Patents by Inventor Malgorzata Tomala

Malgorzata Tomala 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: 20250240658
    Abstract: A method including transmitting a configuration for logging and/or reporting measurement data according to one or more criteria; and receiving a set of measurement data corresponding with the one or more criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Anna PANTELIDOU, Dario BEGA, Cinzia SARTORI, Malgorzata TOMALA
  • Patent number: 12368642
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product for: interfacing with at least a first radio access network function and a second radio access network function, sending a first message to the first radio access network function and a second message to the second radio access network function, the first message and the second message comprising a request to report information based on at least one criterion, receiving the reported information from the first radio access network function and the second radio access network function, and grouping the reported information and providing the grouped information to at least one radio access network optimization algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Cinzia Sartori, Malgorzata Tomala, Ahmad Awada, Anna Pantelidou
  • Publication number: 20250234393
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises means for: causing a communication device to make a first random access attempt using random access configuration information for a group associated with the communications device; determining a failure of the first random access attempt; and causing information related to the failure to be transmitted to the base station, said information comprising group related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Halit Murat GÜRSU, Malgorzata TOMALA, Umur KARABULUT, Anna PANTELIDOU, Ömer BULAKCI
  • Publication number: 20250234225
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, device and computer readable storage medium of communication. The method implemented at a first device comprises: obtaining first periodicity information indicating a first periodicity. The first periodicity is used by a second device to perform a quality of experience measurement. The method further comprises determining a second periodicity to be used by an AS of the second device to report one or more measurement results of the QoE measurement. The method further also comprises transmitting second periodicity information indicating the second periodicity to the second device. In this way, the first device may be involved in the procedure of configuration and maintaining the QoE measurement. More specifically, the first device may control the interval for reporting QoE measurement results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Jing HE, Malgorzata TOMALA
  • Publication number: 20250212030
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for a terminal device. The apparatus is configured to perform the following. The apparatus receives from an access node minimization of drive tests, MDT, measurement configuration for one or more multicast and broadcast services, MBS. Then, the apparatus performs MDT measurements on broadcast transmissions for the one or more MBS associated with one or more cells based on the received MDT measurement configuration. Finally, the apparatus transmits an MDT report, formed based on the received MDT measurement configuration, to an access node. The MDT report comprises at least information on results of the MDT measurements. The results of the MDT measurements are indexed, in the MDT report, based on one or more cell identifiers of the one or more cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Ugur Baran ELMALI, Guillaume DECARREAU, David NAVRÁTIL, Malgorzata TOMALA, Benoist Pierre SEBIRE
  • Publication number: 20250168893
    Abstract: There is provided 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 to perform at least: receiving (410), from a network node in a radio access network, at least one random access configuration for the apparatus to access to the radio access network, wherein the at least one random access configuration comprises a mapping between a set of synchronization signal blocks and one or more preambles in at least one physical random access channel occasion according to one or more features; determining (420), based on at least one of the one or more features, at least one preamble of the one or more preambles in a physical random access channel occasion corresponding to at least one synchronization signal block in the set of synchronization signal blocks; and transmitting (430), to the network node, the at least one preamble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Halit Murat GÜRSU, Ugur Baran ELMALI, Malgorzata TOMALA, Ömer BULAKCI
  • Publication number: 20250119805
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a user device, slice specific cell reselection information including slice group specific frequency priorities for one or more slice groups, wherein each slice group is associated with one or more network slices; performing, by the user device, a slice specific cell reselection procedure based on the slice specific cell reselection information; during the performing of the cell reselection procedure, logging, by the user device, information related to the slice specific cell reselection procedure; and transmitting, by the user device to a network node, the information related to the slice specific cell reselection procedure to enable setting or adjusting the slice group specific frequency priorities for one or more slice groups for one or more cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Alba JANO, Halit Murat GÜRSU, Rakash SIVASIVA GANESAN, György Tamás WOLFNER, Malgorzata TOMALA, Philippe GODIN
  • Publication number: 20250098008
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of report handling in multiple connection failure. The method comprises receiving, from a second device, a request associated with providing a plurality of CEF reports from the first device; and transmitting, to the second device based on the request, the plurality of CEF reports wherein information related to one or more RACH reports corresponding to the plurality of CEF reports is excluded within the plurality of CEF reports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Malgorzata TOMALA, Anna PANTELIDOU
  • Patent number: 12256326
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, at a user equipment, a configuration message from a network element. The method may also include detecting a signaling radio bearer that has been used to transmit the configuration message. The method may further include storing the configuration message according to a trigger associated with the configuration message, wherein the configuration message may be either management-based or signaling-based. Further, the method may include performing measurement data collection pertaining to a cell according to the configuration message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Hakon Helmers, Malgorzata Tomala
  • Publication number: 20250077891
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide methods for obtaining measurements for offline training of an artificial intelligence model at a server. A user node is configured to receive, from a server, a first request for one or more additional measurements for generalization during offline training of a two-sided artificial intelligence model; determine one or more additional measurements not available to the user node based on the first request; and transmit, to a network node, a second request for one or more additional measurements when the first request includes one or more measurements not available to the user node. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Sakira HASSAN, Malgorzata TOMALA, Endrit DOSTI
  • Publication number: 20250062972
    Abstract: Various example embodiments relate to method and apparatus for quality of experience reporting continuity. A terminal device may be configured to perform Quality of Experience, QoE, measurement on a service received via a source network device, and upon detection of an indication indicative of a mobility procedure for handing over the terminal device from the source network device to a target network device for the service, transmit, during or after the mobility procedure, to the target network device a buffer status report associated with a buffer for storing one or more QoE measurement reports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jing HE, Ping YUAN, Malgorzata TOMALA
  • Patent number: 12225614
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to reporting preconfigured uplink transmission failure. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device logs failures associated with transmission on the preconfigured resources and failure causes. The terminal device transmits the logged information to the network device. In this way, the network device is aware of the failure occurrences and their reasons. The network device is able to use the information for configuring uplink resources more efficiently and the resources can be efficiently allocated for other purpose or other terminal devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Chunli Wu, Samuli Turtinen, Malgorzata Tomala
  • Publication number: 20250048196
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of the enhancement on the UE report. The method comprises generating, a report including information related to a measurement relaxation performed by the first device based on a measurement relaxation configuration, the report being associated with at least one of a RLF report or a successful handover report; and transmitting the report to the second device. In this way, the network can be aware about whether a failure was experienced in conjunction with the measurements relaxation. With the enhanced report, the network may determine the future configuration of the measurement relaxation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Faranaz SABOURI-SICHANI, Daniela LASELVA, Jussi-Pekka KOSKINEN, Malgorzata TOMALA, Jorma Johannes KAIKKONEN, Lei DU
  • Publication number: 20250024348
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising receiving, by a network node in an integrated access and backhaul network, from an integrated access and backhaul donor, a message indicating one or more expected available capacities per route for a plurality of routes in the integrated access and backhaul network; and re-routing, by the network node, data traffic to one or more routes of the plurality of routes based at least partly on the one or more expected available capacities per route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Rustam PIRMAGOMEDOV, Malgorzata TOMALA
  • Publication number: 20250016839
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices. methods. apparatuses and computer-readable storage medium for resources usage optimization. In some example embodiments. from a first device. a second device receives a first set of indications of the first pool of resources for a first communication feature and a second set of indications of the second pool of resources for a second communication feature. The first set of indications is partially overlapping with the second set of indications when the first pool of resources is partially overlapping with the second pool of resources. The second device determines a random access resource based at least on a communication feature to be performed by the second device and the received first and second set of indications. The communication feature comprises at least one of the first communication feature and the second communication feature. The second device performs a random access using the determined random access resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Benoist Pierre SEBIRE, Malgorzata TOMALA, Chunli WU
  • Publication number: 20240422584
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to estimating downlink size for Quality of Experience (QoE) measurements. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device is able to coordinate between an Access Stratum layer and an Application layer to associate the QoE configuration with the corresponding reports. In this way, enables unique identification of a single QoE configuration, as well as the corresponding QoE report at the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Malgorzata TOMALA, Jing HE, Jing PING
  • Publication number: 20240388949
    Abstract: An apparatus, comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions, the at least one memory and the instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause a network node to transmit a first information to at least one terminal device, wherein the first information characterizes at least one cell and/or frequency of a radio access network notification area, RNA, which is overloaded for at least one slice associated with an existing PDU session of the at least one terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Philippe Godin, Halit Murat Guersu, Omer Bulakci, Gyoergy Tamas Wolfner, Malgorzata Tomala, Muhammad Nasser-Ul-Islam
  • Patent number: 12150158
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for handling multiple minimization of drive test (MDT) contexts for uses in radio resource controller (RRC) states. One method may include receiving, from a network element, a logged measurement configuration including specific configuration content for a user equipment differentiated per and depending on a connection state of the user equipment. The method may also include performing logging of a measurement per the user equipments state according to the specific configuration content in the logged measurement configuration. The method may further include transmitting a report of the logged measurement pertaining to one of the user equipment states, to the network element. The specific configuration content may restrict the logging according to one or more of a network-based selection criteria, and user equipment-based selection criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Malgorzata Tomala, Anna Pantelidou
  • Publication number: 20240357658
    Abstract: A method and system for accessing a network slice specific random-access channel resources pool at a user equipment is presented. The user equipment is in connected-mode with an inactive state and triggers a random-access procedure for resumption of a radio resource control connection. Therefore, at least one slice identifier from a non-access stratum layer to an access stratum layer is provided and at least one network slice to use for the radio resource control connection is determined based on the provided at least one slice identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Sung Hwan WON, Malgorzata TOMALA
  • Patent number: 12120774
    Abstract: An example method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium are provided for radio resource control (RRC) procedures for machine learning (ML). In an example implementation, the method may include receiving, by a user equipment (UE), machine learning (ML) configuration from a network node; collecting, by the user equipment (UE), machine learning (ML) data based at least on the machine learning (ML) configuration received from the network node, the machine learning (ML) data being collected from one or more layers of the user equipment (UE) in a coordinated manner; and transmitting, by the user equipment (UE), the collected machine learning (ML) data to the network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Malgorzata Tomala, Cinzia Sartori, Tero Henttonen, Anna Pantelidou