Patents by Inventor Li-Chung Lo

Li-Chung Lo 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: 20240114523
    Abstract: A method for handling a multi-cell scheduling and a user equipment is provided. In the method, downlink control information (DCI) from a first serving cell is received. A first number of multiple scheduled cells according to the DCI is determined. The DCI is configured to schedule at least one communication on the scheduled cells. Th communication is performed on at least one of the first number of the scheduled cells according to the DCI. The DCI includes at least one single DCI field, at least one separate DCI field and at least one configurable DCI field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chien-Min Lee, Li-Chung Lo
  • Patent number: 11950282
    Abstract: A device for handling channel access procedure includes a storage device and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device and configured to execute instructions stored in the storage device. The storage device is configured for storing the instructions of receiving an indication for an uplink transmission; determining at least one parameter of the device for a listen-before-talk procedure according to a capability of the device or a signaling from a base station; and performing the uplink transmission according to the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Li-Chung Lo, Chien-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11950283
    Abstract: A device for handling channel access procedure includes a storage device and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device and configured to execute instructions stored in the storage device. The storage device is configured for storing the instructions of receiving an indication for an uplink transmission; determining at least one parameter of the device for a listen-before-talk procedure according to a capability of the device or a signaling from a base station; and performing the uplink transmission according to the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Li-Chung Lo, Chien-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11950112
    Abstract: A UE for beam failure detection is provided. The RF signal processing device of the UE assesses a first radio link quality according to a first BFD-reference signal (BFD-RS) set including at least one reference signal, communicating with a plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs) which include at least a first TRP and a second TRP. The processor of the UE is coupled to the RF signal processing device. When the first radio link quality is below a threshold, the processor generates a first indication, wherein the first indication is a first beam failure instance (BFI) or the first BFD-RS set. The processor enables a first timer and a first counter according to the first indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Li-Chung Lo, Chien-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11930550
    Abstract: A UE for beam failure detection is provided. The UE includes a radio frequency (RF) signal processing device. The RF signal processing device receives a first candidate-beam reference-signal (RS) list and a second candidate-beam RS list and reports a beam failure information. The first candidate-beam RS list is associated with a first beam-failure-detection RS (BFD-RS) set and the second candidate-beam RS list is associated with a second BFD-RS set. The beam failure information includes at least one of following: at least on component carrier (CC) index, at least one new candidate beam, an identity of BFD-RS set, or an CORESETPoolIndex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Li-Chung Lo, Chien-Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20240064773
    Abstract: A method of communication operation performed by a user equipment is provided. The method comprises: receiving a configuration, wherein the configuration comprises a resource setting; receiving a first set of resource comprising at least one resource, wherein the first set of resource is configured via the configuration; and performing a first operation, wherein the first operation is related to the first set of resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chia-Wen Hsieh, Chien-Min Lee, Li-Chung Lo
  • Publication number: 20240063872
    Abstract: A method of communication operation performed by a user equipment is provided. The method comprises: receiving a configuration, wherein the configuration comprises a resource setting; receiving at least one resource, wherein the at least one resource is configured via the configuration; performing channel state information (CSI) measurement, wherein CSI measurement is related to the at least one resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chia-Wen Hsieh, Chien-Min Lee, Li-Chung Lo
  • Publication number: 20240057115
    Abstract: A resource cancellation method and user equipment (UE) are provided. In the method, a resource configuration is received; the first DCI associated with the resource configuration is received; and a first uplink (UL) transmission on the serving cell is cancelled according to the first downlink control information (DCI). The resource configuration indicates a position of first information for a serving cell in a first DCI, and the first information is associated with a first set of time and frequency resource in the serving cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Li-Chung Lo, Chien-Min Lee, Jen-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11902967
    Abstract: A communication device for handling a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission, is configured to execute the instructions of receiving a first physical downlink (DL) shared channel (PDSCH) from a network, wherein a first HARQ feedback corresponding to the first PDSCH is allocated in a first uplink (UL) channel and the first UL channel is corresponding to a first priority index; determining not to transmit the first HARQ feedback in the first UL channel; determining a second UL channel for the first HARQ feedback, wherein the second UL channel is corresponding to a second priority index; and transmitting the first HARQ feedback in the second UL channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chien-Min Lee, Li-Chung Lo, Jen-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11894952
    Abstract: A communication device for handling an uplink (UL) transmission with a plurality of sounding reference signals (SRSs) comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of: selecting a SRS from a plurality of SRSs; performing a channel sensing procedure via a spatial relation associated with the SRS, to obtain a result; and performing an UL transmission via the spatial relation to a network according to the result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jen-Hsien Chen, Chien-Min Lee, Li-Chung Lo
  • Publication number: 20230412329
    Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure includes a method for, including: receiving a DCI from a first serving cell; determining a plurality of scheduled cells from a first set of serving cell according to the DCI, wherein the DCI is configured to schedule a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) respectively on the plurality of scheduled cells; and transmitting at least one of the PUSCHs respectively on at least one of the plurality of scheduled cells according to the DCI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chien-Min Lee, Li-Chung Lo, Jen-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11843555
    Abstract: A communication device for handling a reference signal (RS) in an unlicensed band comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of: receiving a RS from a network; updating a counter, if a quality of the RS is smaller than a measurement threshold value; and restarting a RS timer, when receiving the RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Li-Chung Lo, Chien-Min Lee, Jen-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11838895
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method used by a user equipment (UE) to communicate to a base station through a M-TRP in an unlicensed band and a UE using the same method. In one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a method used by a UE to communicate to a base station through a M-TRP in an unlicensed band. The method would include not limited to: receiving, for a communication operation with a network, a configuration comprising multiple CORESETPoolIndexes; and receiving a PDCCH according to the configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Jen-Hsien Chen, Chien-Min Lee, Li-Chung Lo
  • Publication number: 20230362930
    Abstract: A method and a user equipment for reception of physical downlink shared channel and transmission of physical uplink control channel are provided. The method includes: receiving a first downlink control information; in response to a first field being included in the first downlink control information, obtaining a codepoint from the first field, wherein the codepoint is associated with a selection of at least one transmission configuration indicator state; and receiving the physical downlink shared channel according to the first downlink control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Li-Chung Lo, Chien-Min Lee, Jen-Hsien Chen
  • Publication number: 20230354283
    Abstract: A transmission direction setting method, a user equipment (UE), and a network device are provided. In the method adapted for a UE, receiving a first configuration to indicate a first transmission direction for a frequency range within a time unit; receiving a second configuration to indicate a second transmission direction for a frequency segmentation within the time unit; and determining a third transmission direction for the frequency segmentation according to the second transmission direction. The frequency segmentation consists of one resource block (RB) or a set of consecutive RBs and is a part of the frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Jen-Hsien Chen, Chien-Min Lee, Li-Chung Lo
  • Publication number: 20230354321
    Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure includes a method for, including: receiving at least one indication indicating at least one of a DL reception and a UL transmission; and performing the DL reception through a first resource or the UL transmission through a second resource according to a rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Jen-Hsien Chen, Chien-Min Lee, Li-Chung Lo
  • Publication number: 20230345504
    Abstract: A communication device for handling a multi-cell scheduling includes at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device, wherein the at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of: receiving a downlink (DL) control information (DCI) from a network; determining a plurality of first cells for at least one communication operation from a cell set according to the DCI; and performing the at least one communication operation with the network via at least one cell of the plurality of first cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chien-Min Lee, Li-Chung Lo, Jen-Hsien Chen
  • Publication number: 20230337255
    Abstract: A communication device for monitoring and switching search space set group (SSSG) comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device, wherein the at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of: receiving a configuration of a first SSSG and a second SSSG from a network, wherein the first SSSG is associated with a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state and the second SSSG is associated with a plurality of TCI states; monitoring one of the first SSSG and the second SSSG according to the configuration; receiving a first downlink (DL) control information (DCI) for a SSSG switching from the network, when monitoring the one of the first SSSG or the second SSSG according to the configuration; performing the SSSG switching according to the first DCI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Li-Chung Lo, Chien-Min Lee, Jen-Hsien Chen
  • Publication number: 20230089382
    Abstract: A communication device for handling a reference signal (RS) reporting includes at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device, wherein the at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of: receiving at least one reference signal (RS) from a network; performing at least one measurement according to the at least one RS, to generate at least one measurement result; selecting an RS from the at least one RS according to the at least one measurement result; and determining whether to report the RS to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Li-Chung Lo, Chien-Min Lee, Jen-Hsien Chen
  • Publication number: 20230042313
    Abstract: A communication device for handling a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission, comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device, wherein the at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of: receiving a configuration from a network, wherein the configuration comprises a time domain resource allocation (TDRA) table and a set of a plurality of timing values; and receiving a downlink (DL) control information (DCI) from the network, wherein the DCI indicates a row of the TDRA table for at least one physical DL shared channel (PDSCH) reception and indicates a timing value of the set of the plurality of timing values for the HARQ transmission corresponding to the at least one PDSCH reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jen-Hsien Chen, Chien-Min Lee, Li-Chung Lo