Hand-off Control Patents (Class 370/331)
  • Patent number: 12170927
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for control of Quality of Service (QoS). A method applied in a base station for control of QoS includes: receiving a Core Network (CN) flow identifier and information on a corresponding QoS parameter of a Packet Data Network (PDN) connection as transmitted from a CN control network element and creating a mapping relation between the CN flow identifier and the corresponding QoS parameter; and utilizing, after determining based on the received information on the QoS parameter of the PDN connection that a radio bearer satisfying a requirement of the QoS parameter exists between a user terminal and the base station, the existing radio bearer satisfying the requirement of the QoS parameter, creating a mapping relation between the existing radio bearer and the CN flow identifier of the PDN connection and transmitting information on the mapping relation to the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jinguo Zhu, Xiaoyun Zhou, Shuang Liang, He Huang
  • Patent number: 12167282
    Abstract: A communication device, method and computer program product reduce time to connect a communication session. The communication device registers for cellular communication service using a first radio access technology (RAT) or sub-RAT with a first node. The communication device determines whether a connection for a selected communication service is predicted to be available from the first node. The communication device determines whether a request for the selected communication service is predicted to occur. In response to determining that the connection for the selected communication service is unavailable from the first node and the request for the selected communication service is predicted to occur, the communication device identifies a second node that supports communication using a second RAT/sub-RAT. The communication devices triggers registration fallback from the first node to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventor: Daniel C Chisu
  • Patent number: 12167499
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media described herein may have the complexity to support simultaneous communications (e.g., transmission/reception to/from) with two or more cells. Therefore, before configuring a handover, the network needs to know if these methods, systems, and storage media can support simultaneous communication with multiple cells or not. Among other things, these methods, systems, and storage media can reduce the interruption time during handovers for when these methods, systems, and storage media are capable of such simultaneous communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Hua Li, Rui Huang, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12166726
    Abstract: A command processing method is used to solve a problem that the terminal device cannot process a BWP switching command, a BWP activation command or a BWP deactivation command that is received in a case where there are a plurality of BWPs simultaneously activated for the terminal device, and there is ongoing random access on one or more BWPs in the activated plurality of BWPs. The method includes: receiving a first command in a case where there is at least one configured or activated BWP for the terminal device, and there is ongoing random access on at least one BWP in the at least one configured or activated BWP, the first command including at least one of the BWP switching command, the BWP activation command or the BWP deactivation command; and processing the first command according to a preset processing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhou, Xiaodong Yang, Li Chen
  • Patent number: 12160728
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a handover method, a communications apparatus, and a terminal device. The handover method includes determining a first target cell based on first conditional handover (CHO) configuration information, where the first target cell is a cell to which the terminal device is to be handed over, and in a process of attempting to access the first target cell, when receiving second CHO configuration information, determining, based on the second CHO configuration information, whether to continue to be handed over to the first target cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le Yan, Tingting Geng
  • Patent number: 12160779
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a media device operating on a first network that can detect and switch media service to a second network to maintain access of a desired service quality. The media device can cause a presentation of the recommended second network, and receive a selection (e.g., user input) of the second network before the switch. The recommendation can be user-initiated or occur while accessing service without user initiation. The recommendation of the second network can be based on: a signal quality of the second network and/or the capabilities of the device providing the second network; a correlation of characteristics that indicate that stored credentials of a first network can be reused in another network; a security level of the first network; and/or platform capabilities of the media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Amalavoyal Narasimha Chari, Erwan Suteau, David Arnstein, Sudipto Nandi
  • Patent number: 12160784
    Abstract: A system may include an access node to deploy a radio air interface to provide wireless services to one or more wireless devices. The access node may include processing circuitry. The processing circuitry of the access node may monitor an amount of packet drops at a shared network device of a dual connectivity access-node-pair. The processing circuitry of the access node may dynamically adjust one or more handover parameters based on the amount of packet drops at the shared network device. The handover parameters may be adjusted to inhibit handovers to the dual connectivity access-node-pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LP
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 12156035
    Abstract: Satellite access to a PLMN with a Fifth Generation (5G) core network (5GCN) is supported by a serving satellite NodeB (gNB). The gNB determines or verifies the country in which a user equipment (UE) is located to ensure that the UE is located in the same country as the PLMN. The gNB may determine the country of the UE based on UE measurements from broadcast satellite signals and a positioning ID (PID) broadcast for each radio cell. The PID frequently changes to prevent spoofing. The gNB may use multiple UE measurements from a moving radio cell over a period of time to generate a more accurate location for the UE. The gNB may indicate to a 5GCN whether the country of the UE has been verified. The 5GCN will determine the location and country of the UE if the gNB indicates that the country is not fully verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Stephen William Edge
  • Patent number: 12156018
    Abstract: A user equipment receives multiple conditional reconfigurations associated with respective conditions. The user equipment is to execute a conditional configuration upon fulfillment of an associated condition. The user equipment accordingly executes one of the multiple conditional configurations upon fulfillment of an associated condition. The user equipment transmits, to a target radio network node, an indication that indicates which one of the multiple conditional reconfigurations the user equipment executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Patrik Rugeland, Oumer Teyeb, Mattias Bergström, Icaro Leonardo Da Silva
  • Patent number: 12155489
    Abstract: A method performed by a station (STA) for operating in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is provided. The method includes communicating, in an operation mode, with devices in the WLAN including another STA and transmitting, to the another STA, one or more of a data frame or a management frame including a medium access control (MAC) header. The MAC header includes an operation mode field indicating a change in one or more parameters of the operation mode. The method includes transmitting or receiving, based on a determination that the indicated change in the one or more parameters of the operation mode has taken effect, a frame to or from the another STA in accordance with the indicated change in the one or more parameters of the operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Wang, Guodong Zhang, Joseph S. Levy
  • Patent number: 12156088
    Abstract: Coordinated P-GW change for SIPTO may be provided. A WTRU may send and/or receive one or more flows via a first PDN connection and via a first P-GW. The WTRU may send an indication to the network that at least one flow of the first PDN connection is available for SIPTO. The indication may include one or more SIPTO preferences. The WTRU may receive a message from a MME. The message may trigger establishment of a second PDN connection via a second P-GW. The WTRU may move, while maintaining the first PDN connection, the at least one flow from the first PDN connection to the second PDN connection. The WTRU may deactivate the first PDN connection when the one or more flows have been moved to the second PDN connection and/or when no information has been received via the first PDN connection after a predetermined duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Saad Ahmad, Li-Hsiang Sun
  • Patent number: 12156274
    Abstract: A system, method, and/or device for relay communications are provided. In some implementations, a method implemented by a WTRU may include sending a Link Modification Request (LMR) message to a second WTRU via a first relay, wherein the LMR message includes one or more new most significant bytes (MSBs) for a new Key NR ProSe identifier (KNRP ID), receiving a link modification accept (LMA) message from the second WTRU via a first relay, where the LMA message includes one or more new least significant bytes (LSBs) for the new KNRP ID, forming the new KNRP ID by combining the one or more new MSBs with the one or more new LSBs and replacing an existing KNRP ID with the new KNRP ID. The device may include sending a direct connection request (DCR) message to the second WTRU via a second relay, where the DCR message includes the new KNRP ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Samir Ferdi, Michelle Perras, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez
  • Patent number: 12156022
    Abstract: In a data transmission method, a terminal device determines a first message, where the first message indicates that the terminal device is to move from a first network to a second network. The terminal device sends the first message to a first network device in the first network. The first network device is an access and mobility management function network element or an access network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenchen Yang, Huan Li, Yinghao Jin, Feng Han
  • Patent number: 12156244
    Abstract: In a wireless communication network, a node communicates with a central communication unit via at least one access point. An operating method of the communication node includes receiving, at the node, a wireless signal from the access point; determining, by the node, channel quality information based on the received wireless signal; and determining, by the node, an order of active channels ranked according to the determined channel quality. The operating method further includes selecting, by the node, an active channel for transmitting wireless signals in accordance with the determined order; and transmitting, by the node, wireless signals on the selected, active channel. The access point is configured to filter a message. When operating the access point in a beacon transmit mode, the access point transmits wireless beacon data to the node. In a listening mode, the access point relays data received from the node to the central communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: AutoStore Technology AS
    Inventors: Ragnar Stuhaug, Ingvar Hognaland
  • Patent number: 12149939
    Abstract: A communication system is disclosed in which a base station apparatus obtains information identifying a total integrity protected uplink data rate for a user equipment (UE), allocates a portion of the total integrity protected uplink data rate to a secondary node (SN), and notifies the UE about the portion allocated to the SN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Priya Darshini, Chadi Khirallah, Sadafuku Hayashi, Jagdeep Ahluwalia Singh, Neeraj Gupta
  • Patent number: 12150038
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A UE may establish a wireless communication link with a base station in accordance with a radio access technology (RAT), and an internet connection with the base station. The UE may identify a lack of support by a network that includes the base station for a type of voice calls associated with the RAT. The UE may transmit a discovery query for a gateway to a core network, and the UE may establish a connection with the gateway via the internet connection. The UE may initiate a voice call via a call path from the UE to the core network, where the call path may include the wireless communications link with the base station in accordance with the RAT and also may include the internet connection with the gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tom Chin, Ajith Tom Payyappilly, Juan Zhang
  • Patent number: 12149771
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for distributing content outside the confides of a television so as to enhance user experience of the content. An example media device embodiment operates according to a method that includes receiving a data stream containing content and at least one non-TV experience trigger; causing the content to be played on the TV; and providing the non-TV experience trigger to at least one appropriate accessory device in a manner synchronous with playing the content on the TV, to thereby extend playback of the content beyond the TV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventor: Samir Tiongson Saxena
  • Patent number: 12143880
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a mobile system scans wireless channels for any upcoming access points using a dedicated monitor radio of the mobile system. The mobile system identifies a particular wireless channel in use by an upcoming access point. The mobile system notifies a second radio of the mobile system of the particular wireless channel. The mobile system performs a handoff between a current access point and the upcoming access point in part by switching the second radio of the mobile system to the particular wireless channel of the upcoming access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Erta, Luca Bisti, Domenico Ficara, Kasi Nalamalapu, Salvatore Valenza, Vincent Cuissard, Sudhir Kumar Jain, Loris Gazzarrini, Arun Khanna, Stefano Ferrari, Pascal Thubert
  • Patent number: 12143861
    Abstract: A method for improving efficiency of routing edge compute traffic from a user equipment (UE) to an edge compute server at a far edge of a cellular network includes provisioning a near edge control unit (CU) and a near edge user plane function (UPF) at a near edge of the cellular network. The method also includes provisioning a far edge CU, a far edge UPF, and an edge compute workload at the far edge. The method also includes receiving UE traffic at one or more distributed units located at the far edge. The UE traffic includes the edge compute traffic and non-edge compute traffic. The method also includes identifying the edge compute traffic among the UE traffic, routing the edge compute traffic to the edge compute workload at the far edge, and routing the non-edge compute traffic to the near edge UPF at the near edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alastair Wolman, Paramvir Bahl, Landon Prentice Cox
  • Patent number: 12143872
    Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device includes, in response to a successful handover procedure, compiling a successful handover report comprising state information of the wireless device. The successful handover report is transmitted to a target cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Ali Parichehrehteroujeni, Pradeepa Ramachandra, Malik Wahaj Arshad, Icaro L. J. Da Silva, Angelo Centonza, Fredrik Gunnarsson
  • Patent number: 12143883
    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. The present disclosure provides a method of a base station for supporting an inter-system handover from an evolved packet system (EPS) system to a 5th generation (5G) system. The method solves the data forwarding problem during the movement of a UE between an LTE system and a 5G system, so that the loss of data is avoided and the continuity of services is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Hong Wang, Xiaowan Ke, Weiwei Wang
  • Patent number: 12143956
    Abstract: Example communication methods and apparatus are described. In one example method, a terminal receives a first information by using a serving beam, where the first information indicates a delay compensation parameter corresponding to a target beam. The target beam and the serving beam are different beams. The terminal determines, based on a full timing advance and the delay compensation parameter corresponding to the target beam, a differential timing advance corresponding to the target beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolu Wang, Hejia Luo, Chenlei Xu, Jianwei Zhou, Rong Li
  • Patent number: 12144013
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for configuring carrier aggregation for a current user equipment (14) located in a wireless communication network in a coverage area of a base station which is capable of emitting a plurality of carrier components with a plurality transmission beams per carrier component, the method comprising: retrieving quality metrics beams from a database (16) comprising quality metrics associated with a carrier component of the plurality of carrier components and with a user equipment of a plurality of user equipments; determining, using the quality metrics, one or more candidate carrier components to be configured or de-configured for the current user equipment as secondary carrier components; configuring or de-configuring said one or more carrier components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Fahad Syed Muhammad, Afef Feki, Véronique Capdevielle, Claudiu Mihailescu
  • Patent number: 12137378
    Abstract: A wireless User Equipment (UE) handsover from a source Radio Unit (RU) to a target RU. The wireless UE attaches to the source RU and receives UE context over the source RU. The wireless UE receives a wireless data service over the source RU, a Distributed Unit (DU), and a Centralized Unit (CU) based on the UE context. The wireless UE attaches to the target RU, detaches from the source RU, and receives modified UE context over the target RU. The wireless UE receives a modified wireless data service over the target RU, the DU, and the CU based on the modified UE context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Zheng Cai
  • Patent number: 12137385
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to support cell level mobility is provided. Method for supporting cell level mobility includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message, performing a set of operations and performing data transfer in the second cell after performing a specific operation of the set of operations. In case that the RRC reconfiguration message comprises a specific set of parameters, the set of operations comprises starting a timer related to cell level mobility, resetting Medium Access Control (MAC) entity, adjusting uplink transmission timing based on a parameter related to target timing advance, receiving a layer 1 grant based on a first identifier, performing uplink transmission of a specific MAC Protocol Data Unit (PDU) based on the layer 1 grant, receiving downlink assignment and stopping the timer related to cell level mobility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 12137384
    Abstract: A method includes: sending, by a first network device, a first configuration message to a terminal device, where the first configuration message is used to instruct the terminal device to configure a second ciphering/deciphering function associated with a second network device and share a first data packet numbering/reordering function, and the terminal device is configured with the first data packet numbering/reordering function and a first ciphering/deciphering function associated with the first network device; and receiving, by the first network device, a first configuration complete message sent by the terminal device. In this embodiment, the first configuration message is used so that the terminal device may configure the function associated with the second network device. Therefore, during handover, the terminal device may simultaneously perform data transmission with the second network device and the first network device, to reduce or avoid a service interruption time caused by handover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Wang, Wei Quan, Jian Zhang
  • Patent number: 12133143
    Abstract: A mobile device (10) subscribes to receive messages targeted to a first geographical area (18-A), e.g., a first tile or area of a grid for geocasting. The mobile device (10) also subscribes to receive messages targeted to a second geographical area (18-B), e.g., a second tile or area of the grid for geocasting. The mobile device (10) notably does this such that the mobile device (10) is simultaneously subscribed to receive messages targeted to the first geographical area (18-A) and to receive messages targeted to the second geographical area (18-B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ali El Essaili, Yunpeng Zang, Thorsten Lohmar, Maciej Muehleisen, Joakim â„«kesson
  • Patent number: 12133189
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may communicate in a non-terrestrial network (NTN) comprising a plurality of satellites. The WTRU may be preconfigured with a plurality of measurement configurations and a corresponding plurality of activation/deactivation criteria associated with the plurality of satellites. The activation/deactivation criteria includes at least activation timing information. The WTRU may activate and deactivate each of the plurality of measurement configurations over time in accordance with the activation/deactivation criteria. The WTRU may perform measurements on cell beams for satellites with active measurement configurations and report results based on the measurements to NTN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Mouna Hajir, Dylan James Watts, Yugeswar Deenoo, Ghyslain Pelletier
  • Patent number: 12133122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of transmitting packets by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, wherein the UE is related to a first network and a second network. In particular, the method includes the steps of: transmitting packets containing compressed header information to the first network; receiving, from the first network, a handover command to connect with the second network; and transmitting packets containing a full header information to at least one of the first network or the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Geumsan Jo, Seungjune Yi, Hongsuk Kim
  • Patent number: 12133130
    Abstract: A method of relaxing frequency measurement by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, system information comprising first configuration information associated with frequency measurement and second configuration information associated with relaxed frequency measurement, the second configuration information comprising at least one of first information associated with a criterion for the terminal with low mobility (low mobility criterion) or second information associated with a criterion for the terminal not at cell edge (not at cell edge criterion), identifying whether at least one of the low mobility criterion or the not at cell edge criterion is fulfilled, and determining whether to perform frequency measurement based on the identifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyeob Jung, Soenghun Kim, Anil Agiwal
  • Patent number: 12133159
    Abstract: Techniques are provided to inform a mobile packet core of the access network/radio access technology (AN/RAT) change with the use of in-band signaling along the user plane and hence reduce signaling between radio access network and mobile packet core network. A new extension header content is defined to signal the AN/RAT change information, Cell Group changes and acknowledging the same. Further still, a method is provided to handle AN change notification for split bearer scenarios by introducing a split bearer flag for the mobile packet core to be notified of the predominant access type serving the subscriber data session in 5G Non-Stand Alone (NSA) Option-3, Option-3A and Option-3X, so that static or dynamic configurations can be applied by the mobile core network accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Raghavendra Suryanarayanarao Vidyashankar, Santhosh Shenoy Panambur, Om Prakash Suthar
  • Patent number: 12133285
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to techniques to manage service requests in a wireless network. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise processing circuitry. The apparatus may further include computer-readable storage media having stored thereon instructions for execution by the processing circuitry. The instructions, when executed, may determine, at user equipment (UE) operating in an Evolved Packet System (EPS) mobility management (EMM)-IDLE mode and configured to use EPS services with control plane Cellular Internet of Things (CIoT) EPS optimization, to initiate a service request procedure to enable transfer of user data via a control plane, generate a service request message that contains a service type information element (IE) comprising a service type value set to indicate either a mobile originating request or a mobile terminating request, and send the service request message to a mobility management entity (MME) to initiate the service request procedure. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Vivek Gupta
  • Patent number: 12133131
    Abstract: Solutions for providing a data traffic session include: while a voice over new radio (VoNR) capable user equipment (UE) is being served by a first cell that does not support VoNR, determining that a second cell that does support VoNR is available to serve the UE; transferring the UE to service by the second cell; and providing a VoNR call to the UE through the second cell. The transfer may comprise a redirection or a handover (based on whether the UE is already in a call). Some examples further include a trigger of: receiving a notification of an incoming voice call to the UE, receiving a notification of an outgoing voice call from the UE, and receiving a notification of a handover of a voice call for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Roopesh Kumar Polaganga
  • Patent number: 12127246
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some wireless systems, a base station may configure a user equipment (UE) for random access (RACH) message transmission in dedicated RACH resources during, for example, a handover process. The contention-free random access (CFRA) resources may allow the UE to transmit RACH messages at a higher transmission power than contention-based random access (CBRA) resources. The base station may indicate, to the UE, RACH transmission parameters for CFRA that are different than parameters for CBRA. These parameters may include configuration information, frequency division multiplexing information, RACH retransmission parameters, target received power, response window length, etc. The UE may use the indicated RACH transmission parameters to transmit a RACH message to the base station. The base station may respond with a RACH response message, and the base station and UE may synchronize upon completion of the RACH procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Navid Abedini, Bilal Sadiq, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 12126435
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may transmit first control signaling indicating a capability of the wireless device to operate in a plurality of modes of operation. The plurality of modes of operation including a first mode of operation associated with repeater operations and a first energy level and a second mode of operation associated with integrated access and backhaul (IAB) operations and a second energy level higher than the first energy level. The wireless device may receive second control signaling indicating at least one mode of operation of the plurality of modes of operation, and communicate one or more wireless signals according to the at least one mode of operation at the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventors: Naeem Akl, Navid Abedini, Jianghong Luo, Karl Georg Hampel, Junyi Li, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 12127283
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method of optimizing service delivery performed by a UE operating in EN-DC mode is disclosed. The method comprises detecting that a network service is ongoing at the UE using a first radio access technology (RAT), based on an application request sent by the UE to a network, wherein the first RAT is one of long-term evolution (LTE) and NR. The method further comprises detecting, during the ongoing network service being availed using the first RAT, a frequency of one or more NR network procedures being performed by the UE to be greater than a first threshold frequency. The method further comprises modifying a measurement interval associated with an NR cell measurement procedure, in response to detecting the frequency of the NR network procedures to be greater than the first threshold frequency. Furthermore, the method comprises continuing the Network Service using the first RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Arijit Sen, Koustav Roy, Manasi Ekkundi, Jagadeesh Gandikota
  • Patent number: 12127054
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed are a method and a device for supporting cell selection of the terminal undergoing UL LBT failure in a mobile communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangbum Kim, Himke Van Der Velde, Sangyeob Jung
  • Patent number: 12120564
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for Random Access Channel (RACH) configuration in Layer 1 (L1)/Layer 2 (L2) mobility. A user equipment (UE) may obtain a downlink (DL) Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) list from a first Transmission and Reception Point (TRP). The DL TCI list may include DL beam information, RACH Occasion (RO) information, and initial Bandwidth Part (BWP) information associated with each DL TCI of a plurality of DL TCIs related to the first TRP and multiple TRPs adjacent to the first TRP. The UE may receive a handover command from the first TRP via Downlink Control Information (DCI) in Li or Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) in L2. The handover command indicates a handover from the first TRP to a second TRP of the multiple TRPs for the UE, and includes a specified DL TCI related to the second TRP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang, Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12119952
    Abstract: A LED based illumination source with integrated communications and processing functions, which can communicate via wireless communications to a mobile phone, smart phone, smart pad, key fob, notebook, tablet, desktop or other computing device. The LED based illumination source can be operated from a back-up battery source in the event that power is disrupted, can be programmed to operate autonomously, and is able to alter its behavior, based on the proximity of a controlling element. The communications and processing functions can be integrated into LED lighting household and commercial illumination devices, as well as electrical devices, such as wall outlets, light switches, plug in timers, appliances, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SMARTBOTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ian Crayford, Kelly Coffey, Speros Koulouras
  • Patent number: 12120571
    Abstract: Performing a UE-triggered lower layer-based handover may include, based on measurements associated with both a source gNB and a target gNB, determining that a UE-triggered handover utilizing layer 1 or layer 2 is to be performed. First uplink resources configured by the source gNB for a dedicated scheduling request may be determined. The dedicated scheduling request may be generated at the UE to request second uplink resources from the gNB for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) a handover request in a media access control (MAC) control element (CE). The handover request carried by the MAC CE for the source gNB may be generated. In response to the handover request, a handover command from the source gNB associated with performing a handover procedure from the source gNB to the target gNB may be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Wei Zeng
  • Patent number: 12120645
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a device used in a communication node for wireless communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qiaoling Yu, Xiaobo Zhang
  • Patent number: 12120006
    Abstract: A service device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), a new radio NB (gNB), or other network component or network management component) as a service provider or a service consumer can process or generate performance data streaming in response to a request to create a performance data stream. Information overhead related to the performance data stream can be provided that enables use of the performance data stream in and through data stream units to support performance measurement collection activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yizhi Yao, Joey Chou
  • Patent number: 12120503
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal including: a reception unit that receives, from a base station, a measurement configuration which associates information indicating an object cell on which given processing is to be performed, with a conditional configuration indicating a condition to initiate the given processing; a measurement unit that measures reception quality of a cell; and a control unit that initiates the given processing corresponding to the conditional configuration when the measured cell is included in the object cell and the reception quality of the measured cell fulfills the condition to initiate the given processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SOFTBANK CORP.
    Inventor: Katsunari Uemura
  • Patent number: 12114214
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal for performing a handover procedure in a mobile communication system from a source to a target base station. The target base station is configured for the mobile terminal with at least a first and a different second bandwidth part within its cell bandwidth. The mobile terminal comprises: a transceiver which, in operation, receives from the source base station a handover command message including information regarding the configured at least first and second bandwidth part; and a processor which, in operation and upon reception of the handover command message, activates in the transceiver at least a selected one of the configured at least first or second bandwidth part, and controls the transceiver to perform, over the activated at least one of the configured at least first or second bandwidth part, communication with the target base station as part of the handover procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Quan Kuang, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Ming-Hung Tao, Ankit Bhamri
  • Patent number: 12114217
    Abstract: A data forwarding method and device, a master base station and a slave base station are provided. The data forwarding method includes: after receiving a handover request message sent by a second master base station, if it is determined that a slave base station node is newly added, a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer of a part of flows of a preset protocol data unit (PDU) session is configured at a master base station node, and an SDAP layer of the rest part of flows of the preset PDU is configured at the newly added slave base station node, sending a handover request response message carrying first preset information to a second master base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aijuan Liu, Dajun Zhang, Jiancheng Sun
  • Patent number: 12114235
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a short message service (SMS) ability updating method, device and apparatus. The method includes a mobility management function receives a triggering condition of an SMS function/a user data management function, and/or, the mobility management function determines that SMS over NAS ability update needs to be triggered; the mobility management function updates the SMS over NAS ability of a UE. By using the present application, when a mobility management function receives a triggering condition of an SMS function/a user data management function, and/or, the mobility management function determines that SMS over NAS ability update needs to be triggered, the mobility management function updates the SMS over NAS ability of the UE. The SMS over NAS ability update can be triggered by means of a network side, thereby preventing the UE from making an erroneous SMS transmission attempt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tingfang Tang
  • Patent number: 12108274
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for using integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes configured to provide multi-access edge computing (MEC) functionality. An IAB node may include a MEC functionality that includes an instance of an application configured for MEC. A UE using the application connects to the network through an access link with the IAB node and establishes a PDU session for traffic of the application with a core network (CN). The CN may determine that the traffic corresponds to the application, and that an instance of the application is present on the IAB node. Accordingly, the CN may instruct the IAB donor to instantiate a remote packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer and, in some cases, a remote service data application (SDAP) layer that are configured to route the traffic from the UE for the application to the instance of the application on the IAB node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Sarma V. Vangala, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Krisztian Kiss, Mona Agnel, Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, Ralf Rossbach, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu
  • Patent number: 12108280
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal apparatus, wherein based on detection of a request, for a PDCP SDU received from an upper layer, the terminal apparatus performs header compression of the PDCP SDU by using second header compression processing, performing ciphering by using a second ciphering algorithm, a second ciphering key, and a COUNT value, performs integrity protection of the PDCP SDU by using a second integrity protection algorithm, a second integrity protection key, and the COUNT value, and submits a PDCP PDU created, to the second RLC entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takako Hori, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 12108377
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices can are provided, which can include configuring one or more bandwidth parts for a secondary cell (SCell) that is in communication with a user equipment (UE). A base station transmits to a UE a first radio resource control (RRC) message including one or more configuration parameters for a first bandwidth part (BWP) associated with a secondary cell (SCell). The UE communicates a first message with the SCell via the first SCell BWP. The UE receives a second RRC message indicating a change from the first SCell BWP to a second SCell BWP to be used for SCell communications. The UE communicates a second message with the SCell via the second SCell BWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Manasa Raghavan, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Huaning Niu, Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Chunxuan Ye
  • Patent number: 12108321
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node operating as an Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) node includes determining at least two parent nodes within a multi-hop IAB network. The IAB node receives an uplink routing configuration associated with a cell group configuration that identifies a selected one of the parent nodes. Based on the uplink routing configuration associated with the cell group configuration, packets are sent to at least one of the at least two parent nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Oumer Teyeb, Gunnar Mildh, Ajmal Muhammad