Having Measuring, Testing, Or Monitoring Of System Or Part Patents (Class 455/67.11)
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Patent number: 11930382Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for spectrum data management for a radio frequency (RF) environment are disclosed. An apparatus comprises at least one receiver, an automatic signal detection (ASD) module, and a learning and conflict detection engine. The apparatus is at the edge of a communication network. The at least one receiver processes RF energy received from the RF environment, thereby generating processed data. The ASD module is configured to extract meta data and detect anomaly based on the processed data. The learning and conflict detection engine is configured for conflict recognition and anomaly identification based on the processed data. The apparatus is operable to generate at least one report for the RF environment.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: DIGITAL GLOBAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: David William Kleinbeck, Ronald C. Dzierwa, Daniel Carbajal
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Patent number: 11924778Abstract: Systems and methods may optimize power consumption for RAN devices. A device obtains field data of user equipment (UE) devices for a group of cells during a time interval. The field data includes signal strength measurements. The device computes cell boundaries for each cell based on the field data and predicts signal strength values inside each of the cell boundaries for a future time period. The device computes a cumulative overlap feature and a weighted signal strength feature for each cell of the group of cells during the future time period and generates an energy consumption predictive model that applies the cumulative overlap feature and the weighted signal strength feature for the future time period. The device determines, based on the energy consumption predictive model, optimal cell boundaries that correspond to a reduced energy consumption needed to meet service requirements during the future time period.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Farid Khafizov, Mark Ernest Newbury
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Patent number: 11923892Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for updating data in a computer network. An exemplary method includes: scanning to capture a first set of signals; identifying from the first set of received signals a second set of signals having on times longer than a specified minimum dwell time; providing a plurality of signal profiles associated with a plurality of pulsed patterns of a signal of interest; identifying from the second set of signals a third set of signals that match at least one of the signal profiles; receiving demodulated data regarding the third set of signals; obtaining characteristic information for each of the third set of signals; verifying for each of the third set of signals their relevant information; determining whether the verification of the third set of signals produced a match; and upon determining of the match, providing an indication of a signal of interest.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANYInventors: Brian W. Snodgrass, David Murray, Jeffrey R. Gilson, Nikolaus Kleber, Joy Nyenhuis-Rouch
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Patent number: 11923913Abstract: Provided is a satellite pointing system and a satellite pointing method of an automatic satellite tracking antenna using auxiliary LNBs including: an antenna unit configured by coupling a main feeder receiving a satellite broadcast signal and two or more auxiliary feeders to an antenna and a controller tracking a location of a target satellite by analyzing strength of each satellite signal received through the auxiliary feeders and generating a control signal for controlling a pointing direction of the antenna unit based on location information of the tracked target satellite.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: WIWORLD CO., LTD.Inventor: Chan Goo Park
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Patent number: 11924657Abstract: This application provides a minimization of drive tests (MDT) measurement solution, which may be used to implement an MDT measurement of a network device with an architecture in which a central unit (CU) entity and a distributed unit (DU) entity are separated. A centralized unit control plane (CU-CP) determines configuration information, and sends the configuration information to a centralized unit user plane (CU-UP) of the network device. The configuration information is used to perform an MDT measurement on a measurement object. The solution in this application may be applied to a communications system, for example, may be applied to a 5th generation (5G) network.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xingxing Hu, Hongping Zhang, Qinghai Zeng
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Patent number: 11922746Abstract: A method and apparatus of access control as described. A touch of a touch zone of an access controller including a body area network (BAN) transceiver is detected. In response to detecting the touch, a request from an access controller comprising a BAN transceiver via a body area network is transmitted to a user of a portable device including a BAN transceiver and a biometric sensor. The request is received by the portable device via the BAN network. In response to receiving the request, the portable device transmits a digital key comprising biometric data detected by the biometric sensor and a digital identifier from the portable device to the access controller via the BAN network. The user is authenticated by the access controller using the digital key. The access controller controls and actuator to lock or unlock a door in response to the user being authenticated.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Rinze Ida Mechtildis Peter Meijer, Pramod Rajan Kesavelu Shekar
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Patent number: 11924142Abstract: A method of operating a wireless communication device (101) includes receiving (3002) at least one downlink control message (411, 412, 4002) from a communications network (100), the at least one downlink control message (411, 412, 4002) being indicative of a frequency density (401-404) of uplink reference signals (31), the uplink reference signals (31) being for an estimation of a radio channel (114) between the wireless communication device (101) and the communications network (100) to coherently decode data signals encoding data of a uplink data transmission (4012), the uplink reference signals (31) and the data signals using the same precoding.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SONY GOUP CORPORATIONInventors: Erik Bengtsson, Olof Zander, Fredrik Rusek, Kun Zhao, Jose Flordelis
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System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Patent number: 11924648Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: DIGITAL GLOBAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Armando Montalvo, Dwight Inman, Edward Hummel -
Patent number: 11917425Abstract: In an embodiment, a system comprises height-measuring circuitry coupled to a vehicle, in which the height-measuring circuitry is configured to measure a height parameter of the vehicle. The system further comprises a radio transceiver coupled to a portion of the vehicle, in which the radio is configured to transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal. The system further comprises at least one processor configured to receive the height parameter from the height-measuring circuitry. The system further comprises at least one antenna coupled to the radio transceiver and coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one antenna is configured to output the RF signal at a beamwidth, and the at least one processor is operative to configure the at least one antenna to vary the beamwidth of the RF signal based on the height parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Donald C. Kauffman, Willard R. True
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Patent number: 11917420Abstract: An enhanced network environment is provided by provisioning a device to utilize the 6 GHz frequency band. The device requires provisioning so as not to interfere with legacy systems. The provisioning requires that the two-dimensional location of the device be obtained and sent to a topographical mapping network resource to obtain an accurate ground location for the terrain. The elevation is then modified based on an actual height from ground level of the device. The location of the device can then be sent to an automated frequency controller (AFC) resource to obtain an equivalent isotropically radiated power mask that can be used to provision the device so that the device can operate in the 6 GHz frequency band without causing interference with any other systems. Once provisioned, the device can be registered with the AFC resource.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLCInventor: James R. Flesch
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Patent number: 11910204Abstract: An enhanced network environment is provided by provisioning a device to utilize the 6 GHz frequency band. The device requires provisioning so as not to interfere with legacy systems. The provisioning includes obtaining exterior multiple fixed power measurements to obtain a virtualized location and a virtualized power level. The elevation is then modified based on an actual height from ground level of the device. The location of the device and a virtualized equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) can then be sent to an automated frequency controller (AFC) resource to obtain an EIRP mask that can be used to provision the device so that the device can operate in the 6 GHz frequency band without causing interference with any other systems. Once provisioned, the device can be registered with the AFC resource.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLCInventor: James R. Flesch
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Patent number: 11909124Abstract: An electronic device having multiple antenna groups for data communication may determine a temperature of a first antenna group and determine a power gain of a second antenna group. The electronic device may communicate using the second antenna group in response to determining that the temperature of the first antenna group exceeds a temperature threshold and the power gain of the second antenna group exceeds a gain threshold. In some embodiments, the electronic device may receive communication link preferences, determine an antenna group that is disposed outside of thermal hotspots of the electronic device, and determine a beam that enables the communication link preferences via the antenna group. The electronic device may then transmit or receive data via the antenna group by forming the beam.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Franz J. Eder, Carlo Tosetti, Kenan Kocagoez, Prashant H. Vashi, Murali Mohan Chakka, Muthukumaran Dhanapal
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Patent number: 11902804Abstract: The present technology is directed to providing fault management with dynamic restricted access in a tenant network. The tenant network can be a private 5G cellular network or other wireless communication network. The present technology can identify a fault event within the tenant network based on received telemetry data, associate the fault event with a vendor component included in the tenant network, and generate a vendor fault context. The vendor fault context can be generated to include only the portion of telemetry data that is determined to be related to the fault event or the vendor component. The present technology can further use the vendor fault context to create a time-bound user account for remotely accessing the tenant network for fault triage and management. The time-bound user account can be associated to a static role-based access control (RBAC) scheme configured with access restrictions determined based on the vendor fault context.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Rajesh Indira Viswambharan, Saravanan Radhakrishnan, Girish Thimmalapura Shivanna, Mahaveer Jain, Rishi Kant, Sarthak Udai Singh
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Patent number: 11901871Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes the following configuration. A detection circuit detects a state of a clock signal. An amplification circuit changes a gain based on the state of the clock signal detected by the detection circuit. An amplification circuit amplifies a first voltage with the gain and outputs a second voltage obtained as a result of amplification. A conversion circuit converts the second voltage output from the amplification circuit to first data. An isolation circuit includes a driver and a receiver electrically isolated from the driver. The driver transmits a signal corresponding to the first data to the receiver. The receiver outputs second data corresponding to the signal transmitted from the driver. The output circuit outputs the second data output from the isolation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventor: Hitoshi Imai
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Patent number: 11902952Abstract: Methods, media, and systems are provided for carrier aggregation grouping based on user device location. For example, the methods, media, and systems receive one or more Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) beam reports from one or more user devices. Further, a base station divides a coverage area associated with a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) service into carrier aggregation (CA) groups associated with one or more component carriers. Upon receiving or determining the location of the one or more user devices associated with each of the one or more SSB beam reports, the one or more component carriers are assigned to at least one of the CA groups based on the location of the one or more user devices and the SSB beam reports. Furthermore, if interference from a neighboring base station is detected, the one or more component carriers experiencing the interference is grouped differently from the interfering carriers.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLCInventor: Sanghoon Sung
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Patent number: 11895496Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing and using a decentralized network using a blockchain. A provider (and/or miner) may provide network coverage to one or more devices in return for tokens on the blockchain. The blockchain may employ a proof-of-coverage scheme to verify (and even guarantee) that the miners are honestly representing the wireless network coverage they are providing. In some instances, the proof of coverage may require the providers to prove coverage periodically, upon demand, and/or at random intervals.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: DECENTRALIZED WIRELESS FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: Amir Haleem, Andrew Thompson, Andrew Allen, Marc Nijdam, Rahul Garg, Jay Kickliter
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Patent number: 11895524Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for distinguishing minimization of drive tests (MDT) logging through different radio resource controller (RRC) states. One method may include receiving, from a network element, a logged measurement configuration comprising specific content for a user equipment depending on a connection state of the user equipment. The method may also include validating the logged measurement configuration, wherein the validating is embodied by the network element prior to transitioning to a different user equipment state, or by a user equipment after entering a logging state, for which the logged measurement configuration was designated. The method may further include performing logging of a measurement according to the content of the logged measurement configuration. In addition, the method may include tagging the logged measurement. The method may also include transmitting the tagged logged measurement to the network element.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Malgorzata Tomala, Guillaume Decarreau, Anna Pantelidou
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Patent number: 11894897Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a base station configured to communicate with at least one user device includes transmitting a reference signal to the at least one user device, receiving channel quality information from the at least one user device, and forming a beam based on the channel quality information received from the at least one user device.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jianglei Ma, Peiying Zhu, Wen Tong, Ming Jia
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Patent number: 11889559Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for channel sensing with self-interference awareness for unlicensed band. A node may transmit, via a first entity of the node, at least one signal during a LBT procedure of a second entity of the node. The at least one signal may include a signal energy. The LBT procedure may be associated with a total measured interference from all detected energy sources. The node may determine a self-interference at the second entity of the node based on the signal energy of the at least one signal transmitted via the first entity of the node and calculate an interference from at least one other source based on a difference between the total measured interference from all detected energy sources and the self-interference determined based on the signal energy of the at least one signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jianghong Luo, Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun, Navid Abedini, Naeem Akl, Tao Luo, Luca Blessent, Junyi Li, Karl Georg Hampel
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Patent number: 11889510Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for frame based operation and medium contention procedures in wireless networks. In some aspects, devices of a wireless network may perform receiver side contention operations. To illustrate, reference signals from a receiving device may be transmitted to a transmitting device and used by the transmitting device to estimate interference for transmitter side transmissions. Such receiver side reference signals may more accurately reflect the interference profile that transmissions sent by the transmitting device will face, such as when operating in a spectrum shared with many devices. The transmitting device may utilize the beam(s) that satisfy interference criteria when receiving the reference signals to transmit data.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Vinay Chande, Xiaoxia Zhang, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11889363Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, etc.) based on 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for logging and reporting information relating to a radio link failure. The method includes receiving, from a first base station that operates based on a first RAT, a UE information request including information indicating whether the terminal reports an RLF; and transmitting, to the first base station, a UE information response including an RLF report, in response to the information indicating a reporting of the terminal for the RLF.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventors: Sangyeob Jung, Soenghun Kim
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Patent number: 11882469Abstract: Inter-cell mobility across serving and non-serving cells based on layer 3 measurements is accomplished at the cost of increased delay. Inter-cell mobility across serving and non-serving cells based on layer 1 measurements minimized delay. A user equipment (UE) apparatus that is served by a serving cell of a base station receives, from the serving cell, a configuration to perform layer 1 (L1) measurements based on one or more reference signals from a non-serving cell. The UE also receives the one or more reference signals from the non-serving cell. The UE performs the L1 measurements on the one or more reference signals received from the non-serving cell based on the configuration received from the base station. The UE may perform the L1 measurements on a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), or a positioning reference signal (PRS) from the non-serving cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yan Zhou, Fang Yuan, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11881976Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a reference signal transmission method, a device, and a system. The method includes: determining, by a first device, at least one reference signal generation sequence corresponding to at least one frequency-domain resource group that is on a symbol carrying a reference signal and that is used to send the reference signal, where one frequency-domain resource group is corresponding to one reference signal generation sequence; and generating, by the first device, the reference signal based on the at least one reference signal generation sequence, and mapping the reference signal to a time-frequency resource whose time domain is the symbol and whose frequency domain is the at least one frequency-domain resource group.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi Zhang, Chi Zhang
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Patent number: 11877195Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method and apparatus for cell reselection in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises performing a cell reselection to a cell at a first time point during a time duration; receiving, from the cell, information comprising a first time range and a weight related to the first time range; determining a mobility counter based on the weight related to the first time range, wherein a time length between the first time point and a second time point at which a previous cell reselection is performed during the time duration is within the first time range; and determining a mobility state of the wireless device based on the mobility counter.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Oanyong Lee, Sunyoung Lee
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Jitter and reference spur management with adaptive gain by voltage controlled oscillator calibration
Patent number: 11870450Abstract: An apparatus comprises a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate an output signal having a first frequency in response to a voltage level of a first input signal and a value of a second input signal. The second circuit may be configured to determine the value of the second input signal based on a reference frequency signal, the first frequency of the output signal, a reference voltage, and a value representing a target frequency for the output signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Ambarella International LPInventors: Yueh Chun Cheng, Xuan Wang -
Patent number: 11869330Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for automatic signal detection in an RF environment are disclosed. A sensor device in a nodal network comprises at least one RF receiver, a generator engine, and an analyzer engine. The at least one RF receiver measures power levels in the RF environment and generates FFT data based on power level data. The generator engine calculates a power distribution by frequency of the RF environment in real time or near real time, including a first derivative and a second derivative of the FFT data. The analyzer engine creates a baseline based on statistical calculations of the power levels measured in the RF environment for a predetermined period of time, and identifies at least one signal based on the first derivative and the second derivative of the FFT data in at least one conflict situation from comparing live power distribution to the baseline of the RF environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DIGITAL GLOBAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: David William Kleinbeck
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Patent number: 11871103Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting UAVs in an RF environment are disclosed. An apparatus is constructed and configured for network communication with at least one camera. The at least one camera captures images of the RF environment and transmits video data to the apparatus. The apparatus receives RF data and generates FFT data based on the RF data, identifies at least one signal based on a first derivative and a second derivative of the FFT data, measures a direction from which the at least one signal is transmitted, analyzes the video data. The apparatus then identifies at least one UAV to which the at least one signal is related based on the analyzed video data, the RF data, and the direction from which the at least one signal is transmitted, and controls the at least one camera based on the analyzed video data.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DIGITAL GLOBAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: David William Kleinbeck
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Patent number: 11870762Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for transparent Provider Backbone Bridge forwarding of MACsec key exchanges over public Ethernet provider backbones. The method includes the steps of receiving, at a first PBB device, an Ethernet frame from a first edge router for transmission to a second edge router via a MACsec connection, the Ethernet frame comprising a plurality of fields; performing a lookup of one or more fields of the plurality of fields to determine a match with one or more pre-defined values; determining that the one or more fields of the Ethernet frame match the one or more pre-defined values; rewriting the one or more fields of the Ethernet frame to one or more open values operable to allow the Ethernet frame to be transmitted to a next hop device; and transmitting the Ethernet frame to the next hop device.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Craig Thomas Hill, Aaron Christopher Warner, Michael William Bessette, Chennakesava Reddy Gaddam
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Patent number: 11863261Abstract: This base station comprises: a control unit that allocates, on the basis of a doppler shift estimated using an uplink reference signal, a downlink reference signal common to a plurality of beams; and a transmission unit that transmits the common downlink reference signal via the plurality of beams. According to this base station communication method, the base station allocates, on the basis of a doppler shift estimated using an uplink reference signal, a downlink reference signal common to a plurality of beams, and transmits the common downlink reference signal via the plurality of beams.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Nobuhide Nonaka, Tatsuki Okuyama, Satoshi Suyama, Yukihiko Okumura
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Patent number: 11854392Abstract: A method for an apparatus operating in a wireless communication network. The method includes: determining at least one functional safety indicator that indicates at least whether associated data, especially V2X data that comprises at least one of a vehicle operating parameter and a roadway event, or industrial data that comprises a machine operating parameter, or building technology data that comprises building operational data, is relevant according to at least one safety integrity level; and transmitting the data along with the at least one determined functional safety indicator.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Frank Hofmann, Khaled Shawky Hassan, Kurt Eckert, Tobias Frye
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Patent number: 11849500Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information identifying a slot or sub-slot granularity for transitioning from a non-monitoring state to a monitoring state, wherein the information identifies, for each slot or sub-slot, whether to operate in the non-monitoring state or the monitoring state; and transition from the non-monitoring state, wherein the user equipment (UE) is not performing monitoring, to the monitoring state, wherein the UE is performing monitoring, in accordance with the DRX configuration information. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ozcan Ozturk, Gavin Bernard Horn, Ravi Agarwal
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Patent number: 11849353Abstract: A bridge system establishes a network connection between each of a plurality of private computer networks and a public computer network. The bridge system includes a plurality of bridge devices, each bridge device being connected to the public computer network. Additionally, the bridge system includes a central controller in connection with each bridge device. The central controller configures each bridge device for wireless communication with a designated private network, with aspects of the bridge device configuration being reviewable and modifiable through a network interface in communication with the central controller. Accordingly, the bridge system creates a private-to-public network link between each private network and the public network. As a result, an internet-enabled device with access to the network link is afforded with all the network services and resources provided by the private network over the substantially broadened geographic area of coverage delivered by the public network.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: 5321 INNOVATION LABS LLCInventors: Edward William Neipris, David Rueben Doiron
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Patent number: 11849390Abstract: Systems, devices and automated processes are provided for prolonging backup battery power for RF radio operations at a base station, including a radio controller configured to control routing of power from the backup battery; a detection unit for determining whether a source of commercial power is about to or has failed; a control unit located remotely to communicate with an RF radio controller, a server, and router to change a setting of a required level to reduce the power to the cell; a feedback mechanism responsive to the loss of power to crop the input power; an output control unit to reduce the output power from the RF radio; and a battery controller configured to reduce the draw on the UPS since input power requirement are dropped.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.Inventor: Anand Menon
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Patent number: 11846716Abstract: A system for determining a position of a user in a building includes a control device, a plurality of stationary radio signal transmission devices, a radio signal receiving device, and a signal processing device. The signal processing device determines primary channel impulse responses based on the radio signals received by the receiving device. The signal processing device also determines a secondary channel impulse response based on a secondary radio signal received by the receiving device from a mobile device of a user. The channel impulse responses are evaluated to determine degrees of similarity that indicate how similar a first primary channel impulse response and the secondary channel impulse response are to one another. For each degree of similarity, a distance of the mobile device from the transmission device corresponding to the degree of similarity is determined. A position of the mobile device is determined based on the distances.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: INVENTIO AGInventors: Florian Troesch, Armin Wittneben, Gregor Dumphart, Marc Kuhn
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Patent number: 11848803Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first device (e.g., user equipment (UE), base station) may determine a condition of a channel between the first device and a second device (e.g., UE, base station). The first device may apply pre-equalization to the signal based on one or more pre-equalization parameters. The one or more pre-equalization parameters may be based on the condition of the channel. The first device may transmit, to the second device, or a third device (e.g., UE, base station), or both, a report indicating the one or more pre-equalization parameters associated with the pre-equalized signal. The first device may transmit, to the second device, the pre-equalized signal over the channel. The second device may decode the pre-equalized signal based on the report. The third device may receive the pre-equalized signal and perform interference cancelation procedures to the pre-equalized signal based on the report.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Idan Michael Horn, Shay Landis, Assaf Touboul
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Patent number: 11844134Abstract: A cell site maintenance system. The system comprises a plurality of data stores, a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a part replacement prediction application stored in memory. When executed by the processor the application extracts features based on data read from the data stores, executes a plurality of part machine learning models, where each part machine learning model analyses some of the extracted features by a multi-label classification model trained for a specific part associated with that part machine learning model and each part machine learning model outputs a probability that the associated part can fix the cell site associated with the trouble ticket, and, based on a probability output by a part machine learning model associated with a first part exceeding a predefined threshold, determining that the first part is to be pulled from a part inventory to make ready for a service truck.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: Diksha Agarwal, Hui-Lin Chang, Lance P. Lukens, Daqi Li, Leland John Garris, Wayne Alexander Thompson
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Patent number: 11843424Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a housing; a wireless communication circuit positioned inside the housing so as to transmit/receive at least one radio frequency (RF) signal; multiple antennas positioned inside the housing or configured as parts of the housing and electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit; at least one processor operably connected to the wireless communication circuit; and a memory operably connected to the at least one processor. The memory may store a lookup table comprising a first set of antenna modes regarding at least some of the multiple antennas and a second set of antenna modes regarding at least some of the multiple antennas.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youngkwon Lee, Hyungjoon Yu, Songsub Cha
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Patent number: 11843809Abstract: [Technical Problem] To enable video delivery tailored to the viewer's response. [Solution to Problem] The video delivery system includes a video library for storing a plurality of video data. The video distribution system further includes a video distributing unit for distributing the video data and a reaction acquiring unit for acquiring reaction information indicative of a reaction from a plurality of viewers during playback of at least a first video data. The video distribution system further includes a switch determining unit that determines a second video data to be distributed next to the first video data in response to the reaction information.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: AVEX TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Yuki Sato, Jun Kumano
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Patent number: 11843960Abstract: A test system (1) serves to test a broadband cellular network. The test system (1) includes at least one user interface (2, 3) and at least one central test module (7) capable to run a predetermined or user-defined test method. A smartphone test probe interface module (13) of the test system (1) is connected to the central test module (7). Such smartphone test probe interface module (13) is capable to establish a data/signal connection between at least one smartphone test probe (14) and a network component of the broadband cellular network. The test system (1) further includes a radio test probe interface module (15) and a core network test probe interface module (17) capable to establish in a similar manner a data/signal connection between at least one radio/core test probe (16, 18) and a respective network component of the broadband cellular network.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: SIGOS GmbHInventors: Vlad Bratu, Goce Talaganov, Gerald Wittmann
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System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Patent number: 11838765Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: DIGITAL GLOBAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Armando Montalvo -
Patent number: 11838985Abstract: A method of managing embedded subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) on a user equipment (UE). The method comprises receiving a request to manage an eSIM profile stored on the UE by an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the UE from a requestor; looking up a set of eSIM profile management rules in the eSIM profile by the eUICC; determining an eSIM profile management rule of the set of eSIM profile management rules that applies to the eSIM profile by the eUICC based on an identity of the requestor; determining to deny the request by the eUICC based on the identity of the requestor, based on the request, and based on the eSIM profile management rule; and, based on denying the request, executing a rejection method, wherein the rejection method is defined by the eSIM profile management rule.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLCInventor: David William James Holmes
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Patent number: 11832201Abstract: Described herein is a system with a first network element and a second network element. The first network element contains a processor configured to synchronize with the second network element; and maintain synchronization with the second network element. The first network element is a small cell eNB and the second network element is one of the following: a macro cell enhanced node-B (eNB); or a small cell eNB.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Hua Xu, Shiwei Gao, Yajun Zhu, Zhijun Cai, Chandra Sekhar Bontu, Yi Song
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Patent number: 11831356Abstract: Technologies directed to calibration and measurement of transmit phased array antennas with digital beamforming are described. One method includes a communication device generating a radio frequency (RF) signal and a reference RF signal generated using a first offset value. A processing device sending to a measurement device data indicating a first periodicity of the first RF signal and a first data acquisition parameter. The processing device receives measurement data indicating conditions of the first RF signal and the reference RF signal received at the measurement device. The processing device determines signal characteristics of the first RF signal and the reference RF signal. The processing device sends a command to the communication device. The command indicates a modification of the first offset value to a second offset value. The communication device generates a second RF signal using the second offset value.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Iyappan Ramachandran, Farideddin Fayazbakhsh, Yu Ho, Tara Yousefi
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Patent number: 11832198Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to mobility techniques that allow for dynamically updating a set of cells activated to serve a user equipment (UE) and synchronizing with the cells activated to serve the UE. An example method generally includes receiving, from a network entity, signaling indicating a set of cells supported by one or more distributed units (DUs) under a common central unit (CU) and one or more timing advance groups (TAGs) for the set of cells; identifying a subset of the set of cells activated to serve the UE; receiving physical (PHY) layer or medium access control (MAC) layer mobility signaling; updating the subset of activated cells based on the mobility signaling; and communicating with the subset of activated cells based on a timing advance associated with the one or more TAGs in which the updated subset of activated cells belong.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jelena Damnjanovic, Tao Luo, Aleksandar Damnjanovic
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Patent number: 11828802Abstract: Arrangements and techniques for testing mobile devices within a test module. The test modules are portable and may be stacked to provide a modular testing system. A pulley system may be used to move an actuator arm horizontally in the X and Y directions. The actuator arm may be moved vertically in the Z direction such that a tip may engage a touchscreen of a mobile device being tested or a user interface element of the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Syed Toaha Ahmad, Eric Christie, Zachary Powers, Marguerite Eaton, Derek Klaas, Grant Taylor, Bradley Chew, Natasha Theodora Petrus, William Ah Tou, Yen-Lin Han
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Patent number: 11832113Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for displaying optimal locations for telecommunications equipment. In one embodiment, a method comprises simultaneously recording video footage and wireless signal strengths of a respective room in a plurality of rooms; storing the video footage and wireless signal strengths in a database; accessing the database and analyzing whether the video footage and wireless signal strengths include useful information; displaying one or more locations for telecommunications equipment on a floor plan of the respective room if the video footage and wireless signal strengths include useful information; and transmitting the video footage and wireless signal strengths to a technician if the video footage and wireless signal strengths do not include useful information.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Future Dial, Inc.Inventors: Dan Kikinis, George Huang
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Patent number: 11825427Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a control signal scheduling the UE to receive a downlink message from the base station using a set of time and frequency resources. The UE may identify an aggressor UE attempting to receive uplink communications, downlink communications, or both, transmitted between the UE and the base station and determine a transmit power for transmitting a jamming signal to the aggressor UE during the set of time and frequency resources. The UE may apply a jamming signal power scheme to the jamming signal by either using the determined transmit power or adjusting the determined transmit power in accordance with the jamming signal power scheme.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli
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Patent number: 11825424Abstract: Provided is a terminal with which it is possible, in a heterogeneous cell network, to transmit a Periodic-Sounding Reference Signal (P-SRS) at a transmission bandwidth and power density necessary for carrying out both a process of selection of a transceiving participating base station and a process of frequency scheduling of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH). A terminal (300) comprises a receiving unit (301) which receives control information which includes information which denotes a P-SRS transmission parameter, and a transmission unit (303) which, using a transmission parameter which is included in the received control information, transmits a first P-SRS provided with a first bandwidth and a first power density at a first period, and transmits a second P-SRS provided with a second bandwidth which is narrower than the first bandwidth and second power density which is higher than the first power density at a second period.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Sun Patent TrustInventors: Kazuki Takeda, Akihiko Nishio, Daichi Imamura
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Patent number: 11825414Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, apparatuses, and wireless stations related to waking up low power radios. In particular, a wireless station is disclosed that may identify a first management frame from a first wireless station a first management frame from a first wireless station. The wireless station may cause to allocate one or more group identifications (IDs) to the first wireless station. The wireless station may cause to generate a bitmap corresponding to the allocation of the one or more group IDs to the first wireless station. The wireless station may cause to send a second management frame to the first wireless station of one or more wireless stations, wherein the second management frame comprises the bitmap.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Po-Kai Huang, Daniel Bravo, Noam Ginsburg, Robert Stacey
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Patent number: 11824958Abstract: A verification apparatus for 5G New Radio applications includes a graphical user interface and a processing circuit. The graphical user interface is configured to receive a set of communication parameters from a user, the set of communication parameters being associated with communication parameters of a 5G communication channel. The set of communication parameters includes at least one of a frequency reference point A or an Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN). The processing circuit is configured to analyze the set of communication parameters, thereby obtaining a set of analysis data.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Juergen Basedahl, Lothar Walther