Patents Examined by Tarell A Hampton
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Patent number: 11716167Abstract: The application provides methods for transmitting and receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI), and a related device. The receiving method includes: determining configuration information of to-be-transmitted DCI, based on a corresponding relationship between a DCI Aggregation Level (AL), and/or, a number of blind detections corresponding to the AL, and a payload size of the DCI; configuring the to-be-transmitted DCI, by using the configuration information; and, transmitting the to-be-transmitted DCI to a mobile communication terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiaodong Shen
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Patent number: 11716730Abstract: A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits data and uplink control information using an uplink shared channel, and a control section that controls a mapping pattern of the uplink control information, based on whether or not a frequency resource to which the uplink shared channel is allocated is hopped in a slot.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
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Patent number: 11711710Abstract: A coordinator electronic device includes a memory circuitry, a processor circuitry, and an interface circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to obtain sensor data from a first sensor device. The processor circuitry is configured to provide to the first sensor device, based on the sensor data obtained, a first configuration parameter indicative of scheduling of reporting from the first sensor device.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Peter Exner, Anders Isberg
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Patent number: 11706736Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for paging occasion (PO) allocation is provided. The method includes determining that a PO configured for the wireless device in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle is problematic. A non-problematic PO is selected based on one or more criteria. One or more paging messages are monitored for during the selected non-problematic PO.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventor: Johan Rune
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Patent number: 11706610Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus may be configured to receive a request for UE capability information from a network. The apparatus may be further configured to transmit, in response to the request, UE capability information indicating a first set of value pairs associated with monitoring occasions for a control channel of at least one first component carrier and a second set of value pairs associated with monitoring occasions for a control channel of at least one second component carrier, and each of the first and second sets of value pairs may include a first value corresponding to a minimum time separation between consecutive spans for the monitoring occasions and a second value corresponding to a span length for the monitoring occasions.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Peter Gaal
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Patent number: 11696288Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a processor that controls a transmission of an uplink control information (UCI) based on configuration information for an uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource; and a transmitter that transmits the UCI using the PUCCH resource, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of information regarding a PUCCH format, information regarding a frequency domain, information regarding a time domain, and information regarding a code. In another aspect, a radio communication method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata
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Patent number: 11695534Abstract: A base station includes: a controller that performs control to transmit a plurality of signals that is common to each terminal to a terminal located in a coverage area of its own base station by transmitting the plurality of signals at the same timing while frequency multiplexing the plurality of signals on a frequency domain in an area where the signals can be transmitted simultaneously using a beam within the coverage area, and transmitting the plurality of signals a plurality of times while changing the area; and an antenna that transmits the plurality of signals area by area while changing a direction of the beam under the control of the controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Noriyuki Fukui
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Patent number: 11695633Abstract: A method is described that determines that a replacement node device has been connected to a mesh network, the replacement node device corresponding to an original node that has been removed from the mesh network. In response to determining that the replacement node device has been connected to the mesh network, network topology data is accessed that specifies one or more data routing configurations that are each associated with a node device included in the mesh network. From among the one or more data routing configurations specified by the network topology data, a particular data routing configuration is identified that is associated with the original node device that has been removed from the mesh network. Data that specifies the particular data routing configuration that is associated with the original node device that has been removed from the mesh network is provided to the replacement node device.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventors: Matthew Flannery Knight, John Douglas Penning
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Patent number: 11689335Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment, UE, in a radio access network, the UE being configured with UE-specific configuration for transmitting signaling on a physical channel, the UE further having a general configuration for transmitting signaling on the physical channel, wherein the method includes transmitting signaling on the physical channel based on the general configuration ignoring the UE-specific configuration. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Jianwei Zhang, Jingya Li, Robert Baldemair, Henning Wiemann
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Patent number: 11678354Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, configuration information including multiple transmission configuration indication (TCI) states associated with a control resource set (CORESET). The UE may receive, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a region associated with the CORESET, wherein the PDCCH includes at least one control channel element (CCE). The UE may perform blind decoding for multiple configured PDCCH candidates based at least in part on a resource element group (REG) bundle included in the at least one CCE, wherein the multiple configured PDCCH candidates are associated with one or more of the multiple TC states associated with the CORESET. Accordingly, the UE may identify the PDCCH transmitted by the base station based at least in part on the blind decoding.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sungwoo Park, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Tao Luo, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Wooseok Nam
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Patent number: 11678340Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, in one or more downlink resources, a timing advance command in downlink control information; and implement the timing advance command after an action time period commencing from receipt of the timing advance command elapses. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11671881Abstract: A radio controller entity is in communication with a centralized control plane entity of a disaggregated base station, or with a monolithic base station, the disaggregated base station or monolithic base station serving wireless user equipment in a wireless network. The radio controller entity obtains from the centralized control plane entity or from the monolithic base station, a context associated with one or more user equipment served by the disaggregated base station or the monolithic base station. The radio controller entity determines a policy to be set. The policy defines a set of one or more rules, each rule including a condition and an action. The rule may include that the base station should query the radio controller for an instruction as to which action(s) to apply. The radio controller entity provides the policy to the centralized control plane entity or to the monolithic base station.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Vladimir Yanover, Alon Ben Ami
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Patent number: 11659416Abstract: Aspects relate to mechanisms for wireless communication devices to reset a beam. A UE identifies a list of a plurality of component carriers (CCs). The UE detects a beam failure on a first CC of the plurality of CCs. The UE transmits a beam failure recovery request including a candidate beam indication of a candidate beam to a base station. The base station receives the beam failure recovery request and transmits a beam failure recovery response to the UE. The UE receives the beam failure recovery response and applies the candidate beam to at least one CC of the plurality of CCs. The UE may apply the candidate beam to every CC or to only the first CC. The UE may apply the candidate beam to the at least one CC of the plurality of CCs following a predetermined number of symbols after receiving the beam failure recovery response.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Hamed Pezeshki
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Patent number: 11659439Abstract: A communication system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus controls to determine an information amount to be used for a receipt acknowledgment response to packets to be transmitted to a second information processing apparatus on the basis of information relating to the packets and notifies the second information processing apparatus of that determined information amount. The second information processing apparatus controls to return the receipt acknowledgment response to the packets transmitted from the first information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus on the basis of the information amount notified from the first information processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Eisuke Sakai, Yusuke Tanaka
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Patent number: 11653231Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. A component carrier group may be configured for beam management, such that beam management on a first component carrier is applied to one or more second component carriers to reduce signaling overhead associated with controlling a defined group of component carriers. A user equipment may be configured to identify a group of component carriers and, when a beam failure detection reference signal is received from a base station on a first component carrier, identify a beam failure condition for the first component carrier and one or more second component carriers of the group of component carriers.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Hamed Pezeshki
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Patent number: 11627602Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit controls transmission of an inducement frame for causing another communication device to transmit a transmission suppression period reduction frame for reducing a transmission suppression period. In addition, the control unit controls transmission of the transmission suppression period reduction frame on the basis of the inducement frame in a case where the control unit receives the inducement frame. Transmission suppression periods set in other information processing apparatuses are equally reduced to eliminate inequality in using wireless resources.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Morioka, Shigeru Sugaya
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Patent number: 11617174Abstract: A system for monitoring cellular communications including a passive sensor device, processors, and memory devices. The memory devices having instructions that cause the processors to identify active downlink channels using a first radio to monitor each channel in a cellular spectrum and store downlink channel information, including configuration data, for each of the identified active downlink channels. The processors identify active uplink channels using a second radio to monitor each channel in the cellular spectrum and store uplink channel information for each of the identified active uplink channels. The processors correlate one of the active uplink channels with a corresponding active downlink channel and tune a third radio to the active uplink channel using the configuration data for the corresponding active downlink channel. The processors also tune a fourth radio to the active downlink channel corresponding to the at least one active uplink channel using the corresponding configuration data.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Ubiety Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Michael B. Cox
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Patent number: 11606115Abstract: A method employing an array of antenna elements and a plurality of transceivers, each including (1) a transmitter chain; (2) a receiver chain; and (3) a duplexer having an input electrically connected to the transmitter chain, an output electrically connected to the receiver chain, and a duplexed port electrically connected to a different antenna element, the method involving: identifying among the plurality of transceivers a first and second subsets of transceivers such that together the first and second subsets of transceivers constitute all of the transceivers among the plurality of transceivers; for each transceiver within the first subset of transceivers, but not for the transceivers within the second subset of transceivers, introducing a ? degree phase shift between the duplexed port of the duplexer and the antenna element to which the duplexed port is electrically connected, wherein ?=?(2n+1)90°, and wherein n is an integer.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Blue Danube Systems, Inc.Inventor: Gregg S. Nardozza
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Patent number: 11601939Abstract: A base station includes a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink control information to a user equipment, the downlink control information being generated based on one of (1) a first uplink allocation information indicating a first frequency block corresponding to a first plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and (2) a second uplink allocation information indicating a second frequency block corresponding to a second plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and a third frequency block corresponding to a third plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency, the second frequency block and the third frequency block being separated in frequency.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takamichi Inoue, Kenji Koyanagi, Le Liu, Yoshikazu Kakura
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Patent number: 11601160Abstract: The present invention is designated to appropriately control inter-slot frequency hopping of an uplink channel/signal. A user terminal of the present invention includes a transmitting section that transmits an uplink control channel over a plurality of slots and a control section that controls frequency hopping of the uplink control channel between the plurality of slots.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang