Patents by Inventor Alain Mourad

Alain Mourad has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240107602
    Abstract: Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products for maintaining service continuity in 5G telecommunication networks for wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) when the WTRUs switch between various connectivity scenarios, e.g., switching from direct connectivity between two WTRUs to connectivity between the two WTRUs via a gateway, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: FILIPE CONCEICAO, Alain MOURAD, Ulises OLVERA-HERNANDEZ
  • Publication number: 20240089727
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising a memory, and a processor to execute instructions from the memory, wherein the processor is configured to access a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Access Network (AN), establish a link with a Non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) via the non-3GPP AN, request information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN), receive information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN, and determine whether to register with the 3GPP RAN based upon the network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN. Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for sending information about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP RAN to a N3IWF, establishing a link between a WTRU operating on a non-3GPP AN and the N3IWF via the non-3GPP AN, and sending information from the N3IWF to the WTRU about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Bernardos, Ping-Heng Kuo, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Alain Mourad, Charles Turyagyenda
  • Publication number: 20240064115
    Abstract: A method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit includes transmitting a first request message for requesting a list of applications available to the wireless transmit/receive unit in a multi-access edge computing system and receiving a first response message indicating the list of available applications, and, for at least one application, any of a supported latency, a supported bandwidth, a supported reliability, a supported jitter and a supported path redundancy A second request message is transited indicating any of a requested latency, a requested bandwidth, a requested reliability, a requested jitter and a requested path redundancy, based on any of the indicated supported latency, the indicated supported bandwidth, the indicated supported reliability, the indicated supported jitter and the indicated supported path redundancy. A second response message is received indicating any of a provided latency, a provided bandwidth, a provided reliability, a provided jitter and a provided path redundancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Bernardos, Alain Mourad
  • Patent number: 11882092
    Abstract: A method performed by a WTRU may comprise receiving context information from infrastructure equipment and selecting a SLAP quadrant for MAC address allocation. The selecting may be based on the context information received from the infrastructure equipment, which may be a bootstrapping server for the WTRU. The method may further comprise transmitting, to a DHCP server, a DHCP message indicating the selected SLAP quadrant. In response to the transmitted DHCP message, a MAC address may be received and configured to the WTRU. Context information includes, but is not limited to, a number of nodes in a network, a type of network deployment, a type of network, a mobility configuration, a type of device management, a battery lifetime, a location or privacy configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Bernardos, Alain Mourad
  • Patent number: 11864273
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising a memory, and a processor to execute instructions from the memory, wherein the processor is configured to access a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Access Network (AN), establish a link with a Non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) via the non-3GPP AN, request information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN), receive information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN, and determine whether to register with the 3GPP RAN based upon the network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN. Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for sending information about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP RAN to a N3IWF, establishing a link between a WTRU operating on a non-3GPP AN and the N3IWF via the non-3GPP AN, and sending information from the N3IWF to the WTRU about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Bernardos, Ping-Heng Kuo, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Alain Mourad, Charles Turyagyenda
  • Publication number: 20230275982
    Abstract: Provided are a data structure including a header area, and a payload area comprising data, a method of generating the data structure, and extracting information from the data structure. At least one of the header area and the payload area includes at least one sub-area in which one or more signal fields are included. At least one signal field among the signal fields includes information for signalling presence or absence of one or more information fields located at least partly in the data structure, the one or more information fields corresponding to the one or more signal fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alain MOURAD, Sung-hee HWANG, Daniel ANSORREGUI, Belkacem MOUHOUCHE, Hak-ju LEE
  • Publication number: 20230268980
    Abstract: Method, apparatus and systems are disclosed that may be implemented. One method implemented by a transceiver, is directed to transmission via a plurality of beams. The method includes obtaining an input bit stream and bit mapping bits of the input bit stream into at least a first stream and a second stream. The method further includes, generating one or more complex symbols using the first stream, selecting a Space-Time (ST) spreading matrix from a plurality of ST spreading matrices and spreading the generated one or more complex symbols over the selected ST spreading matrix to generate one or more dispersed ST codewords. In this method the transceiver maps the one or more dispersed ST codewords to a plurality of beams and transmits the mapped one or more dispersed ST codewords over the plurality of beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Ibrahim Hemadeh, Mohammed El-Hajjar, Alain Mourad
  • Publication number: 20230262117
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, architectures and interfaces for a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) host providing a MEC platform, including a reliable and available wireless (RAW) control entity, are provided. A method may include any of: generating MEC application information associated with a MEC-to-RAW request according to information indicating a MEC application; transmitting, to another network entity, the MEC-to-RAW request including the MEC application information; and receiving, from the other network entity, a MEC-to-RAW response including information indicating any of: (1) a wireless communication network path, and (2) RAW control information associated with the wireless communication network path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus BERNARDOS, Jani-Pekka KAINULAINEN, Alain MOURAD
  • Publication number: 20230239715
    Abstract: Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products may be used to communicate with a wireless network. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to multiplex the transmission of measurement data, as control plane data, between the WTRU and a network entity via a first wireless path and the transmission of measurement data, as user plane data, between the WTRU and the network entity via a second wireless path. Switching to/from the second wireless path may be based on a state of the first wireless path, a state of the network, a state of the WTRU and/or an amount of measurement data to be communicated by the WTRU or which has been communicated by the WTRU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jani-Pekka Kainulainen, Alain Mourad, James Miller
  • Patent number: 11677867
    Abstract: Provided are a data structure including a header area, and a payload area comprising data, a method of generating the data structure, and extracting information from the data structure. At least one of the header area and the payload area includes at least one sub-area in which one or more signal fields are included. At least one signal field among the signal fields includes information for signalling presence or absence of one or more information fields located at least partly in the data structure, the one or more information fields corresponding to the one or more signal fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alain Mourad, Sung-hee Hwang, Daniel Ansorregui, Belkacem Mouhouche, Hak-ju Lee
  • Publication number: 20230107614
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing local lifecycle management with distributed Service Function Chaining (SFC) control are disclosed. In an example, a method for wireless communications includes determining, in a Service Function Chain, that a first SFC controller of a set of SFC controllers is a primary SFC controller, determining whether at least one trigger condition is satisfied, and selecting, from the set of SFC controllers, a second SFC controller as the primary SFC controller to substitute the first SFC controller based on the at least one trigger condition being satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Bernardos, Alain Mourad
  • Publication number: 20230096462
    Abstract: Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products directed to improved service continuity in connection with wireless transmit/receive devices not remaining within proximity/range of each other to continue device-to-device (D2D) communications are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Turyagyenda, Alain Mourad, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Jani-Pekka Kainulainen, Giovanni Rigazzi
  • Patent number: 11552733
    Abstract: Apparatuses for transmitting and receiving a signal in a communication system are provided. An apparatus of a receive device includes a receiver configured to receive, from a transmit device, a signal comprising remaining bits of parity bits after puncturing, wherein the parity bits are obtained by adding at least one shortened bit to information bits to obtain input bits for an encoding, if a number of the information bits is less than a number of the input bits for the encoding; and a hardware processor configured to determine a number of puncture bits for the parity bits, generate an output signal by adding at least one value corresponding to the number of the puncture bits to the signal, and decode the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Hong-Sil Jeong, Sung-Ryul Yun, Hyun-Koo Yang, Se-Ho Myung, Alain Mourad, Ismael Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20220330083
    Abstract: Method and apparatuses for low-latency transmission of sensor data and wireless modem data are described herein. A method may comprise associating, by a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU), a first Unique Data Identifier (UDI) with the sensor data and a second UDI with the wireless modem data. The method may further comprise generating, by the WTRU, a mapping between the first UDI and a first network Quality of Service (QoS) Flow Identifiers (QFIs) and a mapping between the second UDI and a second network QFI. The method may further comprise transmitting, by the WTRU, the sensor data and the wireless modem data to a network node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jani-Pekka Kainulainen, Alain Mourad, Jaehyun Ahn, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Charles Turyagyenda, Giovanni Rigazzi
  • Publication number: 20220321192
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a method may include: obtaining input data comprising a user equipment location, a number of user equipments, and a desired receive signal strength; processing the input data with a neural network having weights determined from a training phase to generate a set of one or more beam-pair indices; performing a beam search over at least a subset of the set of beam-pair indices; and receiving at least one beam-pair index from a vehicle that provides a desired received signal strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Satyanarayana Katla, Mohammed El-Hajjar, Alain Mourad
  • Patent number: 11457098
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus and methods of controlling these apparatuses are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a baseband packet generator configured to, based on an input stream including a first type stream and a second type stream, generate a baseband packet including a header and payload data corresponding to the first type stream; a frame generator configured to generate a frame including the baseband packet; a signal processor configured to perform signal-processing on the generated frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the signal-processed frame, wherein the header includes a type of the payload data in the baseband packet and the number of the first type stream packets in the baseband packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-hee Hwang, Alain Mourad, Hyun-Koo Yang
  • Patent number: 11418248
    Abstract: An example disclosed method includes (i) modulating a first type of uplink information using beam direction modulation with an uplink beam direction pattern applied over a set of allocated uplink radio resource, (ii) modulating a second type of uplink information using an in-phase quadrature (IQ)-based modulation scheme, wherein modulation symbols of the IQ-based modulation scheme are transmitted on a plurality of uplink beams used to modulate the first type of uplink information across same set of allocated uplink radio resources as the set of allocated uplink radio resources used for the beam direction modulation, (iii) and transmitting the modulated first type of uplink information and the modulated second type of uplink information over an air interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ping-Heng Kuo, Alain Mourad, Satyanarayana Katla, Mohammed El-Hajjar
  • Patent number: 11418634
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a baseband packet (BBP) generator configured to generate a BBP including a header and payload data; a frame generator configured to generate a frame including the BBP; a signal processor configured to signal-process the generated frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the signal-processed frame. The header includes information about a type of the payload data, whether an additional header exists, a length of the payload data, and a Least Significant Bit (LSB) of the length of the payload data. Therefore, various types of data are mapped on a physical layer based on information included in the header, and data processing efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-oh Hwang, Alain Mourad, Hyun-Koo Yang, Sung-hee Hwang
  • Publication number: 20220131829
    Abstract: A method performed by a WTRU may comprise receiving context information from infrastructure equipment and selecting a SLAP quadrant for MAC address allocation. The selecting may be based on the context information received from the infrastructure equipment, which may be a bootstrapping server for the WTRU. The method may further comprise transmitting, to a DHCP server, a DHCP message indicating the selected SLAP quadrant. In response to the transmitted DHCP message, a MAC address may be received and configured to the WTRU. Context information includes, but is not limited to, a number of nodes in a network, a type of network deployment, a type of network, a mobility configuration, a type of device management, a battery lifetime, a location or privacy configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Bernardos, Alain Mourad
  • Publication number: 20220046411
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising a memory, and a processor to execute instructions from the memory, wherein the processor is configured to access a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Access Network (AN), establish a link with a Non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) via the non-3GPP AN, request information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN), receive information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN, and determine whether to register with the 3GPP RAN based upon the network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN. Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for sending information about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP RAN to a N3IWF, establishing a link between a WTRU operating on a non-3GPP AN and the N3IWF via the non-3GPP AN, and sending information from the N3IWF to the WTRU about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Bernardos, Ping-Heng Kuo, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Alain Mourad, Charles Turyagyenda