Patents Examined by William D. Cumming
  • Patent number: 12262431
    Abstract: During association between an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) and a non-AP MLD, the non-AP MLD indicates a first capability allocation of a first combination of affiliated stations for a first combination of enabled links on the non-AP MLD, and indicates a second capability allocation of a second combination of affiliated stations for a second combination of enabled links on the non-AP MLD. For example, the first combination of affiliated stations and the second combination of affiliated stations have different numbers of stations in the non-AP MLD, and the first combination of enabled links and the second combination of enabled links have different numbers of enabled links. Hence, during the association between the non-AP MLD and the AP MLD, capabilities of different non-AP station combinations corresponding to different enabled link combinations supported by the non-AP MLD are signaled to the AP MLD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Fang Hsu, Yongho Seok, James Chih-Shi Yee
  • Patent number: 12256331
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit or receive a go-to-sleep (GTS) indication relating to sidelink communication. The UE may enter a sleep state based at least in part on the GTS indication. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Yuchul Kim, Wanshi Chen, Karthika Paladugu
  • Patent number: 12256448
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein modify the utilized communication protocol of one or more wireless base stations and/or UE devices based on signal quality information or data rate information associated with one or more UE devices. The signal quality information or data rate information of the UE devices can be analyzed by a base station and the base station can respond to changes in signal quality or data rate of the UE devices by modifying the configuration of one or more base stations and/or UE devices from a first communication protocol to a second communication protocol quality of transmissions between the UE devices and a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Roopesh Kumar Polaganga, Deepak Nadh Tammana
  • Patent number: 12250614
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing uplink broadcast or multicast (“broadcast/multicast”) packets from a user equipment (UE) and distributing the broadcast/multicast packets to other UEs in a network. In some aspects, a UE may receive, from a base station, a downlink packet comprising broadcast or multicast (broadcast/multicast) Ethernet data for a protocol data unit (PDU) session of the UE with a data network (DN) associated with the base station, determining whether the downlink packet corresponds to an uplink packet previously transmitted to the base station by the UE, discarding the downlink packet for the PDU session based on determining that the UE previously transmitted the corresponding uplink packet comprising the broadcast/multicast Ethernet data for the PDU session to the base station, and processing the downlink packet for the PDU session based on determining that the UE did not previously transmit the corresponding uplink packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vinay Joseph, Rajat Prakash, Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, Fatih Ulupinar
  • Patent number: 12250620
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product adapt a vehicle communication network range based on an awareness of vehicle speed. The method includes identifying a plurality of devices within a recommended range of a vehicle. The method also includes obtaining a current driving environment from the plurality of devices. In addition, the method includes calculating a required range for a communications network based on the current driving environment and determining required devices within the required range. Lastly, the method includes dynamically creating the communications network when the required range is greater than the recommended range, where the communications network includes the vehicle, the plurality of devices within the recommended range and the required devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tushar Agrawal, Jeremy R. Fox, Martin G. Keen, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 12238116
    Abstract: A method for managing wireless device communications includes establishing active, persistent, and repetitive communications with a wireless device operating in a coverage area of a local wireless network. In an example, the local wireless network is an overlay to a portion of a macro wireless network. The repetitive communications include placing a call to the wireless device, completing a call connection to the wireless device, sending a message to the wireless device, receiving and processing a response to the message from the wireless device, and persistently repeating a call function of the placing a call, completing a connection, sending a response, and receiving and processing the response until a specified termination event. In an example, the termination event is a power off of the wireless device. A restricted device category may change dynamically. For example, a device 20 that incorporates a camera may be classified in the restricted category in some local wireless network applications (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Tecore, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay Salkini
  • Patent number: 12238701
    Abstract: Provided are a method for a first device carrying out wireless communication, and a device supporting same. The method may comprise the steps of: determining the number of resource elements (REs) for determining a Transport Block Size (TBS) on the basis of the number of REs in a single slot and the number of REs on a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) resource in the single slot; acquiring an intermediate number associated with the TBS by multiplying the number of REs for determining the TBS, a code rate, a modulation order and the number of layers; quantizing the intermediate number; determining the TBS on the basis of the quantized intermediate number; and transmitting a sidelink (SL) to a second device on the basis of the determined TBS. Here, the number of REs for determining the TBS may be determined by excluding the number of REs on the PSCCH resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungmin Lee, Daesung Hwang
  • Patent number: 12238797
    Abstract: A multi-network access method and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: receiving a first input for a network acceleration identifier by a user, where the network acceleration identifier is an entrance for triggering the terminal device to access a network; and displaying a target interface in response to the first input, where the target interface includes at least one of a first control or a second control, where the first control is configured to trigger the terminal device to access M second wireless local area networks in a case that that a first wireless local area network is accessed, and the second control is configured to trigger the terminal device to access N mobile data networks in a case that the first wireless local area network is accessed; A data transmission speed based on a plurality of accessed networks is greater than that based on the first wireless local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mengqiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 12219637
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for channel state feedback in a non-simultaneous transmit and receive (NSTR) operation mode and the communication device thereof. The method implemented in a first communication device, the first communication device being configured with a plurality of links for communicating with a second communication device, the method including: receiving first data over a channel of a first link of the plurality of links; determining whether a channel of a second link of the plurality of links is idle in a case that no data is received over the channel of the second link and the first link and the second link belong to a non-simultaneous transmit and receive (NSTR) link pair; and transmitting a feedback frame over the channel of the first link, wherein the feedback frame includes a first field indicating whether the channel of the second link is idle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TP-LINK CORPORATION PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Junbin Chen
  • Patent number: 12207330
    Abstract: In supporting multiple connectivity services, a remote UE establishes a PC5 unicast link with a Layer-2 UE-to-Network relay UE. Furthermore, the remote UE establishes at least two connectivity services with at least two data networks over the PC5 unicast link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Lee-Chee Kuo
  • Patent number: 12207169
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a management network node may receive, from a communication network node, a plurality of non-data wireless service (NDWS) configurations. The management network node may transmit, to the communication network node, a configuration indication associated with a selected NDWS configuration of the plurality of NDWS configurations. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Punyaslok Purkayastha, Gavin Bernard Horn, Sven Fischer
  • Patent number: 12207236
    Abstract: In an aspect, a position estimation entity (e.g., UE, gNB, LMF, etc.) identifies a pool of UEs for a SL-assisted position estimation procedure of a set of target UEs. SL SRS-Ps are communicated (e.g., transmitted and measured) between the pool of UEs (e.g., for relative SL ranging). UL SRS-Ps are communicated by at least some of the UEs in the pool of UEs. The position estimation entity obtains measurement data for both the SL SRS-P and UL-SRS-P communications. The position estimation entity determines a position estimate for each UE in the set of UEs based on the measurement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Marwen Zorgui, Srinivas Yerramalli, Xiaoxia Zhang, Piyush Gupta, Rajat Prakash, Junyi Li, Xiaojie Wang, Mohammad Tarek Fahim
  • Patent number: 12200510
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first report comprising first data, obtaining a second report comprising second data, analyzing at least the first data and the second data to identify characteristics of an environment where a communication device is located, based at least in part on the characteristics, determining whether dual connectivity is appropriate for providing a communication service to the communication device, resulting in a determination of dual connectivity, and selectively enabling or disabling dual connectivity in respect of the communication device based on the determination of dual connectivity. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Hongyan Lei
  • Patent number: 12167240
    Abstract: Provided is a method for configuring a wireless connection between a mobile wireless terminal and a mobile wireless network, in which the mobile wireless network contains at least one first subnetwork, which is accessible with a credential of at least a first type, and contains at least one second subnetwork, which is accessible with a credential of at least a second type, and a first wireless connection to a first subnetwork and a second wireless connection to a second subnetwork have different wireless transmission parameters. In the event of a request for access by the mobile wireless terminal to a selected subnetwork—a predetermined credential is determined for the request for access to the selected subnetwork, the type of the predetermined credential is determined, and—at least one wireless transmission parameter is selected and activated depending on the determined type of the predetermined credential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rainer Falk
  • Patent number: 12167483
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to providing enhanced capacity for tenants in a neutral host network (NHN) via multi-connectivity such as dual connectivity or carrier aggregation. The present technology can identify, at a small cell gateway, signaling traffic passing from an access network to a respective core network of an NHN operating at mid-band frequencies and add an interface between the small cell gateway of the NHN and a base station of a tenant network operating at low-band frequencies to establish dual connectivity. Furthermore, the present technology can establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection in a primary cell residing in a macro network operating at low-band frequencies and add, at a fronthaul gateway, one or more secondary cells in a small cell network operating at mid-band frequencies to enable carrier aggregation of the one or more secondary cells with the primary cell the small cell network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Humberto Jose La Roche, John T. Chapman, Desmond Joseph O'Connor
  • Patent number: 12167499
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media described herein may have the complexity to support simultaneous communications (e.g., transmission/reception to/from) with two or more cells. Therefore, before configuring a handover, the network needs to know if these methods, systems, and storage media can support simultaneous communication with multiple cells or not. Among other things, these methods, systems, and storage media can reduce the interruption time during handovers for when these methods, systems, and storage media are capable of such simultaneous communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Hua Li, Rui Huang, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12160806
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide solutions for provisioning vehicle-to-everything (V2X) policy and parameters to a user equipment (UE). A UE may generate a registration request to register with a wireless network. The registration request may include a first indication of a V2X policy provisioning request. The UE processes a message from a policy control function (PCF) including either a current V2X policy and corresponding parameters or a second indication that the PCF does not support V2X provisioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Changhong Shan
  • Patent number: 12160807
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide solutions for provisioning vehicle-to-everything (V2X) policy and parameters to a user equipment (UE). A UE may generate a registration request to register with a wireless network. The registration request may include a first indication of a V2X policy provisioning request. The UE processes a message from a policy control function (PCF) including either a current V2X policy and corresponding parameters or a second indication that the PCF does not support V2X provisioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Changhong Shan
  • Patent number: 12160875
    Abstract: A mode switching method for a broadcast service is provided. A trigger instruction is determined when switching of a broadcast mode is to be performed. The trigger instruction is configured to instruct switching of the broadcast mode of a terminal. The trigger instruction is transmitted to an access network device to enable the access network device to transmit a switching request to a functional network element. The switching request is configured to instruct the functional network element to configure a corresponding mode parameter. The mode parameter is configured to instruct the access network device to update an execution parameter, to obtain a configuration parameter and to transmit the configuration parameter to the terminal. Switching to a corresponding broadcast mode is performed according to the configuration parameter to establish a wireless connection with the access network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yixue Lei
  • Patent number: 12160878
    Abstract: A wireless device determines sidelink configurations for sidelink communications that indicate: zone configurations for sidelink transmissions; and communication range thresholds each corresponding to a respective zone configuration of the zone configurations. The wireless device transmits, to one or more second wireless devices, sidelink control information, SCI, that indicates: a zone, of a first zone configuration of the zone configurations, indicating a geographic location of the first wireless device; and a first communication range threshold, of the first zone configuration, indicating a communication range of the sidelink transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Bing Hui, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Kai Xu, Kyungmin Park, Yunjung Yi, Hyukjin Chae