Patents by Inventor Chie Ming Chou

Chie Ming Chou 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).

  • Publication number: 20220264633
    Abstract: A method for uplink transmission performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving a first configured grant configuration that allocates a first PUSCH duration; receiving a second configured grant configuration that allocates a second PUSCH duration, wherein the second PUSCH duration overlaps with the first PUSCH duration; obtaining a first HARQ process ID for the first PUSCH duration, then determining whether a first configured grant timer associated with the first HARQ process ID is running; obtaining a second HARQ process ID for the second PUSCH duration, then determining whether a second configured grant timer associated with the second HARQ process ID is running; and selecting one of the first PUSCH duration and the second PUSCH duration for an uplink transmission based on whether the first configured grant timer is running and whether the second configured grant timer is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: HENG-LI CHIN, CHIA-HUNG WEI, WAN-CHEN LIN, YU-HSIN CHENG, CHIE-MING CHOU
  • Patent number: 11405868
    Abstract: A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for power saving operations includes the UE receiving a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration indicating at least one dormancy cell group, receiving a second RRC configuration indicating a first Bandwidth Part (BWP), on which the UE is configured with a dormant operation, for a serving cell, receiving a third RRC configuration indicating a second BWP, on which the UE is not configured with the dormant operation, for the serving cell, receiving a Power Saving Signal (PSS) including a bitmap, determining an active BWP of the serving cell as the first BWP after determining that a bit associated with the dormancy cell group in the bitmap is set to a first value, and determining the active BWP of the serving cell as the second BWP after determining that the bit is set to a second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Chia-Hung Wei, Yu-Hsin Cheng, Wan-Chen Lin, Chie-Ming Chou
  • Publication number: 20220240246
    Abstract: A method performed by a BS for configuring CSI reporting is provided. The method includes transmitting a CSI reporting configuration to a UE on a first BWP; transmitting a first BWP switch indication to the UE on the first BWP, the first BWP switch indication being used to request the UE to switch to a second BWP; transmitting a second BWP switch indication to the UE after the UE switches from the first BWP to the second BWP, the second BWP switch indication being used to request the UE to switch back to the first BWP; and receiving a CSI report from the UE based on the CSI reporting configuration, without providing any CSI reporting activation command to the UE after the UE switches back to the first BWP according to the second BWP switch indication. A BS using the same is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: CHIEN-CHUN CHENG, CHIE-MING CHOU, YU-HSIN CHENG
  • Patent number: 11399329
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) comprises a processor configured to execute executable instructions to receive configuration information associated with at least two uplink carriers from a base station, the at least two uplink carriers including a supplementary uplink carrier and a normal uplink carrier, select one of the at least two uplink carriers of the base station if a power of a first downlink reference signal from the base station and measured by the UE is below a first threshold value, select a contention-free random access (CFRA) resource associated with a second downlink reference signal on the selected uplink carrier of the base station if a power of the second downlink reference signal from the base station and measured by the UE is above a second threshold value, and perform a random access procedure with the base station by using the selected CFRA resource over the selected uplink carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Mei-Ju Shih, Chie-Ming Chou, Hung-Chen Chen, Chia-Hung Wei, Yung-Lan Tseng, Yu-Hsin Cheng
  • Publication number: 20220232622
    Abstract: A method for LBT failure detection performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a MAC entity of the UE, an LBT failure indication from a lower layer for all UL transmissions; increasing an LBT failure counter when the MAC entity receives the LBT failure indication; determining an LBT failure event occurs when the LBT failure counter is greater than or equal to a threshold; and resetting the LBT failure counter after the MAC entity has not received the LBT failure indication for a time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: HUNG-CHEN CHEN, CHIE-MING CHOU, CHIA-HUNG WEI, MEI-JU SHIH
  • Patent number: 11382011
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a minimum required received level factor in a System Information Block Type 1 (SIB1) from a base station, determining, by the UE, whether a first Supplementary Uplink (SUL) related factor is present in the SIB1, obtaining, by the UE, a first minimum required received level from the minimum required received level factor, when the first SUL related factor is not present in the SIB1, determining, by the UE, a first cell selection criterion based on the first minimum required received level, and performing, by the UE, cell selection based on the first cell selection criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Mei-Ju Shih, Chie-Ming Chou, Hung-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11375392
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes a User Equipment (UE) receiving a Conditional Handover (CHO) command from a source base station (BS). The CHO command includes a CHO command identity (ID) and a measurement ID associated with the CHO command ID. The method further includes the UE executing the CHO command to handover the UE to a target BS when a trigger condition associated with the measurement ID is fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Hung-Chen Chen, Yung-Lan Tseng, Mei-Ju Shih, Chie-Ming Chou
  • Publication number: 20220201705
    Abstract: A method for Scheduling Request (SR) resource prioritization for Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) includes a User Equipment (UE) receiving a first SR configuration from a Base Station (BS), receiving a second SR configuration from the BS, triggering a first SR procedure for a BFR procedure based on the first SR configuration, triggering a second SR procedure for a Buffer Status Report (BSR) procedure based on the second SR configuration, in a case that the first SR procedure and the second SR procedure are triggered and not cancelled and the first SR resource overlaps the second SR resource in the time domain, prioritizing the first SR resource over the second SR resource, and transmitting an SR on the first SR resource after prioritizing the first SR resource over the second SR resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: HSIN-HSI TSAI, HENG-LI CHIN, CHIE-MING CHOU
  • Patent number: 11368911
    Abstract: A method for a UE to monitor a PDCCH comprises receiving a first configuration from a base station to configure the UE with a first search space of the PDCCH, where the first search space is used for monitoring a scheduling signal used for indicating scheduling information, receiving a second configuration from the base station to configure the UE with a second search space of the PDCCH, wherein the second search space is used for monitoring a power saving signal used for indicating wake-up information associated with a DRX functionality, monitoring the first search space in response to the UE being in a DRX active time of the DRX functionality, wherein the DRX active time is a time during which the UE monitors the PDCCH, and not monitoring the second search space in response to the UE being in the DRX active time of the DRX functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Hannibal IP LLC
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Chia-Hung Wei, Chie-Ming Chou
  • Patent number: 11356995
    Abstract: A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes the UE receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration including a plurality of repetition lists that are associated with a plurality of Downlink Control Information (DCI) formats. Each of the plurality of repetition lists includes a plurality of values, and each of the plurality of values indicates the number of repetitions for a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission. The method further includes the UE receiving DCI having a particular DCI format for scheduling the PUSCH transmission. The DCI includes an indicator indicating one of the plurality of values included in one of the plurality of repetition lists. The one of the plurality of repetition lists is associated with the particular DCI format. The method further includes the UE performing the PUSCH transmission for a number of times, where the number of times is determined by the one of the plurality of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Wei, Heng-Li Chin, Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Chie-Ming Chou
  • Publication number: 20220174723
    Abstract: A UE and a method for SDT are provided. The method includes initiating a RA procedure with a BS while the UE is in an RRC_INACTIVE state; transmitting a preamble; receiving a RAR scheduled by first DCI with CRC bits scrambled by a RA-RNTI on a first search space; transmitting first UL data on a first UL resource, being not from a CCCH, scheduled by the RAR; monitoring the first search space for receiving first DL data scheduled by second DCI with CRC bits scrambled by a TC-RNTI indicated by the RAR; applying the TC-RNTI as a C-RNTI while receiving the first DL data; monitoring the second search space for a second UL resource scheduled by third DCI with first CRC bits scrambled by the C-RNTI if the first DL data indicates the search space configuration; otherwise, monitoring the first search space for the second UL resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: CHIA-HUNG WEI, HAI-HAN WANG, CHIE-MING CHOU, HUNG-CHEN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220166482
    Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE includes a plurality of antenna panels. The method includes transmitting, to a Base Station (BS), a UE capability message that includes a number of the plurality of antenna panels; and transmitting, to the BS, a panel report that includes information of the plurality of antenna panels, the information associated with at least one of a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: CHIA-HAO YU, HSIN-HSI TSAI, CHIE-MING CHOU
  • Patent number: 11343809
    Abstract: A method for Channel State Information (CSI) reporting includes a User Equipment (UE) receiving a Channel State Information (CSI) reporting configuration from a base station (BS) on a first Bandwidth Part (BWP), receiving a first BWP switch indication from the BS on the first BWP, switching an active BWP of the UE from the first BWP to a second BWP, reserving the CSI reporting configuration after switching the active BWP, receiving a second BWP switch indication on the second BWP or a third BWP after switching the active BWP, switching the active BWP back to the first BWP, and automatically sending a CSI report based on the CSI reporting configuration without receiving any CSI reporting activation command from the BS after switching the active BWP back to the first BWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Cheng, Chie-Ming Chou, Yu-Hsin Cheng
  • Publication number: 20220159617
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for paging monitoring are provided. The method is performed by a user equipment and includes receiving a first paging configuration associated with a first radio access network, receiving a second paging configuration associated with a second radio access network from the first radio access network, monitoring at least one first paging occasion for the first radio access network based on the first paging configuration received from the first radio access network, and monitoring at least one second paging occasion for the second radio access network based on the second paging configuration received from the first radio access network, when the UE switches from a first cell of the first radio access network to camp on a second cell of the second radio access network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: MEI-JU SHIH, HUNG-CHEN CHEN, YUNG-LAN TSENG, CHIE-MING CHOU
  • Publication number: 20220150780
    Abstract: A method of performing a conditional handover (CHO) procedure is described in some of the present embodiments. The method is performed by a user equipment (UE) and includes the following operations: receiving a plurality of CHO commands from a source base station, each CHO command having at least one triggering condition and corresponding to a target cell; determining whether one or more triggered cells exist by determining whether the at least one triggering condition for each CHO command in the plurality of CHO commands that corresponds to each of the one or more triggered cells is fulfilled; and after determining that the one or more triggered cells exist: selecting one of the one or more triggered cells, and performing a handover procedure to connect to the selected one of the one or more triggered cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Hung-Chen CHEN, Chie-Ming CHOU
  • Publication number: 20220150779
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes transmitting an RRC system information request message to a cell; receiving a minimum required received level factor and an offset via system information, the offset being included in at least one of a SIB3 and a SIB4; obtaining a minimum required received level based on the minimum required received level factor and on the offset multiplied by an integer larger than one; determining a cell selection criterion based on the minimum required received level; and performing inter-frequency cell reselection according to the cell selection criterion when the offset is received in first neighboring cell related information for the inter-frequency cell reselection in the SIB4. A user equipment using such method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: MEI-JU SHIH, CHIE-MING CHOU, HUNG-CHEN CHEN
  • Patent number: 11323913
    Abstract: A method performed by a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity of a User Equipment (UE) is provided. The PDCP entity is associated with at least two Radio Link Control (RLC) entities and configured with a duplication function that is not activated. The method includes determining whether the at least two RLC entities belong to the same cell group and indicating a first PDCP data volume to a first Medium Access Control (MAC) entity and a second PDCP data volume to a second MAC entity when the at least two RLC entities belong to the same cell group. The second PDCP data volume is indicated as zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Wei, Chie-Ming Chou, Hung-Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20220132395
    Abstract: A method for providing system information (SI) performed by a base station (BS) is provided. The method includes: broadcasting a system information block type 1 (SIB1) associated with a cell; receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a first message including a common control channel (CCCH) service data unit (SDU), the CCCH SDU including a radio resource control (RRC) SI request message; and transmitting, to the UE, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including a UE contention resolution identity that matches a portion of the CCCH SDU. The MAC CE enables a MAC entity of the UE to indicate reception of an acknowledgment for the RRC SI request message to an RRC entity of the UE. The SIB1 does not include information related to a Random Access (RA) resource specific to SI requested by the RRC SI request message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: MEI-JU SHIH, CHIE-MING CHOU, HUNG-CHEN CHEN, YUNG-LAN TSENG
  • Patent number: 11317461
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: receive, from a base station, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to configure one or more logical channels; receive, from the base station, an allocation of a first radio resource for uplink transmission; receive, from the base station, a priority indicator to determine whether a first priority order or a second priority order is used in a first logical channel prioritization (LCP) procedure; and apply the first LCP procedure on the one or more logical channels to generate a first Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) to be transmitted on the first radio resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Heng-Li Chin, Chie-Ming Chou, Hung-Chen Chen, Chia-Hung Wei, Wan-Chen Lin
  • Publication number: 20220116796
    Abstract: A wireless communication system for performing communication and computing includes a plurality of cells configured to perform the communication between at least one user equipment and at least one network; and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) computing platform comprising a plurality of AI slices to perform the computing, wherein the plurality of cells are located in air, space, sea, or land.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: CHIE-MING CHOU, FANG-MING LU, KUO-LIANG HO, YI-CHUAN HUANG