Mobile Assisted Or Initiated Patents (Class 455/437)
  • Patent number: 11968726
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for random access on an unlicensed spectrum, and a storage medium involve: a terminal acquiring a beacon frame sent by a WLAN AP working on n available spectrums for random access, n being a positive integer; the terminal selecting, according to channel indication information included in the beacon frame, a first available spectrum for random access from among the n available spectrums for random access; and the terminal initiating random access on the first available spectrum for random access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11968593
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing wireless communication between an RF communication device and remotely located RF base station devices or RF repeater devices to establish a wireless connection with a wireless carrier authorized to communicate with one or more wireless user devices (UEs) in communication with the RF communication device. The RF communication devices may employ separate wireless communication channels to communicate with one or more remote RF base station devices, remote RF repeater devices, remote network management applications, and local UEs. An RF communication device may employ a map to select a currently available RF base station device or an RF repeater device to establish a wireless connection between an authorized wireless carrier and the one or more local UEs in communication with the RF communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Pivotal Commware, Inc.
    Inventor: Adam Deloss Rea
  • Patent number: 11963010
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus of a terminal in a wireless communication system may include a transceiver and at least one processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to transmit a registration request message or a service request message including primary information and secondary information to an access and mobility management function (AMF), the primary information may be plain information, and the secondary information may be encrypted information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungjoo Suh, Youngkyo Baek
  • Patent number: 11956713
    Abstract: In a network comprising both fixed transmission points and mobile transmission points, the transmission points may transmit discovery reference signals that allow WTRUs to detect and/or synchronize to the transmission points. The fixed and mobile transmission points may transmit discovery reference signals with different characteristics that allow the WTRUs to distinguish between fixed and mobile transmission points. The mobile transmission points may also transmit a separate maintenance reference signal that allows WTRUs to maintain a connection with the mobile transmission point. For networks in which fixed a mobile transmission points operate in different frequency bands, the mobile transmission points may also periodically transmit discovery beacon signals in the frequency band of the fixed transmission points to allow discovery. Conditions may be imposed on WTRUs before the WTRU will transmit to the network a measurement report reporting on a potential transmission point to which it may be switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jiaxin Yang, Benoit Pelletier, Paul Marinier, J. Patrick Tooher
  • Patent number: 11950153
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network determines a snapshot value of a serving link signal received quality while the UE is permitted to refrain from performing neighbor link measurements. Responsive to detecting, while the UE is permitted to refrain from performing neighbor link measurements, that signal received quality of a serving link has dropped by at least a threshold amount below the snapshot value, the UE performs a neighbor link measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Ali Nader, Martin Van Der Zee
  • Patent number: 11937109
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method for use in a wireless device comprise determining a coverage level with respect to a serving cell, selecting one of a plurality of configurations for sharing gaps between intra- and inter-frequency measurements, and performing one or more measurements according to the selected configuration for sharing gaps. The configuration for sharing gaps is selected based at least in part on the determined coverage level. For example, certain embodiments use the determined coverage level to select one of a plurality of tables, wherein each table comprises one or more schemes that indicate how to share gaps between intra- and inter-frequency measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Santhan Thangarasa, Muhammad Kazmi
  • Patent number: 11930449
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a user equipment (UE) may enter into an E-UTRAN Routing Area Paging Channel state, and is configured with an E-UTRAN Routing Area and an Anchor identifier to identify an anchor evolved Node B (eNB) for the UE. The UE selects to a new cell without performing a handover procedure, and performs a cell update procedure. The UE also may enter into a Cell Update Connected state, and is configured with an Anchor identifier. The UE selects to a new cell, performs a cell update procedure, performs a buffer request procedure, and performs a cell update procedure to download buffered data and to perform data transmission with the new cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre S. Stojanovski, Ana Lucia A. Pinheiro, Richard C. Burbidge, Candy Yiu, Youn Hyoung Heo, Sangeetha L. Bangolae
  • Patent number: 11929955
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting control information and data in a DFT based communication system. The method includes placing a reference signal onto a first symbol among a plurality of symbols in one slot; placing a HARQ-ACK onto a second symbol first placed after the first symbol in the one slot; placing the data onto other symbols except for the first symbol; and transmitting a signal including the reference signal, the HARQ-ACK and the data. A part of CQI information is further placed onto at least one symbol, except for the first symbol, in case that the CQI information is present for transmission in the one slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Aris Papasakellariou, Joon-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 11930419
    Abstract: Techniques for autonomous handover signaling on a shared communication medium are disclosed. An access terminal may receive, from an access point, one or more configuration messages configuring the access terminal for autonomous handover and including a parameter defining one or more autonomous handover triggering events. The access point may perform one or more mobility measurements on a communication medium and monitor for the one or more autonomous handover triggering events based on the one or more mobility measurements. The access terminal may perform an autonomous handover from a source access point to a target access point based on the monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chirag Sureshbhai Patel, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11924750
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for prioritizing spectrum and controlling data traffic steering within a wireless network. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods provide enhanced wireless services which allow network operators to prioritize utilization of spectrum for their subscribers. In one variant, an enhanced 3GPP UE Route Selection Policy (URSP) framework is provided for a UE connected to 5G wireless network, which allows the UE to use one or more prioritized 3GPP spectrum Band Class(es) based on one or more selection criterion or preconditions. In another variant, UE location information is used to dynamically update a data traffic steering mode or other functionality of an enhanced ATSSS (Access Traffic Steering, Switching, and Splitting) rule framework is described for dynamic control of steering or routing functionality, including between 3GPP- and non-3GPP network accesses for the data traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventors: Curt Wong, Maulik Vaidya, Yildirim Sahin
  • Patent number: 11924915
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques, devices, and systems for a mobile device to keep track of public land mobile networks (PLMNs) codes from a list(s) of equivalent PLMNs that the mobile device received at a time of performing a past registration procedure(s). For example, memory of the mobile device may store a PLMN code(s) from a list of equivalent PLMNs that the mobile device received from a mobility management entity (MME) or an access and mobility function (AMF) node. During a subsequent registration, the mobile device may send a message to another MME or another AMF node, and may receive a message, such as an ATTACH ACCEPT message or a REGISTRATION ACCEPT message, from the other MME or the other AMF node. In response to receiving the message, the mobile device can maintain the stored PLMN code(s) in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Lin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11924629
    Abstract: An anchor key generation method, device, and system, where the method includes generating, by a unified data management network element (UDM), an intermediate key based on a cipher key (CK), an integrity key (IK), and indication information regarding an operator; sending, by the UDM, the intermediate key to an authentication server function (AUSF); receiving, by the AUSF, the intermediate key; generating, by the AUSF, an anchor key based on the intermediate key; sending, by the AUSF, the anchor key to a security anchor function (SEAF); and generating, by the SEAF, a key (Kamf) based on the anchor key, where the Kamf is used to derive a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rong Wu, Bo Zhang, Lu Gan
  • Patent number: 11895507
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that enable a telecommunications network to share available bandwidth within a cell of base station node between different air-interface technologies, such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and 5G-New Radio (5G-NR). This disclosure further enables spectrum allocation to service segments of a base station node. A spectrum allocation controller is described that is configured to identify, within a service area of a base station node, available spectrum, and in doing so, allocate available spectrum to non-overlapping service segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: David Jones
  • Patent number: 11888812
    Abstract: Disclosed are a host discovery and addition method and apparatus in a data center, and a device and a medium. The method includes: scanning to discover computing nodes to be added; sending, through IPv6 multicast, a discovery message to the scanned computing nodes, and receiving discovery response messages that are sent by said computing nodes through IPv6 unicast after the discovery message passes verification; when the discovery response messages pass verification and no IP address is configured for said computing nodes, sorting BMC IPs in the discovery response messages, and allocating IP addresses according to the order of the BMC IPs, such that the IP addresses that correspond to adjacent BMC IPs are consecutive; and after the IP addresses are configured, sending an addition message to said computing nodes, receiving addition response messages, and adding said computing nodes to a data center that is managed by a management node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11888664
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising for performing the following. The apparatus receives a stream of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols and associated cyclic prefixes produced by at least one orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing modulator of a radio transmitter or transceiver. The apparatus divides said stream into a plurality of overlapping processing blocks of a first length. At least one of the plurality of overlapping processing blocks comprises a non-overlapping section having values corresponding to a segment of said stream. The dividing comprises adjusting a length of the non-overlapping section at least based on whether a cyclic prefix is comprised in said segment and, if this is true, on a length of said cyclic prefix. The apparatus filters the plurality of overlapping processing blocks using fast convolution processing and concatenates filtered processing blocks to form an output signal for transmission using the radio transmitter or transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Toni Levanen, Juha Yli-Kaakinen
  • Patent number: 11882489
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for providing a differentiated neighbor list that can be individually generated for a specific service (e.g., per service) based on network service information, which can include, but is not limited to, a user equipment (UE) group identifier (ID), network slicing and/or quality of service (QoS) flow, and the like. Neighbors within the differentiated list can be characterized based on, but not limited to, service types, distance to devices, transport costs, service locations, and the like, or some combination thereof. The disclosed framework can generate and dynamically update a differentiated neighbor list for specific types of services so that optimal neighbor selection is performed for the type of service a UE is operating within to ensure that a network connection is maintained at a threshold satisfying QoS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Frank Jager, Parvez Ahmad, Krishna K Bellamkonda
  • Patent number: 11849322
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for supporting delegated data connections. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that receives an access request indicating that a remote unit requires to access a first access network. The processor determines to establish a delegated data connection in a mobile communication network for the remote unit, the delegated data connection connecting the apparatus with an external data network. The processor enables the authentication of the remote unit by converting a first authentication signaling used by the mobile communication network to a second authentication signaling used by the first access network. The processor controls the transceiver to forward data traffic between the remote unit and the external data network over the delegated data connection, wherein the delegated data connection is reserved for use by the remote unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Apostolis Salkintzis, Dimitrios Karampatsis, Genadi Velev
  • Patent number: 11837235
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining an indicator that a first device is in a location of a second device and in response to obtaining the indicator, sending a redirect request to a communication service provider of the first device to direct, to the second device, incoming communication requests handled by the communication service provider that are directed to the first device. The method may further include after sending the redirect request and after a communication request to a communication session is directed to the first device, obtaining, at the second device, a communication indication to participate in the communication session. The method may further include directing audio of the communication session to a transcription system and obtaining, at the second device, the transcription of the audio from the transcription system. The method may also include presenting, by the second device, the audio and the transcription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Dunn, Travis Smith, David Thomson
  • Patent number: 11832171
    Abstract: A method for toggling of a management entity in a telecommunications network is described, in which the network operator has defined at least one given set of at least three management entities. In one aspect, the method includes, for a first management entity of the set, as long as said first management entity is in service, during the registration of at least one client device on the network, the first management entity taking charge of this client device. The client device records the identity of the first management entity, as well as the identity of a second management entity of said set, which is provided to it by the first management entity. The first management entity shares or synchronizes with said second management entity the context data relating to this client device. If the first management entity goes off-service, each second management entity is informed thereof and takes charge of the client devices for which it has shared or synchronized the context data with the first management entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Laurent Dubesset, Antoine Mouquet, Xiaofeng Huang
  • Patent number: 11818684
    Abstract: A method of predicting a location of a user equipment, UE, in a mobile communication network includes generating a list of potential target base stations by generating a transition count for each potential target base station including a count of transitions from the base station to the potential target base station within a predetermined time period, generating a plurality of relative transition frequencies based on the transition counts, and generating a transition probability for each respective potential target base station based on the relative transition frequency of the potential target base station from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: â„«ke Johansson, Gang Sun, Jesper Derehag, Magnus Norlander, Mona Matti, Jaesong Jeong
  • Patent number: 11818794
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reporting logging information in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the wireless device may report information informing that an out-of-coverage is detected upon a subscriber identity module (SIM) switching, to a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hongsuk Kim, Sunghoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11812292
    Abstract: There are provided an information collecting device configured to collect a frame A transmitted and received between a wireless LAN base station that is an evaluation target and a wireless LAN terminal subordinate to the wireless LAN base station that is the evaluation target and a frame B transmitted and received between a wireless LAN base station that is a non-evaluation target and a wireless LAN terminal subordinate to the wireless LAN base station that is the non-evaluation target, and extract radio information on communication quality of each of the wireless LAN base stations from a header of a corresponding one of the frames A and B, and a wireless LAN communication quality estimation device configured to acquire, from the wireless LAN base station that is the evaluation target, information on the number of currently connected wireless LAN terminals, acquire, from the information collecting device, the radio information on the communication quality of each of the wireless LAN base stations, and analyze
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Nabeshima, Shinya Otsuki, Tomoaki Ogawa, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Makoto Umeuchi, Junichi Iwatani, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11812284
    Abstract: First node(s) obtains first information relating to current locations of the wireless communication devices that are currently served by a first set of radio network nodes of the wireless communication network, located at first locations, respectively. The first node(s) determines, based on the obtained first information, different, second locations of a second set of radio network nodes for continued serving of the wireless communication devices instead of by the first set at the first locations. The first node(s) initiates activation of the second set of radio network nodes at the second locations, to thereby provide radio coverage for the continued serving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Hugo Tullberg, Johan Ottersten
  • Patent number: 11805450
    Abstract: A communication system is provided, including: an acquiring unit for acquiring quality information on a wireless communication quality between a wireless base station and a movable mobile relaying apparatus that relays communications between the wireless base station and wireless communication terminals; and a transmitting unit for transmitting the quality information to the wireless communication terminals. In addition, an information processing method performed by a computer is provided, the method including: acquiring quality information on a wireless communication quality between a wireless base station and a movable mobile relaying apparatus that relays communications between the wireless base station and wireless communication terminals; and transmitting the quality information to the wireless communication terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Otaka
  • Patent number: 11805459
    Abstract: Some aspects described herein relate to determining to fallback from a first radio access technology (RAT) to a second RAT to perform an emergency call, and deprioritizing, based on the determining to fallback, access to the first RAT to continue to use the second RAT for at least a period of time after the emergency call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kuo-Chun Lee, Cherng-Shung Hsu, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Reza Shahidi, Bhupesh Manoharlal Umatt, Subashini Krishnamurthy, Qin Xue Frantti, Daniel Amerga, Osama Lotfallah
  • Patent number: 11800513
    Abstract: A method of information transmission in an unlicensed band, a terminal, and a network device are provided. The method includes: listening to a channel of a first bandwidth part in an unlicensed band, to acquire a channel listening result; wherein the first BWP is one or more BWPs corresponding to received uplink grant scheduling information and/or received pre-configured information for uplink transmission resource; activating if the channel listening result indicates that a BWP with an idle channel exists in the first BWP, at least one BWP selected from the BWP with the idle channel, to acquire a first active BWP; sending information to a network device on the first active BWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Jiang, Xueming Pan
  • Patent number: 11785529
    Abstract: An architecture to dynamically create technology based geofences around defined or definable areas for UE, in particular aerial UE, while ensuring the safe operation of UE. A method can comprise identifying aerial user equipment entering a defined geographic area that is controlled by network equipment, monitoring the aerial user equipment and tracking a trajectory associated with the aerial user equipment in relation to a restricted area included in the defined geographic area, determining that the aerial user equipment is proximate to the restricted area, transmitting to the aerial user equipment, a first customized system information block message comprising data representing a warning message, determining that the aerial user equipment, based on the warning message, has not adapted the trajectory to avoid the restricted area, and transmitting to the aerial user equipment a second customized system information block message comprising data representative of a cell individual offset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Vivanco, David Ross Beppler, Slawomir Stawiarski
  • Patent number: 11758450
    Abstract: A method performed by a UE for wireless communications is provided. The method includes receiving first other system information from a base station, other system information including system information other than minimum system information broadcast by the base station; determining whether an SUL-related factor is present in the first other system information; transmitting an RRC system information request message to the base station in response to determining that the SUL-related factor is absent in the first other system information; and determining a minimum required received level based on the SUL-related factor in a case that the UE receives the SUL-related factor in second other system information from the base station; and determining a cell selection criterion based on the minimum required received level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Mei-Ju Shih, Chie-Ming Chou, Hung-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11758452
    Abstract: A user communications device having active and idle states operates in a cellular communications network in which user communications devices communicate via network communications devices of cells of the network. History data identifying the cells in which the user communications device has been present whilst in the idle state is maintained. This history data is used by the user communications device or by a network communications device to enable adjustment of cell selection/reselection parameters for the user communications device in the active state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Francesca Serravalle
  • Patent number: 11751275
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an antenna switch selection associated with a dual connectivity antenna configuration, wherein the antenna switch selection is associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) and the dual connectivity antenna configuration permits communication via the first RAT and a second RAT; determine, based at least in part on the antenna switching selection, a quantity of communication chains, associated with the first RAT, that are affected by an antenna switching process of the second RAT; and selectively permit, based at least in part on the quantity of communication chains, a reconfiguration of the dual connectivity antenna configuration according to the antenna switch selection. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thawatt Gopal, Brian Clarke Banister, Timothy Paul Pals, Reza Shahidi, Supratik Bhattacharjee
  • Patent number: 11743788
    Abstract: A method for supporting fast recovery of a User Equipment (UE) includes performing, by a serving base station, UE context synchronization for one or more other base stations in a related small cell cluster when a UE accesses the serving base station, performing, by a base station that the UE performs a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment, the RRC connection re-establishment for the UE according to UE context saved in a synchronization process. The present also discloses another method and system for supporting UE fast recovery. By applying the technical solution disclosed by the present disclosure, when the UE moves in a small cell scenario, the UE can be recovered quickly in the case of a failure, so as to avoid the UE returns to an idle mode, avoid data loss, guarantee business continuity, and improve UE experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Hong Wang, Huarui Liang
  • Patent number: 11729689
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a plurality of user devices, a plurality of requests to transmit over a wireless fidelity (WiFi) network and in response to determining that the WiFi network cannot support the plurality of requests, determining that a first request of the plurality of requests should be supported by a cellular network. The method also includes instructing a first user device of the plurality of user devices that communicated the first request to perform transmissions corresponding to the first request over the cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Indermeet S. Gandhi, Jerome Henry, Robert E. Barton
  • Patent number: 11716705
    Abstract: A user equipment and apparatus receive from a base station, configuration information configuring the user equipment to provide assistance information indicating a preference of the user equipment to leave RRC connected state, and transmit to the base station, assistance information indicating that a preferred RRC state of the user equipment is an RRC state in which an RRC connection is suspended. A base station transmits to a user equipment, configuration information configuring the user equipment to provide assistance information indicating a preference of the user equipment to leave RRC connected state, and receives from the user equipment, assistance information indicating that a preferred RRC state of the user equipment is an RRC state in which an RRC connection is suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Kugo Morita, Henry Chang
  • Patent number: 11706679
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for high data mode operation in cellular networks. A UE may determine, for an interface to a high-speed cellular network, a categorization from a plurality of categorizations, determine availability of the high-speed cellular network, and select, based at least in part on the categorization and availability of the high-speed cellular network, the interface for a data connection to the high-speed cellular network. The categorization may be one of expensive or not expensive and/or one of a first level associated with a higher compression codec rate or a second level associated with a lower compression codec rate. The UE may receive, from one of the a low-speed cellular network or the high-speed cellular network, carrier plan information for a cellular data service carrier and analyze the carrier plan information to determine desirability of a switch, e.g., from the low-speed cellular network to the high-speed cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuveer Mallikarjunan, Patrick L Coffman, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Ajay Singh, Faraz Faheem, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Lakshmi N Kavuri, Samuel J Miller, Najeeb M Abdulrahiman, Rajesh Ambati, Arun G Mathias, Vivek Ramanna, Divyaprakash P Bhojkumar, Vikram B Yerrabommanahalli, Rafael L Rivera-Barreto, Sergey Sitnikov, Oleg M Moskalenko, Bao Q Ho, Rohan C Malthankar, Samy Touati
  • Patent number: 11706646
    Abstract: A method for performing frequency measurement by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station, system information comprising first configuration information associated with frequency measurement and second configuration information associated with relaxed frequency measurement; determining whether to perform measurement on at least one frequency based on the first configuration information; determining whether to perform relaxed measurement for the at least one frequency based on the second configuration information according to a result of the determining whether to perform the measurement; and performing the relaxed measurement for the at least one frequency based on a result of the determining whether to perform the relaxed measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangbum Kim, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11700659
    Abstract: The 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 disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of performing user equipment capability procedure for supporting vehicle communication in a next generation mobile communication system is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangbum Kim, Sangyeob Jung, Soenghun Kim, Hyunjeong Kang, Seungri Jin, Himke Van Der Velde
  • Patent number: 11700598
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for design of channel raster for narrowband operation. One example method, performed by a base station, generally includes determining, based on one or more conditions, an exact frequency location of one channel of one or more channels to perform narrowband communications with a user equipment. The method also includes transmitting an indication of the one or more conditions to the user equipment. The method further includes communicating with the UE, based at least in part on the exact frequency location of the one channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alberto Rico Alvarino, Peter Gaal, Xiao Feng Wang, Wanshi Chen, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Hao Xu, Renqiu Wang, Jing Lei
  • Patent number: 11689976
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for improving voice over new radio (VoNR)-to-voice over long term evolution (VoLTE). An example method generally includes communicating with and camping on a next generation node B (gNB) in a 5G new radio (NR) system; initiating a voice call with the gNB; receiving a 5G NR-to-long term evolution (LTE) handover command in response to initiating the voice call; performing a handover procedure in response to the handover command; detecting a failure in the handover procedure; and taking one or more actions in response to detecting the failure in the handover procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yongsheng Shi, Xipeng Zhu, Haris Zisimopoulos, Kirankumar Bhoja Anchan, Lenaig Genevieve Chaponniere, Shanshan Wang, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Mona Agrawal, Aziz Gholmieh, Tom Chin
  • Patent number: 11678319
    Abstract: A radio access network (RAN) configured to provide allocations of transmission slots to user equipment (UEs) is described herein. The RAN may receive indicia about RAN conditions or about UEs in a vicinity of the RAN. Responsive to receiving the indicia, the RAN may determine, based at least in part on the indicia, a first allocation of uplink and downlink transmission slots to a first UE and a second allocation of uplink and downlink transmission slots to a second UE. The first allocation may differ from the second allocation. The RAN may then provide the first allocation to the first UE and the second allocation to the second UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Wafik Abdel Shahid, Ming Shan Kwok
  • Patent number: 11665601
    Abstract: Method for handover report and a terminal device are provided. In the method for handover report, the terminal device sends first indication information when connection establishment between the terminal device and the first target network device is successful, the first indication information is for indicating to a source network device that connection establishment between the terminal device and the first target network device is successful; and/or the terminal device sends a second indication information when connection establishment between the terminal device and the first target network device fails, where the second indication information is for indicating to the source network device that connection establishment between the terminal device and the first target network device fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin You, Qianxi Lu
  • Patent number: 11659395
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a preliminary transmission received from a first wireless access terminal of a wireless network, at a mobile terminal, wherein the obtaining of the preliminary transmission occurs before a successful completion of an attachment process between the mobile terminal and the first wireless access terminal, and wherein access to a network resource by the mobile terminal via the wireless network requires a successful completion of the attachment process. A physical relationship is determined between the mobile terminal and the first wireless access terminal according to the preliminary transmission, resulting in a determined physical relationship. The determined physical relationship is compared to a predetermined threshold value to obtain a comparison result and successful completion of the attachment process is prevented based on the comparison result indicating a suspect condition. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Vivanco, Tyann Lavender, Thomas W. Henderson
  • Patent number: 11638185
    Abstract: A cell handover method and a device are provided, so that a target eNB uses a current serving small node as a user plane serving node after a UE is handed over. The UE and uses the target eNB as a control plane serving node after the handover. The method includes receiving a handover request acknowledgment sent by the target eNB; and sending offloading configuration information of the current serving small node to the current serving small node, and sending RRC reconfiguration information of the UE to the UE, so that offloading configuration is performed separately by the current serving small node and the UE. According to the application, a problem that in a cell handover process, a transmission resource required for transmission increases and a delay is relatively great is avoided, because the current serving small node forwards a large amount of data to the target eNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingchao Li, Xin Xiong, Zhenzhen Cao
  • Patent number: 11637661
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may determine that a transmission resource includes a first orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol that is configured as a downlink symbol or as flexible, where the transmission resource is allocated for uplink (UL) transmissions during a time duration, and includes K transmission occasions (TOs). The UE may transmit a first UL transmission in the transmission resource omitting the first OFDM symbol. The first UL transmission includes K repetitions to be transmitted in the respective K TOs, and the K repetitions includes an initial transmission and at least one retransmission of the initial transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Cao, Liqing Zhang, Hua Xu, Jianglei Ma, Toufiqul Islam, Amine Maaref
  • Patent number: 11622307
    Abstract: The invention refers to a wireless communication system including a plurality of base-stations covering different communication areas and a coordinator unit. The coordinator unit compiles an expectation list with at least one base-station serving as a coordinated base-station for a possible handover concerning a user equipment based on information about the user equipment. The coordinator unite provides the at least one base-station of the expectation list with handover information concerning the possible handover. The at least one base-station of the expectation list goes into an attention mode after receiving the handover information from the coordinator unit. The invention also refers to a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Khaled Shawky Hassan Hussein, Thomas Heyn
  • Patent number: 11622287
    Abstract: A method to generate upgrade recommendations for wireless wide area networks may include receiving parameters associated with an existing network configuration, customer usage, and a network demand, and identifying recommendations for locations of potential new cell sites corresponding with sectors within a geographical region associated with the network, where the identifying is based on the existing network configuration and customer usage. The method may include predicting a performance impact on the network based on the recommendations for potential new cell site locations, and selecting network upgrades based on the recommendations for potential new cell site locations, the network demand, and the predicted performance impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: John N. Wakim, Findlay Faubion, Paul Kerl, Michael Antony Raj
  • Patent number: 11622305
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes transmitting an RRC system information request message to a cell; receiving a minimum required received level factor and an offset via system information, the offset being included in at least one of a SIB3 and a SIB4; obtaining a minimum required received level based on the minimum required received level factor and on the offset multiplied by an integer larger than one; determining a cell selection criterion based on the minimum required received level; and performing inter-frequency cell reselection according to the cell selection criterion when the offset is received in first neighboring cell related information for the inter-frequency cell reselection in the SIB4. A user equipment using such method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Mei-Ju Shih, Chie-Ming Chou, Hung-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11621895
    Abstract: Computing systems with off-load processing for networking related tasks are disclosed. A first mobile electronic device includes first wireless communication circuitry to support cellular communication; and second wireless communication circuitry to support wireless communication. The first electronic device includes processor circuitry to: identify a first one of a first cellular network or a second cellular network based on availability of the first and second cellular networks; initiate establishment of a first communication link between a second mobile electronic device and the first one of the first cellular network or the second cellular network via the first wireless communication circuitry and the second wireless communication circuitry; and initiate establishment of a second communication link between the second mobile electronic device and a second one of the first cellular network or the second cellular network based on a change in the availability of the first and second cellular networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristoffer D. Fleming, Robert J. Hunter
  • Patent number: 11601860
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for assessing a radio link quality using resources corresponding to bandwidth parts. One method includes receiving first information including a plurality of reference signal resource sets for a plurality of bandwidth parts. Each reference signal resource set of the plurality of reference signal resource sets corresponds to a bandwidth part of the plurality of bandwidth parts. The method includes receiving a plurality of spatial quasi-co-location information corresponding to a plurality of reference signal resources of the plurality of reference signal resource sets. The method includes assessing a radio link quality based on the plurality of spatial quasi-co-location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyejung Jung, Prateek Basu Mallick, Joachim Loehr, Vijay Nangia, Ravi Kuchibhotla
  • Patent number: 11601838
    Abstract: A non-connection state measurement method, UE, and a base station are provided. The measurement method according to this disclosure includes: acquiring measurement configuration information, where the measurement configuration information includes one or more frequencies; starting, by the UE in a non-connection state, to perform measurements in the one or more frequencies according to the measurement configuration information; and reporting, by the UE after the UE enters a connected state from the non-connection state, a measurement result obtained from the measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Bao, Xiaodong Yang, Jingzhi Ma
  • Patent number: 11601864
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for wireless communication. The apparatus includes processing circuitry: configured to receive a relay establishment request from a source communication device; configured to acquire historical energy information and current energy information about a candidate communication device as a relay candidate, and to determine one or more relay communication devices to be used as a relay based on the acquired information; and configured to send information about the relay establishment to the one or more relay communication devices, the source communication device, and a destination communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guilu Wu, Pingping Xu