Patents by Inventor Stepan Kucera
Stepan Kucera 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: 20240137162Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising means for receiving, by a first wireless terminal, a first retransmission of a groupcast message successfully groupcast message successfully from a second wireless terminal, means for skipping, by the first wireless terminal, a transmission of feedback related to reception of the first retransmission at the first wireless terminal, means for monitoring, by the first wireless terminal, feedback from a third wireless terminal, wherein said feedback is related to reception of the first retransmission at the third wireless terminal and means for transmitting, by the first wireless terminal, derived feedback related to reception of the first retransmission at the third wireless terminal to the second wireless terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Stepan KUCERA, Berthold PANZNER
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Publication number: 20240129981Abstract: Triangular inter-user equipment coordination for new radio sidelink communications is provided. An exemplary apparatus may include at least one processor, and at least one memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, may cause the apparatus at least to receive, from a first device, a request of inter-user equipment coordination. The apparatus may also be caused to determine at least one second device to which to forward the request. The apparatus may also be caused to modify the request and forward the modified request to the at least one second device for the second device to provide a response to the request to the first device. The request may be modified by an indication related to the forwarding to the at least one second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Berthold PANZNER, Prajwal KESHAVAMURTHY, Stepan KUCERA, Taylan SAHIN
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Publication number: 20240114528Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising: means for receiving (800) sidelink control information sent from a relay user equipment; and means for performing (802) flow control for ingress data sent from the apparatus to the relay user equipment to be relayed to a destination user equipment paired with the apparatus based on the sidelink control information sent from the relay user equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Vinh VAN PHAN, Ling YU, Faranaz SABOURI-SICHANI, Stepan KUCERA, Berthold PANZNER, Ravi Prasad R K, György Tamás WOLFNER, Hannu Petri HIETALAHTI
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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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Publication number: 20240107620Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising initiating, by an apparatus, an activation procedure for activating one or more positioning reference units for a positioning session of the apparatus; wherein the activation procedure is initiated via a small data transmission based on at least one of: a number of detected network nodes being above a first threshold value, or a number of detected positioning reference units being above a second threshold value; or wherein the activation procedure is initiated by transmitting an activation request to the one or more positioning reference units over sidelink based on the number of detected positioning reference units comprising at least the one or more positioning reference units.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Diomidis MICHALOPOULOS, Stepan KUCERA, Taylan SAHIN
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Publication number: 20240103117Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising obtaining a first set of measurement information associated with a reference signal transmitted from a set of positioning reference units; selecting a subset of positioning reference units from the set of positioning reference units, wherein the selection is based at least on determining that the reference signal transmitted per positioning reference unit of the subset of positioning reference units is measured by a same set of network nodes that measured a reference signal transmitted from a target user device; and refining a location estimate of the target user device based at least on a subset of measurement information from the first set of measurement information, wherein the subset of measurement information is associated with the subset of positioning reference units.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Diomidis MICHALOPOULOS, Stepan KUCERA, Taylan SAHIN
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Publication number: 20240023188Abstract: An apparatus may be configured to: connect to a first base station with one of: a direct connection, or an indirect connection via a first relay user equipment; determine at least one second relay user equipment for receiving a reconfiguration message for path switching to a second base station; establish a sidelink connection with the at least one second relay user equipment; and receive, via the sidelink connection from the at least one second relay user equipment, the reconfiguration message for the path switching to the second base station. An apparatus may be configured to: receive, from a second base station, a reconfiguration message, wherein the received reconfiguration message comprises a reconfiguration message for a remote user equipment; establish a sidelink connection with the remote user equipment; and forward, to the remote user equipment, the reconfiguration message for the remote user equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Ling YU, Vinh VAN PHAN, Stepan KUCERA, Faranaz SABOURI-SICHANI, György Tamás WOLFNER, Berthold PANZNER, Ravi Prasad R K
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Publication number: 20230217416Abstract: A UE may receive a request for a set of resource recommendations; determine a current set of resource recommendations; and transmit an indication of the current set of resource recommendations, wherein the indication of the current set of resource recommendations may comprise at least one of: a first offset value associated with respective reference slots for respective resource recommendations of the current set of resource recommendations with respect to a previously indicated set of resource recommendations; or a second offset value associated with a reference slot for an indicated resource recommendation of the current set of resource recommendations with respect to the previously indicated set of resource recommendations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Stepan KUCERA, Daniel MEDINA, Berthold PANZNER
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Publication number: 20230147201Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: receiving a first SCI from a first device indicating a first reserved radio resource for transmission by the first device; receiving a second SCI from a second device indicating a second reserved radio resource for transmission by the second device, the first and second reserved radio resource overlapping at least partially; determining a first and second received signal strength associated with the received first and second SCI respectively; determining at least one of a first MCS applied by the first device or a second MCS applied by the second device; determining, based on the first MCS and/or the second MCS, at least one threshold; and determining, based on the at least one threshold and the first and second received signal strengths, whether or not to transmit a resource conflict indication to at least one of the first device or the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Daniel MEDINA, Torsten Wildschek, Berthold Panzner, Stepan Kucera, Prajwal Keshavamurthy
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Publication number: 20230121083Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: sending a request from a transmitting user device to a second user device for communication resource recommendations based on a resource setting, wherein the communication resource recommendations include preferred and/or non-preferred communications resources for sidelink transmissions from the transmitting user device to a receiving user device. The resource setting is adjusted based on conditions as detected at the transmitting user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Stepan KUCERA, Daniel MEDINA, Berthold PANZNER
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Publication number: 20230059658Abstract: This document describes scheduling in wireless communication networks. According to an aspect, a method comprises: receiving a data block to be transmitted to a receiver apparatus via multiple link paths; associating a quality of service requirement with the data block; determining performance of each of the multiple link paths; encoding redundancy information from the data block and scaling an amount of the redundancy information based at least partially on the quality of service requirement and the determined performances; organizing, based at least partially on the quality of service requirement and the determined performances, the data block and the redundancy information to the multiple link paths; and transmitting the data block and the redundancy information to the receiver apparatus via the multiple link paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Stepan KUCERA, Federico CHIARIOTTI, Andrea ZANELLA
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Patent number: 11477666Abstract: In one example embodiment, a method includes obtaining sets of input data and an objective, the sets of input data including values of wireless network communication parameters, generating sets of output data for the sets of input data in accordance with the objective, generating a mapping of the sets of input data to the sets of output data and training a network controller using the mapping.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLINInventors: Stepan Kucera, Holger Claussen, David Lynch, David Fagan, Michael Fenton, Michael O'Neill
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Patent number: 11450971Abstract: Apparatus comprising a plurality of antenna devices and a feeding device, wherein said feeding device is configured to receive a first input signal, to generate a plurality of first output signals by power dividing said first input signal, and to provide said plurality of first output signals to said plurality of antenna devices, wherein two or more of said antenna devices comprise a first antenna element for receiving at least a portion of said plurality of first output signals as a second input signal, a signal processing device configured to determine a second output signal depending on said second input signal by at least temporarily modifying a phase and/or an amplitude of said second input signal or a signal derived from said second input signal, and a second antenna element, wherein said signal processing device is configured to provide said second output signal to said second antenna element.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Stepan Kucera, Dmitry Kozlov
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Patent number: 11310853Abstract: A method and system is described in which a client device comprises a memory arranged as a user space and a kernel space. One operation comprises providing in the user space a user space control module for receiving one or more application calls destined for the kernel space. Another operation comprises receiving by the user space control module an application call for requesting data transmission using one or more kernel space network services. Another operation comprises implementing the requested data transmission over multiple paths from the client device under the control of the user space control module.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Stepan Kucera, Milind Buddhikot, Kariem Fahmi
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Patent number: 11246060Abstract: Network nodes, methods and computer program products are disclosed. The network node is for a wireless telecommunications network and comprises: processing logic operable to execute an application which establishes a data session for transmission of data packets between the network node and another network node; a first radio interface operable to support transmission of data packets with the another network node using a first radio access technology in accordance with any of a plurality of different data transport protocols; a second radio interface operable to support transmission of data packets with the another network node using a second radio access technology in accordance with any of a plurality of different data transport protocols; and a controller operable to select which radio interface and data transport protocol to use for transmission of the data packets of the data session between the network node and the another network node.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Nokia Technologies OYInventors: Stepan Kucera, Kariem Fahmi
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Patent number: 11128559Abstract: A user equipment, intermediate proxy node, method and computer program are disclosed. The user equipment comprises a network control domain and a user domain and is operable to receive and transmit data via multiple communication paths. The user equipment has conversion logic within the user domain operable to convert between a single data stream and multiple data streams formed from the single data stream, such that at least two of the multiple communication paths may be used for transmission of the multiple data streams formed from the single data stream.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Stepan Kucera, Kariem Fahmi
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Patent number: 11096109Abstract: In one example embodiment, a first network element includes a memory storing computer-readable instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to cause the first network element to, obtain user equipment (UE)-side parameter values from a user domain of the UE, convert a first data stream received from a second network element into multiple second data streams over multiple data communication paths between the UE and the first network element and allocate the multiple second data streams to at least one of the multiple data communication paths based on the UE-side parameter values.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Alcatel Lucent S.A.S.Inventors: Stepan Kucera, Kariem Fahmi, Kamakshi Sridhar, Jonathan Segel
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Publication number: 20210105069Abstract: Processing circuitry for processing data signal prior to transmitting said signal as a visible light communication signal is disclosed. The processing circuitry comprises: an input for receiving the data signal to be transmitted; mapping circuitry operable to map the data signal to a set of active subcarriers and to add nulls corresponding to inactive subcarriers to generate a mapped data signal. Transforming circuitry operable to apply a modified Fourier Transform operation to the mapped data signal to generate a transformed signal. The Fourier Transform operation being modified to maintain the nulls corresponding to the inactive subcarriers in the transformed signal, the transforming circuitry being operable to apply modified coefficients to at least some data values corresponding to active subcarriers to compensate for the maintained nulls, such that the modified Fourier Transform operation does not change the overall energy of the data signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Traian Abrudan, Stepan Kucera, Holger Claussen
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Publication number: 20210084523Abstract: Method of controlling transmission of a data flow in a communication network, comprising defining a quality of service setting for at least one data flow to be transmitted in the communication network, associating at least one network slice to the at least one data flow to be transmitted, wherein the at least one network slice consists of at least one data transport service using communication resources of the communication network, and causing a protected delivery of the at least one data flow by using the associated network slice.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventor: Stepan KUCERA
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Publication number: 20200373679Abstract: Apparatus comprising a plurality of antenna devices and a feeding device, wherein said feeding device is configured to receive a first input signal, to generate a plurality of first output signals by power dividing said first input signal, and to provide said plurality of first output signals to said plurality of antenna devices, wherein two or more of said antenna devices comprise a first antenna element for receiving at least a portion of said plurality of first output signals as a second input signal, a signal processing device configured to determine a second output signal depending on said second input signal by at least temporarily modifying a phase and/or an amplitude of said second input signal or a signal derived from said second input signal, and a second antenna element, wherein said signal processing device is configured to provide said second output signal to said second antenna element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Stepan Kucera, Dmitry Kozlov