IP Library Granted Patent US 12,604,233
Granted Patent B2
US 12,604,233 · App. 18/148,798 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Quality management for wireless devices

Inventors: Hyukjin Chae (Fairfax, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); SungDuck Chun (Fairfax, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA)
Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
H04W28/0268H04W76/10
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Patent No.
US 12,604,233
App. No.
18/148,798
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A group of wireless devices may use shared resources to communicate information to a base station. At least one configuration parameter (e.g., Quality of Service (Qos) parameter(s)) associated with over-the-air computation may be used for group uplink transmissions. Data associated with the group of wireless devices may be determined, based on an aggregation of the group uplink transmissions. The data associated with the group of wireless devices may be provided to a network node using the configuration parameter(s).

Claims (54)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a base station and from a core network, at least one quality of service (QoS) parameter associated with group uplink transmission;

transmitting, to at least one wireless device, at least one configuration parameter for uplink transmission, wherein the at least one configuration parameter is based on the at least one QoS parameter associated with group uplink transmission; and

receiving, from the at least one wireless device, at least one signal for a group uplink transmission.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the at least one signal for the group uplink transmission comprises: receiving, via a shared resource, an aggregated signal indicating first data from a first wireless device of the at least one wireless device and second data from a second wireless device of the at least one wireless device; and

wherein the method further comprises performing an over-the-air computation by determining, based on received power of the aggregated signal, a function corresponding to the first data and the second data.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the function comprises at least one of:

an arithmetic mean;

a geometric mean;

a Euclidean norm; or

a linear regression.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the first data and the second data indicate sensor measurement of at least one of: a temperature, a pressure, a position, a force, an acceleration, a vibration, a fluid, a humidity, a gas, or a light.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one QoS parameter associated with group uplink transmission comprises at least one of:

a mean squared error;

a signal-to-noise ratio; or

a quality of computation error.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the core network, a session establishment request for a session of the group uplink transmission; and

receiving, from the core network, a resource setup request for the session of the group uplink transmission.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the at least one configuration parameter for uplink transmission comprises transmitting at least one radio resource control (RRC) configuration message indicating a shared resource for a session of the group uplink transmission.

8 . A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station and to a plurality of wireless devices, at least one configuration parameter that is based on at least one quality of service (QoS) parameter for group uplink transmission; and

receiving, via a shared resource, an aggregated signal indicating first data from a first wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices and second data from a second wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving, from a core network, the at least one QoS parameter.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one QoS parameter associated with group uplink transmission comprise at least one of:

a mean squared error;

a signal-to-noise ratio; or

a quality of computation error.

11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

processing the aggregated signal by performing an over-the-air computation using a function, and wherein the function comprises at least one of:

an arithmetic mean;

a geometric mean;

a Euclidean norm; or

a linear regression.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the first data and the second data indicate sensor measurement of at least one of: a temperature, a pressure, a position, a force, an acceleration, a vibration, a fluid, a humidity, a gas, or a light.

13 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

transmitting, to a core network, a session establishment request for a session of the group uplink transmission; and

receiving, from the core network, a resource setup request for the session of the group uplink transmission.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the transmitting the at least one configuration parameter for uplink transmission comprises transmitting at least one radio resource control (RRC) configuration message indicating the shared resource for a session of the group uplink transmission.

15 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, an indication of a shared resource that is based on at least one quality of service (QoS) for group uplink transmission;

determining, based on at least one sensor measurement, measurement data associated with the wireless device; and

transmitting, via the shared resource, an indication of the measurement data using a first analog signal for aggregation with at least one second analog signal in a group uplink transmission.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the receiving the indication of the shared resource for uplink transmission comprises receiving at least one radio resource control (RRC) configuration message indicating the shared resource for a session of the group uplink transmission.

17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the measurement data indicates sensor measurement of at least one of: a temperature, a pressure, a position, a force, an acceleration, a vibration, a fluid, a humidity, a gas, or a light.

18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the measurement data comprises first measurement data, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, from at least one second wireless devices, second measurement data, wherein the at least one second analog signal indicates the second measurement data.

19 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the transmitting the indication of the measurement data using the first analog signal comprises transmitting the analog signal using a transmission power associated with a function corresponding to the measurement data.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the function comprises at least one of:

an arithmetic mean;

a geometric mean;

a Euclidean norm; or

a linear regression.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2023
From: CHAE, HYUKJIN; PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; CHUN, SUNGDUCK; JEON, HYOUNGSUK
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063270/0145 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2023
From: CHAE, HYUKJIN; PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; CHUN, SUNGDUCK; JEON, HYOUNGSUK
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063270/0156 →
Continuity (2)
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