Patents by Inventor Afshin Haghighat

Afshin Haghighat has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11606128
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems are provided for transmission of a CSI report. A WTRU may receive an aperiodic CSI reporting request on a PDCCH. The WTRU may determine a time gap between a last symbol of the PDCCH of which the aperiodic CSI reporting request is received and a first uplink symbol of a designated uplink channel for transmission of a corresponding aperiodic CSI report. The determination of the time gap may include consideration of a timing advance value. A determination may be made as to whether a time threshold is shorter than the determined time gap. If the determined time gap is not shorter than the time threshold, the WTRU may transmit the CSI report. If the determined time gap is shorter than the threshold, the WTRU may not transmit the CSI report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Afshin Haghighat, Loic Canonne-Velasquez, Oghenekome Oteri
  • Patent number: 11606751
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for addressing power savings signals in wireless communication. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may monitor for an energy saving signal (ESS) while the WTRU is asleep (e.g., prior to a discontinuous reception (DRX) ON duration that includes one or more search spaces). The WTRU may measure the energy of the ESS. If the ESS is below a threshold, the WTRU fallback to a default operation or continue in a current operating mode (e.g., remain asleep to save power). If the ESS is above a threshold, the ESS may be received using a coverage enhancement (CE) level based on a parameter associated with a search space. The parameter may be the highest aggregation level of the one or more search spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Erdem Bala, Afshin Haghighat
  • Publication number: 20230064231
    Abstract: A method and apparatus may comprise receiving zone configuration information pertaining to one or more zones having one or more zone-ids. For each zone-id of the zone-ids, the configuration information may indicate one or more of a BRS, a set of TCI states for receiving a PDSCH transmission, a search space, a CORESET configuration or uplink resources. The method may further comprise determining a zone-id of the one or more zones-ids, based on a measurement of one or more BRSs indicated via the configuration information. An indication of the determined zone-id may be transmitted to a base station using uplink resources associated with the zone-id.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Afshin Haghighat, Moon-il Lee, Loic Canonne-Velasquez, Paul Marinier, Nazli Khan Beigi, Young Woo Kwak, Virgil Comsa, Prasanna Herath
  • Patent number: 11595905
    Abstract: The disclosed method and an apparatus are directed to determine an uplink transmission power in New Radio (NR) systems by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for transmitting at least one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), using multiple beams toward multiple Tx/Rx points (TRPs). The method includes determining common parameters that are common to the multiple beams. The method also includes determining beam-specific parameters like a configurable fractional power compensation factor for each beam, and a configurable maximum transmit power level for each beam, which are determined dynamically or semi-statically based on deployment, WTRU mobility, or interference level. The method further includes transmitting at least one codeword using at least one of the multiple beams, each of the multiple beams having a transmission power calculated based on the common parameters and the beam-specific parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Afshin Haghighat, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Loic Canonne-Velasquez, Moon-il Lee, Virgil Comsa
  • Publication number: 20230032986
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are disclosed. One representative method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit includes determining a first beamforming matrix; sending, to a network entity, an indication of the first beamforming matrix; and receiving, from the network entity, an indication of a second beamforming matrix determined by the network entity from at least the first beamforming matrix for beamforming data for transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Afshin Haghighat, Liangping Ma, Erdem Bala, Oghenekome Oteri, Moon-il Lee, Sanjeewa Herath
  • Patent number: 11569885
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems are provided for transmission of a CSI report. A WTRU may receive an aperiodic CSI reporting request on a PDCCH. The WTRU may determine a time gap between a last symbol of the PDCCH of which the aperiodic CSI reporting request is received and a first uplink symbol of a designated uplink channel for transmission of a corresponding aperiodic CSI report. The determination of the time gap may include consideration of a timing advance value. A determination may be made as to whether a time threshold is shorter than the determined time gap. If the determined time gap is not shorter than the time threshold, the WTRU may transmit the CSI report. If the determined time gap is shorter than the threshold, the WTRU may not transmit the CSI report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Afshin Haghighat, Loic Canonne-Velasquez, Oghenekome Oteri
  • Patent number: 11528069
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for reference signal configuration for multiple panels with panel-specific channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) configurations and quasi-collocation (QCL) indication, including QCL type definition and indication for panel-specific CSI-RS configurations. Exemplary embodiments further provide multi-component precoder structure with panel specific component precoder and panel common precoder. Embodiments include: (semi)-open-loop schemes using random precoding for panel common precoder and/or panel specific precoder; panel selection/restriction with panel common precoder; MU-MIMO operation using different set of panels; and panel-wise CSI reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Oghenekome Oteri, Afshin Haghighat, Erdem Bala, Liangping Ma, Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Robert L. Olesen, Loic Canonne-Velasquez
  • Publication number: 20220377681
    Abstract: Systems for performing radiation exposure monitoring that accommodate operating in multiple frequency bands are provided. A WTRU may be configured to monitor radiation exposure by determining an averaged power over an evaluation period. The radiation may be measured over a moving averaging window. The averaged measured power may be compared against SAR or MPE limits which may be defined in terms of normalized fractions or ratios in dB. The WTRU may be configured to measure for an averaged power periodically and/or in response to triggers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Virgil Comsa, Paul Marinier, Afshin Haghighat, Moon-il Lee
  • Patent number: 11502887
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing autonomous transmission for performing collision mitigation and complexity reduction for non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) transmissions are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a configuration with multiple SRs and associated preamble subsets, randomly select a preamble subset and select a SR configuration according to the randomly selected preamble subset based on the received configuration. The WTRU may transmit an SR associated with the selected preamble subset. Next the WTRU may select a preamble from the selected preamble subset, and transmit the selected preamble with a data transmission. Each SR associated with preamble subsets may be distinguished by time and frequency resources, sequence index value, or PUCCH index value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Oghenekome Oteri, Loic Canonne-Velasquez, Fengjun Xi, Afshin Haghighat, Prasanna Herath Mudiyanselage, Chunxuan Ye
  • Patent number: 11489563
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are disclosed. One representative method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit includes determining a first beamforming matrix; sending, to a network entity, an indication of the first beamforming matrix; and receiving, from the network entity, an indication of a second beamforming matrix determined by the network entity from at least the first beamforming matrix for beamforming data for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Afshin Haghighat, Liangping Ma, Erdem Bala, Oghenekome Oteri, Moon-il Lee, Sanjeewa Herath
  • Publication number: 20220311560
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive first uplink (UL)-downlink (DL) configuration information indicating a first UL-DL configuration, and may receive second UL-DL configuration information indicating a second UL-DL configuration. The WTRU may receive a physical downlink shared control channel (PDSCH) transmission in a DL direction of one or more first symbols in a first subframe. The DL direction of the one or more first symbols may be based on the first UL-DL configuration and the second UL-DL configuration. The WTRU may transmit first acknowledgement (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) information in a UL direction of one or more second symbols in the first subframe. The first ACK/NACK information may be based on the PDSCH transmission. The UL direction of the one or more second symbols may be based on the first UL-DL configuration and the second UL-DL configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Afshin Haghighat, Moon-il Lee
  • Publication number: 20220295322
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for panel activation and/or deactivation for uplink multi-in multi-out (MIMO) transmission are disclosed. A device, such as a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may have one or more antennal panels. Each panel may have an identifier (ID). Based on reported feedback that includes measurement information, one or more panels may be activated or deactivated. In some embodiments, a gNB may determine whether to activate or deactivate a panel. In other embodiments, a WTRU may determine to activate or deactivate a panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Afshin Haghighat, Ghyslain Pelletier, Mouna Hajir, J. Patrick Tooher, Nazli Khan Beigi
  • Publication number: 20220286192
    Abstract: A WTRU may include a memory and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive beam grouping information from a gNB or transmission and reception point (TRP). The beam grouping information may indicate a group of beams that the WTRU may report using group-based reporting. The group-based reporting may be a reduced level of reporting compared to a beam-based reporting. The group-based report may include measurement information for a representative beam. The representative beam may be one of the beams in the group or represents an average of the beams in the group. Alternatively, the representative beam may be a beam that has a maximum measurement value compared to other beams in the group. The group-based report may include a reference signal received power (RSRP) for the representative beam and a differential RSRP for each additional beam in the beam group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Fengjun Xi, Afshin Haghighat, Oghenekome Oteri, Chunxuan Ye, Frank LaSita, Robert Olesen, Moon-Il Lee
  • Publication number: 20220255710
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a PDCCH transmission comprising a CCE that is mapped to one or more REGs based on a CCE-to-REG mapping. The WTRU may receive the CCE-to-REG mapping that indicates a REG bundle corresponding to the CCE and use the CCE-to-REG mapping to identify the REGs for the WTRU. Depending on whether the CCE-to-REG mapping is interleaving or noninterleaving, the CCE-to-REG mapping may be based on different parameters. If the CCE-to-REG mapping is interleaving, the CCE-to-REG mapping may be based on an index associated with the CCE and a number of REGs in the REG bundle. If the CCE-to-REG mapping is noninterleaving, the CCE-to-REG mapping may be based on the index of the CCE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Moon-il Lee, Afshin Haghighat, Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Oghenekome Oteri
  • Patent number: 11381357
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive, in a first subframe, downlink control information (DCI) including a grant for a physical downlink shared control channel (PDSCH) and an indication of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources. Further, the WTRU may receive, in the first subframe, data on the PDSCH based on the grant. Also, the WTRU may generate first acknowledgement (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) information based on the data received on the PDSCH. Accordingly, the WTRU may transmit, in the first subframe, the first ACK/NACK information in a PUCCH transmission. In an example, the first ACK/NACK information may be transmitted in a time slot in the first subframe different from a time slot in the first subframe in which the DCI is received. Also, transmitting the PUCCH transmission may have a duration of one or two symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Afshin Haghighat, Moon-il Lee
  • Patent number: 11374644
    Abstract: A WTRU may include a memory and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive beam grouping information from a gNB or transmission and reception point (TRP). The beam grouping information may indicate a group of beams that the WTRU may report using group-based reporting. The group-based reporting may be a reduced level of reporting compared to a beam-based reporting. The group-based report may include measurement information for a representative beam. The representative beam may be one of the beams in the group or represents an average of the beams in the group. Alternatively, the representative beam may be a beam that has a maximum measurement value compared to other beams in the group. The group-based report may include a reference signal received power (RSRP) for the representative beam and a differential RSRP for each additional beam in the beam group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Fengjun Xi, Afshin Haghighat, Oghenekome Oteri, Chunxuan Ye, Frank La Sita, Robert L. Olesen, Moon-il Lee
  • Publication number: 20220200755
    Abstract: A system, method, and device for ensuring a number of Phase Tracking Reference Signal(s) (PT-RSs) are the same for multiple slots. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive control information including a number of scheduled resource blocks (RBs) then determine a PT-RS density based on the number of scheduled RBs. The WTRU may determine a RB offset value for the WTRU based on a WTRU-ID modulo the maximum RB offset value, where the maximum value for the RB offset value may be based on at least one of the number of the scheduled RBs and the PT-RS density. The WTRU may then transmit or receive a signal with PT-RS based on the RB offset value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Alphan Sahin, Erdem Bala, Afshin Haghighat, Frank LaSita, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz
  • Publication number: 20220190906
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a random access channel (RACH) message-A to a gNB. The WTRU may receive a RACH message-B from the gNB in response to the message-A. The message-B may comprise downlink control information (DCI). The WTRU may decode a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based on the DCI. The WTRU may determine that contention resolution is successful. The WTRU may determine a resource for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The WTRU may transmit a HARQ-ACK over the determined PUCCH resource. The WTRU may determine the resource for the PUCCH based on a PUCCH resource index. The PUCCH resource index may be based on a random access preamble index (RAPID) and a PUCCH resource indicator (PRI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Afshin Haghighat, Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Loic Cannone-Velasquez, Faris Alfarhan, J. Patrick TOOHER
  • Publication number: 20220150875
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a first signal including a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS). The PSS and SSS may be received in a resource block of a cell and the resource block may have a first numerology. Further, the first numerology may have a first subcarrier spacing, while other resources of the cell at a same time as the resource block may have a second numerology with a different subcarrier spacing than the first numerology. In addition, the WTRU may determine synchronization based on the PSS and SSS. Also, the WTRU may receive a second signal in the cell, and the second signal may have the second numerology. Moreover, the WTRU may transmit user data. In a further example, the WTRU may search a frequency raster for the PSS and the SSS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Erdem Bala, Afshin Haghighat, Mihaela C. Beluri, Rui Yang, Ananth Kini, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Alphan Sahin
  • Publication number: 20220150887
    Abstract: A method performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include receiving configuration information for reporting a power headroom (PH) associated with each of a plurality of cells, wherein a first cell uses first time intervals each having a first length and a second cell uses second time intervals each having a second length. The method may include transmitting a first uplink transmission using a first carrier frequency associated with the first cell and transmitting, in one of the second time intervals that is fully overlapped by the one of the first time intervals, based on the received configuration information, a report including information indicating a first PH corresponding to the one of the first time intervals and a second PH corresponding to the earliest one in time of the second time intervals that is fully overlapped by the one of the first time intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Bala Erdem, Afshin Haghighat, Mihaela C. Beluri