Patents by Inventor Roland Gruber

Roland Gruber 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: 11930442
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for reducing wireless device service interruptions. An indication of a disaster condition may be provided to a wireless device. The disaster condition may affect a home public land mobile network of the wireless device. The wireless device may perform cell selection in a manner influenced by the indication of the disaster condition. This may include considering cells associated with a forbidden public land mobile network for the cell selection, or excluding cells associated with the home public land mobile network of the wireless device that are unavailable, for example due to the disaster condition, among various possibilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Roland Gruber, Nirlesh Koshta, Anikethan Ramakrishna Vijaya Kumar, Sridhar Prakasam, Mona Agnel, Krisztian Kiss, Vijay Venkataraman, Haijing Hu, Robert Zaus
  • Publication number: 20240023049
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) transmits a registration request message to a first public land mobile network (PLMN), wherein the first PLMN is a roaming PLMN, receives a registration accept message from the first PLMN, determines that the registration accept message includes a manipulated steering of roaming (SoR) container or does not include a SoR container, wherein the SoR container is configured by a home PLMN (HPLMN) of the UE and transmitted to the first PLMN from the HPLMN, determines that the registration accept message includes an indication that the first PLMN does not support voice over packet switching (VoPS) and adds the first PLMN to a first list of PLMNs in which voice service is not possible in an N1 mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Roland GRUBER, Deepak DASH, Nitin KUPPELUR
  • Publication number: 20230422198
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) that initiates a periodic update timer, wherein the UE is configured to perform a periodic registration update procedure in response to a periodic update timer expiry event, identifies that the periodic update timer has expired, wherein the periodic update timer expiry event occurs when the UE is out of coverage, selects a cell to camp on, wherein the cell is known to be in a non-allowed area and initiates the periodic registration update procedure in response to the periodic update timer expiry event, wherein the UE delays the periodic registration update procedure until the UE enters a fifth generation mobility management (5GMM) operating substate associated with camping on the cell that is known to be in the non-allowed area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Nitin KUPPELUR, Deepak DASH, Roland GRUBER
  • Publication number: 20230422197
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) transmits a registration request message to a first public land mobile network (PLMN), wherein the first PLMN is a roaming PLMN, receives a registration accept message from the first PLMN, determines that the registration accept message includes a manipulated steering of roaming (SoR) container or does not include a SoR container, wherein the SoR container is configured by a home PLMN (HPLMN) of the UE and transmitted to the first PLMN from the HPLMN, determines that the registration accept message includes an indication that the first PLMN does not support voice over packet switching (VoPS) and adds the first PLMN to a first list of PLMNs in which voice service is not possible in an N1 mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Roland GRUBER, Deepak DASH, Nitin KUPPELUR
  • Publication number: 20230388898
    Abstract: If a paging or notification message is received by a user equipment (UE) when a UE-initiated 5GMM specific procedure or service request procedure is ongoing, a UE may buffer the paging or notification message. To buffer the paging or notification message, the UE may remember the pending mobile terminated transaction and re-attempt the registration or request procedure with the access category 0 (=MT_acc), if the ongoing UE-initiated 5GMM specific procedure or service request procedure fails due to access barring. If a 5GMM specific procedure or service request procedure is received by the network when a MT transaction is ongoing (i.e. a paging message with the access type set to 3GPP access or notification message via non-3GPP access with the access type indicating 3GPP access) the network may complete the incoming MT transaction and may remember the pending mobile terminated transaction and continue it once the MO transaction is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Nitin KUPPELUR, Roland GRUBER, Krisztian KISS, Deepak DASH, Piush KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20230319756
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive broadcast information from a cell of a public land mobile network (PLMN) including a parameter indicating support for disaster roaming, wherein the PLMN is a forbidden PLMN (FPLMN) for the UE, attempt a registration with the FPLMN by sending a registration request to the PLMN including a PLMN ID of a determined PLMN under disaster, receive a message including a cause code indicating the disaster roaming for the FPLMN is not allowed in a current tracking area (TA) of the cell for the determined PLMN under disaster, store a tracking area identifier (TAI) of the cell and prevent further registration attempts with the FPLMN for the determined PLMN under disaster when the UE is in the current TA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Roland GRUBER, Robert ZAUS
  • Publication number: 20230009236
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to formwork for producing a concrete element, in particular a wall element or ceiling element, having an opening, in particular a window opening or door opening, the formwork comprising: a formwork panel; opening formwork, which has a frame element for delimiting a portion of the opening, a support bracket for supporting the frame element, and a mounting element for mounting the support bracket; a formwork-stripping device for transferring the opening formwork from a formwork position for the formation of the opening into a formwork-stripping position for the release of the concrete element, wherein the formwork-stripping device has a sliding and tilting mechanism for sliding the frame element in a direction parallel to the formwork panel and for tilting the frame element about a pivot axis running substantially parallel to the formwork panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Roland GRUBER
  • Publication number: 20220369266
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive broadcast information from a public land mobile network (PLMN) including at least a PLMN identifier (ID), attempt a registration with the PLMN by sending a registration request to the PLMN, wherein the UE attempts the registration via a base station operated by the PLMN deployed in a non-terrestrial network (NTN) arrangement including a non-terrestrial component configured to provide services to the UE via a service link, receive a message including a cause code indicating the PLMN is not allowed to operate at a current UE location and further including a set of attributes indicating further conditions wherein the registration with the PLMN is not allowed and avoid further registration attempts with the PLMN when the further conditions are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Roland GRUBER, Robert ZAUS
  • Publication number: 20220264275
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for public land mobile network (PLMN) selection for disaster roaming in a 5G wireless communications system. A user equipment (UE) can receive two or more messages that disaster roaming service is offered by two or more forbidden public land mobile networks (PLMNs) of a forbidden PLMN list of the UE. The UE can select a first forbidden PLMN of the two or more forbidden PLMNs, where the first forbidden PLMN corresponds to a highest priority PLMN of a preferred PLMN list of the UE, and establish communications, via the transceiver, with the first forbidden PLMN. Some embodiments include designating a forbidden PLMN as offering a disaster roaming PLMN for manual selection. Some embodiments include enabling a Closed Access Group (CAG)-capable UE to access disaster roaming services from a forbidden PLMN of a CAG-only cell or a 5G cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sudeep Manithara VAMANAN, Robert ZAUS, Haijing HU, Krisztian KISS, Roland GRUBER
  • Publication number: 20220225214
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for reducing wireless device service interruptions. An indication of a disaster condition may be provided to a wireless device. The disaster condition may affect a home public land mobile network of the wireless device. The wireless device may perform cell selection in a manner influenced by the indication of the disaster condition. This may include considering cells associated with a forbidden public land mobile network for the cell selection, or excluding cells associated with the home public land mobile network of the wireless device that are unavailable, for example due to the disaster condition, among various possibilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Roland Gruber, Nirlesh Koshta, Anikethan Ramakrishna Vijaya Kumar, Sridhar Prakasam, Mona Agnel, Krisztian Kiss, Vijay Venkataraman, Haijing Hu, Robert Zaus
  • Publication number: 20220167244
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for managing the provisioning of voice services to a user equipment (UE) in a fifth generation (5G) network. For example, the UE generates a registration request message that includes 5G mobility management (5GMM) capabilities of the UE that are indicative of whether the UE supports voice over internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS), and transmits the registration request message to a next generation radio acess network (NGRAN) node in the 5G wireless network. Based on the 5GMM capabilities, the NG-RAN node can determine whether voice over IMS can be provided to UE by comparing the 5GMM capabilities to capabilities of the NG-RAN node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert ZAUS, Roland GRUBER, Alexandre Saso STOJANOVSKI
  • Patent number: 11057812
    Abstract: A mobile radio communication system having a mobile radio communication network and a mobile radio subscriber appliance, wherein a unit in the network layer of the core network of the mobile radio communication network is configured to transmit to the mobile radio subscriber appliance a first message, based on an occurrence of a predetermined event, with a request for a statement which describes at least one radio characteristic of the mobile radio subscriber appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Roland Gruber
  • Patent number: 11044786
    Abstract: Apparatuses and computer-readable storage media for handling timers for mobile terminated circuit-switched fallback (MT CSFB) calls. An apparatus for a user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry operably coupled to a data storage device. The data storage device is configured to store a value of an extended service request for mobile terminated services (EXT-MT) timer. The value of the EXT-MT timer is less than a value of a guard timer of a Visitor Location Register (VLR). The processing circuitry is configured to start the EXT-MT timer and generate an extended service request message to be transmitted to a Mobility Management Entity (MME) responsive to a paging for an MT CSFB call, and attempt to select a radio access technology of a different type of network if the EXT-MT timer expires before the UE successfully performs inter system change and a circuit switched fallback cancellation request was not received from a subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Nitin Kuppelur, Deepak Dash, Robert Zaus, Roland Gruber
  • Patent number: 10652859
    Abstract: A method and a mobile device configured, when in idle mode, to select a target frequency from a network in response to a redistribution information from the network, including starting an evaluation timer; performing measurements on a first set of frequencies throughout a duration of the evaluation timer; selecting the target frequency based on the measurements of the first set of frequencies; and starting a second timer, which is distinct from the evaluation timer, during which time the device performs measurements on a second set of frequencies comprising the target frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kristian Biss, Roland Gruber
  • Publication number: 20200022048
    Abstract: A mobile radio communication system having a mobile radio communication network and a mobile radio subscriber appliance, wherein a unit in the network layer of the core network of the mobile radio communication network is configured to transmit to the mobile radio subscriber appliance a first message, based on an occurrence of a predetermined event, with a request for a statement which describes at least one radio characteristic of the mobile radio subscriber appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: Roland Gruber
  • Publication number: 20200008269
    Abstract: Apparatuses and computer-readable storage media for handling timers for mobile terminated circuit-switched fallback (MT CSFB) calls. An apparatus for a user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry operably coupled to a data storage device. The data storage device is configured to store a value of an extended service request for mobile terminated services (EXT-MT) timer. The value of the EXT-MT timer is less than a value of a guard timer of a Visitor Location Register (VLR). The processing circuitry is configured to start the EXT-MT timer and generate an extended service request message to be transmitted to a Mobility Management Entity (MME) responsive to a paging for an MT CSFB call, and attempt to select a radio access technology of a different type of network if the EXT-MT timer expires before the UE successfully performs inter system change and a circuit switched fallback cancellation request was not received from a subscriber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nitin Kuppelur, Deepak Dash, Robert Zaus, Roland Gruber
  • Publication number: 20190357176
    Abstract: A method and a mobile device configured, when in idle mode, to select a target frequency from a network in response to a redistribution information from the network, including starting an evaluation timer; performing measurements on a first set of frequencies throughout a duration of the evaluation timer; selecting the target frequency based on the measurements of the first set of frequencies; and starting a second timer, which is distinct from the evaluation timer, during which time the device performs measurements on a second set of frequencies comprising the target frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kristian BISS, Roland GRUBER
  • Patent number: 10419995
    Abstract: A mobile radio communication system having a mobile radio communication network and a mobile radio subscriber appliance, wherein a unit in the network layer of the core network of the mobile radio communication network is configured to transmit to the mobile radio subscriber appliance a first message, based on an occurrence of a predetermined event, with a request for a statement which describes at least one radio characteristic of the mobile radio subscriber appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL DEUTCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Roland Gruber
  • Publication number: 20180124668
    Abstract: A mobile radio communication system having a mobile radio communication network and a mobile radio subscriber appliance, wherein a unit in the network layer of the core network of the mobile radio communication network is configured to transmit to the mobile radio subscriber appliance a first message, based on an occurrence of a predetermined event, with a request for a statement which describes at least one radio characteristic of the mobile radio subscriber appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Roland Gruber
  • Patent number: 9894577
    Abstract: A mobile radio communication system having a mobile radio communication network and a mobile radio subscriber appliance, wherein a unit in the network layer of the core network of the mobile radio communication network is configured to transmit to the mobile radio subscriber appliance a first message, based on an occurrence of a predetermined event, with a request for a statement which describes at least one radio characteristic of the mobile radio subscriber appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Roland Gruber