Patents Examined by Julio R Perez
  • Patent number: 11277763
    Abstract: A mobile terminal measurement system 1 tests a mobile terminal 30 corresponding to LTE and NR while controlling an LTE measurement device 10 and an NR measurement device 20 with a control device 50. The control device 50 includes an LTE operation display screen 70 for inputting a test setting value in the LTE measurement device 10, on which a test result corresponding to LTE is displayed, and an NR operation display screen 80 for inputting a test setting value in the NR measurement device 20, on which a test result corresponding to NR is displayed. The control device 50 displays communication management information (UE Capability Information) transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 to the LTE measurement device 10, on the LTE operation display screen 70 and the NR operation display screen 80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Ueda
  • Patent number: 11258893
    Abstract: A method for prompting a notification message, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving a notification message; determining whether a floating notification display area of a display screen of the mobile terminal is in an operated state or a to-be-operated state; the floating notification display area is an area whose distance from a status bar of the mobile terminal is less than or equal to a target value; in a case that the floating notification display area is the an operated or to-be-operated state, determining whether the notification message needs to be prompted; and in a case that that the notification message needs to be prompted, prompting the notification message by using a target prompting manner corresponding to the notification message, in a case that the notification message needs to be prompted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaohui Liu
  • Patent number: 11252724
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a communication method for an electronic device comprising a processor, a first modem for a first communication network, and a second modem for a second communication network, the communication method comprising the steps of: determining to operate in a second modem-dedicated mode for communication with the second communication network without being linked to the first modem, in an interworking mode for communication with the second communication network by linking the second modem and the first modem; turning off the first modem and rebooting the second modem; and setting a data path between the rebooted second modem and the processor. In addition, various other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinmo Sung, Moongyo Bae, Joonyoung Heo
  • Patent number: 11252649
    Abstract: A switching method and a terminal device, which relate to the communications field. The switching method comprises: establishing, by a terminal device, a first packet data network PDN connection in a long term evolution LTE access network; switching, by the terminal device, the first PDN connection from the LTE access network to a wireless local area network WLAN access network; establishing, by the terminal device, a second PDN connection in the LTE access network, so that the terminal device is in a registered state in the LTE network; and switching, by the terminal device, the first PDN connection or a third PDN connection established in the WLAN access network, to the LTE access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Yuan, Xiaoyan Duan, Bo Zhang, Feifei Sui, Zhenrong Wei
  • Patent number: 11246187
    Abstract: A system including an instrument node and a wireless mesh network having an encryption key is provided. In response to receiving a scan mode message from the instrument node, the wireless mesh network is operative to transition into a scanning state wherein the wireless mesh network listens on a primary channel for a boPeep message from another wireless mesh network having the same encryption key. In response to receiving the boPeep message, the wireless mesh network generates and queues for receipt by the instrument node a network information message identifying one or more properties of the another wireless mesh network. In response to receiving the network information message, the instrument node joins the another wireless mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Industrial Scientific Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa McCracken, Henry Xin
  • Patent number: 11240676
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for the convergence of IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, and services associated with security and safety) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed is an analysis method and apparatus for performing an analysis procedure for network design at an improved speed while maintaining accuracy and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungmin Park, Byungchul Kim, Youngju Lee, Dongkyu Choi, Junghwan Choi, Seungku Han
  • Patent number: 11233624
    Abstract: A method, a communication device, a computer program, and a computer program product for cyclic time-slotted operation in a wireless industrial network. The communication device includes a memory having a first memory area and a second memory area. The method includes running an application software at application layer. The application software is associated with a first pointer. The method includes operating a communication hardware at physical layer. The communication hardware is associated with a second pointer. The first pointer and the second pointer in a given timeslot point at a respective different one of the memory areas, such that in the given timeslot the application software is enabled to access one of the memory areas and the communication hardware is enabled to access the other of the memory areas. The method includes swapping the pointers to the memory areas at the end of each cycle of the cyclic time-slotted operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Zhibo Pang, Roger Jansson, Michele Luvisotto
  • Patent number: 11212662
    Abstract: A method for operating a mobile radio network includes: providing, by a network management entity, a first logic subnetwork of the mobile radio network to enable a mobile communication device with a subscription for the mobile radio network to communicate via the first logic subnetwork of the mobile radio network; and providing, by the network management entity, a second logic subnetwork of the mobile radio network to enable a roaming mobile communication device with a subscription for another mobile radio network to communicate via the second logic subnetwork of the mobile radio network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Uwe Michel, Joerg Rass, Walter Kerndlmaier, Uwe Janssen
  • Patent number: 11212262
    Abstract: Network access is provided to a networking device. In one approach, a method includes: obtaining, by a gateway, access rules for a networking device; providing, by the gateway, one or more dedicated networking tunnels between the gateway and respective remote gateways to one or more respective network segments, wherein the networking device is authorized to access the one or more network segments by the access rules; and routing, by the gateway, networking packets from the networking device based on source address information in the networking packets to the one or more dedicated networking tunnels, and based on destination address information in the networking packets, routing the networking packets to a selection of the one or more dedicated networking tunnels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Cyxtera Cybersecurity, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Glazemakers, Gokhan Berberoglu, Kosmas Valianos, Per Johan Allansson, Hoang Long Nguyen, Thomas Bruno Emmanuel Cellerier, Aitor Perez Iturri, Harish Dinne, Salvatore Tomaselli
  • Patent number: 11206629
    Abstract: A method performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF), the method comprising receiving, from a User Equipment (UE), a first message including capability information related to a periodic registration timer, setting a periodic registration timer indication based on the capability information, and transmitting, to the UE, a second message including the periodic registration timer indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sunghoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11206612
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provides a wireless communication and device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a network type and/or network identity of a target network, the network type and/or network identity of the target network indicating whether the target network is a local network or a public land network, or indicating a local network type or local network identity of the target network as the local network; and performing, by the terminal device, communication through the target network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11202209
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for the convergence of IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, and services associated with security and safety) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed is an analysis method and apparatus for performing an analysis procedure for network design at an improved speed while maintaining accuracy and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungmin Park, Byungchul Kim, Youngju Lee, Dongkyu Choi, Junghwan Choi, Seungku Han
  • Patent number: 11202299
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for radio resource management measurement. The method includes: sending, by a network device, measurement configuration information to a terminal device, the measurement configuration information comprising measurement mode information and/or report mode information, the measurement mode information being configured to indicate a target measurement mode in which the terminal device performs a RRM measurement based on at least one of a plurality of synchronization signal blocks transmitted in a target broadband component carrier, and the report mode information being configured to indicate a target report mode in which the terminal device reports a measurement result obtained by performing the RRM measurement based on the at least one of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11197169
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an operating device connected to at least one base station in a wireless communication system comprises at least one transmitter-receiver and at least one processor connected to the at least one transmitter-receiver, wherein the at least one processor can determine a coverage formed by beams of the at least one base station and change a beam operation configuration for the at least one base station when the number of beams, which can be provided to a terminal, is greater than or equal to a threshold value or another terminal is positioned outside the coverage. This study was conducted with the support of the “Cross-Ministry Giga KOREA Project” by the government (Ministry of Science, Technology and Information) in 2017 (No.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanghyun Chang, Sungrok Yoon
  • Patent number: 11184441
    Abstract: An intermediate device, an IoT terminal and a method of the IoT terminal accessing the IoT platform are disclosed. The method comprises: acquiring feature information of at least one of the IoT terminal or the intermediate device; determining whether the acquired feature information satisfies a preset condition; deciding, according to the determination, whether the IoT terminal accesses the IoT platform through the intermediate device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junjie Zhao
  • Patent number: 11166210
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for user equipment (UE) camping in a virtual cell. A UE may camp in a virtual cell and may be in an idle mode or an inactive mode in the virtual cell. The UE may transition out of the idle or inactive mode and switch from camping in the virtual cell to connecting to a physical cell encompassed by the virtual cell through reselection, redirection, and handover procedures. The virtual cell may include a central unit and multiple distributed units, which may be configured in various physical implementations. Additionally, the virtual cell may be limited to broadcast only or selective unicast signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorproated
    Inventors: Xipeng Zhu, Xiaoxia Zhang, Tom Chin
  • Patent number: 11166145
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for controlling emergency calling. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes receiving, at a user equipment, an indication for controlling whether the user equipment makes an emergency call over a fifth generation radio access technology or over another radio access technology as a fallback; and making, by the user equipment, the emergency call based on the received indication. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Devaki Chandramouli, Laurent Thiebaut, Miikka Poikselkä, Sankaran Chithur Balasubramaniam, Curt Wong
  • Patent number: 11160138
    Abstract: A user device UE for a wireless communication with a plurality of wireless network elements includes a plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas are configured to form a plurality of spatial or directional beams. The user device is configured to provide simultaneously a plurality of independent wireless communication links using the plurality of spatial or directional beams, wherein the user device is configured to provide a first wireless communication link with a first wireless network element using a first spatial or directional beam and to provide a second wireless communication link with a second wireless network element using a second antenna beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Thomas Wirth, Lars Thiele, Martin Kurras, Marcus Grossmann, Marco Breiling, Junyoung Nam
  • Patent number: 11159952
    Abstract: Disclosed is research carried out by receiving support from the “Cross-Ministry Giga KOREA Project” funded by the government (Ministry of Science and ICT) in 2017 (No. GK17N0100, millimeter wave 5G mobile communication system development). Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed are an analysis method and device for improving the accuracy and the reliability of a network design result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minsung Cho, Donghyuck Park, Sungbum Park, Sungrok Yoon, Sanghyun Chang, Sungkyu Jung
  • Patent number: 11160049
    Abstract: This application discloses a communications method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a radio access network (RAN) node, a first message from an access and mobility management function (AMF) node, where the first message includes specified area related information of a terminal device, and the specified area related information is used to indicate a specified area of the terminal device; and when the RAN node determines, based on the specified area related information and first location information of the terminal device, that the terminal device moves out of the specified area, sending, by the RAN node, the first location information or first indication information to the AMF node or an SMF node, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device already moves out of the specified area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng Li, Jiangwei Ying, Yanmei Yang, Zhenglei Huang