Airborne Or Space Satellite Repeater Patents (Class 370/316)
  • Patent number: 11924772
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving at least one of a configuration of a first group of one or more downlink (DL) signals, a configuration of a second group of one or more open-loop power control (PC) parameters, a configuration of a third group of one or more closed-loop PC parameters, or a configuration of a fourth group of one or more loop states, receiving a configuration of a PC setting, wherein the PC setting is associated with at least one of a subset of the first group, a subset of the second group, a subset of the third group, or a subset of the fourth group, selecting a transmit power level in accordance with the PC setting and a pathloss, wherein the pathloss is determined in accordance with a DL reference signal (SS) and a synchronization signal (SS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jialing Liu, Weimin Xiao, Qian Cheng
  • Patent number: 11909532
    Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate successful decoding of Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) based on a reduced number of retransmissions. Based on a given PDSCH, embodiments discussed herein can communicate feedback (e.g., Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) feedback, Channel State Information (CSI) feedback) that indicates an amount of additional information that can allow a User Equipment (UE) to successfully decode the PDSCH. In some embodiments, the feedback can indicate a requested Redundancy Version (RV) sequence that can allow the UE to successfully decode the PDSCH. In other embodiments, the feedback can indicate the amount of additional information, based on which a receiving Base Station (BS) can select a RV sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Weidong Yang, Yuchul Kim, Hong He, Chunxuan Ye, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Oghenekome Oteri, Yushu Zhang, Yang Tang, Ismael Gutierrez Gonzalez, Haitong Sun, Ziyang Ju
  • Patent number: 11882042
    Abstract: A bandwidth information notification method includes: obtaining bandwidth information of a microwave link; and sending a plurality of OAM messages carrying the bandwidth information to an endpoint, wherein first one or more OAM messages of the plurality of OAM messages are sent more quickly than at least one of the rest of the plurality of OAM messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hao Long
  • Patent number: 11876600
    Abstract: A method, a server, and a non-transitory computer readable medium are disclosed for switching from a radio frequency (RF) signal to an Internet Protocol (IP) connection based on rain fade events. The method includes receiving, on a server, current rain fade event data from one or more set-top boxes; receiving, on the server, past rain fade event data from the one or more set-top boxes; receiving, on the server, past weather data; receiving, on the server, current weather data; calculating, on the server, a likelihood of the one or more set-top boxes experiencing a rain fade event; and sending, from the server, an IP message to switch from the radio frequency (RF) signal to the Internet Protocol (IP) connection to each of the one or more set-top boxes likely to experience the rain fade event before the rain fade event occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Kirubakaran Subramanian, Mahesh Shankar Handigund
  • Patent number: 11867823
    Abstract: A system or method for generating GNSS corrections can include receiving satellite observations associated with a set of satellites at a reference station, determining atmospheric corrections valid within a geographical area; wherein geographical areas associated with different atmospheric corrections can be overlapping, and wherein the atmospheric corrections can be provided to a GNSS receiver when the locality of the GNSS receiver is within a transmission region of the geographical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Swift Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Lipeles Segal, Mark Fine, Joseph Angelo, Leith Bade, Fergus MacPherson Noble
  • Patent number: 11870520
    Abstract: An antenna in a system is provided and includes a first device and at least one second mobile device, where the first device communicates with the second device(s). In an acquisition mode, for each antenna of an antenna system, a first item of communication quality information is obtained, and the antenna the first item of information of which is the highest is selected. In a pursuit mode, if the selected antenna is sectoral, a second item of communication quality information is obtained, and the antenna the second item of information of which is the highest is selected. For each antenna, a third item of communication quality is obtained if the selected antenna is the omnidirectional antenna, and from the third items of information, the antenna the third item of information of which is the highest is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventor: Eric Todeschini
  • Patent number: 11870543
    Abstract: A radio communication system transmits data between terrestrial sites using one or more stochastically distributed orbiting satellites. The satellites and ground stations have the capability of sending and receiving data content in different radio technologies (signal formats) and over different satellite routes. Data content is assembled into packets and divided into segments and transmitted multiple times in different signal formats and/or over different routes, with each segment including error correction coding. A system node (satellite or ground station) that receives the multiple data packets applies error correction to each segment and re-assembles the data content from the separate segments in each transmission deemed to have the fewest errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: STAR MESH LLC
    Inventor: Gerald R. Schloemer
  • Patent number: 11855747
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transmitting data using a satellite communication network are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a satellite communication network includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a base station. The first terminal is configured to collect first target data. The second terminal is configured to receive a first data packet including the first target data from the first terminal via a local connection. The base station is in communication with the first terminal and the second terminal via at least one satellite. The base station is configured to: (i) receive copies of the first data packet from each of the first and second terminals via the at least one satellite; (ii) process a first copy of the first data packet; and (iii) delete a second copy of the first data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Jagodits, Sandeep Ahluwalia, Charles A Barnett
  • Patent number: 11838097
    Abstract: Methods and systems for free space communication comprising one or more satellites that may provide a continuous communication link between two or more terminals are disclosed. A first satellite may be configured to send and/or receive data signals from a first terminal through a first link, and a second satellite may be configured to send and/or receive data from a second terminal through a second link. The first satellite and the second satellite may be coupled through a crosslink. The satellites and the terminals may be positioned at a minimum latitude threshold in order to take advantage of the decreasing circumference of the earth at increasing latitudes. The system and the method may comprise dividing the communication pathway between into a plurality of smaller segments, which when linked together approximate an optimal pathway for low latency and enable maintaining of higher bandwidth between the two terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Patrick Bournes
  • Patent number: 11830369
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV is controlled based on communication via at least two mobile communication networks. Before takeoff, the UAV receives position data describing starting and destination points. A flight plan is set up from the starting point to the destination point by obtaining information about service coverage provided by the two mobile communication networks in a volume between the starting and destination points. A path to be followed by the UAV is calculated at least based on the obtained information. The path defines a restriction volume within which the UAV is allowed to fly from the starting point to the destination point. The path is calculated on the further basis of at least one switching criterion for changing from a communicative connection between the UAV and the first mobile communication network to a communicative connection between the UAV and the second mobile communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Morgan Lindqvist, Remi Robert
  • Patent number: 11800422
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an earthbound transceiver in a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite network establishes a connection with a first LEO satellite from a first set of LEO satellites. The first set of LEO satellites are distributed across a first plurality of orbits including first neighboring LEO satellites of the first LEO satellite, and the first neighboring LEO satellites have a fixed or semi-fixed position relative to the first LEO satellite. The earthbound transceiver determines first signal strength values associated with the first set of LEO satellites and second signal strength values associated with a second set of LEO satellites. The earthbound transceiver then periodically compares the first signal strength values to the second signal strength values. At an optimal handoff time, the earthbound transceiver initiates the handoff operation from the first LEO satellite to a second LEO satellite from the second set of LEO satellites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Arman Rezaee, Ali Sajassi, Alessandro Erta, Elango Ganesan, Pradeep Kumar Kathail
  • Patent number: 11785459
    Abstract: A marine vessel portable device registration system includes portable devices and a controller. A registered portable device transmits a specific wireless signal based on an input operation on a portable device operator. The controller is configured or programmed to receive the specific wireless signal from the registered portable device, and perform a control to authenticate and register an unregistered portable device as a new registered portable device based on having received a wireless signal from the unregistered portable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Takeda, Naoju Takano
  • Patent number: 11777596
    Abstract: An optimisation method is presented for the transmission of data along any radio frequency link which can be split into distinct transmission blocks, an example being a beam hopping system. By reordering the packets to be transmitted, it is possible to send packets either at, or nearer to, their optimal modulation and encoding configuration. This will allow for a higher bit to symbol conversion for the majority of packets and hence more data bits can be sent for the same number of symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yvonne Pickering, Stephen Brown, Peter Skinner
  • Patent number: 11777903
    Abstract: A method transmits data between a vehicle and a traffic security system. A number of transmission channels are available for transmitting data between the vehicle and the traffic security system. Data packets are specified for the transmission to the traffic security system. The transmission quality of the individual transmission channels is measured. A transmission configuration is selected from a plurality of transmission configurations, from the type of data and the ascertained transmission qualities, and other specifications according to a specified set of rules. The transmission configuration specifies particular transmission channels for individual data packets which are associated with a service, possibly as a function of the content of the data packet. An identifier characterizing the transmission configuration is added to the data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Frequentis AG
    Inventors: Richard Prinz, Saadan Ansari
  • Patent number: 11751157
    Abstract: A method of enabling communication between a user equipment (UE) and a non-terrestrial network (NTN), is described. The UE may be able to calculate a timing advance compensation. The timing advance compensation may be a differential or full timing advance compensation. An offset value, Koffset, may be indicated to the UE. The Koffset value may be used for timing relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seyed Mohsen Hosseinian, Jung Hyun Bae, Homayoon Hatami, Jungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 11743192
    Abstract: A terrestrial terminal enables communications, over a network connection, between a local host of one or more connected local hosts and a remote host. The terrestrial terminal is configured to perform operations comprising: receiving, from the remote host, a network packet for the local host; obtaining, from the network packet, an included TCP segment; determining, from the TCP segment, a receive window size advertised by the remote host; computing, using one or more characteristics of the network connection, a target receive window size; comparing the target receive window size with the advertised receive window size; and in response to determining that the target receive window size is different from the advertised receive window size: modifying the TCP segment by replacing the advertised receive window size with the target receive window size, and forwarding the network packet with the modified TCP segment to the local host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Ganeshan Ramachandran, Robert James Torres, George Choquette
  • Patent number: 11722561
    Abstract: A method at a first node for encoding a message for secure transmission to a second node comprising. The method includes receiving the message for transmission to the second node and fragmenting the message into a plurality of fragments, wherein each fragment is of a selected size. The method further includes encoding separately each fragment of the plurality of fragments using Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS), combining DTLS encoded fragments into a Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) message, and transmitting the message as a plurality of DTLS encoded fragments in the SCTP message to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Magnus Westerlund, John Mattsson, Claudio Porfiri
  • Patent number: 11722213
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for machine learning models for adjusting communication parameters. In some implementations, data for each device in a set of multiple communication devices is obtained. A machine learning model is trained based on the obtained data. The model can be trained to receive an indication of a geographic location and predict a communication setting capable of providing at least a minimum level of efficiency. After training the machine learning model, an indication of a predicted communication setting for a particular communication device is generated. A determination is then made whether to change a current communication setting for the particular communication device based on the predicted communication setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Amit Arora, Archana Gharpuray, John Kenyon
  • Patent number: 11697511
    Abstract: A method for combining log data generated by an appliance associated with an aircraft with flight data is disclosed. The method includes receiving an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) signal, wherein the ADS-B signal is received by a communication module communicatively coupled to the appliance. The method includes processing the ADS-B signal into a digitized data signal and correlating the digitized data signal with the log data. The method further includes combining the ADS-B data signal into the log data to create a combined data and correlating the combined data with chronological data, wherein the combined data is timestamped based on the chronological data. A system is also disclosed. The system includes an appliance configured for use in an aircraft. The system further includes a communication module communicatively coupled to the appliance configured to receive automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) signals from the aircraft and send ADS-B data to the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Vermeulen, Hans Huijsing
  • Patent number: 11700308
    Abstract: An information manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive dynamic aircraft information associated with operation of an in-flight aircraft, receive a message from a communication device on the in-flight aircraft for transmission to a ground based content server via a wireless communication network capable of communicating with in-flight assets, and generate an aviation cookie for communication to the content server along with the message. The aviation cookie may be generated based on the dynamic aircraft information and may enable the content server to generate content based at least in part on the dynamic aircraft information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Blane E. Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11683679
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5G or 5G communication system to support higher data rates beyond 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure enables the 3GPP system to protect the broadcasted unique UAV identities for a secured UAV communication. In remote identification process, the UAVs send the messages with flight information to the receiving party (i.e., UTM/USS, a TPAE or another UAV). Also, there are use cases on local broadcast of UAV identities for remote identification and tracking purposes. The present disclosure renders a mechanism that only the authorized personnel is able to decode the received broadcasting ID from the initiating UAV. The present disclosure protects unique UAV identities broadcasted so that, the fake UAV or unauthorized personnel cannot use the broadcasted ID for certain attacks such as impersonation of genuine UAV, tracking of the UAV and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nivedya Parambath Sasi, Rajavelsamy Rajadurai, Rohini Rajendran
  • Patent number: 11664886
    Abstract: A routing method and apparatus for SDN-based LEO satellite network are disclosed. The LEO satellite network includes a control plane and a data plane. The control plane includes a central controller and a plurality of local controllers. The data plane includes a plurality of LEO satellite nodes and user terminals connecting to the LEO satellite nodes. The control plane may be located on the earth, and thus the centralized management and control of the data plane are placed on the earth. A local controllers monitors LEO satellite nodes in a subnet or subnets of the local controller. The distance between a local controller and a LEO satellite node is much smaller than the distance between a GEO satellite node and the LEO satellite node, and thus the time delay and the traffic loss of communication are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Huadong Ma, Pengrui Duan, Dan Xia
  • Patent number: 11659490
    Abstract: An aviation connectivity gateway module for remote access to an aircraft's systems and remotely offloading its aircraft data. The module broadly comprises a CPU, a first set of communication elements, a second set of communication elements, a memory, a battery, an IMU, a GPS module, and a number of antennas. The module responds to remote prompts and offloads aircraft data when the aircraft is powered off. An aviation connectivity gateway module for complete BVLOS cellular network connectivity broadly comprises a CPU, a set of electronic connectors, a memory, an IMU, a GPS module, a first cellular connectivity element, a second cellular connectivity element, and a number of antennas. The module switches between the first cellular communication element and the second communication element based a status of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Design Corporation
    Inventors: Matt Dondoneau, Johan Wiig, Ross Eickhoff, Andy Stromme, Justin Koob, Bradley T. Cyr, Austin Matthew Murch, David Andrew Rathbun
  • Patent number: 11658397
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems for routing wireless communications. Some systems may include an apparatus comprising an enclosure configured to attach to an external portion of an aircraft and which may contain: a wireless communications device, and an antenna in communication with the wireless communications device and configured to send or receive signals to and/or from aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: uAvionix Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Ramsey, Paul Beard, Jeff Walker, Ryan Braun
  • Patent number: 11646977
    Abstract: The avionic system of an aircraft includes a set of avionic computers and a switch associated with each avionic computer. For each avionic computer of the set of avionic computers, the avionic system includes a communication link between the switch associated with this avionic computer and each of the switches associated with the other avionic computers. Each switch is configured such that it routes the data frames received on its input ports to its output ports in a manner predefined only on the basis of the input ports on which these data frames are received. The various switches are configured such that, when an avionic computer sends a data frame, this data frame is transmitted to all of the other avionic computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Dominique Portes, Sylvain Sauvant, Gilles Lartigue, Bertrand Deshayes, Sébastien Lefebvre
  • Patent number: 11623768
    Abstract: An antenna system is configured for use in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) around Earth. The system has a plurality of antenna satellites coupled together to form a phased array. Each of the plurality of antenna satellites have an antenna body with an antenna and a solar cell. A processing device determines an orientation of the plurality of antenna satellites and position the phased array in the orientation based on an analysis of the solar cell of the antenna bodies facing the sun, the antenna of the antenna bodies facing the Earth, and maintaining a torque equilibrium of the phased array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: AST & Science, LLC
    Inventors: Adam H. Halperin, Raymond J. Sedwick
  • Patent number: 11611391
    Abstract: An apparatus including a circuit, a temperature sensor, a sensor and a control system. The circuit may be configured to receive an input signal and a configuration signal and generate an output signal in response to performing an upconversion of the input signal to a selected frequency band and an amplification of the input signal in response to the configuration signal. The temperature sensor may be configured to measure a temperature. The sensor may be configured to measure a sensor value. The control system may be configured to generate the configuration signal in response to the temperature and the sensor value. The configuration signal may be generated to maintain a gain of the amplification at a target level over a range of an operating condition during the upconversion. The target level of the gain for the operating condition may be determined in response to a pre-determined calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MISSION MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. DeLisio, Jr., Blythe C. Deckman, Solomon Viveros
  • Patent number: 11606135
    Abstract: A method of auto-aligning a beam within a receiving electronically steered antenna system comprising a plurality of antenna elements is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: HANWHA PHASOR LTD.
    Inventors: John-Paul Szczepanik, Philip Schryber, Richard Hammond Mayo
  • Patent number: 11606311
    Abstract: A system for determining the servicing needs of a vehicle. In various embodiments, the system includes a remote server and a vehicle control module of the vehicle. The vehicle control module includes a first communication interface to enable communications with at least one vehicle device via a network fabric of the vehicle. The vehicle control module is configured to receive status data, from the vehicle device, relating to a performance status or operational status of the vehicle. The vehicle control module further includes a second communication interface that enables wireless communications with the remote server. The wireless communications include sending status data to the remote server. The remote server is configured to receive and interpret the status data to determine if the vehicle requires service, and send a response to the vehicle. When service is required, the response may cause the vehicle to provide a service indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Nariman Yousefi, Yongbum Kim, John Walley, Sherman (Xuemin) Chen, Wael William Diab, Nicholas Ilyadis
  • Patent number: 11601193
    Abstract: Various arrangements are presented for optimizing data transmission between a satellite and a user equipment. A satellite gateway system may receive a message from the user equipment indicative of a current location of the user equipment. Data may be retrieved from the Internet to be transmitted to the user equipment via the satellite. The satellite gateway system may transmit a downlink message to the satellite that comprises the retrieved data and beam steering data. The beam steering data may instruct the satellite to target a downlink spot beam on the current location of the user equipment based on the message received from the user equipment. The retrieved data may be transmitted to the user equipment via the targeted downlink spot beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventor: T. Paul Gaske
  • Patent number: 11581921
    Abstract: The present teachings disclose a multibeam satellite system and methods that can achieve orthogonality between spatially multiplexed signals in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) configuration when operating in line-of-sight (LOS) uplink and downlink channels on the feeder link side, using essentially a common spot beam. The teachings maximize a MIMO capacity across multiple frequency bands by disclosing an antenna array geometry for disposition on-board a single satellite and for a ground segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Bassel F Beidas
  • Patent number: 11575968
    Abstract: Information about and access to available third party content are provided via a primary service provider programming guide. A primary service provider may allow its customers/subscribers to access third party content through the systems of the primary service provider upon selection of a given third party content item from the primary service provider programming guide. The third party content may be provided as a full screen overlay over content presently being displayed and viewed from the primary service provider, or the third party content may be provided via a picture-in-picture inset either on the full screen or inside the displayed programming guide. Third party content offered via the primary service provider programming guide may be based on a recommendation of content in view of preferences and profile information for the customer/subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Len Barlik, Yousef Wasef Nijim, Jay Paul Langa, James Alan Strothmann
  • Patent number: 11569845
    Abstract: In encoding systems and methods, data or information is encoded using one or more encoding methodologies to generate encoded data or information corresponding to the data or information. Similarly, in decoding systems and methods, encoded data or information is decoded using one or more decoding methodologies to generate the data or information corresponding to the encoded data or information. The encoding/decoding systems and methods can include polar encoding/decoding systems and methods operable for encoding data or information to generate polar codes and for decoding polar codes to generate the corresponding data or information. The information or data can be control information and application data for communication over networks. The networks can include wireless and wireline networks, and network segments, links or channels, including mixed wireline and wireless networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur Sheiman
  • Patent number: 11546049
    Abstract: Satellites provide communication between devices such as user terminals (UTs) and ground stations that are in turn connected to points-of-presence (PoP) that connect to other networks, such as the Internet. Many factors affect latency for data passing between the PoP and the UT. The PoP accepts downstream data addressed to the UT and determines a target delivery window (TDW) indicating a window of time within which the downstream data is expected to be delivered. Communication resources are allocated to the downstream data based on the TDW. At subsequent points, such as at the ground station, the TDW is assessed to determine whether to continue sending the downstream data or to use a different communication resource. For example, a first ground station will forward the downstream data to a second ground station if the uplink will not be able to deliver the downstream data before expiration of the TDW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel T. Cohn, Andrew B. Dickinson
  • Patent number: 11540283
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for wireless communication to and from a vehicle in an autonomous driving system. A method for wireless communication to and from a vehicle in an autonomous driving system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes receiving data on a communication environment map that includes position-dependent beam information, from a server and determining a direction of transmitted or received beam based on a driving path for the vehicle and the communication environment map; and performing data communication using the direction of transmitted or received beam. With this method, the time taken for beam selection can be reduced, and path loss can be reduced. An autonomous vehicle according to the present disclosure operates in cooperation with an artificial intelligence module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device relating to 5G, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yongsoo Park
  • Patent number: 11515931
    Abstract: Wireless communication is provided over an extended distance using a line or a series of drones traveling along a transmission path between a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter sends a data signal to a first drone that is within range of the transmitter. The first drone sends the data signal to an adjacent drone in the line of drones which retransmits the data signal to the next drone in line. The data signal is transmitted between drones until it reaches a final drone within range of the receiver. The final drone transmits the data signal to the receiver. As the drones travel along the transmission path, new drones are launched from a location within range of the transmitter to replace drones that land after transmitting a data signal to the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Skyware Networks LLC
    Inventor: Kevin J. Babich
  • Patent number: 11515629
    Abstract: There are described methods and devices for intra-spacecraft communication in space, the electro-optical device having at least one of transmitting capabilities for converting a first electrical signal into a first optical signal and outputting the first optical signal within a spacecraft, and receiving capabilities for receiving a second optical signal within the spacecraft and converting the second optical signal into a second electrical signal, the electro-optical device having at least one integrated circuit dedicated to at least one of the transmitting capabilities and the receiving capabilities, the at least one integrated circuit configured for operating in an analog mode where configuration voltages for the integrated circuit are provided by analog voltage settings unaffected by radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: REFLEX PHOTONICS INC.
    Inventor: Guillaume Blanchette
  • Patent number: 11516010
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed systems and methods to broadcast a message to one or more virtual data processing (DP) accelerators. In response to receiving a broadcast instruction from an application, the broadcast instruction designating one or more virtual DP accelerators of a plurality of virtual DP accelerators to receive a broadcast message, the system encrypts the broadcast message based on a broadcast session key for a broadcast communication session. The system determines one or more public keys of one or more security key pairs each associated with one of the designated virtual DP accelerators. The system encrypts the broadcast session key based on the determined one or more public keys. The system broadcasts the encrypted broadcast message, and the one or more encrypted broadcast session keys to adjacent virtual DP accelerators for propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: BAIDU USA LLC, KUNLUNXIN TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Yueqiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 11489586
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a communication system, the communication system comprising at least two separate transmitting antennas located on Earth and at least two receive antennas located with a distance from Earth, the receive antennas having directional receiving patterns which cover a common region on Earth, the method comprising the following steps: —precoding the symbol sequences before transmission from the transmitting antennas to the receive antennas in order to reduce spatial interference between the symbol sequences, and —simultaneously transmitting symbol sequences from the transmitting antennas to the receive antennas by spatial and frequency multiplexing in a time and phase synchronized fashion, the symbol sequences being transmitted from different transmitting antennas being different from each other but being transmitted on the same frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NEOSAT GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Knopp, Thomas Delamotte, Christian Hofmann, Robert Schwarz, Kai-Uwe Storek
  • Patent number: 11477074
    Abstract: Techniques to facilitate communication between remote industrial assets are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a computing system provides a virtual private network (VPN) service for an industrial automation network of an industrial automation enterprise. The computing system communicates with a first gateway system to establish a first connection between a first industrial asset and the VPN service for the industrial automation network. The computing system also communicates with a second gateway system to establish a second connection between a second industrial asset and the VPN service for the industrial automation network, wherein the second industrial asset is located at a disparate location than the first industrial asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Gibson, Gregory S. Wilcox, Scott N. Sandler, Douglas B. Weber, Timothy S. Biernat, Vijayant Kaura, Clifford J. Whitehead, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11476924
    Abstract: A system for data recovery using non-intrusive terrestrial and broad band connectivity of transmission of a data stream, the system having an IP distribution network for transferring the data stream from a sender to a plurality of receivers, the system having: a transmission center receiving the data stream from the sender and sending a continuous IP data stream to the IP distribution network and sending a broadcast data stream to a broadcast network; at least one registered/assigned recovery server connected to the IP distribution network and assigned to at least one of the plurality of receivers, the at least one recovery server receiving a protected IP stream from the transmission center; at least one of the plurality of receivers sending a recovery request to at least one recovery server when the respective receiver detects an erroneous/missing packet; and wherein the protected IP stream is encapsulated into RTP in the transmission center and the at least one recovery server sends a recovery data stream t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Adi Rozenberg, Eran Shalev, Limor Touriel
  • Patent number: 11470677
    Abstract: A network router provides Internet connectivity to an intermediate router (e.g., implemented on a computer, smartphone or other device), which in turn provides Internet connectivity to a plurality of devices (e.g., IoT devices). During migration to a new router, the intermediate router may receive an indication that the first wireless router is out of service or no longer exists. Despite that the first wireless router is out of service or no longer exists, the intermediate router keeps each network connection from a plurality of devices to the intermediate router in a manner that is unaffected by the first wireless router being down or no longer existing (other than the plurality of devices experiencing a temporary Internet service interruption). The intermediate router then connects to a second wireless router to replace the first wireless router that is out of service or no longer exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.
    Inventor: Raymond C. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11460583
    Abstract: A method for providing correction data for satellite navigation, includes determining the correction data using a plurality of state signals relating to the Earth's ionosphere, each of the state signals associated with one of a plurality of signals which have been received by an interface for a plurality of mobile satellite receivers, the plurality of mobile satellite receivers provided for satellite navigation. Each of the plurality of state signals identify a geographical position of an associated one of the plurality of mobile satellite receivers and an item of state information relating to the Earth's ionosphere which is determined using at least one satellite signal transmitted between at least one satellite and the associated one of the plurality of mobile satellite receivers. The correction data is transmitted to the at least one satellite and then transmitted from the at least one satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Limberger, Markus Langer
  • Patent number: 11464026
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for data source reporting are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a base station, a preamble from a set of one or more data sources during a scheduled time slot, receiving, by the base station, a virtual preamble from during the scheduled time slot, wherein the virtual preamble is associated with another set of one or more data sources, generating, by the base station, responses to both the preamble and the virtual preamble, wherein the responses include scheduled time and frequency allocations for uplink communication from the set of one or more data sources and the other set of one or more data sources, and transmitting, by the base station, the responses to the set of one or more data sources and the other set of one or more data sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghna Agrawal, Andrew Nuttall
  • Patent number: 11438823
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for routing packets in a network, such as a satellite mesh network. Geographic routing is employed in which packets specify their physical destination location. Network nodes maintain physical location information for nodes, along with routing information, for a limited portion of the network which is local thereto. At each node and for each packet, a target node is selected from the limited portion. The target node may be the node which is closest in orthodromic distance to the physical destination location. Based on the routing information, a next node belonging to the limited portion of the network and located along an available network path between the node and the target node is determined, and the packet is forwarded to the next node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peter Ashwood-Smith, Hassan Halabian, Mehdi Arashmid Akhavain Mohammadi
  • Patent number: 11388151
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for protected multi-operators payload operations are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a disclosed method for protected multi-operators payload operations comprises transmitting, by a hosted payload (HoP) operation center (HOC), encrypted hosted commands to a host spacecraft operations center (SOC). Also, the method comprises transmitting, by the host SOC, encrypted host commands and the encrypted hosted commands to a vehicle. In addition, the method comprises reconfiguring a payload on the vehicle according to unencrypted host commands and unencrypted hosted commands. Additionally, the method comprises transmitting, by a payload antenna on the vehicle, payload data to a host receiving antenna and a hosted receiving antenna. Also, the method comprises transmitting, by a host telemetry transmitter on the vehicle, encrypted host telemetry to the host SOC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Yi-Feng James Chen, Haig F. Krikorian, Robert J. Winig
  • Patent number: 11381511
    Abstract: An accelerator and system to provide a combined transport Wide-Area Network (WAN) transports. The accelerator includes a tunnel manager to maintain tunnels traversing each of the WAN transports; an inspector to perform packet and IP flow classification to set a respective classification metric for a downstream packet to be sent over the combined transport; a transport selector to select a preferred tunnel from the tunnels based on the respective classification metric of the downstream packet; and a sender to send the downstream packet over the preferred tunnel. In the accelerator, the WAN transports include a high latency satellite transport and a low latency transport, and a respective tunnel connects the accelerator to a peer accelerator via one of the WAN transports. The accelerator includes a receiver to receive upstream packets arriving over the combined transport and to forward the upstream packets to a user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Chin, Douglas Dillon, Sampath Ramaswami
  • Patent number: 11368208
    Abstract: An earth station transmitter device is arranged for generating a set of data to be transmitted to an earth station receiver device of a satellite communication system. The earth station transmitter device comprises: encoding and modulation means for mapping a plurality of baseband frames; physical layer framing means arranged for inserting in front of each frame of encoded and modulated symbols; converter means for converting a super-frame preamble; super-frame generator means arranged to prepend a first subset of capacity units corresponding to the super-frame preamble to a second subset of capacity units of the plurality corresponding to the plurality of physical layer frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ST ENGINEERING IDIRECT (EUROPE) CY NV
    Inventors: Ulrik De Bie, Dirk Breynaert, Dimitrios Christopoulos
  • Patent number: 11356171
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described and may include a user terminal and a satellite establishing a communication link over a channel having a channel delay and a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) delay being determined based on the channel delay. The user terminal and the satellite may be within a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The user terminal may receive a MAC-CE command that indicates a communication parameter to be implemented or adjusted. The user terminal may transmit feedback, for example, to the satellite in response to the MAC-CE command, and the user terminal and the satellite may communicate according to the communication parameter in the MAC-CE command after an end of the MAC-CE delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Huilin Xu, Xiao Feng Wang, Iyab Issam Sakhnini, Peter Gaal, Jun Ma
  • Patent number: 11323905
    Abstract: A wireless device (400), a higher layer node (404) and methods therein, for handling measurement reporting in a wireless network as performed by the wireless device (400). The wireless device (400) detects (4:1) a coverage object being a cell or a beam not contained in a predefined first list of coverage objects for which the wireless device (400) is required to send measurement reports to a lower layer node (402) operable according to at least one of layer 1 and layer 2. The wireless device (400) then measures a radio signal of the coverage object where the measured radio signal fulfils a predefined event condition, and sends (4:2B) a measurement report of said measuring to a higher layer node (404) operable according to one or more layers above layer 1 and layer 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Walter Müller