Patents Examined by Jaison Joseph
  • Patent number: 11888565
    Abstract: This application provides example methods and example devices for sending channel state information. One example method includes receiving L reference signals, where L is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. Channel state information can then be sent, where the channel state information includes resource indexes of M reference signals in the L reference signals, K pieces of antenna panel state information, and M sets of channel quality information, where the K pieces of antenna panel state information indicate states of antenna panels, the K pieces of antenna panel state information are related to M sets of channel quality information, the M sets of channel quality information are in a one-to-one correspondence with the resource indexes of the M reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Di Zhang, Kunpeng Liu
  • Patent number: 11881922
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify, for each of one or more candidate beams in a set of candidate beams, a downlink throughput, an uplink throughput, a downlink power consumption, and an uplink power consumption. The UE may select a beam based at least in part on: at least one of the downlink throughput or the uplink throughput, at least one of the downlink power consumption or the uplink power consumption, and one or more throughput thresholds. The UE may communicate using the selected beam. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jun Zhu, Mihir Vijay Laghate, Raghu Narayan Challa, Brian Clarke Banister
  • Patent number: 11881966
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices to reduce the channel estimation overhead by collecting data from many UEs and building a location-based mathematical model are disclosed. During building of the model, a reference signal is used to collect location- and signal-related data from connected UEs. Once the model is successfully built, it is then transmitted and/or downloaded to each new UE that connects to the base station. The UEs and/or the base stations then use this model to determine their own transmission parameter values. The UEs also report their location to the base stations, which use the model to estimate channel conditions and adapt transmission parameters for themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Shahzad Bashir
  • Patent number: 11863271
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a host operating in a communication system to provide an over-the-top (OTT) service. The host includes processing circuitry configured to initiate transmission of user data to a network node in a cellular network to a user equipment (UE). The network node is configured to receive a CSI report for a downlink channel from a wireless device and transmit the user data from the host to the UE to provide the OTT service based on the CSI report. The CSI report includes a set of reported coefficients; an indication of how the network node is to interpret the set of reported coefficients, wherein the indication of how the network node is to interpret the set of reported coefficients indicates the set of reported coefficients as a subset of a set of candidate reported coefficients; and an indication of a payload size of the set of the reported coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Sebastian Faxér, Roy Timo, Niklas Wernersson, Maksym Girnyk, Zhao Wang
  • Patent number: 11863266
    Abstract: A method, an electronic device with a memory configured to store a hierarchical codebook with a processor operably connected to the memory to perform the method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of an electronic device cause the electronic device to perform the method. The method identifies input data including at least one of an array size, an antenna element spacing, a phase-shifter resolution, a specified coverage region, or an antenna element pattern. The input data is processed by putting an initial beam through a non-decreasing concave utility function which uses a cyclic coordinate descent algorithm that generates a wide beam meeting one or more design specifications. A codebook is produced that includes the wide beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianhua Mo, Boon Loong Ng, Ahmad AlAmmouri
  • Patent number: 11855729
    Abstract: A host configured to operate in a communication system to provide an over-the-top (OTT) service is described. The host initiates transmission of user data to a network node. In order to transmit the user data to a user equipment, the network node receives a channel state information (CSI) report for a downlink channel, the CSI report indicating a plurality of precoder vectors, wherein each of the precoder vectors corresponds to a frequency sub-band of a bandwidth of the downlink channel, each precoder vector being expressed as a linear combination of spatial-domain components and frequency-domain components. The network nodes determines precoding to use for transmitting data to the UE based at least in part on the CSI report. The network nodes transmits the user data from the host to the UE according to the determined precoding to provide the OTT service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Niklas Wernersson, Sebastian Faxér, Maksym Girnyk
  • Patent number: 11855721
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) is described that may include receiving a data packet transmission over a wireless channel from a base station. The method may further include determining a set of intrinsic log likelihood ratios (LLRs) based at least in part on the data packet transmission and determining an accumulated capacity for the wireless channel based at least in part on the set of intrinsic LLRs. The method may also include determining a channel quality indicator index or a transmission rank for the wireless channel based at least in part on the accumulated capacity and transmitting a feedback message that indicates the channel quality indicator index or the transmission rank for the wireless channel to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Elshafie, Mahdi Zamani, Yi Huang, Peter Gaal, Hwan Joon Kwon
  • Patent number: 11855728
    Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device (510, 800, 1200) for reporting channel state information (CSI) for a downlink channel is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting (601, 705) a CSI report for the downlink channel to a network node (560, 1100), the CSI report comprising: a set of reported coefficients; an indication of how the network node is to interpret the set of reported coefficients; and an indication of a payload size of the set of the reported coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Sebastian Faxér, Roy Timo, Niklas Wernersson, Maksym Girnyk, Zhao Wang
  • Patent number: 11848730
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support mechanisms for signaling metrics associated with antenna modules of a UE in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) determines one or more metrics associated with at least one antenna module of the UE. The UE transmits a message including the one or more metrics associated with at least one antenna module of the UE (e.g., to a base station or to another sidelink UE). In certain aspects, the message including the one or more metrics is transmitted to the base station during an initial establishment of a communication session between the UE and the base station. In some aspects, the UE transmits the message including the one or more metrics as a broadcast message, in a radio resource control (RRC) message, and/or in a medium access control (MAC)-control element (CE) message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Mohammad Ali Tassoudji, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11843486
    Abstract: High-speed communication links with self-aligned scrambling on a communication link that sends scrambled signals may include a slave device that may self-align by initially detecting an unscrambled preamble symbol and more particularly detect an edge of the unscrambled preamble symbol. Based on the detected edge, a fine alignment adjustment may be made by testing subsequent scrambled data for a repeated pattern such as an IDLE symbol by comparing the repeated pattern to a candidate scrambled sequence that has been received through the communication link. The comparison may use an exclusive OR (XOR) circuit on some bits to derive a scrambler seed that is used to test for a match for the remaining bits. If there is a match, the scrambler seed and frame alignment have been detected and alignment is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tomer Rafael Ben-Chen, Sharon Graif, Lior Amarilio
  • Patent number: 11838082
    Abstract: An approach is described that includes receiving a CSI report, where the CSI report includes a channel quality indicator (CQI), a rank indicator (RI), and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI). The approach further includes constructing a precoding matrix based on a linear combination of a plurality of mutually orthogonal digital Fourier transformation (DFT) spatial beams, and determining a number of bits for the PMI of the precoding matrix. The approach also includes determining a space frequency matrix based, at least in part, on the number of bits for the PMI and the precoding matrix, and compressing the space frequency matrix. Finally, the approach includes determining a compressed PMI based, at least in part, on the space frequency matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Victor Sergeev, Alexei Davydov, Bishwarup Mondal, Gregory Morozov, Dmitry Dikarev
  • Patent number: 11838143
    Abstract: An apparatus for pilot tone synchronization in point-to-multipoint (P2MP) communication is described, including a transceiver configured to send a downstream transmission including pilot tones to one or more customer premises equipments (CPEs) in a P2MP group. A method for pilot tone synchronization in point-to-multipoint (P2MP) communication is described, including sending a downstream transmission including pilot tones to one or more customer premises equipments (CPEs) in a P2MP group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rainer Strobel, Vladimir Oksman
  • Patent number: 11838079
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure there is provided a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) transmitter for transmitting wireless communication signals over a communication channel to a receiver, the transmitter including a digital signal processor configured to perform pre-coding on a plurality Ns of data streams; a plurality NRF of radio-frequency (RF) chains each configured to pass a pre-coded data stream from the digital signal processor to generate a signal representing that data stream; a lens antenna array comprising an array of NT antenna elements; and a selecting unit coupled between the plurality NRF of RF chains and the lens antenna array, the selecting unit including a plurality of separate coupling units each configured to couple a respective RF chain to a selective sub-array of NTBRF antenna elements concurrently for transmitting the signal representing the data stream passed through that RF chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Linglong Dai, Bichai Wang, Richard Mackenzie, Mo Hao, Xinyu Gao
  • Patent number: 11811577
    Abstract: A method is provided for estimating at least one characteristic of a signal received by a receiver, the signal having been transmitted in succession by a plurality of antennas in successive time segments, each segment being dedicated to one separate antenna, the signal being modulated into the form of pulses according to ultra-wideband modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: François Dehmas
  • Patent number: 11811482
    Abstract: A method for sidelink beam acquisition for device to device (D2D) communication includes calculating, by a base station, one or more first directions, where the one or more first directions are directions of a second electronic device located relative to a first electronic device; calculating, by the base station, one or more second directions, where the one or more second directions are directions of the first electronic device located relative to the second electronic device; transmitting, by the base station and to the first electronic device, the one or more first directions; and transmitting, by the base station and to the second electronic device, the one or more second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengfei Xia, Bin Liu, Young Hoon Kwon
  • Patent number: 11804812
    Abstract: A method of operating a radio receiver device comprises receiving a plurality of signals with a plurality of corresponding frequencies; applying respective gains to each of the plurality of signals; and storing the gain applied to each signal and its corresponding frequency. The method comprises subsequently receiving a further signal with a further frequency; and applying a further gain to the further signal. The further gain is determined using at least one of the stored gains according to a difference between the further frequency and at least one of the plurality of corresponding frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
    Inventors: Jani Ståhlberg, Timo Sillanpää
  • Patent number: 11799521
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) for channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), CSI reference signals (CSI-RSs) and CSI feedback configuration information, estimating a channel based on the received CSI-RSs, determining, based on the estimated channel and the CSI feedback configuration information, a number of non-zero coefficients (KlNZ) for each layer (l) of a total number of ? layers, wherein ??1 is a rank value, and a sum of the KlNZ across each of the ? layers as a total number of non-zero coefficients (KNZ), where KNZ=?l=1?KlNZ. The method further comprises transmitting, to the BS, the CSI feedback including the KNZ value over an uplink (UL) channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi
  • Patent number: 11785479
    Abstract: A control unit receives at least one of a plurality of synchronization signals transmitted after undergoing beam sweeping via a wireless communication unit. The beam sweeping includes each of the plurality of synchronization signals forming a different beam and transmitted from the base station during a predetermined period of time. The control unit determines, from a plurality of pieces of beam sweeping configuration information, one piece of the configuration information based on priority between a plurality of types of beam sweeping and receives the synchronization signal or report the received synchronization signal to the base station using the one piece of the configuration information determined based on the priority. The number of the synchronization signals transmitted during a predetermined period of time varies among the plurality of pieces of beam sweeping configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takano, Naoki Kusashima, Shinichiro Tsuda, Hiroki Matsuda, Yifu Tang, Hiroto Kuriki
  • Patent number: 11777581
    Abstract: One disclosure of the present specification provides an operation method in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) device mounted on a vehicle. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a capability enquiry message from a base station; and transmitting capability information to the base station. The capability information includes information on whether a wireless link with the base station and a sidelink with a neighboring V2X device are supported through the same antenna. The method comprises a step of receiving, from the base station, information about a default beam set on the basis of the capability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yoonoh Yang, Ilnam Cho, Sangwook Lee, Jinyup Hwang, Seungmin Woo
  • Patent number: 11778487
    Abstract: A scene-based beam generation method for ground-to-air coverage based on convex polygon subdivision is provided and includes: obtaining a collection of base station positions by using a method of universal transverse mercator projection; constructing a three-dimensional (3D) low altitude signal coverage area; performing convex polygon subdivision on the area to be covered; and generating a beam configuration of each base station. The method realizes generation of beam configurations of base stations in the 3D low altitude signal coverage area, overcomes a problem that the existing 17 kind of scene-based beams cannot realize the coverage of 3D area, overcomes a problem of mismatch between network state information and beam configuration caused by dynamic adjustment of beam configurations. The beam configurations generated by the method does not need to obtain the number of users in real time to adjust the beam, and has a good coverage ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: XIDIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Junyu Liu, Min Sheng, Songtao Lei, Ziye Zhang, Yan Shi, Yu Su, Jiandong Li