Patents Examined by Chandrahas B Patel
  • Patent number: 12058077
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for notifying puncturing of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) are described. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a first control message identifying a set of resources used for transmissions by the base station. The UE may receive a second control message that includes an indication of a procedure used by the base station for a collision between the set of resources and a downlink channel transmitted to the first UE by the base station. In some examples, the UE may receive and decode signals on the downlink channel according to the indicated procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lior Uziel, Guy Wolf
  • Patent number: 12052755
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application propose a method for determining a signal transmission occasion, including: acquiring configuration information of a transmission resource of an uplink signal; determining, based on the configuration information, a resource occasion where the uplink signal is transmitted; initiating a Listen Before Talk (LBT) operation before the resource occasion; determining whether the LBT operation is successful; transmitting the uplink signal at the resource occasion if the LBT operation is successful; and determining a next resource occasion where the uplink signal can be transmitted based on the configuration information if the LBT operation fails. The embodiments of the present application further propose corresponding device and computer storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi Xiong, Bin Yu, Feifei Sun, Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 12052334
    Abstract: A method for data communication via a network that includes configuring, on a first computer, a first sequence including an ordered plurality of first blocks associated with at least one segment; and initializing the first blocks and undertaking data communication between the first computer and a second computer first block represents a configurable data communication function. Blocks may be assigned to a plural of segments and subsequently interconnected. Communication may be between other computers and/or applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: DULL IP PTY LTD
    Inventor: Todd Steven Hubers Van Assenraad
  • Patent number: 12047945
    Abstract: Methods for scheduling transport blocks, and an apparatus for scheduling transport blocks. The method includes: determining transmission interval parameters, in which the transmission interval parameters are used to determine a mode of setting a transmission interval among transport blocks; scheduling the transport blocks on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to the transmission interval parameters, the transport blocks scheduled on the PDCCH including at least one of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transport blocks and physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transport blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qin Mu
  • Patent number: 12041629
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-transmission reception point (TRP) configuration method and device, and a storage medium. The method includes: configuring one physical channel-configuration information element (IE) to correspond to a plurality of control resource sets (CORESET); or configuring a plurality of physical channel-configuration IEs to corresponds to a plurality of CORESETs, where the plurality of CORESETs correspond to a plurality of TRPs, and at least one CORESET of the plurality of CORESETs corresponds to one TRP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Song, Peng Sun
  • Patent number: 12041485
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques related to managing an integrated access backhaul (IAB) bearer for control plane signaling transmission. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes transmitting a first request including information controlling a backhaul bearer to a second network node. The method also includes receiving a first response from the second network node, the first response including the information controlling the backhaul bearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Mengzhen Wang, Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 12035294
    Abstract: A first terminal receives first sidelink (SL) carrier configuration information from a second terminal, the first SL carrier configuration information includes first bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information, and the first BWP configuration information includes one or more first resource pools; the first terminal performs unicast connection communication with the second terminal based on the first BWP configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenjie Peng, Jun Wang, Mingzeng Dai, Dongdong Wei
  • Patent number: 12028834
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for resource configuration and selection for device-to-device links in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless device from a network node, a configuration for multiple resource pools that are associated with a carrier set, selecting, based on the configuration, a resource from the multiple resource pools, and performing, using the resource, a device-to-device link communication. Another exemplary method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless device from a network node, a configuration for multiple resource pools that are associated with a carrier set, receiving, from the network node, a dedicated resource, and performing, using the dedicated resource, a device-to-device link communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Lin Chen, Wei Luo, Mengzhen Wang, Boyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 12028766
    Abstract: Aspects are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for secondary cell group (SCG) addition. A wireless device may establish communication with a first base station that is comprised a master cell group (MCG). The wireless device may receive signaling from the first base station configuring a second base station in a secondary cell group (SCG). The wireless device may establish communication with the second base station based on the signaling received from the first base station. At a first time, the wireless device may set the second base station in a deactivated state based on the signaling from the first base station configuring the second base station or establishing communication with the second base station. At a later time, the wireless device may set the second base station in an activated state and communicate with the first base station and the second base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu
  • Patent number: 12022312
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a minimization of drive tests (MDT) configuration method, to improve accuracy of a cell measurement result. The method in the embodiments of this application includes: receiving, by a base station, MDT configuration information sent by a core network or an operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) network management system, where the MDT configuration information includes first beam configuration information; and sending, by the base station, an MDT measurement configuration message to UE based on the MDT configuration information, where the MDT measurement configuration message includes second beam configuration information, and the second beam configuration information is the same as the first beam configuration information or the second beam configuration information is configuration information obtained after the first beam configuration information is processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingxing Hu, Hongping Zhang, Qinghai Zeng
  • Patent number: 12015958
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a UE for enabling GNSS measurements. The UE and a network node are included in a NR communications network, and the NR communications network includes a NTN component. The UE performs a GNSS measurement according to a rule and using a GNSS receiver included in the UE. At least one of a UE position and an absolute time is an output of the GNSS measurement or is derivable from the GNSS measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Olof Liberg, Henrik Rydén, Jonas Sedin, Sebastian Euler, Xingqin Lin
  • Patent number: 12010721
    Abstract: An initial signal detection method includes performing, by a user equipment, detection on one or more sub-channels on an unlicensed spectrum, and determining, based on a combination of a group common-demodulation reference signal and a group common-physical downlink control channel that is detected by the user equipment a first time, that downlink transmission has started or that a channel occupancy time has started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Wu, Jiayin Zhang, Qiong Jia
  • Patent number: 12004824
    Abstract: A modular energy system for use in a surgical environment includes a plurality of functional modules including at least an initial module, a functional module, and a terminal module. Each of the plurality of modules has a module control circuit, and a local data bus. An internal data bus is composed of a serial array of the local data busses of the modules. The local data bus may includes a communication switch, a first switch data path between the communication switch and the module control circuit, a second switch data path in communication with the communication switch, and a third switch data path in communication with the communication switch. The third switch data path of a module N is in communication with a second switch data path of a module N+1. The system further includes a termination unit in communication with the third data path of the terminal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Daniel C. Herman, Joshua P. Morgan, Andrew W. Carroll, Jonathan T. Samuel, Joshua M. Henderson, James M. Vachon, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Eitan T. Wiener
  • Patent number: 12010694
    Abstract: Provided are a data sending and receiving method, an apparatus, a system, a terminal, a base station and a storage medium. Data carried in a non-Long-Term Evolution (non-LTE) downlink control region of a subframe is mapped to an LTE downlink control region of the subframe, and data carried in the non-LTE downlink control region and the LTE downlink control region of the subframe is sent to an MTC terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Huiying Fang, Bo Dai, Weiwei Yang
  • Patent number: 12010653
    Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a communications apparatus. The communication method includes: a first terminal device determines a first parameter, where the first parameter is used to indicate a parameter of a sensing window, a parameter of a resource selection window, and/or a parameter of a first time window, and the first time window includes the sensing window and the resource selection window. The first terminal device determines a first resource pool from at least one resource pool based on the first parameter. The first terminal device selects a first resource from the first resource pool. The first terminal device transmits sidelink information on the first resource. According to the method provided in embodiments of this application, a data transmission delay can be reduced and system communication efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xingwei Zhang, Fan Yang, Haining Huang, Zhe Liu
  • Patent number: 12004070
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for providing compatible mapping for backhaul control channels, frequency first mapping of control channel elements (CCEs) to avoid relay-physical control format indicator channel (R-PCFICH) and a tree based relay resource allocation to minimize the resource allocation, map bits. Methods and apparatus (e.g., relay node (RN)/evolved Node-B (eNB)) for mapping of the Un downlink (DL) control signals, Un DL positive acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK), and/or relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) (or similar) in the eNB to RN (Un interface) DL direction are described. This includes time/frequency mapping of above-mentioned control signals into resource blocks (RBs) of multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) single frequency network (MBSFN)-reserved sub-frames in the RN cell and encoding procedures for these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kalpendu R. Pasad, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Mihaela C. Beluri, Marian Rudolf, Pascal M. Adjakple, John W. Haim
  • Patent number: 12003613
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing time in an Ethernet-based network having a master network subscriber and a slave network subscriber includes sending out a first telegram via the master network subscriber, where the slave subscriber receives the first telegram at a first receipt time value of a local system time and stores the first receipt time value. The method can also include reading out the first receipt time value via the master subscriber, sending out a second telegram by the master subscriber, where the slave subscriber receives the second telegram at a second receipt time value of the local system time and stores the second receipt time value, and reading out the second receipt time value via the master network subscriber. A speed parameter of the local system time can be calculated from the receipt time values via the master network subscriber, and transmitted to the slave subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Büttner, Dirk Janssen, Erik Vonnahme, Hans Beckhoff, Thomas Rettig, Thorsten Bunte, Johannes Beckhoff, Guido Beckmann, Karl Weber
  • Patent number: 12003459
    Abstract: Provided are an information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes acquiring, according to one of a second type of information or a third type of information, the other one of the second type of information or the third type of information; or transmitting one piece of first signaling information including the second type of information and the third type of information. The second type of information includes at least one of a downlink control channel resource group, an uplink control channel resource group, a process number set, a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state group, a spatial relation information group or an antenna group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shujuan Zhang, Zhaohua Lu, Yu Ngok Li, Chuangxin Jiang, Zhen He
  • Patent number: 12004152
    Abstract: Provided is a method for receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a feedback from a base station in a wireless communication system supporting narrowband (NB)-internet of things (IoT). Specifically, the UE receives, from the base station, a preconfigured uplink (UL) resource (PUR) configuration via RRC signalling, transmits, to the base station, uplink data on the PUR when the UE is in an idle mode, and receive, from the base station, the feedback for the uplink data. The feedback is configured to be received on an NPDCCH after a specific time has passed from the PUR transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seokmin Shin, Changhwan Park, Joonkui Ahn, Seunggye Hwang
  • Patent number: 11997717
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random access method and apparatus, a network device, and a terminal. The method includes a network device sending first configuration information corresponding to a preamble and second configuration information corresponding to a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource; the network device receiving MSG1, and determining the format of an RAR on the basis of at least one of the preamble corresponding to the MSG1, a PRACH resource corresponding to the MSG1, or whether MSG3 is detected within a first time range; and the network device sending MSG2 on the basis of the format of the RAR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Shukun Wang