Patents Examined by Hong S. Cho
  • Patent number: 11979922
    Abstract: A communication device is a device in which a radio connection state with another communication device changes from an unconnected state to a predetermined connected state by performing a predetermined connection procedure. The communication device acquires predetermined information for transmitting data to the another communication device in the unconnected state. The communication device then transmits the data to the another communication device in the unconnected state based on the predetermined information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Matsuda, Naoki Kusashima
  • Patent number: 11979885
    Abstract: A method, network node and wireless device (WD) for extended physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes receiving a triggering signal, configured to trigger a search space expansion in the WD. The method also includes, when the triggering signal fulfills predetermined criteria, performing a search space expansion, the at least one predetermined criteria being based at least in part on at least one of physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, characteristics, physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, characteristics and physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Andres Reial, Ali Nader, Sina Maleki
  • Patent number: 11979821
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to managing a resource of a network device. A resource of a network device may be assigned from a first tenant to a second tenant of the network device. Resources of the network device may include an assignment right, an access right, and a configuration right, By assigning the resource to the second tenant, the second tenant may be granted an access right to the assigned resource. Responsive to the assignment of the resource, an access right to the assigned resource may be removed from the first tenant such that the first tenant is isolated from the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Yi Hou, Jiabao Jin, Wei Li, Chunfeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11974365
    Abstract: A wireless supernetwork (WiSNET), or a superintegrated network, allows multiple network technologies to plug and play into one open wired and wireless network, particularly serving dense user environments. WiSNET allows the redirection of independently deployed technologies and provides improved network efficiency, affordability, and user convenience. In embodiments, WiSNET integrates input data from two or more disparate service providers. The WiSNET includes a service delivery system, a data aggregation system that provides aggregated input data, and a local delivery system that transmit the aggregated input data to multiple categories of user via a superintegrated access platform. A superintegrated management system enables assignment of a network slice and/or a service slice to each of a plurality of user profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Slice Wireless Solutions
    Inventors: Jo-Anne Dressendofer, Daniel Minoli, John Edward Hutzler, Edward Charles Wright
  • Patent number: 11973704
    Abstract: A device may include a transceiver configured to access a communication network including a primary cell and a secondary cell, and a device controller configured to receive, on the secondary cell, scheduling information for the primary cell, and monitor a common search space for the primary cell. The device controller may be configured to selectively monitor the common search space for broadcast information. The device controller may be configured to selectively monitor the common search space based on a type of the common search space on the primary cell. A method may include scheduling, by a first scheduling mechanism, a primary cell, wherein the first scheduling mechanism comprises scheduling the primary cell by a secondary cell, scheduling, by a second scheduling mechanism, the primary cell, and deactivating the secondary cell based on switching from the first scheduling mechanism to the second scheduling mechanism. The second scheduling mechanism may include self-scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Bae, Hamid Saber
  • Patent number: 11973555
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, and the like on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. A method of a transmitting terminal, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving, from a receiving terminal, channel state information (CSI) determined on the basis of channel busy ratio (CBR) information, and the CBR information; determining a transmission parameter on the basis of the CSI; and transmitting the transmission parameter to the receiving terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Cheolkyu Shin, Younsun Kim, Hyunseok Ryu, Jonghyun Bang, Jeongho Yeo, Jinyoung Oh
  • Patent number: 11968140
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of communications, and provides a transmission method and apparatus. The method includes a network side device determines a number of Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) port groups N occupied by downlink transmission data sent to a terminal, N being greater than or equal to 1; the network side device determines, according to the number of the DMRS port groups occupied by the downlink transmission data, a code word transmission mode corresponding to the downlink transmission data; and the network side device performs data processing on the downlink transmission data according to the code word transmission mode, and transmits the processed downlink transmission data by means of transmission points corresponding to the N DMRS port groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Su, Qiubin Gao, Runhua Chen, Deshan Miao
  • Patent number: 11963083
    Abstract: This application provides communication methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage media. In an example, a value of a specific element of a first access point (AP) (or a second AP) is reused in a management frame, to indicate specific elements of a plurality of APs in a multiple basic service set identifier (BSSID) set to which the first AP (or the second AP) belongs. The management frame does not need to carry a plurality of same specific elements in the multiple BSSID set. The described techniques can be applied to, for example, a wireless local area network system supporting IEEE 802.11ax next-generation Wi-Fi protocols, for example, 802.11 series protocols such as the 802.11be or the EHT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Gan, Yuchen Guo, Guogang Huang, Xun Yang
  • Patent number: 11963159
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD) is provided. The network node is configured to, and/or comprises a radio interface and/or comprises processing circuitry configured to signal switching information for Bandwidth Part (BWP) switching in a search space that is absent scheduling information for data transmission to the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Andres Reial, Ali Nader, Yutao Sui, Robert Baldemair, Niklas Andgart
  • Patent number: 11956709
    Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system include intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a base station for transmitting a paging message is provided. The method includes determining a number of paging frames (PFs) in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle based on information on paging search space, transmitting, to a terminal, information on the number of PFs in system information block 1 (SIB1), identifying at least one PF based on the number of PFs, and transmitting, to the terminal, at least one paging message in the at least one PF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Anil Agiwal
  • Patent number: 11956823
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for signaling parameters for peer-to-peer communications in a wireless network. One aspect provides a method for wireless communications at an access point (AP). The method generally includes: obtaining, from an access point (AP), a transmission opportunity (TXOP) sharing trigger indicating a duration in which a TXOP is shared by the wireless station and one or more other devices; relaying, to the one or more other devices, information identifying parameters for wireless communications between the wireless station and the one or more other devices; and during the TXOP, communicating with the one or more other devices based on the parameters for wireless communications between the wireless station and the one or more other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Abdel Karim Ajami, Yanjun Sun, George Cherian, Sai Yiu Duncan Ho, Alfred Asterjadhi, Abhishek Pramod Patil, Gaurang Naik
  • Patent number: 11956799
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for early termination of decoding attempts, including decoding attempts associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates that are encoded using a rateless code. In some aspects, a transmitting device may encode a message using a rateless code associated with a cumulative encoding of various portions of the message, and using a device identifier or group identifier as an input to the encoding. Similarly, a receiving device may receive an encoded signal over candidate resources and may attempt to decode the signal in accordance with the rateless code and using a device identifier or a group identifier as an input to the decoding. As such, intended or non-intended receiving device may be able to evaluate whether to proceed with a decoding attempt or to terminate a decoding attempt at a relatively early stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: David Yunusov, Gideon Shlomo Kutz, Assaf Touboul, Tal Oved
  • Patent number: 11943699
    Abstract: An example method for wireless communication includes: configuring a wireless device to access a wireless network using a set of at least three components carriers (CCs); dividing the at least three component carriers into groups of component carriers based on whether the component carriers share a span pattern and a starting span for monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) of each component carrier; determining a number of non-overlapping control channel elements (CCE) to monitor for each group of component carriers; and configuring the wireless device to monitor the non-overlapping CCEs based on the determined number to monitor for each group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang, Sigen Ye, Chunhai Yao
  • Patent number: 11943828
    Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting updated information for an ML reconfiguration in a wireless LAN system are proposed. Specifically, a reception MLD performs an ML reconfiguration with a transmission MLD. The reception MLD transmits MLD capability information for the ML reconfiguration to the transmission MLD. The transmission MLD comprises a first transmission STA operating in a first link and a second transmission STA operating in a second link. The reception MLD comprises a first reception STA operating in the first link and a second reception STA operating in the second link. The MLD capability information includes information on a change in the number of links supported by the transmission and reception MLDs at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Namyeong Kim, Jinsoo Choi, Insun Jang, Sunhee Baek
  • Patent number: 11943155
    Abstract: A device may include a transceiver configured to access a communication network including a primary cell and a secondary cell, and a device controller configured to receive, on the secondary cell, scheduling information for the primary cell, and monitor a common search space for the primary cell. The device controller may be configured to selectively monitor the common search space for broadcast information. The device controller may be configured to selectively monitor the common search space based on a type of the common search space on the primary cell. A method may include scheduling, by a first scheduling mechanism, a primary cell, wherein the first scheduling mechanism comprises scheduling the primary cell by a secondary cell, scheduling, by a second scheduling mechanism, the primary cell, and deactivating the secondary cell based on switching from the first scheduling mechanism to the second scheduling mechanism. The second scheduling mechanism may include self-scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Bae, Hamid Saber
  • Patent number: 11937265
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) indicates an intent to transmit on sidelink sub-channels using a transmission indication and then monitors receptions of transmission grants transmitted from one or more other devices, such as UEs or base stations, and determines whether or not to proceed with the sidelink transmission on the sub-channels based on the received transmission grants. A device monitors transmission indications transmitted from UEs to determine a UE that can proceed with a sidelink transmission on sub-channels, and transmits a transmission grant corresponding to the UE that can proceed with the sidelink transmission on sub-channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Emad N. Farag, Aris Papasakellariou
  • Patent number: 11929944
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a forwarding element (e.g., a switch, a router, etc.) that has one or more data plane, message-processing pipelines with key-value processing circuits. The forwarding element's data plane key-value circuits allow the forwarding element to perform key-value services that would otherwise have to be performed by data compute nodes connected by the network fabric that includes the forwarding element. In some embodiments, the key-value (KV) services of the forwarding element and other similar forwarding elements supplement the key-value services of a distributed set of key-value servers by caching a subset of the most commonly used key-value pairs in the forwarding elements that connect the set of key-value servers with their client applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Barefoot Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaozhou Li, Jeongkeun Lee, Changhoon Kim, John Nathan Foster
  • Patent number: 11924858
    Abstract: Performing inter-band carrier aggregation based on device capability includes monitoring a dominant type of wireless devices in a wireless sector based on whether or not they are capable of inter-band carrier aggregation, and enabling or disabling inter-band carrier aggregation in the sector based on the dominant type. Enabling/disabling inter-band carrier aggregation can include allowing or preventing usage of usage of a low-frequency carrier as a primary component carrier aggregated with a high-frequency carrier as a secondary component carrier. Carriers using FDD and TDD duplexing modes are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LP
    Inventors: Hemanth Pawar, Krishna Sitaram, Shilpa Kowdley Srinivas
  • Patent number: 11923982
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a base station can dynamically change a repetition transmission method as appropriate. In a base station (100), a repetition control unit (103) determines a data repetition pattern for a terminal (200). A transmission unit (109) repeatedly transmits data (repetition transmission) on the basis of the repetition pattern. The data repetition pattern corresponds to control information to be reported to the terminal (200) by dynamic signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Tomoya Nunome, Tomofumi Takata
  • Patent number: 11924857
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises first causing, by a controller device, wireless access points (APs) to allocate first non-interfering wireless channels for a prescribed reliable data service for wireless client devices in a WLAN; second causing the wireless APs to allocate a second shared channel having a bandwidth that is greater than the corresponding bandwidth of any of the first non-interfering wireless channels; allocating for each wireless client device a corresponding location service interval on the second shared channel for transmission of at least a corresponding identifiable wireless data unit for locating the corresponding wireless client device between two or more of the wireless APs; and determining a location of at least one of the wireless client devices based on reception of at least the corresponding wireless data unit between the one wireless client device and the two or more wireless APs during the corresponding location service interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Silverman, Ardalan Alizadeh, Pooya Monajemi, Jerome Henry