Patents Examined by Ayanah S George
  • Patent number: 11888567
    Abstract: A method by which a terminal reports channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: receiving configuration information related to reporting of CSI; receiving a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS); calculating the CSI on the basis of the CSI-RS; and reporting the CSI. The CSI comprises first information for selecting an antenna port related to the CSI-RS. The pre-set number of antenna ports are selected for each antenna port-related polarization from among antenna ports related to the CSI-RS, on the basis of the first information. The pre-set number of antenna ports are characterized in being selected on the basis of a combination of the number of the antenna ports related to the CSI-RS and the pre-set number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Haewook Park
  • Patent number: 11877251
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and provides a time synchronization method, an electronic device and a storage medium. A terminal sends a target protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to a session management function (SMF) according to a routing policy, wherein the target PDU session establishment request includes a target virtual private link identifier; and the terminal establishes a target PDU session with a target user plane function (UPF). The described method is applied to embodiments of the present application, so that a time synchronization message may be transmitted by means of the target PDU session and an interface indicated by target virtual private link information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN AI-LINK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiangping Feng
  • Patent number: 11825471
    Abstract: In a method for transmitting and receiving a shared channel in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a terminal is characterized by comprising: a step for receiving, from a base station, first resource information for transmitting and receiving a shared channel; and a step for receiving, from the base station, the shared channel on a first resource determined on the basis of the first resource information or transmitting, to the base station, the shared channel on the first resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Kyungjun Choi, Minseok Noh, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11825336
    Abstract: Disclosed are a connection management method, and a computer device. The method includes sending, by a first terminal, a request message carrying a first QoS parameter to a second terminal. The request message is used for indicating to perform a connection operation between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the first QoS parameter. The connection between the first terminal and the second terminal includes connection for QoS flow, and the connection operation includes at least one of the following: establishing a connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, modifying the connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, or releasing the connection between the first terminal and the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Qianxi Lu, Jianhua Liu, Zhenshan Zhao, Huei-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11824806
    Abstract: An apparatus and method in a wireless communication system and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to: configure a sounding reference signal (SRS) mapping structure for a user equipment on the basis of at least the number of antenna ports of the user equipment and the number of transmitting beams and/or receiving beams to be scanned; and notify the user equipment of the SRS mapping structure, wherein the SRS mapping structure at least comprises SRS resource settings for achieving uplink beam management and channel state information (CSI) acquisition at the same time, thereby reducing the system time delay and improving the uplink resource utilization rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Xu, Dongru Li, Hang Yang, Xiaofeng Tao, Jianfei Cao
  • Patent number: 11812441
    Abstract: A data transmission method performed by a network device includes: configuring, through radio resource control (RRC) to a terminal device, a plurality of parameters for configured grant transmission and a plurality of parameters for dynamic transmission which is triggered by uplink (UL) grant; receiving data from the terminal device, wherein the data is transmitted by using the plurality of parameters configured for the configured grant transmission; triggering the terminal device to retransmit the data by UL grant and receiving the data re-transmitted by the terminal device, wherein the data is retransmitted by using a part of the plurality of parameters configured for the configured grant transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing Xu
  • Patent number: 11812303
    Abstract: A mesh network may be established between a plurality of access points to facilitate load balancing for one or more of the access points. The mesh network may define a plurality of communication routes through the access points having capabilities sufficient to facilitate or mimic communications underperforming or being unavailable at the access point requesting load balancing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Tian, Daniel Rice, Justin Colwell, Neeharika Allanki
  • Patent number: 11812307
    Abstract: A user plane function receives, from a session management function, a request for at least one quality of service (QoS) report for a data flow, the request indicating: a QoS event; and a first QoS value for the QoS event. Monitoring packets for monitoring a second QoS value of the data flow are sent to a base station. A determination is made of an occurrence of the QoS event based on the second QoS value and the first QoS value. An indication of the occurrence is sent to the session management function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weihua Qiao, Esmael Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Peyman Talebi Fard
  • Patent number: 11812283
    Abstract: A transmission device according to the present invention includes a reference-signal information management unit as an identifier to identify an interfering terminal that is a possible terminal to perform communication interfering with communication with a target terminal that is a destination terminal of a data signal, and a transmitter to set a group ID for reference signal generation to a group formed by the interfering terminal and the target terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hasegawa, Akinori Taira
  • Patent number: 11799613
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for CSI report configuration. One method includes receiving at least one CSI reporting setting. The at least one CSI reporting setting includes at least one CSI RS resource setting, and the CSI reporting setting includes an indication of CSI feedback reporting for multiple transmission points in a mobile communication network. The method includes identifying a set of transmission hypotheses based on the CSI reporting setting. The hypotheses include a combination of single-point transmission from at least one TRP, or multi-point joint transmission from two TRPs. The method includes receiving at least one CSI reference signal resource transmitted from the mobile communication network based on the CSI reference signal resource setting. The method includes generating a set of at least one CSI report based on the CSI reporting setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ahmed Hindy, Vijay Nangia
  • Patent number: 11765656
    Abstract: A method for adjusting discontinuous reception (DRX) behavior of a user equipment (UE) to conserve energy use includes exposing a DRX application programming interface (API) that enables DRX parameters to be changed and defining a conflict resolution policy that controls when requests to change the DRX parameters should be granted. The method also includes receiving, via the DRX API, a request from an application to change a DRX parameter for the UE. The UE is in wireless communication with a base station, and the application is configured to send data to the UE via a mobile network that comprises the base station. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the conflict resolution policy, that the request should be granted and sending a command to the base station that causes the base station to communicate a new value of the DRX parameter to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Xenofon Foukas, Bozidar Radunovic, Yongguang Zhang, Landon Prentice Cox
  • Patent number: 11758495
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a signal transmission method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: a terminal device determines a synchronization signal transmission mode on a first carrier, where the synchronization signal transmission mode is a first transmission mode or a second transmission mode; and the terminal device receives information on the first carrier according to the synchronization signal transmission mode. A network device determines a synchronization signal transmission mode on a first carrier, where the synchronization signal transmission mode is a first transmission mode or a second transmission mode; and the network device sends information to a terminal device on the first carrier according to the synchronization signal transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai Tang
  • Patent number: 11751172
    Abstract: In a method of sidelink resource control, a first core network configured based on a first radio access technology receives a sidelink control request from a first user equipment that accesses the first core network using the first radio access technology, the sidelink control request requesting sidelink control information for a second radio access technology that is not supported by the first core network. The sidelink control information for the second radio access technology is obtained directly from a second core network outside the first core network, the second core network being configured based on the second radio access technology, and the sidelink control information for the second radio access technology being provisioned by the second core network. The obtained sidelink control information for the second radio access technology is provided, via the first radio access technology and in response to the sidelink control request, to the first user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yixue Lei
  • Patent number: 11751223
    Abstract: According to one configuration, an analyzer resource determines an ability of a wireless access point to wirelessly communicate over each of multiple available wireless communication channels in a wireless frequency band. The analyzer resource produces performance information (performance metrics or calibration information) based on the measured ability. The analyzer resource assigns the performance metrics to the wireless access point. When operating in the field (such as in a wireless network environment), to provide mobile communication devices access to a remote network, the wireless access point uses the assigned performance metrics as a basis to select amongst multiple available wireless communication channels to communicate with one or more mobile communication devices in the wireless network environment. These and other techniques are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew J. Dillon
  • Patent number: 11743885
    Abstract: A method of operating a network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications system to support first and second random access procedures, wherein a message size/amount of data for an uplink message of the second random access procedure is different to a message size/amount of data for a corresponding uplink message of the first random access procedure, and wherein the method includes: transmitting a scheduling message comprising an indication of a first set of radio resources to be used for a random access procedure message for the first random access procedure; determining a second set of radio resources for a random access procedure message for the second random access procedure, wherein the second set of radio resources is related to the first set by a predefined relationship; and monitoring for a random access procedure message on both the first and second set of radio resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale
  • Patent number: 11743754
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided, by which a measurement gap sharing scheme is generated by sharing measurement gaps between radio link monitoring measurement, intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement based on configurations of radio link monitoring reference signals for radio link monitoring and synchronization signal blocks and/or other reference signals used for intra-frequency measurements; measurements including the radio link monitoring measurement, the intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement are performed according to the measurement gap sharing scheme, and the measurement gap sharing scheme between radio link monitoring measurement, intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement is changed based on the radio link quality of a serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Lars Dalsgaard
  • Patent number: 11743859
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a frequency-division-multiplexed paging message in a next generation mobile communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyeob Jung, Sangbum Kim, Soenghun Kim, Anil Agiwal
  • Patent number: 11743896
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Wireless devices may have different capabilities for uplink preemption. A base station may communicate with a wireless device to determine a capability, of the wireless device, for uplink preemption. The wireless device may receive downlink control information indicating, based on the determined capability for uplink preemption, an uplink preemption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Alireza Babaei, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Kyungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11722916
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes sending, by an access node, to a user equipment (UE) configuration information for a beam quality reference signal (BQRS) that is associated with a discontinuous reception (DRX)-ON period used for sending a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to the UE, wherein the BQRS has a spatial quasi-collocated (QCL) relationship with either the PDCCH or a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the PDCCH. The method further includes sending, by the access node, the BQRS to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengfei Xia, Young Hoon Kwon, Bin Liu
  • Patent number: 11716785
    Abstract: A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system, the terminal device comprising: a transmitter; a receiver configured to receive a measurement radio signal from each of one or more potential relay nodes of the wireless telecommunications system, each measurement radio signal being transmitted using the same predetermined radio frequency band and identifying the one of the potential relay nodes from which it is transmitted; and a controller configured: to measure a characteristic of each received measurement radio signal, and based on each received measurement radio signal and its measured characteristic, to determine a suitable one of the one or more potential relay nodes for acting as a relay node for relaying the further radio signal between the terminal device and the infrastructure equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda