Patents by Inventor Tom Chin

Tom Chin 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).

  • Publication number: 20250247908
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may detect one or more triggering conditions indicating that the UE is traveling along the route, and should enter the high mobility operating mode to improve mobility procedure performance or processor performance. Upon entering the high mobility operating mode, the UE may perform mobility procedures, handover procedures, cell selection or reselection, or connection procedures. For example, the UE may determine which cell it is approaching, and which cell it is leaving, along the route, which may allow the UE to avoid being assigned to handover to a cell that it is leaving, prioritize or deprioritize measurement reports for UEs that the UE is leaving or approaching, update the contents or timing of measurement reporting, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Xuqiang Zhang, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Jie Mao, Nanrun Wu, Tom Chin, Wei-Jei Song, Jiaheng Liu, Fei Liang, Liang Hong, Zhongyue Lou, Jiming Guo, Peng Hu, Xianwei Zhu, Xiaochen Chen, Jun Deng, Hewu Gu, Kuo-Chun Lee, Rajeev Pal
  • Patent number: 12375897
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes: operating in a Dual SIM Dual Active (DSDA) mode or a Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS) mode in which a first subscriber identity module (SIM) is designated as a default data subscription (DDS); determining a recommendation to change the DDS from the first SIM to a second SIM at a modem; informing a user of the recommendation to change the DDS; changing the DDS in response to, at least in part, the recommendation and an input from the user; updating a first state variable to indicate a state of the DDS; and routing internet data to the second SIM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Can Zhao, Suli Zhao, Xinchen Zhang, Reza Shahidi, Arnaud Meylan, Liping Shen, Ajith Tom Payyappilly, Juan Zhang, Tom Chin
  • Patent number: 12376152
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for enabling collision mitigation for a user equipment (UE) operating in a dual active mode. In some aspects, the UE may generate a communication for a first subscription in a first time window associated with a first priority for a time domain division pattern with a second subscription. The UE may transmit, using the first subscription, the communication in a second time window associated with a second priority for the time domain division pattern. For example, the second time window associated with the second priority may be a time window in which traffic for the first subscription is prioritized. In some aspects, the UE may select modified periodic intervals for transmissions of a communication to mitigate collisions associated with the time domain division pattern. For example, a transmission time of the periodic communication may be varied (or randomized) over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yong Xie, Vikram Singh, Lan Lan, Reza Shahidi, Zhibin Dang, Sanjeev Mittal, Carlos Marcelo Dias Pazos, Qingxin Chen, Bhupesh Manoharlal Umatt, Tom Chin
  • Patent number: 12363605
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for a high priority route selection descriptor (RSD) selection timer. A protocol data unit (PDU) session may be established for an application associated with a user equipment (UE). If the PDU session is associated with a lower RSD priority than the highest RSD priority for the application, the UE may initiate an RSD selection timer. After expiration of the RSD selection timer, the UE may try to establish another PDU session for the application with the highest RSD priority for the application. If another PDU session with the highest RSD priority is accepted, the UE may release the initial PDU session with the lower RSD priority and establish a new PDU session with the highest RSD priority. Such implementations may increase data rates, quality of service, and reliability for the application, decrease latency of the application, or decrease power consumption of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ying Wang, Li Tan, Chaofeng Hui, Tom Chin, Shailesh Maheshwari
  • Patent number: 12349048
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a first edge application server (EAS) discovery message from an application client that is external to the UE. The UE may transmit a second EAS discovery message to an edge enabler server (EES) based at least in part on the first EAS discovery message. The UE may receive, from the EES, an EAS response message. The EAS response message may indicate a failure of a discovery request associated with the application client or the EAS response message may indicate an EAS associated with the application client. The UE may transmit an indication of the failure of the discovery request or an indication of the EAS to the application client. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Dario Serafino Tonesi, Alan Soloway, Ajith Tom Payyappilly, Tom Chin, Robert Thomas Franzo
  • Publication number: 20250212078
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for expediting mobility. One example method generally involves receiving signaling, from a serving cell of a first radio access technology (RAT), indicating a first list of frequencies associated with the first RAT and corresponding priority levels: performing idle measurements for frequencies in the first list, while camped on a serving cell of a second RAT: setting cell reselection thresholds to apply to the idle measurements for the frequencies in the first list, based on a relative priority of the serving cell of the second RAT to the frequencies in the first list: and performing cell reselection procedures based on the idle measurements for the frequencies and the determined cell reselection thresholds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Hewu GU, Jun DENG, Yi REN, Hongye WU, Lei ZOU, Tom CHIN, Xiaochen CHEN, Nitin PANT, Zhongyue LOU
  • Patent number: 12335100
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for identifying edge application servers (EASs) to support one or more services of an application client (AC) running on a user equipment (UE). An AC of a UE may send a request for an edge enabler client (EEC) of the UE to identify one or more EASs for one or more services of the AC. The EEC may receive the request and may perform an EAS discovery procedure to identify the one or more EASs. The EEC may then send a response to the AC including identifiers of the one or more EASs (e.g., if the EAS discovery procedure indicated that these EASs are available). Once the AC receives the response, the AC may connect to each EAS of the EASs indicated by the EEC to support a corresponding service of the AC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Nishant Gupta, Dario Serafino Tonesi, Alan Soloway, Tom Chin, Ajith Tom Payyappilly
  • Patent number: 12316398
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, the described techniques provide for a user equipment (UE) to predict a gain state for an initial acquisition procedure. For example, the UE may use a machine learning (ML) model to predict an initial gain state which is likely to result in a successful initial acquisition procedure (e.g., without adjusting the gain state and reattempting the initial acquisition procedure). The UE may input UE history data or crowdsourced data (e.g., from a local network or a cloud-based server) into the ML model to generate a predicted gain state which may be more likely to result in a successful initial acquisition (e.g., without reattempting the initial acquisition procedure). The UE may use the initial gain state generated by the ML model to attempt an initial acquisition procedure with a network entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Khyati Bhupendrabhai Mardia, Yue Hong, Sandeep Ramannavar, Rohit Bhasi Thazhath, Shraddha Ramachandra Phadnis, Madhup Chandra, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Shanshan Wang, Yongle Wu, Tom Chin, Scott Hoover
  • Publication number: 20250133512
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for sharing a maximum transmit power limit between a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT. In one aspect, a wireless communication apparatus may reduce the maximum transmit power limit of a first uplink signal associated with the first RAT to obtain a first transmit power. The wireless communication apparatus may allocate a second transmit power remaining from the maximum transmit power limit to a second uplink signal associated with the second RAT. The wireless communication apparatus may reduce the maximum transmit power limit when the wireless communication apparatus is located at a cell edge, and a higher priority of the first RAT in relation to the second RAT may otherwise result in the second transmit power of the second uplink signal not satisfying a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Sanghoon KIM, Brian Clarke BANISTER, Hari SANKAR, Tom CHIN, Wei-Jei SONG, Alexei Yurievitch GOROKHOV
  • Publication number: 20250126568
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, via a user interface of the UE, an indication of a mobility mode associated with the UE, wherein the mobility mode indicates an environment associated with the UE. The UE may perform an action based at least in part on the mobility mode associated with the UE. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Wei-Jei SONG, Rajeev PAL, Tom CHIN, Yongle WU, Xuqiang ZHANG, Jose Alfredo RUVALCABA
  • Publication number: 20250119825
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating determining or predicting a communication state of a UE based on, for example, measurements performed at the UE are disclosed herein. The communication state of the UE, such as an HST state or a non-HST state, may also be associated with a mobility state, such as stationary or moving. The UE may communicate based on the communication state. An example method for wireless communication at a UE includes establishing a connection with a network node. The example method also includes measuring one or more signals received from the network node over a time period. The example method also includes communicating with the network node based on a communication state of the UE, the communication state of the UE based at least in part on a history of measurements performed on the one or more signals received over the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Jie MAO, Hong YU, Wei LI, Nanrun WU, Jie ZHU, Xinyu WANG, Tom CHIN
  • Publication number: 20250063439
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications systems may support inter-frequency measurement techniques. A user equipment (UE) may receive a control message indicating respective measurement configurations for multiple measurement objects. The UE may perform a measurement of a first measurement object from the plurality of measurement objects and transmit a first measurement report for the first measurement object in accordance with a measurement order. In other examples, the UE may perform measurements of each of the multiple measurement objects, including the first measurement object, prior to transmitting the measurement report, where respective measurement reports may be transmitted in accordance with the measurement order. In any case, the measurement order may be determined using a set of parameters corresponding to a current state of the UE, one or more services at the UE, a user preference, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Haojun WANG, Kaikai YANG, Jinglin ZHANG, Zhenqing CUI, Hong WEI, Tom CHIN
  • Publication number: 20250063481
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A UE may establish a wireless communication link with a base station in accordance with a radio access technology (RAT), and an internet connection with the base station. The UE may identify a lack of support by a network that includes the base station for a type of voice calls associated with the RAT. The UE may transmit a discovery query for a gateway to a core network, and the UE may establish a connection with the gateway via the internet connection. The UE may initiate a voice call via a call path from the UE to the core network, where the call path may include the wireless communications link with the base station in accordance with the RAT and also may include the internet connection with the gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Tom CHIN, Ajith Tom PAYYAPPILLY, Juan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250063444
    Abstract: A UE may obtain one or more measurements of at least one cell of a network based on a first connection with the network. The UE may reuse at least a first measurement of the one or more measurements for a second connection with the network. The first connection with the network and the second connection with the network may be associated with different subscriptions or different RATs. To reuse at least the first measurement of the one or more measurements for the second connection with the network, the UE may skip a cell detection operation associated with the second connection with the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jiaheng LIU, Peng HU, Kainan LI, Vihanga Mahendra BARE, Tom CHIN, Subashini KRISHNAMURTHY, Xiaoning LU
  • Publication number: 20250047355
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, an absolute threshold synchronization signal block (SSB) consolidation parameter. The TUE may determine whether a threshold value indicated in the absolute threshold SSB consolidation parameter satisfies a predefined value threshold. The UE may set a specific network deployment flag based at least in part on whether the threshold value satisfies the predefined value threshold. The UE may determine a cell measurement result based at least in part on the specific network deployment flag. The UE may perform a downlink beam selection and a beam switch evaluation based at least in part on the specific network deployment flag. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jiaheng LIU, Yong LI, Jie ZHANG, Yuxiao HOU, Kainan LI, Zhanyi LIU, Raj Kumar NATTHA, Tom CHIN, Huan XU, Jyothi Kiran VATTIKONDA
  • Publication number: 20250047737
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an edge repository may receive, from at least one first edge configuration server (ECS) associated with an operator of the edge repository, first information associated with edge computing resources associated with the at least one first ECS. Additionally, the edge repository may receive, from at least one additional edge repository, associated with at least one additional operator, second information associated with edge computing resources associated with at least one second ECS. Accordingly, the edge repository may transmit, to the at least one first ECS, the first information, the second information, or a combination thereof. Additionally, the edge repository may transmit, to the at least one additional edge repository associated with at least one additional operator, the first information. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Nishant GUPTA, Alan SOLOWAY, Sunghoon KIM, Dario Serafino TONESI, Tom CHIN, Ajith Tom PAYYAPPILLY
  • Publication number: 20250048203
    Abstract: The UE may store target cell information to a database based on performing a handover to the target cell and detecting the ping-pong handover based on a number of handover instances in the database of the target cell to which the UE has performed the handover being greater than or equal to a threshold number of the handover instances within a period of time. The UE may receive, from a base station a list of ping-pong cell candidates and configure the number of handover instances of the target cell and/or the period of time based on the list of ping-pong cell candidates. The UE may avoid or reduce the handover to the identified ping-pong cell based on the detected ping-pong handover by applying an offset to the measurement of the target cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jiaheng LIU, Mouaffac AMBRISS, Arvind Vardarajan SANTHANAM, Tom CHIN, Yuanbo WANG, Lianfeng LI
  • Publication number: 20250048334
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish, by a first subscription of the UE, a connection to a first network entity using two transmit (Tx) chains of the UE. The UE may receive, by a second subscription of the UE, a paging message from a second network entity. The UE may receive, by the first subscription from the second subscription, a request for the first subscription to enter a mode that supports one Tx chain. The UE, by the first subscription, may reduce the two Tx chains to the one Tx chain for the first subscription. The UE may perform, by the second subscription to the second network entity, the connection setup based at least in part on the first subscription reducing the two Tx chains to the one Tx chain. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Tom CHIN, Peter Pui Lok ANG, Reza SHAHIDI, Kuo-Chun LEE, Wei-Jei SONG, Arvind Vardarajan SANTHANAM, Rajeev PAL
  • Publication number: 20250048221
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to receiving, for a first cell, a broadcast signal including an indication that the first cell supports reduced capability UE, and prioritizing, based on the indication, conditional handover or conditional cell change from a serving cell to the first cell over handover or redirection from the serving cell to a second cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Sharda RANJAN, Tom CHIN
  • Publication number: 20250039652
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from an application client, a request to delegate edge enabler layer services. The request includes a list of edge enabler layer services for an edge enabler client (EEC) to manage on behalf of the application client. The method also includes transmitting, to the application client, an indication of which edge enabler layer services are authorized for the application client. The method further includes transmitting a confirmation that the EEC will handle authorized edge enabler layer services on behalf of the application client. The method still further includes executing one or more procedures related to the authorized edge enabler layer services on behalf of the application client. The procedure(s) includes edge enabler layer procedures, application procedures, and/or high level operating system (HILOS) procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Nishant GUPTA, Alan SOLOWAY, Sunghoon KIM, Dario Serafino TONESI, Tom CHIN, Ajith Tom PAYYAPPILLY