Patents Assigned to Qualcomm Incorporated
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Patent number: 12732893Abstract: One aspect provides a method for wireless communication. The method includes obtaining a first indication of a first set of beam configurations associated with a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs); obtaining a second indication of a second set of beam configurations associated with one or more of the plurality of SSBs that are reconfigured; and obtaining at least one of the plurality of SSBs in accordance with the second indication.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2023Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Navid Abedini, Tao Luo, Yan Zhou
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Patent number: 12732901Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for interworking function selection by a remote user equipment (UE) for UE-to-network sidelink relay access. A method that may be performed by a remote user equipment (UE) includes receiving a plurality of interworking function configurations, for accessing a network via a sidelink relay UE, and a plurality of relay service codes. The remote UE determines a service to use for communications in the network. The remote UE selects one of the plurality of interworking function configurations based on the relay service code for the determined service.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Karthika Paladugu, Hong Cheng, Haris Zisimopoulos, Stefano Faccin, Gavin Bernard Horn
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Patent number: 12732943Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for communication. In an aspect, a reference device (e.g., gNB or BS) and a BS obtain a configuration of a TDOA procedure including respective PRSs to be transmitted by the reference device and the BS. In an aspect, the reference device and the BS each mute their own transmission while the other device is transmitting its respective PRS. Other aspects are directed to DL-TDOA, UL-TDOA and elliptical positioning techniques.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jing Dai, Chao Wei, Alexandros Manolakos, Weimin Duan, Hao Xu
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Patent number: 12732959Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support paging for network-based user equipment (UE)-to-UE communication. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication performed at a network entity includes identifying a UE-to-UE paging request condition originating at a source UE. The method also includes identifying one or more other network entities within a paging area relative to a location of the source UE. The method further includes transmitting, to the one or more other network entities, one or more paging messages in accordance with the UE-to-UE paging request condition. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2023Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Shuanshuan Wu, Hong Cheng, Anantharaman Balasubramanian, Qing Li
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Patent number: 12733095Abstract: A substrate comprising a core layer, at least one first dielectric layer coupled to a first surface of the core layer, at least one second dielectric layer coupled to a second surface of the core layer, a plurality of interconnects located at least partially in the at least one first dielectric layer; a region comprising a plurality of block interconnects of an interconnect block; and a solder resist layer coupled to the at least one first dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2023Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Hong Bok We, Joan Rey Villarba Buot, Sang-Jae Lee, Zhijie Wang
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Patent number: 12733036Abstract: Aspects relate to selection of a channel access priority class (CAPC) table for a sidelink channel access procedure on an unlicensed carrier in a sidelink network. A wireless communication device (e.g., a UE or sidelink device) may select between a downlink CAPC table and an uplink CAPC table based on at least one of a sidelink mode, a role of the wireless communication device in the sidelink network, a cast type of sidelink traffic to be transmitted by the wireless communication device, or a channel type of the sidelink traffic.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2023Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Chih-Hao Liu, Xiaoxia Zhang, Qing Li, Jing Sun, Giovanni Chisci
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Patent number: 12732209Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for efficiently performing operations using data compression. An example method generally includes identifying, for a block of data samples, a number of leading bits to remove from each data sample in the block of data samples. A block of compressed data samples is generated based on the identified number of leading bits and truncation of a number of least significant bits from each data sample in the block of data samples. A bitstream including the block of compressed data samples and an indication of a type of compression applied to the block of data samples is generated and output for further processing.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2024Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jian Shen, Jamie Menjay Lin
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Patent number: 12732315Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a wireless communication device, an aggregated signal including a plurality of frequency division multiplexed (FDM) signals corresponding to a plurality of beams, each of the plurality of signals comprising a discrete Fourier transform (DFT)—spread-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) waveform associated with a unique pre-DFT-spreading sequence of a plurality of pre-DFT-spreading sequences. The UE may decode the plurality of FDM signals based at least in part on the plurality of pre-DFT-spreading sequences. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Qiaoyu Li, Chao Wei, Hao Xu
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Patent number: 12732334Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for channel raster design. A method for wireless communications by a network entity includes determining a channel raster comprising a subset of radio frequency (RF) reference frequencies separated by a channel raster granularity, wherein the channel raster granularity is less than 100 kHz and outputting an indication of one or more of the RF reference frequencies to one or more user equipments (UEs).Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2023Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Valentin Alexandru Gheorghiu, Peter Gaal, Masato Kitazoe
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Patent number: 12732216Abstract: This disclosure provides wireless communication methods, components, devices and systems for applying spectral masks and spectral flatness parameters in conjunction with transmission of millimeter wave (mmWave) signals in wireless communication networks. In some examples, in conjunction with transmission of an mmWave signal, a wireless communication device can apply a derivative spectral mask featuring transitional offset ranges that correspond to transitional frequency offset ranges of a spectral mask for a nominal carrier signal, scaled according to a ratio between a bandwidth of the mmWave signal and a bandwidth of the nominal carrier signal. In some examples, the derivative spectral mask can feature an in-band frequency offset range that is wider than a scaled width of an in-band frequency offset range of the spectral mask for the nominal carrier signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2024Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jialing Li Chen, Lin Yang, Bin Tian
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Patent number: 12732255Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless device may transmit mechanical displacement information that indicates an expected amount of time to mechanically displace at least one antenna panel in the wireless device. The wireless device may receive a configuration for a set of beam failure reference signals (BFRSs) that are associated with the mechanical displacement information. The wireless device may receive the set of BFRSs in accordance with the configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2024Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Jung Ho Ryu
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Patent number: 12732312Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration message indicating a threshold time duration event associated with transmission of a polling message for requesting a status protocol data unit (PDU). The threshold time duration event may correspond to a time period following transmission of a data message without reception of the status PDU. The UE may transmit a first data message. After a time duration has elapsed since transmission of the first data message without reception of a first status PDU, the UE may transmit a first polling message that requests the first status PDU. The first status PDU may include feedback for the first data message. The UE may transmit the first polling message based on the time duration satisfying the threshold time duration event.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2024Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Sherif Elazzouni, Sitaramanjaneyulu Kanamarlapudi
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Patent number: 12732327Abstract: The apparatus of wireless communication includes a UE and a base station. The base station may transmit, to the UE, a configuration for a plurality of PDCCH monitoring groups for monitoring different sets of search spaces. The plurality of PDCCH monitoring groups may include a first PDCCH monitoring group with a first number of PDCCH monitoring occasions and a second PDCCH monitoring group with a second number of PDCCH monitoring occasions different from the first number. The base station may determine which PDCCH monitoring group to send a PHCCH, and transmit the PDCCH to the UE. The UE may determine to monitor search spaces of the PDCCH monitoring group, and monitor search spaces corresponding to the PDCCH monitoring group. The UE may switch between the first and second PDCCH monitoring groups based on a condition or an indication from the base station.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Luanxia Yang, Changlong Xu, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Hao Xu
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Patent number: 12733001Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuring sounding reference signals (SRS) resources for RRC inactive or idle UEs and multiplexing SRS with small data transmission on preconfigured uplink resources (PUR) An example method by a user equipment (UE) generally includes receiving signaling configuring the UE with SRS resources, QCL relationship, power control and timing advance information for SRS transmissions, and transmitting SRS in conjunction with one or more of the PUR occasions in accordance with the configuration and signaling.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jing Lei, Alexandros Manolakos, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Huilin Xu, Weimin Duan
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Patent number: 12733051Abstract: Aspects relate to coordination of communication links associated with multiple subscriptions. For example, a base station may determine that a first communication link and a second communication link are established with a user equipment (UE) using a first subscription and a second subscription of the UE, respectively. At least one of the first communication link or the second communication link may be established between the UE and the base station. The base station may coordinate communication of information with the UE via at least one of the first communication link or the second communication link based on the determination. The base station may coordinate the communication of information by selecting, based on the information, one of: the first communication link and the second communication link for communicating the information, or the first communication link or the second communication link for communicating the information without utilizing the other communication link.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ozcan Ozturk, Gavin Bernard Horn, Punyaslok Purkayastha, Juan Zhang
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Patent number: 12732926Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive signaling indicating a plurality of energy values associated with communications with a network node, wherein each energy value of the plurality of energy values is associated with a different configuration from a plurality of configurations for the communications with the network node. The UE may communicate with the network node according to a first configuration of the plurality of configurations that is associated with a first energy value of the plurality of energy values. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2023Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Aria Hasanzadezonuzy, Navid Abedini, Naeem Akl, Tommy Azzino, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 12732983Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to indicate a single frequency network (SFN) mode and associated composite channel reference signals to a user equipment (UE). A UE and a base station may communicate via two or more transmission and reception points (TRPs) using an SFN transmission, which may represent a transmission having multiple beam configurations. The base station may transmit a configuration associated with a control channel that explicitly or implicitly indicates whether control channel transmissions are associated with an SFN mode or are configured with multiple candidate beam configurations. The base station may transmit an indication of activated beam configurations for the control channel. The UE may receive one or more reference signals from each TRP and, based on the SFN indication, may use information from the one or more reference signals to receive the control channel transmission.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2024Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Runxin Wang, Yu Zhang
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Patent number: 12732792Abstract: A method for of wireless communication, by a multi-subscription user equipment (UE) includes selecting a first subscription to receive a positioning system information broadcast (posSIB) based on a first subscription state and a second subscription state. The method also includes receiving the posSIB via the first subscription. The UE may switch from the first subscription to a second subscription to receive a subsequent posSIB, in response to the second subscription state changing and/or the first subscription state changing. The state switching may be between connected mode and inactive/idle mode, or between voice service and data service.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Kuo-Chun Lee, Qingxin Chen, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Reza Shahidi, Shanshan Wang, Liangchi Hsu, Rishav Rej, Ie-Hong Lin, Karthik Venkatram, Subashini Krishnamurthy, Sudeep Jain, Amit Jain, Tom Chin
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Patent number: 12732804Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enhance the security of UWB ranging, thereby improving the accuracy and reliability of the UWB ranging. In one aspect, a first wireless device embeds first information for generating a secure sequence of a ranging message in a payload section of the ranging message. The first wireless device generates the secure sequence based at least in part on the first information. The first wireless device transmits the ranging message including the secure sequence and the payload section for a second wireless device. In another aspect, a second wireless device receives a ranging message from a first wireless device that includes a first secure sequence and a payload section. The second wireless device generates a second secure sequence based on information embedded in the payload section of the ranging message.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Varun Amar Reddy, Alexandros Manolakos, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli
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Patent number: 12732853Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media to determine a location of a device using carrier phase positioning. A process includes transmitting, at the device to a network entity, a phase measurement capability of a device (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) for subcarrier set pairs of different resources received by the device. The different resources are associated with a reference signal. The process can include receiving, at the device, a phase measurement request from a network entity for configuring phase measurements of the subcarrier set pairs of the different resources. The process can include transmitting a phase measurement report to the network entity based on the phase measurement request, the phase measurement report including information associated with a measured phase difference of at least one subcarrier set pair associated with the different resources.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Mukesh Kumar, Srinivas Yerramalli, Fnu Siddhant, Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug