Patents by Inventor Brian Classon

Brian Classon 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: 10595303
    Abstract: A method for operating a communications controller includes selecting a search space configuration out of a set of candidate search space configurations for a user equipment served by the communications controller, wherein the search space configuration specifies one or more search spaces to be monitored out of a set of search spaces, and signaling the selected search space configuration to the user equipment. The method provided in this embodiment can be applied to communication systems, such as V2X, LTE-V, V2V, Internet of Vehicles, MTC, IoT, LTE-M, M2M, Internet of Things, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Sartori, Jianghua Liu, Qiang Wu, Vipul Desai, Weimin Xiao, Brian Classon
  • Patent number: 10594446
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless communication method supporting hybrid automatic repeat request. The method includes: sending first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process quantity indication information to a user equipment UE; and if second HARQ process quantity indication information is further sent to the UE, determining a second HARQ process quantity according to the second HARQ process quantity indication information, and performing data transmission with the UE according to the determined second HARQ process quantity. Correspondingly, the present invention further provides a base station and the user equipment. In the present invention, the base station and the user equipment can perform data communication with the UE based on different HARQ timing relationships and HARQ process quantities, thereby being capable of better supporting UEs adopting different functional characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaobo Chen, Brian Classon, Vipul Desai
  • Publication number: 20200084795
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention propose a D2D communications method, apparatus, and system. In the solution, a D2D SPS available period in which a first terminal is capable of using a D2D SPS resource is greater than one SC period. Therefore, in the D2D SPS available period, the first terminal needs to determine the D2D SPS resource only one time, and a second terminal also needs to decode SCI only one time to determine the D2D SPS resource. In this way, the first terminal does not need to determine a D2D SPS resource in each SC period, and the second terminal also does not need to decode SCI in each SC period to determine the D2D SPS resource. Therefore, D2D communication efficiency is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Xiao XIAO, Brian CLASSON, Jiansong GAN
  • Patent number: 10574279
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting a reference signal in a cell that uses an unlicensed frequency band. The method includes determining a candidate resource set that is used when a first reference signal is transmitted in the cell that uses the unlicensed frequency band, where the candidate resource set includes a preset resource and at least one flexible candidate resource, determining a first candidate resource that is used when the first reference signal is transmitted in the cell that uses the unlicensed frequency band, where a channel on the unlicensed frequency band corresponding to the first candidate resource is in an idle state, and the first candidate resource is the preset resource or a flexible candidate resource in the candidate resource set, and sending the first reference signal on the first candidate resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Guan, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Brian Classon
  • Patent number: 10560908
    Abstract: A method and system for including a base station that configures a first user equipment (UE) that is in a radio resource control connected state with the base station. The UE is configured to be a synchronization source and transmit a first device-to-device synchronization signal (D2DSS) by using a synchronization resource that comprises a time resource, a frequency resource or a time and frequency resource. The base station instructs the first UE to transmit the first D2DSS using the synchronization resource. The base station signals the UE to configure the UE separately from the signal to transmit the D2DSS, and both of the signals are performed with radio resource control signaling from the base station to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Sartori, Deping Liu, Brian Classon, Qiang Li
  • Patent number: 10555271
    Abstract: An embodiment method for operating a base station includes instructing, by the base station, a mobile device to transmit, over grouped communications resources, a first instance of a data structure for D2D signaling. The data structure includes a first data field that indicates at least one of a D2D frame number, a D2D multiplexing configuration, a resource allocation for D2D signaling, an identifier of a D2D synchronization source, a type of a D2D synchronization source, or whether the mobile device is in coverage of a network. The data structure also includes a second data field indicating at least one of whether a D2D signaling operation is prohibited, or a type of prohibited D2D signaling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Classon, Philippe Sartori
  • Patent number: 10555313
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an information processing method, user equipment, and a base station, where the information processing method includes: obtaining, by user equipment, a coverage enhancement requirement; and communicating, by the user equipment, with a base station according to the coverage enhancement requirement. The user equipment obtains the coverage enhancement requirement and communicates with the base station according to the coverage enhancement requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiangdong Zhang, Zheng Yu, Brian Classon
  • Patent number: 10548120
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an information acquiring method, including: acquiring initial information according to at least one preset resource set, where the at least one resource set is used to indicate a resource used to acquire the initial information. In the information acquiring method according to embodiments of the present invention, a terminal may receive the initial information by using a preset resource set without a need to detect a widest scope of resources, thereby improving receiving efficiency of the terminal, and further reducing power consumption of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinhuan Xia, Brian Classon, Xiangdong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200014497
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless communication method supporting hybrid automatic repeat request. The method includes: sending first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process quantity indication information to a user equipment UE; and if second HARQ process quantity indication information is further sent to the UE, determining a second HARQ process quantity according to the second HARQ process quantity indication information, and performing data transmission with the UE according to the determined second HARQ process quantity. Correspondingly, the present invention further provides a base station and the user equipment. In the present invention, the base station and the user equipment can perform data communication with the UE based on different HARQ timing relationships and HARQ process quantities, thereby being capable of better supporting UEs adopting different functional characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaobo Chen, Brian Classon, Vipul Desai
  • Publication number: 20200008203
    Abstract: A frequency domain resource configuration method and apparatus, the method including obtaining, by a base station, a first frequency hopping parameter set of UE in N sub-bands, where the N sub-bands have a mapping relationship with a frequency hopping pattern that is indicated by the first frequency hopping parameter set, where the sub-band is a length of consecutive frequency domain resources in a system bandwidth, and where N?1, and further including sending, by the base station, first configuration information to the UE, where the first configuration information includes sub-band identifiers of the N sub-bands and the first frequency hopping parameter set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jinhuan Xia, Brian Classon, Matthew William Webb
  • Patent number: 10524241
    Abstract: A control information transmission method, user equipment, and a base station, and belong to the field of wireless technologies. The method includes: acquiring, by user equipment, configuration information of an enhanced physical downlink control channel EPDCCH set; determining, by the user equipment according to the configuration information and from the EPDCCH set, at least one EPDCCH set in which an EPDCCH needs to be monitored; and monitoring, by the user equipment, an EPDCCH on a resource corresponding to the at least one EPDCCH set, to acquire control information sent by a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Cheng, Lixia Xue, Brian Classon
  • Publication number: 20190386802
    Abstract: A downlink channel decoding method, a downlink information transmission method, a user equipment, and a base station are provided. The downlink channel decoding method includes: determining, by a user equipment, a resource unit occupied by a DMRS; and decoding a downlink channel based on the DMRS transmitted on the resource unit. The present invention can enable different DMRS patterns to concurrently exist on an NCT carrier. In a downlink transmission process, a DMRS pattern used for downlink transmission is determined according to priorities of different channels and/or signals, which can ensure optimal performance of a high-priority channel and/or signal, and can further improve downlink transmission performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Yan CHENG, Yongxing ZHOU, Lixia XUE, Brian CLASSON
  • Publication number: 20190372726
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a base station configuring component carriers to user equipment (UE). The base station determines one or more component carriers to configure based on the UE carrier aggregation capability and sends a first configuration signaling to configure the UE with the component carriers in one or more component carrier sets. The base station configures each of the component carrier sets with a first common parameters and operations set and sends a second configuration signaling to configure the component carrier sets of the UE with the first common parameters and operations set. The base station then sends a third configuration signaling to configure each of the component carriers in the UE with a second parameters and operations set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jialing Liu, Brian Classon, Xiang Chen, Vipul Desai, Qian Cheng, Weimin Xiao
  • Publication number: 20190364569
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an information processing method, user equipment, and a base station, where the information processing method includes: a terminal sends a random access preamble sequence according to a first coverage enhancement requirement corresponding to a first precision to a base station. The terminal receives a coverage enhancement requirement indication message, wherein the coverage enhancement requirement indication message indicates a second coverage enhancement requirement corresponding to a second precision from the base station. The terminal communicates with the base station according to the second coverage enhancement requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Xiangdong Zhang, Zheng Yu, Brian Classon
  • Patent number: 10492218
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention propose a D2D communications method, apparatus, and system. In the solution, a D2D SPS available period in which a first terminal is capable of using a D2D SPS resource is greater than one SC period. Therefore, in the D2D SPS available period, the first terminal needs to determine the D2D SPS resource only one time, and a second terminal also needs to decode SCI only one time to determine the D2D SPS resource. In this way, the first terminal does not need to determine a D2D SPS resource in each SC period, and the second terminal also does not need to decode SCI in each SC period to determine the D2D SPS resource. Therefore, D2D communication efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao xiao, Brian Classon, Jiansong Gan
  • Patent number: 10455563
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose a method, a device, and an apparatus for determining a downlink parameter. The method may include: receiving category information and modulation information that are reported by UE, where the category information includes a UE category of the UE, and the modulation information includes a highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE; and determining, as a downlink parameter of the UE, a downlink parameter that corresponds to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, where the downlink parameter of the UE is determined according to a correspondence from a UE category of the UE and a highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE to a downlink parameter of the UE as well as the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Xia, Yuan Xia, Brian Classon, Vipul Desai
  • Patent number: 10440714
    Abstract: A frequency domain resource configuration method and apparatus, the method including obtaining, by a base station, a first frequency hopping parameter set of UE in N sub-bands, where the N sub-bands have a mapping relationship with a frequency hopping pattern that is indicated by the first frequency hopping parameter set, where the sub-band is a length of consecutive frequency domain resources in a system bandwidth, and where N?1, and further including sending, by the base station, first configuration information to the UE, where the first configuration information includes sub-band identifiers of the N sub-bands and the first frequency hopping parameter set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhuan Xia, Brian Classon, Matthew William Webb
  • Patent number: 10412743
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an information processing method, user equipment, and a base station, where the information processing method includes: obtaining, by user equipment, a coverage enhancement requirement; and communicating, by the user equipment, with a base station according to the coverage enhancement requirement. The user equipment obtains the coverage enhancement requirement and communicates with the base station according to the coverage enhancement requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiangdong Zhang, Zheng Yu, Brian Classon
  • Patent number: 10411847
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a base station configuring component carriers to user equipment (UE). The base station determines one or more component carriers to configure based on the UE carrier aggregation capability and sends a first configuration signaling to configure the UE with the component carriers in one or more component carrier sets. The base station configures each of the component carrier sets with a first common parameters and operations set and sends a second configuration signaling to configure the component carrier sets of the UE with the first common parameters and operations set. The base station then sends a third configuration signaling to configure each of the component carriers in the UE with a second parameters and operations set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jialing Liu, Brian Classon, Xiang Chen, Vipul Desai, Qian Cheng, Weimin Xiao
  • Publication number: 20190268888
    Abstract: In a control information transmission method according to present disclosure, a user equipment acquires configuration information of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) set. The user equipment determines, according to the configuration information and from the EPDCCH set, at least one EPDCCH set in which an EPDCCH needs to be monitored. The user equipment monitors an EPDCCH on a resource corresponding to the at least one EPDCCH set, to acquire control information sent by a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Yan CHENG, Lixia XUE, Brian CLASSON