Qualcomm Patents a Variable Timeout System for Wireless Congestion Control
When a network is overloaded, rigid response timers are one of the hidden culprits behind dropped connections and retransmission storms. Qualcomm's latest…
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Qualcomm Patents a Configurable FMCW Waveform Scheme for Wireless Nodes
Qualcomm is filing patents around FMCW — the same radar waveform technique used in self-driving cars — but applied to wireless communication…
Qualcomm Patents a Two-Phase RF Beam Narrowing System for Wireless Sensing
Qualcomm's latest patent describes a radar-like sensing trick for 5G radios: first scan wide with many beams to get a rough picture,…
Qualcomm Patents ML-Driven RF Fingerprint Positioning for 5G Devices
GPS is useless indoors, and cell tower triangulation is often too coarse. Qualcomm's latest patent proposes using machine learning to read the…
Qualcomm Patents Deep Auto Encoder System for Wireless Network Anomaly Detection
Qualcomm is filing patents on using deep auto encoders — a type of neural network that learns what 'normal' looks like —…
Qualcomm's New Patent Wants to Use Regular Wi-Fi to Sneak You Onto 60 GHz
Connecting to Wi-Fi at 60 GHz is fast — but getting there is complicated. Qualcomm's new patent wants to use your regular…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for 5G Networks to Ask Your Phone How Much AI It Can Handle
Before a 5G network can offload AI tasks to your phone, it needs to know how much AI horsepower your phone actually…
Qualcomm Patents a Wi-Fi Radar Detector That Knows Where It Is
Wi-Fi devices already have to play nice with radar systems by quickly vacating certain radio frequencies when radar is detected. Qualcomm's new…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Pull Video from Multiple Streaming Servers at Once
Instead of your phone picking one video server and hoping for the best, Qualcomm is patenting a method that lets a device…
Qualcomm's New Patent Patches Dropped Frames Before You Ever See Them
When you stream a game or VR scene over Wi-Fi, dropped packets can tear apart the image in ways that feel jarring…
Intel Patents a Fix for the Clock Drift That Breaks Data Center Debugging
When something goes wrong in a data center, engineers need logs from dozens of devices to tell the same time story —…
Sony's New Patent Lets Urgent Wi-Fi Traffic Cut the Line Mid-Transmission
Imagine your Wi-Fi router is halfway through downloading a large file when a VR headset suddenly needs a split-second response — Sony's…
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