Patents by Inventor Mourad KHANFOUCI

Mourad KHANFOUCI 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: 20240056920
    Abstract: Examples include a method for providing sidelink resources to a plurality of mobile devices comprising a specific mobile device. The method comprises providing source sidelink resources to the specific mobile device. The method also comprises receiving an indication that the specific mobile device is moving from the coverage of a source cell to the coverage of a destination cell. The method further comprises negotiating, by a source base station, common sidelink special resources with a destination base station, whereby the source and destination base stations have some common resources. The method also comprises reconfiguring the sidelink resources provided to the specific mobile device from the source sidelink resources to the common sidelink special resources and triggering a handover of the specific mobile device from the source base station to the destination base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Cristina CIOCHINA, Mourad KHANFOUCI, Nicolas GRESSET
  • Publication number: 20230386337
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to relay a vulnerable road user, VRU, application server 20 for updating a vulnerable road user parameter P1, P2, P3 of a VRU corresponding to a first user equipment, UE, in a vehicle-to-everything, V2X, communication system, comprising: receiving from the VRU application server by a second UE a first message including information related to the VRU parameter of the first UE, said second UE corresponding to a vehicle and being in the V2X communication system; transmitting by the second UE to the first UE a second message including the information related to the VRU parameter via a device to device communication; and receiving by the second UE from the first UE a third message including information related to a value of the VRU parameter of the first UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mourad KHANFOUCI, Nicolas GRESSET, Cristina CIOCHINA
  • Publication number: 20230131226
    Abstract: Examples include a method for providing multi-site orchestration in a public network for factory automation. The public network provides communication and computing functionality to a plurality of sites which are configured to communicate with each other by means of slice of the public network. The method includes building a multi-site orchestration model based on initial performance of communication between different sites; determining choreography opportunities between the different sites by using the multi-site orchestration model; triggering choreography between the different sites; and evaluating performance of the choreography between the different sites and updating the multi-site orchestration model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mourad KHANFOUCI
  • Publication number: 20230100981
    Abstract: A plurality of interconnected base stations (NB), each base station being configured to communicate with a corresponding group of terminals (UE) according to a given topology configuration, a method comprising, at a base station, upon obtaining a quality of service parameter request from a transmitting entity: obtaining (S4) for each of the at least one given terminal a signal-to-noise interference ratio extrapolated based on a reference signal quality parameter indicating a quality of a reference signal received by said given terminal according to the given topology configuration, obtaining (S5) a type of optimization problem, selected from a set of predefined types of optimization problem, selecting being based on each obtained extrapolated signal-to-noise interference ratio, determining the quality of service parameter based on solving (S6) the obtained type of optimization problem, and transmitting (S7, S9) the determined quality of service parameter to a receiving entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Mourad KHANFOUCI
  • Patent number: 11606256
    Abstract: A method for providing network orchestration for industrial communication system with multiple network slices, comprising:—calculating centralities of nodes in the industrial communication system;—grouping nodes with similar centralities of nodes into clusters;—selecting cluster head for each cluster that is responsible for the resources allocation for the members of the cluster; and—calculating centrality metric for cluster centralities, so as to orchestrate the industrial communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mourad Khanfouci
  • Publication number: 20230053602
    Abstract: Examples include a method to determine a Quality of Service, QoS, parameter, comprising receiving, at a base station, and from a transmitting entity, a QoS parameter request for a session, whereby the request comprises a descriptor for the session and an indication that the session is a probing session. The method further comprises determining, at the base station, the QoS parameter related to the probing session; and transmitting, by the base station, the determined QoS parameter to a receiving entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Herve BONNEVILLE, Mourad KHANFOUCI, Nicolas GRESSET
  • Publication number: 20230037615
    Abstract: Examples include a method to communicate between a first and a second synchronized mobile devices, the method comprising sensing a plurality of preconfigured radio resources and identifying for each sensed preconfigured radio resource, whether it is occupied. The method also comprises receiving an indication of future occupied preconfigured radio resource utilization by further mobile devices in the spatial domain, and selecting a specific pre-configured radio resource reducing or preventing communication collisions in the spatial domain. The method further comprises the first and the second mobile devices communicating using the selected specific preconfigured radio resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe SIBEL, Mourad KHANFOUCI, Nicolas GRESSET
  • Publication number: 20220386198
    Abstract: Examples include a method for operating a specific mobile device moving from a source cell to a destination cell. The method comprises using a source sidelink managed by a source base station, whereby the specific and following mobile devices are located within the source cell. The method also comprises switching from the source sidelink to a fallback link, the fallback link resources being managed independently from any base station. The method further comprises switching from the fallback link to a destination sidelink managed by a destination base station, whereby the specific device and the following device are located within the destination cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Herve BONNEVILLE, Nicolas GRESSET, Mourad KHANFOUCI, Cristina CIOCHINA
  • Patent number: 11490274
    Abstract: A method for managing a fronthaul network in a wireless communication system, the fronthaul network comprising several distributed units and one or more central units, is proposed. The method comprises: performing fronthaul network dynamic configuration on the fronthaul network, the fronthaul network dynamic configuration comprising, at a controller of the wireless communication system: obtaining information indicating a positioning of the mobile terminal, obtaining, based on the information indicating a positioning of the mobile terminal, a set of one or more active distributed units among the plurality of distributed units, determining first associations between each of the active distributed units and one or more first respective central units of the one or more central units, and configuring communication links between each of the active distributed units and their first respective one or more central units according to the determined first associations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mourad Khanfouci, Herve Bonneville, Loic Brunel
  • Publication number: 20220263718
    Abstract: A method for providing network orchestration for industrial communication system with multiple network slices, comprising: —calculating centralities of nodes in the industrial communication system; —grouping nodes with similar centralities of nodes into clusters; —selecting cluster head for each cluster that is responsible for the resources allocation for the members of the cluster; and—calculating centrality metric for cluster centralities, so as to orchestrate the industrial communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mourad KHANFOUCI
  • Publication number: 20220104110
    Abstract: A method of dynamic attribution of an admission control to an IAB node between a fixed donor IAB node (IAB-d) and a mobile terminal (UE). The method comprising: a. selecting at least one anchor IAB node in function of its position, at least one of said nodes/terminals being mobile; b. signaling delegation of the admission control from a CU to the selected anchor IAB node, the signaling step including the following sub-steps: i. transmitting context information from CU of the donor IAB node (IAB-d) to the selected anchor IAB node (IAB-a); ii. transmitting identification of said donor IAB node (IAB-d) from the CU of the donor IAB node (IAB-d) to the selected anchor IAB node (IAB-a); iii. transmitting identification of said anchor IAB node (IAB-a) to at least one outbound IAB node (IAB-o) having said anchor IAB node (IAB-a) as a parent node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mourad KHANFOUCI, Herve BONNEVILLE, Loic BRUNEL
  • Publication number: 20210266764
    Abstract: A method for managing a fronthaul network in a wireless communication system, the fronthaul network comprising several distributed units and one or more central units, is proposed. The method comprises: performing fronthaul network dynamic configuration on the fronthaul network, the fronthaul network dynamic configuration comprising, at a controller of the wireless communication system: obtaining information indicating a positioning of the mobile terminal, obtaining, based on the information indicating a positioning of the mobile terminal, a set of one or more active distributed units among the plurality of distributed units, determining first associations between each of the active distributed units and one or more first respective central units of the one or more central units, and configuring communication links between each of the active distributed units and their first respective one or more central units according to the determined first associations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mourad KHANFOUCI, Herve BONNEVILLE, Loic BRUNEL
  • Publication number: 20210243613
    Abstract: A method for managing a first access network node in a network of a wireless communication system is proposed, which comprises: determining in the network a second central unit for a control plane of data communications between a UE and the network, CU-C, other than a first CU-C comprised in the first access network node, wherein the first access network node further comprises at least one first distributed units, DU, for data communications between the UE and the first access network node, controlled by the first CU-C, and wherein the second CU-C controls at least one second DU comprised in a second access network node; and configuring the first access network node, wherein the configuring comprises: associating at least one DU among the at least one first DU with the second CU-C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mourad KHANFOUCI, Herve BONNEVILLE, Loic BRUNEL
  • Patent number: 9974033
    Abstract: A method for setting, in a wireless cellular telecommunication network, a power of radio signals transferred by mobile terminals served by plural nodes, the method including, executed by a server in charge of the nodes: checking if a message is received from one of the nodes, the message being representative of occurrence of an event in a cell of the node which transferred the message; adjusting a common parameter value for the nodes according to reception or not of the message; and transferring to each node the adjusted common parameter value or information derived from the adjusted common parameter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicolas Gresset, Mourad Khanfouci
  • Patent number: 9615324
    Abstract: A method for setting power of radio signals transferred by a node and/or of the radio signals transferred by mobile terminals served by the node. The node: receives, from at least one neighbouring node, at least one parameter value used by the neighbouring node for setting the power of the radio signals transferred by the neighbouring node and/or of the radio signals transferred by mobile terminals served by the neighbouring node, determines, at least from the parameter value, a parameter value to be used by the node, sets the power of the radio signals transferred by the node and/or the power correction of the radio signals transferred by mobile terminals served by the node according to the determined parameter value, and transfers at least the determined parameter value to the at least one neighbouring node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicolas Gresset, Mourad Khanfouci
  • Patent number: 9319941
    Abstract: A method performing handover of a mobile terminal from a source base station to a target base station, which can directly communicate with each other via first respective communication interfaces, and communicate via second respective communication interfaces with a core network entity, the core network entity managing subscriptions to services of at least the target base station and authorizing access to the services via handover to only subscribers to the services. The method includes: obtaining a trust level indication for the mobile terminal, representative of how much the mobile terminal can be trusted when declaring having subscribed to the services of the target base station; performing directly the handover via the first communication interfaces, when the obtained trust level indication is above a first threshold; and otherwise requesting authorization from the core network entity for the mobile terminal to access via handover the services of the target base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Herve Bonneville, Mourad Khanfouci
  • Publication number: 20150319665
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing a handover of a mobile terminal from a source base station to a target base station, the source and target base stations being adapted to directly communicate with each other via first respective communication interfaces, the source and target base stations being adapted to communicate via second respective communication interfaces with a core network entity, the core network entity managing subscriptions to services of at least the target base station and authorizing access to said services via handover to only subscribers to said services. The method comprises: obtaining an authorization ticket provided by the mobile terminal; performing directly the handover via the first communication interfaces, when the obtained authorization ticket is validated on the basis of a decrypting key associated with the services of the target base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Herve BONNEVILLE, Nicolas GRESSET, Mourad KHANFOUCI
  • Patent number: 9100898
    Abstract: A method enabling a mobile terminal to access a wireless cellular telecommunication network including plural base stations and a core network device. The mobile terminal is allowed to access the wireless cellular telecommunication network through at least one first base station and memorizes a list including information enabling the identification of signals transferred by each first base station, the mobile terminal not memorizing information enabling the identification of signals transferred by second base stations. One second base station: receives a message requesting the second base station to transfer signals that should be transferred by one first base station, transfers signals that should be transferred by the first base station, and broadcasts information enabling the identification by the mobile terminal of other signals transferred by the second base station and/or at least one other second base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Herve Bonneville, Loic Brunel, Nicolas Gresset, Mourad Khanfouci
  • Publication number: 20150087268
    Abstract: A method performing handover of a mobile terminal from a source base station to a target base station, which can directly communicate with each other via first respective communication interfaces, and communicate via second respective communication interfaces with a core network entity, the core network entity managing subscriptions to services of at least the target base station and authorizing access to the services via handover to only subscribers to the services. The method includes: obtaining a trust level indication for the mobile terminal, representative of how much the mobile terminal can be trusted when declaring having subscribed to the services of the target base station; performing directly the handover via the first communication interfaces, when the obtained trust level indication is above a first threshold; and otherwise requesting authorization from the core network entity for the mobile terminal to access via handover the services of the target base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Herve Bonneville, Mourad Khanfouci
  • Patent number: 8958283
    Abstract: A method for enabling a mobile terminal to access to a wireless cellular telecommunication network including plural base stations, the mobile terminal having right to access to the wireless cellular telecommunication network through a first base station, the mobile terminal having no right to access to the wireless cellular telecommunication network through a second base station. The method includes: detecting reception of a message transferred by the mobile terminal to the second base station, determining if the first base station is operational, giving right to the mobile terminal to access to the wireless cellular telecommunication network through the second base station if the first base station is not operational, and rejecting right to the mobile terminal to access to the wireless cellular telecommunication network through the second base station if the first base station is operational.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Herve Bonneville, Loic Brunel, Nicolas Gresset, Mourad Khanfouci