Patents Examined by Gary Lofantant
  • Paging and DRX enhancements for eMTC-U (IOT-U)
    Patent number: 10694493
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for monitoring paging occasions. In one example, a mobile communication device defines a paging frame window (PFW) for a duration of time on a hop frequency or narrow band of frequencies indicated by a paging formula, and periodically wakes up to monitor the PFW for a page message. In another example, the mobile device receives a frame structure information at the start of a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Chih-Hao Liu, Tamer Kadous