Patents Examined by Minh Trang T Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11296844
    Abstract: A method of allocating reference signals for determining radio link quality, in a source node, the method triggering or comprising the steps of: Transmitting to a candidate node information about at least one reference signal allocated for transmission in at least one beam controlled by the source node and/or information about one or more reference signals eligible to be allocated for a transmission in at least one beam controlled by the candidate node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Håkan Axelsson, Mehdi Amirijoo, Stefan Engström, Paul Stjernholm
  • Patent number: 11290156
    Abstract: Disclosed are a communications method and device. The method includes: sending, by a network device, configuration information to a terminal device; determining, by the terminal device, channel state information CSI measurement behavior and/or CSI feedback related information, where the channel state information CSI measurement behavior and/or the CSI feedback related information are/is related to the configuration information; and performing, by the terminal device, CSI measurement based on the configuration information and the CSI measurement behavior and/or the CSI feedback related information, to obtain at least one piece of CSI, and sending all or some of the at least one piece of CSI to the network device. It can be learned that, in a scenario in which a plurality of transmission modes are supported, according to the foregoing method, the terminal device can measure CSI, and feed back the measured CSI to the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ting Wang, Jinyao Liang, Shengyue Dou, Yuanjie Li, Yan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11284231
    Abstract: This wireless sensor system includes: one or a plurality of wireless terminal devices each configured to transmit data including sensor information indicating a result of measurement by a sensor; a management device; and a plurality of relay devices configured to relay the data received from the wireless terminal devices, to the management device or another relay device. Each of the relay devices transmits, to the management device, communication state information from one or a plurality of the wireless terminal devices to the relay device. On the basis of the communication state information received from each relay device, the management device transmits, to a relay device as a target, relay permissibility information that enables discernment, for each target terminal which is one or a plurality of the wireless terminal devices, as to whether or not relay by the relay device of the data from the target terminal is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 11265069
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a method, and a storage medium for a wireless communication system. Various embodiments are described with respect to beam pair link. In one embodiment, the electronic device used at the base station side in the wireless communication system may comprise a processing circuitry configured to monitor status of an uplink signal; determine it necessary to adjust a first uplink beam pair link (BPL) based on the status of the uplink signal, wherein the first uplink BPL comprises a first transmitting beam at a terminal device side and a first receiving beam at the BS side; and perform operations in order to adjust the first uplink BPL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jianfei Cao
  • Patent number: 11258724
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and related devices for domain name bandwidth adjustment. The method includes: receiving domain name bandwidth information reported by each on-site bandwidth management server and based on the domain name bandwidth information, determining a target domain name having the domain name bandwidth exceeding a specified bandwidth threshold; determining a to-be-adjusted bandwidth corresponding to the target domain name, and allocating the to-be-adjusted bandwidth among a plurality of sites; determining a bandwidth control threshold of the target domain name for the corresponding site; and generating a flow control instruction containing the bandwidth control threshold, and sending the generated flow control instruction to the on-site bandwidth management server at the corresponding site, where the on-site bandwidth management server adjusts the domain name bandwidth of the target domain name in each node server at the site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: WANGSU SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaochuan Zhuang, Hong Chen
  • Patent number: 11252784
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cholseo Park, Raegyoung Noh, Kyungtak Hur
  • Patent number: 11251850
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinated beamforming in a wireless mesh network, are disclosed. One system includes a network that includes a plurality of nodes connected through wireless links, and a controller. The wireless links including aggressor links and victim links wherein the aggressor links interfere with the victim links. The controller is operative to identify the aggressor links and the victim links of a group of nodes of the plurality of nodes, coordinate beam scans of aggressor transmitter nodes associated with the aggressor links, coordinate reception of one or more victim receive nodes associated with the victim links, characterize or receive characterizations of measured interference at the one or more victim receive nodes during the coordinated beam scans, and select beamforming coefficients for the aggressor transmitter nodes based at least on the characterizations of the measured interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Dunn, Krishna Gomadam, Djordje Tujkovic
  • Patent number: 11249181
    Abstract: A system for keyless entry applications using beamforming transmission in a millimeter wave spectrum in an environment. A memory with data including values indicative of link attributes associated with beam signal measurements with states of devices and states of environments. The states of the devices for each device including types of user behavior, locations and poses in each environment. Control circuitry performs beam training with a target device associated with at least one keyless entry application in the environment to measure beam signal values and environmental responses for different beams transmitted over the different beam angles. Selects, in response to the beam training, at least one dominant angle for a beamforming communication with the target device. Estimates, a state of the target device associated with the at least one keyless entry application or a state of the environment, corresponding to environmental responses for different beams estimated during the beam training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Koike-Akino, Pu Wang, Milutin Pajovic, Philip Orlik
  • Patent number: 11246158
    Abstract: A method that carries out uplink multiple access while reducing complexity in processing accompanying exchange of control information. A terminal device that performs uplink multiple access communication includes a reception unit that receives a frame including first uplink multiple access information, and a transmission unit that transmits a frame including second uplink multiple access information based on the frame including the first uplink multiple access information, and further, after standby of a predetermined period, initiates the uplink multiple access communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoki Yoshimura, Hiromichi Tomeba, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11234287
    Abstract: A system and method provide for receiving, at a radio access network (RAN), a radio resource connection (RRC) connection request from user equipment (UE) in a disconnected/idle state; allocating signaling radio bearer (SRB) resources to the UE; sending an initial UE message to a core network; receiving an initial context set-up from the core network; establishing an RRC session with the UE in an RRC connected state; storing the context information; detecting inactivity in the RRC session while the UE is in the RRC connected state; suspending the RRC session and transitioning the UE device from the RRC connected state to an RRC inactive state based on the inactivity; determining a congested/overloaded state in the RAN; receiving an RRC resume request from the UE; and determining, using the stored context information, whether the UE is to be granted prioritized access to the RAN and transitioned to the RRC connected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Amir Saghir, Frank Jager
  • Patent number: 11233587
    Abstract: A method for a terminal to receive information for measuring self-interference may comprise: a step of receiving, from a base station, RS configuration information including information on an RS for measuring self-interference; a step of measuring self-interference on the basis of the RS configuration information by using the RS for measuring self-interference; and a step of reporting, to the base station, information on the measurement result of the self-interference. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dongkyu Kim, Sangrim Lee
  • Patent number: 11234161
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a network slice usage service is provided. The network slice usage service may allow a network device to obtain a network slice usage value of a network slice. The network device may be implemented as a network data analytics function (NWDAF). The network slice usage value may be provided by an access and mobility management function (AMF). The network device may calculate a network slice load value based on the network slice usage value. The network device may also provide the network slice load value to other network devices of a core network, such as a network slice selection function (NSSF) and/or a policy control function (PCF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Suzann Hua, Ye Huang, Jude M. Munn, Parry Cornell Booker, Miguel A. Carames
  • Patent number: 11228917
    Abstract: A radio device (10) controls a first uplink radio transmission on a first carrier (33) from an unlicensed frequency spectrum on the basis of a first access scheme. Further, the radio device (10) controls a second uplink radio transmission on a second carrier (34) from the unlicensed frequency spectrum. The latter is accomplished on the basis of a second access scheme which is different from the first access scheme. Further, the radio device (10) coordinates the first uplink radio transmission and the second uplink radio transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Reem Karaki, Amitav Mukherjee
  • Patent number: 11229076
    Abstract: Facilitating geo-distributed dynamic network system for ubiquitous access to multiple private networks in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise establishing, by a system comprising a processor, a first communication link between a first network device and group of devices connected via a private network connection. The method also can comprise establishing, by the system, a second communication link between the first network device and a second network device. The second network device can be included in a group of network devices associated with a communication network provider. Further, the second network device can facilitate communication with a communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Hwang, Varun Gupta, Shu Shi, Christopher Rath, Rittwik Jana
  • Patent number: 11218902
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for configuring a QoS flow in a mobile communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Hyungho Lee, Kisuk Kweon, Sangjun Moon, Jungshin Park, Beomsik Bae, Jicheol Lee
  • Patent number: 11212025
    Abstract: [Object] Provided is a mechanism for enhancing resistance against an interference that possibly occur due to non-orthogonality of a resource in a communication system holding communication with a mixture of a plurality of communication parameter sets. [Solving Means] A transmitting apparatus holding communication using a plurality of communication parameter sets in a unit resource, and including a processing section that transmits a data signal and a reference signal generated using the parameter sets different between the data signal and the reference signal to a receiving apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Kimura, Hiroki Matsuda, Naoki Kusashima, Yifu Tang, Yukitoshi Sanada
  • Patent number: 11201649
    Abstract: In order to prospectively avoid communication failures or reduction in throughput of each user terminal, thereby improving users' satisfaction with communication service, a base station is configured to control wireless communication with a terminal device by using any of multiple transmission beams formed by the base station or those formed by another base station and includes a wireless communication device and a controller configured to acquire correction information used for correcting a measurement value for evaluating reception status of each transmission beam and cause the wireless communication device to transmit the correction information to the user terminal so as to thereby promote the user terminal to use, or inhibit the user terminal from using a specific transmission beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Shimizu, Maho Takita, Hiroaki Asano, Hideki Shingu
  • Patent number: 11201661
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for beam failure recovery in a wireless communications system. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) detects a beam failure of a first downlink beam received at the UE from a base station, wherein the first downlink beam is a primary downlink beam for a first cell supported by the base station, sends, to the base station, on a supplementary uplink (SUL) beam, a message including an indication of the beam failure and an identification of a second downlink beam to replace the first downlink beam as the primary downlink beam for the first cell, and, based on the base station configuring the second downlink beam as the primary downlink beam for the first cell, establishes an uplink beam for the first cell based on properties of the second downlink beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kiran Venugopal, Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Jung Ho Ryu, Tianyang Bai, Tao Luo, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11201666
    Abstract: Disclosed is a communication method of a satellite and a ground station and apparatuses performing the same. The communication method includes transmitting a plurality of frames to a satellite based on a beam hopping time plan (BHTP) of the satellite and a ground station and synchronizing the BHTP based on an index of a frame received through a beam switching window (BSW) allocated to the ground station among the plurality of frames, and an identification value indicating at least one sub-frame included in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Pansoo Kim, Deock Gil Oh, Joon Gyu Ryu
  • Patent number: 11197339
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive (or a base station may transmit) information identifying a selected configuration for a discontinuous reception (DRX) wakeup signal (WUS) for the user equipment, wherein the selected configuration is one of a plurality of configurations; and selectively monitor a wakeup signal resource according to the selected configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wooseok Nam, Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Tao Luo, Juergen Cezanne, Junyi Li