Patents Examined by Sanjay K Dewan
  • Patent number: 11855787
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting HARQ feedback information in a wireless communication system are provided. In so doing, the method for transmitting the HARQ feedback information in a receiving end includes confirming the number of packets received from a transmitting end, and when receiving a reference number of packets from the transmitting end, transmitting to the transmitting end a feedback signal comprising HARQ feedback information for the reference number of the packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Sung Lim, Hun-Kee Kim, Sung-Man Han
  • Patent number: 11849479
    Abstract: A method for a base station which communicates with a user equipment (UE) is described. The method may comprise sending first radio resource control (RRC) configuration information. The first RRC configuration information may indicate code block group (CBG) transmission for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). The method may also comprise sending second RRC configuration information. The second RRC configuration information may indicate Nmax which is a maximum CBGs per transport block. The method may further comprise, after a channel access procedure, transmitting, to the UE, a PDSCH containing a transport block with N CBG(s). N is an integer. The method may further comprise receiving, from the UE, a HARQ-ACK feedback including Nmax HARQ-ACK information bits for the transport block of the PDSCH. If N is smaller than Nmax, the HARQ-ACK information bit(s) for last Nmax-N CBG(s) may be set to NACK.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Daiichiro Nakashima, Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Taewoo Lee, Huifa Lin
  • Patent number: 11849452
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes an example related to the signal field of the wireless LAN system. For example, a transmission/reception physical protocol data unit (PPDU) includes a first control signal field, and the first control signal field includes information related to a plurality of transmission modes which are related to SU, OFDMA, full bandwidth MU-MIMO, NDP, etc. The second control signal field of the transmission/reception PPDU may include various common fields and user specific fields configured based on a transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongguk Lim, Jinyoung Chun, Jinsoo Choi, Eunsung Park
  • Patent number: 11843970
    Abstract: A method for receiving a backoff value at a wireless station is presented. A traffic indication map is received at the station, wherein a backoff number is implicitly assigned to the station based on a position of the station within the traffic indication map. The backoff value is determined by multiplying the backoff number by a predetermined time value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Wang, Lei Wang, Sudheer A. Grandhi, Guodong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11843462
    Abstract: This application provides a method for generating hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ information and an apparatus. The method includes: A terminal device receives a first message sent by a network device. The first message is used to indicate that there is a bandwidth part BWP combination in a cell, the BWP combination includes an active BWP, and the BWP corresponds to a set of unified parameters. The terminal device generates HARQ information based on the unified parameters corresponding to the BWP combination. This application provides a method for generating HARQ information when there are a plurality of active BWPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiehua Xiao, Jinlin Peng, Zhenfei Tang
  • Patent number: 11844095
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting or receiving HARQ-ACK information in a wireless communication system. A method for transmitting HARQ-ACK information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration information related to an ACK/negative ACK (NACK)-based HARQ-ACK report for a multi-cast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or second PUCCH configuration information related to an NACK-only-based HARQ-ACK report for the multi-cast PDSCH for each one or more uplink bandwidth parts (BWPs) configured for a terminal; receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling of a first multi-cast PDSCH; receiving the first multi-cast PDSCH from the base station on the basis of the DCI; and transmitting, to the base station, first HARQ-ACK information for the first multi-cast PDSCH on a first PUCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youngdae Lee, Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 11838910
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may determine a first set of resources for communications over a sidelink communication link between the first UE and a second UE. The first UE may transmit, to the second UE via the sidelink communication link, a first sidelink control information including a reverse sidelink scheduling indicator based on determining the first set of resources. The first UE may additionally transmit, to the second UE via the sidelink communication link, a second sidelink control information indicating a second set of resources for reverse sidelink transmissions from the second UE to the first UE over the sidelink communication link, where transmitting the second sidelink control information is based on transmitting the first sidelink control information. The first UE may receive, from the second UE, a reverse sidelink message in response to transmitting the second sidelink control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lik Hang Silas Fong, Jing Sun, Piyush Gupta, Xiaojie Wang
  • Patent number: 11838133
    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 comprises receiving first downlink control information (DCI) based on a first control resource set group and second DCI based on a second control resource set group; determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for a transmission of the HARQ-ACK information; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK information based on the determined PUCCH resource, wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are indexed based on (i) an index of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) related monitoring occasion, (ii) a cell index, and (iii) an index associated with each control resource set group, and wherein the PUCCH resource is determined based on a last DCI among the first DCI and the second DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Suckchel Yang, Jiwon Kang, Seonwook Kim, Hyunho Lee
  • Patent number: 11838135
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In one example, a method includes receiving signaling from a base station to activate a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration for transmission between the base station and the UE, and receiving a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARM) timing for downlink transmissions based at least in part on the SPS configuration being activated. In another example, the method includes establishing a connection with a base station using a component carrier (CC), the CC having a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs), receiving signaling that indicates an SPS configuration or other types of pre-configured resources associated with at least a first BWP of the plurality of BWPs and transmitting or receiving using at least the first BWP according to the SPS configuration or other types of pre-configured resources associated with at least the first BWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wanshi Chen, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo, Tao Luo, Heechoon Lee, Linhai He
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 11800532
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless node may receive one or more communications from a second wireless node, wherein the one or more communications include at least one of: a control channel that schedules a data channel, or the control channel and the data channel; and transmit tri-state feedback indicating a result of decoding the communication, wherein the tri-state feedback indicates whether decoding of the control channel was unsuccessful, decoding of the control channel was successful and decoding of the data channel was unsuccessful, or decoding of the control channel and the data channel was successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal, Wei Yang, Tingfang Ji, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Hwan Joon Kwon