Patents Examined by Otis L Thompson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11671898
    Abstract: Methods and systems for routing data are disclosed. In one aspect, service management can be implemented on one or more computing devices located between at least one router and one or more nodes. The one or more computing devices can be a default gateway for a plurality of user devices. In another aspect, the disclosed methods and systems can use a tag in routing a data block (e.g., service data) via a predefined route. For example, a device can transmit a request for a tag to a network node for routing a data block via a predefined route. Upon receiving the request, the network node can allocate a tag and create an interface. The interface can be associated with the tag and communications between the network node and the device for routing the data block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Field
  • Patent number: 11671157
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards indicating to a receiver (e.g., a user equipment) which antenna ports are assigned for channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS). The indicator can be sent as radio resource control configuration data and/or by physical layer signaling such as in downlink control information. The receiver computes CSI based on the assigned antenna port or ports, and the reported (e.g., joint) CSI helps avoid mismatched joint CSI used for scheduling when multiple transmit and receive points (TRPs) are communicating with the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: SaiRamesh Nammi, Arunabha Ghosh, Ralf Bendlin
  • Patent number: 11671322
    Abstract: In some implementations, a first network device may receive an advertisement from a second network device. The advertisement may be associated with indicating that the second network device is configured to support a particular flex-algorithm. The first network device may identify, in the advertisement, an address of the second network device. The first network device may configure a routing table of the first network device to indicate that the second network device is capable of receiving traffic associated with the particular flex-algorithm based on the address. The first network device may perform, using the routing table, an action associated with routing the traffic associated with the particular flex-algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: William Britto Arimboor Joseph, Ronald Bonica, Shraddha Hegde, Parag Kaneriya, Rajesh Shetty Manur
  • Patent number: 11665579
    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). The present disclosure provides apparatus and method for controlling data flow in wireless communication system. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of managing a data flow in a wireless communication system comprises controlling a quality of service (QoS) flow to be transferred from a first data radio bearer (DRB) to a second DRB. Herein, the QoS flow is a flow of data carried by a DRB between a terminal and at least one network entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Himke Van Der Velde, Gert Jan Van Lieshout
  • Patent number: 11653264
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, handling header compression in scenarios with concurrent connections, such as make-before-break (MBB) handover or dual connectivity (DC) scenarios. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) can include concurrently communicating with a first base station (BS) on a connection with the first BS and with a second BS on a connection with the second BS during a handover procedure. The UE maintains a context for a header compression protocol for the connection with the first BS and the connection with the second BS. The concurrently communicating includes using the header compression protocol context for sending one or more packets, receiving one or more packets, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Karthika Paladugu, Sitaramanjaneyulu Kanamarlapudi, Ozcan Ozturk, Prasad Reddy Kadiri
  • Patent number: 11653328
    Abstract: The present invention provides a user equipment, a method executed by a user equipment, a base station, a method executed by a base station, a mobile control entity, and a method executed by a mobile control entity. The method executed by a user equipment comprises: receiving a paging message from a base station; and determining whether to perform a downlink early data transmission (EDT) preparation operation based on downlink EDT indication information when the user equipment UE initiates an RRC connection establishment procedure or an RRC connection resume procedure based on the paging message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Ningjuan Chang, Chao Luo, Renmao Liu
  • Patent number: 11647411
    Abstract: Disclosed are a beam measurement method, a terminal and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal receiving measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the measurement configuration information is used for indicating a parameter used when measuring at least one beam; the terminal measuring the at least one beam according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result; and the terminal sending the measurement result to the network device. By means of the beam measurement method in the present application, a terminal receives measurement configuration information sent by a network device and measures a beam according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a more accurate measurement result based on the beam, so that it is beneficial for the network device to configure the terminal more efficiently according to the measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Ning Yang, Hua Xu, Hai Tang, YaNan Lin
  • Patent number: 11647513
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive system information comprising first information of first time domain resource assignment for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The receiving circuitry is also configured to receive a UE-specific radio resource control (RRC) signal comprising second information of second time domain resource assignment for a PDSCH. The receiving circuitry is also configured to perform, based on a detection of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the PDSCH reception according to either the first information of the first time domain resource assignment or the second information of the second time domain resource assignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sharp Corporation
    Inventors: Kai Ying, Tatsushi Aiba, John Michael Kowalski
  • Patent number: 11646827
    Abstract: A method includes receiving initial acknowledgement resource information at a user device from a base station. The initial acknowledgement resource information is associated with a subset of acknowledgement resources. The method includes determining in dependence on the initial acknowledgement resource information which of the subset of acknowledgement resources is to be used. The user device transmits an acknowledgement on the determined resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Timo Erkki Lunttila, Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Juhani Hooli
  • Patent number: 11632693
    Abstract: Wireless communications are described for sidelink congestion control. Sidelink congestion control may be performed based on a processing capability of a wireless device and/or sidelink subcarrier spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Hyukjin Chae, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Kyungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11632210
    Abstract: A phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) may be enhanced to carry data encoded with a relative low modulation and coding scheme (MCS). A receive device may receiving a data channel, the data channel including a transport block encoded using a first MCS. The receiving device may receiving a PTRS interleaved with the data channel. The PTRS is encoded with the second MCS that is lower than the first MCS. The receiving device may decode the PTRS to determine PTRS data. The receiving device may track phase noise using the PTRS data as a transmitted sequence of the PTRS. The receiving device may decode the transport block for the data channel based on the first MCS and the tracked phase noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shay Landis, Assaf Touboul, Noam Zach, Idan Michael Horn, Daniel Paz, Ory Eger, Amit Bar-Or Tillinger, Michael Levitsky
  • Patent number: 11627028
    Abstract: A user equipment (910) is provided for use in a cellular network. The user equipment includes a transceiver (1010), a processor (1020), and a memory (1030). The user equipment (910) is configured to determine, for a data transmission, a mapping form a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) to a PNT-RS. A DMRS resulting signal is generated from a subset of DMRS for a first resource element in a subcarrier. The DMRS resulting signal is copied from the first resource element to a second resource element assigned to PNT-RS in the subcarrier. The data transmission is transmitted using the DMRS resulting signal and the PNT-RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Martin Hessler, Robert Baldemair, Lars Lindbom, Henrik Sahlin, Niclas Wiberg
  • Patent number: 11617115
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and eNB equipment for supporting seamless handover. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving, by a target eNB, random access information or an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message from a UE; transmitting, by the target eNB, a data transmission stopping indication message to a source eNB; and, stopping, by the source eNB, transmitting downlink data to the UE, and/or stopping, by the source eNB, receiving uplink data from the UE. The present invention further provides several other methods and eNB equipments for supporting seamless handover. By the methods for supporting seamless handover provided by the present invention, the delay of data transmission and the unnecessary data transmission or unnecessary data monitoring of a source eNB can be avoided, the waste of resources and the power consumption can be reduced, and the missing and duplication transmission of data can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang, Gert Jan Van Lieshout
  • Patent number: 11611663
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method of processing telephony sessions includes: communicating with an application server using an application layer protocol; processing telephony instructions with a call router; and creating call router resources accessible through a call router Application Programming Interface (API). In another embodiment, the system for processing telephony sessions includes: a call router, a URI for an application server, a telephony instruction executed by the call router, and a call router API resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11611424
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an apparatus (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) configured to operate in a full-duplex mode. The apparatus may include at least one transmit chain configured to operate within a first frequency band and at least one receive chain configured to operate within a second frequency band. The apparatus may receive coordination information that is configured to mitigate the self-interference between the at least one transmit chain of the apparatus and the at least one receive chain of the apparatus. In some examples, the received coordination information includes at least one of subcarrier spacing coordination information, beam coordination information, or slot format index coordination information. In some examples, the apparatus may transmit a first signal while receiving a second signal based on at least the subcarrier spacing coordination information, the beam coordination information, or the slot format index coordination information to mitigate self-interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Alexander Dorosenco, Robert Douglas, Jeremy Darren Dunworth, Allen Minh-Triet Tran
  • Patent number: 11611870
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) transmits, to a base station, UE capability information that corresponds to a maximum number of configured pathloss reference signals and/or a maximum number of activated pathloss reference signals. Then, the base station configures the UE for a number of configured pathloss reference signals that is less than or equal to the maximum number of configured pathloss references signals and/or activates a number of pathloss reference signals based on the UE capability information that is less than or equal to the maximum number of activated pathloss references signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Hamed Pezeshki, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11601938
    Abstract: A method includes mapping, based on a first group-hopping associated with a first time resource, a first demodulation-reference signal (DM-RS) in a first symbol in the first time resource; mapping, based on a second group-hopping associated with the first time resource and with an offset, a second DM-RS in a second symbol in the first time resource; mapping, based on a third group-hopping associated with a second time resource, a third DM-RS in a third symbol in the second time resource; mapping, based on a fourth group-hopping associated with the second time resource and with an offset, a fourth DM-RS in a fourth symbol in the second time resource; and transmitting, to a second wireless user device, the first DM-RS, the second DM-RS, the third DM-RS, and the fourth DM-RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Innovative Technology Lab Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Jun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11601247
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for sounding reference signal (SRS) switching are provided. In certain embodiments, transmit path resources of user equipment (UE) are used to reduce or eliminate the impairment of SRS upon transport capacity. Furthermore, the transmit path resources can be used for other purposes, and thus SRS switching time can be reduced by re-using transmit path resources that may be included for other purposes. The teachings herein can be used to achieve SRS switching of 0 ?s, thereby eliminating the impact of switching timing constraints for SRS symbols on transport capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Michel Yves Brunel, Laurent Noel
  • Patent number: 11589282
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and eNB equipment for supporting seamless handover. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving, by a target eNB, random access information or an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message from a UE; transmitting, by the target eNB, a data transmission stopping indication message to a source eNB; and, stopping, by the source eNB, transmitting downlink data to the UE, and/or stopping, by the source eNB, receiving uplink data from the UE. The present invention further provides several other methods and eNB equipments for supporting seamless handover. By the methods for supporting seamless handover provided by the present invention, the delay of data transmission and the unnecessary data transmission or unnecessary data monitoring of a source eNB can be avoided, the waste of resources and the power consumption can be reduced, and the missing and duplication transmission of data can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang, Gert Jan Van Lieshout
  • Patent number: 11575719
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a system and method of exchanging GRUUs (Globally Routed User Agent URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)) between a first telephony-enabled device and a second telephony enabled device using a circuit-switched message is provided. Once exchanged, the telephony enabled devices can exchange SIP (session initiated protocol) communications routed by the GRUUs. Any one of the telephony-enabled devices can add a media component to the SIP communications. According to another aspect, a system and method of generating GRUUs is provided. According to another aspect, a system and method of handing off communications to a packet switched network from a circuit switched network is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Allen, Adrian Buckley