Patents Examined by Kevin C. Harper
  • Patent number: 12170990
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving one or more configuration messages indicating a plurality of component carriers (CCs) and one or more CC selection criteria associated with the plurality of CCs. The method further includes receiving a downlink message and transmitting, based on the downlink message, one or more repetitions of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback message using a particular CC of the plurality of CCs. The particular CC is selected by the UE from the plurality of CCs based on the one or more CC selection criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Konstantinos Dimou, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 12166706
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a wireless communications system, multiple transmission/reception points (TRPs) may perform a joint transmission to a user equipment (UE) such that the UE may rely on demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) from the TRPs for channel estimation and data demodulation to receive the joint transmission. When TRP transmissions are punctured, which may introduce reception errors at a receiving UE, one or more TRPs may transmit unique DMRSs such that each TRP transmits a DMRS that is unique to the transmitting TRP, transmit DMRSs that are unique to punctured resource elements (REs), or determine to refrain from transmitting on punctured REs. In some cases, TRPs may transmit preemption indications (PIs) to a UE, where the PIs may indicate punctured (e.g., or not utilized) REs to allow the UE to utilize a unique DMRS for channel estimation or to ignore the punctured REs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Tamer Kadous, Srinivas Yerramalli, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 12160383
    Abstract: Various schemes pertaining to extremely-high-throughput short training field (EHT-STF) transmission for distributed-tone resource units (dRUs) in 6 GHz low-power indoor (LPI) systems are described. A communication entity distributes subcarriers of a RU over an entire physical-layer protocol data unit (PPDU) bandwidth or a frequency subblock of a bandwidth to generate a dRU associated with an EHT-STF of an uplink (UL) trigger-based (TB) PPDU. The communication entity then transmits the dRU associated with the EHT-STF in the entire PPDU bandwidth or a tone range of a regular RU (rRU) corresponding to the frequency subblock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shengquan Hu, Jianhan Liu, Gary A. Anwyl, Thomas Edward Pare, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12160386
    Abstract: Methods for receiving and transmitting downlink transmissions with increased reliability are provided. A method includes receiving configuration information defining first and second search space sets. The first search space set includes a first one or more search spaces each including a plurality of physical downlink control (PDCCH) candidates. The second search space set includes a second one or more search spaces each including a plurality of PDCCH candidates. The configuration information indicates that the first and second one or more search spaces are linked. The method further includes receiving downlink control information (DCI) by detecting, based on the received configuration information, a first transmission using PDCCH candidates of the first one or more search spaces, detecting a second transmission using PDCCH candidates of the second one or more search spaces, and decoding at least one of the first transmission or the second transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar
  • Patent number: 12143341
    Abstract: A wireless device, network node and methods using new radio time division duplex, NR-TDD, are provided. In one embodiment, the network node includes processing circuitry configured to configure placement of downlink control messages over at least two symbols of a NR TDD slot. The at least two symbols are different symbols in the time domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Gustav Wikström, Ismet Aktas, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Joachim Sachs
  • Patent number: 12143296
    Abstract: A network system for a data center is described in which an access node sprays a data flow of packets over a logical tunnel to another access node. In one example, a method comprises establishing, by a plurality of access nodes, a logical tunnel over a plurality of data paths across a switch fabric between a source access node and a destination access node included within the plurality of access nodes, wherein the source access node is coupled to a source network device; and spraying, by the source access node, a data flow of packets over the logical tunnel to the destination access node, wherein the source access node receives the data flow of packets from the source network device, and wherein spraying the data flow of packets includes directing each of the packets within the data flow to a least loaded data path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Pradeep Sindhu, Deepak Goel, Jean-Marc Frailong, Srihari Raju Vegesna, Wael Noureddine, Philip A. Thomas, Satish Deo, Sunil Mekad, Ayaskant Pani
  • Patent number: 12132593
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for sending and receiving signaling information. The method includes: sending, by a base station, signaling information; where the signaling information includes: information about a correspondence between a sequence parameter and a time domain symbol. The correspondence between the sequence parameter and the time domain symbol includes: the sequence parameter hopping once every R3 time domain symbols; where R3 is an integer, each of the R3 time domain symbols includes an uplink channel or an uplink signal. R3 satisfies at least one of the following: R3 is equal to a length of a time domain orthogonal cover code (OCC) corresponding to the uplink channel or the uplink signal, or R3 is equal to a frequency domain repeated sending parameter R; where R is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shujuan Zhang, Zhaohua Lu, Chuangxin Jiang, Yuxin Wang, Ke Yao
  • Patent number: 12133072
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a procedure for initial registration of a UE and a procedure for periodic registration or registration based on movement, and a communication unit are provided which are used to implement Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization in 5GS. Furthermore, by providing the Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization initiated by a network, a procedure for changing UE configurations initiated by the network, the procedure being initiated based on completion of the Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization, a de-registration procedure initiated by the network, and a communication unit, a communication unit is provided that is used to implement functions related to the Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization in the 5GS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoko Kuge
  • Patent number: 12132664
    Abstract: Example edge gateway circuitry to schedule service requests in a network computing system includes: gateway-level hardware queue manager circuitry to: parse the service requests based on service parameters in the service requests; and schedule the service requests in a queue based on the service parameters, the service requests received from client devices; and hardware queue manager communication interface circuitry to send ones of the service requests from the queue to rack-level hardware queue manager circuitry in a physical rack, the ones of the service requests corresponding to functions as a service provided by resources in the physical rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francesc Guim Bernat, Karthik Kumar, Suraj Prabhakaran, Ignacio Astilleros Diez, Timothy Verrall
  • Patent number: 12133161
    Abstract: A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving configuration information for configuring one or more search space sets; identifying a connection between one or more PDCCH candidates of a first search space set and one or more PDCCH candidates of a second search space set, based on the configuration information; and monitoring the one or more PDCCH candidates of the first search space set and the one or more PDCCH candidates of the second search space set to receive repeated PDCCHs, wherein the one or more PDCCH candidates of the first search space set and the one or more PDCCH candidates of the second search space set are linked based on having a same aggregation level and a same PDCCH candidate index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Youngrok Jang, Taehyoung Kim, Hyoungju Ji
  • Patent number: 12120016
    Abstract: A network system for a data center. In one example, a method comprises establishing, by a plurality of access nodes, a logical tunnel over a plurality of data paths across a switch fabric between a source access node and a destination access node included within the plurality of access nodes, wherein the source access node is coupled to a source network device; and spraying, by the source access node, a data flow of packets over the logical tunnel to the destination access node, wherein the source access node receives the data flow of packets from the source network device, and wherein spraying the data flow of packets includes directing each of the packets within the data flow to one of the data paths based on an amount of data previously transmitted on each of the plurality of data paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: PRadeep Sindhu, Deepak Goel, Jean-Marc Frailong, Srihari Raju Vegesna, Wael Noureddine, Philip A. Thomas, Satish Deo, Sunil Mekad, Ayaskant Pani
  • Patent number: 12119969
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for indicating a frequency offset of a non-anchor carrier are disclosed. A method comprising: transmitting a broadcast signal on an anchor carrier and transmitting system information on a non-anchor carrier, wherein the broadcast signal includes a frequency offset of the non-anchor carrier to the anchor carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Zhi Yan, Xiaodong Yu, Haipeng Lei, Chenxi Zhu
  • Patent number: 12107795
    Abstract: To reduce the beam reporting latency, a base station may include a sounding reference signal (SRS) indication to a wireless communication device (UE) as part of the transmission configuration information (TCI) transmitted to the UE, allowing the UE to receive a corresponding downlink signal using the same beam (or with the same beam) the UE used to transmit (or with which the UE transmitted) the SRS indicated in the TCI. The SRS may be one of multiple SRSs previously transmitted by the UE. The UE may transmit the multiple SRSs periodically and/or according to semi-persistent scheduling, or it may transmit them aperiodically. Therefore, the UE does not need to report the beam quality, and the base station may perform the necessary beam measurement(s) instead. Various parameters and conditions may be defined for the UE to support SRS-based TCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Haitong Sun, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Wei Zeng, Hong He, Chunhai Yao, Yuchul Kim, Yuqin Chen, Fangli Xu, Yakun Sun
  • Patent number: 12088533
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method for configuring an interlace structure in a wideband system, performed by a user equipment, wherein the wideband system comprises a bandwidth part containing a plurality of subbands (N; SB0, SB1), each subband (SB) being formed by resource blocks (RB), the method comprises the steps of: —obtaining for each SB within the BWP, at least two structure indications; —obtaining a subcarrier spacing indication related to the subcarrier spacing; —obtaining at least one interlace index indication related to one location of an RB of interlace index i-th; —configuring the interlace structure; and —for each SB, by determining a set of AV-RB starting from the starting AV-RB and containing a number of consecutive RB corresponding to the pre-defined number (T) of RB forming an interlace; and determining a set of potential-valid RB (PV-RB) as all RB other than the determined AV-RB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hao Lin
  • Patent number: 12082230
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and device for providing different services in a mobile communication system. In an embodiment, a base station sets interference influence information including information about interference of a second signal of a second system using a second TTI with regard to a first signal of a first system using a first transmission time interval (TTI). Also, the base station transmits the first signal of the first system to a terminal, and transmits the interference influence information to the terminal in a predetermined time. In a situation where different services coexist, an HARQ retransmission technique is provided for effectively overcoming a transmission failure caused by influence of interference between services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungnam Hong, Yeohun Yun, Taeyoung Kim, Jiyun Seol, Jongbu Lim
  • Patent number: 12074700
    Abstract: A base station communicates with a terminal, for which an uplink component carrier and downlink component carriers are configured. The base station adjusts a payload size of control information, transmitted in a downlink control channel, based on a basic payload size, and maps the control information onto a search space in at least one of the downlink component carriers. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the primary downlink component carrier, and on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the uplink component carrier. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a non-primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the non-primary downlink component carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Seigo Nakao, Akihiko Nishio, Daichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 12074827
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may receive a communication from a second UE. The UE may transmit, to the second UE, sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback using a sidelink component carrier based at least in part on the communication received from the second UE, wherein the sidelink component carrier is associated with conveying the sidelink HARQ-ACK feedback when sidelink carrier aggregation is configured for a group of UEs that includes the first UE and the second UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Wei Yang, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 12069002
    Abstract: A method executed by a UE comprises: receiving DCI for scheduling a PDSCH transmission; determining, according to an FDRA field in the DCI, a RIV; if a frequency domain resource assignment scaling condition is not satisfied, determining, according to the RIV, a first starting resource block index and a first length of continuous resource blocks; if the frequency domain resource assignment scaling condition is satisfied, determining, according to the RIV, a second starting resource block index and a second length of continuous resource blocks, determining the first starting resource block index by multiplying the second starting resource block index by a scaling factor, and determining the first length of continuous resource blocks by multiplying the second length of continuous resource blocks by the scaling factor; and determining an allocated frequency resource based on the first starting resource block index and the first length of continuous resource blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chao Luo, Renmao Liu
  • Patent number: 12069729
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for effectively forming uplink control information transmitted through a downlink from a base station to a terminal in a mobile communication system for providing a packet service and transmitting the uplink control information with minimum radio resources occupied. The method includes generating uplink control information; allocating the uplink control information to a downlink-shared radio resource for packet data transmission based on downlink scheduling information; and transmitting the radio resource to a terminal. The present invention is applied to a mobile communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae-Heung Kim, Young-Jo Ko, Kyoung-Seok Lee, Jung-Im Kim, Soo-Jung Jung
  • Patent number: 12069005
    Abstract: A communication method includes transmitting resource assignment information including bits that indicate activation or deactivation statuses of respective downlink component carriers, which are secondary downlink component carriers added to a primary component carrier which is always activated, each of the downlink component carriers corresponding to one bit included in bits, and the one bit indicating that a corresponding downlink component carrier is to be activated or deactivated. When any one bit of the bits indicates that its corresponding downlink component carrier is to be activated, the bits jointly indicate the activation or deactivation statuses, a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission request and a channel quality information (CQI) reporting request. The method also includes receiving a SRS and a CQI that are transmitted, in response to the SRS transmission request and the CQI reporting request, on an uplink component carrier linked to an activated downlink component carrier(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Joachim Loehr, Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart, Martin Feuersaenger