Patents Examined by Justin Y Lee
  • Patent number: 11871381
    Abstract: A data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving physical configuration information of a terminal sent by the terminal, in which the physical configuration information includes a memory size and/or a read-write speed of the memory; determining target radio resource configuration parameters matching the physical configuration information; and transmitting data to the terminal using the target radio resource configuration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11864044
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a communication device. The method includes: a first management device receives a communication coverage request message from a second management device, where the communication coverage request message includes at least one of the following communication parameter information: communication coverage area information and communication service requirement information; the first management device determines at least one target access network based on the communication parameter information; and the first management device sends a first configuration message to the target access network, where the first configuration message is used to indicate the target access network to provide communication coverage. This can reduce a waste of energy and resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengfeng Xu, Yanmei Yang, Ruiyue Xu
  • Patent number: 11856645
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to connect to a next generation nodeB (gNB) and further UE. The UE determines that a triggering event has occurred, wherein the triggering event is based on a set of proximity services (ProSe) path selection and switching (PSS) policies, transmits a setup or update request to a direct discovery name management function (DDNMF) of a 5G core network, receives UE-specific policies based on the set of ProSe PSS policies, and switches from one of a PC5 interface or a Uu interface to another one of the PC5 interface or the Uu interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit R. Matolia, Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Krisztian Kiss, Vijay Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11849422
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described to support security techniques for ranging in wireless networks. A first device may transmit an indication to initiate a ranging procedure with a second device, and in response to the indication, the second device may transmit signaling to the first device and to one or more third devices. The first device and the one or more third devices may each determine a respective location metric associated with the second device based on the signaling. The one or more third devices may each transmit, to the first device, the respective location metric. Based on the communicated location metric(s), the first device may determine whether an eavesdropper is present and may communicate with the second device based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Anantharaman Balasubramanian, Kapil Gulati, Shuanshuan Wu, Hong Cheng, Shailesh Patil, Gene Wesley Marsh, Sony Akkarakaran
  • Patent number: 11848879
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for providing signaling consideration for wireless positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments. For instance, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration can be transmitted by a user equipment. Based on the one or more indications, the user equipment can receive a positioning configuration that indicates disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration. In response, the user equipment can then determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yih-Hao Lin, Srinivas Yerramalli, Xiaoxia Zhang, Alexandros Manolakos, Lorenzo Ferrari, Sony Akkarakaran, Marwen Zorgui
  • Patent number: 11832211
    Abstract: In various embodiments, techniques are provided for determining and associating multiple locations with beacons, and estimating a location of an electronic device based on beacons having multiple associated locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz, Russel Jones, Joel Morrin
  • Patent number: 11832140
    Abstract: Aspects relate to technologies and techniques for migrating a radio access network (RAN) node associated with a first donor node in a communications network. The first donor node may receive, via a first communications interface, such as an F1-C or resource control (RRC) interface, cell configuration data associated with one or more cells of the RAN node activated by the first donor node. The first donor node may process the cell configuration data and transit the cell configuration data, using a second communications interface, such as an Xn or X2 interface, to a second donor node for use in migrating the RAN node from the first donor node to the second donor node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Naeem Akl, Karl Georg Hampel, Navid Abedini, Jianghong Luo, Luca Blessent, Junyi Li, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11828832
    Abstract: Presented herein are infrastructure triggering techniques for secure Ultra-Wideband (UWB) ranging. In one example, a method may include providing UWB ranging parameters to a mobile device via a first radio communication, wherein the first radio communication is a non-UWB radio communication; and triggering the mobile device to perform UWB ranging with a UWB anchor, wherein the triggering is performed using a second radio communication. In another example, a method may include, obtaining, by a mobile device, UWB ranging parameters for a geographic area; obtaining a UWB ranging instruction for the geographic area; and performing UWB ranging with a target UWB anchor based on the UWB ranging parameters and the UWB ranging instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jerome Henry, Robert Edgar Barton, Matthew Aaron Silverman
  • Patent number: 11818682
    Abstract: A terminal communicates with base stations by receiving a first beacon frame sent by a first base station, the first beacon frame including first location information representing a location of the first base station. In response to one of a determination that a distance between the first location information and second location information is greater than a first predetermined threshold or a determination that a difference between first received signal strength information and second received signal strength information is greater than a second predetermined threshold, the terminal sends first information to a network server, the first information causing the network server to select a base station that transmits downlink data to the terminal. The second location information represents a location of a second base station corresponding to a second beacon frame received before the first beacon frame is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Xiaobo Yu, Wenbing Chen
  • Patent number: 11818680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method to allow passengers and users of cruise ships to communicate with each other via group chats and texts. Through the system and method of the present invention, users will be able to locate each other, communicate with each other, arrange for rendezvous', and otherwise keep in touch, while on large cruise ship environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Chemia Denise Holland
  • Patent number: 11811462
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for utilizing network positioning protocols to perform a base station location and orientation computation procedure. An example method of determining an orientation of a base station antenna with a network server includes receiving measurement values from a base station based on uplink reference signals transmitted by a plurality of reference location devices, obtaining location information for the plurality of reference location devices, and determining the orientation of the base station antenna based on the measurement values and the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug, Mukesh Kumar, Yousong Mei
  • Patent number: 11812270
    Abstract: A pseudo base station identification method, device and mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: a mobile terminal acquiring a TAC value of a detected base station; obtaining a reference TAC value, the reference TAC value being a TAC value of a legitimate base station; comparing the TAC value of the detected base station to the reference TAC value; if a difference between the TAC value of the detected base station and the reference TAC value meets a target condition, determining that the detected base station is a pseudo base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: SHENZHEN HEYTAP TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD., GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Weiqing Li
  • Patent number: 11808870
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an OTDOA positioning technique wherein different base stations transmit different variations of the same basic PRS or other positioning signal synchronously as an SFN signal to effect an observed time shift at the UE between the different variations of the basic PRS signal or positioning signal. This added time shift resulting from the transmission of different variations by different base stations effectively spreads the corresponding channel impulses in the CIR of the SFN signal in the time domain so that the UE is better able to detect and discriminate between different instances of the positioning signal transmitted from different base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Erik Stare, Sara Modarres Razavi, Fredrik Gunnarsson
  • Patent number: 11805406
    Abstract: Examples in this application provide terminal identification methods and apparatus. One example method includes a first mobility management entity receiving a first request and sending, to an application server, a first response to the first request based on the first request. The first request is used to request to identify a first-type terminal, and the first response is used to indicate that the first-type terminal is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cuili Ge, Yanmei Yang
  • Patent number: 11800411
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to an access and mobility function (AMF), a registration request message for moving to a first public land mobile network (PLMN) from a second PLMN, receiving, from the AMF, a registration accept message including first single-network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) corresponding to the first PLMN of the AMF, determining whether second S-NSSAI associated with a protocol data unit (PDU) session established for the UE matches to the first S-NSSAI, wherein the second S-NSSAI corresponds to the second PLMN, and locally updating the PDU session based on a result of the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoyeon Lee, Sangsoo Jeong
  • Patent number: 11800520
    Abstract: A method embodiment includes receiving, by a network device, a cooperation candidate set (CCS) and determining a cooperation active set (CAS). The CCS includes a plurality of potential cooperating user equipment (CUEs) for selection to the CAS, and the plurality of potential CUEs is selected from a plurality of user equipment (UEs) in the network. The CAS is a set of CUEs selected from the CCS. A target user equipment (TUE) and the set of CUEs form a virtual multipoint transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Amine Maaref, Jianglei Ma
  • Patent number: 11792641
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing UE capability are described. A capability ID is associated with the same Radio Capability information for multiple UEs. If the capability ID is validated at a network node, the UE provides the capability ID to a RAN node, which obtains the capability information from the network node after providing the received capability ID to the RAN node. The capability ID is received in an RRC Setup Complete, Security Mode Complete or Reconfiguration Complete message. The network node, if the Radio Capability information is not available, requests and receives the Radio Capability information and associates it with the capability ID, and marks that the capability ID as not validated until a threshold number of the UEs have provided the same Radio Capability information. The capability ID is based on a UE device type, manufacturer and software version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sudeep K. Palat, Naveen Palle, Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Youn Hyoung Heo, Richard C. Burbidge
  • Patent number: 11792698
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to handling of dormant state measurement configurations and associated measurements upon inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) cell reselection. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving one or more dormant state measurement configurations from a network node of a source RAT, performing measurements while in a dormant state in accordance with at least one of the one or more dormant state measurement configurations, and performing an inter-RAT cell reselection from the source RAT to a target RAT while in the dormant state. The method further comprises, upon performing the inter-RAT cell reselection, performing one or more actions to handle dormant state measurement configurations and/or measurements performed in accordance with dormant state measurement configurations. Corresponding embodiments of a wireless device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Icaro L. J. da Silva, Patrik Rugeland, Oumer Teyeb, Jens Bergqvist, Pradeepa Ramachandra
  • Patent number: 11785530
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunication system is described that denies wireless telecommunication service to a wireless terminal in a proscribed area (e.g., prison, military installation, academic testing center, school, etc.). The system comprises an adjunct called a “service sentry.” The service sentry uses measurements of the location-dependent traits of the radio signals transmitted to, and received from, each wireless terminal in its purview to generate an estimate of the location of the wireless terminal. When the service sentry estimates that the wireless terminal has entered the proscribed area, it requests that the wireless switching center that services the proscribed area deny service to the wireless terminal. When the service sentry estimates that the wireless terminal has exited the proscribed area, it requests that the wireless switching center that services the proscribed area restore service to the wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lewis Martin, Mahesh B Patel, Aamir Abdul Sattar
  • Patent number: 11778531
    Abstract: A wireless communication network handsover a wireless User Equipment (UE) to a target communication network. A wireless access node wirelessly exchanges user data with the wireless UE and exchanges the user data with a User Plane Function (UPF). The UPF exchanges the user data with the wireless access node. An Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) identifies a handover of the wireless UE from the wireless access node to the target communication network, and in response, identifies a Gateway Identifier (GW ID) for a data GW that is physically co-located with the UPF and transfers handover signaling indicating the GW ID to the target communication network. The target communication network exchanges additional user data with the wireless UE over the data GW in response to the GW ID in the handover signaling—possibly without using a Domain Name System (DNS) to determine the GW ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Rajil Malhotra, Anuj Sharma