Sprint Spectrum L.p.

T-mobile Innovations LLC

Sprint Communications Comapny L.p.

Nextel Communications Inc.

Clearwire IP Holdings L.l.c.

Clear Wireless LLC

Nextel Communications Company L.p.

Nagi A Mansour

Akin Ozozlu

Noman Muzaffar Alam

Kafi Hassan

Kevin Hart

Sandeep Mangrulkar

Nawara Omary

Aaron Pawlowski

Emerino J Marchetti

Yun Sung Kim

Pinal Tailor

Rajesh Gangadhar

Habib Riazi

Sreten Cvetojevic

Chunmei Liu

Shahzada Basharat Rasool

Daniel Stewart Broyles

Diego Estrella Chavez

Shane David Chapman

David Rosen

Kaushik Goswami

Petronilo Cailipan

Esmael Hejazi Dinan

Siddharth S Oroskar

Jasinder P Singh

Marouane Balmakhtar

Sanghoon Sung

Masoud Olfat

Udit Thakore

PinalKumari K Tailor

Alex Shusterman

Hetal J Mistry

Senthil Veeraragavan

Christopher R Melus

Michael Erich

Matthew Starzec

Ashish Tuli

Crisanto Ponce

Maheshwaran Vijayakumar

Srinivas Rao Kanyagundla

Azza Hassan

Abdul Kareem Mohamed Yaseen

Aneesha Sridhar

Nawara Owary

Tzuo-Shuo Li

Alexandr Shusterman

Robert E Reese

Zhubo Huang

Mathew Starzec

Krunal Mansukhlal Modasiya

Akin Ozolu

Kevin A Hart

Shehzad N Khan

Akhilesh Chukka

Ravindra Wasalwar

Ankitkumar Patel

Kevin Almon Hart

A multi-stack phased antenna array system is provided for enhancing wireless signal performance in a network. The system includes at least two antenna element layers, each comprising a matrix of individual antenna elements. Each antenna element is electrically connected to a modular ratio combining engine configured to process signals across the array. A method of operation includes receiving at least one signal from at least one user equipment (UE) at the antenna array, wherein the signal is received by each antenna element. The received signals are adjusted in time and phase to maximize in-phase signal strength using the combining engine. At least one dielectric layer is disposed between the antenna element layers to support the stacked structure.

Multi-stack antenna

According to aspects herein, methods and a non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer instructions for macro diversity-based handover between low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The method begins with receiving, at a first extraterrestrial access point and a second extraterrestrial access point at least one first uplink communication from a UE. Each extraterrestrial access point is located on a different LEO satellite. Next, a determination that the coverage area of the first LEO satellite is congruent with the coverage area of the second LEO satellite. Both the first extraterrestrial access point and the second extraterrestrial access point attempt to decode the first uplink communication. The second LEO satellite may transmit additional soft decoding bits to the first LEO satellite. The first uplink communication is decoded using the soft decoding bits from the first LEO satellite and the additional soft decoding bits from the second LEO satellite.

Diversity gain for space mobile systems

Systems and methods are provided for dynamically activating and deactivating hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ). The system includes a base station, user equipment (UE), and a processor. The method provides for determining a first signal quality measurement for the signal quality between the base station and the UE. The first signal quality measurement is then compared with a predetermined signal quality threshold. If the first signal quality measurement is below the predetermined signal quality threshold the UE is directed to activate HARQ. If the first signal quality measurement is above the predetermined signal quality threshold the UE is directed to deactivate HARQ if HARQ is currently active.

Dynamic hybrid automatic repeat request activation/deactivation in 5G and 6G radio interface

Computerized systems, computer readable media and methods are provided for initiating an action for simultaneously establishing multiple 4G and/or 5G data links between a node and a single user device. Multiple 4G and/or 5G communication layers are simultaneously generating in a telecommunications network. Separate domain code channels are developed for each of the 4G and/or 5G communication layers. Multiple 4G and/or 5G data links are established for each communication layer using a separate domain code channel between a node and a single user telecommunications device.

Layered wireless networks

Systems and methods are provided herein the dynamically select a special subframe used in communication between a cell site and a user equipment (UE). The method begins with determining radio interference metrics for a cell site being used for communication with a UE. A time of flight metric is also determined for the cell site. Based on the radio interference metrics and the time of flight metrics, a gap in a special subframe is adjusted. The special subframe provides two configurations, with a first special subframe having a greater number of gap subframes than the second special subframe.

Optimizing special subframes to minimize time-of-flight

Systems and methods are provided for an improved link budged resulting from reduced overhead. The method includes determining a signal to noise and interference ratio (SINR) at a wireless device, comparing the SINR to a predetermined threshold and determining the SINR at the wireless device meets the predetermined threshold. The method additionally includes disabling a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission mechanism for the wireless device based on the determination that the SINR at the wireless devices meets the predetermined threshold.

Selective retransmission method for uplink overhead reduction

Systems and methods are provided for uplink quality enhancement. Methods include experiencing a triggering condition at a wireless device in a network and identifying at least one additional wireless device in the network within a threshold proximity to the wireless device experiencing the triggering condition. The method additionally includes forming a group with the at least one additional wireless device using a communication link and pooling uplink resources with the at least one additional wireless device to improve uplink performance of the wireless device experiencing the triggering condition.

Uplink performance using multiple wireless devices

Methods, systems, and access nodes associate a corresponding unique code with multiple access nodes and multiplex data with each of the corresponding unique codes. Further, the multiplexed data is transmitted from each of the multiple access nodes to a donor node. At the donor node, a unique donor code is assigned and is multiplexed with the donor node data. The multiplexed data from the multiple access nodes and the multiplexed donor node data are transmitted in parallel from the donor node to a core network.

Efficient multi-cell backhaul operation

Resources allocated and/or requested for use associated with two or more wireless access technologies during a first time period in a first geographic area serve as the basis for a determination of an optimized resource allocation during the first time period in the first geographic area. The resource allocation between the two or more wireless access technologies is modified to the determined optimized resource allocation during a second time period in the first geographic area, the second time period being subsequent to the first time period.

Dynamic resource allocation management relating to wireless access technologies on a common range of frequencies

Aspects provided herein to provide methods, systems, and a non-transitory computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions to eliminate overlapping spectrum interference. The method begins with assigning a first portion of contiguous spectrum to a first user equipment. A second portion of contiguous spectrum is assigned to a second user equipment. The first portion of contiguous spectrum and the second portion of contiguous spectrum overlap at least partially. Based on the partial overlap, the first user equipment is instructed to communicate on the first portion of contiguous spectrum using a first code and the second user equipment is instructed to communicate on the second portion of contiguous spectrum using a second code. The use of the first code and the second code eliminate interference in the partial overlapping spectrum.

Eliminating overlapping spectrum interference using orthogonal codes

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for polarization division multiple access. A polarized antenna system having a plurality of differently-polarized antennas is envisioned for wirelessly communicating with a plurality of user devices in a wireless network environment. Each polarized pair of antenna elements, using a particular frequency, will transmit signals using a polarization-frequency pair and a base station will instruct user devices which polarization-frequency pair they should tune to for processing the appropriate downlink signal. Using OFDMA with a polarized antenna system increases capacity without the need for deploying additional base stations.

Polarization division multiple access

Systems, methods, and processing nodes for managing a wireless communication session perform and/or comprise: setting a signal loss threshold; comparing a signal characteristic with the signal loss threshold, wherein the signal characteristic corresponds to a duplex communication between a wireless communication device and an access node in a first frame configuration format; and in response to a determination that the signal characteristic exceeds the signal loss threshold, causing the wireless communication device and the access node to switch from the first frame configuration format to a second frame configuration format.

System and method for dynamically switching frame configuration format

Methods and systems are provided for improving network communications, for example by scheduling or configuring a downlink/uplink (DL/UL) slot ratio, and/or an amount of redundant Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs) to be transmitted, in some cases prior to an acknowledgement. In embodiments using FDD, an improved scheduler can be asymmetrical, for example limiting resources used by an uplink to 20%, while allowing a user device to use a maximum power level, or an increased power level, in the uplink.

Scheduler systems and methods

Systems, methods, and processing nodes for managing spectrum in a telecommunications network perform and/or comprise: determining that a first bandwidth part (BWP) on which a wireless device communicates with an access node at least partially overlaps with a second BWP, wherein the first BWP has a first numerology and the second BWP has a second numerology; and instructing the wireless device and the access node to multiplex a communication signal with an orthogonal code prior to transmitting the communication signal.

System and method for spectrum management of overlapping bandwidth

A wireless access node serves wireless communication devices over a radio channel that is allocated into subchannels for wireless network slices. The wireless access node determines the wireless network slices used by the wireless communication devices. The wireless access node schedules resource blocks in the subchannels for the wireless network slices to the wireless communication devices based on the wireless network slices used by the wireless communication devices. The wireless access node wirelessly exchanges user data with the wireless communication devices over the scheduled resource blocks in the subchannels for the wireless network slices. The wireless access node re-sizes the subchannels for the wireless network slices based on time-of-day.

Wireless network access to wireless network slices over a common radio channel

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Nagi A Mansour