Patents Examined by Siu M. Lee
  • Patent number: 11659536
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling carrier load in a wireless communication system that supports multiple user equipment devices (UEs) each being primarily connected with a first access node on a first carrier and each having a respective secondary connection for dual-connectivity service. An example method includes (i) monitoring a distribution of the respective secondary connections of the UEs among being on a second carrier and being on a third carrier, the third carrier having wider bandwidth than the second carrier, (ii) based on the monitoring, determining that at least a predefined threshold portion of the UEs have their secondary connections on the third carrier rather than on the second carrier, and (iii) based at least on the determining, taking action to control load on the first carrier, such as limiting a maximum number of UEs allowed to be concurrently connected with the first access node on the first carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LLC
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11659515
    Abstract: Methods of positioning UEs based on a sidelink interface are proposed, in an environment where the locations of multiple UEs may not be known to one another. The positioning methods are facilitated by a distinguished server UE, which may store information about the locations and/or configurations of one or more peer UEs and function as a positioning server to provide assistance data, collect measurements, and in some cases compute a location estimate for one or more peer UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Nathan Edward Tenny
  • Patent number: 11653329
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to mobility techniques that allow for beam-specific paging in wireless communication systems. An example method generally includes transmitting, to a network entity, an indication of a mobility state of the UE, wherein the indication is transmitted based on a synchronization signal block (SSB) associated with a selected beam direction; and monitoring paging occasions for paging sent using a beam that is quasi-colocated with the selected beam direction associated with the SSB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nan Zhang, Linhai He
  • Patent number: 11647430
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for wireless communications utilizing a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) based on first signals received from a first node and based on second signals received from a second node are described. A wireless device may receive measurement information that indicates resources of a first node and a second node for use in determining the PMI. After receiving the first signals and the second signals, the wireless device may use the first signals and the second signals to determine the PMI. The determined PMI may be sent to a base station, which may transmit one or more packets based on the determined PMI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 11646931
    Abstract: A method of pre-compensating for transmitter in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) mismatch (IQMM) may include sending a signal through an up-converter of a transmit path to provide an up-converted signal, determining the up-converted signal, determining one or more IQMM parameters for the transmit path based on the determined up-converted signal, and determining one or more pre-compensation parameters for the transmit path based on the one or more IQMM parameters for the transmit path. In some embodiments, the up-converted signal may be determined through a receive feedback path. In some embodiments, the up-converted signal may be determined through an envelope detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Elina Nayebi, Pranav Dayal, Kee-Bong Song
  • Patent number: 11638234
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for managed or “intelligent” paging of a user device in one or more wireless networks. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods provide enhanced wireless services which enable prioritized paging operations of a given user device (e.g., a mobile 3GPP-compliant UE) within two or more mobile networks (e.g., PLMNs) when the UE is operating in a “dual” mode such as 3GPP 5G NR dual-SIM, dual standby (DSDS) mode. In one implementation, the UE contains multiple SIM cards to enable connection to different PLMNs simultaneously, such that paging associated with one network can be managed and prioritized as needed when the UE is actively utilizing another network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventors: Curt Wong, Yildirim Sahin
  • Patent number: 11638215
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for operating an electronic device within a cellular environment. The technique includes determining a coverage enhancement (CE) parameter and one or more radio frequency (RF) link parameters associated with a link between the electronic device and a cellular base station at a first point in time. The technique also includes computing a first estimate for a signal condition associated with the link based on the CE parameter and the one or more RF link parameters. The technique further includes determining that the signal condition is not adequate based on the first estimate and delaying transmission of one or more messages from the electronic device over the link until a second point in time that is later than the first point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ITRON, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Vernon Dusenberry, Richard Donald Maes, II
  • Patent number: 11627023
    Abstract: In a transmission circuit, a first pulse signal with a first frequency and a second pulse signal with a second frequency are output according to a rising edge and a falling edge of a first input signal, respectively. When a second input signal indicates an active level, the second pulse signal is output according to the falling edge of the first input signal and the second frequency is changed to a third frequency. In a reception circuit, a first level of a first output signal is changed to a second level according to a first induced signal via a transformer, the second level of the first output signal is changed to the first level according to a second induced signal via the transformer, and a second output signal is changed to an active level when a frequency of the second induced signal has changed to the third frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Hasegawa, Yusuke Michisita, Kazuma Takahashi, Daiki Yanagishima, Masahiko Arimura
  • Patent number: 11626954
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may determine a polarization associated with a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set configuration. The base station may transmit, to a user equipment, a polarization indication that indicates the polarization associated with the CSI-RS resource set configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Liangping Ma, Xiao Feng Wang, Ayan Sengupta, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Peter Gaal, Bharat Shrestha, Jun Ma, Umesh Phuyal
  • Patent number: 11611971
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a scaling factor for a beam failure detection (BFD) evaluation period associated with a secondary cell group of a set of secondary cell groups. The scaling factor may be determined based at least in part on a number of secondary cell groups included in the set of secondary cell groups. In some aspects, the UE may perform a BFD measurement, associated with the secondary cell group, based at least in part on the scaling factor for the BFD evaluation period. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Valentin Alexandru Gheorghiu, Awlok Singh Josan, Junyi Li, Changhwan Park
  • Patent number: 11606773
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the generation of one or more models indicating positions and/or attributes of objects within an environment, such as a warehouse, a facility, a data center, etc. The models may be generated by measuring radio frequency (“RF”) metrics or other metrics within the environment over time. The environment may include mobile antenna apparatuses providing wireless coverage to wireless devices within the environment. The mobile antenna apparatuses may be moved within the environment based on the positions of objects within the environment (e.g., as indicated by the one or more models) and the positions of one or more wireless devices that connect to one or more of the mobile antenna apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Maher, David A. Newell, X
  • Patent number: 11601320
    Abstract: To mitigate phase noise and amplitude noise in a 5G or 6G message, the transmitter can include an extremely compact demodulation reference with a predetermined format including a first branch and an orthogonal second branch. The first branch can exhibit the maximum positive amplitude level of the modulation scheme, and the second branch can exhibit either the minimum positive level or the maximum negative level, depending on implementation. The receiver can determine, from the received branch amplitudes, a phase correction and an amplitude correction. Upon receiving a message including noise, the receiver can calculate a sum-signal amplitude and sum-signal phase according to the branch amplitudes of each message element, subtract the amplitude correction and phase correction, derive corrected branch amplitudes, and compare them to the predetermined amplitude levels of the modulation scheme. The receiver can thereby demodulate the message element with the phase noise and amplitude noise largely negated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ULTRALOGIC 6G, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
  • Patent number: 11595093
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving testing and/or calibration efficiency of radio frequency system. In some embodiments, a testing system includes a beamformer radio frequency system, in which the beamformer radio frequency system includes first transceiver circuitry and a first plurality of antennas coupled to the first transceiver circuitry, a beamformee radio frequency system, in which the beamformee radio frequency system includes second transceiver circuitry and a second plurality of antennas coupled to the second transceiver circuitry, one or more wired connections coupled between the first transceiver circuitry of the beamformer radio frequency system and the second transceiver circuitry of the beamformee radio frequency system, in which each of the one or more wired connections bypasses the first plurality of antennas of the first radio frequency system and the second plurality of antennas of the second radio frequency system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mik V H Cohen, Ran Shimon, Shay Gershoni
  • Patent number: 11595239
    Abstract: An in-phase and quadrature mismatch compensator for a quadrature transmitter includes a delay element, a complex-valued filter and an adder. The delay element receives an input transmit signal and outputs a delayed transmit signal. The complex-valued filter receives the input transmit signal and outputs a selected part of a filtered output transmit signal. The adder adds the delayed transmit signal and the selected part of the filtered output transmit signal and outputs a pre-compensated transmit signal. In one embodiment, the selected part of the filtered output transmit signal includes the real part of the complex-valued output transmit signal. In another embodiment, the selected part of the filtered output transmit signal includes the imaginary part of the complex-valued output transmit signal. Two transmit real-valued compensators are also disclosed that combine the in-phase and quadrature signals before being filtered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Elina Nayebi, Pranav Dayal, Kee-Bong Song
  • Patent number: 11582584
    Abstract: Method and device in a node used for wireless communications. A first node receives first configuration information; transmits a first positioning reference signal on a first time-frequency resource block, transmits a second positioning reference signal on a second time-frequency resource block, and transmits a first information set; the first configuration information is used for indicating a first reference set, and any two time-frequency resource blocks in the first resource set employ a same positioning-related parameter; the first time-frequency resource block is earlier than the second time-frequency resource block in time domain; the first information set comprises a first distance, and the first distance refers to a distance from a first geographical position and a second geographical position, wherein the first geographical position is where the first node is located when transmitting the first positioning reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMIIED
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Xiaobo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11575452
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for sensing radio frequency signals. For instance, radio frequency data can be received by an apparatus and from at least one wireless device in an environment. Based on the radio frequency data received from the at least one wireless device, the apparatus can determine sensing coverage of the at least one wireless device. The apparatus can further provide the determined sensing coverage and a position of at least one device to a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Bibhu Mohanty, Daniel Hendricus Franciscus Dijkman, Farhad Ghazvinian Zanjani, Ilia Karmanov, Brian Michael Buesker, Harshit Joshi, Vamsi Vegunta, Ishaque Ashar Kadampot
  • Patent number: 11570033
    Abstract: Multiphase signal generation circuitry receives input signals that are out-of-phase with one another by a quadrature delay (e.g., 90°), and generates output signals that are out-of-phase with one another by half of the quadrature delay. A first input signal may be provided to a first delay circuitry, which is then input to a first phase interpolator. The first delay circuitry is also input to second delay circuitry, which also generates an output that is input to the first phase interpolator. The first phase interpolator outputs a first output signal. The second delay circuitry is input to third delay circuitry, which in turn is input to a second phase interpolator with a second input signal that is out-of-phase with the first input signal by the quadrature delay. The second phase interpolator outputs a second output signal that is out-of-phase with the first output signal by the half of the quadrature delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Damir Hamidovic, Harald Pretl, Peter Leopold Preyler
  • Patent number: 11546926
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device may receive a directional positioning reference signal over one or more beams from another device. The device may transmit a broadcast positioning reference signal in response to receipt of the directional positioning reference signal. The device may receive, from the other device, a report including timing and directionality associated with transmission of the directional positioning reference signal. The report may also include timing and directionality associated with receipt of the broadcast positioning reference signal at the other device. Responsive to receipt of the report, the device may transmit beam specific measurement information associated with the one or more beams to the other device. The device may communicate with the other device using a beam of the one or more beams based at least on the report and the beam specific measurement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chang-Sik Choi, Shuanshuan Wu, Kapil Gulati
  • Patent number: 11546902
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information including P>1 beam switching time (BST) values and a set of TCI states; receiving, based on the configuration information, a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state update; determining a beam based on the TCI state update; and applying the beam for a downlink (DL) reception or an uplink (UL) transmission, at least after a duration of time from receiving the TCI state update, wherein the duration of time is determined based on the P BST values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi, Emad N. Farag
  • Patent number: 11546031
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, an indication of a range of frequencies outside an operational bandwidth of the UE based at least in part on the range of frequencies being compatible with one or more sets of analog beamforming beam weights associated with the operational bandwidth. The UE may communicate, with the base station, based at least in part on transmitting the indication of the range of frequencies outside of the operational bandwidth of the UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Tao Luo, Alexander Dorosenco, Junyi Li