Patents by Inventor Dennis Hui

Dennis Hui 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).

  • HIGH FREQUENCY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20210235437
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating using a first set of one or more signaling beams, wherein communicating includes performing beamforming for one or more signaling beams of the first set based on a set of beam signaling characteristics. Each beam signaling characteristic pertains to a reference beam. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Muris SARAJLIC, Ning HE, Dennis HUI, Joao VIEIRA
  • Pulse-shaping for high frequency radio networks
    Patent number: 11070406
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating utilising signaling, wherein communicating utilising signaling is based on performing pulse-shaping pertaining to the signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Jung-Fu Cheng, Mehrnaz Afshang, Ning He, Dennis Hui
  • Transmitter for Transmitting Discovery Signals, A Receiver and Methods Therein
    Publication number: 20210219215
    Abstract: A transmitter and a method therein for transmitting discovery signals to a receiver. The transmitter and the receiver are comprised in a radio communications system. The transmitter transmits two or more discovery signals over two or more directions. Each discovery signal is configured to span over a fraction of a carrier bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Kumar Balachandran, Dennis Hui
  • EVM for pulse-shaped signaling for high frequency radio networks
    Patent number: 11063711
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting pulse-shaped signaling based on a pulse-shaped waveform using a transmission power, the transmission power being based on an Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) parametrisation for pulse-shaped signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Joao Vieira, Robert Baldemair, Dennis Hui, Pramod Jacob Mathecken, Muris Sarajlic
  • Transmitter for transmitting discovery signals, a receiver and methods therein
    Patent number: 11044663
    Abstract: A transmitter and a method therein for transmitting discovery signals to a receiver. The transmitter and the receiver are comprised in a radio communications system. The transmitter transmits two or more discovery signals over two or more directions. Each discovery signal is configured to span over a fraction of a carrier bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Kumar Balachandran, Dennis Hui
  • MAC protocol for directive transmissions
    Patent number: 11039472
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to radio access systems, and more specifically to methods for media access in radio access systems. The disclosure relates to a method, performed in a first node 20b, 20c, 20d in a wireless communication system, of accessing a shared media for directive signal transmission from the first node, the method comprises three steps. The first step is receiving, from a second node, a pilot signal announcing a directive signal transmission to or from the second node. The second step is predicting based on information in the received pilot signal, a collision rate between an intended directive signal transmission from the first node and the announced directive signal transmission, the information defining the channel resources used by the announced directive signal transmission and the third step is accessing the shared media based on the predicted collision rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Jonas Kronander, Dennis Hui, Kumar Balachandran, Nadia Brahmi
  • Polar Coding for Beam Sweeping Broadcast Channel
    Publication number: 20210176739
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method in a wireless transmitter comprises: obtaining a first set of bits (comprising a non-time-varying component) for wireless transmission; concatenating a second set of bits (comprising a time-varying component (e.g., beam identifier)) to the first set of bits; encoding the concatenated first and second set of bits using a channel code; and transmitting the encoded bits to a wireless receiver. In some embodiments, transmitting the encoded bits to the wireless receiver comprises transmitting a first beam. The method may further comprise: concatenating a third set of bits (comprising a time-varying component (e.g., beam identifier)) to the first set of wireless bits; encoding the concatenated first and third set of bits using a channel code; and transmitting the encoded bits to a wireless receiver using a second beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Dennis Hui, Yufei BLANKENSHIP, Anders WESSLÉN
  • Transmission structure for mmW RAN
    Patent number: 11032034
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a transmitting node in a millimeter-wave communication network. The method includes transmitting millimeter-wave signaling in a transmission timing structure. The transmission timing structure includes N time interval elements sequentially ordered in time. The millimeter-wave signaling includes N separate signaling structures, each signaling structure being transmitted in a different one of the time interval elements; N being an integer multiple of 2. A first subset of the N separate signaling structures corresponds to control signaling, wherein the subset includes 2{circumflex over (?)}m signaling structures consecutive in time beginning with the signaling structure of the first time interval element; m being an integer such that 2{circumflex over (?)}m<=N. A second subset of the N separate signaling structures corresponds to data signaling. The second subset comprises 0 or an integer number of signaling structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Mehrnaz Afshang, Rikke Apelfrojd, Jung-Fu Cheng, Ning He, Dennis Hui, Stefan Parkvall
  • Incremental redundancy and variations for polar codes
    Patent number: 11031955
    Abstract: Methods of transmitting blocks of incremental redundant coded bits are provided. Methods include concatenating, using an outer encoder, bits of an input bit vector to an outer encoded bit vector that has fewer bits than the input bit vector, wherein the outer encoded bit vector includes a mixture of information bits from the input bit vector. Methods include encoding the outer encoded bit vector into inner encoded data that is mapped to multiple data transmission channels that each include a channel reliability value. A first portion of the data transmission channels is used to transmit information bits corresponding to the outer encoded bit vector and a second portion of the data transmission channels is used to transmit frozen bits that include no information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Dennis Hui, Yufei Blankenship
  • MAC protocol for directive transmissions
    Patent number: 11032848
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to radio access systems, and more specifically to methods for media access in radio access systems. The disclosure relates to a method, performed in a first node 20b, 20c, 20d in a wireless communication system, of accessing a shared media for directive signal transmission from the first node, the method comprises three steps. The first step is receiving, from a second node, a pilot signal announcing a directive signal transmission to or from the second node. The second step is predicting based on information in the received pilot signal, a collision rate between an intended directive signal transmission from the first node and the announced directive signal transmission, the information defining the channel resources used by the announced directive signal transmission and the third step is accessing the shared media based on the predicted collision rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Jonas Kronander, Dennis Hui, Kumar Balachandran, Nadia Brahmi
  • PULSE-SHAPING SIGNALING FOR HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20210167998
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating utilising signaling, wherein communicating utilising signaling is based on performing pulse-shaping pertaining to the signaling, wherein pulse-shaping is based on a pulse-shaping indication. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Mehrnaz AFSHANG, Jung-Fu CHENG, Ning HE, Dennis HUI, Stefan PARKVALL
  • PULSE-SHAPING FOR HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20210167997
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating utilising signaling, wherein communicating utilising signaling is based on performing pulse-shaping pertaining to the signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Jung-Fu CHENG, Mehrnaz AFSHANG, Ning HE, Dennis HUI
  • EVM FOR PULSE-SHAPED SIGNALING FOR HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20210167904
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting pulse-shaped signaling based on a pulse-shaped waveform using a transmission power, the transmission power being based on an Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) parametrisation for pulse-shaped signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Joao VIEIRA, Robert BALDEMAIR, Dennis HUI, Pramod Jacob MATHECKEN, Muris SARAJLIC
  • Soft output decoding of polar codes
    Patent number: 11018696
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method is provided for generating soft information for code bits of polar codes. The method includes receiving, by a decoder of a receiver, soft information associated with coded bits from a first module of the receiver and using a tree structure of the polar code to generate updated soft information. The updated soft information is output by the decoder for use by a second module of the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Dennis Hui, Yufei Blankenship
  • Puncturing of polar codes with complementary sequences
    Patent number: 11012102
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for puncturing Polar-encoded bits. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a radio node that utilizes a Polar encoder comprising performing Polar encoding of a plurality of bits to provide a plurality of Polar-encoded code bits and puncturing the plurality of Polar-encoded code bits using a hybrid puncturing scheme to provide a plurality of rate-matched Polar-encoded code bits, wherein the hybrid puncturing scheme uses different puncturing patterns for different code rate regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Dennis Hui, Yufei Blankenship
  • High frequency wireless communication network
    Patent number: 11006423
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating using a first set of one or more signaling beams, wherein communicating includes performing beamforming for one or more signaling beams of the first set based on a set of beam signaling characteristics. Each beam signaling characteristic pertains to a reference beam. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Muris Sarajlic, Ning He, Dennis Hui, Joao Vieira
  • UPO COMPLIANT INFORMATION SEQUENCES FOR POLAR CODES
    Publication number: 20210135689
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method of operation of a transmit node in a wireless communication system comprises performing polar encoding of a set of K information bits to thereby generate a set of polar-encoded information bits. The K information bits are mapped to the first K bit locations in an information sequence SN. The information sequence SN is a ranked sequence of N information bit locations among a plurality of input bits for the polar encoding where N is equivalent to a code length. A size of the information sequence SN is greater than or equal to K. The information sequence SN is optimized for the specific value of the code length (N). The method may further comprise transmitting the set of polar-encoded information bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Dennis Hui, Yufei Blankenship, Michael Breschel
  • Frequency allocation for wireless communication networks
    Patent number: 10999845
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating an allocating radio node in a wireless communication network, the method comprising allocating, to a second radio node, a frequency range for communication, the frequency range being part of an operating bandwidth of the second radio node, the frequency range comprising an integer number S of subcarriers, the number S of subcarriers corresponding to a value of a limitation relation applied to a fraction of the operating bandwidth, the fraction corresponding to N1/N2, wherein N1 and N2 are integers and N1 is smaller than N2. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Dennis Hui
  • Method and apparatus for configuring a cluster
    Patent number: 10999028
    Abstract: A method for configuring a cluster for a terminal device in a wireless network. The method is performed at a network node, such as a base station or a radio network controller. The terminal device can establish at least two concurrent connections to at least one network node in the cluster. The method comprises dynamically adjusting a configuration of the cluster and informing the terminal device of the adjusted configuration so that connectivity of the terminal device in the cluster is adapted to the adjusted configuration. Correspondingly, there is also provided an apparatus embodied at or as at least part of the network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Qingyu Miao, Qianxi Lu, Rui Fan, Zhang Zhang, Dennis Hui
  • Network Architecture, Methods, and Devices for a Wireless Communications Network
    Publication number: 20210126726
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index, using the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, and transmitting to the wireless communications network according to the identified uplink access configuration. The example method further includes, in the same wireless device, receiving, in a first subframe, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission formatted according to a first numerology and receiving, in a second subframe, a second OFDM transmission formatted according to a second numerology, the second numerology differing from the first numerology. Variants of this method, corresponding apparatuses, and corresponding network-side methods and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Janne Peisa, Gunnar Mildh, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Wager, Jonas Kronander, Karl Werner, Richard Abrahamsson, Ismet Aktas, Peter Alriksson, Junaid Ansari, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Henrik Asplund, Fredrik Athley, Håkan Axelsson, Joakim Axmon, Johan Axnäs, Kumar Balachandran, Gunnar Bark, Jan-Erik Berg, Andreas Bergström, Håkan Björkegren, Nadia Brahmi, Cagatay Capar, Anders Carlsson, Andreas Cedergren, Mikael Coldrey, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Erik Dahlman, Ali el Essaili, Ulrika Engström, Mårten Ericson, Erik Eriksson, Mikael Fallgren, Rui Fan, Gabor Fodor, Pål Frenger, Jonas Fridén, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Anders Furuskär, Johan Furuskog, Virgile Garcia, Ather Gattami, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ulf Gustavsson, Bo Hagerman, Fredrik Harrysson, Ning He, Martin Hessler, Kimmo Hiltunen, Songnam Hong, Dennis Hui, Jörg Huschke, Tim Irnich, Sven Jacobsson, Niklas Jaldén, Simon Järmyr, Zhiyuan Jiang, Niklas Johansson, Martin Johansson, Du Ho Kang, Eleftherios Karipidis, Patrik Karlsson, Ali S. Khayrallah, Caner Kilinc, Göran N. Klang, Sara Landström, Christina Larsson, Gen Li, Lars Lindbom, Robert Lindgren, Bengt Lindoff, Fredrik Lindqvist, Jinhua Liu, Thorsten Lohmar, Qianxi Lu, Lars Manholm, Ivana Maric, Jonas Medbo, Qingyu Miao, Reza Moosavi, Walter Müller, Elena Myhre, Karl Norrman, Bengt-Erik Olsson, Torgny Palenius, Sven Petersson, Jose Luis Pradas, Mikael Prytz, Olav Queseth, Pradeepa Ramachandra, Edgar Ramos, Andres Reial, Thomas Rimhagen, Emil Ringh, Patrik Rugeland, Johan Rune, Joachim Sachs, Henrik Sahlin, Vidit Saxena, Nima Seifi, Yngve Selén, Eliane Semaan, Sachin Sharma, Cong Shi, Johan Sköld, Magnus Stattin, Anders Stjernman, Dennis Sundman, Lars Sundström, Miurel Isabel Tercero Vargas, Claes Tidestav, Sibel Tombaz, Johan Torsner, Hugo Tullberg, Jari Vikberg, Peter von Wrycza, Thomas Walldeen, Pontus Wallentin, Hai Wang, Ke Wang Helmersson, Jianfeng Wang, Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Niclas Wiberg, Emma Wittenmark, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Ali Zaidi, Zhan Zhang, Zhang Zhang, Yanli Zheng