Patents Examined by Jay L Vogel
  • Patent number: 10966254
    Abstract: A method, by a terminal, of performing a random access in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes identifying a random access occasion configured for an active uplink (UL) bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell and when the serving cell is a special cell (SpCell) and an identity (ID) of an active downlink (DL) BWP does not correspond to an ID of the active UL BWP, switching the active DL BWP to a DL BWP with ID corresponding to the ID of the active UL BWP, based on BWP configuration information for the serving cell, and performing a random access on the switched DL BWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Jang, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 10952094
    Abstract: A method of defining ATtention (AT) commands for 5G QoS management is proposed. AT commands for modifying PDU sessions, creating and modifying QoS flows and QoS rules, and for querying QoS flow and QoS rule parameters are defined for 5G networks. Specifically, the AT command can be a set command for triggering a PDU session modification procedure and thereby creating and modifying QoS flows and QoS rules. For example, AT command +C5GQOS is introduced for creating and modifying QoS flows, AT command +C5GQOSRDP is introduced for retrieving QoS flow parameters, AT command +CGTFT can be reused for creating and modifying QoS rules, and AT command +CGTFTRDP can be reused for retrieving QoS rule parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MediaTek INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Huang-Fu, Chi-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 10945192
    Abstract: A wireless network device, for use within a wireless network, comprising: a processor; a memory; and an interface for receiving and transmitting data; wherein the wireless network device is adapted to: determine a first cost associated with communication between the wireless network device and a client device to which the wireless network device is connectable; determine a second cost associated with communication between the client device and a further wireless network device to which the client device is connectable; determine whether the first cost or the second cost is the lower cost; and if the second cost is the lower cost, the wireless network device is adapted to guide the client device to communicate with the further network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: AIRTIES KABLOSUZ ILETISM SANAYI VE DISTICARET AS
    Inventors: Sarper M. Gokturk, Alper Akcan, Metin Ismail Taskin
  • Patent number: 10939442
    Abstract: Solutions are proposed to handle PRACH resource and beam selection under the following scenarios. First, a CFRA procedure is initiated, but all beams associated with the CFRA resource is below a RSRP threshold and CBRA fallback is not supported. UE continues to perform CFRA by selecting any downlink beam associated with dedicated PRACH resource, and then select dedicated PRACH resource associated with the selected downlink beam; second, a CFRA procedure is initiated but the active UL BWP is not paired with the active DL BWP. Upon CFRA initiation, UE uses current active UL and DL BWP to perform CFRA, and switches to another BWP pair upon all beams associated with the CFRA resource are below a RSRP threshold; third, a CBRA procedure is initiated but the active UL BWP is not configured with PRACH resource. UE selects a special UL/DL BWP to perform the CBRA procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Guan-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 10932194
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a communications device and a method and an apparatus for reducing power consumption of a communications device. The method includes: determining a minimum supply voltage that is for a WiFi power amplification circuit at an actual transmit power and that meets a WiFi communication rate; and providing a working voltage to the WiFi power amplification circuit to transmit data, where the working voltage is a voltage that is not lower than the minimum supply voltage and that is lower than a maximum supply voltage. According to the foregoing disclosed content, in the present invention, a supply voltage for a WiFi power amplifier in a communications device can be dynamically adjusted according to a transmit power required by the communications device to send data, so as to reduce power consumption of a communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tongbo Wang
  • Patent number: 10932123
    Abstract: A service provider server may receive a request for temporary wireless data service for a user device. The service provider server may determine user information associated with a user account of the user device based on the request for the temporary wireless data service. The service provider server may generate a profile for the temporary wireless data service based on the user information associated with the user account. The service provider server may provide provisioning information based on the profile for the temporary wireless data service to the user device to activate access to the temporary wireless data service. The service provider server may authenticate, after providing the provisioning information, the user device for use of the temporary wireless data service based on the provisioning information and the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jignesh S. Panchal, Michael Kondratiuk
  • Patent number: 10924234
    Abstract: A repetition unit (212) performs a repetition for mapping a data signal and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) repeatedly at a symbol level over a plurality of subframes. A signal allocation unit (213) maps, in the a plurality of subframes, the repeated DMRS to symbols other than symbols corresponding to an SRS resource candidate, which is a candidate for a resource to which a sounding reference signal (SRS) to be used to measure an uplink received signal quality is to be mapped. A transmission unit (216) transmits an uplink signal (PUSCH) including the DMRS and the data signal over the a plurality of subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamamoto, Ayako Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 10912066
    Abstract: A method for managing Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback transmission by a Dual Sim Dual Standby (DSDS) User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, is provided. The method includes determining, by the DSDS UE, whether a first parameter associated with a primary packet data is identical to a second parameter associated with a secondary packet data. Each of the first parameter and the second parameter comprises a reordering timer value, a New Data Indicator (NDI), a HARQ process number, and a DSDS Radio Frequency (RF) gap duration. The method further includes, in response to the first parameter associated with the primary packet data being determined to be identical to the second parameter associated with the secondary packet data and the primary packet data being successfully decoded at the DSDS UE, performing, by the DSDS UE, the HARQ feedback transmission with the wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jitendra Otwani, Pradeep Dwarakanath
  • Patent number: 10912018
    Abstract: A protocol data unit (PDU) type setting method, a user equipment (UE) policy setting method, and a related entity, where the PDU type setting method includes: setting, by UE, a requested PDU type of a PDU session in a process of establishing the PDU session, where the requested PDU type of the PDU session is set by the UE based on a first condition, the first condition includes an Internet Protocol (IP) version corresponding to an application, and the application is associated with the PDU session. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the requested PDU type of the PDU session can be consistent with a PDU type requested by the application, such that the application can normally perform communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaojuan Li, Haorui Yang, Hui Jin, Guowei Ouyang, Fenghui Dou
  • Patent number: 10893514
    Abstract: When downlink data allocation is indicated in an ePDCCH, this terminal device can determine PUCCH resources to be used in notification of response signals indicating results of error detection of downlink data without imposing scheduling restrictions on future DL subframes. In this device, an extraction unit receives downlink data on multiple unit bands. A CRC unit detects errors in the downlink data. A response signal generation unit generates a response signal by using the results of error detection of the downlink data obtained by the CRC unit. The control unit arranges the response signal in the PUCCH resources corresponding to the current DL subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Toru Oizumi, Ayako Horiuchi, Kazuki Takeda, Akihiko Nishio
  • Patent number: 10892980
    Abstract: A method performed by a digital Distributed Antenna System (“DAS”) for routing aggregated carriers received by at least one digital master unit of the DAS to at least one digital remote unit of the DAS. The method includes identifying the received aggregated carriers to be transmitted to a wireless communication device located in a coverage area served by the at least one digital remote unit, and routing the identified aggregated carriers through the DAS such that the carriers are transported to said at least one digital remote unit for transmission to the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Lewis
  • Patent number: 10887887
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for user equipment receiving broadcast feedback information transmitting a message in a wireless communication system, the method for user equipment receiving broadcast feedback information transmitting a message comprising the steps of: broadcasting a first message from a first resource; receiving, from a plurality of user equipment which have received the broadcast, information relating to resource use of the first resource; determining whether to perform resource reselection from resource use of the first resource received from the plurality of user equipment; and transmitting a second message using a reselected resource when the resource reselection is to be performed, wherein the information relating to resource use is a status value corresponding to the number of user equipment using the first resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: LG ELECTRONICS INC., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hyukjin Chae, Seungmin Lee, Seungil Park, Sunghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 10887122
    Abstract: A device may receive a plurality of traffic flows to be provided to a set of destination devices. The device may process the plurality of traffic flows to identify respective sets of attributes associated with the plurality of traffic flows. The device may assign one of a plurality of traffic forwarding techniques, to a first traffic flow, of the plurality of traffic flows, based on the respective sets of attributes associated with the plurality of traffic flows. The device may provide the plurality of traffic flows to the set of destination devices. The device may determine that a condition, of a set of conditions associated with the plurality of traffic flows, has been satisfied in association with providing the plurality of traffic flows to the set of destination devices. The device may perform a set of actions after determining that the condition has been satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram Nagarajan, Wen Lin, Selvakumar Sivaraj, Naveen Ashik, Ramesh Kandula, Princy T. Elizabeth
  • Patent number: 10880120
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for exchanging media through an edge server between different communication networks. According to one embodiment, an edge element can receive, during initiation of a call session between a calling endpoint on a first communication network and a remote endpoint on a second communication network, a message to the remote endpoint to check media connectivity in the call session. A determination can be made as to whether media connectivity is available between the calling endpoint and the remote endpoint. In response to determining media connectivity is not available between the calling endpoint and the remote endpoint, the call session can be conducted between the calling endpoint and the remote endpoint using tunneling of multiplexed media streams through a selected port of the edge element. Each of the multiplexed media streams are identified by a unique stream identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Manish Chatterjee, Shobhit Mishra
  • Patent number: 10873946
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application is a method by which a terminal transmits an uplink signal to a base station in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information on a reception beam pattern, which is defined in a transmission time interval (TTI) unit, of the base station; determining an uplink transmission beam pattern, which is defined in the TTI unit, by using the information on the reception beam pattern of the base station; and sequentially and repetitively transmitting the uplink signal to the base station in the TTI unit according to the uplink transmission beam pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hanbyul Seo, Youngdae Lee, Kijun Kim, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 10873985
    Abstract: A communication device for handling a DC with a first BS and a second BS comprises at least one storage device storing instructions of configuring a first signalling radio bearer (SRB) for communicating with the first BS; receiving a first measurement configuration on the first SRB; transmitting a first measurement report associated to the first measurement configuration; receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) message on the first SRB, wherein the first RRC message configures the second BS as a secondary node (SN); configuring a second SRB for communicating with the second BS; receiving a second measurement configuration on the second SRB; transmitting a second measurement report associated to the second measurement configuration; disconnecting from the second BS; releasing at least one of the second measurement configuration, a measurement result associated to the SN and the second SRB; and maintaining a data radio bearer configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 10863516
    Abstract: A mobile communications system communicates data to/from mobile communications devices, and provides a wireless access interface communicating data to/from the mobile communications devices, on a downlink first carrier providing plural communications resource elements across a first frequency range for communicating data, and within a second frequency range within and smaller than the first frequency range. The wireless access interface includes plural time divided sub-frames, each sub-frame including plural communications resource elements of the first frequency range and plural communications resource elements of the second frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CONVIDA WIRELESS, LLC
    Inventor: Yuichi Morioka
  • Patent number: 10862642
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment a wireless communication method includes determining, by a terminal device, based on N first ports, within a first time unit for a first channel or a first signal, M second ports within the first time unit for a second channel or a second signal, wherein T?N?1, T?M?1, and wherein T is a maximum number of ports usable at the same time unit by the terminal device during sending, sending, by the terminal device, within the first time unit, the first channel or the first signal by using the N first ports and sending, by the terminal device, within the first time unit, the second channel or the second signal by using the M second ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Li, Zhongfeng Li
  • Patent number: 10861608
    Abstract: Developing intelligent systems which take into consideration the economical, environmental, and safety factors of the modern society, is one of the main challenges of this century. Progress in the fields of mobile robots, control architectures, artificial intelligence, advanced technologies, and computer vision allows us to now envisage a smart environment future. The rise of the connected objects known as the “Internet of Things” (IoT) will rival past technological marvels. This application discloses a time synchronous communication IoT network and use of time of day to control and manage a smart environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Kiomars Anvari
    Inventor: Kiomars Anvari
  • Patent number: 10862605
    Abstract: A base station for secondary-cell (S-cell) operation in an unlicensed band is subject to listen-before-talk (LBT) rules. The apparatus generates S-cell discovery reference signal (DRS) that includes a primary synchronization signal (PSS) based on a cell ID associated with the base station, a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), and optionally CSI-RS. Solutions are described for generating portions of the DRS to accommodate the placement of the DRS in arbitrary subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qiaoyang Ye, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Seunghee Han, Abhijeet Bhorkar, Jeongho Jeon