To Or From Mobile Station Patents (Class 455/517)
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Patent number: 12157461Abstract: A system for limiting use of an electronic mobile device by a driver of a vehicle. The system includes a mobile device controller for removable connection with a vehicle and for wireless communicating with one or more electronic mobile devices and an electronic mobile device for wireless communicating with the mobile device controller. The mobile device controller comprises a radio frequency receiver or transmitter. The electronic mobile device includes a radio frequency transceiver in wireless communication with the radio frequency receiver or transmitter of the mobile device controller, an application installed thereon and an electronic mobile device processor programmed to execute one or more instructions of the application stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium of the electronic mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: PRANA ENTERPRISE PTY LTDInventor: Dilip Jehtala Mehta
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Patent number: 12160298Abstract: A method includes receiving CSI frames among P CSI frames transmitted from another electronic device. The method includes estimating a CSI from each of the received CSI frames as an available CSI estimate. The method includes identifying an impairment model accounting for inclusion of amplitude or phase errors of an estimated CSI corresponding to a p-th CSI frame among the P CSI frames. The method includes compensating, via the impairment model, for the errors in amplitude and phase of P CSI estimates. Compensating for the errors in amplitude and phase of the P CSI estimates can be based on: approximating a missing CSI estimate based on the available CSI estimates; determining an AGC gain value; or computing the errors in the phase based on a weighted least-squares solution. The method includes estimating a breathing rate of a subject based on different spatial dimensions of the P compensated CSI estimates.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam, Hao Chen, Abhishek Sehgal, Hao-Hsuan Chang
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Patent number: 12160846Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enable a base station to page a target UE in an idle mode via a relay UE. In one aspect, a first UE receives, from a base station, a paging relay request message including paging information for at least a second UE, each paging information including a UE identity for the second UE and a paging type. The first UE transmits a paging message from the first UE to the second UE over sidelink. In another aspect, a base station generates a paging relay request message including paging information for at least a second UE, the paging information indicating a UE ID for the second UE and a paging type. The base station transmits, to a first UE, the paging relay request message, the paging relay request message indicating a request for the first UE to relay paging information to the second UE over sidelink.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kaidong Wang, Jelena Damnjanovic
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Patent number: 12147962Abstract: An article information deduction apparatus (10) includes an acquisition unit (110) and an output unit (120). The acquisition unit (110) acquires data based on a change in a detected value of a weight sensor (30) (hereinafter described as weight change data). For example, the acquisition unit (110) determines data acquired by chronologically arranging data acquired from the weight sensor (30) as weight change data. Further, the acquisition unit (110) acquires data indicating a movement of a hand of a person positioned in a shelf-front space (hereinafter described as movement data). For example, the acquisition unit (110) acquires data acquired by chronologically arranging data output from a depth sensor (40) to the article information deduction apparatus (10) as movement data. The output unit (120) outputs article determination information of the article deduced to be taken out by the hand of the person positioned in the shelf-front space, by using the weight change data and the movement data.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Motoyuki Nakamura, Hisayoshi Mura, Shinya Yamasaki
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Patent number: 12141776Abstract: An article information deduction apparatus (10) includes an acquisition unit (110) and an output unit (120). The acquisition unit (110) acquires data based on a change in a detected value of a weight sensor (30) (hereinafter described as weight change data). For example, the acquisition unit (110) determines data acquired by chronologically arranging data acquired from the weight sensor (30) as weight change data. Further, the acquisition unit (110) acquires data indicating a movement of a hand of a person positioned in a shelf-front space (hereinafter described as movement data). For example, the acquisition unit (110) acquires data acquired by chronologically arranging data output from a depth sensor (40) to the article information deduction apparatus (10) as movement data. The output unit (120) outputs article determination information of the article deduced to be taken out by the hand of the person positioned in the shelf-front space, by using the weight change data and the movement data.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Motoyuki Nakamura, Hisayoshi Mura, Shinya Yamasaki
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Patent number: 12141777Abstract: An article information deduction apparatus (10) includes an acquisition unit (110) and an output unit (120). The acquisition unit (110) acquires data based on a change in a detected value of a weight sensor (30) (hereinafter described as weight change data). For example, the acquisition unit (110) determines data acquired by chronologically arranging data acquired from the weight sensor (30) as weight change data. Further, the acquisition unit (110) acquires data indicating a movement of a hand of a person positioned in a shelf-front space (hereinafter described as movement data). For example, the acquisition unit (110) acquires data acquired by chronologically arranging data output from a depth sensor (40) to the article information deduction apparatus (10) as movement data. The output unit (120) outputs article determination information of the article deduced to be taken out by the hand of the person positioned in the shelf-front space, by using the weight change data and the movement data.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Motoyuki Nakamura, Hisayoshi Mura, Shinya Yamasaki
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Patent number: 12137357Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to related to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques related to reporting performance information. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving a performance information report from a terminal, wherein the performance information report includes information relating to performance of the network node. The method also includes initiating a performance task based on receiving the performance information report. In another exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes generating a performance information report that includes information relating to performance of a network node. The method also includes transmitting the performance information report to the network node.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Jianmin Fang, Jing Liu, Dapeng Li, He Huang
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Patent number: 12108354Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving system information including: information corresponding to location coordinates for a non-terrestrial network (NTN) gateway; information corresponding to a processing delay between the UE and a base station (BS); and information corresponding to a reference point location; determining a timing advance based on a timing difference between the reference point location and the BS; and transmitting a timing advance report based on the determined timing advance.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nishithkumar D. Tripathi, Kyeongin Jeong
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Patent number: 12096251Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a service continuity implementation method, an apparatus, and a system, to ensure service continuity in an application layer data packet transmission process. The method includes: receiving, by a session management network element, first survival time information from a policy control network element, where the first survival time information indicates duration of a service that survives when a correct data packet is not received; determining, by the session management network element, the first survival time information as a binding parameter of a quality of service QoS flow; and sending, by the session management network element, second survival time information to an access network device, where the second survival time information is used to indicate the duration; and after receiving the second survival time information from the session management network element, scheduling, by the access network device, a data packet based on the second survival time formation.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Haiyang Sun
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Patent number: 12081981Abstract: In a vehicle, an authentication key may be transmitted by a mobile device to an automotive head unit over a first Bluetooth® link (securely-paired), then provided by the automotive head unit to a connectivity extension unit. The authentication key may also be transmitted by the mobile device to the connectivity extension unit over a second Bluetooth® link (not securely-paired). If the authentication key from the automotive head unit matches the authentication key from the mobile device, the connectivity extension unit may perform a transformation on the authentication key to generate a transformed key and transmit it to the mobile device over the second Bluetooth® link. The mobile device may perform the same transformation on its copy of the authentication key, and may compare the resulting transformed key to the transformed key from the connectivity extension unit. If the transformed keys match, the second Bluetooth® link may be verified as secure.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventor: Jibin Kotanchery
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Patent number: 12074660Abstract: A method for measuring and feeding back channel state information and a device is provided. The method includes: sending, by a first network side device, channel state information (CSI) measurement configuration information to user equipment, where the CSI measurement configuration information includes coordination indication information indicating that the first network side device and at least one second network side device are in a coordination relationship, receiving, by the user equipment, the CSI measurement configuration information from the first network side device, performing measurement based on the CSI measurement configuration information, and feeding back at least one group of CSI to the first network side device based on the measurement configuration information. Accuracy of fed back content and further facilitating scheduling of a base station is improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Na Deng, Ting Wang, Haibao Ren, Yuanjie Li
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Patent number: 12052649Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system detects user equipment (UE) in communication with a network via a serving cell of the network; the network is configured to facilitate communications by one or more terrestrial UEs and one or more aerial UEs. The system monitors messages from an aerial UE regarding detection of a cell other than the serving cell, and receives information from the aerial UE regarding the detected cell. The method further includes analyzing the information to estimate a first quantity associated with the detected cell location relative to the serving cell and a second quantity associated with a power received at the aerial UE from the detected cell. The method also includes determining, based on the analyzing, whether the aerial UE is an unauthorized aerial UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Vivanco, David Ross Beppler, Slawomir Mikolaj Stawiarski
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Patent number: 12047394Abstract: An anti-pseudo base station method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The anti-pseudo base station method includes: sending, by a base station, first anti-pseudo base station capacity information to a mobile terminal, wherein the first anti-pseudo base station capacity information is used for identifying an anti-pseudo base station capacity of the base station.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: ZTE CORPORATIONInventors: Wantao Yu, Zhenhua Xie, Jin Peng, Shilin You
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Patent number: 12040830Abstract: A method for channel switching by a secondary node. The method includes: receiving, from a primary node, a downlink transmission, measuring one or more statistics about the downlink transmission, determining, from the downlink transmission, an uplink interval, transmitting, to the primary node during the uplink interval, the measured one or more statistics about the downlink transmission, receiving, from the primary node, an indication of a set of useable channels, determining, based on the set of useable channels and at least one of the primary node or the secondary node, a next channel from the set of useable channels, and switching to the next channel based on a switch indication from the primary node.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Naveen Kumar Kala, Ariton Xhafa, Tariq Muhanna, Mathew Giaramita
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Patent number: 12035346Abstract: A user equipment (UE) transceiver configured to receive N orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) data streams from a first network device and a second network device, wherein M data streams are from the first network device and N-M of the data streams are from the second network device, and wherein the M data streams and the N-M data streams are substantially synchronized. Further, the transmissions from the first network device and the second network device are scheduled and coordinated based on a determined channel quality of a radio channel between the first network device and the UE, wherein a first number of data streams used for communication with the UE in a time period and a second number of data streams transmitted within the time period are adjusted based on the determined channel quality.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLCInventor: Nicholas William Anderson
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Patent number: 12035309Abstract: A base station device dynamically adjusts the configuration of a special slot when operating in a time division duplexing (TDD) mode. The base station can initially communicate with a user equipment (UE) using a first frequency in a time division duplexing (TDD) mode. Using, for example, a timing advance procedure, the base station can determine when the UE requires an expanded cell range (e.g., if the UE is at the cell range edge). In response, the base station adjusts a configuration of a special slot for the UE. The adjustment to the special slot can comprise an addition of a gap symbol, a prioritizing of uplink transmissions over downlink transmissions, or a reserving of one or more downlink symbols during scheduling.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Susan Wu Sanders, Xin Wang, Nischal Patel, Monte Giles
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Patent number: 12016073Abstract: A Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) system can receive, from a mobile device, a request to establish a communicative connection, and in response to receiving the request, cause an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) of the device to be provisioned with a priority level of wireless service. The system can change the priority level of the eSIM based, at least in part, on assessment of the device's activity in accordance with one or more prioritization criteria, and cause establishment or adjustment of the communicative connection of the device in accordance with the priority level.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.Inventor: Montgomery N Groff
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Patent number: 12003039Abstract: A phased array antenna device comprises antenna elements arranged in a spatial distribution to emit and receive superposing radio frequency signals to and from different directions. Each antenna element is positioned within a corresponding unit cell. The unit cells are arranged in a non-overlapping manner next to each other. A feeding network for transmitting the antenna signals between a common feeding point and the respective antenna element comprises a plurality of antenna element transmission line segments each running into an antenna element and a corresponding plurality of phase shifting devices. The feeding transmission line segments each comprises more than two transition structures distributed along the feeding transmission line segment.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: BEIJING BOE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Arshad Mehmood, Ahmet Kenan Keskin
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Patent number: 11996628Abstract: A phased array antenna device comprises antenna elements positioned within a corresponding unit cell. The unit cells are arranged non-overlappingly next to each other. A feeding network transmits antenna signals between a common control unit and the respective antenna element. The feeding network comprises a plurality of antenna element transmission line segments, each running into an antenna element, and a plurality of phase shifting devices. Several feeding transmission line segments, each comprising more than two transition structures are provided. Each transition structure couples a signal into a corresponding antenna element transmission line segment. The transition structure for an antenna element transmission line segment that runs into a unit cell is positioned in the direction of the feeding transmission line segment passing by or traversing this unit cell at a phase shifting distance that is larger than an extension of the unit cell measured in this direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: BEIJING BOE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Arshad Mehmood, Alexander Gäbler, Kashan Mobeen, Ahmet Kenan Keskin, Yordan Bozmarov
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Patent number: 11997542Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for message transmission. The method comprises: when buffer overflow is found out, generating a request message, the request message carrying information related to a transmission rate; and sending the request message to a base station. The present invention solves a problem of buffer overflow by reducing the transmission rate and is particularly suitable for the buffer overflow condition caused by the unmatched transmission rate.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Wei Hong
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Patent number: 11963167Abstract: A method in a User Equipment (UE) configured with Discontinuous Reception (DRX) and a method in a network node for Downlink (DL) scheduling of the UE. The UE is further configured with Semi Persistent Scheduling (SPS) which reduces the latency in Uplink (UL) transmission. The network node monitors a receipt of UL data in any of the SPS resources granted to the UE, a Wake-up grant or assignment is sent on the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and a HARQ-information is sent in response to the received UL data. The Wake-up grant/assignment triggers a drx-Inactivity timer to run in the UE. While the UE is DRX active, the network node may schedule a DL data transmission and send a DL assignment and the DL data to the UE.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Saad Naveed Ahmed, Anders Ohlsson
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Patent number: 11943675Abstract: A method for a transfer of a UE context within a secondary network from a source secondary network node to a target secondary network node. The UE is served by a master network node and the source secondary network node. The method includes the following steps performed by the UE: receiving a first message indicative of a secondary network node measurement configuration; based on the measurement configuration, performing measurements of potential candidates for a target secondary network node; and sending a second message comprising a measurement report indicative of the measurements of potential candidates for a target secondary node.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Stefan Wager, Alexander Vesely, Riikka Susitaival
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Patent number: 11924734Abstract: A cloud-based network management system (NMS) stores path data from network devices operating as network gateways for an enterprise network, the path data collected by each network device of the plurality of network devices. The NMS determines, for a logical path within a specified time window, a wireless signal quality and a link quality based at least in part on the path data. The NMS, in response to determining that the logical path is of a poor link quality, determine a correlation between a poor wireless quality and the poor link quality. The NMS may output a notification that indicates the correlation between the poor wireless quality and the poor link quality of the logical path.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Ruchit Rajkumar Mehta, Kaushik Adesh Agrawal
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Patent number: 11922391Abstract: An article information deduction apparatus (10) includes an acquisition unit (110) and an output unit (120). The acquisition unit (110) acquires data based on a change in a detected value of a weight sensor (30) (hereinafter described as weight change data). For example, the acquisition unit (110) determines data acquired by chronologically arranging data acquired from the weight sensor (30) as weight change data. Further, the acquisition unit (110) acquires data indicating a movement of a hand of a person positioned in a shelf-front space (hereinafter described as movement data). For example, the acquisition unit (110) acquires data acquired by chronologically arranging data output from a depth sensor (40) to the article information deduction apparatus (10) as movement data. The output unit (120) outputs article determination information of the article deduced to be taken out by the hand of the person positioned in the shelf-front space, by using the weight change data and the movement data.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Motoyuki Nakamura, Hisayoshi Mura, Shinya Yamasaki
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Patent number: 11909505Abstract: UE parameter determination method and apparatus, storage medium and base station are provided. The method includes: determining a minimum round trip time between each UE in a cell and a satellite; determining frame information of a network-side uplink radio frame based on the minimum round trip time and frame information of a network-side downlink radio frame, where the minimum round trip time is a timing difference by which the network-side uplink radio frame lags behind the network-side downlink radio frame; and determining a UE parameter of each UE based on the network-side uplink radio frame and the network-side downlink radio frame, where UE parameter includes at least one of TA or K2. By the method, an NTN network can be supported on the premise that modification of software and hardware of a terrestrial network UE is minimized, thereby effectively avoiding extra maintenance cost of software and hardware.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiangxin Gu
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Patent number: 11910401Abstract: A base station for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: transmit, to the at least one user equipment, a multi-level pre-emption indicator for indicating, as first level information, first information about resources used for at least one short-data transmission within a transmission region which may contain at least one long-data transmission of the at least one user equipment, and, as second level information, second information about the resources used for the short-data transmission, wherein the second information more accurately indicates the resources used than the first information.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Shin Horng Wong
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Patent number: 11902123Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing compromised sensors in multi-tiered virtualized environments. In some embodiments, a system can receive, from a first capturing agent deployed in a virtualization layer of a first device, data reports generated based on traffic captured by the first capturing agent. The system can also receive, from a second capturing agent deployed in a hardware layer of a second device, data reports generated based on traffic captured by the second capturing agent. Based on the data reports, the system can determine characteristics of the traffic captured by the first capturing agent and the second capturing agent. The system can then compare the characteristics to determine a multi-layer difference in traffic characteristics. Based on the multi-layer difference in traffic characteristics, the system can determine that the first capturing agent or the second capturing agent is in a faulty state.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Anubhav Gupta, Shashidhar Gandham, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Shih-Chun Chang, Hai Trong Vu
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Patent number: 11895566Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that include systems and methods performed by a processor of a designated platoon vehicle, including establishing an out-of-band vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication link with a target vehicle in response to determining a change in the quantity of vehicles included in the platoon is approved, wherein the out-of-band V2V communication link extends laterally more than a first V2V communication link with an initially-adjacent platoon vehicle, expanding the first V2V communication link for maintaining communications with the initially-adjacent platoon vehicle while changing a relative positioning between the designated platoon vehicle and the initially-adjacent platoon vehicle, establishing a second V2V communication link with the target vehicle, and ending the out-of-band V2V communication link in response to the target vehicle taking the place of the initially-adjacent platoon vehicle immediately adjacent to and either in front of or behind the designated platoon vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Amit Goel, Mohammed Ataur Rahman Shuman
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Patent number: 11888668Abstract: Provided is a radio communication base station device which can suppress a use amount of an SRS communication resource. In this device, a correlation rule setting unit (102) sets a rule for correlating a preamble with an SRS transmission time interval so that the preamble transmission time band and the SRS transmission time band are in the same transmission time band. An SRS transmission band decision unit (103) decides a time interval of a transmission time band which can transmit the SRS according to the preamble transmission time interval inputted from a preamble transmission band decision unit (101) and the correlation rule setting unit (102).Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Daichi Imamura, Tomofumi Takata, Atsushi Matsumoto, Yoshihiko Ogawa, Sadaki Futagi
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Patent number: 11871236Abstract: A system dynamic discovery of MEC applications is disclosed here. A user device dynamically selects a communication network by comparing existing network selection parameters present in the user device as part of a profile with network selection parameters that are received from a communication network infrastructure when the user device with a profile enters the MEC enabled premises. The authentication server authenticates a secure connection with the user device, and uses one or more authentication protocols associated with the profile. The CMP generates an authorization token based on the profile, and accesses the MEC applications using the authorization token on behalf of the user device via a first interface. The second interface verifies the received authorization token. The CMP grants access to the user device to access the communication network and manages the MEC applications of the service provider on behalf of the user device.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Hughes Systique CorporationInventors: Deepak Sehrawat, Ajay Khanna
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Patent number: 11871221Abstract: A communication system for supporting carrier aggregation and a method and apparatus for updating system information thereof are disclosed. A method for providing system information in the communication system supporting carrier aggregation includes: when system information of said communication system changes, generating first information including information for indicating the change of system information; determining a first cell of a terminal related to the change of system information, wherein said first cell is one of cells to which said terminal connects, and corresponds to a carrier unit currently used by said terminal for keeping connection with a base station of said communication system; and transmitting said first information to said terminal through said first cell.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Yuxin Wei
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Patent number: 11856599Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to techniques for measuring and/or detecting a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of a received signal at a user equipment (UE). The received signal may include a desired signal, co-channel interference, adjacent channel interference, and an in-band blocker. The UE may filter (e.g., remove) the various interferences and in-band blocker. The UE may determine or measure a power (or Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)) of the desired signal and a power (or RSSI) of the co-channel interference separately because the desired signal and the co-channel interference overlap in frequency. To do so, the UE may determine a total power of the received signal including the desired signal and co-channel interference. The UE may receive the desired signal again while an uplink transmission is deactivated (and thus without the interference). The UE may then calculate the SIR based on the total power and the power of the desired signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fucheng Wang, Anatoliy Sergey Ioffe, Camila Priale Olivares, Daniel Popp, Alexander Sayenko, Elmar Wagner
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Patent number: 11843962Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Donggun Kim, Anil Agiwal
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Patent number: 11838958Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a UE access method, including: a UE receiving information of supported type(s) of respective cell of a base station broadcasted by the respective cell, wherein the information of the supported type(s) of the respective cell comprises UE type(s) supported by the respective cell; and the UE comparing the type of the UE and the UE type(s) supported by the respective cell, and selecting a cell supporting the type of the UE and transmit an RRC connection setup request message to the selected cell, wherein the RRC connection setup request comprises the type of the UE. The present disclosure further provides several other UE access methods and devices. According to the present disclosure, the method and device which can select different access network of different types for different types of users, the user requirement is met and the network utilization ratio is increased.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hong Wang, Lixiang Xu, Xiaowan Ke
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Patent number: 11808595Abstract: A communication control device is configured to: store communication possibility information in which positions at which the communication control device is connectable to an external device and communication modes that are usable at the positions, among a plurality of communication modes, are correlated with each other; acquire a first route as an expected route along which the communication control device is to move; control a communication mode that is used by an application implemented by the communication control device for communication with the external device while the communication control device is moving, based on the first route, communication possibility information, and a communication content required by the application; and execute communication between the application and the external device by using the communication mode controlled by the control unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Ninagawa, Satoshi Niwa
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Patent number: 11805400Abstract: A network repository function (NRF) device may receive first locality and priority information concerning a first network function device from the first network function device and may receive second locality and priority information concerning a second network function device from the second network function device. The NRF device may update a data structure based on the first locality and priority information and the second locality and priority information. The NRF device may receive a query concerning a locality from a third network function device and may search the data structure based on the query to identify network function device information associated with the locality. The NRF device may send the network function device information to the third network function device.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Violeta Cakulev, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Hossein M. Ahmadi, Lalit R. Kotecha
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Patent number: 11778448Abstract: A system and method for use in 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) is disclosed. The method for performing a discovery transmission on a second carrier by a user equipment (UE) served by a primary cell (PCell) on a first carrier, includes receiving, from a base station, a signaling indicating that the UE read discovery resource configuration for the second carrier on the second carrier or that the UE should request the discovery resource configuration for the second carrier from the base station for acquiring the discovery resource configuration for the second carrier. The method also includes acquiring the discovery resource configuration based on the signaling.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Anil Agiwal, Hyun-Seok Ryu, Young-Bin Chang
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Patent number: 11764843Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for adapting beamformed transmission from a base station. A method is performed by a control node. The control node is configured to control the beamformed transmission. The method comprises obtaining a first piece of information indicative of distance to, and direction towards, a radio communication site relative the base station. The method comprises obtaining a second piece of information indicative of operating radio frequency band of the radio communication site. The method comprises adapting the beamformed transmission so as to keep emission from the base station in the direction towards the radio communication site that contributes within the operating radio frequency band of the radio communication site within a prescribed limit.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Ralf Schuh, Jonas Fridén, Christian Bergljung, Torbjörn Elfström, Johan Thorebäck
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Patent number: 11736164Abstract: A beamforming vector for a communication link between a first device and a second device may be determined by searching, based on a signal from the second device, a hierarchical beamforming codebook including a plurality of beamforming vectors occupying a plurality of levels. The plurality of beamforming vectors may include a first beamforming vector and a second beamforming vector occupying a first level of the hierarchical beamforming codebook. The first beamforming vector may have a first angular range while the second beamforming vector may have a second angular range. The first beamforming vector may be selected as the beamforming vector based on a respective posterior probability an angle-of-arrival of the signal from the second device being in each of the first angular range and the second angular range. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Sung-En Chiu, Tara Javidi, Nancy Ronquillo
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Patent number: 11711436Abstract: Systems and methods described herein can relate to a web browser-based application programming interface (API) that can control the authorization of data transmissions within a networked environment. The system enables content items displayed in a web page to make a call to the browser to request that the browser register the content item with the browser. The web browser can control the network transmissions to content items approved or authorized by the web browser. The system can reduce the number of transmissions that do not result in content for the client device—saving bandwidth and computational resources for the client device.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Mike West, Yian Gao, Gang Wang, Charles Harrison
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Patent number: 11687980Abstract: Provided is a method of operating a server to provide advertising information, the method including receiving a query from a user terminal of at least one user among users that participate in a chatroom, the query being created based on link information included in a message in the chatroom; acquiring advertising information corresponding to the link information; and providing a response signal that includes the advertising information to the user terminal in response to the query. The advertising information is determined to correspond to an entity that is determined based on the link information.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Seok Young Kim, Jang Ho Chun
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Patent number: 11665396Abstract: A method and test instrument for validating one or more out of band (OOB) channels in a CATV network, particularly one having a Remote PHY architecture. The method and test instrument may quickly and efficiently determine if an OOB channel is carrying valid data and is therefore “active.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Viavi Solutions Inc.Inventors: Robert Flask, Loren R. Eggert
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Patent number: 11659053Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, for real-time operation control, among other things. There may be adjustments to a first device in which a first network service operates. The adjustment to the device may include moving a second network service of the first device to a second device. The first network service and the second network service may be associated with virtual machines.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Gregory Glover, John Oetting, George Dome
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Patent number: 11647398Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The present disclosure is to generate environment information for a network design, and a method for generating environment information may include determining a location difference value of a building between first information based on photographing and second information based on measurement, and correcting a location of an obstacle determined using the first information using the location difference value.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wonkyun Park, Soonyoung Lee, Sungbum Park
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Patent number: 11647472Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network are provided. A first wireless communication device receives synchronization information associated with one or more wireless communication of a multi-hop wireless network. The first wireless communication device determines a transmission timing adjustment for a second wireless communication device of the one or more wireless communication devices based on at least some of the synchronization information. The first wireless communication device transmits a message instructing the second wireless communication device to communicate with a third wireless communication device of the one or more wireless communication devices based on the transmission timing adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Navid Abedini, Junyi Li, Karl Georg Hampel, Hong Cheng, Jianghong Luo, Juergen Cezanne, Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Sundar Subramanian
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Patent number: 11593668Abstract: Efficient use of channel bandwidth response, response timing, along with the ability to acquire the most accurate and up to date response are provided for management of virtual assistant search queries within a communication system (100). Improved management is obtained using an artificial intelligence (AI) server (104) controlling response activity to a query communication device (102) by incorporating one or more of: adjusting verbosity of responses (158), redirecting queries from the AI server to alternate resources (412), and/or prioritizing of a response (506) based on wait time.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Lee M Proctor
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Patent number: 11558841Abstract: An uplink synchronization method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: sending, by a network device, a timing advance command to a communications device, where the timing advance command includes a timing advance TA reference value, and the TA reference value corresponds to a carrier in a timing advance group TAG; determining, by the communications device, a TA offset of the carrier based on carrier information of the carrier; and adjusting, by the communications device, an uplink transmission timing of the carrier based on the TA reference value and the TA offset of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhang Zhang, Yongzhao Cao, Zhe Liu, Jinlin Peng, Zhi Li, Fan Wang
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Patent number: 11553350Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a service to enable a user to track a variety of even when those devices are not connected to the internet by either Wi-Fi or cellular. One embodiment provides techniques to enable a pairing registration for a wireless accessory device that enables a server-mediated pairing process to be performed between the wireless accessory device and a companion device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Raghunandan K. Pai, Yannick L. Sierra
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Patent number: 11539795Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques relating to network controlled sensor information sharing between vehicles. In one embodiment, a method of wireless communications by a network entity comprises receiving a request, from a first user equipment (UE), for sharing of sensor information by at least a second UE based on a target region indicated by the request and taking one or more actions, in response to the request, to trigger the sharing of sensor information by the second UE.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Hong Cheng, Shailesh Patil
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Patent number: 11539641Abstract: Systems and methods for responding to latency in connected vehicles. Vehicles operating on or near the edge of networks are identified. Vehicle dependent nodes are identified. Latency is calculated between the vehicle and the dependent nodes. The latency is compared to one or more threshold values and a response is determined and/or executed.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Sean C. Mitchem, Ashley R. Philbrick, Yevgeniy V. Khmelev, Justin M. Jackson, Ruthie Lyle, Ravi Durairaj