Patents Examined by Mohammad S. Adhami
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Patent number: 12245273Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electronic device, communication method and storage medium in a wireless communication system. An electronic device on control device side is provided, the electronic device comprises a processing circuitry configured to: group a plurality of terminal devices based on data configuration characteristics of the plurality of terminal devices; determine a contention window for each group; and notify each of the plurality of terminal devices of the contention window associated therewith, such that each of the terminal devices is able to perform data transmission within the respective contention window in a contention-based manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Wei Chen, Xiaoyu Zhao, Xin Guo, Chen Sun
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Patent number: 12238696Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a grant that schedules multiple downlink communications, wherein the grant includes multiple start and length indicator values (SLIVs) that indicate respective time domain resource allocations (TDRAs) for the multiple downlink communications and a feedback timing indicator that indicates timing of uplink feedback communications for the multiple downlink communications. The UE may determine that there is a conflict between a timing of a first uplink feedback communication for a first downlink communication of the multiple downlink communications and a TDRA for a second downlink communication of the multiple downlink communications. The UE may adjust at least one of the TDRA for the second downlink communication or the timing of the first uplink feedback communication. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Qingjiang Tian, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Zhifei Fan, Tao Luo, Wooseok Nam, Ahmed Abdelaziz Ibrahim Abdelaziz Zewail
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Patent number: 12232100Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may start a timer or counter in connection with failing to transmit a feedback message at a time for which the feedback message is scheduled for transmission. The UE may defer transmission of the feedback message for one or more attempts at transmitting the feedback message. The UE may perform one of: transmitting the feedback message before expiration of the timer or before the counter satisfying a count threshold, or discarding the feedback message after expiration of the timer or in connection with the counter satisfying the count threshold. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yi Huang, Ahmed Elshafie, Wei Yang, Tingfang Ji
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Patent number: 12231182Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for radio link monitoring (RLM) for new radio (NR). Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Hua Li, Manasa Raghavan
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Patent number: 12219594Abstract: A control apparatus identifies a first communication requirement and identifies a second communication requirement which is an alternative candidate to the first communication requirement on the basis of a service requirement received from a user, identifies an amount of resource requested for the first communication requirement and the second communication requirement, notifies the user of information indicating the second communication requirement and information relating to the amount of the resource identified for each of the first communication requirement and the second communication requirement, receives a selection of the first communication requirement or the second communication requirement by the user, and executes control to secure the resource amount identified for the communication requirement selected by the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: KDDI CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeo Terabe, Shinobu Nanba, Tooru Kitayabu, Hayato Yoshida
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Patent number: 12218803Abstract: The invention refers to method, performed by a network optimization function associated with a wireless network (100), of forecasting performance issues associated with cells (106, 111, 116) in the wireless network, the method comprising: for each of a plurality of cells in the wireless network, obtaining (1210) first time-series data representing a plurality of key performance indicators, KPIs, at a first plurality of past time points; applying (1220) a multi-layer forecasting model to the first time-series data to determine second time-series data representing the plurality of KPIs for each of the plurality of cells at a second plurality of future time points; and based on the second time-series data, determining (1240) respective probabilities of occurrence for a respective plurality of different performance issues, associated with the plurality of cells, during one or more future time periods that include the second plurality of future time points; the method further refers to a corresponding network optiType: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Michal Horemuz, Philipp Frank, Raul Martin Cuerdo, Chin Lam Eng, Javier Rasines
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Patent number: 12219394Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing backhaul wireless services using a plurality of different Radio Access Technologies. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: determining a set of routes for the communication of data from a first wireless base station to a destination wireless base station over wireless backhaul communications links, the first wireless base station being an Integrated Access and Backhaul donor, receiving data of a first flow at the first wireless base station for communication to a first wireless user equipment device attached to the destination wireless base station; and selecting, at the first wireless base station, one or more of the routes of the set of routes from the first wireless base station to the destination wireless base station, the selection being based on multi-Radio Access Technology (multi-RAT) capability of wireless base stations of which a route is comprised.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLCInventors: Amitav Mukherjee, Ahmad Reza Hedayat
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Patent number: 12212449Abstract: Rapid failure detection and recovery in wireless communication networks is needed in order to meet, among other things, carrier class Ethernet transport channel standards. Thus, resilient wireless packet communications is provided using a hardware-assisted rapid transport channel failure detection algorithm and a Gigabit Ethernet data access card with an engine configured accordingly. In networks with various topologies, this is provided in combination with their existing protocols, such as rapid spanning tree and link aggregation protocols, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2024Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Aviat U.S., Inc.Inventors: Alain Hourtane, Sergio Licardie, Chaoming Zeng
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Patent number: 12199761Abstract: In a wireless local area network (LAN) system, a transmitting STA can encode at least one codeword on the basis of a plurality of data blocks. The transmitting STA can encode a second codeword on the basis of a first data block and a second data block that is continuous with the first data block, in response to a first data block transmission request signal from among the plurality of data blocks. The transmitting STA can transmit the encoded second codeword to a receiving STA.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jinmin Kim, Jeongki Kim, Jinsoo Choi
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Patent number: 12200721Abstract: A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information indicating or activating one of a plurality of sets, each of the plurality of sets containing a plurality of time offsets between a time unit receiving downlink control information and a time unit receiving a downlink shared channel scheduled by way of the downlink control information or transmitting an uplink shared channel scheduled by way of the downlink control information, and a control section that controls falling into a sleep state based on the set indicated or activated by the information.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
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Patent number: 12192878Abstract: A method for identifying alternate delivery endpoints for mobile originated data and monitoring reports in a communications network includes establishing, by a network exposure function (NEF) in a communications network, priority rules in a priority configuration database that define routing priority indicators corresponding to a plurality of applications functions (AFs) and receiving a service request or notification request message directed to one of the plurality of AFs from a consumer network function (NF) in the communications network. The NEF accesses a context database to validate context information associated with a destination AF belonging to the plurality of AFs. If the destination AF is unavailable or is not in proximity to the NEF, an event notification request message associated with the service request or notification request message is directed to a prioritized AF specified in the priority configuration database, wherein the prioritized AF is a peer of the destination AF.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Rajiv Krishan
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Patent number: 12193075Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes detecting triggering of a first random access channel (RACH) procedure running on a primary stack at the UE upon detection of a RACH trigger condition on the primary stack, while the UE is connected to at least one cell, detecting triggering of a second RACH procedure while the first RACH procedure is ongoing in the UE, wherein the second RACH procedure is different from the first RACH procedure, enabling a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) capability to initiate a secondary stack for handling the second RACH procedure, performing the first RACH procedure on the primary stack and the second RACH procedure on the secondary stack, simultaneously, and disabling the secondary stack upon successful completion of the second RACH procedure.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Raja Moses Manoj Kumar Eda
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Patent number: 12185093Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards embodiments are directed toward systems and methods for user plane function (UPF) and network slice load balancing within a 5G network. Example embodiments include systems and methods for load balancing based on current UPF load and thresholds that depend on UPF capacity; UPF load balancing using predicted throughput of new UE on the network based on network data analytics; UPF load balancing based on special considerations for low latency traffic; UPF load balancing supporting multiple slices, maintaining several load-thresholds for each UPF and each slice depending on the UPF and network slice capacity; and UPF load balancing using predicted central processing unit (CPU) utilization and/or predicted memory utilization of new UE on the network based on network data analytics.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2024Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.Inventors: Mehdi Alasti, Kazi Bashir, Ash Khamas, Ashish Bansal, Siddhartha Chenumolu
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Patent number: 12185336Abstract: A method and an apparatus for supporting multiple frequency assignments in a wireless communication system are provided. An operating method of a Mobile Station (MS) for supporting multicarrier transmission in a wireless communication system includes negotiating a multicarrier operation with a Base Station (BS) during a network entry procedure, when supporting a multicarrier operation mode with the BS, sending a first control message comprising information of every multicarrier configuration supported by the MS, to the BS, receiving a second control message comprising index information of one or more carriers assigned for the multicarrier operation from the BS, and searching for configuration information of carriers corresponding to indexes of the one or more carriers assigned from the BS for the multicarrier operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun-Jeong Kang, Jae-Hee Cho
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Patent number: 12177899Abstract: A method and a device for use in wireless communication nodes are disclosed in the present disclosure. A first node firstly performs channel listening to determine that K1 sub-bands out of K sub-bands are idle; and then transmits a first control information block and a second control information block on a first channel; the first channel occupies the K1 sub-bands of the K sub-bands; K1 repetitions of the first control information block are respectively transmitted by the K1 sub-bands, while the second control information block is transmitted only once on the first channel; the first control information block is used to indicate a sub-band occupied by the second control information block. The present disclosure categorizes UCI and transmits in different ways, so that different groups of UCI can be mutually indicated, thus enhancing the uplink transmission efficiency and performance on Unlicensed Spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Qi Jiang, Xiaobo Zhang
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Patent number: 12171009Abstract: Disclosed is a base station in which the frequency usage efficiency can be improved when the communication bandwidths are asymmetric in the uplink line and the downlink line. A base station can communicate by using a plurality of downlink unit bands and a smaller number of uplink unit bands. A control unit allocates uplink resource allocation information and downlink resource allocation information to a PDCCH which is arranged in each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates a response signal to the uplink line data to a PHICH which is arranged in the same number of downlink unit bands from the plurality of downlink unit bands as there are uplink unit bands. A transmit RF unit transmits the resource allocation information or the response signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2024Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Sun Patent TrustInventors: Seigo Nakao, Akihiko Nishio, Daichi Imamura
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Patent number: 12167387Abstract: Aspects relate to grouping sidelink carriers in a wireless communication network. A first wireless communication device, such as a user equipment (UE), may communicate with a base station on a cellular link utilizing a first set of first component carriers (CCs) in a particular frequency band. The UE may identify one or more first carrier groupings for the first set of first CCs with the base station. The UE may communicate with a second wireless communication device, such as a second UE, on a sidelink utilizing a second set of CCs within the same frequency band. The first UE may map at least one second CC to a respective corresponding first CC and apply the one more carrier groupings to the second set of CCs to generate one or more second carrier groupings based on the mapping.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Jung Ho Ryu, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Juan Montojo, Peter Gaal, Jelena Damnjanovic
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Patent number: 12160767Abstract: Various arrangements for performing cellular network slice assignment are detailed herein. A cellular network can be used to provide cellular network service to user equipment (UE) using a first slice of the cellular network. The cellular network can receive from the UE a request to transition to a different slice of the cellular network that provides a quality of service (QoS) parameter that is greater than the QoS on an original slice. The cellular network can determine that the UE is eligible to be moved to the different slice based on a location of the UE. Based on receiving the request to transition and the location of the UE, the UE can be reassigned to the different slice of the cellular network.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.Inventor: Premchand Chandran
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Patent number: 12156193Abstract: Systems, methods, and processing nodes for managing spectrum in a telecommunications network perform and/or comprise: determining that a first bandwidth part (BWP) on which a wireless device communicates with an access node at least partially overlaps with a second BWP, wherein the first BWP has a first numerology and the second BWP has a second numerology; and instructing the wireless device and the access node to multiplex a communication signal with an orthogonal code prior to transmitting the communication signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLCInventors: Nagi A. Mansour, Akin Ozozlu
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Patent number: 12156182Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for a multi-radio device (e.g., referred to as a wireless station (STA)) to utilize multiple virtual medium access control layers (vMACs) for concurrent operations using the radios. The vMACs may have different medium access control (MAC) addresses and may be designated for different operations that use the radios. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Ofer Hareuveni, Elad Oren, Johannes Berg