Patents Examined by Anez C Ebrahim
  • Patent number: 11706834
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may perform radio link monitoring (RLM) reference signal measurements on a primary secondary cell (PSCell) while the UE is operating in a secondary cell group (SCG) deactivated state. The UE may perform beam failure detection (BFD) reference signal measurements while the UE is operating in the SCG deactivated state. The UE may transmit, to a master node associated with a master cell group (MCG), an SCG failure information message based at least in part on one of: a PSCell radio link failure (RLF) detection based at least in part on the RLM reference signal measurements, or a BFD based at least in part on the BFD reference signal measurements. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Punyaslok Purkayastha, Ozcan Ozturk, Aziz Gholmieh
  • Patent number: 11700087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, more specifically, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: merging a first cell having a first TTI and a second cell having a second TTI, the length of the second TTI being N (N>1) times the length of the first TTI; receiving data scheduling information for the second cell in the first TTI of the first cell; and establishing data communication on the basis of the data scheduling information in the second TTI of the second cell corresponding to the first TTI of the first cell, wherein the first TTI for the first cell is any one TTI from among the N number of TTIs of the first cell corresponding to the second TTI of the second cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Hyunsoo Ko, Eunsun Kim
  • Patent number: 11700639
    Abstract: A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides method and an apparatus for releasing physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources assigned for random access procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Anil Agiwal
  • Patent number: 11683792
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device (such as a user equipment (UE)) may receive an indication of an allocation of resources for sidelink communication on a set of directional beams. The transmitting device may transmit, to a receiving device (e.g., base station), a capability of the transmitting device to support a beam change. In some examples, the transmitting device may identify a beam change condition for the set of directional beams based on a beam change condition configuration. In some cases, the beam change condition configuration may be based on the capability of the transmitting device. In some cases, the transmitting device may perform a resource reselection procedure for updating the allocation of resources for sidelink communication based on the beam change condition and the beam change condition configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran
  • Patent number: 11683763
    Abstract: Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system supporting a data transmission rate higher than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunseok Ryu, Peng Xue, Hyunkyu Yu, Sangwon Choi, Kuyeon Whang
  • Patent number: 11672044
    Abstract: Systems and methods relating to resuming a suspended connection of a wireless device in a wireless system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device includes receiving, from a wireless network, a first message that indicates to suspend a connection between the wireless device and the wireless network. Responsive to receiving the first message, the wireless devices stores a wireless device context and enters a suspended mode of operation. Upon an occurrence of a triggering event, the wireless device transmits, to the wireless network, a second message that requests to resume the connection between the wireless device and the wireless network, wherein the second message includes a resume identifier having an identifier of a network node and an identifier of the wireless device. The wireless device receives, from the wireless network, a contention resolution identity Medium Access Control (MAC) control element that includes a portion of the second message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Oscar Ohlsson, Magnus Stattin
  • Patent number: 11671956
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Wireless communications systems may support beam measurements triggered by a wake-up signal (WUS) and that triggers an active duration of a receiving user equipment (UE). The WUS may trigger the receiving UE to perform a beam sweeping procedure during a beam measurement occasion that immediately preceding the active duration, or the UE may perform the beam sweeping procedure in the WUS resource itself. A UE may perform beam measurement procedures during active durations of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, or outside of active durations of the DRX cycle. A receiving UE may be configured with a timing for performing a beam measurement procedure based on one or more offset values. The timing offset values may indicate a timing during active durations or prior to active durations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kaidong Wang, Jelena Damnjanovic, Tao Luo, Ozcan Ozturk, Sony Akkarakaran, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11665603
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. In an embodiment, a method performed by a UE is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fasil Abdul Latheef, Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale
  • Patent number: 11659445
    Abstract: Techniques for distributed computation are provided. A plurality of edge computing devices available to execute a computing task for a client device is identified, and a first latency of transmitting data among the plurality of edge computing devices is determined. A second latency of transmitting data from the client device to the plurality of edge computing devices is determined, and a set of edge computing devices, from the plurality of edge computing devices, is determined to execute the computing task based at least in part on the first and second latencies. Execution of the computing task is facilitated using the set of edge computing devices, where the client device transmits a portion of the computing task directly to each edge computing device of the set of edge computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ardalan Alizadeh, Gautam D. Bhanage, Sivadeep R. Kalavakuru, Pooya Monajemi, Matthew A. Silverman
  • Patent number: 11637642
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a priority of CSI reporting in a mobile communication system, and provides a method in which a UE performs CSI reporting with high priority according to the priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventors: Youngwoo Kwak, Hoondong Noh, Cheolkyu Shin
  • Patent number: 11638167
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to techniques for set based beam reporting. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication of one or more sets of candidate beams, where each set of candidate beams includes a first beam combination and a second beam combination. The first beam combination may include a first beam as a channel measurement resource (CMR) and a second beam as an interference measurement resource (IMR), and the second beam combination may include the second beam as a CMR and the first beam as an IMR. The UE may determine measurement values for beam combinations in the sets and determine a candidate set to report based at least in part on the measurement values. The UE may transmit a measurement report with measurement values for the first and second beam combinations of the candidate set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kiran Venugopal, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11632694
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to on-demand communications are provided. A first network entity receives, from a user equipment (UE), a network slice request. The first network entity transmits to a second network entity, a request for capability information associated with the UE based on the UE's network slice request. Additionally, the first network entity receives from the second networking entity, a response indicating the capability information associated with the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xipeng Zhu, Gavin Bernard Horn, Miguel Griot, Haris Zisimopoulos, Stefano Faccin
  • Patent number: 11600395
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a health care service provider specific wireless access point that facilitates secure communication between a patient, provider, and/or third-party service. Patient devices may connect to the healthcare service provider (HSP) wireless access point or “hub” when they are in range of the hub (e.g., when in a doctor's office waiting room). The wireless access point may be also configured to detect the presence of a patient device. In various implementations, the wireless access point may be configured to obtain identifying information of patient devices and send the information to a server. The server may be configured to use the information to create or update a profile for the patient associated with a patient device. The profile may be updated by additional information derived from the patient's interaction with the network, provider input, and/or by the patient updating their profile or inputting additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HealthLynked Corp.
    Inventor: Michael Thomas Dent
  • Patent number: 11601988
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). A method of determining a frequency-domain offset parameter of a preamble in a random access channel and a corresponding user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes obtaining a random access channel subcarrier spacing ?fRA, a preamble length LRA and a uplink (UL) channel subcarrier spacing ?f from a base station and determining a frequency-domain offset parameter k of a preamble in a random access channel based on the obtained random access channel subcarrier spacing ?fRA, preamble length LRA and UL channel subcarrier spacing ?f. Other embodiments of the disclosure further provide a random access method, a method for configuring random access information and related device, and a corresponding computer readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen Qian, Qi Xiong, Bin Yu
  • Patent number: 11601364
    Abstract: A network element and method for programming a network element that includes detecting an update to a first route in a routing information base (RIB) is disclosed. The method includes locating a first route network prefix associated with the first route within a network prefix trie (NPT); determining that, prior to the update, a first parent network prefix and the first route network prefix were reachable using a pair of different next hops connected to the network element; and determining that, after the update, the first parent network prefix and the first route network prefix are reachable using a first common next hop connected to the network element. The method also includes removing an existing forwarding information base (FIB) entry in the FIB associated with the first route network prefix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Kumaran Narayanan, Sudip Regmi, Prashant Srinivas, Venkitraman Kasiviswanathan
  • Patent number: 11601822
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a random access method and a communications device. The method includes: transmitting a message in a random access process by using a target beam in selectable beams, where the message in the random access process is an Msg1, an Msg2, an Msg3, or an Msg4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li Chen
  • Patent number: 11595970
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communication systems configured to provide user equipment (UE)-specific slot structures based on the individual propagation delay experienced by each UE. In some examples, the duration of uplink transmissions for a particular UE within a slot may be configured based on the propagation delay between the base station and that particular UE. For example, the duration of an uplink burst and/or an uplink traffic transmission may be configured based on the propagation delay. In addition, a downlink burst within a slot may be configured for a particular UE on the propagation delay experienced by that UE. Downlink traffic transmissions may further be configured for the cell based on the maximum propagation delay experienced by the UEs in the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Renqiu Wang, Wanshi Chen, Hao Xu, Peter Gaal, Seyong Park
  • Patent number: 11589390
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method, an apparatus, and a system for transmitting a signal using multiple carriers. In detail, provided are a wireless communication apparatus including a communication module; and a processor, wherein the processor obtains a common back-off counter for a carrier set on which data is to be transmitted, wherein the carrier set includes at least one component carrier, performs back-off of each of the component carriers using the obtained common back-off counter, and simultaneously transmits data through at least one component carrier in which the back-off is completed and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Minseok Noh, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son, Geonjung Ko
  • Patent number: 11589290
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for routing modification based on handover detection in UEs and network equipment. According to the principles of the present specification, communication between a User Equipment (UE) and a network equipment may be established over a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, and a coupling between the first RAT and the second RAT may be identified in the communication between the UE and the network equipment. A handover event associated with at least one of the RATs may be identified, and network traffic routing may be adapted based at least in part on the identified handover event and the coupling between the first RAT and the second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jay Kumar Sundararajan, Manu Sharma, Arnaud Meylan, Gavin Bernard Horn
  • Patent number: 11588746
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting data corresponding to a relay UE. One method includes transmitting data and first information indicating relay information corresponding to retransmission of the data by a relay UE to at least one UE. The first information comprises a relay identifier, an indication that retransmission of the data is based on feedback received by the relay UE, an indication that retransmission of the data is based on a multi-hop count, an indication for the relay UE to transfer the data from a receiver buffer to a transmit buffer and to retransmit the data from the transmit buffer, an indication for the relay UE to retransmit the data to an indicated destination node, or some combination thereof. The method includes transmitting second information indicating a remaining packet delay budget to the at least one UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Ganesan, Prateek Basu Mallick, Joachim Loehr, Ravi Kuchibhotla