Patents Examined by Dang T Ton
  • Patent number: 11979239
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to mechanisms for using block acknowledgments to acknowledge semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) occasions from multiple SPS configurations. An example method generally includes identifying a slot or subslot scheduled for reporting acknowledgment feedback for an SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The method identifies that one or more symbols of the identified slot or subslot that are scheduled to transmit a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) containing the acknowledgment feedback are semi-static flexible symbols. The method further monitors for a dynamic slot format indicator (SFI) dynamically configuring one or more of the semi-static flexible symbols of the slot or subslot as downlink, uplink, or flexible. The method then decides whether to report the acknowledgment feedback in the scheduled slot or subslot, in a subsequent slot or subslot, or both, based on the monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Jing Sun, Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11979184
    Abstract: An RF signal transmitting/receiving circuit includes: at least one power amplifier circuit that amplifies and outputs an RF transmission signal; duplexers each including a transmission filter that passes the RF transmission signal amplified by the power amplifier circuit, and a reception filter that passes an RF reception signal; at least one distribution circuit that divides the RF transmission signal input to the power amplifier circuit and outputs a first signal; a signal output circuit that outputs, based on the first signal, in at least one transmission path among transmission paths of a plurality of the RF reception signals, at least one second signal that has substantially a same delay amount, an inverted phase, and substantially same power as the RF transmission signal mixed in the RF reception signal; and coupling circuits that couple the second signal to the RF reception signal transmitted in the at least one transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naofumi Takezono
  • Patent number: 11973701
    Abstract: A method for performing an uplink transmission to a base station by a user equipment through an unlicensed cell in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: receiving an uplink grant that schedules the uplink transmission in at least one subframe from the base station; and performing the uplink transmission in the at least one subframe using at least one of a first type channel access or a second type channel access. The uplink transmission is performed using the second type channel access when all of the at least one subframe is included in a predetermined interval determined based on a downlink transmission through the unlicensed cell from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Minseok Noh, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11968717
    Abstract: A wireless device generating a High-Efficiency (HE) PHY Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) for transmission sets a Packet Extension Disambiguity bit of an HE Signal-A (HE-SIG-A) field of the HE PPDU based on respective durations of a packet extension of the HE PPDU and a signal extension of the HE PPDU. The wireless device may determine whether a relationship T P ? E + ( 4 × ? TXTIME - T S ? E - 2 ? 0 4 ? - ( TXTIME - T S ? E - 2 ? 0 ) ) ? T S ? Y ? M is satisfied, where TPE is the duration of the packet extension, TXTIME is a transmission time of the HE PPDU, TSE is the duration of the signal extension, and TSYM is a duration of symbols in a data field of the HE PPDU. The wireless device may set the Packet Extension Disambiguity bit to one when the relationship is satisfied; and to zero when the relationship is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Atlas Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Dae Won Lee, Yong Ho Seok, Yujin Noh
  • Patent number: 11963224
    Abstract: A wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol having a non-zero backoff procedure which is bounded by setting a backoff counter to a random value greater than or equal to at least one backoff slot in starting to contend for a channel. This is preferably utilized in combination with setting the Arbitration Inter-Frame Spacing (AIFS) time to an amount less than that utilized for a legacy backoff. The parameters controlling the non-zero backoff may be set by the station performing the contention, or by an associated Access Point (AP), or in response to negotiation between the station and the AP. In some cases the station can switch between enabling and disabling the non-zero backoff procedure during different periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Liangxiao Xin, Mohamed Abouelseoud, Li-Hsiang Sun, Qing Xia
  • Patent number: 11963021
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adaptively enabling and disabling spatial reuse and adapting BSS color assignments based on various factors associated with a wireless network. A first AP in a wireless network can identify a second AP in a wireless network. The first AP and the second AP may be using the same wireless channel in the wireless network. The first AP can determine a signal strength, such as a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), associated with the second AP. The first AP can adapt its spatial reuse and BSS color assignment according to the signal strength and a signal strength threshold. By adaptively enabling and disabling spatial reuse and adapting BSS color assignments, the disclosed systems and methods provide for improved reuse of wireless mediums while avoiding collisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Qiang Zhou, Mohd Shahnawaz Siraj, Andre Beaudin
  • Patent number: 11963154
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pre 5th generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method for operating a radio unit (RU) of a base station is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a digital unit (DU), a first message comprising a value indicating the maximum number of masks for one resource area, and receiving, from the DU, a second message generated based on the value, wherein the mask may indicate resources to which the same beam is applied within the resource area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunguk Huh, Daejoong Kim, Jaeyoel Kim, Wonwoo Rhim, Namryul Jeon
  • Patent number: 11962418
    Abstract: A method for controlling data retransmission is provided. Data is transmitted to network device and a timer is started. The data is retransmitted after the timer expires if a HARQ-ACK feedback corresponding to the data is not received before the timer expires. Or the data is retransmitted if a HARQ-NACK feedback corresponding to the data is received from the network device before the timer expires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing Xu
  • Patent number: 11956820
    Abstract: A transmission device, which is capable of wirelessly communicating with a reception device by using a first frequency band that does not need a license, the transmission device including, a controller configured to verify whether the first frequency band is not used by other transmission devices, and shift, in a time direction, a first symbol including a first control channel and a first shared channel in a first communication direction, or a second symbol including a second shared channel in a second communication direction different from the first communication direction, and a transmitter configured to transmit, to the reception device, a first control signal and first data, which are allocated to the first symbol, by using the first control channel and the first shared channel, respectively, or second data allocated to the second symbol by using the second shared channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Shimomura
  • Patent number: 11956659
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node for handling measurements in a multi connectivity communication between a User Equipment (UE), and multiple nodes is provided. The multiple nodes include a Master Node (MN), and one or more Secondary Nodes (SNs) in a wireless communication network. The network node is any one out of an MN and an SN. The network node sends at least one configuration to the UE. The at least one configuration comprises any one or more out of a path and a destination for sending a report from the UE to at least one out of the MN and the one or more SNs. The report is to include a result of a measurement according to a measurement configuration, configuring the UE to measure a respective frequency provided by at least one out of the MN and the one or more SNs for communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Mårten Ericson, Antonino Orsino
  • Patent number: 11950253
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system according to an embodiment, a method of receiving, by a user equipment (UE), physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) based on discrete Fourier transform spreading orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM) includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a first PDCCH including first downlink control information (DCI) in which information about a size of DFT precoding applied to a second PDCCH is included; performing blind decoding on the first PDCCH to obtain the first DCI; receiving the second PDCCH including second DCI from the BS; and performing blind decoding on the second PDCCH to obtain the second DCI, based on the information about the size of DFT precoding applied to the second PDCCH included in the first DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Taehyoung Kim, Hyoungju Ji, Juho Lee
  • Patent number: 11943080
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for estimating dense multipath parameters by means of multipolarized broadband extended array responses, which includes: first transmitting multiple different transmitted signal sequences via a multipolarized antenna array, and processing received data in multiple snapshots according to the known transmitted signals, to obtain channel responses of multipolarized antenna components at all frequency points in a frequency band; extending the obtained channel response matrixes of multiple frequency points in multiple snapshots into a large two-dimensional channel response matrix; then, acquiring a delay parameter regarding multipath propagation by using a reference array element, and estimating two-dimensional departure and arrival angles by using a channel matrix subjected to frequency domain smoothing and dimensionality reduction; and afterwards, pairing the estimated departure and arrival angles, and estimating parameters such as the cross-polarization ratios, the initial phases, and the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Southeast University
    Inventors: Haiming Wang, Bensheng Yang, Peize Zhang, Chen Yu, Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11937309
    Abstract: This application provides a communication method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: determining first information, where the first information includes one or more types of information about an associated beam for a random access success of the terminal device, or, information about an associated uplink carrier for a random access success of the terminal device, and/or includes information about a random access channel RACH resource for a random access failure of the terminal device, and the random access failure of the terminal device includes one or more of a 2-step random access failure, a 4-step random access failure, a dedicated RACH resource random access failure, or a common RACH resource random access failure; and sending the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoli Shi, Mingzeng Dai, Wenjie Peng, Jun Wang, Qufang Huang
  • Patent number: 11936573
    Abstract: A method for performing an uplink transmission to a base station by a user equipment through an unlicensed cell in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: receiving an uplink grant that schedules the uplink transmission in at least one subframe from the base station; and performing the uplink transmission in the at least one subframe using at least one of a first type channel access or a second type channel access. The uplink transmission is performed using the second type channel access when all of the at least one subframe is included in a predetermined interval determined based on a downlink transmission through the unlicensed cell from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Minseok Noh, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11924886
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable storage medium for transport block size (TBS) configuration. In example embodiments, a terminal device transmits a random access preamble to a network device. The terminal device receives a random access response from the network device. The random access response includes a resource allocated for a reference TBS. Based on the reference TBS, the terminal device determines a TBS for transmitting data to the network device. Then, the terminal device transmits the data to the network device by using the determined TBS and the allocated resource. This TBS configuration is more flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Rapeepat Ratasuk, Nitin Mangalvedhe, Haitao Li, Hua Chao, David Bhatoolaul
  • Patent number: 11917685
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a frequency domain resource allocation method, a terminal, and a network device. The method includes: receiving a resource allocation indication, where the resource allocation indication corresponds to a parameter of a BWP configured for the terminal; and determining a frequency domain resource indicated by the resource allocation indication in the BWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Na Li, Lei Jiang
  • Patent number: 11917551
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are drawn to methods and electronic devices capable of performing coordinate spatial reuse for wirelessly transmitting data on a channel in coordination with another wireless AP operating an overlapping BSS using the same wireless channel. The device can perform RSSI measurements and generate Per-RU RSSI reports including the RSSI measurements information for transmission to another wireless AP. The RSSI measurement can be performed by the device based on power levels detected when receiving TB PPDUs transmitted by wireless STAs responsive to trigger frames, for example. Based on the Per-RU RSSI report, a wireless AP can be configured to transmit data to an associated wireless STA without causing significant interference when another AP of the overlapping BSS is also transmitting, and can schedule frames for transmission from associated wireless STAs accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yongho Seok, Gary A. Anwyl, Jianhan Liu, Kai Ying Lu, James Chih-Shi Yee, Thomas Edward Pare, Jr., James June-Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 11917660
    Abstract: A control instruction transmission method includes: in response to an unlicensed channel being occupied successfully, in which the first control instruction carries indication information configured to indicate a first detection parameter at least including a resource location on the unlicensed channel for the base station sending a control instruction; and sending a second control instruction on the resource location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yajun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11917622
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a plurality of configurations corresponding to a plurality of physical cell identifiers (PCIs), wherein the plurality of PCIs are associated with a serving cell, and wherein the plurality of configurations are based at least in part on respective transmit receive points (TRPs) and indicate synchronization signal block configurations of the plurality of PCIs; receive information indicating an TRP, of the respective TRPs, or a PCI corresponding to the TRP; and perform a communication with the TRP based at least in part on the PCI in accordance with a configuration, of the plurality of configurations, corresponding to the PCI. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11917534
    Abstract: During PDN connection establishment in the EPC, a UE and a session management entity (SME) (e.g., PGW-C+SMF) exchange information. In case the SME supports more than one S-NSSAI, before the SME provides an S-NSSAI to the UE, the SME should check such that the selected S-NSSAI is among the UE's subscribed S-NSSAIs by retrieving the Subscribed S-NSSAI from a UDM using, for example, the Nudm_SDM_Get service operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Peter Hedman, Lars-Bertil Olsson, Peter Ramle