Patents Examined by Nathan S Taylor
  • Patent number: 11690037
    Abstract: Timing advance (TA) handling for sidelink (SL)-assisted positioning of a first user equipment (UE), comprises determining the first UE is configured to transmit an SL positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) to a second UE for the SL-assisted positioning. A guard period length can be determined based on a configuration of the first UE for transmitting the SL-PRS, where the guard period may comprise a period of time during which the SL-PRS is transmitted by the first UE. A message can be sent to a serving transmission reception point (TRP) of the first UE, where the message indicates the guard period and comprises a TA-related request. The TA-related request includes a request to postpone applying a TA command received by the first UE until after the guard period, or a request for the serving TRP not to send a TA command to the first UE during the guard period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jingchao Bao, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11683830
    Abstract: A user equipment and a method for scheduling a timeline for cancelling uplink (UL) transmission are provided. The method includes: transmitting a low priority UL channel scheduled by a first downlink control information (DCI) format; receiving a second DCI format scheduling a high priority UL channel; and cancelling transmission of the low priority UL channel and transmitting the high priority UL channel in response to determining that the high priority UL channel overlaps in time with the low priority UL channel, wherein a starting time of the high priority UL channel and an ending time of the second DCI format are separated by an offset greater than an absolute time duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventor: Hai-Han Wang
  • Patent number: 11683807
    Abstract: A method and a device for allowing a terminal to transmit a signal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, map first uplink control information (UCI) and second UCI to one specific uplink channel if a resource region for transmitting the first UCI and a resource region for transmitting the second UCI are overlapped in a time domain, and transmit the specific uplink channel. Particularly, the specific uplink channel comprises a first bit payload for the first UCI and a second bit payload for the second UCI, wherein the number of bits of the first bit payload and the number of bits of the second bit payload are determined on the basis of preset ratio information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunho Lee, Kyuhwan Kwak, Seungmin Lee, Daesung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11678288
    Abstract: A method and apparatus may include receiving, by a radio access network (RAN), at least one burst arrival time (BAT) parameter from at least one session management function (SMF). The method may further include determining, by the RAN, if at least one actual BAT is offset from the at least one received BAT parameter by at least one threshold. The method may further include setting, by the RAN, at least one BAT correction parameter based upon at least one offset time. The method may further include calculating, by the RAN, at least one new BAT parameter according to the one BAT correction parameter. The method may further include adjusting, by the RAN, at least one burst schedule based upon one or more of the at least one BAT correction parameter or the at least one new BAT parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Colin Kahn, Devaki Chandramouli
  • Patent number: 11665581
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data transmission method, related devices and system. The method includes: an upper layer transmits a data packet to a corresponding Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) entity, according to at least one of a network slice identifier, an SDAP identifier, a flow identifier or a session identifier; the SDAP entity adds the flow identifier to the data packet, and transmits the data packet with the flow identifier to a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity corresponding to a Data Radio Bearer (DRB), according to a corresponding relationship between the SDAP entity and the DRB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yumin Wu
  • Patent number: 11665660
    Abstract: A booming cell site is identified in a cloud native environment by retrieve an on-air base station from a site database, retrieve a timing advance distribution (TAD) key performance indicator data for a cell site served by the on-air base station from the list, determine a count of configured gaps for the cell site in the timing advance distribution key performance indicator data, determine a count of booming samples that lie beyond the configured count of gaps for the cell site based on the timing advance distribution key performance indicator data, determine a sum of the timing advance distribution key performance indicator data available for the cell site, and determine the percentage of booming cells based on the count of booming samples and the sum of the timing advance distribution key performance indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: RAKUTEN SYMPHONY SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Atul Singh Rajpoot, Sudeep Kumar Jain, Durgesh Rathore, Dharambir Bharti
  • Patent number: 11659468
    Abstract: An operation method of a first terminal may include: configuring a Uu access link with a base station, and receiving a first message from the base station, the first message including a relay RNTI for identifying the first terminal, a node address of the base station, and a RAP entity ID for identifying a RAP entity configured for the first terminal; configuring a relay link with a second terminal when communication with the base station is disconnected; requesting link switching by transmitting to the base station a second message via the second terminal, the second message including the relay RNTI, node address, and RAP entity ID; and receiving a response to the second message from the base station via the second terminal, and switching a link with the base station from the Uu access link to the relay link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Nam Suk Lee, Hee Sang Chung
  • Patent number: 11659377
    Abstract: A profile download method includes a primary device obtaining an embedded integrated circuit card identifier (EID) of a secondary device, where the EID is used by the primary device to obtain, from a mobile operator server, profile download information that matches the EID. The primary device receives the profile download information from the mobile operator server and sends the profile download information to the secondary device, where the profile download information is used by the secondary device to download a profile from a profile management server, and where the profile is installed in an embedded UICC (eUICC) of the secondary device after the download is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Li, Wen Liu, Chunlai Feng, Tao Li, Xiaolin Li, Xutao Gao, Wenhua Li
  • Patent number: 11659491
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support closed-loop transmit power control (TPC) for user equipment (UE) sidelink communications. TPC information may be provided, by a first UE receiving transmissions from a second UE, with respect to a sidelink implemented between the UEs. TPC information may be multiplexed with sidelink data traffic in a sidelink communication between UEs. The TPC information may include a TPC indicator and one or more TPC messages for providing TPC commands with respect to one or more sidelinks. The sidelink data traffic of some examples may include data-only traffic, such as semi-persistent scheduled (SPS) data traffic, that is decoupled from accompanying sidelink control information (SCI). Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lik Hang Silas Fong, Junyi Li, Xiaoxia Zhang, Piyush Gupta, Sony Akkarakaran
  • Patent number: 11647474
    Abstract: To calculate the propagation times of signals transmitted and received between the devices more easily and accurately. There is provided a wireless communication device comprising a control section configured to control transmission and reception of a wireless signal by an antenna in conformity with a designated communication standard, wherein the control section controls a timing of causing the antenna to transmit a second signal in response to a first signal received by the antenna, on a basis of fixed time and delay time related to internal transfer in the wireless communication device, the fixed time being decided in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masateru Furuta, Tadashi Fukagai, Yuki Kono, Yutaka Kubo
  • Patent number: 11641672
    Abstract: Adaptive energy detection (ED) threshold medium access is discussed based on deployment and traffic type. The network nodes sharing a shared communication network are configured with multiple discrete ED thresholds or a range of ED values. As a transmitting node prepares to attempt access to the shared communication spectrum, it identifies an access trigger condition within the network. Such a condition may include traffic type, deployment, or access conditions. In response to detecting an access trigger condition, the transmitting node may select an ED threshold associated with the access trigger condition. Alternatively, upon detection of the access trigger condition, the transmitting node may implement a random ED threshold from the candidate range of ED threshold values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Yisheng Xue, Marco Papaleo
  • Patent number: 11632776
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to receiving a timing adjustment (TA) command indicating to adjust timing for an uplink transmission in a time division, adjusting, by the UE and based on the TA command, the timing for the uplink transmission in the time division, and where the uplink transmission includes an overlapping portion that at least partially overlaps in time with a previous uplink transmission scheduled for transmission in a previous time division, due to the TA command, and a non-overlapping portion that does not at least partially overlap in time with the previous uplink transmission, refraining from transmitting the non-overlapping portion of the uplink transmission that is scheduled in the time division. Other aspects relate to transmitting the TA command and not receiving an overlapping uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Anthony Richard Morris
  • Patent number: 11627225
    Abstract: A system and method for programmatically managing device connectivity to a network that includes provisioning connectivity devices with an account of a communication platform, where for a set of the connectivity devices, provisioning includes uniquely associating network operating identifiers of each of the connectivity devices with a corresponding programmatic device resource in the communication platform, setting communication metering properties in a programmatic connectivity plan resource in the communication platform and associating the connectivity plan resource to at least a subset of the device resources of the connectivity devices, and activating network communication status of the connectivity devices; servicing communications from the connectivity devices; and programmatically managing the communications from the connectivity devices through at least the device resources and the connectivity plan resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Chetan Chaudhary, Evan Cummack, Brian Tarricone
  • Patent number: 11622365
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify that it is scheduled to transmit an uplink message during one or more symbols of a first transmission time interval (TTI) is scheduled to receive a downlink message during a second TTI subsequent to the first TTI. The UE may advance transmission of the uplink message in accordance with a timing advance (TA) value and a TA offset value, such that the timing advance offset value is zero. The UE may proceed to apply a transient power mitigation scheme to mitigate potential interference to reception of the downlink message during a transient power duration associated with turning off an uplink transmission chain used for transmitting the uplink message. In some examples, the transient power mitigation scheme may be applied based on the TA offset value being zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Tingfang Ji, Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Wanshi Chen, Huilin Xu, Renqiu Wang
  • Patent number: 11622366
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in a wireless communication system, a method of operation a terminal comprises a step of transmitting a buffer status report to a base station, wherein the buffer size of the buffer status report may include the size of at least one of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) header, a radio network control (RLC) header, and a medium access control (MAC) header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Kyu Baek, Hyun Jeong Kang, Jong Hyung Kwun
  • Patent number: 11606759
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless signal receiving device and method capable of making different adjustments for different kinds of wireless communication to configure the device itself adaptively. The device includes an analog-front-end receiving circuit and a media access control (MAC) and post-processing circuit. The analog-front-end receiving circuit receives a first (second) communication signal through first (second) wireless communication in a first (second) duration and then generates a first (second) reception signal according to the first (second) communication signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yi-Lin Li
  • Patent number: 11606734
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for supporting a user equipment (UE) handover of a target (T)-access and mobility management function (AMF) in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving a UE context creation request message from a source (S)-AMF, wherein the UE context creation request message includes packet data unit (PDU) session identifiers (ID) as a handover target and single (S)-network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) corresponding to each PDU session ID; determining whether the corresponding S-NSSAI is valid in the T-AMF; and sending, to a session management function (SMF), a PDU session update session management (SM) context request message only for a PDU session ID that corresponds to the S-NSSAI determined to be valid according to the determination result, out of the PDU session IDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangmin Park, Taehun Kim, Myungjune Youn, Hyunsook Kim, Jinsook Ryu
  • Patent number: 11582656
    Abstract: A method of handling invalid PDU session during handover procedure between non-3GPP access and 3GPP access in a mobile communication network is proposed. A UE establishes a PDU session over a first RAT, and then tries to handover the PDU session from the first RAT to a second RAT. However, at the network side, the PDU session over the first RAT does not exist anymore and the network considers the PDU session to be invalid. The network thus sends a PDU session establishment reject message back to the UE, with a 5GSM status message cause value #54 indicating “PDU session does not exist”. At the UE side, the PDU session over the first RAT is still valid (e.g., not inactive). In order to resynchronize with the network, the UE performs a PDU session release procedure to release the PDU session over the first RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MediaTek INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Huang-Fu, Chi-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11570823
    Abstract: An RO indication method and apparatus, an RO determination method and apparatus, a storage medium, a base station and a terminal are provided. The RO indication method includes: determining RO configuration information which includes at least one of followings: an association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively, and an association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles; and transmitting the RO configuration information to a UE. By the embodiments of the present disclosure, a network is able to determine an RO of a UE without considering influence caused by a maximum difference time of RTT and increasing an average waiting time for the UE to transmit a preamble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiangxin Gu
  • Patent number: 11570066
    Abstract: An approach to configure enterprise wireless mobile network slices. A method includes receiving slice definition information representative of a network slice, the slice definition information including an expected slice efficiency index of the network slice, provisioning the network slice, consistent with the slice definition information, in a wireless network, receiving telemetry corresponding to operational metrics of an instance of the network slice that is used by one or more devices in the wireless network, calculating an actual slice efficiency index for the instance of the network slice based on the telemetry corresponding to the operation metrics of the instance of the network slice, determining whether the expected slice efficiency index differs from the actual slice efficiency index by a predetermined threshold, and indicating a course of action to cause the actual slice efficiency index to more closely align with the expected slice efficiency index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Rajesh Indira Viswambharan, Girish Thimmalapura Shivanna, Mahaveer Jain