Mobile Assisted Or Initiated Patents (Class 455/437)
  • Patent number: 11297562
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method in a terminal configured to receive transmissions from a telecommunications network. The method comprises receiving a transmission on an anchor carrier, the transmission including control information. The method comprises receiving, on the anchor carrier, an allocation of a non-anchor carrier for receiving data, wherein the non-anchor carrier has a frequency. The method comprises performing a cell search operation, comprising scanning a plurality of frequencies for a cell of the telecommunications network, and inhibiting the frequency of the non-anchor carrier in the scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventor: Raghavendra Magadi Rangaiah
  • Patent number: 11290943
    Abstract: The techniques, described herein, may enable a wireless telecommunication network to manage Mobility Management Entity (MME) overload scenarios by causing a Radio Access Network (RAN) node to temporarily bar certain User Equipment (UEs) from connecting to the RAN node. In some embodiments, UEs may be barred from connecting to the RAN node based on which UEs are operating in an enhanced coverage mode, Coverage Enhancement (CE) levels of each UE, and/or a measured Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) of each UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde, Puneet Jain, Bharat Shrestha, Marta Martinez Tarradell
  • Patent number: 11290914
    Abstract: Techniques for dual connectivity control based on downlink data are discussed herein. A Fourth Generation (4G) base station can receive downlink data to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE). The 4G base station can also receive data from the UE indicating that the UE is associated with a low power state. The 4G base station can further determine a capability of the base station (e.g., an available bandwidth) to transmit the downlink data to the UE. If an amount of downlink data is below a threshold, operations can refrain from establishing a dual connectivity connection. If an amount of downlink data is above a threshold, operations can include establishing a dual connectivity connection. In some cases, thresholds and/or the decision to initiate dual connectivity can be determined based on the state data associated with the UE, such as a battery status, a level of user interaction, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Wafik Abdel Shahid, Ming Shan Kwok
  • Patent number: 11272406
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a minimum required received level factor and an offset via system information; obtaining, by the UE, a minimum required received level based on the minimum required received level factor and the offset multiplied by an integer larger than one; determining, by the UE, a cell selection criterion based on the minimum required received level; and performing, by the UE, cell reselection based on the cell selection criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Mei-Ju Shih, Chie-Ming Chou, Hung-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11265781
    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: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Francesca Serravalle
  • Patent number: 11265736
    Abstract: Provided are a method for configuring an ANR, a terminal device, a base station, and a core network device. The method includes: receiving measurement configuration information sent from a base station; measuring one or more attributes of a neighboring cell and a Cell Global Identifier (CGI) of the neighboring cell, according to the measurement configuration information; and sending a measurement report to the base station, wherein the measurement report is used for indicating the one or more attributes of the neighboring cell and the CGI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Ning Yang
  • Patent number: 11259346
    Abstract: Technology for a relay user equipment (UE) operable to act as a relay between a remote UE and an eNodeB is disclosed. The relay UE can receive, from the eNodeB, a relay configuration message that includes one or more relay configuration parameters. The relay UE can identify relay UE information associated with one or more relay parameters of the relay UE. The relay UE can determine to act as the relay for the remote UE based on the one or more relay configuration parameters and the relay UE information. The relay UE can transmit a discovery message to the remote UE in order to establish a direct connection between the relay UE and the remote UE, wherein the relay UE is configured to relay data from the eNodeB to the remote UE via the direct connection between the relay UE and the remote UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sangeetha Bangolae, Youn Hyoung Heo, Richard Burbidge
  • Patent number: 11259226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a handover method and apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting an eICIC function. A communication method of a first base station in a heterogeneous network wireless communication system, which includes the first base station and a second base station and supports a cell range expansion (CRE) function, comprises the steps of: monitoring whether the cell range expansion function is deactivated; when the deactivation of the cell range expansion function is detected, generating a handover request message; and transmitting the handover request message to the second base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 11252638
    Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods are disclosed for assigning a service to a vehicle-based mobile node. For example, a processor deployed in a communication network may receive a request for the service from a mobile endpoint device, determine a route of the mobile endpoint device, determine a route of the vehicle-based mobile node, and assign the service to the vehicle-based mobile node when the route of the mobile endpoint device and the route of the vehicle-based mobile node coincide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Zhu Liu, Lee Begeja, Yadong Mu, David Crawford Gibbon, Bernard S. Renger, Raghuraman Gopalan, Behzad Shahraray
  • Patent number: 11252641
    Abstract: A method of system information transmission for a network in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises broadcasting essential minimum system information (SI) of a cell of the wireless communication system with fixed scheduled on a downlink broadcast channel, wherein the essential minimum SI includes scheduling information for non-essential minimum SI of at least one of the cell and an auxiliary cell or a frequency location, the non-essential minimum SI is broadcasted with dynamically scheduled on a downlink shared channel, and the scheduling information includes a time and frequency resource configuration and an availability information for indicating whether the cell broadcasts the non-essential minimum SI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ching-Wen Cheng, Hung-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11248914
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine map information defining a map, wherein the map comprises a plurality of regions. A quality level is assigned to each region of the plurality of regions based on map information available for that region. The quality level is associated with at least one of: a resolution metric, a volume metric, a recency metric, a verification metric, or an elegance metric associated with the map information available for that region. A first region of the plurality of regions is identified that is at risk of being downgraded to a lower quality level. Instructions are issued to one or more vehicles that cause the one or more vehicles to traverse the first region and capture sensor data within the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventor: Kris Richard Efland
  • Patent number: 11234154
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for configuring a neighboring cell, a network device, a user equipment and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: receiving reporting information, sent by a user equipment (UE), of a target cell corresponding to a measurement frequency point, the reporting information of the target cell at least containing identity information and attribute information of an NSA cell and/or an SA cell, the NSA cell and/or the SA cell both being cells not in a neighbouring cell list of an LTE cell, the LTE cell being a cell managed by a network device; on the basis of the report information, adding the corresponding identity information and attribute information of the NSA cell and/or the SA cell to the neighboring cell list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Ning Yang
  • Patent number: 11229079
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an information configuration method and a terminal. The method includes: a terminal receives first configuration information sent by a target base station, the first configuration information comprising at least one secondary node configuration; if the first configuration information comprises one secondary node configuration, after the terminal receives the first configuration information, the secondary node configuration is in an active state; if the first configuration information comprises multiple secondary node configurations, the terminal selects, on the basis of the cell signal measurement signal in an inactive state, one secondary node configuration from the multiple secondary node configurations, and informs the target base station of the selected secondary node configuration so that the secondary node configuration is in an active state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Shukun Wang
  • Patent number: 11224095
    Abstract: One example radio frequency (RF) site controller is configured to communicate with a first communication device over a control channel to establish a traffic channel over which the first communication device is configured to communicate with a second communication device. The RF site controller may control the control channel to switch between operating in (i) a keyed state (in other words a full-power state) for a first dynamic period of time and (ii) a de-keyed state (in other words, a lower-powered state) for a second dynamic period of time. At least one of the first dynamic period of time and the second dynamic period of time may be based on a characteristic of at least one of a group consisting of a coverage area being serviced by the RF site controller and one or more communication devices being serviced by the RF site controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Anuj Kapoor, Shivakumar Bangalore Ramu, Nadeem Z. Kureishy, David R. Mills
  • Patent number: 11218893
    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: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Santhan Thangarasa, Muhammad Kazmi
  • Patent number: 11219022
    Abstract: A system and method for wireless synchronization on a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device includes a wireless transceiver and processing circuitry. The wireless transceiver wirelessly receives synchronization information including a superframe from a first wireless, reader device, and wirelessly transmits the synchronization information to a second wireless, reader device and a portable wireless device, and to wirelessly detect a presence of a portable wireless device. The processing circuitry communicates synchronization information to the second wireless, reader device and portable wireless device. The superframe is used to synchronize a wireless data exchange between the third wireless, reader device and the portable wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Proxense, LLC
    Inventors: David L. Brown, Fred S. Hirt
  • Patent number: 11212692
    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: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Bao, Xiaodong Yang, Jingzhi Ma
  • Patent number: 11212841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order, which indicates initiation of a random access procedure, from a base station; transmitting a random access preamble to the base station; and receiving a random access response message from the base station, wherein the step of receiving the random access response message comprises receiving downlink data together with the random access response message when the PDCCH order indicates downlink data transmission in Msg2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaehyung Kim, Joonkui Ahn, Seokmin Shin, Seunggye Hwang
  • Patent number: 11212797
    Abstract: A system and method for wireless synchronization on a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device includes a wireless transceiver and processing circuitry. The wireless transceiver wirelessly receives synchronization information including a superframe from a first wireless, reader device, and wirelessly transmits the synchronization information to a second wireless, reader device and a portable wireless device, and to wirelessly detect a presence of a portable wireless device. The processing circuitry communicates synchronization information to the second wireless, reader device and portable wireless device. The superframe is used to synchronize a wireless data exchange between the third wireless, reader device and the portable wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Proxense, LLC
    Inventors: David L. Brown, Fred S. Hirt
  • Patent number: 11212711
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) calculates an estimated uplink interference caused by the UAV at a neighboring cell based on a downlink signal received from the neighboring cell. Based on the estimated uplink interference, the UAV monitors downlink messages transmitted from the neighboring cell. If the uplink interference experienced by the neighboring cell exceeds an interference threshold, the neighboring cell transmits a downlink message, which includes an uplink interference indicator, to the UAV. Upon receipt of the uplink interference indicator, the UAV transmits a measurement report, including the uplink interference indicator, to the serving cell. In some cases, the serving cell transmits a handover command to the UAV based at least partially on the measurement report. The serving cell may also maintain a mobility history for the neighboring cell. The mobility history indicates a history of uplink interference problems and/or UAV handover availability for the neighboring cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Chang, Amit Kalhan, Masato Fujishiro
  • Patent number: 11190993
    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: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    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: 11184785
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive information from a network node. The system information may include inter-frequency configuration and measurement reporting configuration. The UE may perform a measurement of a frequency or multiple frequencies that are associated with the inter-frequency configuration. Subsequent to the measurement, the UE may transmit a report of the measurement of the frequency or multiple frequencies to the network node during a radio resource control (RRC) connection procedure based on the measurement reporting configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Leena Zacharias, Srinivasan Balasubramanian, Masato Kitazoe, Gavin Bernard Horn, Aziz Gholmieh, Kuo-Chun Lee, Suli Zhao, Reza Shahidi, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Yongsheng Shi
  • Patent number: 11166282
    Abstract: Embodiments of an Evolved Node-B (eNB), radio access network (RAN) central unit (RCU) and methods for radio resource control (RRC) are generally described herein. A RAN distributed unit (RDU) at an eNB may communicate with an RCU of a cloud RAN to cooperatively perform RRC functionality for the eNB 104. The RDU 105 may receive a request for an RRC connection from a User Equipment (UE), and may request global load information from the RCU. The RDU may determine whether to establish the requested RRC connection based on the global load information when a response from the RCU is received before a predetermined time. The RDU may determine whether to establish the requested RRC connection based on local load information when the response from the RCU is not received before the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Min Huang, Feng Yang, Xu Zhang, Alexander Sirotkin
  • Patent number: 11166213
    Abstract: A method for managing communication of a terminal in a local area network equipped with a plurality of points of access to the network and a device for managing a communication. The terminal is connected to a first access point and able to communicate with at least one second point of access to the network, distinct from the first. The method includes the following acts on the device for managing a communication: receiving a notification of the first access point containing a quality indication; sending a wakeup message to at least one second access point; obtaining at least one quality indication; and, as a function of the quality indication, selecting a second access point to be associated with the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Xavier Le Guillou, Dimitri Bricheteau
  • Patent number: 11159373
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for channel reconfiguration in a communications network where shared spectrum from a primary incumbent is used. A method is performed by a network node, which comprises obtaining RSSI measurements on the current channel from wireless devices. The wireless devices are served by the network node at a current channel in a current frequency interval within a frequency band. When the RSSI measurements trigger a need for the network node to perform channel reconfiguration, the network node selects a new channel based on RSSI measurements that it itself performs. The method comprises selecting a new channel in a new or the same frequency interval, in a new or the same frequency band, for serving the wireless devices based on RSSI measurements performed by the network node, and channel reconfiguration for the wireless devices is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Junying Liu, Mats Buchmayer, Fredric Kronestedt, Emma Wittenmark
  • Patent number: 11160120
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive, during release from a radio access network (RAN), resource information associated with attaching to the RAN, wherein the resource information is received based on the device being authenticated. The UE may store the resource information in a data structure associated with the UE, and may receive, when the UE includes a payload of data packets to transmit to the RAN, a signal from the RAN. The UE may determine, based on the signal, whether the RAN is a same RAN that provided the resource information, and may determine whether a strength of the signal from the RAN satisfies a threshold when the RAN is the same RAN that provided the resource information. The UE may attach to the RAN when the strength of the signal satisfies the threshold, and may provide the payload to the RAN via a random access channel of the RAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Nader El Chebib, Edwin Ratchaganathan, Michael A. Lombardo
  • Patent number: 11160005
    Abstract: Disclosed in embodiments of the present application are a method and device for determining a service path. The method includes: if a terminal device accesses a network by a first service path, obtaining a network load state of the first service path; and according to the network load state, switching a service path by which the terminal device accesses the network from the first service path to a second service path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11147001
    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, a device of a terminal in a wireless communication system can include at least one transceiver and at least one processor operationally coupled with at least one transceiver. At least one processor can receive configuration information from a first network node for a first radio access technology (RAT), measure a first quality for a first signal of the first RAT and a second quality for a second signal of a second RAT on the basis of the received configuration information, and determine, whether a handover to a second network for the second RAT is performed, on the basis of the measured first quality or the measured second quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jihyeon Choi, Jongho Park, Sangyeon Won, Hanseok Kim, Daewoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11146910
    Abstract: A communication technique of fusing a fifth generation (5G) communication for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof is provided. The technique may be applied to an intelligent service (smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method is provided for effectively managing a registration state for a terminal in a 5G core network such as an access and mobility management function (AMF) in a situation of accessing a 5G network via a non-3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Youngkyo Baek, Hoyeon Lee, Jungje Son
  • Patent number: 11147003
    Abstract: A method for base station handover includes: receiving a Handover Request message sent by a mobility management entity (MME), to which a destination base station is connected, via an S1 interface, wherein the Handover Request message carries UE excessively high-temperature indication information; sending a Handover Request Acknowledge message to the MME via the S1 interface, so that the MME sends a Handover Command message to a source base station of the UE; after receiving a random-access request sent by the UE, setting transmission configuration information for the UE based on the UE excessively high-temperature indication information, wherein a data transmission rate corresponding to the set transmission configuration information is lower than a maximum data transmission rate that the destination base station can provide for the UE; and sending service data to the UE based on the transmission configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11140624
    Abstract: A method for wireless control includes: detection is performed through a Bluetooth (BT) portion of an Access Point (AP) to determine whether a terminal is detected or not; and responsive to that the terminal is detected and that a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) portion of the AP is off, the WLAN portion of the AP is turned on. With this method, the WLAN portion of the AP can be dynamically and automatically turned on, and a user is not required to check and turn on the WLAN portion of the AP personally, so that the utilization efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fangcheng Pang
  • Patent number: 11134429
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling terminal access applied to a base station. The method includes setting an access blocking rule for controlling terminal access, where the base station is capable of providing a high-speed-railway dedicated network service for a terminal, and sending the access blocking rule to the terminal so that the terminal initiates access to the base station when determining, according to the access blocking rule, that a preset terminal access condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11129192
    Abstract: A client device is configured to receive an indication of a first network SINR for a first data transmission from a network node, and to derive the first network SINR based on the indication of a first network SINR. The client device is further configured to estimate a SINR adjustment for a second data transmission from the network node, and to compute a SINR difference value between the first network SINR and the SINR adjustment. Furthermore, the client device is configured to transmit at least one first control message having an indication of the SINR adjustment to the network node if the SINR difference value is larger than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Petteri Kela, Mario Costa, George Koudouridis
  • Patent number: 11129052
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a radio network node (12) for handling communication of data to a wireless device (10) in a wireless communication network (1). The radio network node (12) determines to transmit data associated with a first radio access technology, RAT, using a second RAT when a criterion is fulfilled, and triggers a transmission of the data to the wireless device (10) using the second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Pontus Arvidson, HÃ¥kan Andersson, Per Skillermark
  • Patent number: 11122456
    Abstract: Provided are a method for adjusting mobility-related parameters performed by a user equipment, a user equipment, a method for adjusting mobility-related parameters performed by a base station or a base station. The method for adjusting mobility-related parameters performed by a user equipment includes: determining a speed and a height of the user equipment; and adjusting mobility-related parameters of the user equipment according to the speed and height. The method for adjusting mobility-related parameters performed by a base station includes: receiving location information reported by a user equipment; and adjusting mobility-related parameters of the user equipment according to the location information, wherein the location information is reported by the user equipment in response to occurrence of a predetermined event or at a period related to a speed and/or a height of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Jing Wang, Hanning Wang, Liu Liu, Wuri A. Hapsari
  • Patent number: 11122462
    Abstract: A method for handling checksum error in uplink data compression (UDC) in a wireless communication system includes: detecting, by user equipment (UE), a checksum failure; automatically controlling, by the UE, generation of a number of compressed protocol data units (PDUs) available for transmission at a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) based on a package formation rate (PFT); and transmitting, by the UE, a number of compressed PDUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shalini Govil, Pavan Kumar Devarayanigari, Rohit Kumar
  • Patent number: 11115817
    Abstract: Provided is the use of HSS servers (41, 42) of a local mobile structure (113) and a remote mobile structure (114), as well as the USIM card (211, 221) of a link entity (21, 22), and thus also an MME emulator (51, 52) in order to manage security and in particular the right of the link entity of a given mobile structure to connect with a link entity of another mobile structure, when the link entities establish a backhaul-type data transport link in direct mode between the two mobile structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: AIR LYNX
    Inventors: Laurent Pison, François Dubois
  • Patent number: 11109449
    Abstract: A communication system for supporting communication for a vehicle (103) includes a plurality of fixed network segments. Communication from access points (109) to wireless modems (111) uses mm wave radio communication links. The fixed network and vehicle comprise segment multipath controllers (1007, 1101) coupled to the wireless modems or access points (109) for multipath communication with each other. Different segments have different segment multipath controllers (1007). Root multipath controllers (1103) are included having multipath connections coupled to the plurality of segment multipath controllers (1101) and being arranged to perform multipath communication with a complementary root multipath controller (1009) of the fixed network (107). The hierarchical multipath controller approach may provide efficient adaptation to network configuration changes caused by vehicle movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Blu Wireless Technology Limited
    Inventor: Raymond Mark McConnell
  • Patent number: 11102668
    Abstract: Based on an entering condition for reporting reception quality of a cell via Measurement Report, UE (200) transmits to a radio access network the Measurement Report. The UE (200) judges numberOfTriggeringCell that triggers transmission of the measurement report to the radio access network, and transmits the Measurement Report when the number of neighbor cells that fulfill the entering condition is equal to or more than the numberOfTriggeringCell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi, Kohei Kiyoshima, Wuri Andarmawanti Hapsari, Yuta Sagae, Sadayuki Abeta
  • Patent number: 11102711
    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: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiaxin Yang, Benoit Pelletier, Paul Marinier, J. Patrick Tooher
  • Patent number: 11089529
    Abstract: The disclosed technology proposes a new methodology to include the effect of speed and direction of a UE into the threshold used for determining when to switch between a 4G UL connection and a 5G UL connection. The system can use a lookup table with various speeds mapping to varying thresholds. The system can use an accelerometer sensor or digital compass to determine the direction of the vehicle, such as heading away from or toward the 5G site, so the vehicle can switch sooner from 5G-NR to LTE and from LTE to NR, respectively. For C-V2X applications, latency is an important factor because 5G technology provides shorter latency than 4G; thus keeping the link on 5G is preferred when under good coverage. Further, the idea is not limited to UL, 5G and/or vehicle technologies, but can also be applied to DL direction, Wi-Fi and/or drone technologies as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Gaviphat Lekutai
  • Patent number: 11082967
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to broadcasting and receiving system information in a radio access network (RAN). In some embodiment, a base station is configured to broadcast different sets of first system information blocks (SIBs) for different classes of user equipment devices (e.g., traditional UEs and UEs having a limited link budget). Different classes of UEs may use the different sets of SIBs to initiate communications with the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tarik Tabet, Awais M. Hussain, Samy Khay-Ibbat, Sarma V. Vangala, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto
  • Patent number: 11082944
    Abstract: Certain cellular communication systems may use beamforming to create distinct signal beams in different radial directions relative to a base station. Upon receiving a request for the location of a mobile device, a position calculation function is used to calculate the location of the mobile device based on multiple types of location-related data. The location-related data may indicate the direction of the directional signal beam that is currently being used for communications between the mobile device and a base station. The direction may be used in conjunction with other location-related data, such as distance information, to estimate the location of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: David Jones
  • Patent number: 11071056
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus, methods, and systems for cell selection. One example method includes measuring a received signal communication parameter value of a first cell, determining whether the communication parameter value is greater than a first threshold, if the communication parameter value is less than or equal to the first threshold, obtaining a second threshold, determining whether the communication parameter value is greater than the second threshold, and if the communication parameter value is greater than the second threshold, setting the first cell as a serving cell of a terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenxing Hu, Wei Quan, Yongqiang Gao, Xiaodong Yang, Jian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11064552
    Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to generate a beam failure recovery request to be transmitted to a Fifth Generation (5G) NodeB (gNB) over a physical random access channel (PRACH), to process a response from the gNB, and to generate a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission to be transmitted to the gNB using a default spatial relation comprising a same spatial filter as used for the beam failure recovery request transmission over the PRACH. A beam failure recovery request is to be transmitted to a gNB after a random access response from the gNB, wherein the beam failure recovery request is to be transmitted via Message 1 or Message 3 to the gNB, and a response is to be received from the gNB via Message 2 or Message 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guotong Wang, Yushu Zhang, Alexei Davydov
  • Patent number: 11051353
    Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to generate a beam failure recovery request to be transmitted to a Fifth Generation (5G) NodeB (gNB) over a physical random access channel (PRACH), to process a response from the gNB, and to generate a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission to be transmitted to the gNB using a default spatial relation comprising a same spatial filter as used for the beam failure recovery request transmission over the PRACH. A beam failure recovery request is to be transmitted to a gNB after a random access response from the gNB, wherein the beam failure recovery request is to be transmitted via Message 1 or Message 3 to the gNB, and a response is to be received from the gNB via Message 2 or Message 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guotong Wang, Yushu Zhang, Alexei Davydov
  • Patent number: 11039325
    Abstract: The 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). A method for operating a terminal in wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, system information including at least one parameter associated a paging operation, and monitoring a paging occasion (PO) that is determined based on the at least one parameter, during a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byounghoon Jung, Anil Agiwal
  • Patent number: 11038649
    Abstract: A method for reporting channel information by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method comprises receiving, by the UE, configuration information from a base station (BS), the configuration information indicating K channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) resources configured, by the BS, for measurement by the UE; measuring, by the UE, a layer one (LI) reference signal received power (RSRP) for one or more of the K CSI-RS resources; selecting, by the UE, N of the K CSI-RS resources for reporting in a reporting instance; generating, by the UE, a report for the N CSI-RS resources, the generated report including a CSI-RS resource index (CRI) for each of the N CSI-RS resources, a L1-RSRP value for one of the N CSI-RS resources having a largest L1-RSRP, and a differential L1-RSRP value for each of the other of the N CSI-RS resources; and transmitting, by the UE, the generated report to the BS in the reporting instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Guo, Eko Onggosanusi
  • Patent number: 11032857
    Abstract: A mobile communication device including a Radio Frequency (RF) device and a baseband processor is provided. The RF device performs wireless transmission and reception to and from one or more cells. The baseband processor uses a first subscriber identity to establish a connection with a serving cell via the RF device to perform a first communication procedure, and in response to completing the first communication procedure or the first communication procedure being interrupted by a second communication procedure associated with a second subscriber identity, uses the first subscriber identity to send a measurement report to the serving cell via the RF device. In particular, the measurement report indicates a reported signal quality of the serving cell is poor enough to release the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Tsai, Mohamed Abdelrazek El-Saidny, Yung-Chun Lin, Tzu-Ting Lo, Tsung-Ming Lee, Chun-Pin Chen
  • Patent number: 11032765
    Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) for controlling a signal. The method comprises receiving configuration information for enabling or disabling a signal transmission, receiving a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) conveying a first downlink control information (DCI) format, decoding the first DCI format, determining whether the first DCI format is correctly decoded; and transmitting the signal or suspending a transmission of the signal according to the configuration information when the first DCI format is not correctly decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Aris Papasakellariou