Patents Examined by Gerald A Smarth
  • Patent number: 12706688
    Abstract: A subscriber station for a serial bus system and a method for communication in a serial bus system. The subscriber station has a communication control device for controlling a communication of the subscriber station with at least one other subscriber station of the bus system and for evaluating a signal received from a bus of the bus system, in which the bit time in a first communication phase may differ from a bit time in a second communication phase, and the communication control device is developed to sample and evaluate the signal received from the bus, which is based on a transmit signal generated by another subscriber station, according to a predefined frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich, Franz Bailer
  • Patent number: 12701465
    Abstract: A data transmission method includes receiving access stratum context information, the access stratum context information indicating that different types of data packets of an advanced interactive service are transmitted in different GTP-U tunnels, and are transmitted by a same DRB. The method also includes, when a data packet transmitted by a user-plane functional entity through a GTP-U tunnel is a fragmented subpacket of a first data packet of the advanced interactive service, determining a state of transmission of the fragmented subpacket according to the access stratum context information during transmission of the fragmented subpacket to a user equipment on the DRB. The method also includes, when the transmission of the fragmented subpacket of the first data packet of the advanced interactive service to the user equipment has failed, stopping transmission of remaining fragmented subpackets of data packets associated with the first data packet to the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Yixue Lei
  • Patent number: 12695477
    Abstract: A reduced-capability user equipment (UE) uses frequency hopping to improve downlink (DL) coverage. Specifically, the UE may receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using frequency hopping among a plurality of narrow hands in a wide bandwidth part. A bandwidth of narrow band is not larger than a maximum wireless communication bandwidth of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chao Wei, Wanshi Chen, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Huilin Xu, Jing Lei, Jing Dai
  • Patent number: 12695538
    Abstract: A wireless device may transmit ranging transmissions using a compressed PSDU. The compressed PSDU may be configured to support poll packets, response packets, and report packets. The compressed PSDU may comprise an identifier (ID) field, an address field, ID specific data, and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field. Further, the wireless device may use an optimized header IE for broadcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Krebs, Su Khiong Yong, Moche Cohen, Santhoshkumar Mani, Lochan Verma, Yong Liu, Jinjing Jiang
  • Patent number: 12671980
    Abstract: Information transmission methods, apparatuses, communication devices and non-transitory computer readable storage medium that enable a user equipment (UE) to report artificial intelligence (AI) capability information indicating an AI capability of the UE to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 12665689
    Abstract: A system for achieving Precision Time Protocol (PTP) redundancy and load balancing across a set of active time servers deployed in a cluster is disclosed. The system may organize a set of PTP Grandmasters (GMs) (e.g., located in a datacenter) into a plurality of PTP clusters (e.g., for load balancing). A set of PTP ordinary clocks (OCs) (e.g., time clients) may be grouped in OC Groups and then into PTP clusters for GM assignation, wherein each PTP OC includes a unicast master table (UMT) that includes one or more potential PTP GM port addresses and priority values. Based on a Master Clock Mechanism, one of the potential GMs may be selected based on one or more PTP GM priority attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Michel Ouellette, Patrick Cullen, Oleg Obleukhov, Alexander Bulimov
  • Patent number: 12666426
    Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprise the steps of: determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for transmitting the PUCCH; and transmitting the PUCCH through the PUCCH resource. The PUCCH resource is determined to be one of 16 PUCCH resources in a PUCCH resource set. The PUCCH resource set is a PUCCH resource set for a state in which there is no dedicated PUCCH resource configuration in a terminal. The number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) of the PUCCH resource can be determined on the basis of a received system information block (SIB).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seokmin Shin, Seonwook Kim, Suckchel Yang, Sechang Myung
  • Patent number: 12652244
    Abstract: This application discloses a communication method and a related apparatus, and relates to the field of communication technologies. The method is applied to a software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) overlay network. A customer premise equipment (CPE) autonomously generates an SD-WAN overlay routing table, so that communication reliability and flexibility are improved. A route reflector (RR) specifies an overlay multicast reverse path forwarding (RPF) route to the CPE to implement SD-WAN overlay multicast communication, and the CPE does not need to perform path computation autonomously, so that a computing power requirement of the CPE is reduced. An identifier of the CPE and an identifier of a site are carried in a multicast join message to implement the SD-WAN overlay multicast communication. A standard IP header is carried in a multicast service packet to implement the SD-WAN overlay multicast communication, so that generalization, applicability, and compatibility are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donglei Pang, Cheng Sheng, Haibo Wang, Fanghong Duan, Zhibo Hu, Dapeng Chen, Jingrong Xie
  • Patent number: 12647959
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for measurement configurations and user equipment capability reporting in wireless networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yuqin Chen, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Qiming Li
  • Patent number: 12641407
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques, devices, and systems for synchronizing nodes that are utilized to provide services in a telecommunication network that includes a fifth generation (5G) network, and other types of networks. The nodes can be utilized to store supplementary service settings. A node of the 5G network that stores the supplementary service settings can be a unified data management (UDM). The UDM can be synchronized with a node (e.g., a home subscriber server (HSS)) that stores supplementary service settings in a long-term evolution (LTE) network, and/or a node (e.g., a home location register (HLR)) that stores supplementary service settings in a second generation (2G)/third generation (3G) network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Avetoom
  • Patent number: 12641641
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described herein for increasing reliability in IEEE 802.11 networks. A first station (STA) may generate a set of configurations that meets reliability requirements of a traffic flow associated with a frame. Each of the set of configurations may comprise a number of replications of the frame, a channel bandwidth, and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS). The first STA may transmit, to a second STA, a plurality of request to send (RTS) frames over a plurality of channels. The first STA may receive, from the second STA, a plurality of clear to send (CTS) frames indicating whether the plurality of channels are available. The first STA may then select, based on the number of available channels, a first configuration from the set of configurations. The first STA may transmit, based on the first configuration, a plurality of copies of the frame simultaneously over the available channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Antonio de la Oliva, Robert G. Gazda
  • Patent number: 12634742
    Abstract: In an example, a method performed by central unit control plane, CU-CP, of a base station for providing Integrated Access and Backhaul, IAB, bearer mapping information is disclosed. The base station is configured as a donor base station for one or more IAB nodes. The method comprises transmitting, to a distributed unit DU of the base station which is configured as a donor DU for one or more IAB nodes, mapping information to map one or more field values to one or more backhaul radio link control BH RLC channels between the DU and a first IAB node on a downlink path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Oumer Teyeb, Filip Barac, Gunnar Mildh
  • Patent number: 12635028
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving a request that requires a connection to a database, wherein the application server is initially allocated with a set of base connections by a central server; determining that there are available idle connections based on a number of in-use connections and a number of allocated connections; in response to determining that there are available idle connections, assigning an idle connection to the request and updating the number of in-use connections; determining an in-use percentage using the number of in-use connections and the number of allocated connections; and executing one of: requesting new connections from the central server in response to determining that the in-use percentage satisfies an upper percentage threshold, and returning idle connections to the central server in response to determining that the in-use percentage satisfies a lower percentage threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Dabin Feng, Xia Yu
  • Patent number: 12627406
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for facilitating, in multi-link devices (MLDs) that are capable of exchanging an Aggregated MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU), simultaneous transmission of the A-MPDU and retransmission of failed MPDUs of the A-MPDU. A non-access point (AP) MLD comprises STAs, each comprising a transceiver configured to form a link with a corresponding AP of an AP MLD, and a processor. A first transceiver is configured to receive, from the AP MLD on a first of the links, an A-MPDU comprised of multiple MPDUs. the processor is configured to detect, during reception of the A-MPDU, that at least one of the MPDUs has not been received. A second transceiver is configured to transmit, to the AP MLD on a second of the links, a request to retransmit the at least one MPDU on the second link before reception of the A-MPDU on the first link is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ahmed Atef Ibrahim Ibrahim, Boon Loong Ng, Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam, Rubayet Shafin, Junsu Choi
  • Patent number: 12621726
    Abstract: The communication method includes the following. A first terminal device receives first information from a first network device, where the first information indicates that the first terminal device is to hand over to a second network device. The first terminal device transmits second information to a second terminal device, where the second information indicates that the second terminal device is to hand over to the second network device, and the first terminal device provides relay service to the second terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Qianxi Lu
  • Patent number: 12615685
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide techniques and apparatuses for using keep-alive signaling for network energy saving in an idle mode. A network entity can transmit a keep-alive signal (KAS) to reduce the energy consumption of a network when the network is in an idle mode. In some aspects, the KAS can be a reduced synchronization signal block (SSB) that is sent more frequently than a full SSB. In some aspects, the KAS can have a different beam sweeping pattern and/or beam width from the full SSB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Navid Abedini, Jianghong Luo, Keerthi Priya Dasala, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 12598130
    Abstract: Provided are a failure protection method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: configuring a protection relationship on a standby node, wherein the protection relationship is configured to indicate an object to be protected by the standby node; receiving SID information advertised by a primary node, wherein the SID information at least includes: an SID network programming function type and an SID value; matching the SID network programming function type with an SID network programming function type of the standby node, matching the SID value with the protection relationship, and in a case where the SID network programming function type is successfully matched with an SID network programming function type of the standby node and the SID value is successfully matched with the protection relationship, generating a protection entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yao Liu, Yubao Wang, Shaofu Peng
  • Patent number: 12597977
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information relating to at least one of the number and indices of uplink control channel resource groups; and a control section that determines a corresponding relation between indices of the uplink control channel resource groups and a plurality of uplink control channel resources included in an uplink control channel resource set, based on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12593345
    Abstract: A method for managing at least one communication network, including a first network including a mobility management entity. The method includes broadcasting, on a multicast IP address, an announcement message carrying an identifier of the mobility management entity; and receiving at least one attachment message from at least one entity for coordinating the broadcast in the first network or at least a second network of the at least one communication network, carrying an identifier of the broadcast coordination entity sending the attachment message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: ENENSYS TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Christophe Burdinat, Bartolo Scanavino, Cédric Thienot
  • Patent number: 12587871
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a network configuration method and a network configuration apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method includes: sending a network configuration request; acquiring a response signal; acquiring a preset network configuration level of a current intelligent device, if a signal intensity corresponding to the response signal is greater than or equal to a preset signal intensity; and acquiring network configuration information according to the preset network configuration level. The network configuration information is used for configuring a network with a router. When the network configuration is performed for various intelligent devices based on the method, the network configuration can be performed according to the preset network configuration level set by a user, thereby meeting personalized network configuration requirements of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignees: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI, LEAYUN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Hongbiao Tan, Dechao Song, Jie Tang, Hongwei Xu, Xilin Li, Guangzhi Qin