Patents by Inventor Lalith KUMAR

Lalith KUMAR 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).

  • Publication number: 20250261097
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Embodiments herein provide a method for PIN discovery and communication in a personal IOT network (PIN) by a PIN Element with Management Capability (PEMC). The method includes receiving a request message to join at least one PIN from a PIN Elements (PINE), determining whether the requested service or device type is supported by at least one PIN from a plurality of PINs based on the PIN information, selecting, by the PEMC, the at least one PIN from the plurality of PINs when the requested service or device type is supported by the at least one PIN form the plurality of PINs, adding the PINE to the at least one PIN to communicate the requested service or the device type, sending an accept message to the PINE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Lalith KUMAR, Sidhant JAIN, Aman AGARWAL, Kailash Kumar JHA, Anoop PERUMUDI VEEDU
  • Publication number: 20250247769
    Abstract: Embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for providing network control for MBSR behaviour in wireless communication networks. Embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for the HPLMN/EHPLMN or the serving/registered PLMN or any PLMN in any of the UE's preferred lists to selectively control the UE behaviour to either act as a normal UE or as a UE (MBSR) based on either the PLMN serving the UE or the location of the UE. Embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for the HPLMN to control/prioritize/restrict certain PLMN(s) for UE, to operate as UE (MBSR), over other PLMN(s). Embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for determining which UEs are allowed or not allowed to operate as a MBSR UE (with mobile relay operation) in specific areas/PLMNs/geographical locations/TACs/TAIs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Lalith KUMAR, Aman AGARWAL, Avneesh TIWARI, Kailash Kumar JHA
  • Patent number: 12375910
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments herein provide a method of enabling authentication and key management application (AKMA) services in roaming mode comprising generating a key associated with the AKMA services after a primary authentication of the UE with a wireless network; determining whether to share the at least one key associated with the AKMA services with a visited AKMA anchor function (vAAnF); and sharing the at least one key associated with the AKMA services with the vAAnF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Varini Gupta, Rajavelsamy Rajadurai, Nivedya Parambath Sasi, Lalith Kumar, Narendranath Durga Tangudu, Rohini Rajendran
  • Patent number: 12376180
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Embodiments herein disclose a wireless network and methods to maintain a MA PDU session at a NSACF entity. The method includes determining, by a SMF entity, that a PDU session is the MA PDU session based on an indication from a UE. Further, the method includes indicating, by the SMF entity, that the PDU session is the MA PDU session to the NSACF entity in response to determination. The wireless network may maintain the count accurately even though the PDU session is a MA PDU session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koustav Roy, Lalith Kumar, Arijit Sen, Danish Ehsan Hashmi, Ashok Kumar Nayak, Hoyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 12375987
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a network entity associated with a first network system, a registration request message for a disaster roaming service, the registration request message including capability information of the terminal, transmitting, to the network entity, a service request message for an emergency service using a second network system, and after the emergency service ends, performing a cell reselection to return to the first network system providing the disaster roaming service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Watfa, Lalith Kumar
  • Patent number: 12356355
    Abstract: A method for performing communication in a wireless communication system in includes establishing, by a network entity, a context of a user equipment (UE) in a network, receiving a message for registration request from the UE in a registered state, identifying that the UE is genuine by executing an authentication procedure with the UE, and in case that the UE is genuine, performing a deletion of the established context of the UE and a process of the registration request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lalith Kumar, Rajavelsamy Rajadurai
  • Patent number: 12356357
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments herein disclose a method for downlink uplink collision handling in a wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lalith Kumar, Kundan Tiwari, Debabrata Das, Anikethan Ramakrishna Vijaya Kumar
  • Publication number: 20250220766
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Embodiments herein provide a method for randomizing signalling during a discontinuous coverage area in a satellite access apparatus by a UE. The method includes registering the UE to the satellite access apparatus through a satellite access network. Further, the method includes receiving a discontinuous coverage wait range from the satellite access network. Further, the method includes detecting a discontinuous coverage in the satellite access apparatus. Further, the method includes determining a random wait time within the discontinuous coverage wait range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Aman AGARWAL, Avneesh TIWARI, Kailash Kumar JHA, Lalith KUMAR, Dongyeon KIM, Mahmoud WATFA
  • Publication number: 20250220554
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. According to an embodiment, the method comprises identifying one or more parameters associated with discontinuous coverage: determining, based on the one or more parameters associated with discontinuous coverage, a user equipment (UE) out-of-coverage period; and in case of determining the UE-out-of-coverage period, transmitting to the UE a signal including an extended connected time parameter, wherein the UE is maintained in a connected mode for the extended connected time parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Lalith KUMAR, Chadi KHIRALLAH, Mahmoud WATFA
  • Publication number: 20250220560
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The method disclosed herein includes triggering a timer of a predefined-time period for an entry of one or more PLMN-IDs associated with one or more PLMNs in the PLMN list. The method includes detecting an occurrence of a switch-on operation of the UE subsequent to an occurrence of a switch-off operation of the UE. The method includes calculating a remaining time of the timer at a time of the occurrence of the switch-off operation and determining an elapsed time between the switch-off operation of the UE and the switch-on operation of the UE. The method includes comparing the calculated remaining time and the determined elapsed time and managing the entry of the one or more PLMN-IDs in the PLMN list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Lalith KUMAR, Mahmoud WATFA
  • Patent number: 12348571
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for obtaining policy data associated with a private network implemented at least partly within a cloud provider network; establishing, based on the policy data, a first segment within the private network, wherein in a first geographic region of the cloud provider network, traffic associated with the first segment is isolated from traffic associated with a second segment of the private network, and wherein in a second geographic region of the cloud provider network, traffic associated with the first segment is isolated from traffic associated with a third segment of the private network; obtaining metadata indicating an isolated network of the cloud provider network is associated with the first segment; and enabling the isolated network to communicate, over the first segment, across the first geographic region and the second geographic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Baihu Qian, Bashuman Deb, Justin Lin Hsieh, Daniel William Dacosta, Nick Matthews, Viktor Heorhiadi, Lalith Kumar Ramamoorthi, Anoop Dawani, Omer Hashmi, Thomas Nguyen Spendley
  • Publication number: 20250212149
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provides to a method and device for provisioning PIN subscription data in a wireless communication system supporting a personal IoT network (PIN). The method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting the PIN, the method comprises transmitting, to a mobility management function (AMF), a registration request message including PIN input information, and receiving, from the AMF, a registration accept message including PIN subscription data based on the PIN input information, wherein the UE in the PIN acts as at least one of a PIN element with gateway capability (PEGC) device and a PIN element with management capability (PEMC) device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Lalith KUMAR, Sidhant JAIN, Aman AGARWAL, Kailash Kumar JHA, Anoop P V
  • Patent number: 12335832
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The embodiment herein is to disclose a method for selecting PLMN with disaster condition (PLMN-D) to receive disaster roaming service in an area. The method includes detecting, by a UE, a disaster condition in the area. Further, the method includes detecting, by the UE, a forbidden PLMN (FPLMN) broadcasting a plurality of PLMN-Ds in the area. Further, the method includes selecting, by the UE, the at least one PLMN-D from the plurality of PLMN-D based on a predefined sequence of priority order. Further, the method includes camping, by the UE, the FPLMN corresponding to the at least one selected PLMN-D. Further, the method includes triggering, by the UE, a registration procedure on the camped FPLMN by indicating the at least one selected PLMN-D in the registration request message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aman Agarwal, Lalith Kumar, Kailash Kumar Jha, Samiran Bhowmik, Mahmoud Watfa
  • Patent number: 12335853
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Disclosed is a method performed by a UE, the method comprising: having at least one existing PDU session associated with an S-NSSAI; requesting, from an upper layer, a new PDU session; determining a condition; performing checking operations comprising: (i) checking whether allowed NSSAI includes only one S-NSSAI, and (ii) checking whether any of the at least one existing PDU sessions have an attribute which matches a corresponding attribute in the requested new PDU session; and when both checking operations (i) and (ii) are true: selecting a PDU session from the at least one existing PDU sessions which matches at least one attribute, determining that the selected PDU session can be used or associated with the request from the upper layer, and forwarding details of the selected PDU session to the upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Watfa, Lalith Kumar, Varini Gupta
  • Patent number: 12335894
    Abstract: A method performed by a UE comprising a plurality of subscriber identity modules (SIMs) is provided. The method includes registering a first SIM from the plurality of SIMs with a first network entity, transmitting, to the first network entity, a request message to obtain a time gap configuration when the UE is registered and connected with the first network entity through the first SIM, receiving, from the first network entity, a response message including the time gap configuration, and activating the time gap configuration in case that the UE is connected to the first network entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale, Lalit Kumar Pathak, Lalith Kumar, Mohanraja B, Nikhil Patni, Rohan Raj, Tushar Vrind
  • Publication number: 20250185082
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for optimizing a multi-access protocol data unit (MA-PDU) session is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Koustav ROY, Lalith KUMAR, Danish Ehsan HASHMI, Jagadeesh GANDIKOTA, Arijit SEN
  • Patent number: 12323494
    Abstract: Accordingly, embodiments herein disclose a method for seamless service continuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nishant Gupta, Lalith Kumar, Basavaraj Jayawant Pattan
  • Publication number: 20250176070
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a UE in a wireless network, comprising performing a registration procedure indicating support of a first paging subgrouping; receiving, from an AMF, a negotiated PEIPS assistance information in a registration accept message during registration procedure; using a PEIPS assistance information; establishing an emergency PDU session over a first access network; stopping to use PEIPS assistance information; performing handover procedure of the emergency PDU session from first access network to a second access network; and in case that emergency PDU session is handed over from first access network to second access network, using PEIPS assistance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Danish Ehsan HASHMI, Lalith KUMAR, Koustav ROY, Arijit SEN
  • Publication number: 20250167876
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Disclosed is a method of operating a User Equipment, UE, the UE communicating with a telecommunication network via a satellite, wherein when a Non-Access Stratum, NAS, timer is determined, any restriction on use of an enhanced coverage indication from the telecommunication network is not considered when the NAS timer is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Mahmoud WATFA, Chadi KHIRALLAH, Lalith KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20250159642
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Embodiments herein provide a method for handling timer expiry during an ongoing non-access stratum (NAS) procedure in a wireless network by a UE. The method includes detecting that a last running first timer is stopped or expired. Further, the method includes performing a deregistration procedure by sending a deregistration request message to a network entity in the wireless network when the last running first timer is stopped or expired. Further, the method includes starting a second timer. Further, the method includes determining that the deregistration procedure is not successful in first attempt. Further, the method includes aborting the ongoing deregistration procedure upon determining that the deregistration procedure is not successful in the first attempt. The method can be used to ensure that the UE registers over higher priority PLMN without any delay and extra signalling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Danish Ehsan HASHMI, Arijit SEN, Koustav ROY, Lalith KUMAR