Patents Examined by Gary Mui
  • Patent number: 11558841
    Abstract: An uplink synchronization method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: sending, by a network device, a timing advance command to a communications device, where the timing advance command includes a timing advance TA reference value, and the TA reference value corresponds to a carrier in a timing advance group TAG; determining, by the communications device, a TA offset of the carrier based on carrier information of the carrier; and adjusting, by the communications device, an uplink transmission timing of the carrier based on the TA reference value and the TA offset of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhang Zhang, Yongzhao Cao, Zhe Liu, Jinlin Peng, Zhi Li, Fan Wang
  • Patent number: 11540322
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for performing a random access procedure between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system and a device supporting the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a description of a method for performing a random access procedure between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system capable of transmission or reception of a signal through a plurality of beams. The terminal is capable of communicating with at least one of another terminal, a terminal related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the base station or a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Changhwan Park, Kijun Kim, Seonwook Kim, Eunsun Kim, Joonkui Ahn, Sukhyon Yoon
  • Patent number: 11528754
    Abstract: A method and device for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, perform a 2-step or 4-step random access process in a shared spectrum. In order to transmit a PUSCH corresponding to an RAR of the 4-step random access process or a fallback-RAR of the 2-step random access process, a channel access type for the PUSCH is determined on the basis of a specific field of an RAR grant in the RAR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seokmin Shin, Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim, Joonkui Ahn, Sechang Myung
  • Patent number: 11528701
    Abstract: A WTRU may receive downlink control information (DCI) indicating a start of a frame. The DCI may be received on a control channel, such as the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from an eNB, base station, AP, or other infrastructure equipment operating in a wireless communications system. The WTRU may decode the DCI and may determine a transmit time interval (TTI) duration, which may be expressed in terms of an integer number of basic time intervals (BTIs). The WTRU may determine a downlink (DL) transmission portion and assignment and an uplink (UL) transmission portion and UL grant based on the received DCI. Additionally, the WTRU may determine the start of the UL portion based on an offset (toffset). The WTRU may receive data in a DL portion of the frame and may transmit in an UL portion of the frame based on the determined UL grant and TTI duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Marinier, Ghyslain Pelletier, Benoit Pelletier, Moon-il Lee, Marian Rudolf, Diana Pani
  • Patent number: 11523302
    Abstract: A method for transmitting acknowledgement information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for supporting the same are disclosed. More particularly, a method for allowing a user equipment (UE) to transmit acknowledgement information for each code block group (CBG) with respect to data received within one or more slots is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonwook Kim, Suckchel Yang, Joonkui Ahn
  • Patent number: 11503557
    Abstract: In a hybrid network comprising both guided and wireless communications technologies, a grandmaster clock is designated in one portion of the network and can be propagated across to the other portion by means of a timing synchronization message. This message may include timestamping information and other information to enable recipient devices to correctly synchronize to the grandmaster clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Adnan Aijaz
  • Patent number: 11476999
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for a control plane design for bandwidth part (BWP) in new radio (NR) are provided. One technique includes sending information with an indication of a BWP capability of a user equipment (UE) to a base station (BS). A configuration from the BS indicating a set of BWPs available to use for communication is received in response to the indication. Communications are performed on at least one of the set of BWPs. Another technique includes receiving information having an indication of a BWP capability of the UE. A configuration indicating a set of BWPs available for the UE to use for communication is determined. The configuration is sent to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Peng Cheng, Keiichi Kubota, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Linhai He
  • Patent number: 11463225
    Abstract: To control UL transmission properly even when uplink data and demodulation reference signals are transmitted using short TTIs, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention has a transmission section that transmits a UL signal and a reference signal for use for demodulating the UL signal, and a control section that controls the allocation of the UL signal and the reference signal, and, when UL signals are allocated to a plurality of contiguous predetermined time intervals (sTTIs), respectively, the control section allocates the UL signal and the reference signal for use for demodulating the UL signal to the same sTTI, at least in an sTTI apart from the top sTTI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou, Huiling Jiang
  • Patent number: 11457479
    Abstract: A method for configuring random access occasion (RO), a method for random access, and a base station are provided. The method of configuring the RO includes: determining a current number of SSBs to be configured for sending and a number of ROs; sending the number of SSBs and the number of ROs to UE and dividing the number of ROs by the current number of SSBs to obtain a remainder number; determining whether the remainder number is greater than or equal to a target number according to a configuration rule, where the target number is determined based on the current number of SSBs; and in response to that the remainder number is greater than or equal to the target number, establishing one-to-one correspondences between the remainder number of ROs and the remainder number of SSBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11452168
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a connection release message, the connection release message including a resource indicator indicating that a set of resources are to be used for grant-free uplink transmissions by the UE while operating in a disconnected state. The UE may transition from a connected state to a disconnected state based at least in part on the connection release message. The UE may perform, while operating in the disconnected state, the grant-free uplink transmissions using the set of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ayan Sengupta, Umesh Phuyal, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Le Liu
  • Patent number: 11444676
    Abstract: To perform a beam failure recovery procedure by using an appropriate radio resource, a user terminal includes a transmitting section that transmits a beam failure recovery request, and a control section that controls transmission of the beam failure recovery request by using at least one of an uplink shared channel, an uplink control channel, a sounding reference signal, and a random access channel indicated by a downlink control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Chongning Na, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11445442
    Abstract: In one aspect, a transmitting device may frequency-division multiplex a wake-up signature (WUS) targeted to a wake-up receiver (WUR) of a receiving device with user data targeted to a main transceiver of each of one or more other receiving devices into an output signal. The output signal is then transmitted. A receiving device having a WUR and a main transceiver of the receiving device detects, at the WUR, a WUS targeted for the WUR in a received signal. The WUS is frequency-division multiplexed with user data for one or more other receiving devices in the received signal. The receiving device wakes up the main transceiver in response to the detecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Leif Wilhelmsson, Miguel Lopez, Sven Mattisson, Thomas Nilsson
  • Patent number: 11438917
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems (e.g., new radio (NR) wireless communications systems), a base station may serve a large number of user equipment (UEs). The base station may allocate uplink control channel resources to the UEs. A UE may receive, from the base station, a first resource assignment for a first set of symbols. The UE may also receive, from the base station, a second resource assignment for a second set of symbols, where the first set of symbols and the second set of symbols include an overlapping set of symbols. The UE may modify first resources for the first resource assignment, second resources for the second resource assignment, or both. The UE may then transmit first information based on the first resource assignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Renqiu Wang, Yi Huang, Wanshi Chen, Xiao Feng Wang, Peter Gaal, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran
  • Patent number: 11432367
    Abstract: Hybrid self-organizing networks. One example system includes a cellular network and a mobile satellite network. The cellular network includes a cellular base station configured to perform at least one cellular interference mitigation measure. The cellular network is configured to provide wireless communications in a first frequency band within a first deployed area. The mobile satellite network includes a mobile satellite network terminal configured to perform at least one satellite interference mitigation measure. The mobile satellite network is configured to provide wireless communications in the first frequency band within a second deployed area separated from the first deployed area by a first standoff distance. Performance of one or both of the at least one cellular interference mitigation measure and the at least one satellite interference mitigation measure results in a second standoff distance that is less than the first standoff distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ATC Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Santanu Dutta, Ajay Parikh
  • Patent number: 11432356
    Abstract: Disclosed by the embodiments of the present invention are a method for transmission control, a device, equipment and a storage medium; the method may comprise: a first node device controlling a switch state of a data transmission duplication mode; and the first node device sending a notification message to a second node device, wherein the notification message is used to indicate that the data transmission duplication mode is turned on or that the data transmission duplication mode is turned off. Thus, under the condition that the two node devices control data transmission duplication by means of a node device a radio resource control (RRC) message and a medium access control (MAC) message respectively, the modes of the two node devices controlling the duplication data transmission of a carrier are coordinated, thereby avoiding the occurrence of a control conflicts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Ning Yang
  • Patent number: 11419034
    Abstract: Mechanisms for efficient transmission of large amount of download data from a base station to a user equipment in a multi-carrier that minimizes power consumption on the user equipment are described. When multiple component carriers are to be used to transmit the download data, the base station informs the user equipment. The base station transmits on the anchor carriers without wait after informing the user equipment and transmits on the non-anchor carriers after waiting a predetermined delay. The predetermined delay provides time to allow the user equipment to activate the receiving resources and be ready to receive the download data over the non-anchor carriers. In this manner, the user equipment can be in a power conservation mode and activate the receiver resources only when needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventors: Bengt Lindoff, Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11411827
    Abstract: Computer networks are widely used, whereby in a lot of networks audio and/or media devices are integrated. It is a Computer network 1 suggested, comprising a number of devices D. #1. #2 and at least one media node M1, M2, M3, M4, wherein each of the devices D. #1. #2 comprises at least one network port 2, wherein the devices D. #1. #2 are interconnected with the network by network links 3, each link connecting two respective network ports 2, wherein the network ports 2 are adopted to nm a physical network discovery protocol, wherein the media node M1, M2, M3, M4 comprises a media network port 5, wherein the media node M1, M2, M3, M4 is interconnected with one of the devices D. #1. #2 by the network links 3, wherein the network link 3 connects the media network port 5 and the network port 2 of the device D. #1. #2, wherein the media node M1, M2, M3, M4 is adopted to run a media station support communication protocol and to provide media node information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tom De Brouwer, Stephan Van Tienen
  • Patent number: 11412465
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate than a 4G communication system such as LTE. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for a first base station in a first communication system comprises the steps of: identifying information related to a resource which can be used by a second base station in a second communication system; generating a message including the information related to the resource which can be used by the second base station; and transmitting the signal to the second base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Seunghoon Choi, Yongjun Kwak, Donghan Kim, Youngbum Kim, Taehyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11405841
    Abstract: User equipment (UE) connection handling is disclosed in which UE environmental status information is used at a network entity to make informed decisions regarding mobility handling and data offloading. A UE determines its environmental status information based on input from at least one non-RF sensor located in the UE. The UE generates and then transmits a control message comprising the UE environmental status information to a network entity in communication with the UE. The network entity receives the control message and uses the UE environmental status information to manage a connection of the associated UE based at least in part on the UE environmental status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gavin Bernard Horn, Peter Gaal, Durga Prasad Malladi
  • Patent number: 11405950
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for addressing collisions of possible random access channel (RACH) occasions. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may receive an indication of semi-static UL/DL information including configuration of RACH occasions in a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) and an indication of one or more actually transmitted synchronization signal (SS) blocks. The WTRU may then assess whether there are RACH occasions based on the configuration information and determine whether any of the RACH occasions are valid, wherein the RACH occasion may be valid based on Based on the RACH occasion is after all actually transmitted SS blocks indicated and/or whether an SS block override is disabled or enabled. The WTRU may transmit a RACH in one or more of the RACH occasions that have been determined to be valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Fengjun Xi, Chunxuan Ye