Patents by Inventor Scott Francis Migaldi

Scott Francis Migaldi 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: 11102627
    Abstract: A service type symbol may be presented on a display of a communication device to indicate a type of service supported or unsupported on the communication device over a network to which the communication device is presently connected. The communication device may determine a value of a parameter, may determine, based at least in part on the value of the parameter, a service type symbol from a set of multiple different service type symbols to present on a display of the communication device, and may present the symbol on the display. Service type symbols might include, among others, a video symbol corresponding to a video streaming service, a voice symbol corresponding to a voice calling service, a basic data symbol corresponding to a basic data service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: John Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi, Hsin-Fu Henry Chiang
  • Publication number: 20210258746
    Abstract: A service type symbol may be presented on a display of a communication device to indicate a type of service supported or unsupported on the communication device over a network to which the communication device is presently connected. The communication device may determine a value of a parameter, may determine, based at least in part on the value of the parameter, a service type symbol from a set of multiple different service type symbols to present on a display of the communication device, and may present the symbol on the display. Service type symbols might include, among others, a video symbol corresponding to a video streaming service, a voice symbol corresponding to a voice calling service, a basic data symbol corresponding to a basic data service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: John Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi, Hsin-Fu Henry Chiang
  • Patent number: 11089527
    Abstract: An access network can allocate a bearer for a network service associated with a quality-of-service (QoS) value (QV) and a retention-priority value (RPV), and determine a bearer ID for the service based on the QV, the RPV, and a supplemental priority value (SPV) different from the QV and from the RPV. Upon handover of a terminal, session(s) carried by a bearer allocated by the terminal can be terminated. That bearer can be selected using IDs of the bearers and a comparison function that, given two bearer IDs, determines which respective bearer should be terminated before the other. Upon handover of a terminal to an access network supporting fewer bearers per terminal than the terminal has allocated, a network node can select a bearer based on respective QVs and RPVs of a set of allocated bearers. The network node can deallocate the selected bearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Kun Lu, Boris Antsev, Terri Brooks, Egil Gronstad, John Humbert, Alan Denis MacDonald, Salvador Mendoza, Scott Francis Migaldi, Gary Jones, Christopher H. Joul, Jun Liu, Ming Shan Kwok, Karunakalage Viraj Rakitha Silva, Neng-Tsann Ueng
  • Publication number: 20210204226
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for reducing processing time of messages that are repeatedly received, with increasing frequency, by a device (e.g., user equipment, base station etc.). For example, the systems and methods would have a base station decrease power, possibly to minimum power-out, per policy, if messages beyond the original are received and the time between those messages is decreasing. The decrease in time between messages indicates a more urgent need for the base station to power down. The systems and methods can be adapted for different types of messages (e.g., power-up, power-down, resource request, bandwidth request, service type, call type origination, quality-of-service request, application type, etc.). Each message type is associated with a policy (pre-determined or adaptive) that indicates the default behavior when the method detects a decrease in time between messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Scott Francis Migaldi, John Joseph Humbert, IV
  • Patent number: 10986590
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for reducing processing time of messages that are repeatedly received, with increasing frequency, by a device (e.g., user equipment, base station etc.). For example, the systems and methods would have a mobile device increase power, possibly to maximum power-out, per policy, if messages beyond the original are received and the time between those messages is decreasing. The decrease in time between messages indicates a more urgent need for the mobile device to power up. The systems and methods can be adapted for different types of messages (e.g., power-up, power-down, resource request, bandwidth request, service type, call type origination, quality-of-service request, application type, etc.). Each message type is associated with a policy (pre-determined or adaptive) that indicates the default behavior when the method detects a decrease in time between messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Francis Migaldi, John Joseph Humbert, IV
  • Publication number: 20210091879
    Abstract: A base station can select orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) numerologies that define subcarrier spacing values based on attributes associated with one or more services that a user equipment (UE) is using. The base station can use the selected OFDM numerologies for transmission associated with the services. When the UE is using multiple services simultaneously, the base station can select the same or different OFDM numerologies for the multiple services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, Scott Francis Migaldi, John J. Humbert, Brian Allan Olsen
  • Publication number: 20210022060
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for pre-steering traffic within a telecommunications network. In some embodiments, the systems and methods pre-steer traffic by steering user devices to optimal or suitable frequency bands of a network before the user devices begin streaming content and/or performing other actions via the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventor: Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Publication number: 20210007102
    Abstract: An electronic device configured to operate in two frequency bands having significantly different coverage areas receives coordinates associated with a smaller coverage area over a frequency band having a larger coverage area. The coordinates allow the electronic device to only power up the associated radio and search for a base station of the smaller coverage area when the electronic device is in the area described by the coordinates. This allows the electronic device to achieve significant power savings compared to even infrequent random polling to determine when a base station of the smaller coverage area radio system is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: John Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi, Terri L. Brooks, Mark Younge
  • Patent number: 10869249
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for pre-steering traffic within a telecommunications network. In some embodiments, the systems and methods pre-steer traffic by steering user devices to optimal or suitable frequency bands of a network before the user devices begin streaming content and/or performing other actions via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Patent number: 10862613
    Abstract: A base station can select orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) numerologies that define subcarrier spacing values based on attributes associated with one or more services that a user equipment (UE) is using. The base station can use the selected OFDM numerologies for transmission associated with the services. When the UE is using multiple services simultaneously, the base station can select the same or different OFDM numerologies for the multiple services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, Scott Francis Migaldi, John Humbert, Brian Allan Olsen
  • Patent number: 10813095
    Abstract: An electronic device configured to operate in two frequency bands having significantly different coverage areas receives coordinates associated with a smaller coverage area over a frequency band having a larger coverage area. The coordinates allow the electronic device to only power up the associated radio and search for a base station of the smaller coverage area when the electronic device is in the area described by the coordinates. This allows the electronic device to achieve significant power savings compared to even infrequent random polling to determine when a base station of the smaller coverage area radio system is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: John Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi, Terri L. Brooks, Mark Younge
  • Patent number: 10790939
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices can be utilized to schedule at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission and at least one HARQ feedback message in the same Physical Resource Block (PRB). A HARQ transmission can be scheduled in a mini-slot of the PRB. Accordingly, latencies associated with transmitting and receiving the PRB can be reduced, while the high reliability of HARQ can be retained. Implementations can be applied to 5G technologies such as Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLCs) and enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB), as well as other low-latency communications. A method can include detecting a condition of a device; selecting, based at least in part on the condition of the device, a mini-slot size; scheduling, in one or more mini-slots having the mini-slot size in a PRB, a HARQ transmission; and transmitting, to the device, the HARQ transmission in the one or more mini-slots of the PRB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, Wafik Abdel Shahid, Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Publication number: 20200267727
    Abstract: An electronic device configured to operate in two frequency bands having significantly different coverage areas receives coordinates associated with a smaller coverage area over a frequency band having a larger coverage area. The coordinates allow the electronic device to only power up the associated radio and search for a base station of the smaller coverage area when the electronic device is in the area described by the coordinates. This allows the electronic device to achieve significant power savings compared to even infrequent random polling to determine when a base station of the smaller coverage area radio system is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: John Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi, Terri L. Brooks, Mark Younge
  • Publication number: 20200236693
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and devices relate to determining a delay associated with a device; calculating a guard time based at least in part on the delay; and scheduling a wireless resource to include a downlink interval, an uplink interval, and the guard time between the downlink interval and the uplink interval. By calculating the guard time based at least in part on the delay associated with the device, spectrum efficiency can be enhanced, and latency can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, John Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi, Neng-Tsann Ueng, Brian Allan Olsen
  • Publication number: 20200177317
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices can be utilized to schedule at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission and at least one HARQ feedback message in the same Physical Resource Block (PRB). A HARQ transmission can be scheduled in a mini-slot of the PRB. Accordingly, latencies associated with transmitting and receiving the PRB can be reduced, while the high reliability of HARQ can be retained. Implementations can be applied to 5G technologies such as Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLCs) and enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB), as well as other low-latency communications. A method can include detecting a condition of a device; selecting, based at least in part on the condition of the device, a mini-slot size; scheduling, in one or more mini-slots having the mini-slot size in a PRB, a HARQ transmission; and transmitting, to the device, the HARQ transmission in the one or more mini-slots of the PRB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, Wafik Abdel Shahid, Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Publication number: 20200177347
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices can be utilized to schedule at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission and at least one HARQ feedback message in the same Physical Resource Block (PRB). A HARQ transmission can be scheduled in a mini-slot of the PRB. Accordingly, latencies associated with transmitting and receiving the PRB can be reduced, while the high reliability of HARQ can be retained. Implementations can be applied to 5G technologies such as Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLCs) and enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB), as well as other low-latency communications. A method can include detecting a fading condition of a device; scheduling, in one or more mini-slots of a PRB, a HARQ transmission based at least in part on the fading condition; and transmitting, to the device, the HARQ transmission in the one or more mini-slots of the PRB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, Wafik Abdel Shahid, Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Publication number: 20200177346
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices can be utilized to schedule at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission and at least one HARQ feedback message in the same Physical Resource Block (PRB). A HARQ transmission can be scheduled in a mini-slot of the PRB. Accordingly, latencies associated with transmitting and receiving the PRB can be reduced, while the high reliability of HARQ can be retained. Implementations can be applied to 5G technologies such as Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLCs) and enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB), as well as other low-latency communications. A method can include determining a location of a device; selecting, based at least in part on the location of the device, a mini-slot size; scheduling, in one or more mini-slots having the mini-slot size in a PRB, a HARQ transmission; and transmitting, to the device, the HARQ transmission in the one or more mini-slots of the PRB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, Wafik Abdel Shahid, Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Patent number: 10405368
    Abstract: A mobile communications device is configured to implement dual connectivity, using both a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) radio and a 5th-Generation (5G) radio, for communicating with respective base stations of a cellular network. A primary transmission uplink is established in a first radio frequency band using the LTE radio. The device may then receive a request to establish a secondary transmission uplink in a second frequency band. Upon receiving the request, the device determines whether it can support concurrent use of the primary and secondary frequency bands while maintaining adequate receiver sensitivity. If the device cannot support such concurrent use, the device refuses the request. In addition, the device provides data indicating the degree by which certain performance parameters would be out-of-tolerance if the secondary connection were to be established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Shan Kwok, John Humbert, Wei-Ming Lan, Scott Francis Migaldi, Neng-Tsann Ueng
  • Publication number: 20190238256
    Abstract: A base station can select orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) numerologies that define subcarrier spacing values based on attributes associated with one or more services that a user equipment (UE) is using. The base station can use the selected OFDM numerologies for transmission associated with the services. When the UE is using multiple services simultaneously, the base station can select the same or different OFDM numerologies for the multiple services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, Scott Francis Migaldi, John Humbert, Brian Allan Olsen
  • Publication number: 20190223070
    Abstract: An access network can allocate a bearer for a network service associated with a quality-of-service (QoS) value (QV) and a retention-priority value (RPV), and determine a bearer ID for the service based on the QV, the RPV, and a supplemental priority value (SPV) different from the QV and from the RPV. Upon handover of a terminal, session(s) carried by a bearer allocated by the terminal can be terminated. That bearer can be selected using IDs of the bearers and a comparison function that, given two bearer IDs, determines which respective bearer should be terminated before the other. Upon handover of a terminal to an access network supporting fewer bearers per terminal than the terminal has allocated, a network node can select a bearer based on respective QVs and RPVs of a set of allocated bearers. The network node can deallocate the selected bearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kun Lu, Boris Antsev, Terri Brooks, Egil Gronstad, John Humbert, Alan Denis MacDonald, Salvador Mendoza, Scott Francis Migaldi, Gary Jones, Christopher H. Joul, Jun Liu, Ming Shan Kwok, Karunakalage Viraj Rakitha Silva, Neng-Tsann Ueng