Patents Examined by William D. Cumming
  • Patent number: 11546792
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling application of split-uplink mode in a wireless communication system including an access node. In an example implementation, a method includes determining a first count defining how many user equipment devices (UEs) are connected with the access node and do not support a split-uplink-mode operation in which uplink user-plane data flow is split between air-interface transmission to the access node and air-interface transmission to another access node. Further, the method includes determining a second count defining how many UEs are connected with the access node as part of dual connectivity and support the split-uplink-mode operation. And the method includes, based on the first count and the second count, controlling whether the access node will allow the split-uplink-mode operation, such as whether the access node will allow new activation of the split-uplink-mode operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SPRINT SPECTRUM LP
    Inventors: Vanil Parihar, Sreekar Marupaduga, Rashmi Kumar
  • Patent number: 11546741
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives a call from a caller device that is initiated via a first communication channel and directed to first contact information for a recipient's device. The call is forwarded using a call forwarding option to the computing device. Second contact information for the recipient's device is retrieved where the second contact information different from the first contact information used in the call. The method initiates a communication to the recipient's device using the second contact information via a second communication channel that is different from the first communication channel. The communication avoids triggering the call forwarding option for the recipient's device. The call is connected between the caller device and the recipient's device upon initiating the communication where the computing device is in a call path of the call and performs a call feature for the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PHONEIC, INC.
    Inventor: Enlai Chu
  • Patent number: 11540195
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform detection and mitigation of data stalls. The mitigation may occur during and/or at initiation of a data connection. The wireless device may establish a data connection(s) with a network over a Wi-Fi or cellular interface and monitor the data connection(s) for a data stall condition(s)/hint(s). The wireless device may perform a remedial action(s) responsive to detection of a data stall condition(s)/hint(s), including initiating a service recovery of the cellular interface, initiating a radio access technology (RAT) upgrade procedure, and/or initiating a handover procedure to a neighbor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Amitabha Ghosh, Eyad Al-Shemali, Franco Travostino, Jinghua Ling, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Muhammad R. Dar, Murtaza A. Shikari, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Pankaj Subhash Vasandani, Ravish Samuel, Samuel J. Miller, Shivani Suresh Babu, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Yifan Zhu, Irfan Khasim Mohammed, Sofheem Mohammed, Raghuram Mungara, Vijay Gadde, Sharad Garg
  • Patent number: 11533678
    Abstract: A radio access network (RAN) control unit for determining a functional operation of a dynamic small cell, in particular an unplanned small cell, a nomadic node or a relay, in a radio communication network is disclosed. The radio communication network includes at least one network slice associated with at least one user equipment (UE) and at least one radio channel connecting the at least one UE to the radio communication network. The RAN control unit includes a processor configured to determine a functional operation of the dynamic small cell (DSC) based on information based on channel measurements of the at least one radio channel and/or requirement information of the at least network one slice, and/or estimated or measured performance of the RAN, and/or location information of the DSC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
    Inventors: Ömer Bulakci, Emmanouil Pateromichelakis
  • Patent number: 11533118
    Abstract: Various examples with respect to synchronization signal block (SSB) raster shift in mobile communications are described. A processor of a user equipment (UE) performs an initial cell search to identify a cell among one or more cells of a wireless communication system. The processor then camps on the identified cell. In performing the initial cell search, the processor scans through a plurality of SSB entries for frequency bands below 3 GHz with a SSB raster spacing and a SSB raster offset frequency that support sub-carrier spacing (SCS) spaced channel raster and 100 kHz channel raster for both 15 kHz SCS and 30 kHz SCS. A minimum channel bandwidth at 5 MHz or higher for 15 kHz SCS or at 10 MHz or higher for 30 kHz SCS is supported. The SSB raster spacing is a common multiple of 15 kHz and 100 kHz. The SSB raster offset frequency for 100 kHz channel raster is a multiple of 30 kHz plus/minus 10 kHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Mingchun Chiang, Fucheng Wang, Tsang-Wei Yu, Jun Ma, Tao Chen, Wen Yang Chou
  • Patent number: 11522656
    Abstract: An apparatus for wireless communication selects a recommendation for the need. The apparatus selects the resource to transmit a phase tracking reference signal based on a condition of a communication system. The apparatus performs at least one of transmitting an indication of the selected recommendation for the resource to a second wireless communication device or transmitting at least one of information or a reference signal to the second device to assist the second device in determining the resource. In an aspect, the selection may be made based on receiving a request for a recommendation from the second wireless communication device or the transmitting the at least one of the information or the reference signal are based on a request received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tianyang Bai, Juergen Cezanne, Sundar Subramanian, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11523465
    Abstract: A registration method, a session establishment method, a terminal, and an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity, where the method includes: sending, by a terminal, a first message to the AMF entity, where the first message includes first information, first network slice selection information, and second network slice selection information, the first information includes information for requesting to establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session, the first network slice selection information is used by the AMF entity to select a first session management function (SMF) entity, and the second network slice selection information is used by the AMF entity to select a second SMF entity; and receiving, by the terminal, a second message from the AMF entity, where the second message includes second information, and the second information includes PDU session establishment accept information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haorui Yang, Hui Jin, Guowei Ouyang, Yue He, Fenghui Dou, Xiaojuan Li
  • Patent number: 11523267
    Abstract: An aircraft cabin communication system includes a wireless access point (WAP) and a connectivity server. The WAP transmits a beacon indicating Hotspot capability and identifying an open SSID, establishes a connection with a first passenger electronic device (PED) carried onboard an aircraft responsive to communications received from the first PED using the open SSID, and provides a list of mobile network operators (MNOs) to the first PED. The connectivity server receive a request to setup a PDU session through the Internet for the first PED. The request identifies a mobile network operator (MNO) associated with the first PED. The connectivity server initiates authentication using extensible authentication protocol (EAP) communications with the first PED and an authorization, authentication, and accounting (AAA) server associated with a partner MNO connected with the MNO identified by the first PED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Thales Avionics, Inc.
    Inventors: Maneesha Sumien, Sam Martorella, Mitchell Miers, Martin A. Matura, Agnes Galzy
  • Patent number: 11516809
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, and a corresponding wireless communication method and computer-readable medium, where the electronic apparatus for wireless communication includes a processing circuit which is configured to: determine a first position range of a user equipment on the basis of first measurement information from the user equipment and regarding first beam scanning; when the first position range is lower than a predetermined accuracy requirement, determine adjustment of a beam configuration on the basis of the first position range; and determine a second position range of the user equipment on the basis of second measurement information from the user equipment and regarding second beam scanning performed by means of the adjusted beam configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Yucheng Wang, Wenbo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11516683
    Abstract: A terminal includes a receiver that receives information regarding a measurement to be performed in a first serving cell using a synchronization signal block (SSB) and a processor that performs the measurement according to the information and determines whether transmission or reception can be performed using a second serving cell, at a specified timing, based on at least one of an SSB-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) window duration and an SSB to be measured in regard to the first serving cell. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal, a base station and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 11510208
    Abstract: A telecommunication network associated with a wireless telecommunication provider can be configured to select RAN components for use by a UE in an open RAN. Hardware/software of a telecommunication network automatically selects one or more RUs, DUs, and CUs (which may come from different vendors) to use for a communication session with a UE. In some configurations, an application on the UE specifies the desired performance (e.g., bandwidth requirements, processing requirements, latency requirements, . . . ). For example, if an application requests a large throughput of data, a Massive MIMO RU can be selected for use, whereas if a moderate throughput is specified, then a traditional 4×4 antenna can be selected for the communication session. Similarly, if the network load is high, then multiple DUs can be activated by the telecommunication network to work together and provide necessary processing power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Gaviphat Lekutai
  • Patent number: 11510207
    Abstract: A device may determine a set of parameters related to a transmission of a packet. For example, a device may determine a transmission range indication for the packet, a Quality-of-Service (QoS) of the packet, or a combination thereof. The device may then determine a resource exclusion parameter related to the transmission of the packet based in part on the set of parameters. Following the determination, the device may transmit, to one or more other devices in a wireless communications system, control signaling including the resource exclusion parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tien Viet Nguyen, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Kapil Gulati, Arjun Bharadwaj, Shuanshuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11509663
    Abstract: A method for managing wireless device communications including 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Tecore, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay Salkini
  • Patent number: 11496960
    Abstract: A root node selection system includes a plurality of idle nodes, and each idle node has a signal quality parameter. The each idle node is configured to broadcast a signal beacon and monitor other signal beacons, where each signal beacon carries the corresponding signal quality parameter. Any of the idle nodes is used as a to-be-selected node, and the to-be-selected node stores a signal quality table. The signal quality table includes a signal item and a rank item. The signal item includes the signal quality parameters. The rank item includes a plurality of ranks, and the ranks correspond to the signal quality parameters in the signal item in a one-to-one manner. The to-be-selected node serves as a root node of a mesh network based on that the rank corresponding to the signal quality parameter of the to-be-selected node is greater than a rank threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: Zuo-Hui Peng, Zhao-Ming Li, Guo-Feng Zhang, Jing-Jun Wu, Cui Ding
  • Patent number: 11483837
    Abstract: A radio terminal (2) receives beam configuration information from a base station (1), measures a plurality of transmission beams (10) transmitted from the base station (1) in accordance with the beam configuration information, and uses one or more beams selected from among the plurality of transmission beams (10) based on a measurement result as a serving beam. Each of the plurality of transmission beams carries a beamformed reference signal to be measured by the radio terminal (2). The beam configuration information includes a reference signal configuration indicating a radio resource used on each beam for transmitting the beamformed reference signal. It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to provision of a procedure for UE mobility between beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisashi Futaki
  • Patent number: 11477796
    Abstract: Various radio resource management techniques may be implemented to reduce in-device coexistence issues and/or interference between a Uu link established between a mobile device (first UE) and a base station (first NB), and a sidelink/PC5 link established between the first UE and another mobile device (second UE), where the second UE is served by a different base station (second NB). The first UE may receive, from the first NB, measurement configuration information that enables/configures the first UE to report to the NB any indication(s) of issues caused by communications between the first UE and the second UE over the PC5 link affecting communications between the first UE and the first NB over the Uu link, and/or communications over the Uu link affecting communications over the PC5 link. The first NB may analyze the feedback from the first UE and may implement mitigation measures to reduce/eliminate any interference and/or in-device-coexistence issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Srirang A. Lovlekar, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen, Haijing Hu, Srinivasan Nimmala, Longda Xing, Dawei Zhang, Sree Ram Kodali
  • Patent number: 11477620
    Abstract: A method for supplying data which can be received by a vehicle in a vehicular ad-hoc network, in which the data is transmitted between subscribers to the vehicular ad-hoc network using a location-based communications protocol, involves: identifying a geographical location area of the vehicle; selecting a suitable communications protocol (for the identified location area; and receiving the data using the selected communications protocol in such a way that the received data is available to at least one network layer of the communications protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Sven Kretschmar, Torsten Martin, Nils Bauch, Marc Menzel, Horst Geib
  • Patent number: 11477650
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: David Alan Stern, Lauren Elizabeth Schuler, Christopher Broome
  • Patent number: 11455668
    Abstract: In one aspect, a process for automatic billing of transportation services includes the step of generating a first travel vector for a traveler. The process includes the step of generating a second travel vector for a travel provider. The process includes the step of determining that the traveler's location and movement is synchronized with a travel-service provider within a specified distance threshold. The process includes the step of comparing first travel vector with second travel vector. The process includes the step of determining that the first vector and the second vector are within the specified distance threshold. The process includes the step of measuring the time period that the first vector and the second vector are within the specified distance threshold. The process includes the step of billing the traveler for the time period that the first vector and the second vector are within the specified distance threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: Babu Vinod
  • Patent number: 11457446
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a beam selection method, a terminal device, and a computer storage medium, where the method includes: selecting a first transmission beam for transmitting data between a first terminal device and a second terminal device based on a geographical position of the first terminal device and a geographical position of the second terminal device; and transmitting data to the second terminal device based on the first transmission beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Hai Tang, Huei-Ming Lin