Patents Examined by Raymond S Dean
  • Patent number: 11522603
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, computer-readable mediums for storing software, and systems for dynamic geographical spectrum sharing (DGSS) by Earth exploration satellite services (EESS) are described herein. Using DGSS mechanisms described herein, electromagnetic spectrum may be shared by sensors onboard Earth exploration satellites and wireless networks, such as 5G networks. The DGSS mechanisms may include mechanisms for determining an instantaneous field of view (IFOV) and mechanisms for modifying transmission characteristics while network antennas and power radiated by such antennas are within a window encompassing the IFOV. For example, when the IFOV of a satellite sensor for measuring atmospheric water includes a 5G antenna, the power of the 5G antenna may be reduced, the 5G antenna may be prevented from utilizing a segment of the electromagnetic spectrum, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Elliot Eichen
  • Patent number: 11510157
    Abstract: Transmission thresholds for IEEE 802.11ax Spatial Reuse (SR) opportunities are set adaptively. A group retry rate is defined and used to quantify the level of interference in a Spatial Reuse Group (SRG). Access points in the SRG update their OBSS-PDmax thresholds so as to keep the group retry rate value acceptably low. Access points transmit during an SR opportunity subject to the constraints imposed by the updated OBSS-PDmax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Preyas Hathi, Nadeem Akhtar, Jatin J Parekh
  • Patent number: 11510149
    Abstract: A user equipment that supports a first set of beams accumulates transmit power control (TPC) commands to generate an accumulated correction factor during communication between the user equipment and a base station that supports a second set of beams. The user equipment is configured to use a first subset of the first set of beams during the communication and the base station is configured to use a second subset of the second set of beams during the communication. The user equipment detects a change in the first subset or the second subset. The user equipment resets the accumulated correction factor in response to detecting the change. In some cases, the user equipment generates a plurality of correction factors for a corresponding plurality of closed-loop processes. The user equipment resets some or all of the plurality of correction factors in response to detecting the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Dan Park, Yuantao Zhang, Yi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11503550
    Abstract: An information transmission method and apparatus for a mobile terminal is provided. A method comprises: determining an uplink transmit power of the mobile terminal; and sending, in response to that the uplink transmit power falls within a preset range, to at least one forwarding node, indication information for instructing to forward measured data of the mobile terminal. According to the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application, forwarding of measured data is triggered according to an uplink transmit power of a mobile terminal, so as to facilitate reducing signaling overheads and delay caused by unnecessary forwarding, thereby improving the forwarding efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING ZHIGU RUI TUO TECH CO., LTD
    Inventor: Na Wei
  • Patent number: 11496968
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a UE may transmit a first repetition of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communication using a first set of values for a set of uplink power control (ULPC) parameters; and transmit a second repetition of the PUSCH communication using a second set of values for the set of ULPC parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun
  • Patent number: 11488046
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for supporting estimation of inter-satellite link acquisition times in a satellite constellation. The method includes computing or generating an indication of a statistical model based on observations for prior link acquisition times. The method further includes communicating an indication such as a statistical model for link acquisition times or related parameters through a communication network, or a combination thereof. The indication may be communicated using one or more transmission techniques or protocols, such as flooding, a link state protocol or gossip protocol. Based on the disseminated indication, future link acquisition times can be predicted by satellites in the satellite constellation. Embodiments of the invention use a statistical-based computation approach, such as regression modelling or random variable modelling, to estimate link acquisition times or associated estimation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: William Carson McCormick
  • Patent number: 11489585
    Abstract: A satellite system uses cloud computing virtualized gateways, radio transport protocol and on-ground beamforming to improve wireless communication. A digitized ground based subsystem for use with the satellite system can be employed in transmitting an optical feeder uplink beam to a communications platform that includes a multiple element antenna array. The ground based subsystem is configured to receive the optical feeder uplink beam and, in dependence thereon, use the multiple element antenna feed array to produce and transmit a plurality of RF service downlink beams to a single or plurality of service terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Alasdair Bruce Calder, Michael E. Spytek
  • Patent number: 11476969
    Abstract: A distributed transmit platform deception network array system includes a plurality of platforms; each platform comprising at least one transmitter; wherein the platforms are in a geographically distributed configuration with respect to each other and at least one victim receiver; a propagating wavefront is generated by the transmitters of the plurality of platforms toward the at least one victim receiver according to deception target characteristics for each identified victim receiver; whereby the propagating wavefront is controlled, and a false location is determined by the victim receiver, Whereby detection of a deception at alternate receiver locations is minimized by selection of characteristics of the transmitted waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Tranquilli, Jr., Joshua D. Niedzwiecki
  • Patent number: 11463158
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling satellites are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain a request for image data. The request can be associated with a priority for acquiring the image data. The computing system can determine an availability of a plurality of satellites to acquire the image data based at least in part on the request. The computing system can select from among a plurality of communication pathways to transmit an image acquisition command to a satellite based at least in part on the request priority. The plurality of communication pathways can include a communication pathway via which the image acquisition command is indirectly communicated to the satellite via a geostationary satellite. The computing system can send the image acquisition command to the selected satellite via the selected communication pathway. Data from the satellite can be relayed to ground-based stations via one or more relay satellites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: PLANET LABS PBC
    Inventor: Kiruthika Devaraj
  • Patent number: 11463972
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for S-SSB transmission are provided. In an aspect, an S-SSS symbol is followed by a gap symbol. In another aspect, a first PSBCH symbol is followed by an S-SSS symbol. In a further aspect, the same MPR is used for the entire S-SSB, thus reducing/mitigating transient periods. For example, the S-SSS symbols in the S-SSB may be selected from a set of sequences having the same MPR as the S-PSS symbols. Alternatively, the MPR of the entire S-SSB may be selected based on a sequence ID of an S-SSS. In an aspect, additional symbols may be configured in the S-SSB to compensate for power reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arjun Bharadwaj, Kapil Gulati, Shuanshuan Wu, Tien Viet Nguyen, Sudhir Kumar Baghel
  • Patent number: 11457415
    Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses for efficiently multiplexing one or more UL data transmission resource(s) between UEs with different latency requirements or efficiently controlling power of one or more UL data transmission resource(s) between UEs with different latency requirements, in the NR. The method of the UE for controlling transmission power of UP data channel may include applying predetermined power control, which is different from another, for transmitting an UL data channel and transmitting the UL data channel based on the applied predetermined power control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyujin Park
  • Patent number: 11452052
    Abstract: Disclosed are a power control method, a first communication node and a second communication node. The power control method includes: configuring, by a first communication node, an association between a power control parameter and reference signal information; and configuring or indicating, by the first communication node, a reference signal of a transmission for a second communication node, so that the second communication node determines a power control parameter of the transmission according to the reference signal of the transmission and the association.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ke Yao, Bo Gao, Chuangxin Jiang, Zhaohua Lu
  • Patent number: 11445454
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises: determining, by a constrained network device in a low power and lossy network (LLN), a self-estimated density value of neighboring LLN devices based on wirelessly receiving an identified number of beacon message transmissions within an identified time interval from neighboring transmitting LLN devices in the LLN; setting, by the constrained network device, a first wireless transmit power value based on the self-estimated density value; and transmitting a beacon message at the first wireless transmit power value, the beacon message specifying the self-estimated density value, a corresponding trust metric for the self-estimated density value, and the first wireless transmit power value used by the constrained network device for transmitting the beacon message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Pascal Thubert, Robert Edgar Barton, Jerome Henry, Eric Michel Levy-Abegnoli
  • Patent number: 11432243
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a wireless communications method and device, to perform appropriate power control on an SRS. The method includes: determining a closed-loop power control parameter for a sounding reference signal SRS resource group according to a first uplink signal or a first downlink signal corresponding to the SRS resource group; determining a target transmit power for the SRS resource group according to the closed-loop power control parameter; and sending an SRS to a network device on an SRS resource in the SRS resource group according to the target transmit power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhong Chen, Zhihua Shi
  • Patent number: 11432248
    Abstract: Determining maximum transmit power by a local node. A method includes identifying one-hop neighbor nodes of the local node in the mesh network. One or more threshold maximum changes in interference caused by the local node increasing its transmit power for each of the one-hop neighbor nodes of the local node are identified. A plurality of power change values are identified. Each power change value in the plurality of power change values corresponds to a power change at the local node that would cause one of the threshold maximum changes in interference to occur at a corresponding one-hop neighbor node of the local node. A lowest power change value from among the plurality of power change values is identified. As a result, power transmitted by the local node is increased, while limiting an increase in power transmitted by the local node to no more than the lowest power change value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Brent A. Kenney, James E. Hawker, Brian J. Thorp, Matthew J. Reimann, Patrick L. Newbold
  • Patent number: 11432249
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a radio that generates a first maximum power based on a radio-frequency exposure (RFE) budget. The radio may transmit signals subject to the first maximum power during a subperiod of an averaging period and may generate an instantaneous RFE metric value based on an antenna coefficient and the conducted transmit power of the antenna during the subperiod. The radio may generate a consumed RFE value by averaging the instantaneous RFE metric value with previous instantaneous RFE values from the averaging period, may generate a remaining budget based on the consumed RFE value, may generate a second maximum transmit power based on the remaining budget, and may transmit signals during a subsequent subperiod subject to the second maximum power. Time-averaging the RFE metric may serve to optimize performance of the radio relative to scenarios where the radio performs time-averaging of conducted TX power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sharad Sambhwani, Digvijay A. Jadhav, Dirk Nickisch, Gil Katzir, Laxminarayana Pillutla
  • Patent number: 11428806
    Abstract: A communications system includes cellular devices and cellular base stations in communication with the cellular devices in a first frequency band. A non-geostationary satellite may include sensing circuitry operable in a second frequency band susceptible to interference from the first frequency band. Each cellular base station may include a controller and a transceiver cooperating therewith. The controller may be configured to store satellite path data for the non-geostationary satellite, determine when the satellite path data indicates interference would otherwise be experienced by the non-geostationary satellite, and implement an interference mitigation action in cooperation with associated cellular devices based upon the satellite path data indicating interference would otherwise be experienced by the non-geostationary satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Allan M. Weiner, Brian J. Haman, Jahmar P. Ignacio
  • Patent number: 11424819
    Abstract: A data broadcast method includes obtaining, by a satellite base station, a plurality of pieces of data that are to be broadcast. The plurality of pieces of data are a same type of data including compensation values of Doppler frequency shifts, change rates of Doppler frequency shifts, transmission delays, change rates of transmission delays, timing advances TAs, change rates of TAs, or angles of a plurality of beams that respectively correspond to a plurality of beams generated by the satellite base station. The satellite base station determines reference data and a difference between each piece of data in the plurality of pieces of data and the reference data. The satellite base station sends first indication information and a plurality of pieces of second indication information to a terminal device. The first indication information indicates the reference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hejia Luo, Ying Chen, Jie Sheng, Rong Li
  • Patent number: 11418927
    Abstract: A dual radio PTT system includes two PTT buttons that are located on two separate elements, such as small boxes, that are connected by separate cables to the radio interface box. The PTT buttons, can, if desired, be physically placed (located) on the user's body at one or more locations different from the electrical interface box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Safariland, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Hoang, John Brad Medine, David Trinh Le
  • Patent number: 11412461
    Abstract: The present specification suggests a method for transmitting an uplink channel in a wireless communication system and a device supporting same. More particularly, a method for transmitting, by a terminal, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a wireless communication system, comprises the steps of: receiving a physical uplink shared channel (PDSCH) from a base station; and transmitting, to the base station, the PUCCH including hybrid automatic retransmit request (HARQ)-acknowledgment (ACK) information for the PDSCH, wherein the PDSCH includes a first PDSCH and a second PDSCH, and the transmission power of the PUCCH is determined on the basis of a priority between the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH and/or a bit configuration of the HARQ-ACK information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunho Lee, Kyuhwan Kwak, Yunjung Yi