Patents Examined by Shaima Q. Aminzay
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Patent number: 11943043Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine a transmission frequency for an uplink transmission based at least in part on a reference point for the uplink transmission, the reference point being associated with one of: a satellite that provides a cell covering the user equipment, the satellite being associated with a non-terrestrial network, or a gateway associated with the satellite; and transmit the uplink transmission based at least in part on the transmission frequency. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Xiao Feng Wang, Peter Gaal, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Jun Ma, Qiang Wu, Liangping Ma, Ayan Sengupta, Dan Zhang
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Patent number: 11917549Abstract: A wireless device receives radio resource control messages indicating: a first maximum total transmit power of a first group comprising first cell(s) of a first frequency band; and a second maximum total transmit power of a second group comprising second cell(s) of a second frequency band. A first total power for transmission of first signal(s) via the first group exceeding the first maximum total transmit power is determined. First transmission power of first signal(s) are scaled so that an updated first total power does not exceed the first maximum total transmit power. Second total power for transmission of second signal(s) via the second group exceeding the second maximum total transmit power is determined. Second transmission power of second signal(s) are scaled so that an updated second total power does not exceed the second maximum total transmit power.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ofinno, LLCInventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
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Patent number: 11910317Abstract: This application provides a signal monitoring method and an apparatus, to reduce power consumption of a terminal device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a downlink signal; and monitoring, by the terminal device, a first type of signal in the downlink signal, where the first type of signal is a signal used to indicate power consumption reduction information, the terminal device does not monitor a second type of signal when monitoring the first type of signal, and the second type of signal is a signal used to indicate data scheduling.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yifan Xue, Jian Wang, Yu Cai, Xiaocui Li
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Patent number: 11909456Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that enable a supplemental voltage to be delivered to a Remote Radio Unit (RRU) to compensate for a voltage loss that occurs between a primary Direct Current (DC) power source and the RRU. A supplemental voltage controller is described that captures current environmental metadata associated with an operation of the RRU and calculates an RRU voltage at the RRU. In doing so, the supplemental voltage controller may generate a supplemental voltage control signal that supplements the RRU with a supplemental DC voltage.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Steve Fischer
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Patent number: 11899123Abstract: An edge device includes a first antenna array and a control circuitry that senses a surrounding of the edge device to recognize a user equipment (UE) in motion as valid to receive services from the edge device. A position of the UE in motion from the edge device is tracked to execute beamforming for directing a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signal having a signal strength greater than a threshold to the UE in motion. A first portion of the first antenna array is used to sense the surrounding area and one or more second portions of the first antenna array is used for the beamforming to direct the first beam of RF signal in a defined radiation pattern. Further, the defined radiation pattern of the first beam of RF signal is dynamically updated based on a change in a position of the UE in motion.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: PELTBEAM INC.Inventors: Venkat Kalkunte, Mehdi Hatamian
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Patent number: 11889585Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums for forming a virtual user equipment (UE) group and enhancing communication using joint reception and transmission mechanisms. For example, a UE may establish sidelink channels for communications with one or more other UEs. The UE and the one or more other UEs may form a virtual UE group (also interchangeably referred to as a virtual UE) using the sidelink channels. The UE may exchange information with other UEs in the virtual UE group to enhance communications between the one or more UEs of the virtual UE group and a network entity. The information exchanged depends on at least one of a joint reception mechanism or a joint transmission mechanism used by the virtual UE group. The UE communicates with the network entity based, at least in part, on the exchanged information.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun, Mostafa Khoshnevisan
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Patent number: 11874389Abstract: An edge device includes a first antenna array that includes a first portion and one or more second portions. The edge device includes control circuitry that senses a surrounding area of the edge device by use of the first portion of the first antenna array. The control circuitry executes beamforming to direct a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signal having a signal strength greater than a threshold to a first user equipment (UE), by use of the one or more second portions of the first antenna array.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: PELTBEAM INC.Inventors: Venkat Kalkunte, Mehdi Hatamian
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Patent number: 11876577Abstract: An inductive communication unit is for use in two-way communication. The unit has a transmitter coil configured to generate a first alternating magnetic field representing first information to be transmitted, and a receiver coil configured to receive a second magnetic field representing second information to be received. The transmitter coil and the receiver coil are arranged extending in parallel in vicinity to each other and positioned overlapping each other in part to an extent that, upon exposure of the first alternating magnetic field to the receiver coil, an overlapping portion of the receiver coil induces a first current and a nonoverlapping portion of the receiver coil induces a second current, and where the first and the second currents are of same magnitude and opposite polarity.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: WPC Wireless Power and Communication ASInventors: Geir Olav Gyland, Karsten Husby
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Patent number: 11856490Abstract: A method and apparatus for creation and storage of online community groups is provided. In various implementations, digital communication data is stored representing interactions between users as part of an online community platform. In various implementations, a user of the online community platform indicates the desire to create a group comprising digital accounts which have interacted with the user as indicated by the digital communication data. In various implementations, a digital communication group is created comprising digital accounts specifically chosen by a user of an online community platform.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Nextdoor, Inc.Inventors: Tatyana Mamut, Paul Howe
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Patent number: 11849405Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for a power control of a sidelink and a downlink reference signal (RS) to measure a downlink channel from the BS, wherein the sidelink is established between the UE and another UE; receiving, from the BS, the downlink RS based on the configuration information; calculating a first pathloss for the downlink channel between the UE and the BS based on the configuration information; identifying a second pathloss for the sidelink between the UE and the other UE; and transmitting, to the other UE, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Li Guo
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Patent number: 11844024Abstract: Methods and devices including a processing circuit for a User Equipment, UE, wherein the UE includes a radio frequency, RF, receiver, wherein the processing circuit is configured to set a power switching pattern of the RF receiver for UE power saving in Discontinuous Reception, DRX, Radio Resource Control, RRC, IDLE mode based on a paging occasion, PO, and a signal block associated with the PO.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Zhibin Yu, Bertram Gunzelmann, Rui Huang
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Patent number: 11828864Abstract: An edge device includes a first antenna array that includes a first portion and one or more second portions. The edge device includes control circuitry that senses a surrounding area of the edge device by use of the first portion of the first antenna array. The control circuitry executes beamforming to direct a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signal having a signal strength greater than a threshold to a first user equipment (UE), by use of the one or more second portions of the first antenna array.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: PELTBEAM INC.Inventors: Venkat Kalkunte, Mehdi Hatamian
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Patent number: 11808872Abstract: Techniques are discussed herein for providing on-demand positioning reference signals (PRS) to user equipment (UE). An example method for determining a location of a user equipment according to the disclosure includes receiving a first assistance data associated with a first positioning reference signal configuration, transmitting a request to modify one or more parameters of the first positioning reference signal configuration, receiving a second assistance data associated with a second positioning reference signal configuration, wherein the second positioning reference signal configuration is based at least in part on the request to modify the one or more parameters of the first positioning reference signal configuration, obtaining measurements from one or more positioning reference signals based at least in part on the second assistance data, and determining the location based at least on part on measurements obtained from the one or more positioning reference signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sven Fischer, Stephen William Edge, Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran
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Patent number: 11785551Abstract: A data transmission method includes obtaining, by user equipment (UE), a maximum transmit power; determining, by the UE, a transmit power of a data channel and/or a transmit power of a control channel based on the maximum transmit power and a first parameter, where the first parameter includes at least one of the following: a bandwidth of the data channel, a bandwidth of the control channel, or a carrier type of a carrier of a first link; and sending, by the UE, the control channel and the data channel in a same subframe.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chao Li, Xingwei Zhang
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Patent number: 11778557Abstract: A device and method for communicating identifying information to a nearby portable electronic device is disclosed. A low energy electronic device comprises a transceiver operable to transmit and receive signals and a processing unit in communication with the transceiver. The processing unit, in response to being activated by user input, switches the transceiver into a one-way communication mode, wherein the transceiver transmits a generic wake-up signal comprising a generic wake-up identifier for a first time period, and transmits a user identifier signal comprising a user identifier for a second time period after the first time period as elapsed. The processing unit then switches the transceiver into a two-way communication mode after the second time period has elapsed to facilitate receipt of an incoming confirmation signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventor: Luis Marcelo Hayashi
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Patent number: 11750278Abstract: A terminal computer includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine an initial power back-off value for establishing a communication link to a satellite as a function of a distance of a location of a satellite terminal antenna within a satellite beam footprint from a specified reference point within the satellite beam footprint, and to initiate communication with the satellite based on the determined initial power back-off value.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventor: Murali Regunathan
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Patent number: 11706719Abstract: Modulating and optimizing operation parameters such as power usage of wireless networks include determining a baseline reference level for a network demand at a base station in a network during a first time interval. The transmission power of the base station corresponding to the baseline reference level is determined, and the network demand at the base station in the network is forecasted during a second time interval. A difference between the projected network demand and the baseline reference level at the second time is determined. The transmission power of the base station is adjusted by a predetermined increment during the second time interval based at least on the difference.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Peter Myron, Michael Mitchell
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Patent number: 11696236Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may transmit a set of reference signals to a first wireless node; receive information identifying a transmit power capability of the first wireless node based at least in part on transmitting the set of reference signals; and configure one or more transmission parameters for a first link with the first wireless node or a second link with a second wireless node based at least in part on the transmit power capability of the first wireless node. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Navid Abedini, Jianghong Luo, Tao Luo, Alessio Marcone
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Patent number: 11695487Abstract: Systems and methods for broadcasting wireless data via one or more retransmission schemes to increase the packet reception in a wireless system. One or more devices of the system are configured to listen for an initial data packet from a source device. Should one or more devices successfully receive the initial packet, each device that received the packet can unconditionally retransmit a copy of the payload of the initial packet such that any device that failed to receive the initial packet payload has an opportunity to receive it during the respective retransmissions. Similarly, each device of the system can send acknowledgements to the other system devices that indicate whether they received the initial packet. Should one or more of the devices successfully receive the initial packet, the devices can conditionally retransmit a copy of the missing payload when one or more devices indicates they have failed to receive it.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Casper Stork Bonde, Rasmus Abildgren, Nathan A. Blagrove, Douglas Warren Young
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Patent number: 11683824Abstract: In an embodiment, a radio resource manager device is provided. The radio resource manager device may include a receiver configured to receive an application applying for radio resources; an interference allowance determiner configured to determine whether interference of signal transmission during radio communication using radio resources is allowed; and a radio resource assigner configured to assign radio resources based on the determined interference allowance.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Markus Mueck, Christian Drewes, Wen Xu