Patents by Inventor Brian A. Ward

Brian A. Ward 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).

  • Patent number: 12225426
    Abstract: A device may determine that a first geographical area satisfies an area threshold. The first geographical area includes an estimated location of a source of interference associated with base stations. A first plurality of vertices, of the first geographical area, are based on locations of the base stations. The device may determine a second plurality of vertices. The second plurality of vertices are closer to the estimated location than the first plurality of vertices. The device may provide information regarding the second plurality of vertices and may obtain magnitude information indicating magnitudes of the interference measured at the second plurality of vertices. The device may determine a third plurality of vertices based on the magnitude information. The device may provide information regarding a second geographical area, formed by the third plurality of vertices, to cause a search of the second geographical area to identify the source of the interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Hector A. Garcia Crespo, Brian A. Ward, Timothy E. Coyle, Matthew Kapala
  • Publication number: 20240305536
    Abstract: A device may receive uplink physical resource block (PRB) interference data from a base station, and may process the uplink PRB interference data, with a first machine learning model, to generate same sector similarity score data for the base station. The device may process the same sector similarity score data, with a second machine learning model, to identify and classify at least one antenna issue of the base station, and may create sector-carrier pair data, from the same sector similarity score data, based on the at least one antenna issue. The device may process the sector-carrier pair data, with a third machine learning model, to identify issues that span sector carriers of the base station, and may calculate an issue status and alignment score based on the issues and the same sector similarity score data. The device may perform actions based on the issue status and alignment score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jason A. BIRR, Deborah Lynn LISKE, Richard S. DELK, Brian A. WARD
  • Patent number: 12035153
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the analysis of antennas in a wireless network, and the ensuing detection of misaligned antennas. Images reflecting measures of interference associated with different antennas may be analyzed based on structural similarity index (“SSIM”) or other similarity analysis techniques, and antennas may be paired according to this analysis. The paired antennas may be compared to a known configuration. Mismatches may indicate misalignment or other malfunctions, based on which automated remedial measures (e.g., antenna realignment) may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jason A. Birr, Katrina Adams, Brian A. Ward
  • Patent number: 11988762
    Abstract: An interference detection system in a network determines that an unknown radio frequency (RF) interference source that causes RF interference experienced by a first wireless station is a persistent RF interference source over a plurality of time intervals in a selected time period. A predicted interference source location is identified for each time interval in the selected time period. An aggregated predicted interference source location is calculated based on the identified one or more predicted interference source locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Hector Alejandro Garcia Crespo, Matthew Kapala, Jason A. Birr, Ricardo Francisco Borges, Brian A. Ward, Dean P. Jarski
  • Patent number: 11902817
    Abstract: A device may receive input data associated with a wireless network, and may extract data from the input data to generate extracted data. The device may create PRB images based on the extracted data, and may process the PRB images, with a first model, to associate labels with each of the PRB images. The device may process the labels and the PRB images, with a second model, to identify potential issues associated with the PRB images, and may process data identifying the potential issues associated with the PRB images, with a third model, to compress the data identifying the potential issues into an array. The device may process the array, with a fourth model, to determine probability scores associated with the potential issues, and may select a potential issue with a greatest probability score as a detected issue. The device may perform actions based on the detected issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Winter, Brian A. Ward, Richard S. Delk, Xia Li
  • Publication number: 20240015469
    Abstract: A device may determine that a first geographical area satisfies an area threshold. The first geographical area includes an estimated location of a source of interference associated with base stations. A first plurality of vertices, of the first geographical area, are based on locations of the base stations. The device may determine a second plurality of vertices. The second plurality of vertices are closer to the estimated location than the first plurality of vertices. The device may provide information regarding the second plurality of vertices and may obtain magnitude information indicating magnitudes of the interference measured at the second plurality of vertices. The device may determine a third plurality of vertices based on the magnitude information. The device may provide information regarding a second geographical area, formed by the third plurality of vertices, to cause a search of the second geographical area to identify the source of the interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Hector A. GARCIA CRESPO, Brian A. WARD, Timothy E. COYLE, Matthew KAPALA
  • Patent number: 11824591
    Abstract: A device may receive antenna alert data associated with antennas of a plurality of base stations of a network, and may process the antenna alert data, with a correlation model, to generate a correlation heatmap matrix. The device may utilize a change point detection model to process the antenna alert data, associated with the correlation heatmap matrix, to determine change point metrics, and may calculate scores for the antenna alert data associated with the correlation heatmap matrix and the change point metrics. The device may perform one or more corrective actions based on the scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy E. Coyle, Jason A. Birr, Matthew Kapala, Hector Alejandro Garcia Crespo, Brian A. Ward
  • Patent number: 11803424
    Abstract: Systems described herein may allow for the intelligent configuration of containers onto virtualized resources. Different configurations may be generated based on the simulation of alternate placements of containers onto nodes, where the placement of a particular container onto a particular node may serve as a root for several branches which may themselves simulate the placement of additional containers on the node (in addition to the container(s) indicated in the root). Once a set of configurations are generated, a particular configuration may be selected according to determined selection parameters and/or intelligent selection techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Kapala, Hector A. Garcia Crespo, Sudha Subramaniam, Brian A. Ward, Brent D. Segner
  • Patent number: 11777623
    Abstract: An interference detection system in a network identifies a first wireless station that has experienced radio frequency (RF) interference from an unknown source on at least one physical resource block (PRB) by determining that a key performance indicator (KPI) for the at least one PRB on the first wireless station has a value indicative of interference. The interference detection system identifies one or more second wireless stations that have experienced similar interference on the at least one PRB. A plurality of estimated interference source locations are determined based at least on geographic locations of the first wireless station and the one or more second wireless stations. Determining the plurality of estimated interference source locations further comprises generating a boundary based on the geographic locations of the first wireless station and the one or more second wireless stations and selecting a plurality of estimated interference source locations within the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo Francisco Borges, Hector A. Garcia Crespo, Brian A. Ward, Dean P. Jarski
  • Patent number: 11770298
    Abstract: A device obtains configuration parameters for multiple network elements of a network and receives first scores that assess a level of efficiency and a level of isolation for each of the multiple network elements. The device identifies a network element of the multiple network elements for modifying the identified network element's configuration based on the obtained configuration parameters and the received first scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sankaran Ramanathan, Gaurav B. Patel, Brian A. Ward
  • Publication number: 20230299858
    Abstract: A device may receive antenna alert data associated with antennas of a plurality of base stations of a network, and may process the antenna alert data, with a correlation model, to generate a correlation heatmap matrix. The device may utilize a change point detection model to process the antenna alert data, associated with the correlation heatmap matrix, to determine change point metrics, and may calculate scores for the antenna alert data associated with the correlation heatmap matrix and the change point metrics. The device may perform one or more corrective actions based on the scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy E. COYLE, Jason A. BIRR, Matthew KAPALA, Hector Alejandro GARCIA CRESPO, Brian A. WARD
  • Publication number: 20230221398
    Abstract: An interference detection system in a network determines that an unknown radio frequency (RF) interference source that causes RF interference experienced by a first wireless station is a persistent RF interference source over a plurality of time intervals in a selected time period. A predicted interference source location is identified for each time interval in the selected time period. An aggregated predicted interference source location is calculated based on the identified one or more predicted interference source locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Hector Alejandro Garcia Crespo, Matthew Kapala, Jason A. Birr, Ricardo Francisco Borges, Brian A. Ward, Dean P. Jarski
  • Patent number: 11659425
    Abstract: A device may receive location information associated with a fixed service satellite station (receiver) configured to communicate via a first radio frequency (RF) band. The device may obtain historical communication data associated with the location and relating to previous communications conducted via a second RF band, of user equipment (UEs). The historical communication data may include historical signal power measurements of the previous communications. The device may adjust the historical signal power measurements to model estimated signal power measurements relating to a UE to communicating via a first RF band. The device may determine, based on the estimated signal power measurements, an interference score associated with a probability of a UE interfering with the receiver when communicating, via a first RF band, with a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Kapala, Ricardo Francisco Borges, Brian A. Ward, Scott A. Townley
  • Publication number: 20230147824
    Abstract: An interference detection system in a network identifies a first wireless station that has experienced radio frequency (RF) interference from an unknown source on at least one physical resource block (PRB) by determining that a key performance indicator (KPI) for the at least one PRB on the first wireless station has a value indicative of interference. The interference detection system identifies one or more second wireless stations that have experienced similar interference on the at least one PRB. A plurality of estimated interference source locations are determined based at least on geographic locations of the first wireless station and the one or more second wireless stations. Determining the plurality of estimated interference source locations further comprises generating a boundary based on the geographic locations of the first wireless station and the one or more second wireless stations and selecting a plurality of estimated interference source locations within the boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Ricardo Francisco Borges, Hector A. Garcia Crespo, Brian A. Ward, Dean P. Jarski
  • Publication number: 20230145986
    Abstract: Systems described herein may allow for the intelligent configuration of containers onto virtualized resources. Different configurations may be generated based on the simulation of alternate placements of containers onto nodes, where the placement of a particular container onto a particular node may serve as a root for several branches which may themselves simulate the placement of additional containers on the node (in addition to the container(s) indicated in the root). Once a set of configurations are generated, a particular configuration may be selected according to determined selection parameters and/or intelligent selection techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Kapala, Hector A. Garcia Crespo, Sudha Subramaniam, Brian A. Ward, Brent D. Segner
  • Patent number: 11635482
    Abstract: An interference detection system in a network identifies a first wireless station that has experienced radio frequency (RF) interference from an unknown source and identifies one or more second wireless stations that have experienced similar interference. A plurality of estimated interference source locations are scored based on a comparison of estimated interference to observed interference at the one or more second wireless stations. A predicted interference source location is identified based on the scored plurality of estimated interference source locations. It is determined whether the unknown interference source is a persistent interference source over a selected time period, wherein the predicted interference source location is identified for each interval in the selected time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Hector Alejandro Garcia Crespo, Matthew Kapala, Jason A. Birr, Ricardo Francisco Borges, Brian A. Ward, Dean P. Jarski
  • Publication number: 20230088342
    Abstract: A device may receive input data associated with a wireless network, and may extract data from the input data to generate extracted data. The device may create PRB images based on the extracted data, and may process the PRB images, with a first model, to associate labels with each of the PRB images. The device may process the labels and the PRB images, with a second model, to identify potential issues associated with the PRB images, and may process data identifying the potential issues associated with the PRB images, with a third model, to compress the data identifying the potential issues into an array. The device may process the array, with a fourth model, to determine probability scores associated with the potential issues, and may select a potential issue with a greatest probability score as a detected issue. The device may perform actions based on the detected issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Christian WINTER, Brian A. WARD, Richard S. DELK, Xia Li
  • Patent number: 11573841
    Abstract: Systems described herein may allow for the intelligent configuration of containers onto virtualized resources. Different configurations may be generated based on the simulation of alternate placements of containers onto nodes, where the placement of a particular container onto a particular node may serve as a root for several branches which may themselves simulate the placement of additional containers on the node (in addition to the container(s) indicated in the root). Once a set of configurations are generated, a particular configuration may be selected according to determined selection parameters and/or intelligent selection techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Kapala, Hector A. Garcia Crespo, Sudha Subramaniam, Brian A. Ward, Brent D. Segner
  • Patent number: 11558132
    Abstract: An interference detection system in a network identifies a first wireless station that has experienced radio frequency (RF) interference from an unknown source on at least one physical resource block (PRB) and identifies one or more second wireless stations that have experienced similar interference on the at least one PRB. A plurality of estimated interference source locations are determined based at least on geographic locations of the first wireless station and the one or more second wireless stations. The plurality of estimated interference source locations are scored based on a comparison of estimate interference to observed interference at the one or more second wireless stations and a geographical map is generated based on the scored plurality of estimated interference source locations, wherein the geographical map includes indicia indicative of the relative scores of the plurality of estimated interference source locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo Francisco Borges, Hector A. Garcia Crespo, Brian A. Ward, Dean P. Jarski
  • Patent number: 11477678
    Abstract: A device may receive input data associated with a wireless network, and may extract data from the input data to generate extracted data. The device may create PRB images based on the extracted data, and may process the PRB images, with a first model, to associate labels with each of the PRB images. The device may process the labels and the PRB images, with a second model, to identify potential issues associated with the PRB images, and may process data identifying the potential issues associated with the PRB images, with a third model, to compress the data identifying the potential issues into an array. The device may process the array, with a fourth model, to determine probability scores associated with the potential issues, and may select a potential issue with a greatest probability score as a detected issue. The device may perform actions based on the detected issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Winter, Brian A. Ward, Richard S. Delk, Xia Li