Patents Examined by Andrew Lee
  • Patent number: 12684618
    Abstract: A terminal including: a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station apparatus, configuration information of a plurality of search spaces each of which is associated with a control resource set, wherein, between a plurality of control resource sets associated with the plurality of search spaces, values of parameters of a part of a plurality of parameters that each control resource set has are common, and the reception unit monitors a downlink physical control channel using a frequency domain resource designated by all of or a part of the plurality of control resource sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang
  • Patent number: 12684587
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving, by a wireless device, a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order initiating a random access procedure associated with early timing advance acquisition procedure of a layer 1 and/or 2 triggered mobility (LTM) procedure. The method further comprises, based on the first PDCCH order, setting a preamble power ramping counter (PPRC) to an initial value, and transmitting a first preamble via the first candidate cell, with a first power. The method further comprises receiving a second PDCCH order, and transmitting, with a second power determined based on increasing the PPRC by one, a second preamble via the first candidate cell, based on: a first field of the second PDCCH order indicating the first candidate cell and a second field of the second PDCCH order indicating a retransmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Taehun Kim, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Gautham Prasad
  • Patent number: 12677313
    Abstract: A service scheduling method and apparatus are provided, which relate to the field of communication technologies and are applied to a Wi-Fi network system, to resolve a problem that communication delays of a large amount of service data cannot be ensured when a communication channel in the Wi-Fi network system is limited. An example solution includes: a sending node obtains a waiting delay and a category of each data frame in a plurality of data frames at a current moment, determines a service priority of each data frame based on the category of each data frame, and determines, from the plurality of data frames, a target frame that is preferentially sent at the current moment based on the waiting delay, a preset delay, and the service priority of each data frame; and then the sending node sends the target frame to a receiving node at the current moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bani Li, Yanjie Gu
  • Patent number: 12677293
    Abstract: PDCCH/PDSCH multiplexing with rank adaptation is described. An apparatus is configured to receive a PDSCH transmission multiplexed with a PDCCH transmission that includes information to schedule the PDSCH. The PDCCH has a first rank, the PDSCH has a second rank, and both share a DMRS(s). The apparatus is configured to decode the PDSCH using a channel estimation for the PDSCH and the second rank of the PDSCH that is based on the shared DMRS indication. Another apparatus is configured to encode a PDSCH transmission multiplexed with a PDCCH transmission that includes information to schedule the PDSCH. The PDCCH has a first rank, the PDSCH has a second rank, and both share a DMRS(s). The apparatus is configured to provide, for a UE, the PDSCH transmission multiplexed with the PDCCH transmission that schedules the PDSCH and a shared DMRS indication indicative of the shared DMRS(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Abdelaziz Ibrahim Abdelaziz Zewail, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 12677347
    Abstract: A wireless device receives, in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, an RRC release message indicating a configured grant for use in an RRC inactive state. The wireless device measures, in the RRC inactive state and based on a time duration started in response to a data transmission via the configured grant, a downlink signal for detection of a beam failure instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Taehun Kim, Kyungmin Park, Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 12671560
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for uplink transmission scheme in multi-transmit-receive-point (MTRP) operation. A wireless communication device can receive, from a wireless communication node, a downlink signaling comprising a field. The field can indicate whether one or two spatial relations are associated with a plurality of uplink transmissions to the wireless communication node. The wireless communication device can determine, based on the field, a transmission scheme for the uplink transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yang Zhang, Zhaohua Lu, Bo Gao, Chuangxin Jiang
  • Patent number: 12672014
    Abstract: A method for a service consumer entity to check the health status of a service producer entity, including determining the execution or connectivity health status of the service producer entity and transmitting to a service discovery entity the health status of the service producer entity. The health status can be determined using a health-check service exposed by the service producer entity or performing network-level reachability test mechanisms. The method further includes receiving at the service consumer entity from a service discovery entity a request to check the health status of the service producer entity, for example using a service exposed by the service consumer entity to provide the health status of a service producer entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Maria Cruz Bartolomé Rodrigo, Magnus Hallenstål
  • Patent number: 12666406
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided to transmit multiple channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) resources in different slots for non-Codebook based physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission in multi-transmission-reception point (TRP) operation. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Guotong Wang, Alexei Davydov
  • Patent number: 12652663
    Abstract: A basestation (e.g., a gNodeB) may transmit transmission scheduling information (such as downlink control information) to user equipment (UE). The basestation may include repetition related parameters (such as repetition numbers, aggregation factors, or other repetition information) for transmission repetition control within the transmission scheduling information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Linxi Hu, Nan Zhang, Jianqiang Dai, Zhen Yang
  • Patent number: 12640890
    Abstract: A transmission method is performed by user equipment (UE), and includes: receiving indication information sent by a network device, wherein the indication information is configured to indicate one or more target Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) states used by the UE for receiving a control signaling carried on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH); and receiving the control signaling based on the indication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mingju Li
  • Patent number: 12641621
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for dynamic common beam (or common TCI state) switching for DL reception are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a higher layer parameter to enable common TCI state for DL reception for a carrier, receiving a DCI with format 1_1 or 1_2 containing TCI field indicating a TCI state; and determining TCI state for DL reception according to the TCI state indicated by the TCI field of the DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Bingchao Liu, Chenxi Zhu, Wei Ling, Yi Zhang, Lingling Xiao
  • Patent number: 12634949
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The disclosure relates to a method performed by a terminal in a communication system, including receiving, in a control resource set (CORESET) among a plurality of CORESETs, a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including first downlink control information (DCI), identifying at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state index based on the CORESET and a TCI field included in the first DCI and performing communication based on at least one unified TCI state corresponding to the at least one TCI state index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronincs Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kyoungmin Park, Seongmok Lim, Youngrok Jang
  • Patent number: 12634975
    Abstract: An activated resource switching method, performed by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, includes: receiving an activation signal carrying a resource identifier; and in response to the resource identifier indicating a resource to be activated for the UE, activating a first resource based on a configuration of the resource to be activated containing the resource identifier, and deactivating an activated second resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xing Yang
  • Patent number: 12628180
    Abstract: A method implemented by an access node includes including transmitting, by the access node to a user equipment (UE), a control information message comprising an association indicator indicating an association between a reference signal and a channel between the access node and the UE; and communicating, by the access node with the UE, the reference signal in accordance with at least one channel parameter associated with the channel between the access node and the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialing Liu, Weimin Xiao, Qian Cheng
  • Patent number: 12627360
    Abstract: Example implementations include a wireless communication method of receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, first signaling, wherein the first signaling activates one or more beam state codepoints, each of the one or more beam state codepoints comprises one or more beam states, determining, by the wireless communication device, at least one beam state according to the one or more beam state codepoints, and applying, by the wireless communication device, the at least one beam state to a target transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ke Yao, Shujuan Zhang, Bo Gao, Chuangxin Jiang, Zhaohua Lu, Wenjun Yan
  • Patent number: 12628148
    Abstract: A beam indication method includes: receiving first control signaling, where the first control signaling is configured to determine a target common beam, and the target common beam is configured to transmit a member in a first target common beam group; and transmitting at least one member in the first target common beam group by the target common beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mingju Li
  • Patent number: 12621768
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for convergence between an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g. smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, and security and safety-related services), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. In addition, the disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for reducing the power consumption of a terminal in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Taehyoung Kim, Heedon Gha, Jinkyu Kang, Youngbum Kim, Seunghoon Choi
  • Patent number: 12621841
    Abstract: A reference signal (RS) sending method and a communication apparatus are provided, which may be applied to a scenario in which an RS is sent based on aperiodic time-domain behavior. The method includes: a terminal device obtains downlink control information (DCI); determines first time information based on the DCI; determines, based on the first time information and a time unit in which the DCI is located, a time unit for sending an RS; and sends the RS in the determined time unit for sending the RS. Correspondingly, a network device determines the first time information based on the DCI; determines, based on the first time information and the time unit in which the DCI is located, a time unit for receiving the RS; and receives the RS in the determined time unit for receiving the RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoqing Liu, Yongping Zhang, Zheng Yu, Tie Li, Leiming Zhang
  • Patent number: 12621812
    Abstract: A station (STA) for communicating with an Access Point (AP) in a wireless communication system is provided. The STA may include a wireless transceiver and a processor. The wireless transceiver may be configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from the AP. The processor may be configured to receive allocation information from the AP via the wireless transceiver, wherein the allocation information indicates at least one user block and at least one stream for the STA, wherein each resource unit (RU) in a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) comprises at least one user block, and send Uplink (UL) data or receive Downlink (DL) data in the at least one user block to or from the AP via the wireless transceiver according to the allocation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Tao Hsieh, Tung-Sheng Yang, Chao-Chun Wang, Jianhan Liu, Ying-You Lin
  • Patent number: 12604308
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of mobile communications. Disclosed are a search space configuration method and apparatus, and a device and a storage medium. The method comprises: receiving configuration signaling sent by a network device, wherein the configuration signaling is used to configure at least one first search space for a first cell to schedule a second cell across carriers, wherein the second cell is a self-scheduling cell; and detecting downlink control information in the at least one first search space. When the second cell supports self-scheduling, the second cell can also be scheduled by the first cell. Therefore, the manners of configuring a search space group of a cell are increased, and the cell scheduling manners are also increased, thereby improving the communication effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Liang, Jing Xu, Zhe Fu