Patents Examined by Mohammad S. Adhami
  • Patent number: 11570793
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more network nodes of a wireless telecommunications network to schedule intermittent connectivity of multiple narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) devices with the network. The network node(s) can maintain a connectivity schedule that includes profiles for NB-IoT devices and cause the multiple NB-IoT devices to connect to the network in accordance with the schedule at different times based on priority levels associated with the NB-IoT devices. The network node(s) can adjust the connectivity schedule in response to detection of a condition of the network or the NB-IoT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Venson Shaw
  • Patent number: 11564123
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein allow integration of TSN and wireless systems (e.g. 5G systems) by forming a virtual bridge over the wireless system. A two-level scheduling scheme is provided, where data is mapped into separate virtual queues based on the respective priority of the data. Each virtual queue is given a permission to allocate transmission resources (e.g. timeslots) at certain windows in accordance with a schedule. During each window, transmission resources are then allocated for the respective queue from a set of transmission resources. By applying two levels of scheduling (scheduling when to schedule), different scheduling rules can be applied for different priority data (different virtual queues). In addition, higher priority data can be scheduled with a higher priority (e.g. before the scheduling of lower priority data). This allows minimum performance criteria for certain types of data (certain Quality of Service data flows) to be guaranteed across the wireless system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Adnan Aijaz
  • Patent number: 11558881
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for a radio receiver or transceiver of a first access node. The apparatus is configured to perform the following. Upon receiving data via at least one antenna, the apparatus performs resource mapping on the received data based on scheduling information defining currently allocated uplink time-frequency resources to isolate at least a first data set corresponding to non-allocated uplink time-frequency resources. The apparatus compares the first data set against one or more first pre-defined criteria for detecting interference. In response to detecting interference in the first data set according to said one or more first pre-defined criteria, the apparatus instructs a scheduler entity of the first access node to avoid scheduling uplink time-frequency resources affected by said interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Mikko Simonen, Toni Aleksi Levanen, Lasse Harju
  • Patent number: 11552738
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for operating a user equipment and a base station in a wireless communication system and devices for supporting the same. More specifically, the present invention provides various embodiments of methods by which a user equipment transmits an uplink signal to a base station and receives feedback information on the uplink signal in order to transmit and receive signals to and from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Duckhyun Bae, Yunjung Yi, Daesung Hwang, Inkwon Seo, Changhwan Park
  • Patent number: 11546909
    Abstract: The present application provides a power allocation method and device of an Internet of Vehicles system, wherein a multi-carrier technology is adopted for a side link of the internet of vehicles system, and the method comprises: allocating power for a data transmission of a sidelink according to a preconfigured priority criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Hai Tang, Huei-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11533662
    Abstract: A method for transmitting terminal capability information in a communication system supporting a plurality of carriers is provided. The method includes transmitting a control message including terminal capability information, wherein the terminal capability information includes at least one of an information element (IE) indicating whether to support a multi-bearer, an IE indicating whether to support a secondary cell group (SCG) bearer, or an IE indicating whether to support dual connectivity (DC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soeng-Hun Kim, Gert Jan Van Lieshout, Sang-Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 11528110
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus maybe a base station or a user equipment (UE). In an aspect, the apparatus may determine locations for a number of Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) symbols to be transmitted within a scheduling unit of a channel included in a slot or mini-slot based on a selection between a first set of predetermined DM-RS positions and a second set of predetermined DM-RS positions. The apparatus may transmit the number of DM-RS symbols in the scheduling unit based on the determined locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Jae Won Yoo, Hari Sankar, Yi Huang, Wanshi Chen, Juan Montojo, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 11516864
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus relating to local area data network connectivity. In certain aspects, a method for use by a network device includes determining a set of available local area data networks (LADNs) for a user equipment (UE) based on a subscription of the UE to a set of data network names (DNNs) corresponding to the set of available LADNs and sending the UE information indicative of the set of available LADNs and a location of availability corresponding to each of the LADNs of the set of available LADNs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stefano Faccin, Haris Zisimopoulos, Lenaig Genevieve Chaponniere, Hong Cheng
  • Patent number: 11516784
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) bits in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system. A method includes receiving a configuration of a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells being associated with one or more transport blocks; arranging HARQ-ACK bits for the plurality of cells, based on an order of cell indexes and an order of transport block indexes; encoding the arranged HARQ-ACK bits; and transmitting, to a node B, the encoded arranged HARQ-ACK bits in the PUSCH. 2 HARQ-ACK bits for a cell configured with 2 transport blocks are included in the arranged HARQ-ACK bits. The arranged HARQ-ACK bits are encoded by a (32, O) block code in case that a number of the arranged HARQ-ACK bits is 3, O being the number of the arranged HARQ-ACK bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Aris Papasakellariou, Young-Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 11502792
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of decoding, by a user equipment, a downlink signal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving a semi-persistent zero power-channel state information reference signal (SP ZP CSI-RS) resource configuration from a base station; and decoding a downlink signal according to the SP ZP CSI-RS resource configuration. The SP ZP CSI-RS resource configuration includes a plurality of SP ZP CSI-RS resources and information on whether or not each of a plurality of the SP ZP CSI-RS resources is used can be indicated or configured by the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kunil Yum, Jiwon Kang, Jonghyun Park, Hyungtae Kim
  • Patent number: 11490397
    Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein for adjusting the conduct of routine communications of safety messages in V2X networks in order to conserve resources in participating power-limited devices while satisfying V2X system latency demands. Scheduling (e.g., timing and/or frequency) of safety message communications performed by certain UE devices participating in a V2X network may be dynamically adjusted according to various criteria, such as factors relating to the DRX cycle schedule, motion or mobility, traffic environment, and/or battery or power capabilities of the UE devices, which may conserve UE resources and power consumption. Certain UE devices may efficiently transmit safety messages to the V2X network using one of several proposed RACH-based procedures. In some embodiments, the size of safety message communications may be reduced through various compression techniques, and/or by reducing the amount of contained information, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wanping Zhang, Sachin J. Sane, Faraz Faheem, Wei Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Haitong Sun, Yuqin Chen, Haijing Hu, Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 11490399
    Abstract: A scheduling request (SR) configuration method and sending method, and a corresponding apparatus are provided, to resolve a prior-art problem of a scheduling request configuration method and sending method, and a corresponding apparatus. The scheduling request configuration method includes: receiving, by a user equipment (UE), control signaling sent by a network device, where the control signaling is used to configure, for the UE, an SR configuration associated with at least one logical channel and at least two SR resource configurations associated with the SR configuration, and the SR resource configurations indicate physical resources used to signal an SR associated with the at least one logical channel; and signaling, by the UE based on a physical resource indicated by one of the at least two SR resource configurations, an SR associated with one of the at least one logical channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haibo Xu, Xiao Xiao, Gaokun Pang, Jian Wang, Zhenzhen Cao
  • Patent number: 11483517
    Abstract: In described examples, a receiver includes a receiver input adapted to receive input data. A selector is coupled to an output of the receiver and is configured to generate a destination indication at an output of the selector. A switch is coupled to the receiver input. The switch is adapted to generate a first transmission at a switch local output in response to an indication of the selector output and the input data. The switch is further adapted to generate a second transmission at a switch system output in response to the input data. The switch local output is adapted to be coupled to a first destination node, and the switch system output is adapted to be coupled to a second destination node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Vijaya Ceekala, Xin Liu, David Rosselot
  • Patent number: 11483833
    Abstract: A beam failure recovery method and device are provided. The method includes: after a beam failure event or a beam failure recovery event is triggered, monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scrambled with a C-RNTI in a first CORESET for beam failure recovery; and/or monitoring a PDCCH scrambled with a C-RNTI in a second CORESET, where resources corresponding to the first CORESET are different from resources corresponding to the second CORESET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Chen, Yumin Wu, Jing Liang
  • Patent number: 11469834
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Hua Li, Manasa Raghavan
  • Patent number: 11470602
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Seigo Nakao, Akihiko Nishio, Daichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 11470532
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE), a communication system, and a handling method for handover failure are provided. The handover procedure of the UE from a source cell to one or more configured target cells fail. In the method, in response to the handover procedure failing, a cell selection procedure to select a suitable cell is performed, where the cell selection procedure is configured to perform a connection re-establishment procedure. Whether to continue the connection re-establishment procedure is determined according to a determining result of whether a suitable cell is one configured target cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung-Mao Lin, Nai-Lun Huang, Wan-Jung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11444916
    Abstract: A device implementing a dynamic local media access control (MAC) address assignment system may include at least one processor that is configured to initiate a link establishment with a network device. The at least one processor may be further configured to determine whether a previously assigned media access control (MAC) address is stored locally. The at least one processor may be further configured to transmit a message to the network device requesting validation of the previously assigned MAC address when stored locally. The at least one processor may be further configured to communicate using the previously assigned MAC address when the validation is received from the network device, otherwise communicating using a dynamically assigned MAC address received from the network device during the link establishment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Patricia Ann Thaler, Michael David Johas Teener
  • Patent number: 11438123
    Abstract: A method for implementing signaling detection includes: information for identifying a detection capability is determined based on a signaling detection capability supported by UE; and the information for identifying a detection capability is reported to a base station. Therefore, the UE can report the information for identifying a detection capability to the base station to enable the base station to configure a detection control parameter based on the signaling detection capability of the UE, such that success rate of signaling detection and the detection efficiency of the UE can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yajun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11432203
    Abstract: A method of managing a mobility state in a mobile telecommunication system, comprising the steps of: assigning a plurality of user equipments (UEs) to a group of UEs, wherein one of the plurality of UEs is a lead UE; determining a group mobility state based on certain parameters received from a base station (BS); and communicating the group mobility state to the other UEs in the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomasz Mach, Yue Wang