Patents Examined by Candal Elpenord
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Patent number: 12082224Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of transmitting buffer status report (BSR) by a node in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: transmitting, to a parent node, a first BSR with starting a timer before receiving data from a child node; triggering a second BSR based on receiving the data from the child node; and based on the data not being transmitted to the parent node until expiration of the timer, transmitting, to the parent node, a scheduling request (SR) for transmission of the second BSR, wherein, based on the data being transmitted to the parent node before the expiration of the timer, the timer is stopped and the second BSR is canceled.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Heejeong Cho, Seungjune Yi, Gyeongcheol Lee
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Patent number: 12074747Abstract: A UE in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The UE includes a communication module and a processor for controlling the communication module. The processor determines a first cyclic shift (CS) value based on hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information representing a response to a downlink channel having been received from a base station, determines a CS offset based on request information representing a request to be transmitted from the UE to the base station, determines a second CS value representing a degree of cyclic-shifting a base sequence to be used in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) based on the first CS value and the CS offset, and transmits the PUCCH for simultaneous transmission of the request information and the HARQ-ACK information using a sequence generated by cyclic-shifting the base sequence based on the second CS value.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Minseok Noh, Jinsam Kwak, Kyungjun Choi, Hyukmin Son
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Patent number: 12058698Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a first signal including a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) in a cell. The PSS and SSS may use a first numerology. Further, the first numerology may have a first subcarrier spacing, while other resources of the cell at a same time as the PSS or the SSS use a second numerology with a different subcarrier spacing than the first numerology. In addition, the WTRU may synchronize to a timing of the cell based on the PSS and SSS. Also, the WTRU may receive a second signal in the cell, and the second signal may use the second numerology. Moreover, the WTRU may transmit user data. In a further example, the WTRU may search a frequency raster for the PSS and the SSS.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Erdem Bala, Afshin Haghighat, Mihaela C. Beluri, Rui Yang, Ananth Kini, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Alphan Sahin
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Patent number: 12052118Abstract: Approaches for a virtualized Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) for providing high speed data services to a remote physical device (RPD). The virtualized Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) comprises a core routing engine (CRE) for performing packet switching and routing and one or more physical or virtual compute servers (CS) that each perform CMTS functions for the one or more remote physical devices (RPDs). Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Transport Stream tunnels are employed on Ethernet links between the core routing engine (CRE) and the one or more core servers (CSs).Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2023Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Harmonic, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Patrick, Nitsan S. Elfassy, Amir Leventer, Jeremy C. Rosenberg
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Patent number: 12047949Abstract: A random access method and an apparatus are described that provide improved transmission efficiency of a response message based on the response message scheduled by a plurality of PDCCHs. A terminal device receives a first control channel resource set used to monitor a common physical downlink control channel PDCCH and a second control channel resource set used to monitor a specific PDCCH that are sent by a network device. The terminal device sends a first message to the network device, and the terminal device monitors a first search space corresponding to the first control channel resource set and a second search space corresponding to the second control channel resource set to receive at least one of the common PDCCH and the specific PDCCH, to schedule a PDSCH that carries a response message of the first message.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhengwei Gong, Yiqun Wu, Yan Chen
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Patent number: 12047211Abstract: A network device functions as an access point in a wireless local area network. The network device includes one or more memories and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to generate a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) that includes a plurality of aggregated media access control protocol data units (A-MPDUs), set a length subfield in a common information field of the trigger frame in a first A-MPDU to a same value as corresponding subfields in common information fields of the trigger frames in each of the other A-MPDUs of the plurality of A-MPDUs, and transmit the PPDU through a wireless medium. Each of the plurality of A-MPDUs includes a trigger frame to schedule an uplink transmission.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Atlas Global Technologies LLCInventor: Ahmad Reza Hedayat
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Patent number: 12041640Abstract: An information transmission method includes: receiving, by a terminal, downlink information over a first beam of a single-frequency network cell group. The single-frequency network cell group includes at least two cells, the at least two cells include a first cell that supports transmission of at least two beams, and the first beam is one of the beams supported by the first cell.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Dajie Jiang, Xueming Pan, Kai Wu
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Patent number: 12041684Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: a receiver that receives an RRC message from a base station apparatus; and a processing unit that performs processing of RRC. The processing unit causes, when first information is in the RRC message, a first timer to start in a running state, and considers, at least when a random access problem indication is received from a MAC entity of the group and the first timer is not running, or when a random access problem indication is received from a MAC entity of the group and the first timer is running under a specific condition, a radio link failure for the group to be detected. When the radio link failure for the group is detected and that the first timer is running under the specific condition, the processing unit suspends transmission of all radio bearers in the group, and resets the MAC entity of the group.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shohei Yamada, Takako Hori
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Patent number: 12041604Abstract: The present invention relates to a method performed in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising: receiving downlink control information (DCI) for multiple transport block scheduling, the DCI including 1-bit information on a redundancy version (RV) or frequency hopping; if a transport block scheduled by the DCI is not repeated, determining, on the basis of the 1-bit information, an RV value associated with the transport block; and if the transport block scheduled by the DCI is repeated two or more times, determining, on the basis of the 1-bit information, whether or not frequency hopping is applied to the transport block.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seunggye Hwang, Changhwan Park, Joonkui Ahn, Jaehyung Kim
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Patent number: 12041646Abstract: The disclosure provides a packet offloading method, a mobile terminal, and a storage medium, the method comprising: detecting the link quality of a first Wi-Fi data link, detecting the link quality of a second Wi-Fi data link, and detecting the link quality of a mobile data link; based on the link quality of the first Wi-Fi data link, the link quality of the second Wi-Fi data link, and the link quality of the mobile data link, determining a packet allocation ratio between the first Wi-Fi data link, the second Wi-Fi data link, and the mobile data link; and transmitting packets to be transmitted over the first Wi-Fi data link, the second Wi-Fi data link, and the mobile data link according to the packet allocation ratio.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Yuan Huang
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Patent number: 12035245Abstract: Described are a method for controlling the power consumption of a terminal, and a storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining a power consumption rate of the terminal; and in response to the power consumption rate being greater than a power consumption rate threshold, controlling the terminal to disable a dual-connection mode thereof based on a power consumption adjustment strategy; wherein the terminal supports the dual-connection mode; the terminal is configured to communicate with communicates with a first base station and a second base station in the dual-connection mode; the first base station is a primary base station, and the second base station is a secondary base station.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventors: Yang Xia, Tao Zhang, Kai Tang, Yunteng Zhuang
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Patent number: 12028893Abstract: An operation method of a base station in an IFD scheme may comprise receiving position information of each of a plurality of downlink (DL) terminals and a plurality of uplink (UL) terminals; determining a guard zone corresponding to each of the plurality of DL terminals based on the position information of each of the plurality of DL terminals; determining whether at least one UL terminal is located in the guard zone based on the position information of each of the plurality of UL terminals; determining a scheduling priority of each of the plurality of DL terminals according to whether at least one UL terminal is located in the guard zone; generating DL control information including frequency-time resource allocation information and interference control information based on the determined scheduling priority; and transmitting data signals and the DL control information to the plurality of DL terminals.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Hyung Sik Ju, Dong Hyuk Gwak, Seon Ae Kim, Yu Ro Lee
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Patent number: 12028820Abstract: A base station in a wireless communication system is disclosed. Each base station in the wireless communication comprises: a communication module; and a processor. When the processor attempts to transmit a synchronization signal and PBCH block (SSB) at a SSB transmission candidate position in a discovery reference signal (DRS) transmission window, and fails to transmit an SSB at a first SSB transmission candidate location in a first DRS transmission window, the processor is configured to attempt to transmit the SSB at a second SSB transmission candidate position that is later than the first SSB transmission candidate position in the first DRS transmission window. The DRS transmission window is a time interval in which the base station can transmit the SSB. The SSB transmission candidate position indicates a time point at which the base station can start SSB transmission within the DRS transmission window.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Minseok Noh, Kyungjun Choi, Jinsam Kwak
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Patent number: 12015944Abstract: This disclosure provides an information reporting method and a terminal. The method includes: reporting assistance information for radio resource management RRM measurement to a network-side device, where the assistance information is used by the network-side device to determine an RRM measurement parameter for the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Kai Wu, Xiaodong Shen, Dajie Jiang
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Patent number: 12016019Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enable a UE and/or a base station to identify a TCI state for each of the multiple TRPs when the DCI does not include a TCI state. For examples, aspects presented herein may enable the UE and/or the base station to identify TCI states from different TRPs based at least in part on one of a default beam rule, the TCI state used for transmitting PDCCH, or the TCI state used for transmitting previous/last PDSCH. In one aspect, an apparatus receives a single DCI from one TRP of a base station or multiple DCIs from multiple TRPs of the base station that do not contain a TCI state. Then the apparatus receive PDSCH from the multiple TRPs of the base station based on a TCI state in which the PDSCH is to be transmitted from each of the multiple TRPs of the base station.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Tianyang Bai, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 12010676Abstract: A common CORESET determining method, an apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: receiving configuration information, wherein the configuration information indicates where a physical resource block occupied by a first common control resource set is located in a first downlink bandwidth part; determining a frequency domain resource of the first common control resource set based on a frequency domain resource of the first downlink bandwidth part and the physical resource block occupied by the first common control resource set within the first downlink bandwidth part; and monitoring a physical downlink control channel in the first common control resource set before the first downlink bandwidth part configured by a SIB1 takes effect to obtain scheduling control information. According to this application, complexity of determining a frequency domain location of the first control resource set can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fei Gao, Shujing Yu, Xu Zhang, Weihua Li
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Patent number: 11991655Abstract: A base station in a wireless communication system is disclosed. Each base station in the wireless communication comprises: a communication module; and a processor. When the processor attempts to transmit a synchronization signal and PBCH block (SSB) at a SSB transmission candidate position in a discovery reference signal (DRS) transmission window, and fails to transmit an SSB at a first SSB transmission candidate location in a first DRS transmission window, the processor is configured to attempt to transmit the SSB at a second SSB transmission candidate position that is later than the first SSB transmission candidate position in the first DRS transmission window. The DRS transmission window is a time interval in which the base station can transmit the SSB. The SSB transmission candidate position indicates a time point at which the base station can start SSB transmission within the DRS transmission window.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Minseok Noh, Kyungjun Choi, Jinsam Kwak
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Patent number: 11991015Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system for reducing bandwidth usage is disclosed. The system comprises a computer server that receives a request to initiate a chat room, associated with digital content over a computer network and a computer readable medium comprising instructions that perform a method when executed by the centralized computer server. The method comprises initiating a multicast communication and assigning a unique identifier to the multicast communication. A set of messages associated with the unique identifier is received. If it is determined that a number of messages is greater than a pre-determined number of messages, determining a location of each of the users and grouping the users into a first group and into a second group where the first group are all located within a pre-defined radius based on a first determined location and the second group are all located within a pre-defined radius based on a second determined location.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Inventor: Russell Enderby
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Patent number: 11991624Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising: transmitting an association request from a wireless device to a first access node of a wireless network for associating the wireless device to the wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises a centralized unit and a plurality of access nodes, including the first access node, receiving an association response from the first access node for associating the wireless device to the wireless network, performing carrier sensing on a plurality of channels; selecting a second access node among the plurality of access nodes in response to obtaining a transmission opportunity for a channel of the plurality of channels, wherein the selecting is based at least partly on a record of ongoing transmission opportunities, and transmitting data from the wireless device to the second access node during the transmission opportunity.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Olli Alanen, Mika Kasslin, Veli-Matti Kolmonen, Janne Marin
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Patent number: 11991768Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether an uplink communication for a first radio access technology (RAT) has been dynamically scheduled or semi-statically configured, wherein the UE is in a dual connectivity mode using the first RAT and a second RAT. The UE may identify an uplink subframe for transmission of the uplink communication based at least in part on whether the uplink communication has been dynamically scheduled or semi-statically configured, and based at least in part on a downlink-reference uplink-downlink configuration. The UE may transmit the uplink communication in the identified uplink subframe. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kazuki Takeda, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Wanshi Chen, Xiao Feng Wang, Peter Gaal