Patents Examined by Phuongchau Ba Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12199661
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for pairing multiple devices into a designated group for a communication session are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes processing, via at least a portion of multiple processing devices, information associated with a network in connection with one or more device pairing requests from one or more of the processing devices; implementing, via at least one the multiple processing devices, a pairing algorithm, wherein the pairing algorithm comprises searching for one or more of the processing devices, in accordance with one or more temporal values associated with the at least one processing device and at least one of the one or more device pairing requests corresponding thereto, and one or more pairing parameters; and automatically pairing, via the network and based on the pairing algorithm, the at least one processing device to one or more of the processing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Lynq Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Vishwakarma, Justin Lange, John M. De Cristofaro, Thomas Mwakibinga, Shane Wicks
  • Patent number: 12192965
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A network entity, such as a base station, may receive, from a first network entity, a broadcast indicating a downlink control channel transmission pattern associated with the first network entity. The network entity may monitor a plurality of receive beams for a plurality of downlink control channel transmissions from the first network entity according to the downlink control channel transmission pattern and may select a communication beam according to one or more cross-link interference (CLI) measurements associated with one or more of the plurality of receive beams in accordance with the monitoring. The network entity may communicate with a user equipment using the selected communication beam and a first set of resources that at least partially overlap in time and frequency with a scheduled communication at the first network entity. The network entity may experience or may cause the measured CLI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Navid Abedini, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Huilin Xu, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo
  • Patent number: 12185430
    Abstract: A control device may comprise a primary radio circuit for receiving radio-frequency signals via an antenna, and a secondary radio circuit for waking up the primary radio circuit when a radio-frequency signal is presently being transmitted by an external device. The control device may include a control circuit that may be coupled to the primary radio circuit, and may control the primary radio circuit into a sleep mode. The secondary radio circuit may generate a first control signal indicating that the radio-frequency signal is presently being transmitted by the external device. The control circuit may wake up the primary radio circuit from the sleep mode in response to the secondary radio circuit generating the first control signal indicating that the radio-frequency signal is presently being transmitted by the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventor: Stuart W. DeJonge
  • Patent number: 12177168
    Abstract: An Ethernet Physical Layer (PHY) device includes a link interface and a transceiver. The link interface is configured to connect to a full-duplex wired Ethernet link. The transceiver is configured to receive first Ethernet signals carrying first data at a first data rate over the Ethernet link in a first direction, the first Ethernet signals occupying a first frequency band, and to transmit second Ethernet signals carrying second data at a second data rate different from the first data rate, over the Ethernet link in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, the second Ethernet signals occupying a second frequency band that is different from the first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
    Inventors: Xing Wu, Shaoan Dai, Dance Wu, William Chu
  • Patent number: 12177159
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) feedback in multi-Transmit-Receive Point (TRP) transmission. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method can include: transmitting configuration information indicating at least one Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource set; indicating a PUCCH resource of the at least one PUCCH resource set via Downlink Control Information (DCI), wherein the indicated PUCCH resource is at least for carrying a HARQ-ACK; and detecting the HARQ-ACK at least on the indicated PUCCH resource. Embodiments of the present disclosure can increase the robustness of multi-TRP transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Lingling Xiao, Bingchao Liu, Chenxi Zhu, Wei Ling
  • Patent number: 12167375
    Abstract: A method performed by user equipment comprises: receiving a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block including a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, and a physical broadcast channel; receiving system information based on the SS/PBCH block; receiving uplink reference signal (UL RS) configuration information; and transmitting a UL RS on a UL RS resource set based on the basis of the UL RS configuration information, wherein the UL RS resource includes at least one resource element (RE), the at least one RE is set to N-comb on a frequency domain, the start position on the frequency domain of each of the REs is determined based on a comb offset and a preset offset included in the UL RS configuration information, the preset offset is obtained based on the N-comb and at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol of the at least one RE, and N is a natural number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsu Cha, Kijun Kim, Sukhyon Yoon, Woosuk Ko, Hyunsoo Ko
  • Patent number: 12160776
    Abstract: A base station transmits a rate recommendation to a first user equipment (UE) device. The rate recommendation is to be used for a Voice over Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE) call between the first UE device and a second UE device. In some instances, the first UE device and the second UE device negotiate the rate to be used for the VoLTE call, based on the rate recommended by the base station. If the negotiated rate is supported by the base station and/or matches a supported codec rate, the UE devices implement the rate and provide rate feedback to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Henry Chang
  • Patent number: 12160053
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a radio system include configuring a first antenna of a plurality of antennas in a wireless device to operate in a configured mode of a plurality of modes, wherein the plurality of modes include a first mode of operating as a quarter wave for operation in a 2.4 GHz band, a second mode of operating as a half wave for operation in a 5 GHz band, and a third mode of operating simultaneous as a half wave and a quarter wave for operation in both the 2.4 GHz band and the 5 GHz band; and operating a first radio of a plurality of radios connected to the first antenna in the configured mode of the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Miroslav Samardzija, Brian Nam, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo, William J. Mcfarland
  • Patent number: 12156179
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides communication apparatuses and communication methods for soft-segregation of resource pool for V2X communication apparatuses. The communication apparatuses include a communication apparatus which comprises circuitry, which, in operation, allocates a resource from a plurality of resources based on resource allocation information, the resource allocation information indicative of a likelihood of allocating the resource from the plurality of resources based on a transmission profile relating to a signal; and a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the signal to a target communication apparatus using the allocated resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yang Kang, Tien Ming Benjamin Koh, Lei Huang, Chan Wah Ng, Hong Cheng Michael Sim, Madhav Gupta, Hidetoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12144007
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating wireless intercom in a local communications network are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: generate and transmit a first broadcast packet and a second broadcast packet to a set of end-user communication devices; receive a first device-specific packet, on a first channel by a first central antenna and during a first uplink time period; receive a second device-specific packet, on the first channel by the first central antenna and during a second uplink time period; receive the first device-specific packet, on a second channel by a second central antenna and during a third uplink time period; receive the second device-specific packet, on the second channel by the second central antenna and during a fourth uplink time period; generate a third broadcast packet that includes packetized downlink information; and transmit the third broadcast packet to the set of end-user communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: RTX A/S, H.M. Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Krag Kjeldsen, Mads Ramsgaard Munk, Stephane Menard, Hsin-Yun Yao, Alexandre Beaulieu, Scott Weldner
  • Patent number: 12137445
    Abstract: The present disclosure is applicable to the technical field of mobile communications, and a resource allocation method is provided, this method includes: receiving a SIM card activate request, the SIM card activate request includes identification information of the SIM card; obtaining information of a corresponding carrier of the SIM card according to the identification information; selecting a cloud modem that matches with the information of the carrier from a set of cloud modems as a target cloud modem; sending an indication message for enabling the SIM card to the target cloud modem, the indication message for enabling the SIM card includes the identification information and is used to instruct the target cloud modem to access a mobile communication network of the corresponding carrier of the SIM card according to the identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN UCLOUDLINK NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Zhou, Zhihui Gong
  • Patent number: 12137473
    Abstract: A method for configuring a plurality of wireless access point devices, executed by a configuration device, in a communication network, includes: gathering first information items representing usage capacities of the wireless access point devices; gathering second information items representing the use or usage capacities of electronic devices connected to one or more wireless access point devices; gathering third information items representing a use, by at least one wireless access point device outside the network, of a communication channel that can be used by at least one wireless access point device; considering a plurality of configuration scenarios corresponding to a combination of a frequency band and a bandwidth; establishing a theoretical performance score for each of the scenarios, the score established at least with respect to said first, second and third information items and configuring the wireless access point devices in accordance with the configuration scenario having the best performance scor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventor: Anthony Reuche
  • Patent number: 12133149
    Abstract: A service invocation method and a network device are provided. The method applied to a service provider side includes: receiving a service request for a first service by a provider of the first service, the service request being sent by a service consumer; sending a service response for the first service by the provider of the first service to the service consumer, wherein the service response for the first service includes service invocation information or a service invocation result of at least one second service associated with the first service, the service invocation information is configured to instruct the service consumer to invoke the second service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xu Chen, Yue Song
  • Patent number: 12133265
    Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprise transmitting a PRACH, and receiving an RAR on the basis of the PRACH. The PRACH is transmitted within one or two PRACH slots. The one or two PRACH slots are determined from among N number of slots corresponding to reference slots. 60 kHz SCS can be applied to the reference slots on the basis of the application of one from among 480 kHz SCS and 960 kHz SCS to the N number of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seokmin Shin, Seonwook Kim, Suckchel Yang
  • Patent number: 12133117
    Abstract: A method for communicating between a wireless earphone and a charging case, a charging case, a TWS earphone and a TWS earphone system are provided. In the method, in response to a case opening signal, the earphone case I/O controlling module is controlled to set an operation attribute of the first I/O interface as a communication interface. A predetermined negotiation signal is transmitted to the wireless earphone via the first I/O interface. It is determined whether a negotiation confirmation signal corresponding to the predetermined negotiation signal is received from the wireless earphone via the first I/O interface. In a case that the negotiation confirmation signal corresponding to the predetermined negotiation signal is received from the wireless earphone via the first I/O interface, the charging case enters into a communication mode for communicating with the wireless earphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Qiang Chen, Pei Yang
  • Patent number: 12127169
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an uplink transmission method, and a corresponding user equipment, base station and computer readable medium. A method for an uplink data transmission includes: determining a transmission occasion for an uplink transmission and a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, process ID corresponding to the transmission occasion; determining an antenna port according to a correspondence between antenna ports and HARQ process IDs and/or a correspondence between antenna ports and transmission occasions; and transmitting, by the antenna port, uplink data corresponding to the HARQ process ID and a pilot signal corresponding to the uplink data. By establishing the correspondence between the antenna ports and the HARQ process IDs or the transmission occasion, the base station determines the antenna port when detecting the uplink transmission, so that the HARQ process ID corresponding to the uplink transmission may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Chen Qian, Jingxing Fu, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12127083
    Abstract: A vehicle to everything (V2X) mesh network system supporting a mobility operation of a production factory includes a road side unit (RSU) which is disposed in plural in the production factory, and connects infra-to-infra (I2I) wireless communication with an infrastructure facility, and connects vehicle-to-infra (V2I) wireless communication with an on board unit (OBU) mounted on an autonomous driving vehicle to form a V2X mesh network; and a control server controlling operation states of the RSU and the vehicle through the V2X mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yeon Park, David Oh, Jihoon Park
  • Patent number: 12120504
    Abstract: The present application discloses a conditional handover (CHO) processing method and apparatus, a related device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: a first network device determining that CHO configuration information is invalid and indicating to a terminal that the CHO configuration information is invalid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fang Xie, Nan Hu, Xiaodong Xu, Liang Liu
  • Patent number: 12108481
    Abstract: A method performed by a UE for a Small Data Transmission (SDT) procedure is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message including an SDT configuration while the UE is in an RRC_CONNECTED state; transitioning to an RRC_INACTIVE state from the RRC_CONNECTED state in response to receiving the RRC release message; and determining, by an RRC layer of the UE, whether to initiate the SDT procedure based on the SDT configuration when the RRC layer receives a first indication from a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer of the UE, wherein the first indication indicates whether at least one condition for initiating the SDT procedure is fulfilled or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Heng-Li Chin
  • Patent number: 12101266
    Abstract: There is provided a method for transmitting a reference signal. The method for transmitting the reference signal includes: determining locations in time and frequency domains of a DRS, the DRS comprising at least one of a PSS, an SSS, a PBCH, a DMRS for PBCH, a CSI-RS for TRS, a CSI-RS for beam management, and a CSI-RS for acquiring channel state information; and transmitting the DRS at the determined locations in time and frequency domains of the DRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hualei Wang, Xingya Shen