Patents Examined by Kevin C. Harper
  • Patent number: 12231364
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device used in communication node for wireless communication. The communication node first receives first information on a first carrier, the first information being used for determining a first time interval; then receives a first reference signal in a first time window on a second carrier; the first time window is one of X time windows; each of the X time windows belongs to the first time interval, X being a positive integer greater than 1; at least one of a physical-cell identifier to which a transmitter of the first reference signal belongs, a position of frequency-domain resources occupied by the first reference signal in frequency domain or a position of the first time interval in time domain is used for determining the first time window out of the X time windows. The present disclosure reduces interference and overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zheng Liu, Xiaobo Zhang, Lin Yang
  • Patent number: 12232198
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising providing a primary cell capable of serving a terminal device; determining a candidate secondary cell group, comprising one or more cells that have coverage area within the coverage are of the primary cell; determining, from the candidate secondary cell group, a cell that, based on information obtained before or during a connection setup signalling, has the highest probability of being successfully configured as a secondary cell for an inter-site carrier aggregation for the terminal device; and configuring the cell as the secondary cell for the inter-site carrier aggregation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Elena Virtej, Mikko Saily, Wolfgang Zirwas, Tero Henttonen, Ingo Viering, Lars Dalsgaard
  • Patent number: 12225600
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods performed by a first network node configured to operate in a radio access network (RAN). Such methods include determining a radio access technology (RAT)/Frequency Selection Priority (RFSP) index associated with a user equipment (UE) served by the first network node. Such methods include sending, to a second network node, a request for the second network node to establish dual connectivity with the UE as a secondary node (SN). The request includes the RFSP index. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by the second network node, as well as network nodes configured to perform such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Per Willars, Angelo Centonza
  • Patent number: 12225619
    Abstract: A sidelink discontinuous transmission (DTX) method and apparatus, a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) method and apparatus, and a terminal device, and relates to the field of communication technologies. The sidelink DTX method and apparatus, the sidelink DRX method and apparatus, and the terminal device are utilized, so that when user terminals communicate with each other through a sidelink, data scheduling/transmission is monitored, or data scheduling/transmission is received, or it is allowed to perform data scheduling/transmission to a first user terminal, or data scheduling/transmission to the first user terminal is performed under control of a timer based on a DRX mechanism only during running of a target receive timer in the timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Bao, Xiaodong Yang
  • Patent number: 12225540
    Abstract: Provided in one embodiment of the present specification is a method for switching a bandwidth part (BWP) for sidelink communication. The method can comprise the steps of: receiving information about a bandwidth part (BWP) switching timing from a base station; and switching a BWP on the basis of the information about the BWP switching timing. The information about the BWP switching timing can include information about the point of time at which the BWP switching should be started after the information has been received. The information about the BWP switching timing can be received through downlink control information (DCI) or a radio resource control (RRC) signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yoonoh Yang, Jinyup Hwang, Sangwook Lee, Suhwan Lim, Manyoung Jung, Jongkeun Park
  • Patent number: 12219557
    Abstract: A wireless device may receive one or more repetitions of a downlink transmission. The wireless device may use one or more default receiving beams for receiving transmission. A quantity of default receiving beams to be used by the wireless device may be indicated by a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Cirik, Esmael Dinan, Yunjung Yi, Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 12213088
    Abstract: A terminal receives a master information block and a synchronization signal block from a radio base station, and acquires an offset between the synchronization signal block and a control resource set by using a parameter for quasi co-location derivation included in the master information block. The terminal assumes quasi co-location associated with the synchronization signal block based on the acquired offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai
  • Patent number: 12200730
    Abstract: For acquiring system information instances, a method determines if one or more system information instances requested in a request message are received in a reply message from a base station. The request message includes a request bitmap indicating the requested system information instances. The reply message includes a reply bitmap indicating the system information instances in the reply message. The method acquires the system information instances indicated in the request bitmap and the reply bitmap from the reply message. In addition, the method requests the system information instances from the base station that are indicated in the request bitmap and not indicated in the reply bitmap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Prateek Basu Mallick, Joachim Loehr, Ravi Kuchibhotla
  • Patent number: 12200678
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for multi-carrier network operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”) comprises receiving a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and a cell identification (“ID”) for at least one of the first CC and the second CC; and using the RNTI and the cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first CC and the second CC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Hua Xu, Jun Li, Sean Michael McBeath
  • Patent number: 12185141
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to method and system for generating spatial data maps corresponding to a centralized wireless network. The method includes receiving in real-time, network data from each of a plurality of data sources through one or more user space applications; computing in convenient time frame, derived information based on the network data and geographical location of data source; iteratively evaluating the derived information for each of plurality of data points in network data span with missing information through kriging interpolation technique to obtain continuous derived information; for each of data point with missing information in previous iterations, comparing the derived information of current iteration step with the derived information at previous iteration steps to obtain trust score; and generating spatial data map based on geographical location of each of the plurality of data sources and at least one of the continuous derived information and the trust score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Inventor: Paolo Spallaccini
  • Patent number: 12185227
    Abstract: A method for determining an effective time of a minimum cross-slot scheduling interval includes: receiving a second minimum cross-slot scheduling interval; and making the second minimum cross-slot scheduling interval take effect at or after an effective time. The effective time depends on following parameter: a position of a symbol where a first channel is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaodong Shen
  • Patent number: 12185295
    Abstract: A communication device generates a first packet to include a first indication of one or more first frequency subchannels in a first frequency segment that will be utilized to transmit the first packet. The communication device also generates a second packet to include a second indication of one or more second frequency subchannels in a second frequency segment that will be utilized to transmit the second packet. The communication device simultaneously transmits the first packet via the first frequency segment and the second packet via the second frequency segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Liwen Chu, Hongyuan Zhang, Hui-Ling Lou
  • Patent number: 12185176
    Abstract: In a wireless communication network implementing network slicing (NS), an Initial Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) for a user equipment (UE) in one NS is able to re-allocate a UE to a Target AMF in a different NS, despite not being able to directly communicate with the Target AMF due to NS security restrictions. In a first embodiment, the Initial AMF transfers the UE context—including its security context—to a Default AMF. The Default AMF has the capability to communicate with network functions in different NSes. The Default AMF transfers the UE context to the Target AMF. In a second embodiment, a security key Kamf? is horizontally derived in a manner that avoids NS security conflicts. The derived key is transferred to the UE and Target AMF, which establish a security context. In a third embodiment, the Initial AMF allocates a Token, and transfers it, along with the UE security context (directly or via RAN) to the Default AMF. The Default AMF then transfers the security context to the Target AMF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Monica Wifvesson, Vlasios Tsiatsis, Peter Hedman
  • Patent number: 12177163
    Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system 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. A method by a terminal for determining frequency resources in a cellular network is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Xue, Yeohun Yun, Hyunseok Ryu, Hyunkyu Yu
  • Patent number: 12177840
    Abstract: A base station may transmit, and a wireless device may receive, configuration parameters for a control channel used for wireless communications between the base station and the wireless device. The configuration parameters may indicate various aspects of the control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Esmael Dinan
  • Patent number: 12177098
    Abstract: A data network analysis system includes a computer-executable set of instructions that obtain service account information associated with a route provided to a customer through a data communication network having network elements. Using the service account information, the instructions identify a termination port that terminates the route to a customer premises equipment of the customer, and at least one target port of the route and those network elements that are assigned to convey the route through one or more of the network elements. The instructions then obtain the routing information for the route from each of the network elements that are assigned to convey the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Steve R. Wakumoto, Andrew S. Gerber, John D. Clouatre
  • 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: 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: 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.