Including Cell Planning Or Layout Patents (Class 455/446)
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Patent number: 11570628Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to perform a method for adjusting a reception beam. The UE performs receiving first communication signals from a base station using the reception beam having the first reception beam direction, wherein the first communication signals comprise beam direction change information; adjusting the reception beam from the first reception beam direction to a second reception beam direction in accordance with the beam direction change information; and receiving second communication signals from the base station based on the reception beam having the second reception beam direction. Through the method, the UE may actively adjust the reception beam direction based on relative movement between base station beam and itself.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ping Shi, Xiaoyin He
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Patent number: 11567158Abstract: Disclosed is a beacon-based positioning system. A beacon position in which a beacon is installable is defined in a target space, and a path loss model of radio frequency (RF) signals between all beacon positions and all observation positions of a scanner is determined. Among all possible installation plans for the beacon positions, an installation plan in which different beacon signals, whose RSSIs calculated using the path loss model have significant values, are received in a number greater than or equal to a minimum reference number and a total number of the beacons installed is minimum is determined as an optimal installation plan. The optimization problem of determining the optimal installation plan may be expressed by binary linear programming.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SOLiD, Inc.Inventors: Young Man Cho, Yvonne Hee Jun Cho
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Patent number: 11558754Abstract: Techniques for planning locations of receiver systems for an environmental sensing capabilities (ESC) system are provided. An ESC system is used to detect activity of primary users in shared spectra. The techniques can be used to reduce dead zone area(s), created by the receiver systems, for radios of secondary systems using the shared frequency spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Ariful Hannan, Olivani Subbukutty, Navin Srinivasan, Mayowa Aregbesola, Suryanarayana A. Kalenahalli, Raina Rahman
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Patent number: 11546068Abstract: The computer-implemented method includes simulating, by a processor, using an electromagnetic solver including ray launching or ray tracing, multiple rays that reach a vicinity of a receiver of a wireless channel, determining locations of interactions of the rays with an environment of the wireless channel, post-processing, using one or more of the multiple rays, information about received signal at the receiver to obtain temporal variations therein, and determining a characteristic of the wireless channel using results of the post-processing.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Cohere Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Molisch, Robert Fanfelle
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Patent number: 11546779Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to accelerate the estimation of a radio model of an access point within a radio environment, such as an access point that has been newly added to or relocated within the radio environment. In the context of a method, the presence of a first access point in a radio environment is determined and the signal propagation characteristics of one or more existing access points in the radio environment are also determined. The signal propagation characteristics are represented by respective radio models of the one or more existing access points. The method also includes estimating the radio model of the first access point based at least upon the signal propagation characteristics of the one or more existing access points in the radio environment as represented by the respective radio models of the one or more existing access points.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Marko Luomi, Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Petri Rauhala
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Patent number: 11540295Abstract: A method for locating a source of interference external to a wireless telecommunications network includes establishing a grid of pixels that represents an area associated with a plurality of cellular antennas, assigning an elevation value to each pixel in the grid, determining a vertical gain for each of the plurality of cellular antennas, and determining respective probability values for pixels in the grid using the elevation values and the vertical gain, each of the respective probability values representing a probability that the source of interference external to the wireless telecommunications network is located at an associated pixel.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Spectrum Effect Inc.Inventors: Jungnam Yun, Eamonn Gormley
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Patent number: 11533776Abstract: Embodiments provide an information transmission method, a base station, user equipment, and a system, which relate to the field of information transmission. The method includes: determining, by a network device, according to a correspondence between a characteristic parameter and a resource configuration, a first resource configuration corresponding to a characteristic parameter of the user equipment, wherein the characteristic parameter of the user equipment comprises a reference signal received power range, and the first resource configuration comprises one or more types of the following sub-configurations: a random access preamble format configuration, and a narrowband resource configuration; and determining, by the network device, a resource according to the first resource configuration, and performing, information sending or receiving with the user equipment by using the resource.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zheng Yu
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Patent number: 11533143Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wireless communications implemented by a user equipment (UE). The UE may receive a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence grouping from a base station, select a DMRS sequence for transmission of DMRS based on the DMRS sequence grouping, and transmit uplink (UL) data along with the DMRS for UL transmission using contention-based protocol, wherein the DMRS is transmitted based on the selected DMRS sequence.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Chao Wei, Qiaoyu Li, Peng Cheng
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Patent number: 11526778Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide for future user device preference prediction based on telecom data. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes collecting the telecom data from at least one node of a wireless communication network, where the telecom data includes records for a plurality of occurrences of user interaction with the wireless communication network via a respective current user device. The telecom data is then applied to a predictive model to obtain a prediction of future user device preferences. The prediction of the future user device preferences may include an indication that a user will switch from the respective current user device to another user device for future use with the wireless communication network. The method further includes performing an action with respect to the wireless communication network in response to the prediction of future user device preferences.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Tatiana Dashevskiy, Rami Al-kabra, Zunyan Xiong
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Patent number: 11503428Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium can receive a plurality of localization requests from a plurality of devices, each of the plurality of localization requests comprising sensor data captured by one or more sensors of the plurality of devices. Localization data can be sent to each device of the plurality of devices in response to receiving the plurality of localization requests. A plurality of pose data can be received from a first device and a second device of the plurality of devices. The plurality of pose data can include a position and orientation for each of the first and second devices based on the sensor data and the received localization data. At least one received pose data of the plurality of received pose data can be sent to at least the first device of the plurality of devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Blue Vision Labs UK LimitedInventors: Peter Ondruska, Lukas Platinsky
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Patent number: 11497029Abstract: Solutions for interference aware uplink cell selection for a user equipment (UE) include: determining a path loss (PL) between the UE and a considered cell; determining a PL between the UE and a neighbor cell; based on at least the PL between the UE and the considered cell and the PL between the UE and the neighbor cell, determining a cell with an uplink frequency band having a minimum relative PL for the UE; and assigning, to the UE, the cell with the uplink frequency band having the minimum relative PL. In some examples, the network includes both 5G and 4G cells. Some examples include determining whether the PL for the cell having the minimum relative PL for the UE meets a PL threshold and if so, assigning, to the UE, the cell with the uplink frequency band having the minimum absolute PL for the UE.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Balamurali Natarajan
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Patent number: 11493939Abstract: A security monitoring system may implement a building space mapping process using a drone. The process involves generating a floor plan of the building space by performing pre-mapping and detailed mapping protocols, and allowing the user to specify particular areas of interest that may restrict or enhance the drone's ability to move through the building space. The drone may generate and travel along a trajectory path based on the floor plan and information collected during the mapping protocols.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventors: Ilja Nevdahs, Agris Kipurs
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Patent number: 11489742Abstract: The disclosed system remotely tests performance of a wireless telecommunication network. The system sends an instruction to a device to interact with the wireless telecommunication network. The system can obtain a log generated by a wireless communication chip of the mobile device, where the log indicates attributes of the communication using the wireless telecommunication network, such as a frequency and a signal strength associated with the frequency. Based on the log generated by the wireless communication chip of the mobile device, the system can determine the performance of the wireless telecommunication network without obtaining a second log generated by a second device, such as an eNodeB, involved in enabling the communication through the wireless telecommunication network. Upon determining that the performance of the wireless telecommunication network is below a predetermined threshold, the system can send a notification indicating the problematic performance.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Phaneendra Maseedu
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Patent number: 11490289Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus that controls any one or all of a plurality of slave station apparatuses communicating with a terminal apparatus, a plurality of master station apparatuses that control the slave station apparatuses, and a transfer apparatus that transfers data transmitted and received between the master station apparatuses and the slave station apparatuses, the control apparatus including an information acquisition unit that acquires information regarding traffic of the data transmitted and received between the master station apparatuses and the slave station apparatuses, and a switching control unit that performs, on the basis of the information regarding the traffic acquired by the information acquisition unit, switching-control of an assignment relationship between the master station apparatus and the slave station apparatus and switching-control of a transfer path of data between the master station apparatus and the slave station apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Kenji Miyamoto, Keita Takahashi, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Noriyuki Ota, Jun Terada
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Patent number: 11483267Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and a method for performing operations comprising: storing, on a distributed storage system, a plurality of real-time graph (RTG) instances that include a plurality of device objects; receiving, by a first device object of the plurality of device objects, a status update from a client device associated with a first user; transmitting, by the first device object, a first message comprising the status update to a second device object associated with a second user over a real-time link; and transmitting, by the first device object, a second message comprising the status update to a third device object associated with a third user over a first rate-limited link.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Leonid Gorkin, Mengyao Li, Arif O{hacek over (g)}uz Yildiz, Jeremie Gabor, Robert Marianski, Xiaohan Zhao, Benjamin Feder
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Patent number: 11461815Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system, method, and apparatus for managing orders and invoices among customers of a retail merchant. The system allows a first customer to establish trusted links with one or more associated fellow customers, thereby authorizing the fellow customers to add purchases to the first customer's invoice. This allows a primary customer to purchase items for a secondary customer under tightly controlled and well communicated conditions, without extra work from the merchant. The system also uses location aware services on customer's smartphones to provide data that enhances the customers' experiences, by triggering prompts to open and close and invoice. The system also uses location aware services to determine which other customers may be in a related party together.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Ravi Durairaj, Ryan Thomas Russell, Ashley Raine Philbrick, Carlos J P Chavez, Stacy Callaway Huggar, Quian Antony Jones, Janelle Denice Dziuk, Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, Sumita T. Jonak
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Patent number: 11463887Abstract: A system identifies first areas of a plurality of areas of a wireless network for wireless site installation. The system performs machine learning to associate measured network performance parameters within the wireless network with empirical data related to at least one of population, residential buildings, or business buildings within the identified first areas of the wireless network. The system optimizes, based on the machine learning, geographic placement of prospective wireless sites within each of the identified first areas of the wireless network to maximize improvements in network performance parameters associated with installing the prospective wireless sites. The system provides optimized wireless site placement recommendations for wireless site installation in each of the identified first areas.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Joshua H. Wainer, Paul Kerl, Michael Antony Raj
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Patent number: 11443539Abstract: A system and a method for identifying and tagging individuals present in an image are disclosed. The method comprises detecting a second device present in proximity of a first device, for establishing a connection. The connection may be established while the first device enters in a camera mode. Immediately after the first device captured an image, the first device may receive identity information of individuals from the second device. The identity information of individuals may comprise at least one of images and personal details of the individuals. Based on the received identity information, the first device may identify the individuals present in the image. The identified individuals present in the image may be tagged using their corresponding identities. Such tagging information may be stored in metadata of the image for a later usage.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Inventor: Leigh M. Rothschild
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Patent number: 11444848Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) provides data characterizing a location and expected operations of a facility for a computer network to a network bill of materials (BOM) server. The GUI can also receive map data characterizing a geographic location of the data from the network BOM server and generate, in response to the map data, a boundary selector that enables selection of a boundary for the facility in response to user input and provides facility boundary data to the network BOM server characterizing the boundary. The GUI can further receive, from the network BOM server, a network BOM that lists wireless access points (WAPs) and network switches needed for installation of the computer network and output data characterizing the network BOM.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SECUREDGE NETWORKS, LLC.Inventors: John P. Gilbert, Philip R. Wegner, Michael S. McNamee, Justin A. Cook, Vlad Pop
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Patent number: 11432106Abstract: An apparatus receives an indication of a set of geographic zones and a set of control transmission wireless resource units. For each one of the geographic zones, corresponding control transmission wireless resource unit are specified for use while in that the geographic zone. While in a first zone of the geographic zones, a control transmission is transmitted, reserving a first data transmission wireless resource unit for use by the apparatus for sidelink (SL) data communication. The control transmission is performed using control transmission wireless resource units corresponding to the first zone. The data transmission wireless resource unit is selected from a pool of data transmission wireless resource units and each member of the pool of data transmission wireless resource units is available for use across a set of geographic zones. Different members of the pool of data transmission wireless resource units are concurrently.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Hang Zhang, Jaya Rao
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Patent number: 11419005Abstract: There is provided a method performed by a wireless device for handling user data, wherein the user data are converted into codewords, each codeword having a first group of layers and a second group of layers. The method comprises: receiving an index from a network node, the index indicating a Transport Block Size (TBS) index, a Redundant Version (RV) and a differential modulation; determining a TBS based on the received index; determining a redundant version value based on the received index; determining a first modulation order for the first group and a second modulation order for the second group of a codeword, based on the differential modulation; and performing one of decoding and encoding the codeword based at least on the determined first and second modulation orders, the determined TBS and the determined redundant version value.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Xixian Chen, Jun Wang, James Jianfeng Weng
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Patent number: 11412390Abstract: A system and method for automatic deployment of at least one outdoor small cell. The method comprises dynamically collecting traffic data corresponding to a geographic location associated with a cellular network by a data collection module [202]. Next, a data collection module [204] automatically identifies a group of spatial grids from the one or more cells within the geographic location based on the traffic data and automatically determines one or more locations within the geographic locations for deploying the at least one outdoor small cell based on the identified group of spatial grids. A backhaul link clearance module [206] automatically determines a backhaul connection between the one or more determined locations with the cellular network. An azimuth planning module [208] automatically determines an azimuth for the at least one outdoor small cell based on the determined connection. A deployment unit [210] deploy the at least one outdoor small cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Jio Platforms LimitedInventors: Deepak Gupta, Vijay Mohan Verma, Brijesh I Shah, Arun Karunakaran Nair, Kunala Vidyasagar, Aditya Ganesh
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Patent number: 11412512Abstract: Provided are a frequency configuration method, a network device, a terminal device and a computer storage medium. The method includes that: when information of a target frequency is added to configuration information, the information of the target frequency is represented by a segment number of the target frequency and a radio frequency channel number (RFCN) corresponding to a segment within which the target frequency is located.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Ning Yang
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Patent number: 11405154Abstract: This application relates to the communications field and discloses a reference signal configuration method and apparatus, to improve accuracy of a channel estimation result in a complex and changeable scenario. The method may include: determining configuration information of a first reference signal, where the first reference signal is a reference signal corresponding to a first port that is used in one transmission process, a second port can also be used in the transmission process, and configuration information of a reference signal corresponding to the second port is different from the configuration information of the first reference signal; and configuring the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Liu, Lu Wu, Xiaoyan Bi
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Patent number: 11399278Abstract: According to an aspect, a wireless device sends, while in an RRC inactive state, a message requesting resumption of an RRC connected state. Upon sending the message, the wireless device starts a timer according to a predetermined value. While the timer is running, the wireless device attempts decryption and integrity check handling for packets subsequently received from the wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Gunnar Mildh, Icaro L. J. da Silva
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Patent number: 11395151Abstract: A device may receive site data identifying a site associated with a telecommunications network. The device may receive RF drive test data identifying signal strengths of the site at different location points. The device may receive network KPI data and throughput data associated with the site. The device may assign unique identifiers to the different location points. The device may determine, based on the site data, the RF drive test data, the network KPI data, and the unique identifiers, at least one of reference signal strength data for each of the different location points or downlink channel data for each of the different location points. The device may determine degraded signal strength data identifying a degraded signal strength of each of the different location points, if the site is decommissioned and based on the at least one of the reference signal strength data or the downlink channel data.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Sanjay Tiwari, Mayur Kolhe, Chetan Thukral, Mohit Mahajan, Anshul Kapoor, Juhi Mandot, Shantha Maheswari, Mathangi Sandilya
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Patent number: 11395115Abstract: Various examples and schemes pertaining to resource allocation in presence of in-band emission (IBE) for New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) mobile communications are described. An apparatus implemented in a user equipment (UE) identifies a first resource of a plurality of resources used by another UE in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication environment. The apparatus selects a second resource of the plurality of resources adjacent to the first resource. Then, the apparatus performs transmission in the second resource.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Inventors: Ju-Ya Chen, Ahmet Umut Ugurlu
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Patent number: 11374636Abstract: An antenna system may include an antenna array configured to receive one or more signals. In embodiments, the antenna system further includes one or more signal processors configured to: determine a beamforming weight vector (Wbf) for the antenna array; determine a first seeding weight vector (Wseed1) for the antenna array, wherein the first seeding weight vector (Wseed1) comprises a first nulling weight vector (Wnul1) or a second beamforming weight vector (Wbf); determine a first nullforming adjustment factor (?1) for the antenna array; calculate a first nullforming weight vector (Wnf1) based on at least the beamforming weight vector (Wbf), the first seeding weight vector (Wseed1) and the first nullforming adjustment factor (?1); and form a first antenna pattern based on the first nullforming weight vector (Wnf1) to generate a first antenna electronics (AE) output signal, wherein the first antenna pattern generates a first set of one or more nulls.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Ying Cho Lai, Jeffrey B. Bishop, Brian J. Herting, Michael H. Stockmaster
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Patent number: 11363673Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for cloud-based data-driven Wi-Fi connectivity management in a network of moving things.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: VENIAM, INC.Inventors: Daniel Cardoso de Moura, Nuno Alexandre Tavares Coutinho
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Patent number: 11342886Abstract: An RF power detector adapted to detect an RF power of an RF signal, includes, in part, an antenna adapted to receive the RF signal, a narrow-band RF power converter adapted to convert the RF signal to a DC signal, an accelerometer, and a magnetometer. The accelerometer and magnetometer are adapted to determine the orientation and location of the power detector. The power detector optionally includes a gyroscope. The narrow-band RF power converter may be a rectifier tuned to the frequency of the RF signal. The power detector optionally includes an indicator adapted to provide information representative of the amount of the DC power of the DC signal, as well as position and orientation of the power detector. The power detector may be adapted to be inserted into a mobile device so as to provide the information about the amount of DC power, orientation and position to the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: GuRu Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Behrooz Abiri, Florian Bohn
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Patent number: 11343748Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for maintaining network information. A method for operating a base station (BS) in a wireless communication network includes receiving a neighbor discovery signal block (NDSB) from a neighbor BS in the wireless communication network, generating measurement information based on the NDSB, and generating a path metric for the neighbor BS based on the generated measurement information. The method further includes determining whether the neighbor BS as an interferer neighbor BS based on comparison of the path metric to a threshold and updating network information maintained at the BS based on the determination of whether the neighbor BS is the interferer neighbor BS.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam, Jeongho Jeon, Joonyoung Cho
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Patent number: 11323890Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, collecting and storing data about a communication environment including one or more communication networks wherein respective communication networks of the one or more communication networks employ respective communication technologies for communication with remote user devices in the communication environment, providing traffic forecasts of communication traffic, creating importance layers for potential build locations for equipment of the one or more communication networks, identifying desirable build locations among the potential build locations of the one or more communication networks based on the traffic forecasts of communication traffic and the importance layers, receiving user input defining planning parameters for the communication environment and determining respective target goal values for respective build options for the one or more communication networks based on the planning parameters, the identified desirable build locations and theType: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Kathleen Meier-Hellstern, Laurie Bigler, Arun Jotshi, Michael Orth, Phyllis Weiss, Ravi Raina, Wenjie Zhao
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Patent number: 11323891Abstract: A method for evaluating a buildings wireless performance, the method comprising: constructing an environment model, the environment model comprising a layout of the building, a power density of transmitters PT[W/m2], and a considered frequency band fc; computing a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) for the building in dependence on the environment model; computing a SINR for an open space in dependence on the environment model, the computing size for the open space being the same as the computing size of the building, and wherein the open space is an ideal space in absence of the building or other surroundings; comparing the SINR for the building with the SINR for the open space; and in dependence on the comparison, evaluating the building wireless performance by calculating an interference power gain and an intended power gain for the building.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: RANPLAN WIRELESS NETWORK DESIGN LTDInventors: Jie Zhang, Jiliang Zhang, Andres Alayón Glazunov, Hui Song
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Patent number: 11317304Abstract: A device may receive location information associated with a fixed service satellite station (receiver) configured to communicate via a first radio frequency (RF) band. The device may obtain historical communication data associated with the location and relating to previous communications conducted via a second RF band, of user equipment (UEs). The historical communication data may include historical signal power measurements of the previous communications. The device may adjust the historical signal power measurements to model estimated signal power measurements relating to a UE to communicating via a first RF band. The device may determine, based on the estimated signal power measurements, an interference score associated with a probability of a UE interfering with the receiver when communicating, via a first RF band, with a base station.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Matthew Kapala, Ricardo Francisco Borges, Brian A. Ward, Scott A. Townley
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Patent number: 11277753Abstract: Systems and methods are described for managing usage of wireless network equipment in a spectrum band that is in the process of being cleared. A regulatory agency may repurpose spectrum bands and define a transition period during which current or former licensees must vacate the band. A new licensee may begin using the spectrum band subject to various regulations in effect during the transition period, such as a requirement that the new licensee not interfere with current or former licensees that have not yet vacated. A spectrum band transition management system may thus be used to manage wireless network equipment and spectrum usage during the transition period. The spectrum band transition management system allows the new licensee to track potential interference sources and their vacate dates, mitigate interference sent and received during the transition period, and engineer a network that makes efficient use of spectrum during and after the transition.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Shahzad Bashir
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Patent number: 11271638Abstract: A method of and system for designing a satellite network includes selecting an optimal design for a backhaul network to be used as part of the satellite network, selecting a number of radio frequency (RF) gateways for the satellite network, selecting an optimal number of satellite network cores (SNCs) for the satellite network. The method may also include placing each SNC at a site that is geographically separate from locations of the RF gateways, selecting a number of data centers for the satellite network, connecting each SNC to one or more data centers in the satellite network, and connecting each data center to one or more of the RF gateways via the backhaul network.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: David Whitefield, Gregory Marnte Presbury, Robert James Torres, Nimesh Prakash Ambeskar
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Patent number: 11246042Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards jointly optimizing coverage, capacity, and layer balance in a wireless communications network while maintaining cell edge use device performance constraints. Aspects comprise monitoring edge user devices for performance information, and modifying the network based on the performance information, including jointly optimizing by changing antenna parameter data, layer balancing, handover biasing per cell neighbor pair, modifying scheduling priorities, and optimizing sector face harmonic throughput. Balancing uplink and downlink coverages are considered in the joint optimization. Further, interference is detected, predicted (as needed) and mitigated.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Guanying Ru, Rennie Archibald, Weihua Ye
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Patent number: 11233695Abstract: A communication terminal including: a first normal operation determination unit determines whether an external communication network relay device is operating normally; a terminal selection unit selects a substitute communication terminal for executing a first substitute process for the external communication network relay device; a first instruction unit, when the own communication terminal is selected, instructs an internal wireless communication network relay device to perform processes of relaying a connection information allocation request and a response to the allocation request between the requesting communication terminal and the own communication terminal, relaying data relating to authentication between the own communication terminal and the authentication device, and relaying data for the external communication network to the external communication network; and a second instruction unit instructs a bypassing relay device to perform a process for relaying the data relating to authentication betweenType: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Terumichi Akagami
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Patent number: 11234209Abstract: A method of transmitting system information, a terminal and a network-side equipment are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, an System Information (SI) change notification transmitted by a first network-side equipment; and receiving, by the terminal, SI transmitted by the first network-side equipment and corresponding to the SI change notification.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventor: Li Chen
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Patent number: 11228501Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a first object included in at least one image in accordance with an execution of an image processing algorithm, analyzing a plurality of parameters in accordance with at least one model responsive to the identifying of the first object included in the at least one image, wherein each parameter of the plurality of parameters is associated with the first object or a second object, selecting one of the first object or the second object for receiving at least one communication network resource responsive to the analyzing of the plurality of parameters, wherein the selecting results in a selected object, and presenting the selected object on a presentation device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Arun Jotshi, Kathleen Meier-Hellstern, Gaurav Thakur, Shang Li, Velin Kounev
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Patent number: 11218984Abstract: In various time-transfer systems, one or more fixed-position time beacons broadcast radio-frequency (RF) time-transfer messages to time-keeping modules disposed in remote radio heads and other strategic locations to achieve highly reliable and accurate synchronized time, phase, and frequency transfer over a metropolitan or other wide-field area.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: SiTime CorporationInventors: Markus Lutz, Sassan Tabatabaei, Charles I. Grosjean, Paul M. Hagelin, Aaron Partridge
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Patent number: 11212640Abstract: Described is a data gathering zone system. The system includes a server having a memory for storing area information and a user computing device coupled to the server. The system may operate to allow a user to define a zone around a geographic area to establish a data zone. Mobile device signals that occur within the data zone are collected and aggregated by the server. The server may generate for display the gathered data within the geofenced zone for analysis.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Inventor: Charles Isgar
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Patent number: 11202340Abstract: According to an embodiment, a wireless access point (AP) includes an auto-channel selector, a monitoring module, a performance index calculation module and a trigger module is disclosed. The auto-channel selector is configured to select a best performing channel of the AP; and the monitoring module is configured to obtain parameters exchanged with other APs; and the performance index calculation module is configured to derive one or more performance indices based on the parameters; and the trigger module is configured to trigger the auto-channel selector when one or more performance indices exceeds a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Ahmad Abou Saleh, Haris Gacanin
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Patent number: 11197251Abstract: As wireless communication technology advances, the bandwidth usage of wireless communications systems becomes increasingly flexible. For example, different user equipment (UEs) may support different bandwidths or radio frequency capabilities. However, a scheduling entity may not know wireless capabilities or characteristics (e.g., supported bandwidths, RF chain configurations, reconfiguration times, and/or the like) of the UEs for which the scheduling entity is to manage communications, which may hamper the ability of the scheduling entity to take advantage of the advances in flexible bandwidth usage described above. Techniques for synchronization, scheduling, bandwidth allocation, and reference signal transmission in a wireless communications system associated with flexible bandwidth allocation, such as a 5G network, are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Valentin Alexandru Gheorghiu, Peter Gaal, Masato Kitazoe
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Patent number: 11190409Abstract: Methods and apparatus for resource optimization in Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks are presented. For instance, the disclosure presents an example method executed by a network node (106) in an IoT system (100). In some embodiments, the example method includes predicting (202) a likelihood that a future event will be detected by one or more IoT devices (102) in the IoT system (100) under different potential resource allocation and IoT device settings. The predicting (202) is conducted subject to resource availability constraints in some examples. In addition, the example method includes, based on the predicting (202), adapting (204) at least one of resource allocation and IoT device settings in the IoT system (100) for the future time. This adapting (204) is conducted such that the likelihood that the future event will be detected is maximized under the resource availability constraints according to a target optimization function.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (pub!)Inventors: István Gódor, Gabor Feher, Andras Balazs Lajtha, László Toka, Attila Vidacs
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Patent number: 11190226Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. an indication of a first uplink resource allocation of resource blocks for a transmission on a first carrier, and an indication of a second uplink resource allocation of resource blocks for a transmission on a second carrier are received. An indication of a downlink allocation for receiving a downlink signal is further received. A higher order intermodulation product, which is co-located with a lower order intermodulation product for the first and second allocations resulting from any respective higher order and lower order transceiver nonlinearities is identified. A determination is then made as to whether the co-located higher order intermodulation products have a region of overlap with the downlink allocation. When the co-located higher order intermodulation products have a region of overlap with the downlink allocation, adjustments in the operation are made to account for the overlap of the higher order intermodulation product and the downlink allocation.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Colin Frank
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Patent number: 11191039Abstract: A wireless system can use a shared frequency mainly used by an existing first wireless system under predetermined sharing conditions, and includes a communication unit performing wireless communication with a terminal accommodated in a communication area, at least one sensor disposed around the communication area and measuring reception power of a signal sent from the inside of the communication area via the communication unit, a memory storing beam data indicating a correspondence relationship between a beam direction of the signal and a measurement result in the sensor, a determination unit determining allowable maximum transmission power of the signal in each beam direction on the basis of the sharing conditions and the beam data, and an allocation unit allocating a radio resource to the terminal on the basis of the allowable maximum transmission power in each beam direction and channel state information reported from the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Kato, Hideki Kanemoto, Hiroaki Asano
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Patent number: 11178580Abstract: User Equipment (UE) mobility in Ultra Dense Networks (UDNs) is based on communication signal layers, which could include respective data streams in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) domain, a code domain using respective codebooks, and/or a spatial domain, for example. A UE uses candidate layer decoding parameters in applying layer-based decoding to communication signals that it received from network nodes. Layers could be allocated to UEs and transition between network nodes as UEs move between different network service areas. Layers could instead be allocated to network nodes. Layer-based decoding provides for UE mobility without requiring explicit handover processing every time a UE moves between different service areas.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Mohammadhadi Baligh, Jianglei Ma, Alireza Bayesteh, Usa Vilaipornsawai, Yicheng Lin, Keyvan Zarifi
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Patent number: 11172375Abstract: A method and system for determining deployment parameters of a set of customer premises equipment (CPE) in a housing environment. A housing database (2) and a simulation database (3) connected to a processor (4) are present, the housing database (2) storing housing information, and the simulation database (3) storing simulation data with Wi-Fi performance parameters for a subset of housing types. The processor (4) clusters the stored housing information based on the Wi-Fi performance parameters, associates each of the clustered housing parameter sets with one of the subset of housing types, and for a specific one of the housing types determines deployment parameters based on data obtained from the simulation database (3). The matching of a specific housing environment with one of the subset of housing types allows to quickly and efficiently optimize deployment parameters, such as number, type and placement of CPE.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Liberty Global Europe Holding B.V.Inventors: Peter Howard Joyce, Sarah Louise Haggarty, Richard Mark Dobson, Adrian John Jolyon Drury
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Patent number: 11165673Abstract: Methods and systems for visualization of mobile terminal communication link status are disclosed. In some aspects, one or more mobile terminal icons are provided for display on a map of a geographic area at map locations representing geographic locations of the mobile terminals. Coverage area icons of one or more network services are also displayed on the map. Features of the mobile terminal and coverage area icons indicate a network status of the respective terminals and coverage areas. In some aspects, prior location icons representing prior locations of the mobile terminal(s) are displayed on the map. In some of these aspects, clicking or hovering on the prior location icons provides for display, link performance data when the corresponding mobile terminal was at the geographic location represented by the prior location icon.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: ViaSat, Inc.Inventors: Shaheem Hashmi, Sanjay V. Lala, Melanie Vrettas