Patents Examined by Ronald Eisner
  • Patent number: 11943024
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide beamforming scheme selection and signaling in wireless communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Rohit U. Nabar, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yakun Sun
  • Patent number: 11930444
    Abstract: A communication device electrically connecting to a vehicle including an engine performs a periodic network search to search for a predetermined network when a network currently used by the communication device is not the predetermined network. The communication device restricts performance of the periodic network search during an off period in which the power source is in an off state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tokiyasu Kamata, Kousuke Kido
  • Patent number: 11924280
    Abstract: A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a communication-protocol-agnostic vehicle control request for a vehicle, determine, based on the communication-protocol-agnostic vehicle control request, a vehicle control operation to be executed at the vehicle, identify, from among a plurality of candidate communication-protocol-specific communication links, a communication-protocol-specific communication link via which to send a vehicle control directive to the vehicle, and send the vehicle control directive to the vehicle via the identified communication-protocol-specific communication link to cause the vehicle to execute the vehicle control operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Grix, Saleh Alkirsh, Adam Salowitz, Daniel Leinbach, Michael Crimando
  • Patent number: 11924109
    Abstract: Embodiments herein may include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media, for a multi-access edge computing (MEC) system. An apparatus for MEC may include a communication interface, a local cost measurements module, and a service allocation module. The communication interface may receive, from a UE, a request for a service to be provided to the UE. The local cost measurements module may collect a set of local cost measurements for the service. The service allocation module may determine to allocate the service to a MEC host based on an allocation policy related to a cost for the MEC host to provide the service or a cost for a service provider to provide the service in view of the one or more local cost measurements. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Dario Sabella, Kilian Peter Anton Roth
  • Patent number: 11910261
    Abstract: A cellular communication apparatus includes antenna circuitry. A transceiver receives or transmits a signal using the antenna circuitry on a chosen channel of a portion of a radio spectrum. The portion of the radio spectrum is divided into one or more channels including the chosen channel each occupying a bandwidth of the portion of the radio spectrum. Control circuitry dynamically changes a configuration of the one or more channels of the radio spectrum and communication circuitry communicates the configuration of the one or more channels of the radio spectrum to one or more items of user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AIRSPAN IP HOLDCO LLC
    Inventors: Marlon Peter Persaud, Andrew Logothetis, Krzysztof Dudzinski, Venkateswarlu Katepalli, Ashvtosh Goel
  • Patent number: 11902007
    Abstract: A facility operates with respect to a configuration of one or more unmanned aerial vehicles operating as relays between on or more wireless network participant devices and one or more wireless base stations being supported directly or indirectly by a planetary surface. The facility conducts an experiment that yields quality of service results and flight duration results for each of multiple values of a UAV control parameter. The facility selects a value of the UAV control parameter that produced an advantageous tradeoff of quality of service results and flight duration results, and stores the selected value, such that the stored value of the UAV control parameter is usable to operate the UAVs of the configuration in production service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.
    Inventor: Mustafa Al Tamimi
  • Patent number: 11889491
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining anchor pairs from among a group of anchors and a first mobile device that is operating in an anchor mode, where the determining the anchor pairs is based at least in part on anchor locations, and where the anchor locations are known by the server for the group of anchors and for the first mobile device; generating a schedule for communications between the anchor pairs and one or more second mobile devices; and providing the schedule to the anchor pairs, wherein the communications between the anchor pairs and the one or more second mobile devices enables each of the one or more second mobile devices to determine its respective device position. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Red Point Positioning Corporation
    Inventors: Yaroslav Zhbankov, Alexey Liushnia
  • Patent number: 11882447
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for connecting a network component to a network, in particular a mobile communications network, with an extended network access identifier. The method involves a receiving of the extended network access identifier from the network component via a network access server, wherein the extended network access identifier comprises at least one network access restriction for connecting the network component to the network. The method also involves a receiving of a requested user access profile from a user profile server via the network access server, wherein the user access profile comprises access authorisations for connecting the network component to the network. The network component is authenticated in the network via the network access server, if the received extended network access identifier fulfills thre access authorisations of the received user access profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rainer Falk
  • Patent number: 11871436
    Abstract: An apparatus of a New Radio (NR) Node B (gNB), a method, and a storage medium. One or more processors of the apparatus are to: encode for transmission to a user equipment (UE) a message to configure the UE with a measurement gap pattern for positioning reference signal (PRS) measurements; and set a gap pattern length of a measurement gap corresponding to the measurement gap pattern depending on whether an overlap exists between a PRS to be measured and one or more other NR data scheduled to be received by the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Andrey Chervyakov, Rui Huang, Hua Li, Yi Guo, Qiming Li
  • Patent number: 11838795
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for autonomous transmission in an unlicensed band are provided. The method and apparatus comprising: a wireless device receiving a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration for first uplink transmission, wherein the SPS configuration includes information regarding an SPS window indicating a time section in which the first uplink transmission is allowed; the wireless device receiving on a DL channel downlink control information (DCI) having an uplink grant that instructs second uplink transmission, wherein the uplink grant includes a second hybrid automatic repeat request process identifier (HARQid) for the second uplink transmission; and the wireless device performing the first uplink transmission in the SPS window when it is confirmed that a wireless medium is in an idle state by performing a listen before talk (LBT) in the SPS window, wherein a first HARQid for the first uplink transmission is not the same as the second HARQid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joonkui Ahn, Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 11800431
    Abstract: Provided are an access control method, a message broadcast method, and a related device. The access control method comprises: determining access information of a terminal, the access information comprising at least one of an access category and public land mobile network (PLMN) information; receiving a first system message broadcast by a network side device, the first system message not carrying or carrying at least one set of access control parameters, each set of access control parameters of the at least one set of access control parameters being associated with at least one piece of access information; if the first system message is not carrying access control parameters, or the access information is not associated with the at least one set of access control parameters, executing a specific action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Zheng, Xiaodong Yang
  • Patent number: 11785667
    Abstract: NB-IoT offers a communication standard for IoT devices in a cellular network. Techniques for providing efficient spectrum management and timely paging of NB-IoT devices are disclosed, including specific DRX cycles for sets of devices in good coverage which require lower latency paging than provided by standard DRX cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTD.
    Inventor: Olivier Marco
  • Patent number: 11758470
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for multiple basic service set identifier (MBSSID) beaconing (from an access point (AP) standpoint) and MBSSID/virtual AP (VAP) scanning (from a client device perspective). To facilitate easier discovery of mesh APs/VAPs, BSSIDs associated with mesh VAPs can be advertised more frequently, e.g., being broadcast as a transmitted or non-transmitted BSSID in each MBSSID beacon. Additionally, information regarding mesh VAPs, such as mesh capability information, can be provided via intermediate discovery beacons or frames such that out-of-band scanning mechanisms can discover mesh VAPs faster. Additionally still, the existence of mesh VAPs can be advertised in a dedicated field of an MBSSID beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Mohd Shahnawaz Siraj, Qiang Zhou, Andre Beaudin
  • Patent number: 11736954
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to capacity planning methods and apparatus. One example method includes matching a distribution model based on a quantity of service packets in each transmission time interval within specified duration to obtain a matched first distribution model, matching a distribution model based on a length of the service packets to obtain a second distribution model, and performing bandwidth control based on the first distribution model, the second distribution model, a distribution parameter of the first distribution model, and a distribution parameter of the second distribution model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xi Peng, Bo Bai, Gong Zhang, Yu Lan, Haofeng Qi
  • Patent number: 11736218
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques for indication of a starting frequency of a control resource set (CORESET). In embodiments, two modes for determining the starting frequency are provided. An access node (e.g., next generation Node B (gNB)) may send an indication to a user equipment (UE) to indicate which mode to use (e.g., in a payload of a physical broadcast channel (PBCH)). Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daewon Lee, Yongjun Kwak, Bishwarup Mondal, Seunghee Han
  • Patent number: 11736381
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to establishment of a cognitive heterogeneous ad hoc mesh network. Participant objects transmit notification signals to inform other participant objects in line-of-sight of their position and movement. These notification signals are used by each participant to establish an ad hoc mesh network between the recipient and the sender. The participants can also utilize echoes of the notification signals to detect and estimate the position and movement of participant or non-participant objects. Participant objects can share this positional information with one another to refine the estimated position and movement of non-participant objects or to correct errors in participant-reported positioning information. The position of each other participant and non-participant object is updated based on an individualized update rate that dynamically changes based on the distance and velocity of closure between the participant and the other participant or non-participant object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: QUIXOTIC HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew David Perdew, Ryan Scott Luther
  • Patent number: 11700537
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure include, for example, identifying a primary serving cell and a secondary serving cell, wherein the primary serving cell facilitates one of attachment, re-attachment or mobility, or any combination thereof, of a mobile device in association with coordination of a wireless service between the primary serving cell, the secondary serving cell and the mobile device. A latency value associated with a message exchange is determined between the primary and secondary serving cells via a messaging interface, and compared to latency requirements, which correspond to a group of mobile service features. A mobile service feature of the group is associated with the wireless service based on the comparison. The wireless service includes a coordinated exchange of wireless signals between the primary serving cell and the mobile device and between the secondary serving cell and the mobile device based on the mobile service feature. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Hongyan Lei, Ye Chen, Zhi Cui, Cheng P Liu, Yonghui Tong
  • Patent number: 11689915
    Abstract: Systems and methods for 5G telecommunication call event timestamping to assist in debugging the flow of call events, such as during roaming, handover operations, or when user equipment (UE) accesses a different network slice. Specifically, a system for the provision of wireless telecommunication services can include a core network having a first UDR and a first UDM. The first UDM, upon receiving communication from one or more network functions, can communicate a first message to the first UDR. The first message can include a first timestamp indicating to the first UDR a first time that the first message was transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Mariyani, Rajil Malhotra, Anuj Sharma
  • Patent number: 11678216
    Abstract: A data transmission method to implement flexible switching of data transmission between different interfaces, includes: A first terminal obtains a quality of service flow identifier of the first terminal and a QoS parameter of a quality of service flow, where there is a correspondence between the quality of service flow identifier and the QoS parameter of the quality of service flow, and determines, based on the QoS parameter, a logical channel used by the quality of service flow on a PC5 interface. The first terminal maps the quality of service flow to the determined logical channel, and sends the quality of service flow to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Liu, Jun Wang, Mingzeng Dai
  • Patent number: 11671989
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for dynamically assigning a wireless communication protocol to one or more antenna elements of an antenna array. The methods can include receiving information associated with one or more user devices and, based on the received information, identifying one or more antenna elements of the antenna array, for switching between first and second wireless communication protocols. The methods can also include switching the one or more antenna elements between the first and second wireless communication protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Chaitanya Chukka, Matthew J. Masters