Patents Examined by Shripal K Khajuria
  • Patent number: 11962396
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides example satellite communication method, terminal device, and computer-readable storage medium. One example method includes receiving a first system message sent by a first satellite, where the first system message indicates a mean anomaly of the first satellite at an ephemeris reference time. A topology of a satellite network to which the first satellite belongs is determined based on the first system message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunfei Qiao, Rong Li, Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 11929822
    Abstract: A wireless communication network such as a 5G communication network can use MIMO technologies to enhance bandwidth between a wireless communications base station and one or more user equipment devices within a service area of the base station. RF signal repeaters can be utilized to provide one or more additional physical channels for communication between the MIMO base station and the MIMO user equipment. These RF signal repeaters can be regarded as increasing the MIMO channel diversity within the ambient environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Pivotal Commware, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric James Black
  • Patent number: 11930510
    Abstract: A mobile station device that receives control information having a downlink control information format and addressed by a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier on a physical downlink control channel from a base station device. The mobile station device also transmits a random access preamble using a random access channel to the base station device based on receiving the control information which provides a random access order. The downlink control information format includes a first field for downlink resource assignment. In a first case that the downlink control information form at is used for the random access order, a fixed value is set to the first field, while in a second case in which the downlink control information format is used for downlink scheduling, a first value different from the fixed value is set to the first field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MIICS & PARTNERS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Yamada, Yasuyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 11923962
    Abstract: A geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) ground station may concurrently receive at a tracking receiver both a first signal (downlink data) at a first frequency from a GEO satellite and an internally-generated calibration signal at a second frequency. Based on the calibration signal, the tracking receiver may determine a first phase value for the second frequency, then, from the first phase value, determine a second phase value associated with the first frequency based on a first phase offset between the first frequency and the second frequency according to a set of receiver calibration factors, then generate a phase correction value for signals received at the first frequency without interrupting the downlink data coming from the GEO satellite. Having accurate phasing allows the tracking receiver to report tracking errors correctly to the antenna controller and therefore allow for improved tracking performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Viasat, Inc.
    Inventor: Roy Blatt
  • Patent number: 11923959
    Abstract: An airborne short message communication method, apparatus, device and system, and a readable storage medium. In the technical solution provided in the present invention, the method comprises: an airborne short message communication device acquiring a message control command; by means of the message control command, selecting a target message type from among selectable message types and determining a sending frequency; generating a target message corresponding to the target message type; and sending the target message according to the determined sending frequency. According to the technical solution provided in the present invention, the problems of delayed communication and large consumption caused by an unchanging message type and message sending frequency can be avoided, and in an emergency state, the message type and the message sending frequency can be changed, such that an important message can be sent in a timely manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AVIONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Wu, Junkang Ma, Yongfeng Xie, Xinsheng Mao
  • Patent number: 11916653
    Abstract: This present disclosure describes techniques for relaying user plane data from a core network to a recipient device via a terrestrial core network. An orchestration controller is described that is configured to receive an indication that a terrestrial core network has received user plane data for transmission to a recipient device, detect a constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to transmit the user plane data to the recipient device, select at least a first LEO satellite to receive the user plane data, and transmit the user plane data to the first LEO satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Ahmad Arash Obaidi
  • Patent number: 11916654
    Abstract: A satellite communication system that combines the benefits of Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite systems into an MEO-LEO satellite system. The MEO-LEO system includes an LEO constellation combined with a MEO constellation where the LEO constellation may provide global coverage with broad average capacity and may support ‘hot spot’ coverage where desired. The MEO constellation may provide unique advantages including backhaul to ground in remote areas, higher traffic density for key locations, and a secure global backhaul for key customers. Data may be routed over optical inter-satellite links using Software Defined Networking concepts to provide MEO-LEO (backhaul and ground access), LEO-LEO (upstream & downstream); and (3) MEO-MEO (crosslinks & downlinks). Further, implementations described herein include secure user terminal (UT) to UT IP routing in the constellation for direct UT to UT communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Channasandra Ravishankar, Xiaoling Huang, John E. Corrigan, III
  • Patent number: 11916652
    Abstract: There is provided a satellite network for data communication, the network comprising a plurality of satellites arranged in medium Earth orbit (MEO) in a plurality of orbital planes such that a plurality of satellites are provided in each orbital plane, each satellite being operable to communicate with at least one terrestrial user terminal and comprising at least one communications antenna operable to generate a spot beam on a predetermined selected terrestrial region to enable said one or more terrestrial user terminals to receive and/or send data via the spot beam. The plurality of satellites is arranged such that the spot beams of at least two satellites are operable to cover the same terrestrial region at any one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: METHERA GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: David Robson
  • Patent number: 11902011
    Abstract: In an aspect, a satellite-based non-terrestrial network configures multiple preconfigured uplink resources (PURs) for a user equipment (UE). The PURs may be configured one PUR per beam, one PUR per cell, or one PUR for multiple cells. A serving cell of the UE and one or more cells adjacent to the serving cell may each have an associated PUR. The UE selects one of the multiple PURs and sends a transmission using the selected PUR without the UE have a connection to the network. The network sends an ACK in response to the transmission. Either the UE or the network can specify that the UE is to transmit using a first PUR and receive the ACK on a second PUR. The UE can specify when and which PUR to use in the transmission and the network can specify when and which PUR to use in the ACK.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Huilin Xu, Jing Lei, Liangping Ma, Xiao Feng Wang
  • Patent number: 11902992
    Abstract: A base station may communicate with a wireless device via a control channel group. Deactivation of a state of a control channel secondary cell, of the control channel group, may cause the wireless device to alter usage of the control channel group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 11894888
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may measure, for a first beam group of a set of beam groups associated with the UE, a first channel busy ratio (CBR) for the first beam group. The UE may receive, from a second UE, an indication of a second CBR for a second beam group associated with the second UE. The UE may transmit, to the second UE using a beam included in the first beam group, a signal using one or more transmit parameters that are based at least in part on at least one of the first CBR or the second CBR. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jung Ho Ryu, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Juan Montojo, Jing Sun, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Xiaoxia Zhang, Peter Gaal, Piyush Gupta, Xiaojie Wang, Hua Wang, Jelena Damnjanovic
  • Patent number: 11894911
    Abstract: Methods and systems for low earth orbit satellite communications, utilizing fractionated satellites and constellations with large baselines. The latter, combined with spatial multiplexing protocols, provides access to user equipment on the ground with much greater spatial resolution than hitherto possible. Methods include overcoming the problem posed by the round-trip delay of satellite links when adaptive, downlink, beamforming is attempted in Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) systems. Methods include using of uplink and downlink pilot signals which eliminate the need for controlling the physical integrity of the fractionated satellite through an electromechanical servo-control system in space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Santanu Dutta
  • Patent number: 11888805
    Abstract: A method for saving an email to an electronic storage location is disclosed. A topic identifier located in the email is used to locate a storage location on the electronic storage device for saving the email message. Emails relating to the same topics of interest may be stored in the same storage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TJ²Z Patent Licensing and Tech Transfer, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy J. Ziolkowski, Kent L. Baker
  • Patent number: 11870543
    Abstract: A radio communication system transmits data between terrestrial sites using one or more stochastically distributed orbiting satellites. The satellites and ground stations have the capability of sending and receiving data content in different radio technologies (signal formats) and over different satellite routes. Data content is assembled into packets and divided into segments and transmitted multiple times in different signal formats and/or over different routes, with each segment including error correction coding. A system node (satellite or ground station) that receives the multiple data packets applies error correction to each segment and re-assembles the data content from the separate segments in each transmission deemed to have the fewest errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: STAR MESH LLC
    Inventor: Gerald R. Schloemer
  • Patent number: 11863288
    Abstract: To meet different latency requirements a solution for a system having one or more apparatuses using a first type of relaying or a second type of relaying, the first type requiring more processing time at an apparatus than the second type, is disclosed. In the solution a type of relaying for a child apparatus is determined at least based on one or more of a latency requirement and feedback information on channel; and transmissions to or from child apparatuses are scheduled at least according to a determined type of relaying, wherein transmissions using the first type of relaying are scheduled to take place in the time domain of a transmission slot after transmissions using the second type of relaying; and transmissions to or from the child apparatus are processed according to the determined type of relaying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Keeth Saliya Jayasinghe Laddu, Laddu Praneeth Jayasinghe
  • Patent number: 11856600
    Abstract: Suggested is a novel condition for a media access control (MAC) entity in user equipment (UE) reselecting a sidelink resource in a wireless communication system. The MAC entity of the UE can reselect a sidelink resource when a configured sidelink grant does not satisfy a latency requirement according to ProSe per-packet priority (PPPP). More particularly, configuration is performed by an upper layer so that the MAC entity transmits on the basis of sensing using a resource pool; the MAC entity selects generation of a configured sidelink grant corresponding to transmission of a plurality of MAC protocol data units (PDU); and when data is available in a sidelink traffic channel (STCH) and the configured sidelink grant does not satisfy the latency requirement according to the PPPP, a sidelink resource is reselected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngdae Lee, Jaewook Lee
  • Patent number: 11838077
    Abstract: An objective problem of the invention is to provide a mechanism for improving the performance of a radio access network. According to a first aspect of the present invention, the object is achieved by a method in a first node for adapting a multi-antenna transmission to a second node over an effective channel. The first node and the second node are comprised in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of obtaining at least one symbol stream and determining a precoding matrix having a block diagonal structure. The method comprises the further steps of precoding the at least one symbol stream with the determined precoding matrix, and transmitting the at least one precoded symbol stream over the effective channel to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: George Jöngren, Bo Göransson
  • Patent number: 11831582
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a resource allocation procedure for allocating time-frequency radio resources by a scheduler in a mobile communication system. A plurality of numerology schemes are defined, each partitioning a plurality of radio resources of the mobile communication system into resource scheduling units in a different manner. A reference resource set is defined per numerology scheme, each being associated to a set of radio resources usable for being allocated according to the respective numerology scheme. The reference resource set of at least one numerology scheme overlaps with the reference resource set of at least another numerology scheme in the frequency and/or time domain. The resource allocation procedure is performed for allocating radio resources to one or more user terminals according to the numerology schemes. The resource allocation procedure is performed for each numerology scheme based on a scheduling time interval defined for the respective numerology scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Quan Kuang, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Alexander Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Sujuan Feng, Ayako Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11831346
    Abstract: Combinations of antenna types, which may include parabolic reflectors, electronically scanned arrays (ESAs), lens antennas and other directional antenna types enable a satellite ground terminal that is adaptable for use in multiple frequency bands such as C, Q, V, Ku, X and Ka bands, with satellites in various orbital configuration such as LEO, MEO, other non-GEO, and GEO, and in various user scenarios such as fixed, At the Quick Halt (ATQH), or On-the-Move (OTM). The VSAT or MVSAT of the invention does not require alteration or modification to support these multiple uses cases. As a result of this interoperability there are savings in unit cost and logistics. The system and method of the invention allow rapid reconfiguration of the ground segment of a satellite communication system to overcome loss of space segment assets, by enabling the inventive ground terminal to quickly transition to communicate with alternative satellites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PathFinder Digital, LLC
    Inventors: Roger K. McGarrahan, Justin R. Bertelsen
  • Patent number: 11817938
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for synchronizing a plurality of super frames to a beam switching time plan defining a plurality of dwell times, the beam switching time plan scheduling a switching between at least two beams which are transmitted using a high-altitude platform or a satellite, wherein each beam covers a respective service area so as to forward a respective data frame to the respective service area via the respective beam; wherein each super frame comprises a data frame to be forwarded by the satellite to the respective service area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., WORK MICROWAVE GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Rohde, Rainer Wansch, Gerhard Mocker, Achim Trutschel-Stefan