Patents Examined by Alex Skripnikov
  • Patent number: 11102782
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to techniques of spectrum sharing in beacon-assisted multi-tier wireless communications systems (e.g., 5G New Radio). A method of spectrum sharing in multi-tier wireless communications is provided that may include generating, at a first apparatus, a beacon signal including information of spectrum usage, wherein the information includes at least one or more of a pilot reference, resources allocation, one or more usage entities, or one or more sharing parameters, and sending the beacon signal to at least a second apparatus, wherein the first apparatus and the second apparatus are in a same tier or different tiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Naga Bhushan, Michael Mingxi Fan, Peter Black
  • Patent number: 11096016
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for a user equipment (UE) operating in a serving cell is disclosed. The serving cell does not broadcast system information for broadcast or multicast. The UE transmits an interest indication for broadcast or multicast to the serving cell. The interest indication for broadcast or multicast includes at least some information associated with a broadcast or multicast service of interest. The UE receives the system information for broadcast or multicast from the serving cell after transmitting the interest indication for broadcast or multicast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu Chen, Yu-Hsuan Guo, Li-Te Pan
  • Patent number: 11096134
    Abstract: A method for calculating a channel busy level (CBL) by a user equipment in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises monitoring a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks within a predetermined window; calculating the CBL by counting dropped SS/PBCH blocks among the plurality of SSBs; configuring parameters for a specific procedure based on the calculated CBL; and performing the specific procedure by using the configured parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eunjong Lee, Jayeong Kim, Sunyoung Lee, Jeonggu Lee, Hanul Lee
  • Patent number: 11096202
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for carrying out S-TTI-based communication performed by a terminal supporting a relatively short transmission time interval (S-TTI) compared to a legacy transmission time interval (L-TTI) in a wireless communication system. The method is characterized by: determining a value with respect to a ratio of reference signal energy per resource element (RS EPRE) to physical downlink shared channel energy per resource element (PDSCH EPRE); and carrying out S-TTI-based communication on the basis of the value with respect to the ratio, wherein the value with respect to the ratio is determined in an S-TTI unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungmin Lee, Hyunho Lee
  • Patent number: 11096231
    Abstract: A method and system to help control connectivity of a UE served with dual connectivity by a master node and a plurality of secondary nodes. An intermediary that is disposed between a core-network gateway system and the secondary nodes tracks data flow between the gateway system and the secondary nodes and provides the master node with a data-flow report, which the master node could use as a basis to trigger release of the UE's RRC connection, and/or to control addition or removal of one or more secondary nodes for the UE's dual-connectivity service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Sanghoon Sung, Yun Sung Kim, Udit Thakore, George W. Harter, III
  • Patent number: 11088909
    Abstract: A reconfigurable triplexer that can support more frequency bands than a traditional triplexer is disclosed. For example, the reconfigurable triplexer can handle frequencies of several hundred megahertz up to 10 gigahertz. Further, certain implementations of the reconfigurable multiplexer can reduce or eliminate frequency dead zones that exist with traditional multiplexers. The reconfigurable triplexer includes a multi-stage filter bank capable of supporting a number of frequency bands and a bypass circuit that enables the triplexer to support a variety of sets of frequencies. For instance, unlike traditional triplexers, the reconfigurable triplexer can support both frequency bands with relatively narrow spacing and frequency bands with relatively wide spacing. Further, the inclusion of the bypass circuit enables the reduction or elimination of dead zones between supported frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Hou, Reza Kasnavi, Jianxing Ni, Shanshan Zhao
  • Patent number: 11088908
    Abstract: An FCoE pinning system includes a second switch device that is coupled to a first switch device via a link aggregation group (LAG). The second switch device transmits a first communication that indicates a first port that is included on the second switch device and that is coupled to a first member of the LAG has a first FCoE pinning configuration and is in a willing mode. In response to determining that a second communication received from the first switch device indicates that a second port that is included on the first switch device and that is coupled to a second member link of the LAG has a second FCoE pinning configuration, and that the first switch device is in a willing mode, the second switch device forwards, in response to determining that no mismatch exists between the FCoE pinning configurations, FCoE type traffic via the first port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ramesh Kumar Subbiah, Vibin Varghese
  • Patent number: 11082164
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a first indication sent by a network device; receiving, by the terminal device, downlink data based on the first indication, and generating feedback information of the downlink data; receiving, by the terminal device, a second indication sent by the network device, where the second indication indicates a start location of an uplink time unit; determining, by the terminal device based on the first indication and the second indication, a resource location for sending the feedback information; and sending, by the terminal device, the feedback information at the resource location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chunhua You
  • Patent number: 11082999
    Abstract: A method and a device for uplink scheduling are provided. The method includes: a terminal device generates first information according to a downlink reference signal sent by a network device; the terminal device sends the first information to the network device for the network device to determine, according to the first information, a waveform to be adopted by the terminal device for performing uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Hai Tang, Hua Xu
  • Patent number: 11064498
    Abstract: A resource allocation method and an apparatus in a communications system are provided. A terminal receives resource allocation indication information, where the resource allocation indication information is used to determine a subband corresponding to an allocated resource. The terminal receives second configuration information, where the second configuration information indicates one of a plurality of configurations of the first frequency domain resource unit size corresponding to the subband. And the terminal determines a size of a first frequency domain resource unit corresponding to the subband based on first configuration information and the second configuration information, where the first configuration information includes a correspondence between the subband and a plurality of configurations of the first frequency domain resource unit size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Wu, Chi Zhang, Yueying Zhao, Yuanjie Li
  • Patent number: 11057929
    Abstract: A system for controlling access to priority access wireless resources divides a radio spectrum into first wireless resources for use by general access devices and second wireless resources for use by priority access devices. A base station receives, from a server, information concerning the first and second wireless resources, including resource entries corresponding to each of the first and second wireless resources. Upon receiving a request for available wireless resources from a general access device, the base station provides one of the resource entries corresponding to the second wireless resources. The system includes a general access device which aggregates resource entries for the first and second resources for communication with another general access device. When the general access device detects priority access to the second resource, the general access device either releases the second resource or reduces transmission power on the aggregated first and second resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amer A. Hassan, Paul William Alexander Mitchell, Todd Haugen, Paul W. Garnett
  • Patent number: 11057241
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to the communications field, and provide a network interworking method, network element, and system, to improve efficiency of interworking between a first network and a second network. The method includes: after learning that the first network requests to connect to the second network, a network interworking configuration network element sends, to each network element in a first network element set, an identifier of a network element that is in a second network element set and that is connected to the network element in the first network element set, so that each network element in the first network element set performs network interworking with the network element that is in the second network element set and that is connected to the network element in the first network element set. The present disclosure is used for network interworking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hualin Zhu, Weisheng Jin
  • Patent number: 11057922
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for communicating in a wireless network. In one aspect, a first wireless communication device may generate a first frame that includes at least a first aggregated media access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU). The first A-MPDU may include one or more media access control protocol data units (MPDUs). The first wireless communication device may set a first recipient address (RA) field to a first value in a first MPDU, and set a first field in the first MPDU to a second value that represents an identifier of a second wireless communication device. In one aspect, the first wireless communication device may set a second field in the first MPDU to a third value that represents an identifier of a third wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may output the first frame for transmission to at least the second and third wireless communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Abhishek Pramod Patil, Alfred Asterjadhi, George Cherian
  • Patent number: 11051284
    Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), a user station (STA), and a method for range estimation in a wireless network are generally described herein. For example, the AP may encode a common information field of a first trigger frame to include a trigger frame type configured to check the readiness of associated and unassociated STAs. The AP may transmit the first trigger frame to STAs and receive feedback from the STAs. The AP may further encode, based on the feedback, a common information field of a second trigger frame to include one of: a trigger frame type that solicits negotiation packets from associated and unassociated STAs using an association identifier (AID) and a pre-AID; or a trigger frame type that solicits channel sounding packets from associated and unassociated STAs using an AID and a pre-AID. The AP may further transmit the second trigger frame to the STAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Chittabrata Ghosh, Feng Jiang, Qinghua Li, Yuval Amizur, Jonathan Segev
  • Patent number: 11051247
    Abstract: A transmission/reception device with wake-up radio for a node with limited resources such as an IoT network node. The device includes a permanently powered auxiliary circuit, capable of detecting a wake-up token, and a main circuit, normally in the idle state and activated by the auxiliary circuit when a wake-up token is detected. The next wake-up token is calculated by the main circuit by applying a one-way function to at least part of a message exchanged on the main radio through a secure communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Maxime Montoya, Simone Bacles-Min, Anca Molnos, Jacques Fournier
  • Patent number: 11039450
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method for an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit, configured to: determine sub-system in specific region, and based on relative interference between the sub-systems and quality of service requirements for the sub-systems, clustering the sub-systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Yiteng Wang, Xin Guo, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 11032237
    Abstract: A communication device of a first wireless network determines that a first value of a first basic service set (BSS) color identifier is the same as a value of a second BSS color identifier corresponding to a neighboring second wireless network. In response, the communication device determines a second value of the first BSS color identifier. The communication device transmits one or more packets that each include i) an indication that the first BSS color identifier is changing, ii) the second value of the first BSS color identifier, and iii) a respective integer number of remaining beacon intervals corresponding to a start time when the second value of the first BSS color identifier will supersede the first value of the first BSS color identifier. Based on the start time, the communication device begins to use the second value of the first BSS color identifier with communications in the first wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Liwen Chu, Hongyuan Zhang, Lei Wang, Jinjing Jiang, Hui-Ling Lou
  • Patent number: 11031996
    Abstract: A method (10) of enhancing wireless communication coverage in a communications system is disclosed. The method (10) is performed in an unmanned aerial vehicle (1) comprising a signal amplification device (25) arranged to convey wireless signaling. The method (10) comprises: ascending (11) to an altitude at which signaling is received from an entity (3, 4) of the communications system, and conveying (12) signaling between the entity (3, 4) and a first communication device (2). An unmanned aerial vehicle (1), computer program and computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Andreas Nilsson, Jonas Fridén, Fredrik Harrysson, Lars Manholm
  • Patent number: 11026111
    Abstract: Provided are a method for a terminal for reporting a measurement result in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the method. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving a measurement configuration comprising a measurement object and reporting configuration; measuring a first wireless local area network (WLAN) included in the measurement object and a second WLAN not included therein; including the measurement result for the first WLAN in a measurement results list; and, following the inclusion of the measurement result for the first WLAN in the measurement results list, determining whether the measurement result for the second WLAN can be included in the measurement results list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sangwon Kim
  • Patent number: 11025475
    Abstract: The present teaching relates to collecting and processing location-specific wireless waveforms for use in wireless communication, components, methods, apparatuses, servers, and systems. In one embodiment, a disclosed system comprises a first wireless transceiver of a first device, and at least one second wireless transceiver of at least one second device. The first wireless transceiver of the first device is wirelessly coupled to the at least one second wireless transceiver through a wireless multipath channel associated with a space. The first device with the first wireless transceiver comprises a processor and a memory, which are configured to obtain a set of channel information (CI) and perform a task associated with the space based on the set of channel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ORIGIN WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: K. J. Ray Liu, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai, Beibei Wang, Chen Chen, Oscar Chi-Lim Au