Patents Examined by Duc T Duong
  • Patent number: 11563549
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a distributed antenna system comprises at least one master unit; at least one remote antenna unit coupled to the master unit and comprising a power amplifier to radiate a remote downlink radio frequency signal, the remote antenna unit further configured to receive a remote uplink radio frequency signal from at least one antenna, the remote downlink radio frequency signal comprises first and second downlink frequency bands and wherein the remote uplink radio frequency signal comprises first and second uplink frequency bands; a band suppression module comprising: a controller; an uplink band suppression element configured to apply an attenuation to suppress the first uplink frequency band in response to a signal from the controller; and a downlink band suppression element configured to apply an attenuation to suppress the first downlink frequency band in response to the signal from the band suppression controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Andrew Wireless Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Jaroslav Hoffmann, Peter Gunzner
  • Patent number: 11546474
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a computer-implemented method, including: causing, by a specifically programmed computer call management communication system, to transform, over a computer network, computing devices of users, into corresponding specialized call management devices, by having each computing device to execute a specialized call management client software application being in electronic communication with the specifically programmed computer call management communication system over the computer network by utilizing SIP; where the specialized call management client software application generates specialized graphical user interfaces configured to allow each user to concurrently initiate and maintain, over the computer network, a plurality of voice communications of distinct types with other users, by, for example, allowing each user to independently and dynamically divert, in real-time, any voice communication of any type to any audio device associated with a corresponding
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: GREEN KEY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Tassone, Eric Detterman
  • Patent number: 11546796
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can receive a first data stream and a second data stream; store data units of the second data stream, as stored data units, in a buffer while a retransmission operation is performed for the first data stream; determine that a threshold is satisfied with regard to the buffer, wherein the threshold is associated with a counter that is maintained based on the storing of the data units; and provide the stored data units based on determining that the threshold is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Hui Zhao, Lily Zhu, Andrew E. Youtz
  • Patent number: 11533209
    Abstract: A communication device receives a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU). The PPDU includes i) a PHY preamble and ii) PHY data portion that includes one or more PHY midambles, and the PHY preamble includes i) an indication of a length of the PPDU, and ii) an indication of a periodicity of PHY midambles in the PHY data portion. The communication device calculates a number of PHY midambles in the PPDU using i) the indication of the length of the PPDU, and ii) the indication of the periodicity of PHY midambles. The communication device calculates a reception time for the PPDU using the calculated number of PHY midambles, and processes the PPDU using the calculated reception time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Yan Zhang, Hongyuan Zhang, Rui Cao
  • Patent number: 11528625
    Abstract: A mobile communication system of a motor vehicle includes a primary antenna. The system further includes a telematics module having a processor and at least one memory including a computer program code. The memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the system to detect a predetermined vehicle event and measure a primary signal quality of the reference signal received at the primary antenna. The memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the system to determine a maximum primary signal quality and compare the maximum primary signal quality with a threshold. The memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the system to determine a defect in the primary antenna and activate a diagnostic trouble code associated with the defect, in response to determining that the primary maximum signal quality is below the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mohammadreza Aminikashani, Scott T Droste, David M George
  • Patent number: 11528640
    Abstract: To consider a structure in which a radio module of a separate base station is extended/designed to have upper layer processing functions, as well as an RF processing function, the present invention defines a new fronthaul interface to reduce the fronthaul capacity required for transmitting data and a signal by a radio module in a separate base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Soo Na, Gi Wan Choi, Chang Soon Choi
  • Patent number: 11523355
    Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters of cells grouped into timing advance groups (TAGs). The cells comprise: downlink-uplink cells, each of the downlink-uplink cells having a configured uplink and a configured downlink; and at least one downlink-only cell, each of the at least one downlink-only cell having a configured downlink with no configured uplink. A TAG is configurable to consist of one or more downlink-only cells in response to the wireless device having a first capability, otherwise each TAG comprises one or more downlink-uplink cells in the downlink-uplink cells. At least one timing advance command (TAC) for a first TAG is received. The TAC is applied to uplink transmission timing of at least one downlink-uplink cell in the first TAG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 11510244
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may obtain access to a shared radio frequency spectrum band for a transmission opportunity. The UE may perform an autonomous uplink transmission over the shared radio frequency spectrum band during a first portion of the transmission opportunity. The UE may transmit a physical layer scheduling request comprising a transmission size parameter for a second portion of the transmission opportunity. The UE may receive an uplink grant for the second portion of the transmission opportunity based at least in part on the scheduling request. The UE may perform a scheduled uplink transmission over the shared radio frequency spectrum band during the second portion of the transmission opportunity according to the uplink grant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qingjiang Tian, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Srinivas Yerramalli, Tamer Kadous
  • Patent number: 11503567
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method is performed by a user equipment (UE), of performing sidelink communication, and includes obtaining a valid system information block (SIB) for sidelink communication, autonomously determining a sidelink resource based on information of a pool of sidelink resources included in the valid SIB for sidelink communication, and performing sidelink communication with another UE using the determined sidelink resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunjeong Kang, Anil Agiwal, Sangyeob Jung
  • Patent number: 11503566
    Abstract: A resource configuration method and device and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes that: a terminal receives first configuration information and/or second configuration information sent by a network device, the first configuration information being configured to indicate a first time period corresponding to a first search space and the second configuration information being configured to indicate a second time period corresponding to first Up Link (UL)/Down Link (DL) configuration information; and the terminal receives the first UL/DL configuration information based on a time period corresponding to the target configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jia Shen
  • Patent number: 11502953
    Abstract: A service processing method and a network device, where the network device includes a network processor (NP) and a central processing unit (CPU). The NP is configured to receive a first packet, obtain a packet feature of the first packet, obtain a processing rule corresponding to the packet feature, process the first packet based on the processing rule, to obtain a second packet, and send the second packet to the CPU. The CPU is configured to receive the second packet, and process the second packet. Before the CPU processes the first packet, the NP processes the first packet, and sends the second packet obtained after processing to the CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zun Guo, Xiangyuan Tian
  • Patent number: 11489881
    Abstract: Examples described herein involve an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network. An example process may include receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a request for an IMS session. The IMS session may be between the IMS network and the UE. The process may include requesting a subscriber management component to provide platform information associated with the IMS session. The platform information may identify a platform device that hosts a user plane function (UPF) for the IMS session. The process may include receiving, from the subscriber management component, the platform information and selecting, based on the platform information, a user plane component of the IMS network. The user plane component may perform a user plane operation associated with the IMS session. The process may include causing the user plane component to perform the user plane operation for the IMS session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Lalit R. Kotecha, Carl T. Leonard, Robert Avanes, Violeta Cakulev, Glenda T. Baloto
  • Patent number: 11483112
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may determine the subcarrier spacing and carrier frequency used by a user equipment (UE) for communicating with the base station. The base station may select a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration for the UE that is based on the subcarrier spacing and carrier frequency used by the UE. The SRS configuration may define the temporal spacing between repetitions of the SRS. The base station may indicate the SRS configuration to the UE so that the UE transmits repetitions of the SRS according to the SRS configuration. The base station may measure the SRS repetitions from the UE to determine the Doppler frequency for the uplink channel. The base station may use the uplink Doppler frequency to select a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) configuration for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Levitsky, Assaf Touboul, Ran Berliner, Shay Landis, Lior Uziel
  • Patent number: 11483108
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to methods and apparatus for transmitting uplink data to a wireless network asynchronously comprising generating data for transmission to the network on an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) transport channel, selecting between transmitting the data to the network orthogonally or non-orthogonally, and transmitting the data on the selected physical channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Marinier, Benoit Pelletier, J. Patrick Tooher
  • Patent number: 11477108
    Abstract: Described are systems and methods for jointly optimizing Wide Area Network (WAN) and Local Area Network (LAN) network communications. In one embodiment, a management device communicatively interfaced with a WAN and a LAN includes a collection module to collect LAN information from the LAN and WAN information from the WAN; an analysis module to jointly analyze the collected WAN information and the collected LAN information to identify an operational condition; and an implementation nodule to initiate a management event responsive to the operational condition being identified. In one embodiment, the management event includes generating and transmitting a diagnostics report responsive to a fault being identified. The management device may further generate and execute instructions to remedy the diagnosed fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ASSIA SPE, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Chow, Wonjong Rhee, Ardavan Maleki Tehrani, Marc Goldburg
  • Patent number: 11456897
    Abstract: A communication apparatus 300 includes a first channel estimating unit 131 configured to perform a first channel estimation at a first frequency using a reference signal included in a signal sequence, a first weight information generating unit 133 configured to generate first weight information based on the first channel estimation, a synthesis processing unit 135 configured to perform weighted synthesis processing based on the first weight information, a second channel estimating unit 137 configured to perform a second channel estimation at a second frequency higher than the first frequency using a reference signal included in the signal sequence subjected to the weighted synthesis processing, a second weight information generating unit 139 configured to generate second weight information based on the second channel estimation, and a demodulation processing unit 141 configured to perform demodulation processing of the signal sequence subjected to the weighted synthesis processing based on the second weight i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motoya Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11456896
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for radio resource control (RRC) configuration for sounding reference signal (SRS) on additional SRS symbols in an uplink subframe. An example method performed by user equipment generally includes receiving, from the network, signaling indicating, for a set of uplink subframes, a first configuration for transmitting one or more SRS transmissions of a first type and a second configuration for transmitting one or more SRS transmission of a second type; and transmitting, within at least one uplink subframe of the set of uplink subframes, at least one of the one or more SRS transmissions of the first type or the one or more SRS transmissions of the second type based, at least in part, on at least one of the first configuration or the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino
  • Patent number: 11438745
    Abstract: Methods of provisioning a new household appliance using an existing household appliance are provided. The existing household appliance is connected to a wireless network and provisioned to a user account. A request to add the new household appliance is received by the existing household appliance. The new household appliance searches and/or scans for the existing household appliance. A direct connection is established by and between the existing household appliance and the new household appliance. Network credentials for the wireless network and a provisioning token for the user account are securely transmitted from the existing household appliance to the new household appliance over the direct connection. The new household appliance connects to the wireless network using the securely transmitted network credentials and associates with the user account using the securely transmitted provisioning token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Janghwan Hahn
  • Patent number: 11432272
    Abstract: A network node, method and wireless device are provided. A network node for configuration of a downlink control channel for a short transmission time interval, sTTI, in a communication network is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to assign a search space region to be monitored by a first wireless device in the communication network where the search space region includes a plurality of downlink control channel candidates associated with a plurality of aggregation levels. Each of the plurality of downlink control channel candidates have at least one corresponding short Control Channel Element, sCCE. The processing circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the first wireless device, a bitmap indicating at least one of the plurality of downlink control channel candidates for at least one aggregation level to monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: John Camilo Solano Arenas, Niklas Andgart, Laetitia Falconetti
  • Patent number: 11424888
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for demodulation reference signal configuration. One apparatus (200) includes a receiver (212) configured to receive (502) a demodulation reference signal configuration for a physical downlink shared channel. The apparatus (200) also includes the receiver (212) configured to receive (504) a demodulation reference signal based on the demodulation reference signal configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Hongmei Liu, Chenxi Zhu, Zhennian Sun, Haiming Wang