Patents Assigned to Qualcomm Incorporated
  • Patent number: 11968725
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitter may include an interference avoidance preamble in a wireless transmission. The interference avoidance preamble may identify resources for transmitting an interference avoidance request associated with the wireless transmission. A receiver may experience interference between the wireless transmission and another wireless transmission, and the receiver may transmit the interference avoidance request using the resources identified in the interference avoidance preamble. The transmitter may receive the interference avoidance request and, in response, may enable an interference avoidance mechanism, for example, a listen before talk (LBT) procedure, a frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) scheme, a time-division multiplexing (TDM) scheme, a spatial multiplexing scheme, or a combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Andrei Dragos Radulescu, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11968578
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to receiving, by a mobile termination (MT) function of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a first indication to migrate from a first IAB donor node associated with a first cell group and a first central unit (CU) to a second IAB donor node associated with a second cell group and a second CU, performing, by the IAB node and based at least in part on receiving the first indication, a first random access procedure to connect to the second cell group associated with the second IAB donor node, establishing, by the IAB node in addition to a first distributed unit (DU) function of the IAB node that serves a third cell group and based on performing the first random access procedure, a second DU function that serves a fourth cell group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Naeem Akl, Karl Georg Hampel, Ozcan Ozturk, Navid Abedini, Jianghong Luo, Luca Blessent, Junyi Li, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11968724
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a configuration of a control resource set (CORESET), wherein the configuration includes an indication that the CORESET is a single frequency network (SFN) CORESET. The UE may determine one or more transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for monitoring the SFN CORESET based at least in part on a determination that the UE has not received an activation command that indicates multiple TCI states to be activated. The UE may receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication using the one or more TCI states determined for monitoring the SFN CORESET. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 11968736
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device supports sidelink communications, including device-to-device (D2D) communications and vehicle-based communications. The communication device receives, from another device, a discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration for a sidelink connection between the communications device and the other device. Based on the received DTX configuration, the communications device determines a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration and transmit, to the other device, the determined DRX configuration. The devices experience power savings, among other results according to the DTX configuration or the DRX configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sourjya Dutta, Kapil Gulati, Shuanshuan Wu, Anantharaman Balasubramanian, Sudhir Kumar Baghel
  • Patent number: 11968043
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may identify a first set of bits associated with a first set of modulation layers. The wireless communication device may interleave a second set of bits associated with a second set of modulation layers to obtain an interleaved second set of bits. The wireless communication device may generate a combined set of bits based at least in part on combining the second set of bits and at least a portion of the first set of bits. The wireless communication device may perform a transmission based at least in part on the combined set of bits and the second set of bits. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Jing Jiang, Thomas Joseph Richardson, Gabi Sarkis
  • Patent number: 11967983
    Abstract: Aspects described herein include devices and methods for smart ultra wideband transmissions. In one aspect, an apparatus includes pulse generation circuitry configured to output a plurality of transmission (TX) pulse samples at a selected signal sample rate, where each pulse sample of the plurality of TX pulse samples comprises a value associated with a pulse amplitude at a corresponding sample time The apparatus includes a plurality of power amplifier (PA) cells, with each PA cell of the plurality of PA cells comprising a corresponding current source and associated gates, and where the associated gates of a PA cell are selectable to configure an on state and an off state. Logic circuitry of the apparatus is configured to set the on state or the off state for each PA cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi Zeng, Cheng-Han Wang, Emanuele Lopelli, Chan Hong Park, Liang Zhao, Le Nguyen Luong, Koorosh Akhavan
  • Patent number: 11968720
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may perform an initial random access channel (RACH) attempt by transmitting, to a base station, an initial request message of an initial two-step RACH procedure; and perform an additional RACH attempt, using an alternative two-step RACH procedure, based at least in part on determining that an initial response message, corresponding to the initial request message, of the two-step RACH procedure is not received during an initial random access response window. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Tao Luo, Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun
  • Patent number: 11965973
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) measures one or more positioning reference signal (PRS) resources of at least one PRS instance, and processes the one or more PRS resources of the at least one PRS instance during a PRS processing gap, wherein the PRS processing gap comprises a period of time during which the UE prioritizes PRS processing over reception, processing, or both of other downlink signals and channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Weimin Duan, Sven Fischer, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli
  • Patent number: 11967329
    Abstract: An example audio decoding device includes a memory configured to store at least a portion of a coded audio bitstream; and one or more processors configured to: decode, based on the coded audio bitstream, a representation of a soundfield; decode, based on the coded audio bitstream, a syntax element indicating a selection of either a head-related transfer function (HRTF) or a binaural room impulse response (BRIR); and render, using the selected HRTF or BRIR, speaker feeds from the soundfield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Moo Young Kim, Nils Günther Peters, Dipanjan Sen, Siddhartha Goutham Swaminathan, S M Akramus Salehin, Jason Filos
  • Patent number: 11968570
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for handover of a user equipment (UE) from a serving base station to a target base station. A target base station may use one or more directional beams to establish wireless communication links with UEs within a coverage area of the target base station. Directional beams may create a narrow-beam, high-bandwidth connection with a UE in a limited geographic area. Handover procedures include some latency between when a target base station dedicates resources to a UE and when the UE executes a communication via those dedicated resources. To compensate for latencies in a handover procedure and for the geographic limitations of directional beams, a target base station may assign multiple directional beams to the UE during a handover procedure. Each directional beam may be associated with access parameters used by the UE to generate messages (e.g., a RACH message) during the handover procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sumeeth Nagaraja, Ajay Gupta, Vinod Menon, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11968567
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for enhanced resource reservation for sidelink communication. A method that may be performed by a transmitter user equipment (UE) includes transmitting a transport block (TB) in a first slot of a current reservation period, wherein the transmission of the TB reserves a future resource in the current reservation period for retransmission of the TB, indicating, when transmitting the TB, a period to periodically reserve one or more resources, in one or more future reservation periods, for transmissions of one or more other TBs, and taking action to limit or release a number of the one or more resources periodically reserved in the one or more future reservation periods for the transmissions of the one or more other TBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shuanshuan Wu, Kapil Gulati, Tien Viet Nguyen, Gabi Sarkis
  • Patent number: 11968136
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a transmitter user equipment (UE) determines a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) pattern for a first slot allocated for transmission over a sidelink between the transmitter UE and a receiver UE, wherein the first DMRS pattern is determined based at least on the first slot having a first slot format of two or more slot formats, and transmits, to the receiver UE, DMRS in the first slot according to the first DMRS pattern. In an aspect, the receiver UE determines the first DMRS pattern for the first slot based at least on the first slot having the first slot format, and receives, from the transmitter UE, DMRS in the first slot according to the first DMRS pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shuanshuan Wu, Gabi Sarkis, Kapil Gulati, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Junyi Li, Arthur Gubeskys
  • Patent number: 11968020
    Abstract: An apparatus may be configured to obtain one or more of data or at least one signal associated with at least one first matrix, where the at least one first matrix is at least one square matrix; perform a decomposition process on the at least one first matrix to obtain at least one first triangular matrix; estimate an inverse of the at least one first triangular matrix based on the at least one second triangular matrix; calculate an inverse of the at least one first matrix based on at least one of (1) the estimated inverse of the at least one second triangular matrix, or (2) the estimated inverse of the at least one first triangular matrix; and transmit one or more of the data or the at least one signal based on the calculated inverse of the at least one first matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wenquan Hu, Andrea Garavaglia
  • Patent number: 11967268
    Abstract: Imaging systems and techniques are described. An imaging system causes a display to display light according to a predefined pattern. The imaging system receives image data of a scene from an image sensor. The image data is captured using the image sensor while the display is configured to display the light according to the predefined pattern. The imaging system processes the image data to generate at least one image frame of the scene based on detection of the predefined pattern in the image data. The imaging system outputs the at least one image frame of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nikhil Verma, Prakasha Nayak, Vishnu Vardhan Kasilya Sudarsan, Avinash Shrivastava, Balamukund Sripada
  • Patent number: 11968049
    Abstract: Enhancements to downlink feedback information (DFI) signaling is disclosed. According to the disclosed aspects, indications of DFI presence in downlink control information (DCI) messaging are provided that limit any increase to DCI overhead for uplink grants. In a first aspect, DFI presence may be signaled using unused or disallowed DCI variable states for indication of DFI presence. In another aspect, a separate bit may be added to a DCI message for indicating DFI presence. Additional aspects include repurposing DCI fields which are specific to cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI)-based uplink grants, or may defining a new RNTI (e.g., DFI-RNTI) for indicating DFI presence. Further aspects may provide for radio resource control (RRC) signaling that configures which DCI variable state can be used to indicate DFI presence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kapil Bhattad, Jing Sun, Pravjyot Singh Deogun
  • Patent number: 11968013
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In aspects of the present disclosure, a user equipment (UE) may report metrics (e.g., received signal power, beam identifier) about synchronization signal (SS) beams using the same (e.g., or a similar) framework that is used for channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) reporting. Because SSs are intended to be broadcast across a wide coverage area in a beamformed manner, the SSs represent a promising complement to existing beam management techniques. Accordingly, beam management may be achieved at least in part based on reporting one or more metrics of beamformed SSs through a channel feedback framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sundar Subramanian, Xiao Feng Wang, Junyi Li, Juergen Cezanne, Ashwin Sampath
  • Patent number: 11968008
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless node may transmit, to another wireless node, information related to one or more properties of a first antenna array associated with the wireless node. The wireless node may receive, from the other wireless node, information related to one or more properties of a second antenna array associated with the other wireless node. The wireless node may communicate with the other wireless node over a wireless link using one or more beams associated with an operating frequency, wherein the operating frequency is based at least in part on the one or more properties of the first antenna array and the one or more properties of the second antenna array. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Mohammad Ali Tassoudji, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11968015
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may report capabilities pertaining to UE feedback processing, such as a number of simultaneous feedback reports that can be processed and reported by the UE for various types of feedback. For example, UE feedback processing capability may depend on channel state information (CSI) processing units (CPUs) available to the UE for feedback processing operations (e. g., for performing channel measurements, processing feedback, generating a feedback report, etc.). A UE may report feedback processing capability separately for periodic feedback reporting and for aperiodic feedback reporting, for different types of feedback reporting (e. g., for CSI reporting, for beam management reporting, etc.), etc. As such, a UE may more efficiently report capabilities pertaining to UE feedback processing, and a base station may more efficiently configure UE feedback reporting according to UE feedback processing capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chao Wei, Chenxi Hao, Yu Zhang, Qiaoyu Li, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Jing Lei, Renqiu Wang
  • Patent number: 11968142
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described, including techniques for utilizing implicit or explicit signaling to indicate a cancellation of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling. A first user equipment (UE) may perform DMRS bundling across physical sidelink channels transmitted to a second UE to enable the second UE to perform joint channel estimation. In some examples, based on a detected change, either at the first UE or the second UE, the first UE may signal to the second UE that the DMRS bundling is canceled. In some examples, the detected change may be a resource allocation change, a physical channel configuration change, a change in a quasi-colocation (QCL) relationship at the first UE, or a change in a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state at the first UE. Additionally or alternatively, the first UE or the second UE may request the cancellation based on detected changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Elshafie, Hung Dinh Ly, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Wei Yang
  • Patent number: 11968018
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, via a first beam of a set of beams configured for spatial division multiplexing (SDM), a downlink communication. The UE may transmit, via a second beam of the set of beams, uplink control information (UCI) associated with the first beam. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Idan Michael Horn, Shay Landis, Amit Bar-Or Tillinger