Patents Examined by Zhiren Qin
  • Patent number: 11985725
    Abstract: Techniques, systems, and devices to support small data transfers are described. A first node, such as a gNodeB or an eNodeB, can perform operations that include receiving a resume request from a user equipment (UE) that is in an inactive state, the resume request including a small data indication, where context information for the UE resides at a second node; transmitting a retrieve UE context request to the second node, the retrieve UE context request including the small data indication; receiving a UE context response from the second node; transmitting, by the first node, a resume response to the UE to cause the UE to switch to a connected state; processing uplink data from the UE; and transmitting a release message to the UE to cause the UE to switch to the inactive state. The release message can be based on RRC release information received from the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jaemin Han, Yi Guo, Alexander Sirotkin, Sudeep Palat
  • Patent number: 11979760
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) monitors a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in multiple component carriers (CC). The UE determines if the UE is operating in carrier aggregation (CA) mode having a first CC in a first frequency band and a second CC in a second frequency band. When the UE is operating in CA with a first CC in the first frequency band and the second CC in the second frequency band, the UE determines a span pattern for PDCCH symbols being received on the first and second CC and selects a PDCCH monitoring type based on, at least, the span pattern. A UE also determines if a first CC and a second CC of a CA combination are collocated and selects a PDCCH monitoring type based on, at least, the determination of whether the first and second CC are collocated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Weidong Yang, Amir Farajidana, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Jie Cui, Keith W. Saints, Linbo Li, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Wei Zhang, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11974156
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information about a channel state information (CSI) report associated with NRRH>1 remote radio heads (RRHs), wherein: NRRH=a number of RRHs, each RRH r=1, . . . , NRRH comprises a group of CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) ports, and the configuration information includes, for each RRH r=1, . . . , NRRH, information about at least one CSI-RS resource; and for each RRH r=1, . . . , NRRH: measuring the at least one CSI-RS resource, and determining, based on the measured at least one CSI-RS resource, whether a CSI-RS resource for RRH r is a channel measurement resource (CMR) or an interference measurement resource (IMR); generating the CSI report based on whether each CSI-RS resource among the measured at least one CSI-RS resource for each RRH is determined as a CMR or an IMR; and transmitting the CSI report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi
  • Patent number: 11974290
    Abstract: A PDCCH candidate allocation method for cross-carrier scheduling and a device are provided. This method includes: when configuration of a first cell includes search space set configuration or PDCCH candidate quantity configuration thereof, determining a PDCCH candidate quantity and/or a monitoring parameter thereof based on the configuration thereof; or when a first cell has no PDCCH configuration and configuration of a second cell includes only PDCCH configuration thereof, determining a PDCCH candidate quantity and/or a monitoring parameter of the first cell based on the PDCCH configuration of the second cell; or when a first cell has no PDCCH configuration and PDCCH configuration of a second cell includes search space set configuration or PDCCH candidate quantity configuration of the first cell, determining a PDCCH candidate quantity and/or a monitoring parameter of the first cell based on the search space set configuration or PDCCH candidate quantity configuration of the first cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zichao Ji, Yue Ma
  • Patent number: 11956123
    Abstract: Techniques for determining that a configuration change in configurations for a network device has occurred to result in changed configurations for the network device. The techniques include creating a policy for the network device by a network controller that manages one or more network devices. The network controller may obtain data from the network device, and update the network device policy based on the obtained data. In some examples, the network controller may compare the network device configurations state with the network controller intent to determine if an Out-of-Band (OOB) configuration change has occurred in the configuration of the network device. Finally, the controller may synchronize the network device to the controller based on the updated policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Patnala Debashis Rao, Shyam Kapadia, Jason David Notari, Lukas Krattiger
  • Patent number: 11956068
    Abstract: A transmission method for transmitting an emergency warning signal, pertaining to one aspect of the present disclosure, includes: generating control information, the control information including a flag indicating either presence or absence of information related to a region and, when the flag indicates presence, information related to the region; acquiring information related to emergency warning content; and generating the emergency warning signal including the control information and the information related to the emergency warning content. Thus, emergency warning (early warning) information can be transmitted with greater precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 11937326
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for operating a radio access network (RAN) node of a wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Hans Bertil Rönneke, Qian Chen, Mikael Wass, Paul Schliwa-Bertling
  • Patent number: 11937105
    Abstract: A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), for controlling activation of a cell group includes: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including configuration information indicating a number of temporary reference signals; receiving, from the base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) indicating to activate a secondary cell (SCell); receiving, from the base station, a temporary reference signal; based on the MAC CE and the RRC message, measuring the temporary reference signal; and transmitting, to the base station, a measurement result regarding the temporary reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donggun Kim, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11937107
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for beam measurement and reporting. A method of operating a user equipment includes receiving information indicating associations between a set of transmission configuration (TCI) states and reference signals (RSs) for beam measurement, respectively, receiving a TCI state from the set of TCI states for beam indication, and determining, in response to reception of the TCI state, a RS for beam measurement based on the TCI state and the information. The method further includes transmitting or receiving the RS for beam measurement, and based on the RS being a downlink (DL) RS, measuring the DL RS and determining a measurement report; and transmitting the measurement report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Emad N. Farag, Eko Onggosanusi, Md. Saifur Rahman, Dalin Zhu
  • Patent number: 11924892
    Abstract: Techniques for random access (RA) in a cellular internet-of-things (CIOT) are discussed. An example apparatus configured to be employed within a User Equipment (UE), comprises a receiver circuitry, a processor, and transmitter circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive RA resource allocation information via one of a system information message or a downlink control information (DCI) message. The processor is operably coupled to the receiver circuitry and configured to: select a RA preamble sequence; generate a payload; and spread the payload via a spreading sequence. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit, based on the RA resource allocation information, a RA message comprising the RA preamble sequence and the payload, wherein the RA message is transmitted in a RA slot. The receiver circuitry is further configured to receive a response comprising a device identity of the UE and one of an uplink (UL) grant or a RA reject message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kathiravetpillai Sivanesan, Yaser M. Fouad, Vesh Raj Sharma Banjade, Joonbeom Kim, Balkan Kecicioglu, Rath Vannithamby
  • Patent number: 11924007
    Abstract: To obtain delay spread estimations and/or Doppler spread estimations, data representing received data is input to at least one trained model, the trained model outputting spread estimations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Faycal Ait Aoudia, Jakob Hoydis
  • Patent number: 11916609
    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, information indicating a Layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio (L1-SINR) measurement capability of the UE. In some aspects, the information indicating the L1-SINR measurement capability may include one or more individual configurations for one or more resources to carry a reference signal. The UE may receive, from the base station, a reference signal carried on the one or more resources based at least in part on the L1-SINR measurement capability. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Lei Xiao, Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Yong Li
  • Patent number: 11917562
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for Vehicle-to-Everything synchronization for a first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11910334
    Abstract: A method for transmitting synchronization indication information includes: determining, in alternative offset transmission positions, an actual offset transmission position of a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SSB) to be transmitted; generating actual sending position indication information according to the actual offset transmission position; and transmitting the SSB at the actual offset transmission position, and transmitting the actual sending position indication information through a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11902141
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to, e.g., a method performed by a user equipment, UE, for handling signal measurements. The UE determines whether one or more conditions are fulfilled for indicating that a radio condition is below a certain level. In response to determining that one or more conditions are fulfilled and thereby indicating the radio condition is below a threshold, the UE transmits a report with restricted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Pradeepa Ramachandra, Jens Bergqvist, Nicklas Johansson
  • Patent number: 11902405
    Abstract: A communication apparatus for selecting a plurality of messages each including destination information indicating a common transmission destination from among a plurality of messages each including destination information indicating a transmission destination, a first generation unit configured to generate a plurality of transmission packets corresponding to the messages selected, in a batch, and a second generation unit configured to generate a transmission packet corresponding to a message not selected among the plurality of messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koji Churei
  • Patent number: 11902918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and in particular, to a method and a device therefor, in which a sequence for a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) is generated on the basis of a specific cyclic shift value, and the PSSS is transmitted to a second device on the basis of the generated sequence, wherein the specific cyclic shift value is one of a plurality of first cyclic shift values for the PSSS, the plurality of first cyclic shift values are on the basis of a certain ratio being applied to offsets of second cyclic shift values for a downlink primary synchronization signal (DL PSS) sequence, and the intervals between the plurality of first cyclic shift values are maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Ko, Youngsub Kim, Hanbyul Seo, Sukhyon Yoon, Hyukjin Chae
  • Patent number: 11902816
    Abstract: In a wireless network, a base station may configure a victim user equipment (UE) experiencing interference with a periodic measurement resource using Layer 3 (L3) signaling, and the UE may report cross-link interference (CLI) measurements to the base station using L3 messages. However, using L3 signaling to configure interference measurement and reporting may result in an inflexible interference measurement configuration and a long latency to report CLI and/or self-interference feedback. Furthermore, although Layer 1 and/or Layer 2 (L1/L2) CLI reporting may be more suitable to track and adapt to dynamic changes in interference conditions, L1/L2 signaling increases control signaling and CLI management overhead at the base station. Accordingly, some aspects described herein relate to an adaptive L3 CLI measurement and reporting framework, where L3 messages may include one or more adaptive fields to support flexibility in configuring CLI measurement and/or CLI reporting parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Huilin Xu, Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Seyedkianoush Hosseini
  • Patent number: 11895191
    Abstract: A mobile Internet-of-Things (IoT) edge device, comprising a reconfigurable processor unit including a substrate; a die stack coupled to the substrate and having a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) die element and a reconfigurable die element capable of serving as storage memory or as configuration memory based on configuration information; and a processor coupled to the substrate and configured to cooperate with the die stack for processing data; and a processor-independent connectivity unit coupled to the reconfigurable processor unit and including an antenna; a radio-frequency chip (RFIC) coupled to the antenna and configured to receive incoming signals and transmit outgoing signals over the antenna; circuitry configured to translate the incoming signals to incoming data or transmit the outgoing data to outgoing signals; and a system interface configured to transmit the incoming data to the reconfigurable processor unit for processing, and configured to receive the outgoing data from the reconfigurable p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Arbor Company, LLLP
    Inventors: Darrel James Guzy, Sr., Wei-Ti Liu, Darrel James Guzy, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11889552
    Abstract: Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for receiving a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the present invention provides a method and an apparatus allowing a terminal to vary, according to base station settings or instructions, a reception time or reception timing, for a downlink control channel, transmitted from a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyoung Oh, Sungjin Park, Jeongho Yeo, Heedon Gha, Taehan Bae