Patents Examined by Kiet Tang
  • Patent number: 11477838
    Abstract: A communication method and a communications apparatus. The method includes determining an available downlink beam in response to detecting a beam failure, determining a first uplink beam according to the downlink beam, sending a beam failure recovery request to a network device using the first uplink beam, receiving a beam failure recovery response sent by the network device, and sending, using the first uplink beam, after receiving the beam failure recovery response, before receiving beam configuration information sent by the network device, at least one of a physical uplink control channel or a physical uplink shared channel, where the beam configuration information indicates a second uplink beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Peng Guan
  • Patent number: 11470573
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device for positioning in wireless communication. A first node transmits Q1 first-type radio signal(s) and transmits first information; wherein the Q1 first-type radio signal(s) is(are) transmitted by Q1 spatial parameter group(s) respectively; the first information includes a first Identifier (ID) and Q1 piece(s) of channel information, and the first information is used for indicating Q1 geographic position(s); the Q1 piece(s) of channel information is(are) based on a channel measurement(s) performed by a target node for the Q1 spatial parameter group(s) respectively, and the target node is identified by the first ID; and the Q1 spatial parameter group(s) cover(s) the Q1 geographic position(s) respectively. The disclosure can improve the precision of positioning and meanwhile keep a good compatibility with existing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaobo Zhang, Lin Yang
  • Patent number: 11470618
    Abstract: Wireless communications may be used to support data processing. A plurality of resources may be indicated for a wireless device to use to communicate and/or process data. Data may be received and processed based on groups of the plurality of resources to be used. For example, the plurality of resources to be used may be associated with different resource groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Dinan, Alireza Babaei, Ali Cirik, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Yunjung Yi, Youngwoo Kwak, Kai Xu, Kyungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11457449
    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device for transmitting a first amount of data, the method comprising receiving an indication of an allocation of communications resources, the allocated communications resources sufficient for transmitting a second amount of data, the second amount of data greater than or equal to the first amount of the data, selecting from a plurality of permitted TBS values a transport block size, TBS, for the transmission of the first amount of data, based on the first amount, determining communications resources for transmitting the first amount of the data based on the selected TBS and the allocated communications resources, and transmitting the first amount of the data using the determined communications resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale
  • Patent number: 11444736
    Abstract: The application relates to a communication device comprising: a communication interface configured to transmit a pilot signal via a communication channel to a second communication device and to receive a plurality of data elements representing channel state information (CSI) from the second communication device, wherein the plurality of data elements are a subset of a set of data elements representing the full channel state information (CSI) being available at the second communication device; and a processing unit configured to generate the full channel state information (CSI) on the basis of the plurality of data elements by applying a fitting scheme to the plurality of data elements received from the second communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Van Minh Nguyen, Marco Maso, Merouane Debbah
  • Patent number: 11445499
    Abstract: A base station may make more efficient use of resources by transmitting data in a control region of a slot in addition to a data region. In order to avoid performance loss, the base station may adjust the data transmission in the control region in comparison to a data transmission in a data region and may signal an indication to a UE to assist the UE in receiving the data transmission in the control region. An apparatus for wireless communication at the UE receives the indication from the base station regarding the data transmission in the control region and uses the indication to perform rate matching or demodulation of the data transmission in the control region. The indication may indicate any of a different MCS/rank/TPR, a reduced MCS/rank/TPR, an MCS/rank/TPR delta, a control span for a group of UEs, and a starting symbol for the data transmission. The indication may also indicate that there is no data transmitted on resources in the control region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran, Sumeeth Nagaraja, Shengbo Chen, Xiao Feng Wang, Kaushik Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 11438106
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting an HARQ-ACK signal by a UE in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method is characterized by receiving control information for distinguishing first information and second information, receiving the first information and second information by means of at least one transmission block (TB), respectively decoding the first information and second information on the basis of the control information, and transmitting an HARQ-ACK signal on the basis of a decoding result with respect to the first information and a decoding result with respect to the second information. The reliability requirement of the first information is higher than the reliability requirement of the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daesung Hwang, Yunjung Yi
  • Patent number: 11424890
    Abstract: A communication method for wireless communication uses a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) super-frame structure for scheduling uplink and downlink transmissions between a first node and a second node, the second node receives receiving a downlink transmission from the first node and transmits an uplink response to the first node. The transmission of the uplink response is performed in an uplink frame of the super-frame structure. The uplink frame includes a field for uplink payload data and a field for time indicating data. The transmission of the uplink response includes transmitting time stamps in the time indicating data field, the time stamps indicating a time instance of the receiving of the downlink transmission, and the time instance of the transmitting of the uplink response. The time instances are determined using the clock of the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Zhibo Pang, Michele Luvisotto, Roger Jansson
  • Patent number: 11412568
    Abstract: A wireless device receives: a value for a discontinuous reception (DRX) inactivity timer; and a semi-persistent channel state information (SP-CSI) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). receive a first downlink control information (DCI) corresponding to the SP-CSI RNTI is received. The SP-CSI RNTI indicates: activation of SP-CSI reporting; and no uplink grant for uplink packet transmission. The DRX inactivity timer is started based on the first DCI indicating the activation of the SP-CSI reporting. The DRX inactivity timer controls monitoring for DCIs of the SP-CSI RNTI. a transport block is transmitted based on receiving, while the DRX inactivity timer is running, a second DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alireza Babaei, Esmael Dinan, Ali Cirik, Hua Zhou, Hyoungsuk Jeon
  • Patent number: 11411774
    Abstract: A first network device includes a processor and a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the first network device to obtain a Flow Specification (FlowSpec) rule with redirect indication information. The redirect indication information includes identification information identifying a first virtual private network (VPN) instance configured on a second network device. The indication information also includes instructions for the second network device to redirect data stream matching the FlowSpec rule to the first VPN instance. The first network device is also caused to advertise the FlowSpec rule with the redirect indication information to the second network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunwan Zhuang, Haijun Xu, Haibo Wang, Zhenbin Li, Jia Che, Shuanglong Chen
  • Patent number: 11412399
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus use a processor of a first device to wirelessly communicate with a second device using a first antenna. The processor selects the first antenna from a plurality of antennas based on comparing first antenna data associated with the first antenna with second antenna data associated with a second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Kaiping Li, Kamesh Medapalli, Jie Lai, Wenyu Liu, Thaiyalan Appadurai
  • Patent number: 11412519
    Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from improved network signaling. For example, certain embodiments may benefit from an improved connection between relay nodes and network entities. A method may include receiving at a user equipment part of an integrated access and backhaul node downlink information from a donor node. The downlink information may include F1 application protocol information. The method may also include forwarding the downlink information including the F1 application protocol information from the user equipment part of the integrated access and backhaul node to a radio access network part of the integrated access and backhaul node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Esa Malkamäki, Tero Henttonen
  • Patent number: 11405938
    Abstract: A resource configuration method, resource determination method, apparatuses thereof and communication system. The resource configuration apparatus comprises: a first configuring unit configured to configure one or more additional resource sets corresponding to each control resource set or each group of control resource sets. Hence, payload of downlink control information may be reduced, and currently existed problems may be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Pengyu Ji, Jian Zhang, Xin Wang
  • Patent number: 11405806
    Abstract: A system for simulating a wireless communication network over a wired network may comprise a plurality of physical UEs, one or more RANs, and a channel condition emulator. The plurality of UEs may be coupled to one another through the wired network. The one or more RANs may be simulated in software to simulate data transmissions between the plurality of UEs. The channel condition emulator may be simulated in software to derive channel conditions for each of the plurality of UEs based on their current location. The channel condition emulator may further provide the channel conditions to the plurality of UEs and the one or more RANs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mourad B. Takla, Chin Chiu
  • Patent number: 11399402
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a receiver configured to receive a DCI format used for scheduling a PDSCH, and a higher layer parameter including a parameter subframeAssignment-r15; and a transmitter configured to transmit a HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH, wherein in a case that a duplex mode of a primary cell is an FDD, whether the number of bits in a HARQ process number field in the DCI format is three bits or four bits is determined, based on whether or not an EN-DC is configured, whether or not the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and whether or not the DCI format is mapped to a USS given by a C-RNTI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wataru Ouchi, Shoichi Suzuki, Tomoki Yoshimura, Liqing Liu, Taewoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11399314
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, an apparatus and a system for acquiring control information, and belong to the field of communication technology. The method includes: receiving indication information sent by a base station, wherein the indication information is configured to indicate a standby bandwidth part (BWP) that is used when a BWP switching failure occurs, and the BWP indicated by the indication information is any of a BWP at Which a terminal works currently, a BWP at which the terminal works previously, and a preset BWP; switching to the BWP indicated by the indication information when detecting that the BWP switching failure occurs; and receiving control information corresponding to the terminal that is sent by the base station at the BWP indicated by the indication information. According to the present disclosure, the possibility of getting offline by the terminal may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juejia Zhou, Yajun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11394434
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to wireless communications in a system are provided. A user equipment (UE) may receive from a base station (BS), a subband precoding configuration indicating a plurality of precoders for a plurality of subbands based on a transmit power parameter, where each precoder of the plurality of precoders is configured for one subband of the plurality of subbands. Additionally, the UE may transmit to the BS, a communication signal in the plurality of subbands using the plurality of precoders, where the transmitted communication signal satisfies the transmit power parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Alexandros Manolakos, Wei Yang, Wanshi Chen, Jay Kumar Sundararajan
  • Patent number: 11381497
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a path selection method and apparatus. The method comprises: receiving a traffic scheduling request, wherein the traffic scheduling request comprises a requirement for path selection, a source node, and a destination node; determining, for each dedicated line cloud comprising both a source virtual node connected with the source node and a destination virtual node connected with the destination node, a dedicated line corresponding to the dedicated line cloud as a traffic forwarding path when static attribute of a link between the source node and the respective source virtual node and a link between the destination node and the respective destination virtual node, and/or a dynamic attribute of a link between the respective source virtual node and the respective destination virtual node satisfy the requirement for path selection. The present disclosure can implement path selection based on bandwidth and quality in a point-to-multipoint network by a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NEW H3C TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wendong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11382088
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a terminal device are provided. The terminal device can flexibly start a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT) timer, thereby saving power. The method includes monitoring, by a terminal device, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a discontinuous reception (DRX) period, where the uplink grant indicates an asynchronous HARQ process used for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The method further includes starting, by the terminal device, an uplink HARQ RTT timer for the asynchronous HARQ process at a first moment after detecting the PDCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai Tang
  • Patent number: 11363124
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a novel method for splicing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) sockets on a computing device that processes a kernel of an operating system. The method receives a set of packets at a first TCP socket of the kernel. The method stores the set of packets at a kernel memory location sends the set of packets directly from the kernel memory location out through a second TCP socket of the kernel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Alex Markuze, Chen Dar, Aran Bergman, Igor Golikov, Israel Cidon, Eyal Zohar