Patents Examined by Eric Myers
  • Patent number: 11627563
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Data may be received during transmission time intervals (TTIs) that have a short duration relative to other TTIs. The short-duration TTIs may occur within or overlap a longer duration TTI, such as a subframe. Feedback responsive to the data may be generated and assigned for transmission during an uplink TTI according to a feedback timing or delay, which may be selected to reduce latency or balance the payload size of uplink messages sent during the assigned uplink TTI. Data and feedback assignments in short-duration TTIs may be configured based on a time division duplexing (TDD) configuration for some TTIs (e.g., subframes). TTIs that are a Long Term Evolution (LTE) subframe, an LTE slot, and a duration of two LTE symbol periods may be supported. Portions of special TTIs may be used for transmissions according to shorter-duration TTIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shimman Arvind Patel, Wanshi Chen, Juan Montojo, Jing Sun, Seyedkianoush Hosseini
  • Patent number: 11617142
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for transmitting a synchronization broadcast transmission. At least one candidate transmission location corresponding to at least one synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) to be transmitted, is determined, where a number of the at least one candidate transmission location is greater than a number of SSBs in one time interval. Further, synchronization broadcast transmission including the at least one SSB is generated, and the generated synchronization broadcast transmission is transmitted at the at least one candidate transmission location in a beam sweeping manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11611865
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for handling mobility between areas with heterogeneous network slices in wireless communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. An exemplary method that may be performed by a UE includes receiving an indication that a network slice is not available, entering a connection management idle (CM-IDLE) state, and initiating a registration procedure with an access and mobility management function (AMF) subsequent to entering the CM-IDLE state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stefano Faccin, Haris Zisimopoulos, Miguel Griot
  • Patent number: 11606226
    Abstract: An example method for a programmable infrastructure gateway for enabling hybrid cloud services in a network environment is provided and includes receiving an instruction from a hybrid cloud application executing in a private cloud, interpreting the instruction according to a hybrid cloud application programming interface, and executing the interpreted instruction in a public cloud using a cloud adapter. The method is generally executed in the infrastructure gateway including a programmable integration framework allowing generation of various cloud adapters using a cloud adapter software development kit, the cloud adapter being generated and programmed to be compatible with a specific public cloud platform of the public cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nagaraj A. Bagepalli, David Wei-Shen Chang, Abhijit Patra, Murali Anantha, Prashanth Thumbargudi
  • Patent number: 11606740
    Abstract: Aspects directed towards reserving resources for sidelink communications are disclosed. In one example, an initial sidelink communication is transmitted which includes an indication of resources reserved for a subsequent sidelink communication. A transmission restriction is applied for the subsequent sidelink communication based on a transmission characteristic associated with transmitting the initial sidelink communication. The subsequent sidelink communication is then transmitted according to the transmission restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gabi Sarkis, Alexandros Manolakos, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Kapil Gulati
  • Patent number: 11595884
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus and methods for announcing a BSS parameter updates for a wireless link that can be received by a MLD even when the MLD is not listening for parameter updates on that specific link by employing a different wireless link to broadcast, receive, and/or signal the BSS parameter update. An MLD can update the BSS parameters of the wireless link and use the wireless link according to the updated BSS parameters (e.g., after performing a channel switch). According to some embodiments, an STA within an AP MLD transmits an information elements (IE) including BSS parameter updates associated with a different STA (operating on a different wireless link) within the AP MLD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yongho Seok, Kai Ying Lu, James Chih-Shi Yee
  • Patent number: 11589214
    Abstract: The systems and methods described herein support efficient SDM operation in IAB networks. A first node transmits a report to a CU, where the report includes at least one multiplexing capability or condition of the first node. The first node receives a semi-static resource allocation from the CU based on the at least one multiplexing capability, and the first node communicates with a second node based on the semi-static resource allocation. The at least one multiplexing capability includes at least one of SDM or FDM, including full duplex or half duplex. The at least one multiplexing capability is also with respect to one or more transmission direction combinations of the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Navid Abedini, Jianghong Luo, Andrzej Partyka, Luca Blessent, Karl Georg Hampel, Junyi Li, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11581935
    Abstract: A wireless communication device can expedite beam scans for beam management. The wireless communication device can perform a beam scan using a first beam reference signal of a synchronization signal block (SSB) and a second beam reference signal associated with a physical broadcast control channel (PBCH) of the SSB. For each synchronization signal block (SSB) index (e.g., transmit beam) monitored by the wireless communication device, the wireless communication device can obtain a respective beam quality metric on each of two or more respective receive beams using at least the first and second beam reference signals. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ruhua He, Mihir Vijay Laghate, Jun Zhu, Yong Li, Raghu Narayan Challa
  • Patent number: 11558760
    Abstract: Technology disclosed herein includes a method to trigger protection switching on a wireless link of a network device comprised in a protection switching capable network. The method comprises monitoring one or more performance metrics on said link and sending a signal failed message when at least one metric of said one or more performance metrics fails to satisfy performance criteria related to the at least one metric of said one or more performance metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Accedian Networks Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Spear
  • Patent number: 11546386
    Abstract: An automated registration service supported on an application server that interoperates with an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) core network is configured to dynamically register and deregister devices that are all associated with one or more commonly-utilized phone numbers. The service may assign the phone number to registered devices and, in contrast, un-assign the phone number from deregistered devices. The registration and deregistration of the devices may occur based on the amount of interaction with the device and other real-time contextual information. Furthermore, the automated registration service intelligently determines which registered devices to forward incoming video and/or audio calls to based on various contextual information, including the capabilities of device, identified location of a user, user preferences, etc. By intelligently selecting which devices should receive an incoming call, unnecessary use of bandwidth, data, and resources (e.g., battery power) can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Calvin Choe, Shai Guday, Michael Kostersitz
  • Patent number: 11546253
    Abstract: Techniques are described for providing fast reroute for traffic in EVPN-VXLAN. For example, a backup PE device of an Ethernet segment is configured with an additional tunnel endpoint address (“reroute tunnel endpoint address”) for a backup path associated with a second split-horizon group that is different than a tunnel endpoint address and first split-horizon group for another path used for normal traffic forwarding. The backup PE device sends the reroute tunnel endpoint address to a primary PE device of the Ethernet segment, which uses the reroute tunnel endpoint address to configure a backup path to the backup PE device over the core network. For example, the primary PE device may install the reroute tunnel endpoint address within its forwarding plane and one or more operations to cause the primary PE device to encapsulate a VXLAN header including the reroute tunnel endpoint address when rerouting the packet along the backup path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc
    Inventors: Wen Lin, Yi Zheng, Mukesh Kumar, Xichun Hong, SelvaKumar Sivaraj, Vamshi Krishna Voruganti, John E. Drake
  • Patent number: 11540178
    Abstract: A transmitting device maps complex valued symbols in sequence to physical resource blocks for a sidelink transmission. The transmitting device reserves a first symbol of a subframe, where resource elements in the first symbol of the subframe are not considered in mapping the complex valued symbols to the physical resource blocks for the sidelink transmission. The transmitting device transmits the sidelink transmission after mapping the complex valued symbols to the physical resource blocks. A receiving device receives the sidelink transmission and decodes the sidelink transmission to determine complex valued symbols that are mapped in sequence to physical resource blocks of the sidelink transmission, where the complex valued symbols are not mapped to resource elements in a first symbol of a subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Peer Berger, Shay Landis, Moshe Ben-Ari
  • Patent number: 11533212
    Abstract: A data modulation and device and demodulation device for the multicarrier system are provided. The data modulation method includes: performing different cyclic shifting on data sequences of L continuous symbols respectively, L?2; and modulating the cyclically shifted data sequences by use of a waveform function, an independent variable range of the waveform function being greater than or equal to a symbol interval of the L modulated symbols. The technical solution solves the technical problems in which the related art is not compatible with a LTE system or effectively suppressing out-of-band leakage or flexibly adjusting a symbol interval to adapt to different channel environments and exhibits poor demodulation performance, thus achieving effective suppression of the out-of-band leakage, having higher compatibility with the LTE system and improving demodulation performance and flexibility of adjusting a symbol interval by simple cyclic shifting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yu Xin
  • Patent number: 11528653
    Abstract: A network includes at least one node to communicate with at least one other node via a wireless network protocol. The node includes a network configuration module to periodically switch a current node function of the node between an intermediate node function and a leaf node function. The switch of the current node function enables automatic reconfiguration of the wireless network based on detected communications between the at least one node and at least one intermediate node or at least one leaf node via the wireless network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ariton E. Xhafa, Jianwei Zhou, Xiaolin Lu
  • Patent number: 11523368
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for improved tracking area planning and handling, comprising: assigning a single tracking area code to a plurality of eNodeBs at a messaging concentrator gateway, the messaging concentrator gateway situated in a network between the plurality of eNodeBs and the core network; storing, at the messaging concentrator gateway, at least one indicator of a last known location of a user equipment (UE) other than the single tracking area code; receiving a paging message from the core network at the messaging concentrator gateway for a UE; and performing a paging sequence using the at least one indicator to identify a set of eNodeBs to page the UE, thereby allowing larger tracking area list sizes to be used without increasing signaling traffic between the radio access network and the core network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Nashua, New Hampshire
    Inventors: Kaitki Agarwal, Kartik Shashikant Raval
  • Patent number: 11516843
    Abstract: This application provides a communications method, which includes: performing, by a network device, LBT on a first carrier, and determining a time offset when the LBT is completed, where the first carrier is used to send a first SS Burst Set, and the time offset is a time offset of an actual transmission time of the first SS Burst Set on the first carrier relative to a configured transmission time of the first SS Burst Set; sending, by the network device, the time offset to a terminal; and receiving, by the terminal, the time offset, and performing rate matching on the first carrier based on the time offset. Thus, the terminal may determine the actual transmission time of the first SS Burst Set based on the time offset, to perform the rate matching and accurately parse downlink data, thereby improving reliability of a communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Wu, Jun Zhu, Qiong Jia
  • Patent number: 11502736
    Abstract: A method implemented by a user equipment for adjusting a coverage enhancement (CE) level according to which the user equipment operates in a wireless communication system is presented. The method comprises determining a difference between a device-calculated CE level calculated by the user equipment and a network-derived CE level received from a radio network node. The method further comprises adjusting, by the difference, an updated device-calculated CE level calculated after the device-calculated CE level, to obtain an adjusted CE level and operating according to the adjusted CE level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ali Nader, Béla Rathonyi
  • Patent number: 11503539
    Abstract: The method executed in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, according to various embodiments, may comprise: a step in which a reception station (STA), which supports a multilink comprising a first link and a second link, receives a target wake time (TWT) element via the first link, wherein the TWT element is received via a beacon and includes information for TWT period configuration for the second link; a step in which the reception STA configures a TWT period for the second link on the basis of the TWT element; and a step in which the reception STA communicates with a transmission STA via the second link within the TWT period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suhwook Kim, Jeongki Kim, Kiseon Ryu, Jinsoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11496884
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a drone-coupled UE transmits a message to a network component (e.g., eNB) of a terrestrial wireless communication subscriber network that identifies a drone-coupled capability information of the drone-coupled UE, the drone-coupled capability information being configured to indicate, to the network component, that the drone-coupled UE is capable of engaging in a flying state. The network component receives the message and determines that the drone-coupled UE is capable of engaging in a flying state based on the received message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Umesh Phuyal, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Haris Zisimopoulos, Masato Kitazoe
  • Patent number: 11490235
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure relates to control a client device using a server device based on context data indicating a circumstance of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-sun Baek, Yong-tae Kim