Qualcomm Incorporated

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Qualcimm Incorporated

Charles E., III Wheatley

Parvathanathan Subrahmanya

Francesco Grilli

Serge Willenegger

Nathan Edward Tenny

Serge D Willenegger

Durga Prasad Malladi

Alkinoos Hector Vayanos

Masato Kitazoe

Lorenzo Casaccia

Etienne Francois Chaponniere

Oronzo Flore

Aziz Gholmieh

Sai Yiu Duncan Ho

Juan Montojo

Rashid Ahmed Akbar Attar

Arnaud Meylan

Charles E Wheatley, Iii

Etienne F Chaponniere

Edward George Tiedemann, Jr

Osok Song

Daisuke Terasawa

Kannan Muthuraman

Peng Li

Thomas Klingenbrunn

Avinash Jain

Peter Anthony Barany

Anjali Mishra

Aleksandar Damnjanovic

Stein Arne Lundby

Shailesh Maheshwari

Khaled Helmi El-Maleh

Josef J Blanz

David J Maldonado

Michael Kevin Spartz

Kirti Gupta

Yair Karmi

Shlomo Nizri

MaryBeth Selby

Samer S Zreiq

Gurdarshan Singh

Ronald Blumstein

Sandip S Minhas

David Diep

Ricky Tai

Mehmet Yavuz

Sharad Deepak Sambhwani

Parag Arun Agashe

Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam

Rohit Kapoor

Bibhu P Mohanty

Shyamal Ramachandran

Eric Carl Rosen

Arungundram C Mahendran

Ernest Tadashi Ozaki

Jeremy Darren Dunworth

Jonathan Kies

Harleen Kaur Gill

Francesco Pica

William Robert Gardner

Vanitha Aravamudhan Kumar

Victor Kulik

William H Von Novak

Junsheng Han

Simon James Walke

Thomas Wilborn

Alireza Mohammadian

James Lionel Panian

Neha Goel

Gurvinder Singh Chhabra

James Semple

Vinay Paradkar

Carl Hardin

Rinat Burdo

Nieyan Geng

Udayan Murli Bhawnani

Uttam Pattanayak

Srinivas Raghavan

Salil Sawhney

Vikas Gulati

Roger Wayne Martin

Vikas Nagpal

Dino Flore

Anjali Jha

Nirupama Locanindi

Etienne François Chaponniere

Moi Riba

Venkata Potnuru

Daniel J Lewis

Subrahmanyam Anand Mantravadi Venkata

Jonathan T Velasco

Manmeet Singh

Murthy Vempati

Prashant Kumar Singh

Udayan Bhawnani

Iii Wheatley Charles E

In some implementations, a method of facilitating pointing of a mobile device at a satellite of a satellite constellation for satellite-based data communication, may comprise obtaining, at a first time point, historical orbital data indicative of orbital movement of a plurality of satellites of a satellite constellation over a period of time. The method may also comprise assigning a reference orbital dataset of the plurality orbital datasets determined at a reference time point to corresponding control boxes of a reference grid covering the satellite constellation, wherein each control box of the reference grid corresponds to a satellite of the satellite constellation. The method may also comprise mapping the plurality orbital datasets to the reference grid for an orbital model based on the assignment of the reference orbital dataset.

Satellite positioning for satellite-based communications

In some implementations, a mobile device may determine a set of target orientations of the mobile device in which an antenna lobe of the mobile device is pointed toward the satellite, the set of target orientations based on: an orientation of the antenna lobe relative to the mobile device, and a location of the satellite relative to the mobile device. The mobile device may determine a current orientation of the mobile device. The mobile device may provide, at a user interface (UI) of the mobile device, guidance for rotating the mobile device from the current orientation to an orientation within the set of target orientations.

Mobile device orientation guidance for satellite-based communications

An example method of geofencing for satellite communication performed by a UE, the method comprising obtaining a first region file comprising a plurality of regions, wherein each region of the plurality of regions is represented by one or more geo-polygons, wherein each region of the plurality of regions corresponds to a respective unique region identifier, and obtaining a first restriction status file comprising restriction status information regarding each region of the plurality of regions. The method further comprises receiving, from a server, a second restriction status file comprising a second set of region identifiers and corresponding restriction status information, determining a difference between the first set of region identifiers and the second set of region identifiers, and updating the first region file, the first restriction status file, or both based on the difference.

Geofencing for satellite communication in the absence of terrestrial networks

In some implementations, a device may obtain historical orbital data indicative of orbital movement of a set of satellites over a period of time, the set of satellites comprising at least a subset of satellites of the satellite constellation. The device may, for each satellite in the set of satellites, estimate a set of orbital parameter values by fitting an orbital model to the historical data of the respective satellite, wherein at least one orbital parameter value of the set of orbital values is common across a group of satellites within the set of satellites. The device may send assistance data to at least one mobile device, the assistance data indicative of the respective set of orbital parameter values for all satellites of the set of satellites.

Assistance data for orienting a mobile device for satellite-based communications

Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for managing wireless communication at a user equipment (UE). An exemplary method includes adding an identifier of a cell to a sub-optimal cell list based at least in part on a cell classification determination made by the UE, and avoiding a cell access procedure for the cell based at least in part on inclusion of the identifier in the sub-optimal cell list. Another exemplary method includes maintaining a sub-optimal cell list and an associated priority service exception list, initiating a service on the priority service exception list, identifying inclusion of a cell on the sub-optimal cell list, where the cell is associated with a cell access procedure initiated for the service, and accessing the cell included in the sub-optimal cell list based at least in part on inclusion of the service in the priority service exception list.

Identifying, avoiding, and/or allowing limited access to sub-optimal cells

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate employing a paging indicator channel in connection with high speed channels in a wireless communications network. A paging indicator transmission can be sent on the paging channel to one or more mobile devices. The paging indicator indicates that additional information such as a full paging messages, other control plane data or other user plane data is expected to be transmitted at a specific time instant (e.g., subframe) on the associated high speed channel. A set of parameters can be transmitted on common channels that specify a set of associated subframes in a high speed channel. Mobile devices can analyze the set of parameters to determine the associated subframes and receive the subframes in accordance with a schedule.

PICH-HS timing and operation

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate notifying and detecting modification of system information in a wireless communication system. A mobile device may detect an inability to receive a paging message transmitted by a base station during a first time period, receive at least one system information block (SIB) transmitted by the base station during a second time period, and determine whether to receive one or more additional SIBs transmitted by the base station in the second time period based on information obtained from the at least one SIB received. The mobile device may detect an inability to receive a paging message upon entering a cell from being out of service or upon initial device starting up. The mobile device may determining whether to receive one or more additional SIBs by comparing a value tag of the at least one SIB received to a previously stored value tag.

System information modification notification and detection in wireless communications

Techniques to support operation in a compressed mode and/or a continuous packet connectivity (CPC) mode are described. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may obtain an assignment of enabled subframes for the CPC mode and an assignment of transmission gaps for the compressed mode. The transmission gaps may be aligned with idle times between the enabled subframes. The UE may exchange data during enabled subframes not overlapping the transmission gaps and may skip data exchanges during enabled subframes overlapping the transmission gaps. The UE may make cell measurements during the transmission gaps. In another aspect, the UE may obtain enabled subframes and skipped subframes, exchange data during enabled subframes not corresponding to the skipped subframes, and skip data exchanges during the skipped subframes. In yet another aspect, the UE may receive orders on a shared control channel to quickly enable and disable the compressed mode.

Compressed mode operation and power control with discontinuous transmission and/or reception

Exemplary embodiments are directed to methods and devices for fee-based wireless power. A method may include subscribing to a wireless power plan and receiving wireless power at one or more electronic devices according to a wireless power subscription.

Authorized based receipt of wireless power

Methods and apparatus are provided for device configuration (e.g., feature segment loading and system selection). Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to operating a user equipment (UE) in a first radio access network (RAN) with a first set of modem features that supports the first RAN, detecting a second RAN not supported by the first set of modem features, and rebooting the modem software to load a second set of modem features that supports the detected RAN. For certain aspects, the first RAN may be a Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) network and the second RAN may be a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) network or long term evolution network. This allows features to be loaded into memory (e.g., only) when they are required to support a detected RAN, rather than loading an entire image, thereby conserving DRAM and increasing efficiency.

Methods and apparatus for updating a device configuration

An apparatus and method for access stratum management comprising reading system information from at least one broadcast channel from a current serving cell; and determining if an available cell is suitable for a user equipment (UE) based on information included in the broadcasted system information, wherein the determining step comprises at least one of the following: comparing system release information of the user equipment (UE) from the broadcasted system information; determining if the available cell supports a specific feature which makes the available cell suitable for optimum performance of the UE; or determining if the available cell and a frequency combination are suitable for a UE type.

Apparatus and method for determining cell suitability for a wireless device in a communication system

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate network management and optimization. As described herein, a network and a device communicating with the network can exchange network management information, thereby supporting a Self Organized Network (SON) architecture for improved network management and optimization performance. A Non-Access Stratum (NAS) layer protocol and/or an Internet Protocol (IP) application, in combination with a set of associated network management messages, can be utilized to exchange network management information between a device and a network. As further described herein, various procedures can be utilized to install a SON policy to a device in order to define device behavior for operations such as collecting and reporting information related to network management. Additionally, a set of standardized events can be defined, based on which a device can detect the occurrence of an event and report the occurrence to an associated network.

Method of network management by assistance from terminal using control-plane signaling between terminal and network

System(s) and method(s) are provided for handover of a mobile terminal in a wireless communication system. Handoff resolution relies on both a downlink channel quality indication between a serving base station and the mobile terminal, and uplink channel quality indications amongst the terminal and a measurement set of target base stations. To generate UL channel quality indicators, the mobile station conveys a narrowband or broadband sounding reference signal, and serving and target base stations measure UL and DL performance metrics (e.g., RSRP, RSSI, or RSOT). In backward handover, UL channel state information from target cells is received at the serving base station through backhaul communication, and handoff is resolved based on both UL and DL quality reports. In forward handover, the set of UL quality reports are conveyed to the mobile station to determine a target cell for handoff.

Handover mechanism that exploits uplink channel quality of a target cell

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate selectively and simultaneously establishing multiple bearers in wireless communication networks. A core network entity in a wireless network can transmit a bearer establishment request to an access point comprising a list of bearers to establish with a related mobile device. The bearer establishment request comprising list of bearers includes separate non-access stratum (NAS) messages corresponding to each bearer in the list. The separate NAS messages can be linked to each bearer entry in the list. The access point can receive the list and attempt to initialize one or more radio bearers in the list. Since the NAS messages individually correspond to a given bearer, the access point can forward NAS messages to the mobile device only for bearers that are successfully initialized allowing selective establishment thereof. In addition, the access point can provide initialization status for the individual bearers to the core network.

Selective bearer establishment in E-UTRAN/EPS

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