Patents by Inventor Alexander Sirotkin

Alexander Sirotkin 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).

  • Apparatus, system and method of access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) for traffic offloading
    Patent number: 9894581
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) for traffic offloading. For example, an ANDSF Management Object (MO) may include one or more ANDSF policies, at least one ANDSF policy including ANDSF selection criteria to offload traffic between a cellular network and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN); and a preference indicator to indicate a preference between the ANDSF selection criteria and Radio Access Network (RAN) selection criteria from the cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Vivek Gupta
  • Systems, devices, and methods for long term evolution and wireless local area interworking
    Patent number: 9894586
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, devices, and methods for long-term evolution and wireless local area interworking. Various embodiments may include utilizing access network selection and traffic steering rules based on radio access network assistance parameters. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Hyung-Nam Choi, Nageen Himayat, Richard Burbidge, Mo-Han Fong
  • Autonomous enhanced node B
    Patent number: 9888376
    Abstract: Embodiments allow one or more eNBs that become isolated from core network entities (e.g., evolved packet core entities such as mobility management entity, serving gate way, packet data network gateway, and so forth) to form a resilient mode network. Such a network can function in a limited fashion and provide for UE to UE communications within the resilient mode network coverage area. One or more of the eNBs function as an autonomous eNB and provide a subset of core network functions that allow UE to UE communications within the resilient mode network coverage area. Embodiments disclosed herein select which eNB functions as the autonomous eNB and then the other eNBs establish an S1-MME and/or S1-U interface with the autonomous eNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Achim Luft, Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Alexander Sirotkin
  • Method, system and apparatus of wireless local area network (WLAN) communication in conjunction with cellular communication
    Patent number: 9883421
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Wireless-Local-Area-Network (WLAN) communication in conjunction with cellular communication. For example, an apparatus may include a wireless communication unit to receive WLAN load information indicating a load of at least one WLAN controlled by at least one access point (AP), and, based on the WLAN load information, to select between connecting to the AP and connecting to a cellular node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Alexander Sirotkin
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING OFFLOADABILITY INFORMATION TO A USER-EQUIPMENT (UE)
    Publication number: 20180027450
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of providing offloadability information to a User Equipment (UE). For example, a core network (CN) may provide to the UE Packet Data Network (PDN) offloadability information corresponding to one or more PDN connections of the UE, the PDN offloadability information indicating which PDN connection of the one or more PDN connections is able to be offloaded to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Alexandre S. Stojanovski, Vivek Gupta, Chen-Ho Chin
  • Systems, devices, and methods for interworking between a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network and a wireless local area network (WLAN)
    Patent number: 9877256
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, devices, and methods for interworking between a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network and a wireless local area network (WLAN). Various embodiments may include utilizing traffic steering rules based on radio access network assistance parameters to perform traffic steering between the UMTS network and the WLAN. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Richard Burbidge, Mo-Han Fong, Nageen Himayat, Hyung-Nam Choi
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CELLULAR NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS CORRESPONDING TO A NON-CELLULAR NETWORK
    Publication number: 20180020383
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or cellular network communications corresponding to a non-cellular network. For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may be configured to transmit to a User Equipment (UE) at least one configuration message to configure one or more measurements to be performed by the UE with respect to at least Wireless-Local-Area-Network (WLAN), to receive from the UE at least one report message including measurement information corresponding to the WLAN, to trigger the UE to start or stop offloading to the WLAN, and/or to transmit to the UE network assistance information corresponding to the WLAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Mo-Han Fong, Nageen Himayat, Shilpa Talwar, Shu-Ping Yeh
  • Network selection in a heterogeneous network
    Patent number: 9872197
    Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) to communicate in a multiple radio access technology (multi-RAT) heterogeneous network (HetNet) is described. A radio-link-selection hysteresis threshold can be determined at the UE for a radio link between the UE and a node in the multi-RAT HetNet. A reliability value of a throughput estimate can be measured for the radio link in the multi-RAT HetNet. The radio-link-selection hysteresis threshold can be adjusted at the UE based on the reliability value to increase network stability in the multi-RAT HetNet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Nageen Himayat, Shu-Ping Yeh, Mikhail Gerasimenko, Sergey Andreev, Shilpa Talwar, Alexander Sirotkin, Mo-Han Fong
  • ESTABLISHMENT OF CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET IN CELLULAR NETWORK
    Publication number: 20180014177
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods to establish a connection to the Internet via a local gateway (L-GW) function for a LIPA or a SIPTO@LN. The establishment of the connection to the Internet may be performed, for example, by at least one of an E-RAB SETUP procedure, an INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP procedure, an INITIAL UE MESSAGE procedure or an UPLINK NAS TRANSPORT procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Alexandre S. Stojanovski
  • DIFFERENTIAL CHARGING FOR LICENSED AND UNLICENSED SPECTRUM USAGE
    Publication number: 20180007212
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, devices, and methods for charging architectures in cellular networks. Various embodiments may include an eNB collecting information about licensed and unlicensed spectrum resource usage on a per bearer basis and transmitting the information to a core network node. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: ALEXANDER SIROTKIN, JING ZHU, NAGEEN HIMAYAT
  • In-band control signaling for integrated WLAN/3GPP RAT architectures
    Patent number: 9860872
    Abstract: An integrated WLAN/WWAN Radio Access Technology (“RAT”) architecture is described, in which signaling used to control the integration of the WLAN/WWAN architecture is performed over the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (“PDCP”) layer, and/or at other layers (e.g., a layer between the PDCP layer and the Internet Protocol (“IP”) layer). When involving the PDCP layer, non-standard PDCP packets, including variable length PDCP packets, may be used. The integrated architecture may provide a network controlled framework for performing traffic steering and radio resource management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nageen Himayat, Jing Zhu, Alexander Sirotkin, Alexandre Stojanovski, Mo-han Fong
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING PDCP PDUS OF AN E-RAB
    Publication number: 20170367007
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of processing Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Protocol Data Units (PDUs) of an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Radio Access Bearer (E-RAB). For example, an apparatus may include PDCP processor configured to process a plurality of PDUs of an E-RAB, the PDCP processor configured to apply a sequence of a plurality of PDCP procedures to one or more first PDUs communicated via the cellular link, and to apply no more than a part of the sequence of PDCP procedures, by selecting not to apply one or more of the plurality of PDCP procedures, to one or more second PDUs communicated via a non-cellular Radio Access Technology (RAT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Jing Zhu, Nageen Himayat, Jerome Parron, Penny Efraim-Sagi, Martin Kolde
  • Apparatus, system and method of selecting a mobility mode of a user equipment (UE)
    Patent number: 9838957
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of selecting a mobility mode of a User Equipment (UE). For example, a UE may include a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiver; a cellular transceiver to communicate with a cellular node; an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) client module to communicate with an ANDSF server; and a controller to select a WLAN mobility mode from a cellular/WLAN aggregation mode and an ANDSF mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Jing Zhu, Nageen Himayat
  • Systems, methods and devices for traffic offloading
    Patent number: 9832677
    Abstract: Wireless communication traffic can be offloaded from a user equipment (UE) to two wireless points of access. For example, user equipment (UE) is connected to a radio access network (RAN) using a radio access technology (RAT) such as a long term evolution (LTE) network. The UE can determine which network capabilities are available for traffic offloading and adapt to the capabilities presented. In one embodiment, the UE can determine whether the network supports three different configurations and configure traffic offloading to operate within the network conditions: (1) RAN rules without access network detection and selection function (ANDSF), (2) ANDSF in conjunction with RAN rules or (3) enhanced ANDSF with RAN assistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Mo-Han Fong, Nageen Himayat
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CELLULAR NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS CORRESPONDING TO A NON-CELLULAR NETWORK
    Publication number: 20170332291
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or cellular network communications corresponding to a non-cellular network. For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may be configured to transmit to a User Equipment (UE) at least one configuration message to configure one or more measurements to be performed by the UE with respect to at least Wireless-Local-Area-Network (WLAN), to receive from the UE at least one report message including measurement information corresponding to the WLAN, to trigger the UE to start or stop offloading to the WLAN, and/or to transmit to the UE network assistance information corresponding to the WLAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Mo-Han Fong, Nageen Himayat, Shilpa Talwar, Shu-Ping Yeh
  • Apparatus, system and method of time-of-flight positioning via neighbor list
    Patent number: 9820256
    Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to use of a neighbor list for wireless indoor navigation. The neighbor list may include related information regarding all neighboring access points (APs). The neighbor list can be transmitted, at least partially, to include the related information of a desired number of or all APs in the neighbor list from one AP to a wireless device. The neighbor list can be transmitted in a Neighbor Report Response (NRR) or a time-of-flight (ToF) Response and allow the wireless device to scan for minimal number of APs for ToF measurements. By using the neighbor list, power consumption and time can be significantly reduced during wireless indoor navigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Uri Schatzberg, Yuval Amizur, Leor Banin, Alexander Sirotkin
  • Apparatus, system and method of providing offloadability information to a user-equipment (UE)
    Patent number: 9820187
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of providing offloadability information to a User Equipment (UE). For example, a core network (CN) may provide to the UE Packet Data Network (PDN) offloadability information corresponding to one or more PDN connections of the UE, the PDN offloadability information indicating which PDN connection of the one or more PDN connections is able to be offloaded to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Alexandre S. Stojanovski, Vivek Gupta, Chen-Ho Chin
  • Apparatuses, methods, and systems to reduce handover latency in an integrated wireless local area network and cellular network
    Patent number: 9820328
    Abstract: Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems to reduce handover latency in an integrated wireless local area network (WLAN) and wireless cellular network. In embodiments, a user equipment (UE) may communicate with a packet data network (PDN) gateway (P-GW) via the WLAN and/or the wireless cellular network. Various embodiments may provide monitoring circuitry to monitor one or more PDN connections between the P-GW and the UE over the WLAN, determine that the UE should be in a radio resource control (RRC)-Connected mode based on the monitored one or more PDN connections, and transmit an inactivity timer reconfiguration (ITR) message to request suspension of an inactivity timer associated with the UE. The monitoring circuitry may be included in the P-GW, a WLAN gateway, the UE, and/or another component of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jing Zhu, Nageen Himayat, Alexander Sirotkin
  • Establishment of connection to the internet in cellular network
    Patent number: 9807591
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods to establish a connection to the Internet via a local gateway (L-GW) function for a LIPA or a SIPTO@LN. The establishment of the connection to the Internet may be performed, for example, by at least one of an E-RAB SETUP procedure, an INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP procedure, an INITIAL UE MESSAGE procedure or an UPLINK NAS TRANSPORT procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Alexandre S. Stojanovski
  • ACCESS NETWORK DISCOVERY AND SELECTION
    Publication number: 20170311235
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards devices and methods for identifying preferred access networks based at least in part on access network information including access network assistance information, steering policies, or access commands. In some embodiments, conflicts between access network information and access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) policies may be rectified in identifying a preferred access network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Nageen Himayat, Sangeetha Bangolae