Patents Assigned to Pantech Wireless, LLC
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Patent number: 11272416Abstract: A method and a base station are disclosed. The base station includes a receiver and a transmitter. The base station transmits, to a primary downlink cell, a first scheduling assignment for a first uplink transmission and receives first data in the first uplink transmission to at least a primary uplink cell using a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process. The base station transmits, to the primary downlink cell, a second scheduling assignment indicating, the second scheduling assignment indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identification of the first HARQ process, a modulation and coding set (MCS), and a transmission time opportunity; and receives the first data in a second uplink transmission using the first HARQ process, the MCS, and the transmission time opportunity, wherein the first data is received in a transmission based on the HARQ process identification.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLCInventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
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Patent number: 11265788Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a wireless transceiver and a processor. The apparatus transmits a data packet via a primary cell and a non-primary cell, the primary cell and the non-primary cell, wherein the data packet is sent via the primary cell and the non-primary cell over an enhanced uplink (EU) channel. On a condition that the transmitted data packet is not successfully decoded by the primary cell and also not successfully decoded by the non-primary cell, the apparatus receives a negative acknowledgement (NACK) signal from the primary cell and not receiving the NACK signal from the non-primary cell and retransmits the data packet in response to receiving the NACK signal from the primary cell even though the NACK signal was not received from the non-primary cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLCInventors: Stephen G. Dick, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, James M. Miller, Sung-Hyuk Shin
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Patent number: 11259228Abstract: A method and base station supporting uplink transmissions. The method being used in a base station and comprising receiving a data block from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) using a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process, transmitting uplink scheduling information to the WTRU to indicate whether the data block should be retransmitted by the WTRU, wherein the uplink scheduling information includes a H-ARQ process identification for the H-ARQ process, and receiving a retransmission of the data block from the WTRU. The uplink scheduling information includes physical channel resources. The uplink scheduling information is received from a primary cell and the WTRU transmits to the primary cell and at least one secondary cell. The scheduling information indicates a modulation and coding scheme.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLCInventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
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Patent number: 11212838Abstract: A method and an apparatus is provided for transmitting uplink data on uplink resources. The method and apparatus includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating uplink resources for wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and medium access control (MAC) timer information, transmitting uplink data based on the indicated uplink resources, and deactivating the indicated uplink resources in response to a MAC timer expiring, wherein the MAC timer is configured based on the MAC timer information.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLCInventors: Benoit Pelletier, Diana Pani, Rocco DiGirolamo, Christopher R. Cave, Vincent Roy, Paul Marinier, Eldad M. Zeira
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Patent number: 11184825Abstract: A method and base station supporting uplink transmissions. The method being used in a base station and comprising receiving a data block from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) using a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process, transmitting uplink scheduling information to the WTRU to indicate whether the data block should be retransmitted by the WTRU, wherein the uplink scheduling information includes a H-ARQ process identification for the H-ARQ process, and receiving a retransmission of the data block from the WTRU. The uplink scheduling information includes physical channel resources. The uplink scheduling information is received from a primary cell and the WTRU transmits to the primary cell and at least one secondary cell. The scheduling information indicates a modulation and coding scheme.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLCInventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
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Patent number: 11177914Abstract: A method, cellular communications network, and a network node are disclosed. The cellular communications network comprises a first base station and a second base station. The first base station is configured to receive a signal including a radio resource control (RRC) message from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the RRC message including WTRU capability information and the WTRU capability information including data rate information and physical layer characteristic information, and transmit the WTRU capability information to a network node. The second base station is configured to receive the WTRU capability information from the network node and transmit configuration information based on the WTRU capability information to the WTRU so that the WTRU can be configured to establish communications with the second base station using the configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLCInventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick
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Patent number: 11172493Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for resource allocation signaling for grouping user real time services. Uplink signaling for voice activity reporting of each user's transition between an active state and an inactive voice state is sent from a wireless transmit/receive unit to a Node B. Radio resource allocation to users of a wireless communication system varies based on user measurement reporting, a pre-determined pattern such as frequency hopping, or a pseudorandom function. Grouping methods are adjusted to better utilize the voice activity factor, so that statistical multiplexing can be used to more efficiently utilize physical resources.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2012Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLCInventors: Jin Wang, Arty Chandra, John S. Chen, Mohammed Sammour, Stephen E. Terry
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Publication number: 20210288840Abstract: Methods and apparatus for communicating circuit switched voice data with a first cellular radio access network (RAN) and communicating voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) packets using session initiation protocol (SIP) with a second cellular RAN. The second cellular RAN does not support circuit switched voice communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Pantech Wireless LLCInventors: Prabhakar R. Chitrapu, Narayan Parappil Menon, Fatih M. Ozluturk, Brian Gregory Kiernan
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Patent number: 11101946Abstract: A network node, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and system for operating a wireless network is disclosed. A first network node receives a radio resource control (RRC) message from a WTRU, the RRC message including WTRU capability information. The first network node then sends an application protocol message having RRC information to a second network node for use by the second network node to configure uplink resources for the WTRU, the RRC information including the WTRU capability information and physical channel configuration information of the WTRU.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLCInventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick