Patents Examined by Phirin Sam
  • Patent number: 12659974
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The present disclosure provides a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, and methods performed by the first UE and the second UE in a wireless communication system. The method performed by the first UE in the communication system includes transmitting, to the second UE, a first signalling for indicating information of a resource, or receiving, from the second UE, a second signalling for indicating the information of the resource; and on the resource, receiving a feedback signalling from the second UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Miao Zhou, Feifei Sun, Sa Zhang
  • Patent number: 12659114
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a control section that performs, by using a machine learning model trained based on first configuration of the CSI-RS, control of performing prediction based on second configuration of the CSI-RS. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, high-accuracy channel estimation, high-efficiency use of resources, and the like can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Matsumura, Naoya Shibaike, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12658997
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of transmitting and receiving channel state information (CSI) and a device therefor in a wireless communication system. The method performed by a UE may comprise receiving CSI resource configuration related information from a BS, the CSI resource configuration related information including information for one or more CSI-RS resource sets, and at least one CSI-RS resource included in the one or more CSI-RS resource sets being configured to be applied with a joint TCI state; receiving, from the BS, mapping information on a mapping between the at least one CSI-RS resource and a channel or an RS for the joint TCI state; and changing a first QCL RS of a TCI state for the at least one CSI-RS resource to a second QCL RS of a TCI state of the channel or the RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaehoon Chung, Jiwon Kang
  • Patent number: 12641515
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining an image of a location that includes a wireless access point; analyzing the image to determine a potential signal interference from an object that has moved into a position with respect to the wireless access point; and generating routing instructions for wireless communications according to the potential signal interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Howard Lang
  • Patent number: 12640858
    Abstract: A system can receive a message from a base station configured to communicate via a group of antenna ports, the message being indicative of conducting uplink communications of broadband cellular communications with the base station according to a first group of differing demodulation reference signal densities, wherein respective demodulation reference signal densities of the group of differing demodulation reference signal densities correspond to respective antenna ports of the group of antenna ports, and wherein communicating the broadband cellular communications for uplink communications according to the first group of differing demodulation reference signal densities is performed independently of a second group of demodulation reference signal densities that is configured for downlink communications. The system can use the group of differing demodulation reference signal densities to further communicate the broadband cellular communications with the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Hamidreza Farmanbar, Gwenael Poitau, Evgeny Paltin
  • Patent number: 12640811
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media for wireless communications. For example, an example of a process may include a RIS that can receive, from a satellite, a positioning reference signal. The RIS can further reflect the positioning reference signal to produce a reflection positioning reference signal radiated towards a network device for positioning of the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Weimin Duan, Huilin Xu, Jing Lei, Lianghai Ji, Jun Ma
  • Patent number: 12634913
    Abstract: Provided are a beam indication method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes receiving downlink control information, and determining a target transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state group on the basis of the downlink control information, wherein the target TCI state group is used for representing a channel and/or link to which the target TCI state group is applied; and sending and receiving a signal on the basis of a beam corresponding to the target TCI state group. The beam indication method and apparatus, and the storage medium provided in the present disclosure, identification or indication information of a channel and/or link is introduced into a TCI state group, and a channel and/or link, to which the TCI state group corresponding to each code point is applied, are/is determined, and corresponding beam information is indicated by a code point and on the basis of downlink control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Li, Qiubin Gao, Runhua Chen, Yajuan Luo, Lei Song
  • Patent number: 12634781
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit reference signals on a primary sidelink carrier and on one or more secondary sidelink carriers using carrier aggregation. The UE may receive a medium access control element (MAC CE) that indicates a beam failure on the primary sidelink carrier, the one or more secondary sidelink carriers, or both. The UE may transmit, in response to receiving the MAC CE, an aperiodic reference signal on the primary sidelink carrier. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Farhan Hanif, Jelena Damnjanovic, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran
  • Patent number: 12634034
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for dynamic puncturing with dynamic signaling are disclosed. Apparatuses of a non-access point (AP) station (STA) or of an AP are disclosed, where the apparatuses comprise processing circuitry configured to: decode a first physical (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) in accordance with a first channel width and first inactive subchannels, and encode a second PPDU, in response to the first PPDU, with a second channel width that is the same as or narrower than the first channel width and in accordance with second inactive subchannels, the second inactive subchannels being the same as or indicating a wider set of punctured subchannels than the first inactive subchannels. The processing circuitry is further configured to configure the non-AP STA to transmit the second PPDU in accordance with the second channel width and the second inactive subchannels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Laurent Cariou
  • Patent number: 12627347
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and a device for wireless communications, comprising: receiving a first signaling, the first signaling being used for configuring the first node to provide overheating assistance information; and upon reception of the first signaling, transmitting first overheating assistance information as a response to any condition in a first condition set being satisfied; herein, the first condition set comprises an overheating condition being satisfied; the first overheating assistance information comprises assistance information used for CSI report configurations. By transmitting a first signaling and receiving first overheating assistance information, the present application prevents the device from getting overheated, thus ensuring the service quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Apogee 5G Global, LLC
    Inventors: Yu Chen, Xiaobo Zhang
  • Patent number: 12628181
    Abstract: A data transmission (including receiving and sending) method is disclosed. According to the data transmission method, a terminal device receives downlink control information (DCI), where cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the DCI is scrambled by using a first RNTI, the DCI is used to schedule a first downlink data channel, and the first downlink data channel is scrambled by using a second RNTI; and the terminal device receives the first downlink data channel based on the DCI. The DCI includes a DAI domain and/or an FDRA domain. The DAI domain indicates a count of first HARQ-ACK information in a first HARQ-ACK codebook, and the first HARQ-ACK codebook corresponds to the first RNTI. The FDRA domain indicates, within a frequency domain range of a public frequency resource, a scheduled frequency domain resource on the first downlink data channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongjian Yang, Lei Guan, Jinhuan Xia, Ruixiang Ma, Bingzhao Li
  • Patent number: 12627418
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) configured to operate in a radio access network (RAN). Such methods include obtaining data for transmission during a particular one of a plurality of periodic occasions during which the UE has been granted resources for uplink data transmission. The data includes first and second protocol data units (PDUs) associated with respective first and second hybrid ARQ (HARQ) processes. At least one of the first and second PDUs is for retransmission after failed transmission during an earlier one of the occasions. Such methods include selecting the first PDU or the second PDU for transmission during the particular occasion based on at least one of the following: priorities of logical channels with data included in the first and second PDUs. and whether one or both of the first and second PDUs are for retransmission. Other embodiments include complementary methods for a RAN node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Torsten Dudda, Zhenhua Zou, Eda Genc
  • Patent number: 12621090
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In wireless communications, operators may coordinate resource sharing over respective carriers. A user interface may receive, by a first network entity associated with a first carrier from a second network entity associated with a second carrier, an indication of a first set of time intervals when the second carrier is available for communications from the first network entity. The first network entity may be associated with a first operator and the second network entity may be associated with a second operator. Both the first network entity and the second network entity may be coupled to a single radio unit. The first network entity may transmit based on receiving the indication, control signaling indicating a carrier aggregation mode associated with the first carrier and the second carrier for one or more user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jing Sun, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 12621773
    Abstract: A method for power management of a first communication device, which has first power resources, comprises detecting a second communication device operating in a same area as the first communication device and having second power resources being less constrained than the first power resources. The method also comprises connecting to the second communication device over a non-cellular connection and delegating to the second communication device to perform cellular connection management measurements for the first communication device through cellular communication with a network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Mohammed Zourob, Andreas Kristensson, Gang Zou, Andres Reial
  • Patent number: 12615592
    Abstract: A device determines a periodicity of downstream traffic destined for a User Equipment device (UE) and sets a value of at least one Discontinuous Reception (DRx) cycle length parameter to compensate for the determined periodicity of the downstream traffic. The device generates UE DRx instructions that include the at least one DRx cycle length parameter and sends the UE DRx instructions to the UE for implementing DRx at the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Wei David Huang, Jin Yang
  • Patent number: 12615208
    Abstract: A first network device receives location information sent by a second network device. The location information includes a location identifier used to identify a location of the second network device in a network and a plurality of associated flexible algorithms corresponding to the location identifier. The first network device generates, based on a first flexible algorithm of the plurality of associated flexible algorithms, first routing information to the second network device. The first flexible algorithm corresponds to a first network topology, the first network topology is a network topology in which the first network device is located, and the first routing information is used to send a packet to the second network device in the first network topology. One location identifier corresponds to a plurality of associated flexible algorithms, and routing information in different network topologies is generated based on different associated flexible algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhibo Hu, Guoqi Xu, Jie Dong, Juhua Xu
  • Patent number: 12610294
    Abstract: A transmission parameter obtaining method includes obtaining, by a terminal device, a transmission parameter of a network device, wherein the transmission parameter indicates location information of the network device. The method also includes determining, by the terminal device, at least one of an intra-frequency cell-reselection measurement threshold or an inter-frequency cell-reselection measurement threshold based on the transmission parameter. The method further includes determining, by the terminal device, a radio link failure threshold based on the transmission parameter. The method additionally includes determining, by the terminal device, at least one of an intra-frequency connected-state measurement threshold or an inter-frequency connected-state measurement threshold based on the transmission parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zonghui Xie, Hong Wang, Lei Chen, Bingzhao Li
  • Patent number: 12609789
    Abstract: A transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The method includes the following. A terminal device receives sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) information, where the SRI information is indicative of an SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for uplink repetitions. The SRI information includes a first indication and/or at least one second indication, where the first indication indicates the number of transmission layers and a first SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for a first transmission in the uplink repetitions, and the second indication indicates a second SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for a second transmission in the uplink repetitions. A receiver and/or a beam direction for the first transmission is different from a receiver and/or a beam direction for the second transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Fang, Zhihua Shi, Wenhong Chen, Yingpei Huang, Jiejiao Tian
  • Patent number: 12603747
    Abstract: A method for frequency resource authorization method including: receiving a first request sent by a terminal, the first request being used for requesting to authorize the terminal to use a target frequency in an available frequency band within a first duration, the available frequency band at least partially overlapping with a terahertz frequency band; and sending a response message to the terminal according to the first request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 12593336
    Abstract: A PUCCH resource indication method includes: obtaining a target PUCCH resource which is indicated for a UE and can support joint transmission to multiple TRPs of a base station, and repeatedly transmitting UCI to the multiple TRPs of the base station in one time slot or among multiple time slots by using the target PUCCH resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Liu