Patents Examined by Christopher R Crompton
  • Patent number: 12368535
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a reception section that receives downlink control information for triggering feedback of a one-shot HARQ-ACK; and a control section that controls feedback of HARQ-ACKs each corresponding to one of a plurality of service types or HARQ-ACKs having different priorities by using different codebooks in a case where the feedback of the HARQ-ACK is performed on the basis of the downlink information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Xiaohong Zhang, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 12369126
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a transmit power of a wireless communication device are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes: determining one or more reference signals transmitted by a wireless communication node; maintaining one or more path loss estimates for the one or more reference signals; associating at least one path loss estimate with an uplink (UL) signal; calculating a transmission power of the UL signal according to the at least one path loss estimate; and transmitting the UL signal in accordance with the calculated transmission power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Gao, Zhaohua Lu, Ke Yao, Shujuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 12356392
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for communication. In an aspect, a first UE determines information (e.g., from an external device, or via the first UE's own energy sensing) associated with scheduled uplink transmissions on a set of symbols by a second UE. The first UE performs measurements on at least some of the scheduled uplink transmissions during a first subset of the set of symbols where no DL signals are received by the first UE. The first UE receives at least one DL signal during a second subset of the set of symbols, and mitigates interference associated with the at least one DL signal based on the measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Tingfang Ji, Joseph Patrick Burke, Renqiu Wang, Hwan Joon Kwon
  • Patent number: 12349210
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for switching between unicast and multicast in a wireless communication system is provided. A DU of a RAN node provides the MBS by using a first transmission to the wireless device. A DU of a RAN node receives, from the wireless device, feedback information in response to the provided MBS. A DU of a RAN node transmits, to a central unit (CU) of the RAN node, a first switching message based on the received feedback information. A DU of a RAN node receives, from the CU, a second switching message to switch the first transmission to the second transmission for the MBS. A DU of a RAN node provides the MBS by using the second transmission to the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Daewook Byun, Sunghoon Jung, Jian Xu, Seokjung Kim
  • Patent number: 12348438
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a terminal device. The method comprises: a first terminal receiving, on N frequency domain resources, N sidelink data channels sent by a second terminal, wherein the N frequency domain resources correspond one-to-one to the N sidelink data channels, N is an integer greater than 1, and the frequency domain resources are carriers or bandwidth parts (BWP); and the first terminal sending, on M frequency domain resources, sidelink feedback information of the N sidelink data channels to the second terminal, where M is a positive integer, and M?N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenshan Zhao, Qianxi Lu, Huei-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 12341724
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that a set of uplink resources to be used for transmitting a channel state information (CSI) communication is insufficient to permit one or more four-bit sub-band channel quality indicator (CQI) values to be transmitted in the CSI communication. The UE may determine whether the set of uplink resources is sufficient to permit one or more two-bit sub-band differential CQI values to be transmitted in the CSI communication. The UE may selectively transmit the one or more two-bit sub-band differential CQI values in the CSI communication based at least in part on the determination of whether the set of uplink resources is sufficient to permit the one or more two-bit sub-band differential CQI values to be transmitted in the CSI communication. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Wei Yang, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 12335179
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish a connection with a network node using a beam. The UE may receive, based at least in part on establishing the connection using the beam, an indication that the network node will refrain from transmission of synchronization signal block (SSB) signaling during a portion of an SSB occasion associated with the beam. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Idan Michael Horn, Shay Landis, Yehonatan Dallal
  • Patent number: 12335765
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a base station, a first activation/deactivation medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), the first activation/deactivation MAC CE including a first field for indicating an activation/deactivation status of a secondary cell (SCell), wherein, in case that the first field is set to 1 and the SCell is in an activated state or a deactivated state, the SCell is activated, wherein, in case that the first field is set to 1 and the SCell is in a dormant state, the first field is ignored, and wherein, in case that the first field is set to 0, the SCell is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Donggun Kim, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 12328779
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for sidelink relay channel establishment. In one novel aspect, the relay UE established sidelink relay channels upon receiving sidelink relay connection request. In one embodiment, the request comes from the base station for the in-network relay UE. In another embodiment, the request comes from a remote UE requesting the service for the out-of-network relay UE. The relay UE performs the traffic relay between the two end nodes of the sidelink replay path at the L2 or at L3. In another embodiment, a specific PC5 RRC message is used to initiate the relay channel establish procedure between the relay UE and the remote UE. In another embodiment, the network sends the configurations of the relay channel to the relay UE before the start of the procedure. The mapping between relay channel ID and the end-to-end RB index is maintained in the relay UE for bearer mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: MEDIATEK Singapore Pte. Ltd
    Inventor: Xuelong Wang
  • Patent number: 12323964
    Abstract: Methods of operating a radio access network (RAN) node in a communication network. Methods include operations of receiving valid channel data from multiple user equipment (UE) devices. The channel data includes channel impulse response distribution data corresponding to the UE devices. Operations include generating a virtual UE based on a first delay spread of a first UE device of the UE devices in a multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) scheduling configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ming Li, Huaisong Zhu
  • Patent number: 12316432
    Abstract: A satellite telecommunication system for effecting communication between a network and remote systems via forward and return satellite links, the satellite telecommunication system comprising: a gateway configured for establishing the forward and return satellite links; wherein the gateway comprises a satellite hub configured for receiving outgoing data and for transmitting said outgoing data to at least one of the remote systems; wherein a first traffic controlling module of the satellite hub is configured for obtaining a first flow of the outgoing data such that said first flow follows a predetermined traffic profile; a virtual hub module configured for forwarding, from the network, the outgoing data to the satellite hub; wherein a second traffic controlling module of the virtual hub module is configured for obtaining a second flow of the outgoing data forwarded from the virtual hub module such that said second flow is unchanged by the first traffic controlling module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: neXat SA
    Inventor: Fulvio Sansone
  • Patent number: 12317102
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the radio access network includes control means 700 operable to control the use of network resources by the mobile terminals. The control means processes control plane signalling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Dave Fox, Gavin Wong, Peter Cosimini, Christopher Pudney, Anthony Sammut, Assen Mahaboon Khan Golaup, John Moughton
  • Patent number: 12294541
    Abstract: Proposed are a method and device for receiving an EHT PPDU on the basis of a tone plan in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception STA receives the EHT PPDU from a transmission STA through a 320 MHz band. The reception STA decodes the EHT PPDU. The EHT PPDU includes a control field and a data field. The control field includes information about a pilot tone. The information about the pilot tone includes allocation information indicating that a first pilot tone for the 320 MHz band is configured by repeating a second pilot tone for an 80 MHz band defined in an 802.11ax wireless LAN system. The first pilot tone is received in a data field on the basis of the allocation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eunsung Park, Jinsoo Choi, Dongguk Lim, Jinmin Kim, Sunwoong Yun
  • Patent number: 12294554
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: determining, by a user equipment of a communication network, information received from a communication network comprising a physical uplink control channel resource set indication and an indication of subcarrier spacing used for a physical uplink control channel; based on the information, determining at least one of a size or allocation of at least one physical uplink control channel resource associated with the physical uplink control channel resource set; and transmitting control information associated with the physical uplink control channel to the communication network using at least the determined at least one of size or allocation of the at least one physical uplink control channel resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Timo Lunttila, Esa Tiirola, Kari Hooli, Karol Schober
  • Patent number: 12289266
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reference signal resource configuration methods and apparatus. In one example reference signal resource configuration method, a terminal receives sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration information from a base station. In response to determining that at least two SRS resources indicated by the SRS resource configuration information are located on a same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, the terminal maps one of the at least two SRS resources to the OFDM symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Gao, Yongping Zhang, Tie Li, Su Huang
  • Patent number: 12284542
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for dynamically triggering or skipping channel state feedback (CSF). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network entity, a configuration indicating CSF reporting occasions, receiving a downlink (DL) transmission, and transmitting CSF on only some CSF reporting occasions after receiving the DL transmission when one or more trigger conditions are met. According to certain aspects, when one or more trigger conditions are not met, the UE skips at least some CSF reporting occasions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Yi Huang, Ahmed Elshafie
  • Patent number: 12284135
    Abstract: A base station may transmit a set of CSI-RSs corresponding to a set of ports of a UE and the UE may perform a set of CQI measurements on each port and across each sub-band. The UE may select, for each CSI-RS resource that the UE measures, a set of M worst CQIs and may select a best CSI-RS resource based at least in part on a corresponding set of M worst CQIs for the CSI-RS resource. The UE may report the M worst CQIs for the selected CSI-RS resource. Alternatively, the UE may select, for each CSI-RS resource that the UE measures, a set of M worst CQIs and may select a worst CSI-RS resource. In this way, the UE enables the base station to select a DMRS port and/or an MCS to use for communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Ahmed Elshafie, Hwan Joon Kwon
  • Patent number: 12255783
    Abstract: An algorithm for the promotion of terminal nodes to switch nodes in a PLC network reduces overall network overhead and collisions, while ensuring the appropriate selection of a switch node and minimizing the number of levels in a PLC network. It also ensures that the terminal nodes with appropriate signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) are promoted. It is desirable to have a network with fewer levels. The disclosed approach favors the nodes that are closer to the DC to promote them as switch nodes. This is achieved by waiting for a smaller number of PNPDUs for a node that is closer to the DC in comparison to a node that is farther away from the DC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ramanuja Vedantham, Kumaran Vijayasankar, Xiaolin Lu
  • Patent number: 12250714
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a signaling field of a first PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) through the transceiver, and access a channel based on information identifying a Basic Service Set (BSS) indicated by the signaling field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juhyung Son, Geonjung Ko, Jinsam Kwak, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 12250737
    Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enable a first UE to utilize inference results provided by at least a second UE to improve its inference accuracy. In one aspect, a first UE establishes an ML inference result sharing session with one or more second UEs for at least one ML inference task. The first UE receives a first set of ML inference results associated with the at least one ML inference task, where the first set of ML inference results is received from the one or more second UEs during the ML inference result sharing session. The first UE estimates an aggregated ML inference result based on at least one of the first set of ML inference results or a second set of ML inference results, where the second set of ML inference results is configured by the first UE for the at least one ML inference task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kyle Chi Guan, Anantharaman Balasubramanian, Mahmoud Ashour, Kapil Gulati, Himaja Kesavareddigari, Qing Li, Hong Cheng, Preeti Kumari