Signaling For Performing Battery Saving Patents (Class 370/311)
  • Patent number: 11153815
    Abstract: in the context of “operator-controlled Wi-Fi” as in 3GPP TR 37,834 v12,0,0 “Study on Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)”, both in solution2 and solution3, WLAN identifiers need to be communicated between the radio access network, RAN, and the UE. However, WLAN identifiers (e. g., SSIDs, BSSIDs, ESSIDs, HESSIDs, Realm identifiers, NAIs, PLMN identifiers, Domain Name lists, . . . ) are large (e. g., SSID may be up to 32 bytes) and cause a large overhead in the wireless interface. This problem is solved by providing an indexed listing of WLAN Identifiers and by only exchanging the indices across the wireless interface; Preferably, some WLANs may have several indices, and each index may also be used to convey the action to take by the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mattias Tan Bergstrom
  • Patent number: 11147018
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting and receiving Z-Wave Beams that are transmitted over a plurality of channels is disclosed. The system includes a radio circuit, which includes a Digital Signal Arrival (DSA) circuit and a read channel. The DSA circuit is able to detect the presence of a valid signal on a particular channel, based on received signal power, detected frequency deviation, the magnitude of phase spikes and/or other characteristics. The read channel is able to decode incoming packets. Software is used to control the DSA circuit and the read channel so that, during each wake up period, the FLiRS device monitors all available channels to determine if a Z-Wave Beam is present. If a Z-Wave Beam is detected, the read channel receives the Z-Wave Beam. Otherwise, the FLiRS device returns to sleep mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Casey Ryan Weltzin, Charles Anthony Weinberger, Jake Gordon Wood, Guner Arslan
  • Patent number: 11146982
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for dynamically adjusting cell coverage sensitivity to address asymmetry of wireless cells that affect upstream and downstream traffic mismatch. In one aspect, a method includes estimating, at a network controller, one or more packet demodulation thresholds for an access point; sending, by the network controller, the one or more packet demodulation thresholds to the access point; receiving, from the access point, collected statistic, the collected statistics being link performance characteristics between the access point and one or more endpoints associated with the access point measured by one or more sensors associated with the access point; updating, at the network controller, the one or more packet demodulation thresholds based on the collected statistics to yield an updated packet demodulation threshold; and configuring, by the network controller, the access point with the updated demodulation threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Vishal Satyendra Desai, Jerome Henry, John Matthew Swartz, Joshua David Suhr, Indermeet Singh Gandhi
  • Patent number: 11144535
    Abstract: An on-board recording system for a vehicle is disclosed. The on-board recording system is configured to monitor data for errors. The on-board recording system includes one or more processors and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory stores data comprising a database and program code that, when executed by the processors, causes the on-board recording system to receive as input a data sequence including a plurality of frames. The frames are received and recorded by the on-board recorder at a corresponding assigned time offset and include a corresponding assigned message. The on-board recording system is further caused to determine a missing assigned message that has not been received at the corresponding assigned time offset. In response to determining the missing assigned message, the on-board recording system calculates a total length of time based on a number of missing assigned messages stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Gilbertson, Christopher M. Mutschler
  • Patent number: 11147096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting assistance information to a network/base station when a condition is satisfied. Whether the condition is satisfied or not is determined based on scheduling information from the network/base station and control information from another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaewook Lee, Youngdae Lee, Jongwoo Hong
  • Patent number: 11147015
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for wireless communications are described. Stations operating within a system may have a primary radio and a wakeup or low-power radio. Access points (APs) may send indications receivable by the wakeup radio to alert a station of a pending data transmission for the station. APs may transmit synchronization beacons for wakeup radios of the stations, and the transmission timing for the synchronization beacons may be adapted based on operating conditions of one or more stations. For example, an AP may skip transmissions of a synchronization beacon or may adapt the frequency of synchronization beacon transmissions based on various operating conditions or factors. Stations may report certain information about operating conditions or capabilities that may be used to adapt synchronization beacon transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Yanjun Sun, Alfred Asterjadhi, George Cherian, Abhishek Pramod Patil
  • Patent number: 11139848
    Abstract: A communication system including a transmission device and a reception device which wirelessly communicate with each other. The transmission device includes a transmission circuit that performs: cyclical transmission of a wake-up signal including a specific pattern; and transmission of data. The reception device includes: a standby circuit that receives a signal, and outputs a detection signal indicating reception of the wake up signal when detecting that the specific pattern is cyclically included in the signal received; and a reception circuit that receives the data from the transmission device after the detection signal is output from the standby circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
    Inventors: Kenichi Hoshi, Ryoichi Suzuki, Akifumi Nagao, Kentaro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11140630
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of a wireless communication node adapted to transmit a wake-up signal for waking up one or more wireless communication receivers. The method comprises determining a first set of data for concurrent transmission with the wake-up signal, and determining a first interference indicator value indicative of a level of interference caused by the first set of data to the wake-up signal due to concurrent transmission. The method also comprises deciding if the wake-up signal is to be concurrently transmitted with the first set of data based on the first interference indicator value, and transmitting the wake-up signal in accordance with the decision. Corresponding arrangement, wireless communication node and computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Miguel Lopez, Leif Wilhelmsson
  • Patent number: 11140623
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for performing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghoon Choi, Jinkyu Kang, Youngbum Kim, Taehyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11134442
    Abstract: A communication system (100) is disclosed which uses system frames of a first and a second type. In a system frame of the first type communication with a mobile telephone (3) is subject to a restriction and in a system frame of the second type communication with said mobile telephone (3) is not subject to said restriction. It is determined whether or not to communicate with said mobile telephone (3), in a current system frame, in dependence on whether the current system frame is a first type of system frame or a second type of system frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Haneji, Iskren Ianev, Yannick Lair
  • Patent number: 11134522
    Abstract: A radio communication apparatus that is a transmission opportunity holder efficiently transmits an instruction of frame transmission, to multiple terminal apparatuses. A radio communication apparatus of the present invention includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a first frame to obtain a TXOP, transmit a Trigger frame providing an instruction of transmission of a second frame addressed to the radio communication apparatus itself, to at least one of the multiple terminal apparatuses in the TXOP, and transmit a third frame addressed to at least one of the multiple terminal apparatuses in the TXOP. A value indicating a TXOP that is written in the second frame and that the third frame is to obtain is different from a value obtained by dividing a value indicating the TXOP written in the first frame by a value indicating a duration elapsed from start of transmission of the first frame to communication completion of the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromichi Tomeba, Tomoki Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11134443
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a method for creating a low power wake-up radio frame. The method comprises generating, at an access point, a wake-up radio frame for transmission to one or more client stations, determining whether the wake-up radio frame is to be transmitted inside or outside a basic service set associated with the access point, the basic service set having a basic service set identifier that is used to identify the access point. And in response to determining that the wake-up radio frame is to be transmitted outside the basic service set, computing, a target frame check sequence for the wake-up radio frame without using the basic service set identifier associated with the basic service set, appending the target frame check sequence to the wake-up radio frame; and transmitting, to one or more client stations, the wake-up radio frame with the appended target frame check sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
    Inventors: Liwen Chu, Hongyuan Zhang, Hui-Ling Lou
  • Patent number: 11134369
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, in a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) Discovery Window (DW), performs a first communication with another communication apparatus that belongs to an NAN cluster to which the communication apparatus belongs, and performs a second communication with another communication apparatus belonging to the NAN cluster in a period other than the DW. When the communication apparatus has determined a schedule for communicating with a first other communication apparatus, in a case of the second communication with a second other communication apparatus different to the first other communication apparatus, the communication apparatus determines a schedule for communicating with the second other communication apparatus so that a period for the second communication with the first other communication apparatus and a period for the second communication with the second other communication apparatus at least partially overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hitoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 11134223
    Abstract: A system of cameras operable to transmit images over a short-range network and over a wide-area network. The system comprises a first camera including a first camera module including a first sensor for capturing a first image, and a first communication module programmed to transmit the first image through the short range network. The system further comprises a second camera including a second camera module including a second sensor for capturing a second image, and a second communication module programmed to receive the first image from the first communication module over the short range network. The second communication module is further programmed to transmit the first image through the wide area network. The system can further include a third camera including a third camera module having a third sensor for capturing a third image, and a third communication module programmed to transmit the third image through the short range network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: NON TYPICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Mark J. Cuddeback, Jared Momose, James L. Higgins
  • Patent number: 11134435
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first wireless communication circuit communicating with a first wireless network based on a first communication protocol, a second wireless communication circuit communicating with a second wireless network based on a second communication protocol, a display, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that cause the processor to connect to the first wireless network using the first wireless communication circuit, obtain service restriction information associated with the first wireless network, determine whether a service associated with data is restricted in the first wireless network using the service restriction information, and maintain a connection to the first wireless network to transmit the data over the second wireless communication network using the second wireless communication circuit when the service associated with the data is restricted in the first wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongmu Choi, Dayeong Choi, Junyoung Park, Bokun Choi, Seongyu Cho
  • Patent number: 11129132
    Abstract: Methods, in one or more network nodes of a wireless communication system, for transmitting non-active-state messages to wireless devices. An example method comprises obtaining capability information for one or more wireless devices, the capability information indicating, for each device, a performance constraint or a performance target of the device, or both, and further comprises selecting a message transmission mode for a first wireless device of the one or more wireless devices, where said selecting is based on the capability information. The selecting of the message transmission mode comprises selecting a relationship, with respect to time, or frequency, or both, between data symbols carrying a non-active-state message for the first wireless device and symbols carrying one or more synchronization signals and/or initial access signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Andres Reial, Magnus Åström
  • Patent number: 11129075
    Abstract: A method for switching an IMS voice call network includes: identifying a call network which is currently used by a mobile terminal when an IMS voice call is executed by the mobile terminal; switching a VoLTE network which is currently used by the mobile terminal to a VoWiFi network when the call network is the VoLTE network, a use time of the VoLTE network is greater than a timeout time, and a signal intensity of the VoWiFi network reaches a preset first signal threshold value; and switching the VoWiFi network which is currently used by the mobile terminal to the VoLTE network when the call network is the VoWiFi network and a signal intensity of the VoLTE network reaches a preset second signal threshold value. A storage device and a mobile terminal are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: JRD Communication (Shenzhen) LTD.
    Inventor: Jiancai He
  • Patent number: 11129012
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to technology for a sensor network, machine to machine communication (M2M), machine type communication (MTC), and the Internet of things (IoT). The disclosure may be used for an intelligent service (a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of the technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sangwon Kim
  • Patent number: 11122097
    Abstract: An end user premises device is provided that includes a memory, one or more transceivers, and one or more processors. The one or more transceivers are configured to communicate with one or more stations in a network and a client device. The one or more processors are configured to receive a first user request for data from the client device using the one or more transceivers, determine a first point in time for retrieving the data based on an amount of charge in batteries of the one or more stations in the network, retrieve, at the first point in time, the data from a remote server via the network using the one or more transceivers, store the data in the memory, and in response to a second user request, transmit the data to the client device using the one or more transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Loon LLC
    Inventors: Brian Barritt, Sharath Ananth
  • Patent number: 11122533
    Abstract: Embodiments herein disclose a method for handling dual registration of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes registering the UE on a fourth generation Radio Access Technology (4G RAT) and a fifth generation RAT (5G RAT). Further, the method includes determining, by the UE, an occurrence of at least one event. Further, the method includes suspending, by the UE, the registration on the 5G RAT. Further, the method includes performing, by the UE, communication using the registration on the 4G RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vijay Ganesh Surisetty, Prasad Basavaraj Dandra, Seshadri Elluru, Siddhi Chandrashekhar Mayekar, Rajdeep Kaur, Ayush Raj, Lalith Kumar
  • Patent number: 11122410
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a reception unit, a detection unit, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives a beacon signal transmitted from each of a plurality of first apparatuses. The detection unit detects an unconnected apparatus from the plurality of first apparatuses on the basis of the received beacon signal, the unconnected apparatus being not communicably connected to a second apparatus. The transmission unit transmits setting information for communicably connecting to the second apparatus to the detected unconnected apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Yuasa, Takashi Onohara, Koji Fujita, Ryo Sokabe
  • Patent number: 11122506
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are described to encode, by a first station (STA), a polling signal for periodic transmission to a second STA during each air activity instance of a plurality of air activity instances. The first STA detects an interface between a MAC layer and a software stack of a communication protocol is in a low-power state. The communication protocol is associated with a communication link between the first STA and the second STA. An empty packet from the second STA is decoded. The empty packet is received in response to the polling signal transmitted during an air activity instance of the plurality of air activity instances. The periodicity of the periodic transmission of the polling signal is adjusted based on the detected low-power state and the decoded empty packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sunil Kumar, Hakan Magnus Eriksson, Sebastien Fievet, Oren Haggai, Izoslav Tchigevsky, Udi Shtalrid
  • Patent number: 11122647
    Abstract: Embodiments of user equipment (UE) and methods for enhanced discontinuous reception (DRX) operations for inter eNB carrier aggregation (CA) in an LTE network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a UE is configured to be served by multiple serving cells. The first set of the serving cells may be associated with a first eNB and a second set of serving cells may be associated with a second eNB. In these embodiments, DRX operations may be performed independently in multiple serving cells belonging to the different eNBs. Other embodiments for enhanced DRX operations are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Youn Hyoung Heo, Yujian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11122531
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing or avoiding interference between communications of one base station-user equipment pair and communications of another base station-user equipment pair. A first user equipment can monitor a timing offset between the communications and send the timing offset to a first base station that services the first user equipment. The first base station time advances a window of time during which it receives uplink signals from the first user equipment. The base station also sends a time advance value and instructions to the first user equipment to advance a window of time during which the first user equipment transmits uplink signals to the first base station. The timing advance value is based on the timing offset value determined by the first user equipment. Thus, a gap period between uplink and downlink windows is increased, thereby reducing interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Tibor Boros, James Peroulas
  • Patent number: 11121459
    Abstract: An assembly includes: a small cell antenna base station comprising a radio, an antenna, and a mounting structure; and an IoT gateway assembly mounted to the mounting structure, the IoT gateway assembly comprising: an IoT gateway module configured for aggregation and backhaul of data from IoT sensors; and an loT antenna connected with the IoT gateway module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Willis Frank James, Mark George Spaulding, Wayne Hopkinson, Jeffrey Cook
  • Patent number: 11115109
    Abstract: A method for establishing a wireless connection between a user equipment (UE) device and a base station in unlicensed radio frequency (RF) spectrum includes (a) receiving, at the UE device, a plurality of RF beams broadcasted by the base station, (b) identifying a selected RF beam of the plurality of RF beams having control information with a maximum received signal level, and (c) identifying a first channel occupancy time (COT1) of the base station from control information of the selected RF beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Dorin Gheorghe Viorel
  • Patent number: 11116020
    Abstract: An emulated wireless access point (AP) at a first PMC device (PMC1) establishes a first tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) session between a first station module (STA1) incorporated into the PMC1 and a second station module (STA2) incorporated into a second PMC device (PMC2). Following establishment of the TDLS session, the wireless AP is allowed to sleep; and most infrastructure management duties are handled by the STA1 during the session. PMC device battery charge may be conserved as a result. The emulated wireless AP may also establish a second TDLS link to a third station module (STA3) incorporated into a third PMC device (PMC3). The STA1 may then bridge data traffic flow between the STA2 and the STA3. Such bridging operation may enable communication between two PMC devices otherwise unable to decode data received from the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Texas Instmments Incorporated
    Inventors: Leonardo William Estevez, Ariton Xhafa, Ramanuja Vedantham, Yanjun Sun
  • Patent number: 11115910
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for optimizing band scanning for one or more bands supported by a mobile device for connection to a wireless network. The techniques include determining geolocation coordinates corresponding to a real-time location of a mobile device. The mobile device may identify at least one available radio frequency (RF) band supported by the mobile device based at least on the geolocation coordinates. In some aspects, the mobile device may determine whether a signal quality of the available RF band is above a predetermined threshold. If the signal quality of the available RF band is above the predetermined threshold, the mobile device may selectively prioritize a scan for support by a wireless network of the available RF band and connect to the wireless network using the available RF band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gina Tran, Wafik Abdel Shahid
  • Patent number: 11115995
    Abstract: A method in a user equipment (110) comprises receiving (604) a grant (305, 405, 505), the grant scheduling one or more dynamically-delayed transmissions (310A-C, 410A-C, 510A-C) for the user equipment. The method comprises in response to receiving the grant, starting (608) a timer associated with dynamically-delayed scheduling, wherein at least one of a start time of the timer and a duration of the timer is configured such that the user equipment is active when an acknowledgement of the one or more dynamically-delayed transmissions is expected to be received by the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Mattias Bergström, Mats Folke, Magnus Stattin
  • Patent number: 11109344
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for start and stop of reception of downlink (DL) transmission based on a paging in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device, upon receiving a paging, resumes a radio bearer in an idle state (e.g., RRC_IDLE) and/or an inactive state (e.g., RRC_INACTIVE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngdae Lee, Hyunjung Choe, Sunghoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11105840
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for monitoring operation of industrial equipment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a monitoring system is provided that includes a passive backplane and one more functional circuits that can couple to the backplane. Each of the functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane can have access to all data that is delivered to the backplane. Therefore, resources (e.g., computing power, or other functionality) from each functional circuits can be shared by all active functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane. Because resources from each of the functional circuits can be shared, and because the functional circuits can be detachably coupled to the backplane, performance of the monitoring systems can be tailored to specific applications. For example, processing power can be increased by coupling additional processing circuits to the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Bently Nevada, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Hess, Steven Thomas Clemens
  • Patent number: 11109312
    Abstract: According to an example, a method of wireless communication comprises receiving a group wake-up signal configuration corresponding to a group of UEs that share a wake-up signal associated with a discontinuous reception operation, wherein the group wake-up signal configuration identifies a set of wake-up parameters for at least one of the wake-up signal or the discontinuous reception operation. The method further includes transmitting a wake-up configuration update triggering message, receiving a group wake-up signal configuration update message including at least one new wake-up parameter, and performing the discontinuous reception operation based on the at least one new wake-up parameter. A corresponding method of wireless communication at a base station is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo, Wanshi Chen, Juan Montojo
  • Patent number: 11102681
    Abstract: Provided in embodiments of the present application are an information transmission method, network apparatus, and terminal apparatus, enabling flexible distribution of reserved resources, and accordingly improving efficiency of using the reserved resources. The method comprises: a network apparatus sending second instruction information used to configure first instruction information; and the network apparatus sending, according to the configuration of the first instruction information, the first instruction information used to instruct resource reservation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Ning Yang, Yanan Lin
  • Patent number: 11102754
    Abstract: A method of paging a terminal, by a base station and via a relay node, wherein the terminal is configured to communicate with the base station via the relay node. The method comprises notifying the relay node of a paging identifier for identifying the terminal at least in paging messages; and the base station transmitting a paging message for the terminal. The paging message comprises the paging identifier; the paging message is transmitted at a paging time for a destination identifier; and the method further comprises the relay node monitoring the paging time for the destination identifier for paging messages comprising the paging identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Yuxin Wei, Vivek Sharma
  • Patent number: 11102653
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for location measurement reporting in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of a responder station (RSTA) is disclosed, the apparatus including processing circuitry configured to decode a null data packet (NDP) announce (NDPA) frame from an initiator station (ISTA), the NDPA frame including an indication of a temporary key and an identification of the RSTA. The processing circuitry further configured to decode a NDP from the ISTA, the NDP including long training fields (LTFs), the NDP received on a channel. The processing circuitry further configured to determine whether the NDP from the ISTA is consistent with the NDP being generated using a temporary key shared between the ISTA and RSTA based on a comparison of the channel estimates. The processing circuitry may be further configured to determine for authentication whether the indication of the temporary key was generated based on the temporary key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Qinghua Li, Feng Jiang, Jonathan Segev, Xiaogang Chen, Robert J. Stacey
  • Patent number: 11102842
    Abstract: A wireless device, a network node, a core node and methods therein, for managing reachability of the wireless device. The wireless device starts an AS (Access Stratum) reachable timer when entering an inactive state. If the AS reachable timer expires while still in the inactive state, the wireless device sends to the network node a reachable notification indicating that the wireless device is reachable. If entering a connected state before the AS reachable timer expires, the wireless device stops the AS reachable timer when changing from the inactive state to a connected state. If the core node receives from the network node a not reachable notification indicating that the wireless device is not reachable, the wireless device can be marked as not reachable via paging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Oscar Zee, Alexander Vesely, Angelo Centonza, Paul Schliwa-Bertling
  • Patent number: 11096240
    Abstract: A base station may cause a user equipment (UE) to be connected to a network, wherein an attach request message, that is used to connect the UE to the network, includes one or more eligibility parameters for a connection release service. The base station may determine, based on the one or more eligibility parameters, that the UE is to receive the connection release service. The base station may provide, to the UE, a connection release message that is provided based on determining that the UE is to receive the connection release service. The base station may receive, from the UE, a connection release acknowledgement message that indicates that the connection release message has been received by the UE. The base station may perform one or more actions associated with changing a state of the UE based on receiving the connection release acknowledgement message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sachin Kamat, Jeremy Nacer, Sudhir Patel, Leon Russell, David G. Greiner
  • Patent number: 11096138
    Abstract: Method for handling synchronization of a wireless device (130). The first network node (111) and the wireless device (130) operate in a wireless communications network (100). The first network node (111) determines (202) whether or not the wireless device (130) requires synchronization, during a first time period, with a second network node (112) serving the wireless device (130). The determining (202) is based on a prediction of at least one of: a) data communication between the wireless device (130) and the second network node (112) during the first time period, and b) the wireless device (130) lacking synchronization during the first time period. The first network node (111) initiates (203), based on a result of the determination, a synchronization procedure of the wireless device (130) during a second time period. The second time period precedes the first time period, so that the synchronization procedure is completed prior to the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Joel Berglund, Henrik Rydén
  • Patent number: 11089114
    Abstract: A technology is described for modifying a message frequency of a device. In one example, a network connection is identified between a device and a service provider environment. A message frequency is set for which to send reachability messages between the device and the service provider environment to maintain the network connection. The reachability messages may be sent between the device and the service provider environment at the message frequency. After testing whether the networking connection is maintained at the message frequency, the message frequency may be modified to a modified message frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph Saalfeld, David Craig Yanacek, Alexandra Elizabeth Baoboe Lee, Tristam Kyle MacDonald, Dinkar Pataballa
  • Patent number: 11082956
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is performed by a base station in a wireless network. The method includes receiving from a user device a request to reconfigure already-active uplink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS). The already-active uplink SPS grants the user device a resource block allocation (RBA) and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for periodic uplink transmissions. The already-active uplink SPS includes a time-interval parameter, the time-interval parameter specifying a time interval between the periodic uplink transmissions. The request includes information related to a proposed adjustment of the time-interval parameter. The method further includes reconfiguring the already-active uplink SPS. The reconfiguring includes modifying the time-interval parameter based, at least in part, on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Mosaid Technologies Incorporated
    Inventor: Khiem Le
  • Patent number: 11082975
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a power control method, and belong to the field of wireless communications technologies. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, signaling from a radio access network device; learning, by the terminal device based on the signaling, of a slot of power control information required by the terminal device to perform uplink sending; and obtaining, by the terminal device in the slot of the power control information required for uplink sending, the power control information required for uplink sending, so that the terminal device dynamically obtains uplink power control information of the terminal device without being based on a static uplink-downlink subframe configuration in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yafei Wang, Chi Zhang, Zhengwei Gong
  • Patent number: 11082925
    Abstract: Extended sleep in a wireless device. In an embodiment, synchronized parameters, used by a wireless device to define an extended-sleep cycle, are stored at a system. Based on the synchronized parameters, the system determines a transmission time at which to transmit a message over the wireless communication network such that the message will be received by the wireless device during a portion of the extended-sleep cycle during which the wireless device is monitoring paging occasions. The message is then queued until it is transmitted at the transmission time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TRACIE WIRELESS LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Siann, Murat Karsi
  • Patent number: 11082155
    Abstract: A communication device generates one or more physical layer (PHY) PHY protocol service data units (PSDUs) of a PHY data unit, and individually encodes PSDUs of the one or more PSDUs. The communication device generates a PHY preamble of the PHY data unit, including: generating a first signal field in the PHY preamble, and including in the first signal field an indicator to indicate that the PHY preamble includes a second signal field with HARQ information regarding the PHY data unit, and generating the second signal field to include one or more indications of one or more durations of the one or more respective PSDUs within a PHY data portion of the PHY data unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhang, Liwen Chu, Rui Cao, Sudhir Srinivasa, Hongyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11082923
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for direct communication between stations in a wireless local area network and a related station. The method for direct communication between stations in a wireless local area network includes: sending, by a first station, a data frame to a second station, where the data frame includes a first high-efficiency signal field, and the first high-efficiency signal field includes first indication information used to indicate that the data frame is a single-user (SU) data frame and second indication information used to indicate that the data frame is a downlink (DL) data frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingpei Lin, Hongjia Su, Jun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11082983
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for tone plans and preambles for extremely high throughput (EHT) in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of an EHT access point (AP) or EHT station (STA), where the apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: encode a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), the PPDU including a EHT preamble, the EHT preamble including a legacy preamble portion and a EHT preamble portion, the legacy preamble including a legacy short training field (L-SFT), a legacy long-training field (L-LTF), and a legacy signal field (L-SIG), the EHT preamble portion comprising an EHT short signal field (EHT S-SIG), the EHT S-SIG including a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) subfield indicating a MCS of a subsequent data portion. The PPDU may be transmitted on a distributed or contiguous resource unit (RU) allocation. The RU may be configured to not straddle two physical 20 MHz subchannels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaogang Chen, Ilan Sutskover, Qinghua Li, Robert J. Stacey, Thomas J. Kenney, Feng Jiang
  • Patent number: 11082727
    Abstract: [Object] The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method that enable more flexible operations to be performed. [Solving Means] A reception apparatus receives a content transmitted in an IP transmission system, acquires, based on first control information that is transmitted in a first layer in a protocol stack of the IP transmission system and includes information indicating whether second control information transmitted in a second layer higher than the first layer exists, the second control information, and controls operations of units that process the content based on the second control information. The present technology is applicable to television receivers supporting the IP transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Takahashi, Lachlan Bruce Michael
  • Patent number: 11076445
    Abstract: Disclosed by the present application are a discontinuous reception method, terminal device and network device, the method including: a first terminal device determining a target discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle used for the first terminal device to detect a DRX indication signal during a DRX indication cycle which is used for DRX indication signal detection, the DRX indication cycle comprising N DRX cycles, the DRX indication signal being used to indicate that the first terminal device wakes up or sleeps during an activation period of the N DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected; a first terminal device detecting a DRX indication signal sent by a network device in the target DRX cycle; the first terminal device waking up or sleeping according to the DRX indication signal during the activation period of the N DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai Tang
  • Patent number: 11076334
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a data forwarding method, device, and communications system, which relate to the field of communications and can achieve accuracy and continuity of data transmission during carrier aggregation for cells between base stations. The method includes: sending, by a primary base station, a first message to a secondary base station, where the first message is used to instruct the secondary base station to perform handover, and the first message includes an identifier of a target base station; confirming, by the primary base station, that the secondary base station forwards data to the target base station; and sending, by the primary base station, a second message to a user equipment, where the second message is used to instruct the user equipment to acquire the data from the target base station. The embodiments of the present invention are used for data forwarding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingzeng Dai, Yi Guo, Qinghai Zeng, Hongping Zhang
  • Patent number: 11070346
    Abstract: Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a base station and method therein, for configuring control timing to and from a user equipment in a multiple component cell communications network. Example embodiments presented herein are also directed towards a user equipment and method therein, for configuration of control timing for a user equipment in a multiple component cell communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jung-Fu Cheng, Robert Baldemair, Mattias Frenne, Dirk Gerstenberger, Daniel Larsson
  • Patent number: 11068292
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing the processing power of computing devices such as smart devices are provided. The system includes one or more distributed smart devices and a management server that communicates with the smart devices in order to determine whether they are idle and whether viable compute tasks are present that can be performed on the smart devices based on the smart device's status, configuration, utility and network parameters, and availability. Some tasks may be performed in low power mode to save energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan