Patents by Inventor István Z. Kovacs
István Z. Kovacs 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: 11950206Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: receiving from a network node, by a user equipment of a plurality of user equipment associated with more than one communication beam of a communication network, information comprising locations in time of the user equipment during paging occasions with at least one cell of the communication network associated over more than one communication beam, wherein the information identifies any provided order of the more than one communication beam covering the locations in time of the user equipment during the paging occasions; and based on the information, identifying by the user equipment at least one communication beam and timing of at least one paging occasion, of the paging occasions, for the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Jeroen Wigard, Mads Lauridsen, Kim Nielsen, István Z. Kovács, Jens Steiner, Rafhael Amorim, Nuno K. Pratas
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Publication number: 20240031903Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to conditional handover. A method comprises: determining, at a first device, an ordered list of target cells for a second device to initiate handover to in order based at least in part on location-related data of the second device, the second device being served in a source cell of the first device; transmitting, to the second device, first information indicating the ordered list of target cells and radio configurations associated with each of the target cells; and causing second information indicating the ordered list of target cells to be transmitted to at least one third device serving target cells in the ordered list, to request allocation of resources for the handover by the at least one third device. In this way, a chain of target cells regarding future handover is determined in a predetermined order, which avoid multiple cells prepare for a same handover, thus reducing handover preparation latency and improving the service continuity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2020Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Irina-Mihaela BALAN, István Z. KOVÁCS, Ping YUAN, Rafnael MEDEIROS DE AMORIM
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Publication number: 20230314625Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising obtaining information comprising a location of a terminal device, obtaining an angle of arrival (342) of a signal transmitted by the terminal device, determining an expected angle of arrival (344) based, at least partly, on the location of the terminal device, determining if the angle of arrival of the signal transmitted by the terminal device and the expected angle of arrival correspond to each other, and if they do not performing an action associated with an incorrect reported location.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Ryan KEATING, Jeroen WIGARD, István Z. KOVACS, Frank FREDERIKSEN
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METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REPORTING BEHAVIOR OF TARGET APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
Publication number: 20230209305Abstract: Disclosed are methods for reporting a behavior of a target apparatus associated with a geographical area. An example method may include receiving a first request to report a behavior of a target apparatus associated with a geographical area, determining whether a granularity of the geographical area is finer than a cell level granularity according to at least one of the geographical area and a region of interest associated with the geographical area, transmitting a second request to a first entity for performing a location service having a location granularity finer than the cell level granularity in a case where the granularity of the geographical area is finer than the cell level granularity, receiving a notification from the first entity on the behavior of the target apparatus associated with the geographical area, and reporting the behavior of the target apparatus associated with the geographical area based on the notification. The Related apparatuses and computer readable media are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Yang SHEN, Istvan Z. KOVACS, Eva PEREZ -
Patent number: 11659419Abstract: A method for identifying an interfering aerial vehicle user equipment within a communications system, the method including determining for the interfering aerial vehicle user equipment a first signal measurement value is less than a first threshold value; and determining for the interfering aerial vehicle user equipment a second signal measurement value related to the radio interface between the interfering aerial vehicle user equipment and a serving cell access point is greater than a second threshold value, and the first signal measurement value is determined based on a comparison between the second signal measurement value and further signal measurement values related to the radio interface between the interfering aerial vehicle user equipment and at least one further cell access point.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Yan Zhao, Istvan Z. Kovacs, Jeroen Wigard
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Patent number: 11658817Abstract: A user equipment (UE) has both cellular and non-cellular links. The network sends it a first indication to maintain using a first set of security keys generated from a parameter specific to a source access node after the UE hands over the cellular link to a target access node without changing a wireless termination (WT) that is connected with the UE via the non-cellular link. The network uses that key to maintain the non-cellular link with the UE after the cellular link handover. From the UE's perspective it uses that key to authenticate its non-cellular link prior to the cellular link handover, but this handover does not change the WT which communicates with the UE via the non-cellular link so the UE can, only in response to receiving a first indication associated with the handover, use that same key to maintain that non-cellular link after the handover.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Inventors: Daniela Laselva, Istvan Z. Kovacs
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Publication number: 20230144709Abstract: A first apparatus (101) for a first method comprising receiving input data of at least one user equipment (102), determining an input to at least a part of at least one input layer (112A) of an artificial neural network depending on the input data, determining an output of a first part of the artificial neural network and transmitting the output of this part of the artificial neural network, and a second apparatus (105) for a second method comprising receiving an input for another part of the artificial neural network, determining an output of this part of the artificial neural network for at least one user equipment (102) depending on the input, the other part of the rtificial neural network comprising at least a part of at least one hidden layer (118A) or at least a part of an output layer (114A) of he artificial neural network or at least a part of at least one hidden layer (118A) and at least a part of an output layer (114A) of the artificial neural network, and outputting the output.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: István Z. KOVÁCS, Oana-Elena BARBU, Melisa LÓPEZ
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Publication number: 20230135073Abstract: A base station serving UE(s) receives validity time information for cell(s) formed by other base station(s). The validity time information indicates at least a time period when corresponding cells are available for use by the UE(s). The base station determines action(s) to perform for the UE(s) based on the validity time information. A UE receives, from a base station, validity time for cell(s) formed by other base station(s). The UE performs action(s) based on the validity time of the cell(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Xiang XU, Jeroen WIGARD, István Z. KOVÁCS, Mads LAURIDSEN, Ping YUAN
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Publication number: 20220279437Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for non-terrestrial networks. In some example embodiment, there may be provided a method including determining, based on position information, a country where the apparatus is located; receiving, from a non-terrestrial base station, a system information broadcast including mapping information, the mapping information including a country area identifier or a random access radio network temporary identifier; mapping the determined country into the received country area identifier or the received random access radio network temporary identifier; and performing, based on the received country area identifier or the received random access radio network temporary identifier, a random access procedure with the non-terrestrial base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Jeroen Wigard, Mads Lauridsen, Rafhael Amorim, István Z. Kovács
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Publication number: 20220248348Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: determine (602) at least one power setting adjustment for at least one terminal based on at least one gain setting adjustment for a satellite; and provide (604) the least one power setting adjustment for the at least one terminal to the at least one terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2019Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Thomas HÖHNE, István Z. KOVÁCS, Mads LAURIDSEN, Ingo VIERING
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Publication number: 20220225270Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: receiving from a network node, by a user equipment of a plurality of user equipment associated with more than one communication beam of a communication network, information comprising locations in time of the user equipment during paging occasions with at least one cell of the communication network associated over more than one communication beam, wherein the information identifies any provided order of the more than one communication beam covering the locations in time of the user equipment during the paging occasions; and based on the information, identifying by the user equipment at least one communication beam and timing of at least one paging occasion, of the paging occasions, for the user equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Jeroen WIGARD, Mads LAURIDSEN, Kim NIELSEN, István Z. KOVÁCS, Jens STEINER, Rafhael AMORIM, Nuno K. PRATAS
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Publication number: 20220217608Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method and apparatus may include transmitting, by a first network entity, at least one time-based measurement configuration to a user equipment. The method may further include receiving, by the first network entity, at least one measurement result from the user equipment. The method may further include determining, by the first network entity, whether at least one handover should be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Mads LAURIDSEN, Jeroen WIGARD, Rafhael AMORIM, István Z. KOVACS
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Patent number: 11362774Abstract: Various example embodiments are disclosed relating to transmission adaptation in a wireless network. According to another example embodiment, an apparatus may include a processor. The processor may be configured to measure a channel quality for a plurality of wireless resources (e.g., physical resource blocks), determine one or more proposed resources based on the measured channel quality for the wireless resources, determine at least one proposed transmission parameter based on a number of the proposed wireless resources and the channel quality of the proposed wireless resources, and send a report to an infrastructure node, the report including the at least one proposed transmission parameter and identifying the proposed wireless resources.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Troels Kolding, Frank Frederiksen, Klaus Pedersen, Istvan Z. Kovacs
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Patent number: 11129229Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program are disclosed that perform in a wireless network: monitoring radio network connectivity release requests received from a wireless device of a given subscriber of the wireless network; determining a radio network connectivity release request frequency based on the radio network connectivity release requests received from the wireless device; receiving a current radio network connectivity release request from the wireless device; determining whether the radio network connectivity release request frequency meets a first threshold and: if yes, taking first corrective action to mitigate network load by excessive radio network connectivity release requests.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Jeroen Wigard, Istvan Z. Kovacs, Thomas Jacobsen, Daniela Laselva, Poul Larsen
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Patent number: 11096129Abstract: Certain embodiments may relate to wireless communication systems. For example, some embodiments may relate to non-terrestrial networks (NTN). A method, in certain embodiments, may include receiving, by a user equipment (UE), at least one resynchronization message from at least one first network entity (NE). The method may also include resynchronizing, by the UE, with at least one second NE after at least one time period with at least one parameter based upon the at least one resynchronization message.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Jeroen Wigard, Rafhael Amorim, Istvan Z. Kovacs, Matthew Baker, Mads Lauridsen
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Publication number: 20210195448Abstract: A method for identifying an interfering aerial vehicle user equipment within a communications system, the method including determining for the interfering aerial vehicle user equipment a first signal measurement value is less than a first threshold value; and determining for the interfering aerial vehicle user equipment a second signal measurement value related to the radio interface between the interfering aerial vehicle user equipment and a serving cell access point is greater than a second threshold value, wherein the first signal measurement value is determined based on a comparison between the second signal measurement value and further signal measurement values related to the radio interface between the interfering aerial vehicle user equipment and at least one further cell access point.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Yan ZHAO, Istvan Z. KOVACS, Jeroen WIGARD
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Publication number: 20210068065Abstract: Certain embodiments may relate to wireless communication systems. For example, some embodiments may relate to non-terrestrial networks (NTN). A method, in certain embodiments, may include receiving, by a user equipment (UE), at least one resynchronization message from at least one first network entity (NE). The method may also include resynchronizing, by the UE, with at least one second NE after at least one time period with at least one parameter based upon the at least one resynchronization message.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Jeroen WIGARD, Rafhael AMORIM, Istvan Z. KOVACS, Matthew BAKER, Mads LAURIDSEN
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Publication number: 20200280848Abstract: A user equipment (UE) has both cellular and non-cellular links. The network sends it a first indication to maintain using a first set of security keys generated from a parameter specific to a source access node after the UE hands over the cellular link to a target access node without changing a wireless termination (WT) that is connected with the UE via the non-cellular link. The network uses that key to maintain the non-cellular link with the UE after the cellular link handover. From the UE's perspective it uses that key to authenticate its non-cellular link prior to the cellular link handover, but this handover does not change the WT which communicates with the UE via the non-cellular link so the UE can, only in response to receiving a first indication associated with the handover, use that same key to maintain that non-cellular link after the handover.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Daniela Laselva, Istvan Z. Kovacs
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Patent number: 10681541Abstract: A user equipment (UE) has both cellular and non-cellular links. The network sends it a first indication to maintain using a first set of security keys generated from a parameter specific to a source access node after the UE hands over the cellular link to a target access node without changing a wireless termination (WT) that is connected with the UE via the non-cellular link. The network uses that key to maintain the non-cellular link with the UE after the cellular link handover. From the UE's perspective it uses that key to authenticate its non-cellular link prior to the cellular link handover, but this handover does not change the WT which communicates with the UE via the non-cellular link so the UE can, only in response to receiving a first indication associated with the handover, use that same key to maintain that non-cellular link after the handover.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Daniela Laselva, Istvan Z. Kovacs
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Publication number: 20200059990Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program are disclosed that perform in a wireless network: monitoring radio network connectivity release requests received from a wireless device of a given subscriber of the wireless network; determining a radio network connectivity release request frequency based on the radio network connectivity release requests received from the wireless device; receiving a current radio network connectivity release request from the wireless device; determining whether the radio network connectivity release request frequency meets a first threshold and: if yes, taking first corrective action to mitigate network load by excessive radio network connectivity release requests.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Jeroen WIGARD, Istvan Z. KOVACS, Thomas JACOBSEN, Daniela LASELVA, Poul LARSEN