Patents by Inventor Ryan Keating
Ryan Keating 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).
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Patent number: 11960017Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: receiving downlink positioning signals from each of a plurality of communication nodes of a mobile communication system at a user device of the mobile communication system, wherein each downlink positioning signal is received from a downlink beam direction for the respective communication node; determining an angle of arrival and/or a time of arrival for each of the received downlink positioning signals; and determining an uplink positioning signal beam configuration based, at least in part, on the determined angle of arrival and/or the determined time of arrival for said received downlink positioning signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Ryan Keating, Benny Vejlgaard, Oana-Elena Barbu, Johannes Harrebek
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Publication number: 20240118374Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to position determination using one or more reflectors. In examples of the disclosure an apparatus can be configured to transmit information relating to one or more reflectors within a scattering environment to a network apparatus. The information relating to the one or more reflectors can be used by the network apparatus to enable signals reflected from the one or more reflectors to be used for a position determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Marcus HENNINGER, Silvio Mandelli, Ryan Keating, Sean Kelley
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METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MITIGATING REDUCED COMPLEXITY FEATURES IMPACT ON POSITIONING PERFORMANCE
Publication number: 20240121720Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for positioning support are provided. One method may include receiving, by a UE configured with power saving feature(s), positioning performance requirements for a positioning session. The method may also include estimating an impact of one or more power saving or reduced capability features on positioning measurements associated with the positioning session and, based on the accuracy and latency requirements and the estimated impact, determining the power saving or reduced capability features that the UE can implement while still achieving the accuracy and latency requirements for the positioning session. The method may then include signaling, to a network node, information on the determined power saving or reduced capability features that the UE can implement while still achieving the required accuracy and latency requirements for the positioning session.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Ryan KEATING, Xiaomao MAO, Nitin MANGALVEDHE, Rapeepat RATASUK, Muhammad Majid BUTT, Man Hung NG -
Patent number: 11956040Abstract: A method for a base station includes sending a request for a report on beamforming capability to a target user equipment; receiving the report on the beamforming capability from the target user equipment; allocating at least one positioning reference signal resource for use by the target user equipment based on at least the capability information included in the report; determining a beam sweeping mle based on the at least one positioning reference signal resource allocated for the target user equipment; and sending the positioning reference signal resource allocation and the beam sweeping mle to the target user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Yan Meng, Tao Tao, Ryan Keating, Jianguo Liu
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Publication number: 20240114481Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, and corresponding meth-od, configured to receive, from a network element, an indi-cation that a terminal device is to determine a current convergence speed of a positioning algorithm used to deter-mine a position result of the terminal device; determine the position result of the terminal device using the positioning algorithm; determine the current convergence speed of the positioning algorithm used when determining the position result of the terminal device; determine a relative conver-gence speed of the positioning algorithm, based on the cur-rent convergence speed; and indicate to the network ele-ment at least one of: the relative convergence speed, at least one value obtained based on the current convergence speed, an integrity result of the determined position result, or the determined position result of the terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Hyun-Su CHA, Ryan KEATING
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Publication number: 20240114475Abstract: Geo-fenced bandwidth switching for Reduced Capability NR devices is provided. An apparatus may include at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions. The stored instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the terminal device at least to receive, from a network element, information comprising a plurality of characteristics of one or more precision zones configured for the terminal device. The apparatus is further caused at least to apply a precision zone selected from the one or more precision zones in accordance with a current location of the terminal device in communication of a reference signal for positioning of the terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Ryan KEATING, Diomidis MICHALOPOULOS, Stepan KUCERA, Jürgen HOFMANN, Berthold PANZNER
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Patent number: 11950169Abstract: Apparatus, methods and computer program products for user equipment positioning solutions and related signalling. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least send (550), to a network node of a communication network, at least one signaling configuration with at least one set periodicity, wherein the at least one signaling configuration is for use at the network node in calculating at least position information for relaying to the communication network at least for positioning support of the apparatus, and receive (570) the positioning support from the communication network in response to the at least one signaling configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Ryan Keating, Rapeepat Ratasuk, Tzu-Chung Hsieh
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Publication number: 20240057004Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for Rx-Tx RTT estimation are provided. One method may include transmitting, by a network element, the reference signal to another network element and recording a time stamp (t0) of a time of transmission of the reference signal, and receiving an estimated Rx-Tx measurement from said another network element and recording a time stamp (t3) of a time of receipt of the estimated Rx-Tx measurement. The method may also include calculating a Rx-Tx measurement at the network element based on a difference between the time stamp (t0) of the time of transmission of the reference signal and the time stamp (t3) of the receipt of the estimated Rx-Tx measurement, and determining a propagation delay based on a difference between the received estimated Rx-Tx measurement and the calculated Rx-Tx measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Muhammad Ikram ASHRAF, Thomas Haaning JACOBSEN, Zexian LI, Ryan KEATING
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Patent number: 11902894Abstract: Certain example embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for determining radio frequency (RF) conditions using sensing information. A network node may construct a map of RF conditions associated with location information within its coverage area. The network node may configure a radio resource control (RRC)-connected UE to operate in an RF sensing mode. The network node may obtain a positioning of the UE from a sensing node. The network node may determine the RF conditions of the UE based on its position using the map.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Rapeepat Ratasuk, Ryan Keating, Amitabha Ghosh, Jie Chen, Athul Prasad, Nitin Mangalvedhe
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Publication number: 20240045015Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to UL-based and DL-based positioning in a wireless communication network. A method comprises: determining, by a first device, an estimation of a propagation delay for a first reference signal to be transmitted from a second device; in accordance with a determination that the estimation of the propagation delay exceeds a threshold delay, determining a target period within a symbol on which at least a part of the first reference signal is transmitted; and performing positioning measurements on the first reference signal within the target period. As such, the receiver is capable of applying an adaptive and adjustable window for receiving different positioning reference signals (PRSs) depending on various conditions and situations. In this way, the PRS measurement performance and the positioning accuracy can be greatly improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Tao TAO, Benny VEJLGAARD, Daejung YOON, Ryan KEATING, Dong LI
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Patent number: 11892553Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for using angle error groups (AEGs) to improve angle of arrival (AoA) positioning may be provided. For example, for a specific received signal, one or more receiving antenna elements that can be considered to have almost the same incident angle within a certain margin may be defined as a group. The group of receive (Rx) antenna elements (or a group of Rx antennas) may be defined as an AEG. The configuration of an AEG for each TRP and the AEG may be used for AoA measurement and reporting. The gNB or transmit receive point (TRP) may perform AoA measurements and may determine an AoA for the AEGs.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Hyun-Su Cha, Ryan Keating
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Publication number: 20240040534Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising obtaining a first positioning reference signal configuration from at least a first serving access node (330) and a first neighbour access node (320) comprised in a first network, wherein the apparatus (310) is associated with a first network subscription to the first network, determining first positioning information by receiving a first positioning reference signal based on the obtained first positioning reference signal configuration, obtaining a second positioning reference signal configuration from a second serving access node (360) and a second neighbour access node (350) in a second network, wherein the apparatus is further associated with a second network subscription to the second network, determining second positioning information by receiving a second positioning information reference signal based on the obtained second positioning reference signals, estimating clock frequency difference between the first network and the second network and determining an offset betweType: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Benny VEJLGAARD, Johannes HARREBEK, Ryan KEATING
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Methods and apparatuses for mitigating reduced complexity features impact on positioning performance
Patent number: 11889425Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for positioning support are provided. One method may include receiving, by a UE configured with power saving feature(s), positioning performance requirements for a positioning session. The method may also include estimating an impact of one or more power saving or reduced capability features on positioning measurements associated with the positioning session and, based on the accuracy and latency requirements and the estimated impact, determining the power saving or reduced capability features that the UE can implement while still achieving the accuracy and latency requirements for the positioning session. The method may then include signaling, to a network node, information on the determined power saving or reduced capability features that the UE can implement while still achieving the required accuracy and latency requirements for the positioning session.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Ryan Keating, Xiaomao Mao, Nitin Mangalvedhe, Rapeepat Ratasuk, Muhammad Majid Butt, Man Hung Ng -
Patent number: 11882466Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for calibrating beam orientation errors for improved positioning. For example, certain embodiments may utilize collection of various measurements to compute, and correct for, beam orientation errors. Additionally, or alternatively, certain embodiments may collect information about propagation conditions in a network and may establish virtual anchors for the network.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Oana-Elena Barbu, Ryan Keating
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Publication number: 20240023051Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for a first terminal device. The apparatus is configured to perform the following. The apparatus transmits (301) a first uplink reference signal at a first transmission time instance measured according to a local reference clock of the first terminal device. The apparatus applies (302) a frequency shift to a frequency of the local reference clock at a frequency-shift time instance measured according to the local reference clock and following the first transmission time instance. Based on the first transmission time instance, a second transmission time instance for an upcoming transmission of a second uplink reference signal, the frequency shift and the frequency-shift time instance, the apparatus calculates (303) a shift of transmission timing for the upcoming transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Johannes HARREBEK, Benny VEJLGAARD, Ryan KEATING
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Publication number: 20240019533Abstract: A method includes obtaining, at a location management apparatus of a wireless communications system, information indicating an approximate location of a user device; determining network assistance signaling based on the obtained information of the approximate location of a user device; and sending the determined network assistance signaling to a first network apparatus of the wireless communications system, the determining of the network assistance signaling including determining an expected angle of arrival for the first network apparatus and including the expected angle of arrival in the network assistance signaling, the expected angle of arrival being an angle, or a range of angles, corresponding to a direction from which wireless transmissions from the user device arrive at the first network apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Tao TAO, Daejung YOON, Ryan KEATING
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Publication number: 20240022375Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to coordinated positioning via sidelink resource. A first terminal device transmits a first message to a plurality of positioning terminal devices including a second terminal device. The first message indicates sidelink resources for transmitting reference signals from the plurality of positioning terminal devices to the first terminal device. Upon receiving the first message, the second terminal device determines a first sidelink resource for transmitting a first reference signal for positioning the first terminal device from the sidelink resources, and then transmits the first reference signal via the first sidelink resource to the first terminal device. Through this solution, a sidelink-based positioning solution can be implemented.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Ryan KEATING, Tao TAO, Yong LIU, Jun TAN
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Publication number: 20240007979Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for switching between platforms. In some example embodiment, there may be provided a method, which may include receiving, by a user equipment, a notification indicative of a switch from a first platform to a second platform; calculating, by the user equipment, a timing advance for use with the second platform; and accessing, by the user equipment, the second platform after the switch to the second platform, the accessing based on at least the calculated timing advance. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Ryan Keating, Tzu-Chung Hsieh, Jeroen Wigard, Rafhael Medeiros de Amorim
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Publication number: 20240007987Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of retransmission of sidelink positioning reference signal (PRS). The method comprises transmitting, to a second device, a first sidelink reference signal associated with a positioning or ranging procedure of the first device; and receiving, from the second device, a second sidelink reference signal associated with the positioning or ranging procedure, the second sidelink reference signal comprising information indicating whether the first sidelink reference signal needs to be retransmitted. In this way, the retransmission of the sidelink PRS can be triggered without extra resource consumption and a fast RTT estimation for sidelink ranging and positioning can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Yong LIU, Ryan KEATING, Jun TAN, Tao TAO, Dong LI
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Publication number: 20230417859Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program is described comprising: obtaining samples of received positioning information from each of a plurality of channels; identifying one or more of said channels as benchmark channels; determining a benchmark channel response representative of channel propagation conditions for the or each benchmark channel; generating a common benchmark channel response based on said benchmark channel responses; estimating channel responses for some or all non-benchmark channels; modifying positioning information samples of at least some of the non-benchmark channels to generate corrected positioning information samples; and combining the positioning information samples of said one or more benchmark channels and the one or more corrected positioning information samples to generate combined positioning information samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Oana-Elena BARBU, Ryan KEATING, Johannes HARREBEK, Benny VEJLGAARD