Patents Examined by Ivan O Latorre
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Patent number: 12156079Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for transitioning a UE to a new application server in response to a mobility event comprising, at a source application server handler: receiving an application ID (AC-ID) associated with an application client for a user equipment (UE); receiving a mobility event notification including a UE ID of the UE and a target data network access identifier (DNAI) to indicate a target edge data network to which a transition of a data connection for the application client is to be performed; encoding an outgoing transition request for transmission to a source application server to indicate the transition of the data connection from the source application server; and encoding an incoming transition request for transmission to a target application server handler (ASH) of the target edge data network to indicate the transition of the data connection to the target edge data network.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Changhong Shan, Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Ching-Yu Liao, Danny Moses
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Patent number: 12150044Abstract: A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for operating an access and mobility management function (AMF) node for selecting a session management function (SMF) node. The method may comprise the steps of receiving a first message including application function (AF) request information from an AF node; selecting or reselecting an SMF on the basis of the AF request information; and transmitting a second message including the AF request information to the selected or reselected SMF.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Hyunsook Kim
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Patent number: 12143966Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for inter user equipment (UE) coordination signaling. A method of operating a UE includes determining a first set of first sidelink (SL) resources based on SL sensing and resource exclusion; selecting a first one or more SL resources within the first determined set for reservation, transmitting information about the first one or more SL resources, and receiving inter UE co-ordination information indicating whether a SL resource in the first one or more SL resources has a conflict. The method further includes transmitting on one of the first one or more SL resources, when the one SL resource does not have a conflict; and determining a second set of SL resources based on SL sensing and resource exclusion, and selecting a second one or more SL resources within the second set for transmission and reservation, when all of the first one or more SL resources have a conflict.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Emad N. Farag, Aristides Papasakellariou, Kyeongin Jeong
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Patent number: 12143301Abstract: Systems and methods for provisioning and validating a network are disclosed. One method can comprise providing a first communication tunnel between a network access point and a first tunnel endpoint. Availability of the first tunnel endpoint can be determined. If the first tunnel endpoint is determined to be available, network traffic can be routed to the first tunnel endpoint. If the first tunnel endpoint is determined to be unavailable, a second communication tunnel between the network access point and a second tunnel endpoint can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Thomas William Lynn, Jr., Phillip Andrew Sanderson, Brad A. Hilgenfeld
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Patent number: 12126451Abstract: An approach for transmission provides a method of enabling Hybrid Automatic Request, HARQ, in an IEEE 802.11 communication. The method includes transmitting, in an element in a Block Acknowledgement, BA, setup of a Medium Access Control, MAC, message, which element indicates a request to use HARQ, receiving a response to said request, and starting to apply HARQ. The approach includes a network entity of a wireless network using IEEE 802.11. The network entity includes a transmitter arranged to transmit, in an element in a Block Acknowledgement, BA, setup of a Medium Access Control, MAC, message, which element indicates a request to use HARQ, a receiver arranged to receive a response to said request, and a communication handler arranged to start to apply HARQ.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Charlie Pettersson, Miguel Lopez, Leif Wilhelmsson, Dennis Sundman, Sebastian Max
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Patent number: 12127139Abstract: Methods and devices for configuring, sending, and receiving a discovery reference signal (DRS) are provided. The configuration method includes setting the DRS to occupy a first preset number of consecutive time symbols in a time slot, where the first preset number is no larger than 14. Further, the method includes setting the DRS to include at least one or two synchronization signal blocks (SSBs).Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Mingju Li
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Patent number: 12101811Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising: receiving, by a first device from a second device, a message on a wireless medium indicating that the wireless medium has been reserved for at least one transmission from the first device to the second device by the second device detecting that the wireless medium is not occupied, based on a first beamwidth. The method further comprises determining, by the first device, a second beamwidth for performing the at least one transmission, selecting, by the first device on the basis of the received message, a method for the first device, from a set of at least two methods, to determine whether the wireless medium is occupied, determining, by the first device, based on the selected method for the first device whether the wireless medium is occupied, and in response to detecting that the wireless medium is not occupied, performing the at least one transmission by the first device.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Sami Hakola, Kari Hooli, Esa Tiirola
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Patent number: 12096370Abstract: When a handover is performed, Wi-Fi setting is automatically changed from an inactive state to an active state. In a case where no user operation is performed within a prescribed time period, the Wi-Fi setting is returned from the active state to the inactive state.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroshi Sekine
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Patent number: 12089262Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for multiple concurrent random access procedures. A method for operating a user equipment includes receiving first configuration for a random access (RA) procedure, initiating a first RA procedure on a cell based on the first configuration, and initiating a second RA procedure on the cell prior to completion of the first RA procedure. A method for a base station includes transmitting a first random access response (RAR) and a second RAR. The first RAR includes a first temporary cell radio network temporary identifier (TC-RNTI) and a first uplink grant. The second RAR includes a second TC-RNTI and a second uplink grant. The method further includes receiving a first PUSCH scheduled by the first uplink grant and a second PUSCH scheduled by the second uplink grant. The first PUSCH includes the first TC-RNTI. The second PUSCH includes only the first TC-RNTI or both the first and second TC-RNTIs.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Aristides Papasakellariou, Jeongho Jeon, Joonyoung Cho, Emad N. Farag
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Patent number: 12075263Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may measure one or more of a first plurality of beam reference signals. Further, the WTRU may select a first beam reference signal from among the measured one or more of the first plurality of beam reference signals. Also, WTRU may determine a set of physical random access channel (PRACH) resources for the selected first beam reference signal. Moreover, the WTRU may measure one or more of a second plurality of beam reference signals. Further, the WTRU may select a second beam reference signal from among the measured one or more of the second plurality of beam reference signals. The WTRU may transmit an indication of the selected second beam reference signal in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, and may transmit a PRACH signal using at least one PRACH resource of the determined set of PRACH resources.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Virgil Comsa, Meilong Jiang
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Patent number: 12062854Abstract: A configurable wireless communications module may include a first antenna layer having one or more antenna operating at a first wireless radio band; a second antenna layer having one or more antenna operating at a second wireless radio band; and a support structure for supporting the first antenna layer and the second antenna layer in a stacked configuration. A scalable modular processor within the communication may be customized based on the particular use scenario and configured to provide a number of functions in the RF domain and in concert with a variety of sensors and components.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: HOOK'D WIFI INC.Inventors: Jeremy B. Fried, Jimmy Wynoka Sheffield, Jr., Amber E. Wayne, Frank Carlo Pallone
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Patent number: 12058735Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless communication device may detect that an antenna of a second wireless communication device is to perform a channel sensing procedure on a channel during a time occasion. The first wireless communication device may transmit, during the time occasion in one or more directions other than a direction of the antenna of the second wireless communication device, a signal that satisfies an energy detection threshold. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Yisheng Xue, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang
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Patent number: 12047324Abstract: The present specification relates to a wireless communication system and to a method for multiplexing first HARQ-ACK information on the fastest physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) satisfying a specific condition from among M PUSCHs (M>0), in a state in which a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for the first HARQ-ACK information on a first physical downlink channel overlaps with the M PUSCHs in a time domain; and an apparatus for said method.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyunho Lee, Hanjun Park, Yunjung Yi, Seonwook Kim, Changhwan Park, Duckhyun Bae, Suckchel Yang
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Patent number: 12047244Abstract: In one aspect, a computerized method useful for connecting to a multipath hub in a cluster includes the step of, with a gateway in a same network as the cluster, receiving, from a branch edge, a request to connect to a logical identifier (ID) of the multipath hub. The gateway recognizes a logical ID representing a cluster. The gateway determines a least-loaded edge in the cluster to be the multipath hub. The gateway returns a connectivity information for the multipath hub. The branch edge configures a tunnel to the multipath hub.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Nicira, Inc.Inventors: Ajit Ramachandra Mayya, Parag Pritam Thakore, Stephen Craig Connors, Steven Michael Woo, Sunil Mukundan, Nitin Kumar Ananda
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Patent number: 12028146Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for grouping beams that are directionally associated with one another and associating respective properties associated with groups of beams. In one aspect, a UE or component thereof may be configured to select a first beam group of one or more beam groups to include a first beam of a set of beams, with the first beam group including a first subset of beams of the set of beams that is directionally associated with a first direction of the first beam. The UE or component thereof may be further configured to associate a respective set of properties with each of the one or more beam groups. The UE or component thereof be configured to communicate via the first beam of the first beam group of the one or more beam groups.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jung Ho Ryu, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Hua Wang, Juan Montojo, Peter Gaal, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Piyush Gupta, Jelena Damnjanovic
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Patent number: 12028895Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for a user equipment (UE) to determine whether to request coverage enhancement for a random access procedure based on a condition of a channel between the UE and a base station failing to satisfy a threshold. The UE may transmit a request for coverage enhancement for a second random access message (e.g., a random access Message 4 (Msg4)) using a first random access message (e.g., a random access Message 3 (Msg3)). The base station may determine whether to perform the coverage enhancement in response to receiving the first random access message and may transmit the second random access message accordingly. Implementing aspects of the present disclosure may enable coverage enhancement for random access procedures in wireless communications systems.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Hemant Saggar, Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Iyab Issam Sakhnini, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 12010724Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitting node may perform a directional listen-before-talk (LBT) using a sensing beam. The transmitting node may start a channel occupancy time (COT) after the directional LBT based at least in part on one of a COT claiming signal or a time stamp. The transmitting node may perform, to a receiving node, one or more transmissions during the COT using one or more transmit beams that are included in the sensing beam. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Giovanni Chisci, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Jing Sun, Vinay Chande, Xiaoxia Zhang, Aleksandar Damnjanovic
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Patent number: 12010516Abstract: Multi-link device (MLD) security association (SA) query and query response procedures are described. Any of the links between an access point (AP) MLD and a non-AP MLD may be used to initiate association, reassociation, or disassociation procedures using the SA query requests and responses. The SA query request or response from one of the stations (STAs) associated with the MLD is sent to a corresponding linked one of the STAs associated with the other MLD. The SA request or response is addressed to the other MLD rather than the STA of the other MLD. Retry timeouts and maximum timeouts for resending SA query requests are set by the AP MLD and the same across each of the links.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Po-Kai Huang, Ido Ouzieli, Danny Alexander, Daniel F. Bravo
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Patent number: 11997706Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for receiving, from a user equipment (UE) configured to process a first priority channel using a first monitoring span based on the first priority channel during one or more time periods, at least one parameter indicating a minimum amount of time required by the UE to process the first priority channel using a second monitoring span based on the first priority channel and a second priority channel. The one or more time periods are based on minimum processing capabilities of the UE. Based on the at least one parameter, the UE is caused to be reconfigured with at least one time offset to increase at least one time period of the one or more time periods for processing the first priority channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Hamid Saber, Jung Hyun Bae
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Patent number: 11985533Abstract: There are provided a plurality of radio devices detecting an interference source signal transmitted by an interference source and generating pieces of air time information showing whether the interference source signal exists or not for each predetermined time unit; and an aggregation device estimating air time of the interference source by acquiring the pieces of air time information from the plurality of radio devices and aggregating/integrating the acquired pieces of air time information for each predetermined unit time, matching timings.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Junichi Iwatani, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Tomoaki Ogawa, Makoto Umeuchi, Shinya Otsuki, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Masayoshi Nabeshima