Frequency Division Patents (Class 370/281)
  • Patent number: 9825751
    Abstract: Provided is a communication control device that controls radio communication conducted by one or more terminal devices according to a time-division duplex (TDD) scheme, the communication control device including a configuration section that configures, for each frame that includes a plurality of subframes, a link direction configuration expressing a link direction per subframe, and a control section that signals the link direction configuration configured by the configuration section to each terminal device. The configuration section configures a first link direction configuration for a first terminal group, and configures a second link direction configuration for a second terminal group, and the control section signals the first link direction configuration to a terminal device belonging to the first terminal group on a first cycle, and signals the second link direction configuration to a terminal device belonging to the second terminal group on a second cycle that is shorter than the first cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takano, Nishiki Mizusawa
  • Patent number: 9813222
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for implementing full-duplex wireless communications between communication devices. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: create, at a first communication device, first data to transmit to a second communication device; switch a half-duplex operation mode of the first communication device to a full-duplex operation mode to activate the full-duplex operation mode of the first communication device; transmit a first portion of the first data from the first communication device to the second communication device using a wireless channel; and transmit, in the full-duplex operation mode of the first communication device, a remaining portion of the first data to the second communication device while simultaneously (1) receiving second data from the second communication device using the wireless channel and (2) detecting a presence of the second communication device via radar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimizu, John Kenney, Gaurav Bansal
  • Patent number: 9813214
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for feeding back early stop decoding are provided. The method includes: a terminal side adjusting encoded TFCI bits, and sending the adjusted TFCI bits to a NodeB side via a TFCI domain of an uplink DPCCH (S302); after sending the adjusted TFCI bits to the NodeB side, the terminal side performing a decoding operation on a downlink DPCH, and feeding back, via an idle TFCI domain of the uplink DPCCH, a decoding result to the NodeB side (304). By applying the technical solution, at least one of the problems in the related art that a NodeB cannot obtain a TFCI in time and a terminal side cannot feed back a downlink decoding result in time during early stop decoding can be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO. LTD
    Inventors: Meiying Wang, Jiewei Ding, Tao Liu
  • Patent number: 9793938
    Abstract: Provided is an intermediate-frequency analog-to-digital conversion device, including: a gain attenuation module, a gain amplification module, a filter and an analog-to-digital conversion module. The gain attenuation module is configured to perform attenuation processing on a received intermediate-frequency signal. The gain amplification module is connected to the gain attenuation module, and configured to perform amplification processing on a signal that is output from the gain attenuation module. The filter is a variable filter, connected to the gain amplification module, and configured to perform filter processing on a signal that is amplified by a gain amplifier. The analog-to-digital conversion module is connected to the filter, and configured to convert a signal that is filtered by the filter into a digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO. LTD
    Inventors: Wei Liu, Yajuan Duan, Mengbi Lei, Xiangling Li, Guojun Zhang
  • Patent number: 9788316
    Abstract: A user equipment, base station and method for performing a measurement in a wireless communication system are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving, from a first base station, information indicating a resource region for performing the measurement; performing the measurement for the resource region; and transmitting, to the first base station, a report for the measurement. The resource region is determined as a combination of at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and at least one downlink subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Hanbyul Seo, Byounghoon Kim, Kijun Kim, Hakseong Kim
  • Patent number: 9774983
    Abstract: The information processing method includes: an evolved NodeB sending information of PRACH resources configured for a UE to the UE via a PDSCH indicated by a downlink control channel, and after receiving a random access preamble sequence sent from the UE, the evolved NodeB sending downlink control information and a Random Access Response (RAR), wherein the downlink control channel is an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH); or, information carried by PBCH indicates that the downlink control channel is the ePDCCH or a physical downlink control channel; or, when the LTE system bandwidth is less than or equal to the reception bandwidth of the UE, the downlink control channel is a physical downlink control channel, and when the LTE system bandwidth is larger than the reception bandwidth of the UE, the downlink control channel is the ePDCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xincai Li, Shuqiang Xia, Bo Dai, Huiying Fang
  • Patent number: 9722762
    Abstract: A method according to an embodiment of the invention includes receiving and transmitting signals over a time division duplex (TDD) communication path. Signals are received over the TDD communication path via a first portion of a first frequency band. The first frequency band is adjacent to a second frequency band and to a third frequency band. The first frequency band is different from the second frequency band and from the third frequency band. A first frequency division duplex (FDD) communication path can be operable in the second frequency band. A second FDD communication path can be operable in the third frequency band. Signals are transmitted over the TDD communication path via a second portion of the first frequency band that is different from the first portion of the first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventors: Mariam Sorond, Peter Corea, Doug Hyslop, Tom Peters
  • Patent number: 9712930
    Abstract: Embodiments of packet loss concealment in a hearing assistance device are generally described herein. A method for packet loss concealment can include receiving, at a first hearing assistance device, a first encoded packet stream from a second hearing assistance device and a signal frame. The method can include encoding, at the first hearing assistance device, the signal frame and determining, at the first hearing assistance device, that a second encoded packet stream was not received from the second hearing assistance device within a predetermined time. In response to determining that the second encoded packet stream was not received, the method can include decoding, at the first hearing assistance device, the encoded signal frame, and outputting the signal frame and the decoded signal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Denis Mustiere, Ivo Merks, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9706445
    Abstract: A method of handling at least a call in handover in a wireless communication system and a communication device using the same are proposed. The wireless communication system includes at least a wireless communication network and a wireless communication device. The method includes the following steps. First, a wireless communication device receives a message for switching at least a packet-switched (PS) call to at least a circuit-switched (CS) call from the wireless communication network. Further, the wireless communication device sets a stream identifier of each of the CS calls to an identifier value. The method enables smooth single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) handover from the PS call in one wireless communication network to the CS call in another wireless communication network. In addition, the method also enables SRVCC multicall handover from the PS call in one network operation mode to the CS call in another wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 9698965
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: deciding to switch to a half-duplex mode of operations upon detecting a triggering condition including that multiple radio stacks are activated at the apparatus simultaneously; signaling an associated base station the decision of switching to the half-duplex mode half-duplex mode; and entering the half-duplex mode of operation, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Henri Markus Koskinen, Jussi Kustaa Ojala, Antti-Veikko Pii̠pponen, Tommi Juhani Zetterman
  • Patent number: 9699772
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of wireless communications and particularly to a method of and system and apparatus for transmitting information so as to transmit DCI over E-PDCCHs. A method according to an embodiment of the invention includes: the network side selecting candidate E-PDCCHs for carrying DCI from a set of candidate E-PDCCHs, wherein the set of candidate E-PDCCHs includes E-PDCCHs occupying a plurality of time-frequency resources consecutive in frequency domain and E-PDCCHs occupying a plurality of time-frequency resources inconsecutive in frequency domain; and the network side transmitting the DCI over the selected candidate E-PDCCHs. With the method according to the embodiment of the invention, DCI can be transmitted over E-PDCCHs to thereby enable effectively the E-PDCCHs to occupy both the resources consecutive in frequency domain and the resources inconsecutive in frequency domain and improve the transmission efficiency and the system performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Rui Zhao, Xueming Pan, Zukang Shen
  • Patent number: 9680627
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for selecting a duplex mode for a service operating in a Wireless Network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a mobile device may receive one or more traffic packets related to an establishment or a re-establishment of a service at the mobile device, and may select a duplex mode for the service. In some embodiments, the mobile device may be an IEEE 802.11 Station (STA). The mobile device may be configured to select full-duplex as the duplex mode when a delay requirement associated with the service is less than a predetermined delay threshold and when a calibration overhead associated with the mobile device or the service is less than a predetermined calibration overhead threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Konstantinos D. Dimou, Ehsan Aryafar, Shilpa Talwar
  • Patent number: 9674752
    Abstract: A mobile station apparatus receives information indicating an event and parameters for evaluating a condition of the event using a first cell or a second cell wherein the condition of the event is evaluated for a neighboring cell on associated frequency of the second cell. A base station apparatus configures the first cell and the second cell. The mobile station apparatus also determines whether the neighboring cell is an applicable cell based on one or more cell identifications and evaluates the condition of the event, where the second cell is not an applicable cell when the first cell and the second cell are used for a carrier aggregation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsunari Uemura, Shohei Yamada, Daiichiro Nakashima
  • Patent number: 9674835
    Abstract: The present invention and embodiments thereof relate to a method for transmitting a signal of a base station in a wireless communication system using a carrier merge. The method includes transmitting to a terminal a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) on a downlink secondary cell and a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) indicating the PDSCH on a downlink primary cell; and receiving a reception acknowledgement response on the PDSCH, which is transmitted from the terminal to an uplink primary cell. The PDSCH is transmitted when the downlink secondary cell becomes available, and the transmission timing of the reception acknowledgement response is determined by one of the PDSCH transmission timing or the PDCCH transmission timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hakseong Kim, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 9667339
    Abstract: A telecommunication system comprises channels connected to a spot generation device, each spot being able to cover a dedicated user cell. All the channels have an identical bandwidth. The spot generation device comprises channel amplifiers with variable gain and with constant output power dedicated to each channel, the output power levels of all the channel amplifiers being constant and identical, frequency demultiplexers respectively connected to the channel amplifiers and intended to split the bandwidth assigned to each channel into N sub-bands having the same width corresponding to N carriers having different frequencies, a device for selecting and distributing all the carriers between the spots, and frequency combiners respectively dedicated to each spot, the number of carriers assigned to each spot being variable from one spot to another spot according to the needs of the corresponding users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventor: Bernard Charrat
  • Patent number: 9641271
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)-based resource partition between two radio base stations (RBSs) with which a User Equipment (UE) is to perform dual connectivity and an associated radio network node. The method comprises the step of forming at least two non-overlapping Uplink (UL) subframe sets and at least two non-overlapping Downlink (DL) subframe sets. The method further comprises the step of allocating at least one of the UL subframe sets and at least one of the DL subframe sets exclusively to each of the RBSs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Xinghua Song, Rui Fan, Shaohua Li, Qianxi Lu, Haochuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9609781
    Abstract: A split chassis with a floating midplane carrier is provided. The split chassis is a modular electronic chassis which includes a first chassis section and a midplane carrier floatingly mounted to the first chassis section. The modular electronic chassis further includes a second chassis section mounted to the first chassis section, with the midplane carrier mounted between the first chassis section and the second chassis section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Glenn E. Myrto, Daniel P. Kelaher, Camillo Sassano, John P. Scavuzzo, Timothy M. Wiwel, Paul A. Wormsbecher
  • Patent number: 9585104
    Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to interference coordination techniques for scenarios where two neighboring base stations transmit on different carrier frequencies having bandwidths that overlap at least in part. A network node determines radio resources in the overlapping portion of the bandwidths and controls or adjusts the transmission configuration of signals being transmitted in the overlapping portion of the bandwidths to reduce or avoid interference. The network node may also configure or request a wireless terminal to perform inter-frequency measurements in the overlapping portion of the bandwidths. In some embodiments, a wireless terminal determines radio resources in the overlapping portion of the bandwidths and performs measurements on the signal in the overlapping portion of the bandwidths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Iana Siomina, Bengt Lindoff
  • Patent number: 9584267
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for controlling a downlink (DL) Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) timing in a system supporting a TDD-FDD joint operation and an FDD-TDD joint operation environment. A base station transmits a PDSCH and a UE transmits an HARQ response in response to the PDSCH. In the TDD-FDD joint operation, the interval between the PDSCH transmission and the HARQ response may be determined based on an FDD mode configuration when the PDSCH is transmitted through a TDD-based primary serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 9584675
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a speed detecting portion and a communication condition setting portion. The speed detecting portion performs wireless communications with a communication device in a plurality of predetermined frequency bands and detects communication speeds of the wireless communications that respectively correspond to the plurality of predetermined frequency bands. The communication condition setting portion sets a frequency band that corresponds to a highest communication speed among the communication speeds detected by the speed detecting portion, as a communication frequency band to be used in wireless communications that are performed to transmit and receive image data to/from the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Kitao
  • Patent number: 9532334
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for multiple wireless communication devices (WCDs) to share a resource block in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication system by assigning each WCD a different one of multiple different sub-segments of the resource block. A base station can allocate the shared resource block on to the WCDs, and use hash function applied to each WCD to assign a different one of the sub-segments to each WCD. Each of the WCDs can apply the same hash function to determine the same sub-segment assignment made by the base station. For downlink communications, the base station can transmit data to each WCD in the assigned sub-segment, and each WCD can recover its data from its assigned sub-segment. For uplink communications, each WCD can transmit its data to the base station in its assigned sub-segment, and the base station can recover each WCD's data from the assigned sub-segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Yu Zhou, Muhammad Ahsan Naim
  • Patent number: 9531513
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an interference coordination method, a base station, and a communication system. The method includes: acquiring first user channel state information on a first time-frequency resource on which interference coordination is to be performed; acquiring second user channel state information on the first time-frequency resource; pairing a first user and a second user according to the first user channel state information and the second user channel state information to obtain transmit power and a precoding matrix that are corresponding to the second user; and transmitting data to the second user on the first time-frequency resource according to the transmit power and the precoding matrix, but not transmitting data to the first user on the first time-frequency resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingyuan Sun, Yongxing Zhou, Xiaotao Ren
  • Patent number: 9480058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink control information and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of serving cells each having different UL-DL configurations; receiving one or more signals requiring a HARQ-ACK response from M(M?1) number of subframes; and executing the process for transmitting the HARQ-ACK response to the one or more signals in a specific subframe corresponding to the M number of subframes, wherein, only when the specific subframe is set as an uplink in all of the plurality of serving cells, the HARQ-ACK response to the one or more signals are transmitted through the specific subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Mingyu Kim, Joonkui Ahn, Dongyoun Seo
  • Patent number: 9397945
    Abstract: Technology to provide conditional physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource allocation in time division duplex (TDD) for a hybrid automatic retransmission request-acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) transmission in a subframe n is disclosed. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can include computer circuitry configured to: Receive a downlink control channel within a prior specified subframe, wherein the prior specified subframe occurs in time before the subframe n; recognize a downlink control channel type received within the prior specified subframe is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH); determine a PUCCH resource for the HARQ-ACK transmission using a lowest control channel element (CCE) index of the PDCCH when the received downlink control channel type is the PDCCH; and determine the PUCCH resource for the HARQ-ACK transmission using a lowest enhanced CCE (ECCE) index of the EPDCCH when the received downlink control channel type is the EPDCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghee Han, Yuan Zhu, Jong-Kae Fwu, Xiaogang Chen
  • Patent number: 9398592
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a scheduling apparatus (100) and a method for a cellular Time-Division Duplex (TDD) radio communication system (180). The apparatus comprises a storage unit configured for holding a database comprising topographical information concerning a geographical area covered by the communication system. The apparatus also comprises a position unit configured for obtaining information concerning a geographical position held by at least one of a first and a second radio communication device (120;160) of the communication system within said area. The apparatus further comprises a scheduling unit configured for allocating a communication time slot as an uplink time slot or a downlink time slot for radio communication between a first base station (110) and said first device (120) of the communication system. Whether the time slot is allocated as an uplink time slot or a downlink time slot is dependent on said position information and on said topographical information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Erik Eriksson, Bo Hagerman, Bengt Lindoff
  • Patent number: 9380406
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for use in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a method of performing a ProSe communication by a UE in a cellular communication system and an apparatus therefore, in which the method comprises: receiving, from a BS, a first PDCCH signal including scheduling information and a CRC, wherein the CRC is masked with a ProSe-related ID; receiving, from the BS, a PDSCH signal using the scheduling information, wherein the PDSCH signal includes WLAN resources and information available for the ProSe communication; establishing a ProSe connection with a peer UE by using the WLAN resources and information; and exchanging WLAN radio signals with the peer UE in accordance with the ProSe connection, wherein the UE is configured to keep monitoring a second PDCCH signal during the WLAN radio signals are exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sanggook Kim, Ki-Dong Lee
  • Patent number: 9369260
    Abstract: Provided are methods and systems of using division-free duplexing (DFD) in a communication network. Techniques for applying DFD in a communication network may decrease bottlenecks in the network by allowing one or more network nodes to transmit and on substantially the same frequency and at substantially the same time. In one embodiment, one or more nodes in the network may be DFD enabled, and may be configured to operate in either a conventional mode or a DFD mode. The mode of operation of DFD enabled nodes may depend on the quality of signals transmitted to and/or received at the DFD enabled nodes. Further, the mode of operation may change dynamically, and may be substantially controlled by any suitable processor in the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Anderson Fergus Ross, Michael James Hartman, John Erik Hershey, Richard Louis Zinser
  • Patent number: 9357526
    Abstract: A device and a method for performing Device to Device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes transmitting information on a self-frequency band selected from all frequency bands for the D2D communication, to the second mobile station, receiving information on a counterpart-frequency band selected for the D2D communication, from the second mobile station, determining transmission and reception frequency bands to be used for the D2D communication, based on the information on the self-frequency band and the information on the counterpart-frequency band, transmitting data to the second mobile station in the determined transmission frequency band, and receiving data from the second mobile station in the determined reception frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Kyu Baek, Young-Bin Chang, Kyung-Kyu Kim, Hyun-Seok Ryu, Seung-Hoon Park, Chi-Woo Lim
  • Patent number: 9351291
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a physical channel in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication system capable of carrier aggregation is provided for supporting aggregation of carriers having different TDD configurations. The communication method of a terminal in a TDD radio communication system accomplishing broadband through carrier aggregation of primary and secondary cells, of which aggregated carriers have different TDD Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configurations, includes receiving Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) through the secondary cell, and transmitting acknowledgement information corresponding to the PDSCH to a base station, where acknowledgement information is transmitted on a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) of the primary cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghoon Choi, Joonyoung Cho, Youngbum Kim, Hyoungju Ji
  • Patent number: 9351292
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a physical channel in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication system capable of carrier aggregation is provided for supporting aggregation of carriers having different TDD configurations. The communication method of a terminal in a TDD radio communication system accomplishing broadband through carrier aggregation of primary and secondary cells, of which aggregated carriers have different TDD Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configurations, includes receiving Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) through the secondary cell, and transmitting acknowledgement information corresponding to the PDSCH to a base station, where acknowledgement information is transmitted on a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) of the primary cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghoon Choi, Joonyoung Cho, Youngbum Kim, Hyoungju Ji
  • Patent number: 9344245
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a technology for allocating a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) in a wireless communication system. Embodiments of the present invention provides an apparatus and method for allocating CSI-RSs to resource areas, in which, under the condition of a subframe in which the CP is an extended CP, and the duplex scheme is TDD, if CSI-RSs for maximum 8 antenna ports are allocated, the CSI-RSs are allocated to the 8th and 9th symbols (symbol No. l=7 and 8), wherein each CSI-RS for every two antenna ports is allocated to the same RE while being discriminated from each other by an orthogonal code and neighbor CSI-RS allocated REs in the frequency axis are spaced by an interval of three REs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungjun Yoon, Kyoung-min Park, Kitae Kim
  • Patent number: 9320039
    Abstract: Method and arrangement in a base station for scheduling communication between the base station and a user equipment in a multi-carrier communication network system. The base station and the user equipment are comprised in the multi-carrier communication network system, and adapted to communicate with each other on downlink carriers and uplink carriers in at least a first frequency band and a second frequency band over a radio interface. The method comprises signalling an indication to the user equipment on the downlink carrier in the first frequency band, which the user equipment currently is scheduled on, to switch to a second carrier in order to communicate data and/or control signalling on the second carrier. In addition, a method and arrangement in a user equipment for assisting the base station in scheduling radio resources are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Unwired Planet, LLC
    Inventors: Dirk Gerstenberger, Johan Bergman
  • Patent number: 9306725
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus of a base station or a User Equipment (UE) in communication with each other are provided. The UE is configured by the base station for operation with an adapted Time Division Duplex (TDD) UpLink-DownLink (UL-DL) configuration. A process enabling the base station to configure a UE with resources for obtaining channel and interference measurements in two sets of Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs) and a process for the UE to obtain a Channel State Information (CSI) from the channel and interference measurements in the two sets of TTIs are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aris Papasakellariou, Jianzhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9281923
    Abstract: A method of assigning a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process using a frequency division duplex (FDD) frame structure by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system. The method according to one embodiment includes transmitting information related to a number of HARQ processes between the BS and a relay node (RN) to the RN. The number of the HARQ processes depends on subframes configured for transmission between the BS and the RN. The method according to the embodiment further includes assigning the HARQ processes subframes other than subframe indexes 0, 4, 5, and 9 based on the number of HARQ processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hakseong Kim, Hanbyul Seo, Byounghoon Kim, Kijun Kim
  • Patent number: 9225448
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting positive-acknowledgement (ACK)/negative-acknowledgement (NACK) in a time division duplex (TDD)-based wireless communication system. A user equipment receives an uplink grant which includes an uplink resource assignment and an uplink downlink assignment index (DAI), determines an ACK/NACK payload size on the basis of a value of the uplink DAI, and generates an ACK/NACK response for the at least one downlink transport block. The user equipment multiplexes the ACK/NACK response on an uplink transport block, and transmits the multiplexed ACK/NACK response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Min Gyu Kim, Suck Chel Yang, Joon Kui Ahn
  • Patent number: 9226269
    Abstract: A very high speed SHF-EHF radio system having a very large capacity of several gigabits comprises at least one ultra-wideband base station and an ultra-wideband and multiuse terminal for very high speed wireless systems providing point-to-multipoint transmission of a plurality of simultaneous waveforms in order to provide a plurality of subscribers or customers of various types with multiple services. The base and the terminal comprise ultra-wideband transmitter/receiver means which are capable of exchanging a plurality of waveforms delivered by multiplexes of various modems. The radio of the base has at least one microwave spectrum generator for the multiplexes optimized for each service and for any type of customer. The transmitter/receiver of the radio of the terminal is suited to operating in the subband of the downlink channel and in at least one of the two-way subbands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Bluwan
    Inventor: François Magne
  • Patent number: 9185577
    Abstract: To realize transmission performances equivalent to those of an MU-MIMO BLAST ZF-THP system without increasing a signal processing amount in a base station apparatus in a downlink MU-MIMO transmission system. A transmission apparatus is provided with a plurality of transmission antennas, generates a transmission signal addressed to each reception apparatus based on information indicating spatial correlation of channels to and from a plurality of reception apparatuses, space-multiplexes the generated each transmission signal in the same wireless resource, and transmits it to each reception apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromichi Tomeba, Minoru Kubota, Takashi Onodera, Shimpei To, Kozue Hirata, Hiroshi Nakano
  • Patent number: 9161352
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a physical channel in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication system capable of carrier aggregation is provided for supporting aggregation of carriers having different TDD configurations. The communication method of a terminal in a TDD radio communication system accomplishing broadband through carrier aggregation of primary and secondary cells, of which aggregated carriers have different TDD Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configurations, includes receiving Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) through the secondary cell, and transmitting acknowledgement information corresponding to the PDSCH to a base station, where acknowledgement information is transmitted on a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) of the primary cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghoon Choi, Joonyoung Cho, Youngbum Kim, Hyoungju Ji
  • Patent number: 9154250
    Abstract: A method in a radio network node for communicating with a user equipment (UE) during communication between the radio network node and a radio base station in a radio communications network. The radio network node serves the UE within a cell and communicates with the radio base station and the UE over a frequency spectrum in a time division duplexing configuration. The radio network node sets up a first connection over a first part of the frequency spectrum to the radio base station, and a second connection to the UE over the first or a second part of the frequency spectrum. The second part of the frequency spectrum is solely used for communication with UEs within the cell. The radio network node then communicates simultaneously with the UE and the radio base station over respective connections in a time slot of a reference time configured by the radio communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Jawad Manssour
  • Patent number: 9148273
    Abstract: A method according to an embodiment of the invention includes receiving and transmitting signals over a time division duplex (TDD) communication path. Signals are received over the TDD communication path via a first portion of a first frequency band. The first frequency band is adjacent to a second frequency band and to a third frequency band. The first frequency band is different from the second frequency band and from the third frequency band. A first frequency division duplex (FDD) communication path can be operable in the second frequency band. A second FDD communication path can be operable in the third frequency band. Signals are transmitted over the TDD communication path via a second portion of the first frequency band that is different from the first portion of the first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: DISH NETWORK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariam Sorond, Peter Corea, Doug Hyslop, Tom Peters
  • Patent number: 9131499
    Abstract: A method for setting an almost blank subframe (ABS) pattern in a base station of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an ABS bitmap pattern from a neighboring base station; setting the ABS pattern of the base station by repeating the ABS bitmap pattern within a previously set number of radio frames; receiving an offset value indicating an application start point of an updated ABS bitmap pattern and an application start of the updated ABS bitmap pattern from the neighboring base station; and setting the ABS pattern of the base station by repeating the updated ABS bitmap pattern from a start subframe of a specific radio frame indicated by the offset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hanbyul Seo, Seungmin Lee, Kijun Kim
  • Patent number: 9112684
    Abstract: A method according to an embodiment of the invention includes receiving and transmitting signals over a time division duplex (TDD) communication path. Signals are received over the TDD communication path via a first portion of a first frequency band. The first frequency band is adjacent to a second frequency band and to a third frequency band. The first frequency band is different from the second frequency band and from the third frequency band. A first frequency division duplex (FDD) communication path can be operable in the second frequency band. A second FDD communication path can be operable in the third frequency band. Signals are transmitted over the TDD communication path via a second portion of the first frequency band that is different from the first portion of the first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: DISH NETWORK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariam Sorond, Peter Corea, Doug Hyslop, Tom Peters
  • Patent number: 9111532
    Abstract: A method for perceptual spectral decoding includes decoding of spectral coefficients recovered from a binary flux into decoded spectral coefficients of an initial set of spectral coefficients. The initial set of spectral coefficients are spectrum filled. The spectrum filling includes noise filling of spectral holes by setting spectral coefficients in the initial set of spectral coefficients not being decoded from the binary flux equal to elements derived from the decoded spectral coefficients. The set of reconstructed spectral coefficients of a frequency domain formed by the spectrum filling is converted into an audio signal of a time domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Anisse Taleb, Manuel Briand, Gustaf Ullberg
  • Patent number: 9112644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a data transmission/receiving method and apparatus in a relay communication system. In particular, the data transmission/receiving method through a backhaul link between a base station and a relay node in a relay communication system comprises: composing a backhaul subframe including a control signal transmission period to which a control signal is allocated and a backhaul signal transmission period to which a backhaul signal is allocated and then allocating the backhaul signal; transmitting configuration information about the backhaul subframe, the information containing symbol position or size data of the backhaul signal transmission period, to the relay node through an upper layer signal; and transmitting the backhaul signal having been allocated through the backhaul subframe to the relay node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Han-Byul Seo, Hak-Seong Kim, Ki-Jun Kim, Soon-Yil Kwon
  • Patent number: 9106274
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments providing carrier separation to effectuate a dual carrier operation of a wireless communication device. Processing circuitry may acquire a single carrier signal based on a determined time slot boundary, the single carrier signal comprising primary carrier data. The processing circuitry may receive a dual carrier radio frequency signal based on the determined time slot boundary, the dual carrier radio frequency signal comprising the primary carrier data and secondary carrier data. The processing circuitry may then generate a baseband dual carrier signal by demodulating the dual carrier radio frequency signal. The processing circuitry may separate the primary carrier data from the baseband dual carrier signal by filtering the baseband dual carrier signal. The processing circuitry may also separate the secondary carrier data from the baseband dual carrier signal by filtering the baseband dual carrier signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Hongwei Kong, Radhakrishnan Kuzhipatt
  • Patent number: 9093735
    Abstract: A diplexer for a homodyne FMCW-radar device, which is distinguished by small dimensions of its hollow conductor structure and therefore can be manufactured simply and cost effectively. The hollow conductor structures of the diplexer can be cut out from two half shells, and the latter joined to form the diplexer. Various materials provide options for the material of the half shells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Helmut Barth
  • Patent number: 9042277
    Abstract: Techniques for transmitting control information to support communication on multiple component carriers (CCs) are disclosed. A user equipment (UE) may be configured for operation on multiple CCs. These CCs may be associated with control messages having different definitions. For example, a control message for a CC configured for frequency division duplex (FDD) may have a different definition than a control message for a CC configured for time division duplex (TDD). A base station may send first control information for a first CC based on a definition of a control message for a second CC, instead of a definition of a control message for the first CC. The control message for the second CC may be selected for use to send the first control information based on various designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wanshi Chen, Jelena M. Damnjanovic
  • Patent number: 9042835
    Abstract: Measurement handling is of interest in a user equipment (UE) in connected mode, with the UE being configured with multiple downlink component carriers (CCs). The UE evaluates the signal quality of a specific CC of the configured CCs against a configurable threshold to determine the need for neighbor cell measurements. The UE performs neighbor cell measurements if the signal quality of the specific CC is below the configurable threshold. In this way, robust and efficient measurement handling is provided, even though the UE is configured with multiple component carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Mats Sågfors, Walter Müller
  • Patent number: 9030975
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method and apparatus for scheduling downlink transmission. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for scheduling downlink transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: scheduling, in a channel measurement sub-frame, user equipments in a cell according to feedback information that was most recently received from the user equipments, wherein in the channel measurement sub-frame, the user equipments calculate feedback information to be reported; and scheduling, in response to receipt of the feedback information, the user equipments based on a result of scheduling corresponding to the channel measurement sub-frame. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a scheduling apparatus, base station device and corresponding computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: NEC (China) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Wang, Zhennian Sun, Ming Lei
  • Publication number: 20150124669
    Abstract: A technique for coordinating transmission and reception activities of two or more radio interfaces (12, 14) integrated in a communication device (10) is described. A priority setting is associated with information intended for transmission via the first radio interface (12). In a method implementation of the technique, the following steps are performed for the first radio interface (12). First, a signal indicative of an upcoming reception via the second radio interface (14) is received. Then, for an ongoing or scheduled transmission of information via the first radio interface (12), the priority setting associated with the information is determined. In a next step a decision regarding an interruption or a delay of the transmission is performed depending on the priority setting associated with the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Frank Heinle