Patents Examined by Brian T Le
  • Patent number: 11588672
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for digital wireless communication, and more specifically, for initializing and using demodulation reference signals. In one exemplary aspect, a method of wireless communication performed by a communication node includes generating a first portion of an initial value of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) based, at least in part, on combining a time index and at least a portion of an ID index. The method also includes generating a second portion of the initial value of the DMRS based, at least in part, on the ID index, and generating the initial value of the DMRS by combining at least the first and second portions. The method further includes transmitting or receiving the DMRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Wenhao Liu, Peng Hao, Feng Bi, Zhisong Zuo, Ting Miao
  • Patent number: 11540172
    Abstract: This application discloses a load relocation method, apparatus, and a system. The method includes determining, by a communications network entity, a target access management entity for load relocation; and sending, to an access network entity, an identifier of an original access management entity and an identifier of the target access management entity or an address of the target access management entity with respect to the access network entity. The access network entity sends a message from UE to the target access management entity based on the identifier of the original access management entity carried in the message from the UE. In the foregoing solution, signaling overheads in a load relocation process are reduced and load relocation efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fenqin Zhu, Wenfu Wu
  • Patent number: 11522654
    Abstract: For supporting higher data rates, resource configuration includes: acquiring, by a terminal, a configuration of physical resources; and performing, by the terminal, transmission according to the configured physical resources, wherein performing, by the terminal, transmission according to the configured physical resources comprises one of: neither performing, by the terminal, uplink transmission nor performing downlink reception on the configured physical resources; performing, by the terminal, only downlink reception on the configured physical resources; and performing, by the terminal, only uplink transmission on the configured physical resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Di Su, Chuang Zhang, Yingjie Zhang, Peng Lin, Chen Qian, Bin Yu
  • Patent number: 11510182
    Abstract: A resource management method performed by a CP in C-RAN system includes configuring M user-centric cells for M terminals with a plurality of ANs, and determining a number K of orthogonal resource sharing groups sharing a same orthogonal resource; selecting K user-centric cells as group headers for the K orthogonal resource sharing groups, and adding the selected K user-centric cells as group headers to the K orthogonal resource sharing groups; configuring the K orthogonal resource sharing groups by sequentially adding ungrouped user-centric cells to the K orthogonal resource sharing groups; and dividing total system resources into K orthogonal resources, and mapping the divided K orthogonal resources to the K orthogonal resource sharing groups, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seung Kwon Cho, Kyoung Seok Lee, Soo Jung Jung, Tae Gyun Noh
  • Patent number: 11510248
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station supporting random access. The UE first transmits a first radio signal, and then receives a second radio signal. A first bit block is used for generating the first radio signal, the first bit block includes a positive integer number of bits, the first bit block carries a first identifier and a first data block, the first bit block lacks a field used for indicating RRC connection request cause information, a field used for indicating RRC connection reestablishment request cause information or a field used for indicating RRC connection resume request cause information compared with a Msg3, the first data block includes a positive integer number of higher-layer bits, the second radio signal carries a second identifier. The first identifier is equal to the second identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NANTONG LANGHENG COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: XiaoBo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11510254
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for automatically managing a plurality of Wi-Fi access points using a network management cloud. In order to manage the plurality of Wi-Fi access points, a connection is established between one or more Wi-Fi access points and a client device using the network management cloud. The network management cloud, then, receives and analyzes information from the client device related to controlling one or more Wi-Fi access points. Thereafter, the network management cloud determines one or more operation settings for the one or more Wi-Fi access points based on the analyzed information. The one or more operation settings of the one or more Wi-Fi access points are then configured using the network management cloud. Thus, the one or more Wi-Fi access points are configured by the client device through the network management cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ambeent Inc.
    Inventors: Mustafa Ergen, Hasan Şildir, Sinem Çöleri Ergen
  • Patent number: 11497013
    Abstract: A downlink control information (DCI) sending method and an apparatus are provided. A base station determines a first channel resource, where the first channel resource is located in the ith time unit of a subframe in a time domain, the subframe includes NT time units, NT is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and i is a positive integer less than or equal to NT; and the base station sends DCI to a terminal device on the first channel resource. In this solution, the first channel resource that carries the DCI is located in the ith time unit of the subframe in the time domain, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to NT. That is, there is a first channel resource in each time unit of the subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chaojun Li, Sha Ma, Yongxia Lyu
  • Patent number: 11496271
    Abstract: A communication device includes transceiver circuitry that transmits a first frame including a request parameter and at least one piece of data for a block acknowledge (ACK); and receives a second frame including a confirmation response to a response parameter and the block ACK. The transceiver circuitry receives a request for the at least one piece of data for the block ACK, transmits the first frame on a basis of occurrence of the request for transmitting the at least one piece of data of the block ACK, and executes transmission of a data frame based on the response parameter included in the received second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Sugaya
  • Patent number: 11470650
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a random access channel (RACH) occasion (RO) configuration that includes information related to ordered preamble resources. The UE may generate a preamble resource index according to various parameters selected based on the RO configuration information that relates to the ordered preamble resources. The UE may generate an uplink RACH message that includes a preamble based at least in part on the preamble resource index and a payload associated with a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource unit (PRU) mapped to the preamble resource index. After decoding the uplink RACH message, the base station may send a response message including scrambled downlink control information (e.g., based on a scrambling identifier or payload information associated with the uplink RACH message). Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jing Lei, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 11445394
    Abstract: A terminal access method includes: sending, by a network device, uplink signal configuration information for an idle terminal to a terminal; receiving, by the network device from a first base station, uplink signal measurement information and load of the first base station, wherein the uplink signal measurement information is obtained by measurement by the first base station upon receiving an uplink signal carrying a terminal identifier from the terminal based on the uplink signal configuration information; and configuring, by the network device, mobility for the terminal based on the terminal identifier, the uplink signal measurement information and the load of the first base station, wherein the configuring mobility is configuring a candidate serving base station for the terminal such that the terminal initiates a service request to enter an active state at the candidate serving base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: CLOUDMINDS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: William Xiao-qing Huang, Haitao Jiang, Zhenkai Wang
  • Patent number: 11444729
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique and system for converging a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology. The disclosure relates to a method performed by a terminal for feeding back a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) and to a terminal for performing the method, including: generating HARQ feedback information for data that is scheduled for the terminal in at least one slot; determining a transmission timing of the HARQ feedback information based on a minimum processing time for transmission of a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) of the terminal; and transmitting the HARQ feedback information based on the determined timing, wherein the minimum processing time for the PSFCH transmission is determined based on at least one of a subcarrier spacing, a configuration of a resource pool, and a time interval between a PSSCH and the PSFCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongho Yeo, Hyunseok Ryu, Cheolkyu Shin, Sungjin Park, Jinyoung Oh
  • Patent number: 11432266
    Abstract: Provided are a data transmission method and apparatus and a computer storage medium. The method includes that: a first core network element receives data from an external network, the data being data sent to a first device group (301); and the first core network element sends the data to an access network element through a first transmission resource to enable the access network element to send the data to User Equipment (UE) in the first device group through a second transmission resource (302).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11350390
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal and a processor configured to control an operation of the wireless communication terminal. The processor collects data to be transmitted to a plurality of terminals, generates an aggregate-MAC protocol data unit for transmitting data to the plurality of terminals at the same time, and transmits the aggregate-MAC protocol data unit to the plurality of terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongho Kim, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11350404
    Abstract: Methods and devices are described for encoding and decoding control information that has been modulated based on one or more identifiers of the transmitter and/or receiver. Some embodiments describe scrambling sequence design for multi-mode block discrimination on downlink control information (DCI) blind detection. Separate scrambling masks may be applied to disparate bit fields within a coded DCI message, wherein each of the scrambling masks is derived from a unique identifier associated with either the transmitter or the intended receiver. The scrambling masks may be used by the receiver to perform early termination of the decoding process, to mitigate intercell interference, and to verify that the receiver is the intended receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Coherent Logix, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin A. Shelby, Feng Liu
  • Patent number: 11324020
    Abstract: This application provides a resource scheduling method, an apparatus, and a system, and relates to the field of communications technologies, to meet scheduling requirements of data transmitted on different logical channels. The method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a BSR to an access network device, where the BSR carries first indication information, and the first indication information is used by the access network device to determine a scheduling mode corresponding to a first logical channel; receiving, by the terminal device, a first uplink grant resource sent by the access network device, where the first uplink grant resource is scheduled by the access network device based on the BSR in the scheduling mode; and sending, by the terminal device, to-be-sent data on the first logical channel to the access network device by using the first uplink grant resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haifeng Yu, Xin Xiong, Feng Yu
  • Patent number: 11310070
    Abstract: A network hub is provided for an onboard network system. The onboard network system includes first and second networks for transmission of first-type and second-type frames following first and second communication protocols. The network hub includes a receiver that receives a first-type frame. A processor determines whether or not the first-type frame received by the receiver includes first information that is a base for a second-type frame to be transmitted to the second network, to obtain a determination result, and selects a port to send a frame based on the first-type frame based on the determination result. A transmitter sends the frame based on the first-type frame to a wired transmission path connected to the port selected by the processor based on the first-type frame received by the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Manabu Maeda, Takamitsu Sasaki, Tomoyuki Haga, Hideki Matsushima
  • Patent number: 11296965
    Abstract: An abnormality detection method is provided. The abnormality detection method is for detecting an abnormality that may be transmitted to a bus in an on-board network system. The on-board network system includes a plurality of electronic controllers that transmit and receive messages via the bus in a mobility entity. In the abnormality detection method, for example, a gateway transmits identification information to a server and receives a response determining a unit time. An operation process is performed using feature information based on a number of messages received from the bus per the determined unit time and using a model indicating a criterion in terms of a message occurrence frequency. A judgment is made as to an abnormality according to a result of the operation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ujiie, Tomoyuki Haga, Manabu Maeda, Hideki Matsushima, Takeshi Kishikawa, Junichi Tsurumi, Hisashi Kashima, Yukino Toriumi, Takuya Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 11290218
    Abstract: Disclosed is a base station in a wireless communication system. Each base station in wireless communication comprises: a communication module; and a processor. The processor generates a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-ACK codebook comprising one or more bits and indicating whether or not reception of a channel or signal is successful, and transmits the HARQ-ACK codebook to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Kyungjun Choi, Minseok Noh, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11252678
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may utilize pre-configured rules for scaling power levels. Channels may be grouped based on a type of data to be transmitted. A power level of a channel from a group may be scaled using the pre-configured rules. A power level of a channel of a supplementary carrier may be scaled before another channel of a non-supplementary carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Diana Pani, Joseph S. Levy, Fengjun Xi, Christopher Cave
  • Patent number: 11140601
    Abstract: A data transmission supporting method and apparatus, which includes obtaining, by a first node, access information of a UE; transmitting, by the first node, data information associated with the UE or data of the UE buffered in the first node to a second radio access network node accessed by the UE according to the access information. According to the present disclosure, service continuity requirements in the further mobile communication network can be effectively adapted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang, Lixiang Xu