Patents by Inventor Kuo-Chun Lee
Kuo-Chun Lee 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).
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Publication number: 20240147311Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating network slice based reselection using machine learning are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a UE includes predicting a next active PDU session of two or more PDU sessions based on next connection setup times for each PDU session. The next connection setup times may be estimated based on connection setup events occurring over a period. The example method also includes selecting a frequency channel to camp on based on the next active PDU session.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Kuo-Chun LEE, Vishal DALMIYA, Arvind Vardarajan SANTHANAM, Shanshan WANG, Leena ZACHARIAS, Vaishakh RAO, Tom CHIN
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Patent number: 11968674Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a control message indicating a resource configuration for uplink and downlink transmissions. The UE may determine an uplink buffer threshold for a modem buffer of the UE based on the resource configuration. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a feedback request message requesting that the base station provide feedback for at least one previously transmitted uplink packet based on a comparison of an amount of previously transmitted uplink data and scheduled uplink data stored in the modem buffer relative to the uplink buffer threshold. The UE may receive, based on transmitting the feedback request message, a feedback response message corresponding to a first previously transmitted uplink packet of the at least one previously transmitted uplink packet.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Arnaud Meylan, Sitaramanjaneyulu Kanamarlapudi, Vishal Dalmiya, Kuo-Chun Lee, Shailesh Maheshwari, Vaishakh Rao, Arun Prasanth Balasubramanian, Subashini Krishnamurthy, Leena Zacharias, Sivashankar Sekar, Saket Bathwal, Liangchi Hsu, Raghuveer Ramakrishna Srinivas Tarimala
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Patent number: 11963053Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine, via a first subscription of the UE, a trigger event for a conditional handover of the UE from a source network entity to a target network entity. The UE may determine, based at least in part on the trigger event, that a target band associated with the target network entity is not compatible with a serving band associated with a second subscription of the UE. The UE may store the trigger event for the conditional handover in a buffer of the UE. The UE may perform an action related to the conditional handover based at least in part on a condition being satisfied. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kuo-Chun Lee, Qingxin Chen, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Reza Shahidi, Mouaffac Ambriss, Liangchi Hsu, Tom Chin
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Patent number: 11955441Abstract: An interconnect structure comprises a first dielectric layer, a first metal layer, a second dielectric layer, a metal via, and a second metal layer. The first dielectric layer is over a substrate. The first metal layer is over the first dielectric layer. The first metal layer comprises a first portion and a second portion spaced apart from the first portion. The second dielectric layer is over the first metal layer. The metal via has an upper portion in the second dielectric layer, a middle portion between the first and second portions of the first metal layer, and a lower portion in the first dielectric layer. The second metal layer is over the metal via. From a top view the second metal layer comprises a metal line having longitudinal sides respectively set back from opposite sides of the first portion of the first metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Jian-Hong Lin, Kuo-Yen Liu, Hsin-Chun Chang, Tzu-Li Lee, Yu-Ching Lee, Yih-Ching Wang
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Patent number: 11943761Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may make a joint decision of adaptive receive diversity (ARD) and adaptive transmit diversity (ATD) configurations, including transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) antennas selection and/or blanking based on downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) traffic conditions. The UE may disable at least one Tx chain for a transmission of a codebook-based sounding reference signal (SRS) (SRS-CB) based on one or more of at least one DL traffic condition or at least one UL traffic condition, and transmit, to a base station, upon disabling the at least one Tx chain, the SRS-CB via an antenna associated with at least one active Tx chain.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Peter Pui Lok Ang, Enoch Shiao-Kuang Lu, Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov, Aamod Khandekar, Brian Clarke Banister, Raghu Narayan Challa, Kuo-Chun Lee, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Jianming Zhu, Arash Ebadi Shahrivar, Pranay Sudeep Rungta
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Publication number: 20240096917Abstract: An image sensor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of image sensing elements, a reflective element, and a high-k dielectric structure. The image sensing elements are in the semiconductor substrate. The reflective element is in the semiconductor substrate and between the image sensing elements. The high-k dielectric structure is between the reflective element and the image sensing elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: PO CHUN CHANG, PING-HAO LIN, WEI-LIN CHEN, KUN-HUI LIN, KUO-CHENG LEE
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Publication number: 20240098591Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify an indication of an occurrence of a handover. The UE may adjust a delay used by a buffer based at least in part on the indication of the occurrence of the handover. The UE may process one or more packets of the buffer based at least in part on the adjustment of the delay used by the buffer. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Min WANG, Pravjyot Singh DEOGUN, Mouaffac AMBRISS, Carlos Marcelo Dias PAZOS, Arvind Vardarajan SANTHANAM, Yong XIE, Vikram SINGH, Reza SHAHIDI, Shankar Ganesh LAKSHMANASWAMY, Manjunatha KANTHARAJU, Ertugrul Necdet CIFTCIOGLU, Vaishali Ailani RAI, Kuo-Chun LEE, Arnaud MEYLAN, Leena ZACHARIAS
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Patent number: 11924910Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, control signaling for communications in a wireless communications system. The control signaling may indicate a first duration for an inactivity timer. The UE may initiate the inactivity timer and a second timer based on identifying a period of inactivity. The second timer may have a second duration that is shorter than the first duration for the inactivity timer. In some examples, the second duration may be based on one or more parameters, such as a display status, a battery status, a scaling factor, the first duration, an application state, or any combination thereof. The UE may release a connection for the communications in the wireless communications system based on an expiration of the second timer, an expiration of the inactivity timer, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kuo-Chun Lee, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Satashu Goel, Ertugrul Necdet Ciftcioglu, Shanshan Wang, Daniel Amerga, Karthik Venkatram, Juan Zhang
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Patent number: 11910238Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for dynamically determining an uplink data split threshold for communicating using one or more radio link control (RLC) entities of a split bearer configuration. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes inputting a first set of parameters to a machine learning algorithm, obtaining, as an output of the machine learning algorithm based at least in part on the inputted first set of parameters, a value for a data split threshold, and transmitting the data using at least one of a first RLC entity or the second RLC entity based on the value for the data split threshold and the amount of data the apparatus has to transmit.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Vishal Dalmiya, Vaishakh Rao, Sathish Kumar Nallamanti, Krishna Chaitanya Bellam, Gautham Kumar Reddy Adireddy, Leena Zacharias, Kuo-Chun Lee, Vanitha Aravamudhan Kumar
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Patent number: 11895730Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, at a modem from an application processor, sets of values for connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) configuration parameters, each of the sets of values for the C-DRX configuration parameters being associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of active applications. The UE may determine a set of selected values for the C-DRX configuration parameters based at least in part on the sets of values. The determination of the set of selected values may include identifying an extremum value for a first C-DRX configuration parameter among the sets of values and determining a selected value for the first C-DRX configuration parameter as the extremum value. The UE may transmit a request indicating the set of selected values for the C-DRX configuration parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Satashu Goel, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Reza Shahidi, Kuo-Chun Lee
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Patent number: 11889578Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for DRX adjustment are provided. An example method includes receiving, from a base station, a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for the UE based on one or more DRX preferences. The example method further includes adjusting one or more parameters of the DRX configuration in response to a trigger at the UE. The example method further includes transmitting assistance information to the base station, the assistance information including the one or more parameters adjusted by the UE.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Karthik Venkatram, Kuo-Chun Lee, Daniel Amerga
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Patent number: 11882495Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish a first call associated with a first subscriber of the UE. The UE may establish a second call associated with a second subscriber of the UE, wherein the first subscriber and the second subscriber are active contemporaneously, and wherein the first call and the second call are associated with a first radio access technology (RAT). The UE may identify a mobility event that associated with an interruption to at least one of the first call and the second call, the mobility event involving switching the first subscriber to a second RAT. The UE may perform a mitigation action. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Mona Agrawal, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Rishav Rej, Qingxin Chen, Reza Shahidi, Kuo-Chun Lee
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Patent number: 11877169Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to receive a downlink transmission from a first cell, where the downlink transmission includes information for performing one or more actions associated with a second cell. The UE may identify a satisfaction of a trigger condition associated with one or more parameters at the UE based on a power level of the UE being less than or equal to a threshold power level, a throughput at the UE being less than or equal to a threshold throughput, or both. The UE may additionally identify at least one bandwidth associated with the second cell based on a previous wireless connection. The UE may compare, the at least one bandwidth associated with the second cell with a threshold bandwidth. The UE may then perform at least one action associated with a procedure based on the comparing.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Brian Clarke Banister, Kuo-Chun Lee, Bhupesh Manoharlal Umatt, Nitin Pant
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Publication number: 20240015603Abstract: Got Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may switch between a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT based at least in part on a condition. The UE may modify, based at least in part on the switching, a second RAT threshold value in a system information block (SIB), to obtain a modified second RAT threshold value, wherein the modified second RAT threshold value is a value to switch from the first RAT to the second RAT. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Kuo-Chun LEE, Arvind Vardarajan SANTHANAM, Shanshan WANG, Hewu GU, Xianwei ZHU, Jun DENG, Xuepan GUAN
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Patent number: 11856392Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for concurrently performing handoff-related measurements for neighbor cells using multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna resources. In one example, a mobile device is in communication with a serving cell. Handoff-related measurements of first wireless signals from a first neighbor cell are performed. The first wireless signals are received at first MIMO antenna resources of a device. Handoff-related measurements of second wireless signals from a second neighbor cell are performed, as well. The second wireless signals are received at second MIMO antenna resources concurrently with the first wireless signals received at the first MIMO antenna resources. The first handoff-related measurements and the second handoff-related measurements may be performed during a scan interval. A type of handoff-related measurement to perform may be determined based on a determined length of the scan interval.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Steven Cheng, Remi Gurski, Kuo-Chun Lee, Tom Chin, Guangming Shi
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Publication number: 20230379766Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may initiate a broadcast or multicast (broadcast/multicast) application associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) while the UE is in a standalone mode for a second RAT; switch from the second RAT to the first RAT based at least in part on initiating the broadcast/multicast application; and switch from the first RAT to the second RAT based at least in part on failing to detect a communication associated with the broadcast/multicast application using the first RAT. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Kuo-Chun LEE, Brian Clarke BANISTER, Arvind Vardarajan SANTHANAM, Bhupesh Manoharlal UMATT
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Patent number: 11825490Abstract: Various embodiments may provide systems and methods for supporting wireless device paging in a network, such as a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) (5GNR) network, etc. In various embodiments, a wireless device may determine whether to decode a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) paging message based at least in part on an indication in a received downlink control information (DCI) message.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Parthasarathy Krishnamoorthy, Linhai He, Kuo-Chun Lee, Karthik Pavan Krishna Bhogaraju, Sudheer Kumar Reddy Vangala
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Publication number: 20230370916Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station associated with a first radio access technology (RAT), a neighbor cell list including entries for at least a first set of neighbor cells and a second set of neighbor cells, the first set of neighbor cells and the second set of neighbor cells associated with a second RAT. The UE may determine that the first set of neighbor cells is associated with a first network operator and that the second set of neighbor cells is associated with a second network operator. The UE may measure at least one neighbor cell of the neighbor cell list based at least in part on prioritization of the first set of neighbor cells relative to the second set of neighbor cells. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Xianwei ZHU, Junli WU, Xuqiang ZHANG, Jianqiang ZHANG, Ling XIE, Kuo-Chun LEE, Arvind Vardarajan SANTHANAM, Xiaochen CHEN, Shan QING, Xiaoning LU, Yong HOU, Peng HU, Yifan DU, Wei-Jei SONG, Tom CHIN, Mingchun YANG, Rajeev PAL, Sathish KRISHNAMOORTHY
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Patent number: 11805459Abstract: Some aspects described herein relate to determining to fallback from a first radio access technology (RAT) to a second RAT to perform an emergency call, and deprioritizing, based on the determining to fallback, access to the first RAT to continue to use the second RAT for at least a period of time after the emergency call.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kuo-Chun Lee, Cherng-Shung Hsu, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Reza Shahidi, Bhupesh Manoharlal Umatt, Subashini Krishnamurthy, Qin Xue Frantti, Daniel Amerga, Osama Lotfallah
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Publication number: 20230345416Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish, by a first subscription of the UE, a connection to a first network entity using two transmit (Tx) chains of the UE. The UE may receive, by a second subscription of the UE, a paging message from a second network entity. The UE may receive, by the first subscription from the second subscription, a request for the first subscription to enter a mode that supports one Tx chain. The UE, by the first subscription, may reduce the two Tx chains to the one Tx chain for the first subscription. The UE may perform, by the second subscription to the second network entity, the connection setup based at least in part on the first subscription reducing the two Tx chains to the one Tx chain. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Tom CHIN, Peter Pui Lok ANG, Reza SHAHIDI, Kuo-Chun LEE, Wei-Jei SONG, Arvind Vardarajan SANTHANAM, Rajeev PAL