Patents Examined by Thai N. Vu
  • Patent number: 11696226
    Abstract: In various aspects, a radio communication device is described including a housing, a plurality of radiohead circuits attached to the housing, baseband circuitry connected to the plurality of radiohead circuits via a digital interface; and one or more processors configured to select one or more radiohead circuits of the plurality of radiohead circuits for communication with another radio communication device to fulfill one or more predefined selection criteria with respect to a quality of a communication with the other radio communication device using the one or more selected radiohead circuits and to control the baseband circuitry to perform communication with the other radio communication device using the one or more selected radiohead circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ehud Reshef, Ofir Degani, Roya Doostnejad, Avishay Friedman, Nevo Idan, Eytan Mann, Ashoke Ravi, Gadi Shor, Shahar Gross, Ofir Klein, Chen Kojokaro
  • Patent number: 11689993
    Abstract: In some example embodiments, there may be provided an apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: obtain information to enable selection of an access node for a non-GPP access; query a server to determine whether the country at which the access node is located requires lawful interception of communications; and select, based at least on the obtained information and/or a response to the query, the access node for the non-3GPP access. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Jennifer Liu
  • Patent number: 11671187
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed, in which the apparatus comprising circuitry configured for: estimating or determining a future communications state for each of a plurality a mobile devices K associated with a base station, the future communications state being indicative of the mobile device communicating in an uplink to a base station or in a downlink from the base station at a future time slot t or being idle and also determining a target position of at least one of the mobile devices, based at least partly on its estimated communication state, for enabling re-positioning of said at least one mobile device to the determined target position substantially at said future time slot t.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technolgies Oy
    Inventors: Karthik Upadhya, Martti Moisio, Dani Korpi, Tero Ihalainen, Mikko Uusitalo
  • Patent number: 11668806
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for receiving reference radio frequency (RF) signals for positioning estimation. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a network node, multiple resource sets for tracking (TRSs). Each TRS comprises a plurality of reference signal resources. The multiple TRSs are signals from a same antenna port or are quasi-co-located signals. The UE processes the multiple TRSs to determine positioning-related quantity(ies). The UE can estimate its position based on the positioning-related quantity(ies) and/or send the positioning-related quantity(ies) to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11659494
    Abstract: Device and methods to receive an instruction to apply a requested power back-off (PBO) for transmitting a data packet at an adjusted transmission power adapted from a current transmission power; estimate a first energy quantity for transmitting the data packet based on the adjusted transmission power and a first estimated length of time for transmitting the data packet at the adjusted transmission power; determine the second transmission power that is greater than the adjusted transmission power and estimate a second energy quantity based on the second transmission power and a second estimated length of time for transmitting the data packet at the second transmission power, where the second energy quantity is less than the first energy quantity; and apply the second PBO based on the second transmission power for transmitting the data packet instead of applying the requested PBO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gil Meyuhas
  • Patent number: 11652919
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying one or more call parameters associated with each of a number of calls received over a fixed period of time, assigning scores to each of the calls based on the one or more identified call parameters for each of the plurality of calls, assigning one or more of the calls to a scam call category based on the assigned scores, and responsive to the assigning of the one or more of the calls to a scam call category, determining whether a number of remaining calls of the calls, which are not assigned to the scam call category, have increased or decreased beyond a deviation margin of a target percentage of calls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventor: Samuel Kenton Welch
  • Patent number: 11638194
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for mobility-aware access control. A method that may be performed by a first wireless device generally includes receiving one or more signals from a second wireless device in the network, wherein the one or more signals provide an indication of a mobility state corresponding to the second wireless device; determining whether to establish a connection with the second wireless device based, at least in part, on the indication of the mobility state corresponding to the second wireless device; and taking one or more actions based on the determination. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Navid Abedini, Jianghong Luo, Karl Georg Hampel, Luca Blessent, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 11637871
    Abstract: User equipment (UE) and a network node may establish data radio bearers (DRBs) for wireless communication of user plane data. For each DRB, the UE and network node may signal static integrity protection for the user plane data during set-up of the DRB. When the DRB has static integrity protection, integrity protection is applied to the user plane data for a duration of the DRB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Suresh P. Nair
  • Patent number: 11638297
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a packet at a transmitter of the UE for transmission in a sidelink network. The UE may select one or more resources for transmission of the packet based at least in part on a reservation status of the one or more resources, wherein at least one of the one or more resources is a reserved resource that is reserved by another UE. The UE may transmit the packet using the one or more resources based at least in part on selecting the one or more resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arjun Bharadwaj, Tien Viet Nguyen, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Kapil Gulati, Shailesh Patil
  • Patent number: 11632182
    Abstract: In the method, a first device receives a mixed signal including a target signal from a target device among a plurality of second devices and an interfering signal from the plurality of second devices. The first device determines a distribution characteristic of an amplitude of the mixed signal within an amplitude variation range, the distribution characteristic being associated with the target device and an interfering device generating the interfering signal. The first device determines the interfering device from the plurality of second devices based on the distribution characteristic. An interfering device in a communication system may be detected in real-time and accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Chenhui Ye, Xiaofeng Hu, Kaibin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11611849
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for path management. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, path management system may be configured to perform a series of operations for real time path analysis. The embodiments may determine a user location based on received location data, and then determine a user path based on a sequence of user locations. The embodiments may calculate a path map based on user locations, and then determine one or more of a user density map and a user velocity map based on the path map. The embodiments may determine regions of the user density maps and user velocity maps, and provide instructions to one or more of an environment and a user device. The embodiments may provide guidance to a user of user of the path management system, and/or instructions to change a status of a service location; or modify a product layout or fixture arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Douglas, Thomas Christopher Clarke, Deborah Nally
  • Patent number: 11606682
    Abstract: A method of operating an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) of a communications system that includes an access node (AN) configured to communicate through a wireless air interface with user equipments (UEs) and that has a Session Management Function (SMF), is provided. The method includes receiving an indication of a Max Data Radio Bearer Integrity Protection, DRB-IP, rate indicating a maximum computational capacity of the UE to process DRBs that have integrity protection during Packet Data Unit (PDU) sessions. A PDU session establishment request NAS message is received from the UE for establishing a PDU session. A PDU session create message is communicated toward the SMF. A SMF message is received that contains an indication of an allocated DRB-IP rate for DRBs that are to be integrity protected for a PDU session being established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Noamen Ben Henda, Peter Hedman, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Monica Wifvesson
  • Patent number: 11601541
    Abstract: A communication device may have multiple units for communicating through multiple channels. The communication device may also include a display for displaying various screens. The communication device may display a function settings screen for selecting a communication unit to be used for communication with an external device. The communication device may determine whether an external device is already specified. The communication device may also display a device search screen identifying one or more external devices that can communicate with a particular communication unit of the communication device. Further, the communication device may display an updated function settings screen that indicates which communication unit is set to be used for communication with an external device and that identifies which external device is to receive communications from such communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 11601908
    Abstract: A method and apparatus provides for establishing a communication connection between the network entity and the user equipment, while the user equipment has established and is maintaining an alternative communication connection with another network entity associated with a second one of the multiple networks. Flow management information is received from a shared common control element of the user equipment, which manages parallel user equipment activity including a flow of information between the user equipment and each of the multiple networks via the respective communication connections. The user equipment is communicated with in a manner which is consistent with the flow management information received from the shared common control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Prateek Basu Mallick, Joachim Löhr, Genadi Velev, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart
  • Patent number: 11582623
    Abstract: The described features generally relate to determining dynamic signal quality criteria for an installation of satellite terminals for communications in a satellite communications system. In particular, the signal quality criteria for an installation may be based on an identified position of the satellite terminal to be installed, and in some examples based on the positions and signal characteristics of neighboring satellite terminals that have already been installed. In some examples, a signal quality map may be generated for a service beam coverage area, based on predetermined transmission characteristics and/or measured transmissions from a number of satellite terminals served by a communications satellite. The generated signal quality map may then be used to determine a signal quality threshold for the installation of a satellite terminal being installed for communications in a satellite communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Viasat, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth V. Buer, Clifford K. Burdick, Ian A. Cleary, Ramanamurthy V. Darapu, David H. Irvine, Philip A. Lampe
  • Patent number: 11576147
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for transmitting paging information. The method includes: calculating, by a first communication node, a time domain position of a paging occasion (PO) of a second communication node; and transmitting, by the first communication node, paging information to the second communication node within the PO corresponding to the time domain position, where the paging information includes at least one of: paging downlink control information and a paging message, and the PO includes a group of paging resources for transmitting paging information on one or more preset beams or ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Feng Bi, Yu Ngok Li, Peng Hao
  • Patent number: 11576090
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for handling handover requests from a user device. The techniques include receiving a handover request from a user device connected to a first access network and identifying an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) serving the user device. The user device provides to the ePDG, measurement reports indicating network conditions. The techniques further include receiving the measurement report from the ePDG and determining whether a measurement in the measurement report is above a predetermined threshold. If the measurement is above the predetermined threshold, the handover request is accepted to enable the user device to connect to a second access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Adnan Rahat, Shujaur Mufti
  • Patent number: 11576101
    Abstract: Provided are method and apparatus for maintaining an air interface inactive state. The method includes: receiving an RRC uplink notification message sent by a UE, the RRC uplink notification message carrying information notifying that the UE is out of coverage of a serving cell under a source secondary node; performing, based on the RRC uplink notification message, a migration operation of a related high-level configuration of a PDU session anchored to the source secondary node by the UE, a migration target node being a target secondary node or a current master node; and sending an RRC downlink reply message to the UE after performing the migration operation of the high-level configuration, and maintaining the UE in a dual-connectivity or single-connectivity air interface inactive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li Yang, Jing Liu, Zijiang Ma
  • Patent number: 11558133
    Abstract: An environmental frequency sensing device, includes logic that performs signal strength (SS) level separation on a received band of frequencies to produce SS level separated frequencies. The logic performs frequency grouping on the SS level separated frequencies for each signal strength level to produce magnitude information for each grouping. The logic generates peak data by detecting peaks of the produced magnitude information. The logic generates an edge event indicating a signal edge based on arrival or departure of a given peak and compares, on a frequency basis, generated edges to stored fingerprint data of a signal of interest. Based on the comparison, the logic provides detected signal data indicating current use of a range of frequencies in an environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Taliver Heath, Mathew Varghese, Andrew Clegg, Karthik Yogeeswaran
  • Patent number: 11558134
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a wireless communication apparatus having memory sharing mechanism that includes a communication circuit, a memory circuit and a processing circuit. The processing circuit performs the steps outlined below. Remote wireless communication apparatuses are connected to perform channel detection and communication thereon by a communication circuit. Compressed channel state information (CSI) generated by the remote wireless communication apparatuses is received by the communication circuit. The compressed CSI is stored in the memory circuit. Raw CSI is generated according to a status of the wireless channel. When a remaining capacity of the memory circuit is not sufficient, a number of the remote wireless communication apparatuses that the communication circuit performs the channel detection thereon is decreased and the corresponding compressed CSI stored in the memory circuit is removed. The raw CSI is stored in the memory circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shau-Yu Cheng, Ting-Chen Wei, Jyun-Jhe Jheng, Chun-Kai Tseng