Patents Examined by Elton Williams
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Patent number: 12368556Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to received phase tracking-reference signals (PT-RS). The UE receives configuration information associated with inserting phase tracking-reference signals (PT-RS) into a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) signal, generates a first signal that is to be transmitted over the PUCCH and is configured to include one or more PT-RS and transmits the first signal over the PUCCH. The UE may also generate a second signal that is to be transmitted over the PUSCH and is configured to include one or more PT-RS, wherein the configuration information further comprises configuration information associated with inserting PT-RS into a physical uplink control (PUSCH) signal and transmit the second signal over the PUSCH, wherein the PUCCH and PUSCH transmissions are performed simultaneously over different component carriers (CCs).Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Weidong Yang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 12363610Abstract: An electronic device configured for retail display includes an antenna, a memory in which security monitoring instructions are stored, and a processor configured to execute the security monitoring instructions to monitor a profile of wireless beacon devices detected via the antenna. The processor is further configured via the execution of the security monitoring instructions to, upon detection of a profile of wireless beacon devices that exceeds a threshold, initiate a security measure for the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: SENNCO SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Dale R. Liff, Brian Peacock, Stephen Strom, Christopher Marszalek, Elmer Huebner, II
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Patent number: 12356352Abstract: Various solutions for physical random access channel (PRACH) timing advance operation and PRACH configurations with respect to user equipment and network apparatus are described. An apparatus may determine a propagation delay between the apparatus and a network node. The apparatus may determine a pre-compensation timing margin. The apparatus may perform a timing advance pre-compensation according to the propagation delay and the pre-compensation timing margin. The apparatus may transmit an uplink signal by applying the timing advance pre-compensation.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Abdelkader Medles, Gilles Charbit, Chiao-Yao Chuang
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Patent number: 12356381Abstract: There is provided a UE in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising: at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising: transmitting an uplink signal via one NR operating band among NR operating band n1, n7, n8, n28, n40, or n78 and one E-UTRA operating band among E-UTRA operating band 1, 3, or 7; and receiving a downlink signal based on two NR operating bands among the NR operating band n1, n7, n8, n28, n40, or n78 and the one E-UTRA operating band.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Suhwan Lim, Yoonoh Yang, Sangwook Lee, Jinyup Hwang, Jongkeun Park
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Patent number: 12349085Abstract: The present disclosure provides a signal transmission method, a signal reception method and a UE. The signal transmission method includes transmitting an SSB within a synchronization subframe or slot. The SSB includes a PSS, an SSS and a PBCH. At least one of the following information is configured through at least one of a preconfigured mode, the PBCH, a DMRS corresponding to the PBCH and the SSS: information about the quantity of SSBs actually transmitted by the UE within a synchronization period, information about a time-domain position of the SSB, and information about an index number of a currently-transmitted SSB.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaotao Ren, Rui Zhao
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Patent number: 12342347Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving a first grant and a second grant from a network node. The first grant and the second grant are overlapping. The method comprises pre-empting a transmission for the first grant based on prioritizing a transmission for the second grant. The method comprises controlling a timer used in a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process associated with the first grant based on pre-empting the transmission for the first grant.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Abdulrahman Alabbasi, Zhenhua Zou, Henrik Enbuske
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Patent number: 12341609Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of performing communication in a wireless communication system. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a terminal may receive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) configuration information and rate matching configuration information from a base station, identify resource elements (REs) overlapping a rate matching resource from among REs included in PDCCH candidates, based on the PDCCH configuration information and the rate matching configuration information, and monitor a PDCCH candidate including the identified REs from among the PDCCH candidates, based on whether a number of ports of signals transmitted via the rate matching resource exceeds a preset value.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Taehyoung Kim, Jinkyu Kang, Youngbum Kim, Taehan Bae, Seunghoon Choi
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Patent number: 12328758Abstract: Wireless communications systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided. A method of wireless communication performed by a first user equipment (UE) may include transmitting, to a network unit, an indication associated with channel occupancy time (COT) sharing on sidelink communication, receiving, from the network unit, a COT indicator, wherein the COT indicator indicates to the first UE to initiate a COT on sidelink communication based on the indication associated with the COT sharing or the COT indicator indicates to the first UE to share the COT on sidelink communication based on the indication associated with the COT sharing on sidelink communication, and transmitting, to a second UE, a communication during the COT on sidelink communication.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Qing Li, Hong Cheng, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 12328718Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a method for wireless communication by a user-equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving, on a control channel, a configuration for an uplink control information (UCI) repetition, determining, in dependence on the control channel, whether to prioritize transmission of the UCI repetition over other uplink signaling, wherein a scheduled resource for transmission of the UCI repetition overlaps with resources for the other uplink signaling, and taking one or more actions associated with communication of the UCI repetition in accordance with the determination.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Juan Montojo, Jelena Damnjanovic, Wooseok Nam, Jing Sun, Yan Zhou, Peter Gaal
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Patent number: 12316431Abstract: This disclosure provides a satellite beam offset processing method, a device and a medium. The method includes: a network side device indicating a satellite beam offset parameter to a terminal via a broadcast message and/or a dedicated signalling; the terminal receiving the satellite beam offset parameter indicated by the network side device via the broadcast message and/or the dedicated signalling; and the terminal adjusting a communication process of the terminal according to the satellite beam offset parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Liming Hou, Shaoli Kang, Deshan Miao, Shaohui Sun, Yingmin Wang
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Patent number: 12316726Abstract: A physical layer (PHY) processor of a network device receives: a timing packet that includes initial timing information, and one or more indicators of one or more parameters to be used by the PHY processor for embedding timing information into the timing packet, the one or more indicators including at least i) an indicator indicating that the timing packet is a type of packet into which timing information is to be embedded by the PHY device, ii) an indicator of a location of a field in the timing packet at which the timing information is to be embedded into the timing packet by the PHY device, and iii) an indicator of whether timing information in the timing packet needs to be updated by the PHY device. The PHY processor updates, based on the one or more indicators, the initial timing information in the timing packet.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2023Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd.Inventors: Nitzan Dror, Lenin Patra, Jeng-Jong Chen
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Patent number: 12317128Abstract: One example method includes receiving, by a first IAB node, N data packets from a donor base station to a terminal device. The first IAB node can determine a PDCP PDU SN of a first data packet in PDCP PDU SNs of the N data packets, where the PDCP PDU SN of the first data packet is a largest PDCP PDU SN in the PDCP PDU SNs of the N data packets, or the PDCP PDU SN of the first data packet is a largest PDCP PDU SN in consecutive PDCP PDU SNs starting from a smallest PDCP PDU SN in the PDCP PDU SNs that are of the N data packets and that are arranged in ascending order. The first IAB node can send first information to the donor base station, where the first information includes a value of the PDCP PDU SN of the first data packet.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yibin Zhuo, Mingzeng Dai, Jing Liu, Yuanping Zhu, Zhenzhen Cao
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Patent number: 12289351Abstract: A method for processing telephony sessions of a network including at least one application server and a call router, the method including the steps of assigning a primary Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and at least a secondary URI to an application; mapping a telephony session to the primary URI; communicating with the application server designated by the primary URI using an application layer protocol; receiving telephony instructions from the application server and processing the telephony instructions with the call router; detecting an application event; and upon detecting the application event, communicating with the application server designated by the secondary URI.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
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Patent number: 12284026Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems of hub communication with a satellite network or a terrestrial network are disclosed. One method includes determining a propagation delay between a wireless communication device and a base station of a satellite network, adjusting, by the wireless communication device, a timing offset between transmit and receive radio frames at the wireless communication device based on whether the satellite network or a terrestrial network is selected, and based at least on the propagation delay, configuring air interface communication protocol timer values including at least a wait time for a response based on at least a frame offset between uplink and downlink frames at the base station of the satellite network, and communicating, by the wireless communication device, with the base station of the satellite network when the satellite network is selected, and with a base station of the terrestrial network when the terrestrial network is selected.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2024Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Nuttall, Moshe Noah, Vijay Lewis, Meghna Agrawal, Kalle Ruttik, Yihenew Dagne Beyene, Barry Winata
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Patent number: 12262415Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for semi-persistent channel state information (CSI) reporting procedures with uplink (UL) clear channel assessment (CCA) are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes receiving a signal indicating activation or deactivation of semi-persistent channel state information (CSI) reporting and responsive to receiving the signal, attempt to transmit a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK), the attempt being subject to success or failure of a clear channel assessment (CCA). When the CCA fails and when the signal indicates activation, the method includes refraining from CSI measurement and reporting unless CCA subsequently succeeds before expiry of a time interval. When the CCA fails and when the signal indicates deactivation, the method includes continuing CSI measurement but refraining from CSI reporting unless CCA subsequently succeeds before expiry of a time interval.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Kazuyoshi Uesaka, Muhammad Ali Kazmi, Iana Siomina, Santhan Thangarasa
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Patent number: 12213179Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for a fallback procedure for a 2-step random access channel (RACH) procedure for data transmission in a wireless communication system where the apparatuses and methods include at least generating, by a user equipment (UE), a first signal that includes a first message (MsgA) for a 2-step random access channel (RACH) procedure, transmitting, by the UE, the first signal to a next generation NodeB (gNB), determining, by the UE, whether a 4-step RACH procedure is to be used to further transmit the first signal including the MsgA, and further transmitting, by the UE, the first signal to the gNB using the 4 step RACH procedure based on determining that the 4-step RACH procedure should be used.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gang Xiong, Yushu Zhang, Yongjun Kwak, Sergey Sosnin, Hwan-Joon Kwon
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Patent number: 12206715Abstract: A method includes, at a media bridge configured to distribute a plurality of media streams among a plurality of client devices connected to the media bridge over a network, receiving the plurality of media streams from the plurality of client devices via the media bridge. The media bridge connects the plurality of client devices. The method further includes assigning a pair of names for each of the plurality of media streams. The pair of names include a contribution name and a distribution name. The method further includes presenting a first list to the plurality of client devices. The first list including a plurality of the distribution names for the plurality of media streams received from the plurality of client devices. The method further includes providing an indication of a current active speaker within the plurality of media streams via a signaling process.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jacques Samain, Giovanna Carofiglio, Giulio Grassi, Enrico Loparco, Michele Papalini
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Patent number: 12207120Abstract: A network element for configuring a Remote Interference Monitoring Reference Signal (RIM-RS) is disclosed. The network element transmits RIM-RS resource configuration and Information of Things (IoT) measurement and reporting configuration information to a base station. The base station conducts the IoT measurement and ducting phenomenon detection according to the received configuration, and transmits the results to the network element. The base station determines the number of repetition and/or near-far indication based on the received information and transmits the number of repetition and near-far indication to the base station. The base station then transmits the RIM-RS according to the received repetition and near-far indication.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Patent number: 12207327Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sidelink interface radio bearer configuration method, a terminal and a network device. The method includes: receiving sidelink radio bearer (SLRB) configuration information transmitted by a second terminal; transmitting assistance information to a first network device serving the first terminal and/or determining whether to allow to establish the target SLRB according to the SLRB configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yali Zhao, Li Chen, Da Wang
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Patent number: 12193021Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive at least one control message from a base station, the at least one message jointly scheduling the UE for access network communications between the UE and the base station and for sidelink communications between the UE and another UE, such as another UE in a group of UEs. The UE may determine network control information based on the at least one control message. The UE may also determine sidelink control information based on the at least one control message. The UE may communicate with the base station and the other UE in accordance with the network control information and the sidelink control information, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yiqing Cao, Wanshi Chen, Jing Lei