Patents Examined by Bunjob Jaroenchonwanit
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Patent number: 10993193Abstract: A method of power headroom (PH) report for a user equipment (UE) for supporting a short transmission time interval (TTI) length in a wireless communication system is performed by the UE and includes upon triggering the PH report, calculating a PH value for a first carrier wave or cell configured with the short TTI length configured for the UE and a PH value for a second carrier or cell that is not configured with the short TTI length configured for the UE, and transmitting the calculated PH value through an uplink (UL) channel on the first carrier wave or the cell, wherein the PH value for the second carrier wave or the cell is differently calculated and reported according to whether UL channel transmission on the second carrier wave or the cell in a subframe including a time point when the PH value is reported is scheduled.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyunho Lee, Yunjung Yi
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Patent number: 10992443Abstract: Methods and devices enable a fine synchronization related to a data transmission on a physical channel. A fine timing reference signal is occasionally transmitted to the data transmission recipient using one of time-frequency resources in a recipient-specific pattern.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Eleftherios Karipidis, Stefan Parkvall, Henrik Sahlin
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Patent number: 10972237Abstract: The reference signal sending method includes: determining, by a first sending device, a first reference signal and a first code resource, where the first code resource is orthogonal to a second code resource, the second code resource is used to transmit a second reference signal; and sending, by the first sending device, the first reference signal by using the first code resource, where the first reference signal is carried on at least one first time-frequency resource group, a value of a quantity of resource elements (REs) occupied by each of the at least one first time-frequency resource group is the same as a value of a length of the first code resource, and the first reference signal and the second reference signal are multiplexed on a time-frequency resource occupied by the at least one first time-frequency resource group, based on the first code resource and the second code resource.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhiheng Guo, Wei Sun, Xinqian Xie
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Patent number: 10972177Abstract: An orchestrator server and a terminal are disclosed. The server can include a computer that executes instructions which include, to: instruct a first terminal to communicate wirelessly via a carrier frequency using a first long-range wireless communication (LRWC) mode; determine that, relative to the first terminal, a subtended angle between a satellite and a cellular node is less than an alignment threshold; and based on the determination, transmit a command to the first terminal to communicate wirelessly via the carrier frequency using a second LRWC mode, wherein the first LRWC mode is different that the second LRWC mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Rajeev Gopal, Nassir BenAmmar, Channasandra Ravishankar
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Patent number: 10966130Abstract: Mobile service anchor management (MSAM) is facilitated. MSAM is an anchor management function/system for radio frequency (RF) access configuration/reconfiguration over the downlink, and uplink separated novel frequency division duplex systems. One method comprises determining, by a MSAM system comprising a processor, that a mobile device communicatively coupled to a first network device is associated with a region in which the first network device fails to have line of sight communication with the mobile device; and assigning, by the mobile service anchor management system, the mobile device to a second network device determined to have the line of sight communication for the region. Millimeter watt (mmW) BS devices and devices that operate on other RF bands can be utilized.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Yuang Lou, Douglas A. Duet
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Patent number: 10965432Abstract: Methods and devices enable a fine synchronization related to a data transmission on a physical channel. A fine timing reference signal is occasionally transmitted to the data transmission recipient using one of time-frequency resources in a recipient-specific pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Eleftherios Karipidis, Stefan Parkvall, Henrik Sahlin
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Patent number: 10958573Abstract: To acquire, by a core network node, information necessary for control of a fixed broadband access network in more cases. An apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a communication processing unit configured to transmit, to a core network node, a first message when a wireless communication apparatus that communicates with a terminal apparatus communicating with a base station is changed from a first wireless communication apparatus to a second wireless communication apparatus, the first message including address information of the second wireless communication apparatus and transport identification information of the second wireless communication apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomu Tamura, Yoshio Ueda
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Patent number: 10952035Abstract: A method of transmitting broadcast signals, includes link processing input packets to generate link layer packets, wherein a link layer packet of the link layer packets includes a header and a payload, wherein the payload of the link layer packet includes a segment of an input packet or concatenated input packets, wherein the header of the link layer packet includes a first field for identifying whether the payload includes the segment or the concatenated input packets, and wherein the header further includes a second field for identifying a number of the concatenated input packets and third fields that are inserted to the header in the same order as the concatenated input packets present in the payload in response to the first field representing that the payload includes the concatenated input packets; physical processing the link layer packets into the broadcast signals; and transmitting the broadcast signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Woosuk Kwon, Woosuk Ko, Sungryong Hong, Sejin Oh, Kyoungsoo Moon
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Patent number: 10952230Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first User Equipment (UE) to support PC5 QoS flow to SL-DRB (Sidelink-Data Radio Bearer) remapping. In one embodiment, the method includes the first UE establishing a sidelink communication with a second UE. The method further includes the first UE mapping a PC5 QoS flow of the sidelink communication to a first SL-DRB. The method also includes the first UE transmitting a PC5 RRC (Radio Resource Control) message to the second UE, wherein the PC5 RRC message indicates the PC5 QoS flow is mapped to a second SL-DRB. In addition, the method includes the first UE transmitting an end-marker control PDU (Protocol Data Unit) to the second UE after successful transmission of the PC5 RRC message has been confirmed by lower layer(s) or after receiving a PC5 RRC complete message corresponding to the PC5 RRC message from the second UE.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.Inventors: Li-Te Pan, Richard Lee-Chee Kuo
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Patent number: 10945236Abstract: The present application provides a method for transmitting or receiving a sidelink signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method for transmitting or receiving a sidelink signal comprises the steps of: transmitting a first sidelink signal during a transmission period by using a transmission resource selected among resource units included in a first transmission resource pool; monitoring resource units included in a second transmission resource pool; and transmitting a second sidelink signal during the transmission period by using a selected transmission resource on the basis of a result of the monitoring among the resource units included in the second transmission resource pool when a resource pool changes from the first transmission resource pool to the second transmission resource pool, wherein the second transmission resource pool is included in a reception resource pool corresponding to the first transmission resource pool.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hanbyul Seo, Seungmin Lee, Youngdae Lee, Jaewook Lee
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Patent number: 10931554Abstract: A node includes circuitry configured to interface a stream of encoded blocks with the blocks including i) data blocks from one or more clients and ii) overhead blocks, wherein a calendar is utilized for block distribution in the stream of encoded blocks; and circuitry configured to process one or more Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) fields in the overhead blocks, wherein the OAM fields are associated with the one or more clients in the data blocks.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Ciena CorporationInventor: Sebastien Gareau
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Patent number: 10924294Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an eMBMS system that includes a GW-C device connected to a mobility management entity and broadcast/multicast service center and a GW-U device connected to a base station and the mobility management entity. The GW-C device is configured to perform core network signaling interaction with the broadcast/multicast service center and the mobility management entity, and to send a forwarding indication message to the GW-U device. The GW-U device is configured to receive signaling from the base station and send the signaling to the GW-C device according to the forwarding indication message. The GW-C device is further configured to receive and process the signaling from the GW-U device. The GW-U device is further configured to send a received broadcast/multicast service data packet to the base station according to the forwarding indication message.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Weiqi Hu
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Patent number: 10897776Abstract: Downlink control information techniques for wireless communications with shorter TTI (S-TTI) length are disclosed. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry configured to decode signaling indicating a duration of a time window, the time window comprising a plurality of S-TTIs forming a single TTI. Absence of a discontinuous reception (DRX) indicator is detected within control information received within a first S-TTI of the plurality of S-TTIs. Upon detecting the absence of the DRX indicator within received control information, a S-PDCCH within each of the plurality of S-TTIs is monitored during the duration. Scheduling information received via the S-PDCCH within one of the plurality of S-TTIs is decoded, and data is encoded for transmission on a shared data channel based on the scheduling information.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hong He, Gang Xiong, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Seunghee Han, Alexei Vladimirovich Davydov
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Patent number: 10893429Abstract: The present disclosure relates to example uplink measurement signal indication methods and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving, by a terminal device, signaling sent by a network device, where the signaling carries indication information that indicates a transmit beam for sending an uplink measurement signal by the terminal device, and sending, by the terminal device, the uplink measurement signal to the network device based on the indication information by using the transmit beam.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiaoyong Tang, Xi Zhang, You Li
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Patent number: 10880867Abstract: Various aspects directed towards performing a random access procedure are disclosed. In one example, a parameter is identified from a plurality of parameters, and an uplink (UL) resource associated with a random access procedure is selected based on a value associated with the parameter. A random access procedure communication is then transmitted via the selected UL resource. In another example, different parameters are supported by a scheduling entity such that each of the parameters has a corresponding plurality of different potential values. Here, the scheduling entity enables a scheduled entity to select an UL resource to perform a random access procedure based on a value corresponding to a particular one of the parameters. A random access procedure communication is then received from the scheduled entity via the UL resource.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran, Hung Dinh Ly, Linhai He
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Patent number: 10880773Abstract: A data processing method and apparatus are disclosed, and the method includes: determining a radio bearer, RB, to which a first flow is mapped changing from a first RB to a second RB; and sending end indication information. Data packet disorder can be avoided by said method and apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Qufang Huang, Mingzeng Dai, Lifeng Han, Qinghai Zeng
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Patent number: 10880044Abstract: A transmitting radio node (12) is configured for transmitting packets in a wireless communication system (10). The transmitting radio node (12) in particular is configured to transmit packets to a receiving radio node (16) as scheduled by the receiving radio node (16) over one or more of multiple different types of radio links (18, 20) between which transmission of the packets is configured to be split or switched. The transmitting radio node (12) is also configured to receive from the receiving radio node (16) a retransmission link indication (40) that indicates over which of the multiple different types of radio links (18, 20) packet retransmission is to be performed. The transmitting radio node (12) is further configured to perform packet retransmission based on the retransmission link indication (40).Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Helka-Liina Määttanen, Torsten Dudda, Christofer Lindheimer
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Patent number: 10880897Abstract: Technology for an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) configured to select spectrum resources in a vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication system is disclosed. It relies on the established mechanisms for device-todevice, D2D direct mode communication well-known in the context of Proximity Services in a 3GPP LTE communications system. The UE can calculate a received energy in a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) over a sensing period for a portion of one or more sub-channels over selected subframes in a resource pool, by means of measurements of Received Signal Strength Indication, RSSI, of other D2D sidelink channel communications. The UE can identify the one or more sub-channels over the selected subframes that has a measured energy level greater than a threshold value to determine a channel congestion fraction (CCF) comprising a fraction of the resources that exceed the threshold value, reflecting a resource utilization.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Sergey Panteleev, Alexey Khoryaev, Sergey D. Sosnin, Andrey Chervyakov
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Patent number: 10862554Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for receiving control information by a terminal. A control channel message is received on a control channel. Control information comprising a transmission rank and precoding matrix information is extracted from the control channel message if a common pilot is used for data demodulation. The control information comprising the transmission rank and information about a dedicated pilot is extracted from the control channel message if the dedicated pilot is used for the data demodulation.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Inventors: Jin-Kyu Han, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Dong-Hee Kim, Jae-Chon Yu, Yeon-Ju Lim
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Patent number: 10863543Abstract: Subband based uplink access for new radio (NR) shared spectrum (NR-SS) is disclosed. A base station performs a listen before talk (LBT) procedure on system allocated subbands of a shared communication channel. The base station determines a first set of candidate subbands that are signaled to a user equipment (UE). The UE performs an LBT procedure on the first set to identify a second set of candidate subbands including the successful LBT subbands of the first set. Aspects of the disclosure provide for managing and refining the subbands for transmissions. A first aspect provides the UE to determine a transmission behavior based on mismatch between the first and second sets. A second aspect provides the first and second sets in handshaking between the base station and UE for refining the eventual transmission set of subbands. A third aspect provides cross-band LBT reporting for further refining subband selection in later slots.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jing Lei, Jing Sun, Tamer Kadous