Patents Examined by Lonnie V Sweet
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Patent number: 11290220Abstract: A method and apparatus for implicitly determining a PUCCH resource. The invention allows for flexible selection of a PUCCH resource in the PUCCH resource subset for configurations of PDCCH resources without collisions through the use of indices for control channel element subsets.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Emad Farag, Volker Braun, Karol Schober
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Patent number: 11284441Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for random access operation in a wireless communication system. The UE comprises at least one transceiver configured to receive, from a base station (BS), RACH configuration information including an RACH structure corresponding to a first beam identification (ID), beam sweeping operation and mapping between downlink signals and RACH chunks and/or RACH preamble subsets. The UE comprises at least one processor configured to determine an RACH preamble based on the RACH structure configuration received from the BS. The UE comprises the transceiver further configured to transmit, to the BS, the RACH preamble over a first beam associated with the first beam ID and receive, from the BS, an RACH response corresponding to the RACH preamble over a second beam, wherein the first beam is different than the second beam.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Li Guo, Young-Han Nam, Namjeong Lee, Boon Loong Ng
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Patent number: 11277876Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication system may include: transmitting an indicator requesting provision of a low-latency communication service to a first base station; receiving from the first base station a radio link failure (RLF) triggering condition configured according to requirements of the low-latency communication service; measuring a radio link between the terminal and the first base station based on the RLF triggering condition; and in response to detecting a problem of the radio link, selecting a resource within an exceptional resource pool indicated by the first base station, and performing communication with the first base station using the selected resource during a duration beginning when the problem of the radio link is detected until a timer used for declaring an RLF expires.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Gene Beck Hahn
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Patent number: 11265701Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for a first transportation vehicle and a second transportation vehicle. The method for the first transportation vehicle includes generating an environmental perception message based on a perception model of an environment of the first transportation vehicle, wherein the perception model includes detected objects; transmitting the environmental perception message to one or more transportation vehicles located in a vicinity of the first transportation vehicle; determining one or more second transportation vehicles among the detected objects; and transmitting one or more wireless messages to the one or more second transportation vehicles. The one or more second transportation vehicles are addressed as destination of the one or more wireless messages by referencing one or more objects of the detected objects corresponding to the one or more second transportation vehicles within the environmental perception message.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Inventor: Ahmad El Assaad
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Patent number: 11251847Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for forming beams that carry data transmitted from a user device to a base station. In some aspects, a transmission configuration is determined based on a set of beams downlinking the base station to the user device and carrying a set of data. The determined transmission configuration is the applied to a transceiver of the user device, which then transmits another set of data carried by another set beams uplinking the user device to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
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Patent number: 11252626Abstract: A method for reducing delay during a link switchover is disclosed. The method comprises determining whether transmission of data in progress is a segmented data transmission, and detecting whether there is a link switchover. If there is a link switchover, the method generates new link characteristic header information for a data packet, and determines a segmentation of the data packet based on the new link characteristic header information. The method then generates segmentation header information for the data packet, and transmits the data packet over a current link.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Xiaozhong He, Louis T. Toth
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Patent number: 11246186Abstract: The present disclosure relates to data transmission methods, devices, and systems. One example method includes receiving, by a relay UE, data of a remote UE, where the data includes a first identifier of the remote UE, determining, by the relay UE, a second identifier of the remote UE based on the first identifier, and sending the data of the remote UE and the second identifier of the remote UE to a base station.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haibo Xu, Nathan Edward Tenny, Jian Wang
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Patent number: 11246166Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for random access operation in a wireless communication system. The UE comprises at least one transceiver configured to receive, from a base station (BS), RACH configuration information including an RACH structure corresponding to a first beam identification (ID), beam sweeping operation and mapping between downlink signals and RACH chunks and/or RACH preamble subsets. The UE comprises at least one processor configured to determine an RACH preamble based on the RACH structure configuration received from the BS. The UE comprises the transceiver further configured to transmit, to the BS, the RACH preamble over a first beam associated with the first beam ID and receive, from the BS, an RACH response corresponding to the RACH preamble over a second beam, wherein the first beam is different than the second beam.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Li Guo, Young-Han Nam, Namjeong Lee, Boon Loong Ng
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Patent number: 11240791Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a communication method, a terminal device and a network device, which can improve flexibility of the terminal device in monitoring downlink control information. The method includes that: a terminal device determines a target monitoring resource configured to monitor downlink control information; and the downlink control information is monitored on the target monitoring resource.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: SHENZHEN HEYTAP TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.Inventor: Hai Tang
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Patent number: 11219022Abstract: A system and method for wireless synchronization on a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device includes a wireless transceiver and processing circuitry. The wireless transceiver wirelessly receives synchronization information including a superframe from a first wireless, reader device, and wirelessly transmits the synchronization information to a second wireless, reader device and a portable wireless device, and to wirelessly detect a presence of a portable wireless device. The processing circuitry communicates synchronization information to the second wireless, reader device and portable wireless device. The superframe is used to synchronize a wireless data exchange between the third wireless, reader device and the portable wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Proxense, LLCInventors: David L. Brown, Fred S. Hirt
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Patent number: 11212797Abstract: A system and method for wireless synchronization on a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device includes a wireless transceiver and processing circuitry. The wireless transceiver wirelessly receives synchronization information including a superframe from a first wireless, reader device, and wirelessly transmits the synchronization information to a second wireless, reader device and a portable wireless device, and to wirelessly detect a presence of a portable wireless device. The processing circuitry communicates synchronization information to the second wireless, reader device and portable wireless device. The superframe is used to synchronize a wireless data exchange between the third wireless, reader device and the portable wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Proxense, LLCInventors: David L. Brown, Fred S. Hirt
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Patent number: 11206664Abstract: A system and method for wireless synchronization on a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device includes a wireless transceiver and processing circuitry. The wireless transceiver wirelessly receives synchronization information including a superframe from a first wireless, reader device, and wirelessly transmits the synchronization information to a second wireless, reader device and a portable wireless device, and to wirelessly detect a presence of a portable wireless device. The processing circuitry communicates synchronization information to the second wireless, reader device and portable wireless device. The superframe is used to synchronize a wireless data exchange between the third wireless, reader device and the portable wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Proxense, LLCInventors: David L. Brown, Fred S. Hirt
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Patent number: 11197179Abstract: A communication device for handling a bandwidth part (BWP) switching comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of performing the BWP switching from a first BWP to a second BWP; generating a BWP adaptation indication according to a BWP configuration; and transmitting the BWP adaptation indication.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Wei-Chen Pao, Chien-Min Lee, Jung-Mao Lin
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Patent number: 11184281Abstract: A packet processing method and apparatus relating to the field of communications technologies are provided, so as to reduce overheads and improve update efficiency. The method includes: receiving a first packet and a second packet; determining a first instruction block; obtaining a first identifier according to the first instruction block and the first packet, and obtaining a second identifier according to the first instruction block and the second packet, the first entry includes a third identifier, and the third identifier is a storage address of a second instruction block; obtaining the third identifier by accessing the first entry indicated by the first identifier, and obtaining the third identifier by accessing the first entry indicated by the second identifier; obtaining the second instruction block according to the third identifier; and processing the first packet and the second packet according to the second instruction block.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jingzhou Yu
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Patent number: 11178058Abstract: Provided is a method for suppressing delay of data transmission due to DTN communication, in an information processing device that performs communications using a communication means which includes a DTN. An information processing device comprises a priority setting unit that sets a lower priority to the transmission of periodic data if, in the transmission or reception of the periodic data to and from another device, the timing of the periodic data transmission overlaps the transmission of high priority data. In addition, the priority setting unit sets the data transmission priority in accordance with: the difference between data stored in the other device and data stored in the own device; or data for which transmission to the other device has been completed, from among the data stored in the own device.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Atsushi Honda
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Patent number: 11171804Abstract: In described examples, a circuit includes a system bus controller having a first downstream port and is configured to generate a first downstream frame responsive to a first local bus transmission received by a first local bus controller, and to generate a second downstream frame responsive to a second local bus transmission received by a second local bus controller. The system bus controller is configured to generate a downstream aggregate frame responsive to the first downstream frame and the second downstream frame and is configured to initiate transmission of the downstream aggregate frame at the first downstream port. The system bus controller is adapted to receive an upstream aggregate frame that includes a first upstream frame and a second upstream frame and is configured to generate a first upstream transmission responsive to the first upstream frame and to generate the second upstream transmission responsive to the second upstream frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Vijaya Ceekala, Xin Liu, Justin Prayogo, Sinjeet Parekh
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Patent number: 11153927Abstract: Disclosed in embodiments of the present disclosure are a transition method, a network device, and a terminal device. The method includes: receiving, by a network device, supporting information associated with a terminal device which is sent from the terminal device; determining, by the network device, a target state of the terminal device to be transitioned to according to the supporting information, wherein the target state is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state; and enabling, by the network device, the terminal device to transition to the target state.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Jianhua Liu
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Patent number: 11147066Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system, the method including detecting a first subframe, wherein the first subframe includes a first slot and a second slot, and wherein orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the first slot are not occupied, detecting a second subframe, wherein the second subframe a next subframe of the first subframe, and wherein all OFDM symbols in the second subframe are occupied and receiving a downlink signal from a network on an unlicensed carrier via at least one of the first subframe and the second subframe.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Yunjung Yi, Joonkui Ahn, Hanbyul Seo, Hyangsun You, Seonwook Kim
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Patent number: 11147010Abstract: A method of operating a mobile device to access a voice service available at a cellular network, the mobile device having a cellular network interface for accessing the voice service via a cellular network base station and a non-cellular local area network interface for accessing the voice service via a wireless routing device and a cellular network gateway, the method including connecting to a non-cellular wireless local area network of the wireless routing device; sending a request to the cellular network gateway to access the voice service; receiving a request from a voice service access controller, for any observed wireless local area networks and cellular networks; generating a list of any observed non-cellular wireless local area networks and observed cellular networks; sending said list to the voice service access controller via the non-cellular local area network interface; receiving an identity of one of the listed networks from the voice service access controller, the identified network representingType: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventor: Maria Cuevas Ramirez
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Patent number: 11140620Abstract: A method of operating a network gateway in a cellular network to control access of at least one mobile device to a voice service accessible via the cellular network, the mobile device being connected to the network gateway via a wireless access router and wide area network, WAN, the method including receiving a request from the mobile device to access the voice service; measuring performance metrics for a non-cellular wireless network link to the mobile device; requesting observed network information from the mobile device; and comparing the quality of the non-cellular wireless network link to the mobile device against the respective quality of at least one observed network; if the quality of the non-cellular wireless network link is greater than the quality of an available observed network, allowing the request to proceed to the cellular network; and if the quality of at least one of the observed networks is higher than the current non-cellular wireless network link, rejecting the voice service request of thType: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyInventor: Maria Cuevas Ramirez