Patents Examined by Stephen M. D'Agosta
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Patent number: 12063136Abstract: A method for transmitting/receiving data in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor are disclosed. Particularly, a method by which user equipment (UE) receives data in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving configuration information including resource allocation information related to a plurality of resource set groups; receiving a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and first data from a first resource set; and receiving a second DMRS and second data from a second resource set, wherein the first resource set and the second resource set are included in the same resource set group, pieces of quasi-co-location-related information related with the respective resource sets included in the same resource set group are the same, and the position of a frequency resource of the second DMRS can be shifted from the position of a frequency resource of the first DMRS so as not to be overlapped.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyungtae Kim, Duckhyun Bae, Jiwon Kang
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Patent number: 12058720Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the robustness of a DCI triggered beam update in 5G NR are disclosed herein. A g Node B (gNB) may associate a reference signal to a beam pattern (or beam configuration) and prepare Downlink Control Information (DCI) of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) that includes aperiodic Channel-State Information Reference Signal (AP CSI-RS) information indicating the beam pattern. A user equipment (UE) may decode the DCI, extract the AP CSI-RS information, update the beam pattern of a reference signal based on the AP CSI-RS information, and generate an uplink (UL) feedback message indicating that the PDCCH was successfully decoded by the UE. The gNB may then decode the uplink (UL) feedback message and, in response, update a receive (RX) beam of the gNB to correspond to the beam pattern associated to the reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 12052798Abstract: The present disclosure relates to synchronizing a temporary identity in the UE and the network when the UE is RRC Inactive state over 3GPP access and temporary identity of the UE is changed over a Non-3GPP access in a scenario when the UE is connected to the same AMF via 3GPP and non-3GPP access.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki Tamura, Kundan Tiwari
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Patent number: 12041449Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for obtaining at least one certificate, partitioning the at least one certificate into a plurality of certificate segments, embedding the plurality of certificate parts into a corresponding frame of a plurality of frames, and transmitting, sequentially, the plurality of frames at a periodicity.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Stefano Faccin, Drew Foster Van Duren
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Patent number: 12035337Abstract: A method and apparatus for exchange of capability information for sidelink communications in a wireless communication system is provided. The first wireless device acquires sidelink configuration for sidelink transmission. The first wireless device determine capability information elements related to the first wireless device based on the sidelink configuration. The first wireless device transmits, to a second wireless device, a first message including the capability information elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youngdae Lee, Giwon Park, Jongyoul Lee
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Patent number: 12035262Abstract: Methods for determining a location of an unknown device (UD) from a plurality of known devices (KDs) are provided including receiving, at the UD, periodically broadcasted messages from each of a plurality of KDs. Corresponding arrival time stamp (Tarrival-i-UD) of each periodically broadcasted message from each of the plurality of KDs are recorded. Each of the plurality of KDs are clock synchronized to a common clock source at a master device(MD). A departure time of the periodically broadcasted message from each of the plurality of KDs is known by the UD in master device time units (Tdepart-i-md). X, y and z coordinates of a location of each of the KDs is known by the UD.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Wiser Systems, Inc.Inventor: Seth Edward-Austin Hollar
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Patent number: 12035421Abstract: An apparatus for use by a communication network control element or function configured to control a setting of parameters of a self-organizing communication network, the apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to obtain a pre-trained network optimization model indicating a mapping between a communication network environment forming an input of the model, optimization actions or decisions forming an output of the model, and system performance indicators forming a reward, to cause sending, to at least one communication network element or function forming a part of the self-organizing communication network, a request for providing similarity data for a similarity analysis allowing to determine a similarity between a part of the self-organizing communication netwType: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Qi Liao, Ilaria Malanchini
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Patent number: 12022401Abstract: A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), of transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) includes: identifying whether a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) time domain bundling information is included in a radio resource control (RRC) message received from a base station; determining whether to transmit at least one PUSCH with a same transmission power for at least one transmission time domain window, based on a result of the identifying; in response to determining to transmit the at least one PUSCH with the same transmission power for the at least one transmission time domain window, determining a transmission power for the at least one PUSCH; and transmitting the at least one PUSCH with the determined transmission power.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungjin Park, Youngbum Kim, Hyunseok Ryu, Seunghoon Choi
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Patent number: 12021555Abstract: An implantable medical device, external device and method for managing a wireless communication are provided. The IMD includes a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly, with an external device (ED), utilizing a protocol that utilizes multiple physical layers. The transceiver is configured to transmit information indicating that the transceiver is configured with first, second, and third physical layers (PHYs) for wireless communication. The IMD includes memory configured to store program instructions. The IMD includes one or more processors configured to execute instructions to obtain an instruction designating one of the first, second and third PHY to be utilized for at least one of transmission or reception, during a communication session, with the external device and manage the transceiver to utilize, during the communication session, the one of the first, second and third PHY as designated.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.Inventors: Perry Li, Jeffery Crook, Souvik Dubey
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Patent number: 12015209Abstract: Method, apparatuses, and computer program product for beam steering to support beam dithering in high aspect ratio antenna arrays are provided. One method may include applying a beam steering phase shift to a plurality of antenna array elements in an antenna array. The method may also include applying a non-uniform phase offset to each of the antenna array elements in addition to the beam steering phase shift. In addition, the method may include shifting a beam angle of the antenna array based on a combination of the beam steering phase shift and the non-uniform phase offset at each of the antenna array elements. The non-uniform phase offset may be a minimum phase increment.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventor: Darrell Barabash
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Patent number: 12010527Abstract: A beam indication device and method, the method including receiving first information from a network device, where the first information is used to determine at least one of a first receive beam for a downlink signal or a first transmit beam for an uplink signal, and determining the at least one of the first receive beam for the downlink signal or the first transmit beam for the uplink signal based on the first information.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Hua Shao, Ziming Yu, Huang Huang
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Patent number: 12003671Abstract: Voicemail spam detection is performed based on content of voicemail messages. The content of an incoming voicemail message is compared to a spam template that includes a representation of a spam voicemail. Spam templates may be generated based on spam indications provided by users for voicemail messages they have received. User indications for sufficiently similar voicemail messages may be aggregated by maintaining a vote count for a spam template that reflects how many times a user has indicated a matching voicemail message is spam. A spam template may also include an occurrence count that reflects how many times voicemail messages matching a spam template have been detected in a telephony system. An incoming voicemail message may be compared to spam templates and, responsive to a match of content and/or a corresponding vote count or occurrence count meeting a condition, the voicemail message may be identified as spam.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventors: Melinda Min Xiao-Devins, Haifeng Geng, Mengxiao Qian, Fengcai Sun, Hui Wen
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Patent number: 12003996Abstract: A measurement method includes: determining a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) used for radio resource management (RRM) measurement; and performing RRM measurement according to the DMRS.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Kai Wu, Xueming Pan
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Patent number: 11997538Abstract: A communication method enables a base station to allocate a radio resource to a data packet of a time sensitive networking (TSN) network in a scenario in which the TSN network transmits the data packet through a 5G network. The method includes: obtaining, by an access network device, a first traffic pattern, and allocating a radio resource to a first traffic based on the first traffic pattern. The first traffic pattern includes time information of the first traffic with respect to a first clock. The first clock is a clock used by a first network. The access network device belongs to the first network. The time information includes a time point and/or a period at/in which a data packet of the first traffic arrives at the first network.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qufang Huang, Qiang Fan
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Patent number: 11991673Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive (1302) a resource configuration for a first cell group link; receive (1304) a resource configuration for a second cell group link; determine (1306) a mode of operation; and determine a resource type for the first cell group link or the second cell group link based on the resource configuration for the first cell group link, the resource configuration for the second cell group link and the mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Esa Tiirola, Keeth Saliya Jayasinghe Laddu, Ilkka Keskitalo, Juha Korhonen
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Patent number: 11985634Abstract: A sidelink resource configuration method includes: configuring or pre-configuring a sidelink resource pool for a user equipment (UE) to perform sidelink communications using a resource in the sidelink resource pool; where the sidelink resource pool uses a second time slot as granularity and includes resource blocks; and where a length of the second time slot is determined according to a second time-frequency parameter for defining the sidelink resource pool, the second time slot is determined by mapping from a first time slot included in a set of alternative resources according to a conversion relationship between the second time-frequency parameter and a first time-frequency parameter used by the set of alternative resources, and a length of the first time slot is determined according to the first time-frequency parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Weimin Xing, Youxiong Lu
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Patent number: 11974295Abstract: A communication system is presented in which a base station is provided for communicating with a plurality of mobile communication devices in a cellular communication system. The base station operates one of more communication cells and communicates subframes, with each of the plurality of communication devices within the cell(s), each comprising the communication resources of a control region for communicating a control channel and the communication resources of a data region for communicating a respective data channel. The base station communicates a control channel having a first DMRS sequence in a control region of some subframes and a control channel having a second DMRS sequence in a control region of other subframes. The second control channel may be transmitted in a radio beam focused spatially in a direction of a communication device. The first control channel may be transmitted omnidirectionally throughout the cell(s).Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yassin Aden Awad, Yasushi Maruta, Toshifumi Sato
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Patent number: 11973710Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource configuration method and a device. The method includes: sending configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information is used to configure a target SRS resource in M SRS resource sets, and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ang Yang, Peng Sun, Yu Yang
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Patent number: 11963228Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, specifically, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: performing a RACH procedure for an initial access; receiving, from a base station, information about an A/N feedback scheme on the basis of the RACH procedure; and performing the A/N feedback procedure on the basis of the information about the A/N feedback scheme.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim, Joonkui Ahn
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Facilitating residential wireless roaming via VPN connectivity over public service provider networks
Patent number: 11963007Abstract: Example embodiments include a method for receiving, at a user device from a home access point, a first digital certificate for a residential wireless roaming mode, wherein the residential wireless roaming mode provides the user device remote access to a wireless local area network corresponding to the home access point, and wherein the first digital certificate is issued by a certificate authority of a service provider associated with the home access point; transmitting at least one probe request message to at least one public access point, wherein the probe request message includes at least the first digital certificate; receiving from the at least one public access point a probe response message including information for remotely accessing the wireless local area network via a virtual private network connection established between the public access point and the home access point.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Gino Dion, Randall B. Sharpe