Control Or Access Channel Scanning Patents (Class 455/434)
  • Patent number: 11166152
    Abstract: A multi-SIM UE may perform network SIB acquisition for each network subscription. However, if the multi-SIM UE employs subscriptions for the same network these operations may be performed redundantly. By identifying that the UE is employing multiple subscriptions, the UE and network can perform a single SIB acquisition for multiple subscriptions, which reduces power consumption and optimize network signaling overhead. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Parthasarathy Krishnamoorthy, Tao Luo, Ozcan Ozturk, Chetan Chakravarthy, Krishna Rao Mandadapu, Vijay Marwah, Mueez Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11159256
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for automatic signal detection in a radio-frequency (RF) environment are disclosed. At least one node device is in a fixed nodal network. The at least one node device is operable to measure and learn the RF environment in a predetermined period based on statistical learning techniques, thereby creating learning data. The at least one node device is operable to create a spectrum map based on the learning data. The at least one node device is operable to calculate a power distribution by frequency of the RF environment in real time or near real time, including a first derivative and a second derivative of fast Fourier transform (FFT) data of the RF environment. The at least one node device is operable to identify at least one signal based on the first derivative and the second derivative of FFT data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: DIGITAL GLOBAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: David William Kleinbeck, Ronald C. Dzierwa
  • Patent number: 11153805
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an access control execution method, a device, and a system, belonging to the field of wireless communication. The method includes: upon detection of a random access trigger event, acquiring an access reference value received from a base station; generating a random numerical value within a preset numerical value range, comparing the random numerical value with the access reference value; if the comparison result between the random numerical value and the access reference value satisfies a preset access control condition, executing random access process. The present disclosure can be used for improving the quality of data transmissions in a cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11153817
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method that decodes a broadcast channel to obtain first system information periodically broadcasted from a base station; applies at least one cell selection parameter indicated in the first system information to camp on a cell served by the base station and storing the first system information; accesses the camped cell based on at least one random access parameter indicated in the first system information; and determines whether at least one of a system information block of second system information available in the camped cell is provided based on at least one of the periodic broadcast and an on-demand basis. The on-demand basis to deliver the corresponding system information block of the second system information available in the camped cell is decided based on at least one of an indication and a flag included in the first system information for the system information block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventors: Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale, Anil Agiwal
  • Patent number: 11153179
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described, and relate to a base station to communicating with a user equipment (UE) over a channel. A first device (for example, the base station or the UE) may use a trained neural network to estimate one or more link performance metrics associated with the channel. Predicting the link level performance may include determining one or more neural network weights associated with one or more input parameters associated with the channel to estimate the one or more link performance metrics. The first device may report feedback to the second device based on the estimated link performance metrics. Based on the feedback, the second device may adapt the link by adjusting channel parameters to improve the reliability or efficacy of later transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Weiliang Zeng, Sanaz Barghi, Siddhartha Mallik, Taesang Yoo, Yisheng Xue, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11153807
    Abstract: An access node (111, 112) of a cellular network transmits an identifier (502, 505) enabling selection of access information from an access information table. The access information is applicable by a radio device (10) for accessing the cellular network. Further, the access node transmits (501, 504) timing information indicating a time of a next transmission of the access information table. Depending on the timing information, the radio device (10) may decide whether to switch to another carrier frequency or to wait on a currently used carrier frequency to receive the access information table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Johan Rune, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Gunnar Mildh, Jose Luis Pradas
  • Patent number: 11153793
    Abstract: Wireless communication methods, devices, and systems to reduce latency when network access (e.g., cellular network access) is barred are described. A method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE) from an application, a request for at least one of establishment of a packet data unit (PDU) session or uplink (UL) data transfer via a previously established PDU session. The method additionally includes evaluating that access to a first network (e.g., a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network) is barred. The method also includes determining that the access barring time exceeds a threshold, and checking, in response to the determining, that configured policies permit the PDU session to be on a second network (e.g., a non-3GPP network). The method further includes transferring data of the PDU session in accordance with the configured policies. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Feilu Liu, Suli Zhao, Can Zhao, Mona Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11146958
    Abstract: An electronic device according to one embodiment comprises: a housing; a wireless communication circuit located in the housing, and supporting a wireless protocol so as to wirelessly connect to one of a plurality of APs using the same first credential information at one time point; a processor located in the housing and electrically connected to the communication circuit; and a memory located in the housing and electrically connected to the processor. The electronic device receives, from a first AP, a list of first channels at least partially associated with at least one second AP having a coverage overlapping a coverage of the first AP and a list of second channels associated with at least one third AP that does not have a coverage overlapping the coverage of the first AP through the wireless communication circuit, wherein the first AP, the at least one second AP, and the at least one third AP use the identical first credential information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choun-Jong Nam, Nalli Subramanyami, Jung-Hun Lee, Doo-Suk Kang, Hyun-Kee Min, Tae-Hun Lim, Min-Whoa Hong, Sun-Key Lee, Bo-Kun Choi
  • Patent number: 11140537
    Abstract: A method for a public information system, adapted for broadcasting a message in a first wireless access network. The first wireless access network is arranged to, at least partly, overlap one or more further wireless access networks. The method comprises initiating a modified support announcement by the first wireless access network. The modified support announcement configured to announce support for the further wireless access networks by comprising network identifiers associated with the further wireless access networks, whereby a wireless device associated with a further wireless access network is prompted to connect to the first wireless access network, and initiating broadcasting of the message over the first wireless access network, whereby said wireless device may receive the message over the first wireless access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Joakim Åkesson, Sanne Stijve
  • Patent number: 11140619
    Abstract: A method for configuring a connection between a User Equipment, UE, and a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, compliant mobile communications network at the UE. The method comprises checking a service equivalency indicator, the service equivalency indicator indicating zero or more mobile communications networks the UE is permitted to transmit a new request for a PDN connection corresponding to a previously rejected request for a PDN connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ricky Kumar Kaura, Howard Peter Benn
  • Patent number: 11132097
    Abstract: A device that can autonomously scan a sensor panel is disclosed. Autonomous scanning can be performed by implementing channel scan logic. In one embodiment, channel scan logic carries out many of the functions that a processor would normally undertake, including generating timing sequences and obtaining result data; comparing scan result data against a threshold value (e.g., in an auto-scan mode); generating row count; selecting one or more scanning frequency bands; power management control; and performing an auto-scan routine in a low power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Minh-Dieu Thi Vu, Thomas James Wilson, Christoph H. Krah
  • Patent number: 11134445
    Abstract: A method and system for minimizing the battery power consumption of user equipment (UE) during inter-frequency cell detection in a heterogeneous network is disclosed. A serving cell in the heterogeneous network provides a relaxed cell detection indication to the UE on a specified frequency for cell detection. The UE applies the relaxed cell detection for detecting the cells on the specified frequency. During inter-frequency cell detection on specified frequency, the UE discards some normal measurement gaps. The inter-frequency cell detection is delayed as compared to normal cell detection time requirement using the normal measurement gaps. The UE deactivates the relaxed detection indication, upon detecting the inter-frequency cell and performs the continuous RSRP and RSRQ measurements for detected inter-frequency cell using all the normal measurement gaps to meet normal measurement accuracy and measurement reporting requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satish Nanjunda Swamy Jamadagni, Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale, Gert Jan Van Lieshout
  • Patent number: 11129118
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide for the identification and configuration of a radiohead of a previously unknown type. A set of radio frequency (“RF”) signals, encoded in a time and frequency domain and broadcast by the radiohead, may be identified. A set of synchronization signals may be identified in the RF signals. A set of candidate radioheads, associated with pilot signals that correspond to the identified synchronization signals, may be identified. Decoding techniques, associated with the candidate radioheads, may be used, based on the synchronization signals, to identify a Master Information Block (“MIB”) in the RF signals, based on which the radiohead may be identified and configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dhruv Khettry, Namrata Prakash, Krishna Pichumani Iyer
  • Patent number: 11129171
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing radio device transmitters, beams, and receivers within a power-limited system. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus utilize so-called “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum in conjunction with a distributed controller architecture that dynamically allocates frequency, base station, and transmit/receive beam resources for delivery of services to a number of installed fixed wireless apparatus (FWA) at user or subscriber premises. The FWA include radio path controller logic that obtains signal data via its antennae and radio head, and transmits the data to a network centralized controller that determines the resource allocation and timing (e.g., via a slotted TDD medium) for service delivery to each FWA. As such, the base stations do not determine the allocations as in the prior art, and multiple power-limited base stations can transmit signals to a single FWA to achieve greater coverage area and/or receive aggregated power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Hossam Hmimy
  • Patent number: 11122499
    Abstract: Diameter based interfaces are configured to enable restriction of a coverage enhancement feature or mode. A service capability exposure function (SCEF) communicates through a Diameter based interface (e.g., S6t interface) with an HSS to control whether a user equipment (UE) is restricted from operation in an enhanced coverage mode. The SCEF may process an enhanced coverage request. In response, the SCEF generates a configuration information request (CIR) for a home subscriber server (HSS). The CIR may include an AVP to query enhanced coverage restrictions for the UE. The SCEF may also process a configuration information answer (CIA) from the HSS. The CIA may include an enhanced-coverage-restriction-data AVP indicating current settings of the enhanced coverage restrictions for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Puneet Jain, Vivek Gupta
  • Patent number: 11122476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for machine type communication in a wireless communication system, and according to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving a paging message in a wireless communication system for supporting MTC comprises the steps of: determining whether there is a terminal within a normal coverage (NC) or an extended coverage (EC), transmitting, to a network, state information including EC function support information and/or area display information of the NC or the EC according to the determination result; determining a paging receiving time according to an operation mode related to the state information, and receiving the paging message according to the determined paging receiving time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Bum Kim, Jae-Hyuk Jang, Kyeong-In Jeong, Gert Jan Van Lieshout, Soeng-Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 11121808
    Abstract: Provided herein are method and apparatus for channel coding in the fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) system. An embodiment provides an apparatus for a Next Generation NodeB (gNB), including circuitry, which is configured to: generate Downlink Control Information (DCI) payload for a NR-Physical Downlink Control Channel (NR-PDCCH); attach Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) to the DCI payload; mask the CRC with an Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) using a bitwise modulus 2 addition operation, wherein the number of bits for the RNTI is different from the number of bits for the CRC; and perform polar encoding for the DCI payload with the masked CRC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Debdeep Chatterjee, Hong He, Gang Xiong, Ajit Nimbalker, Dmitry Dikarev, Yongjun Kwak
  • Patent number: 11115854
    Abstract: Monitoring activities of wireless devices connected to a wireless network (e.g., when connected and to what access points, what activities, bandwidth utilized). Processing monitored activities to develop trends for wireless devices (e.g., likely time for connecting to which access points, likely activities performed, likely bandwidth usage, likely movement patterns). Predicting potential issues with the wireless network based on current network activities and predicted activities based on the developed trends. The potential issues may include congestion of an access point. Taking actions, including modifying activities of one or more wireless devices, to avoid the potential issues, reduce impact of the potential issues and/or prevent any performance degradation to high priority wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventor: Sundar Murthy Tumuluru
  • Patent number: 11115803
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods to improve compatibility between a primary wireless device including multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and a cellular capable secondary wireless device are disclosed. The cellular capable secondary wireless device pairs with the primary wireless device, which provides a configurable option to allow mobile terminated connections and/or messages to be received at the cellular capable secondary wireless device for multiple SIMs when the cellular capable secondary wireless device is not within proximity of the primary wireless device and is being worn. The primary wireless device indicates conditional forwarding to a second wireless network associated with a second SIM and adjusts notification alerts to reduce time for forwarding when the cellular capable secondary wireless device is separated from the primary wireless device and in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wanping Zhang, Faraz Faheem, Jianxiong Shi, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Sachin J. Sane, Longda Xing
  • Patent number: 11109212
    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 method for transmitting system information by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising identifying whether an active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) of a user equipment (UE) is configured with common search space, and transmitting, to the UE, an updated system information in a dedicated signaling when the active DL BWP of the UE is not configured with the common search space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anil Agiwal, Peng Xue
  • Patent number: 11108459
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to millimeter wave (mmWave) device discovery for relay communication using pseudo-omnidirectional beams. A first user equipment (UE) may transmit a synchronization signal over each pseudo-omnidirectional beam to enable a second UE to discover a presence of the second UE within a range of the first UE. Upon the occurrence of an external event, a base station may either trigger a beam training procedure with the second UE to establish a relay link between the first and second UEs or broadcast a message to all UEs requesting a relay link be established with the first UE. The first and second UEs may then select a directional beam pair link (BPL) for the relay link and establish the relay link to enable information to be relayed between the base station and the first UE via the relay link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Tianyang Bai, Jung Ho Ryu, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11102710
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system, which includes circuitry configured to communicate with a new radio base station. The circuitry is further configured to transmit an on-demand system information request to the new radio base station, wherein the on-demand system information request is transmitted based on a backup resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Vivek Sharma
  • Patent number: 11102716
    Abstract: A method for configuring a connection between a User Equipment, UE, and a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, compliant mobile communications network at the UE. The method comprises checking a service equivalency indicator, the service equivalency indicator indicating zero or more mobile communications networks the UE is permitted to transmit a new request for a PDN connection corresponding to a previously rejected request for a PDN connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ricky Kumar Kaura, Howard Peter Benn
  • Patent number: 11102627
    Abstract: A service type symbol may be presented on a display of a communication device to indicate a type of service supported or unsupported on the communication device over a network to which the communication device is presently connected. The communication device may determine a value of a parameter, may determine, based at least in part on the value of the parameter, a service type symbol from a set of multiple different service type symbols to present on a display of the communication device, and may present the symbol on the display. Service type symbols might include, among others, a video symbol corresponding to a video streaming service, a voice symbol corresponding to a voice calling service, a basic data symbol corresponding to a basic data service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: John Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi, Hsin-Fu Henry Chiang
  • Patent number: 11096085
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may communicate using a first radio access technology (RAT) having paired spectrum. The UE may receive first data over a frequency for downlink including configuration information for a second RAT. The UE may also receive second data over the second RAT having another frequency based on the received configuration information. A portion of the first data received over the first RAT may be received simultaneously with a portion of the second data over the second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC
    Inventors: Haris Zisimopoulos, Chandrika K. Worrall, Alan Edward Jones
  • Patent number: 11096067
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for coordination of transmission from a first and at least one further base station (M1, P1), wherein said first base station (M1, P1) evaluates the usage by said at least one further base station (M1, P1) of at least one subframe, and said first base station (M1, P1) uses said at least one subframe for transmission dependent on the evaluated usage by said at least one further base station (M1, P1) of said at least one subframe, and a base station therefore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Oliver Stanze, Andreas Weber
  • Patent number: 11076260
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an electronic device may include a wireless communication module performing WLAN communication, a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication module, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The processor may receive geofence-related information from a server in response to execution of an application associated with a geofencing service, identify status information of the electronic device, determine at least one channel based on the received geofence-related information and/or the identified status information of the electronic device, and perform a scan function based on the determined at least one channel. Other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungmin Yoo, Daeho Kang, Yeunwoong Kyung, Seonik Seong, Chaeman Lim, Sungrae Cho
  • Patent number: 11063717
    Abstract: When a user equipment transmits a random access preamble, a base station transmits a random access response to the user equipment in response to the random access preamble. The base station may include CSI measurement configuration information in the random access response and then transmit the random access response. The user equipment may perform a CSI report on the basis of the CSI measurement configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunsun Kim, Kijun Kim, Hanbyul Seo, Yunjung Yi, Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim, Sukhyon Yoon
  • Patent number: 11064423
    Abstract: Example systems, methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for wirelessly modifying detection characteristics of portable devices are disclosed herein. Example portable devices disclosed here include a microphone and radio frequency circuitry to scan for a radio frequency beacon at a first scanning rate. Disclosed example apparatus also include a processor to trigger activation of audio monitoring, in the portable device, of an audio signal obtained via the microphone. In some disclosed examples, the audio monitoring is to be triggered in response to a first connection being made via the radio frequency circuitry with a first transmitter of the radio frequency beacon. In some disclosed examples, the audio monitoring is to collect research data from the audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Anand Jain, John Stavropoulos, Alan Neuhauser, Wendell Lynch, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Jack Crystal, David Gish
  • Patent number: 11057128
    Abstract: A wireless communication device may determine that a channel is to be used to transmit an advertisement. The wireless communication device may determine a channel-specific gain associated with transmitting the advertisement via the channel. The wireless communication device may generate the advertisement to include information identifying a channel identifier of the channel and the channel-specific gain. The wireless communication device may transmit the advertisement for locationing based on a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Edward W. Geiger, Janakiraman Gopalan, Yu Wan, Richard Lawerance Woodburn, Thomas E. Warner
  • Patent number: 11051199
    Abstract: A cell measurement method, applied to a base station, includes: configuring, for an unmanned aerial vehicle, a reporting parameter for a measurement report for cell measurement, the reporting parameter for the measurement report at least including a specified measurement cell number and a specified measurement time value; and sending the reporting parameter for the measurement report to the unmanned aerial vehicle, to enable the unmanned aerial vehicle to send the measurement report to the base station when it is detected according to the reporting parameter for the measurement report that a candidate cell queue meets a reporting rule for the measurement report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11051257
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that allow a transmit receive point (TRP) that is a member of a group of TRPs to convey a characteristic of the group through the transmission of a synchronization sequence. A transmit receive point in a first group of TRPs transmits with a first synchronization sequence. A TRP in a second group of TRPs transmits with a second synchronization sequence, the first and second synchronization sequences being different from each other. The TRPs of the first group share a common first characteristic and the TRPs of the second group share a common second characteristic. The transmission of the first synchronization sequence conveys the first common characteristic, and the transmission of the second synchronization sequence conveys the second common characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kelvin Kar Kin Au, Liqing Zhang, Jianglei Ma
  • Patent number: 11044600
    Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method, a base station, a local breakout controller, a gateway, and a system. The data transmission method includes: receiving, by a base station, LBO service data sent by user equipment, where the LBO service data carries information about an IP address of a first server; receiving, by the base station, a first message sent by an LBO controller, where the first message includes information about a correspondence between the IP address of the first server and an IP address of a gateway, and the gateway is a gateway that forwards the LBO service data to the first server; and sending, by the base station, the LBO service data to the gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ying Jing, Jianzhong Yao
  • Patent number: 11044675
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to adaptive uplink power control in a wireless network are provided. Among the apparatuses is a wireless transmit/receive unit that may include any of a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor coupled to the receiver and the transmitter. The processor may identify, from a plurality of transmissions, a first group of transmissions for transmission during a first transmission opportunity of a first uplink. The processor may determine a first power level for the first group of transmissions based, at least in part, on a characteristic of the first transmission opportunity and a characteristic of a second transmission opportunity of a second uplink, wherein the second transmission opportunity may be usable for transmission of a second group of the plurality of transmissions. The first and second characteristics may define respective time resources, where at least some of the first and second time resources overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ghyslain Pelletier, Paul Marinier
  • Patent number: 11039373
    Abstract: In one example a computer implemented method comprises estimating, in a processor communicatively coupled to a wireless client of a composite device, a first transmission time for an uplink beacon from a first access point communicatively coupled to the wireless client, scheduling, in the processor, a second transmission time for a beacon from a local access point of the composite device, and defining a scan window during which scan operations for the wireless client of the composite device and the local access point of the composite device are to occur, the scan window offset from the second transmission time by a first time buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Guangzhi Ran, Qiang Zhou, Jianpo Han
  • Patent number: 11039444
    Abstract: Methods and devices for application aware scheduling in a wireless communication network include a Radio Resource Control, RRC, Connection Reconfiguration message that includes an announcement message indicating a Network Type and Software Version Number, N-TSVN, for an extended protocol. The RRC Connection Reconfiguration message is transmitted from the network node to a user equipment, UE. The UE may then determine that a UE Software Version Number, UE-SVN, is compatible with the N-TSVN received in the announcement message. The UE may then transmit, and the network may receive, an initial message including the UE-SVN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Gunnar Bergquist
  • Patent number: 11039443
    Abstract: A transmission device that generates control information including 3-bit information and transmits a physical downlink shared channel, a reference signal for demodulation of the physical downlink shared channel, and the control information, wherein, in a case that all codewords which are mapped to the physical downlink shared channel are enabled, among a first value to an eighth value indicated by the 3-bit information, the third value to the eighth value indicate that the number of layers is from 3 to 8 respectively, and the first value and the second value indicate that the number of layers is equal to 2, and the first value indicates that the scrambling identity for the reference signal is equal to 0 and the second value indicates that the scrambling identity is equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Kazuyuki Shimezawa
  • Patent number: 11039365
    Abstract: Whether a detected wireless network is capable of connection using a Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) method is determined, and handover processing for switching a connection destination to the detected wireless network is performed based on the result of determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11039362
    Abstract: Configurations are described for maintaining a continuity and quality of wireless signal connection between a mobile device and systems accessible through the internet. In particular, configurations are disclosed to address the challenge of a mobile device that moves through a physical environment wherein the best wireless connectivity performance is achieved by switching between available connection sources and constantly evaluating a primary connection with other available connections that may be switched in to become a new primary connection. The mobile device may be self-propelled or carried by some other mobilizing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Blue Ocean Robotics ApS
    Inventor: Blaise Laurent Patrick Gassend
  • Patent number: 11025378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting data using a multi-carrier in a mobile communication system. The method of transmitting data in user equipment of a wireless communication system using a carrier aggregation technique according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of setting secondary cells included in an S-TAG (Secondary-Timing Advance Group) configured of only secondary cells (SCells), deactivating a downlink timing reference cell in the S-TAG; determining whether other activated secondary cells exist besides the deactivated downlink timing reference cell in the S-TAG, and when the other activated secondary cells exist in the S-TAG, setting one of the other activated secondary cells as a new downlink timing reference cell. According to the present invention, uplink transmission speed can be increased in the user equipment and user QoS can be improved by transmitting data using one or more uplink carriers in the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soeng Hun Kim, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Sang Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 11026159
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system anchor entity for a mobile telecommunications system is provided. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one entity serving at least one user equipment, wherein the at least one entity and the at least one user equipment are located in a common system information area. The mobile telecommunications system has circuitry, which performs transmitting minimum system information to the at least one user equipment, wherein the minimum system information includes system information area identifier information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Brian Alexander Martin, Vivek Sharma, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11025332
    Abstract: A method for use in a wireless device comprises detecting a first set of beamformed signals from one or more cells. The method further comprises allocating beam-level filters of the wireless device to a subset of beamformed signals of the first set of beamformed signals based on the detected beamformed signals. The method further comprises monitoring the subset of the first set of beamformed signals using the allocated beam-level filters. A wireless device comprises one or more interfaces, memory, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory, whereby the wireless device is configured to perform the method above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Icaro L. J. Da Silva, Muhammad Kazmi, Iana Siomina
  • Patent number: 11019476
    Abstract: There is provided a communication device having a wireless interface (20) including a transceiver (28) and a controller (38) configured to use the transceiver when applying a first protocol, which is a Bluetooth BR/EDR protocol, and also when applying a second protocol, which is suitable for audio streaming, and to use the transceiver for a Bluetooth BR/EDR inquiry scan and/or page scan procedure for data packets sent by an external device (40), wherein the scan procedure comprises a set of N scan segments during which the transceiver is used for inquiry/page scanning, each scan segment having a start time and a frequency, wherein each scan segment is executed during idle times of the second protocol; wherein the duration of each scan segment is at least 1,0055 ms and less than 10.625 ms; wherein the set of scan segments comprises at least two different frequencies and wherein the frequency changes more often than every 1.28 sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Sonova AG
    Inventors: Federico Ferrari, Amre El-Hoiydi
  • Patent number: 11012341
    Abstract: A method for monitoring and controlling session traffic usage, includes: receiving traffic usage increment information of a first session and a second session reported by a first PCF and a second PCF; accumulating a total traffic usage of the first session and the second session according to the received traffic usage increment information; determining whether a current total traffic usage reaches a threshold value of a total issued traffic usage; and sending the total traffic usage information of the first session and the second session to the first PCF and the second PCF in response to that the current total traffic usage reaches the threshold value of the total issued traffic usage, and in response to that the current total traffic usage does not reach the threshold value of the total issued traffic usage, repeating above steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian Peng, Xiaoyun Wang
  • Patent number: 11012992
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving downlink signals between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, and a device supporting same. More specifically, as one applicable embodiment in the present disclosure, the terminal can control/change a monitoring period of a physical downlink control channel on the basis of whether a downlink signal transmission burst is transmitted from a base station, and in response thereto, the base station sets a transmission period of the physical downlink control channel in the downlink signal transmission burst so as to transmit the same to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonwook Kim, Changhwan Park, Joonkui Ahn, Suckchel Yang, Sukhyon Yoon
  • Patent number: 10997600
    Abstract: Techniques for efficiently performing data transactions are disclosed herein. In an example, crowd-sourced data is used to generate a network map that includes network properties mapped to one or more geographical locations. The network map is used to determine if a network that has one or more target properties is within a threshold range of a computing device. The target properties are based on one or more parameters of an upcoming data transaction. If a respective network with one or more target properties is within range of the computing device, the upcoming data transaction can be scheduled for initiation when the computing device is connected to the respective network. If no networks have the one or more target properties, the upcoming transaction can be initiated using a current network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amer Aref Hassan, Michael Daum, Mahendra D. Sekaran
  • Patent number: 10993098
    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications network is described. The method comprised; receiving a system information block containing a list of a plurality of different values of a parameter used in the wireless telecommunication network; determining one or more parameter values in the list which is supported within the terminal device; and receiving a system information block associated with the one or more supported parameter values from one or more other system information blocks associated with non-supported parameter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brian Alexander Martin
  • Patent number: 10992429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting data using a multi-carrier in a mobile communication system. The method of transmitting data in user equipment of a wireless communication system using a carrier aggregation technique according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of setting secondary cells included in an S-TAG (Secondary-Timing Advance Group) configured of only secondary cells (SCells), deactivating a downlink timing reference cell in the S-TAG; determining whether other activated secondary cells exist besides the deactivated downlink timing reference cell in the S-TAG, and when the other activated secondary cells exist in the S-TAG, setting one of the other activated secondary cells as a new downlink timing reference cell. According to the present invention, uplink transmission speed can be increased in the user equipment and user QoS can be improved by transmitting data using one or more uplink carriers in the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soeng Hun Kim, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Sang Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 10993216
    Abstract: User equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry, where to configure the UE for New Radio (NR) communications in an unlicensed spectrum, the processing circuitry is to decode radio resource control (RRC) signaling including configuration information identifying a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) search space set. The configuration information includes a PDCCH monitoring periodicity, a PDCCH monitoring offset, and a PDCCH monitoring duration associated with the PDCCH search space set. The PDCCH search space set is monitored for downlink control information (DCI) using the PDCCH monitoring periodicity, the PDCCH monitoring offset, and the PDCCH monitoring duration. Upon detecting the DCI within the monitored PDCCH search space set, a DCI format within the DCI is decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gang Xiong, Salvatore Talarico, Bishwarup Mondal, Debdeep Chatterjee, Jeongho Jeon
  • Patent number: 10993186
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to energy budgeted cellular service recovery techniques. A wireless device may determine one or more energy budgets for service recovery. It may be determined that cellular service loss is currently occurring. Cellular service recovery may be attempted, where service recovery scan timing for the attempt to recover cellular service is determined based at least in part on the one or more energy budgets for service recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Viswanath Nagarajan, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Srinivasan Nimmala, Swapna V. Iyer, Sindhu Sivasankaran Nair, Sunny Arora, Jianxiong Shi, Sami M. Almalfouh