Patents Examined by Harry H Kim
  • Patent number: 11804888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to carry out carrier aggregation communication with a base station by means of at least a first cell and a second cell. The processing circuit is further configured to perform control to send first information for beam failure recovery of the second cell to the base station by means of the first cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Xu, Wenjing Ren, Ying Zhou, Dongru Li, Qimei Cui, Jianfei Cao
  • Patent number: 11800410
    Abstract: Described embodiments provide devices and methods for operating a multilink device (MLD) and a wireless node using wireless local area network (WLAN) channels and non-WLAN channels. The wireless node may transmit a first message to reserve at least a first WLAN channel. Via a non-WLAN channel, the wireless node may transmit a second message identifying the first WLAN channel to a wireless device, to cause a plurality of receivers of the wireless device to receive on the first WLAN channel. The wireless device may comprise a WLAN-based MLD. At least a defined duration after the second message, the wireless node may transmit at least one data frame to the plurality of receivers of the wireless device, via the first WLAN channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Guoqing Li, Dong Zheng, Abhishek Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11799771
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to methods, systems, devices, circuitry and equipment providing for communication service to be transported between first and second networks, and which monitors the communication service and/or injects test signals, and which can provide redundancy. At least one demarcation point or line is established between the first network and the second network, and/or between the first network, the second network and/or a third network. The Circuitry comprises a plurality of input amplifiers, output amplifiers, and multiplexer switches between a plurality of Port connectors. An SFP module or a WSFP module is inserted in the Ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Sean Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11792678
    Abstract: A quality of service (QoS) parameter processing method and a system, where the method includes obtaining, by a control plane device, a core network (CN) packet delay budget (PDB) between a first access network device and a first user plane function device, sending, by the control plane device, the CN PDB to the first access network device, determining, by the first access network device, an access network (AN) PDB between a terminal device and the first access network device based on the CN PDB and an end-to-end PDB between the terminal device and the first user plane function device, and scheduling, by the first access network device, an air interface resource between the terminal device and the first access network device based on the AN PDB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yexing Li, Yan Wang, Qi Su, Zhongping Chen, Fang Yu
  • Patent number: 11784863
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are disclosed for generating demodulation reference signals (DM-RS). In one example, a method for a user equipment (UE), includes receiving a configuration of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs) configured with respective numerologies; generating a first pseudo-random sequence based at least in part on one or more of a physical cell ID, a virtual cell ID, a symbol index, a slot index, a frame index, a scrambling ID, or a UE ID for generation of a first DM-RS sequence, wherein a initialization seed for the first pseudo-random sequence is based on a scrambling ID and a slot index, wherein, for the plurality of BWPs a respective scrambling ID is associated with each BWP, and wherein the slot index is defined in accordance with the numerology of the associated BWP; and mapping, for a first BWP, the first DM-RS sequence to at least one DM-RS symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Xiong, Debdeep Chatterjee, Yushu Zhang, Alexei Davydov, Wook Bong Lee, Dae Won Lee, Sameer Pawar, Jeongho Jeon, Hong He
  • Patent number: 11777780
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for using an offset between a synchronization signal block and a resource block grid. The method may include receiving, by a user device, a synchronization signal (SS) block comprising a synchronization signal and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), determining, from the PBCH, a value of a subcarrier offset between the SS block and an RB grid, determining, based on the value of the subcarrier offset and a frequency location of the SS block, the RB grid, and decoding, based on the determined RB grid, one or more of a reference signal, a control channel, or a data channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11770805
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method, by which channel selection information can be acquired more efficiently. Provided is a reception apparatus, including: a reception unit that receives a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting using an IP (Internet Protocol) transmission system; a communication unit that receives first signaling information for acquiring broadcast content transmitted by the broadcast wave through communication with a server via a network; an acquisition unit that acquires, on the basis of the first signaling information, a physical parameter used in a physical layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of the IP transmission system; and a control unit that controls, on the basis of the physical parameter, operations of respective units that perform channel selection processing. The present technology is applicable to a portable receiver that is movable, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Jun Kitahara, Yasuaki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 11770296
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for decentralized data storage and processing for IoT devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; and a processor to cause storage of a contract in an off-chain datastore; generate a hash value of the contract; cause storage of the hash value on a blockchain to be accessible to multiple nodes in an IoT network; and cause storage of a transaction on the blockchain, the transaction corresponding to an objective of the contract based on data sensed by an IoT device in the IoT network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Nolan, Mark Kelly, Michael Nolan, Davide Carboni, John Brady, Niall Cahill, Ned M. Smith, Gregory Burns
  • Patent number: 11770170
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for transmitting channel state information (CSI) include: receiving configuration information related to the CSI from a base station, the configuration information including 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 based on the configuration information and the CSI-RS. The CSI-RS resource set includes M CSI-RS resource groups; in addition, N CSI-RS resource groups (N?M) for reporting the CSI are determined from the M CSI-RS resource groups; the CSI includes N CSI sets generated based on a CSI-RS resource combination in the N CSI-RS resource groups. To generate an n-th (1?n?N) CSI set, a specific CSI-RS resource in an n-th (1?n?N) CSI-RS resource group is used for channel measurement; and a specific CSI-RS resource in the remaining CSI-RS groups other than the n-th CSI-RS resource group is used for interference measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Jiwon Kang, Haewook Park
  • Patent number: 11770173
    Abstract: According to one example embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a user equipment, at least one network entity failure indication configuration. The method may further include detecting, by the user equipment, that at least one first network entity satisfies at least one beam-failure condition. The method may further include selecting, by the user equipment, one or more of at least one resource and at least one parameter based on the at least one received network entity failure indication configuration. The method may further include transmitting, by the user equipment, the at least one indication of the at least one first network entity that satisfies the at least one beam-failure condition to at least one second network entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Matha Deghel, Timo Koskela, Keeth Saliya Jayasinghe Laddu, Sami Hakola, Youngsoo Yuk
  • Patent number: 11758458
    Abstract: Techniques for managing base station beam panic for new radio technologies may include a user equipment (UE) measuring a signal quality of a serving beam from a base station. The UE may determine the signal quality has decreased by at least a threshold amount, and enable a signal panic operation to search for a beam different from the serving beam, in response to the signal quality decreasing by at least the threshold amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jun Zhu, Mihir Vijay Laghate, Yongle Wu, Raghu Narayan Challa
  • Patent number: 11750511
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to methods, circuitry and equipment providing a multi-functional, cost effective, media independent, open platform device for communication services using differential signaling interfaces. The methods, circuitry and equipment comprise a plurality of input amplifiers, output amplifiers, and retimers. A non-blocking cross-point switch may be used to switch any differential signals from the cross-point switch input to output. The device aggregates communication services from a plurality of lower service capacity connectors and interfaces to a single higher capacity connector and interfaces. The device can establish a demarcation point with a single device capable of supporting any communication services, any physical media interfaces, from any location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Sean Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11750265
    Abstract: Disclosed by the present invention is a method for indicating beam failure recovery, comprising: when conditions for triggering beam failure recovery are met, a terminal device sending a media access control (MAC) control element (CE), the MAC CE indicating a beam index corresponding to a beam used by a network device to send a feedback message. Further disclosed by the present invention are another method for indicating beam failure recovery, a terminal device, a network device, and a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin You, Cong Shi
  • Patent number: 11751154
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for synchronization signal block selection. One method includes receiving multiple synchronization signal blocks on a first wideband carrier. Each synchronization signal block includes at least one synchronization signal and a physical broadcast channel. The method includes detecting at least one synchronization signal block of the synchronization signal blocks, determining at least one synchronization signal frequency associated with the at least one detected synchronization signal block, and selecting a first synchronization signal block of the at least one detected synchronization signal block and a first synchronization signal frequency of the at least one synchronization signal frequency. The first synchronization signal block is associated with the first synchronization signal frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyejung Jung, Vijay Nangia, Robert T. Love, Ravi Kuchibhotla
  • Patent number: 11750342
    Abstract: A design is provided for spatially multiplexing uplink channels. A user equipment (UE) detects that a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) are to be transmitted simultaneously. The UE decides to spatially multiplex the PUCCH and the SRS for simultaneous transmission via different sets of one or more antennas. The UE determines time and frequency resources for the PUCCH and the SRS to avoid collision of at least a portion of the PUCCH with the SRS. The UE transmits the spatially multiplexed PUCCH and SRS using the determined time and frequency resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Alexandros Manolakos, Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11750268
    Abstract: A method for beam failure recovery in a communication network may include detecting a beam failure based on a downlink transmission at a user equipment (UE) in an inactive state, and performing a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure at the UE in the inactive state based on detecting the beam failure. The downlink transmission may include a reference signal. The reference signal may include a synchronization signal block, The reference signal may include a channel state information reference signal. Detecting the beam failure may include detecting the beam failure based on a beam failure measurement configuration. The method may further include receiving the beam failure measurement configuration at the UE. The UE may receive the beam failure measurement configuration based on a preconfigured uplink resources (PUR) response. The UE may receive the beam failure measurement configuration based on a system information block (SIB) transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Liang Hu, Jung Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 11743936
    Abstract: A network, e.g. a New Radio network operating in the unlicensed spectrum, may reserve resources for the purpose of UE(s) performing a random access procedure (RACH) on the network. The network may indicate the resource reservation to the UE(s) in information transmitted to the UE(s) via signaling. The UE(s) may receive the information indicative of the resource reservation and may subsequently perform a RACH using the reserved resources indicated in the information received by the UE(s). The information or at least a portion of the information may be received in an initial signal, in a slot format indicator as part of downlink control information (DCI), in a wideband demodulation reference signal, in a radio network temporary identifier, and/or in radio resource control signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuqin Chen, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Wei Zeng
  • Patent number: 11742915
    Abstract: An information processing method and apparatus, a terminal, and a communication device are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The information processing method includes: reporting a beam report and/or a channel status information (CSI) report to a network side device, where the beam report and/or the CSI report is reported in a case that time domain behavior of the beam report and/or the CSI report is periodic or semi-persistent and a report condition is met, or the beam report and/or the CSI report is reported in a case that the time domain behavior of the beam report and/or the CSI report is an aperiodic report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Yang, Peng Sun
  • Patent number: 11743875
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a receiver configured to receive a first frame notifying a start of resource unit-based OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) communication via a first channel; and controlling circuitry configured to control, when the first frame is received, the receiver to perform standby operation at least in a first resource unit in a second channel different from the first channel, wherein the first resource unit includes one or more subcarriers among a plurality of subcarriers disposed in the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: International Semiconductor Group
    Inventors: Ryoko Matsuo, Tomoko Adachi, Tomoya Tandai
  • Patent number: 11743084
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system. The UE receives first time division duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink configuration information for a first cell and second TDD uplink-downlink configuration information for a second cell, determines whether a subframe in the first cell is a special subframe and the subframe in the second cell is a downlink subframe according to the first and second TDD uplink-downlink configuration information, and determine, if the subframe in the first cell is the special subframe and the subframe in the second cell is the downlink subframe, not to receive a signal on the second cell in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols that overlaps with at least one of a guard period (GP) or uplink pilot time slot in the first cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung Ju Ji, Young Bum Kim, Joon Young Cho, Seung-Hoon Choi