Patents by Inventor Paolo Baracca
Paolo Baracca 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: 20240178902Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for performing the following. The apparatus obtains predicted Doppler spectrum information for a propagation channel between a first terminal device and one of an access node or a second terminal device calculated using a radio-aware digital twin. The predicted Doppler spectrum information includes information on one or more Doppler frequencies of a predicted Doppler spectrum resulting from reflections from one or more terminal devices capable of movement under control of the digital twin. The apparatus causes performing of measurements of one or more reference signals by a device associated with the propagation channel to a form a channel estimate. The apparatus calculates a measured Doppler spectrum based on the channel estimate and filters out the one or more Doppler frequencies from it. The apparatus adjusts a beam refinement interval of the device based on the filtered measured Doppler spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Andrea BEDIN, Paolo BARACCA, Karthik UPADHYA, Mikko Aleksi UUSITALO, Martti Johannes MOISIO
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Publication number: 20240154716Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose devices, methods and apparatuses for uplink transmission. A terminal device measures at least two reference signals from a network device. Moreover, the terminal device transmits, to the network device, a mode indication of uplink transmission for multiple transmission and reception points (m-TRP) based on the measured at least two reference signals. The mode indication indicates information on a preferred one of frequency division multiplexing (FDM) transmission modes. The FDM transmission modes comprise at least a first FDM transmission mode and a second FDM transmission mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Paolo BARACCA, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Ali Karimidehkordi, Juha Pekka Karjalainen, Sami-Jukka Hakola
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Publication number: 20240089787Abstract: Disclosed is a method including identifying a service availability requirement and a survival time requirement for a terminal device, estimating a reliability level of a feedback channel associated with the terminal device based at least partly on a link quality and one or more physical control channel attributes associated with the terminal device, and determining a first target block error rate value for a first operation mode of the terminal device and a second target block error rate value for a second operation mode of the terminal device based at least partly on the service availability requirement, the survival time requirement, and the estimated reliability level of the feedback channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Saeed Reza KHOSRAVIRAD, Olav Emerik TIRKKONEN, Mikko Aleksi UUSITALO, Paolo BARACCA, Dani Johannes KORPI, Ulo PARTS, Liang ZHOU
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Publication number: 20230284152Abstract: A method including: determining a respective first amount of resources each with a respective first power and a non-aggressive MCS such that a target value is guaranteed for a BLER of a transmission to a terminal under a channel estimate of a channel and a SINR estimate; and instructing a transmission device to perform the transmission using the non-aggressive MCS on the first amount of the resources each with the first power, wherein the transmission device may perform hypothetically the transmission using an aggressive MCS on a second amount of the resources each with a respective maximum available power such that the target value is guaranteed for the BLER under the assumed conditions; the first amount of the resources is larger than the second amount of the resources, the respective first power is less than the respective maximum available power.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Silvio MANDELLI, Alessandro LIETO, Paolo BARACCA, Thorsten WILD
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Publication number: 20230254833Abstract: A solution for radio jamming detection is disclosed. The solution comprises determining M subcarriers in a time-frequency resource grid to be blanked and outputting the M subcarriers in the time-frequency resource grid to be blanked by performing at least one of the following operations: first determination of a number M of subcarriers in a time-frequency resource grid to be blanked based on probability of detecting a jammer attack or on channel quality of subcarriers in the time-frequency resource grid, second determination of which M subcarriers in the time-frequency resource grid are blanked taking into account the channel quality of subcarriers in the time-frequency resource grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Paolo BARACCA, Leonardo CHIARELLO, Karthik UPADHYA
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Publication number: 20230246728Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to device, method, apparatus and computer readable storage media of reactive jamming detection. The method comprises in accordance with a determination that an interference to the first device is to be detected, determining at least one set of actual receiving powers at the first device on a bandwidth and a frequency of a channel associated with a transmission of the first device within a time interval; determining at least one set of reference receiving powers at the first device on the bandwidth and the frequency; and in accordance with a determination that a difference between the at least one set of reference receiving powers and the at least one set of actual receiving powers exceeds a threshold difference, determining the first device is interfered by reactive jamming.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Paolo BARACCA, Karthik UPADHYA, Saeed KHOSRAVIRAD, Tao TAO, Lorenzo GALATI GIORDANO
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Patent number: 11632188Abstract: A modulation and coding scheme for a transmission to an apparatus may be selected by at least sampling a posteriori probability distribution that has been calculated using a first probability distribution and a second probability distribution. The first probability distribution is calculated using at least a newest first feedback and a plurality of older first feedbacks, a first feedback indicating channel quality. The second probability distribution is calculated using at least a newest second feedback and a plurality of older second feedbacks, a second feedback indicating a success or failure of an earlier transmission transmitted from the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Jafar Mohammadi, Paolo Baracca, Mahmoud Ramezani-Mayiami, Silvio Mandelli, Andreas Weber
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Publication number: 20230094649Abstract: A modulation and coding scheme for a transmission to an apparatus may be selected by at least sampling a posteriori probability distribution that has been calculated using a first probability distribution and a second probability distribution. The first probability distribution is calculated using at least a newest first feedback and a plurality of older first feedbacks, a first feedback indicating channel quality. The second probability distribution is calculated using at least a newest second feedback and a plurality of older second feedbacks, a second feedback indicating a success or failure of an earlier transmission transmitted from the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Jafar MOHAMMADI, Paolo BARACCA, Mahmoud RAMEZANI-MAYIAMI, Silvio MANDELLI, Andreas WEBER
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Publication number: 20220311538Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising obtaining information indicating at least a mode of a plurality of terminal devices, and allocating a set of radio resources to the plurality of terminal devices based at least partly on the mode of the plurality of terminal devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Liang ZHOU, Ülo PARTS, Saeed Reza KHOSRAVIRAD, Paolo BARACCA, Dani Johannes KORPI, Mikko Aleksi UUSITALO, Olav Emerik TIRKKONEN
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Publication number: 20220303041Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for at least detecting that a radio communication of a distributed unit might be jammed with at least a predefined first jamming probability threshold; and informing a higher layer function of the radio communication that the radio communication might be jammed with at least the predefined first jamming probability threshold, wherein the radio communication comprises a lower layer function and the higher layer function controlling at least partly the lower layer function, the distributed unit provides the lower layer function, and the distributed unit does not provide the higher layer function.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Silvio Mandelli, Paolo Baracca, Leonardo Chiarello
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Publication number: 20220286260Abstract: A spreading sequence is determined (S301) based on a candidate of a control channel of a control resource set, the candidate comprising a sequence of control information. The sequence of control information and the determined spreading sequence are multiplied (S303), thereby obtaining a spread series of control information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Volker BRAUN, Paolo BARACCA
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Publication number: 20220286405Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a method comprising: determining that a communication of data in a cyber-physical system may not fulfil an availability criterion. An emergency schedule of resources may be determined for enabling a communication of further data in the system in compliance with the availability criterion. The emergency schedule of resources may be used for communication of further data in the system in case the communication of the data does not fulfill the availability criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2019Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Saeed Reza KHOSRAVIRAD, Paolo BARACCA, Torsten FAHLDIECK
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Patent number: 11431435Abstract: This document discloses a solution for performing anti-jamming procedures. According to an aspect, a method for a terminal device comprises: receiving a first reference signal allocation from an access node, wherein the first reference signal is unique to the terminal device in a cell managed by the access node; receiving a second reference signal allocation from the access node, wherein the second reference signal is shared with at least one other terminal device in the cell; causing transmission of payload data together with the first reference signal according to a regular transmission pattern; and breaking the regular transmission pattern by transmitting dummy data together with the second reference signal in a time-frequency resource shared with the at least one other terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Karthik Upadhya, Tero Johannes Ihalainen, Dani Johannes Korpi, Martti Johannes Moisio, Mikko Aleksi Uusitalo, Paolo Baracca, Saeed Reza Khosravirad
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Publication number: 20220247511Abstract: This document discloses a solution for performing anti-jamming procedures. According to an aspect, a method for a terminal device comprises: receiving a first reference signal allocation from an access node, wherein the first reference signal is unique to the terminal device in a cell managed by the access node; receiving a second reference signal allocation from the access node, wherein the second reference signal is shared with at least one other terminal device in the cell; causing transmission of payload data together with the first reference signal according to a regular transmission pattern; and breaking the regular transmission pattern by transmitting dummy data together with the second reference signal in a time-frequency resource shared with the at least one other terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Karthik UPADHYA, Tero Johannes IHALAINEN, Dani Johannes KORPI, Martti Johannes MOISIO, Mikko Aleksi UUSITALO, Paolo BARACCA, Saeed Reza KHOSRAVIRAD
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Patent number: 11387930Abstract: There is provided a method for a first network element of a wireless communication network, the method comprising: obtaining blanked subcarrier index data indicating one or more blanked subcarriers in a time-frequency resource grid; initiating reception of a transmission from a second network element of the wireless communication network on said time-frequency resource grid; causing performing an interference measurement on said one or more blanked subcarriers to obtain interference measurement data on said one or more blanked subcarriers; and outputting the interference measurement data for detecting a presence of radio jamming.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Paolo Baracca, Thorsten Wild
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Patent number: 11240765Abstract: A method for modifying an electromagnetic field distribution of a node in a telecommunication network, comprising determining the presence of an entity within a region of interest, and regulating transmission power to the region of interest from the node by varying a spatio-temporal transmission profile of the node in response to determining the presence of the entity in the region for a period of time longer than a predetermined threshold value, wherein modifying the electromagnetic field distribution of the node comprises modifying an average electromagnetic field distribution of said node.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Paolo Baracca, Adrian Garcia Rodriguez, Lorenzo Galati Giordano, Giovanni Geraci, David Lopez-Perez
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Publication number: 20210344437Abstract: There is provided a method for a first network element of a wireless communication network, the method comprising: obtaining blanked subcarrier index data indicating one or more blanked subcarriers in a time-frequency resource grid; initiating reception of a transmission from a second network element of the wireless communication network on said time-frequency resource grid; causing performing an interference measurement on said one or more blanked subcarriers to obtain interference measurement data on said one or more blanked subcarriers; and outputting the interference measurement data for detecting a presence of radio jamming.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Paolo BARACCA, Thorsten WILD
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Publication number: 20210289527Abstract: Examples relate to a method for a mobile communication system. The mobile communication system includes a base station communicating with a plurality of associated mobile stations using a downlink radio frame comprising a plurality of subframes. Further, the method includes generating a master sub-frame of the downlink radio frame by the base station. The master sub-frame includes scheduling information indicating which of the mobile stations are candidates for scheduling in sub-frames other than the master sub-frame of the downlink radio frame, and which of the mobile stations are scheduled by the base station in the master sub-frame. Additionally, the method includes transmitting the master sub-frame to the plurality of associated mobile stations by the base station. Further, the method includes reading the scheduling information of the master sub-frame by at least one mobile station of the plurality of associated mobile stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Alcatel LucentInventors: Paolo Baracca, Ilaria Malanchini, Vinay Suryaprakash
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Publication number: 20210051604Abstract: A method for modifying an electromagnetic field distribution of a node in a telecommunication network, comprising determining the presence of an entity within a region of interest, and regulating transmission power to the region of interest from the node by varying a spatio-temporal transmission profile of the node in response to determining the presence of the entity in the region for a period of time longer than a predetermined threshold value, wherein modifying the electromagnetic field distribution of the node comprises modifying an average electromagnetic field distribution of said node.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Paolo Baracca, Adrian Garcia Rodriguez, Lorenzo Galati Giordano, Giovanni Geraci, David Lopez-Perez
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Publication number: 20190281473Abstract: A system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for haptic augmented reality (AR) based feedback for user-centric wireless network may include a mobile device including a display device configured to display an AR user interface of a user's physical location, a location sensor configured to obtain real-time physical location information related to the mobile device, at least one wireless transceiver configured to determine characteristics of at least one wireless network, a camera configured to obtain at least one image of the user's physical location, a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon, and at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to provide haptic AR based feedback for user-centric wireless networks.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Nokia Technologies OYInventors: Qi LIAO, Stefan WESEMANN, llaria MALANCHINI, Paolo BARACCA