Patents by Inventor Samantha Caporal Del Barrio
Samantha Caporal Del Barrio 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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Publication number: 20230078952Abstract: An apparatus for use by a UE configured to conduct a communication in a communication network. The apparatus is configured to receive and process signals from the communication network via signal receiving portions, wherein one of the signal receiving portions is a serving cell signal receiving portion used for connecting to the communication network via a serving cell, and another of the signal receiving portions is a non-serving cell signal receiving portion being not used for connecting to the communication network. A signal receiving portion specific offset value is obtained for each of the signal receiving portions. Signal quality values for signals received by the signal receiving portions from the communication network are measured, wherein the cells include the serving cell. A measurement report is sent to the communication network on the basis of the results of the signal quality measurements and the offset values for the signal receiving portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Ingo VIERING, Christian ROM, Simon SVENDSEN, Samantha CAPORAL DEL BARRIO
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Publication number: 20230084028Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: determining channel condition for each of the plurality of beams; selecting, based on the channel conditions, a predetermined number of beams suitable for beam failure recovery; and determining the periodicity preference for each of the predetermined number of beams.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Ali Karimidehkordi, Samantha Caporal del Barrio, Sami-Jukka Hakola, Timo Koskela
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Publication number: 20230031232Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: detecting an occurrence of a maximum permissible exposure event; and reporting maximum permissible exposure assistance information in response to the detection of the occurrence of the maximum permissible exposure event, wherein reporting the maximum permissible exposure assistance information comprises: generating a scheduled report in the event that a periodic scheduling override condition is invalid, wherein the scheduled report is sent when a first time period expires; and generating an unscheduled report in the event that the periodic scheduling override condition is valid, wherein the unscheduled report is sent without waiting for the first time period to expire.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Simon Svendsen, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Sari Kaarina Nielsen, Benny Vejlgaard
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Publication number: 20230036845Abstract: In a system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for implementing fallback to conditional handover using a SSB reference signal, a UE device may be caused to, receive RRC reconfiguration information from a source RAN node, the RRC reconfiguration information including a SSB RS based CHO execution condition associated with at least one target cell controlled by a target RAN node, and a CSI-RS based CHO execution condition associated with the target cell(s), perform signal measurements of at least one SSB RS and at least one CSI-RS associated with the target cell(s), the at least one CSI-RS associated with a contention-free random access resource, and perform the CHO with the target cell(s) based on the signal measurement results of the at least one SSB RS, the at least one CSI-RS, the SSB based CHO execution condition, and the CSI-RS based CHO execution condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: Nokia Technologies OYInventors: Ahmad AWADA, Christian ROM, Samantha CAPORAL DEL BARRIO, Ingo VIERING, Jedrzej STANCZAK
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Publication number: 20230017529Abstract: To facilitate positioning a user device, the user device is configured to measure, per an antenna array, reference signals received from transmission-reception points and to check, whether a downlink reference signal from a transmission-reception point is received in a serving antenna array and in one or more non-serving antenna arrays with a first delay. A non-serving antenna array receiving the signal with the first delay is an alternative antenna array to the serving antenna array. When the serving antenna array is under a maximum permissible exposure event, the user device is configured to select, which one of one or more alternative antenna arrays and the serving antenna panel is to be used for transmitting at least a positioning signal to the transmission-reception point.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Simon Svendsen, Johannes Harrebek, Benny Vejlgaard
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Patent number: 11557835Abstract: Apparatus for transmitting and/or receiving radio frequency, RF, signals, particularly for a mobile radio device for a wireless communications system, particularly a cellular communications system, said apparatus comprising a primary antenna module having a first radiation pattern, at least one secondary antenna module having a second radiation pattern, which is different from said first radiation pattern, and a control unit configured to selectively activate and/or deactivate said primary antenna module and/or said at least one secondary antenna module.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Christian Rom, Benny Vejlgaard, Simon Svendsen, Samantha Caporal del Barrio, Filipa Fernandes, Johannes Harrebek
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Publication number: 20230011877Abstract: Aspects and embodiments relate to an apparatus and method for performing antenna panel management.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Christian ROM, Samantha CAPORAL DEL BARRIO, Simon SVENDSEN, Johannes HARREBEK, Benny VEJLGAARD
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Publication number: 20220416877Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: receiving, at a user device, a downlink reference signal from a communication node of a mobile communication system, wherein the downlink reference signal is received by one of a plurality of beams of a receiver of the user device in accordance with a configured beam alignment; determining whether to initiate beam switching to reconfigure the beam alignment at said receiver based, at least in part, on a signal power of the received downlink reference signal; and determining, in the event that beam switching is to be initiated, whether to initiate communication node assisted beam switching or non-communication node assisted beam switching.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Simon SVENDSEN, Samantha CAPORAL DEL BARRIO, Christian ROM, Benny VEJLGAARD
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Patent number: 11539388Abstract: Apparatus for receiving radio frequency, RF, signals, comprising at least two antenna panels, wherein each of the at least two antenna panels is configured to provide a respective received signal with an associated frequency spectrum, wherein the apparatus is configured to apply a frequency shift to at least one of the received signals such that center frequencies of at least two adjacent frequency spectra comprise a predetermined frequency distance from each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Benny Vejlgaard, Simon Svendsen, Johannes Harrebek, Christian Rom, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio
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Publication number: 20220408379Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from selectively monitoring alternative links. In certain example embodiments, an apparatus may comprise 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 to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to determine that at least one obstacle has entered at least one predefined region and transmit to at least one network entity at least one indication comprising at least one predicted-power back off (P-PBO) value. The at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to generate at least one predictive-PBO report (P-PBOR) and transmit the at least one P-PBOR to the at least one network entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Samantha CAPORAL DEL BARRIO, Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS, Sari Kaarina NIELSEN, Simon Svendsen, Benny VEJLGAARD
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Patent number: 11528046Abstract: In a system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for implementing dynamic uplink (UL) gaps for maximum permissible exposure (MPE) detection, a user equipment (UE) device include a wireless antenna array, a memory storing computer readable instructions and a UL gap configuration, and processing circuitry configured to execute the computer readable instructions to cause the device to, determine estimated distance information between a user and the device using the wireless antenna array during at least one first scheduled UL gap of the UL gap scheduling in accordance with the UE maximum transmission power limit, the UL gap scheduling based on a default UL gap periodicity value and a default UL gap duration value, transmit a MPE-related message to the node based on the estimated distance information and a desired MPE threshold, and adjust the UL gap configuration based on the transmitted MPE-related message.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Benny Vejlgaard, Simon Svendsen, Petri Juhani Vasenkari, Sari Kaarina Nielsen
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Publication number: 20220394502Abstract: Disclosed is a method that includes measuring a distance to a blockage using a radar functionality of an antenna array, determining, based on the distance, that transmission power is to be limited due to a maximum permissible exposure event, and determining if the distance is greater or shorter than a threshold distance which corresponds to a far-field distance of a radiation pattern used for the radar functionality. Depending upon the distance to the blockage relative to the far-field distance and whether the distance is greater than a minimum distance for obtaining reliable angular directions of the blockage using the radar functionality, the method takes different actions in order to optimize the antenna array configuration for a beam used for uplink transmission to an access node.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Simon Svendsen
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Publication number: 20220361121Abstract: An apparatus including a plurality of antenna panels; circuitry configured for receiving a synchronization signal burst including a plurality of synchronization signal blocks; circuitry for configuring, for a first sample, each of the plurality of antenna panels to be switched in alternating manner to measure received signal power level of each of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks; circuitry for configuring, for a predetermined number of subsequent samples, each of the plurality of antenna panels to be switched in alternating manner to measure the received signal power level of the synchronization signal block providing a highest received signal power level for said antenna panel in the first sample; and circuitry configured for sending a report of the measured received signal power level of said synchronization signal block to a network element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Alessio Marcone, Simon Svendsen, Benny Vejlgaard, Christian Rom
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Publication number: 20220337278Abstract: In a system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for implementing dynamic uplink (UL) gaps for maximum permissible exposure (MPE) detection, a user equipment (UE) device include a wireless antenna array, a memory storing computer readable instructions and a UL gap configuration, and processing circuitry configured to execute the computer readable instructions to cause the device to, determine estimated distance information between a user and the device using the wireless antenna array during at least one first scheduled UL gap of the UL gap scheduling in accordance with the UE maximum transmission power limit, the UL gap scheduling based on a default UL gap periodicity value and a default UL gap duration value, transmit a MPE-related message to the node based on the estimated distance information and a desired MPE threshold, and adjust the UL gap configuration based on the transmitted MPE-related message.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Nokia Technologies OYInventors: Samantha CAPORAL DEL BARRIO, Benny VEJLGAARD, Simon SVENDSEN, Petri Juhani VASENKARI, Sari Kaarina NIELSEN
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Publication number: 20220338073Abstract: Improved techniques of beam management in a HO situation include receiving, at a source node from a candidate target node after receiving a measurement report from a UE prior to completion of a HO, a repetition configuration of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource index to be used by the UE for random access. When beam refinement occurs during HO, a candidate target cell for HO provides the UE with a repetition configuration of CSI-RS resource index that will be selected and used by the UE for random access to the target cell. When beam refinement occurs before HO, the candidate target cell of handover provides the UE (e.g. during the handover preparation phase in case of conditional HO (CHO)) with the repetition configuration of CSI-RS resource index (or indices) whose transmission(s) is repeated while the UE is served by the source cell and before executing a handover.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Ahmad AWADA, Christian ROM, Samantha CAPORAL DEL BARRIO, Ingo VIERING, Jedrzej STANCZAK
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Publication number: 20220322283Abstract: There are provided measures for handling of paging messages in communication endpoint to network relaying scenarios.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Lianghai JI, Frank FREDERIKSEN, Claudio ROSA, Erika PORTELA LOPES DE ALMEIDA, Morten TOFT, Johannes HEJSELBAEK, Faranaz SABOURI-SICHANI, Bo Holm BJERRUM, Samantha CAPORAL DEL BARRIO, Roberto MALDONADO
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Publication number: 20220321158Abstract: When a user equipment detects a condition that a distance between the user equipment, which has an established connection with a network entity of a communications network system, and a subject enters a pre-warning region, the user equipment enters a monitoring mode based on at least the detected condition. In the monitoring mode, options of operations to be performed by the user equipment to mitigate degradation of the established connection due to a required power backoff of an antenna of the user equipment are monitored.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2019Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Simon Svendsen, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Sari Kaarina Nielsen, Benny Vejlgaard
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Publication number: 20220264481Abstract: Various example embodiments provide a system for mitigating effects of a power back-off due to exposure of user's body to transmitted power. A user equipment (UE) may determine triggering of a power exposure event, for example a body of a user coming close enough to trigger a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limit. The UE may then send an emergency signal including an indication of the triggered power exposure event to a base station. Various beneficial options for rapidly providing the emergency signal are disclosed. The UE and the base station may enter an emergency mode, where the UE may provide further information on its power back-off conditions. Based on the information received from the UE, the base station may determine to perform adaptation of the radio link to avoid radio link failure. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Samantha CAPORAL DEL BARRIO, Simon SVENDSEN, Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS, Karri Markus RANTA-AHO, Sari Kaarina NIELSEN, Benny VEJLGAARD
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Publication number: 20220256473Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a method may include detecting, by a user equipment in a wireless network, a power exposure event for the user equipment (e.g., a Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) event); and sending, by the user equipment to a base station, a message including at least a user equipment identifier identifying the user equipment, information indicating that the detected power exposure event for the user equipment isa trigger for the sending of the message, and information identifying at least one of: a reduced maximum output power value for the user equipment and/or a reduced maximum uplink duty cycle for the user equipment, based on the detected power exposure event.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Benny Vejlgaard, Sari Kaarina Nielsen, Simon Svendsen, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio
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Publication number: 20220232486Abstract: When a user equipment detects a condition that a distance between the user equipment, which has an established connection with a network entity of a communications network system, and a subject enters apre-warning region, the user equipment enters a monitoring mode based on at least the detected condition. In the monitoring mode, options of operations to be performed by the user equipment to mitigate degradation of the established connection due to a required power backoff of an antenna of the user equipment are monitored.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Simon Svendsen, Benny Vejlgaard, Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas