Patents Examined by John D Blanton
  • Patent number: 11671794
    Abstract: A device includes a tuner configured to tune a broadcast signal; a pilot detector configured to detect pilots in the tuned broadcast signal; a de-framer configured to parse a signal frame of the broadcast signal. Further, the signal frame carries Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) data, and the signal frame includes a preamble and at least one subframe. The device also includes a decoder configured to decode the PLP data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyung Kim, Woosuk Ko, Chulkyu Mun, Sungryong Hong
  • Patent number: 11665715
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may transmit an indication of support for one or more candidate kernels for digital post distortion (DPoD) operations. The mobile station may receive a downlink communication based at least in part on the indication of support for the one or more candidate kernels for DPoD operations. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shay Landis, Gideon Shlomo Kutz, Assaf Touboul, Elad Meir
  • Patent number: 11653359
    Abstract: Provided are time domain resource determination and detection methods and apparatuses, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes determining a time domain resource allocation pattern set. The time domain resource allocation pattern set includes at least one of a time domain resource allocation pattern set corresponding to a combination of a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) and a second SCS, where the first SCS is an SCS of a first channel signal, and the second SCS is an SCS of a second channel signal; a time domain resource allocation pattern set indicated by downlink control information (DCI) signaling; or a time domain resource allocation pattern set corresponding to a slot type. A time domain resource allocation pattern in the time domain resource allocation pattern set is used to indicate symbols occupied by the second channel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Peng Hao, Yachao Liang, Feng Bi
  • Patent number: 11647395
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DIGITAL GLOBAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Armando Montalvo, Jeremy Levin, Dwight Inman, Edward Hummel
  • Patent number: 11641653
    Abstract: A method of configuring a control resource set CORESET, a network equipment and a terminal are provided. The method includes: configuring, for a terminal, indication information for indicating time-frequency domain position information of the CORESET of data information; transmitting the indication information to the terminal. The indication information includes: a first indication field for indicating downlink numerology information and a second indication field for indicating a CORESET configuration codebook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Siqi Liu, Yu Ding, Zichao Ji
  • Patent number: 11632155
    Abstract: A method of a UE transmitting a codebook based uplink signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting capability information about UE capability that maintains differences between phase values applied to antenna ports for uplink signal transmission; receiving configuration information for determining a codebook subset related to the uplink signal transmission based on the capability information; receiving DCI for determining a precoding matrix applied to the uplink signal transmission; determining a precoding matrix to be applied for the uplink signal transmission, based on the DCI, from the codebook subset determined based on the configuration information; and transmitting the uplink signal, based on the determined precoding matrix, wherein, based on that the differences between phase values are maintained at some antenna ports, the codebook subset includes at least one specific precoding matrix applying different phase values to the antenna ports included in some or all of som
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Haewook Park, Jonghyun Park
  • Patent number: 11632761
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and apparatus of resource mapping for data transmission and of data receiving. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a carrier frequency band for the data transmission is divided into a plurality of sub-bandwidths, and the method may include mapping resource elements for the data transmission in an order of sub-bandwidths and mapping, in each of the plurality sub-bandwidths, the resource elements first in an order of frequency domain and then in an order of time domain. With embodiments of the present disclosure, new radio access system with wider bandwidth could co-exist well with other communication on unlicensed band like WiFi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lin Liang, Gang Wang
  • Patent number: 11627048
    Abstract: Example embodiments of systems and methods for network pattern matching provide the ability to match hidden networks from noisy data sources using probabilistic matching analysis. The algorithms may map roles and patterns to observed entities. The outcome is a set of plausible network models. The pattern-matching methodology of these systems and methods may enable the solution of three challenges associated with social network analysis, namely network size and complexity, uncertain and incomplete data, and dynamic network structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Aptima, Inc.
    Inventors: Georgiy Levchuk, E. Webb Stacy, Charlotte Shabarekh
  • Patent number: 11622279
    Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure includes a method for downlink reception in unlicensed band used by a UE, including: after a data burst transmitted in a unlicensed band, stopping monitoring a downlink channel in response to ending of the data burst; and in response to receiving a reference signal or in response to expiration of a time period, starting monitoring the downlink channel, wherein the data burst is transmitted via a first bandwidth part (BWP) and initiated by a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jen-Hsien Chen, Wei-Chen Pao, Chien-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11606837
    Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters indicating PDCCH skipping durations. The wireless device may receive a DCI indicating PDCCH monitoring skipping for a first duration of the durations. The wireless device may transmit a random access preamble. The wireless device may ignore the PDCCH monitoring skipping and may monitor the PDCCH during a random access response window in response to transmitting the random access preamble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: PanPsy Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Alireza Babaei
  • Patent number: 11595980
    Abstract: The present specification proposes a discontinuous reception operation method characterized by: in a wireless communication system, a terminal in which a plurality of cells are configured performing a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring on-duration; receiving bandwidth part (BWP) setting information, wherein the BWP setting information informs a specific BWP; receiving a PDCCH on the basis of the PDCCH monitoring, wherein the PDCCH includes dormant indication information for a specific cell from among the plurality of cells of the terminal; and activating the specific BWP on the basis of the dormant indication information indicating non-dormancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Joonkui Ahn, Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 11596000
    Abstract: A first base station receives, from a second base station, cell information of a second cell of the second base station. The cell information indicates a subcarrier spacing associated with the second cell. Based on the cell information, configuration parameters are determined for a random access channel of a first cell of the first base station. The first base station transmits configuration parameters to a wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Kyungmin Park, Esmael Dinan, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Hua Zhou, Alireza Babaei, Ali Cirik
  • Patent number: 11582613
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: DIGITAL GLOBAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Armando Montalvo, Jeremy Levin, Dwight Inman, Edward Hummel
  • Patent number: 11576051
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block; determining whether a shared spectrum channel access is enabled; determining a first index of the SS/PBCH block as a candidate SS/PBCH block index (ISSB1) based on a number of candidate SS/PBCH blocks in a half frame; and determining a second index of the SS/PBCH block as an SS/PBCH block index (ISSB2) based on a quasi-co-location (QCL) parameter (Q) indicated by a PBCH in the SS/PBCH block, wherein the SS/PBCH block index (ISSB2) is determined as: ISSB2=ISSB1 mod Q based on a determination that the shared spectrum channel access is enabled, where mod is a modular operation; or ISSB2=ISSB1 based on the determination that the shared spectrum channel access is not enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongbo Si, Yingzhe Li
  • Patent number: 11570786
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless communication method and a device. The wireless communication method includes: determining a target uplink channel based on an overlapping situation of at least two types of uplink channels to be transmitted, if at least two types of uplink channels to be transmitted are overlapped, wherein the at least two uplink channels to be transmitted are respectively used for transmitting part or all of information carried by the at least two types of uplink channels; and transmitting the target uplink channel, wherein the target uplink channel is used for transmitting part or all of information carried by the at least two uplink channels to be transmitted. The at least two uplink channels to be transmitted are multiplexing channels of the at least two types of uplink channels respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanan Lin, Jing Xu
  • Patent number: 11564217
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme for convergence of an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, a security and security related service, or the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT related technology. The present invention provides a method for more efficiently transmitting uplink control information and data in a mobile communication system which operates in an unlicensed band or a mobile communication system which requires a channel detection operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventors: Taehyoung Kim, Youngbum Kim, Youngwoo Kwak, Seunghoon Choi
  • Patent number: 11552681
    Abstract: A method for assisting the adaptation of a signal from a first node to a second node is provided. The first node communicates with the second node in a wireless communication system over a radio link. The second node has a codebook comprising a set of possible information alternatives for assisting the adaptation of a signal received from the first node. The second node may select an information alternative from the codebook and send it to the first node to assist the first node in adapting the signal. The first node is configured with a number of subsets, each comprising a part of the possible information alternatives. The first node requests that the second node restrict the selection of information alternatives to one of the subsets, and in response, receives an information alternative from the second node that is selected from among the subsets configured according to the configuration request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: George Jöngren, Bo Göransson
  • Patent number: 11546897
    Abstract: A user equipment terminal (UE) operates in a wireless network according to a configuration. The UE receives the configuration for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and detects downlink control information (DCI) in the PDCCH. From the DCI, the UE receives control information for a serving cell configured with one or more bandwidth units in a frequency domain. The control information is provided for each bandwidth unit of the serving cell. According to the control information, the UE performs a downlink reception from the serving cell or an uplink transmission to the serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Rung Tsai, Jiann-Ching Guey
  • Patent number: 11533641
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunications system including a base station and terminal device, supporting a virtual carrier mode with downlink communications made by the base station using a radio interface spanning a system frequency bandwidth while the terminal device can receive at least some communications from the base station within a restricted subset of transmission resources selected from within the system frequency bandwidth providing a restricted bandwidth downlink. The terminal device can measure channel conditions across the system frequency bandwidth and transmit corresponding measurement reports to the base station. Measurement reports for transmission resources not including the restricted bandwidth downlink channel may be aperiodic while measurement reports for transmission resources including the restricted bandwidth downlink channel may be periodic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideji Wakabayashi, Matthew William Webb
  • Patent number: 11528115
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for operating a wireless device in a wireless network, wherein the wireless device is configured, by higher layer signaling, with a first measurement restriction (MR) configuration for measuring and reporting Channel State Information (CSI) the method comprises transmitting a first indication with lower layer signaling, indicating that a second MR configuration for measuring and reporting CSI, replaces the first MR configuration for measuring and reporting CSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Mattias Frenne, Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison, Siva Muruganathan