Patents by Inventor Lily Zhu
Lily Zhu 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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Publication number: 20230300631Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which beam configuration management service is provided. A network device of a wireless access network provides the service that includes identifying redundant configurations across carriers associated with a cell group, and links the common beam configurations to these carriers. The service also includes identifying any difference in beam configurations relative to the common beam configurations for a carrier. The service may transmit this beam configuration information in a control plane message to an end device. The end device may use the beam configuration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Xin Wang, Lily Zhu, Hui Zhao, Andrew E. Youtz
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Publication number: 20230291607Abstract: A device includes a memory to store a User Equipment Route Selection Policy (URSP) and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: obtain network traffic comprising first network traffic and second network traffic, wherein the second network traffic originates from one or more user equipment devices (UEs); apply the URSP to the network traffic; and in response to applying the URSP, forward protocol data units (PDUs) of the network traffic to either a first tunnel to a first network slice or a second tunnel to a second network slice. The first tunnel and the second tunnel are established from the device to the first network slice and the second network slice over communication paths that include at least a wireless communication link from the device to a radio access network (RAN).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Samirkumar Patel, Deepa Jagannatha, Lily Zhu
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Publication number: 20230292230Abstract: A device comprises a memory and one or more processors. The memory stores a User Equipment Route Selection Policy (URSP). The one or more processors are configured to: receive a packet from a user device; determine a traffic descriptor associated with the packet; apply a URSP to the traffic descriptor to identify a network slice, within a network, to which the packet is to be forwarded; and forward the packet to the network slice over a wireless connection from the device to the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Deepa Jagannatha, Lily Zhu, Samirkumar Patel
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Publication number: 20230232229Abstract: A system described herein may maintain information associating one or more tokens to one or more network slices associated with a network. The system may receive a request, from an application executing at a User Equipment (“UE”), for communication session information, where the request includes a particular token. The system may identify a particular network slice associated with the particular token based on the information associating the one or more tokens to the one or more network slices. The system may receive communication session information, associated with the particular network slice, from the network, and may provide the communication session information to the application. The application may use the communication session information to communicate with the network via the particular network slice. The application may use such communication session information without providing an application identifier to the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Balaji L. Raghavachari, Lily Zhu, Bharadwaj Vemuri, Miguel A. Carames, Brian T. Mecum
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Patent number: 11689960Abstract: In some implementations, a network device may monitor a communication session associated with a user equipment and a network. The network device may determine a service-level identifier associated with a subscription of the user equipment, wherein the subscription is for a particular level of service that is to be provided by the network to the user equipment. The network device may determine that a performance metric associated with the communication session satisfies a performance threshold associated with the particular level of service. The network device may provide the service-level identifier to the user equipment based on the performance metric satisfying the performance threshold, wherein the service-level identifier enables an indication that the user equipment is receiving the particular level of service to be displayed by the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Andrew E. Youtz, Lily Zhu, Balaji L. Raghavachari
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Patent number: 11671905Abstract: A method for prioritizing scanning to improve system acquisition includes scanning, by a user equipment device (UE), for base stations associated with a first radio access technology (RAT); establishing, by the UE, a first wireless channel between the UE and a first base station based on the first RAT; determining, by the UE, whether information associated with a second RAT was received via the first wireless channel; scanning, by the UE, for base stations associated with the second RAT in response to receiving the information via the first wireless channel, where the scanning is based on the received information; determining, by the UE, whether a second wireless channel based on the second RAT is established between the UE and a second base station; and camping, by the UE, on the second base station associated with the second RAT in response to determining that the second wireless channel was established.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Lily Zhu, Andrew E. Youtz, Hui Zhao, Samirkumar Patel, Xin Wang
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Publication number: 20230171604Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an inter-RAT PDN connection management service is provided. The service may include provisioning a packet data network (PDN) session based on network slice (NS) and access point name (APN) information received from an end device via a non-slice radio access device. The service may further include provisioning, during the PDU session, a network slice based on the NS and APN information in which core devices of the network slice are selected and the same as the core devices that supported the PSN session.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Deepa Jagannatha, Violeta Cakulev, Raquel Morera Sempere, Lily Zhu
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Patent number: 11659452Abstract: Systems and methods described herein bring a 5G standalone-capable end device back into 5G service to leverage the 5G network's data capacity as soon as a VoLTE call is over. A network device receives a fallback connection, for a 5G New Radio (NR) standalone-capable end device, from a second network to the first network to support a voice call on the end device, wherein the fallback connection supports a voice-over-LTE call. The network device detects an end of the VoLTE call and initiates, in response to the detecting, a handover of the end device back to the second network, wherein the initiating occurs while the end device is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Lily Zhu, Xin Wang, Andrew E. Youtz, Hui Zhao, Deepa Jagannatha
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Patent number: 11659476Abstract: A base station device broadcasts a base station identifier. The base station identifier is assigned to the base station device, and is broadcasted in one or more system information messages that are receivable by user devices located within a threshold distance from the base station device. The base station device determines whether the base station identifier is to be altered, and processes the base station identifier to generate an altered base station identifier for the base station device. The base station device performs one or more actions to cause the altered base station identifier to be broadcasted. The altered base station identifier is broadcasted in one or more additional system information messages that are receivable by the user devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Christopher M. Schmidt, Lily Zhu, Abhishek Rajendrakumar Panchal
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Publication number: 20230126346Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which beam configuration management service is provided. A network device of a wireless access network provides the service that includes identifying redundant configurations across carriers associated with a cell group, and links the common beam configurations to these carriers. The service also includes identifying any difference in beam configurations relative to the common beam configurations for a carrier. The service may transmit this beam configuration information in a control plane message to an end device. The end device may use the beam configuration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Xin Wang, Lily Zhu, Hui Zhao, Andrew E. Youtz
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Patent number: 11638189Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a core network selection service is provided. The core network selection service may minimize end devices transitioning between core networks of a multi-radio access technology (RAT) radio access network (RAN) based on cell selection priority configurations. The cell selection priority configurations may be provisioned on the end device via control messaging, such as system information block messages. The core network selection service may manage the end devices when in idle mode and in a connected mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Andrew E. Youtz, Deepa Jagannatha, Susan Wu Sanders, Lily Zhu, Hui Zhao, Monte Giles, Samirkumar Patel, Xin Wang
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Publication number: 20230110709Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can receive a first data stream and a second data stream; store data units of the second data stream, as stored data units, in a buffer while a retransmission operation is performed for the first data stream; determine that a threshold is satisfied with regard to the buffer, wherein the threshold is associated with a counter that is maintained based on the storing of the data units; and provide the stored data units based on determining that the threshold is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Xin WANG, Hui ZHAO, Lily ZHU, Andrew E. YOUTZ
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Publication number: 20230087430Abstract: Methods, kits, and systems using machine-readable labels are disclosed to assist in communications between the material provider and the end-user of a graphic film product, especially when the end-user does not acquire the graphic film product directly from the material, where such communications may relate to the warranty for the graphic film product.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Li WEN, Hui LI, Lily ZHU, Xiaoyun JIANG, Maroun D. MOUSSALLEM
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Patent number: 11595869Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium are described which provide for generating, by a wireless station of a multi-radio access technology (RAT) radio access network (RAN) that includes a new radio (NR) RAN and a RAN of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, a non-system information block (SIB) message that includes cell reselection priority information and NR stand-alone (SA) neighboring cell information, wherein an order of priority configures an end device attached to the LTE RAN to reselect to a first radio frequency (RF) channel of a first NR SA neighboring cell; and broadcasting the non-SIB message to the end device.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Andrew E. Youtz, Hui Zhao, Susan Wu Sanders, Lily Zhu
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Patent number: 11582619Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which beam configuration management service is provided. A network device of a wireless access network provides the service that includes identifying redundant configurations across carriers associated with a cell group, and links the common beam configurations to these carriers. The service also includes identifying any difference in beam configurations relative to the common beam configurations for a carrier. The service may transmit this beam configuration information in a control plane message to an end device. The end device may use the beam configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Xin Wang, Lily Zhu, Hui Zhao, Andrew E. Youtz
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Patent number: 11575621Abstract: A network device includes a network interface for establishing a communication session with another network device, a memory to store instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions. The processor may, for each time period during the communication session, adjust a size of a receive buffer of a socket. When the processor adjusts the size, the processor, if a utilization number of the receive buffer is greater than a high threshold: may determine a first new size for the receive buffer, and set a size of the receive buffer to the first new size. If the utilization number is less than a low threshold, the processor may determine a second new size for the receive buffer; and set the size of the receive buffer to the second new size.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Feng Li, Haim S. Ner, Lily Zhu, Parry Cornell Booker
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Patent number: 11558432Abstract: A network device determines radio frequency (RF) conditions at a first endpoint and a second endpoint of a call or session. The network device determines optimum first codec parameters for the determined RF conditions at the first endpoint of the call or session, and determines optimum second codec parameters for the determined RF conditions at the second endpoint of the call or session. The network device sends the first codec parameters to the first endpoint for altering operation of a first codec at a first device at the first endpoint. The network device sends the second codec parameters to the second endpoint for altering operation of a second codec at a second device at the second endpoint.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Andrew E. Youtz, Jun Yuan, Jignesh S. Panchal, Lily Zhu, Xin Wang
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Patent number: 11546796Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can receive a first data stream and a second data stream; store data units of the second data stream, as stored data units, in a buffer while a retransmission operation is performed for the first data stream; determine that a threshold is satisfied with regard to the buffer, wherein the threshold is associated with a counter that is maintained based on the storing of the data units; and provide the stored data units based on determining that the threshold is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Xin Wang, Hui Zhao, Lily Zhu, Andrew E. Youtz
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Patent number: 11528651Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may establish a wireless connection with a WiFi network, and may perform a measurement associated with a fifth generation (5G) ultra-wideband radio access network. The UE may determine whether the measurement satisfies a signal strength threshold, and may selectively perform a first action or a second action based on whether the measurement satisfies the signal strength threshold. The first action may include providing an indication of an availability of the 5G ultra-wideband radio access network, for display, when the measurement satisfies the signal strength threshold. The second action may include maintaining the wireless connection when the measurement fails to satisfy the signal strength threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Lily Zhu, Samirkumar Patel, Deepa Jagannatha, Balaji L. Raghavachari, Brian T. Mecum
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Publication number: 20220377830Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a dynamic C-DRX provisioning service is provided. The service may disable or enable discontinuous reception on a per end device application or network slice basis. The service may invoke an end device capability procedure to modify a discontinuous reception configuration of a network. The service may store information that correlates an application or network slice to a discontinuous reception setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Brian T. Mecum, Balaji L. Raghavachari, Garima Garg, Taussif Khan, Lily Zhu