Patents Examined by Won Tae C. Kim
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Patent number: 11602004Abstract: Provided is a user equipment in a mobile communication system that supports a function of performing connection establishment reusing context information retained in each of the user equipment and a base station, including: a receiving unit that receives instruction information indicating whether or not the base station has a function of performing RRC connection reusing retained context from the base station; a determining unit that determines whether or not the base station has the function on the basis of the instruction information received through the receiving unit; and a transmitting unit that transmits a message including context retention information indicating that the user equipment retains user equipment side context information to the base station when the determining unit determines that the base station has the function.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi, Wuri Andarmawanti Hapsari
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Patent number: 11595838Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for event device maintenance are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a mobile device comprising a user interface, a memory, and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive an inventory including a group of event devices, generate a device identification analysis for the group of event devices, display on the user interface the device identification analysis, receive an input for an event device of the group to take an audit action, and initiate the audit action to be taken by the event device of the group in response to the input.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Benjamin H. Wolf, Hariprasad Kozhikkotakathitta Veetil, Michael Barson, Christopher Dearden
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Patent number: 11589250Abstract: Methods and systems for citizens broadband radio service (CBRS) interference management using dual subscriber identification module (SIM) devices are described. The method includes assigning a physical cell identity (PCI) to each CBRS device (CBSD) granted unlicensed spectrum by a spectrum access system (SAS). Each spectrum granted CBSD may exchange PCIs with neighbor spectrum granted CBSDs to resolve PCIs and maintains a PCI table. A dual SIM device may be connected to a CBSD via a first SIM. Each spectrum granted CBSD having a connected dual SIM device reports a number of PCIs detected by the dual SIM device(s). A SAS designated dual SIM device may use a second SIM to measure power values of PCIs detected by the designated dual SIM device which are absent from a provided PCI table. The measured power values may be used by the SAS to make cluster interference decisions.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLCInventors: Volkan Sevindik, Haider Syed
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Patent number: 11563514Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a network may schedule a user equipment (UE) for multiple transmission/reception point (TRP) communication. The network may transmit a single downlink control information (DCI) message to the UE to dynamically configure multiple transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for the multiple TRPs. In a first example, the DCI message may include a bit field indicating a set of antenna ports and the multi-TRP scheme for transmission. In a second example, the DCI message may include a separate field indicating the multi-TRP scheme (e.g., based on UE capabilities). In a third example, the DCI may indicate redundancy versions (RVs) for different TRPs in an RV field or across multiple fields. In a fourth example, the DCI may include an indication of a precoding resource block group (PRG) size that may be interpreted differently based on the indicated multi-TRP scheme.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun, Tao Luo, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan
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Patent number: 11539470Abstract: A re-transmission control method of downlink data to be transmitted from a radio base station to a radio terminal includes: by the radio terminal, transmitting information regarding decoding performance of the radio terminal to the radio base station; receiving the downlink data from the radio base station; transmitting a re-transmission request of the downlink data to the radio base station in a case where an error in the downlink data is detected; receiving a re-transmission configuration based on the information regarding decoding performance of the radio terminal, from the radio base station in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), after transmission of the re-transmission request; receiving the downlink data re-transmitted from the radio base station; and decoding the re-transmitted downlink data in accordance with the re-transmission configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takato Ezaki, Yoshihiro Kawasaki
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Patent number: 11539478Abstract: This application provides a client device, a method, and a computer program. The client device obtains a first parameter associated with a radio link failure timer. The first parameter indicates a first time period during which the radio link failure timer is reset and thereafter started. The client device further obtains a second parameter associated with the radio link failure timer. The second parameter indicates a second time period during which the radio link failure timer is started and thereafter reset. Based on the first parameter and the second parameter, the client device determines a value of the radio link failure timer.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tao Cai, Henrik Lundqvist, Johan Christer Qvarfordt
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Patent number: 11523401Abstract: Technologies directed to scheduling transmissions between a satellite system and customer terminals (CTs) with half-duplex (HD) radios are described. A communication system includes a radio, a modem with a HD controller, a downlink (DL) scheduler, and an uplink (UL) scheduler. The HD controller determines a first set of HD CTs that are eligible DL transmissions for a first radio frame and a second set of HD CTs that are eligible for UL transmissions for a second radio frame. The HD controller determines a throughput value and buffer information about each of the first set and the second set of HD CTs. The HD controller determines a first subset of HD CTs for DL scheduling and a second subset of HD CTs for UL scheduling. The DL scheduler schedules radio resources for a first radio frame and the UL scheduler schedules radio resources for a second radio frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mohammad Mamunur Rashid, Bulin Zhang, Deepak, Ali Masoomzadeh, Baosheng Li
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Patent number: 11522801Abstract: A first node provides a time function to a second node. The first node generates a time function protocol data unit required for supporting the time function and generates a plurality of preamble protocol data units. The plurality of preamble protocol data units are sent before the time function protocol data unit. The preamble protocol data units carry routing information to cause the preamble protocol data units to follow a same network path as the time function protocol data unit. At an intermediate node the plurality of preamble protocol data units, the time function protocol data unit and other data traffic are stored in queues of different priority level. The intermediate node controls a time order of forwarding based on priority levels of the queues.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventor: Francesco Pasio
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Patent number: 11516810Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and devices for a user equipment device (UE) to perform band measurements and provide a pruned measurement report to a base station. A first connection is established between the UE and a base station, and a configuration message is received from the base station. The configuration message identifies a plurality of bands for which the UE is to provide measurement reporting. The UE determines whether a band combination of the plurality of bands has an aggregate bandwidth that is greater than the aggregate bandwidth of the first connection and whether a signal quality metric of the determined band combination is greater than a predetermined threshold. Responsive to these determinations, the UE performs band measurements on the bands of the band combination and transmits a pruned measurement report to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sofheem Mohammed, Harshal R. Mane, Rohit Thareja, Vijay Venkataraman
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Patent number: 11510274Abstract: The present disclosure provides for proactive wake-up beam management for connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) operation. For example, a user equipment (UE) monitor one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) or reference signals received associated with a set of wake-up beams from a network entity. The UE may further determine that the set of wake-up beams satisfies a distress condition. The UE may additionally transmit a distress indication to the network entity based on determining that the set of wake-up beams satisfies the distress condition. Aspects described herein also provide a network entity that receives a distress indication from the UE in response to transmitting a set of wake-up beams and transmits a subsequent set of wake-up beams having at least one wake-up beam different not included in the set of wake-up beams to the UE.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo, Linhai He
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Patent number: 11503481Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sidelink communication in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a first wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: performing a direct communication with a second wireless device via a communication link based on a context stored in the first wireless device; detecting a failure of the communication link upon which a timer starts, wherein the context remains stored in the first wireless device while the timer is running; and upon detecting a good quality of the communication link while the timer is running, transmitting information indicating a recovery of the communication link based on the context to the second wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youngdae Lee, Giwon Park, Jongyoul Lee
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Patent number: 11490401Abstract: [Object] To provide a mechanism that makes it possible to reduce overhead of control information and flexibly control terminal devices. [Solution] There is provided a base station device including a transmission processing unit configured to transmit first control information including information specific to a terminal group, to the terminal group including one or more terminal devices, and transmit second control information to the terminal group on a basis of the information specific to the terminal group.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Kusashima, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Hiroki Matsuda
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Patent number: 11469783Abstract: Example systems and methods of a wireless device use a signal attribute detector to determine a signal attribute value associated with a first frame received via a first antenna. Media access control (MAC) logic can detect that the first frame indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) of a second frame transmitted by the wireless device. Responsive to the detection of the ACK by the MAC logic, an antenna evaluator uses the signal attribute value to select one of the first antenna and the second antenna to transmit or receive a third frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventor: David Hong
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Patent number: 11463970Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system (100) for wireless reference signal distribution. The system (100) comprises an antenna array (135) comprising a plurality of transceivers (140a, 140b). The antenna array (135) is arranged to transmit and receive a in radio signal via the plurality of transceivers (140a, 140b). The system (100) further comprises a synchronization signal generator (110) arranged to transmit wirelessly at least one synchronization signal. Each synchronization signal comprises at least one time-dependent signal component, wherein the at least one synchronization signal has at least one time-dependent signal component with an amplitude above a predetermined threshold during a total duration of the at least one synchronization signal. Each transceiver (140a, 140b) is connected to a respective synchronization signal receiver (130a, 130b) arranged to receive the at least one synchronization signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Ulf Gustavsson, Ted Johansson, Erik Larsson
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Patent number: 11438909Abstract: A communication apparatus obtains information regarding an access category of transmission data in each of a plurality of other communication apparatuses including a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus, allocates wireless resources of OFDMA such that a transmission opportunity of the first communication apparatus does not precede a transmission opportunity of the second communication apparatus that has transmission data of a higher-priority access category than an access category of transmission data in the first communication apparatus, and receives a signal that has been transmitted using OFDMA in accordance with allocation of wireless resources and that conforms to an IEEE802.11 series standard.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuki Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 11438816Abstract: An electronic device includes: a UI; a wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with an external electronic device by using a short-range wireless communication protocol; a processor; and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to receive first data from the external electronic device at a first time through a wireless communication channel by using the wireless communication circuit, receive second data from the external electronic device at a second time after the first time through the wireless communication channel by using the wireless communication circuit, compare a first reception state related to the first data and a second reception state related to the second data, and transmit, to the external electronic device, a request for change from a first mode to a second mode by using the wireless communication circuit, based on a result of the comparing.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventors: Junsu Choi, Hyunkee Min, Sunkee Lee
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Patent number: 11432188Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) and a base station may communicate medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (PDUs). The UE and base station may use a set of decoding conditions, or a decoding configuration, to identify a set of code block groups (CBGs) within a packet that include MAC-control elements (CEs). For example, the decoding configuration may indicate a fixed set of CBGs which contain the MAC-CEs within a MAC PDU. In another example, the configuration may specify a limit on the number and/or size of the MAC-CEs within each MAC PDU packet. In any case, the decoding configuration may provide rules known by both transmitting and receiving devices for identifying and decoding CBGs that include MAC-CEs such that MAC-CE information may be applied by the receiving wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Peter Gaal, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11425542Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a communication unit which receives a frame at a first transmission period, demodulates control information from a received frame, modulates transmission data, and broadcasts a modulated transmission data at a second transmission period as a radio frequency packet signal, a period determination unit which determines the second transmission period based on vehicle information, and a transmission and reception control unit which generates a transmission timing trigger signal for determining a transmission timing of the transmission data based on the control information and the second transmission period, and outputs the transmission data to the communication unit in synchronization with the transmission timing trigger signal. The second transmission period is equal to or longer than the first transmission period.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Chano, Suguru Fujita
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Patent number: 11425731Abstract: An electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable medium, where the electronic device for wireless communication includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to select resource blocks to be used for automatic uplink transmission from amongst a pre-assigned plurality of resource blocks on an unlicensed band, and implement control to use the selected resource blocks for implementing automatic uplink transmission.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Jing Liu, Tao Cui, Xiaofeng Tao
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Patent number: 11411615Abstract: In an example, an apparatus includes first and second antennas and a switched extractor coupled to the first antenna. The switched extractor includes an extractor configured to extract an extraction frequency band, a bypass line, and switching circuitry. The switching circuitry is configured to selectively establish a bypass signal path including the bypass line or a concurrent signal path including the extractor. The apparatus also includes first and second transceiver units (TRXUs) and a processor. The first TRXU is coupled to the first antenna via the switched extractor. The second TRXU is coupled to the first antenna via the switched extractor and coupled to the second antenna. The processor is configured to cause the switching circuitry to selectively connect the first TRXU to the first antenna via the bypass or the concurrent signal path based on the extraction frequency band and an operational frequency band associated with the first TRXU.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Stefan Freisleben, Patric Heide, Alexander Chernyakov, Mykola Shevelov, Wai San Wong, Oleksandr Gavryliuk, Petro Komakha, Georgiy Sevskiy, Steve Andre Beaudin, David Maldonado