Patents Examined by Peter G Solinsky
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11818731
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may receive downlink control information scheduling, for a set of symbols of a slot, a plurality of physical downlink shared channels and associated intra-slot repetitions. The network node may communicate on the set of symbols of the slot, wherein the plurality of physical downlink shared channels and associated intra-slot repetitions do not collide with one or more semi-static uplink symbols of the set of symbols. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Abdelaziz Ibrahim Abdelaziz Zewail, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Qingjiang Tian
  • Patent number: 11817960
    Abstract: A wireless device receives radio resource control messages including configuration parameters, of a multicast and broadcast service (MBS), that include parameters of a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) indicating periodic radio resources, and at least one feedback indicator, for the SPS, indicating a feedback type from a plurality of feedback types. The feedback types include acknowledgement-negative acknowledgement feedback, negative acknowledgement only feedback, and disabled feedback. A downlink control information is received indicating an activation of the SPS. A transport block of the MBS is received via the periodic radio resources of the SPS. Based on the feedback indicator, feedback information for the transport block is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Yunjung Yi, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Jonghyun Park, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Hyukjin Chae, Kai Xu
  • Patent number: 11818686
    Abstract: A wireless device may receive configuration parameters indicating monitoring occasions of a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for receiving a first downlink control information (DCI). The first DCI may comprise: a paging early indication (PEI) indicating whether to monitor paging occasions for receiving a second DCI scheduling a paging message; and a tracking reference signal (TRS) availability indication indicating whether a TRS is available. In response to skipping monitoring the monitoring occasions for receiving the first DCI, the wireless device may: determine that the TRS is unavailable, and monitor the paging occasions. The wireless device may receive, via the paging occasions and using a synchronization signal block (SSB) based on the TRS being unavailable, the second DCI scheduling the paging message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Yunjung Yi, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Kai Xu
  • Patent number: 11818679
    Abstract: The present 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 present 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. There is provided a method and apparatus for data transport control between wireless network systems, the method comprises: determining, by a first node, whether a predetermined condition is satisfied; and transmitting, by the first node, at least one of data transport command information and user equipment access information when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Hong Wang, Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 11818713
    Abstract: A wireless device receives a sidelink control information (SCI) that may schedule a transport block and may also indicate a first repetition value. The wireless device may also receive a transport block via a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH). Based on a comparison of the first repetition value received via the SCI and a repetition threshold, the wireless device may determine to transmit an acknowledgment for the received transport block. The wireless device may then transmit the acknowledgment for the received transport block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Xu, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Alireza Babaei, Bing Hui, Kyungmin Park, Hyukjin Chae
  • Patent number: 11805533
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a notification of a change to multicast broadcast (MB) control information associated with at least one MB service to which the UE is subscribed, the MB control information being included in an MB control channel (MBCCH) scheduled by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication addressed to an MB radio network temporary identifier (MB-RNTI); and monitor one or more resources of the MBCCH to receive updated MB control information based at least in part on receiving the notification of the change to the MB control information. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Xipeng Zhu, Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Kazuki Takeda, Prasad Reddy Kadiri, Umesh Phuyal, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 11805513
    Abstract: A method that carries out uplink multiple access while reducing complexity in processing accompanying exchange of control information. A terminal device that performs uplink multiple access communication includes a reception unit that receives a frame including uplink multiple access connection information, a first autonomous decentralized control unit that instructs securing time of a wireless resource, and a second autonomous decentralized control unit that instructs securing time of a wireless resource after reception of a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information. The terminal device is instructed securing time of the wireless resource by the first autonomous decentralized control unit in a case that a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information is not received. Securing time of the wireless resource is instructed by the second autonomous decentralized control unit in a case that a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoki Yoshimura, Hiromichi Tomeba, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11805501
    Abstract: A method in a radio device of radio resource allocation for transmitting data on a plurality of communication carriers is provided. The method includes sensing on a first carrier and obtaining a first set of candidate radio resources for a first transmission on the first carrier, performing a first selection of one or a plurality of the candidate radio resources from the first set to be used for the first transmission, sensing on a second carrier and obtaining a second set of candidate radio resources for a second transmission on the second carrier, performing a second selection of one or a plurality of the candidate radio resources from the second set to be used for the second transmission, and performing the first selection and the second selection in dependency to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ricardo Blasco Serrano, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Marco Belleschi
  • Patent number: 11799591
    Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) for constructing a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook. The method comprises receiving physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) that convey respective downlink control information (DCI) formats, wherein each DCI format includes a counter field and a slot offset field, receiving physical downlink data channels (PDSCHs) that convey data transport blocks, detecting the DCI formats configuring the received PDSCHs, determining locations for HARQ-ACK bits in a HARQ-ACK codebook based on a value of the slot offset field and a value of the counter field in each detected DCI format, determining a time unit for transmission of the HARQ-ACK codebook based on a value of the slot offset field in each detected DCI format, and transmitting the HARQ-ACK codebook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Aris Papasakellariou
  • Patent number: 11799612
    Abstract: A UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure receives DCI through a PDCCH and transmits a HARQ-ACK report, and, based on DCI indicating a specific type codebook-based HARQ-ACK report for one-shot-based transmission of ACK/NACKs for all HARQ processes of serving cells and a UE being configured to report each new data indicator (NDI) bit through the specific type codebook-based HARQ-ACK report, even though spatial bundling is configured for a UE, may transmit a specific type codebook-based HARQ-ACK report without performing the spatial bundling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim