Patents by Inventor Zai CHEN

Zai CHEN 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).

  • Satellite coverage change handling
    Patent number: 12244402
    Abstract: There are provided measures for satellite coverage change handling. Such measures exemplarily include, at a network entity managing a first cell of a mobile network and a second cell of said mobile network, the first cell covering a geographical area, and the second cell covering said geographical area, maintaining assignment of a first satellite beam corresponding to a first passing satellite to said first cell, a first satellite beam coverage of said first satellite beam overlapping with said geographical area, determining entrance of a second satellite beam coverage of a second satellite beam corresponding to a second passing satellite into said geographical area, assigning said second satellite beam to said second cell, and deciding to trigger handover of a terminal located within said second satellite beam coverage within said geographical area and served by said first cell to said second cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Amit Malik, Liwa Wang, Timothy Curtis, Alan Matten, Andrew Repoza, Zai Chen
  • Satellite Coverage Change Handling
    Publication number: 20240031016
    Abstract: There are provided measures for satellite coverage change handling. Such measures exemplarily include, at a network entity managing a first cell of a mobile network and a second cell of said mobile network, the first cell covering a geographical area, and the second cell covering said geographical area, maintaining assignment of a first satellite beam corresponding to a first passing satellite to said first cell, a first satellite beam coverage of said first satellite beam overlapping with said geographical area, determining entrance of a second satellite beam coverage of a second satellite beam corresponding to a second passing satellite into said geographical area, assigning said second satellite beam to said second cell, and deciding to trigger handover of a terminal located within said second satellite beam coverage within said geographical area and served by said first cell to said second cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Amit Malik, Liwa WANG, Timothy CURTIS, Alan MATTEN, Andrew REPOZA, Zai CHEN