Patents by Inventor Massimo CONDOLUCI

Massimo CONDOLUCI 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: 20230213933
    Abstract: A method performed by a first server communicatively connected to a network for supporting tele-operated driving, ToD, is provided. The method includes receiving a request from client device for ToD support. This request includes a trigger and information for supporting a tele-operated driving. The first server may further process the request to identify a second server for providing support for the ToD, wherein the processing is based on parameters of the network for providing ToD support. The first server may further establish a ToD session between the second server and the client. The first server may also predict whether a ToD event is likely in a future time period based on prediction information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Ali El Essaili, Yunpeng Zang, Massimo Condoluci
  • Publication number: 20230217304
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for buffer state report. A method performed at a terminal device may comprise: determining a time duration, wherein a buffer size associated with data to be transmitted during the time duration is to be predicted by the terminal device; predicting the buffer size; and transmitting a scheduling request or a buffer state report indicating the predicted buffer size to a network node. A method performed at a network node may comprise: receiving a scheduling request or a buffer state report indicating a predicted buffer size associated with data to be received during a time duration from a terminal device; and transmitting a grant for the data according to the received scheduling request or buffer state report. The latency of data transmission from the terminal device to the network node may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Bikramjit Singh, Ying Sun, Massimo Condoluci, Xuejun Yang
  • Publication number: 20230111860
    Abstract: A method performed by a vehicle-to everything, V2X, application enabler, VAE, client includes receiving a user equipment, UE, measurements configuration request from a vehicle-to everything, V2X, application-specific client. The method further includes processing the UE measurements configuration request. The method further includes transmitting the UE measurements configuration request to a vehicle-to everything, V2X, application enabler, VAE, server. The method further includes receiving a UE measurements configuration response from the VAE server. The method further includes processing the UE measurements configuration response. The method includes transmitting the UE measurements configuration response to the V2X application-specific client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Massimo CONDOLUCI, Ali EL ESSAILI
  • Publication number: 20220407918
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle to anything, V2X, application enabler, VAE, server is provided according to some embodiments disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a registration request message from a V2X application specific server. The method further includes transmitting a registration response message to the V2X application specific server responsive to receiving the registration request message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ali EL ESSAILI, Yunpeng Zang, Massimo Condoluci, Wenliang Xu
  • Publication number: 20220329994
    Abstract: A V2X UE (e.g., wireless device) that includes a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) application enabler (VAE) client and a V2X application-specific client associated with a V2X application, where the V2X UE is connected with a V2X application server is enabled to receive notifications of conditions occurring in a wireless network that connects them. The V2X application-specific client in the UE performing a registration with the V2X application server for receiving notifications. The registration comprises one or more conditions monitored by a network function (NF) in the wireless network. For example, the condition can be related to QoS provided by the network in a particular geographic area and/or in a particular time window, where the NF can be a network data and analytics function (NWDAF). The VAE client receives from the VAE server the notifications. The VAE client can receive a notification of a particular occurrence of the condition after the NF monitoring detects the occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ali El Essaili, Massimo Condoluci, Thorsten Lohmar, Maciej Muehleisen, Yunpeng Zang
  • Publication number: 20220291678
    Abstract: A method of operating a first device in a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes operations of establishing a tele-operated driving session between the first device and a second device, updating the tele-operated driving session between the first device and the second device, and terminating the tele-operated driving session between the first device and the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ali EL ESSAILI, Yunpeng ZANG, Massimo CONDOLUCI
  • Publication number: 20220256422
    Abstract: In one aspect, network nodes maybe configured for improving predictability of application performance in a wireless communication system. A mobile network domain predicts an upcoming network event affecting a UE operating in the wireless communication system and notifies an application server (AS) providing an application service to the UE of the predicted network event. The AS may be notified through an Application Function (AF). The AS receives the notification and adjusts operation of the application service and/or a configuration of the UE, in response to the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Massimo Condoluci, Stefano Sorrentino, Henrik Rydén
  • Patent number: 11350316
    Abstract: A method by a first function implemented on a first network node is provided for dynamic service negotiation. The method includes transmitting a service description to a second function to enable optimized delivery of a service based on the service description by the second function. The service description includes information associated with one or more delivery requirements for the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Massimo Condoluci, Bastian Cellarius, Yunxi Li, Stefano Sorrentino
  • Publication number: 20220141711
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method performed by a communication network for negotiating a data transfer between an application service and a user equipment, UE, via the communication network. The method comprises: receiving (620), from the application service or a backend controller associated with the application service, a request for network capacity available for data transfer, wherein the request includes an indication of an amount of data to be transferred and one or more trajectories of the UE; determining (630) network capacity along the one or more trajectories based on load information associated with a radio access network, RAN, of the communication network; and sending (640), to the application service or the backend controller associated with the application service, a response including information related the determined network capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Bastian Cellarius, Wanlu Sun, Stefano Sorrentino, Thorsten Lohmar, Massimo Condoluci
  • Publication number: 20220132374
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method performed by a communication network for negotiating a data transfer between an application service and a user equipment, UE, via the communication network. The method comprises receiving, from the application service or a negotiation function associated with the application service, a request for data transfer, wherein the request includes an indication of an amount of data to be transferred and one or more of the following: one or more service constraints associated with the data transfer, and a trajectory of the UE; obtaining predicted capacity for network resources needed to execute the data transfer according to the information included with the request; based on the predicted capacity, determining whether the request can be fulfilled according to the information included with the request; and sending a response to the request based on the result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Bastian Cellarius, Wanlu Sun, Stefano Sorrentino, Thorsten Lohmar, Massimo Condoluci
  • Publication number: 20220103653
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed, including in one example a method for scheduling resources, associated with a plurality of components of a communication network, for providing a network service to a user equipment (UE). The method comprises receiving a service request for providing the network service, wherein the service request includes one or more service constraints. The method also comprises, for each of the plurality of network components, determining component resources that are needed to fulfill the service request according to the service constraints, sending, to a manager function associated with the particular component, a resource request that includes identification of the determined component resources and information related to the service constraints, and receiving, from the manager function, service information associated with the particular component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Stefano Sorrentino, Massimo Condoluci, Björn Skubic, Wanlu Sun
  • Publication number: 20220070736
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide methods and apparatus for transmitting traffic between a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) apparatus and a communications network. The method comprises receiving traffic from a user device at the CPE apparatus; providing a first link configured to transmit the traffic to the communications network using a first communications technology; providing a second link configured to transmit the traffic to the communications network using a second communications technology; receiving a rule from the communications network at the CPE apparatus for use in transmitting the traffic to the communications network; and selecting to transmit the traffic to the communications network using the first link, the second link or both the first link and the second link, based on the received rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ala NAZARI, Marcus IHLAR, Massimo CONDOLUCI, Robert SKOG, Vicknesan AYADURAl
  • Patent number: 11252613
    Abstract: A method in an access network (200) including a radio access network (100) and a packet data network gateway (P-GW) includes receiving (702), at a network node (510) in the access network, a service setup request (615) from an external service via a packet switched data communication network (580), wherein the service setup request is to set up a packet switched connection between the external service and a wireless terminal (10) served by the radio access network, negotiating (704) a quality of service, QoS, level with the external service for the packet switched connection, wherein the QoS level includes a plurality of QoS parameters including a minimum QoS duration, and causing (706) the packet data network gateway to establish a bearer (410) between the packet data network gateway and the wireless terminal, the bearer having the QoS level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Massimo Condoluci, Stefano Sorrentino
  • Publication number: 20220039082
    Abstract: A method by a wireless device (110) includes sending, to a network node (160) having an associated coverage area, a request for a sidelink (SL) resource pool configuration for a V2X application associated with the wireless device (110). The request includes one or more geographical area identifiers associated with one or more respective SL resource pool configurations. The method further includes receiving, in response to the request, a SL resource pool configuration from the network node (160).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Marco Belleschi, Massimo Condoluci, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Ricardo Blasco Serrano
  • Publication number: 20220030038
    Abstract: A method by a network node controls connectivity of UEs by identifying a group of UEs for communication with an application controlling parameters used by the UEs for operation in a vehicle platoon. The method controls connectivity for a UE in the group with a RAN node responsive to characteristics of the other UEs in the group. For each of the UEs the characteristic relates to functional operation of the UE with the application. Another method by an application server identifies the group of UEs, and identifies a characteristic of each of the UEs with the application. A message identifying the group of UEs and their characteristics is communicated to a network node for controlling connectivity for individual UEs in the group with a RAN node responsive to the characteristics of the other UEs in the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Massimo CONDOLUCI, Thorsten LOHMAR, Stefano SORRENTINO, Marco BELLESCHI
  • Publication number: 20210377810
    Abstract: A method for notification control in a communication system performed by a core network is presented. The method comprising: establishing a PDU session; enabling a radio access network, RAN, to send a notification that notifying a UE, of the unfulfillment or re-fulfillment of QoS, for a QoS Flow in the PDU session using an AN-signaling based notification. The AN-signaling based notification including the unfulfillment or re-fulfillment of QoS parameters as defined in a QoS Flow description. The AN-signaling based notification further including expected QoS figures, an expected time interval and an accuracy of the notification. The UE/AF may further adapt their behavior according to the expected QoS provided by the AN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Massimo Condoluci, Thorsten Lohmar, Ylva Timner, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Peter Hedman
  • Publication number: 20210328910
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide methods and apparatus for transmitting traffic using a first communications technology and a second communications technology to a 5 communications network. The method comprises providing a first virtual link configured to receive first traffic from a first end device, wherein the first virtual link has a plurality of first link characteristics; providing a second virtual link configured to receive second traffic from the first end device, wherein the second virtual link has a plurality of second link characteristics; transmitting the first traffic to a communications network over a first 0 network link using the first communications technology; and transmitting the second traffic to the communications network over a second network link using the second communications technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Vicknesan Ayadurai, Massimo Condoluci, Ala Nazari
  • Publication number: 20210314820
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods for notifying of changes to an access network's (AN) compliance with a QoS requirement for a data flow between an application server and an application associated with a user equipment served by the AN. Such embodiments include receiving, from a core network (CN), a first safeguard time associated with the QoS requirement and representing an amount of time required, prior to AN non-compliance with the QoS requirement, to adapt the application for safe operation during the AN non-compliance. Embodiments also include determining that, at approximately a first instance in the future, the AN is likely to be non-compliant with the QoS requirement; and sending, to the CN, a first notification indicating a likelihood of future AN non-compliance with the QoS requirement. The first notification is sent at least the first safeguard time before the first instance. Embodiments include complementary methods performed by CNs and application servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Massimo Condoluci, Ylva Timner
  • Publication number: 20210153078
    Abstract: A method in an access network (200) including a radio access network (100) and a packet data network gateway (P-GW) includes receiving (702), at a network node (510) in the access network, a service setup request (615) from an external service via a packet switched data communication network (580), wherein the service setup request is to set up a packet switched connection between the external service and a wireless terminal (10) served by the radio access network, negotiating (704) a quality of service, QoS, level with the external service for the packet switched connection, wherein the QoS level includes a plurality of QoS parameters including a minimum QoS duration, and causing (706) the packet data network gateway to establish a bearer (410) between the packet data network gateway and the wireless terminal, the bearer having the QoS level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Massimo CONDOLUCI, Stefano SORRENTINO
  • Publication number: 20200413294
    Abstract: A method by a first function implemented on a first network node is provided for dynamic service negotiation. The method includes transmitting a service description to a second function to enable optimized delivery of a service based on the service description by the second function. The service description includes information associated with one or more delivery requirements for the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Massimo CONDOLUCI, Bastian CELLARIUS, Yunxi LI, Stefano SORRENTINO