Patents Examined by Ayanah S George
  • Patent number: 11917712
    Abstract: A base station may include a processor configured to configure a default time period for periodic service requests for discontinuous reception (DRX) for user equipment (UE) devices serviced by the base station. The processor may be further configured to obtain a signal quality value for a UE device serviced by the base station; determine that the obtained signal quality value is less than a low signal quality threshold; and configure a longer time period for the periodic service requests for DRX for the UE device, in response to determining that the obtained signal quality value is less than the low signal quality threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Wu Sanders, Jin Yang, Xin Wang, Nischal Patel
  • Patent number: 11902034
    Abstract: Various example embodiments may relate to link adaptation. An apparatus may determine a first signal quality estimate for a signal. The apparatus may further determine a BLER estimate based on acknowledgements or decoding results for data blocks of the signal. The apparatus may further determine a second signal quality estimate for the signal based on the BLER estimate. The apparatus may further determine a signal quality offset based on a difference between the first signal quality estimate and the second signal quality estimate. The apparatus may further determine transmission parameter(s) for at least one subsequent data block based on the first signal quality estimate and the signal quality offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Suresh Kalyanasundaram, Shalini Gulati
  • Patent number: 11888566
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving channel state information in a wireless communication system. A method for transmitting channel state information (CSI) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: receiving configuration information related to the CSI from a base station, wherein the configuration information includes information on a CSI-RS resource set; receiving a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) from the base station; and transmitting the CSI to the base station on the basis of the configuration information and the CSI-RS. The CSI may include a first CSI set based on a single CSI resource in the CSI-RS resource set and/or a second CSI set based on a CSI-RS resource combination in the CSI-RS resource set, and the number of CSI processing units (CPUs) required for calculation of the second CSI set and the number of CPUs required for calculation of the first CSI set may be individually determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Jiwon Kang, Haewook Park
  • Patent number: 11889562
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: performing a random access procedure; monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for an ON duration on the basis of a configured discontinuous reception (DRX) operation after performing the random access procedure; and operating an inactivity timer on the basis of the successfully received PDCCH for the ON duration. During the random access procedure, a random access preamble is transmitted in one or two physical random access channel (PRACH) slots. The one or two PRACH slots are determined from among N slots corresponding to a reference slot. A subcarrier spacing (SCS) setting value for the reference slot may be 2 on the basis of the SCS setting value applied to the N slots being 5 or 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seokmin Shin, Seonwook Kim, Suckchel Yang
  • Patent number: 11888567
    Abstract: A method by which a terminal reports channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: receiving configuration information related to reporting of CSI; receiving a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS); calculating the CSI on the basis of the CSI-RS; and reporting the CSI. The CSI comprises first information for selecting an antenna port related to the CSI-RS. The pre-set number of antenna ports are selected for each antenna port-related polarization from among antenna ports related to the CSI-RS, on the basis of the first information. The pre-set number of antenna ports are characterized in being selected on the basis of a combination of the number of the antenna ports related to the CSI-RS and the pre-set number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Haewook Park
  • Patent number: 11877251
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and provides a time synchronization method, an electronic device and a storage medium. A terminal sends a target protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to a session management function (SMF) according to a routing policy, wherein the target PDU session establishment request includes a target virtual private link identifier; and the terminal establishes a target PDU session with a target user plane function (UPF). The described method is applied to embodiments of the present application, so that a time synchronization message may be transmitted by means of the target PDU session and an interface indicated by target virtual private link information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN AI-LINK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiangping Feng
  • Patent number: 11825471
    Abstract: In a method for transmitting and receiving a shared channel in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a terminal is characterized by comprising: a step for receiving, from a base station, first resource information for transmitting and receiving a shared channel; and a step for receiving, from the base station, the shared channel on a first resource determined on the basis of the first resource information or transmitting, to the base station, the shared channel on the first resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Kyungjun Choi, Minseok Noh, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11825336
    Abstract: Disclosed are a connection management method, and a computer device. The method includes sending, by a first terminal, a request message carrying a first QoS parameter to a second terminal. The request message is used for indicating to perform a connection operation between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the first QoS parameter. The connection between the first terminal and the second terminal includes connection for QoS flow, and the connection operation includes at least one of the following: establishing a connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, modifying the connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, or releasing the connection between the first terminal and the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Qianxi Lu, Jianhua Liu, Zhenshan Zhao, Huei-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11824806
    Abstract: An apparatus and method in a wireless communication system and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to: configure a sounding reference signal (SRS) mapping structure for a user equipment on the basis of at least the number of antenna ports of the user equipment and the number of transmitting beams and/or receiving beams to be scanned; and notify the user equipment of the SRS mapping structure, wherein the SRS mapping structure at least comprises SRS resource settings for achieving uplink beam management and channel state information (CSI) acquisition at the same time, thereby reducing the system time delay and improving the uplink resource utilization rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Xu, Dongru Li, Hang Yang, Xiaofeng Tao, Jianfei Cao
  • Patent number: 11812441
    Abstract: A data transmission method performed by a network device includes: configuring, through radio resource control (RRC) to a terminal device, a plurality of parameters for configured grant transmission and a plurality of parameters for dynamic transmission which is triggered by uplink (UL) grant; receiving data from the terminal device, wherein the data is transmitted by using the plurality of parameters configured for the configured grant transmission; triggering the terminal device to retransmit the data by UL grant and receiving the data re-transmitted by the terminal device, wherein the data is retransmitted by using a part of the plurality of parameters configured for the configured grant transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing Xu
  • Patent number: 11812303
    Abstract: A mesh network may be established between a plurality of access points to facilitate load balancing for one or more of the access points. The mesh network may define a plurality of communication routes through the access points having capabilities sufficient to facilitate or mimic communications underperforming or being unavailable at the access point requesting load balancing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Tian, Daniel Rice, Justin Colwell, Neeharika Allanki
  • Patent number: 11812307
    Abstract: A user plane function receives, from a session management function, a request for at least one quality of service (QoS) report for a data flow, the request indicating: a QoS event; and a first QoS value for the QoS event. Monitoring packets for monitoring a second QoS value of the data flow are sent to a base station. A determination is made of an occurrence of the QoS event based on the second QoS value and the first QoS value. An indication of the occurrence is sent to the session management function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weihua Qiao, Esmael Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Peyman Talebi Fard
  • Patent number: 11812283
    Abstract: A transmission device according to the present invention includes a reference-signal information management unit as an identifier to identify an interfering terminal that is a possible terminal to perform communication interfering with communication with a target terminal that is a destination terminal of a data signal, and a transmitter to set a group ID for reference signal generation to a group formed by the interfering terminal and the target terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hasegawa, Akinori Taira
  • Patent number: 11799613
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for CSI report configuration. One method includes receiving at least one CSI reporting setting. The at least one CSI reporting setting includes at least one CSI RS resource setting, and the CSI reporting setting includes an indication of CSI feedback reporting for multiple transmission points in a mobile communication network. The method includes identifying a set of transmission hypotheses based on the CSI reporting setting. The hypotheses include a combination of single-point transmission from at least one TRP, or multi-point joint transmission from two TRPs. The method includes receiving at least one CSI reference signal resource transmitted from the mobile communication network based on the CSI reference signal resource setting. The method includes generating a set of at least one CSI report based on the CSI reporting setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ahmed Hindy, Vijay Nangia
  • Patent number: 11765656
    Abstract: A method for adjusting discontinuous reception (DRX) behavior of a user equipment (UE) to conserve energy use includes exposing a DRX application programming interface (API) that enables DRX parameters to be changed and defining a conflict resolution policy that controls when requests to change the DRX parameters should be granted. The method also includes receiving, via the DRX API, a request from an application to change a DRX parameter for the UE. The UE is in wireless communication with a base station, and the application is configured to send data to the UE via a mobile network that comprises the base station. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the conflict resolution policy, that the request should be granted and sending a command to the base station that causes the base station to communicate a new value of the DRX parameter to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Xenofon Foukas, Bozidar Radunovic, Yongguang Zhang, Landon Prentice Cox
  • Patent number: 11758495
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a signal transmission method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: a terminal device determines a synchronization signal transmission mode on a first carrier, where the synchronization signal transmission mode is a first transmission mode or a second transmission mode; and the terminal device receives information on the first carrier according to the synchronization signal transmission mode. A network device determines a synchronization signal transmission mode on a first carrier, where the synchronization signal transmission mode is a first transmission mode or a second transmission mode; and the network device sends information to a terminal device on the first carrier according to the synchronization signal transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai Tang
  • Patent number: 11751172
    Abstract: In a method of sidelink resource control, a first core network configured based on a first radio access technology receives a sidelink control request from a first user equipment that accesses the first core network using the first radio access technology, the sidelink control request requesting sidelink control information for a second radio access technology that is not supported by the first core network. The sidelink control information for the second radio access technology is obtained directly from a second core network outside the first core network, the second core network being configured based on the second radio access technology, and the sidelink control information for the second radio access technology being provisioned by the second core network. The obtained sidelink control information for the second radio access technology is provided, via the first radio access technology and in response to the sidelink control request, to the first user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yixue Lei
  • Patent number: 11751223
    Abstract: According to one configuration, an analyzer resource determines an ability of a wireless access point to wirelessly communicate over each of multiple available wireless communication channels in a wireless frequency band. The analyzer resource produces performance information (performance metrics or calibration information) based on the measured ability. The analyzer resource assigns the performance metrics to the wireless access point. When operating in the field (such as in a wireless network environment), to provide mobile communication devices access to a remote network, the wireless access point uses the assigned performance metrics as a basis to select amongst multiple available wireless communication channels to communicate with one or more mobile communication devices in the wireless network environment. These and other techniques are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew J. Dillon
  • Patent number: 11743885
    Abstract: A method of operating a network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications system to support first and second random access procedures, wherein a message size/amount of data for an uplink message of the second random access procedure is different to a message size/amount of data for a corresponding uplink message of the first random access procedure, and wherein the method includes: transmitting a scheduling message comprising an indication of a first set of radio resources to be used for a random access procedure message for the first random access procedure; determining a second set of radio resources for a random access procedure message for the second random access procedure, wherein the second set of radio resources is related to the first set by a predefined relationship; and monitoring for a random access procedure message on both the first and second set of radio resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale
  • Patent number: 11743754
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided, by which a measurement gap sharing scheme is generated by sharing measurement gaps between radio link monitoring measurement, intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement based on configurations of radio link monitoring reference signals for radio link monitoring and synchronization signal blocks and/or other reference signals used for intra-frequency measurements; measurements including the radio link monitoring measurement, the intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement are performed according to the measurement gap sharing scheme, and the measurement gap sharing scheme between radio link monitoring measurement, intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement is changed based on the radio link quality of a serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Lars Dalsgaard