Patents Examined by Michael Wayne Maddox
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Patent number: 12681122Abstract: A method for obtaining an angle of departure (AOD) of a terminal, comprising: angle measuring signals are sent to a receiving terminal at a plurality of sending positions; corresponding phase information of the angle measuring signals, sent by the receiving terminal, of the plurality of sending positions is received; and the AOD of the sending terminal is obtained according to the phase information of the angle measuring signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.Inventor: Xiaowei Jiang
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Patent number: 12676715Abstract: An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform: receiving a group common downlink control information signal, where the group common downlink control information signal comprises at least one waveform switching indication bit; and determining, based upon the at least one waveform switching indication bit, information configured to be used for determining waveform switching.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2023Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Arman Ahmadzadeh, Amir Mehdi Ahmadian Tehrani, Nhat-Quang Nhan, Alessio Marcone, Marco Maso
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Patent number: 12671984Abstract: A network system includes a memory, and processing circuitry in communication with the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to identify, for each service provider network of a set of service provider networks, a network name associated with the service provider network, wherein two or more service provider networks of the set of service provider networks are associated with the same network name. Additionally, the processing circuitry is configured to append the network name corresponding to each service provider network of the set of service provider networks with a respective network identifier to generate a set of appended network names. Each appended network name of the set of appended network names may be different than each other appended network name of the set of appended network names. The processing circuitry is configured to output a network device corresponding to each service provider network of the set of service provider networks.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2023Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Assignee: Calix, Inc.Inventors: Xiaolei Zhang, Hylan Chen, Daniel J. Sills, Martin Casey
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Patent number: 12652555Abstract: A method for processing measurement gap pre-configuration is performed by a user equipment (UE), and includes: receiving measurement gap indication information, wherein the measurement gap indication information is configured to indicate whether the UE needs a measurement gap on a configured bandwidth part (BWP).Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wei Hong
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Patent number: 12648002Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit information identifying a monitoring capability. The UE may monitor, in accordance with the monitoring capability, a configured set of control channel elements (CCEs) for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) decoding for a scheduled cell of a set of scheduled cells, a scheduled cell, of the set of scheduled cells, being associated with a configured set of carrier indicator field values, the monitoring being based at least in part on at least one of a CCE budget, a PDCCH blind decode budget, or a downlink control information (DCI) size budget, the CCE budget or the PDCCH blind decode budget being on a per subcarrier spacing (SCS) configuration basis. The UE may decode DCI in one or more CCEs of the monitored configured set of CCEs. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kazuki Takeda, Peter Gaal, Jae Ho Ryu, Heechoon Lee
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Patent number: 12641638Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for enabling reuse, by a node in a basic service set (BSS), of a channel medium that is in use by devices of an overlapping BSS (OBSS) in a wireless local area network. A method of wireless communication performed by a first node includes the steps of obtaining, based on transmissions from other nodes in at least one of a BSS or an OBSS, network context information for a network environment around the first node, updating an OBSS packet detection (PD) threshold for spatial reuse (SR) based on the network context information, and performing, for a transmission to one of the other nodes in the BSS, an SR clear channel assessment (CCA) using the updated OBSS PD threshold for detection of packets transmitted by the nodes in the OBSS.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Abhishek Sehgal, Ahmed Atef Ibrahim Ibrahim, Hao Chen, Boon Loong Ng
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Patent number: 12641488Abstract: In a wireless local area network (LAN) system, a sensing session may comprise a first burst and a second burst. A transmitting STA may transmit a sensing negotiation frame to a receiving STA. The transmitting STA may transmit a first sensing polling frame, associated with the sensing participation intention of the receiving STA, to the receiving STA in the first burst. The transmitting STA may receive a first response signal, associated with the first sensing polling frame, from the receiving STA in the first burst. The transmitting STA may transmit a first sensing frame to the receiving STA in the first burst. The transmitting STA may transmit a feedback request signal to the receiving STA in the first burst. The transmitting STA may receive a feedback signal from the receiving STA in the first burst.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sanggook Kim, Jeongki Kim, Jinsoo Choi, Dongguk Lim, Insun Jang
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Patent number: 12634942Abstract: A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) and methods are disclosed for mitigating radar interference with uplink control channels may include receiving configuration information including a set of dedicated physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for scheduling requests (SRs), the set includes first PUCCH resources of an UL BWP, and second PUCCH resources of the UL BWP different from the first PUCCH resources. SRs are sent using the first PUCCH resources while the second PUCCH resources are suspended from use. The WTRU receives signaling from a network to suspend one or more of the first PUCCH resources, and unsuspend one or more of the second PUCCH resources. Thereafter, subsequent SRs are sent using only unsuspended PUCCH resources of the UL BWP and not the suspended PUCCH resources, in response to the received signaling from the network. Additional embodiment are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2023Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Joe Huang, Sudhir Pattar, Philip Pietraski, Tariq Elkourdi, Phillip Leithead, Daniel Steinbach, Jane Mack
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Patent number: 12628136Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for integrating wireless communication and wireless sensing. The method includes: transmitting, by a communication device, a wireless sensing signal in a target slot position related to a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of a wireless communication signal; and receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal in the case that a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal is ended.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shiqiang Suo, Qiusha Gong, Xin Su
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Patent number: 12627387Abstract: A method implemented by a communication system, including at least a first electronic device and a second electronic device, includes that the first electronic device plays multimedia content. The first electronic device sends first synchronization information through broadcast, so that the second electronic device receives the first synchronization information, where the first synchronization information includes at least a first address, and the first address is an obtaining address of the multimedia content. In response to a preset operation, the first electronic device establishes a near field wireless communication connection to the second electronic device, and the second electronic device caches the multimedia content based on at least the first address. The first electronic device sends a control instruction to the second electronic device by using the near field wireless communication connection. The second electronic device plays the multimedia content based on the control instruction.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Chong Chen, Shuo Zhang, Hao Wang, Songping Yao, Wenhao Jiang
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Patent number: 12628067Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for: access to a stand-alone non-public network (SNPN) by using credential owned by an entity separated from the SNPN; and support for an F1 interface therefor. User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system receives system information from the stand-alone non-public network (SNPN). The system information includes information about whether or not the SNPN supports underconfigured UE. The UE transmits a first registration request message to the SNPN, on the basis of the information about whether or not to support the underconfigured UE, and receives, from the SNPN, a registration reject message as a response to same. The registration reject message includes information about home SPs supported by the SNPN. The UE performs registration by selecting at least one home SP from which the UE desires to receive a service from among the home SPs supported by the SNPN.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seokjung Kim, Myungjune Youn, Jian Xu, Daewook Byun
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Patent number: 12621112Abstract: The present application relates to selecting one or more of activated transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for communications between a network and a user equipment. In an example, the network includes multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) with which the UE communications. An activated TCI state can be a unified downlink TCI state that applies to multiple downlink channels or a unified uplink TCI state that applies to multiple uplink channels, where this state has already been activated by the network for the UE. Based on a predefined set of rules or network-based signaling, the UE can determine for a downlink or uplink communication with the network, one or more of the activated TCI states to use to then perform the downlink or uplink communication with the network.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2023Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hong He, Ankit Bhamri, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng
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Patent number: 12610363Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) release message including suspend configuration information and configured grant-small data transmission (CG-SDT) configuration information, starting a timer related to a time alignment (TA) for CG-SDT based on the CG-SDT configuration information, identifying that criteria for a small data transmission (SDT) procedure is met, and in case that any configured grant (CG) occasion corresponding to a synchronization signal block (SSB) with a reference signal received strength (RSRP) above a threshold value is not available while the timer related to the TA for CG-SDT is running, and criteria for a random access-small data transmission (RA-SDT) procedure is met, performing the RA-SDT procedure.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Anil Agiwal
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Patent number: 12592747Abstract: An apparatus, comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions, the at least one memory and the instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause a user equipment to determine a first information characterizing a spatial separation of a radio cell associated with the user equipment with respect to at least two antenna panels of the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Ingo Viering, Irina-Mihaela Balan, Ahmad Awada, Guillaume Decarreau
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Patent number: 12568483Abstract: A method and a device for analyzing and/or visualizing a wireless communication by a user equipment, UE, are provided. The method includes receiving a log file which includes information on the wireless communication; and analyzing at least a part of the log file to determine: a number of uplink and/or downlink cells which were aggregated during the wireless communication, a numerology for each uplink and/or downlink cell. The numerology defines a number and/or a duration of time slots of the uplink and/or downlink cell, and a number of scheduled items of each uplink and/or downlink cell. Each scheduled item is assigned to at least one time slot of the uplink and/or downlink cell; and the method further includes displaying a scheduling view which shows the time slots of at least one of the number of uplink and/or downlink cells together with their assigned scheduled items in a graphical representation.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Juan Mo Song
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Patent number: 12563463Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may measure a layer 1 (L1) metric in a candidate cell associated with a layer 1 or layer 2 triggered mobility (LTM). The UE may determine that the L1 metric in the candidate cell satisfies a triggering event condition. The UE may transmit, to a network node, an L1 measurement report based at least in part on the L1 metric in the candidate cell satisfying the triggering event condition. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2023Date of Patent: February 24, 2026Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Tianyang Bai, Yan Zhou, Jelena Damnjanovic
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Patent number: 12563642Abstract: A base station management device is provided in the invention. The base station management device includes a Non-Real Time (Non-RT) Radio-Access-Network Intelligent Controller (RIC) and a management device. The Non-RT RIC communicates with applications through a first communication interface. The management device manages a plurality of base stations, communicates with the Non-RT RIC through a second communication interface, and registers a first application and a second application through the Non-RT RIC. The management device detects the plurality of base stations through the first application to determine whether to update the parameter information of the plurality of base stations through the second application.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 24, 2026Assignee: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Chih-Wei Su, Chen-chieh Tsai
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Patent number: 12543205Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication system includes a base station based on a communication standard and an allocation information generation device from the base station. The allocation information generation device comprises first and second generators. The first and the second generators output first and second allocation information until a first time elapses after an allocation request is received. The allocation information generation device transmits, to the base station, one of the first and the second allocation information which satisfies a constraint defined by the communication standard.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 3, 2026Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Haruka Obata, Toshihisa Nabetani, Kabuto Arai, Kosuke Tatsumura, Hayato Goto, Yoshisato Sakai
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Patent number: 12537581Abstract: A method for performing beamforming sounding feedback in a system-parameter-aware manner and associated apparatus are provided. The method applicable to a wireless transceiver device within a wireless communications system may include: checking a plurality of system parameters of the wireless communications system to generate a plurality of checking results of the plurality of system parameters, respectively, wherein any checking result among the plurality of checking results indicates a current value of a corresponding system parameter among the plurality of system parameters; modifying a first beamforming feedback matrix according to the plurality of checking results to generate a second beamforming feedback matrix; and sending beamforming sounding feedback information carrying the second beamforming feedback matrix to another device within the wireless communications system, for further processing of the other device.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Chun-Ting Lin, Pu-Hsuan Lin, Tsung-Hsuan Wu, Hung-Tao Hsieh, Yi-Cheng Huang, Li-Tien Chang
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Patent number: 12513613Abstract: A near real time RAN intelligent controller (near-RT RIC) dynamically selects an AMF for a UE by receiving over an E2 interface with a CU an AMF selection request in connection with a UE; generating, in response to the AMF selection request, an AMF selection; and sending to the CU over the E2 interface the AMF selection to cause the CU to initiate NGAP signaling with an AMF identified in the AMF selection.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: December 30, 2025Assignee: Radisys CorporationInventors: Rahul Sharma, Rajendra Prasad Kodaypak, Rajiv Gupta