the identifier of the slice of the terminal device; sending, by the SMF entity, the security policy to a base station; and enabling, by the base station, user plane encryption protection when the security policy comprises first encryption protection indication information indicating the base station to enable the user plane encryption protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: He Li, Jing Chen, Li Hu
  • Patent number: 11265943
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling an operational mode of a first access node where the first access node provides a first cell and a second access node provides a second cell. An example method could include (i) determining a level of fading of the second cell, (ii) using the determined level of fading of the second cell as a basis to decide whether the first access node should operate in a blind-addition mode or rather a threshold-based-addition mode for adding a secondary connection in the second cell for a UE having a primary connection with the first access node in the first cell, and (iii) causing the first access node to operate in the decided mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11252719
    Abstract: Various arrangements for using multiple air interfaces on a frequency channel for side-link communications are presented. A first indication of a first time-window of a first resource pool may be transmitted by a first air interface system. A second indication of a second time-window of a second resource pool may be transmitted by a second air interface system. Side-link communications may be performed using the first air interface during only the first time-window of the first resource pool. Side-link communications may be performed using the second air interface during only the second time-window of the second resource pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mehdi Alasti, Mariam Sorond, Siddhartha Chenumolu