Patents Assigned to FG Innovation Company Limited
  • Beam failure detection and recovery
    Patent number: 11706647
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for wireless communication are provided. The method includes receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration, the first RRC configuration configuring a radio link monitoring configuration that includes a beam failure detection (BFD) timer and a beam failure indication (BFI) count threshold; starting or restarting the BFD timer by a medium access control (MAC) entity of the UE each time a BFI is received from a lower layer; counting a number of the received BFIs using a BFI counter; initiating a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure upon determining that the BFI counter indicates a value greater than or equal to the BFI count threshold; and setting the BFI counter to zero when receiving a second RRC configuration that reconfigures the radio link monitoring configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Wei, Chie-Ming Chou, Chien-Chun Cheng, Yu-Hsin Cheng, Hung-Chen Chen, Heng-Li Chin
  • User equipment and method for FBE operation in unlicensed band
    Patent number: 11706631
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for frame-based equipment (FBE) operation in an unlicensed band are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a first parameter indicating a first periodicity of a fixed frame period (FFP) used when the BS acts as an initiating device for the FBE operation; and receiving, from the BS, a second parameter indicating a second periodicity of the FFP used when the UE acts as the initiating device for the FBE operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Hai-Han Wang, Heng-Li Chin, Chia-Hung Wei
  • Method and apparatus for PLMN selection and cell (re)selection
    Patent number: 11706701
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for wireless communications are provided. The method is performed by a UE and includes: reading system information of a plurality of cells on a first carrier frequency to obtain identification information of a plurality of PLMNs; reporting, by an AS entity of the UE, the identification information of the plurality of PLMNs to a NAS entity of the UE; selecting, by the NAS of the UE, one of the plurality of PLMNs as a selected PLMN; searching for the plurality of cells on the first carrier frequency during a cell selection procedure; and selecting a suitable cell belonging to the selected PLMN from the plurality of cells on the first carrier frequency based on the cell selection procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Mei-Ju Shih, Yung-Lan Tseng, Hung-Chen Chen
  • Method and apparatus for receiving system information
    Patent number: 11706695
    Abstract: A method for providing system information (SI) performed by a base station (BS) is provided. The method includes: broadcasting a system information block type 1 (SIB1) associated with a cell; receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a first message including a common control channel (CCCH) service data unit (SDU), the CCCH SDU including a radio resource control (RRC) SI request message; and transmitting, to the UE, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including a UE contention resolution identity that matches a portion of the CCCH SDU. The MAC CE enables a MAC entity of the UE to indicate reception of an acknowledgment for the RRC SI request message to an RRC entity of the UE. The SIB1 does not include information related to a Random Access (RA) resource specific to SI requested by the RRC SI request message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Mei-Ju Shih, Chie-Ming Chou, Hung-Chen Chen, Yung-Lan Tseng
  • Method of listen before talk recovery procedure and related device
    Patent number: 11706801
    Abstract: A method of listen before talk (LBT) recovery procedure for a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method comprises performing an LBT failure detection procedure for a serving cell, triggering the LBT recovery procedure for the serving cell in response to detecting consistent uplink (UL) LBT failures in a first bandwidth part (BWP) on the serving cell according to the LBT failure detection procedure, where the LBT recovery procedure includes triggering an LBT failure procedure for determining the first BWP as an invalid BWP, and cancelling the triggered LBT recovery procedure for the serving cell in response to confirming a predefined condition in the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Heng-Li Chin, Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Mei-Ju Shih, Chia-Hung Wei
  • Method and apparatus for handling repetitions of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11706760
    Abstract: A method performed by a BS for handling repetitions of transmissions is provided. The method includes transmitting an RRC configuration including a first parameter configured with a first value and a second parameter configured with at least one second value; and transmitting DCI on a PDCCH scheduling a PUSCH transmission. The DCI enables the UE to select one of the first parameter and the second parameter to determine a number of PUSCH repetitions; determine the number of PUSCH repetitions as the first value when the first parameter is selected; determine the number of PUSCH repetitions as one of the at least one second value indicated by the DCI when the second parameter is selected; and perform the PUSCH transmission for a number of times based on the number of PUSCH repetitions. A BS using the aforementioned method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Wei, Heng-Li Chin, Wan-Chen Lin, Chie-Ming Chou
  • Systems and methods for performing inter prediction in video coding
    Patent number: 11706437
    Abstract: A method of decoding video data by a device is provided. A merge subblock flag specifying whether subblock-based inter prediction parameters for a coding unit are inferred from neighbouring blocks is decoded. A motion vector difference merge flag is decoded if a value of the merge subblock flag is equal to zero and a value of a motion vector difference flag is equal to one. The motion vector difference merge flag specifies a prediction parameter with a motion vector difference is used, and the motion vector difference flag specifies whether a merge mode with motion vector difference is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Kiran Mukesh Misra, Frank Bossen, Christopher Andrew Segall
  • Mobility management for RRC_INACTIVE user equipment
    Patent number: 11706616
    Abstract: A method for radio access network (RAN) based notification area (RNA) update for a radio resource control (RRC)_INACTIVE user equipment (UE) in an RRC_INACTIVE state is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by the RRC_INACTIVE UE in the RRC_INACTIVE state, a first list of RAN area identities (IDs) from a first cell; receiving, by the RRC_INACTIVE UE in the RRC_INACTIVE state, identification information broadcast by a second cell, the identification information including a RAN area ID of the second cell and a cell ID of the second cell; and transmitting, by the RRC_INACTIVE UE in the RRC_INACTIVE state, at least one of an inactive-radio network temporary identifier (I-RNTI) and a cell ID of the first cell to the second cell, after determining that the RAN area ID of the second cell does not belong to the first list of RAN area IDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Mei-Ju Shih, Yung-Lan Tseng, Chie-Ming Chou
  • Access control in new radio
    Patent number: 11706692
    Abstract: A method for a wireless device to establish an RRC connection with a network for accessing a network slice of the network is provided. The method receives, from the network, an access control parameter configuration of an access category associated with the network slice while the wireless device is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive state (RRC INACTIVE). The method then initiates a random access procedure for establishing the RRC connection with the network to access the network slice according to an access control indicator of the access control parameter configuration of the access category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Wei, Chie-Ming Chou
  • Sidelink measurement reporting in next generation wireless networks
    Patent number: 11706653
    Abstract: Some of the present implementations provide a method for a first user equipment (UE) to deliver a sidelink measurement report to a second UE. The method receives sidelink measurement configuration through a PC5 radio resource control (RRC) connection between the first and second UEs. The method then generates the sidelink measurement report by monitoring at least one target resource pool allocated to the first UE via the sidelink measurement configuration and transmits the sidelink measurement report to the second UE through the PC5 RRC connection between the first and second UEs. The at least one target resource pool is associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) and the PC5 RRC connection between the first and second UEs is associated with a second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Yung-Lan Tseng, Yu-Hsin Cheng, Mei-Ju Shih
  • Method and radio communication equipment for signaling a physical layer profile
    Patent number: 11700573
    Abstract: A method for a serving cell for signaling a communicating with a user equipment (UE) is described. The method may include transmitting, by the serving cell, a radio resource control (RRC) message to the UE. The RRC message may include a plurality of sets of parameters and a plurality of indices corresponding to the plurality of sets of parameters. The method may also include transmitting, by the serving cell, downlink control information (DCI) to the UE indicating an allocated resource block (RB) in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) for the UE and an index corresponding to one of the plurality of sets of parameters to decode the allocated RB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chie-Ming Chou, Yung-Lan Tseng
  • Methods and apparatuses for sidelink operations
    Patent number: 11700596
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing computer-executable instructions embodied therein and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The at least one processor is configured to receive an indicator indicating that a Long-Term-Evolution (LTE)-Vehicle to Everything (V2X) sidelink (SL) communication is shared with New Radio (NR) SL communication on at least one of one or more carrier frequencies, and select one of the one or more carrier frequencies for the NR SL communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Yung-Lan Tseng, Hung-Chen Chen, Mei-Ju Shih, Chia-Hao Yu
  • Control method of user equipment and user equipment
    Patent number: 11700663
    Abstract: A control method for User Equipment (UE) comprising: performing communication with a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG); detecting whether a failure occurred in the MCG transmission; if it is detected that the failure has occurred in the MCG transmission, executing an MCG failure processing operation; and sending a message to a base station, the message indicating information related to the failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chongming Zhang, Renmao Liu, Shohei Yamada
  • User equipment and method for activating PUCCH spatial relation
    Patent number: 11696289
    Abstract: A user equipment and a method for activating a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) spatial relation are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including a first field and a second field, the first field indicating an identifier (ID) of a specific PUCCH spatial relation to be activated or deactivated, the second field indicating an ID of a specific PUCCH resource; applying the MAC CE to all PUCCH resources in a specific PUCCH group that includes the specific PUCCH resource in a case that the MAC CE is identified by a first LCID; and applying the MAC CE to the specific PUCCH resource in a case that the MAC CE is identified by a second LCID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Cheng, Yu-Hsin Cheng, Chie-Ming Chou, Hung-Chen Chen, Chia-Hung Wei
  • Methods and apparatuses for random access procedure in medium access control layer
    Patent number: 11696341
    Abstract: A method performed by a UE for implementing a random access procedure is provided. The method transmits a MSGA, monitoring an MSGB-RNTI within an MSGB time window starting from an earliest symbol of an earliest PDCCH occasion after the MSGA transmission. The method receives the MSGB in a first slot. The MSGB includes a success RAR that contains a HARQ Feedback Timing Indicator, a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) Resource Indicator, and a UE Contention Resolution Identity. The method determines, by a MAC entity of the UE, to instruct a lower layer to transmit a HARQ feedback in a second slot in response to the reception of the success RAR. The method delivers, by the MAC entity, the HARQ Feedback Timing Indicator and the PUCCH Resource Indicator to the lower layer, and performs, by the lower layer, a HARQ feedback delivery on an uplink (UL) resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventor: Chia-Hung Wei
  • Method and user equipment for controlling discontinuous reception behavior on multiple radio interfaces
    Patent number: 11696360
    Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) for controlling Discontinuous Reception (DRX) behavior on multiple radio interfaces are provided. The method includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a first set of timers configured for controlling a first DRX behavior of the UE on a Uu interface to the BS; performing control channel monitoring according to the first set of timers; identifying that a Sidelink (SL) activity occurs on an SL interface that is a PC5 interface, the SL activity associated with one or more SL destinations on the PC5 interface; and starting or restarting at least one of the first set of timers in response to identifying the SL activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Yu, Yung-Lan Tseng, Hsin-Hsi Tsai
  • Systems and methods for deriving quantization parameters for video blocks in video coding
    Patent number: 11689722
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of decoding a current video block in a video picture. From several partitioning schemes, the method identifies a partitioning scheme that is used to partition the current video block. Based on the identified partitioning scheme, the method selects one derivation to compute a first quantization parameter for the current video block from several candidate derivations for computing the first quantization parameter. The method computes a second quantization parameter for the current video block based at least in part on the computed first quantization parameter. The method then uses the computed second quantization parameter to decode the current video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Frank Bossen, Kiran Mukesh Misra, Christopher Andrew Segall, Jie Zhao, Weijia Zhu
  • Systems and methods for reference offset signaling in video coding
    Patent number: 11689724
    Abstract: A method of deriving prediction sample values for decoding video data by a device is provided. A reference wraparound offset syntax specifying an offset used for computing a horizontal wrap-around position is decoded. A luma location is derived based on a product of a value of the reference wraparound offset syntax and a minimum coding block size. A predicted luma sample value is derived by using the luma location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • User equipment and method for scheduling timeline for cancelling uplink transmission
    Patent number: 11683830
    Abstract: A user equipment and a method for scheduling a timeline for cancelling uplink (UL) transmission are provided. The method includes: transmitting a low priority UL channel scheduled by a first downlink control information (DCI) format; receiving a second DCI format scheduling a high priority UL channel; and cancelling transmission of the low priority UL channel and transmitting the high priority UL channel in response to determining that the high priority UL channel overlaps in time with the low priority UL channel, wherein a starting time of the high priority UL channel and an ending time of the second DCI format are separated by an offset greater than an absolute time duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventor: Hai-Han Wang
  • Moving image coding device and method using chrominance format and intra-frame prediction mode
    Patent number: 11683494
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a CCLM prediction derivation portion, for deriving a first parameter and a second parameter by using a sampled luminance value downsampled according to a chrominance format and an intra-frame prediction mode; and a CCLM prediction filter portion, for deriving a prediction image by using the first parameter and the second parameter, wherein the CCLM prediction derivation portion derives the first parameter by deriving a logarithmic value of a luminance difference value, deriving a first value by right-shifting a second value related to the luminance difference value by the logarithmic value, and using a third value acquired by multiplying a fourth value by a chrominance difference value and derives the second parameter by using the first parameter. The fourth value is determined from a reference table by using the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Yukinobu Yasugi, Tomohiro Ikai