Patents by Inventor Stephen G. Dick

Stephen G. Dick 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: 20210007029
    Abstract: A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) supporting uplink transmissions. The method being used in a WTRU and comprising transmitting a data block to a base station using a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process, receiving uplink scheduling information from the base station, wherein the uplink scheduling information includes a H-ARQ process identification for the H-ARQ process, and determining whether to retransmit the data block based on the received uplink scheduling information and not based on whether the WTRU has received a negative acknowledgement (NACK) from the base station. The uplink scheduling information includes physical channel resources. The uplink scheduling information is received from a primary cell and the WTRU transmits to the primary cell and at least one secondary cell. The scheduling information indicates a modulation and coding scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Publication number: 20200404568
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a method comprising monitoring a plurality of cells for ACK/NACK information, each of the plurality of cells including a plurality of downlink channels, for each of the plurality of cells, determining a subset of the downlink channels for the cell, and, for each of the plurality of cells, monitoring the subset of downlink channels for one or more downlink messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Stephen G. Dick, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, James M. Miller, Sung-Hyuk Shin
  • Publication number: 20200396666
    Abstract: A method and base station supporting uplink transmissions. The method being used in a base station and comprising receiving a data block from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) using a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process, transmitting uplink scheduling information to the WTRU to indicate whether the data block should be retransmitted by the WTRU, wherein the uplink scheduling information includes a H-ARQ process identification for the H-ARQ process, and receiving a retransmission of the data block from the WTRU. The uplink scheduling information includes physical channel resources. The uplink scheduling information is received from a primary cell and the WTRU transmits to the primary cell and at least one secondary cell. The scheduling information indicates a modulation and coding scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 10869247
    Abstract: A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) supporting uplink transmissions. The method being used in a WTRU and comprising transmitting a data block to a base station using a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process, receiving uplink scheduling information from the base station, wherein the uplink scheduling information includes a H-ARQ process identification for the H-ARQ process, and determining whether to retransmit the data block based on the received uplink scheduling information and not based on whether the WTRU has received a negative acknowledgement (NACK) from the base station. The uplink scheduling information includes physical channel resources. The uplink scheduling information is received from a primary cell and the WTRU transmits to the primary cell and at least one secondary cell. The scheduling information indicates a modulation and coding scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 10841905
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprises a processor configured to buffer data for uplink transmission. The processor is configured to trigger a first scheduling request. The processor is configured to start a timer based on the buffered data. A transmitter is configured to transmit the first scheduling request to a network. The processor is configured, in response to receipt of an uplink grant sufficient to transmit the buffered data, to stop the timer. The processor is configured while the timer is running, to not have the transmitter transmit another scheduling request The processor is configured, after the timer expires, to have the transmitter transmit a second scheduling request to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 10791490
    Abstract: An enhanced uplink user equipment is in soft handover. A radio network controller selects a primary Node-B out of a plurality of Node-Bs supporting the soft handover. The radio network controller receiving successfully received enhanced uplink data packets from the plurality of Node-Bs. The radio network controller reordered the successfully received enhanced uplink data packets for in-sequence deliver. The primary Node-B sends specified scheduling information to the user equipment that the other Node-Bs does not transmit. At least the primary Node-B transmits acknowledgements and negative acknowledgements to the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 10791491
    Abstract: A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) supporting uplink transmissions. The method being used in a WTRU and comprising transmitting a data block to a base station using a H-ARQ process, receiving uplink scheduling information from the base station, wherein the uplink scheduling information includes a H-ARQ process identification of the H-ARQ process, and determining whether to retransmit the data block based on the H-ARQ process identification. The reception of the uplinks scheduling information indicates retransmission of a NACK'ed data block. The uplink scheduling information includes physical channel resources. The uplink scheduling information is received from a primary cell and the WTRU transmits to the primary cell and at least one secondary cell. The scheduling information indicates a modulation and coding scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 10764803
    Abstract: A method, wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and a wireless network node configured for wireless communications comprising receiving, by the WTRU, configuration information for a primary cell and one or more non-primary cells, receiving, by the WTRU, a message on the primary cell, the received message including indication of at least one of the one or more non-primary cells from which the WTRU is to receive a downlink shared channel transmission, and in response to the received message, receiving and processing, by the WTRU, the downlink shared channel transmission from the indicated at least one of the one or more non-primary cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Stephen G. Dick, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, James M. Miller, Sung-Hyuk Shin
  • Publication number: 20200260388
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is configured to receive a WTRU-specific configuration of WTRU-specific sounding reference signal (SRS) subframes for performing SRS transmissions. The WTRU is configured to receive a trigger in a subframe to transmit a first SRS. The WTRU is configured to select a first subframe. The WTRU is configured to determine that a maximum power would be exceeded in a symbol in the selected first subframe. The WTRU is configured to, on a condition that transmission of at least one other SRS would at least partially overlap in the symbol in the selected first subframe, scale transmission powers of the first SRS and the at least one other SRS equally to comply with the maximum power. The WTRU is configured to transmit, in accordance with the scaled transmission powers, the first SRS in the selected subframe and the at least one other SRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Chang-Soo Koo, Peter S. Wang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, John W. Haim, Stephen G. Dick, Mihaela C. Beluri
  • Publication number: 20200127774
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forwarding non-consecutive data blocks in uplink transmissions including receiving a plurality of data blocks from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU); storing the received data blocks in a buffer; forwarding data blocks from the buffer to an entity higher than a medium access control (MAC) entity based on a frame number associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for the stored data blocks; initializing a timer in response to a determination that the data blocks stored in the buffer include non-consecutive data blocks, the determination that the data blocks stored in the buffer include non-consecutive blocks indicating a missing data block; and forwarding non-consecutive ones of the data blocks stored in the buffer to the entity higher than the MAC entity on a condition that the timer has expired and the missing data block has not been received by the wireless network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 10568048
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for uplink sounding reference signals (SRS) transmissions are disclosed. A WTRU-specific configuration of WTRU-specific SRS subframes for performing SRS transmissions is received. A trigger is received in a subframe from a base station to transmit a first SRS. A first subframe is selected after the subframe in which the trigger is received which is both a WTRU-specific subframe and at least four subframes after the subframe in which the trigger is received. A determination if a maximum power is exceeded in a symbol in the selected first subframe is made. On a condition that the maximum power is not exceeded in the symbol in the selected first subframe, the first SRS is transmitted in the selected first subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Chang-Soo Koo, Peter S. Wang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, John W. Haim, Stephen G. Dick, Mihaela C. Beluri
  • Publication number: 20200029387
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is disclosed that comprises a processor configured to selectively enable and disable reception of downlink signaling and configured to monitor a buffer of the WTRU for data to transmit. The WTRU comprises a transmitter configured to transmit, while reception of the downlink signaling is disabled, a channel allocation request in response to data in the monitored buffer. The processor is configured, in response to the data in the monitored buffer, to enable reception of the downlink signaling to allow the WTRU to receive an uplink channel allocation. The transmitter is configured, in response to the WTRU receiving an uplink channel allocation, to transmit uplink data on an uplink channel. The processor is configured to track a time when HARQ feedback is expected to be received in response to the transmitted uplink data, and configured to receive the HARQ feedback at the expected time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 10517109
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprises an antenna, a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to transmit an indication of uplink data on an uplink control channel on a condition that uplink data is in a buffer of the WTRU. The WTRU is configured to use the uplink control channel and an uplink data channel. The receiver is configured to receive an uplink scheduling message based on the transmitted indication of uplink data. The transmitter is further configured to transmit uplink data on the uplink data channel based on the received uplink scheduling message. The transmitted uplink data is included in a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU). The MAC PDU includes traffic volume information. A header of the MAC PDU includes a field indicating the presence of the traffic volume information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick
  • Publication number: 20190373528
    Abstract: A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) supporting uplink transmissions. The method being used in a WTRU and comprising transmitting a data block to a base station using a H-ARQ process, receiving uplink scheduling information from the base station, wherein the uplink scheduling information includes a H-ARQ process identification of the H-ARQ process, and determining whether to retransmit the data block based on the H-ARQ process identification. The reception of the uplinks scheduling information indicates retransmission of a NACK'ed data block. The uplink scheduling information includes physical channel resources. The uplink scheduling information is received from a primary cell and the WTRU transmits to the primary cell and at least one secondary cell. The scheduling information indicates a modulation and coding scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Publication number: 20190364478
    Abstract: A method, wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and a wireless network node configured for wireless communications comprising receiving, by the WTRU, configuration information for a primary cell and one or more non-primary cells, receiving, by the WTRU, a message on the primary cell, the received message including indication of at least one of the one or more non-primary cells from which the WTRU is to receive a downlink shared channel transmission, and in response to the received message, receiving and processing, by the WTRU, the downlink shared channel transmission from the indicated at least one of the one or more non-primary cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Stephen G. Dick, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, James M. Miller, Sung-Hyuk Shin
  • Patent number: 10492154
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for controlling transmitter power in a wireless communication system in which channels, including one or more shared channels, are utilized. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a control signal from a base station. The WTRU may also receive a transmit power command from the base station. Further, the WTRU may transmit a shared channel signal to another WTRU in a transmission time interval (TTI) based on the control signal. The transmission power level of the transmitted shared channel signal may be based on the received transmit power command. Also, the transmission power level may be further based on a measured pathloss. In addition, the WTRU may transmit a second channel signal to the another WTRU in a TTI, wherein a transmission power level of the transmitted second channel signal is derived from a measured pathloss and a received transmit power command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen G. Dick, Marian Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20190349918
    Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting uplink control information and feedback are disclosed for carrier aggregation systems. A user equipment device may be configured to transmit uplink control information and other feedback for several downlink component carriers using one or more uplink component carriers. The user equipment device may be configured to transmit such data using a physical uplink control channel rather than a physical uplink shared channel. The user equipment device may be configured to determine the uplink control information and feedback data that is to be transmitted, the physical uplink control channel resources to be used to transmit the uplink control information and feedback data, and how the uplink control information and feedback data may be transmitted over the physical uplink control channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Robert L. Olesen, Ghyslain Pelletier, Marian Rudolf, Paul Marinier, Charles A. Dennean, Stephen G. Dick, Allan Y. Tsai, Christopher R. Cave, Chang-Soo Koo
  • Patent number: 10390279
    Abstract: A method and system for an enhanced uplink (EU) operation in a wireless communication system during soft handover. The system comprises a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), at least two Node-Bs, and a radio network controller (RNC). One Node-B may be designated as a primary Node-B, and the primary Node-B may control EU operation during soft handover including uplink scheduling and hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ). Soft buffer corruption is avoided during soft handover by controlling H-ARQ by the primary Node-B. Alternatively, an RNC may control EU operation during soft handover including H-ARQ. In this case, an RNC generates final acknowledge/non-acknowledge (ACK/NACK) decision based on the error check results of the Node-Bs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation
    Inventors: Stephen G. Dick, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, James M. Miller, Sung-Hyuk Shin
  • Patent number: 10368342
    Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting uplink control information and feedback are disclosed for carrier aggregation systems. A user equipment device may be configured to transmit uplink control information and other feedback for several downlink component carriers using one or more uplink component carriers. The user equipment device may be configured to transmit such data using a physical uplink control channel rather than a physical uplink shared channel. The user equipment device may be configured to determine the uplink control information and feedback data that is to be transmitted, the physical uplink control channel resources to be used to transmit the uplink control information and feedback data, and how the uplink control information and feedback data may be transmitted over the physical uplink control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Robert L. Olesen, Ghyslain Pelletier, Marian Rudolf, Paul Marinier, Charles A. Dennean, Stephen G. Dick, Allan Y. Tsai, Christopher R. Cave, Chang-Soo Koo
  • Patent number: 10368389
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system including a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and at least one Node-B, a method and apparatus is used to selectively enable reception of at least one downlink (DL) enhanced uplink (EU) signaling channel established between the WTRU and the Node-B(s). During the operation of an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), the WTRU monitors at least one DL EU signaling channel established between the WTRU and the Node-B(s) only when it is necessary, based on the WTRU's knowledge of at least one established standard procedure. The WTRU coordinates and consolidates DL signaling channel reception requirements of a plurality of channel allocation and/or data transmission procedures carried out by the WTRU in accordance with the established standard procedure. The WTRU determines whether to enable reception of at least one specific DL signaling channel based on the consolidated DL signaling channel reception requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, Stephen G. Dick