Patents Examined by Shailendra Kumar
  • Patent number: 11291001
    Abstract: Time-division duplexing (TDD) in distributed communications systems, including distributed antenna systems (DASs) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a control circuit is provided and configured to control the TDD transmit mode of a DAS to control the allocation of time slots for uplink and downlink communications signal distribution in respective uplink path(s) and downlink path(s). The control circuit includes separate power detectors configured to detect either a transmit power level in a downlink path or a receive power level in an uplink path. If the transmit power detected in the downlink path is greater than receive power detected in the uplink path, the control circuit switches the TDD transmit mode to the downlink direction. In this manner, the control circuit does not have to control the TDD transmit mode based solely on detected power in the downlink path, where a directional coupler may leak uplink power in the downlink path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Dror Ben-Shlomo, Isaac Shapira
  • Patent number: 11291048
    Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters of one or more configured grants of an unlicensed cell. The wireless device receives a downlink control information indicating an uplink grant for a first TB corresponding to a first HARQ process. The wireless device stores, based on a first LBT procedure indicating a busy channel, the first TB in a first HARQ buffer associated with the first HARQ process. The first LBT is for a scheduled transmission of the first TB. The wireless device flushes, based on a second LBT procedure indicating a busy channel, a second HARQ buffer associated with a second HARQ process. The second LBT procedure is for a scheduled transmission of a second TB via a first configured grant of the one or more configured grants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Alireza Babaei, Esmael Dinan, Hua Zhou, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Kyungmin Park, Kai Xu, Nazanin Rastegardoost
  • Patent number: 11290229
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives one or more positioning reference signal parameters from a base station. The UE determines resource elements in a transmission bandwidth carrying multiple positioning reference signals based on the positioning reference signal parameters. The UE decodes symbols in the resource elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chiao Yao Chuang, Xuan-Chao Huang
  • Patent number: 11272492
    Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. A radio frame may be configured for time-division duplexing (TDD) operation, and may comprise: one or more downlink subframes, one or more uplink subframes, and a special subframe that occurs immediately after one of the downlink subframes and immediately before one of the uplink subframes. The UE may receive a narrowband physical downlink shared channel (NPDSCH) sent at least partly in the special subframe. The UE may, if a number of repetitions of the NPDSCH is greater than one, decode the NPDSCH based on a de-puncture operation for the special subframe. The UE may, if the number of repetitions of the NPDSCH is equal to one, decode the NPDSCH based on a rate match operation for the special subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Qiaoyang Ye, Debdeep Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 11271774
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises identifying a fat tree network topology comprising top-of-fabric (ToF) switching devices, an intermediate layer of intermediate switching devices connected to each of the ToF switching devices, and a layer of leaf network devices; and causing a first leaf network device to initiate establishment of first and second redundant multicast trees for multicasting of data packets, including: causing first and second ToF switching devices to operate as roots of the first and second multicast trees according to first and second attribute types, respectively, causing the first leaf network device to select first and second of the intermediate switching devices as first and second flooding relays belonging to the first and second attribute types, respectively, and causing the first and second flooding relays to limit propagation of registration messages generated by the first leaf network device to the first and second ToF switching devices, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Pascal Thubert, Patrick Wetterwald, Eric Michel Levy-Abegnoli
  • Patent number: 11271675
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a downlink control information detecting method, a downlink control information transmitting method, a terminal and a network device. The method includes: obtaining indication information for indicating a candidate downlink control information (DCI) payload size; according to the candidate DCI payload size indicated by the indication information, performing blind detection on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and determining DCI transmitted in the PDCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Shen, Xueming Pan, Yu Ding, Zichao Ji
  • Patent number: 11265897
    Abstract: The discloses a method and device in a user equipment and a base station for wireless communication. The user equipment receives a first signaling, wherein the first signaling is used to determine a first time-frequency resource group, and the first time-frequency resource group is reserved for a first bit block; receives a second signaling, wherein the second signaling is used to determine a second time-frequency resource group, and the second time-frequency resource group is reserved for a second bit block; and transmits the first bit block and the second bit block in the second time-frequency resource group, or transmits only the second bit block. Time domain resource(s) occupied by the first time-frequency resource group and the second time-frequency resource group are non-orthogonal; a timing relationship between the first signaling and the second signaling is used to determine whether the first bit block is transmitted in the second time-frequency resource group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lu Wu, XiaoBo Zhang, Lin Yang
  • Patent number: 11258485
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for an enhanced timing advance scheme to support MU-MIMO in an integrated access and backhaul system. The timing advance scheme disclosed herein aligns the arrival time between backhaul links and access links to enable MU-MIMO gain at the receiver side. In the integrated access and backhaul system, which comprises distributed nodes, the timing advance offset for an access link transmission (a transmission to a node further away in hops from the core network, or to a user equipment device) can be modified by offsetting it with the timing advance of the backhaul link (e.g., from a parent node). This enables the arrival time for transmissions, both access link transmissions from the UE or child node, and backhaul link transmissions from a parent node to arrive at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaoyi Wang, Thomas Novlan, Salam Akoum, Ralf Bendlin, Milap Majmundar, Andrew Thornburg, Arunabha Ghosh
  • Patent number: 11252701
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the communication processes in a wireless communication system based on short TTIs. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there provide a method for communication by a base station. The method comprise: receiving, from a user equipment, an uplink demodulation reference signal, DMRS, in an uplink transmission time interval, TTI, of an uplink subframe, which supports two or more uplink TTIs. At least one uplink TTI supported by the uplink subframe is configured to only transmit uplink control information and/or uplink data without any uplink DMRS. In the other aspects of the present disclosure, there also provides methods for communication by a user equipment and corresponding apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yulai Gao, Chuangxin Jiang, Gang Wang
  • Patent number: 11233694
    Abstract: A method and a device for processing a communication path are provided. The method includes: obtaining a path processing parameter from local configuration information or from a control layer device, obtaining path information and/or a restarting counter parameter from the control layer device; increasing a path with an opposite-end device when the path information is of increasing a path, identifying the state of the path and/or the state of the opposite-end device using the path processing parameter and/or the restarting counter parameter the opposite-end device; reporting the fault state of the path and/or the reset state of the opposite-end device to the control layer device when the path fails and/or the opposite-end device is reset, releasing sessions on the failed path and/or on a path connected with the reset opposite-end device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiyong Tan, Hui Ni, Hui Cai
  • Patent number: 11218251
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Physical layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). For example, an EDMG station (STA) may be configured to generate an EDMG OFDM PPDU including at least a non-EDMG header (L-Header), an EDMG header, and a data field, the EDMG header including a spoofing error length indicator field configured to indicate whether or not a spoofing error of the EDMG OFDM PPDU is less than one OFDM symbol duration; and to transmit the EDMG OFDM PPDU over a channel bandwidth in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Claudio Da Silva, Artyom Lomayev, Alexander Maltsev, Carlos Cordeiro, Michael Genossar
  • Patent number: 11212833
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. An example of a method in accordance with the present disclosure may include a UE identifying that the UE is configured to use a contention-based or uncoordinated (e.g., two-step) random access procedure including an uplink message and a downlink response, where the uplink message includes at least a preamble portion and a data portion. The UE may map an identifier of the UE into a block of source symbols, generate a codeword including a block of coded symbols from the block of source symbols, and generate a set of sequences, where each sequence is based at least in part on a value associated with a corresponding coded symbol of the block of coded symbols. The UE may transmit the generated set of sequences in a preamble portion of the uplink message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jing Lei, Seyong Park, Jay Kumar Sundararajan, Linhai He, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 11206104
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Physical layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). For example, an EDMG station (STA) may be configured to generate an EDMG OFDM PPDU including at least a non-EDMG header (L-Header), an EDMG header, and a data field, the EDMG header including a spoofing error length indicator field configured to indicate whether or not a spoofing error of the EDMG OFDM PPDU is less than one OFDM symbol duration; and to transmit the EDMG OFDM PPDU over a channel bandwidth in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Claudio Da Silva, Artyom Lomayev, Alexander Maltsev, Carlos Cordeiro, Michael Genossar
  • Patent number: 11206663
    Abstract: A method for configuring a frame structure, a network side device and a terminal are provided. A relevant frame structure is modified so that uplink and downlink transmission resources are flexibly adjusted, so as to be adapted to requirements of uplink and downlink services and not be limited to a certain type or certain types of fixed uplink and downlink configurations and GP configurations. The method includes determining a first periodicity and first indication information, wherein the first periodicity is a frame periodicity configured for a carrier or a periodicity in which a uplink transmission appears; the first indication information is used to indicate whether a time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission exists in the first periodicity or not; and, if the time-domain transmission resource exists, indicate a position of the time-domain transmission resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: China Mobile Communication Ltd., Research Institute, China Mobile Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Xiaodong Xu
  • Patent number: 11202264
    Abstract: Some techniques and apparatuses described herein protect components of a user equipment (UE), such as a low noise amplifier (LNA), from internal interference. For example, the LNA may be disconnected from a receive chain during periods of high internal interference, and may be reconnected to the receive chain during periods of low internal interference. Furthermore, some techniques and apparatuses described herein improve performance by adjusting operations of the UE to account for and/or offset increased internal interference due to a receive chain that does not include a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter to remove unwanted radio frequency signals. For example, one or more operations of a baseband processor may be modified to account for the increased internal interference. Additionally, or alternatively, reporting of channel state information may be modified to account for increased internal interference of the UE. Additional details are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Charles Ciccarelli, Vikas Mahajan, Tae Min Kim, Supratik Bhattacharjee, Chitaranjan Pelur Sukumar, Ashok Mantravadi, Pooyan Amini, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Carl Hardin
  • Patent number: 11201839
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for parsing data traffic into queues for efficient routing and prioritization. In one embodiment, methods and apparatus for backhauling small cell data traffic using existing cable network infrastructure using DOCSIS Low Latency queue capabilities are provided. A data traffic classifier may use a two-stages sorting algorithm, including a first stage classification using IP address information and a second stage classification using differentiated services code point (DSCP) value information. In one implementation, the DSCP values of the data traffic are set using QoS Flow Identification (QFI) values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Elliott Hoole, Pratik Das
  • Patent number: 11190993
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for improving voice over new radio (VoNR)-to-voice over long term evolution (VoLTE). An example method generally includes communicating with and camping on a next generation node B (gNB) in a 5G new radio (NR) system; initiating a voice call with the gNB; receiving a 5G NR-to-long term evolution (LTE) handover command in response to initiating the voice call; performing a handover procedure in response to the handover command; detecting a failure in the handover procedure; and taking one or more actions in response to detecting the failure in the handover procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yongsheng Shi, Xipeng Zhu, Haris Zisimopoulos, Kirankumar Bhoja Anchan, Lenaig Genevieve Chaponniere, Shanshan Wang, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Mona Agrawal, Aziz Gholmieh, Tom Chin
  • Patent number: 11178074
    Abstract: Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of communications involves allocating communications devices of a wired communications network to clusters, assigning addresses to the clusters, where each communications device within one of the clusters has an identical address, and conducting communications between the communications devices based on the addresses assigned to the clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Sujan Pandey
  • Patent number: 11178702
    Abstract: A lossless Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure is described for a wireless communication network. The method includes determining whether size of an uplink (UL) grant is less than size of a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer protocol data unit (PDU) of a Msg3. In response to determining that the size of the UL grant is less than the size of the MAC PDU of the Msg3 performing one of: rebuilding the MAC PDU of the Msg3 using one or more MAC Sub PDUs (SDUs) based on the UL grant and transmits a rebuilt MAC PDU of the Msg3; initiating new RACH procedure; and updating one or more MAC CE in the Msg3. In response to determining that the size of the UL grant is not less than the size of the MAC PDU of the Msg3, updating the one or more MAC CE in the MAC PDU of the Msg3 based on values of the UL grant and transmits the updated MAC PDU of the Msg3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vinay Kumar Shrivastava, Avijit Manna
  • Patent number: 11171867
    Abstract: Systems and methods for supporting SMA level abstractions at router ports for inter-subnet exchange of management information in a high performance computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a subnet manager in a local subnet is responsible for establishing and configuring a remote attribute a switch having a switch port configured as a router port. This remote attribute can comprise certain information about the local subnet, including connectivity information and port status information. On receiving a query from a remote subnet manager, via a SMP (or a vendor specific SMP), information contained in the remote attribute can be communicated back to the remote subnet manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bjørn Dag Johnsen, Bartosz Bogdański, Line Holen