Patents Examined by Ji-Hae Yea
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Patent number: 11425783Abstract: A method for discontinuous reception (DRX) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a DRX configuration to configure a DRX Inactivity Timer (drx-InactivityTimer), from a base station (BS), receiving, by the UE, an indication of a new transmission over a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), from the BS, and starting or restarting, by the UE, the DRX Inactivity Timer in a first symbol after an end of receiving the first PDCCH.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: 5G IP Holdings LLCInventors: Chia-Hung Wei, Mei-Ju Shih
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Patent number: 11412549Abstract: This innovation describes methods for an NR-based, LEO Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) to improve handover process by sending broadcast or group-cast downlink handover (HO) Command message to all (or group of) UEs in the coverage area (cell or beam-spot) of the LEO satellite. Subsequently, on receiving the broadcast (or group-cast) HO Command message, all the UEs in the source cell transmit HO Complete message to the source cell of the LEO-NTN. In order to reduce or avoid heavy Random Access (RA), generating from all the UEs, the LEO-NTN can either send Contention Free Random Access (CFRA), or instruct the UE to perform a random backoff before sending the uplink HO Complete message. Moreover, improvements to configure Conditional Handover (CHO) and delaying the transmission of HO Complete message are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Abhishek Roy, Per Johan Mikael Johansson, Pradeep Jose, Chia-Chun Hsu, Pavan Santhana Krishna Nuggehalli
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Patent number: 11405966Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system including a processor, and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, where the operations include receiving an advertisement identifier; hashing the advertisement identifier, thereby creating a Bluetooth service identifier; transmitting device data including the Bluetooth service identifier in a Bluetooth transmission; and receiving content in a push notification, wherein a system associates the device data with the advertisement identifier to determine whether to create the push notification. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Barry A. Smith, Kapildev Rathan, John Chang, Jr., Yongmoon Lee, Matthew Smith, Gowrishankar Natarajan, Kunwar Handa
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Patent number: 11388639Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting signals by a user equipment (UE) in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state or a RRC idle state at a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: measuring neighboring cells; identifying one of the neighboring cells fulfilled with conditions for a cell reselection procedure based on a result of measuring; determining whether to perform the cell reselection procedure with the one of the neighboring cells by considering a timer; and transmitting an uplink data or receiving a downlink data, without performing the cell reselection procedure during the timer is running, when it is determined not to perform the cell reselection procedure.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Eunjong Lee, Sunyoung Lee, Youngdae Lee, Hyunjung Choe
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Patent number: 11350329Abstract: A signal measurement method, a related apparatus, and a related system. The signal measurement method executed by a terminal may include: measuring at least one candidate cell by using a second panel in a process in which the terminal performs service transmission with a first network device by using a first panel; and sending a measurement result to the first network device. The terminal is configured with a plurality of panels including the first panel and the second panel, the first panel is configured to form a beam pointing to the first network device, and the second panel is configured to form a beam pointing to the candidate cell. The measurement result includes information about a target candidate cell selected from the at least one candidate cell.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunquan Yao, Xiang Wu
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Patent number: 11343729Abstract: A method and system for controlling air-interface connectivity of a user equipment device (UE). A computing system detects, when the UE has dual connectivity including a first air-interface connection with a first access node and a second air-interface connection with a second access node, and when the first air-interface connection is defined on a first carrier, that the UE is moving toward a geographic area where UEs that were served by the first access node on the first carrier as part of dual connectivity lost their dual connectivity due to their having insufficient aggregate dual-connectivity throughput. And based at least on the detecting, the computing system reconfigures the first air-interface connection of the UE's dual connectivity to be defined on a lower-frequency second carrier, to help avoid having the UE lose its dual connectivity.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventors: Hemanth B. Pawar, Krishna Sitaram, Shilpa K. Srinivas
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Patent number: 11337252Abstract: Methods and apparatus for acquiring system information by receiving, from a base station, information carrying direct or indirect associations between preamble sequences and system information blocks (SIBs); selecting a corresponding preamble sequence based on one or a plurality of required SIBs and the received associations by at least one of: selecting a single preamble sequence associated with the greatest number of required SIBs; selecting a single preamble sequence associated with the fewest number of not-required SIBs; selecting one or a plurality of preamble sequences associated with the one or plurality of required SIBs having the fewest total number; and selecting, according to a priority of the one or plurality of required SIBs, different preamble sequences respectively associated with required SIBs of different priorities; and transmitting the selected preamble sequences to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Chongming Zhang, Shohei Yamada, Renmao Liu
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Patent number: 11316748Abstract: A method and system for generating and managing virtual industrial devices in an industrial network is disclosed. The method includes capturing data packets associated with an ongoing industrial communication between an industrial application and an industrial device. The method further includes segregating the captured data packets into one or more requests and the one or more responses by analyzing information included in the data packets. The method also includes storing the one or more requests along with the one or more responses for the ongoing industrial communication in memory. The method includes dynamically generating a virtual industrial device emulating the industrial device based on the stored one or more requests and the stored one or more responses. The method includes establishing a communication session between the generated virtual industrial device and the industrial application for performing one or more test operations on the generated virtual industrial device.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Bhupender Kumar Saini, Tanushree Mallya, Sachin Raizada, Vinay Kumar Tiwari
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Patent number: 11310114Abstract: Techniques are described to provide industrial machine configurations using private wireless networking. In one example, a method includes provisioning a segmentation policy for a network area, wherein the segmentation policy identifies policy groups for the network area in which each policy group comprises a plurality of devices capable of inter-device communications; provisioning, at a proximity services controller, a connectivity policy for each policy group, wherein the connectivity policy for each of policy group identifies at least one proxy configuration for one or more types of information to be communicated among the plurality of devices of each policy group; establishing connectivity between each device of each of the policy groups and an access point; and communicating the one or more types of information to each of the policy groups based on the at least one proxy configuration for each policy group.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Timothy Peter Stammers, Stephan Edward Friedl
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Patent number: 11297595Abstract: The present patent application relates to wireless communication networks which may include a radio access network segment functionally associated with an edge computing cloud. Server application may provide digital service to one or more mobile communication devices communicatively coupled to the radio access network segment. A network core including network management appliances and a mobile communication device paging message generator may be a part of the communication network. A networked paging trigger appliance may generate a mobile communication device specific paging trigger, configured to cause the paging message generator to page the specific mobile communication device.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Saguna Networks Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Nathan Frydman, Lior Fite
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Patent number: 11297551Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by an AMF (106) for handling handover. The AMF (106) receives one of: a handover required message and a first request message. The handover required message is received from an S-RAN (104s) and the first request message is received from another AMF (106) in response to the handover required message. The AMF (106) sends to a SMF (108), a set of one or more first request messages and activates a timer. The AMF (106) determines whether at least one of the following is true: a certain amount of time has elapsed since the timer was activated and the AMF (106) has received a first PDU response message for each one of the first PDU request messages. The AMF (106) transmits a handover request message to a T-RAN (104t) as a result of determining that at least one of the conditions is true.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Peter Ramle, Qian Chen, Josefin Karlsson
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Patent number: 11272500Abstract: Systems and methods for unified facility communications systems with device location are provided. One system embodiment comprises: a master unit and a plurality of remote antenna units defining a DAS. The master unit communicates with a base station to receive a base station downlink RF signal and to transmit a base station uplink RF signal. The remote antenna units radiate a remote downlink RF signal into a coverage area and receive a remote uplink RF signal from the coverage area. The master unit comprises uplink and downlink circuitry to transport user device communications, and a facility supervisory module to process facility device traffic associated with wireless facility assets in the coverage area. Facility device traffic is transported via the remote antenna units. Within the master unit, user device communications is routed via the uplink and downlink circuitry and facility device traffic is routed via the facility supervisory module.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Andrew Wireless Systems GmbHInventors: Joerg Stefanik, Andreas Biehler
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Patent number: 11265782Abstract: A method for base station handover includes: receiving a Handover Request message sent by a mobility management entity (MME), to which a destination base station is connected, via an S1 interface, wherein the Handover Request message carries indication information for establishing a data radio bearer (DRB) of a UAV; sending a Handover Request Acknowledge message to the MME via the S1 interface, so that the MME sends a Handover Command message to a source base station of the UAV; establishing a signaling radio bearer (SRB) for the UAV after receiving a random-access request sent by the UAV; and establishing the DRB for the UAV based on the indication information.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Wei Hong
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Patent number: 11252587Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for scheduling of an enhanced sector level sweep (SLS). A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) monitors beacon frames transmitted from one or more access points associated with the WTRU. The WTRU receive the beacon frames over multiple transmission sectors during a time interval. The WTRU then compiles the transmission sectors information in a list and ranks the sectors in the list, based on the sectors' characteristics. Then, the WTRU transmits the list over one sector of the list to the one or more access points.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Hanqing Lou, Xiaofei Wang, Li-Hsiang Sun, Oghenekome Oteri, Rui Yang
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Patent number: 11252594Abstract: An adjustment method includes receiving, by a terminal, a redistribution command sent by a network device, where the redistribution command is used to adjust a frequency priority or a cell priority of a terminal in a cell; and ignoring, by the terminal, the redistribution command based on a status of the terminal. Network signaling overheads can be reduced in a process in which a network side instructs to perform redistribution.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Bingzhao Li, Zhenzhen Cao, Xuelong Wang
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Patent number: 11240725Abstract: According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a memory and one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory. The one or more hardware processors are configured to function as a communication control unit and a determination unit. The communication control unit transmits and receives data to and from a first wireless communication device. The determination unit calculates transmission and reception information based on a transmission and reception result of the data, and variation of received signal intensity of the data, and determines whether to maintain connection to the first wireless device based on the transmission and reception information and the variation. The communication control unit controls communication according to a determination result of the determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Sakie Nagakubo, Ren Sakata, Hiroki Kudo
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Patent number: 11223453Abstract: A method includes determining, by a first device, a first resource set and a second resource set in a first transmission subframe; determining a data transmission manner on the first resource set and the second resource set; and implementing data transmission with a second device based on the determined data transmission manner by using the first transmission subframe, where the first resource set is a set of remaining resource elements other than resource elements paired based on a first pairing rule in all resource elements used for data transmission in the first transmission subframe, and the second resource set is a set of the resource elements paired based on the first pairing rule in the first transmission subframe.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanliang Sun, Bin Liu
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Patent number: 11218920Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques described herein relate to handover between Non-Standalone (NSA) and Standalone (SA) networks. An example method includes receiving, from a User Equipment (UE), a measurement report indicating that a signal threshold has been satisfied. In response to receiving the measurement report, handover of a communication session from a first core network to a second core network may be initiated. A message confirming that the communication session has been handed over from the first core network to the second core network can be received. In response to receiving the message, handover of the communication session can be initiated between a single radio bearer associated with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a dual radio bearer associated with the first RAT and a second RAT.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Wafik Abdel Shahid, Ming Shan Kwok, Yasmin Karimli, Thomas P. Lucht
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Patent number: 11184810Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are presented to locate a wireless communication device. A target device may be out of range of a source device for normal ranging communications according to a first radio access technology (RAT), such as ultra wideband (UWB) communications. A source device may therefore modify communications according to the first RAT, to increase the transmit power, while removing the data payload. The target device may utilize the signal strength and angle of arrival of the modified communications to guide the user to move toward the source device, e.g., until the target device is within range to perform normal ranging communications. A second RAT, such as Bluetooth, may be used to communicate between the two devices while the target device is out of range of the first RAT. For example, the target device may use the second RAT to communicate to the source device to start/stop transmitting modified communications.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Alejandro J. Marquez, Indranil S. Sen, Manjit S. Walia, Peter M. Agboh, Shang-Te Yang, Xiaoming Yu
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Patent number: 11146958Abstract: An electronic device according to one embodiment comprises: a housing; a wireless communication circuit located in the housing, and supporting a wireless protocol so as to wirelessly connect to one of a plurality of APs using the same first credential information at one time point; a processor located in the housing and electrically connected to the communication circuit; and a memory located in the housing and electrically connected to the processor. The electronic device receives, from a first AP, a list of first channels at least partially associated with at least one second AP having a coverage overlapping a coverage of the first AP and a list of second channels associated with at least one third AP that does not have a coverage overlapping the coverage of the first AP through the wireless communication circuit, wherein the first AP, the at least one second AP, and the at least one third AP use the identical first credential information.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Choun-Jong Nam, Nalli Subramanyami, Jung-Hun Lee, Doo-Suk Kang, Hyun-Kee Min, Tae-Hun Lim, Min-Whoa Hong, Sun-Key Lee, Bo-Kun Choi