Patents Examined by Ahmed Elallam
  • Patent number: 11159976
    Abstract: A method of handling mapped Evolved Packet System (EPS) bearer context for invalid QoS flow description is proposed. During a PDU session establishment procedure or a PDU session modification procedure, a UE may receive a mapped EPS bearer context IE for creating a new mapped EPS bearer of a PDU session. If there is no corresponding QoS flow description associated to the new mapped EPS bearer, e.g., if there is no corresponding authorized QoS flow description IE in the PDU session establishment accept message or in the PDU session modification command message, then the UE should send another PDU session modification request message to the network to delete the new mapped EPS bearer context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MediaTek INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Huang-Fu, Shang-Ru Mo, Chi-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11153871
    Abstract: A network element forming a mobile communications network, and configured to provide a wireless access interface to one or more communications devices and to transmit downlink data to and receive uplink data from the communications devices via the wireless access interface. The downlink resources extend across a predetermined bandwidth and are time divided into plural timeframes. The network element includes a transmitter, and controller configured to control the transmitter to transmit control data to the communications devices in resources of a control channel formed from plural control channel modules formed from only part of the predetermined bandwidth and mutually exclusive from parts of the predetermined bandwidth from which the other control channel modules are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dimitris Koulakiotis, Hideji Wakabayashi, Matthew William Webb
  • Patent number: 11147119
    Abstract: Methods for operating a Base Station (BS) and a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system using a primary frequency and one or more secondary frequencies, and apparatuses for the BS and UE for carry out the methods, are provided. The method for operating the BS includes determining whether to activate or deactivate at least one of the one or more secondary frequencies, and transmitting a message comprising a bitmap indicating the activation or deactivation of the at least one of the one or more secondary frequencies to the UE. The method for operating the UE includes receiving a message comprising a bitmap indicating activation or deactivation of at least one of the one or more secondary frequencies from the BS, and activating or deactivating the at least one of the one or more secondary frequencies based on the received message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: UNWIRED PLANET INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong Kang, Won-Il Roh, Jae-Hee Cho, Jung-Je Son, Byung-Wook Jun
  • Patent number: 11140705
    Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to decode grant less downlink control information (G-D 5 CI) received from a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) is disclosed. The UE can decode the G-DCI received from the gNB in a MulteFire system. The UE can identify grant less uplink DCI components included in the G-DCI. The UE can perform a grant less uplink transmission with the gNB based on the grant less uplink DCI components in the G-DCI received from the gNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Wenting Chang, Jeongho Jeon, Huaning Niu, Jinyu Zhang, Salvatore Talarico
  • Patent number: 11139886
    Abstract: A multiuser communication system comprises multiple transmitters and a multiuser receiver that detects multiple transmissions via iterative soft interference cancellation. An initial acquisition module and single user decoder module are also described. The multiuser receiver acquires and subtracts known users in the residual signal before acquiring new users in the residual signal, which is performed iteratively until no new users are detected or a stopping criterion is met. To aid receiver acquisition, the transmitters insert discrete tones into the transmitted signals. These allow the multiuser receiver to obtain initial estimates of the frequency, time, gain, and/or phase offset for each user. To improve the quality of cancellation the receiver refines estimates of gain, time, frequency and phase offsets for each user after each iteration, and calculates time varying SINR estimates for each user. The multiuser receiver may be satellite based, may be a distributed receiver, or process users in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Myriota Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Alexander James Grant, Gottfried Lechner, Andre Pollok, Robert George McKilliam, Ingmar Rudiger Land, David Victor Lawrie Haley, William George Cowley, Linda Mary Davis, Sorin Adrian Barbulescu, John Lawrence Buetefuer, Marc Pierre Denis Lavenant
  • Patent number: 11140585
    Abstract: Provided are a method in which a source base station (BS) transmits a Quality of Service (QoS) flow-to-data radio bearer (DRB) mapping rule to a target BS in a wireless communication system, and a device supporting the same. The method may include: receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a measurement result of a target cell; determining the handover of the UE to the target BS on the basis of the measurement result; and transmitting, to the target BS, a handover request message including a QoS flow-to-DRB mapping rule of the source BS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Xu, Daewook Byun, Seokjung Kim, Sunyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 11134495
    Abstract: Provided are a data processing method based on a radio access technology, and a transmission node. The method includes: selecting, by a first transmission node, a radio access technology (RAT) according to a specific rule, where the specific rule includes selecting the RAT according to at least one of the following: a coverage level, a frequency domain bandwidth, a resource unit type, a transmission mode, a pre-configuration of a first node, and a second transmission node capability; the RAT includes at least one of the following: a multiple access mode, a modulation mode, a sub-carrier spacing, and a maximum number of carriers used for carrying data; and the second transmission node capability is defined according to an RAT supported by a second transmission node; and receiving or sending, by the first transmission node, data on a radio resource unit corresponding to the selected RAT according to the selected RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zewei Chen, Bo Dai, Jin Xu, Jun Xu
  • Patent number: 11129051
    Abstract: A cellular telecommunication system comprises a radio access part comprising a plurality of base stations that can be offset by wireless connection, as well as a core network part comprising quality-of-service policy control equipment connected via a first connection to a gateway via which radio bearers are set up. Proxy equipment: intercepts, on said first connection, each session establishment or session update message; when the intercepted message does not concern a radio bearer involving a base station offset by wireless connection, propagates the message to its destination. Otherwise the proxy equipment: determines a remaining bandwidth via said wireless connection; when the remaining bandwidth covers a bandwidth requirement expressed in the intercepted message, propagates the message to its destination; and otherwise modifies the message by indicating a bandwidth requirement of no more than the remaining bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Montenot, Franck Scholler, Franck Cibaud
  • Patent number: 11122447
    Abstract: Among other things, a communication system comprising at least one remote unit and at least one controller is described. The at least one remote unit exchanges radio frequency (RF) signals with mobile devices. Each RF signal comprises information destined for, or originating from, at least one of the mobile devices. The at least one controller is communicatively coupled to the at least one remote unit. All physical layer processing for an air interface is implemented in the at least one remote unit. All Media Access Control (MAC) layer processing for the air interface is implemented in the at least one controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Vedat Eyuboglu, Arthur J. Barabell
  • Patent number: 11121813
    Abstract: A method performed by an AP may comprise transmitting a MU-HE-PPDU, on a first 20 MHz channel and a second 20 MHz channel, to a plurality of STAs. The MU-HE-PPDU may comprise an HE-SIG-A portion carried on the first 20 MHz channel and the second 20 MHz channel. The MU-HE-PPDU may comprise a first HE-SIG-B portion carried on the first 20 MHz channel and a second HE-SIG-B portion carried on the second 20 MHz channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hanqing Lou, Oghenekome Oteri, Rui Yang, Robert L. Olesen, Guodong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11115937
    Abstract: Wireless communications are described. A wireless device may determine a first transmission power for a first signal and a second transmission power for a second signal. The wireless device may reduce signal transmission power of one or more of the first signal or the second signal, based on a calculated power value exceeding an allowable transmission power. The wireless device may reduce the signal transmission power during an overlap period or a non-overlap period, based on a duration of an overlap of the first signal with the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 11108893
    Abstract: A field device includes components to communicate with a control and/or asset management system of a process control system or with other field devices using any of several different communication protocols such as several different internet protocol (IP) protocols. This architecture allows for a single version of a field device to be provided in automation or plant control systems that use any of these communication protocols, thus saving on inventory and product development costs. Moreover, the multi-protocol field device or a system using the multi-protocol field device can manage the asset (read and write parameterized data from and to the asset) using one protocol while at the same time communicating real-time process/factory automation information using a second and different protocol. Moreover, the field device may be able to communicate to other devices including other field devices and host devices using both of these protocols or other protocols for different purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Zielinski, Donald R. Lattimer
  • Patent number: 11102800
    Abstract: The method includes determining a time interval during which at least one other user equipment is to transmit a data transmission; generating a scheduling signal indicative of the data transmission; and transmitting the scheduling signal during the determined time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Torsten Wildschek, Matthew Baker
  • Patent number: 11102663
    Abstract: Among other things, a communication system comprising at least one remote unit and at least one controller is described. The at least one remote unit exchanges radio frequency (RF) signals with mobile devices. Each RF signal comprises information destined for, or originating from, one of the mobile devices. The controller is communicatively coupled to the at least one remote unit and comprises a real-time scheduler for assigning airlink resources to the mobile devices for the information. The at least one controller and the at least one remote unit are configured so that the physical layer functions for an air interface are split between the controller and the at least one remote unit. The at least one controller and the at least one remote unit are configured so that the split of the physical layer functions for at least some of a first channel of the air interface differs from the split of the physical layer functions for a second channel of the air interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Vedat Eyuboglu, Arthur J. Barabell
  • Patent number: 11088786
    Abstract: The present application describes a data processing method used for implementing data transmission between multiple carriers and a HARQ entity. A terminal receives mapping relationship information sent from a base station, where the mapping relationship information is used to indicate a mapping relationship between a HARQ entity of the terminal and a frequency resource configured by the base station for the terminal. The terminal determines the frequency resource. The terminal determines a HARQ entity corresponding to the frequency resource according to the mapping relationship information and processes a HARQ data block transmitted on the frequency resource by using the HARQ entity. Therefore, carrier communication channels for real-time transmission between the base station and the terminal are increased, to improve transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qinghai Zeng, Yi Guo
  • Patent number: 11082916
    Abstract: Described herein is a gateway for sensor data forwarding, including first communication circuitry adapted to receive sensor data from at least one sensor data source, processing circuitry connected to the first communication circuitry and adapted to collect and buffer the sensor data and to execute programs, which map a communication protocol, second communication circuitry connected to the processing circuitry and arranged for transmitting the collected and buffered sensor data, wherein the processing circuitry is arranged to switch on the second communication circuitry for transmitting the collected data and to switch the second communication circuitry off after transmitting the collected data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Roland Welle, Joerg Boersig
  • Patent number: 11076317
    Abstract: A master RAN node (1) sends, to a control plane function (5) in a core network (4), a modification request for modification of a first PDU session already established between a radio terminal (3) and a user plane function (6) in the core network (4). The modification request implicitly or explicitly indicates that PDU session split is needed for the first PDU session. The modification request causes the control plane function (5) to control the user plane function (6) to move a specific one or more QoS flows of a plurality of QoS flows associated with the first PDU session from a first tunnel between the user plane function (6) and the master RAN node (1) to a second tunnel between the user plane function (6) and a secondary RAN node (2). This contributes, for example, to implementing PDU session split in a radio communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Futaki, Sadafuku Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11070272
    Abstract: A method performed by a radio device 6 for Channel State Information (CSI) feedback in a communication system 1 comprising a Radio Access Network (RAN) node 3 comprises receiving, from the RAN node, information about a CSI Reference Signal (RS) resource, a first CSI type and a second CSI type for feedback. The method also comprises receiving, from the RAN node, a CSI feedback request for CSI measurement and feedback of the first CSI type or the second CSI type. The method also comprises measuring CSI of the indicated type based on signals received on the CSI-RS resource. The method also comprises sending, to the RAN node, a CSI report of the requested CSI type. A corresponding method in a RAN node is furthermore presented herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison, Siva Muruganathan, Mattias Frenne, Stephen Grant
  • Patent number: 11044758
    Abstract: An operation method for a communication node transmitting system information in a communication network is an operation method for a base station which transmits system information in a communication network, and includes: configuring information on a request time when system information is requested and a transmission time when the system information is transmitted in a communication network; transmitting a message including the configured information on the request time and the transmission time by using a broadcast-based method; receiving, from at least one user equipment included in the communication network, a message requesting the system information on the basis of the request time; and transmitting a message including the system information to the at least one user equipment on the basis of the transmission time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Lee, Min Hyun Kim, Ji Hyung Kim, Cheul Soon Kim, Sung Hyun Moon, Ju Ho Park, Jun Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11039337
    Abstract: [Object] To set a minimum unit of a transmission time in communication via wireless communication in a further preferred form in accordance with conditions. [Solution] An apparatus including: a communication unit that performs wireless communication; and a control unit that decides a minimum unit of a transmission time in communication via the wireless communication on a basis of a first processing time that is decided in accordance with a terminal apparatus and a second processing time that is decided in accordance with a communication environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa