公开(公告)号：US12238464B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US18322711

申请日：2023-05-24

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Shlomo Ovadia

IPC: H04Q9/00

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring, reporting, and managing operational status and configuration of a smart amplifier which includes a radio frequency amplifier unit and transponder. A smart amplifier includes a radio frequency (RF) amplifier unit, a transponder including a transponder component integrated with a telemetry agent, and a controller. The RF amplifier unit configured to process a signal received via a cable access network. The transponder is configured to collect telemetry data from the received signal and stream the collected telemetry data to a service processing platform. The controller configured to remotely configure the RF amplifier unit based on information received from the service provider processing platform, the information based on the streamed telemetry data.

公开(公告)号：US20250062960A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-20

申请号：US18452056

申请日：2023-08-18

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Craig Joseph Johns

IPC: H04L41/0896 ,  G06F11/34

Abstract: A computing system accesses actual aggregate service group utilization values that correspond to ones of a plurality of intervals over a first period of time and that identify an aggregate service group bandwidth utilization by cable modems in a service group at a plurality of intervals, the first period of time including multiple second periods of time having a same time duration, each second period of time having I ordinal intervals, and estimated aggregate service group utilization values that correspond to the actual aggregate service group utilization values. The computing system determines an additional bandwidth quantity for the service group such that an aggregate probability over a predetermined period of time that the plurality of cable modems will exceed a current provisioned bandwidth of the service group and the additional bandwidth quantity is within a desired probability range. A computing system sends, to a destination, the additional bandwidth quantity.

公开(公告)号：US12231908B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US18083765

申请日：2022-12-19

Applicant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC

Inventor： Volkan Sevindik ,  Haider Syed

IPC: H04W16/14 ,  H04B3/54 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W16/24 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing enhanced coverage in a quasi-licensed wireless system using a reduced-cost base station apparatus. In one embodiment, the base station is configured to utilize quasi-licensed 3.55-3.70 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) GAA and PAL spectrum, and employs a power amplifier sharing arrangement in its transmitter chain(s), along with multi-sector antenna elements. A scheduling algorithm operative on the base station generates sector-specific weights which are used to allocate the shared power amplifier(s) between the different sectors. Advantageously, design and production costs of the base station are reduced through sharing of comparatively expensive amplifier and transmitter chain components, thereby allowing for commoditization of the base station for mass distribution.

公开(公告)号：US12231455B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US18072022

申请日：2022-11-30

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Jeffrey Rowell ,  Charles Manser

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/40

Abstract: A network vulnerability scanning system scans a target device for vulnerabilities to obtain initial network connection data for the target device via a first network interface of the target device, the initial network connection data identifying an initial network connection between the target device and a first hidden network system. The network vulnerability scanning system installs a network scanning application on the target device subsequent to scanning the target device for vulnerabilities to obtain the initial network connection data. The network vulnerability system scans the first hidden network system for vulnerabilities via the network scanning application. Subsequent to scanning the first hidden network system for vulnerabilities, the network vulnerability scanning system obtains additional network connection data for the target device via the first network interface of the target device, the additional network connection data identifying an additional network connection between the target device and a second hidden network system.

公开(公告)号：US12231396B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US17852461

申请日：2022-06-29

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Anthony Adams ,  Erez Jordan Gottlieb ,  Tyson Reid Vinson

IPC: H04L61/5053 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04L61/251 ,  H04L61/5014

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing multiple techniques to a customer premises equipment to acquire network connectivity. A method for acquiring an Internet Protocol (IP) lease includes sending, by a network device at a customer premises to a service provider system, a request for a preferred acquisition posture, where the network device is provisioned with multiple acquisition postures including the preferred acquisition posture, receiving, by the network device from the service provider system, a selected acquisition posture, attempting, by the network device, to acquire the IP lease using the selected acquisition posture, and operating, by the network device, using the acquired IP lease.

公开(公告)号：US12225621B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US18211606

申请日：2023-06-20

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Abdulrauf Hafeez ,  Maulik V. Vaidya

IPC: H04W76/36 ,  H04W28/086 ,  H04W28/20 ,  H04W36/04 ,  H04W36/22 ,  H04W36/38 ,  H04W48/06 ,  H04W72/566 ,  H04W76/22

Abstract: According to one configuration, multiple users in a tiered hierarchy share use of a wireless spectrum. For example, a spectrum access system receives a notification indicating that a first-priority tier 1 user in the hierarchy temporarily needs access to a first wireless spectrum assigned to a second-priority tier 2 user in the hierarchy. In response to the notification, the spectrum access system temporarily allocates the second-priority tier 2 user use of a second wireless spectrum. The spectrum access system protects use of the second wireless spectrum by the second-priority tier 2 user from a third-priority tier 3 user in the hierarchy. In certain instances, the one or more spectrum access systems receive the same notification of use of the first wireless spectrum by the first-priority tier 1 user. The multiple spectrum access systems not serving the second-priority tier 2 user protect the Tier 2 User from any Tier 3 Users in the hierarchy.

公开(公告)号：US20250039916A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18359608

申请日：2023-07-26

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Pareshkumar Panchal

IPC: H04W72/542 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/391 ,  H04W48/20

Abstract: A plurality of candidate locations are identified for deployment of a wireless base station within a particular area. A set of information is evaluated with a signal prediction model to obtain predicted signal information comprising a respective plurality of signal strength predictions associated with deployment of the wireless base station at the plurality of candidate locations, wherein the set of information comprises signal strength measurements reported by wireless devices while located within either (a) the particular area or (b) another area similar to the particular area. based on the predicted signal information, a particular candidate location of the plurality of candidate locations is determined for deployment of the wireless base station.

公开(公告)号：US12213118B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-28

申请号：US18143347

申请日：2023-05-04

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Abdulrauf Hafeez

IPC: H04W72/0453 ,  H04B17/345 ,  H04W72/541

Abstract: A communication management resource receives input indicating presence of a pair of wireless stations including a first wireless station and a second wireless station in a network environment. Based on a determined amount of adjacent channel interference between the first wireless station and the second wireless station, the communication management resource generates an adjacent channel interference value. The communication management resource assigns the adjacent channel interference value to the pair of wireless stations. The adjacent channel interference value indicates an estimate of adjacent channel interference between the first wireless station and the second wireless station. In a network of wireless stations, the adjacent channel interference value is used as a basis to identify pairs of wireless stations that are susceptible to adjacent channel interference. A wireless channel allocation management resource uses the adjacent channel interference information to allocate wireless channels for use by wireless stations to reduce adjacent channel interference.

公开(公告)号：US12212358B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-28

申请号：US18372095

申请日：2023-09-24

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Amitav Mukherjee ,  Frank Azcuy ,  Maulik Vaidya

IPC: H04B1/525 ,  H04W36/20 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W72/541 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: A network control device, e.g., a gNB, receives a message from a communications device, e.g. a UE, indicating that the communications device is experiencing an in-device coexistence (IDC) problem, e.g. in the 52.6 GHz-71 GHz frequency range with respect to NR-U and WiGig. The message is one of: i) an IDC assistance message indicating that the victim system is Wi-Gig or ii) an antenna panel switch message requesting that the network control device instruct the communications device to change the antenna panel that it uses for uplink NR signaling. The network control device generates and sends a response message to the communications device including: a selected new frequency to be used by the communications device for uplink NR signaling or a selected different antenna panel to be used by the communications device for uplink NR signaling. The communications device implements the change reducing or avoiding the IDC problem.

公开(公告)号：US12206950B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US18303110

申请日：2023-04-19

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Ethan Wright ,  Omar Alami

IPC: H04N21/478 ,  H04L51/52 ,  H04L67/63 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/475

Abstract: A request, from an end user device associated with a user, for supplemental media is received. Based on the request, metadata and a broadcast time associated with a primary media stream transmitted to the end user device is determined. Based on the metadata and the broadcast time, supplemental media from an account of the user on a platform is retrieved. A supplemental media stream, that includes the supplemental media, is sent in synchronization with the primary media stream.