Cisco Patent Applications

RADIOS WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE

Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number: 20240023179
An arrangement of three radios maybe provided. The three radios define first and second outer data links and a middle data link. Access to the arrangement of three radios can be biased to the middle data link in one direction upon a data transmission through the first and second outer data links being dominate in an opposite direction. Data transmission with enhanced multi-link single radio (eMLSR) client devices can be prioritized lower than data transmission with simultaneous transmit…

PROVISIONING USER EQUIPMENT ROUTE SELECTION POLICIES WITH SERVICE ASSURANCE

Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number: 20240022989
Provisioning User Equipment (UE) Route Selection Policies (URSP) may be provided. A policy of a user equipment (UE) may be updated by a Policy Control Function (PCF). Then, the PCF may create a UE route selection policy (URSP) based on the updated UE policy. Next, the PCF may set a flag in in the URSP that may indicate to the UE that the URSP is applicable for new sessions and inapplicable for ongoing sessions. The PCF may then send the URSP to the UE, wherein the UE applies the URSP for…

COORDINATED ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (C-OFDMA) IN HIGH DENSITY NETWORKS

Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number: 20240023040
Coordinated Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (C-OFDMA) in high density networks may be provided. A primary Access Point (AP) and a subordinate AP may be caused to use an omnidirectional antenna pattern during a synchronization period. Next, the primary AP and the subordinate AP may be caused to use an omnidirectional antenna pattern during a time in which the primary AP sends a subordinate Trigger Frame (TF) during a first C-OFDMA period. The primary AP and the subordinate…

PROVISIONING USER EQUIPMENT ROUTE SELECTION POLICIES WITH SERVICE ASSURANCE

Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number: 20240022989
Provisioning User Equipment (UE) Route Selection Policies (URSP) may be provided. A policy of a user equipment (UE) may be updated by a Policy Control Function (PCF). Then, the PCF may create a UE route selection policy (URSP) based on the updated UE policy. Next, the PCF may set a flag in in the URSP that may indicate to the UE that the URSP is applicable for new sessions and inapplicable for ongoing sessions. The PCF may then send the URSP to the UE, wherein the UE applies the URSP for…

METHOD FOR APPLICATION CONTROL AND ADAPTIVE QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) HANDLING

Granted: January 11, 2024
Application Number: 20240015779
Method for application control and Quality of Service (QoS) handling may be provided. A request may be received for scheduling a communication between an Access Point (AP) and a user device for sending data of an application. It may be determined that the request does not comprise network characteristics of the application. In response to determining that the request does not comprise the network characteristics of the application, the network characteristics may be requested from a…

INTELLIGENT PACKET DISTRIBUTION CONTROL FOR OPTIMIZING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND COST

Granted: January 11, 2024
Application Number: 20240015110
Intelligent distribution of packet flows may be provided. Compute resource data may be received. Next, packets may be classified into flows that may be persistently mapped to compute resources for a lifetime of the flows. Based on the compute resource data, the flows may then be allocated to the compute resources.

METHOD FOR APPLICATION CONTROL AND ADAPTIVE QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) HANDLING

Granted: January 11, 2024
Application Number: 20240015779
Method for application control and Quality of Service (QoS) handling may be provided. A request may be received for scheduling a communication between an Access Point (AP) and a user device for sending data of an application. It may be determined that the request does not comprise network characteristics of the application. In response to determining that the request does not comprise the network characteristics of the application, the network characteristics may be requested from a…

INTELLIGENT PACKET DISTRIBUTION CONTROL FOR OPTIMIZING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND COST

Granted: January 11, 2024
Application Number: 20240015110
Intelligent distribution of packet flows may be provided. Compute resource data may be received. Next, packets may be classified into flows that may be persistently mapped to compute resources for a lifetime of the flows. Based on the compute resource data, the flows may then be allocated to the compute resources.

SUPPORTING MULTIPATH TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL SUBFLOWS USING MULTIPATH LINKS

Granted: January 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240007393
Supporting Multipath Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) subflows using multipath links, and more specifically supporting MPTCP subflows using Wi-Fi Multi-Link Operation (MLO) or cellular multi-link support may be provided. A multipath link may be established between an Access Point (AP) and a station (STA). The STA may mark the multipath link as Multipath Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) capable. Next, a request for an addition of a MPTCP subflow may be received. In response to…

MATCHING SPEAKERS TO MEETING AUDIO

Granted: December 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230410817
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for processing recordings of events. The technique includes applying a machine learning model to a plurality of samples from one or more recordings of the events to generate a plurality of embeddings representing the plurality of samples. The technique also includes generating a plurality of labels that identify speakers associated with the plurality of samples based on metadata comprising timestamps of voice activity during…

OPTIMIZING MODIFY BEARER REQUEST HANDLING

Granted: December 14, 2023
Application Number: 20230403546
Optimizing modify bearer request handling may be provided. A Modify Bearer Request (MBR) may be received by a Serving Gateway (SGW) for a User Equipment (UE). Then a current User Location Information (ULI) may be compared, in the MBR, to a previous ULI. It may then be determined, based on the comparison, determining, if the current ULI and the previous ULI are included in a same Extended-ULI (E-ULI). Next, when the current ULI and the previous ULI are included in the same E-ULI, the MBR…

LAYER 4 LOAD AWARE LOAD BALANCING

Granted: December 14, 2023
Application Number: 20230403235
Load aware load balancing may be provided. Flow duration data associated with a plurality of flows associated with a plurality of servers may be obtained. Then a plurality of queue lengths respectively associated with the plurality of servers may be obtained. Next, a Shortest Expected Delay (SED) score may be determined for each of the plurality of servers based on the flow duration data and the plurality of queue lengths. A flow may then be assigned to a one of the plurality of servers…

DIFFERENTIATED TIME-DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB)

Granted: November 30, 2023
Application Number: 20230388747
Differentiated time-difference of arrival for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) may be provided. A location tracking information for a venue may be broadcasted. Broadcasting the location tracking information may include notifying a user device that a location information is expected from the user device and providing an entity identity of an entity seeking the location information from the user device. A ranging message may then be received from the user device in response to the user device…

HYBRID MODE MULTICAST ROUTING

Granted: November 30, 2023
Application Number: 20230388142
Hybrid mode multicast routing may be provided. A switching device may receive a first join. Next, in response to receiving the first join, states for a first protocol mode (e.g., (S, G)) that is source aware and state for a second protocol mode (e.g., (*, G)) that is not source aware may be programed. Then a second join may be sent based on the states associated with the second protocol mode (e.g., (*, G)).

THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL (TIM) FILLING STRUCTURE FOR HIGH WARPAGE CHIPS

Granted: November 23, 2023
Application Number: 20230380050
A Thermal Interface Material (TIM) for chip warpage may be provided. A system may comprise an Integrated Circuit (IC) chip, a Thermal Interface Material (TIM) layer disposed on the IC chip, and a heatsink disposed on the TIM layer. The heatsink may comprise, a plate, a plurality of fins, and at least one TIM storage chamber disposed in the plate between two of the plurality of fins. The at least one TIM storage chamber may be filled with a TIM that is solid at a lower temperature end of…

DEVICE-FREE IN-ZONE OBJECT MOVEMENT DETECTION USING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION

Granted: November 16, 2023
Application Number: 20230370813
Object movement detection may be provided. Channel State Information (CSI) data may be obtained. The CSI data may be associated with a plurality of links between a plurality of Access Points (APs) that provide coverage to an area. Next, a plurality of features may be extracted from the CSI data. The plurality of features may then be converted to a plurality of scores. Then motion in sub-areas of the area may be classified based on a comparison of the plurality of scores to a threshold…

STATELESS ADDRESS TRANSLATION AT AN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM (AS) BOUNDARY FOR HOST PRIVACY

Granted: November 16, 2023
Application Number: 20230370373
Stateless address translation at an Autonomous System (AS) boundary for host privacy may be provided. An address associated with a host device in the AS may be received. The address may comprise a network prefix and an interface identifier (ID). Then a cypher value may be assigned to a cypher bit range in the network prefix. The cypher value may be associated with a first cypher algorithm of a plurality of cypher algorithms. Next, the address may be encoded wherein encoding the address…

MALICIOUS BLACK HOLE NODE DETECTION AND CIRCUMVENTION

Granted: November 9, 2023
Application Number: 20230362654
A method includes determining a number of drops of a plurality of messages sent to a first node of a plurality of nodes within a mesh network. Based at least in part on the number of drops of the plurality of messages exceeding a threshold number of drops for a time period, decrementing a first rating assigned to the first node to a second rating assigned to the first node. Based at least in part on the second rating being below a rating threshold, determining that the first node is a…

CORRECTING FOR ANTENNAE SPATIAL DISTORTIONS IN RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) LOCALIZATIONS

Granted: November 9, 2023
Application Number: 20230362875
Correcting for antennae spatial distortions in Radio Frequency (RF) localization may be provided. A plurality of actual locations associated with a plurality of Access Point (APs) may be received. Then a plurality of signal strengths associated with the plurality of APs may be received. Based on the plurality of signal strengths, a model may be created that models a plurality of inference errors respectively corresponding to the plurality of APs between a plurality of inferred locations…

TIME SYNCHRONIZATION DISTRIBUTION IN A NETWORK

Granted: November 9, 2023
Application Number: 20230362859
Time synchronization distribution in a network may be provided. Time synchronization may be performed by an Access Point (AP) with a plurality of client devices. Next, based on information received from performing the time synchronization with the plurality of client devices, it may be determined that a first client device of the plurality of client devices is a representative client device. Then, for a predetermined time period, time synchronization with the first client device and not…