14th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220109939 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN OWN VOICE PROCESSOR - A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn at or in an ear of a user, the hearing device comprising at least one input transducer for converting a sound in an environment of the hearing device to at least one electric input signal representing said sound; an own voice detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said sound originates from the voice of the user, and to provide an own voice control signal indicative thereof, a face mask detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said user wears a face mask while speaking, and to provide face mask control signal indicative thereof. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed. Thereby an improved hearing aid or headset may be provided. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109940 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS IN A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A HEARING AID SYSTEM - A hearing aid system ( | 2022-04-07 |
20220109941 | HEARING INSTRUMENT AND CHARGER - A system includes a hearing instrument and a case configured to store at least a portion of the hearing instrument. The hearing instrument includes a speaker configured to generate a sound wave, and at least one magnetic component that includes one or more of a coil configured to generate a current in response to detecting an alternating magnetic field, a magnetic shield configured to provide an electromagnetic shield for one or more components of the hearing instrument, a crosspin configured to provide a structural support between two opposing sides of the hearing instrument, a battery, or a charging contact configured to electrically couple the battery to a power source. The case includes a retention magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field that detachably couples at least the portion of the hearing instrument with the case by attracting the magnetic component of the hearing instrument to the case retention magnet. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109942 | HEARING AID FOR PLACEMENT AT AN EAR OF A USER - This disclosure relates to a hearing aid for placement on head of a user comprising a first second part. The first part may comprise an acoustic input transducer adapted to convert ambient sound picked up at the ear of the user to an electric signal, a signal processor adapted to process the electric signal according to specifications of user into a processed electric signal, and an output transducer adapted to covert the processed electric signal into a transmission signal, The second part may comprise an anchor adapted to fixate said second part under the skin to skull bone of the user, and a receiver adapted to receive the transmission signal and convert the transmission signal to an output signal perceivable as sound by the user. The first part may comprise an inner recess adapted to receive an insert element, where the insert element may comprise a first magnet adapted to in cooperation with the second part to cause the first part to attach to the head of the user. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109943 | HEARING DEVICE CERUMEN FILTER DEVICE - A hearing device cerumen filter device is disclosed comprising: a body having a first end and a second end, the body comprising an inner surface defining a cavity, and an outer surface having an outer cross-sectional diameter, where the outer surface comprises a first support member positioned at a first distance from the first end, where the first support member has a first cross-sectional diameter, and the outer surface comprising a second support member positioned at a second distance from the first end, where the second support member has a second cross-sectional diameter; a filter structure positioned within the cavity of the body; and a collar positioned at the second end of the body, the collar having a collar cross-sectional diameter. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109944 | MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This application provides a multimedia information processing method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining a data transmission delay between a terminal device and a first playing device of at least two playing devices; determining a clock offset between the terminal device and the first playing device based on the data transmission delay between the terminal device and the first playing device; and determining, based on the clock offset between the terminal device and the first playing device, a first start playing time of multimedia information corresponding to the first playing device. The multimedia information processing method and apparatus, and storage medium provided in this application can enable each of the at least two playing devices to synchronously play multimedia information corresponding to the playing device, to improve listening experience of a user. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109945 | Audio Spatialization - An apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to track movement of a head of a user wearing earphones, the earphones to move with the movement of the head of the user, the earphones to be communicatively coupled to a computing device. The processor circuitry is to obtain media content, the media content including first audio data for a first channel and second audio data for a second channel. The processor circuitry is to adjust, based on the movement of the head of the user, the first audio data for the first channel and the second audio data for the second channel. The processor circuitry is to cause the adjusted first audio data and the adjusted second audio data to be played by the earphones. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109946 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING AGGREGATION EVENTS - In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for detecting aggregation events. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109947 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE LOCATION ANONYMIZATION - Embodiments are directed towards a system and method of anonymizing vehicle location data by using a centralized location of entities near the vehicle instead of the actual vehicle location. One or more entities are selected within a threshold radius around the vehicle. The centralized location is determined based on publicly available entity location information for the selected entities. The centralized location is stored or transmitted to third parties as the vehicle's location. A characteristic of the vehicle or a time range associated with capturing the actual vehicle location may be associated with the centralized location without including an identifier of the vehicle. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109948 | TECHNIQUES FOR ORGANIZING VEHICLE PARKING - A parking system may include a number of parking locations, where the availability of each parking location may be tracked based on detection of whether a vehicle is in the parking location. Accordingly, a parking system may organize parking locations based on availability and unavailability. In some cases, mobile device sensors may be used to determine whether a mobile device has left the vehicle in the parking location (e.g., and thus the parking location is still unavailable) or whether the mobile device has left the parking location in the vehicle (e.g., and thus the parking location is now available). In some cases, the parking system may organize available and unavailable parking locations, facilitate user listing of parking locations, track of available and unavailable parking locations, and track different characteristics of different parking locations (e.g., such as location, size, cost, availability, etc.), among other examples. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109949 | USING WI-FI INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREDICT LOCATIONS AND CONTACTS - Exemplary methods predict the locations of individuals in buildings over time based on Wi-Fi access point connectivity and other reference information. Predicted locations are used to predict risk of contact, for example of infected persons with others in public spaces. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109950 | LOCATION PREDICTION USING HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION - Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a neural network location classifier that is designed and trained in accordance with a hierarchical architecture, thereby producing a hierarchical neural network location classifier. Further embodiments relate to obtaining, through use of the hierarchical neural network location classifier, an inferred hierarchical label for a user equipment location. The inferred hierarchical label may then be decoded to obtain a location. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109951 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHIRP SIGNAL-BASED POSE ESTIMATION - Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmit point that transmits a downlink chirp sensing waveform (DL CSW) signal. A device receives the DL CSW signal and obtains a cloned chirp sensing waveform. The cloned chirp sensing waveform includes a parameter that can be uniquely associated with the device. The device transmits a UL cloned CSW signal based on the cloned chirp sensing waveform. The transmit point receives the UL cloned CSW signal and processes the UL cloned CSW signal to estimate a pose for the device and associate the estimated pose with the identity of the device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109952 | LOCATION DETERMINATION BASED ON HISTORICAL SERVICE DATA - A network system receives a service request sent from a computing device of a user. The service request identifies a service to be provided by a provider and a service request location. In response to receiving the service request, the network system identifies a plurality of candidate locations. The network system selects the location from a plurality of candidate locations according to predetermined criteria including a frequency measurement of each candidate location. The network system replaces the service request location with the selected location. The network system sends the selected location to the computing device. Responsive to receiving an acceptance of the selected location from the computing device, the network system generates navigation instructions for the provider from a current location of the provider to the selected location. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109953 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SERVICE TRANSFER - Methods and systems for service transfer are disclosed. A movement of a user device may be detected by one or more sensors implemented in the user device. A transfer of service may occur based on the movement of the user device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109954 | Location Selection for Transmitting Emergency Beacons - Embodiments are disclosed for selecting locations for transmitting emergency beacons. In an embodiment, a method comprises: determining a current location of a mobile device in a geographic area; configuring a transmitter of the mobile device for device-to-device (D2D) communication; determining one or more candidate transmit locations for D2D communication, wherein each candidate transmit location is determined based at least in part on its elevation, proximity to a D2D device density location that is within a maximum communication distance from the candidate transmit location, and an availability of a trail or path to the candidate transmit location; receiving input selecting a particular candidate transmit location from the one or more candidate transmit locations; in accordance with the input, determining a route from the current location of the mobile device to the particular candidate transmit location; and presenting the route through an output device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109955 | POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, POSITION ESTIMATION SERVER, AND POSITION ESTIMATION PROGRAM - Provided is a position estimation method in which a measurement signal and a response signal are transmitted and received between multiple n wireless stations respectively provided with known antennas installed at known positions different from each other and a wireless terminal station provided with a terminal antenna, RTT, which is a round-trip delay time of the transmission and reception, and RSSI, which is a strength of received radio waves of the signals, are measured, and a position of the wireless terminal station is estimated. The method includes: obtaining, as the position of the wireless terminal station, a solution of simultaneous equations of an RTT evaluation function f | 2022-04-07 |
20220109956 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT - Apparatus and methods prepare an adhesive tape platform with a battery for disposal at an end of its useful life. The adhesive tape platform determines when it is at the end of its useful life and performs an action to drain remaining battery life of the battery. When remaining life in the battery is less than a threshold level, the adhesive tape platform transmits a ready for disposal notification to an Internet of Things (TOT) system of the adhesive tape platform. The adhesive tape platform may determine its life expectancy and operational phases of the adhesive tape platform and assign battery usage for each of the operational phases such that the battery is depleted at an end of a last one of the operational phases. The adhesive tape platform may activate battery draining circuitry to drain the remaining battery life of the battery. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109957 | MEASUREMENT OF A DOWNLINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL FROM A NON-SERVING BASE STATION OF A USER EQUIPMENT AT A SERVING BASE STATION OF THE USER EQUIPMENT - In an aspect, a serving BS of a UE measures ToAs of a DL-PRS from a non-serving base station of the UE and an UL-SRS-P from the UE. The serving BS transmits measurement information based on the ToA measurements of the DL-PRS and the UL-SRS-P to a position estimation entity. The position estimation entity determines a positioning estimate for the UE based in part upon the measurement information. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109958 | BEACON-BASED MEDIA NETWORK - Techniques and system configurations for providing content to a mobile device based on activity in a physical commercial environment such as a retail store are described herein. Mobile devices that are operated by an associated customer may be tracked with the use of beacons to determine customer activities in the retail store, including particular areas visited in the store, activities conducted by the customer in the store, and like tracking information. The customer activity and data for the activities and locations in the physical environment may be correlated to an identifier, profile, or other tracking information. This tracking information may be subsequently used by the mobile device to identify the user to an advertising network, or other information service, and obtain customized media content and information. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109959 | LOCATION REPORTING FOR USER EQUIPMENT - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may request a user equipment (UE) to report location information for the UE using a specific format. The UE may report the location information to the base station based on the request. The base station may use the location information reported by the UE to determine the location of the UE. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109960 | DIGITAL PASSPORT WITH VERIFIED DATA PROVENANCE - Systems and methods for accurately and securely assembling, storing, and leveraging travel data are provided. A method may include detecting a travel event of a user. The method may include recording the travel event in a travel map that is stored in a database. The travel map may be a temporal- and spatial-based record of one or more travel events of the user. The travel map may be stored as a blockchain ledger. The method may include tokenizing sensitive information associated with the user in the database, and calculating a hazard vector. The method may include updating, based at least in part on the hazard vector, a status index associated with the user, and providing the user and a system administrator access to the travel map and the status index. Access may be provided via an online portal configured to be viewed via an application running on a mobile device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109961 | METHOD FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF A FRAME BY AN ACCESS POINT OF A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - A wireless communication system has an access point managing a first wireless local area network. To transmit the frame, the access point: obtains data to be transmitted in multicast mode; obtains data to be transmitted in unicast mode; and constructs a physical-layer header including: in a common signalling field, an identification of each channel resource intended to be used for making the frame transmission, whether this be for the data to be transmitted in unicast mode or in multicast mode; and, in each field in a series of specific signalling fields, information representing an association between a channel resource identifier used and a unique identifier of the destination concerned or group of destinations concerned. Thus each destination can determine each channel resource to listen to in order to receive the data that are addressed to it, whether this be in unicast mode or in multicast mode. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109962 | MULTICAST COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of this application provide a multicast communication method that includes: receiving, by a user plane function network element, a multicast packet, where the multicast packet includes a multicast address; matching, by the user plane function network element, the multicast packet with a packet detection rule PDR on the user plane function network element; and if the multicast packet successfully matches a first PDR, and the first PDR indicates to carry on matching another PDR, carrying on, by the user plane function network element, matching the multicast packet with another PDR. Optionally, the another PDR is a PDR whose priority is not higher than that of the first PDR. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109963 | Communication Method and Device - A first network device determines a first parameter for a first multicast service. The first network device sends the first parameter to a network device corresponding to at least two cells, where the at least two cells are associated with the first multicast service, and the first parameter indicates a resource for transmission of the first multicast service. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109964 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING A GROUP INFORMATION BETWEEN A UE AND A SEAL SERVER - A communication method and system for converging a 5 | 2022-04-07 |
20220109965 | MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - This application discloses a message transmission method. User equipment may receive a power saving message from a network device, where the power saving message carries indication information of a short message, and the short message includes at least one of the following: a public warning system notification or system information modification information. Then, the user equipment obtains the short message from the power saving message. In this way, when the user equipment is in a connected state, the user equipment may obtain the short message by using the power saving message, for example, a PoSS, instead of by monitoring a paging PDCCH; and when the UE is in a sleep state, the UE is not woken up to monitor the paging PDCCH. This reduces power consumption of the user equipment in the connected state. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109966 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A GRAVITY SENSOR ASSISTED POSITIONING - An electronic device includes an indoor positioning tag and an indoor positioner. The indoor positioning tag includes a gravity sensor. The indoor positioning tag determines whether to start to transmit a wireless signal according to the acceleration magnitude, the acceleration direction, and the duration of acceleration change detected by the gravity sensor, and adjusts the frequency of the transmission interval of the wireless signal. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109967 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISIONING V2X SERVICES - A base station apparatus ( | 2022-04-07 |
20220109968 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISIONING V2X SERVICES - A base station apparatus ( | 2022-04-07 |
20220109969 | Emergency Communication in Non-cellular Coverage - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for emergency communications (e.g., voice calls and/or SMS messages) for UE's without cellular coverage (e.g., in non-cellular coverage). A UE may establish, while out of range of cellular service, a peer-to-peer communication session with a relay UE using a channel in an unlicensed frequency band. The UE may transmit, using the peer-to-peer communication session, an emergency notification to the relay UE. The emergency notification may include an approximate location of the UE. Further the UE may communicate with a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), where the communications may be relayed between the UE and the PSAP by the relay UE. The approximate location of the UE may be based, at least in part, on a location of the relay UE and determining the approximate location of the UE may include performing a ranging procedure with the relay UE. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109970 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SL RELAY DISCOVERY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) comprises: identifying a first resource pool for a sidelink (SL) relay discovery operation and a second resource pool for other SL transmission and reception operations; determining whether a signal transmission or reception is for the SL relay discovery operation or for the other SL transmission and reception operations; selecting the first resource pool for the signal transmission or reception based on a determination that the signal transmission or reception is for the SL relay discovery operation; and selecting the second resource pool for the signal transmission or reception based on a determination that the signal transmission or reception is for the other SL transmission and reception operations; and performing the signal transmission or reception using the selected one of the first and second resource pools. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109971 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS - Embodiments of this application disclose a communication method and a communications apparatus, and are used in the field of communications technologies, to resolve a problem of how to notify an access network device of an NR PC5 QoS parameter of a terminal. The method in one embodiment includes a home V2XCF that obtains an NR PC5 QoS parameter of a terminal, and the home V2XCF sends the NR PC5 QoS parameter to an access network device, such as a first network element that is in an EPS. The first network element receives the NR PC5 QoS parameter and sends the NR PC5 QoS parameter to an MME. After receiving the NR PC5 QoS parameter, the MME sends the NR PC5 QoS parameter to an access network device. The first network element may be an HSS or a PCRF. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109972 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLY SUPPORTING SERVICES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with IoT technology, a 5 | 2022-04-07 |
20220109973 | Session Management Method, Apparatus, and System - A communication method and apparatus, where the method includes: a session management network element sending location area information; a mobility management network element receiving the location area information from the session management network element; obtaining location information of a terminal; determining, based on the location area information and the location information, that the terminal is located outside a service area indicated by the location area information; and in response to the determination, sending, to the session management network element, a message for triggering update of a session management information. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109974 | ESIM CARD CHANGE METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE - An embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM) card change method and a related device are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by an entitlement server, a first card change request sent by a terminal device, where the first card change request includes a user account, a password, a user number, and eUICC identification; verifying a user identity of the terminal device based on the user account and the password; and if the verification succeeds, sending a second card change request to an operator business support system BSS, where the second card change request includes the user number and the eUICC identification, and the second card change request is used to indicate the BSS to complete eSIM card change and to indicate an eSIM server to generate an eSIM profile and associate the eSIM profile with the eUICC identification. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109975 | TERMINAL CAPABILITY IDENTIFIER OPERATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - Embodiments of this disclosure provide a terminal capability identifier operation method and a communications device. The operation method includes: deleting a terminal capability identifier in a case that a first condition is met; and/or retaining the terminal capability identifier in a case that a second condition is met. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109976 | DYNAMIC CAPACITY FOR MULTIPLE UNIVERSAL SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES - A configuration for dynamic capacity for multiple universal subscriber identity modules. The apparatus transmits, to a base station, UE capability information in response to a UE capability enquiry, the UE capability information including a set of UE capabilities. The apparatus transmits, to the base station, UAI including an IE indicating a modified subset of UE capabilities of the set of UE capabilities when multiple USIMs are active at the UE. The apparatus operates based on the modified subset of UE capabilities when multiple USIMs are active at the UE. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109977 | METHODS FOR POLARIZATION REPORTING; RELATED WIRELESS DEVICES AND RELATED NETWORK NODES - A method performed in a wireless device is disclosed. The present disclosure provides a method, performed in a wireless device, for polarization reporting. The wireless device is configured to communicate with a network node using a plurality of antenna panels of the wireless device, including a first antenna panel. The method comprises generating, based on one or more polarization properties of the first antenna panel, a first polarization indicator associated with a first identifier. The first identifier is indicative of the first antenna panel. The method comprises transmitting a capability report to the network node, the capability report comprising the first polarization indicator associated with the first identifier. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109978 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING MULTI-CARRIER INFORMATION IN MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for sending and receiving multi-carrier information in a communication system supporting a multi-carrier includes sending by a base station system information to the terminal via a broadcast message, the system information regarding multi-carriers that the base station is able to support; receiving a unicast message from the terminal, the unicast message including information related to carriers that the terminal is able to support or prefers in the multi-carrier list included in the system information; and sending multi-carrier allocation information including a primary carrier and a second carrier that the terminal will use, to the terminal via a unicast message. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109979 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CAPABILITY OF UE, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for determining a capability of a UE, a device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes that: the UE transmits a network mode to a core network element, wherein the network mode is used by the core network element to determine a UE capability identifier corresponding to the network mode. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109980 | TEMPLATE-BASED REGISTRATION - Broadly speaking, the present techniques relate to a computer implemented method for enabling template-based registration, the method performed by an intermediary apparatus in communication with a first device and a server, the method comprising: receiving, from the first device, a registration request comprising one or more device identifiers for the first device; determining the availability of template information for the first device based on or in response to the one or more device identifiers; when the template information for the first device is unavailable: generating template information for the first device; or requesting, from the server, the template information. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109981 | OVERHEATING PROTECTION METHOD FOR USER EQUIPMENT, DEVICE, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION - An overheating protection method for user equipment includes: sending a first signaling to a base station, the first signaling carrying indication information indicating that the user equipment has a capability of reporting a temporary capability of the user equipment; receiving a second signaling returned by the base station in response to the first signaling; and when the user equipment is overheated due to a wireless link configuration being too high, sending a third signaling for adjusting the wireless link configuration to the base station, the third signaling carrying assistance information indicating the base station to solve an overheating problem of the user equipment. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109982 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING INDICATIONS OF NETWORK ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES, NETWORK SERVICES, AND NETWORK CAPABILITIES BY A USER DEVICE - A user device provides, to a network, information associated with the user device, and receives, from the network, a multi-bit network indication that indicates access technologies, services, and network capabilities provided by the network. The user device determines whether the user device is in a home network or a visited network based on the multi-bit network indication. The user device passes bits of the multi-bit network indication to an upper layer when the user device is in the home network or passes a portion of the bits of the multi-bit network indication to the upper layer when the user device is in the visited network. The user device receives a selection of one of the access technologies, the services, or the network capabilities, and receives, from the network, the one of the access technologies, the services, or the network capabilities for the user device based on the selection. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109983 | MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION DETERMINATION - Methods and apparatuses associated with determining a location of a mobile device are described. Examples can include receiving, at a mobile device in response to a triggering event, signaling that indicates the mobile device is in an unauthorized location, in possession of an unauthorized user, or both. Examples can include prompting an input representative of authorized user verification and enabling one or more circuits or power supplies of the mobile device based at least in part on determining that a value of the input satisfies. In response and based at least in part on determining that the value of the input fails to satisfy the threshold, examples can include capturing environmental data and location data associated with the mobile device and communicating the environmental data and location data and a location determination to an authorized user. In some examples, a mobile device can be deactivated responsive to unconfirmed authorized verification. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109984 | NETWORK DEVICE, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device displays information indicating occurrence of a specific event in the image processing device in a status line, and checks approval or disapproval of transmission of information regarding the specific event to a data management server in accordance with selection of the status line. The image processing device validates mobile communication if transmission of the information regarding the specific event to the data management server is approved, and transmits the information regarding the specific event to the data management server through the mobile communication. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109985 | VIRTUAL CODE-BASED CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM, CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR UNMANNED MOVING OBJECT - The present invention relates to a virtual code-based control system, method and program, control device and control signal generation means. A control signal-based control method including a virtual code according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a control signal reception step in which the control module receives the control signal generated at a specific time point from the control signal generation means, the control signal includes a specific virtual code, and the virtual code is generated by combining a plurality of detail codes according to a specific rule; extracting, by the control module, a plurality of detail codes included in the virtual code; and a command search step in which the control module searches a storage location including a specific command based on a plurality of detail codes, wherein the virtual code is generated differently according to the command at the same time point, and is generated differently for each unit count, wherein the control module is built-in or installed in the control device, wherein when a normally generated virtual code is received for each unit count, based on the plurality of detail codes, a search starting point and a search path are determined and the search is performed with the storage location, wherein the unit count is set at a specific time interval and is changed as the time interval elapses. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109986 | IDENTITY MANAGEMENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Various systems and methods for managing identity credentials on a mobile device are described herein. A verifier device may perform operations including receiving one or more data elements associated with a credential, wherein the data elements are signed with a signature associated with an issuer of the data elements, analyzing the signature to determine a confidence score, the confidence score enumerated into a plurality of confidence levels, configuring a verification process based on the confidence score, and executing the verification process. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109987 | USING MOBILE DEVICE TO FULLY AUTOMATE ONBOARDING OF ROUTER - Aspects of the present disclosure are drawn to a client device for use with a Wi-Fi access point device, an external network, and an external server. The Wi-Fi access point device has a secure SSID, a password, and a key and is configured to access the external network. The external server has the secure SSID, the password and the key stored therein. The client device includes a memory and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to transmit an onboarding instruction to the external server to instruct the external server to instruct the Wi-Fi access point device to establish a Wi-Fi network using the secure SSID, the password and the key. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109988 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTING TO A NETWORK - A user device may connect to a wireless network despite the user device lacking the correct network credentials to access the wireless network. When the user device is unable to connect to a first network due to an incorrect network credential, the user device may automatically connect to a second network to obtain the correct network credentials associated with the first network. The network credentials associated with the first network may enable the user device to then connect and/or reconnect to the first network. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109989 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus acquires information about a communication-parameter setting process from a different communication apparatus and determines whether the acquired information includes identification information for identifying the different communication apparatus. If it is determined that the identification information is included, an authentication request is transmitted by unicast based on the identification information. If it is determined that the identification information is not included, the authentication request is transmitted by broadcast. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109990 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes first communication means having a first communication function for wirelessly communicating with a partner apparatus, and second communication means having an electric power supply function for wirelessly supplying electric power to the partner apparatus and a second communication function for wirelessly communicating with the partner apparatus. The second communication function is for transmitting specific data sequence to the partner apparatus in response to reception of specific data from the partner apparatus, and the electric power supply function is for supplying electric power to the partner apparatus in a case of receiving from the partner apparatus, with the first communication means, a signal indicating that the partner apparatus has received the data sequence. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109991 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A network identifier for identifying a non-public cellular network allowed to be accessed from a user equipment and frequency information indicating a frequency of the non-public cellular network are stored in a SIM. The user equipment performs search processing for the non-public cellular network in accordance with the network identifier and the frequency information stored in the SIM. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109992 | USER PLANE INTEGRITY PROTECTION IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - Integrity protection is used to assist in ensuring the secure transmission of wireless data within a cellular network. Instead of performing integrity protection on each packet data unit (PDU) transmitted/received within a PDU session, integrity protection is performed on a portion of PDUs transmitted within a cellular network. For instance, partial integrity protection may be performed on at least one predetermined PDU (e.g., the first, second, fourth, . . . ) that is transmitted via a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH)/Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) during a communication session. By performing partial integrity protection, user data may be transmitted more quickly throughout the cellular network, compared to performing full integrity protection, while still providing integrity protection. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109993 | WIRELESS TRACKING OF POWER TOOLS AND RELATED DEVICES - A method and system for wirelessly tracking power tools and related devices to aid with inventory management and to help minimize, prevent, and recover misplaced or stolen tools throughout the job site. The tools and/or batteries include wireless transmitting capabilities (e.g., an ISM unit) to transmit data to a fob, puck repeater, and/or gateway over an ISM network. The gateway is operable to translate and output the ISM communications over a cellular network to a remote monitoring unit, such as a personal computer or smart phone. Additionally, the gateway is further operable to translate and output cellular communications from the remote monitoring unit to ISM communications over the ISM network. A wireless tethering system and method is also disclosed whereby an ISM battery places a power tool in a lock-out or limp mode after the ISM battery remains outside of ISM communications for a prolonged period of time. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109994 | FALSE BASE STATION DETERMINING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a method and apparatus. The method includes: A real base station receives a first uplink NAS message and an identifier of a first device. The real base station obtains a first hash value of first system information of a cell corresponding to the identifier of the first device. The real base station sends an N2 message to a core network device, where the N2 message includes the first uplink NAS message and the first hash value of the first system information. The core network device receives the N2 message from the real base station, and sends an integrity protected first downlink NAS message to a terminal, where the first downlink NAS message is forwarded by the real base station to the terminal, and the first downlink NAS message includes the first hash value of the first system information. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109995 | GENERATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTINCTIVE EVENT BASED CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKEN VIA MACHINE RECOGNIZED EVENT - Described herein are novel uses of sensor fusion related to cryptographic implementations. A sensor platform is employed to generate a cryptographic token that is representative of the “biometrics” of a moment in spacetime. The cryptographic tokens are purposefully (as opposed to random) generated keys/passwords or data scrambling elements. A given computer resource is tied to a detected ground truth event, and then the cryptographic token is employed as a manner to connect a user to that computer resource. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109996 | SECURE COMMUNICATION LINK ESTABLISHMENT FOR A UE-TO-UE RELAY - Aspects relate to user equipment (UE) to user equipment (UE-to-UE) relaying in a communication system. At least two remote UEs and a UE-to-UE relay receive provisioned security information from the wireless communication network, where the security information includes discovery parameters and relay security information. The security information provisioned by the wireless communication network is used to establish a connection between the two UEs and the UE-to-UE relay device including discovery of the UE-to-UE relay by the remote UEs. Furthermore, the provisioned security information is used to establish a secure connection between the two remote UEs via the UE-to-UE relay device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109997 | COMMUNICATION ENABLED CIRCUIT BREAKERS - Wireless communication enabled circuit breakers are described. Methods associated with such wireless communication enabled circuit breakers are also described. The wireless communication enabled circuit breakers may controlled by a remote entity. The remote entity may wirelessly case the wireless communication enabled circuit breakers to trip. | 2022-04-07 |
20220109998 | SLOT FORMATS FOR SEMI-STATIC DOWNLOAD-UPLINK CONFIGURATION AND DYNAMIC SLOT FORMAT INDICATION IN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NETWORKS - Resource allocation is provided for an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network, such as a distributed unit (DU) of an IAB. Methods and systems for allocating resources include allocating a first cell-specific pattern of downlink-flexible-uplink (DL-F-UL) availability for one or more slots, allocating a second cell-specific pattern of DL-F-UL availability for the one or more slots. The IAB DU can signal one or more of the first and second cell-specific patterns to an other IAB DU. At least one of the first cell-specific pattern and the second cell-specific pattern defines a slot format different from a DL-F-UL format. Slot format configuration (e.g., semi-static or dynamic SFI) are provided to support space division multiplexing/spatial multiplexing (SDM). | 2022-04-07 |
20220109999 | SIMULTANEOUS SHARING OF SPECTRUM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and systems for simultaneous sharing of spectrum in wireless communications. Base Stations (BSs) of a plurality of mobile network operators in a cell may send downlink signals to their respective connected User Equipments (UEs) through a shared frequency spectrum. Further, the BSs may receive uplink signals from the UEs in the shared frequency spectrum. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110000 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PHYSICAL CHANNEL TRANSMISSION IN UNLICENSED BAND - A user equipment of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The user equipment includes a communication module, and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit a radio frame divided into a plurality of subframes through the communication module, and perform a UL transmission in a partial subframe having a duration shorter than one subframe duration to the base station based on at least one of an indication of a base station and a result of a channel access of the wireless communication system. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110001 | Method and Apparatus for Design of a Wireless Network - A method for designing a wireless network generally involves identifying a site location as a candidate for a base-station installation, generating an analysis of the identified site location characterizing suitability for the base-station installation, and generating a decision to install a base-station at the identified site location based on the generated analysis. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110002 | METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY OPTIMIZING A FLYING AD-HOC NETWORK - Described herein are methods and systems for dynamically optimizing a Flying Ad-Hoc Network (“FANET”). A server that manages the FANET can receive information relating to the network activity of user devices connected to the FANET. Examples of the type of information included can include the user devices' locations, network connection quality, and network traffic volume dedicated to a Unified Endpoint Management (“UEM”) system of an enterprise. The server can analyze the network activity information based on a set of rules to prioritize the user devices connected to the FANET. The server can instruct unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) in the FANET to reposition themselves to provide the best connection for higher priority user devices. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110003 | CONFIGURING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK PATHS - To configure a wireless sensor network, a sink node receives from nodes first reports, a first report from a node indicating quality of service requirement of the node and battery information of the node, and second reports, a second report from a node indicating at least a signal strength of one signal received from another node. The information in the first reports and in the second reports are used for determining paths from the nodes to the sink node, wherein a path of a node is either a direct link from the node to the sink node or the path comprises at least one node acting as a cluster head between the node and the sink node. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110004 | DATA-AIDED BEAM MANAGEMENT - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Beam management procedures may increase communications quality and reliability in wireless networks that support narrow directional beams and high frequencies. Some such beam management procedures utilize continuous beam measurements and adaptive beam switching to maintain a threshold link level between devices. A user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication of a capability to perform a first beam refinement procedure in response to a data transmission and using multiple receive beams. The UE may select a communication beam using a first instance of a second beam refinement procedure, and may receive a data transmission from a base station using the selected beam. Based on receiving the data transmission, the UE may perform the first beam refinement procedure and may skip a second instance of the second beam refinement procedure. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110005 | MIMO TRAINING METHOD AND WIRELESS DEVICE - An MIMO training method including performing transmission sector sweeping using an initiator including a plurality of transmitting antennas, selecting a set of at least one transmission sector for each of the transmitting antennas using a responder including a plurality of receiving antennas; performing reception sector sweeping using the initiator, selecting a set of at least one reception sector for each of the plurality of receiving antennas using the responder, performing beam combination training using the initiator; and selecting a determined number of sector pairs consisting of a transmission sector and a reception sector from among the selected set of transmission sectors and the selected set of reception sectors using the responder, wherein the transmitting antennas in the selected sector pairs differ from one another, and the receiving antennas in the selected sector pairs differ from one another. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110006 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FAILURE ANALYSIS DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FAILURE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FAILURE ANALYSIS PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - A wireless communication failure analysis device comprises: an estimator which, based on a measured communication state between an access point and a communication terminal, and an estimation of an obstacle affecting the communication state, estimates a movement locus of the communication terminal; a corrector which corrects the movement locus based on restriction information indicating a movement restriction of the communication terminal; a generator which generates the estimation result based on a corrected movement locus and the measurement result; and a controller which generates the restriction information so as to gradually strengthen the movement restriction until the movement restriction satisfies a condition, and controls the estimator and generator such that the estimation of the movement locus, the correction of the movement locus, and the generation of the estimation result repeatedly. Thus, the device analyzes presence of an obstacle that affects the wireless communication state efficiently and accurately. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110007 | Prediction and Estimation of Mobility Metric for Radio Access Network Optimization - A method and apparatus for estimating and/or predicting mobility metric(s) for RAN optimization. One method includes receiving a request, from at least one RAN optimization service, to provide an estimate or prediction of a mobility metric for at least one UE or group of UEs or at least one cell. The request may include attributes describing characteristics of the mobility metric. The method may then include communicating with a RAN node to request data about the at least one UE or the group of UEs or the at least one cell associated with the request, receiving the requested data, and calculating the estimate or the prediction of the mobility metric using the requested data and based on the attributes received in the request from the at least one RAN optimization service. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110008 | WIDE-AREA MESH NETWORK - Techniques for deploying and using a wide-area mesh network are disclosed. A method includes: receiving, by an access point in a wide-area mesh network, a connection request from a user device; responsive to the connection request, presenting a messaging interface in a captive portal to the user device; receiving, by the access point via the messaging interface in the captive portal, a message to be transmitted over the wide-area mesh network; transmitting the message from the access point to an endpoint in the wide-area mesh network, via one or more wide-area repeaters in the wide-area mesh network; and subsequent to transmitting the message from the access point to the endpoint in the wide-area mesh network, presenting the message in a message reporting interface. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110009 | NON-PUBLIC NETWORK CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, CU, DU, BASE STATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a non-public network configuration method and apparatus, a centralized unit (CU), a distributed unit (DU), a base station, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: a CU acquiring configuration information of closed access group (CAG) cells of at least one DU in a base station to which the CU belongs; and the CU determining information about an activated CAG cell according to the configuration information of the CAG cells, and notifying the at least one DU of the information about the activated CAG cell. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110010 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE - Embodiments of the present application provide a wireless communication method and a terminal device. The method includes: determining, by the first terminal device, that an abnormality has occurred on the sidelink between the first terminal device and the second terminal device; and responding to the abnormality of the sidelink by the first terminal device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110011 | MEASUREMENT OF REFERENCE SIGNAL WITH POLARIZATION - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a duration of a first gap that precedes a reference signal, based at least in part on a polarization of the reference signal. The UE may determine a duration of a second gap that succeeds the reference signal, based at least in part on the polarization of the reference signal. The UE may perform a measurement of the reference signal based at least in part on the first gap and the second gap. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110012 | Predictive Weather-aware Communication Network Management - Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, and other implementations, including a method that includes obtaining measurement data from at least part of a wireless communication network during a first interval of time, with the measurement data including measurements indicating whether there are potential disturbances to operation of the wireless communication network. The method further includes determining, based on the obtained measurement data, predictive data representative of future performance of the wireless communication network at one or more future time instances subsequent to an end of the first interval of time, and managing resources of the wireless communication network based, at least in part, on the determined predictive data representative of the future performance of the wireless communication network at the one or more future time instances subsequent to the end of the first interval. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110013 | CUSTOMIZATION APPROACH FOR COOPERATING NODES - A method and network node for differentiated handling of at least one interaction of network nodes within a communication network. The method includes obtaining, at a first network node, information about a category of at least one second network node related to an interaction type, and selecting a communication algorithm based on the obtained information to provide the differentiated handling of the at least one interaction of network nodes within the communication network. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110014 | RADIO LINK MONITORING WITHOUT ALWAYS-ON REFERENCE SIGNALS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A discontinuous reception (DRX) periodicity may be configured to enable monitoring of a reference signal (RS) for RLM procedures. For example, a transmitting device may configure a DRX periodicity for an RS, where the configured DRX periodicity may include a periodicity of discrete transmissions of the RS or a periodicity of a transmission window in which the RS is located. Accordingly, a receiving device may identify the DRX periodicity and monitor radio link quality using the RS based on the DRX periodicity. In some examples, the RS may be transmitted independent of control channel transmissions, and the transmitting device may configure one or more control resource sets for the RS. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110015 | CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT FOR CONCURRENCY MODE CONTROL - A wireless communication device is described. The wireless communication device includes a processor configured to determine a switch between an independent mode and a concurrency mode. The wireless communication device also includes a transmitter configured to send a communication capability signal to a base station in response to the switch. The communication capability signal indicates a resource communication capability adjustment for a first service. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110016 | MODIFIED INTERFACE CIRCUIT WITH ENHANCED COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE - An electronic device (such as an access point) is described. This electronic device includes an interface circuit that wirelessly communicates with a second electronic device (such as another access point or a client or station that is associated with the access point), where the interface circuit is compatible with an existing IEEE 802.11 standard having a predefined maximum bandwidth or a corresponding predefined maximum sampling rate. During operation, the interface circuit may communicate with the second electronic device using a bandwidth or a corresponding sampling rate that exceeds the predefined maximum bandwidth or the predefined maximum sampling rate, where the bandwidth or the sampling rate is used in a physical layer and a media access control (MAC) layer of the interface circuit, and where a filter bandwidth of a filter in the interface circuit (such as an analog filter) is modified to accommodate the bandwidth or the sampling rate. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110017 | Methods and Apparatus for Transmitting Radio Data Over a Fronthaul Network - Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus for transmitting radio data over a fronthaul network. The method comprises receiving radio data for transmission over the fronthaul network; and translating the radio data between a time domain multiplexing protocol and packet based protocol before transmitting the data over the fronthaul network; wherein the step of translating comprises: receiving control information indicative of a level of congestion over a part of the radio network using the packet based protocol; and modifying the radio data during the step of translating to control the level of congestion. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110018 | INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM CONGESTION AND MULTI-CHANNEL CONTROL - The present disclosure provides techniques or mechanisms to reduce congestion or improve efficiency of intelligent transport system (ITS) congestion and multi-channel control. Some embodiments relate to multi-channel transmission of ITS-related service messages. Some embodiments relate to use of a freshness factor in scheduling ITS transmissions. Other embodiments may be described or claimed. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110019 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK SLICE USAGE SERVICE - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a network slice usage service is provided. The network slice usage service may allow a network device to obtain a network slice usage value of a network slice. The network device may calculate a network slice load value based on the network slice usage value. The network device may also provide the network slice load value to other network devices of a core network. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110020 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MUTUAL COEXISTENCE COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS LAN - A method for operating a first communication node in a wireless communication network includes steps of: receiving a first frame according to a first communication protocol from a second communication node; determining whether hop count information is included in the first frame; when the hop count information is not included in the first frame, generating and transmitting a second frame according to the first communication protocol, the second frame including hop count information set to an initial value; and setting an operating state of the first communication node to a first state in which the first communication node operates according to the first communication protocol. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110021 | FLOW FORECASTING FOR MOBILE USERS IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - Disclosed herein are methods, systems and computer program products for predicting a cellular traffic load in a certain geographical area deployed with a plurality of network infrastructure apparatuses by identifying in-motion vehicular cellular devices moving in the certain geographical area and using one or more trained Machine Learning (ML) Models to predict the future cellular traffic load for one or more of the plurality of network infrastructure apparatuses based on an estimated future location of the vehicular cellular devices and a predicted cellular data consumption of the vehicular cellular devices. The future cellular traffic load may be provided to one or more cellular traffic management systems which may take one or more actions in advance based on the predicted future cellular traffic load. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110022 | IN AND RELATING TO COMMUNICATION PATH SELECTION IN AN EDGE ENVIRONMENT - A method of determining a communication path between a source edge application server (sEAS) and a target edge application server (tEAS) are provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of possible communication paths between the sEAS and the tEAS, and selecting one of the plurality of possible communication paths between the sEAS and the tEAS according to one or more predefined criteria. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110023 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Managing Background Data Transfer Policy - A method, an apparatus, and a system for managing a background data transfer policy, such that a policy control function network element can obtain a background data transfer policy corresponding to a terminal. The method includes: A first policy control function network element receives a first message. The first message carries a first identifier, and the first identifier may be a background data transfer reference identifier or an application function identifier. Then, the first policy control function network element sends a second message to a first data storage network element, facilitating obtaining of a background data transfer policy. The second message carries the first identifier. Finally, the first policy control function network element receives a third message from the first data storage network element. The third message includes a first background data transfer policy corresponding to the first identifier. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110024 | POTENTIAL QOS CHANGE NOTIFICATION METHODS AND NODES FOR ASSISTING APPLICATION ADJUSTMENT | 2022-04-07 |
20220110025 | LINK SWITCHING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Disclosed in implementations of the present application are a link switching method and a communication device. The method includes: in the case that service transmission cannot be performed using a first link between a first communication device and a second communication device, the first communication device establishes a second link between the first communication device and the second communication device; and the first communication device performs the service transmission using the second link, wherein the communication devices on the first link and the second link are different. The method and communication device of the implementations of the present application are beneficial to reduce the latency in resumption of service transmission. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110026 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - A method for switching between different RATs is provided. The method is executed by a mobile communications device camping on a first cell using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT). The method includes: determining, by a controller of the mobile communications device, a data transmission rate of the mobile communications device in the first cell; sending, by the controller, a first measurement report according to the determined data transmission rate, wherein the first measurement report is intended to trigger a handover procedure initiated by the first cell or to release a radio resource control (RRC) connection; and switching, by the controller, to camp on a second cell using a second RAT via the handover procedure or a local releasing procedure after the sending of the first measurement report. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110027 | REDUCING TRAFFIC INTERRUPTION DURING HANDOVER - A method may include receiving, by a user equipment, a handover command from a source network entity. The method may further include, based on the received handover command, monitoring, by the user equipment, at least one dedicated downlink transmission from a target network entity prior to transmitting any uplink signal to the target network entity. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110028 | Method for Cell Handover, Communication Device, and Satellite - A method for cell handover, a communication device, and a satellite are provided. The method includes the following. A measurement report of cell measurement is acquired. The measurement report is adjusted according to information representing a change in a communication distance between a terminal device and a network device, for cell handover. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110029 | CELL RESELECTION DURING GATEWAY AND SATELLITE SWITCH - A user equipment may be configured to perform cell reselection during a gateway and/or satellite switch. In some aspects, the user equipment may select a current cell of a satellite device in a radio access network (RAN) and receive, from the satellite device, cell reselection information for identifying a destination cell for selection in response to a link modification. Further, the user equipment may select, via a cell reselection process, the destination cell based on the cell reselection information. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110030 | SYSTEM INFORMATION DESIGN FOR NEIGHBORING CELLS IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive system information associated with a set of neighboring cells included in a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The UE may be connected to or camped in a current cell included in the NTN. The current cell may be associated with a current platform. The UE may monitor a neighboring cell, of the set of neighboring cells, based at least in part on the system information. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110031 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFINING AN EXCLUSION ZONE TO PROTECT AN EARTH STATION FROM USER EQUIPMENT INTERFERENCE - A network device may determine a geographical distance between an earth station and the network device. The network device may determine a location for an exclusion zone, associated with the earth station, based on the geographical distance. The network device may generate an exclusion zone system information block that identifies the location for the exclusion zone. The network device may provide, to the user equipment, the exclusion zone system information block. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110032 | Cell Camping Method and Device - A cell camping method and a terminal device selects a first cell having a quality of service reference value highest among cells found by the terminal device for current camping. When a quality of service reference value of the first cell is less than a first threshold, the terminal device sends a first measuring report or determines not to send a second measuring report such that the terminal device avoids performing cell handover. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110033 | Method and Devices for Cell Measurement in a Cellular Network - A communication apparatus ( | 2022-04-07 |
20220110034 | HANDOVER PROCESSING BETWEEN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A user equipment (UE) for handover processes between communication networks includes one or more processors, and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the UE to receive, by the UE, first diagnostic information, determine whether to perform a first handover from a first communication network to a second communication network based on a first set of thresholds, the first set of thresholds being based on the first diagnostic information, receive, by the UE, an update of the first diagnostic information, and determine whether to perform a second handover from the first communication network to the second communication network based on an updated first set of thresholds, the updated first set of thresholds being based on the updated first diagnostic information. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110035 | GNSS Enhanced Cell Ranking - According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises: determining geographical location information of the wireless device with respect to each cell of a plurality of cells; adjusting a cell reselection ranking for the plurality of cells based on the geographical location information for the plurality of cells; selecting a cell from the plurality of cells based on the adjusted ranking; and camping on the selected cell. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110036 | RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND TERMINAL - This disclosure provides a random access method and a terminal, where the random access method includes: obtaining beam measurement result(s) of at least one potential target cell; selecting a target cell from the at least one potential target cell based on the beam measurement result(s) and a first conditional handover trigger condition; and initiating a random access procedure in the target cell. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110037 | Aligned Configuration for Random Access Channel-Less Handover/Secondary Cell Group Change - A process allows a UE to acquire an SEN before accessing a target base station/node during a RACH-less handover. The SEN may be provided to the UE in various ways. For example, the SEN may be provided as part of a handover command message (e.g., RRCReconfiguration) or a master information block (MIB). In this manner, the UE acquires the SEN before accessing the target base station/node, which allows the target base station/node and the UE to effect certain timings for the handover. For example, the target base station/node and the UE may set time bounds in which the handover must occur. As another example, different types of uplink grants may be set. | 2022-04-07 |
20220110038 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR SERVICE-DRIVEN MOBILITY MANAGEMENT - A UE for performing mobility management is disclosed. The UE includes at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, and at least one processor coupled to the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: transmit, to a first network node, a RRC message indicating a required network slice/service of the UE, the required network slice/service uniquely identified by S-NSSAI; receive, from the first network node, a second RRC message including information of a second network node that supports the required network slice/service of the UE when the required network slice/service identified by the S-NSSAI is not supported by the first network node; and perform a mobility management procedure based on the information of the second network node received from the first network node when the required network slice/service is not supported by the first network node. | 2022-04-07 |