Patents Examined by Elton Williams
  • Patent number: 11284223
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and apparatuses, including computer programs stored on computer-readable media, for verifying and broadcasting events. One of the methods includes: receiving a verification request from a reporting node, the verification request including a request to verify an occurrence of an event and a location of the event; identifying a set of verifying nodes based on the location of the event; requesting the verifying nodes to verify the occurrence of the event; determining whether a consensus to accept the occurrence of the event as true is reached by the verifying nodes; and in response to a determination that the consensus is reached by the verifying nodes, broadcasting the occurrence of the event to a set of receiving nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hui Xu
  • Patent number: 11284401
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to reduce the deterioration of communication quality and so on even when communication is performed by applying different configurations than in existing LTE systems. A receiving section that receives a downlink control channel, and a control section that controls receipt of the down link control channel, are provided, the downlink control channel is transmitted using downlink control channel elements including a plurality of resource element groups (REGs), and the control section controls receiving processes per REG group comprised of a plurality of REGs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Qin Mu, Xu Zhang, Liu Liu, Huiling Jiang
  • Patent number: 11277332
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may identify a bearer (e.g., a default bearer) and request establishment of a second bearer (e.g., a high priority bearer) for use in streaming downlink data from, for example, an application server. The UE may determine a status of a playout buffer and select the first bearer or the second bearer for use in streaming the downlink data associated with the application based on the status of the playout buffer. For example, the first bearer may be used be used by default, and the second bearer may be selected if the amount of data in the playout buffer does not satisfy (e.g., is below) a threshold. In some cases, each bearer may be associated with a transmission control protocol (TCP) port associated with a TCP connection. In some cases, each bearer may be associated with different Internet protocol (IP) address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xipeng Zhu, Ruiming Zheng, Rulin Xing, Huichun Liu, Thomas Stockhammer, Stefano Faccin, Kuo-Chun Lee, Feilu Liu, Yu-Ting Yu
  • Patent number: 11252667
    Abstract: A control information transmission method includes that: a first station sends a wireless signal including control information, where the control information is used for instructing a specified second station in a sleep state to perform one or more of following operations: state update, sleep mode transition, leaving the sleep state, and an operation after leaving the sleep state. A secondary module of the second station receives and decodes a wake-up signal to obtain control information and identity identifier information, and sends the control information and the identity identifier information to a control module; and the control module of the second station determines, according to the identity identifier information, whether the second station is a target second station of the wake-up signal, and parses and completes an operation indicated in the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ke Yao, Nan Li, Bo Sun, Xuelin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11252758
    Abstract: To improve utilization efficiency of media by an information processing apparatus in a situation where a plurality of networks is adjacent to each other. An information processing apparatus includes: a measuring unit; a judging unit; and a control unit. In the information processing apparatus, the measuring unit measures signal strength of a received signal. The judging unit judges whether or not later signal transmission is possible using a relative value with respect to the signal strength measured by the measuring unit as a threshold on the basis of the threshold. The control unit controls signal transmission in accordance with the judgment by the judging unit about whether or not signal transmission is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Morioka
  • Patent number: 11252705
    Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to encode a New Radio (NR) short duration physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for transmission to a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) is disclosed. The UE can identify uplink control information (UCI) for the UE. The UE can multiplex, using frequency division multiplexing (FDM) at the UE, the UCI and a pseudo-random sequence associated with a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) onto a plurality of subcarriers in one or more physical resource blocks (PRBs) of one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. The UE can encode the UCI and the pseudo-random sequence associated with the DMRS multiplexed onto the plurality of subcarriers of the one or more OFDM symbols for transmission on the NR short duration PUCCH to the gNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Joonyoung Cho, Gang Xiong, Hong He, Lopamudra Kundu, Wook Bong Lee
  • Patent number: 11246126
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for determining transport block size (TBS) for joint transmissions involving multiple transmission reception points (TRPs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11245501
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for coordination between multiple access points (APs) for communications within a transmission opportunity (TxOP). A first AP may gain channel access for a TxOP, and may coordinate with at least a second AP to allow both the first AP and the second AP to transmit and receive wireless communications during the TxOP. The first AP, upon gaining channel access following a successful contention-based channel access procedure, may initiate a scheduling phase with the second AP to schedule of resources within the TxOP for the first and second APs. The first AP may initiate a multi-AP coordinated transmission phase following the scheduling phase, during which both the first AP and second AP may communicate with one or more associated STAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: George Cherian, Alfred Asterjadhi, Abhishek Pramod Patil, Sameer Vermani, Bin Tian, Stephen Jay Shellhammer, Lochan Verma, Lin Yang, Jialing Li Chen
  • Patent number: 11245497
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a transmitting device may be configured to transmit a transport block in a set of transmission time intervals (TTIs) of a repetition window to improve the chances that the transport block is received by a receiving device. In some cases, however, the transport block may not be available to be transmitted in the repetition window until after a first TTI of the repetition window. In such cases, a transmitting device may use the techniques described herein to identify appropriate configurations for transmitting the transport block in the repetition window. For example, the transmitting device may identify an adjusted redundancy version sequence to use for transmitting the transport block in the repetition window or the transmitting device may adjust a repetition window based on a TTI in which the transport block is available to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Wanshi Chen, Chih-Ping Li, Jing Jiang
  • Patent number: 11246124
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for downlink control information (DCI) design for network coordination (coordinated multi-point transmission (CoMP)) are provided. In addition, a method and apparatus for configuration of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and transmission and reception of DMRS, and a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink signal according to uplink transmission scheme are provided. The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoondong Noh, Jinyoung Oh, Cheolkyu Shin, Youngwoo Kwak, Taehyoung Kim, Sungjin Park, Jeongho Yeo, Seunghoon Choi, Younsun Kim
  • Patent number: 11240743
    Abstract: A method of selecting a cellular network includes storing a location database in a memory of a mobile device, the location database providing location data for one or more locations each identified by a unique identifier, in response to recognizing the identifier, determining a current location of the mobile device by looking up the identifier in the database, prioritizing bands based on the current location to define a band priority, and selecting the cellular network based on the band priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hao Xue, Jeffrey William Wirtanen, Jean-Philippe Paul Cormier
  • Patent number: 11240769
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method for use in a user equipment (UE) of acquiring system information or a synchronization signal comprises receiving, from a network node, a plurality of subframes. Each subframe includes a repetition of either system information or a synchronization signal. The repetition is divided into a number (N) of transmission blocks in a frequency domain of a first bandwidth (N>1). The method further comprises combining N transmission blocks from one or more repetitions of the respective received plurality of subframes to decode the system information or synchronization signal. The UE may comprise a narrowband wireless device operable to receive a bandwidth less than the first bandwidth, and combining N transmission blocks to decode the system information or synchronization signal may comprise combining at least one transmission block from two or more repetitions of two or more respective subframes of the plurality of subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Janne Peisa, Johan Bergman, Pål Frenger, Asbjörn Grövlen, Riikka Susitaival, Stefan Wager
  • Patent number: 11234214
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus and computer program products for providing broadcast/multicast services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Xiang Xu, Devaki Chandramouli, David Navratil, Curt Wong
  • Patent number: 11228353
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to determining an improved beam weight for UL and/or DL transmissions are provided. A wireless communication device transmits uplink-downlink beam reciprocity information and receives via an antenna array of the wireless communication device, a plurality of downlink beam reference signals based on a beam selection. The wireless communication device receives a downlink communication signal using a reception beam configured based on an adjusted plurality of weights. Additionally, the wireless communication device adjusts a plurality of weights for the antenna array based on the received plurality of downlink beam reference signals and the UL-DL beam reciprocity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Jung Ho Ryu, Juergen Cezanne, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11218573
    Abstract: A data routing method used to implement data routing in a communications system in which a plurality of networks that use different data bearer protocols are integrated is produced. The method includes: a routing apparatus receives data by using an input port, and determines a data bearer protocol attribute of the input port; the routing apparatus determines an attribute of the data based on the data bearer protocol attribute of the input port; the routing apparatus determines based on the attribute of the data, a data bearer protocol attribute of an output port used to output the data; and determines based on the data bearer protocol attribute of the output port, the output port used to output the data, and outputting the data by using the determined output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Zhang, Xingguo Wu
  • Patent number: 11219017
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe receiving control data for a slot of a first wireless service, where the control data indicates one or more partial slots of the slot that are intended for communications of the first wireless service. An indicator indicating whether data of the first wireless service is transmitted over at least one of the one or more partial slots can be received at a different time than the control data. The data of the first wireless service over the at least one of the one or more partial slots can be decoded based at least in part on the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chong Li, Jing Jiang, Junyi Li, Karl Georg Hampel
  • Patent number: 11206642
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to HARQ feedback, e.g. delayed HARQ ACK/NACK, and uplink control information (UCI) multiplexing, in unlicensed spectrum are described. A base station transmits an UCI request to a UE, including: a request for ACK/NACK feedback corresponding to a set of HARQ identified processes, a request for channel state information report, and/or a scheduling request. The UCI request includes information which is used, by the UE, in determining the time and air link resources on which to send the UCI. The HARQ processes are communicated in a first Channel Occupancy Time (COT), while the ACK/NACK feedback is communicated in a later COT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Amitav Mukherjee, Ahmad Reza Hedayat
  • Patent number: 11190295
    Abstract: In order to maintain performance during wireless communication, a transmitting electronic device may selectively perform a remedial action based on a received power in a channel during time intervals between received packets (e.g., due to interference) and/or a metric associated with the measured received power. In particular, when the received power is less than a threshold value (e.g., when the interference is insufficient to stop transmission by the transmitting electronic device), the transmitting electronic device performs the remedial action based on the measured received power and/or the metric. For example, the remedial action may include: selecting a modulation technique; selecting the receiving electronic device; selecting an antenna pattern for the one or more antennas; reducing a transmit power; selecting a data rate; determining a cumulative distribution function; and/or estimating a channel capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Peter Khoury, Victor Shtrom, William S. Kish
  • Patent number: 11184906
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and processing nodes are configured to perform scheduling in a wireless network utilizing a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) operating mode, by determining that a throughput indicator of a sector meets a threshold, and adjusting a time window during which a first one or more wireless devices are removed from a MU-MIMO group and a second one or more wireless devices are added to the MU-MIMO group. The first one or more wireless devices comprise any wireless device that has a throughput below a threshold, and the second one or more wireless devices comprise any wireless device that has not been in the MU-MIMO group for a predefined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Justin Sungki Park, Saied Kazeminejad
  • Patent number: 11184100
    Abstract: A user terminal (UT) to transmit small amounts of data, the UT including: a packet including the data, where the packet is less than 128 bytes; a frequency synchronizer to synchronize a transmission frequency of an ASCMA return link connecting the UT with a satellite gateway; and an ASCMA transmitter to transmit, without acquiring timing synchronization with the satellite gateway from the UT, the packet modulated over the synchronized transmission frequency as an ASCMA waveform including a preamble to indicate a start of a transmission. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform the actions of the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems
    Inventors: Liping Chen, Lin-Nan Lee