Patents Examined by Won Tae C. Kim
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Patent number: 11411615Abstract: In an example, an apparatus includes first and second antennas and a switched extractor coupled to the first antenna. The switched extractor includes an extractor configured to extract an extraction frequency band, a bypass line, and switching circuitry. The switching circuitry is configured to selectively establish a bypass signal path including the bypass line or a concurrent signal path including the extractor. The apparatus also includes first and second transceiver units (TRXUs) and a processor. The first TRXU is coupled to the first antenna via the switched extractor. The second TRXU is coupled to the first antenna via the switched extractor and coupled to the second antenna. The processor is configured to cause the switching circuitry to selectively connect the first TRXU to the first antenna via the bypass or the concurrent signal path based on the extraction frequency band and an operational frequency band associated with the first TRXU.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Stefan Freisleben, Patric Heide, Alexander Chernyakov, Mykola Shevelov, Wai San Wong, Oleksandr Gavryliuk, Petro Komakha, Georgiy Sevskiy, Steve Andre Beaudin, David Maldonado
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Patent number: 11405823Abstract: Provided are a data processing method, a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device receiving first indication information, used for code block segmentation, sent by a network device; the terminal device performing, according to the first indication information, code block segmentation on the data, so as to obtain at least one code block, wherein the data is data received by the terminal device from the network device, or the data is data to be sent by the terminal device to the network device; and the terminal device encoding or decoding the at least one code block. The embodiments of the present invention improve the flexibility of an encoding/decoding process.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Yanan Lin
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Patent number: 11368876Abstract: Provided are a data processing method, a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device receiving first indication information, used for code block segmentation, sent by a network device; the terminal device performing, according to the first indication information, code block segmentation on the data, so as to obtain at least one code block, wherein the data is data received by the terminal device from the network device, or the data is data to be sent by the terminal device to the network device; and the terminal device encoding or decoding the at least one code block. The embodiments of the present invention improve the flexibility of an encoding/decoding process.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Yanan Lin
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Patent number: 11363524Abstract: Network nodes and methods for control thereof for dynamic network slice selection. An AMF receives a UE request originating from the UE, the UE request being any one of a registration request and a session request. A network slice requester controls a transmitter to transmit a network slice selection request to a PC_NSS. A selection data manager of the PC_NSS determines selection data specifying one or more UE specific parameters affecting network slice selection. A network slice selector selects a network slice assignable for the UE, based on the selection data, determines network slice data and a corresponding network slice routing rule, and transmits them to the AMF. A network slice manager of the AMF controls assignment of a network slice to the UE in dependence on the received network slice data and network slice routing rule.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Fuencisla Garcia Azorero, Susana Fernandez Alonso, Victor Ferraro Esparza, Angel Navas Cornejo, Ignacio Rivas Molina
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Patent number: 11363568Abstract: A resource selection method and apparatus for device-to-device/vehicle-to-everything communication supporting carrier aggregation are disclosed. The resource selection method includes: initializing at least two resource pools, wherein each resource pool corresponds to one carrier; excluding an expected-busy resource from each resource pool associated with a resource of which channel signal strength is greater than a comparison threshold during a sensing period; determining whether remaining resources of a candidate resource pool meet a criterion for stopping resource exclusion, wherein the candidate resource pool comprises a portion of or all the resource pools, and the criterion comprises that a criteria parameter of the candidate resource pool is greater than or equal to a preset threshold of the criteria parameter; selecting a resource subset from the remaining resources of the candidate resource pool when the criterion is met, and otherwise incrementing the comparison threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: HUIZHOU TCL MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Yaming Luo, Xiang Chen, Eddy Chiu
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Patent number: 11337119Abstract: Systems and methods for Next Generation to Long Term Evolution (LTE) fallback are provided. An exemplary method includes detecting a request to set up a voice call originating from or terminating at a user equipment that is connected or configured to connect to a Next Generation mobile network; transitioning, in response to the request to set up the voice call, the user equipment from having a Next Generation mobile network connection with the Next Generation mobile network to having an LTE network connection with an LTE network, the detecting and the transitioning performed without call setup being performed for the voice call via the Next Generation mobile network; and performing call setup for the voice call via the LTE network connection with the LTE network.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Andrew E. Youtz, Hui Zhao, Lily Zhu, Deepa Jagannatha
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Patent number: 11329757Abstract: A telecommunication network associated with a wireless telecommunication provider can be configured to transmit application data using different quality of service (QoS) specifications. In some configurations, data, other than voice and video data, can be transmitted using VoLTE or ViLTE data streams. According to some examples, network hardware and/or software (e.g., in the core network of a telecommunications network), and/or an application on the UE (smartphone, tablet, etc.) may translate data to be compatible with the VoLTE or ViLTE specifications. The translated data is transmitted from the device to the telecommunications network as a VoLTE or ViLTE packet stream. The converted packets may be identified (e.g., a unique digital signature) so that the corresponding hardware and software in the MSO can identify that a stream of VoLTE or ViLTE packets is to be converted back into the native format of the application before being routed to a destination.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Gapin, Jeff Ahmet, Paul Bongaarts
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Patent number: 11323161Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, apparatuses, and systems for signal transmission based on DCI. An example method includes: receiving DCI from a base station, the DCI includes a precoding matrix index, the precoding matrix index belongs to a first index set, wherein the precoding matrix index is used to determine a precoding matrix for transmitting data by the terminal device, each index in the first index set corresponds to a precoding matrix in a first precoding matrix set, a second precoding matrix set comprises a codebook, the first precoding matrix set is a proper subset of the second precoding matrix set, and each precoding matrix index in the first index set has a value that is less than or equal to a quantity of precoding matrices comprised in the first precoding matrix set; and transmitting, by the terminal device, the data according to the precoding matrix index.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jianqin Liu
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Patent number: 11323986Abstract: Described is a method of decoding a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH). The method comprises: for a PSCCH candidate in a resource grid, processing a received demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in a subframe of the resource grid associated with the PSCCH candidate to determine one or more potential PSCCHs for decoding, each of the one or more potential PSCCHs being identified by resource block (RB) position in the resource grid and a corresponding DMRS cyclic shift (ncs) value. This step is repeated for at least one other DMRS in the subframe to determine one or more potential PSCCHs for the at least one other DMRS. Then, a subset L of PSCCHs is selected from the potential PSCCHs. The selected subset L of PSCCHs together with their corresponding DMRS cyclic shift (ncs) values are made available for use in a decoding process for the received channel signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institue Company LimitedInventors: Eddy Chiu, Yun Hou, Yuyi Mao, Xiangyu Liu, Ching Hong Chris Leung, Man Wai Victor Kwan, Kong Chau Eric Tsang
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Patent number: 11317456Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for handling a data path creation in a quick user datagram protocol (UDP) Internet connection (QUIC) session in a wireless network system. The method includes receiving, by an electronic device, at least one request from at least one application for processing at least one object, determining at least one network condition based on the plurality of parameters associated with the electronic device, determining whether the at least one network condition meets a network criteria, and creating a number of data paths within the QUIC session based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gunjan Kumar Choudhary, Madhan Raj Kanagarathinam, HariKrishnan Natarajan, Karthikeyan Arunachalam, Gyanchandani Monty, Rohit Shankar Lingappa, Jamsheed Manja Ppallan, Sujith Rengan Jayaseelan, Chhaya Bharti
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Patent number: 11316649Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a PDCCH transmission comprising a CCE that is mapped to one or more REGs based on a CCE-to-REG mapping. The WTRU may receive the CCE-to-REG mapping that indicates a REG bundle corresponding to the CCE and use the CCE-to-REG mapping to identify the REGs for the SWTRU. Depending on whether the CCE-to-REG mapping is interleaving or noninterleaving, the CCE-to-REG mapping may be based on different parameters. If the CCE-to-REG mapping is interleaving, the CCE-to-REG mapping may be based on an index associated with the CCE and a number of REGs in the REG bundle. If the CCE-to-REG mapping is noninterleaving, the CCE-to-REG mapping may be based on the index of the CCE.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Moon-il Lee, Afshin Haghighat, Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Oghenekome Oteri
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Patent number: 11310151Abstract: Systems and methods manage lookups for network repository functions (NRFs). A network device, such as a NRF, receives a discovery request for a network function instance in a wireless core network. The discovery request includes a hop limit value. The network device determines if a result for the discovery request is available and determines if the hop limit value is greater than a stop value, when the result for the discovery request is not available. The network device forwards the discovery request to another network device when the result for the discovery request is not available and when the hop limit value is greater than the stop value. The network device sends a terminal response to the discovery request when the hop limit value is not greater than the stop value.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: David Taft, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Violeta Cakulev, Hossein M. Ahmadi
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Patent number: 11297554Abstract: An intelligent determination of a set of candidate handover-beams for a radio access network (RAN) can be facilitated by a RAN intelligent controller (RIC). The RIC can obtain data associated with user equipment devices and their current state, historical patterns, and a current state of serving network node devices and neighboring network node devices. Based on the obtained data, a handover procedure can be optimized by the user equipment by estimating the signal quality from a source cell and neighboring cells. Additionally, the user equipment can send measurement reports to the network to identify and quantify the quality of reference signals transmitted by the network node devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Mostafa Tofighbakhsh, Shraboni Jana, Deva-Datta Sharma, Rittwik Jana, Bogdan Ungureanu
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Patent number: 11284284Abstract: An anomaly detection and analysis system generates analysis or summary of the anomalies detected from key performance indicators (KPIs). The system receives anomaly data reporting anomalies detected in key performance indicator (KPI) data. The system classifies the reported anomalies into a plurality of anomaly items, wherein anomalies from KPI data that share a set of features are assigned to one anomaly item. The system computes a ranking score for each anomaly item by assigning predefined weights for different anomaly types that are present in the anomaly item. The system sorts a list of anomaly items from the plurality of anomaly items into a sorted list of anomaly items according to the ranking scores computed for the plurality of anomaly items. The system sends the sorted list of anomaly items to a user device for presentation.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Prem Kumar Bodiga, Ariz Jacinto, Chuong Phan, Amer Hamdan, Dung Tan Dang, Sangwoo Han, Zunyan Xiong
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Patent number: 11259316Abstract: A method for data transmission, a base station and a terminal are provided. The method for data transmission includes: configuring the number of bits occupied by downlink control information (DCI) used to indicate physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling on each of all carriers corresponding to a to-be-scheduled terminal to be N, where N is a maximum number of bits occupied by the DCI that is used to indicate the PDSCH scheduling on a carrier configured with an aperiodic channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS); and constructing scheduling information for indicating the PDSCH scheduling based on the configured DCI, and transmitting the scheduling information to the to-be-scheduled terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hui Li, Runhua Chen, Qiubin Gao, Rakesh Tamrakar, Qiuping Huang
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Patent number: 11259321Abstract: Systems and methods related to switched carrier Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmission in unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a User Equipment device (UE) in a wireless system comprises performing uplink Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) on one or more candidate carriers for switched carrier SRS transmission and performing a switched carrier SRS transmission on at least one candidate carrier of the one or more candidate carriers that is determined to be available as a result of performing the uplink LBT on the one or more candidate carriers. In some embodiments, the one or more candidate carriers are carriers other than carriers configured for the UE and on which the UE is scheduled to transmit.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Amitav Mukherjee
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Patent number: 11206206Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing routing information between software containers or other virtualized environments within a network, and providing inter-container routing between the software services operating on the network, are disclosed herein. The system utilizes an existing routing protocol such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and establishes an overlay network that provides end-to-end connectivity between services of a customer operating in an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) network, while maintaining isolation from the traffic of other customers of the IaaS network. The system uses OSPF to learn aspects of the routes between containers in the network, and further builds a customer-specific overlay network based on IP-to-IP encapsulation of the OSPF messages.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Rahul Amin, Tingchun Kang, Henry Barrion, Rex Maristela
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Patent number: 11197283Abstract: In a control information sending method, a network device sends first physical layer control information to a first terminal device, where the first physical layer control information indicates a first index to the first terminal device, and instructs the first terminal device to monitor second physical layer control information within a first time period. The network device sends the second physical layer control information to at least one terminal device within the first time period, where the second physical layer control information includes at least one control information field, the at least one control information field includes a first control information field, and the first control information field instructs the first terminal device to receive or send data, or the first control information field instructs the first terminal device to receive or send data or not to receive or send data.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yongxia Lyu, Ruixiang Ma
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Patent number: 11178709Abstract: A pairing method implemented in a first device includes obtaining identification information of a second device. The pairing method also includes transmitting a pairing request message to the second device, the pairing request message carrying a system key. The pairing method also includes receiving a pairing response message from the second device. The pairing method also includes analyzing the pairing response message based on the system key. The pairing method further includes verifying the analyzed pairing response message based on the identification information.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhipeng Zhang, Xiaojun Yin, Naibo Wang, Ning Ma
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Patent number: 11134362Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for zone-based soft resource partitioning for high reliability high range communications (HRHRC) are described. A first wireless device determines, based at least in part on a location of the first wireless device and a type of traffic associated with the first wireless device, whether to use a first set of resources or a second set of resources for communications between the first wireless device and a second wireless device. The first wireless device communicates with the second wireless device on the first or second sets of resources, in accordance with the determination. The communications involve the type of traffic.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Shailesh Patil, Tien Viet Nguyen, Kapil Gulati