Patents Examined by Michael Thier
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Patent number: 12660010Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for quickly establishing communication, a device, and a storage medium. The method may include: in a non-standalone formed by a first standard network and a second standard network, a terminal determining whether a communication request to be sent to the first standard network is currently present; in a case where it is determined that the communication request to be sent to the first standard network is currently present, the terminal sending the communication request to the first standard network by using either of a current uplink resource of the first standard network and a current uplink resource of the second standard network; and after the communication request is sent to the first standard network, the terminal receiving, through the first standard network, a communication response sent by the first standard network in response to the communication request.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: ZTE CORPORATIONInventors: Minggang Gao, Xuemei Ding, Ying Xu, Mingye Wei
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Patent number: 12652610Abstract: A method, performed by a terminal, for receiving a downlink signal and channel in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving a synchronization signals and PBCH block (SSB) from a base station; and transmitting an uplink channel to the base station on the basis of the SSB.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2023Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Minseok Noh, Kyungjun Choi, Geunyoung Seok, Jinsam Kwak
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Patent number: 12647913Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of transmitting a Time Alignment Timer (TAT) status report by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. Especially, the method includes the steps of configuring one or more Timing Advance Groups (TAGs); receiving a Timing Advance Command (TAC) for one of the one or more TAGS; starting a TAT for the one TAG; triggering the TAT status report when a remaining time of the TAT for the one TAG is less than a threshold for the one TAG; and transmitting the TAT status report to a network, wherein the TAT status report includes a first type indication indicating that the remaining time of the TAT for the one TAG is less than the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Seungjune Yi
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Patent number: 12647960Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, for a first cell, first control signaling that indicates one or more bandwidth parts that are usable by the UE for uplink and downlink communication within the first cell. The one or more first bandwidth parts may be within a first carrier for carrier aggregation (CA) at the UE. Additionally, for a second cell, the UE may receive second control signaling that indicates a second bandwidth part that is usable by the UE for uplink communication within the second cell. The second bandwidth part may be within a second carrier for CA. The second control signaling may lack any indication of any bandwidth part that is usable by the UE for downlink communication within the second cell. The UE may monitor the first carrier for third control signaling associated with the second cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Javier Rodriguez Fernandez, Kazuki Takeda
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Patent number: 12641512Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments that provide multipath connectivity between edge locations and regions in a cloud provider network. In one embodiment, data is received at a provider substrate extension of a cloud provider network, where the data is to be transmitted to a destination in a data center of the cloud provider network. The provider substrate extension is at an edge location of the cloud provider network. The data is transmitted to a destination in the data center of the cloud provider network via a plurality of communication links from the edge location to the data center.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nikolay Krasilnikov, John David Fergerson, Jonathan Mullen, Anirban Gupta, Jake Austin Rullman, Igor A. Kostic
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Patent number: 12634712Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or a 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate after a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as LTE. An operating method of a BS in a wireless communication system includes broadcasting a power signal of an IRS, broadcasting an SSB, and requesting receive beam reporting from a control unit of the IRS.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Seoul National University R&DB FoundationInventors: Seunghyun Lee, Byonghyo Shim, Seungnyun Kim, Hyunsoo Kim, Yosub Park
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Patent number: 12634046Abstract: A method of operating a wireless communication terminal, which performs a hybrid automatic repeat request process for a plurality of subscriber identity modules (SIMs), includes: setting up communication with a plurality of base stations that respectively correspond to the plurality of SIMS; allocating a radio frequency resource to receive data from each base station corresponding to each SIM in an SIM allocation duration, wherein the SIM allocation duration is set corresponding to each of the plurality of SIMS in a multi-SIM allocation period, and wherein the multi-SIM allocation period corresponds to a data round trip time (RTT) of a base station of the plurality of base stations; and transmitting, with respect to the received data, one of an acknowledged (ACK) signal and a negative-ACK (NACK) signal to each base station corresponding to each SIM.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyungjae Jun, Youngtaek Kim, Youngju Yoon
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Patent number: 12634061Abstract: Provided are an indication method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The indication method includes: configuring a spatial parameter information set, wherein the spatial parameter information set is used for updating at least one of a spatial parameter of a physical channel or a spatial parameter of a physical signal at different transmission times, and the spatial parameter information set comprises a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state set or a spatial relation information.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Yu Pan, Chuangxin Jiang, Zhaohua Lu, Bo Gao, Shujuan Zhang, Zhen He
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Patent number: 12634896Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications may support frequency hopping in full-duplex communications. For example, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of one or more resource block (RB) sets over which the UE is to perform one or more uplink transmissions during a slot, where each RB set of the one or more RB sets is associated with a set of one or more frequency hopping parameters. The UE may select, for a first RB set of the one or more RB sets, a frequency hopping enablement status or a frequency hopping pattern based on a full-duplex classification of the slot and the set of one or more frequency hopping parameters for the first RB set. Additionally, the UE may perform the one or more uplink transmissions in accordance with the selected frequency hopping enablement status or the selected frequency hopping pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Marwen Zorgui, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim
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Patent number: 12628186Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques described herein relate to transmission of a multicast message via a common frequency resource (CFR) in a full duplex slot. The CFR may be positioned within the downlink bandwidth parts (BWP)s configured for a group of user equipments (UE)s such that each UE in the group may monitor for and receive the multicast message. The network may indicate the frequency position of the CFR to the group of UEs. The frequency resources (e.g., the resource blocks) configured for downlink for a UE may be different between half duplex slots and full duplex slots. The network and the UE may determine the active CFR for a full duplex slot based on the resources configured for the full duplex slot. The UE may monitor for and receive a multicast transmission in the active CFR in the full duplex slot.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino
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Patent number: 12628214Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes establishing, by a device, a first wireless audio link between a phone and a Bluetooth speaker via the device and establishing, by the device, a second wireless audio link between the Bluetooth speaker and the phone via the device. The Bluetooth speaker includes a local speaker and a microphone. The method also includes receiving, by the device, first audio data from the phone, and transmitting, by the device, the first audio data to the Bluetooth speaker. The method further includes receiving, by the device, second audio data from the microphone of the Bluetooth speaker and transmitting, by the device, the second audio data to the phone.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shuangqing Yuan, Hans Edward Birch-Jensen
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Patent number: 12628216Abstract: The present invention relates to an operating method of a first communication node in a communication system, comprising the steps of: negotiating with a second communication node with respect to a parameter for multi-link transmission; determining, on the basis of the parameter, a plurality of links for performing the multi-link transmission, and the transmission method by which the multi-link transmission is performed; and transmitting, in the plurality of links, a data frame to the second communication node by means of the transmission method. Therefore, the communication node can efficiently set and change links.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea National University of Transportation Industry-Academic Cooperation FoundationInventors: Sung Hyun Hwang, Kyu Min Kang, Jae Cheol Park, Jin Hyung Oh, Su Na Choi, Yong Ho Kim, Han Seul Hong
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Patent number: 12621119Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for configuring time synchronization in a network. The system includes a time signal source to provide a common time signal to multiple configurable communication devices and a network controller in a control plane, in communication with the multiple configurable communication devices. The network controller is configured to receive time signal source information and to receive device configuration information for a first configurable communication device. The network controller is also configured to determine settings for time signal distribution and to transmit the settings to the multiple configurable communication devices to cause the first configurable communication device to transmit the time signal from the time signal source in a data plane for consumption by the multiple configurable communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2023Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Rhett Smith, Lance G. Dice, Jason A. Dearien, Robert Meine, Daniel B. Rippon
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Patent number: 12621900Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a vehicle communication method and apparatus, a computer-readable medium, and an electronic device. The vehicle communication method includes: obtaining at least two discontinuous reception cycles for a vehicle communication data; selecting a target discontinuous reception cycle from the at least two discontinuous reception cycles; receiving the vehicle communication data based on the target discontinuous reception cycle; and adjusting the target discontinuous reception cycle for receiving the vehicle communication data based on the at least two discontinuous reception cycles according to a volume of the vehicle communication data received within a set time.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventor: Yixue Lei
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Patent number: 12621701Abstract: A data transmission device includes a wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with an external communication device, a travel route information acquirer that acquires a future travel route of a moving object, a travel route, a propagation environment information acquirer that acquires propagation environment information of a radio wave propagation path used in wireless communication, a speed information acquisition unit that acquires the moving speed of a moving object, and a converter that converts a relationship between the travel route and propagation environment information into a plurality of data slots each defined by the communication speed per unit time; a transmission instructor that instructs the wireless communication unit to transmit the data allocated to the data slot.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeki Kawai, Tsuneo Nakata
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Patent number: 12615113Abstract: A communication apparatus detects a signal transmitted from a first base station in another wireless communication system that is different from a wireless communication system to which the communication apparatus belongs, and transmits first information and second information to a management apparatus that manages communication in the other wireless communication system, the first information being related to the first base station, the second information indicating a radio channel to be used in a case where communication involving user data is performed with a second base station belonging to the wireless communication system when the communication apparatus has detected the signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masashi Hamada
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Patent number: 12615589Abstract: In some aspects, a Bluetooth (BT) device may include a BT controller configured to receive a power state indication from a host processor of the BT device, the power state indication to indicate a power state corresponding to a power source being utilized by the BT device; and to control one or more BT activities of the BT device according to a BT communication scheme, the BT controller to configure the BT communication scheme based on the power state indication.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Prasanna Desai, David Birnbaum, Arnaud Pierres, Atsuo Kuwahara, Noam Ginsburg, Jacques Behar, Michael Shusterman, Yashodhara Devadiga, Izoslav Tchigevsky, Avihay Cohen, Guy Halperin
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Patent number: 12615655Abstract: Devices and methods of providing joint scheduling in a full-duplex LTE system are generally described. The UE measures intra-cell interference at the UE caused by a UL transmission from each intra-cell UE, calculates a ratio of the intra-cell interference over an average inter-cell interference, determines whether the intra-cell UE is an aggressor or non-aggressor based on whether the ratio exceeds a threshold, transmits at least some of the determinations to the eNB as feedback, and communicates with the eNB based on a schedule that is dependent on the feedback such that the UE is neither an aggressor nor is subject to interference from aggressors. The schedule may also be based on wideband CQI feedback based on a ratio of an average overall DL interference plus noise over the average inter-cell interference plus noise and/or subband. CQI feedback based on SINR measurements.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Shu-Ping Yeh, Jingwen Bai, Sung-En Chiu, Ping Wang, Feng Xue, Yang-Seok Choi, Shilpa Talwar
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Patent number: 12603728Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include a transceiver and a processor. The WTRU may be configured to receive one or more downlink signals. The WTRU may be configured to receive configuration information indicating time and frequency resources for transmission of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK). The configuration information may indicate a first sequence. The WTRU may be configured to determine a set of sequences to be used in response to the receipt of the one or more downlink signals. The set of sequences may be determined based on the indicated first sequence. The WTRU may be configured to send a second sequence from the set of sequences in the time and frequency resources to indicate HARQ-ACK. The second sequence may be selected based on a number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions associated with the indicated HARQ-ACK.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Nazli Khan Beigi, Jonghyun Park, Paul Marinier, Moon Il Lee, Oumer Teyeb
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Patent number: 12604225Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a control message that indicates a first resource for a first channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) and a second resource for a second CSI-RS, where the first resource may be associated with first CSI for half-duplex operations and the second resource may be associated with second CSI for full-duplex operations. The UE may receive at least one of the first CSI-RS or the second CSI-RS and measure at least one of the first CSI-RS or the second CSI-RS to obtain first CSI for the half-duplex operations and second CSI for the full-duplex operations. In response to obtaining the first CSI and the second CSI, the UE may transmit at least one measurement report that includes the first CSI and the second CSI.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2023Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Peter Gaal