Patents by Inventor Simone Merlin

Simone Merlin 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).

  • Patent number: 11032780
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus is configured to determine a target receiver power level for uplink transmissions received at the apparatus, to determine uplink power control information based on the determined target receiver power level for UL MU-MIMO transmission or UL OFDMA transmission, and to transmit a frame that includes the determined uplink power control information to a station scheduled by the apparatus for uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arjun Bharadwaj, Rahul Tandra, Bin Tian, Youhan Kim, Simone Merlin, George Cherian
  • Patent number: 10999014
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for implementing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocol in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A station (STA) may send a HARQ transmission to another STA. The HARQ protocol may support the use of different types of feedback from the receiving STA to control the HARQ retransmission process. This disclosure provides example message formats to support HARQ transmission and HARQ feedback in a WLAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bin Tian, Hemanth Sampath, Sameer Vermani, Lin Yang, Dung Ngoc Doan, Simone Merlin, Alfred Asterjadhi, Jialing Li Chen, Stephen Jay Shellhammer
  • Patent number: 10999852
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for allocating multi-user communication resources to one or more stations for uplink data transmissions are provided. In one aspect, a method for allocating multi-user communication resources to one or more stations for uplink data transmissions is provided. The method comprises generating a request frame requesting an uplink buffer report from each of the one or more stations, the request frame selectively requesting that the uplink buffer report indicate either an amount of data in an uplink buffer or a requested amount of time to transmit the data in the uplink buffer. The method comprises transmitting the request frame to each of the one or more stations. The method comprises receiving the uplink buffer report in a report frame from each of the one or more stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred Asterjadhi, Simone Merlin, George Cherian
  • Publication number: 20210099962
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus is configured to determine a target receiver power level for uplink transmissions received at the apparatus, to determine uplink power control information based on the determined target receiver power level for UL MU-MIMO transmission or UL OFDMA transmission, and to transmit a frame that includes the determined uplink power control information to a station scheduled by the apparatus for uplink transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Arjun BHARADWAJ, Rahul TANDRA, Bin TIAN, Youhan KIM, Simone MERLIN, George CHERIAN
  • Patent number: 10952139
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is configured to receive information indicating a wake time period from a STA and use the received wake time period to schedule communication with the STA. The apparatus may use the received wake time period to determine a target transmission time for transmitting a trigger frame to the STA. The apparatus may transmit a beacon to the STA and then transmit the trigger frame to the STA at the target transmission time following the beacon. The apparatus may also indicate an offset from the beacon that the apparatus will use for communication with the STA based on the wake time period of the STA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred Asterjadhi, George Cherian, Simone Merlin, Sandip Homchaudhuri, Zhanfeng Jia, Sumeet Kumar, Pradeep Kumar Yenganti
  • Publication number: 20210051563
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may identify an aggregation capability to communicate in parallel over a plurality of wireless links. The wireless device may in some cases broadcast this aggregation capability (e.g., periodically). Additionally or alternatively, the wireless device may transmit the aggregation capability in response to a request received from another wireless device. In some cases, the first wireless device may transmit a request to a second wireless device inquiring about aggregation capabilities of the second wireless device. The second wireless device may respond with its aggregation capabilities (e.g., or may broadcast its aggregation capabilities independently of receiving the response). The wireless devices may establish a multi-link session based at least in part on the indicated aggregation capabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Abhishek Pramod Patil, Alfred Asterjadhi, Venkata Ramanan Venkatachalam Jayaraman, George Cherian, Simone Merlin
  • Publication number: 20210014871
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus obtain a signal from a remote wireless node. The apparatus may switch between a first mode and a second mode in response to the signal. The apparatus may sense the shared transmission medium and sense if an absence of traffic is detected. The apparatus may delay data transmission for a fixed time interval from detecting the absence of traffic. The apparatus may initiate the data transmission at the end of the fixed time interval if operating in the first mode or initiate the data transmission at the end of a random time interval following the fixed time interval if operation in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Simone MERLIN
  • Patent number: 10863539
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for improving transmission opportunity (TxOP) truncation in wireless communication. In some implementations, a transmit opportunity (TxOP) period truncation or whether to update a network allocation vector (NAV) timing based on a message that includes transmitter and receiver information (such as a transmitter address (TA) and a receiver address (RA)) may be determined. For example, a station may receive a contention-free end (CF-End) frame and determine a TxOP period truncation based on comparing a TA and an RA included in the CF-End frame with a TA and an RA included in an earlier received message (e.g., an RTS). Such information may be compared to other TAs or RAs associated with NAV timing values and the NAV timing may be set, reset, updated, or canceled based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qingjiang Tian, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Abhishek Pramod Patil, Yan Zhou, George Cherian, Alfred Asterjadhi, Simone Merlin
  • Patent number: 10856281
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, a method of transmitting a physical layer convergence protocol data unit on a wireless medium includes generating a first portion and a second portion of the physical layer convergence protocol data unit, transmitting the first portion at a first data rate, the first portion decodable by a first and second sets of devices, and transmitting the second portion at a second data rate higher than the first data rate, the second portion decodable by the second set of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Maarten Menzo Wentink, Simone Merlin, Albert Van Zelst
  • Patent number: 10856203
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may identify an aggregation capability to communicate in parallel over a plurality of wireless links. The wireless device may in some cases broadcast this aggregation capability (e.g., periodically). Additionally or alternatively, the wireless device may transmit the aggregation capability in response to a request received from another wireless device. In some cases, the first wireless device may transmit a request to a second wireless device inquiring about aggregation capabilities of the second wireless device. The second wireless device may respond with its aggregation capabilities (e.g., or may broadcast its aggregation capabilities independently of receiving the response). The wireless devices may establish a multi-link session based at least in part on the indicated aggregation capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Abhishek Pramod Patil, Alfred Asterjadhi, Venkata Ramanan Venkatachalam Jayaraman, George Cherian, Simone Merlin
  • Patent number: 10834754
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for selectively setting a network allocation vector for a subset of stations as disclosed. A method of reserving access to wireless communication medium for a plurality of wireless devices includes, transmitting a message including a first indication for a first subset of wireless devices of the plurality of wireless devices to set a network allocation vector (NAV) and further includes a second indication for a second subset of wireless devices of the plurality wireless devices to not set the NAV, so as to reserve access to the wireless medium for at least the second subset of the plurality of wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Santosh Paul Abraham, Patrick Stupar, Andrea Garavaglia
  • Patent number: 10827425
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus may be configured to determining a TWT schedule. The apparatus may be configured to broadcast a message that includes the TWT schedule to a number of wireless devices. The message may include a broadcast indicator that indicates the TWT schedule is a broadcast TWT schedule. In another aspect, an apparatus may be configured to receive from a second wireless device a message that includes a TWT schedule. The message may include a broadcast indicator that indicates the TWT schedule is a broadcast TWT schedule. The apparatus may be configured to determine one or more TWTs for the apparatus based on the TWT schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred Asterjadhi, Simone Merlin, Bin Tian, George Cherian, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac
  • Patent number: 10819471
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for multi user bar protocols and frames. According to certain aspects, an apparatus is provided for wireless communications. The apparatus generally includes a processing system configured to determine that a plurality of devices have a first capability and generate a multi-user (MU) packet that solicits an immediate response from a plurality of the devices, wherein the immediate response comprises an acknowledgment (ACK) or block ACK (BA) and an interface configured to output the MU packet for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Hemanth Sampath
  • Patent number: 10812634
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer program products for traffic information signaling in a wireless communications network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication network is disclosed. The method includes selecting, from a variable number of control fields, one or more control fields for inclusion in a frame. The method further includes generating the frame comprising the selected number of control fields, each control field comprising an end of control field, the end of control field storing an indicator indicative of an end of the selected number of control fields or a presence of another control field in the frame. The method further includes transmitting the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred Asterjadhi, Simone Merlin, George Cherian, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Gang Ding, Qingjiang Tian, Yan Zhou
  • Patent number: 10728912
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus obtain a signal from a remote wireless node. The apparatus may switch between a first mode and a second mode in response to the signal. The apparatus may sense the shared transmission medium and sense if an absence of traffic is detected. The apparatus may delay data transmission for a fixed time interval from detecting the absence of traffic. The apparatus may initiate the data transmission at the end of the fixed time interval if operating in the first mode or initiate the data transmission at the end of a random time interval following the fixed time interval if operation in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Simone Merlin
  • Patent number: 10707986
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for generating variable length block acknowledgement fields in a wireless network are provided. One aspect of this disclosure provides a method of wireless communication. The method includes receiving, by an apparatus, an indication of block acknowledgment (BA) parameters, and determining, by the apparatus, a size of a bitmap field based on the BA parameters. The method further includes generating, by the apparatus, a block acknowledgment (BA) frame comprising the bitmap field and an indication of the determined size of the bitmap field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Alfred Asterjadhi, George Cherian
  • Publication number: 20200169964
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the example method may include generating a data frame including a Medium Access Control (MAC) header or a physical layer (PHY) header. The MAC header or the PHY header of the data frame may include transmit power related information. The transmit power related information may include at least one of: a maximum transmit power, power backoff per modulation and coding scheme information, or an actual transmit power. The method may include transmitting the data frame to a second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yan ZHOU, Bin TIAN, Gwendolyn Denise BARRIAC, Alfred ASTERJADHI, Simone MERLIN, George CHERIAN
  • Publication number: 20200165631
    Abstract: Sequences derived from Stabilin-2 promoter are used as a promoter to drive the expression of a gene specifically into endothelial cells, preferably said gene is a therapeutic gene, such as FVIII or any gene involved in the coagulation cascade. Moreover, the use of these sequences is for medical purposes, in particular, to treat a genetic disease, such as hemophilia, preferably by gene and/or cellular therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: UNIVERSITA' DEL PIEMONTE ORIENTALE
    Inventors: Antonia FOLLENZI, Simone MERLIN, Ester BORRONI, Chiara BORSOTTI, Valentina BRUSCAGGIN, Silvia ZUCCHELLI
  • Patent number: 10666368
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing reuse of a wireless medium are provided. One method of managing reuse of a wireless medium includes determining, at an access point, whether to allow reuse of the wireless medium by one or more stations in a basic service set (BSS). The method further includes transmitting, upon determining to allow reuse, an indication that reuse of the wireless medium can be permitted for stations meeting a criteria. The method further includes determining one or more reuse parameters. The method further includes transmitting the one or more reuse parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, George Cherian, Simone Merlin, Alfred Asterjadhi, Yan Zhou, Gang Ding, Qingjiang Tian
  • Patent number: 10660089
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide various mechanisms for protection of MU transmissions, such as UL MU MIMO and UL OFDMA. The mechanisms may allow for various NAV setting options for UL MU MIMO or UL OFDMA. Aspects of the present invention relate to a processing system configured to generate a first frame configured to trigger multiple transmissions from multiple devices, wherein the first frame has a duration field set to a value corresponding to a duration that covers at least the multiple transmissions, and an interface configured to output the frame for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac