Patents by Inventor Nir Balaban

Nir Balaban 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: 20240114394
    Abstract: A multi-link device (MLD) apparatus, including at least two transmission queues and first medium access control (MAC) circuitry and second MAC circuitry. The first MAC circuitry and the second MAC circuitry can transmit data of the at least two transmission queues over respective links responsive to receiving a trigger indicating that a transmission opportunity (TXOP) is available on the link corresponding to the respective first MAC circuitry and second MAC circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Danny Alexander, Ronen Levi, Oded Liron, Nadav Szanto, Nevo Idan, Chen Kojokaro, Nir Balaban
  • Publication number: 20240031147
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to security for multi-link operations. A multi-link device (MLD) may establish a first communication link between a first device of the MLD and a first device of a second MLD, and a second communication link between a second device of the MLD and a second device of the second MLD. The MLD may generate a group-addressed message. The MLD may protect the group-addressed message using a first key or a first integrity key. The MLD may protect the group-addressed message using a second key or a second integrity key. The MLD may send, using the first communication link, the group-addressed message protected using the first key or the first integrity key, and may send, using the second communication link, the group-addressed message protected using the second key or the second integrity key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Kai Huang, Cheng Chen, Ido Ouzieli, Avner Epstein, Danny Alexander, Ofer Schreiber, Arik Klein, Daniel Bravo, Laurent Cariou, Ofer Hareuveni, Ehud Reshef, Nir Balaban
  • Patent number: 11824980
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to security for multi-link operations. A multi-link device (MLD) may establish a first communication link between a first device of the MLD and a first device of a second MLD, and a second communication link between a second device of the MLD and a second device of the second MLD. The MLD may generate a group-addressed message. The MLD may protect the group-addressed message using a first key or a first integrity key. The MLD may protect the group-addressed message using a second key or a second integrity key. The MLD may send, using the first communication link, the group-addressed message protected using the first key or the first integrity key, and may send, using the second communication link, the group-addressed message protected using the second key or the second integrity key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Kai Huang, Cheng Chen, Ido Ouzieli, Avner Epstein, Danny Alexander, Ofer Schreiber, Arik Klein, Daniel Bravo, Laurent Cariou, Ofer Hareuveni, Ehud Reshef, Nir Balaban
  • Publication number: 20230361798
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to techniques for controlling Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of radio energy transmission. In particular, the disclosure relates to a radio device and a method for controlling radio energy transmission of a plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined SAR requirement. Such a radio device includes: a plurality of radio entities configured to transmit radio energy; and a controller configured to control the radio energy transmission of the plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined Specific Absorption Rate, SAR, requirement, wherein the controller is configured to enable at least two radio entities of the plurality of radio entities operating concurrently based on a shared SAR transmission power restriction which allows the at least two radio entities transmitting concurrently at a predefined duty cycle, in particular at 100% duty cycle, without violating the SAR requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Oren Kaidar, Ehud Reshef, Nir Balaban, Wilfrid D'Angelo, Yuval Elad
  • Publication number: 20230208892
    Abstract: For example, a first Bluetooth (BT) device may be configured to operate in a role of a peripheral device over a BT link between the first BT device and a second BT device; and to initiate a role switch to switch the first BT device from the role of the peripheral device to a role of a central device over the BT link between the first BT device and the second BT device, based on a determination that the BT link between the first BT device and the second BT device is to be operated as an audio link to communicate audio data between the first BT device, as an audio source, and the second BT device, as an audio sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nir Goldfish, Sunil Kumar, Nir Balaban, Oren Haggai, Hakan Magnus Eriksson, Prasanna Desai, Srinivas Krovvidi
  • Publication number: 20230208574
    Abstract: For example, a first Bluetooth (BT) device, which may be capable of configuring a BT link for communication between the BT device and a Human Interface Device (HID). For example, the BT device maty include logic and circuitry configured to identify an HID type of the HID. For example, the BT device may configure a slot allocation setting of the BT link between the BT device and the HID, for example, based on the identified HID type of the HID. In one example, the HID type may include a mouse, or a keyboard. In other aspects, any other additional or alternative HID type may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nir Goldfish, Sunil Kumar, Nir Balaban, Oren Haggai, Hakan Magnus Eriksson, Prasanna Desai, Srinivas Krovvidi
  • Patent number: 11689234
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to techniques for controlling Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of radio energy transmission. In particular, the disclosure relates to a radio device and a method for controlling radio energy transmission of a plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined SAR requirement. Such a radio device includes: a plurality of radio entities configured to transmit radio energy; and a controller configured to control the radio energy transmission of the plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined Specific Absorption Rate, SAR, requirement, wherein the controller is configured to enable at least two radio entities of the plurality of radio entities operating concurrently based on a shared SAR transmission power restriction which allows the at least two radio entities transmitting concurrently at a predefined duty cycle, in particular at 100% duty cycle, without violating the SAR requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Kaidar, Ehud Reshef, Nir Balaban, Wilfrid D'Angelo, Yuval Elad
  • Publication number: 20220201755
    Abstract: A component of a wireless communication device configured for any of a plurality of transmission bandwidths. The component includes at least one processor; and a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: monitor a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) factor or a Request-to-Send (RTS) factor for each of the transmission bandwidths, wherein the CCA factor is a throughput impact estimate based on any CCA transmission deferrals, and the RTS factor is a throughput impact estimate based on any transmission deferrals due to unanswered RTS messages; and dynamically select, based on the CCA factor or the RTS factor, one of the transmission bandwidths that increases a throughput of the wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Cohn, Nir Balaban, Dor Chay, Mordechay Goodstein
  • Patent number: 11089497
    Abstract: For example, a wireless communication device may be configured to, in a passive scan of a plurality of wireless communication channels, perform an energy detection over the plurality of wireless communication channels during an energy detection period, the energy detection configured to identify for a wireless communication channel of the plurality of wireless communication channels whether or not energy is detected over the wireless communication channel; and based on detection of energy over a first wireless communication channel of the plurality of wireless communication channels during the energy detection period, perform a wireless packet detection over the first wireless communication channel to detect a wireless packet transmission, the wireless packet detection to be performed while continuing the energy detection over one or more second wireless communication channels of the plurality of wireless communication channels to detect energy over the one or more second wireless communication channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eran Segev, Ehud Reshef, Hagay Barel, Ido Ouzieli, Nir Balaban
  • Publication number: 20210218432
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to techniques for controlling Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of radio energy transmission. In particular, the disclosure relates to a radio device and a method for controlling radio energy transmission of a plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined SAR requirement. Such a radio device includes: a plurality of radio entities configured to transmit radio energy; and a controller configured to control the radio energy transmission of the plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined Specific Absorption Rate, SAR, requirement, wherein the controller is configured to enable at least two radio entities of the plurality of radio entities operating concurrently based on a shared SAR transmission power restriction which allows the at least two radio entities transmitting concurrently at a predefined duty cycle, in particular at 100% duty cycle, without violating the SAR requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Oren Kaidar, Ehud Reshef, Nir Balaban, Wilfrid D'Angelo, Yuval Elad
  • Publication number: 20210204093
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments may include an apparatus including logic and circuitry configured to cause a mobile device to disable wireless communication of the mobile device over one or more indoor-only wireless communication channels according to an indoor regulatory constraint; determine whether the mobile device is located indoors or outdoors based on sensor information from a sensor of the mobile device; based on a determination that the mobile device is located indoors, enable the mobile device to communicate as a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) supervising device over an indoor-only wireless communication channel of the one or more indoor-only wireless communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wilfrid D'Angelo, Ehud Reshef, Nir Balaban, Leor Rom
  • Publication number: 20210203435
    Abstract: The application relates to a method and apparatus used in wireless local area networks (WLANs), the method including: generating a frame including capability information of a non-Access Point (non-AP) Station (STA) for transmission of sounding feedback; and transmitting the frame to an AP STA, so that the AP STA controls a rate at which the non-AP STA must use for transmission of the sounding feedback based on the capability information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Laurent Cariou, Nir Balaban, Daniel Cohn, Thomas Kenney
  • Publication number: 20210067285
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced bandwidth selection for wireless devices. A device may generate a request frame with at least one of a first indication of a bandwidth for which a second device is to measure a first noise level or a second indication of a resource unit for which the second device is to measure a second noise level. The device may send the request frame to the second device. The device may identify a response frame received from the second device, the response frame having a third indication of the first noise level or the second noise level and a fourth indication of the bandwidth or the resource unit. The device may determine, based on the first noise level or the second noise level, a parameter associated with a subsequent frame to send to the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Laurent Cariou, Nir Balaban, Daniel Bravo, Dor Chay, Xiaogang Chen, Feng Jiang, Thomas J. Kenney, Qinghua Li, Ehud Reshef
  • Publication number: 20210050999
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to security for multi-link operations. A multi-link device (MLD) may establish a first communication link between a first device of the MLD and a first device of a second MLD, and a second communication link between a second device of the MLD and a second device of the second MLD. The MLD may generate a group-addressed message. The MLD may protect the group-addressed message using a first key or a first integrity key. The MLD may protect the group-addressed message using a second key or a second integrity key. The MLD may send, using the first communication link, the group-addressed message protected using the first key or the first integrity key, and may send, using the second communication link, the group-addressed message protected using the second key or the second integrity key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Po-Kai Huang, Cheng Chen, Ido Ouzieli, Avner Epstein, Danny Alexander, Ofer Schreiber, Arik Klein, Daniel Bravo, Laurent Cariou, Ofer Hareuveni, Ehud Reshef, Nir Balaban
  • Patent number: 10924146
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to techniques for controlling Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of radio energy transmission. In particular, the disclosure relates to a radio device and a method for controlling radio energy transmission of a plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined SAR requirement. Such a radio device includes: a plurality of radio entities configured to transmit radio energy; and a controller configured to control the radio energy transmission of the plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined Specific Absorption Rate, SAR, requirement, wherein the controller is configured to enable at least two radio entities of the plurality of radio entities operating concurrently based on a shared SAR transmission power restriction which allows the at least two radio entities transmitting concurrently at a predefined duty cycle, in particular at 100% duty cycle, without violating the SAR requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Kaidar, Ehud Reshef, Nir Balaban, Wilfrid D'Angelo, Yuval Elad
  • Patent number: 10687384
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to disconnecting Wi-Fi radios due to operation of collocated wireless technology on a same device. A device may identify a first beacon received from an access point (AP), the first beacon indicating a beacon interval and received using a Wi-Fi radio. The device may determine an expected time to receive a second beacon. The device may identify a first signal received from a non-Wi-Fi radio collocated with the Wi-Fi radio. The device may determine, based on the first signal, an indication of a transmission or a reception of a second signal by the second radio during a time which overlaps the beacon interval. The device may determine a failure to identify a second beacon during the beacon interval. The device may determine a counter and may determine, based on the counter, a connection status of the first radio with the AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Cohn, Nir Balaban, Oz Shalev
  • Publication number: 20200137597
    Abstract: For example, a wireless communication device may be configured to, in a passive scan of a plurality of wireless communication channels, perform an energy detection over the plurality of wireless communication channels during an energy detection period, the energy detection configured to identify for a wireless communication channel of the plurality of wireless communication channels whether or not energy is detected over the wireless communication channel; and based on detection of energy over a first wireless communication channel of the plurality of wireless communication channels during the energy detection period, perform a wireless packet detection over the first wireless communication channel to detect a wireless packet transmission, the wireless packet detection to be performed while continuing the energy detection over one or more second wireless communication channels of the plurality of wireless communication channels to detect energy over the one or more second wireless communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eran Segev, Ehud Reshef, Hagay Barel, Ido Ouzieli, Nir Balaban
  • Publication number: 20190349017
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to techniques for controlling Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of radio energy transmission. In particular, the disclosure relates to a radio device and a method for controlling radio energy transmission of a plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined SAR requirement. Such a radio device includes: a plurality of radio entities configured to transmit radio energy; and a controller configured to control the radio energy transmission of the plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined Specific Absorption Rate, SAR, requirement, wherein the controller is configured to enable at least two radio entities of the plurality of radio entities operating concurrently based on a shared SAR transmission power restriction which allows the at least two radio entities transmitting concurrently at a predefined duty cycle, in particular at 100% duty cycle, without violating the SAR requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Oren Kaidar, Ehud Reshef, Nir Balaban, Wilfrid D'Angelo, Yuval Elad
  • Publication number: 20190132901
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to disconnecting Wi-Fi radios due to operation of collocated wireless technology on a same device. A device may identify a first beacon received from an access point (AP), the first beacon indicating a beacon interval and received using a Wi-Fi radio. The device may determine an expected time to receive a second beacon. The device may identify a first signal received from a non-Wi-Fi radio collocated with the Wi-Fi radio. The device may determine, based on the first signal, an indication of a transmission or a reception of a second signal by the second radio during a time which overlaps the beacon interval. The device may determine a failure to identify a second beacon during the beacon interval. The device may determine a counter and may determine, based on the counter, a connection status of the first radio with the AP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Cohn, Nir Balaban, Oz Shalev
  • Patent number: 9730014
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for dynamic scheduling of Wi-Fi or Bluetooth signals based at least in part on LTE schedules are disclosed. In some examples, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth can perform coexistence decisions including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth channel or Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH) selection based on modem calculated Rx or Tx indications and device geo location, maximum allowed transmit power per channel for Wi-Fi, and the LTE modem connection state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nir Balaban, Keren Dor, Ido Ouzieli, Ignacio Gimeno, Bruno Jechoux, Assi Jakoby, Dongsheng Bi