Patents Examined by Peter G Solinsky
  • Patent number: 11849452
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes an example related to the signal field of the wireless LAN system. For example, a transmission/reception physical protocol data unit (PPDU) includes a first control signal field, and the first control signal field includes information related to a plurality of transmission modes which are related to SU, OFDMA, full bandwidth MU-MIMO, NDP, etc. The second control signal field of the transmission/reception PPDU may include various common fields and user specific fields configured based on a transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongguk Lim, Jinyoung Chun, Jinsoo Choi, Eunsung Park
  • Patent number: 11843462
    Abstract: This application provides a method for generating hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ information and an apparatus. The method includes: A terminal device receives a first message sent by a network device. The first message is used to indicate that there is a bandwidth part BWP combination in a cell, the BWP combination includes an active BWP, and the BWP corresponds to a set of unified parameters. The terminal device generates HARQ information based on the unified parameters corresponding to the BWP combination. This application provides a method for generating HARQ information when there are a plurality of active BWPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiehua Xiao, Jinlin Peng, Zhenfei Tang
  • Patent number: 11843970
    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: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Wang, Lei Wang, Sudheer A. Grandhi, Guodong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11844109
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for restricting autonomous uplink transmissions by a wireless device in a wireless communication system such that wireless devices performing autonomous uplink transmissions can coexist with wireless devices performing scheduled uplink transmissions in a cell requiring Listen-Before-Talk (LBT). In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises receiving, from a radio access node, an indication of which subframes belong to a same channel occupancy within a cell that requires LBT and restricting performance of autonomous uplink transmissions by the wireless device based on the indication of which subframes belong to the same channel occupancy. By restricting autonomous uplink transmissions in this manner, the wireless device can coexist with scheduled wireless devices in the same cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Reem Karaki
  • Patent number: 11844095
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting or receiving HARQ-ACK information in a wireless communication system. A method for transmitting HARQ-ACK information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration information related to an ACK/negative ACK (NACK)-based HARQ-ACK report for a multi-cast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or second PUCCH configuration information related to an NACK-only-based HARQ-ACK report for the multi-cast PDSCH for each one or more uplink bandwidth parts (BWPs) configured for a terminal; receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling of a first multi-cast PDSCH; receiving the first multi-cast PDSCH from the base station on the basis of the DCI; and transmitting, to the base station, first HARQ-ACK information for the first multi-cast PDSCH on a first PUCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youngdae Lee, Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 11844035
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for signal detection. The method comprises: a terminal receives system configuration information of a second transmission point sent by a first transmission point; the terminal performs downlink signal detection on the second transmission point according to the system configuration information of the second transmission point. The terminal in embodiments of the present invention can obtain the system configuration information of the second transmission point from the first transmission point, thereby reducing the complexity of signal detection on the second transmission point by the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai Tang
  • Patent number: 11844090
    Abstract: A minimum scheduling offset value (Kmin value) between scheduling DCI and a corresponding data communication can be determined based on an indication from a network and a channel processing capability. Particular scheduling DCI scheduling a particular corresponding data communication can be received. A determination can be made regarding whether the determined Kmin value is applicable to the particular scheduling DCI and the particular corresponding data communication. In response to determining the determined Kmin value is applicable to the particular scheduling DCI and the particular corresponding data communication, the particular corresponding data communication can be communicated with the network such that the offset between the particular scheduling DCI and the particular corresponding data communication is at least the determined Kmin value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hossein Bagheri, Vijay Nangia, Hyejung Jung, Robert T. Love
  • Patent number: 11838135
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In one example, a method includes receiving signaling from a base station to activate a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration for transmission between the base station and the UE, and receiving a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARM) timing for downlink transmissions based at least in part on the SPS configuration being activated. In another example, the method includes establishing a connection with a base station using a component carrier (CC), the CC having a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs), receiving signaling that indicates an SPS configuration or other types of pre-configured resources associated with at least a first BWP of the plurality of BWPs and transmitting or receiving using at least the first BWP according to the SPS configuration or other types of pre-configured resources associated with at least the first BWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wanshi Chen, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo, Tao Luo, Heechoon Lee, Linhai He
  • Patent number: 11838133
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving HARQ-ACK information in a wireless communication system and a device therefor are disclosed. Specifically, a method of transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), HARQ-ACK information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving first downlink control information (DCI) based on a first control resource set group and second DCI based on a second control resource set group; determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for a transmission of the HARQ-ACK information; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK information based on the determined PUCCH resource, wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are indexed based on (i) an index of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) related monitoring occasion, (ii) a cell index, and (iii) an index associated with each control resource set group, and wherein the PUCCH resource is determined based on a last DCI among the first DCI and the second DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Suckchel Yang, Jiwon Kang, Seonwook Kim, Hyunho Lee
  • Patent number: 11838910
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may determine a first set of resources for communications over a sidelink communication link between the first UE and a second UE. The first UE may transmit, to the second UE via the sidelink communication link, a first sidelink control information including a reverse sidelink scheduling indicator based on determining the first set of resources. The first UE may additionally transmit, to the second UE via the sidelink communication link, a second sidelink control information indicating a second set of resources for reverse sidelink transmissions from the second UE to the first UE over the sidelink communication link, where transmitting the second sidelink control information is based on transmitting the first sidelink control information. The first UE may receive, from the second UE, a reverse sidelink message in response to transmitting the second sidelink control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lik Hang Silas Fong, Jing Sun, Piyush Gupta, Xiaojie Wang
  • Patent number: 11838899
    Abstract: A method of a UE in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access is provided. The UE comprises: receiving, from a BS over a first downlink channel, a SS/PBCH block; determining a transmission window in which the received SS/PBCH block is located; determining whether a CORESET for Type0-PDCCH CSS is present based on the received SS/PBCH block; determining a parameter for a QCL assumption of candidate SS/PBCH blocks within the transmission window; determining a group of QCLed candidate SS/PBCH blocks within the transmission window based on the determined parameter for the QCL assumption; determining a group of slots including the Type0-PDCCH CSS, wherein each slot of the group of slots corresponds to a candidate SS/PBCH block within the group of QCLed candidate SS/PBCH blocks; and receiving, over a second downlink channel, at least one Type0-PDCCH based on the determined groups of slots including the Type0-PDCCH CSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongbo Si, Yingzhe Li
  • Patent number: 11831447
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving HARQ-ACK information in a wireless communication system and a device therefor are disclosed. Specifically, a method of transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), HARQ-ACK information in a wireless communication system, the method comprising receiving configuration information related to a plurality of control resource sets; receiving first downlink control information (DCI) based on the first control resource set and second DCI based on the second control resource set via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and transmitting the HARQ-ACK information based on the determined PUCCH resource, wherein an order of the first DCI and the second DCI is determined based on (i) an index of a monitoring occasion related to the PDCCH, (ii) a cell index, and (iii) an index of each control resource set pool, wherein the PUCCH resource is determined based on a last DCI among the first DCI and the second DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Suckchel Yang, Jiwon Kang, Seonwook Kim, Hyunho Lee
  • Patent number: 11832274
    Abstract: Control signaling mechanisms are provided to support data transmissions to or from a user equipment (UE) in an inactive state. In some embodiments, a UE in an inactive state receives DCI including: a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) that is specific to a group of UEs, the group of UEs including the UE; and a resource assignment for a data transmission to the UE. The data transmission is then received on a physical shared channel. In further embodiments, a UE in an inactive state receives DCI including: a CRC scrambled by a paging RNTI; and a resource assignment for a paging message to the UE. A data transmission is received by the UE in the paging message or in a further transmission that is scheduled by the paging message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Javad Abdoli, Sanjeewa Herath
  • Patent number: 11832313
    Abstract: A wireless LAN system according to the present disclosure includes: a wireless LAN base station (AP); and a plurality of wireless LAN terminals (STA) that perform uplink multi-user communication with the wireless LAN base station (AP). The wireless LAN base station (AP) transmits a trigger frame to allocate a predetermined resource unit, the trigger frame including a terminal ID that specifies a wireless LAN terminal (STA) before association among the plurality of wireless LAN terminals (STA), to the plurality of wireless LAN terminals (STA). The wireless LAN terminal before the association (STA) selects, when the terminal ID that specifies the wireless LAN terminal before the association (STA) is included in the trigger frame, the predetermined resource unit and transmits uplink data to the wireless LAN base station (AP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leonardo Lanante, Yuhei Nagao, Hiroshi Ochi
  • Patent number: 11832243
    Abstract: Provided are a data transmission method for ultra low-latency, highly-reliable communication in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor. A method for transmitting data in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information relating to the number of repeated transmissions with respect to uplink data; configuring a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCH) corresponding to the number of repeated transmissions, wherein the uplink data is likewise mapped to the plurality of PUSCH; and sequentially transmitting the plurality of PUSCH in a single slot, wherein the plurality of PUSCH comprises a first PUSCH and a second PUSCH, and a first frequency resource for the transmission of the first PUSCH and a second frequency resource for the transmission of the second PUSCH can be changed so as to differ from one another in the single slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: UUCOM CO., LTD
    Inventor: Su Han Choi
  • Patent number: 11832281
    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: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Hai Tang, Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11824705
    Abstract: Disclosed are a radio resource configuration method and apparatus, a user equipment and a network element. The radio resource configuration method includes that: a user equipment (UE) receives a message of a radio resource configuration from a first signaling radio bearer (SRB) of a first radio access technology (RAT), where the message carries information of a first configuration, and the first configuration is a configuration of a radio resource of the first RAT; and when the UE fails to configure the radio resource of the first RAT according to the information of the first configuration, the UE sends a response message of the radio resource configuration to indicate that the radio resource configuration of the first RAT fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xin Wang, He Huang
  • Patent number: 11824813
    Abstract: A control channel can schedule a DL data transmission for a BWP, allocate a set of RBs corresponding to the scheduled DL data, and indicate a first PRB bundling size for the scheduled DL data transmission. A transmitted DL data transmission can be based on each RB of a first PRG having a same precoding applied as other RB of the PRG. The first PRG can partition the BWP with the first PRB bundling size. The second PRG can partition the BWP with a determined second PRB bundling size. A CSI report including the calculated CSI can be received on an UL channel. CSI can be calculated based on at least one DMRS associated with the DL data transmission and based on each RB of a second PRG having a same precoding applied as other RBs of the second PRG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hossein Bagheri, Hyejung Jung, Vijay Nangia
  • Patent number: 11825510
    Abstract: Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. According to the present disclosure, a method of a terminal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving downlink control information (DCI); confirming whether the DCI is uplink DCI for an uplink or downlink DCI for a downlink; and transmitting, through an uplink control channel or an uplink data channel, uplink control information (UCI) according to the confirmation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunseok Ryu, Jaewon Kim, Jeehwan Noh, Hyukmin Son, Hyunkyu Yu, Hyunil Yoo
  • Patent number: 11818736
    Abstract: Aspects of the present application provide methods and device for use in User Equipment (UE) cooperation. UE cooperation may include the cooperating UEs (CUEs) forwarding traffic to or from one or more target UEs (TUEs) with redundant signal transmissions or receptions. Methods involve a base station transmitting configuration information to at least one cooperative user equipment (CUE) and to a target user equipment (TUE). The configuration information includes an indication of resources for a sidelink (SL) transmission and a redundancy parameter for the SL transmission. The SL transmission is a transmission for the at least one CUE to forward a packet intended for the TUE. The base station also transmits the packet intended for the TUE, to a plurality of UEs comprising the at least one CUE and the TUE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liqing Zhang, Jianglei Ma, Hua Xu, Seyedarvin Ayoughi