公开(公告)号：US11937166B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US17519214

申请日：2021-11-04

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Arda Aksu ,  Lalit R. Kotecha ,  Vishwanath Ramamurthi

IPC: H04W40/24 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L43/0817 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W84/18

CPC classification number: H04W40/246 ,  H04L1/0026 ,  H04L43/0817 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the discovery and connection of Mesh Distributed Units (“MDUs”), which may establish a mesh topology and perform wireless backhaul of data between a core network and a User Equipment (“UE”). Multiple MDUs in an MDU network may be connected to establish an MDU route. One or more connected MDUs may broadcast an indication that the MDU is available to connect, one or more performance metrics, or an MDU performance score based on performance metrics. This broadcast may iteratively repeat in order to refine the mesh network topology in an ongoing process.

公开(公告)号：US11723061B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17466067

申请日：2021-09-03

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Arda Aksu ,  Jin Yang ,  Lalit R. Kotecha

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/566 ,  H04W72/1273 ,  H04W72/52 ,  H04W72/50 ,  H04W72/542 ,  H04W72/543

CPC classification number: H04W72/566 ,  H04W72/1273 ,  H04W72/52 ,  H04W72/535 ,  H04W72/542 ,  H04W72/543

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an scheduling service is provided. The scheduling service includes calculation of a priority value, on a per end device basis, based on throughput information and tuning parameter values. The priority value may also be calculated based on a radio access network slice weight. The scheduling service may calculate a schedule for transmission of data to an end device based on the priority value, available network resources, and a quality of service profile associated with a quality of service flow of the end device.

公开(公告)号：US11546812B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-03

申请号：US16578820

申请日：2019-09-23

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Vishwanath Ramamurthi ,  Arda Aksu ,  Jin Yang ,  Lalit R. Kotecha

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W36/08 ,  H04W60/00 ,  H04W36/02 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the handover of a User Equipment (“UE”) from a first Distributed Unit (“DU”) of a wireless network to a second DU in a manner that minimizes or interruption of the delivery of traffic to the UE. When the UE is attached to a first DU, one or more second DUs may be identified as candidates for attachment to the UE. The one or more second DUs may be pre-loaded with context information and/or traffic for the UE. In some embodiments, a third mesh DU (“MDU”) may be identified as a candidate for attachment to a first MDU that is attached to a second MDU. The third MDU may be pre-loaded with context information and/or traffic for the first MDU.

公开(公告)号：US20220369383A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17322197

申请日：2021-05-17

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Jin Yang ,  Lalit R. Kotecha ,  Donna L. Polehn ,  Vishwanath Ramamurthi ,  Maria G. Lam ,  Arda Aksu ,  Suzann Hua

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a hybrid network device to serve as a zero- or low-latency relay for communications between a wireless network, such as a licensed wireless network, and one or more other devices. The hybrid network device may establish a connection with a base station of a wireless network via a licensed radio access technology (“RAT”). The hybrid network device may communicate with one or more devices via an unlicensed RAT. The hybrid network device of some embodiments may aggregate communications from devices and may serve as a single connection endpoint with respect to the base station, such that the base station need not maintain a relatively large number of connections to accommodate a relatively large quantity devices.

公开(公告)号：US20220337706A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17230299

申请日：2021-04-14

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Lalit R. Kotecha ,  Suzann Hua ,  Patricia R. Chang ,  Jin Yang ,  Donna L. Polehn ,  Vishwanath Ramamurthi ,  Arda Aksu

IPC: H04M15/00 ,  H04W4/24

Abstract: A charging function device may include a processor configured to obtain subscription information associated with a user equipment (UE) device in a wireless communication network. The processor may be further configured to receive, from a gateway device, data flow information relating to data flows associated with the UE device; receive, from a policy device, policy information relating to policies applied to the data flows associated with the UE device; generate a record for the UE device based on the received data flow information and the received policy information, wherein the record identifies at least one account charge based on a particular data flow associated with the UE device; and provide the generated charging record to an account system.

公开(公告)号：US11477808B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US17009097

申请日：2020-09-01

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Vishwanath Ramamurthi ,  Arda Aksu ,  Donna L. Polehn ,  Jin Yang ,  David Chiang ,  Lalit R. Kotecha

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/14 ,  H04W88/14

Abstract: A network device may be configured to: send a preemptive scheduling request to an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node over a wireless link between the network device and the IAB node; receive a scheduling grant from the IAB node over the wireless link; and send data to the IAB node over the wireless link at times indicated by the scheduling grant from the IAB node.

公开(公告)号：US11418617B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US17016576

申请日：2020-09-10

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Lalit R. Kotecha ,  Sagiv Draznin ,  Priscilla Lau ,  Arda Aksu

IPC: H04L67/60 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L47/70

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a mobile edge computing service is provided. The mobile edge computing service provides for the hosting of a function of an application in a mobile edge computer network, and another function of the application to be hosted in a network external from the mobile edge computer network. The mobile edge computing service includes an on-boarding service that obtains subscription information and policies. The mobile edge computing service also includes network resource availability and security measure verifications.

公开(公告)号：US20220131780A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17573092

申请日：2022-01-11

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Donna L. Polehn ,  Arda Aksu ,  Vishwanath Ramamurthi ,  Lalit R. Kotecha ,  David Chiang ,  Jin Yang

IPC: H04L43/10 ,  H04L69/22

Abstract: A system described herein may provide for the tracking and/or calculating of performance metrics associated with a network by marking traffic and determining performance characteristics of the marked traffic. Such performance characteristics or metrics may include throughput, latency, jitter, and/or other metrics. The marking may be performed on “user” traffic, which may be traffic that is generated or sent via the network by an application or service (e.g., a voice call service, a content streaming service, etc.), as opposed to “synthetic” or “test” traffic, which is traffic that is generated or sent for the purposes of testing performance of the network (e.g., traffic related to a “speed test” or the like).

公开(公告)号：US11302175B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US16939953

申请日：2020-07-27

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Patricia R. Chang ,  Jin Yang ,  Arda Aksu ,  Lalit R. Kotecha ,  Donna L. Polehn ,  Vishwanath Ramamurthi ,  David Chiang

IPC: G08B21/24 ,  H04W4/021 ,  G08B31/00 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/024

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the network-implemented detection of locations that exhibit excessive density of individuals, and/or for the detection of individuals who do not maintain a minimum level of distance between each other. Location information of one or more User Equipment (“UEs”) may be monitored and compared to policy information to determine that the locations exhibit at least a threshold level of population density. Further, remedial measures may be taken when such situations are detected, such as alerting devices that are located within, or are heading towards, such locations.

公开(公告)号：US20220070260A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17008116

申请日：2020-08-31

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Patricia R. Chang ,  Donna L. Polehn ,  Jin Yang ,  Arda Aksu ,  Lalit R. Kotecha ,  Vishwanath Ramamurthi ,  David Chiang

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H02J3/00 ,  G06T7/50

Abstract: An illustrative network management system obtains sensor data from one or more sensors at a network facility at which network equipment of a communication network is deployed. The sensor data includes image data representing imagery of the network facility. The system determines a utilization of a utility at the network facility based on the sensor data and performs, based on the utilization, a management operation for the communication network. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.