Patents by Inventor Arash Mirbagheri

Arash Mirbagheri 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: 11553406
    Abstract: In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for determining, by a user equipment (UE), a first time period for an evaluation procedure during communications with a network entity; performing, by the UE, a first set of measurements of a quality of a first set of discovery reference signals during the first time period; and determining, by the UE, whether to initiate a set of actions associated with the evaluation procedure based on the first set of measurements of the quality of the first set of discovery reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Awlok Singh Josan, Arash Mirbagheri, Alessio Marcone
  • Patent number: 11540155
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration, the PRS configuration including at least a PRS periodicity defining repetitions of one or more PRS resources associated with at least a first transmission-reception point (TRP), receives a measurement gap configuration including at least a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) defining repetitions of a measurement gap, and performs one or more positioning measurements of at least the one or more PRS resources during one or more repetitions of a measurement period, the one or more repetitions of the measurement period having an effective measurement periodicity, the effective measurement periodicity based on an alignment periodicity and a time period T during which the UE can process a duration N of PRS symbols, the alignment periodicity based on the PRS periodicity and the MGRP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Arash Mirbagheri
  • Patent number: 11522744
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a set of resources, in a set of physical multicast channel symbols, for receiving a first type of reference signal and a second type of reference signal. The UE may receive one or more reference signal transmissions in accordance with the set of resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Ayan Sengupta, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Arash Mirbagheri, Chu-Hsiang Huang
  • Patent number: 11490393
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) transmits capability information indicating a maximum number of downlink resources for both positioning reference signal (PRS) resources and downlink resources for one or more second downlink channels or signals that the UE is capable of processing per unit of time, receives, from a serving transmission-reception point (TRP), a configuration of one or more downlink resources for the one or more second downlink channels or signals, wherein a number of the one or more downlink resources is less than the maximum number, and receives, from a location server, a configuration of one or more PRS resources for the serving TRP, one or more neighboring TRPs, or both, wherein a number of the one or more PRS resources is less than the maximum number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Arash Mirbagheri, Aamod Khandekar
  • Patent number: 11463221
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration for at least a first transmission-reception point (TRP), the PRS configuration including one or more repetitions of one or more PRS resources within a PRS resource set of a PRS instance associated with the TRP, beam sweeps one or more receive beams within the PRS instance based on a number of the one or more repetitions being greater than a number of repetitions of the one or more PRS resources needed to meet an accuracy requirement, and beam sweeps the one or more receive beams across a plurality of PRS instances associated with the TRP based on the number of the one or more repetitions not being greater than the number of repetitions of the one or more PRS resources needed to meet the accuracy requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Arash Mirbagheri, Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug
  • Patent number: 11438813
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications and capability signaling for enhanced handover processes are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a source base station, a band combination indicator to indicate at least one band combination supported by the UE. The source base station may transmit a source base station configuration and at least one band combination supported by the UE to a target base station for use during a handover procedure. The target base station may then transmit to the source base station, a target base station configuration to use in the handover procedure. The source base station may transmit to the UE, both base station configurations to be applied during the handover procedure which may include a number of band combinations. The UE may communicate during handover execution with both base stations using at least one band combination indicated in the received base station configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Prasad Reddy Kadiri, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Umesh Phuyal, Arash Mirbagheri, Masato Kitazoe
  • Patent number: 11395300
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communications. In an aspect, a network entity obtains a user equipment (UE) capability report, the UE capability report including first and second UE capabilities, the first UE capability indicating a capability of the UE to measure positioning signals in a first band, the second UE capability indicating a capability of the UE to measure positioning signals in a second band, and configures the UE with an indication of one or more downlink positioning signal resources for measurement by the UE based on a function of the first and second UE capabilities, the one or more downlink positioning signal resources being for transmission by one or more transmission/reception points (TRPs), each downlink positioning signal resource occupying a frequency region that is at least part of the first or second band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug, Sven Fischer, Arash Mirbagheri, Peter Gaal
  • Publication number: 20220141793
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a network node performs one or more positioning measurements of one or more types of positioning measurements of one or more reference signals, and reports, to a positioning entity, the one or more positioning measurements and one or more measurement quality values representing a measurement quality of the one or more positioning measurements, the one or more measurement quality values based on measurement quality reporting parameters, wherein the measurement quality reporting parameters comprise a minimum error value, a maximum error value, a number of bits used for the one or more measurement quality values, a scaling function or an identifier of the scaling function, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG, Sony AKKARAKARAN, Arash MIRBAGHERI, Tao LUO, Peter GAAL
  • Patent number: 11323980
    Abstract: A base station may calculate a scheduling value based on at least one of a number of groups associated with a set of UEs operating on a cell provided by the base station a radio frame number, or a subframe number. The base station may send, based on the calculated scheduling value, at least one NRS in at least one PO on a narrowband control channel. A UE may receive, from the base station providing the cell, information associated with at least one PO for the UE. The UE may determine, based on the received information, scheduling information associated with at least one NRS in the at least one PO. The UE may detect the at least one NRS in the at least one PO on a narrowband control channel when the determined scheduling information indicates the at least one NRS is in the at least one PO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Alberto Rico Alvarino, Le Liu, Arash Mirbagheri, Umesh Phuyal, Mungal Singh Dhanda, Ayan Sengupta
  • Patent number: 11265932
    Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for wireless communication at a User Equipment (UE). The UE receives a second random access message from the base station after transmitting a first random access message. The second random access message comprises a random access response (RAR) that indicates a narrowband to be used for receiving a fourth random access message. The apparatus determines whether to perform a measurement of the narrowband for the fourth random access message based on an amount of time between receiving the second random access message and transmitting a third random access message. The base station may determine whether the report comprises a measurement of the first narrowband or the second narrowband based on an amount of time between the second random access message and the third random access message or based on an indication in the third random access message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mungal Singh Dhanda, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Arash Mirbagheri, Le Liu, Ayan Sengupta
  • Publication number: 20220046444
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration, the PRS configuration indicating at least a muting bitmap, a muting type, a PRS periodicity, or any combination thereof, receives a measurement gap configuration, the measurement gap configuration indicating one or more measurement gaps and a measurement gap periodicity, and performs positioning measurements, mobility measurements, or both within the one or more measurement gaps based on a carrier-specific scaling factor (CSSF) for the one or more measurement gaps, the CSSF determined based on the PRS periodicity, the measurement gap periodicity, a size of the muting bitmap, the muting type, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Arash MIRBAGHERI
  • Publication number: 20220038927
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration, the PRS configuration including at least a PRS periodicity defining repetitions of one or more PRS resources associated with at least a first transmission-reception point (TRP), receives a measurement gap configuration including at least a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) defining repetitions of a measurement gap, and performs one or more positioning measurements of at least the one or more PRS resources during one or more repetitions of a measurement period, the one or more repetitions of the measurement period having an effective measurement periodicity, the effective measurement periodicity based on an alignment periodicity and a time period T during which the UE can process a duration N of PRS symbols, the alignment periodicity based on the PRS periodicity and the MGRP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Sony AKKARAKARAN, Arash MIRBAGHERI
  • Patent number: 11240778
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a network node performs one or more positioning measurements of one or more types of positioning measurements of one or more reference signals, and reports, to a positioning entity, the one or more positioning measurements and one or more measurement quality values representing a measurement quality of the one or more positioning measurements, the one or more measurement quality values based on measurement quality reporting parameters, wherein the measurement quality reporting parameters comprise a minimum error value, a maximum error value, a number of bits used for the one or more measurement quality values, a scaling function or an identifier of the scaling function, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug, Sony Akkarakaran, Arash Mirbagheri, Tao Luo, Peter Gaal
  • Publication number: 20210360570
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured for position determination receives positioning assistance data from a location server that is positioning method specific and provides information related to the prioritization of one or more of frequency layers, transmission points (TRPs), Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) resource sets, and PRS resources or a combination thereof. The positioning assistance data may be generated by the location server in response to the UE measurement capabilities. The UE determines a prioritization for PRS measurements based at least on one or more orderings of the information for the frequency layers, the TRPs, the PRS resource sets, or the PRS resources in the positioning assistance data, or a combination thereof and the positioning method. Downlink PRS are measured by the UE based on the prioritization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Sven FISCHER, Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG, Arash MIRBAGHERI, Peter Gaal
  • Publication number: 20210360554
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a wireless user equipment (UE) establishing and utilizing a reference timing for a carrier or cell with multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs). A UE may receive a downlink signal on each of a plurality of component carriers (CCs), and determine respective timing events (e.g., slot boundaries, subframe boundaries, etc.) corresponding to each of the plurality of CCs. The UE may then determine a reference time for a first CC of the plurality of CCs. This reference time corresponds to a function of two or more timing events corresponding to different TRPs utilizing the first CC. The UE then determines a relative timing difference between the plurality of CCs based on this determined reference time. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described, including determining and utilizing a reference time on an uplink CC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul ISLAM, Mostafa KHOSHNEVISAN, Yuanning YU, Valentin Alexandru GHEORGHIU, Arash MIRBAGHERI
  • Publication number: 20210360578
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a network entity, a configuration of one or more positioning reference signal (PRS) resources to measure during a positioning session, the one or more PRS resources having a PRS periodicity TPRS and a PRS occasion length LPRS, and measures the one or more PRS resources during a measurement period, wherein the measurement period is based on a number of measurement instances of the one or more PRS resources the UE is expected to process multiplied by a periodicity parameter, wherein the periodicity parameter is based on a PRS processing window of ‘T’ milliseconds, the PRS periodicity TPRS, and a measurement gap periodicity of at least one measurement gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Arash MIRBAGHERI, Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG
  • Publication number: 20210337377
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) transmits, to a network entity, one or more capability messages indicating one or more capabilities of the UE to process positioning reference signals (PRS), the one or more capabilities indicating at least a duration of PRS that the UE can process within a measurement window without a measurement gap, and performs one or more positioning measurements of one or more PRS resources during the measurement window up to the duration of PRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Arash MIRBAGHERI, Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG
  • Publication number: 20210321314
    Abstract: Handling of listen before talk (LBT) failures during radio resource control (RRC) procedures is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to monitor for consistent uplink and downlink LBT failures on a bandwidth part (BWP) configured for a target cell. When the UE determines that consistent LBT failures are occurring with respect to the BWP, the UE may determine an LBT failure state on the BWP. In response, the UE may execute a recovery procedure, which may include selecting a new BWP associated with the target cell and having configured uplink resources, performing a cell reselection procedure, or switching to idle in order to perform cell selection. The UE may then report the LBT failures according to cell identification and BWP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ozcan Ozturk, Xiaoxia Zhang, Arash Mirbagheri
  • Publication number: 20210320773
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration for at least a first transmission-reception point (TRP), the PRS configuration including one or more repetitions of one or more PRS resources within a PRS resource set of a PRS instance associated with the TRP, beam sweeps one or more receive beams within the PRS instance based on a number of the one or more repetitions being greater than a number of repetitions of the one or more PRS resources needed to meet an accuracy requirement, and beam sweeps the one or more receive beams across a plurality of PRS instances associated with the TRP based on the number of the one or more repetitions not being greater than the number of repetitions of the one or more PRS resources needed to meet the accuracy requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Arash MIRBAGHERI, Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG
  • Publication number: 20210314800
    Abstract: In an aspect, a UE receives, from a network entity, a configuration of PRS or SRS-P resources for a positioning session, receives a configuration of at least one BWP from a serving BS, identifies a time-domain period for the positioning session where a set of parameters associated with the at least one BWP is to remain constant to achieve a first positioning accuracy requirement. The UE either performs positioning measurements on one or more of the PRS resources during the positioning session or transmits on one or more of the SRS-P resources during the positioning session. The UE determines an active BWP transition during the time-domain period from a first BWP to a second BWP that is associated with one or more changes to the set of parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Sony AKKARAKARAN, Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG, Arash MIRBAGHERI