Patents Examined by William D. Cumming
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Patent number: 11765739Abstract: In methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications, a user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink control information (DCI) block including DCI for a set of transport blocks scheduled for the UE, the DCI including a set of fields. The UE may decode the DCI block to obtain the DCI for the set of transport blocks, where at least two fields of the downlink control information are jointly decoded according to an encoding scheme, and where each possible output of the encoding scheme corresponds to a jointly valid combination of the at least two fields. The UE may receive the set of transport blocks from a base station based on the DCI.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ayan Sengupta, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Le Liu
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Patent number: 11765685Abstract: A UE may receive information associated with an MCG. The UE may train, based on at least one of the information associated with the MCG or historical information of the UE for an SCG, an ML model that indicates whether a location of the UE is within a coverage area of the SCG. The UE may communicate with a base station based on an indication of the ML model. The indication of the ML model may be indicative of whether the UE is within the coverage area of the SCG.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ming Yang, Kausik Ray Chaudhuri, Juan Montojo
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Patent number: 11758357Abstract: A target user equipment (UE), which may be a vehicle or UE carried by a pedestrian, may receive sequentially broadcast ranging signals from a set of ranging source entities (SEs), which may be road side units or other vehicles. The target UE further receives location information separately broadcast by each SEs. The location information, for example, may include the position for the SE, the time of transmission of the ranging signals transmitted by the SE and/or a sequence identifier for the SE. The target UE may determine ranges to the SEs using time of arrival measurements for the ranging signals and the time of transmissions of the ranging signals or the sequence identifier received in the location information. The position of the target UE may be determined using the determined ranges to the SEs and the positions of the SEs received in the location information.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Chang-Sik Choi, Kapil Gulati, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 11751266Abstract: A communications device for use in a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network comprising one or more other infrastructure equipment, the infrastructure equipment and other infrastructure equipment each providing wireless connectivity within at least one cell, wherein the communications device includes transmitter circuitry configured to transmit signals to the infrastructure equipment, receiver circuitry configured to receive signals from the infrastructure equipment, and controller circuitry configured to control the transmitter circuitry and the receiver circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Vivek Sharma, Brian Alexander Martin, Shinichiro Tsuda, Hideji Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 11751019Abstract: A communication apparatus and corresponding method for performing wireless communication to include controlling deliver of content for plural programs using a directional beam, and notifying a terminal apparatus of first information regarding a timing of transmitting the directional beam in each of a plurality of directions in association with second information notified commonly to one or more of the terminal apparatuses within a communication range.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroaki Takano
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Patent number: 11751043Abstract: A pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), in which a method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting, to a first base station (BS), a packet data network (PDN) connection request message, receiving, from the first BS, information on a first single-network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) selected by a combination of a packet data network gateway control plane entity (PGW-C) and a session management function (SMF) from among the UE's at least one subscribed S-NSSAI, transmitting, to a second BS, a registration request message including a requested NSSAI in which the first S-NSSAI is included, and receiving, from the second BS, a registration accept message including an allowed NSSAI in which a second S-NSSAI mapped to the first S-NSSAI is included.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hoyeon Lee, Jungshin Park, Sunghoon Kim
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Patent number: 11743733Abstract: Methods and devices enable connecting devices to cellular networks using the devices' hardware identifiers. Subscriber records include a hardware identifier assigned when the devices are manufactured. A target hardware identifier included in an attachment request is associated with an International Mobile Subscriber Identity, IMSI, available to the cellular network if, according to subscriber records, the device is registered.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Athanasios Karapantelakis, Ioannis Fikouras, Rafia Inam, Qiang Li, Leonid Mokrushin, Maxim Teslenko, Konstantinos Vandikas, Aneta Vulgarakis Feljan
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Patent number: 11716646Abstract: A network management system can monitor and process raw measurements of network functions (NFs). The NFs are coupled to one another via service based interfaces in a 5G network core (5GC) of a 5G network system (5GS). A server producer generates performance measurements corresponding to the one or more NFs based on the raw measurements. The performance measurements are used to evaluate and optimize the performance related to network services enablement, mobility tracking and reachability with a user equipment (UE) or the gNB according to an Access Mobility Function (AMF) component, a Session Management Function (SMF) component, a Policy Control Function (PCF) component, a Network Exposure Function (NEF) component, or a Network Function Repository Function (NRF) component, as well as associated performance parameters or measurements disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yizhi Yao, Joey Chou
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Patent number: 11711688Abstract: An overheating protection method for user equipment includes: sending a first signaling to a base station, the first signaling carrying indication information indicating that the user equipment has a capability of reporting a temporary capability of the user equipment; receiving a second signaling returned by the base station in response to the first signaling; and when the user equipment is overheated due to a wireless link configuration being too high, sending a third signaling for adjusting the wireless link configuration to the base station, the third signaling carrying assistance information indicating the base station to solve an overheating problem of the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wei Hong
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Patent number: 11706804Abstract: Technology-specific listen before talk (LBT) parameter adjustments are disclosed for common energy detection (ED) thresholds. Some of the technologies sharing access to the same shared communication spectrum include additional access deferral procedures. Such technologies may be configured with additional compensating features to increase the likelihood of fairness in spectrum access across all technologies sharing a common ED threshold. Such additional compensating features may include a reduced contention window size relative to the technologies that do not include such additional access deferral procedures, increased maximum channel occupancy times (COTs) for longer transmissions, and the like. Each such additional compensating feature may be available under different circumstances, such as always available or available in response to the node activating one of the additional access deferral procedures.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Yisheng Xue
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Patent number: 11700605Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) for transmitting acknowledgement information. The method comprises receiving a physical downlink control channel conveying a downlink control information (DCI) format, a physical downlink shared channel conveying one or more data transport blocks scheduled by the DCI format, and configuration information for transmission of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) conveying acknowledgement information in response to the reception of the one or more data transport blocks; and transmitting the PUCCH in time-frequency resources within a first slot. An index of the first slot is configured by the DCI format. The time-frequency resources within the first slot are configured by the DCI format through a configuration of an index of a first symbol, a number of consecutive slot symbols, and an index of a first frequency resource block.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Aris Papasakellariou
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Patent number: 11700517Abstract: A method of a service enabler architecture layer (SEAL) can include receiving a location reporting configuration at a first user equipment (UE) from a location management server of the SEAL. The location reporting configuration can indicate at least one location reporting event for triggering a first location information report from a first location management client at the first UE to the location management server. The first location information report can be transmitted to the location management server from the first location management client at the first UE in response to the at least one location reporting event occurring. The first location information report can include an identity of the first UE, an identity of the at least one location reporting event that triggers the first location information report, first location information of the first UE, and a first timestamp corresponding to the first location information of the first UE.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Shuai Zhao, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11689991Abstract: An electronic device and network scan method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a communication module connected to an antenna capable of transmitting signals to and receiving signals from a network, a memory configured to store a database including a plurality of items of network identification information and country information corresponding to each item of network identification information, and a processor configured to control the communication module to perform a first network scan with respect to a specified frequency band of a specified radio access technology (RAT), determine country information using network identification information obtained by the first network scan and the database, and perform a second network scan with respect to a RAT and a frequency band determined based at least an the determined country information.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hye Jeong Kim, Yun Gyu Bae, Sung Jin Park, Dong Suk Jung
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Patent number: 11689929Abstract: Arrangements for dynamic enterprise center access control are provided. In some examples, a user device may be detected and current location and/or user data associated with the detected device may be requested. Upon receiving the location data, a current geographic location of the user device may be determined and an enterprise center at or near the geographic location may be identified. Received user data may be analyzed to identify a user and retrieve access preferences associated with the user. Based on the access preferences, a command to lock or unlock a door (e.g., permit or disable access) to an area within the enterprise center, the enterprise center in general, or the like, may be generated and transmitted to a computing device for execution. Accordingly, the system may activate desired locking configurations based on user preferences. Upon detecting that the user is no longer at the enterprise center, a command to return to default settings may be generated, transmitted and executed.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: David Alan Stern, Lauren Elizabeth Schuler, Christopher Broome
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Patent number: 11678173Abstract: A method, performed by a device configured to perform communication with a base station, and including detecting whether an abnormality of the device occurs in response to an event signal, sending a request to the base station for permission to change a capability of the device based on the detecting that the abnormality occurs, changing the capability of the device based on a permission indication received from the base station in response to the sending the request, sending changed capability information to the base station based on the changing, and performing a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration operation based on an RRC reconfiguration message received from the base station in response to the sending the changed capability information.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Kang-yong Lee
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Patent number: 11665714Abstract: Methods and apparatus for for adapting one or more parameters related to a number of active beams used by a wireless device. An example method generally includes operating in a first mode that involves a first number of active beams for at least one of transmitting or receiving, and taking one or more actions to adapt one or more parameters related to a number of active beams used by the user equipment (UE) to change to a second number of active beams. Another example method generally includes communicating with a UE operating in a first mode that involves a first number of active beams for at least one of transmitting or receiving; and taking one or more actions to adapt one or more parameters related to a number of active beams used by the UE to change to a second number of active beams.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yan Zhou, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11653331Abstract: New radio channel designs incorporate a synchronization signal burst series frame structure, with higher layer channels mapped to physical channels transmitted during a synchronization signal, allowing user equipment to select beams during which to listen for paging information. A physical common control channel configuration information element may be used to signal the paging configuration as part of the System Information. Paging may occur with or without user equipment assistance.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: IPLA HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Joseph M Murray, Pascal M. Adjakple, Allan Y. Tsai, Qing Li, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Wei Chen, Guodong Zhang, Yifan Li, Mohamed Awadin
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Patent number: 11653184Abstract: A call prompt methods and terminals. One example method includes displaying a first interface on a display screen of a first terminal, showing that the first terminal is in a call with a second terminal via a CDMA communication network, while the first terminal is in the call with the second terminal, displaying a second interface on the display screen that prompts that a third terminal is initiating a call to the first terminal. Outputting a sound that includes a prompt tone and a call voice between the first terminal and the second terminal, the prompt tone that the third terminal is initiating a call to the first terminal, and when the call initiated by the third terminal is rejected by the first terminal's user, continuing output the call voice between the first terminal and the second terminal, and stopping output the prompt tone.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hui Jin, Xiaoguang Wu, Kaiyu Jiang, Liwen Tan
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Patent number: 11647554Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices can be utilized to aggregate downlink millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency resources based on various conditions. In an example method, a connection request for downlink data is received from a user equipment (UE). The example method includes determining that a first congestion level of a first mmWave downlink channel is below a first threshold and determining that a second congestion level of a second mmWave downlink channel is below a second threshold. An activation request is transmitted to the UE. The activation request instructs the UE to activate a first antenna corresponding to the first mmWave downlink channel and to activate a second antenna corresponding to the second mmWave downlink channel. At least a portion of the downlink data is transmitted to the UE over the first mmWave downlink channel and the second mmWave downlink channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: David Jones
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Patent number: 11647382Abstract: A method, performed by a device configured to perform communication with a base station, and including detecting whether an abnormality of the device occurs in response to an event signal, sending a request to the base station for permission to change a capability of the device based on the detecting that the abnormality occurs, changing the capability of the device based on a permission indication received from the base station in response to the sending the request, sending changed capability information to the base station based on the changing, and performing a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration operation based on an RRC reconfiguration message received from the base station in response to the sending the changed capability information.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Kang-yong Lee