Patents Examined by Kevin C. Harper
  • Patent number: 11909693
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a channel state information report transmission method and a terminal. The channel state information report transmission method includes: obtaining an allocation rule of a channel state information (CSI) report transmitted on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), where the allocation rule is configured by a network device or predefined in a protocol; when there is a collision between at least two CSI reports, allocating some or all of CSI reports with collisions to a first CSI PUCCH according to the allocation rule; transmitting the some or all of CSI reports with collisions. The first CSI PUCCH is configured to transmit the some or all of CSI reports with collisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Song, Peng Sun
  • Patent number: 11909676
    Abstract: A communication system is disclosed in which an NR radio access network (RAN) node identifies resources, that the NR RAN node is to use for transmissions, for protection from interference from another RAN node. The NR RAN node sends, to the other RAN node, information indicating the identified resources for protection from interference. The information indicating the identified resources comprises a list of parameters, typically including resource bitmaps, based on which the other RAN node is able to determine the resources for protection from interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chadi Khirallah, Yassin Aden Awad, Sadafuku Hayashi, Tao Guo, Robert Arnott
  • Patent number: 11902951
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, configuration information indicating a set of component carriers (CCs) associated with the UE. The UE may receive, from the base station, a message that activates or deactivates one or more CCs of the set of CCs. The UE may communicate, with the base station, after receiving the message, using one or more activated CCs of the set of CCs over a tuned radio frequency (RF) bandwidth that is based on receiving the message and based on the one or more activated CCs. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yongle Wu, Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov, Heechoon Lee, Jong Hyeon Park, Kang Yang, Scott Hoover, Yann-Cheng Lin, Antriksh Pany, Mingxia Cheng
  • Patent number: 11895049
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for phase noise (PN) mitigation on multiple component carriers (CCs). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes estimating impairments (e.g., common phase error (CPE) and/or inter-carrier interference (ICI)) caused by PN for only a first CC configured for the UE, wherein the first CC is configured with pilots for PN mitigation and mitigating the PN on each CC for all CCs configured for the UE based, at least in part, on the estimated impairments for the first CC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Paz, Michael Levitsky, Assaf Touboul
  • Patent number: 11889523
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique that combines a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after a 4G system with IoT technology, and a system thereof. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety related services, and the like) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheolkyu Shin, Youngbum Kim, Hyunseok Ryu, Taehan Bae
  • Patent number: 11889543
    Abstract: A wireless access node serves wireless User Equipment (UE) over radio frequency bands. In the wireless access node, radio circuitry wirelessly receives signaling from the wireless UE that indicates received signal strengths and Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) layers for the radio frequency bands. Processing circuitry in the wireless access node selects one of the radio frequency bands based on the received signal strengths and the MIMO layers. The radio circuitry wirelessly exchanges user data with the wireless UE over the selected one of the frequency bands. In some examples, the processing circuitry also uses sector locations of the wireless UE for the frequency bands to select the one of the frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11889317
    Abstract: A base station can operate a first serving cell on a licensed carrier frequency and a second serving cell on an unlicensed carrier frequency. The base station can perform a listen before talk (LBT) on the unlicensed carrier frequency for a first time duration. The base station can determine that the unlicensed carrier frequency is free. The base station can transmit an activation command on the first serving cell for receipt by a UE, the activation command being configured to activate the UE to receive transmissions from the base station on the second serving cell. The base station can transmit after determining that the unlicensed carrier frequency is free, a reserve transmission on the unlicensed carrier frequency at least until the base station begins transmission of the activation command on the first serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Ravikiran Nory, Vijay Nangia, Murali Narasimha, Ajit Nimbalker
  • Patent number: 11877274
    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: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Liwen Chu, Hongyuan Zhang, Hui-Ling Lou
  • Patent number: 11870628
    Abstract: An example according to the present specification relates to a technique relating to a configuration of a preamble in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. A reception STA can receive a PPDU. The reception STA can perform a modulo operation with respect to whether or not an L-SIG field is repeated and a value of a length field. The reception STA can determine the received PPDU as an EHT PPDU on the basis of the modulo operation with respect to whether or not the L-SIG field is repeated and the value of the length field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongguk Lim, Jinsoo Choi, Eunsung Park, Jinmin Kim
  • Patent number: 11870719
    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: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zheng Liu, Xiaobo Zhang, Lin Yang
  • Patent number: 11849459
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of one or more bandwidth part (BWP)-specific access link parameters and one or more BWP-specific sidelink parameters. The UE may perform at least one of access link communication with a base station based at least in part on the one or more BWP-specific access link parameters, or sidelink communication with another UE based at least in part on the one or more BWP-specific sidelink parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Jung Ho Ryu, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11849436
    Abstract: Provided in an implementation of the present invention are a radio communication method and device capable of realizing feedback acknowledgement for a downlink channel repeatedly transmitted in a 5G system. The method comprises: a terminal transmitting feedback information at a first time unit, wherein the feedback information comprises feedback acknowledgement information corresponding to a first downlink channel transmitted by means of a target resource set, resource units in the target resource set belong to the same carrier, and repeated transmission of the first downlink channel occupies multiple resource units in the target resource set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanan Lin
  • Patent number: 11848836
    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: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Steve R. Wakumoto, Andrew S. Gerber, John D. Clouatre
  • Patent number: 11843551
    Abstract: Methods of data communication in a cellular communications network based on an unlicensed wideband carrier, the method performed by a base station of the cellular communications network, the base station being in communication with one or more mobile devices. The methods comprise the steps of determining a set of used sub-bands of the plurality of sub-bands available for data transmission, generating used sub-band control information pertaining to a plurality of sub-bands in the wideband carrier based on the set of used sub-bands, and providing the used sub-band control information to the one or more mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTD.
    Inventor: Umer Salim
  • Patent number: 11838166
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-ho Myung, Belkacem Mouhouche, Daniel Ansorregui Lobete, Kyung-joong Kim, Hong-sil Jeong
  • Patent number: 11831578
    Abstract: The present 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 present 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. Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for transmitting a signal, comprising: selecting a starting position of the signal from a set of candidate starting positions for transmitting the signal; determining a symbol mapping of the signal based on a selected starting position or a set of candidate starting positions of the signal; and transmitting the signal is based on the symbol mapping. The embodiment of the invention also provides a corresponding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Yingyang Li, Shichang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11831482
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for 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: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shujuan Zhang, Zhaohua Lu, Chuangxin Jiang, Yuxin Wang, Ke Yao
  • Patent number: 11832231
    Abstract: Techniques for grouping multiple serving component carriers (CCs) are disclosed. In one example, a frequency separation that defines a frequency range from a lower bound frequency to a higher bound frequency for each CC group of a plurality of CC groups may be determined, wherein a difference between the lower bound frequency and the higher bound frequency of each CC group may be equal to the frequency separation. A frequency of a first CC from a collection of CCs may be determined. The first CC may be assigned to a first CC group, of the plurality of CC groups, wherein the first CC group may have a frequency range that includes the frequency of the first CC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Manasa Raghavan, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 11812291
    Abstract: Provided are a method for configuring measurement information, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: a terminal device receives measurement information transmitted by a network device, where the measurement information includes at least one physical-layer Cell identity PCI; the terminal device determines at least one cell according to the above mentioned at least one PCI; and the terminal device measures signal quality of the above mentioned at least one cell. In embodiments of the present application, the measurement information configured by the network device for the terminal device can enable the terminal device to determine at least one cell directly according to at least one PCI in the measurement information, and then to perform the measurement of signal quality based on the at least one determined cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Weijie Xu, Ning Yang, Cong Shi
  • Patent number: 11811508
    Abstract: A method and device for transmitting reference signals are provided in the present disclosure, where the method for transmitting reference signals is performed by a user terminal and time-frequency resources for the user terminal are divided into multiple groups of time-frequency resources. The method includes: selecting a reference signal port for each group of time-frequency resources from candidate reference signal ports; and transmitting reference signals by using the reference signal port corresponding to each group of time-frequency resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Wenjia Liu, Runxin Wang, Xiaolin Hou, Xin Wang