Cisco Patent Applications

STABLE BALANCING OF MULTI-LINK OPERATION (MLO) USAGE IN CROWDED SPACE

Granted: April 18, 2024
Application Number: 20240129976
Balancing Multi-link Operation (MLO) usage may be provided. A list of a plurality of Access Points (APs) for each of a plurality of Multi-link Operation (MLO) types indicating availability of each of the plurality of APs may be received. A first request indicating an MLO type associated with the first request is a first MLO type may be received. In response to the first request, a first subset of the list of the plurality of APs that support the MLO type associated with the first request…

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK ACCESS POINT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND POWER IMPROVEMENT

Granted: April 18, 2024
Application Number: 20240129862
Automatically changing Access Point (AP) system configurations for Power over Ethernet (PoE) adaptation and Radio Frequency (RF) power improvement on band edge channels, particularly for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) may be provided. A PoE budget for an AP may be determined. Then, an evaluation of inputs associated with the AP may be performed. The evaluation may include determining an entity input from an entity associated with the AP, determining a client input from a client…

EVANESCENT COUPLERS AND RELATED METHODS

Granted: April 18, 2024
Application Number: 20240126010
In part, the disclosure relates to an optical coupler. The optical coupler may include two ridge waveguides that include a first waveguide and a second waveguide. One or more segments of the two waveguides extend over a coupling length or other distance. One or more sections of each ridge waveguide is at least partially defined by a set of cross-sectional profiles, a plurality of sections of each ridge waveguide have a width that tapers along a length of the two ridge waveguides. Within…

PERSONAL NETWORK SOFTWARE DEFINED-WIDE AREA NETWORKS (SD-WANS) WITH ATTESTED PERMISSIONS

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240106745
Personal network Software Defined-Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs) with attested permissions may be provided. A first one of a plurality Personal Area Network (PAN) devices in a PAN may seed a routing table entry for at least one application that the first one of the plurality PAN devices supports. The routing table entry may include at least one characteristic associated with an egress link between the first one of the plurality PAN devices and a device outside of the PAN. The routing table…

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING NETWORK NODES

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240106622
In one embodiment, the disclosure includes a network node synchronization system. The system may include a first node. The first node may include a first host card comprising a first (TOD) time of day counter, a first digital signal processor (DSP) comprising a first DSP counter; and a first optical communication device comprising a first DSP communication channel, wherein the first DSP communication channel transports DSP frames. In various embodiments, the DSP is a coherent DSP.

OPTIMAL MODULATION CODING SCHEME (MCS) PARAMETERS FOR WIRELESS

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240097814
Optimal coding scheme parameters may be provided. Information associated with a plurality of client devices may be received by a computing device. A map of locations of the plurality of client devices relative to an Access Point (AP) may be created based on the information. A connected dominating set of client devices within the plurality of client devices may be identified based on the map. A first client device in the connected dominating set may then be caused to relay data between…

RADIO DISCOVERY FOR A MESH ACCESS POINT (AP)

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240098621
Radio discovery for a mesh Access Point (AP) may be provided. Topology information associated with a first network may be received wherein the first network may comprise a mesh network. A Topology Descriptor Message (TDM) may then be created based on the topology information. The TDM may then be transmitted by a first Access Point (AP).

ROAMING VALIDATION METHOD FOR ACCESS NETWORK PROVIDERS

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240098477
Roaming validation for Access Network Providers (ANPs), and particularly to protecting communications between Stations (STAs) and ANPs while providing roaming validation for ANPs may be provided. An ANP may first register a roaming federation system. The ANP may determine a roaming message based on subscription features of the network, and the ANP may request signing of the roaming message by the roaming federation system. The ANP may receive the signed roaming message from the roaming…

MANAGED NETWORK SUPPORTING BACKSCATTERING COMMUNICATION DEVICES

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240098454
A managed network supporting backscattering communication devices may be provided. A computing device may determine a plurality of locations respectively associated with a plurality of devices in a preterminal space. At least one of the plurality of devices may be power with energy transmitted from at least one Access Point (AP) to the least one of the plurality of devices at its location. Data may be received from the at least one of the plurality of devices in response to powering the…

SYMBOL MULTIPLEXING PHYSICAL MEDIUM ATTACHMENT (PMA)

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240097949
Symbol multiplexing Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) may be provided. A plurality of first lanes may be received and then Alignment Markers (AMs) from the plurality of first lanes may be used to determine symbol boundaries and identify the plurality of first lanes. Next, groups of the plurality of first lanes may be de-skewed and checkerboard patterns in the plurality of first lanes may be undone. Then the plurality of first lanes may be symbol-wise multiplexed to a plurality of second…

SHARP ADIABATIC BENDS IN LOW-CONFINEMENT STRUCTURES

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240094467
In part, the disclosure relates to a photonic device that may include a curved waveguide that includes a plurality of layers; a curved elongate structure defining an upper surface, an inner elongate surface, and an outer elongate surface, the curved elongate structure comprising a first end, and a second end; and a ridge extending from the upper surface, the ridge having a first side and a second side; and a trench defined by one or more of the plurality of layers and the first side; the…

PREEMPTION WITH WIRELESS

Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240090032
Preemption in wireless may be provided. Access Category (AC) parameters may be received for a preemption AC within a plurality of ACs. The preemption AC parameters may comprise a Contention Window maximum (CWmax) comprising a first predetermined value and a preemption Arbitrary Interframe Space Number (AIFSN) of less than or equal to a second predetermined value. AC parameters for others of the plurality of ACs may be received wherein a non-preemption AIFSN associated with any of the…

TIME SENSITIVE NETWORK (TSN) QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) MANAGEMENT

Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240090011
Time Sensitive Network (TSN) Quality of Service (QoS) management may be provided. A number of Transmit Opportunities (TxOPs) to use for transmitting data between an Access Point (AP) and a client device over a wireless link may be received. An initial gate configuration to the AP for transmitting data between the AP and the client device over the wireless link for a transmit period of each cycle of a number of cycles may be provided based on the number of TxOPs. A change in a network…

EXTREMELY HIGH THROUGHPUT TRIGGER BASED (EHTTB) LEGACY PREAMBLE PUNCTURING FOR FINE TIMING AND FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATION

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240072955
Legacy preamble puncturing for fine timing and frequency offset estimation may be provided. Within a user information field of a trigger frame, a legacy preamble puncturing pattern may be allocated to each of a plurality of client devices wherein each of the plurality of client devices is allocated with at least one respective corresponding non-overlapping sub-channel. Next, from each of the plurality of client devices on their respective corresponding non-overlapping sub-channel, a…

IMPROVING RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) PERFORMANCE BY OPTIMIZING TEMPERATURE IN AN ACCESS POINT (AP) ECOSYSTEM

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240072828
Improved Radio Frequency (RF) performance by optimizing temperature may be provided. A plurality of heatmaps may be created associating a plurality of component heat characteristics, of a plurality of components of a device, with a plurality of pre-defined performance trade-off states. Next, a shortest path through the plurality of pre-defined performance trade-off states may be determined. The device may then be placed in successive ones of the plurality of pre-defined performance…

CLUSTER FORMATION FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND TIME-DIFFERENCE-OF-ARRIVAL NETWORKS

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240069141
Cluster formation for networks for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Time-Difference-of-Arrival (TDoA) networks may be provided. A plurality of anchors may be set to a primary setting. Synchronization messages may then be broadcast by the plurality of anchors. Then the plurality of anchors may send responses to the synchronization messages. A room consensus may be performed to determine probabilities of obstacles between the plurality of anchors. The plurality of anchors may then send proposals of…

VIRTUAL NETWORK FOR VIRTUAL PHONE APPLICATIONS

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240064101
A device for a virtual phone in a virtual network may be provided. A data packet may be received by the device, the device being in a personal-area-network (PAN) with a peer, the data packet containing information defining a characteristic of a software application. The data packet may be profiled, the data packet comprising information about the software application. An SLA table stored on the device may be seeded with the information in the data packet. A routing table may be populated…

ADAPTING TRANSMISSION SCHEDULES FOR A RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ENVIRONMENT

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240064788
Adapting transmission schedules in a Radio Frequency (RF) environment may be provided. A Central Network Controller (CNC) of a Time Sensitive Network (TSN) may determine that a data path to a client device comprises a wireless link. The CNC of the TSN may generate a proposed transmission schedule for the time sensitive traffic to the client device through the wireless link in response to determining that the data path to the client device comprises the wireless link. The CNC may provide…

TIME SENSITIVE NETWORKING (TSN) QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) IN OVERLAPPED ADMINISTRATIVE DOMAINS

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240064576
Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) Quality of Service (QoS) in overlapped administrative domains may be provided. A first Access Point (AP) may detect at least a second AP in a Co-Channel Interference (CCI) range. A micro-transaction auction between the first AP and at least the second AP may be established, and the first AP may provide compensation to second AP to acquire an agreement, from the second AP, to forgo transmitting during an upcoming service period. Next, the first AP may…

UPGRADING WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH SCHEDULING

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240064535
Wireless infrastructure upgrading may be provided. An Access Point (AP) may be caused to decline new association requests received from client devices not associated with the AP. Next, the AP may be caused to instruct client devices associated with the AP that detect a signal level from the AP to be below their roaming margin to roam away from the AP. Then the power of the signal level from the AP may be decreased by a predetermined amount. Causing the AP to instruct client devices…