Patents Examined by Peter G Solinsky
  • Patent number: 11758558
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed including a receiver that receives a downlink control information and a downlink shared channel that is scheduled by the downlink control information; a processor that determines an allocation of the downlink shared channel in a time domain based on a first timing indicated by a first time unit and a second timing indicated by a second time unit that are obtained from information notified by the downlink control information; and an output apparatus that outputs information based on the downlink shared channel, wherein the first timing is defined based on a numerology of the downlink shared channel. In other aspects, a system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Qin Mu, Liu Liu, Chongning Na, Xin Wang, Jing Wang, Lihui Wang, Min Liu, Huiling Jiang
  • Patent number: 11757575
    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: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Aris Papasakellariou
  • Patent number: 11750327
    Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus and a method that allow for synthesis of information using an original signal and a retransmission signal for retransmitting information of the original signal whose demodulation has failed, in wireless communication with independent physical layer and MAC layer. Information is transmitted regarding a configuration of a retransmission signal for retransmitting information of an original signal whose demodulation has failed to a sender of the retransmission signal, and the retransmission signal transmitted from the sender is received on the basis of the information regarding the configuration of the retransmission signal transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Shigeru Sugaya
  • Patent number: 11750328
    Abstract: A wireless device receives downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. The wireless device transmits, in response to the DCI not comprising a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) field, a first repetition and a second repetition of the PUSCH transmission. The wireless device transmits the first repetition with a first transmission power determined based on a first power control parameter set comprising a first target received power. The wireless device transmits the second repetition with a second transmission power determined based on a second power control parameter set comprising a second target received power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Cagatay Cirik, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Yunjung Yi, Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 11751201
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to slot/physical resource block (PRB) aggregation methods, gNodeBs (gNB), user equipments and storage medium. A method is carried out in a gNB and includes: signaling, by a gNodeB (gNB), information on at least part of aggregation configuration of one of a set of slots, a set of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a single slot, and a set of PRBs across at least two slots to a user equipment (UE); and receiving, by the gNB, a long format physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carried in the one of the set of slots, the set of PRBs in a single slot, and the set of PRBs across at least two slots, which is aggregated according to the aggregation configuration, from the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hua Xu
  • Patent number: 11750332
    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. A method performed by a first terminal in a communication system is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunseok Ryu, Hyunjeong Kang, Taehan Bae
  • Patent number: 11751214
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus is disclosed including a transmitter that transmits a transport block (TB) using a physical uplink shared channel based on a downlink control information, a processor that applies a same symbol allocation across a plurality of slots when transmission of the TB is carried out over the plurality of slots, and an input apparatus that accepts an input, wherein the TB contains information based on the input. In other aspects, a system including an apparatus and a base station is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke Saito, Kazuaki Takeda, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11743907
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for direct transport block (TB) forwarding in relaying operations. A method that may be performed by a relay node includes receiving, from a source node, an indication to directly forward a TB to a destination node, wherein directly forwarding includes transmitting the TB to the destination node through only a Physical (PHY) layer and a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARM) portion of a Media Access Control (MAC) layer in a protocol stack of the relay node and directly forwarding the TB to the destination node based, at least in part, on the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hua Wang, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11743887
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are related to resource allocation to 3GPP New Radio (NR) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in unlicensed spectrum. Embodiments include enhancements of NR PUCCH resource sets before dedicated PUCCH configuration via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling to enable PUCCH configuration during initial access in NR-unlicensed. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Lopamudra Kundu, Gang Xiong, Yongjun Kwak, Yingyang Li
  • Patent number: 11742911
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a pair of wireless communication devices wirelessly communicating with a network system in a coordinated manner. The wireless communication devices of the pair can be in communication with each other via a wireless peer-to-peer link. A primary wireless communication device can communicate a first part of a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission via cellular communications and a second part of the MIMO transmission via the peer-to-peer link. This can enable the primary wireless communication device to communicate with the network system at a higher data rate and/or at a higher MIMO rank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: XCOM Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter John Black, Michael Mingxi Fan, Tamer Adel Kadous, Matthew Stuart Grob
  • Patent number: 11737090
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive indication of a first PDSCH group index in a first DCI format, and receive indication of a second PDSCH group index in a second DCI format; and a transmission unit configured to, in a case that the first DCI format is detected, transmit HARQ-ACK information of the second PDSCH group index, the HARQ-ACK information being determined based at least on a parameter M. A value of a first NFI of the second PDSCH group index is indicated by a first NFI field in the second DCI format. A value of a second NFI of the second PDSCH group index is indicated by a second NFI field in the first DCI format. In a case that the value of the second NFI is not null and the value of the second NFI is different from the value of the first NFI, a value of the parameter M is set to zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Shoichi Suzuki, Daiichiro Nakashima, Toshizo Nogami, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Taewoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11736262
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method executed by a base station, the method comprising: generating configuration information indicating whether one transport block is mapped to only one resource unit or mapped to more than one resource unit when user equipment (UE) uses sub-physical resource block allocation to allocate resources for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and transmitting the configuration information to the UE. The present disclosure further provides a corresponding base station, UE, and a corresponding method executed by UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Renmao Liu, Chao Luo
  • Patent number: 11737089
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive a DCI format and a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI format; and a transmitter configured to transmit HARQ-ACK information. A first PDSCH group of the scheduled PDSCH is indicated by a PDSCH group index field in the DCI format. The HARQ-ACK information is generated based at least on a T-DAI for a second PDSCH group different from the first PDSCH group. A bitwidth of information bits in the DCI format indicating the T-DAI is 2 regardless of the number of serving cells configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Shoichi Suzuki, Daiichiro Nakashima, Toshizo Nogami, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Taewoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11737131
    Abstract: A method of transmitting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system includes: receiving, from a base station, configuration information related to CSI; receiving, from the base station, a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) on a plurality of CSI-RS resources; and transmitting, to the base station, first CSI based on the configuration information. The plurality of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the configuration information are configured with (i) one or more channel measurement resources (CMRs) configured to be used to derive CSI based on a single CMR and (ii) one or more CMR pairs configured to be used to derive CSI based on a single CMR pair, unless there is a specific configuration by the configuration information, based on the first CSI being CSI derived based on a single CMR, any CMR included in the one or more CMR pairs may be not used to derive the first CSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Jiwon Kang, Haewook Park
  • Patent number: 11737119
    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: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunho Lee, Duckhyun Bae, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 11737114
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses of a communication system are provided. Configuration information for a preemption indication is received from a base station via higher layer signaling. Downlink control information including a preemption indicator is received from the base station. The preemption indicator is applied to a previous transmission period of the downlink control information. Resources indicated by the preemption indicator are identified. It is identified that the resources are preempted. The preemption indicator indicates the resources in a unit of symbols and a unit of frequency band based on a bitmap. The unit of symbols is based on a transmission period of the downlink control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Sungjin Park, Jeongho Yeo, Jinyoung Oh
  • Patent number: 11729788
    Abstract: A base station of a wireless communication is disclosed. A wireless communication base station comprises a communication module and a processor. The processor receives DCI of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission over a plurality of slots and multiplexes hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-ACK information to the PUSCH transmission by applying a value in a downlink assignment index (DAI) field of the DCI to each slot where the HARQ-ACK information is multiplexed to the PUSCH transmission over the plurality of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Kyungjun Choi, Minseok Noh, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11722263
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for dynamic Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) codebook construction with enabling or disabling of HARQ Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback per HARQ process. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device comprises receiving, from a network node, information that configures the wireless communication device with a first set of HARQ processes for which HARQ-ACK feedback is disabled and a second set of HARQ processes for which HARQ-ACK feedback is enabled. The method further comprises receiving first downlink control information that schedules a first downlink shared channel transmission and determining that the transmission corresponds to one of the first set of HARQ processes for which HARQ-ACK feedback is disabled. The method further comprises, upon making this determination, performing a first set of actions for HARQ-ACK feedback generation for HARQ processes with HARQ-ACK feedback disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Siva Muruganathan, Robert Baldemair, Shiwei Gao, Xingqin Lin
  • Patent number: 11722913
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for multichannel communications. In one embodiment, a communication system includes a plurality of traffic channels operable to link to a UE via one or more communication networks. The communication system also includes a traffic processor operable to receive a request for data from the UE, to evaluate the traffic channels based on the requested data, to select a first and a second of the traffic channels based on the evaluation, and to convey the data over the first and second traffic channels to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Alireza Babaei
  • Patent number: 11723043
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented in a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes transmitting a scheduling request (SR) to a base station (BS) to request resource allocation for data transmission, wherein the SR is selected between at least one coverage-enhancement SR configuration and another SR configuration at the UE for requesting the resource allocation for the data transmission and receiving an indication indicating the resource allocation for the data transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Tao Luo, Xiaoxia Zhang, Juan Montojo, Peter Gaal