Synchronization Patents (Class 370/350)
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Patent number: 11974178Abstract: Aspect of the disclosure are directed to a method that can include receiving a handover instruction and time sequence relationship sent by a base station. The handover instruction being used for indicating a terminal switching to one from among at least two target cells, and the time sequence relationship being used for indicating whether any two cells among the at least two target cells are synchronized in time slot. The method can further include synchronizing with a first cell among the at least two target cells initiating handover to the first cell according to the synchronization result with the first cell, and determining a second cell among the at least two target cells after handover fails, the second cell being synchronized in time slot with the first cell, and initiating connection reconstruction to the second cell according to the synchronization result with the first cell.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Xing Yang
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Patent number: 11956746Abstract: Prior art includes complex clock synchronization in 5G and 6G based on precision time measurements and multiple message exchanges. Disclosed is a simpler synchronization procedure suitable for reduced-capability receivers as well as high-performance users. The base station can transmit a brief signal on a specific subcarrier, surrounded fore and aft by silent periods, and the receiver can measure the signals in the silent periods to detect intrusion of the signal into one or the other silent periods, thereby indicating a timing offset. Alternatively, the base station can transmit a brief signal spanning an interface between subsequent symbol-times, and the receiver can measure the energy received in the two symbol-times, thereby detecting an offset. In either case, and other versions disclosed, the receiver can calculate the size and direction of the clock offset by amplitude measurements, and apply a correction without further communications between the user device and the base station.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
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Patent number: 11950127Abstract: Systems and method are disclosed herein that relate to support for virtual Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) bridge management, Quality of Service (QoS) mapping, and TSN related scheduling in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method performed by one or more network nodes of a cellular communications system operating as a virtual TSN bridge of a TSN network comprises providing, to a controller associated with the TSN network, parameters that relate to capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge. The parameters that relate to the capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge comprise a first parameter that defines a clock accuracy of an entity in the cellular communications system that operates gating control for the virtual TSN bridge and a second parameter that informs the controller associated with the TSN network that the virtual TSN bridge or a particular egress port of the virtual TSN bridge is restricted to exclusive gating.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Marilet De Andrade Jardim, Kefeng Kenny Zhang, János Harmatos, János Farkas, Kun Wang, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Joachim Sachs, Balázs Varga, Maria Belen Pancorbo Marcos, Chunmeng Wang, György Miklós, Shabnam Sultana
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Patent number: 11949617Abstract: A method, network node and wireless device in a wireless communication system for one of transmitting and receiving a phase-tracking reference signal, PT-RS. The method includes obtaining information about a position in a time domain of a scheduled first demodulation reference signal, DM-RS, in a slot, and one of transmitting and receiving the PT-RS within the slot, the position of the PT-RS depending on the position in the time domain of the scheduled first DM-RS.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Zhao Wang, Lars Lindbom, Vicent Molés Cases, Karl Werner
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Patent number: 11948588Abstract: Example methods disclosed herein include accessing a secondary content schedule based on one or more watermarks detected in primary media content, the secondary content schedule to identify (i) one or more secondary content items and (ii) one or more first time values associated with the one or more secondary content items. Disclosed example methods also include comparing the one or more first time values associated with the one or more secondary content items in the secondary content schedule to second time values provided by a clock to determine whether to present a first one of the one or more secondary content items, the second time values based on a timestamp associated with the one or more watermarks detected in the primary media content. Disclosed example methods further include causing a media presentation device to display the first one of the secondary content items according to the secondary content schedule.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: David Henry Harkness, Arun Ramaswamy, Jerome Samson, Jan Besehanic, Venugopal Srinivasan, Alexander Pavlovich Topchy
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Patent number: 11943004Abstract: A method for operating a wireline communication device on a wireless communication network includes (a) receiving a downlink radio frequency (RF) electrical signal at a first connector, (b) converting the downlink RF electrical signal to a downlink access signal having a format that is compatible with the wireline communication device, and (c) providing the downlink access signal to a second connector for transporting to the wireline communication device. A method for extending a wireline communication network includes (a) receiving a downlink wireline signal at a node of the wireline communication network, (b) converting the downlink wireline signal to a downlink RF electrical signal, and (c) converting the downlink RF electrical signal to a downlink wireless signal, for transmission to one or more communication devices which are not physically connected to the wireline communication network.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Daryl William Malas, George J. Kakatsakis, Belal Hamzeh, Luis Alberto Campos, Eric Winkelman, Mario Di Dio, Luther E. Smith
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Patent number: 11929805Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters of channel state information (CSI) resource configurations for a CSI report configuration. The CSI resource configurations comprise first CSI resource configurations associated with a first transmission reception point (TRP) and second CSI resource configurations associated with at least two second TRPs. The wireless device receives a command comprising a first field triggering the CSI report configuration and a second field indicating whether the CSI report configuration is associated with the first CSI resource configurations or the second CSI resource configurations. The wireless device transmits, based on the CSI report configuration and in response to the second field indicating the CSI report configuration is associated with the first CSI resource configurations. A CSI report comprises one or more first CSI quantities of the first TRP.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Ofinno, LLCInventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Youngwoo Kwak, Ali Cagatay Cirik
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Patent number: 11930464Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided in order to support higher data transmission rates than 4G communication systems such as LTE. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, disclosed is a method for a time-sensitive networking (TSN) application function device of a mobile communication system to report a delay time of the mobile communication system to a TSN server, wherein a residence time based on a grand master (GM) clock of the mobile communication system is received from a UE communicating with a first TNS node, and a packet delay budget (PDB) based on a clock of the mobile communication system is received from a user plane function (UPF) device that communicates with a second TSN node. The PDB is the time it takes to transmit packets or messages between the UE and a UPF, and bridge delay information based on a TSN clock is delivered to the TSN server on the basis of such information.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sangjun Moon, Yoonseon Han
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Patent number: 11930553Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives an instruction for a quality measurement of a cell in Dual Connectivity (DC), the cell being in an unconnected state; and a processor that performs the quality measurement in accordance with the instruction, wherein the processor performs the quality measurement in a measurement period based on a discontinuous reception configuration in a Secondary Cell Group (SCG). In other aspects, a measurement method for a terminal is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takuma Takada, Hiroki Harada, Naoki Fujimura
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Patent number: 11924045Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a plurality of data center assets with a respective plurality of data center asset client modules; establishing a connection between the respective plurality of data center asset client modules and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator; discovering interrelationships of the plurality of data center assets; and, generating a topological map of the plurality of data center assets based upon the interrelationships of the plurality of data center assets.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Inventors: Sudhir V. Shetty, Christopher Atkinson, Eric Williams, Damon G. Earley, Dominique Prunier, Susan E. Young
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Patent number: 11924784Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to aperiodic transmission of one or more instances of at least one synchronization signal to a user equipment (UE). For example, the base station may allocate a plurality of time resources for aperiodic transmission of one or more instances of at least one synchronization signal different from a synchronization signal block transmitted by the base station. The base station may further transmit the aperiodic transmission of the one or more instances of the at least one synchronization signal to at least one UE using the plurality of time resources.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Hemant Saggar, Iyab Issam Sakhnini, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11917046Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for synchronising a node in a deterministic mesh network, in particular a network of sensors using a channel hopping (TSCH) transmission medium access mode. Each node measures the successive synchronisation offsets of its local clock in relation to those of neighbour nodes with which it enters into communication, the measurement being carried out by detecting a reception event of a packet transmitted by the neighbour node or an acknowledgement of a packet transmitted by said node to the neighbour node. The node estimates from these synchronisation offsets, a synchronisation offset for the timeslot and corrects its local clock by a fraction of the synchronisation offset thus estimated. Said fraction may be determined by means of multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), each agent being associated with a node of the network.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Meriem Smache, Thibault Franco Rondisson, Alexis Olivereau, Assia Tria
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Patent number: 11916705Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a reference signal transmission method, including: sending, by a terminal, a first reference signal and a second reference signal; and correspondingly, receiving, by a network device, the first reference signal and the second reference signal, where the first reference signal is mapped to a plurality of symbols and is used for estimation of channel state information, the second reference signal is mapped to at least two of the plurality of symbols and is used for phase tracking, and a subcarrier to which the second reference signal is mapped on one of the at least two symbols has a same frequency-domain location as a subcarrier to which the second reference signal is mapped on the rest of the at least two symbols. With the foregoing solution, accuracy of channel state information estimation can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu Sun, Yi Qin, Zhongfeng Li, Leiming Zhang, Shengyue Dou
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Patent number: 11917543Abstract: A Bluetooth-based data transmission method is provided. The method is applied on a first device and includes the following steps: establishing a communication connection with a second device; determining a sniff interval which comprises a sniff wake-up window; entering a sniff mode; and transmitting a first data packet to the second device in the sniff interval. The transmission duration of the first data packet is longer than or equal to two time slots. The step of transmitting the first data packet to the second device in the sniff interval includes the steps of starting to transmit the first data packet to the second device in an even time slot of the sniff interval or in an odd time slot of the sniff interval. With the data transmission method of the present application, synchronization between transmission of the first device and reception of the second device can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Yili Wang, Zhiyong Zhang, Enhong Zhu
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Patent number: 11909691Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for reducing the overhead associated with reporting feedback, such as hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback. A user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration message from a base station indicating that the UE is to request resources for transmitting negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback for a downlink transmission. If the UE fails to receive or decode the downlink transmission, the UE may request resources from the base station on which to transmit the NACK feedback for the downlink transmission. Because the UE may be configured to request resources on which to transmit the NACK feedback, the UE may avoid transmitting HARQ feedback for every downlink transmission from the base station. Thus, the base station may avoid allocating resources for HARQ feedback from the UE for every downlink transmission, and the overhead of reporting HARQ feedback is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 11910385Abstract: Mechanisms for cross-carrier scheduling from a first cell to a second cell in a wireless networking scheme are provided. In one aspect, a method for wireless communication includes: receiving, from a base station (BS), a first configuration for scheduling in a first cell, the first configuration comprising at least one of a first monitoring periodicity parameter or a first monitoring offset parameter associated with a search space in a second cell different than the first cell; receiving, from the BS, a second configuration for scheduling in the second cell, the second configuration comprising at least one of a different second monitoring periodicity parameter or a different second monitoring offset parameter associated with the search space in the second cell; and monitoring, in the search space in the second cell based on the first configuration and the second configuration, for downlink control information (DCI).Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kazuki Takeda, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen, Tao Luo, Jing Sun, Juan Montojo, Mostafa Khoshnevisan
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Patent number: 11902924Abstract: Various aspects related to using cellular RATs and/or features thereof for backhauling purposes are described. In an aspect, a solution to enable synchronization and establishing links among the ANs using available RATs with minimum modifications is provided. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus maybe a first AN, e.g., base station. The apparatus maybe configured to determine a synchronization schedule of at least one second AN based on received information indicating the synchronization schedule of the at least one second AN, and transmit information regarding the synchronization schedule of the at least one second AN to at least one of one or more neighboring ANs or one or more UEs.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Navid Abedini, Karl Georg Hampel, Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Sundar Subramanian, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 11901980Abstract: A wireless communication method in a wireless communication system which includes a radio transmitting station apparatus having a plurality of antennas and a radio receiving station apparatus having an antenna and which performs transmission and reception of a radio signal with a single carrier, the wireless communication method including: the radio receiving station apparatus or the radio transmitting station apparatus estimating a communication path matrix based on a training signal; the radio receiving station apparatus or the radio transmitting station apparatus transforming the communication path matrix into a frequency domain, calculating a pseudo inverse matrix for each frequency with respect to the transformed frequency domain communication path matrix, and transforming the calculated pseudo inverse matrix into a time domain and adopting as a transmission weight matrix; and the radio transmitting station apparatus forming a transmission beam based on the transmission weight matrix.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Keita Kuriyama, Hayato Fukuzono, Masafumi Yoshioka, Takafumi Hayashi
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Patent number: 11895016Abstract: An example apparatus to manage network resources includes a link aggregator to: aggregate a first plurality of physical network interface cards to create a first link aggregated group, the first link aggregated group corresponding to a first virtual network interface card; and aggregate a second plurality of physical network interface cards to create a second link aggregated group, the second link aggregated group corresponding to a second virtual network interface card; and a link manager to: connect the first link aggregated group between a first distributed virtual port and a first top-of-rack switch; connect the second link aggregated group between a second distributed virtual port and a second top-of-rack switch; and remove an invalid connection between the first plurality of physical network interface cards and the second top-of-rack switch.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: VMware LLCInventors: Raja Kommula, Raj Yavatkar, Thayumanavan Sridhar
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Patent number: 11895631Abstract: A method and a device are provided in a UE and a base station for wireless communication. The UE receives a first signaling, and operates a first radio signal in K time domain resource(s). The first signaling is used for determining the K time domain resource(s), K is a positive integer; the first radio signal carries a first bit block, a first time-domain-resource size and a target parameter are used for determining the size of the first bit block, at least one of the K time domain resource(s) is used for determining the first time-domain-resource size; the target parameter is a first or a second parameter; whether the target parameter is the first parameter or the second parameter is related to the first time-domain-resource size, or, whether the target parameter is the first parameter or the second parameter is related to the K; the operating action is transmitting or receiving.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Lu Wu, Xiaobo Zhang
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Patent number: 11877318Abstract: A device configured to communicate via a Wi-Fi channel obtains a contention-free access period on the Wi-Fi channel. The device sends a first probe packet to a receiving Wi-Fi device during the contention-free access period, with at least one parameter of a Wi-Fi transmitter of the Wi-Fi transceiver set to a first setting, and waits for a first reply period. The device sends a second probe packet to the receiving Wi-Fi device during the contention-free access period, with the at least one parameter of the Wi-Fi transmitter set to a second setting, where the second setting is based on a result of the first reply period, and waits for a second reply period. The device sets the at least one parameter of the Wi-Fi transmitter to a data packet setting, where the data packet setting is based at least on a result of the second reply period.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Yuval Matar, Yaron Alpert
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Patent number: 11871452Abstract: In order to perform appropriate communication in an unlicensed band, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives at least one of a synchronization signal block and a reference signal for measurement in a given duration of a frequency domain to which listening is applied, and a control section that controls reception of a physical downlink channel based on a transmission candidate position of at least one of the synchronization signal block and the reference signal for measurement when the physical downlink channel is received in the given duration.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Murayama, Shohei Yoshioka
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Patent number: 11871370Abstract: A client device, a network node device, methods and computer programs are disclosed. A client device may comprise at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the client device to receive a timing advance configuration message from a network node device, wherein the timing advance configuration message comprises a plurality of timing advance commands; perform a plurality of consecutive uplink transmissions to the network node device; and apply the plurality of timing advance commands between the plurality of consecutive uplink transmissions.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Mads Lauridsen, Jeroen Wigard
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Patent number: 11871366Abstract: A test device may be a portable test device that can perform over the air measurements to determine synchronization errors between clusters in a cellular network. The test device can generate a graphical user interface that can show a map of the boundary area between clusters, locations of base stations hi the boundary area, locations where over the air measurements were taken by the test device, an indication of whether cells are in synchronization for each measurement location, and a table of actual measurements and derived parameters pertaining to cell phase synchronization, interference and other performance metrics.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Jong-Min Kim, Young-Kill Kim, Hyuck-In Kwon, Yoo-Chul Shin, Jae-Gab Lee
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Patent number: 11864139Abstract: A method performed by a transmitting device, for handling communication in a wireless communications network. The transmitting device transmits a Precision Time Protocol, PTP, message carrying synchronization information to a receiving device over a radio interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Stefano Ruffini, Magnus Sandgren, Robert Baldemair, Anders Höglund, Mårten Wahlström
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Patent number: 11849431Abstract: A user apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive information indicating resources used for downlink or uplink from a base station apparatus and a transmission unit configured to transmit TDD configuration information used for determining an arrangement of resources used for sidelink.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Ryosuke Osawa
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Patent number: 11835999Abstract: A system is disclosed that includes two or more network elements, each comprising a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Hardware Clock (PHC) that is adjustable based, at least in part, on physical layer frequency information.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Bar Shapira, Ariel Almog, Dotan David Levi, Natan Manevich, Thomas Kernen
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Patent number: 11832315Abstract: A communication device performs a first backoff operation to determine when the communication device can begin a first simultaneous transmission via multiple channel segments. The first backoff operation includes counting down a first backoff timer in connection with a first channel segment. In response to the first backoff timer expiring, the communication device performs the first simultaneous transmission via the multiple channel segments. After performing the first simultaneous transmission via the multiple channel segments, the communication device performs a second backoff operation to determine when the communication device can begin a second simultaneous transmission via the multiple channel segments. The second backoff operation includes counting down a second backoff timer in connection with a second channel segment. In response to the second backoff timer expiring, the communication device performs the second simultaneous transmission via the multiple channel segments.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte LtdInventors: Liwen Chu, Hongyuan Zhang, Hui-Ling Lou
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Patent number: 11825337Abstract: Systems and method are disclosed herein that relate to support for virtual Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) bridge management, Quality of Service (QoS) mapping, and TSN related scheduling in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method performed by one or more network nodes of a cellular communications system operating as a virtual TSN bridge of a TSN network comprises providing, to a controller associated with the TSN network, parameters that relate to capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge. The parameters that relate to the capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge comprise a first parameter that defines a clock accuracy of an entity in the cellular communications system that operates gating control for the virtual TSN bridge and a second parameter that informs the controller associated with the TSN network that the virtual TSN bridge or a particular egress port of the virtual TSN bridge is restricted to exclusive gating.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Marilet De Andrade Jardim, Kefeng Kenny Zhang, János Harmatos, János Farkas, Kun Wang, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Joachim Sachs, Balázs Varga, Maria Belen Pancorbo Marcos, Chunmeng Wang, György Miklós, Shabnam Sultana
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Patent number: 11818596Abstract: In a fronthaul network system, when a CPRI link fault is detected at either of the REC or RE, both the REC and RE perform a Layer 1 synchronization. The fault may be a loss of signal, loss of frame, or a line code violation, which also translates to a loss of signal if seen beyond a threshold. A proxy slave recognizes the fault in a CPRI signal from a first radio device and inserts the fault alarm into a header of a radio over Ethernet frame. The proxy slave continues to communicate the signal for a configured number of hyper-frames. A proxy master receives the signal and communicates the signal and the fault alarm to a receiving radio device for a configured number of hyper-frames. The proxy and radio devices all perform a joint resynchronization.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Prashant Anand, Manoj Kumar, Sudhir Kayamkulangara, Manigandan Boopalan, Dinuraj K
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Patent number: 11812398Abstract: A group of radio network nodes (14) performs automatic synchronization source selection using Radio-interface Based Synchronization, based on the exchange of clock-attribute information between respective nodes (14) via inter-node connections. Access to the clock-attribute information for other nodes (14) in the same domain or subdomain allows a given node (14) to select the best or most preferred synchronization source for use in synchronizing its own clock (44), based on a combined or joint evaluation of parameters or metrics that include the reception quality of OTA signals from respective ones of the candidate nodes (14) and the corresponding clock-attribute information. Further parameters or metrics may be evaluated in the selection, such as neighbor-relation considerations. The combined use of OTA synchronization signaling and clock-attribute information exchanges, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Stefano Ruffini, Garry Irvine, Ohan Khodaverdian, Magnus Sandgren, Mårten Wahlström
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Patent number: 11805507Abstract: In embodiments of the present disclosure, a method is provided for managing a communication channel between a first communication unit and a second communication unit in an AP. At the first communication unit, a request is transmitted to the second communication unit for reserving a communication channel. Here, the second communication unit is associated with a Wi-Fi network that is different from a network type associated with the first communication unit, and the first and second communication units share a band of the communication channel. A response for reserving the communication channel is received from the second communication unit. In accordance with a determination that the response indicates the communication channel has been reserved for a time duration, data is transmitted at the first communication unit within the time duration on the communication channel. Therefore, conflicts between the first and second communication units in the AP may be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Jianpo Han, Kuanyue Li, Yuying Chen
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Patent number: 11805491Abstract: Uplink messages in 5G and 6G are expected to arrive at the base station in alignment with the base station's resource grid, at the proper time and frequency. Disclosed are lean procedures and compact timing signals that can enable user devices to maintain synchronization with a base station's resource grid. Shaped timing signals are disclosed that, when measured by a receiver, can indicate whether the receiver's clock is synchronized with the transmitter's clock, or is in disagreement, and in which direction, and by how much. The receiver thereby determines the clock error by amplitude measurements only, since the timing signal is configured to convert the timing error into a readily determined amplitude value, which the receiver can quantify using normal amplitude-demodulation procedures. The receiver's amplitude resolution corresponds to the time resolution achievable. No special time-measurement signal processing is required. No synchronization messages or other legacy overhead are required.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Inventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
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Patent number: 11800571Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for avoiding conflicts of resources assigned to one or more signals with resources assigned to Random Access Channel (RACH) in an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) network. Configurations for first and second sets of signals are obtained for a first and second base station (BS) respectively. Based on the obtained configurations, a RACH configuration is determined for the first BS for performing a RACH procedure with the second BS over a wireless backhaul link, wherein one or more Physical RACH (PRACH) occasions according to the determined RACH configuration do not conflict with resources used for at least one of the first or the second set of signals. The determined RACH configuration is communicated to the second BS, wherein the second BS transmits a RACH signal to the first BS based on the determined RACH configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Navid Abedini, Junyi Li, Karl Georg Hampel, Jianghong Luo
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Patent number: 11800525Abstract: A method in a User Equipment (UE) for control of Bandwidth Part (BWP) switching. The method includes determining that the UE has an active configured grant in a non-default BWP; and refraining from switching from the non-default BWP to a default BWP while the configured grant is active.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Jinhua Liu, Jose Luis Pradas, Henrik Enbuske, Björn Hofström
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Patent number: 11792755Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe numerous techniques and systems facilitating synchronous actions in wireless networks that have a central device (CD) and multiple peripheral devices (PDs) communicating wirelessly with the CD. The CD communicates one or more messages to the PDs and various PDs determine, using communicated messages, a time of a synchronous action to be performed by the PDs. The synchronous action includes an interaction of a respective PD with one or more associated devices communicatively coupled with the PD. Upon completion of the synchronous action, the PDs may transmit data generated by the PDs, or by the one or more associated devices, in connection with the synchronous action.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Nobuaki Tsunashima, Shuji Kumise, James Wihardja, Victor Zhodzishsky
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Patent number: 11785567Abstract: A UE is configured to determine a set of parameters associated with receiving the SSBs, the set of parameters including a first parameter bitmap associated with a serving cell, a second parameter bitmap associated with the neighbor cell, and the SMTC. The UE is configured to determine a search window for searching the received SSBs based on the SMTC and at least one of the first parameter bitmap or the second parameter bitmap. The UE may measure the SSBs searched during the determined search window and send measurement results associated with at least a subset of the measured SSBs to the base station. The UE may also prune measurements to generate the measurement results by removing measurements associated with SSBs received in slots that are not indicated to expect SSBs, based on the first parameter bitmap, the second first parameter bitmap, or the SMTC.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ting Kong, Yongle Wu, Yong Li, Jun Zhu, Raghu Narayan Challa, Linzhe Li, Aparna Narayanan, Uzma Khan Qazi
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Patent number: 11785565Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide mechanisms for band-dependent configuration of synchronization signal transmission, as well band-dependent synchronization signal designs. The band-dependent configuration and design may help optimize certain transmission parameters (such as antenna ports and transmission power) to current operating bands.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Navid Abedini, Hung Ly, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11784866Abstract: Example synchronization signal sending and receiving methods and apparatus are described. In one example method, a terminal device determines a target frequency resource. A frequency domain position of the target frequency resource is determined based on a frequency domain position offset and a frequency interval of synchronization channels. The terminal device receives a synchronization signal by using the target frequency resource.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hao Sun, Zheng Chen, Yan Cheng, Lixia Xue
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Patent number: 11778572Abstract: A method of wireless communications by a transmitting sidelink user equipment (UE) includes transmitting a sidelink synchronization signal (SL-SS) within a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB). The SL-SS has an SL-SS pattern with a reduced number of physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) symbols, which may be zero PSBCH symbols. The method also includes receiving transmission in accordance with the SL-SS. The SL-SS may be transmitted at a time and/or frequency different from a legacy SL-SS.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wanshi Chen, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Hwan Joon Kwon
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Patent number: 11770823Abstract: An uplink transmission methods and apparatuses to reduce a probability that a collision between a user equipment (UE) and another UE occurs when the UE sends uplink data, thereby improving network performance are described. A plurality of different preamble signals are sent to a network device by a user equipment (UE). A feedback signal of the network device in response to the plurality of preamble signals is received by the UE. The feedback signal in response to each preamble signal carries a timing advance (TA) corresponding to the preamble signal. A valid TA is determined by the UE from the plurality of received TAs. A parameter used for uplink transmission is determined by the UE based on a feedback signal carrying the valid TA or a preamble signal corresponding to the valid TA. Uplink data are sent according to the parameter by the UE.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Lei Wang, Yan Chen, Yiqun Wu, Xiaomeng Chai, Xiuqiang Xu
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Patent number: 11765778Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting narrowband device-to-device wireless communication, including possible techniques for performing discovery in an off grid radio system. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may determine a number of synchronization signal repetitions to use for a narrowband device-to-device transmission. The wireless device may perform the transmission, including transmitting the determined number of synchronization signal repetitions. The transmission may include an indication of the number of synchronization signal repetitions used in the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Li Su
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Patent number: 11765692Abstract: A system and method are disclosed that allows for uplink resource reuse. A user device is provided an uplink resource for a first data type. If the user device does not have enough data of the first data type to fill the granted uplink resource, the user device fills the granted uplink resource with a second data type.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Sean Bartholomew Simmons, James Earl Womack, Takashi Suzuki, Yi Yu
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Patent number: 11758615Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Evolved Node-B (eNB) and methods for communication in accordance with a packet convergence and link control (PCLC) layer are generally described herein. The UE may receive, from a Fifth Generation (5G) eNB, a first group of medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (PDUs) that include PCLC PDUs. In accordance with PCLC sequence numbers (SNs), the UE may reorder the PCLC PDUs and may decipher the PCLC PDUs. The UE may receive, from a legacy eNB, a second group of MAC PDUs that include packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) PDUs encapsulated in radio link control (RLC) PDUs. The UE may reorder the RLC PDUs based on RLC SNs and may decipher the RLC PDUs based on PDCP SNs that are exclusive to the RLC SNs.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Yujian Zhang, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Richard C. Burbidge, Umesh Phuyal, Candy Yiu, Hong He, Sudeep K. Palat
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Patent number: 11758619Abstract: A control node is disclosed for operating in a network with shared spectrum. The control node may include one or more processors configured to execute program code to identify a spectrum allocation policy; implement a rejection strategy for managing contention-based access to a shared channel by one or more transmitters based on the identified spectrum allocation policy; and transmit or trigger transmission of a transmission request rejection in response to a transmission request by a first transmitter of the one or more transmitters according to the rejection strategy.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Markus Dominik Mueck, Ingolf Karls, Christian Drewes, Ziad Youssef, Peter Jung, Guido Bruck
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Patent number: 11757570Abstract: A first portion of a physical layer (PHY) preamble of a PHY data unit is generated for transmission via a communication channel that comprises a plurality of sub-channels. A first portion of the PHY preamble is generated to include a legacy portion and a plurality of first non-legacy signal fields spanning the respective sub-channels. A second portion of a PHY preamble that immediately follows the first portion of the PHY preamble of the PHY data unit is generated to include: a non-legacy short training field spanning all sub-channels in the plurality of sub-channels, a plurality of non-legacy long training fields immediately following the non-legacy short training field, each non-legacy training field spanning all sub-channels in the plurality of sub-channels, and a second non-legacy signal field immediately following the plurality of non-legacy long training fields, the second-legacy signal field spanning all sub-channels in the plurality of sub-channels.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte LtdInventors: Hongyuan Zhang, Hui-Ling Lou, Rohit U. Nabar, Sudhir Srinivasa, Mao Yu, Raja Banerjea
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Patent number: 11751082Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a UE transmits, at a first time during a measurement window for positioning purposes, a first uplink reference signal in accordance with a first timing adjustment parameter, wherein the first time is offset from a downlink frame time of a base station by an amount of the first timing adjustment parameter, determines whether to use a second timing adjustment parameter, transmits, in response to the determination to use the second timing adjustment parameter, at a second time during the measurement window, a second uplink reference signal in accordance with a second timing adjustment parameter, wherein the second time is offset from the downlink frame time of the base station by an amount of the second timing adjustment parameter, and transmits a report indicating that the second timing adjustment parameter has been applied to at least the second uplink reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug, Sven Fischer
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Patent number: 11751150Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may detect a synchronization signal block (SSB) within a discovery reference signal (DRS) transmission window that includes more than 64 candidate SSB positions; determine an index value of the SSB based at least in part on an indexing scheme for SSBs that are included in the DRS transmission window, wherein the indexing scheme includes one of a consecutive indexing scheme or a non-consecutive indexing scheme; and determine a cell timing based at least in part on the index value. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ahmed Abdelaziz Ibrahim Abdelaziz Zewail, Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun, Srinivas Yerramalli, Zhifei Fan, Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo
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Patent number: 11751228Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques for user equipment (UE) behavior and delay requirements in case of spatial relation information change for an uplink signal, such as a sounding reference signal (SRS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and/or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). In one example, the UE determines a delay time period from receipt of a message that indicates spatial relation information for uplink transmission. The delay time period includes a decoding time period and a UE processing and preparation time period. The UE transmits an uplink signal using the indicated spatial relation information after expiration of the delay time period.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Bishwarup Mondal, Hua Li, Andrey Chervyakov
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Patent number: 11743159Abstract: A method for determining timing information in an optical communication link includes transmitting a falling edge from a transceiver positioned at a near end of the optical communication link and simultaneously starting a first timer at the transceiver positioned at the near end of the link. The transmitted falling edge is received at a transceiver positioned at a far end of the link. A falling edge is transmitted from the transceiver positioned at the far end of the link after a response delay. The transmitted falling edge is received at the transceiver positioned at the near end of the link while the first timer is simultaneously terminated at the transceiver positioned at the near end of the link and the elapsed time is recorded. The total link delay is determined based on the elapsed time.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: II-VI DELAWARE, INC.Inventors: John J. DeAndrea, Massimo Di Blasio