Patents by Inventor Mark T. WATTS

Mark T. WATTS 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: 20250088276
    Abstract: A device may include a first plurality of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) elements. Each of the MEMS elements may include a mirror configured to reflect a radio frequency (RF) signal propagating through a free space to the mirror and whose surface orientation is configurable based on signals from a controller. The device may also include the controller. The controller may be configured to: receive a configuration message from a cellular network component over a radio frequency (RF) control channel; extract configuration parameter values for one or more of the MEMS elements; and configure the one or more of the MEMS elements by sending control signals corresponding to the configuration parameter values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Donna L. Polehn, Mark T. Watts
  • Publication number: 20240422578
    Abstract: A device may receive performance requirements for a service, and may receive RAN factors that influence a RAN, core factors that influence a core network, and transport factors that influence a transport network. The device may determine a RAN capability to satisfy the performance requirements, and may determine a core capability to satisfy the performance requirements. The device may determine a transport capability to satisfy the performance requirements, and may determine RAN configuration settings, core configuration settings, and transport configuration settings based on the RAN capability, the core capability, and the transport capability, respectively. The device may generate a RAN SON based on the RAN configuration settings, a core SON based on the core configuration settings, and a transport SON based on the transport configuration settings. The device may create a network slice based service area based on the RAN SON, the core SON, and the transport SON.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David TAFT, Jerry STEBEN, Lap TSE, Maqbool CHAUHAN, Sudhakar Reddy PATIL, Mark T. WATTS, Maria G. LAM, Scott E. HASKELL
  • Patent number: 12170961
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in which an predictive discontinuous reception (DRX) bypass service is provided. The bypass service may provide flow control signaling that enables an uplink grant to be transmitted to an end device regardless of the DRX mode. The bypass service may provide for an immediate grant for uplink data and may improve latency. The bypass service may also provide flow control signaling for downlink data that may cause the end device to wake up from a DRX mode and receive downlink data. The bypass service also provides predictive scheduling that allows an external network, such as a multi-access edge computing network to establish a DRX-free downlink connection before completion of data processing. The flow control signaling may include a quality of service flow identifier value that correlates to the bypass service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Watts, Donna L. Polehn, David Taft, Corey J. Christopherson
  • Publication number: 20240284298
    Abstract: A device may include a processor configured to receive a request to establish a communication session or data flow for a user equipment (UE) device connected to a Radio Access Network (RAN). The processor may be further configured to obtain key performance indicators (KPI) information relating to one or more KPIs for a plurality of paths in a transport network used by the RAN to connect to a core network; determine a KPI requirement for the communication session or data flow to be established; select a path in the transport network based on the obtained KPI information and the determined KPI requirement; and establish the communication session or data flow in the transport network using the selected path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Mark T. Watts, Kristen Sydney Young, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Edward Diaz
  • Publication number: 20240237130
    Abstract: A fixed wireless access device (FWA) comprises a mobile terminal, a Wi-Fi® device; and a processor. The processor is configured to: determine a next active period, for the mobile terminal, within a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle of the mobile terminal; and synchronize an interval of time, for transmission or reception of data at the Wi-Fi® device, to the next active period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Donna L. Polehn, Mark T. Watts
  • Publication number: 20240224114
    Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an transport congestion control notification service. The transport congestion control notification service may include providing congestion notification by a network device according to a schedule. The congestion notification may be implemented as explicit congestion notification bits included in packets. The schedule may govern the starting and stopping of the congestion notification. The schedule may be generated based on historical congestion states of relevance to the network device. The schedule may be generated by the network device or by an external device and provisioned at the network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Mark T. Watts, David Gene Watkins, Luay Jalil
  • Patent number: 12004079
    Abstract: A power and environmental orchestration (P&EO) system uses network utilization condition information to implement scenarios that partially or fully reduce power requirements for radio access network (RAN) elements. A network device obtains power orchestration scenarios for a RAN and evaluates utilization data of multiple components of the RAN against the power orchestration scenarios. The network device determines that the utilization data meets a threshold for one of the power orchestration scenarios and applies the one of the power orchestration scenarios to reconfigure the RAN for reduced power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne A. Chiselko, Donna L Polehn, Mark T. Watts
  • Patent number: 11963085
    Abstract: A device may receive explicit congestion notification data associated with user devices connected to a network of network devices, and may receive network data identifying network metrics associated with the network devices. The device may generate an active queue management mapping table based on utilizing a model to process the explicit congestion notification data and the network data. The device may determine, based on the active queue management mapping table and the network data, a routing table that includes routing data identifying traffic paths with active queue management enabled network devices and without non-active queue management enabled network devices of the network devices. The device may provide the routing table to the network devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Watts, Donna L. Polehn, David Taft, Gregory Pultorak
  • Patent number: 11812346
    Abstract: A network device may receive Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) and network information from network components and from a set of Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) nodes; generate descriptions of, or updates to the descriptions of, routing paths based on the NSSAI and the network information; and send the descriptions or the updates to the IAB nodes. The routing paths may include one or more backhaul links between the IAB nodes, and the descriptions and the updates associate each of the routing paths with one or more Single-NSSAIs (S-NSSAIs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David Taft, Muralidhar Devarakonda, Mark T. Watts, Kalyani Bogineni, Jerry Steben, Maqbool Chauhan, Julian Jimenez, Kristen Sydney Young
  • Patent number: 11792122
    Abstract: A controller determines a first path across a first segment routing (SR) domain and a second SR domain to a destination in the second SR domain, where the first SR domain uses a first SR protocol and the second SR domain uses a second SR protocol. The controller determines SR instructions that enable the interworking of the first SR domain and the second SR domain when data is routed across the first path to the destination. The controller sends, prior to the data being routed over the first path, the SR instructions to at least one of a first router in the first SR domain, a second router in the second SR domain, or a third router in the first SR domain to enable the interworking of the first and the second SR domains for segment routing the data across the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Watts, Gregory Pultorak
  • Publication number: 20230328650
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in which an predictive discontinuous reception (DRX) bypass service is provided. The bypass service may provide flow control signaling that enables an uplink grant to be transmitted to an end device regardless of the DRX mode. The bypass service may provide for an immediate grant for uplink data and may improve latency. The bypass service may also provide flow control signaling for downlink data that may cause the end device to wake up from a DRX mode and receive downlink data. The bypass service also provides predictive scheduling that allows an external network, such as a multi-access edge computing network to establish a DRX-free downlink connection before completion of data processing. The flow control signaling may include a quality of service flow identifier value that correlates to the bypass service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Mark T. Watts, Donna L. Polehn, David Taft, Corey J. Christopherson
  • Patent number: 11652738
    Abstract: A device may provide path data identifying a primary path and one or more alternate paths for segment routing traffic in the network, and may receive performance data indicating a performance degradation in the primary path. The device may determine that the performance data satisfies a first threshold, and may request, based on the performance data satisfying the first threshold, alternate path performance data. The device may receive the alternate path performance data based on the request, and may compare the alternate path performance data for the one or more alternate paths. The device may select a particular alternate path, of the one or more alternate paths, based on comparing the alternate path performance data for the one or more alternate paths, and may trigger, based on the performance data satisfying a second threshold, a failover of the traffic from the primary path and to the particular alternate path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Watts, Andrea Karcher, Prasad Deviprasad, Donna L. Polehn, Gregory Pultorak
  • Publication number: 20230118915
    Abstract: A device may receive explicit congestion notification data associated with user devices connected to a network of network devices, and may receive network data identifying network metrics associated with the network devices. The device may generate an active queue management mapping table based on utilizing a model to process the explicit congestion notification data and the network data. The device may determine, based on the active queue management mapping table and the network data, a routing table that includes routing data identifying traffic paths with active queue management enabled network devices and without non-active queue management enabled network devices of the network devices. The device may provide the routing table to the network devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. WATTS, Donna L. POLEHN, David TAFT, Gregory PULTORAK
  • Publication number: 20220322226
    Abstract: A power and environmental orchestration (P&EO) system uses network utilization condition information to implement scenarios that partially or fully reduce power requirements for radio access network (RAN) elements. A network device obtains power orchestration scenarios for a RAN and evaluates utilization data of multiple components of the RAN against the power orchestration scenarios. The network device determines that the utilization data meets a threshold for one of the power orchestration scenarios and applies the one of the power orchestration scenarios to reconfigure the RAN for reduced power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Wayne A. Chiselko, Donna L. Polehn, Mark T. Watts
  • Publication number: 20220295242
    Abstract: A network device may receive Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) and network information from network components and from a set of Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) nodes; generate descriptions of, or updates to the descriptions of, routing paths based on the NSSAI and the network information; and send the descriptions or the updates to the IAB nodes. The routing paths may include one or more backhaul links between the IAB nodes, and the descriptions and the updates associate each of the routing paths with one or more Single-NSSAIs (S-NSSAIs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: David Taft, III, Muralidhar Devarakonda, Mark T. Watts, Kalyani Bogineni, Jerry Steben, Maqbool Chauhan, Julian Jimenez, Kristen Sydney Young
  • Patent number: 11418985
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a network slice-to-transport domain service is provided. The service includes correlating a network slice identifier, an Internet Protocol subnet, and a virtual routing and forwarding instance pertaining to a network slice, and configuring network devices of the network slice with at least a portion of the correlated information. The service may obtain feedback information from the network devices, and evaluate performance metrics pertaining to the network slice based on the correlated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kristen Sydney Young, Mark T. Watts, Prasad Deviprasad
  • Patent number: 11395222
    Abstract: A power and environmental orchestration (P&EO) system uses network utilization condition information to implement scenarios that partially or fully reduce power requirements for radio access network (RAN) elements. A network device obtains power orchestration scenarios for a RAN and evaluates utilization data of multiple components of the RAN against the power orchestration scenarios. The network device determines that the utilization data meets a threshold for one of the power orchestration scenarios and applies the one of the power orchestration scenarios to reconfigure the RAN for reduced power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne A. Chiselko, Donna L. Polehn, Mark T. Watts
  • Publication number: 20220224635
    Abstract: A device may provide path data identifying a primary path and one or more alternate paths for segment routing traffic in the network, and may receive performance data indicating a performance degradation in the primary path. The device may determine that the performance data satisfies a first threshold, and may request, based on the performance data satisfying the first threshold, alternate path performance data. The device may receive the alternate path performance data based on the request, and may compare the alternate path performance data for the one or more alternate paths. The device may select a particular alternate path, of the one or more alternate paths, based on comparing the alternate path performance data for the one or more alternate paths, and may trigger, based on the performance data satisfying a second threshold, a failover of the traffic from the primary path and to the particular alternate path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. WATTS, Andrea KARCHER, Prasad DEVIPRASAD, Donna L. POLEHN, Gregory PULTORAK
  • Publication number: 20220116321
    Abstract: A controller determines a first path across a first segment routing (SR) domain and a second SR domain to a destination in the second SR domain, where the first SR domain uses a first SR protocol and the second SR domain uses a second SR protocol. The controller determines SR instructions that enable the interworking of the first SR domain and the second SR domain when data is routed across the first path to the destination. The controller sends, prior to the data being routed over the first path, the SR instructions to at least one of a first router in the first SR domain, a second router in the second SR domain, or a third router in the first SR domain to enable the interworking of the first and the second SR domains for segment routing the data across the first path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Mark T. Watts, Gregory Pultorak
  • Publication number: 20220104119
    Abstract: A power and environmental orchestration (P&EO) system uses network utilization condition information to implement scenarios that partially or fully reduce power requirements for radio access network (RAN) elements. A network device obtains power orchestration scenarios for a RAN and evaluates utilization data of multiple components of the RAN against the power orchestration scenarios. The network device determines that the utilization data meets a threshold for one of the power orchestration scenarios and applies the one of the power orchestration scenarios to reconfigure the RAN for reduced power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Wayne A. Chiselko, Donna L. Polehn, Mark T. Watts