Patents by Inventor Derek Hongwei H. BAO
Derek Hongwei H. BAO 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).
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Patent number: 9749880Abstract: A method performed by a base station in a network, includes detecting a malfunction associated with a backhaul link to the network; identifying one or more neighboring base stations located within a transmission range of the base station; selecting at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations based on one or more parameters, associated with the one or more neighboring base stations, in response to detecting the malfunction; receiving, by a radio frequency (RF) transceiver associated with the base station, a signal from a user equipment; and transmitting, by an RF transceiver associated with the base station, the signal to the selected at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco PartnershipInventors: Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, Steven R. Rados, Scott Anthony Townley, Vikram Rawat, Maria G. Lam
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Patent number: 8948103Abstract: A system may receive, from one or more user devices, service information that identifies applications that are being accessed by the user devices and levels of service quality, received by the user devices, when accessing the applications; identify, based on the service information, that a user device is accessing an application at a level of service quality that is less than a threshold; assign, one or more quantities of bandwidth, to the applications, based on the service information; and transmitting, to the base station, scheduling information that identifies how the quantities of bandwidth are assigned to the applications, where transmitting the scheduling information allows the base station to use a quantity of bandwidth, assigned to the application, to provide the application to the user device at a level of service quality that is not less than the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Sergio Aguirre, Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Lalit R. Kotecha, David Chiang
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Publication number: 20150031327Abstract: A device is configured to receive signal information and demand information associated with a set of cell devices in a network. The device is configured to determine time usage information, based on the signal information and based on the demand information, and to provide the time usage information. The device is configured to determine a proposed cell device, for the network, based on the time usage information, and to determine modified signal information based on the proposed cell device and based on the signal information. The device is configured to determine modified time usage information based on the modified signal information, and to provide the modified time usage information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicants: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Scott A. TOWNLEY, Richard M. Vandoren, Todd R. Michels, Derek Hongwei H. Bao
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Patent number: 8910217Abstract: A device receives, from a network device, information associated with an event, and assigns an event identifier to the event based on the event information. The device also provides the event identifier to a cell control device located at a location associated with the event, and determines a cell capacity of the location to ensure that there is sufficient cell capacity at the location to broadcast the event. The network device instructs a device capturing the event to provide live event data to the cell control device for a predetermined time period.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco PartnershipInventors: Lee Tjio, Sergio Aguirre, Brett I. Rogers, David Chiang, Derek Hongwei H. Bao, David M. Alward, Vijay T. Madhav, Lalit R. Kotecha, Arvind Basra
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Patent number: 8855635Abstract: A network device may be configured to receive information regarding a location of a user device; compare the location of the user device to one or more coverage areas associated with each of one or more cells that are associated with a base station of a wireless telecommunications network; determine that the user device is within a particular coverage area of a particular cell, of the one or more cells; and instruct the user device, based on determining that the user device is within the particular coverage area of the particular cell, to connect to the particular cell.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco PartnershipInventors: Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Patricia R. Chang, Steven R. Rados, Priscilla Lau, Yee Sin Chan, Maria G. Lam, John F. Macias, Thomas H. Tan, Lalit R. Kotecha, David Chiang, Thomas W. Haynes
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Patent number: 8782188Abstract: A method performed by a device includes detecting a first condition to generate a report record associated with the device; generating the report record associated with the device, in response to detecting the first condition, where generating the report record includes recording environment conditions associated with the device, recording device conditions associated with the device, and recording signal conditions associated with the device; detecting a second condition to send the generated report record to a server device; and sending the generated report record to the server device, in response to detecting the second condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignees: Cellco Partnership, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Vikram Rawat, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, Steven R. Rados, Maria G. Lam
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Patent number: 8767576Abstract: A user device receives an instruction to access an application, of one or more applications being provisioned via one or more base stations; obtains service quality information, associated with the application, where the service quality information identifies one or more quality thresholds associated with one or more frequency bands to be used to access the application; measures a first level of service quality associated with traffic being received via a first frequency band and a second level of service quality associated with traffic being received via a second frequency band; and accesses the application using one of the first frequency band or the second frequency band based on a determination that another one of the first level of service quality or the second level of service quality is less than a threshold, of the one or more quality thresholds.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Sergio Aguirre, Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Lalit R. Kotecha, David Chiang
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Patent number: 8705490Abstract: A server device may identify that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology. The server device may identify that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology, where the second RAN is different from the first RAN, and where the second technology is different from the first technology. The server device may also receive an indication that the first RAN is congested. The server device may further determine, based on the indication that first RAN is congested, and further based on identifying that the user device is capable of accessing the second RAN via the second technology, that the user device should be handed over to the second RAN. Additionally, the server device may instruct the user device to connect to the second RAN via the second technology.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco PartnershipInventors: Priscilla Lau, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, Arda Aksu, Jay J. Lee, Lalit R. Kotecha, Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Thomas H. Tan, Maria G. Lam, Steven R. Rados, John F. Macias
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Patent number: 8670385Abstract: A device may receive, from a base station, information that identifies traffic conditions within the base station; and may assign one or more different frequency bands to each of one or more applications being provisioned, by the base station, to one or more user devices based on the information that identifies the traffic conditions within the base station. The device may also generate allocation information that identifies how the different frequency bands are allocated to each of the applications; and transmit, via the base station, the allocation information to the user devices, where transmitting the allocation information allows a user device to identify a frequency band with which to obtain an application.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Lalit R. Kotecha, Sergio Aguirre, David Chiang, Vijay Tulsidas Madhav
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Publication number: 20130267227Abstract: A network device may be configured to receive information regarding a location of a user device; compare the location of the user device to one or more coverage areas associated with each of one or more cells that are associated with a base station of a wireless telecommunications network; determine that the user device is within a particular coverage area of a particular cell, of the one or more cells; and instruct the user device, based on determining that the user device is within the particular coverage area of the particular cell, to connect to the particular cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Patricia R. Chang, Steven R. Rados, Priscilla Lau, Yee Sin Chan, Maria G. Lam, John F. Macias, Thomas H. Tan, Lalit R. Kotecha, David Chiang, Thomas W. Haynes
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Publication number: 20130163464Abstract: A server device may identify that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology. The server device may identify that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology, where the second RAN is different from the first RAN, and where the second technology is different from the first technology. The server device may also receive an indication that the first RAN is congested. The server device may further determine, based on the indication that first RAN is congested, and further based on identifying that the user device is capable of accessing the second RAN via the second technology, that the user device should be handed over to the second RAN. Additionally, the server device may instruct the user device to connect to the second RAN via the second technology.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP (D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS), VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Priscilla LAU, Patricia Ruey-Jane CHANG, Arda AKSU, Jay J. LEE, Lalit R. KOTECHA, Derek Hongwei H. BAO, Thomas H. TAN, Maria G. Lam, Steven R. RADOS, John F. MACIAS
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Patent number: 8472950Abstract: A network device may store information identifying a coverage area associated with each of one or more cells that are associated with the network device. The network device may receive information identifying a geographic location of a user device. The network device may compare the geographic location of the user device to one or more of the stored coverage areas. The network device may also determine, based on the comparing, that the user device is within a particular coverage area of a particular cell, of the one or more cells. The network device may further send, to the user device, and based on determining that the user device is located within the particular coverage area of the particular cell, an instruction for the user device to connect to the particular cell, where the user device is to attempt to connect to the particular cell in response to the instruction.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco PartnershipInventors: Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Steven R. Rados, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, Priscilla Lau, Yee Sin Chan, Maria G. Lam, John F. Macias, Thomas H. Tan, Lalit R. Kotecha, Thomas W. Haynes, David Chiang
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Patent number: 8442556Abstract: A device sends, to a mobile device, instructions to collect location-based data associated with calls conducted by the mobile device over a wireless access network and receives, from the mobile device, the location-based data, where the location-based data includes a three-dimensional location and a time associated with each of multiple calls conducted by the mobile device over the wireless access network. The device combines the location-based data with other location-based data from other mobile devices and identifies, based on the combined location-based data and other location-based data, a localized area of congestion for the wireless access network.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco PartnershipInventors: Vikram K. Rawat, Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, David Chiang
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Publication number: 20130115943Abstract: A network device may store information identifying a coverage area associated with each of one or more cells that are associated with the network device. The network device may receive information identifying a geographic location of a user device. The network device may compare the geographic location of the user device to one or more of the stored coverage areas. The network device may also determine, based on the comparing, that the user device is within a particular coverage area of a particular cell, of the one or more cells. The network device may further send, to the user device, and based on determining that the user device is located within the particular coverage area of the particular cell, an instruction for the user device to connect to the particular cell, where the user device is to attempt to connect to the particular cell in response to the instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP (D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS), VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Derek Hongwei H. BAO, Steven R. RADOS, Patricia Ruey-Jane CHANG, Priscilla LAU, Yee Sin CHAN, Maria G. LAM, John F. MACIAS, Thomas H. TAN, Lalit R. KOTECHA, Thomas W. HAYNES, David CHIANG
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Publication number: 20130104173Abstract: A device receives, from a network device, information associated with an event, and assigns an event identifier to the event based on the event information. The device also provides the event identifier to a cell control device located at a location associated with the event, and determines a cell capacity of the location to ensure that there is sufficient cell capacity at the location to broadcast the event. The network device instructs a device capturing the event to provide live event data to the cell control device for a predetermined time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Lee TJIO, Sergio AGUIRRE, Brett I. ROGERS, David CHIANG, Derek Hongwei H. BAO, David M. ALWARD, Vijay T. MADHAV, Lalit R. KOTECHA, Arvind BASRA
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Publication number: 20130051331Abstract: A device may receive, from a base station, information that identifies traffic conditions within the base station; and may assign one or more different frequency bands to each of one or more applications being provisioned, by the base station, to one or more user devices based on the information that identifies the traffic conditions within the base station. The device may also generate allocation information that identifies how the different frequency bands are allocated to each of the applications; and transmit, via the base station, the allocation information to the user devices, where transmitting the allocation information allows a user device to identify a frequency band with which to obtain an application.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Derek Hongwei H. BAO, Lalit R. KOTECHA, Sergio AGUIRRE, David CHIANG, Vijay Tulsidas MADHAV
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Publication number: 20130044614Abstract: A user device receives an instruction to access an application, of one or more applications being provisioned via one or more base stations; obtains service quality information, associated with the application, where the service quality information identifies one or more quality thresholds associated with one or more frequency bands to be used to access the application; measures a first level of service quality associated with traffic being received via a first frequency band and a second level of service quality associated with traffic being received via a second frequency band; and accesses the application using one of the first frequency band or the second frequency band based on a determination that another one of the first level of service quality or the second level of service quality is less than a threshold, of the one or more quality thresholds.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Sergio AGUIRRE, Derek Hongwei H. BAO, Lalit R. KOTECHA, David CHIANG
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Publication number: 20130044694Abstract: A system may receive, from one or more user devices, service information that identifies applications that are being accessed by the user devices and levels of service quality, received by the user devices, when accessing the applications; identify, based on the service information, that a user device is accessing an application at a level of service quality that is less than a threshold; assign, one or more quantities of bandwidth, to the applications, based on the service information; and transmitting, to the base station, scheduling information that identifies how the quantities of bandwidth are assigned to the applications, where transmitting the scheduling information allows the base station to use a quantity of bandwidth, assigned to the application, to provide the application to the user device at a level of service quality that is not less than the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Sergio AGUIRRE, Derek Hongwei H. BAO, Lalit R. KOTECHA, David CHIANG
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Publication number: 20120149387Abstract: A device sends, to a mobile device, instructions to collect location-based data associated with calls conducted by the mobile device over a wireless access network and receives, from the mobile device, the location-based data, where the location-based data includes a three-dimensional location and a time associated with each of multiple calls conducted by the mobile device over the wireless access network. The device combines the location-based data with other location-based data from other mobile devices and identifies, based on the combined location-based data and other location-based data, a localized area of congestion for the wireless access network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Vikram K. Rawat, Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, David Chiang
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Publication number: 20120002537Abstract: A method performed by a base station in a network, includes detecting a malfunction associated with a backhaul link to the network; identifying one or more neighboring base stations located within a transmission range of the base station; selecting at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations based on one or more parameters, associated with the one or more neighboring base stations, in response to detecting the malfunction; receiving, by a radio frequency (RF) transceiver associated with the base station, a signal from a user equipment; and transmitting, by an RF transceiver associated with the base station, the signal to the selected at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Derek Hongwei H. BAO, Patricia Ruey-Jane CHANG, Steven R. RADOS, Scott Anthony TOWNLEY, Vikram RAWAT, Maria G. LAM