Reference signal transmission scheme for non-orthogonal multiple access systems
Granted: August 6, 2024
Patent Number:
12058058
The disclosed subject matter relates to techniques for transmitting reference signals in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communication protocols. In one embodiment, a method comprises determining a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for use by a group of mobile devices in association with uplink data transmissions, wherein respective mobile devices of the group of mobile devices are configured to employ a same time and a same frequency resource of a wireless communication network…
Adaptive user equipment capability reporting
Granted: August 6, 2024
Patent Number:
12058777
Adaptive user equipment capability reporting is disclosed. Continuing increases in the number of radio access technologies and more granular division of radio spectrum can result in a conventional user equipment capability report exceeding a threshold size, such as a threshold size set by a standards organization. In response, a conventional user equipment capability report can be truncated, which can result in loss of valuable user equipment capability information. The disclosed subject…
Generic control channel configuration for new radio sidelink
Granted: August 6, 2024
Patent Number:
12058666
Aspects of the technology described herein are directed towards using generic control information in a three-party wireless communication system to schedule a data transmission and reception of the data transmission. A scheduler node transmits the generic control information, comprising identification information that identifies a user equipment device as a transmitter node, and scheduling information that schedules a data transmission. For unicast data transmissions, the generic control…
Fine tuning synchronization signals power boosting over 5G network
Granted: August 6, 2024
Patent Number:
12058628
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, collecting performance information for a plurality of user equipment (UE) devices and a base station in a radio communication network, determining that one or more UE devices experience a synchronization failure attempting to connect to a base station, determining to temporarily boost transmit power of a synchronization signal block by the base station to facilitate synchronization, determining a boosted power level of the…
Collection of meaningful event data for presentation
Granted: August 6, 2024
Patent Number:
12058221
The disclosed technology is directed towards determining that information of interest, corresponding to as a meaningful event, is available to be captured and saved, and capturing the information. When an event is determined to satisfy a defined meaningful event likelihood criterion, sensor data (which can include media data), time data and location data are collected and associated with the meaningful event, e.g., in a data store. A presentation/package is generated from the various…
Augmented reality security
Granted: August 6, 2024
Patent Number:
12058180
Augmented reality security is enabled, e.g., to prevent transmission of maliciously manipulated augmented reality data. For instance, a device can comprise a processor, and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: based on a defined tampering criterion, determining whether a virtual frame, of a group of virtual frames received via a communication link established between the device and augmented…
Method and system for predicting cyber threats using deep artificial intelligence (AI)-driven analytics
Granted: August 6, 2024
Patent Number:
12058151
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data that identifies network traffic associated with a threat actor, responsive to the obtaining the data, performing feature extraction on the data, resulting in extracted features, classifying the network traffic based on the extracted features, detecting, in accordance with the classifying the network traffic, an action change in the network traffic, resulting in a detected action change, predicting a future traffic…
Massive vulnerable surface protection
Granted: August 6, 2024
Patent Number:
12058150
Network security is applied to identify malicious activity occurring on a network or at network nodes from a coordinated attack. For instance, a device, comprising a memory and a processor, can generate a first flag signal representative of a first flag applicable to first data and a second flag signal representative of a second flag applicable to second data in response to the first and second data being determined to be related and directed to a common destination node using…
Securing corporate assets in the home
Granted: August 6, 2024
Patent Number:
12058138
A method includes creating a secured connection between a home network and a remote corporate network via a smart home gateway; detecting a plurality of devices are connected with the smart home gateway, wherein the plurality of devices are within the home network; determining that a first device of the plurality of devices is indicated as an authorized corporate device; determining that the first device has software updated to a threshold version of software; and based on the indication…
Validation of alignment of wireless and wireline network function configuration with domain name system records
Granted: August 6, 2024
Patent Number:
12058098
Techniques for validating alignment between network element configuration and DNS records associated with a communication network are presented. Alignment management component (AMC) can retrieve respective configuration parameter data items relating to respective configuration parameters associated with respective resource-related identifiers, and respective metadata items associated with the respective resource-related identifiers, from a configuration data store; and retrieve…
System and method to identify unauthorized aerial user equipment over a terrestrial network
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12052649
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system detects user equipment (UE) in communication with a network via a serving cell of the network; the network is configured to facilitate communications by one or more terrestrial UEs and one or more aerial UEs. The system monitors messages from an aerial UE regarding detection of a cell other than the serving cell, and receives information from the aerial UE regarding the detected cell. The…
Methods, systems, and devices for verifying a location of a communication device
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12052264
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processing system determining a first communication device initiating a communication session with a second communication device, and transmitting a notification to the second communication device. The notification indicates to the second communication device to initiate a location verification application on the second communication device, and the location verification application transmits notifications to adjacent network…
Conflict-free change deployment
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12052136
A new scalable approach to conflict-free deployment of changes across networks. The conflict rules or constraints may be modeled using policies and algorithms to determine an optimized schedule for change deployment.
Apparatus and methods generating non-interfering electromagnetic waves on an uninsulated conductor
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12052119
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, receiving a plurality of communication signals, and generating, according to the plurality of communication signals, a plurality of electromagnetic waves bound at least in part to a dielectric layer of a conductor. The plurality of electromagnetic waves propagates along the dielectric layer of the conductor without an electrical return path, where each electromagnetic wave of the plurality of electromagnetic waves includes a different…
Cloud resources for smartphone applications
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12050925
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, instantiating a virtual smartphone in a cloud infrastructure, installing a smartphone application on the virtual smartphone, receiving input sensor data from a physical user device, providing the input sensor data to the smartphone application on the virtual smartphone, receiving output data from the smartphone application on the virtual smartphone, and providing the output data to the physical user device. Other embodiments are…
Device and network-based enforcement of biometric data usage
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12045331
A processing system including at least one processor may receive a first request to access a content by a first user, identify that the content includes biometric data of a second user in accordance with biometric identification data of the second user, and apply at least one biometric data access rule of a biometric data access permission set to the first request in response to the identifying that the content includes the biometric data of the second user.
Spammer location detection
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12047533
The described technology is generally directed towards spammer location detection, and in particular, to locating a spammer that makes multiple calls from a given location via a cellular communications network. In some examples, network equipment can obtain call trace records associated with the multiple calls, identify a group of call trace records based on a shared call trace feature, aggregate data from call trace records within the group, and determine an estimated location based on…
Microburst detection and management
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12047295
Systems, methods, and apparatuses provide a scalable framework for analyzing queuing and transient congestion in network switches. The system reports which flows contributed to the queue buildup and enables direct per-packet action in the data plane to prevent transient congestion. The system may be configured to analyze queuing in legacy network switches.
System and method for remote configuration of scalable datacenter
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12047236
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, an application requirement for a server of a data center geographically separated from a central location. A configuration file adapted for the server according to the application requirement is obtained at the central location and a host processor located at the data center is selected according to the application requirement. A static IP address preassigned to an administrative portion of the selected host…
Method and apparatus for effectuating a network of autonomous devices
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12047193
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining characteristics of autonomous devices, identifying a portion of the autonomous devices having relatable characteristics, and assigning a network to the portion of autonomous devices for enabling communications with the portion of autonomous devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
