Patents Examined by Phirin Sam
  • Patent number: 12732326
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for providing multiple structures and methods to enable minimising the use of sounding and related frame exchanges for wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing in order to reduce sounding overhead are provided. The techniques disclosed here feature a communication apparatus including a transceiver and circuitry. The transceiver, in operation, receives signals from a WLAN. The circuitry, in operation, demodulates and decodes the signals, the decoded signals comprising a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) and a second PPDU, wherein the circuitry, in operation, performs full channel measurement based on a first physical layer (PHY) header of the first PPDU and a second PHY header of the second PPDU, wherein the first PHY header and the second PHY header include long training fields (LTFs) for estimating channel quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Rajat Pushkarna, Rojan Chitrakar, Hong Cheng Michael Sim, Yanyi Ding, Yoshio Urabe
  • Patent number: 12732826
    Abstract: A communication control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a request to allow a communication device configuring a second radio system to secondarily use at least a part of a frequency band used by a first radio system, the request including information on at least one basic zone related to a basic operation of the communication device and information on at least one extension zone obtained by extending the basic zone; a first determination unit configured to perform a first determination related to the information on the basic zone; a second determination unit configured to perform a second determination related to the information on the extension zone; and a notification unit configured to notify the second radio system of a first response corresponding to the first determination and a second response corresponding to the second determination by enclosing the first response and the second response in one message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Furuichi
  • Patent number: 12732839
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may measure reference signals (RSs) that are transmitted on one or more RS resources, whereby generating a RS measurement. The UE may determine, based on the RS measurement and a reporting rule, a RS resource of the one or more RS resources as a first type of resource of a plurality types of resources, and based thereon, generates a channel state information (CSI) report indicating the RS resource determined as the first type of resource, and reports the CSI report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialing Liu, Weimin Xiao, Qian Cheng, Zhigang Rong
  • Patent number: 12726255
    Abstract: A network controller transmits to a communication device a first control message comprising a first indicator indicating a plurality of target elements, wherein the plurality of target elements instruct the communication device to share a plurality of quasi co-location (QCL) information or a plurality of spatial filter information when receiving and/or transmitting on the plurality of target elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhigang Rong, Weimin Xiao, Qian Cheng, Jialing Liu
  • Patent number: 12726290
    Abstract: Provided is a method for time distribution in a communication network of a vehicle. The method includes: sending, from a grandmaster to a first slave, a first time stamp taken from a grandmaster clock; generating, at the first slave, a first time tuple including the first time stamp and a second time stamp taken from a first slave clock at the time of receiving the first time stamp; sending, from the first slave to a second slave a third time stamp taken from the first slave clock, a fourth time stamp calculated based on the third time stamp and the first time tuple using a predefined calculation method, and the first time tuple; calculating, at the second slave, a fifth time stamp based on the third time stamp and the first time tuple; and comparing, at the second slave, the fifth time stamp to the fourth time stamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manjeet Singh Bilra, Mohamed-Saad Abdelhameed
  • Patent number: 12719630
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a system for processing data, comprising a plurality of processing nodes, each processing node comprising at least one processor and at least one radio frequency (RF) chain and at least one link for conductive RF communication between or among the processing nodes using a wireless communications protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Justin Joseph Rosen Gagne, Sandip Homchaudhuri
  • Patent number: 12719642
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for range extension, basic service set (BSS) color labeling, and multi-user (MU) fragmentation and control in WLANs. A range extension notification/enablement scheme, a clear channel assessment (CCA), a headroom indication, and/or power scaling may be provided for a range extension mode. BSS color may be provided for multiple-BSSs under an access point (AP). Uplink (UL) transmission may be provided with different fragmentation capabilities. A high-efficiency (HE) trigger-based UL NDP physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) frame may be provided. A station (STA) may receive a trigger frame comprising a null data packet (NDP) indication and a trigger type. The STA may determine that the STA is an intended recipient of the trigger frame. The STA may prepare an NDP PPDU for a control frame and/or a management frame based on the trigger type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Hanqing Lou, Frank La Sita, Fengjun Xi
  • Patent number: 12720529
    Abstract: Aspects relate to a peak data rate for an uplink transmission. A user equipment may be scheduled for an uplink transmission on at least one radio frequency carrier of a plurality of radio frequency carriers. The user equipment may transmit the uplink transmission on the at least one radio frequency carrier according to a peak uplink data rate for a time slot. In some aspects, the user equipment may calculate the peak uplink data rate based on whether the user equipment supports uplink switching between the plurality of radio frequency carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alberto Rico Alvarino, Peter Gaal, Alexandros Manolakos
  • Patent number: 12720602
    Abstract: A method for reporting terminal capability information, performed by a terminal, includes: sending the terminal capability information to a base station in a random access procedure; in which the terminal capability information is configured to indicate a terminal capability supported by the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanhua Li
  • Patent number: 12719633
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method by which a first terminal receives a request PRS in a wireless communication system supporting a sidelink, and a device therefor, according to various embodiments. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a first positioning signal including scheduling information for a request PRS; receiving the request PRS requesting transmission of a response PRS on the basis of the scheduling information; transmitting a second positioning signal scheduled for the response PRS; and transmitting the response PRS, wherein a PRS pattern is determined on the basis of whether the response PRS is an acknowledgment/negative-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) for the request PRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Woosuk Ko, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 12712647
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling from a network entity indicating a set of cross-link interference measurement occasions and a set of receive beams associated with the set of cross-link interference measurement occasions. The UE may generate a cross-link interference report based on the control signaling and a trigger of a cross-link interference measurement. The cross-link interference report may indicate the cross-link interference measurement for at least one receive beam of the set of receive beams. The UE may transmit the cross-link interference report to the network entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Inventors: Tianyang Bai, Yan Zhou, Qian Zhang, Junyi Li, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 12713324
    Abstract: A wireless communication method, a first terminal, and a communication device are disclosed. The method includes: a first message is received, the first message being used for instructing the first terminal to use at least one path among multiple paths to perform data transmission; and data transmission is performed based on the at least one path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Qianxi Lu, Boyuan Zhang, Bingxue Leng
  • Patent number: 12712691
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to communicating a configuration for a unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state that includes a TCI state identifier and a path loss reference signal (PLRS) identifier, communicating a PLRS associated with the PLRS identifier, and/or transmitting an uplink channel transmission associated with the PLRS and the TCI state identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Fang Yuan, Yan Zhou, Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 12706708
    Abstract: A CSI measurement resource processing method and apparatus, a terminal, and a readable storage medium. The CSI measurement resource processing method in embodiments of this application includes: performing, by a terminal, a first processing operation on a first measurement resource based on configuration information configured by a network-side device; and reporting, by the terminal, a processing result of the first processing operation, where the first measurement resource includes one or multiple CSI measurement resources, the configuration information includes an association relationship between the CSI measurement resources and multiple transmission and reception points TRPs or cells, and the first processing operation includes at least one of the following: channel measurement and interference measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenxi Wang, Peng Sun, Yu Yang, Rakesh Tamrakar, Yang Song
  • Patent number: 12695572
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media provided for collision handling for sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission include one or more processors to receive configuration information for a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set and a second SRS resource set, wherein there is a guard period between SRS occasions of the first SRS resource set and respective SRS occasions of the second SRS resource set, determine that a first SRS occasion of the first SRS resource set and a second SRS occasion of the second SRS resource set are dropped based on a collision handling rule and encode an uplink message for transmission in the guard period between the first and second SRS occasions based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Guotong Wang, Alexei Davydov
  • Patent number: 12690051
    Abstract: An information processing method, a terminal and a readable storage medium are provided. The information processing method includes: transmitting, by a first terminal, indication information to a second terminal through a first channel, the indication information being used to indicate whether there is a potential resource conflict on a target PSSCH resource or whether there is a detected resource conflict on the target PSSCH resource. A time-domain position of the first channel is related to a time-domain position of a first PSSCH resource, or the time-domain position of the first channel is related to a time-domain position of a second PSSCH resource. The first PSSCH resource is a PSSCH resource on which there is the potential resource conflict, and the second PSSCH resource is a PSSCH resource on which there is the detected resource conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaotao Ren
  • Patent number: 12689478
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to sidelink ranging for positioning reference signal types. One apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor that is configured to receive a positioning reference signal (“PRS”) configuration for at least one PRS type for transmitting a PRS to at least one second network equipment, receive a resource pool configuration for transmitting the PRS associated with relative positioning measurements, receive a multiplexing configuration for multiplexing a physical sidelink control channel (“PSCCH”) with the PRS, multiplex the PSCCH with the PRS according to the multiplexing configuration, and transmit the multiplexed PSCCH and PRS to the at least one second network equipment according to the PRS configuration and the resource pool configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Ganesan, Robin Thomas, Ankit Bhamri, Ali Ramadan Ali, Vijay Nangia
  • Patent number: 12683736
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for channel estimation for two-stage sidelink control using sidelink data channel demodulation reference signals (DMRS). A user equipment (UE) can transmit DMRS for the sidelink data channel. The UE may transmit the second stage of the sidelink control using antenna ports or a precoder used for the sidelink data channel. The receiving device may receive the DMRS, estimate the channel, and demodulate the second stage of the sidelink control based on the estimated channel. The receiving device may flexibly determine the DMRS to use for the estimation and demodulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gabi Sarkis, Kapil Gulati, Alexandros Manolakos, Shuanshuan Wu, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Tien Viet Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12671548
    Abstract: A method for information transmission, performed by a base station, and including: sending physical layer parameter information of a tracking reference signal (TRS) and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), wherein the physical layer parameter information is used for indicating a first physical layer parameter used by a user equipment (UE) in a non-connected state when receiving the TRS and/or the CSI-RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 12666355
    Abstract: A method implemented at one or more base stations for a power management of the one or more base stations in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method includes transmitting, by the one or more base stations, a plurality of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) parameters associated with the one or more base stations to a federal server controller. The method includes receiving, by the one or more base stations from the federal server controller, a KPI relationship predicting a future load based on the plurality of KPI parameters associated with the one or more base stations. The method includes adjusting, by the one or more base stations, a Central Processing Unit (CPU) frequency associated with the one or more base stations autonomously based on the KPI relationship for managing the future load associated with the one or more base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vishal Murgai, Issaac Kommineni, Mohan Rao Goli, Srihari Das Sunkada Gopinath, Swaraj Kumar, Mallappa Prabhuswamy, Sukhdeep Singh