Patents by Inventor Muthukumaran DHANAPAL

Muthukumaran DHANAPAL 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).

  • Patent number: 11706679
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for high data mode operation in cellular networks. A UE may determine, for an interface to a high-speed cellular network, a categorization from a plurality of categorizations, determine availability of the high-speed cellular network, and select, based at least in part on the categorization and availability of the high-speed cellular network, the interface for a data connection to the high-speed cellular network. The categorization may be one of expensive or not expensive and/or one of a first level associated with a higher compression codec rate or a second level associated with a lower compression codec rate. The UE may receive, from one of the a low-speed cellular network or the high-speed cellular network, carrier plan information for a cellular data service carrier and analyze the carrier plan information to determine desirability of a switch, e.g., from the low-speed cellular network to the high-speed cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuveer Mallikarjunan, Patrick L Coffman, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Ajay Singh, Faraz Faheem, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Lakshmi N Kavuri, Samuel J Miller, Najeeb M Abdulrahiman, Rajesh Ambati, Arun G Mathias, Vivek Ramanna, Divyaprakash P Bhojkumar, Vikram B Yerrabommanahalli, Rafael L Rivera-Barreto, Sergey Sitnikov, Oleg M Moskalenko, Bao Q Ho, Rohan C Malthankar, Samy Touati
  • Patent number: 11706739
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for coordinating communication and avoiding and/or mitigating collisions for multi-subscriber identity module devices in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may coordinate communication associated with different subscriber identity modules and/or may mitigate collisions between communications associated with different subscriber identity modules. A network may provide information to improve coordination and/or mitigate collisions. A network may adjust paging schedules and/or provision of alert messages to improve coordination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza Shikari, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Vijay Venkataraman, Yaoqi Yan, Yuqin Chen, Zhiwei Wang
  • Publication number: 20230217279
    Abstract: A system and method for selecting a network interface for a communication device having at least two radio physical interface, to improve communications by the communication device. A configuration of the communication device is determined, where a first radio physical interface is designated as a primary interface and active, and a second radio physical interface as idle. A networking subsystem of the operating system executes a state machine configured to monitor network conditions and associated performance parameters of the at least two radio physical interfaces, to automatically outrank the second radio physical interface over the first radio physical interface as the primary interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Henri S. Berger, Gencer Cili, Geoffrey R. Hall, Franco Travostino, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sunny R. Dubey, Pradeep S. Sharma, Raghuveer Mallikarjunan, Ajay Singh, Ozgur Ekici, Rajesh Ambati, Arun G. Mathias, Ajoy K. Singh, Thomas F. Pauly
  • Patent number: 11696176
    Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can reduce RRC signaling messages, and various aspects can employ one or more of these sets of techniques. A first set of techniques can be employed to reduce RACH (Random Access Channel) requests from an RRC Idle State SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) of a UE in DSDS (Dual SIM Dual Standby) mode. A second set of techniques can be employed to reduce the number of RACH attempts to obtain NotBroadcasted (e.g., On Demand) SI(s) (System Information(s)) by a UE in response to a page message indicating SI modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Shravan Raghunathan, Sai Kiran Gummuluri, Hussain Ali, Lakshmi Kavuri, Vijay Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20230209348
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for improvements to security checks in a fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) network, including mechanisms to avoid redundant access stratum (AS) security checks. The wireless device may determine that an on-demand system information block (SIB) request is pending transmission and may buffer the on-demand SIB in response to determining that a connection establishment procedure will be initiated within a specified time period. The wireless device may then perform a unified security procedure for the on-demand SIB request and the connection establishment procedure, including confirming connection security. Further, in response to confirming connection security, the wireless device may use an on-demand SIB received from the network without confirming a corresponding on-demand SIB signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Li Su, Vijay Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20230180182
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for coordinating communication and avoiding and/or mitigating collisions for multi-subscriber identity module devices in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may coordinate communication associated with different subscriber identity modules and/or may mitigate collisions between communications associated with different subscriber identity modules. A network may provide information to improve coordination and/or mitigate collisions. A network may adjust paging schedules and/or provision of alert messages to improve coordination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza Shikari, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Vijay Venkataraman, Yaoqi Yan, Yuqin Chen, Zhiwei Wang
  • Patent number: 11647556
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform negotiation of bearer type configuration and/or related parameters. A user equipment device (UE) and/or network may determine a bearer configuration and/or other parameters based on information or measurements of the UE. The UE and the BS may exchange data using a negotiated configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fangli Xu, Wen Zhao, Sachin J. Sane, Sagar B. Shah, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sriram Subramanian, Madhukar K. Shanbhag, Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju, Sandeep K. Sunkesala, Tarakkumar G. Dhanani, Sree Ram Kodali, Vijay Gadde, Shiva Krishna Narra, Sharad Garg, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Rajesh Ambati
  • Publication number: 20230086297
    Abstract: In an example method, a first device determines first network resources that have been activated for exchanging data with one or more second devices via a wireless network, and determines, for each of the first network resources, a time duration of a respective burst transmission performed using that first network resource. The first device determines whether to (i) activate second network resources for exchanging data with the second devices and/or (ii) deactivate one or more of the first network resources for exchanging data with the second devices. In response, the first device activates the second network resources and/or deactivates the one or more of the first network resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Prashant H. Vashi, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Zhenglian Cai, Ioannis Pefkianakis
  • Patent number: 11611879
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for improvements to security checks in a fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) network, including mechanisms to avoid redundant access stratum (AS) security checks. The wireless device may determine that an on-demand system information block (SIB) request is pending transmission and may buffer the on-demand SIB in response to determining that a connection establishment procedure will be initiated within a specified time period. The wireless device may then perform a unified security procedure for the on-demand SIB request and the connection establishment procedure, including confirming connection security. Further, in response to confirming connection security, the wireless device may use an on-demand SIB received from the network without confirming a corresponding on-demand SIB signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Li Su, Vijay Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20230078257
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for reducing likelihood of selecting a cell identified by a Radio Access Network (RAN) Notification Area ID (RNA ID) that is different from that identifying a last or current serving cell so as to avoid an RNA update procedure; reducing Random Access Channel (RACH) transmissions for an RNA update procedure and a mobile originated (MO) data transmission in response to a Radio Resource Control (RRC) triggered RNA update procedure; and selecting a band or beam in a multi-band/beam cellular system that improves RACH efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Li Su, Sharad Garg, Syed A. Rahim, Sandeep K. Sunkesala, Jia Tang, Vijay Gadde, Tarakkumar G. Dhanani, Muhammad Saad
  • Publication number: 20230073408
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for a user equipment (UE) to determine to use a shared resource such as an antenna to access a land based wireless communication system or a satellite communication system. The UE can provide a first priority indication to indicate whether to access the land based wireless communication system based on one or more wireless link metrics of the land based wireless communication system or one or more application metrics for applications using the land based wireless communication system; and provide a second priority indication to indicate whether to access the satellite wireless communication system based on one or more service metrics provided by the satellite wireless communication system. The UE can determine to use the shared resources to access the land based wireless communication system or the satellite communication system based on the first priority indication and the second priority indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hailong YANG, Alex Yee Kit Ho, Guojie Dong, Kexin Ma, Li Sheng, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Rajesh Ambati
  • Publication number: 20230076738
    Abstract: Techniques described herein may enable a user equipment (UE) to optimize radio access technology (RAT) and radio resources (e.g., bandwidth parts (BWPs)) when communicating with the network. This may be based on one or more factors or conditions, such as whether the UE is currently using 4th generation (4G) RAT or 5th generation (5G) RAT, whether the UE is in an active mode or idle mode, a BWP used by the UE, whether an application or network service requires a certain throughput, a type of application being used by the UE, an amount of network congestion, and so on. RAT optimization may also be based on whether the UE is using a frequency range 1 (FR1) or frequency range 2 (FR2), whether the UE is stationary or moving, whether the UE is experiencing beam failures, uplink (UL) switches, link quality measurements (LQMs), reference signal received power (RSRP) measurements, and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Ajay Singh, Ajoy K. Singh, Alan Tseng, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Neeraj D. Vaghela, Raghuveer Mallikarjunan, Rajesh Ambati, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Vijendrakumar K. Ashiwal, Rohan C. Malthankar, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Sreevalsan Vallath, Divyaprakash P. Bhojkumar
  • Publication number: 20230068265
    Abstract: Aspects are described for a user equipment (UE) comprising a transceiver configured to enable wireless communication with a base station, and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured to enter a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode. The processor is further configured to measure at least one cell of a set of cells in a sleep period, wherein the sleep period is indicated in a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration message received from the base station. The processor is further configured to receive a UE information request from the base station responsive to entering an RRC connected mode and transmit results of the measurement to the base station responsive to the UE information request to enable faster carrier addition by a network the UE connects to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay VENKATARAMAN, Li SU, Muthukumaran DHANAPAL
  • Patent number: 11595942
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for coordinating communication and avoiding and/or mitigating collisions for multi-subscriber identity module devices in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may coordinate communication associated with different subscriber identity modules and/or may mitigate collisions between communications associated with different subscriber identity modules. A network may provide information to improve coordination and/or mitigate collisions. A network may adjust paging schedules and/or provision of alert messages to improve coordination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza Shikari, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Vijay Venkataraman, Yaoqi Yan, Yuqin Chen, Zhiwei Wang
  • Patent number: 11558758
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and devices for mitigating overheating in a user equipment device (UE). The UE is configured to communicate over each of LTE and 5G NR and may be configured to communicate through 5G NR over each of a Sub-6 GHz and a millimeter Wave (mmW) frequency band. The UE is configured to establish an ENDC connection with an enB and one or more gNBs. The UE implements intelligent transmission modification and cell measurement adjustments to mitigate overheating and reduce battery drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Wen Zhao, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Li Su, Sagar B. Shah, Sriram Subramanian, Vijay Venkataraman, Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju, Shiva Krishna Narra, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, Wei Zhang, Madhukar K. Shanbhag, Sandeep K. Sunkesala, Srinivasan Nimmala, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Tarakkumar G. Dhanani, Sree Ram Kodali, Ioannis Pefkianakis, Dhruv Khati, Franco Travostino, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Geoffrey R. Hall
  • Publication number: 20220418026
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform negotiation of bearer type configuration and/or related parameters. A user equipment device (UE) and/or network may determine a bearer configuration and/or other parameters based on information or measurements of the UE. The UE and the BS may exchange data using a negotiated configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Fangli Xu, Wen Zhao, Sachin J. Sane, Sagar B. Shah, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sriram Subramanian, Madhukar K. Shanbhag, Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju, Sandeep K. Sunkesala, Tarakkumar G. Dhanani, Sree Ram Kodali, Vijay Gadde, Shiva Krishna Narra, Sharad Garg, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Rajesh Ambati
  • Patent number: 11540195
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform detection and mitigation of data stalls. The mitigation may occur during and/or at initiation of a data connection. The wireless device may establish a data connection(s) with a network over a Wi-Fi or cellular interface and monitor the data connection(s) for a data stall condition(s)/hint(s). The wireless device may perform a remedial action(s) responsive to detection of a data stall condition(s)/hint(s), including initiating a service recovery of the cellular interface, initiating a radio access technology (RAT) upgrade procedure, and/or initiating a handover procedure to a neighbor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Amitabha Ghosh, Eyad Al-Shemali, Franco Travostino, Jinghua Ling, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Muhammad R. Dar, Murtaza A. Shikari, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Pankaj Subhash Vasandani, Ravish Samuel, Samuel J. Miller, Shivani Suresh Babu, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Yifan Zhu, Irfan Khasim Mohammed, Sofheem Mohammed, Raghuram Mungara, Vijay Gadde, Sharad Garg
  • Patent number: 11540185
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to prioritize cells that support EN-DC over similar cells not supporting EN-DC. The UE may be configured to perform one or more measurement scans associated with cell selection and/or cell re-selection and may determine whether at least two LTE cells meet a selection criteria based on RSRP and/or SNR measurements. The UE may be configured to, in response to determining that at least two LTE cells meet the selection criteria, prioritize a first LTE cell of the at least two LTE cells over a second LTE cell of the at least two LTE cells based, at least in part, on support EN-DC. The first LTE cell may indicate support of EN-DC, e.g., via a ULI IE included in a SIB2 broadcast by the first LTE cell. The UE may be configured to select the first LTE cell for camping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sagar B. Shah, Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Kanuganti Rajeswar Reddy, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Li Su, Manish G. Vemulapalli, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Ozgur Ekici, Rangakrishna Nallandigal, Sachin J. Sane, Shivani Suresh Babu, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Vijay Venkataraman, Yifan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220408510
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for providing a framework for supporting custom signaling between a wireless device and a cellular network. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a wireless link. The wireless device and the cellular base station may perform custom signaling in accordance with the custom signaling framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Rajesh Ambati, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Thanigalvelu Elangovan, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Divyaprakash P. Bhojkumar, Rohan C. Malthankar, Ajay Singh, Sreevalsan Vallath, Raghuveer Mallikarjunan
  • Patent number: 11528623
    Abstract: A method is disclosed where a user equipment (“UE”) determines that the UE is in a connected mode. The UE then determines a connection type of the connected mode and prioritizes a measurement report based on the connection type. The method may also be performed by an integrated circuit of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Vijay Venkataraman