| 46th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 76 |
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| 20210360345 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT THEREFOR - A capacitive sensor assembly includes a capacitive transduction element and an electrical circuit disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to contacts on an external-device interface of the housing. The electrical circuit includes a sampling circuit having an operational sampling phase during which a voltage produced by the capacitive sensor is sampled by a sampling capacitor coupled to a comparator and an operational charging phase during which a second capacitor is charged by a charge and discharge circuit until the output of the comparator changes state, wherein the output of the sampling circuit is a pulse width modulated signal representative of the voltage on the input of the sampling circuit during each sample period. The output of the sampling circuit can be coupled to a delta-sigma analog-to-digital (A/D) converter. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360346 | CONTROL CIRCUIT, CONTROL DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A control circuit includes: a voltage output circuit control unit that controls a voltage output circuit so as to apply a voltage, which corresponds to an output control signal and is to cause an electrostatic transducer to generate vibration, sound, or pressure, between both ends of the electrostatic transducer in a case where a detection control signal is at a first level, and that stops the voltage output circuit in a case where the detection control signal is at a second level; a pulse signal output unit that outputs a pulse signal, which is to cause the electrostatic transducer to detect vibration, sound, or pressure, to a terminal on a high potential side of the electrostatic transducer via a diode; and a voltage clamp unit that outputs a clamp voltage acquired by clamping of a voltage between the terminals of the electrostatic transducer to a predetermined voltage or lower. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360347 | TRANSDUCER SYSTEM WITH THREE DECIBEL FEEDBACK LOOP - A transducer system has a transducer configured to receive an incident signal and produce an output signal as a function of the incident signal. As known in the art, the output signal has a −3 dB point. The transducer system also has circuitry operatively coupled with the transducer. The circuitry includes an amplifier with an output configured to produce an amplified signal as a function of the output signal. In addition, the circuitry further has a positive feedback loop and a negative feedback loop that both are electrically coupled between the transducer and the amplifier. The positive feedback loop is configured to move the −3 dB point in a first frequency direction. Conversely, the negative feedback loop is configured to move the −3 dB point in a second frequency direction. Preferably, the first and second frequency directions are different. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360348 | AUDIO SIGNAL BLENDING WITH BEAT ALIGNMENT - A method and apparatus are described for aligning cross-faded audio signals using beats. In an embodiment, a controller includes a cross-fade module having at least first and second audio inputs and an audio output port to provide an audio output signal to an external audio reproduction system. A control signal determines whether to provide the first or the second audio signal to the audio output, and the cross-fade module cross-fades the audio output signal from one audio signal to the other audio signal. A beat alignment module determines a delay between a first beat of the first audio signal and a second beat of the second audio signal, and a delay module delays either the first or the second audio signal to compensate for the delay into the cross-fade module. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360349 | AUDIO NOISE DETERMINATION USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS - Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to reduce noise in audio. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks are used to determine a noise signal in one or more speech signals. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360350 | SPEAKER AND MAGNETIC CIRCUIT SYSTEM THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a speaker and a magnetic circuit system thereof. The speaker includes a housing and at least one magnetic circuit system and at least one vibration system arranged in the housing. The at least one vibration system includes at least one layer of drive circuit configured to generate mechanical motion under the action of a magnetic field of the at least one magnetic circuit system, and a diaphragm driven by the at least one layer of drive circuit. The at least one layer of driving circuit is mounted to the diaphragm and has a planar shape. Since the driving circuit of the vibration system has a planar shape, the thickness of the speaker of the present disclosure can be effectively reduced. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360351 | ANTENNA LINE FOR AUDIO AND BLUETOOTH SIGNALS - The present invention belongs to the technical field of antennas and discloses an antenna line for audio and Bluetooth signals. By arranging an input radio frequency choke, the role of insulating a wireless signal from being transmitted to an audio line can be performed. By arranging an output radio frequency choke, the role of insulating the wireless signal from being transmitted to a loudspeaker can be performed. A bendable transmission line can be used as an earphone cable. An audio signal transmission line and a Bluetooth signal transmission line are mixed together, which reduces a PCB wiring space and makes PCB design simpler and smaller. When the audio signal is transmitted to a Bluetooth antenna or another set of wireless signals, the impedance value is very large, so the audio signal could not reach there and will go from an audio signal input port to the loudspeaker without loss. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360352 | DETECTION OF FILTER CLOGGING FOR HEARING DEVICES - An electronic device includes: an input configured to obtain information regarding a usage of a hearing device; a processing unit configured to detect a clogging of a filter of the hearing device based at least in part on the information regarding the usage of the hearing device; and an output configured to provide a signal indicating the clogging of the filter. An electronic device includes: a user interface configured to receive a user input associated with a usage of a hearing device; a screen; a processing unit configured to generate usage information regarding the usage of the hearing device; and a communication unit configured to provide the usage information regarding the usage of the hearing device to a server, and to receive a signal indicating a clogging of a filter of the hearing device, the signal being based on the usage information regarding the usage of the hearing device. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360353 | MULTIPLE SOUND SOURCE ENCODING IN HEARING PROSTHESES - Presented herein are techniques for enhancing a hearing prosthesis recipient's perception of multiple frequencies present in received sound signals. The hearing prosthesis is configured to extract a plurality of frequencies from the received sound signals and to use the plurality of frequencies to modulate the amplitudes of different stimulation pulse sequences that are to be delivered to the recipient via different stimulation channels. The hearing prosthesis may also adapt a stimulation resolution of the stimulation pulse sequences when delivering the modulated stimulation pulses sequences to the recipient. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360354 | HEARING AID COMPRISING A LEFT-RIGHT LOCATION DETECTOR - A bearing aid is configured to be located at or in an ear of a user. The hearing aid comprises a heartbeat detector providing a pulse control signal, and a processor. The processor is configured to estimate whether the hearing aid is located at a left or a right ear of the user in dependence of the pulse control signal. A method of operating a bearing aid and a binaural hearing aid system is further disclosed. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360355 | Personal Sound Amplification Article and Method for Implementing same - A Personal Sound Amplification System is provided in accordance with one embodiment of the invention and includes a Personal Sound Amplification Device (PSAD), a receiving module and an external sound tube, wherein the PSAD includes a power module having a power source. The receiving module includes a receiving module body having a module body top and defining a receiving module body cavity for containing module electronics, wherein the receiving module is configured to removably associate with a decorative jewelry cover. Moreover, the external sound tube may be associated with the module body top of the receiving module. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360356 | HEARING DEVICE INCORPORATIONG DYNAMIC MICROPHONE ATTENUATION DURING STREAMING - A hearing device comprises a microphone configured to produce microphone signals and is coupled to an input of a first amplifier. A wireless transceiver is configured to receive an audio stream and is coupled to an input of a second amplifier. The second amplifier is configured to amplify the audio stream at a pre-established gain. A digital signal processor (DSP) is coupled to the microphone and the first and second amplifiers. The DSP is configured to monitor the microphone signals for a predetermined sound type of interest to the wearer during playback of the audio stream by a speaker and, while maintaining playback of the audio stream at the pre-established gain, automatically adjust gain of the first amplifier coupled to the microphone in response to detecting the predetermined sound type of interest. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360357 | Systems and Methods for Coordinating Rendering of a Remote Audio Stream by Binaural Hearing Devices - A binaural hearing system includes first and second hearing devices communicatively coupled by way of a binaural communication link. The first hearing device determines that a signal quality measure of a wireless signal transmitted by the remote audio source is greater than an upper threshold level. In response, both hearing devices enter a wireless audio rendering mode in which they render a remote audio stream from the remote audio source to a user. While operating in the wireless audio rendering mode, both hearing devices determine that a signal quality measure of the remote audio stream drops below a lower threshold level. In response to this determination, both hearing devices exit the wireless audio rendering mode. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360358 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER WITH SPECIFIC INTERNAL GEOMETRY - A device, including an electromagnetic transducer including a bobbin having a space therein, a connection apparatus in fixed relationship to the bobbin configured to transfer vibrational energy directly or indirectly at least one of to or from the electromagnetic transducer, and a passage from the space to the connection apparatus. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360359 | PATIENT MONITOR ALARM SPEAKER ANALYZER - A patient monitor can diagnose whether its speaker is blocked, malfunctioning, or at a volume that is too low. For example, the monitor can include a processor that can diagnose the speaker by recording a microphone input signal. The processor can compare the microphone input signal to an expected alarm signal that should be output by the speaker. If the two do not match or reasonably correspond to one another, then the processor may increase the volume of the alarm to determine whether doing so can overcome an obstruction, noise, or potential malfunction. The microphone can again detect the speaker output, and the processor can again make another comparison or analysis of the input with the speaker output. If the speaker output as detected via the microphone is still insufficiently loud, then the patient monitor may output an indication that the speaker has a problem. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360360 | MICROPHONE TEST MODULE AND A METHOD OF TESTING MICROPHONES - A test module for testing microphones comprises an outer chamber being airtight, and a sound chamber comprising an electrical test device for testing the microphones. The sound chamber is located within the outer chamber, and the sound chamber is coupled to the outer chamber with a connection suppressing structure-borne noise between the outer chamber and the sound chamber. A space between the outer chamber and the sound chamber has a gas pressure being lower than an ambient air pressure. A method of testing microphones comprises evacuating the space between the outer chamber and the sound chamber to having a lower gas pressure than an ambient air pressure, and testing the microphone. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360361 | CHANNEL-BASED CONTROL OF AUDIO TRANSMISSIONS - Methods and systems for controlling the receipt and transmission of audio transmissions are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes selecting a first audio channel and transmitting a first audio transmission using the first audio channel. A second audio transmission may then be received that contains an acknowledgment of the first audio transmission. In certain instances, the second audio transmission may be received on a second audio channel. If no acknowledgment is received for the predetermined period of time, the first audio transmission may be transmitted again using a third audio channel. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360362 | SPATIAL AUDIO PROCESSING - According to an example embodiment, a method for processing a multi-channel input audio signal representing a sound field into a multi-channel output audio signal representing said sound field in accordance with a predefined loudspeaker layout is provided, the method comprising the following for at least one frequency band: obtaining spatial audio parameters that are descriptive of spatial characteristics of said sound field; estimating a signal energy of the sound field represented by the multi-channel input audio signal; estimating, based on said signal energy and the obtained spatial audio parameters, respective output signal energies for channels of the multi-channel output audio signal according to said predefined loudspeaker layout; determining a maximum output energy as the largest of the output signal energies across channels of said multi-channel output audio signal; and deriving, on basis of said maximum output energy, a gain value for adjusting sound reproduction gain in at least one of said channels of the multi-channel output audio signal. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360363 | Method for the spatialized sound reproduction of a sound field that is audible in a position of a moving listener and system implementing such a method - A computer-assisted method for spatialized sound reproduction based on an array of loudspeakers, for the purpose of producing a selected sound field at a position of a listener. The method includes iteratively and continuously: obtaining a current position of a listener; determining respective acoustic transfer functions of the loudspeakers at a virtual microphone of which the position is defined dynamically as a function of the current position of the listener, estimating a sound pressure at the virtual microphone; calculating an error between the estimated sound pressure and a target sound pressure; calculating and applying respective weights to the control signals of the loudspeakers as a function of the error and of a weight forgetting factor, the forgetting factor being calculated as a function of a movement of the listener, and calculating the sound pressure at the current position of the listener. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360364 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CORRECTS AN ERROR WHERE A USER HEARS BINAURAL SOUND - A wearable electronic device (WED) corrects an error where a user hears binaural sound. A processor processes sound into binaural sound that localizes to the user at a location, and the WED determines a gaze direction of the user when the user hears the binaural sound. The WED corrects an error between the location and the gaze direction. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360365 | BEACON READER WITH REDUCED NETWORK DATA TRAFFIC - Systems, methods, and computer-executable instructions for reducing network traffic from a beacon reader including detecting a plurality of beacon information from the beacon during a read delay period of time. A distance between the beacon reader and the beacon for each of the two of more beacon information is determined. A combined distance based on the determined distances between the beacon reader and the beacon for each of the plurality of beacon information is determined. A distance moved from the combined distance and the previous distance of the beacon is determined. The distance moved is greater than a predetermined distance threshold. A beacon identifier is transmitted to a remote server based on the distance moved being greater than the predetermined distance threshold. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360366 | PROXIMITY-BASED CONTACT TRACING SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides embodiments of mobile devices designed to be worn by a person and configured to detect when another mobile device is within a predefined distance and to provide the wearer with an indication that another mobile device is within the predefined distance. The mobile device includes a sealed housing, a clip member, a UWB detector and at least one indicator. The housing has a front housing portion, a rear housing portion and at least one cavity for receiving internal components. The clip member includes a mounting bracket used to affix the clip member to either the front housing portion or the rear housing portion, and a clip is used to permit mobile device to be worn by a person. The UWB detector circuit is located within the at least one cavity and receives signals from at least one other mobile device. The UWB detector circuit also calculates a distance between the mobile device and the at least one other mobile device. The at least one indicator is used to provide at least an audible, haptic or visual indication when the distance between the mobile device and the at least one other mobile device is calculated to be within a predetermined distance. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360367 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF MOVING AGENT GROUP AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a method for controlling a moving agent group platooning within a building, the method comprising: a sensing step in which a first moving agent among a plurality of moving agents senses an occurrence of a predetermined event during the plurality of moving agents are platooning, wherein the first moving agent leads the platooning of the plurality of moving agents; and a transferring step in which the first moving agent transfers a group control authority to a second moving agent among the plurality of moving agents, wherein the second moving agent just follows the first moving agent; wherein the second moving agent having the group control authority leads movement of remaining moving agents following the second moving agent. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360368 | Indoor Positioning Method, Indoor Positioning System, Indoor Positioning Apparatus and Computer Readable Medium - The present disclosure discloses an indoor positioning method, an indoor positioning system, an indoor positioning apparatus and a computer readable medium. The indoor positioning method includes: determining an initial position of a target object using combination of wireless positioning and visual feature map matching positioning; and according to the initial position of the target object, performing real-time positioning on the target object using combination of short-time interframe feature matching positioning and the visual feature map matching positioning. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360369 | LOCATION INFORMATION FOR MULTIPLE USER EQUIPMENTS - A method for assisting in positioning of User Equipment (UEs) in a telecommunication system comprises initiating, in a network node, such as an eNode, a collection of position-related UE information of a plurality of UEs as a response on an obtained measurement initiation request. The measurement initiation request comprises requests for the position-related UE information associated with a defined area, of which at least a part is situated within a coverage area of the network node. The position-related UE information comprises at least a location of the UE. A forming of a measurement reply to the measurement initiation request is initiated in the network node. The measurement reply comprises a compilation of at least a part of the position-related UE information for the plurality of UEs. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360370 | COMMUNICATING PEAK MAGNITUDE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR POSITIONING - In an embodiment, a first node (e.g., a UE or a BS) performs a channel response measurement on a reference signal for positioning (e.g., UL reference signal such as SRS for positioning, or a DL PRS). The first node determines, for each of a plurality of peaks detected within the channel response measurement, peak-specific information comprising at least peak magnitude data that is based on a peak magnitude relative to a reference value. The first node reports the peak-specific information for the plurality of peaks to a second node (e.g., a BS, UE, or LMF). The second node receives the peak-specific information, and determines a positioning estimate for a UE based on the peak-specific information. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360371 | Positioning Service Level - A gateway mobile location center (GMLC) receives, from a location services (LCS) client, a request for a capability of a positioning service level for a wireless device. The GMLC receives, from a network function, a second message indicating at least one of a positioning capability of the wireless device and a positioning capability of at least one base station. The GMLC determines the capability of the positioning service level for the wireless device, based on the second message. The GMLC sends, to the LCS client, a response comprising the capability of the positioning service level. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360372 | USER INTERFACES FOR VIEWING AND REFINING THE CURRENT LOCATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a map user interface including a representation of a map at a respective zoom level and a location indicator that indicates a determined location of the electronic device on the representation of the map. In some embodiments, the location indicator includes a first location element and does not include a second location element. In some embodiments, the location indicator includes the second location element and does not include the first location element. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a map user interface including a representation of a map and a location indicator that indicates a determined location of the electronic device on the representation of the map. In some embodiments, while displaying the map user interface, the electronic device displays a selectable option that is selectable to initiate a process for improving an accuracy of the determined location of the electronic device. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360373 | VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE MANEUVER SHARING AND COORDINATING - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an intended maneuver message for a maneuver of a vehicle associated with the UE, wherein the intended maneuver message identifies one or more target road resources associated with the maneuver, receive, from one or more other UEs, one or more responses to the intended maneuver message, and perform an action based at least in part on receiving the one or more responses to the intended maneuver message. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360374 | Method and Apparatus for Proactive Data Hinting Through Dedicated Traffic Channel of Telecom Network - A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for proactive data hinting in a telecom network. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to receiving a data hinting request for an application at a virtual network framework of the telecom network. A dedicated hinting channel is selected to provide the proactive data hinting; monitoring for the hinting request. Data is moved from the resource, such as edge cloud computing, where the application is implemented when the proactive data hinting is received. The application is used by user equipment, access points and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360375 | AUTONOMOUS SHARING OF DATA BETWEEN GEOGRAPHICALLY PROXIMATE NODES - A communication system may include a plurality of geographically proximate nodes that communicate via one or more range-limited wireless technologies such as BLUETOOTH® low energy (BLE). An origin node may generate and communicate a first message responsive to detecting an event occurrence. The message may include an identifier associated with the origin node, data indicative of the event occurrence, a hop count, a maximum hop count, and a number of designated recipient nodes within the communication system. A first designated recipient node may, upon receiving the first message, attempt to confirm the event occurrence included in the first message. Upon confirming the event occurrence, the first designated recipient node may communicate a notification to an external third party. If unable to confirm the event occurrence, the first designated recipient node may generate and communicate a second message to a second designated recipient node included in the first message. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360376 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OPERATION OF A PLURALITY OF ACTUATORS - A Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Cooling (HVAC) system is provided. The system includes an actuator and a sensor system. The actuator includes an electric motor, a controller connected to the electric motor and a first close range radio communication interface. The sensor system includes one or more sensors, and a second close range radio communication interface. The second close range radio communication interface is connected to the one or more sensors and establishes a local wireless communication link to the actuator via the first close range radio communication interface, and transmits operational values measured by the one or more sensors via the local wireless communication link to the actuator. The controller is connected to the first close range radio communication interface and receives the operational values via the local wireless communication link and controls operation of the actuator's electric motor in accordance with the operational values. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360377 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTION - A method of tracking at least one emergency service provider is disclosed. An electronic history is compiled that includes at least one identifier of a service provider, at least one identifier of an event to which the service provider responded, and GPS data identifying the geographic location of the service provider at each time interval within the duration of the event. A user interface within which is displayed a first identifier of a first event is generated to a display device. A selection of the event identifier is received from a user. In response to the selection of the identifier, an aerial view of a geographic region within which the first event took place is generated. At least one icon is displayed in the aerial view representing the service provider at the geographic location corresponding to at least one time interval during the event. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360378 | Pre-alert System for First Responders - A method includes receiving data identifying a responder in response to a call to an emergency operator, identifying one or more persons associated with the responder, determining communication addresses of communication devices associated with respective persons of the one or more persons, and sending a communication to each of the communication devices using the communication addresses to issue a pre-alert to the one or more persons that allows the one or more persons to prepare for a call to action. A system using natural language processing may be used to analyze a call in progress and aid in dispatching. The system may also identify the responder and assist in initiating the pre-alert prior to an alarm being sounded. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360379 | PCF Determining Method, Apparatus, and System - Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide a PCF determining method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a first AMF, PCF identification information sent by a second AMF, and obtaining, by the first AMF, policy information from a target PCF when at least one PCF corresponding to the PCF identification information includes the target PCF, where the PCF identification information includes identification information of at least one first PCF, the identification information of the first PCF includes at least one of an IP address of the first PCF, an IP prefix of the first PCF, and an FQDN of the first PCF, the first AMF is an AMF providing a service for the terminal to access a network this time, and the second AMF is an AMF providing a service for the terminal to access a network last time. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360380 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND POLICY CONTROL DEVICE | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360381 | Data Processing Method and Apparatus to Associate Data of a Terminal Distributed on Different Network Elements - A method includes obtaining, by a data analytics device, data of a terminal on an access device and data of the terminal on an access and mobility management function device, where the data of the terminal on the access device includes a first identifier, and the access device is an access device, the data of the terminal on the access and mobility management function device includes the first identifier, and the first identifier includes an identifier assigned by the access device to the terminal, associating, by the data analytics device, the data of the terminal on the access device with the data of the terminal on the access and mobility management function device based on the first identifier. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360382 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES USING A PLURALITY OF REMOTE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES - A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES USING A PLURALITY OF REMOTE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES - A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360384 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES USING A PLURALITY OF REMOTE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES - A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360385 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES USING A PLURALITY OF REMOTE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES - A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360386 | AUTHORIZATION OF A DEVICE BEING EQUIPPED WITH AN EMBEDDED UNIVERSAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD - A method and device for registering an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) for a device and a method and device for controlling authorization of operation of a device being equipped with an eUICC. In an aspect, a method of a service node of registering an eUICC for a device is provided. The method comprises receiving information specifying ownership of the device and an identifier of the device, receiving an identifier of the eUICC and an identifier of the device, and storing the received information, wherein ownership of the device and the identifier of the eUICC being arranged in the device is registered with the service node. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360387 | METHODS FOR SHARING A VIRTUAL SIM CARD - A method for virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) sharing. The method can include a service provider receiving a request including service details from a first UE. The service provider can verify the request and then generate a first SIM over-the-air (OTA) message. The first virtual SIM-OTA message can be sent to the first UE and causes the first UE to dynamically provision a virtual SIM. The service provider can also generate and transmit a first unique identifier to the first UE. The method can further include the service provider receiving a second unique identifier from a second UE. After determining the first unique identifier matches the second unique identifier, the service provider can generate and transmit a second SIM-OTA message to the second UE. The service provider can then provide the service to the first UE and second UE according to the service details. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360388 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD - An embodiment subscriber identification module includes a first communication interface, including first pads intended to be coupled to a modulator-demodulator circuit; a second interface, including second pads intended to be coupled to a subscriber identification module card; and a switching circuit, configured to couple the first pads to the second pads or to a communication module integrated to the subscriber identification module. Another embodiment concerns a method of controlling the module. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360389 | REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION GROUPS AND DYNAMIC REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION SELECTION - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication, reference signal configuration aspects, and dynamic and synchronous configuration signaling. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station (BS), an indication of a UE capability to support a reference signal configuration group of a plurality of reference signal configuration groups. The UE may receive, from the BS, an indication of a reference signal configuration from the reference signal configuration group. The indication if the reference signal configuration may be provided by the BS to dynamically configure a reference signal and can be provided by means of medium access control control element (MAC-CE) based activation or by means of activation of a subset of reference signal configurations with a complementary downlink control information (DCI) based selection of one of the activated reference signal configurations. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360390 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION STATE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for controlling a data transmission state by a terminal in a wireless communication system may comprise: transmitting capability configuration information of the terminal to a node of a network; applying a triggered communication environment configuration on the basis of the capability configuration information from the node; transmitting, to the node, first connection configuration information related to a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection configuration; and applying a first communication environment reconfiguration triggered from the node on the basis of the first connection configuration information, wherein the capability configuration information includes LWA function permission information of the terminal. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360391 | DEVICE CAPABILITY IDENTIFIER SIGNALING - Various techniques for device capability identifier signaling are presented. One example method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless device from a network node, a request for a capability identifier of the wireless device that identifies capabilities of the wireless device and transmitting, in response to the request, the capability identifier or detailed capabilities. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360392 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A mobility management method and apparatus are provided, to flexibly switch a forwarding path, and ensure service continuity in a movement process of a terminal device. The method includes: A control plane network element determines a changed media access control address MAC address of a first terminal device after the first terminal device moves. Then, the control plane network element determines at least one second terminal device that belongs to a same terminal device group as the first terminal device, where the first terminal device is a terminal device whose address changes after the movement, and the at least one second terminal device is a terminal device other than the first terminal device in the terminal device group. Finally, the control plane network element notifies the first terminal device and the at least one second terminal device to update to the changed MAC address of the first terminal device. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360393 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE PROVISIONING OF PROTECTION POLICIES IN AN EDGE NODE BASED ON SIGNALING BETWEEN EDGE NODES - A method, apparatus and computer program product may be provided for signaling-based remote provisioning and updating of protection policy information in a SEPP of a visited network. A method may include obtaining, at a home network node (hSEPP), protection policy information from a local repository in a home network or via configuration. The hSEPP is a network node at a boundary of the home netowork, and the home network is a public land mobile network (hPLMN). The method includes distributing, via a signaling interface, the protection policy information to a visited network node (vSEPP) within a visited network (vPLMN). The vSEPP is a network node at a boundary of a second network. The protection policy information includes information regarding protection of signaling messages addressed for network functions (NFs) hosted in the hPLMN and is configured for enabling the vSEPP to selectively protect outgoing messages to hSEPP in the home network. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360394 | BEHAVIORAL BIOMETRIC PROTECTION FOR WIRELESS CARRIER SUBSCRIBERS - A video stream from a user device that is destined for a recipient device is received at a core network of a wireless carrier network. The video stream has a video quality that at least meets a quality threshold for behavioral biometric analysis. A determination of whether a video privacy policy for the user device permits transmission of the video stream of the video quality to the recipient device is made. In response to the video privacy policy not permitting the transmission of the video stream of the video quality, the video quality of the video stream is downgraded to generate a downgraded video stream that prevents behavioral biometric analysis for transmission to the recipient device. However, in response to the video privacy policy permitting the transmission of the video stream of the video quality, the video stream of the video quality is transmitted to the recipient device. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360395 | UWB COMMUNICATION NODE AND OPERATING METHOD - In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, an ultra-wideband communication node is provided, comprising: an ultra-wideband communication unit configured to transmit one or more messages to a plurality of external responder nodes and to receive one or more responses from said responder nodes; a processing unit configured to use a common cryptographic session key to encrypt said messages, wherein said common cryptographic session key is a key shared between the ultra-wideband communication node and all the external responder nodes; wherein the processing unit is further configured to use responder-specific cryptographic session keys to decrypt the responses and/or to encrypt further messages to the responder nodes, and wherein each individual one of said responder-specific cryptographic session keys is a key shared between the ultra-wideband communication node and one of the external responder nodes. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360396 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes a transmitter. The transmitter transmits, in a first period, a first information frame. The first information frame includes first, verification information and a first key usable in the first period. The transmitter transmits, in the first period and after transmitting the first information frame, a data frame including first data. The transmitter transmits, in the first period and after transmitting the first information frame, a second information frame. The data frame includes a fourth key usable in a second period following the first period. The transmitter transmits, in the second period, a third information frame including third verification information and the fourth key. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360397 | Security Context Handling in 5G During Idle Mode - The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for flexible, security context management during AMF changes. One aspect of the disclosure is a mechanism for achieving backward security during AMF changes in idle mode. Instead of passing the current NAS key to the target AMF, the source AMF derives a new NAS key, provides the new NAS key to the target AMF, along with a key change indication indicating that the NAS key has changed. The target AMF sends the key change indication to the user equipment. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360398 | Communication Device And Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Storing Computer-Readable Instructions For Communication Device - A communication device may receive a specific signal from a first external device; display a first instruction screen; in a case where it is instructed that the target process is to be executed in a situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, send a public key to the first external device, wherein in a case where it is not instructed that the target process is to be executed in the situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, the public key is not sent; after the public key has been sent to the first external device, receive an authentication request from the first external device; send an authentication response to the first external device; receive connection information from the first external device; and establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360399 | MOBILE AUTHENTICATION IN MOBILE VIRTUAL NETWORK - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for using mobile network authentication factors to authenticate a mobile device. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360400 | GROUPING USERS BY PRE-SHARED KEY (PSK) IN HOSPITALITY - Presented herein are techniques to manage a wireless local area network. A method includes defining a plurality of geographical zones corresponding to a geographical area that is serviced by a common service set identifier for a wireless local area network, assigning a pre-shared key to a mobile station based on the plurality of geographical zones, wherein the pre-shared key is associated with predetermined policies for a user of the mobile station, associating a media access control address of the mobile station with the pre-shared key, and controlling access of the mobile station to the wireless local area network based on the predetermined policies. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360401 | System And Methods For Transit Path Security Assured Network Slices - Systems and methods of configuring, managing and ensuring security compliance of Virtual Network Slices that transit through physical networks, virtual networks (SDN), cloud networks, radio access networks, service provider networks, and enterprise networks are identified. The methods include user side security validation methods while attempting to use a network slice for a specific service, and security validation of physical or virtual networks and the associated transit network elements. The methods disclose enriching the Security Certificates with policy parameters and the associated procedures that transit elements are required to assure for security compliance. Additionally, methods for incorporating a mobile native security platform in Wireless Mobile Network (4G/5G) that supports generating X.509 Certificates enhanced with policy requirements, validating allowed/disallowed list of transit network vendor devices, virtual network appliances are identified. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360402 | Applying Shaken Procedures to Legacy Protocols - In one embodiment, a network interface is operable to receive a communication request over a communication link of a radio access network. A processor communicatively coupled to the network interface receives the communication request from a first networked device over a communication link of a radio access network via a first communication protocol. The communication request comprises caller information. The processor then verifies caller information and obtains an authenticator, associated with the caller information, that indicates the communication request is authorized to be routed to a second networked device. The second networked device is configured to receive communications via a second communication protocol. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360403 | SECURE AUTHORIZATION VIA A DYNAMIC INTERFACE ON A VISITOR DEVICE - A keyless access system for securely authorizing access to a resource via a dynamic interface that user equipment (“UE”) may access using a changing access identifier without the UE installing or executing any specialized applications or code. The secure authorization of visitor access may include periodically modifying the access identifier, providing access activation data with a first access identifier to a UE in response to a triggering action, providing the dynamic interface to the UE in response to the access activation data automatically directing a browser of the UE to the first access identifier, receiving UE authorization data that is entered using a keypad or login screen of the dynamic interface, and providing access to the resource based on the first access identifier being associated with the resource, the UE authorization data authorizing access to the resource, and the access being provided before an expiration time. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360404 | METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN LOCK - A method of controlling screen lock and a mobile terminal employing the same is provided. The mobile device includes a User Interface (UI) for setting a screen unlock mode using a wireless device other than the mobile terminal and stores IDentifier (ID) information of the wireless device designated by the UI corresponding to the screen unlock mode. The mobile terminal is capable of detecting a wireless device. After the ID information of the wireless device is stored, if the wireless device is detected by the mobile terminal and ID information of the detected wireless device is identical to the stored ID information, the mobile terminal controls not to display an unlock requesting screen when the display unit of the mobile terminal is turned on. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360405 | INTELLIGENT CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYSTEM, SUCH AS FOR USE IN 5G NETWORKS - The disclosed technology includes a method and system for preventing or reducing cyber-attacks in telecommunications networks, such as 5G networks. For example, a first node in a 5G network can detect that a first connected device is at risk of a cyber-attack based on one or more conditions and can broadcast to a plurality of nodes in the RAN that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack. The first node can receive a first message from a second node of the plurality of nodes confirming or acknowledging that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack. In response to receiving the first message from the second node confirming or acknowledging that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack, the system can deauthorize the first connected device. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360406 | INTERNET-OF-THINGS DEVICE CLASSIFIER - Methods and systems for classifying a device on a network. The systems and methods may receive network activity data associated with an unknown device. A classifier executing one or more machine learning models may then classify the device as an internet of things (IoT) device or a non-IoT device. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360407 | NETWORK-BASED PROTECTION AGAINST SCAM APPLICATIONS - Outgoing communications from a user device are monitored following a notification that an application is installed on a user device. When a number of the outgoing communications to a premium-rate number during a predetermined period of time exceeds a corresponding quantity threshold, the pattern of the outgoing communications may be ascertained to be anomalous. A user device is directed to present a prompt that requests an input as to whether the outgoing communications are authorized. In response to a first input that the outgoing communications are unauthorized, additional outgoing communications from the user device to the premium-rate number are blocked for a predesignated amount of time. Further, the first input is stored as a corresponding vote that the application is malicious. In response to a second input that the outgoing communications are authorized, the second input is stored as a corresponding vote that the application is non-malicious. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360408 | 5G CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYSTEM USING PERSONALIZED SIGNATURES - The disclosed technology includes a method and system for preventing or reducing cyber-attacks in a 5G network. The system can register, by a computing device associated with the 5G network, a connected device with the 5G network and request a personalized signature from the connected device. The system can create a schedule for the personalized signature to be sent from the connected device to the 5G network and send the connected device the schedule. The 5G network can monitor for the personalized signature at the times in the schedule. In response to not receiving the personalized signature from the connected device at a scheduled time in the schedule, the system can determine that the connected device is at risk of a cyber-attack. In response to determining that the connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack, the system can deauthorize the connected device. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360409 | Connected Helmet System And Method Of Operating The Same - A system for controlling a vehicle includes a programming device comprising an application for programming vehicle function settings of a vehicle. The programming device has a transmitter communicating the vehicle function settings of the vehicle. A vehicle receiver is disposed within the vehicle. The vehicle receiver receives the vehicle function settings. A vehicle is controller disposed within the vehicle. A helmet generates a helmet movement signal in response to sensing movement of the helmet. The helmet communicates a helmet identifier to the vehicle controller through the receiver in response to the helmet movement signal. The vehicle controller controls a vehicle function in response to the vehicle function settings. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360410 | IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION OF ASSOCIATED DEVICES USING AUDIO TRANSMISSIONS - Methods and systems for improved identification and matching of devices are presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a first audio transmission that contains a first unique identifier. The first audio transmission may be received from a first computing device. It may be determined that the first unique identifier is associated with the first computing device and that the first computing device is associated with a request. At least a portion of the request may be processed. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360411 | SPATIAL REUSE INDICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS - Embodiments of this application disclose a spatial reuse indication method and a wireless communications apparatus, thereby reducing a quantity of nodes that can participate in spatial reuse, reducing mutual interference between nodes in spatial reuse, and improving spatial reuse system performance. The method in some implementations includes a first access point generates a spatial reuse limitation indication and a spatial reuse group indication. The spatial reuse limitation indication can be used to indicate whether only a node in a spatial reuse group is allowed for spatial reuse and to indicate the spatial reuse group. The spatial reuse group includes one or more basic service sets. The first access point sends the spatial reuse limitation indication and the spatial reuse group indication. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360412 | CHANNEL CONTROL FOR COMMUNICATION USING DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS - The disclosure described herein configures a base station and client devices for communication using dynamic spectrum access within a frequency spectrum that includes selecting, from a list of available channels, a set of channels as active channels. The active channels include uplink channels and downlink channels, and the active channels are distributed among a plurality of base station radios of a base station. A different channel is assigned to different base station radios. At least one uplink channel and at least one downlink channel are assigned to a plurality of client devices based on locations the client devices, wherein at least some client devices have active channels in common. The client devices having the active channels in common are also grouped on shared channels and time slots assigned to the client devices in the group, thereby allowing narrowband communication over the channels by the client devices. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360413 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC, PRIORITIZED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION - 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. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360414 | DIRECT COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BANDWIDTH RELIABILITY IN A V2X COMMUNICATION - Techniques described herein improve direct communication channel reliability in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. The techniques include a (wireless communication) device that uses a first licensed band to perform a cellular network communication through a first interface (e.g., Uu), and further uses a shared spectrum to perform a V2X communication through a direct communication channel interface. The device then monitors and compares a bandwidth requirement of the V2X communication with a bandwidth of the shared spectrum. In response to the bandwidth that is less than the bandwidth requirement, the device selects a second licensed band that includes a bandwidth that is at least equal to the bandwidth requirement. Further, the selected second licensed band is different from the first licensed band to avoid channel interference. In other embodiments, the device uses the licensed band to directly establish the V2X communication. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360415 | UNLICENSED ASSISTED ACCESS AGGREGATED BAND FOR IMPROVING DIRECT COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BANDWIDTH RELIABILITY IN A V2X COMMUNICATION - Techniques are described herein for using unlicensed assisted access aggregated band to improve direct communication channel bandwidth reliability in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. The techniques include a (wireless communication) device that uses a first licensed band to perform a cellular network communication through a first interface (e.g., Uu), and further uses a shared spectrum to perform the V2X communication through a direct communication channel interface. The device then monitors and compares a bandwidth requirement of the V2X communication with a bandwidth of the shared spectrum. In response to the bandwidth that is less than the bandwidth requirement, the device selects at least one second licensed band to be aggregated with the shared spectrum to generate the unlicensed assisted access aggregated band. In some embodiment, the device adjusts the first licensed based on the selected least one second licensed band to avoid channel interference. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360416 | ALLOCATING WIRELESS CHANNELS - An apparatus and a method for allocating wireless channels are disclosed. For example, the method, by an aggregator, aggregates sensed information received from a plurality of sensing devices, by an analyzer, analyzes the sensed information that is aggregated and determines when an incumbent is not detected based on the analysis, and allocates, by a channel allocator, a wireless channel of the targeted frequency spectrum to a user equipment when the incumbent is not detected. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360417 | DEVICE COMMUNICATION OVER TELEVISION WHITE SPACE - The disclosure described herein configures a multi-narrowband transceiver for communication within the television white space (TVWS) frequency spectrum using a log periodic filter, wherein the log periodic filter comprises a plurality of filter elements each having a filter frequency increasing periodically in a same frequency increasing factor (K). Each filter of the plurality of filter elements is configured to filter out second harmonics in a defined frequency range. The disclosure determines a TVWS channel for the communication and switches to a filter element of the plurality of filter elements corresponding to the determined TVWS channel. Data is transmitted and/or received over the TVWS channel using the filter element, thereby allowing narrowband communication over the TVWS channel. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360418 | FLEXIBLE USAGE DATA COLLECTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING CAPABILITY IN A SHARED SPECTRUM - An environmental sensing capability (ESC) cloud includes a transceiver configured to exchange heartbeat messages with one or more spectrum access servers (SASs) that are registered to receive ESC services for a shared spectrum. The ESC cloud also includes a processor configured to increment an ESC usage for the one or more SASs in response to successfully exchanging one or more heartbeat messages with the one or SASs in a predetermined time interval. In some cases, the ESC usage is associated with a dynamic protection area (DPA) that defines a local protection area that is activated or deactivated as necessary to protect Department of Defense (DOD) radar systems in the shared spectrum. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360419 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SPATIAL REUSE IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - Various embodiments of the present invention disclose a spatial reuse method and apparatus in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device comprises a communication circuit for wireless communication with at least one external device and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, wherein the processor may determine an allowable interference level for spatial reuse in association with an adjacent basic service set (BSS) in a network environment where a plurality of electronic devices operate, determine a configuration to be used during uplink transmission by at least one mobile device connected to the electronic device on the basis of the adjacent BBS allowing the determined interference level, and transmit a trigger frame including the determined configuration to the mobile device by using the communication circuit. Various embodiments are possible. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR FREQUENCY COEXISTENCE - Provided is a method and apparatus for determining an operating condition for frequency coexistence and an operating condition determining method includes a method of calculating and transferring an inference-free available frequency and an output level to an existing radio station that operates and needs to be protected or a method of calculating a channel access parameter for sharing a frequency with a heterogeneous device, a network, or a system. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360421 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR FBE OPERATION IN UNLICENSED BAND - A user equipment (UE) and a method for frame-based equipment (FBE) operation in an unlicensed band are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a first parameter indicating a first periodicity of a fixed frame period (FFP) used when the BS acts as an initiating device for the FBE operation; and receiving, from the BS, a second parameter indicating a second periodicity of the FFP used when the UE acts as the initiating device for the FBE operation. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360422 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH ANTENNA-BASED SPECTRUM SENSING WITHOUT GAUSSIAN ASSUMPTION - A method for spectrum sensing for cognitive radio includes performing a process of local spectrum sensing using receive beamforming and energy detection at each of a plurality of secondary users included in a cognitive radio network, wherein the process of local spectrum sensing decides between two hypotheses corresponding to absence and presence of a primary user, the two hypotheses being formulated using a primary user signal, a plurality of co-channel interferences, and sensing noise, the primary user signal, the plurality of co-channel interferences, and the sensing noise being received at each of the plurality of secondary users, and a set of beamforming weights of the receive beamforming is determined by optimizing a probability of detection and constraining a probability of false alarm. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360423 | Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management - Devices and methods enable optimizing a signal of interest based on identifying and analyzing the signal of interest based on radio frequency energy measurements. Signal data is compared with stored data to identify the signal of interest. Signal degradation data is calculated based on noise figure parameters, hardware parameters and environment parameters. The signal of interest is optimized based on the signal degradation data. Terrain data may also be used for optimizing the signal of interest. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360424 | NETWORK PLANNING TOOL FOR FORECASTING IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - The disclosed embodiments include a method for forecasting a coverage area of a candidate site in an anchor network. The method can include obtaining cell site information of anchor networks and of the candidate site (e.g., a donor site of a donor network), simulating a spatial layout of the anchor sites in a virtual network, and estimating a coverage area of the candidate site in the virtual network. The estimated coverage area of the candidate site forms a polygon-shaped coverage area in the spatial layout of the virtual network. The method can further include modifying the polygon-shaped coverage area of the candidate site relative to an intersection with a coverage area of a neighboring site, pruning the modified coverage area of any portion that exceeds a predefined coverage radius, and causing an output including the pruned coverage area of the candidate site as an indication of the forecast coverage area. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360425 | DETECTING INDOOR/OUTDOOR STATUS OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - When deploying or upgrading an enhanced cellular communication system, a site survey may be performed by configuring cellular devices in a given area to report various operational metrics. The devices may also be configured to report environmental data that can be used to determine whether the devices are indoors or outdoors, which may be useful when interpreting the operational metrics. The environmental signatures may include an audio signature, which may comprise an audio impulse response produced by an acoustic echo canceller (AEC) of the device. The environmental signatures may further include a light signature, which may be based on frequency components of ambient light. The environmental signatures may further include an audio signature, which may be based on characteristics of radio signals received by the device. Machine learning techniques may be used, with the environmental signatures as features, to predict whether a given device is indoors or outdoors. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360426 | Dynamic Adjustment of Deployment Location of Software Within a Network - Optimizing a performance of a software function withing a content distribution network, such as a software-implemented virtual cable modem termination system (CMTS) network, a virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN), a Passive Optical Network (PON), or a Wi-Fi network. The performance may be optimized by dynamically changing a deployment location within the content distribution network for the software function from an original location to an updated location using an instance management platform. The deployment location may be dynamically changing in response to a variety of trigger conditions or concerns, such as but not limited to a difference in compute resources, responding to latency needs or tolerances, and a desired cohabitation of data or other software. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360427 | IDENTIFICATION OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRAFFIC USAGE OF CUSTOMERS OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Systems and methods to identify whether user traffic is generated indoors (e.g., from within a building) or outdoors for a variety of applications, including improving capacity planning, identifying new products offerings, troubleshooting/planning, competitive analysis, planning optimum locations of capacity planning solution deployment, traffic offload analysis, etc. are disclosed. The method receives and aggregates data from a variety of sources, including customer geolocation data, network data, street/building maps, indoor/outdoor classification of traffic, etc. to generate demand density maps that depict network traffic usage patterns at a building level. The method can then use the demand density maps to identify hotspots, evaluate in-building coverage, and select and rank optimum solutions and/or locations for capacity improvement solutions deployment. As a result, a telecommunications service provider is able to efficiently and economically identify targeted solutions and locations to expand capacity of cell sites and improve customer experiences. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360428 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A SERVICE QUALIFICATION OF A UNIT IN A MULTI-UNIT BUILDING - A service qualification platform may receive, from a user device, a service request to qualify a unit of a multi-unit building to receive a service. The service qualification platform may obtain a service coverage mapping associated with the multi-unit building and may provide, to the user device and via a user interface that is associated with a geographic information system, a unit location request for an indication of a location of the unit within the multi-unit building. The service qualification platform may receive unit location information that is associated with the indication and may determine a service qualification metric based on the service coverage mapping and the unit location information, wherein the service qualification metric is associated with a capability of receiving the service within the unit. The service qualification platform may perform an action associated with the service qualification metric. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360429 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING BEAMFORMING OPERATIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A wireless communication device transmits beam sweeping information that indicates a beam sweeping property of the device, and a network node in an associated wireless communication network configures transmission or reception beamforming with respect to the device at one or more Transmission/Reception in the network, based on the beamforming property. Among the various advantages flowing from configuring network-side beamforming for the device in view of the beamforming property, the network need not configure its beamforming operations according to worst-case or minimum-capability assumptions for the device, and, instead tailors its transmission or reception beamforming in dependence on the beamforming property of the device. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360430 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAMFORMING CONTROL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A base station or other network node configures a network transmission in dependence on a directional scanning reception ability of a wireless communication device targeted by the transmission. An example transmission configuration is selecting or restricting which Transmission/Reception Point to use for the transmission or selecting or restricting the beamforming configuration to use for the transmission. The device complements operations in the wireless communication network by indicating its directional scanning reception ability in initial signaling, such as used for random access, or in Radio Resource Control signaling, or both. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360431 | METHODS SUPPORTING MULTICAST/MULTIUSER TRANSMISSION USING LISTEN AFTER TALK AND RELATED NETWORK NODES - A method may be provided to operate an access node of a wireless communication network. A first frame may be provided including a first header and a first data block with first data for a first wireless terminal and a second wireless terminal. The header may include a first control field indicating a first idle period resource and a second control field indicating a second idle period resource, and the first and second idle period resources may be different. Transmission of the first frame to the first and second wireless terminals may be initiated. Responsive to receiving a notification message using the first idle period resource, a second frame may be provided including a second header and a second data block with second data for the second wireless terminal. Transmission of the second frame to the second wireless terminal may be initiated while deferring transmission to the second wireless terminal. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360432 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF UE ADAPTIVE BEAM MANAGEMENT - A method for operating an electronic device having a plurality of antenna modules, wherein at least one of the plurality of antenna modules is a serving module, comprises: triggering a module sweeping operation based on one or more of: a reference signal receive power (RSRP) of the serving module being below a dynamic, time-varying threshold; the RSRP of the serving module being lower than an average RSRP of the serving module when the electronic device is at a same location; an estimated angle of arrival of a beam being on an edge or outside of a coverage area of the serving module; inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors indicating that the electronic device has rotated; or the RSRP of the serving module cannot support a predicted data requirement. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360433 | BEAM SWITCHING IN A TIME DOMAIN - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, information indicating a beam switching pattern that indicates beams that are to be used by the UE on a per communication basis in a time domain. The UE may communicate with the base station based at least in part on receiving the information indicating the beam switching pattern. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360434 | MULTI-USER BEAM ALIGNMENT AND OPTIMALITY OF CLASS OF EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH ALGORITHMS IN MULTI-PATH ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method is provided for finding a data transmission beam from an Access Point (AP) to a User Equipment (UE) in a communication system. The method includes selecting a probing beam from a set of probing beams. The method further includes sending a plurality of probing packets from the AP to the UE using a dedicated probing beam selected for each probing packet from among the set of probing beams. The method also includes receiving feedback from the UE regarding the plurality of probing packets. The method additionally includes computing the data transmission beam based on the received feedback and the set of probing beams. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360435 | LINK ADAPTATION UPON BEAM BLOCKING DETERMINATION - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, a method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), may include receiving a configuration for reporting feedback associated with beam blocking. The UE may perform a decoding process on one or more downlink transmissions via a set of multiple beams. The UE may determine whether a failure of the decoding process is a result of one or more of the plurality of beams being at least partially blocked during the one or more downlink transmissions according to the configuration. The UE may also transmit a negative acknowledgement (NACK) and link adaptation information, where the NACK acknowledgement is based on the failure of the decoding process and the link adaptation information is based on determining whether the one or more of the set of multiple beams are at least partially blocked. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360436 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILITY BEAM MANAGEMENT - Aspects of the present disclosure introduce lower-layer, for example Layer 1 (L1) and/or Layer 2 (L2), based mobility beam management methods. One or more particular aspects disclosed herein may enable solutions for inter-cell mobility beam management. Examples of such aspects include mobility beam-based event tracking that includes functionality to indicate mobility beam events for the UE to track, default uplink (UL) resource configuration for mobility beam reporting that includes functionality to indicate default BWP/PUCCH configuration for MBM reporting, and downlink resource configuration for mobility beam measurement that enables a UE to update the UE's internal configuration using compressed resource configuration. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360437 | Broadcast Beam Processing Method And Communications Apparatus - The present disclosure discloses example broadcast beam processing methods and apparatuses. One example method includes sending a first broadcast beam. A first measurement report is received from a first terminal after the first broadcast beam is sent, and a weak coverage area of the first broadcast beam is determined based on the first measurement report. A second broadcast beam is then sent, where the second broadcast beam is used to cover the weak coverage area of the first broadcast beam. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360438 | NARROWBAND INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEM AND SELF-OPTIMIZATION NETWORK INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - The present application relates to NB-IoT system and a self-optimization network information transmission method thereof. The NB-IoT system includes a base station and a user equipment. The base station transmits a configuration to the user equipment. The user equipment transmits a self-optimization network information to the base station based on the configuration. The configuration is for the user equipment to transmit the self-optimization network information as one of: transmitting the self-optimization network information to the base station after receiving a self-optimization network parameter from another base station; and transmitting the self-optimization network information to the base station after a specific period. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360439 | DELAYED DELIVERY OF RECONFIGURATION MESSAGE IN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) NETWORK - A method of wireless communication by an integrated access and backhaul network (IAB) donor transmits a configuration message on a source path to a first IAB node via a first distributed unit of the IAB donor. The method also instructs the first IAB node to delay delivery of the configuration message to a second node. The method migrates at least part of communications to the first IAB node from the source path to a target path via a second distributed unit. Another method of wireless communication is executed by a first integrated access and backhaul network (IAB) node. The method receives a first configuration message over a source path to a first IAB donor via a first distributed unit of the first IAB donor. The method also delays delivery of the first configuration message to a second node until a trigger occurs. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360440 | Methods of Transmitting Data Using Uniform and Non-Uniform Constellations with Rings - Communication systems are described that use unequally spaced constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations operating within a similar SNR band. One embodiment is a digital communications system including a transmitter transmitting signals via a communication channel, the transmitter including a coder capable of receiving user bits and outputting encoded bits at a rate, a mapper capable of mapping encoded bits to symbols in a constellation, and a modulator capable of generating a modulated signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper, wherein the constellation is unequally spaced and characterizable by assignment of locations and labels of constellation points to maximize parallel decode capacity of the constellation at a given signal-to-noise ratio so that the constellation provides a given capacity at a reduced signal-to-noise ratio compared to a uniform constellation that maximizes the minimum distance between constellation points of the uniform constellation. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360441 | Methods of Receiving Data Transmitted Using Unequally Spaced Constellations that Provide Reduced SNR Requirements as Compared to Equally Spaced Constellations - Communication systems are described that use unequally spaced constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations operating within a similar SNR band. One embodiment is a digital communications system including a transmitter transmitting signals via a communication channel, the transmitter including a coder capable of receiving user bits and outputting encoded bits at a rate, a mapper capable of mapping encoded bits to symbols in a constellation, and a modulator capable of generating a modulated signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper, wherein the constellation is unequally spaced and characterizable by assignment of locations and labels of constellation points to maximize parallel decode capacity of the constellation at a given signal-to-noise ratio so that the constellation provides a given capacity at a reduced signal-to-noise ratio compared to a uniform constellation that maximizes the minimum distance between constellation points of the uniform constellation. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360442 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure discloses example communication method and apparatus. One example method includes a first network device receiving first state information from at least one second network device, where the first state information indicates whether the at least one second network device is capable of providing a service in a next state. Third state information of the at least one second network device is received, where the third state information indicates a current state of the at least one second network device and includes user state information corresponding to at least a portion of a plurality of beamforming weight directions of the at least one second network device. A network topology is determined based on at least the first state information and the third state information, and after the first network device and the at least one second network device in a next state are networked. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360443 | Methods of Transmitting Data Using Unequally Spaced Constellations that Provide Reduced SNR Requirements as Compared to Equally Spaced Constellations - Communication systems are described that use unequally spaced constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations operating within a similar SNR band. One embodiment is a digital communications system including a transmitter transmitting signals via a communication channel, the transmitter including a coder capable of receiving user bits and outputting encoded bits at a rate, a mapper capable of mapping encoded bits to symbols in a constellation, and a modulator capable of generating a modulated signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper, wherein the constellation is unequally spaced and characterizable by assignment of locations and labels of constellation points to maximize parallel decode capacity of the constellation at a given signal-to-noise ratio so that the constellation provides a given capacity at a reduced signal-to-noise ratio compared to a uniform constellation that maximizes the minimum distance between constellation points of the uniform constellation. | 2021-11-18 |
| 20210360444 | Methods of Receiving Data Transmitted Using Non-Uniform Constellations with Overlapping Constellation Point Locations - Communication systems are described that use unequally spaced constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations operating within a similar SNR band. One embodiment is a digital communications system including a transmitter transmitting signals via a communication channel, the transmitter including a coder capable of receiving user bits and outputting encoded bits at a rate, a mapper capable of mapping encoded bits to symbols in a constellation, and a modulator capable of generating a modulated signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper, wherein the constellation is unequally spaced and characterizable by assignment of locations and labels of constellation points to maximize parallel decode capacity of the constellation at a given signal-to-noise ratio so that the constellation provides a given capacity at a reduced signal-to-noise ratio compared to a uniform constellation that maximizes the minimum distance between constellation points of the uniform constellation. | 2021-11-18 |
