Patents by Inventor Brian Danque

Brian Danque 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).

  • Techniques for triggering radio access technology (RAT) fall back at a user equipment (EU) based on data traffic information
    Patent number: 11871469
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may support multiple radio access technologies (RATs). The UE may communicate using both a Long Term Evolution (LTE) connection for control signaling and a New Radio (NR) connection for data signaling in a non-standalone (NSA) mode. However, if the UE uses a data rate below a threshold, the NR connection may be inefficient. To reduce processing overhead, the UE may fall back to using the LTE connection for data communications. For example, the UE may delay or abort adding an NR connection based on the data rate. In some examples, the UE may transmit a fake report or a fake uplink message to trigger dropping an NR connection. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may indicate a preferred mode of operation to the network indicating a preference for communicating data via an LTE connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nikhil Challa, Mahesh Kommi, Anil Rao, Nishith Chaubey, Heekab Shin, Brian Danque
  • TECHNIQUES FOR TRIGGERING RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY (RAT) FALL BACK AT A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) BASED ON DATA TRAFFIC INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220046738
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may support multiple radio access technologies (RATs). The UE may communicate using both a Long Term Evolution (LTE) connection for control signaling and a New Radio (NR) connection for data signaling in a non-standalone (NSA) mode. However, if the UE uses a data rate below a threshold, the NR connection may be inefficient. To reduce processing overhead, the UE may fall back to using the LTE connection for data communications. For example, the UE may delay or abort adding an NR connection based on the data rate. In some examples, the UE may transmit a fake report or a fake uplink message to trigger dropping an NR connection. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may indicate a preferred mode of operation to the network indicating a preference for communicating data via an LTE connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Nikhil Challa, Mahesh Kommi, Anil Rao, Nishith Chaubey, Heekab Shin, Brian Danque