Patents Examined by Zhiren Qin
  • Patent number: 11792888
    Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The UE may be configured for carrier aggregation (CA) in which a plurality of component carriers (CCs) are aggregated. The UE may determine a mapping of the CCs to a plurality of antenna panels for downlink reception, wherein a subset of the CCs are mapped to each antenna panel. The UE may transmit, to the gNB, radio resource control (RRC) signaling that indicates information related to the mapping. The gNB may, based at least partly on the mapping, determine, for each CC: a first scheduled time period for transmit beam refinement, and a second scheduled time period for receive beam refinement at the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Michael A. Ruder, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 11784734
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method performed by a communication device. The method includes obtaining, in frequency domain, channel estimation for a transmission unit for a channel between the communication device and another communication device, and calculating correlation coefficients for the transmission unit based on the channel estimation. The method also includes obtaining a delay spread for the channel from the calculated correlation coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Wei Zhou, Peng Li, Luanxia Yang
  • Patent number: 11784910
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed, for using Intermediate System to Intermediate System, IS-IS, as control plane for Shortest Path Bridging, SPB, in a network comprising at least a Service Provider Network, SPN (101), and at least two Backbone Edge Bridges, BEBs (121i), connected to the SPN (101). The method comprises, and the BEBs are configured to: forming adjacency between BEBs through LAN Hellos, electing one of the BEBs as a Designated IS, DIS, and an emulated pseudonode, all BEBs creating and flooding non-pseudonode level-1 LSPs, the DIS creating and flooding a Pseudonode level-1 ESP, and periodically sending Complete Sequence Number PDUs, CSNPs, to the other BEBs, and running Shortest Path First, SPF, to calculate the shortest path in the network between BEBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ALE USA INC.
    Inventors: Sanjeeva Reddy Yerrapureddy, Pramoda Nallur
  • Patent number: 11785659
    Abstract: A disclosure of this specification provides a device configured to operate in a wireless system. The device may comprise: a transceiver configured with an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)-New Radio (NR) Dual Connectivity (EN-DC). The EN-DC may be configured to use three bands. The device may comprise: a processor operably connectable to the transceiver. The processer may be configured to: control the transceiver to receive a downlink signal and control the transceiver to transmit an uplink signal via at least two bands among the three bands. A value of Maximum Sensitivity Degradation (MSD) may be applied to a reference sensitivity. The value of the MSD may be pre-configured for one or more band combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suhwan Lim, Yoonoh Yang, Sangwook Lee, Manyoung Jung, Jinyup Hwang, Jongkeun Park
  • Patent number: 11778479
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to downlink performance of a UE in a wireless communication network are provided. For example, method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising determining a level of interference to a reference signal received from a serving base station operating a first radio access technology (RAT) and switching, based on the determined level of interference, a radio access technology mode preference of the UE to a second RAT, the second RAT being different from the first RAT. Other features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Akash Kumar, Marian Madan
  • Patent number: 11770826
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine, during a multi-slot downlink transmission, that a mapping from a transmission configuration information (TCI) state index to a first TCI state configuration has changed to a second TCI state configuration. The UE may select, based at least in part on the determined change, the first TCI state configuration or the second TCI state configuration to use for at least a portion of the multi-slot downlink transmission. The UE may receive the multi-slot downlink transmission during one or more slots according to the selected TCI state configuration and the TCI state index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Kiran Venugopal, Tianyang Bai
  • Patent number: 11770837
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless communications are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a base station configures a first uplink resource. The first uplink resource is defined using configuration parameters including at least one of a time-domain starting point of the first uplink resource, a time-domain duration of the first uplink resource, or a frequency-domain range of the first uplink resource. The base station transmits to a wireless communication device an indication that uplink transmission on a second uplink resource within the first uplink resource is canceled. The wireless communication device cancels the uplink transmission on the second uplink resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Peng Hao, Kai Xiao, Xianghui Han
  • Patent number: 11764922
    Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device for enabling a determination of a reference signal configuration for downlink transmissions in a wireless communications network is provided. The wireless device obtains information indicating the number of used transform coefficients of the total number of transform coefficients determined in a transform-based channel estimator in the wireless device upon receiving a first downlink transmission according to a first reference signal configuration. Also, the wireless device determines, based on the obtained information, if the first reference signal configuration for downlink transmissions to the wireless device is to be modified or not. A wireless device for enabling a determination of a reference signal configuration for downlink transmissions in a wireless communications network is also provided. Further, a network node and method therein for determining a reference signal configuration for transmissions in a wireless communications network are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Karl Werner, Esther Sienkiewicz, Oskar Nordmark
  • Patent number: 11765604
    Abstract: The disclosed system obtains an indication of a configuration update to perform on a component of a network and an indication of the component associated with the network. The configuration update is performed in multiple stages, including a pre-check stage, a configuration stage, and a verification stage. In the pre-check stage, the system obtains a parameter and an expected value of the parameter associated with the component. The system determines whether the component satisfies the expected value of the parameter by obtaining a value of the parameter associated with the component and comparing the obtained value to the expected value. Upon determining that the component satisfies the expected value of the parameter, the system performs the configuration stage. Upon performing the configuration update, the system performs the verification stage by testing whether the component is functioning. Upon determining that the component is functioning, the system provides the configuration update to UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Matthew Blizard, Matthew Lawrence Miller, Tod Shepherd, Andrew Hemmerlein, Anand Injeti, Harika Nagilla
  • Patent number: 11758605
    Abstract: A disclosure of this specification provides a device configured to operate in a wireless system, the device comprising: a transceiver configured with an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)-New Radio (NR) Dual Connectivity (EN-DC), wherein the EN-DC is configured to use three bands, a processor operably connectable to the transceiver, wherein the processer is configured to: control the transceiver to receive a downlink signal, control the transceiver to transmit an uplink signal via at least two bands among the three bands, wherein a value of Maximum Sensitivity Degradation (MSD) is applied to a reference sensitivity for receiving the downlink signal, wherein the value of the MSD is 4.5 dB for band n5, based on the three bands being bands 13, n5 and n77.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suhwan Lim, Yoonoh Yang, Sangwook Lee, Jinyup Hwang, Jinwoong Park
  • Patent number: 11758425
    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. The UE may receive, from the base station, a reference signal carried on one or more resources based at least in part on the L1-SINR measurement capability. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jung Ho Ryu, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11743176
    Abstract: Disclosed is a packet processing method and system, and a device. A status value used to identify a topology status of service nodes at a specified time is preconfigured for a packet in a packet flow, so that when a service node in a next hop is selected for the packet, selection is performed not based on a topology status of current actual service nodes in the next hop, but based on the topology status, which is identified by the status value, of the service nodes at the specified time. As long as status values carried in packets in a same packet flow are the same, even if a topology status of service nodes changes, a same service node can still be selected for the packets in the same packet flow, thereby avoiding a problem of diversion of the packets in the same packet flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Huang
  • Patent number: 11743752
    Abstract: Disclosed are various techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may determine a plurality of measurement gap (MG) configurations, each MG configuration defining one or more MGs. The UE may send, to a serving base station, a request to use a first MG configuration from the plurality of MG configurations, and may receive a response to the first request. The UE then measures positioning signals using an MG configuration indicated by the response. Based on measurements of the first set of positioning signals, the UE may select a second MG configuration, send a second request to use the second MG configuration, and receive a response to the second request. The UE then measures a second set of positioning signals using an MG configuration indicated by the response to the second request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Mukesh Kumar, Srinivas Yerramalli
  • Patent number: 11743021
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration for a channel measurement (CM) process indicating at least one channel measurement resource (CMR) associated with quasi co-location (QCL) information, wherein the QCL information corresponds to a transmit (Tx) beam of the base station associated with a receive (Rx) beam of the UE; receive a configuration for an interference measurement (IM) process indicating at least one interference measurement resource (IMR) associated with a UE beam pair comprising the Rx beam of the UE and a Tx beam of the UE; perform a self-interference measurement (SIM), wherein the SIM procedure is based at least in part on the CM process and the IM process; and transmit, to the base station, a measurement report based at least in part on the SIM procedure. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Juan Montojo, Tao Luo, Navid Abedini
  • Patent number: 11729655
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may determine a phase noise profile and may transmit the phase noise profile to a receiving device. The receiving device may use the phase noise profile and received phase tracking reference signals to more accurately determine phase errors on a wireless channel between the two devices and compensate for the phase noise errors. In examples where the UE transmits the phase noise profile to the base station, the UE may include the phase noise profile in a measurement report or in a radio resource control (RRC) message, among other examples. In examples where the base station transmits the phase noise profile to a UE, the base station may include the phase noise profile in a broadcast message, a unicast message, or an RRC message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Morteza Soltani, Jun Ma, Iyab Issam Sakhnini, Hemant Saggar
  • Patent number: 11729747
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive, from a wireless network, information including a plurality of first values and queue limit information, wherein each of the plurality of first values is associated with at least one radio bearer. Further, the UE is configured to transmit a plurality of buffer occupancy indicators, wherein each buffer occupancy indicator is associated with at least one queue. The UE is further configured, in response to the transmitted plurality of buffer occupancy indicators, to receive, from the wireless network, an uplink resource allocation. The UE is determined, based on the received queue limit information, select a limited number of queues for providing data for transmission and to transmit the data based on the first value associated with the select queue of the selected limited number of queues in resources determined from the received uplink resource allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Timothy J. Speight
  • Patent number: 11723058
    Abstract: A method of frequency resource allocation for Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) in a wireless communication system includes transmitting, from a base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE), a CSI-RS using a CSI-RS resource, calculating, with the UE, CSI based on the CSI-RS, and reporting, from the UE to the BS, the CSI. The CSI-RS resource in a frequency domain is allocated to one or more frequency resources that are part of a carrier bandwidth. The method further includes notifying, with the BS, the UE of a location of the one or more frequency resources in the frequency domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kakishima, Chongning Na, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11722839
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, and computer programs for self-learning geofences is disclosed. In one aspect, a method involves gathering a plurality of data points associated with one or more Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) deployers; determining respective identifiers of the one or more CBRS deployers associated with the plurality of data points; clustering, based on the respective identifiers of the one or more CBRS deployers, the plurality of data points into one or more clusters, where each cluster is associated with one of the one or more CBRS deployers, and where each cluster is associated with a geofence of a network of the one or more CBRS deployers; identifying an opportunity for uploading the one or more clusters to a central server; and uploading the one or more clusters to the central server during the identified opportunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Raj Sukumar Chaugule, En Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11722371
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for optimizing user experience by utilizing at least one self-organizing network (SON) is provided. The present invention may include generating one or more predictions associated with one or more optimizations for a plurality of unstructured data associated with one or more combined data sets. The present invention may then include transferring the generated one or more predictions associated with the one or more optimizations to at least one SON controller. The present invention may further include implementing the one or more optimizations to an antennae signal to determine a relationship with the implemented one or more optimizations and the plurality of unstructured data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruno dos Santos Silva, Diogo Tadeu Silva de Araujo
  • Patent number: 11706071
    Abstract: Aspects presented herein may improve the efficiency and performance of the tone reservation PAPR reduction technique by allocating peak reduction tone based at least in part on a channel condition, such as based on the signal to noise ratio of the channel. In some aspects, a transmitting device measures a signal to noise ratio for a plurality of tones within a frequency resource. The transmitting device selects a location of one or more reserved tones (e.g., peak reduction tones) among one or more tones based at least in part on an SNR for one or more tones. The transmitting device transmits data to a receiving device in a subset of the plurality of tones that does not include the one or more peak reduction tones. Other aspects and features are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Saeid Sahraei, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Gokul Sridharan, June Namgoong