Patents Examined by Nathan S Taylor
  • Patent number: 11895644
    Abstract: An information transmission method, a base station, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: acquiring a quantity of times of repeated transmissions of a terminal in a target configuration period; sending, to the terminal, Physical Downlink Control Channels for supplementary transmissions, if the quantity of times of repeated transmissions is less than a preset quantity of repeated-transmission times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Bai, Tony Ekpenyong
  • Patent number: 11889448
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining timing advance (TA) validity are disclosed. In some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed herein in which a wireless device implicitly considers a TA to be valid in a full cell when no TA validation mechanisms are explicitly configured. In other embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed herein in which a timer serves a dual purpose. If the timer is set to infinity, a wireless device will always consider a TA to be valid within a given cell, and at the same time will disable other TA validation mechanisms. Otherwise, the wireless device will interpret the timer as indicating for how long the TA value that the wireless device possesses is considered to be valid. Benefits of the solutions described herein include reducing signaling bits in the configuration and avoiding the possibility of conflicting configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Andreas Höglund, Gerardo Agni Medina Acosta, Sandeep Narayanan Kadan Veedu, Emre Yavuz
  • Patent number: 11876746
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a data transmission method and a communications device. The data transmission method includes: generating a plurality of RRC segments by using an RRC segmentation function of an RRC layer entity of the sender communications device or an RRC segmentation function of a new protocol layer entity, where each of the plurality of RRC segments carries partial data content of an RRC message generated by the sender communications device; and sending the plurality of RRC segments to a receiver communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Liang, Yue Ma, Yumin Wu
  • Patent number: 11864241
    Abstract: A random access method, including: determining, by a terminal, that a transmission of an uplink control information overlaps with a transmission of a Msg.A on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); judging whether to allow the transmission of the uplink control information to be multiplexed in the PUSCH; in response to allowing the transmission of the uplink control information to be multiplexed in the PUSCH, multiplexing the transmission of the uplink control information in the PUSCH; and in response to not allowing the transmission of the uplink control information to be multiplexed in the PUSCH, transmitting the uplink control information on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qin Mu
  • Patent number: 11864254
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring frequency measurement and determining a time reference for gap calculation in New Radio with dual connectivity is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for configuring a frequency measurement by a first wireless communication node, includes: transmitting a first message to a second wireless communication node, wherein the first message comprises at least one of the following: a first maximum number of allowed intra-frequency measurement identities and a first maximum number of allowed inter-frequency measurement identities, and wherein the first message is used by the by the second wireless communication node to determine a first configuration of the frequency measurement for a wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jing Liu, Xiaojuan Shi, He Huang
  • Patent number: 11856542
    Abstract: Systems and methods of performing location tracking with ultra wideband (UWB) are provided. The system includes a network formed by base stations and tags. In operation, the system configures multiple Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) slots within a predetermined time frame. The TDMA slots include a clock calibration packet (CCP) slot, personal area network (PAN) identifier request and response slots, and TDMA tag slots. In the CCP slot, clock synchronization is performed among the base stations and the tags. In the PAN identifier request and response slots, the base stations receive reservation requests from the tags, and send correspond reservation responses. In each TDMA tag slot, the base stations listen to ranging requests from each tag, and send corresponding ranging responses with corresponding timestamps indicating the corresponding TDMA tag slot for each tag. Each tag only wakes up during the corresponding TDMA tag slot, thus achieving low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NATIONAL YANG MING CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ching Yao Huang, Stephen Masih, Shakeb Ameen
  • Patent number: 11856543
    Abstract: The present specification provides a method for performing an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) operation performed by a node in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising: performing an initial access operation with another node; receiving, from the other node, at least one piece of timing advance (TA) information or T delta information, wherein downlink transmission timing of the node and uplink transmission timing of the node are aligned or determined on the basis of the at least one piece of TA information or T delta information; and performing the IAB operation on the basis of the downlink transmission timing and the uplink transmission timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Haewook Park, Hyangsun You, Sukhyon Yoon
  • Patent number: 11856464
    Abstract: Various arrangement of compound cellular networks that accommodate multiple cellular communication protocols are presented. A compound cellular network may connect user equipment (UE) with a data network using a first anchor point. The compound cellular network may transition the UE from the first anchor point to a second anchor point. Following the transitioning, the compound cellular network may connect the UE with the data network using the second anchor point. The UE may then be transitioned from the second anchor point to a converged anchor point of the compound cellular network. The UE may be locked to the converged anchor point while the UE is communicating with a second cellular network that communicates using the second cellular communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C
    Inventors: Mehdi Alasti, Siddhartha Chenumolu, Mariam Sorond
  • Patent number: 11856511
    Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to techniques for dynamic management of the network used for data transfer between a connected vehicle and a remote computing system. For example, during navigation a connected vehicle may switch between connections to a number of different networks, and the pricing of these networks may be periodically recalculated based on current network load. The disclosed techniques can select from among available networks to dynamically optimize the cost of data transfer, even as a vehicle navigates through different networks and as network pricing is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Faraday & Future Inc.
    Inventor: Peter A. Barany
  • Patent number: 11849444
    Abstract: A method for processing data includes: determining a second UE based on logical channel priorities of logical channels corresponding to SL-DRBs and/or SL-SRBs of data to be transmitted; and determining a medium-access-control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) for transmitting to the second UE, in which the MAC PDU includes data to be transmitted in one or more sidelink radio bearers (SL-RBs) determined based on logical channel priorities of logical channels corresponding to SL-RBs of the second UE, and the SL-RBs of the second UE include SL-DRB(s) of the second UE and/or SL-SRB(s) of the second UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xing Yang
  • Patent number: 11844135
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for operation in a data transmission state in an idle mode using pre-configured dedicated resources are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes transmitting a first message comprising an indication of pre-configured dedicated resources for a communication between the network device and a terminal, and receiving a second message over the pre-configured dedicated resources, where a transmission of the second message by the terminal causes the terminal to switch from an idle state to a data transmission state in an idle mode. Another exemplary methods for wireless communication includes receiving a first message comprising an indication of pre-configured dedicated resources for a communication between a network device and the terminal, and switching from an idle state to a data transmission state in an idle mode upon transmitting a second message over the pre-configured dedicated resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xiubin Sha, Bo Dai, Ting Lu, Kun Liu, Xu Liu
  • Patent number: 11844116
    Abstract: A random access method and device may be used in a wireless communications network. The random access method includes selecting a preamble of a message A; determining a logical resource unit for transmitting the message A based on the preamble of the message A, in which the preamble has a predetermined mapping relationship with the logical resource unit, and the logical resource unit includes at least one physical resource unit part, the physical resource unit part is a partial physical resource obtained by dividing a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) physical resource; and transmitting the message A through the physical resource unit part included in the logical resource unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qin Mu
  • Patent number: 11844136
    Abstract: A discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration method includes: receiving a wake-up parameter associated with a wake-up message configured by a base station for a terminal, wherein the wake-up message is configured to instruct the terminal to detect whether the wake-up message is received within each DRX cycle; in response to that the wake-up message is detected within a current DRX cycle, entering a continuous active period at an end of the current DRX cycle; and when the continuous active period ends, entering a target DRX cycle according to the wake-up parameter, wherein the target DRX cycle is a first DRX cycle or a second DRX cycle, and a duration of the first DRX cycle is longer than a duration of the second DRX cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuanyuan Li
  • Patent number: 11832282
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for adjusting a packet duration for triggered uplink (UL) transmissions to an access point (AP) from one or more stations (STAs). In one aspect, the AP may estimate an amount of data that a STA has queued for UL transmission and select the packet duration based on the estimated amount of queued UL data. The AP may transmit a trigger frame that solicits UL data from the STA and indicates the selected packet duration. In response, the AP may receive an UL packet from the STA and determine an amount of UL data queued in the STA based on the UL packet. In some implementations, the AP may selectively adjust the packet duration for UL transmissions based on the UL packet, the determined amount of UL data queued in the STA, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nathaniel David Houghton, Xiaolong Huang, Naveen Gangadharan
  • Patent number: 11832340
    Abstract: The technology of this application relates to a method including, when a user equipment (UE) determines that a preset condition is met, the UE sends a session release request message or a session modification request message to a network device. The session release request message is used to request to release a first PDU session, the session modification request message is used to request to release a first quality of service (QoS) flow, and the first PDU session is one of existing PDU sessions in the UE. The preset condition includes at least one of: a quantity of existing PDU sessions in the UE reaching a first threshold; a quantity of data radio bearers (DRB)s associated with the existing PDU session in the UE reaching a second threshold; and a quantity of quality of service flows associated with the existing PDU session in the UE reaching a third threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fenghui Dou, Kai Yuan, Chaofeng Lian, Hui Jin
  • Patent number: 11825418
    Abstract: Technology for a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) operable to encode a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator field length for transmission to a user equipment (UE) for enhanced Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) (eURLLC) is disclosed. The gNB can determine the PUCCH resource indicator field length that indicates a length of a PUCCH resource indicator field, wherein the PUCCH resource indicator field length is related to transmission of a number of PUCCH symbols for eURLLC. The gNB can encode the PUCCH resource indicator field length for transmission in downlink control information (DCI) to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Honglei Miao
  • Patent number: 11818771
    Abstract: A user equipment includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit first data in a first step of a 2-step RACH; and a receiving unit configured to receive second data in a second step of the 2-step RACH. The user equipment performs fallback to a 4-step RACH at the time of retransmission of the first data. In addition, provided is a user equipment including: a transmitting unit configured to transmit first data in a first step of a 2-step RACH; and a receiving unit configured to receive second data in a second step of the 2-step RACH. The user equipment performs fallback to a 4-step RACH according to the received second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
  • Patent number: 11812399
    Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. One example method includes: A sending device sends a first physical layer protocol data unit PPDU over a first link, where the first PPDU carries a trigger frame. The sending device sends a second PPDU over a second link, where an end time of sending the second PPDU is not earlier than a first time and not later than a second time, the first time is related to an end time of sending the first PPDU and a state turnaround time in a short interframe space SIFS time, and the second time is related to the end time of sending the first PPDU and the SIFS time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunbo Li, Ming Gan, Yuchen Guo
  • Patent number: 11805490
    Abstract: A time measurement method includes that a first device receives a first packet from a second device using a first antenna. The first device transmits a second packet to the second device using a second antenna. The first device receives an indication for a first transceiving delay from the second device, where the first transceiving delay is a delay from a time at which the second device transmits the first packet to a time at which the second device receives the second packet. The first device determines a round-trip time (RTT) between the first device and the second device based on a calibration delay from the second antenna to the first antenna, a recording moment at which the first device receives the first packet, a recording moment at which the first device transmits the second packet, and the first transceiving delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zixiang Ma, Zhihui Zhou
  • Patent number: 11800435
    Abstract: A system message transmission method includes: broadcasting a minimum system message, wherein the minimum system information includes first indication information, and the first indication information is configured to indicate a modification period of at least one of second indication information or third indication information. The second indication information is configured to indicate whether target other system information transmitted in an on-demand manner among other system information is in a being transmitted state, and the third indication information is configured to indicate a transmission manner of the target other system information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaowei Jiang