Using low earth orbit satellites to overcome latency

    公开(公告)号:US11290178B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-29

    申请号:US16847618

    申请日:2020-04-13

    Abstract: A method and system for using low earth orbit satellites to overcome latency is presented. In one embodiment, the method may include establishing a data session using a first channel having a first characteristic different than a second characteristic of a second channel, wherein the first channel is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) channel and wherein the second channel is a Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) channel; determining a type of traffic involved in the data session; determining whether the second channel should be used for the data session; when the second channel should be used for the data session, then switching the data session from the first channel to the second channel; and periodically monitoring the data session to determine whether the second channel should continue to be used for the data session.

    Methods of enabling base station functionality in a user equipment

    公开(公告)号:US11265954B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16748499

    申请日:2020-01-21

    Abstract: In this invention, we disclose methods for enabling ad hoc cellular base station functionality within a user equipment when the connection quality between a base station and the user equipment is limited or nonexistent. These methods include measuring a connection quality between a user equipment and its serving base station. If the connection quality is below a threshold, the user equipment can enable its internal ad hoc cellular base station functionality. This is done by running a software within the user equipment that (a) checks the connection quality periodically, and (b) enables ad hoc cellular base station functionality of the connection threshold dips below a certain value. In one embodiment, that threshold could be the same threshold value that a user equipment would use if it were making a decision to handoff to another base station based on poor connection quality.

    SIM Whitelisting and Multi-Operator Core Networks

    公开(公告)号:US20220030502A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17494297

    申请日:2021-10-05

    Abstract: A method may be disclosed in accordance with some embodiments, comprising: receiving, at a virtualizing gateway, a first service request from a first user equipment (UE) via a first eNodeB; creating, at the virtualizing gateway, an association from each of a plurality of UE identifiers to a desired core network; applying, at the virtualizing gateway, a first filter using a first UE identifier of the first UE, based on the association; forwarding, at the virtualizing gateway, based on the applied first filter, the first service request from the first UE to the first core network; receiving, at the virtualizing gateway, via a second base station, a second service request from a second user equipment (UE); applying, at the virtualizing gateway, a second filter using a second UE identifier of the second UE, based on the association; and forwarding, at the virtualizing gateway, based on the applied second filter, the second service request from the second UE to the second core network.

    5G Interoperability Architecture
    76.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220007462A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17481265

    申请日:2021-09-21

    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a 5G interoperability architecture. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed, comprising: at least one Radio Access network (RAN); at least one core network; and a gateway in communication with the RAN and the core network, the gateway including: a Radio Access Network (RAN) interface for communicating with the at least one RAN; a core network interface for communicating with the at least one core network; and a processor configured to: process 5G signaling received from the at least one RAN on the RAN interface and provide core signaling to at least one core network; and process signaling received from the at least one core on the core network interface and provide 5G RAN signaling to at least one RAN.

    Virtual guard bands
    78.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11172396B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-09

    申请号:US16539690

    申请日:2019-08-13

    Abstract: A radio resource scheduler at a first base station may be configured to: identify radio frequency resources in use by the first base station, identify radio frequency resources to be reserved as virtual guard bands to reduce adjacent band interference, and install virtual guard band rules for reducing interference with adjacent bands. The virtual guard band information may be hints, allocations, priorities, reservations, or scheduling instructions for avoiding certain radio resources, radio resource blocks, or frequencies.

    Backhaul Estimation Scheduling
    79.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210297864A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:US17206115

    申请日:2021-03-18

    Abstract: Methods and computer software are disclosed for providing backhaul bandwidth estimation for a network. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: performing active measurements of a maximum achievable bandwidth for the network; determining an uplink direction bandwidth estimation for the network; determining a downlink direction bandwidth estimation for the network; and determining, using the uplink direction bandwidth estimation and the downlink direction estimation bandwidth, a bandwidth estimation conclusion for the network.

    Virtualization of the evolved packet core to create a local EPC

    公开(公告)号:US11095645B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-17

    申请号:US16800295

    申请日:2020-02-25

    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a local evolved packet core (EPC) that interoperates with an eNodeB and a remote EPC. In one embodiment, a method for establishing an ad hoc local network may be disclosed, comprising: monitoring an availability of a connection to a remote core network; creating a first data connection between a first mobile device and a local core network module, thereby permitting a first mobile device to attach to a local network base station without connectivity to the remote core network; identifying, at a local core network module, reconnection to the remote core network; sending, from the local core network module to the remote core network, a service request message based on a prior message received from the first mobile device at the local core network module; creating a second data connection between the local network base station and the remote core network; and forwarding downlink data, received from the remote core network via at the second data connection, to the first mobile device via the first data connection.

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