Patents Examined by Peter G Solinsky
  • Method and apparatus for configuring default beam in wireless communication systems
    Patent number: 11533747
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinhyun Park, Taehyoung Kim, Hoondong Noh, Youngrok Jang, Hyoungju Ji
  • Scalable and reliable multicast protocols
    Patent number: 11528585
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transmitting multicast information over a network, such as a wireless local area network (WLAN). A source device may transmit a multicast and a request for feedback to a plurality of sink devices. The sink devices may transmit feedback based on whether they successfully decoded the multicast. The source device may retransmit the multicast (or a portion thereof) based on the feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guoqing Li, Yong Liu, Jarkko L. Kneckt, Tianyu Wu, Lawrie Kurian, Tashbeeb Haque, Leor Kehaty, Yoel Boger, Koby Vainapel
  • Method and base station for transmitting downlink control information, and user equipment, apparatus, and storage medium for receiving downlink control information
    Patent number: 11528740
    Abstract: A base station and a user equipment may determine whether to determine a start symbol value representing a start symbol of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the basis of a reference point which is different from the start of a slot allocated for the PDSCH of a cell and is based on the subcarrier spacing of the cell and the subcarrier spacing of a scheduling cell for the cell. The base station/user equipment may transmit/receive, through the scheduling cell, the DCI including symbol information on the start symbol value for the PDSCH on the basis of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunho Lee, Duckhyun Bae, Seonwook Kim
  • Physical uplink shared channel PUSCH transmission method and apparatus
    Patent number: 11528697
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a MPDCCH, where the MPDCCH includes a quantity of repeated sending times of the MPDCCH and timing indication information; determining a time domain location of a first subframe based on the quantity of repeated sending times of the MPDCCH, where the first subframe is the last subframe that carries the MPDCCH; determining a time domain location of a second subframe based on the timing indication information and the time domain location of the first subframe, where the second subframe is a start subframe that carries a PUSCH corresponding to the MPDCCH, a resource allocation granularity of the PUSCH corresponding to the MPDCCH is a target resource unit, and a quantity of subcarriers occupied by the target resource unit in frequency domain is less than or equal to 12; and sending, in the second subframe, the PUSCH corresponding to the MPDCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yue Zhao, Zheng Yu, Xingqing Cheng
  • Control channel monitoring based on sub-carrier spacing
    Patent number: 11528105
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for supporting control channel monitoring based on sub-carrier spacing (SCS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Huilin Xu, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Aamod Khandekar
  • Timer parameter handling with sidelink downlink control information
    Patent number: 11528739
    Abstract: A wireless device receives, before a scheduled sidelink transmission via a resource of one or more resources of a sidelink resource pool of a cell, a downlink control information (DCI). The DCI indicates switching from a first bandwidth part of the cell to a second bandwidth part of the cell as an active bandwidth part. In response to the DCI: the second bandwidth part is activated after a delay from the reception of the DCI; the scheduled sidelink transmission via the resource of the one or more resources is dropped; and monitoring physical sidelink control channels for sidelink control information is skipped during the delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Yunjung Yi, Hua Zhou, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hyukjin Chae, Bing Hui
  • User terminal and radio communication method
    Patent number: 11528737
    Abstract: To appropriately generate HARQ-ACK codebook even when transmission timings of delivery confirmation signals are configured flexibly, a user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits a delivery confirmation signal for a downlink shared channel, based on downlink control information used for scheduling the downlink shared channel, and a control section that determines codebook for the delivery confirmation signal, based on at least one of a transmission slot of the delivery confirmation signal and an uplink control channel resource for the delivery confirmation signal that are indicated by the downlink control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Shaozhen Guo
  • Method and device for creating bi-directional segment routing tunnel and storage medium
    Patent number: 11528220
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, device and storage medium for creating a bi-directional segment routing (SR) tunnel, the method includes: carrying out capability negotiation for whether to support creation of a bi-directional SR tunnel by messaging during a process in which a first network element establishes a session with a second network element; and if support, sending, by the first network element, an SR tunnel create message carrying a bi-directional flag bit to the second network element so that the second network element is capable of determining, in accordance with the bi-directional flag bit, whether a bi-directional tunnel or a unidirectional tunnel is to be created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuangping Zhan
  • Supporting a large number of devices in wireless communications
    Patent number: 11516701
    Abstract: A method for receiving a backoff value at a wireless station is presented. A traffic indication map is received at the station, wherein a backoff number is implicitly assigned to the station based on a position of the station within the traffic indication map. The backoff value is determined by multiplying the backoff number by a predetermined time value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Wang, Lei Wang, Sudheer A. Grandhi, Guodong Zhang
  • Local port managing method and device, packet-oriented data network, digital storage media, and computer program product
    Patent number: 11516250
    Abstract: A method for managing local ports in a packet-oriented data network is proposed, wherein packets are assigned to a selected local port, and assignment of a local port is controlled based on observation of transmission on the network. The invention also relates to a local port managing device, a packet-oriented data network, a digital storage media, and a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tomas Malecek, Pavel Novotny, Martin Plsek
  • Hierarchical hybrid automatic repeat request for multi-level coding
    Patent number: 11515968
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The following relates more specifically to hierarchical hybrid automatic repeat request (HARM) for multi-level coding with multi-level sequential demodulation and decoding and code block grouping per decoding level. A user equipment (UE) may receive, during a first time period, a transmission from a base station including a first and second code block group (CBG) with codeblocks associated with a first and second decoding level. The UE may fail to decode the first CBG, may not decode the second CBG, may store post processing samples for the second CBG, and may transmit a feedback message to the base station. The base station may retransmit the first CBG and new data on the second CBG in a second time period. The UE may decode the first CBG and use the post processing samples to decode the second CBG from the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Levitsky, Assaf Touboul, Daniel Paz
  • Determination of application delay value of minimum scheduling offset limit
    Patent number: 11516831
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for determining an application delay value of a minimum scheduling offset limit in a wireless communication system. In the method, when DCI including information notifying a change in a minimum scheduling offset limit value in slot n of a scheduling cell is received, the changed minimum scheduling offset limit value is applied in slot n+X of the scheduling cell. Here, the X value may be determined on the basis of two parameters such as Y and Z, wherein the Y value is a minimum scheduling offset limit value applied to a scheduled cell scheduled by the DCI, and the Z value is a value determined in advance according to a subcarrier interval of the scheduling cell. In addition, the Z value may be increased by 1 according to the temporal position at which the DCI is received in the slot n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Joonkui Ahn
  • Downlink control information transmission method, terminal device and network device
    Patent number: 11516836
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a downlink control information (DCI) transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes receiving, by a terminal device, first DCI sent by a network device; and parsing, by the terminal device, the first DCI according to a DCI format of the first DCI and configuration information. The configuration information corresponds to the DCI format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanan Lin
  • URLLC HARQ processes
    Patent number: 11509426
    Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters indicating: a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of a cell; a subset of the plurality of HARQ processes; and a HARQ process identifier offset. A downlink control information (DCI) comprising a first HARQ process identifier and a resource assignment is received. The first HARQ process identifier indicates a HARQ process in the subset of the plurality of HARQ processes. A second HARQ process identifier is determined based on the first HARQ process identifier and the HARQ process identifier offset. The second HARQ process identifier indicates a second HARQ process of the plurality of HARQ processes. Based on the resource assignment, a transport block of a HARQ buffer associated with the second HARQ process is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Alireza Babaei, Esmael Dinan, Yunjung Yi, Hua Zhou, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Kai Xu, Youngwoo Kwak, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Nazanin Rastegardoost
  • Wireless communication method and device
    Patent number: 11510177
    Abstract: A wireless communications method and device are provided. The method and device lower bit overheads and reduce the complexity of terminal processing in the sending of a synchronization signal (SS) block. The method includes determining that a first indication field in a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH) included in a first SS block is used to indicate a physical resource block (PRB) grid offset between channels or signals of an SS block and a non-SS block or indicate resource information of a second SS block. The method further includes sending the first SS block, wherein when it is determined that the first indication field is used to indicate the resource information of the second SS block, the first indication field in the first SS block indicates the resource information of the second SS block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Hai Tang, Zhi Zhang
  • Method and apparatus for grant free based data transmission in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11509424
    Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) is provided. The communication method includes intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. This disclosure provides a grant-free-based data transmission method and apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungjin Park, Jinyoung Oh, Hyunseok Ryu, Jonghyun Bang, Cheolkyu Shin, Jeongho Yeo
  • Method for transmitting or receiving downlink data and device therefor
    Patent number: 11510231
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for receiving downlink data by a terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method may comprise: receiving, in a first transmission time interval (TTI), downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling the downlink data repeatedly transmitted in a plurality of TTIs; obtaining rate matching information for the downlink data from the DCI; and receiving the downlink data in the first TTI and a second TTI subsequent to the first TTI on the basis of the rate matching information, wherein the first TTI and the second TTI are included in the plurality of TTIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyuhwan Kwak, Seungmin Lee, Hyunho Lee
  • Backhaul dynamic link distance
    Patent number: 11503479
    Abstract: A method for providing backhaul dynamic link distance for backhaul is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes propagating, by a network owner, a configured link distance parameter as part of beacon; using, by a mesh node joining the network, the configured link distance parameter for backhaul to set slot-time and Acknowledgement (ACK)/Clear To Send (CTS) timeout values before joining the network; wherein the configured link distance parameter for backhaul is part of a backhaul network profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.
    Inventor: Gaurav Kumar
  • Method for transmitting and receiving data in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 11503579
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for a terminal to receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a wireless communication system supporting a narrow band-internet of things (NB-IoT). Specifically, the terminal receives a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including first downlink control information (DCI) from a base station and receives a first PDSCH on the basis of the first DCI. Here, the first PDSCH may include indication information indicating whether a multi transport block is scheduled. The terminal receives a plurality of PDSCHs from the base station, wherein at least one PDSCH of the plurality of PDSCHs may be received without receiving a separate DCI according to the indication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seokmin Shin, Seunggye Hwang, Seonwook Kim, Changhwan Park, Hanjun Park, Joonkui Ahn, Suckchel Yang
  • Timing threshold for cross-carrier scheduling with different subcarrier spacings
    Patent number: 11490410
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, on a first carrier having a first subcarrier spacing (SCS), a scheduling indication via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling a downlink transmission on a second carrier having a second SCS. The UE may process the downlink transmission on the second carrier based at least in part on a delay between the PDCCH and the scheduled downlink transmission and a timing threshold having a basic term and an adjustment term. For example, the basic term may be based at least in part on a minimum delay between the PDCCH and the scheduled downlink transmission, and the adjustment term may be based at least in part on a processing time due to a difference between the first SCS and the second SCS. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Huilin Xu, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Peter Gaal, Aamod Khandekar, Yuanning Yu, Ruhua He, Alexandros Manolakos, Tao Luo, Hongsan Sheng, Yan Zhou